NEWS
Etown student helps solve cold case
Elizabethtown College student Eric Schubert has recently solved a nearly 60-year-old cold case. Schubert had used his knowledge and passion for genealogy to discover the killer of nine-year-old Marise Ann Chiverella. On March 18, 1964, Chiverella was on her way to school in Hazleton, Pa. when she was abducted. Later that day, her body was
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Senate votes on new amendments to decrease class representatives and start biweekly meetings
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 a report from Vice President for Enrollment Management John Campoli. Currently Elizabethtown College is 22 percent up in applications and 40 percent in applications compared to two years ago. The retention
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Robert D. Ballard gives lecture at Elizabethtown College
On Feb. 16, famous oceanographer Robert D. Ballard gave a lecture to Elizabethtown College and community members as part of the Evenings of Enlightenment. Ballard is an ocean explorer, best known for discovering underwater archeology, such as the R.M.S. Titanic and the Bismarck. He began the discussion by talking about his passion for the ocean
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CAMPUS LIFE
Soup review: chicken noodle
More than any other time of year, late winter strikes me as the time for hearty soups. Sure, sometimes you want something light and elegant, but in the cold of winter I don’t think there is anything better than warming yourself from the inside out with a warm drink or food. Soup is essentially the
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Aquariums: slices of nature in a dorm
As the pandemic continues into 2021, people have turned to keeping pets as their company indoors. From working at a major chain pet store, I noticed that puppies and fish seem to be the new classmates for Zoom. Obviously, we cannot keep puppies in our dorms, so I started thinking about getting my own fish.
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Valentine’s Day Horoscopes
Hello there! I welcome you all back to another semester of horoscopes at the Etownian, whether you’re a starchild or a skeptic. This first horoscope is a sort of special one, since this issue is closest to Valentine’s Day. That means for once the horoscopes can be written in the most stereotypical manner — about
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SPORTS
Men’s volleyball opens its first season with consecutive wins
The Elizabethtown College men’s volleyball team opened up its first season in style with a 3-0 sweep over Widener University in Chester, Pa. This will be recorded as the College’s first men’s volleyball match. Senior Ethan Maurer scored the first point against the Pride with a kill on first-year Tim Zieber’s assist. Sophomore Steven Schreffler
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New records made by Elizabethtown track and field teams
The women’s track team met in Bethlehem, PA to go up against Moravian College at Rauch Fieldhouse on the campus of Lehigh University Saturday, Jan. 26. First-year Kelli Garriott set a new record in the high jump in December for the Jays, and she beat it at the Moravian Invitational. The ongoing record was held
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Women’s basketball suffers a one-point loss in Landmark game
Wednesday, Nov. 28 the Elizabethtown College women’s basketball team took a 71-61 win against York College of Pennsylvania. York took the first points of the game. Sophomore Emma Powell put the first point on the board for Etown with nine minutes left of the first quarter. A few seconds later, Sophomore Veronica Christ made a
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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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