NEWS
A museum opens in a poet’s old home
December 2020 in St. Petersburg, Russia a museum opened in honor of poet Joseph Brodsky. Ever since the grand opening, the museum has been working on adding to the collection. Earlier in the summer, they brought in the desk Brodsky used in Brooklyn, N.Y. Brodsky spent most of his life in the communal home in
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Today’s Technology
A major ruling has been made Friday, Sept. 10 in the Epic Games v. Apple case. Video game developer Epic Games, creator of the popular video game Fortnite, brought a lawsuit against Apple in Aug. 2020, arguing against Apple’s restrictions on apps that are listed on the App Store from having in-app purchasing methods other
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Etown named to Princeton Review’s “Best in the Northeast” list
It was announced Thursday, Sept. 2 that Elizabethtown College was one of 223 colleges to be named to the Princeton Review’s “Best in the Northeast” list. The site named a total of 665 colleges to its “2022 Best Colleges: Region by Region” feature, split into five categories by region: the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, West and
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CAMPUS LIFE
Welcome back from the Etownian Editor-in-Chief!
Photo by Megan White Welcome back Etown! Here at the Etownian we are excited to start production on our fall issues. There have been many changes over the past year, and we are excited to continually provide you with in-depth coverage of campus news and events. Here in the office we always strive to improve
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Welcome to the Jungle: Campus life, written by our animal friends
This is the first thing you should know about me: I don’t like moving. At all. For one, I was just sitting inside of that box doing nothing, so why would you ruin the moment by taking me out of the box and putting your random junk in it? What’s the point in that?
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Music review: Lord Huron: A nostalgic, haunting sound for listeners
During one particularly peaceful summer night this past July, I spent a few hours sitting in my overgrown backyard with nothing but a drink, my bluetooth speaker and my own thoughts. This is one of my favorite hobbies, as well as one of my least productive. Sometimes, you just have to drift through time, carried
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SPORTS
Sports of the 2018 Winter Olympics
In the 2018 Winter Olympics, there are a total of 15 sports. These include variations of skiing, skating, snowboarding, curling, hockey, luge, bobsled and skeleton. Although a lot of these sports have been seen before, there are a few that are not as well known. Skiing is a common winter sport in the Olympics. There
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Finishing great season women’s basketball is off to playoffs
Wednesday, Feb. 14, the Elizabethtown College women’s basketball team received an overtime win against the Catholic University of America. Sophomore Lydia Lawson was back in the starting line after a two-game absence and was a leading lady in the game, making 20 of Etown’s 66 points. She made 13 of her points in the first
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A tough loss ends the regular season for men’s basketball
Wednesday, Feb. 14 in the Raymond DuFour Center at The Catholic University of America, the Cardinals barely managed to beat out the Elizabethtown College Blue Jays 74-72. The men’s basketball game, which was part of the Landmark Conference, was either in favor of the Blue Jays or a close match for a majority of the
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FEATURES
Group meditation held in library, discussions follow
I’m interested in alternative states of consciousness, which is my thesis project, and I wanted to experiment,” said senior psychology and philosophy major Andrew Kile in regard to the meditation event recently held in the Tower Room of the High Library. Throughout the last 17 years that professor of religion and Asian studies Dr. Jeffery
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Soar Above Hate training works to decrease diversity-related issues
After last year’s bias-related incident involving slurs written on white boards in Esbenshade, student groups across campus have joined together to speak out against hateful speech and actions. Noir, Elizabethtown College’s student diversity union, wanted to make a statement in the wake of the bias related incident. With the guidance of Brandon Jackson, former coordinator
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First Folio! events kick off with Shakespeare-themed student art exhibit
From Nov. 10 to Dec. 4, the High Library represents the exhibition of the First Folio!: The Book That Gave Us Shakespeare. Courtesy of the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., the exhibition honors the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death. The contents of the exhibit will include an original copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio,
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