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McCormick speaks to Student Senate
Photo courtesy of Matt Smith Elizabethtown College President Cecilia McCormick addressed Student Senate for its Thursday, Feb. 6 meeting, focusing on updates from the recent Board of Trustees meeting, which was closed to Student Senate and the Etownian attendance. “I wanted to make sure I’d be here for the Board recaps,” McCormick said at the
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Global Perspective
Photo courtesy of unsplash.com Brexit, the breakup between the United Kingdom (U.K.) and The European Union (EU), is official. After three and a half years of negotiations and multiple delays, the U.K. formally left the EU Friday, Jan. 31., becoming the first country to leave the EU since its inception in 1957, then called the
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Death toll from new coronavirus outbreak rising
Photo courtesy of unsplash.com In December 2019, there was an outbreak in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China of a novel coronavirus, which has since been declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) to be a public health emergency of international concern. According to WHO, coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that can cause illnesses
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Don’t let finals overwhelm you: Ten tips for a less stressful finals week
According to the National Survey of Student Engagement’s findings, the average student spends about 17 hours each week preparing for classes. College success guides suggest roughly 2-3 hours of study time for each hour spent in class (30+ hours a week). It is crucial to allot ample time to studying, but even more critical to
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The Weekly Chirp: Students, faculty weigh in: Should “nonbinary” be added as a gender option on state ID?
Early in October, California lawmakers passed a bill that would allow Californians to have gender-neutral and nonbinary gender options on licenses and identification papers. The bill, known as the Gender Recognition Act, is set to be in effect by 2018. California will be the second state in the U.S. to offer gender neutral options for
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Review: “Stanger Things 2”
One of the most popular TV shows of 2016, Netflix’s “Stranger Things,” is back in time for Halloween with a second season. Never fear—no spoilers for this season, but if you haven’t seen season one yet, sorry. I have no remorse for you. Playing off all the best 80s archetypes, “Stranger Things” follows the disappearance
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Field hockey takes down Gwynedd Mercy in double overtime
It was a nail-biter at Gwynedd Mercy University on Saturday, Sept. 17, but the Blue Jays prevailed to clinch a 2-1 victory over the Griffins. Key players of the game included junior Emma Christman and sophomores Margo Donlin and Hannah Mack. It was anyone’s game in the beginning, but the Griffins were stopped by the
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Conference makes ‘Landmark’ decision to add men’s, women’s golf in 2017
The Elizabethtown College men’s golf team has not been a part of a conference championship tournament since the 2013-14 season. That year’s Commonwealth Conference Championships was the last tournament the Blue Jays participated in as members of the Middle Atlantic Conference, or any conference for that matter. However, starting in 2017-18, that will all change.
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Women’s basketball wins third straight, defeats Merchant Marine
Heading into Monday’s Martin Luther King Day matchup at the United States Merchant Marine Academy, the Elizabethtown College women’s basketball team was right in the thick of the Landmark Conference playoff race. Sitting in the fourth and final playoff spot, one game ahead of fifth-seeded Drew University, the Blue Jays squared off with the Mariners
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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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Professors hold evening discussion of book by upcoming lecturer Kristof
Bowers Writers House was full of students from Associate Professor of Japanese Dr. Mahua Bhattacharya’s Anime to Zen class to discuss the writings of Nicholas Kristof in his book, “Thunder from the East: Portrait of Rising Asia.” Kristof is this year’s Ware lecture guest and will be on campus on April 13 and 14. Kristof
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Behrens shares history of Open Door Recital for children
“In that the recital now is in its 14th year, many students don’t know the history of the recital,” Dr. Gene Behrens, professor of music, said. Fourteen years ago, some of the families of children with special needs who attended music therapy sessions at Elizabethtown College’s on-campus clinic started a very important conversation. The families
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