NEWS
Professor receives the Kreider Prize for Teaching Excellence
Thursday, Oct. 7 associate professor of occupational therapy (OT) Dr. Judy Beck Ericksen was awarded the Kreider Prize for Teaching Excellence for 2020-2021. She has been teaching at Elizabethtown College for 15 years. The event took place in the Susquehanna Room beginning with a reception at 7:00 p.m. The main event of the evening began
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Dr. Judy Beck Ericksen profile
Dr. Judy Beck Ericksen has been teaching at Elizabethtown College since 2007. Previously she taught as an adjunct at George Mason University, George Washington University, Gallaudet University and Shenandoah University. As an Occupational Therapist (OT), she has worked in many states including Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Michigan, Virginia and Washington D.C. She received her OT degree
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Student Senate
Student Senate met for their weekly meeting Thursday, Oct. 7 at 3:45 p.m. in Hoover 212. The meeting began with administrative reports, starting with Dean of Students and Executive Director of Diversity, Equity and Belonging Nichole Gonzalez. Gonzalez began with addressing her recent choice to cancel the guest speaker Joe Basrawi that planned to come
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CAMPUS LIFE
Interior Design: Making the most of your dorm with these fall decor ideas
Photo courtesy of Unsplash.com Autumn is full of colors, and a lot of people enjoy decorating; college is no different. Many students at Elizabethtown College want to or already have decorated the doors of their dorms. Some may want to, yet it could be that they have never decorated before now. There are many ways
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Welcome to the jungle: Frisky: Frisky loves being at Etown and all of her new friends here
Photo courtesy of unsplash.com Hi! I’m Frisky, but you can call me Frif. I’m so excited to be back on campus! Granted, I’ve only been here for a semester, but I can’t wait to see what Elizabethtown College has in store for the spring! Right now I live in Schlosser with my mom, Sam. My
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Music Review: Fiona Apple: An artist with diverse and emotionally charged music
Photo courtesy of unsplash.com Hello, hello, fine readers. It is I, your marginally friendly campus opinion-haver, ready to share some opinions in a public forum. I have been entrusted with one-third of the music review privileges this semester, and I am ready to use this third of a column to spread my own agenda. Let’s
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SPORTS
The track and field teams finished second and third in all
Photo courtesy of Etown Athletics @ etownbluejays.com Saturday, April 7 Elizabethtown College’s men’s and women’s track and field teams participated in the Millersville Metrics meet at Millersville University. The men’s team finished with 81 points, coming in second out of 19 teams. The women’s team finished third out of 19 teams with 52 points. First-year
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Softball’s first landmark losses in doubleheader with Catholic
Photo: Megan White Saturday, April 7, the Elizabethtown College softball team lost both games in a doubleheader at home against Landmark Conference opponent Catholic University of America. Junior Emma Varrato got the Blue Jays off to a strong start in the first inning, hitting her fifth homerun of the season. This sent graduate student Kirstin
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Field Hockey: a universal sport
The Hockey World Cup is the biggest competition for field hockey outside of the Olympics, where it is also an active sport. Field hockey is a sport in which two teams play against each other by moving a ball with a hockey stick. Field hockey also happens to be the national sport of both Pakistan
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FEATURES
Phalanx showcases talents, holds ugly sweater contest
Saturday Dec. 3 at 7 p.m. Phalanx performed in the Koon’s Activity Venue (KAV), bringing the joy of the holidays to Elizabethtown College. Phalanx represents the all-male a cappella group on campus. This was one of their biggest shows of the semester. Phalanx offered the audience cookies that the members made themselves. The show was
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World AIDS Day event raises awareness of disease prevalence
Thursday, Dec. 1, in order to celebrate World AIDS Day, Elizabethtown College’s Student Wellness Advocacy Group (S.W.A.G.) urged students to become aware of the effects that AIDS can have on all of us. S.W.A.G. had a table with student representatives on the two days leading up to the universally recognized day in order to inform
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Dakota Access Pipeline draws student attention at panel, rally
Graduates of Elizabethtown are prepared to make the world a better place. They do so, in part by living in ways that reflect their individual commitments, response to the needs of others, and value personal and ethical integrity,” says an excerpt found under the Purposeful Life Work section of the Elizabethtown College mission statement. Many
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