NEWS
Student Senate
Photo courtesy of Flickr Student Senate held its weekly meeting Thursday, Sept. 12 at 3:45 p.m. in Hoover 212. The meeting started with a few student comments. Senior Margaret Fix asked if Elizabethtown College was planning to get patio furniture for the Bowers Center for Sports, Fitness and Well-being, since it’s pictured in the sketches.
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Today’s Technology
Photo courtesy of Flickr Data storage can be a pain to properly configure, but artificial intelligence (AI) is proving to be useful for helping do just this. The scale and complexity of workloads is increasing and becoming more difficult, and now teams of specialists are needed to manage the massive storage of data. However, AI
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Study abroad program changes, additional affiliated countries added
Photo by Paula Groff Toward the end of last semester and throughout the summer, the Study Abroad Office at Elizabethtown College had been working to update its programs for students interested in studying abroad. As a result of such updates, 14 new programs have been added to the list of programs affiliated with the College.
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CAMPUS LIFE
Don’t let finals overwhelm you: Ten tips for a less stressful finals week
According to the National Survey of Student Engagement’s findings, the average student spends about 17 hours each week preparing for classes. College success guides suggest roughly 2-3 hours of study time for each hour spent in class (30+ hours a week). It is crucial to allot ample time to studying, but even more critical to
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The Weekly Chirp: Students, faculty weigh in: Should “nonbinary” be added as a gender option on state ID?
Early in October, California lawmakers passed a bill that would allow Californians to have gender-neutral and nonbinary gender options on licenses and identification papers. The bill, known as the Gender Recognition Act, is set to be in effect by 2018. California will be the second state in the U.S. to offer gender neutral options for
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Review: “Stanger Things 2”
One of the most popular TV shows of 2016, Netflix’s “Stranger Things,” is back in time for Halloween with a second season. Never fear—no spoilers for this season, but if you haven’t seen season one yet, sorry. I have no remorse for you. Playing off all the best 80s archetypes, “Stranger Things” follows the disappearance
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SPORTS
Cross country teams sweep Landmark Championships for third straight year
For the third year in a row, both the men’s and women’s cross-country teams took first place in the Landmark Conference Championships this past weekend. The meet took place on Saturday, Oct. 29 at Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The men’s and women’s teams scored a total of 31 and 28 points, respectively. For the
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Women’s volleyball finishes Landmark Conference play winless
Elizabethtown College’s women’s volleyball team closed out its Landmark Conference play at home in Thompson Gym on Friday, Oct. 14 with two losses to the University of Scranton and Moravian College. The Blue Jays first match of the day was at 4 p.m. against Scranton. Etown came out strong, leading the first set by six
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Men’s golf competes in Franklin & Marshall Invitational
Sophomore Felix Goettfert and senior Kyle Hakun were the two top finishers for the Elizabethtown College men’s golf team on Monday afternoon. For the second consecutive tournament, both golfers led the Blue Jays in scoring. On Monday at the Franklin & Marshall Invitational, Goettfert shot six over par for a round of 77. Hakun matched
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FEATURES
Blue Jay studying abroad in Japan expresses excitement for new experiences, opportunites
“Ittekimasu!” I say to my dorm-father as I rush out the door at 7:45 am to catch the last train that reaches my university’s building on time. Normally, I would grimace at the mere idea of a half an hour commute to school, but the past two weeks in Tokyo, Japan have really expanded my image of
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Anatomy of a good interview
Practice makes perfect. Job interviews evaluate distinctive qualities about your personality and work ethic, so many tend to contain the same questions. The internet is a great source to review common questions before your interview. Not only does practice give you a sense of how the interview might go, but it ensures that you gain
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Art show opens in Zug Gallery
Helen Beekman, an artist who works primarily with hay and bronze, explained how she constructs her art pieces and what her inspiration in for her sculptures as part of a reception for her collection “Hayworks” on Thursday, Jan. 21. Beekman grew up surrounded by hay in Menlo Park and Inverness, California, used hay on a
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