NEWS
What Happens Next? RBG’s Death and the Supreme Court Vacancy
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away on Friday, Sept. 18 from complications due to metastatic pancreatic cancer. Ginsburg was 87 years old. Nominated by former President Bill Clinton, she served as a justice on the Supreme Court from 1993 until her death. She was the first Jewish judge to serve as well as
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Today’s Technology
In early August, President Donald Trump gave ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, 90 days to either sell the app to a US tech firm or risk losing 100 million users from the US. Trump cited threats to national security as he accused ByteDance of supplying user data to the Chinese government. Since then, the deal has
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Student Senate
Student Senate met Thursday, Sept. 24 over Zoom for their weekly meeting. Vice President for Student Life Dr. Celestino Limas began administrative reports by addressing that Counseling Services and Director of Title IX/Compliance Programs and Intercultural Affairs Nichole Gonzalez are both good resources for students, especially with the recent updates to the Breonna Taylor case.
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CAMPUS LIFE
Tips and Tricks: Midterms Week: A student’s guide to surviving exams, stresses
It’s that time of year again; the long nights, the longer days and the endless cups of coffee. Midterms can be a source of stress for a lot of college students and it can seem like there’s no end in sight. Forget Seasonal Affective Disorder; it’s the time of the season for test anxiety. According
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Movie Review: Peppermint: This movie is more stale than sweet
I will look for you. I will find you. And I will kill you.” These simple words may be one of the most popular film quotes forever ingrained into our lexicon and into the psyches of filmgoers from the recent past. Convincing. Intense. Fear-inducing. The jump-off point of Liam Neeson’s desperate search for his kidnapped
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The Weekly Chirp: Students, faculty weigh in: do sexual assault allegations have a place in politics?
The midterm elections of 2018 have taken an interesting turn of events as the hearing for one of the nominees for Supreme Court, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, revealed sexual assault allegations. Voting was suspended until the end of the trial early in the week of Oct. 1. Despite the allegations, Kavanaugh was voted onto the Supreme
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SPORTS
Blue Jay athletes remain hard at work during Fall Break
While many Elizabethtown College students went home for Fall Break last weekend, Blue Jay athletes remained hard at work competing over the long weekend. Although it fell to Catholic University last Saturday, the field hockey team won its game last Wednesday, Oct. 4 away against Wilkes University. An early goal from first-year Emily Garvin was
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The Elizabethtown College athletic program through the years: the 1950s
Elizabethtown College’s athletic program expanded throughout the 1950s, adding three new sports teams including field hockey, wrestling and cross country. The College also joined the NCAA in 1954 while remaining a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). Field hockey was added to Etown’s athletic program in 1952 and was led by Coach
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Women’s soccer suffers tough loss at home against Catholic
The Elizabethtown College women’s soccer team went up against Catholic University of America in a double overtime game Saturday, Oct. 7. Going into the first half, the women focused on keeping the ball on the opposing team’s half and pressuring the Cardinals’ defense throughout the attack. The number of shots by both teams was impressive
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FEATURES
College celebrates American Indian heritage, current issues
The Mosaic House was filled with laughter and conversation Thursday, Oct. 3 as 83 students gathered to make dream catchers and learn about American Indian culture and history in honor of National American Indian heritage month. The program was run by the Mosaic House and the resident assistant (RA) diversity and inclusion committee. According to
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Political trust in China
Wednesday, Nov. 9, students and members of the community gathered in the Bowers Writers House to hear assistant professor of political science and Asian studies Dr. Dan Chen speak about political trust in China. Chen’s recent research has been on the citizen’s trust in the different types of government, mainly local and central government. There
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Students ‘become more globally minded’ with International Education Week
The goal of International Education Week is to help Etown campus become more globally minded, more internationalized. We highlight a lot of different cultures and make Etown students aware of what’s going on in the rest of the world,” senior and International Leadership Assistant (ILA) Alexandria Krause said. International Education Week was established by the
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