NEWS
Admissions updates: Accepted Student Day
Photo courtesy of Elizabethtown College Flickr Since the beginning of the 2019-2020 school year, Elizabethtown College’s Office of Admissions has seen many changes, from a new Vice President to a change in the leadership for tour guides. There have also been changes made to Accepted Student Day, which will be applied for the first time
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McCormick speaks to Student Senate
Photo courtesy of Matt Smith Elizabethtown College President Cecilia McCormick addressed Student Senate for its Thursday, Feb. 6 meeting, focusing on updates from the recent Board of Trustees meeting, which was closed to Student Senate and the Etownian attendance. “I wanted to make sure I’d be here for the Board recaps,” McCormick said at the
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Global Perspective
Photo courtesy of unsplash.com Brexit, the breakup between the United Kingdom (U.K.) and The European Union (EU), is official. After three and a half years of negotiations and multiple delays, the U.K. formally left the EU Friday, Jan. 31., becoming the first country to leave the EU since its inception in 1957, then called the
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CAMPUS LIFE
Business Profile: My Place Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria
Savor the tastes of Italian cuisine, right in the heart of Elizabethtown. My Place Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria has served authentic Italian eats since its opening in 1985. The restaurant serves gourmet pizzas by the slice and the pie, rich Stromboli, classic pasta dishes and a wide variety of subs. Additional menu items include hamburgers,
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The Weekly Chirp: Students, faculty weigh in: What is the significance of the impending DACA deal?
Monday, March 5, President Donald Trump plans to repeal the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) unless new legislation is passed. DACA refers to a protection policy that affects people who came to the United States as children but have no lawful immigration status. This bill was introduced June 5, 2012, and it allowed
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Album of PA native moody, memorable
Pennsylvania native Matthew Tyler Musto, who goes by the stage-name “blackbear,” (stylized lowercase) released his third studio album, “digital druglord,” April 21, 2017. It was preceded by promotional single “Do Re Mi,” which hit spot number 40 on the Billboard Hot 100. Although “Do Re Mi” has received the most attention, the entire album is
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SPORTS
Men’s swim team salvages tie to celebrate Senior Day
The men’s and women’s swim teams were up against McDaniel College for Elizabethtown College’s Senior Day on Saturday, Jan. 21. The men’s team walked away with the first dual meet tie in the history of the program, and the women’s team took a loss. Senior Kieran Koehler and first-year Alec Schneider were both top performers
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Men’s basketball drops Landmark Conference opener
Elizabethtown’s men’s basketball team fell to Moravian College on the road Saturday, Dec. 3. The Blue Jays fought the Greyhounds hard in the first half, keeping it at no more than a two-possession game until the last two minutes before halftime. After a steal by Moravian player Elijah Davis and a fast-break layup by his
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Women’s basketball falls to Moravian College in conference opener
The Blue Jays lost a tough one on Saturday as they fell to Moravian College. The Greyhounds got their win in the last seconds of the game with a pair of clutch free throws. This was the Blue Jays’ first loss of the season. The big contributors to the Blue Jays in this game were
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FEATURES
Restorative Circle training encourages civil conversations
The Center for Global Understanding and Peacemaking recently cosponsored an event named ‘Kay Pranis – Training for Using Restorative Circles with Young People.’ The event took place from Thursday, Sept. 22 through Saturday, Sept. 24 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. According to livingjusticepress.org, “Kay Pranis is a national leader in restorative justice,
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College students to mentor international high schoolers
Friday, Sept. 23, the Elizabethtown College Center for Community and Civic Engagement launched its new Building Bridges program with Lancaster Mennonite School. The program includes international students from Lancaster Mennonite and students from Etown that help them learn about various components, mainly with the prerequisites to attend college. The Etown students meet once a month
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Honors society provides coloring sheets, gives smile to those in need
Students across campus may be wondering why there are bins of coloring pages in the Baugher’s Student Center (BSC) and in dorms. They are for Color a Smile, which collects colored pages and distributes them once a month to senior citizens, troops overseas and anyone else who needs a smile. The Color a Smile Campus
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