NEWS
House passes bill to potentially prohibit TikTok, hopes to push ByteDance to sell platform
This just in screen watchers: the House of Representatives has voted in favor of forcing Bytedance to sell TikTok to an American investor or else see it banned in the United States. Bytedpace, a Chinese-based tech company, is looking to take this to court rather than selling one of their most profitable assets. The Senate
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Multiple bias incidents on campus prompt conversation
On Monday April 15, the Elizabethtown College campus community received an email about a racial slur being found written on a board on the second floor of the Baugher Student Center. While the campus waited to see what updates they would receive about who wrote the slur or what was being done, another email came
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Etown celebrates Truman’s impact
Depending on who you ask, the biggest celebrity on Elizabethtown College’s campus likely isn’t human. Rather, he is a big golden doodle named Truman. Truman is not your average pup: he is a therapy dog who makes his rounds around campus and even shows up at campus-wide events. Truman is a therapy dog here at
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CAMPUS LIFE
Etownian Farewell: Campus Life Editor Charlie Carberry
I didn’t start off my college career as a professional writing major, so I certainly didn’t expect myself to be interested in Elizabethtown College’s newspaper. My goal was to not join any clubs, sports, ensembles or extracurriculars so I could focus on my studies in Neuropsychology. Well, spoiler alert, I realized I hated it about
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Horoscopes: What song from “The Tortured Poets Department” are you based on your zodiac?
It’s my favorite time of year, Blue Jays! Taylor Swift just released her tenth studio album (excluding her re-records) called “The Tortured Poets Department” (TTPD) on April 19. I, like so many other Swift fans, stayed up late to listen to the album and destroy my sleep schedule. Since its release, I’ve only listened to
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Job Spotlight: Student Library Assistant and Archives Assistant
Elizabethtown College’s High Library offers a multitude of services for students, faculty and community members. In addition to the extended catalog of books available both in print for checkout and online as e-books through the High Library’s website and databases, other materials like laptops and laptop chargers, games, movies, CDs and music scores are also
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SPORTS
Video Game Review: Cave Story
The most popular games of all time almost always have incredible teams behind them. Chrono Trigger featured the best talent Square-Enix could get their hands on, and now the turn-based role-playing game is rightfully heralded as one of the best games in its genre and of all time. However, one of these all-time classics was
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Blue Jay tennis falls to Wilkes
Elizabethtown College’s men’s and women’s tennis teams played against Wilkes University on Saturday, April 13 in Landmark Conference action. It was a very windy day and it made for challenging conditions. Unfortunately, both Blue Jay teams fell to the Colonels. The women’s team went in with a 6-6 record but lost by a final of
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Etown’s new men’s head soccer coach set to soar in 2024
Elizabethtown College is welcoming a new face to its athletics program. Moving forward, Evan Scheffey will be leading the program’s men’s soccer team. Scheffey takes over for former head coach Skip Roderick, who retired following the 2023 campaign in his 39th year as the College’s head coach. Scheffey enters as Etown’s seventh men’s soccer head
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FEATURES
Q & A with Dr. Tara Moore
As someone who enjoyed studying abroad during her time in college, Tara Moore is bringing her own experiences to the students at Elizabethtown College. Dr. Moore, the Director of the English Professional Writing and First Year Writing Program at the College, is taking students on a fifteen day-long trip over the summer of 2024 to
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Crafting your path to publication: Learn from published writer and student Mylea Neidig
You did it. You finally finished the piece you’ve been working on for who knows how long. As you sit back in your chair, patting yourself on the back, a new thought comes to mind. Now what? You could dive into a new project like always. Or maybe it’s finally time to put your work
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Students come together for goat yoga hosted by OSA
A bright, sunny day at Etown calls for two things: yoga and baby goats. On April 14th, OSA and the Animal Services Club hosted Goat Yoga on Brinser Field. Lots of students came out to the event and enjoyed the Sunday warmth. The event had a seventy five person capacity. The goats were fenced off
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