NEWS
Global Perspective
Turkey has launched military operations in Syria this month, nine days after U.S. President Donald Trump announced American troops would leave the border area. Hundreds of civilians fled as Turkey launched airstrikes and artillery fire into the border area with Syria, according to CNN. “Our aim is to destroy the terror corridor which is trying
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Diversity at Elizabethtown College examined
Elizabethtown College’s Diversity, Inclusion and Title IX department is a campus body that, despite its important role, is often discussed with an air of mystery. With cuts impacting the department over the summer, there were questions about what would be the future of diversity programming at the college. Throughout the last few months, the department
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Today’s Technology
Virtual reality (VR), also called immersive media or computer-simulated reality, is an emerging technology that imitates a real or imagined three-dimensional environment while simulating the user’s physical presence so that they can interact with this environment. Currently, VR systems use VR headsets or multi-projected rooms that generate realistic images and sounds to immerse the user
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CAMPUS LIFE
Learn how to say “no” to yourself and others
According to “The Seattle Times,” the amount of people who have felt overwhelmed by schoolwork and other commitments has risen from 27.1 percent to 34.6 percent since 2014. In today’s world, there seems to be a common obsession with being busy, which can be linked to the idea that avoiding activities is negative. People should
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Etown Sewing Studio provides dresses, dolls to girls in need
Running Etown Sewing Studio is the perfect retirement job,” owner Renita Yahara said. “It combines my two passions: sewing and teaching.” Located in the heart of the Elizabethtown business district, Etown Sewing Studio serves a dual purpose. Since January 2017, Yahara has offered beginner sewing lessons for ages seven and up. Students attend four one-hour
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Movie Review: Hocus Pocus
Sometimes I get so overwhelmed by the number of new movies and trying to pick just one to see that I just choose an old one I haven’t seen yet. With Halloween approaching, I ended up watching the 1993 Disney cult classic, “Hocus Pocus.” Don’t worry, I have seen this film. I’ve just never watched
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SPORTS
Deam places fifth in pole vault as track competes at Collegeville
The men’s and women’s track and field teams had their meet moved up a day in an attempt to avoid Winter Storm Jonas this past weekend. The Collegeville Classic took place Friday, Jan. 22 at Goucher College, as opposed to Saturday. The men’s team scored a total of seven points and placed 13th in the
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Men’s swim team defeats Frostburg State, women drop close meet
Before the storm postponed the men’s and women’s swim teams’ meets against McDaniel College , the teams each faced Frostburg State University at home on Jan. 18, 2016. The men clinched a win for the final meet at home, while the women were defeated by just three points. The men won 111-87 against Frostburg. First-years
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Men’s basketball loses two legends
Earlier this month, the Elizabethtown College community lost two icons when Frank Keath ’49 and Bill Foster ’54 passed away. Both men made their mark on the men’s basketball program at Etown and their impact is still felt today. Keath and Foster were charter inductees into the Ira R. Herr Athlete Hall of Fame in
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FEATURES
Students support Sexual Assault Awareness, Prevention Month
Elizabethtown College invited students to take part in a series of events focusing on Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month (SAAM). The events began with the Clothesline Project Display on Wednesday, April 1. A local organization donated T-shirts that were hung in the Brossman Commons (BSC). Student Wellness invited students to make their own shirts
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Relay for Life event raises over $50,000
The American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life was held Friday, March 27 into Saturday, March 28 from 4 p.m. to 4 a.m. in the Thompson Gymnasium. Several teams of students, cancer survivors and other individuals walked around the gym to raise money, celebrate survival and remember those who have lost the battle with cancer. Relay
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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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