NEWS
Current campus work order system overhauled, welcomes improvements
In an email sent out to the Elizabethtown College community by Campus News Monday, March 11, Facilities Management announced that during the switch to the new work order system, the previous email, workorder@etown.edu, would be closed as of Friday, March 15. The new work order request system, which has been in place since before Spring
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Common Cents
This weekly column will feature the latest topics and tips in the financial world. Each week, we will focus on a specific financial topic, with topics covering a wide range of financial information and the latest opportunities with the Family Business and Entrepreneurship Club on campus. If there are any topics or concepts that you
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Power of One Day shows power of Etown
Tuesday, March 19 was Elizabethtown College’s 5th annual Power of One Day. Each year on Power of One Day, Etown sets a higher donor goal than the year before. For the first year in 2015, the initial goal was 200 donors in 24 hours. This has grown to this year’s goal of 1,700 donors in
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CAMPUS LIFE
Business Profile: Folklore Coffee & Co.
For seven years, Folklore Coffee & Company on Market Street has been a haven for students in need of a study space or a caffeine fix. Owners Ryan and Dawn Bracken believe that beyond serving good food, providing a comfortable atmosphere is key to running a successful business. Though the shop serves over a thousand
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Superbowl Weekend prompts reflection on 1928 football team
People often wonder why our Elizabethtown College football team has been undefeated since 1929, when the campus does not possess a football field or team. The College was founded by the members of the Church of the Brethren, who encouraged the College to practice their beliefs of free expression of all religions and nonviolence. Actual
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Student discusses new 24-hour building access policy
With a new year comes a new semester. And with a new semester comes new ideas and policies. This year’s addition to the Elizabethtown College campus adds new policies to our old infrastructure. As of Monday, Jan. 23, all Etown students now have access to the Hoover and Nicarry academic buildings, 24 hours a day,
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SPORTS
Volleyball adjusts to season without home gym
For the Elizabethtown College women’s volleyball team, this upcoming fall season marks only their second time playing in the Landmark conference. The team transitioned into this conference last fall and finished fifth overall with a record of 3-4. Prior to the start of last season, the team was picked fourth in a pre-season poll based
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Thompson Gym to replace floor, expected completion by late October
Thompson Gymnasium, which many of Elizabethtown College athletic teams have called home for 45 years, is getting its first major renovation since its dedication in 1970. The hardwood floor, which is the originally floor from 1970, spans the entire length of the gym and is in the process of being replaced. Work officially began on
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Men’s soccer core veterans are optimistic about season
With another autumn comes another year for soccer at Elizabethtown College. This year’s men’s soccer team was picked to finish fourth for the second straight year. However, with a variety of veteran players and a number of newcomers, Elizabethtown is looking to exceed those expectations and prove the doubters wrong about the talent of their
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FEATURES
Shelly explains difficulties of starting a small business
Andrew Shelly of Andrew Douglas Jewelers in Elizabethtown came to talk about his store and a bit about his experience with business as part of the M&M Mars Lecture series. Growing up, his father was a business owner, so business was always a part of the conversations at the dinner table. His father owned a
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Wilson explains negative portrayal, absence of females in video games
Senior and Etownian webmaster Luke Wilson presented on the portrayal of women in video games, focusing on the underrepresentation and misrepresentation of many female characters as part of a computer science club tech talk last night. Wilson used DotA 2 as an example of stereotypes in video games. DotA 2 features 110 playable characters. “It
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Gans details Auschwitz, death marches during Holocaust
On April 1, a lecture was held in Gibble Auditorium by Holocaust survivor Philip L. Gans who presented his experience as a survivor of Auschwitz, one of the most well-known concentration camps during World War II. Gans began his presentation with a retelling of the time he and his family were discovered by Nazis in
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