NEWS
Senior Leadership Meeting: enrollment, finances, and more
April 8, 2021, Student Senate held their semesterly Senior Leadership Meeting via Zoom. This meeting began with general presentations from Vice President of Enrollment John Champoli and Vice President of Finance Jerry Silberman, and then the rest of the meeting was a question and answer session based on the following topics: COVID-19 Response, Longevity of
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Student Senate
Student Senate met Thursday, April 1 at 3:45 p.m. for their weekly Zoom meeting, but this meeting was structured a bit differently. Since Student Senate is wrapping up their term, they are focusing a lot of their meeting time on internal affairs to prepare for next year. The April 1 meeting contained just Executive Cabinet
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Today’s Technology
From a lack of vaccine doses to an excess in a few months, the United States has managed an incredible feat of vaccine creation and distribution. However, the fact that a vaccine was made in under a year is even more awe-inspiring. This success is owed largely to new technologies in vaccine creation used by
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CAMPUS LIFE
Movie Review: Halloween (2018): This film frazzles instead of frightens
A rather meager budget of $300,000. Making summer in southern California look like autumn in the Midwest. A simple music score involving the repetition of a few notes. An opening sequence which would make brilliant use of a new kind of camera. Most importantly, an altered William Shatner “Star Trek” mask, conveying the blank stare
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Masonic Village Farm Market: Home-grown fresh produce and more
Photos: Jill Distler The Masonic Village’s Farm Market and Orchard View Café sit just over two miles away from Elizabethtown College’s campus. The market has been in Elizabethtown for over 100 years, and “Farmer Tad,” the current owner, is very proud of the success of the market and café. “I love it here,” Tad said.
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The Weekly Chirp: Students, faculty weigh in: Are current disaster relief efforts in the U.S. enough?
The eye of the storm rests on the United States as the last effects of the latest hurricane, Hurricane Michael, move east into the Atlantic Ocean. However, this storm and its earlier companion, Hurricane Florence, have spread a lot of damage throughout Florida, North Carolina, Georgia and Virginia, and the clean-up process must begin. The
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SPORTS
Women’s and men’s soccer shut out Goucher on the road
Saturday, Oct. 14, the Elizabethtown College Blue Jays held the Goucher College Gophers to only two shots throughout the whole match and remained powerful for 90 minutes. Etown won the game 3-0, keeping their fouls down to half of what Goucher gave up. The Blue Jays stayed composed with the ball and kept the shots
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The Elizabethtown College athletic program through the years: the 1960s
Elizabethtown College’s athletic program was off to a strong start in the fall of 1960 with the men’s soccer team winning its first national championship. The Blue Jays did not win the MAC championships again, but they did make it to the national championship where they tied 2-2 with Newark College of Engineering to share
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Cross Country dominates at Rochester Yellowjacket Invitational
The Elizabethtown College women’s and men’s cross country teams both took home wins Saturday, Oct. 14 at the Rochester Yellowjacket Invitational. Placing first for the third time this season, the women’s cross country team soared to the finish line. Seniors Brenna McNamee, Maria Anderson and Kelsey Brady led the Jays in the race, placing first,
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FEATURES
Spanish Club sponsors trip, celebrates Latin American culture
For the first time, the Spanish Club attended the Latin American Festival at Long’s Park in Lancaster, Pennsylvania Saturday, Sept. 24. The group of 11 students watched Latino performers, ate Latin American food and visited vendors’ informational tables. The flags of various Latin American countries bordered the park and several community members carried their own
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College hosts traditional Chinese performance, encourages diverse interests
With all the material objects made in China, people tend to forget the intangible things that come from a country of over one billion people. Some of these lesser-known aspects of Chinese culture were recently showcased at a concert titled “A Musical Trip to China.” This free concert took place Saturday, Sept. 24 at 3
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Paper to host OISS feature
The Etownian is proud to feature Humans of Elizabethtown in conjunction with the Office of International Student Services (OISS). Humans of Elizabethtown, inspired by Brandon Stanton’s Humans of New York project, will be a weekly feature highlighting the individuality of Elizabethtown College students. We recognize that everyone has a story, and we are committed to
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