NEWS
Today’s Technology
Today, it is common for most major smartphones to use 4G service, even though 5G networks are starting to take hold. However, I never thought I would hear that any level of cell service would be available outside of the Earth’s atmosphere, but technology continues to amaze me. Nokia and NASA have announced that they
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Student Senate
Student Senate held their weekly meeting Thursday, Oct. 22 over Zoom. The meeting began with the oath of office for the newly elected senior class representative Sarah Hasenhauer. The meeting then moved into administrative reports, starting with Vice President for Student Life Dr. Celestino Limas. He took suggestions from senators for how to increase the
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Global Perspective
In mid-August of this year, Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) penned a deal that would normalize their diplomatic relations. Not long after, Bahrain joined the pact in normalizing its relations with Israel. President Donald Trump believes these deals, which he oversaw, are a great step towards peace in the Middle East. Now, he
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CAMPUS LIFE
The Weekly Chirp: Students, faculty weigh in: What does the Trump administration’s redefinition of gender mean?
The Trump administration proposed a new memo to narrow the definition of gender to say that it is a biological condition prescribed at birth and related to genitalia Oct. 21. This decision has the potential to roll back what the Obama administration did to loosen the definition of gender to recognize it as a person’s
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Etown Simplified: Simplify your life with DIY
Written by Catherine Amos, Kayla Anderson, Lila Bolze, Lucy Conrey and Giselle Taylor The acronym DIY, which means “do it yourself,” may spur images of colorful crafts and sad Pinterest fails, but a modern wave of the DIY initiative is influencing bloggers and social media. Modern DIYers coined the name “Makers” to describe themselves and
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Eight great ways to reuse Halloween pumpkins
Photo: Megan White Those cheap, festive, farm-fresh pumpkins are too irresistible to pass up during the spooky season. Halloween has come and gone, though, and now you are left with an excessive amount of carved pumpkins and Halloween candy. Before you throw your masterpiece away, here are eight do-it-yourself ways to extend your pumpkin’s life
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SPORTS
Annual Alumni Ultimate Frisbee Game
Every year during Homecoming Weekend, alumni of Elizabethtown College’s ultimate frisbee team, the Jelly Swatters, come back to Brinser Field to play current members of the team. It was a close game going into the half with the alumni up by four. The current members of the team fought back hard in the second half,
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Women’s soccer loses Homecoming game, men’s team wins 1-0
Saturday, Oct. 21, Elizabethtown College’s women’s and men’s soccer teams faced off against Susquehanna University in back-to-back home games. Both games were crucial for the teams’ future in this season’s playoffs. The women’s game kicked off at 1 p.m. and they opened their game with a scoreless first half despite four shots made by the
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The Elizabethtown College athletic program through the years: the 1970s
The 1970s began with the NCAA splitting into three divisions, with Elizabethtown College joining Division III. During this time, women’s sports had the opportunity to compete in post-season games and win championships. The field hockey team won its first Mid-American Conference (MAC) title in 1975, then won again in 1978. The women’s tennis team had
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FEATURES
Actor performs interactive show, holds workshop for students
New York City actor Louis Butelli performed a one-man show in the Tempest Theater Sunday, Nov. 13 at 2 p.m. Commissioned by the Folger Shakespeare Library, Butelli and his colleagues wrote the show entitled “The Gravedigger’s Tale” to travel with the First Folio! exhibit currently at Elizabethtown College. “The Gravedigger’s Tale,” featuring Butelli as the
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Award-winning author leads interactive writing workshop
Monday, Nov. 14, Bowers Writers House hosted a craft talk and evening reading with author Jeffrey Ethan Lee. Lee is a fiction and poetry writer who has written many award-winning books, including “identity papers,” which was a Colorado Book Award Finalist. During his craft talk, he had the participants do a spontaneous writing workshop as
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Music department presents Shakespeare-oriented event
As Shakespeare’s First Folio comes to Elizabethtown College, a long list of other events related to Shakespeare and his influence on the arts are taking place across campus. One such event, entitled If Music Be the Food of Love: Songs from the Plays and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, was recently hosted by the music department.
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