NEWS
Student Senate
Photo courtesy of unsplash.com Student Senate met Thursday, Feb. 13 for its weekly meeting. Senior Maggie Fix started student comments by addressing the accessibility at Conrad’s Corner’s Oscar viewing party Sunday, Feb. 9. Fix said that the issue was fixed when subtitles were turned on during the second half of the showing but wanted to
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Today’s Technology
Photo courtesy of unsplash.com In 2019 there was huge global growth in environmental awareness. This growth was so extreme that aviation, one of the largest growing industries worldwide, saw a drop in domestic passenger numbers in many European countries. This trend has even led to new vocabulary. Flyskam is the Swedish term for “flight-shame,” a
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New development process for academic programming
Photo courtesy of unsplash.com Elizabethtown College has a robust and ever-evolving curriculum. The Etownian recently reported the addition of several new academic programs: exercise science, sports marketing, public health and physician’s assistant (PA) programs. The change in academic programs — whether it be the addition or removal of programming — has been a timely, recurring
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CAMPUS LIFE
Movie Review: “Tomb Raider” seizes upon familiar format
Lara Croft and the “Tomb Raider” franchise have been a fixture in video games for the last 20 years. As a protagonist, Croft serves as the female equivalent of Indiana Jones and has helped to recruit legions of female gamers, especially in the new millennium. In 2013, Croft’s story was reimagined by game developers, and
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Music Review: K. Flay delivers polarizing, captivating album
In her second album, “Everywhere is Somewhere,” K. Flay has managed to encapsulate an incredibly broad range of emotion, from angst to new love. Her sound and lyrics breach an edginess that never fails to polarize listeners. “Everywhere is Somewhere” is not an album for a family roadtrip, but it will move or entertain many
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LTE: Homer decries recent trend of linguistic appropriation in faculty meetings
Written by Dr. Sanjay Paul, Associate Professor of Economics Branding. Core competency. Value proposition. These are terms that Homer rarely used to hear at faculty meetings. Routinely used in the business world, they have now made alarming inroads into the world of academe. Not that Homer’s faculty meetings were paragons of intellectual discourse—the ivory tower
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SPORTS
Track teams split, compete at two separate events over weekend
Saturday, Feb. 4, Elizabethtown men’s and women’s track and field teams competed in the Frank Colden Invitational hosted by Ursinus College. Saturday’s invitational was marked by two impressive individual victories by senior Mike Twist in men’s track and sophomore Leah Gamber in the women’s throwing event. Both competitors were backed up by several team wins
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Women’s basketball falls in potential playoff matchup
In a Landmark Conference battle between two playoff hopefuls, the Elizabethtown College women’s basketball team shot below 30 percent from the field for the first time this season while Moravian College hit nearly 50 percent of their shots for the game. Sophomore Julia Craig provided a huge spark off the bench to help the Blue
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King’s College proves too much for Blue Jays in dual match
The Elizabethtown College wrestling team faced a disappointing loss to King’s College Friday, Feb. 3. The Monarchs won six of the 10 matches and had four pins for a final score of 30-16, King’s. In the second match of the day, fifth-year senior Bryan Pflanz earned his 50th career win with a 9-4 decision in
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FEATURES
New counseling group teaches self-compassion
A new counseling group called Be Kind to Yourself had its first meeting Thursday, Oct. 13. This group is for “any student who would like to enhance their capacity for emotional wellbeing and resilience,” said Dr. Evie Gerber, staff counselor for the Center for Student Success & Counseling Services, in an email interview. The students
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SDLC hosts children’s book drive, encourages literacy, self-confidence
The Cover to Confidence Student Directed Learning Community (SDLC) is currently sponsoring a children’s book drive until Oct. 24. The children of Burrowes Elementary School in Lancaster City will receive the new and gently-used donations. Books for children ages four to 10 can be dropped off on the second floor of Steinman Hall, the Elizabethtown
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Professor discusses new book on Turkish foreign policy
On Wednesday, Oct. 19 Elizabethtown College students gathered in the Bowers Writers House to listen to guest lecturer Oya Dursun-Ozkanca, associate professor of political science and director of the international studies minor, talk about the Turkish foreign policy and its security. Her lecture, “Three Months Past Turbulence: Turkish Foreign Policy and Security,” gives a unique
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