NEWS

  • Election post-mortem discussion, expectations and results

    Election post-mortem discussion, expectations and results

    Following the 2020 general election, the Campaign 2020 Post-Mortem was held via Zoom to discuss the 2020 election season and the upcoming transfer of power. Speakers included the Dean of the School of Public Service Dr. April Kelly-Woessner, Dr. E. Fletcher McClellan and Dr. Oya Dursun-Ozkanca.  The post-election event is a tradition at Elizabethtown College

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  • Biden is president-elect with 290 electoral votes

    Biden is president-elect with 290 electoral votes

    Nov. 3, Americans awaited the results of Election Day following the 2020 presidential election; however, the results were delayed.  With states allowing voters to vote by mail, approximately a third of registered voters voted prior to Election Day. Early voting even surpassed two-thirds of the ballots cast in the 2016 presidential election. Voter turnout was

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  • Pennsylvania Politics

    Pennsylvania Politics

    Despite votes still being counted across the Commonwealth at the time of the writing of this article, enough of the votes have been counted to confirm results in statewide elections. Now, the balance of power in Pennsylvania shifts from a complete control by the Democrats in all four offices to an even two-two split between

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CAMPUS LIFE

  • Etown Traditions: Rocky Horror Picture Show

    Etown Traditions: Rocky Horror Picture Show

    The stage is set. Makeup by the pound sits on standby. Red tubes of lipstick have been bought and opened, ready to mark the foreheads of the newbies. It’s Rocky Horror Picture Show season at Elizabethtown College and the message is being spread across community and campus; get ready for the creatures of the night

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  • Etown Simplified: Less is more in the town of Tiny Estates

    Etown Simplified: Less is more in the town of Tiny Estates

    Written by: Cassidy Dunn, Matt Gress, Abby Goodman, Zosia Proch, Hanna Ward, Tim Zeiber When our Simple Living class arrived at Tiny Estates, we passed by houses that were about the size of some of our dorm rooms. We stared in amazement as we imagined life living in a house that small. Farther into the

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SPORTS

  • The Elizabethtown College athletic program through the years: the 1980s

    The Elizabethtown College athletic program through the years: the 1980s

    The 1980s started off strong for Elizabethtown College athletics. The men’s soccer team made it to the Division III tournament under the direction of Coach Owen Wright from 1980-1982. In 1983, current coach Skip Roderick, ’74, became head coach and led the team to two MAC championships throughout the decade. The team earned a record

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  • Men’s and women’s soccer shut out Juniata to end regular season

    Saturday, Oct. 28, Elizabethtown College’s men’s soccer team confirmed there will be a home semi-final game in the near future while sweeping Juniata College out of the way with overwhelming power. The men led with 17 total shots, along with astounding possession throughout the entire length of the match. Junior goalkeeper Brian Gately only had

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  • Field hockey team falls 3-4 to Juniata College in a shootout on senior day

    Field hockey team falls 3-4 to Juniata College in a shootout on senior day

    Saturday, Oct. 28 on Elizabethtown College’s Wolf Field, the Juniata College Eagles outscored the Blue Jays field hockey team in a shootout. Etown’s senior day was tarnished by the 4-3 loss, bringing their record to 8-9. The Landmark Conference game began in favor of the Blue Jays, with seniors Emma Christman and Megan Eppley taking

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FEATURES

  • Music department presents Shakespeare-oriented event

    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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  • Mosaic House sponsors Black Lives Matter discussion, vigil

    Mosaic House sponsors Black Lives Matter discussion, vigil

    Thursday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m., the Mosaic House hosted an event centered on the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. Students and faculty held a Respecting All Perspectives (RAP) discussion in the house. Later, students gathered in front of the BSC and wrote the names of some of the people of color who have been

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  • Group meditation held in library, discussions follow

    I’m interested in alternative states of consciousness, which is my thesis project, and I wanted to experiment,” said senior psychology and philosophy major Andrew Kile in regard to the meditation event recently held in the Tower Room of the High Library. Throughout the last 17 years that professor of religion and Asian studies Dr. Jeffery

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