NEWS
Schlosser Shenanigans: double trouble closes the Schlobby
Once again, the Schlosser Residence Hall has fallen victim to student antics. On Friday morning, Oct. 22, the Office of Residence Life notified the community that all East Wing restrooms and the Schlosser lobby (Schlobby) were closed due to displaced water. After a few hours, water continued to gather in the Schlobby; however, the East
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Board of Trustees meets to discuss agenda for next year
On Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021, the Elizabethtown College Board of Trustees met for a business meeting. The board members first met at 7:30 a.m. for breakfast and time to talk. At 8 a.m., the board started their meeting with a missions moment from 2011 Etown alumna TaLisa Ramos. Ramos spoke about her experience before, after
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Today’s Technology
Netflix employees staged a walk out on Wednesday, Oct. 20 in a protest against Dave Chapelle’s latest stand-up special. The walk out was held in Los Angeles, Calif. and was attended by hundreds of people, including Netflix employees, celebrities and local activists. In addition to the walk out, remote workers staged their own protest by
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CAMPUS LIFE
Socially distanced Halloween
Happy Halloween! While trick-or-treating is off the table for this year, Halloween can still be a thrill! There are lots of ways to stay in the appropriate mood for spooky season, and many of them don’t take much preparation at all. First, make yourself a playlist of your favorite spooky tunes, scary movie soundtracks, monster-inspired
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Weekly Chirp: The Nightmare Before Christmas: Halloween or Christmas Movie?
As the season gets colder, people tend to spend more time indoors and curl up with their favorite holiday movie. A lot of Elizabethtown College students have started their holiday movie watching season as 72% of students stated that they watch holiday movies as the season comes up in the year. Right now, its prime
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Social But Distanced
I know that it’s easy to get fed up with not being able to hang out with all your friends in person, whether that is because some of them are remote or because they live in different residence halls. You might be even more fed up with people telling you to just use FaceTime or
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SPORTS
Swim teams still early in season, defeat Landmark opponent
Saturday, Oct. 27, Elizabethtown College’s men’s and women’s swim teams defeated Landmark Conference opponent Goucher College on the road in the Jays’ first dual meet of the season. First-year Robin Hill finished first in both of her individual events of the meet, the 1000-yard freestyle and the 100-yard butterfly. Hill finished the 1000-yard freestyle with
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Field Hockey falls to second going into Landmark Conference playoffs
The Elizabethtown College field hockey team faced the Catholic University of America Saturday, Oct. 27 in a rainy match at home. This was a big match for both teams as it decided who gets the number one seed as well as home field advantage in the Landmark Conference playoffs. Unfortunately, the Blue Jays did not
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Field hockey suffers tough loss, breaks 10-win streak in overtime
Photo: Jocelyn Kline The Elizabethtown College field hockey team gained their 10th straight win Oct. 17 when they faced Swarthmore College in a nonconference matchup. Swarthmore did score first to begin the match, but a game-saving goal by first-year Grace Hardy put the Jays on the board in the 59th minute. For most of the
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FEATURES
Governor visits Etown’s solar field to announce new solar energy bill
Monday, Nov. 13, at 10 a.m., Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf greeted government officials and Elizabethtown College students and faculty at the College’s solar field to sign House Bill 118, which encourages Pennsylvanians to produce and use their own efficient energy sources. House Bill 118 was signed into law as Act 40 Monday, Oct. 30, according
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First play of the year “Medea” is a classic adaption of the original play
Elizabethtown’s Tempest Theatre is hosting its first play of the year this upcoming week. “Medea” was originally written in 430 B.C. and has had multiple adaptations since. Etown’s theatre department is doing Liz Lochhead’s Scottish feminist version. “Medea” is a play that centers on the controversial roles of males and females and how revenge can
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Live connected: new learning outcome, program theme for Residence life
How do resident assistants (RAs), Area Coordinators and the Office of Residence Life as a whole help students at Elizabethtown College? For this academic year, the Office of Residence Life has launched a new learning curriculum called Live Etown. “We’re really pumped about [Live Etown],” Area Coordinator for Schlosser Residence Hall, Myer Residence Hall and
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