NEWS
Student Senate
Student Senate met for their weekly meeting Thursday, Feb. 3 at 3:45 p.m. in Hoover 212. The meeting began with a special order for the swearing in of two representatives for the Class of 2023. Administrative reports began with Dean of Students & Executive Director for College Diversity, Equity and Belonging Nichole Gonzalez. She reported
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New Service Leadership Program Led by the Center for Community & Civic Engagement
Director of the Elizabethtown College Center for Community and Civic Engagement (CCCE) Javita Thompson is piloting a service leadership program for incoming first-year Etown students. The Bonner Leader Program was started by the Corella and Bertram F. Bonner Foundation in 1990. The overarching goal is to improve relations between students and communities by bridging the
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Student wages increase across campus
As of January 2022, Elizabethtown College has increased the standard student wage by $1/hour, calculated against a $10/hour maximum, in response to the efforts by Student Senate. During the fall 2021 semester, a shortage of student workers prompted the club to explore ideas to solve this issue. In turn, they decided to form the ad
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CAMPUS LIFE
Welcome to the Jungle
Hey there! What’s quacking? Get it? Like the expression “what’s cracking” except better. I’m Big Fred, and I’m a duck with a veritable tragic backstory, but that doesn’t keep me from laughing. When I was a duckling I lived at another home with my duck friend Velma, but when she passed on my previous family
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Social But Distanced
With finals next week and the holiday season just around the corner, students will start to spend time with friends and family remotely this year. Though it may be tougher to have the annual experience of the holidays while social distancing, there are plenty of activities that can help make the end of the year
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Editorial by the Psychology Department, signed by supporters
To the Elizabethtown College Community: This correspondence is in reference to the College communication Monday, Nov. 9. This statement to our community articulated that this year’s election was comprised of a number of firsts that warrant recognition. One of those firsts was Vice President‐Elect, Kamala Harris. Harris is the first South Asian and Jamaican (or
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SPORTS
Men’s soccer took tough loss in Championship game
Saturday, Nov. 10, Elizabethtown College’s men’s soccer team defeated Williams College 2-1 in the first round of the NCAA Division III Men’s Soccer Championship. Williams opened up scoring 21 minutes into the game with a header from junior Demian Gass. Senior Gilbert Waso, assisted by first-year Elijah Visser, scored for the Jays 20 minutes later,
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Wrestling home opener, team suffers tough loss against York
The Elizabethtown College men’s wrestling team had their home opener Wednesday, Nov. 7 in Thompson Gymnasium against #7 York College. The Blue Jays had an upset victory against the Spartans last season where they won 22-19, but this time the results were in York’s favor. The Jays fell 42-0 against the Spartans’ four nationally ranked
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Basketball on two game win-streak
Photo: Jocelyn Kline The Elizabethtown College women’s basketball team is on a two-game winning streak starting the basketball season. Friday, Nov. 9 the Blue Jays beat the University of Mary Washington (UMW) 56-54. Some of the top Etown players included sophomore Veronica Christ, and juniors Lydia Lawson and Mikayla Ruth. UWM took the lead in
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FEATURES
Editor shares working with celebrities, editing and publishing books
Oct. 28, the Bowers Writers House hosted a lecture entitled “Book or Bust: Make it or Break it in the Publishing World.” The lecture featured Charles “Chuck” F. Adams, Executive Editor at Algonquin Books. Previously, Adams worked at other publishing firms, including Simon & Schuster, Dell/Delacorte, Macmillan, Holt, Rinehart and Winston. During his career, Adams
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New poetry book on fracking read at Bowers, lecturers share artwork
The Bowers Writers House held two events featuring Julia Spicher Kasdorf, the latter a joint effort with Steven Rubin on Thursday, Oct. 12. The pair is joining forces in a new book on the effects of fracking, which will feature both poems from Spicher Kasdorf and photographs from Rubin. Fracking is the process of shooting
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Discovering differences in gender ratios according to major
Does gender affect what major college students choose? Nationally, some majors have relatively even gender ratios, while others have more uneven gender ratios. What causes this? There are several possible answers, and each major is different. According to a 2014 Georgetown University study titled “What’s It Worth?: The Economic Value of College Majors,” some majors
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