NEWS
New curriculum offers “adulting” classes to students
Graduating from college can mean many things for a person. Some students will move on to graduate school, some will move back in with their parents, some will participate in service, like the Peace Corps and some will get a job and embark on an exciting, yet sometimes terrifying part of life: entering the real
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Etown raises awareness for suicide prevention
From Monday, Feb. 11 through Friday, Feb. 15. posters covered with reasons to live another day decorated Elizabethtown College and encouraged students, faculty and staff to keep going. The posters were part of the Tomorrow Needs You campaign, which advocates for suicide prevention. The College’s campaign was sponsored by the Office of Student Wellness, but
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The Global Perspective
This weekly column will cover a variety of contemporary global issues including climate action, global health, international peace and security and gender equality. I hope that this column will act as a platform to advocate for global progress and to empower young leaders to get involved in international affairs. If there are certain global issues
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CAMPUS LIFE
Homecoming does little to integrate students, alumi
Homecoming is a time when former students and alumni are welcomed back to a place they may have once called home. It is a way to keep the sense of community that is built around a school and keep that connection strong long after graduation. Homecoming at Elizabethtown College is a great way to show
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Senior questions focus of senior gift fundraiser, finds Class of 2017 selfish in preferring 100 percent participation rate over donation amount
Educate for Service. Our motto shows Etown’s 117-year commitment to serving others through the development of students into active members of the community. When I saw that the senior class gift was going to be a donation toward building a well in an African community, I was excited. Building a well in a developing country
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Homer finds faculty surveys reveal low morale amongst staff
Homer has noticed that surveys of faculty routinely suggest that the world of academe and poor morale go together. Ask faculty how they feel about their college, or their level of satisfaction with the work environment, and you are likely to get a flood of responses indicating a general state of discontent. Homer is not
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SPORTS
Golf team tees off in 2015 with twelfth place finish at Chestnut Hill Griffin Invitational
The Elizabethtown men’s golf team teed off for the first time in the new year on Tuesday afternoon at the Inniscronne Golf Club. After a winter longer than most expected, and one where cold weather is still lingering, the Blue Jays were able to hit the course at the Chestnut Hill Griffin Invitational. As a
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Baseball takes two of three games against Catholic University
In the fourth inning, Holbert’s RBI single to center allowed Shirk to score. Holbert hit a two-run double in the bottom of the sixth to make the lead 8-3. The senior center fielder was 3-for-5 with three runs batted in. The Blue Jays headed to Catholic University on Saturday, March 21 to open up a
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Two losses for women’s lacrosse drops record under .500
he Elizabethtown women’s lacrosse team took on the No. 12 ranked Catholic University Cardinals this past weekend in their Landmark Conference opener. Sophomore midfielder Addie Stang netted a pair of goals, but it wasn’t enough to bring down this formidable Catholic side, as the Jays fell 21-3. “It was a tough game against a nationally
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FEATURES
Nation lectures on Bonhoeffer maintaining ethics during World War II
On Thursday, Jan. 29 at 7 p.m. in the Bucher Meetinghouse, Mark Nation visited Elizabethtown College to give a lecture on Dietrich Bonhoeffer. The lecture was titled “Eberhard Bethge and the Myth of Bonhoeffer the Assassin: Recovering a Consistent Christ-Centered Ethic in a World Full of Nazis,” and 70 people attended. Bonhoeffer is known for
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Kelly-Woessner discusses intolerance
On Tuesday, Feb. 3, Dr. April Kelly-Woessner, professor of political science and chair of the politics, philosophy and legal studies department, gave a presentation entitled “Forbidden Knowledge: Political Intolerance in American Higher Education” in the Susquehanna Room. She explained that a sabbatical is a “journey,” and it begins to morph as you get into it.
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Director of Facilities Management explains snow removal
Now that winter is well under way, snowfall is becoming a weekly occurrence. The roads become inundated with snow, slowing down cars; sidewalks become minefields of black ice, tripping unsuspecting students on their way to class. Mark Zimmerman, director of facilities management and construction, and the Facilities Management Staff is prepared to make sure that
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