NEWS
Student Senate
Student Senate met Thursday, Feb. 25 for their weekly meeting over Zoom. The meeting began with a special order from Assistant Director of Annual Giving Liz Moyer. She spoke to senators about the Power of One Day. The annual day of giving will take place Tuesday, March 23. The goal is to have 1,899 participants.
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Today’s Technology
Feb. 18, NASA’s ambitious robotic explorer, Perseverance, landed on Mars in an effort to renew the search for extraterrestrial life on the red planet. The explorer holds advanced scientific tools meant to look for complex molecules that would signal the existence of past species. The rover lifted off from Earth last July, alongside rockets from
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Fresh Nest reopens with limited menu
As of March 1, the Fresh Nest in the Bowers Center for Sports, Fitness and Well-being will reopen after being closed during the previous fall semester. The Well, also located in the Bowers Center, will be open as well, just as it was in the Fall 2020 semester. The announcements were first made in an
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CAMPUS LIFE
Movie Review: Beautiful Boy: Emotional film about drug addiction
Everything. It’s what all good parents want to do for and give to their children to help them succeed in life. It also demonstrates that their undying love will prevail, even through the most dire of circumstances. This is a sentiment reflected but also put to the ultimate test in “Beautiful Boy,” directed by Felix
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The Weekly Chirp: Students, faculty weigh in: Have hate crimes been on the rise since the 2016 election?
The Pittsburgh community was shocked after a mass shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue Oct. 27, left 11 dead and many more grieving. The synagogue is home to three different congregations of Jewish communities, and each was holding a service that morning. Around 10 a.m., members from all three services heard a loud boom
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Etown Traditions: Rocky Horror Picture Show
The stage is set. Makeup by the pound sits on standby. Red tubes of lipstick have been bought and opened, ready to mark the foreheads of the newbies. It’s Rocky Horror Picture Show season at Elizabethtown College and the message is being spread across community and campus; get ready for the creatures of the night
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SPORTS
Men’s soccer team defeated by Drew University in Landmark Championship
In a Landmark Conference Championship game Saturday, Nov. 4, Elizabethtown College’s men’s soccer team fell to Drew University, currently ranked 10th. Drew extended their win streak to 16, finishing their season 19-0-1, claiming their first conference title since 2007. Throughout the game, the Blue and Gray had only 10 shots compared to Drew’s 15, with
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Men’s and women’s cross country win fourth consecutive Landmark Championship titles
The women’s team earned their 11th championship title in a row this Saturday, Oct. 28. The women scored a meet-low of 23 points, only three runners in the race finished under 24 minutes, two of them for Etown. Three Etown runners finished in the top-five and six made the top-ten. Senior Kelsey Brady led the
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Swim team edges out Goucher in first meet of the season
Saturday, Oct. 28, Elizabethtown College’s men’s and women’s swim teams took on Landmark Conference opponent Goucher College at the Alumni Pool in the Jays’ first dual meet of the season. The Gophers took nine of 14 events on the women’s side, but the women placed high enough in the other events to defeat Goucher 133.5-128.5.
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FEATURES
Perceptions of masculinity discussed
Stewart M. Hoover, professor in the Department of Media Studies and Director of the Center for Media, Religion and Culture at the University of Colorado, Boulder, spoke Wednesday, Oct. 12 regarding the book he recently co-authored entitled “Does God Make the Man?: Media, Religion, and the Crisis of Masculinity.” He spoke about the the book,
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Chemistry club hosts webinar, students learn three skill sets
The Elizabethtown College Chemistry Club hosted a live webinar in Gibble Auditorium Tuesday, Oct. 11 at 7 p.m. The webinar entitled “The Chemist’s Code for Success: 3 Essential Skill Sets for Your Career” was part of the American Chemical Society’s (ACS) Program in a Box series and focused on time management, handling failure and professional
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College recognizes domestic violence, supports survivors
Domestic violence awareness is celebrated during the month of October.The Office of Student Wellness picked the week of Sept. 10 – Sept. 14 to educate the students at Elizabethtown College about how to prevent domestic violence. The Elizabethtown College Student Wellness Advocacy Group (S.W.A.G.) promotes domestic violence awareness by encouraging staff and faculty to display
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