NEWS
Pennsylvania Politics
On July 4, 2021, while the nation celebrated its freedom on Independence Day, it was also celebrating a newfound freedom from COVID-19. According to statistics from the Center for Disease Control (CDC), Pennsylvania reported only 121 new cases on July 4. Freedom from the virus was marked by lower hospitalization and death rates and less
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High Center expands to Berks County
The High Center for Family Business, located on Elizabethtown College’s campus, has recently expanded into Berks County. Previously, the center mainly operated out of Lancaster County, but in the past year, it has been looking to roll out to new markets. “There was always a feeling that there was so much opportunity in Lancaster, Dauphin
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Local P.A. elections
As we approach Nov. 2, more voters are thinking about how they will cast their votes in the election, which is primarily geared toward local and statewide races. Throughout the years, voter turnout in local elections has comprised 15 to 27 percent of eligible voters in the U.S. In comparison, 49 percent of eligible voters
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CAMPUS LIFE
Welcome to the jungle: Orange
Photo courtesy of unsplash.com Hi, I’m Orange. And no, it’s not because I’m orange in color. Okay, maybe it is, but that’s beside the point. I don’t know why you would want to interview me, since I’m not that insteresting. Ok, fine. Let’s see … I’ve known my mom, Liz, for basically my entire life.
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Music Review: The Original Crooks and Nannies
Photo courtesy of unsplash.com What are music reviews typically meant to do? Usually to introduce people to new or upcoming artists that they may not have heard of yet, right? So what have I done this week? I’ve found a small band that disbanded in June 2016, according to their Facebook page. I’m fairly confident
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The Weekly Chirp: Etown’s Internet Policy Change
Photo courtesy of Unsplash.com A change to the Elizabethtown College Secure Wi-Fi network at the beginning of the semester has led to some disatisfied reactions from students on the E-town Jays App. The change in policy has had strongly varied reactions because the primary discernable difference in the new policy is that websites containing mature
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SPORTS
Softball wins one in doubleheader against Albright, defeats Juniata on Senior Day
Photo: Megan White Thursday, April 26, the Elizabethtown College softball team played a doubleheader against Albright College at home at The Nest. In game one, Etown fell 3-2, but beat the Lions in the second game 3-0. Sophomore pitcher Alyssa Wilkinson assisted in the team effort by holding the opposing team scoreless for five innings
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Track & field regular season ends with Blue Jay Tune Up wins
Photo: Megan White Thursday, April 26 and Friday, April 27, the Elizabethtown College track and field teams participated in this year’s Penn Relays at Franklin Field. Thursday, senior Maria Anderson ran the 3,000-meter steeplechase for the women’s team. According to the Penn Relays website, she placed 26th with a time of 10:56.39 and nearly broke
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Etown earned a win in the first game of their doubleheader
The Elizabethtown College baseball team jumped to an early lead Saturday, April 21, in the first of two games against the Susquehanna University River Hawks. After senior Anthony Lippy worked out of a jam in the top of the first, back-to-back singles from junior Anthony Knight and senior Colby Smith set the stage for a
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FEATURES
Turkish journalist visits Bowers, group discusses political corruption
Elizabethtown College’s Bowers Writers House held a discussion on the changing political climate of Turkey Friday, Sept. 15 at 5 p.m. The speakers for the event included associate professor of political science Dr. Oya Dursun-Özkanca, Turkish newspaper executive Abdülhamit Bilici and president of the World Affairs Council Joyce Davis. Dursun-Özkanca is interested in the study
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Bowers Writers House opens for semester, panel on new technology
A panel-style presentation allowed the Elizabethtown College community to hear a variety of opinions on new technology emerging within the sciences. The event took place Sept. 5 at 7 p.m. at the College’s Bowers Writers House. The panel consisted of four professors with varying specializations in the sciences. The presenters included associate professor of physics
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First year Seminar writes column on course values of Simple Living
Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb nail,” wrote Henry David Thoreau during his social experiment at Walden Pond. The transcendentalist, commonly known as the father of
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