NEWS
Residence Life continues “Live Etown” learning curriculum
Seniors Fran Carpenter and Ken Wallace are first-time Community Fellows in the Schreiber Quadrangle. In separate interviews with the Etownian, they spoke about their experiences and changes in the Office of Residence Life. “Res. Life is continuing on with the ‘Live Etown’ Learning Curriculum, which is split into four different blocks, dedicated to living well,
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Today’s Technology
This weekly column will feature the latest topics and trends constantly emerging in a rapidly-growing technical world. Each week, we will focus on a specific technical topic, with topics covering a wide range of technical issues and the latest technical gadgets. If there are any topics or products that you would like to see covered
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Student Senate
After a week off, Student Senate reconvened Thursday, Feb. 7. The meeting began with three new members taking the oath of office. After a few student announcements, the meeting moved into administrative reports. Campus Security Assistant Director Dale Boyer began by announcing that Campus Security recently hired a new staff member. Boyer also said that
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CAMPUS LIFE
Dining Chef defends healthy food options within Dining Services
am writing this letter to address some of the issues presented in the article entitled “Students concerned over lack of healthy food options in the Marketplace” in the Sept. 22, 2016 issue of the Etownian. Overall, it was a good article, but I felt that our perspective wasn’t fairly represented. Additionally, the photos included in
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“Swiss Army Man” an odd yet unique film not for everyone
Swiss Army Man” first came on my radar when reports came out about its first public showing at the Sundance Film Festival back in January. Apparently, the opening sequence caused about half of the audience to storm out of the theater booing, while the other half endlessly praised the film. The reason so many people
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Campus Life serves as redesigned Opinion section, continues to encourage students to share their opinions of the College
As I am sure many of our readers have noticed, the Opinion section has been recently redesigned as the Campus Life section for this year. In the past, the Etownian has gone back and forth between the Opinion and Campus Life section, often switching between the two in an effort to redistribute the focus of
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SPORTS
Track & Field opens inaugural spring season
After a delayed start due to Friday’s snowfall, the Elizabethtown College men’s and women’s track and field teams started their season when they hosted the Early Bird Opener on Saturday. Alvernia University, York College and Gwynedd-Mercy University competed alongside the Blue Jays in 40 events throughout the day. The Blue Jays have been training long
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Blue Jays make save of ducklings on spring break trip in St. Pierce
When a couple of Blue Jays save fellow feathered friends, it makes for an intriguing news story. The Elizabethtown College baseball team played nine games in Fort Pierce, Fla. over spring break. The team finished 7-2 on their trip, but for two players, it’s not going to be the games they remember most. On the
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Men’s lacrosse earns first-ever Landmark Conference win
The Delaware Valley College Aggies came to Elizabethtown College on Wednesday afternoon to face the Blue Jays in just their third game of their season program. “We were expecting them to come out confident and ready to play hard,” junior captain Jake Snyder said. The Aggies came in to the game undefeated after winning their
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FEATURES
Professors perform for community in group Trio Capric
This week’s Monday Concert Series recital featured Trio Capric. The group includes Debra Ronning, lecturer in music and director of keyboarding, Stephanie McCullough, adjunct professor of violin and viola and Sarah Male, adjunct instructor of cello. The recital took place on Monday, Jan. 26 at 7:30 p.m. in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. The concert
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Schwab lectures on keeping businesses afloat in changing market
Israel Schwab, the CEO of D&H Distributing Company (D&H), gave a presentation titled “Distribution, Sales and Logistics in the Computer and Consumer Electronics Business” at Elizabethtown College on Friday, Jan. 22. Schwab said he had always been able to explain what D&H did. “I’ve never been able to explain to my friends the why,” he
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Arnold designs appealing, grotesque artwork using dissimilar aesthetics
On Thursday, Jan. 22, from 4 to 7 p.m., an art exhibition that explores what it really means to be grotesque opened in Zug Memorial Hall. Dr. Kristi Arnold, assistant professor of art, combines both the older and modern denotation and connotations of the word “grotesque” through her paintings and printmaking. “A reappearing theme that
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