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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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US grapples with record-breaking polar vortex
Early last week, a massive winter storm swept across southern and central parts of the United States, leaving millions of people struggling to find power or water amid sub-zero temperatures. Temperatures in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast plummeted, before snow blanketed these areas too Feb. 18. The cause behind these temperature dips is the sliding of
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CAMPUS LIFE
The Weekly Chirp: Students, faculty weigh in: What does the Trump administration’s redefinition of gender mean?
The Trump administration proposed a new memo to narrow the definition of gender to say that it is a biological condition prescribed at birth and related to genitalia Oct. 21. This decision has the potential to roll back what the Obama administration did to loosen the definition of gender to recognize it as a person’s
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Etown Simplified: Simplify your life with DIY
Written by Catherine Amos, Kayla Anderson, Lila Bolze, Lucy Conrey and Giselle Taylor The acronym DIY, which means “do it yourself,” may spur images of colorful crafts and sad Pinterest fails, but a modern wave of the DIY initiative is influencing bloggers and social media. Modern DIYers coined the name “Makers” to describe themselves and
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Eight great ways to reuse Halloween pumpkins
Photo: Megan White Those cheap, festive, farm-fresh pumpkins are too irresistible to pass up during the spooky season. Halloween has come and gone, though, and now you are left with an excessive amount of carved pumpkins and Halloween candy. Before you throw your masterpiece away, here are eight do-it-yourself ways to extend your pumpkin’s life
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SPORTS
Field hockey victorious in last away game of the season
Despite a two hour delay because referees did not show up on time, the Elizabethtown College field hockey team had a pivotal win against Susquehanna University Saturday, Oct. 21, ensuring them a spot in the playoffs. Senior midfielder and defender Megan Eppley scored the first goal for Etown at 33:30, the only goal scored in
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Volleyball defeats WC and Hood, sweeps Wilson on senior night
The Elizabethtown College women’s volleyball team collected two more wins Saturday, Oct. 21 against Washington College and Hood College in Chestertown, Maryland. This was a non-conference tri-match starting with a match against Washington College. The match was tough, but with three miscues on Washington and a block and kill by junior Gabby Anders, the Blue
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Women’s XC competes at LVC, Nelson named Landmark athlete of the week
Friday, Oct. 20, Elizabethtown Col l e ge’s women’s c ross country team participated in the Last Chance Run Fast Invitational at Lebanon Valley College. Junior Emily Nelson and first-years Justine Itterly and Kinsey Kilment were top finishers for the Blue Jays, all running season-best times on the 6,000-meter course. Nelson, in her first year
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FEATURES
Restorative Circle training encourages civil conversations
The Center for Global Understanding and Peacemaking recently cosponsored an event named ‘Kay Pranis – Training for Using Restorative Circles with Young People.’ The event took place from Thursday, Sept. 22 through Saturday, Sept. 24 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. According to livingjusticepress.org, “Kay Pranis is a national leader in restorative justice,
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College students to mentor international high schoolers
Friday, Sept. 23, the Elizabethtown College Center for Community and Civic Engagement launched its new Building Bridges program with Lancaster Mennonite School. The program includes international students from Lancaster Mennonite and students from Etown that help them learn about various components, mainly with the prerequisites to attend college. The Etown students meet once a month
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Honors society provides coloring sheets, gives smile to those in need
Students across campus may be wondering why there are bins of coloring pages in the Baugher’s Student Center (BSC) and in dorms. They are for Color a Smile, which collects colored pages and distributes them once a month to senior citizens, troops overseas and anyone else who needs a smile. The Color a Smile Campus
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