NEWS

  • Today’s Technology

    Today’s Technology

    Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook unveiled the new iPhone 12 in a special event earlier this month. With the main iPhone, a cheaper iPhone 12 mini was announced alongside the more expensive Max and Pro Max phones. The main improvements to its predecessor are an improved screen, a faster chip and an ability to run

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  • Student Senate

    Student Senate

    Student Senate met Thursday, Oct. 29 over Zoom for their weekly meeting. It began with Vice President for Student Life Dr. Celestino Limas’ report. He began by telling senators the current plan for the spring semester, just before it was sent out to the student body. He then took time to answer questions. However, many

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  • Etown’s spring semester schedule announced

    Etown’s spring semester schedule announced

    Oct. 29, Elizabethtown College released a plan for the upcoming spring semester. It followed speculation amongst students, faculty and staff, as they were waiting in anticipation for the release of the plans.  Prior to the email, the College addressed the concerns of students in the most recent Student Senate meeting. Within the meeting, students raised

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CAMPUS LIFE

  • Etown Simplified: Simplified gift-giving for the holiday season

    Etown Simplified: Simplified gift-giving for the holiday season

    Written by Hanna Dillenger, Karina Guy, Liz Heaney, Robin Hill, Brady McLamb The consumer-focused holidays are fast approaching. As the largest shopping day, Black Friday, grows near, many people start to contemplate what to buy for the myriad of people on their gift list. According to the Census Bureau’s monthly retail trade statistics, Americans are

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  • Etown Simplified:  Simplify your life with DIY

    Etown Simplified: Simplify your life with DIY

    Written by Catherine Amos, Kayla Anderson, Lila Bolze, Lucy Conrey and Giselle Taylor The acronym DIY, which means “do it yourself,” may spur images of colorful crafts and sad Pinterest fails, but a modern wave of the DIY initiative is influencing bloggers and social media. Modern DIYers coined the name “Makers” to describe themselves and

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SPORTS

  • Field hockey victorious in last away game of the season

    Field hockey victorious in last away game of the season

    Despite a two hour delay because referees did not show up on time, the Elizabethtown College field hockey team had a pivotal win against Susquehanna University Saturday, Oct. 21, ensuring them a spot in the playoffs. Senior midfielder and defender Megan Eppley scored the first goal for Etown at 33:30, the only goal scored in

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  • Volleyball defeats WC and Hood, sweeps Wilson on senior night

    Volleyball defeats WC and Hood, sweeps Wilson on senior night

    The Elizabethtown College women’s volleyball team collected two more wins Saturday, Oct. 21 against Washington College and Hood College in Chestertown, Maryland. This was a non-conference tri-match starting with a match against Washington College. The match was tough, but with three miscues on Washington and a block and kill by junior Gabby Anders, the Blue

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  • Women’s XC competes at LVC, Nelson named Landmark athlete of the week

    Women’s XC competes at LVC, Nelson named Landmark athlete of the week

    Friday, Oct. 20, Elizabethtown Col l e ge’s women’s c ross country team participated in the Last Chance Run Fast Invitational at Lebanon Valley College. Junior Emily Nelson and first-years Justine Itterly and Kinsey Kilment were top finishers for the Blue Jays, all running season-best times on the 6,000-meter course. Nelson, in her first year

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FEATURES

  • College celebrates American Indian heritage, current issues

    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

    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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