NEWS
Student Senate
Student Senate met for their weekly meeting Thursday, Oct. 21 at 3:45 p.m. in Hoover 212. The meeting began with administrative reports, starting with Dean of Students & Executive Director for College Diversity, Equity and Belonging Nichole Gonzalez. Gonzalez first let students know that the board of trustees is on campus. She also spoke about
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The state of student employment on campus this semester
Most college students don’t consider getting a job when they are preparing to move onto campus. However, part-time jobs can help students with housing and tuition payments, food, transportation and other necessities, while also giving them a bit of extra spending money for fun. This is no different for students at Elizabethtown College, many of
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Global Perspective
The 26th annual Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Climate Change (COP26) will take place between Sunday, Oct. 31 and Friday, Nov. 12. The conference was supposed to take place in late November 2020 in Glasgow, Scotland but was postponed last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The countries that will attend
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CAMPUS LIFE
Pop Culture: Fake News or Fabulous Stories Featured in Tabloids?
Photo courtesy of Unsplash.com Pop culture news comes from everywhere nowadays. It’s on paper, it’s on about every social media app on your phone and it’s what you’re reading right now. But how do you know what tea you’re reading is real? Obviously I’m trustworthy, but what about the millions of articles, stories, ads, pages
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Music Review: Vampire Weekend: Six years of waiting well worth it, indie lovers say
Photo courtesy of Unsplash.com Six years. That’s how long it’s been since we’ve had a fresh album from indie sensation Vampire Weekend. That finally changed this past May. The band released “Father of the Bride,” an album with a whopping total of 18 tracks. 18 tracks! This album has some of my new favorite Vampire
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Welcome to the Jungle: Harper: Guinea pig treated like a princess, lives with a fun crowd
Photo courtesy of Unsplash.com I’m only talking to you because you’ve promised me a big bowl of grapes after this. The red kind, not the nasty green ones! I like the finer things in life, you know. I’ll only eat leaves that are the right length, red grapes and music sheets with lots of tasty
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SPORTS
While men’s lacrosse team takes a win, the women’s team loses in a close game
Photo: Megan White The Elizabethtown College men’s lacrosse team won against the University of Scranton Royals with a score of 12-6. The Royals had three more shots than the Blue Jays along with four more faceoffs won. Etown and Scranton tied when it came to turnovers and came close to tying when it came to
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Softball loses in a Landmark game
Thursday, April 19, Elizabethtown College’s softball team competed in a doubleheader on the road against Ursinus College, winning both games. Junior pitcher Amber Sergas was a strong competitor in the first game, striking out six batters in all. Sophomore Jess Kutteroff hit a double to later score Sergas from second base, giving Etown the lead.
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Cricket evolves in Asia and Europe
Cricket is an evolving sport that, as of right now, is only played in countries in Asia and Europe. It is very popular in India, Pakistan and the United Kingdom. Cricket is a bat and ball game played between two teams. The teams are made up of 11 players; substitutes are only permitted for certain
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FEATURES
Alumni Sunil Shrestha ’03 shares his achievements since his Etown days
Elizabethtown College alumni reside all around the world. Alumnus Sunil Shrestha currently resides in the capital of Nepal, Kathmandu. The 2003 Etown graduate earned his Bachelor of Science degree in business administration. Living in Kathmandu, Shrestha is able to work in a variety of businesses. Shrestha currently owns and manages his own company called Narayan
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Alumnus visits and reads his book “Red Night”
Photo: Michael Wong | Photographer Tuesday, Sept. 12 at 6:30p.m. Elizabethtown College welcomed back alumnus Alexander Diegel, ‘10 to campus. Sponsored by the Alumni Relations, it was a night of reading, Q-and-A and book signing in the High Library. After graduating from Etown with a degree in communications, Diegel currently works as a marketing professional,
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Students work at National Park and go on Summer Archaeology Dig
Photo courtesy of Delaney Dammeyer What did you do over the summer? This question has been circling around the Elizabethtown College campus as the first two weeks of classes have come and gone. For six Etown students, the answer was participate in an archaeological dig on St. John’s Island, one of the United States Virgin
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