NEWS
Student Senate
Student Senate met Thursday, March 11 at 3:45 p.m. for their weekly meeting over Zoom. The meeting began with administrative reports, where Vice President for Student Life Dr. Celestino Limas began by handing over the floor to Vice President for Enrollment Management John Champoli and Senior Director of Admissions Adam Smith. The two provided an
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Honors Program initiative: “Learn, Serve, Lead”
In early March, the Elizabethtown College Honors Program launched exciting new initiatives to keep up with the changing aspects of on-campus life. These changes range from simply adopting a new motto to promoting comprehensive community engagement. I interviewed Honors Program director Dr. Oya Dursun-Ozkanca and other students from the Program to see how they felt
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Students receive HEERF II funding
Students at Elizabethtown College received emails from the Business Office Monday, March 1, informing them that the College was distributing direct emergency funds. The payments come as part of the Coronavirus Relief and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act (CRRSAA) Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund II (HEERF II). The College received more than $675k in funding. According
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CAMPUS LIFE
Etown Simplified: Simplifying your finals week experience
Written by: Catherine Amos, Kayla Anderson, Lila Bolze, Lucy Conrey, Giselle Taylor Hearing the phrase “finals week” can send chills through our bones. We know that finals week can be stressful, tiring and busy, so this week we compiled a list of nine useful tips to help you simplify your study strategies. We believe that
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Holidays: Making the best of your time at home
The holiday season: some look forward to it, while others dread it. For many, it can be a time of fun family gatherings, love and cheer. However, many people experience stress, fear and toxic situations when they are home for the holidays, often because of critical and malicious relatives. A harmful family situation is not
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Business Profile: Now Wear This!: High-quality thrift shopping moves to town
Are you looking for some new clothes, bags or accessories, but not willing to spend a lot of money to do so? Are you hesitant about thrift shopping? Well, Now Wear This! can ease all your doubts about the thrift store shopping experience. They offer a clean and organized shopping environment for all their customers.
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SPORTS
Coaches offer insight into upcoming winter athletic season
Elizabethtown College’s winter athletes are preparing for their upcoming season. The swim team and basketball team coaches gave insight on their goals and expectations for their athletes. Head swim coach Mark Wilson has been coaching at Etown for six years. The swim team performed well in their 2015-2016 season, finishing sixth overall in the Landmark
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The Elizabethtown College athletic program through the years: the 1990s
The 1990s started off well for the Elizabethtown College athletic program, with the men’s soccer team winning the MAC championship. The team came back to win the title five more times throughout the decade and was runner up twice. Etown soccer players were named All-Americans eight times throughout the decade. Also in 1990, Bob Schlosser
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Etown basketball player Britt Moore returns as head coach
Coach by day, dad by night, Elizabethtown College’s head basketball coach Britt Moore has a full plate. This is Moore’s first season coaching here at Etown, and he’s excited to be on campus. Moore was named the 12th coach in the College’s history at the beginning of May, after coach Bob Schlosser retired as head
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FEATURES
New counseling group teaches self-compassion
A new counseling group called Be Kind to Yourself had its first meeting Thursday, Oct. 13. This group is for “any student who would like to enhance their capacity for emotional wellbeing and resilience,” said Dr. Evie Gerber, staff counselor for the Center for Student Success & Counseling Services, in an email interview. The students
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SDLC hosts children’s book drive, encourages literacy, self-confidence
The Cover to Confidence Student Directed Learning Community (SDLC) is currently sponsoring a children’s book drive until Oct. 24. The children of Burrowes Elementary School in Lancaster City will receive the new and gently-used donations. Books for children ages four to 10 can be dropped off on the second floor of Steinman Hall, the Elizabethtown
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Professor discusses new book on Turkish foreign policy
On Wednesday, Oct. 19 Elizabethtown College students gathered in the Bowers Writers House to listen to guest lecturer Oya Dursun-Ozkanca, associate professor of political science and director of the international studies minor, talk about the Turkish foreign policy and its security. Her lecture, “Three Months Past Turbulence: Turkish Foreign Policy and Security,” gives a unique
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