NEWS
Pa. state senators push for student refinancing plan
Rider Brandau is a low-income, first-generation student at Elizabethtown College. “When students borrow money for college, they agree to pay back that money,” Brandau said. “I will owe roughly $30,000 upon graduation, which is a fair price for what I have received from Elizabethtown.” Many students share his experience. About 1.8 million Pennsylvanians have student
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Then versus now: Behind the scenes of the Bowers Center
What started as a segment of the Be More Inspired campaign and a virtual “fly-through” has officially become a brand-new addition to Elizabethtown College. With just a few months left until its grand opening during the summer of 2019, the Bowers Center for Sports, Fitness and Well-being is set to include various amenities and recreational
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The Global Perspective
This weekly column will cover a variety of contemporary global issues including climate action, global health, international peace and security and gender equality. I hope that this column will act as a platform to advocate for global progress and to empower young leaders to get involved in international affairs. If there are certain global issues
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CAMPUS LIFE
Star Wars prequel delivers one-third of a good movie
At this time last year, I was still thinking about “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” Heck even now, more than a year after its initial release, I still find myself thinking about it and asking a lot of questions. Is Finn okay? Who is Supreme Leader Snoke? How does Kylo Ren not know that Darth
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Letter to the Editor: Homer ponders revenues, parking
Homer could hardly believe his eyes. He had just come across the piece on parking in The Etownian. “Finally!” he said to himself. A diatribe against the campus parking situation was long overdue. Arming himself with a scone from the Blue Bean, Homer settled down to read the article. Parking on campus had always been
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Editor critiques campus parking limitations
Parking can be inconvenient at any college or university. At Elizabethtown College, the campus is fortunately small enough that it can be crossed in a 10-minute walk or less. My roommate attended Penn State University main campus for a year, where her walk to classes every day was 30 minutes, despite living in standard campus
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SPORTS
Volleyball brings home Lycoming Invitational title
Over this past weekend, the Elizabethtown College Women’s Volleyball team dominated at the Lycoming Invitational. The Blue Jays worked together as a team to 3-0 victories over Pitt-Bradford and Penn College in which they captured the team title in the process. First-year, Kristina Smith’s double-double of 11 kills and 21 digs carved the path for
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Alumnus returns as Director of Athletics
Chris Morgan is back in the gray and blue for the first time since graduating from Elizabethtown College in 1991. Morgan, who was inducted into the Ira R. Herr Athletic Hall of Fame class of 2009, took over as Etown’s new Director of Athletics back on Aug. 1. Nancy Lattimore held the position for 20
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Experience, early postseason exit to fuel women’s soccer’s fire
Last season, the Elizabethtown College women’s soccer team posted a 13-4 record and made their first appearance in the Landmark Conference playoffs in their first season in the conference. However, despite being the number two seed, the team fell to the University of Scranton Royals in the semifinals. This year, armed with a new head
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FEATURES
Kennedy discusses one-child policy in China, implications for gender ratio
Dr. John J. Kennedy, associate professor of political science and director of the Center for Global and International Studies at the University of Kansas, first observed the phenomenon of the “missing girls” in China during the 1990s. In his lecture “Out of the Shadows: Family Planning and Identifying the ‘Missing Girls’ in Rural China,” he
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Professors hold evening discussion of book by upcoming lecturer Kristof
Bowers Writers House was full of students from Associate Professor of Japanese Dr. Mahua Bhattacharya’s Anime to Zen class to discuss the writings of Nicholas Kristof in his book, “Thunder from the East: Portrait of Rising Asia.” Kristof is this year’s Ware lecture guest and will be on campus on April 13 and 14. Kristof
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Behrens shares history of Open Door Recital for children
“In that the recital now is in its 14th year, many students don’t know the history of the recital,” Dr. Gene Behrens, professor of music, said. Fourteen years ago, some of the families of children with special needs who attended music therapy sessions at Elizabethtown College’s on-campus clinic started a very important conversation. The families
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