NEWS
Housing renovations to Royer, Schlosser update
Photo by: Paula Groff In an email to the Elizabethtown College community released Tuesday, July 16, President Cecilia McCormick announced that the residential renewal plan for the Schlosser and Royer Residence Halls, known as the Zimmer Project, would be halted. The Zimmer Project called for the demolition of Schlosser and Royer, and the two residence
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Summer rain, campus upkeep
Elizabethtown College has had experiences in the past with heavy rainfall over the summer. In fact, according to Millersville University’s Weather Information Center, 2018 was Lancaster County’s wettest year with 153 rainy days. To compare, it rained 123 days in Lancaster County in 2017 and the average number of rainy days for Seattle is 152.
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Club registration open, Student Senate reviewing new clubs
The start of a new semester typically sees students looking to start their own clubs at Elizabethtown College. Student Senate makes the process of registering a club fairly simple, and it is receptive to all new club ideas. Senior and Student Senate Clubs Committee Chair Sarah Conway explained that the first step to registering a
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CAMPUS LIFE
Business Profile: Twisted Easel Etc.
Twisted Easel Etc. offers painting experiences for all ages. The studio on Market Street provides a space for private parties, open paint nights and art lessons, with plans on expanding to more ventures in the future. Patrons can choose to create in multiple mediums, including glassware, canvases, barn wood décor and seasonal gifts. “Right now,
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“It” returns with horror, humor
A dark and rainy day. Standing on her porch, a woman and her cat catch sight of a boy as he lingers in front of a storm drain. Moments later, both of them look back to see a pool of blood flowing into the drain and the boy gone. Unbeknownst to them, the scourge of
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The Weekly Chirp: Students, faculty weigh in on debate: Are proposed Title IX changes necessary?
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced Sept. 7 that she wants to implement new regulations on Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, a statute that prohibits sexual discrimination and protects sexual assault victims. In her speech, DeVos claimed that the system under former President Barack Obama was flawed because it did not
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SPORTS
Volleyball adjusts to season without home gym
For the Elizabethtown College women’s volleyball team, this upcoming fall season marks only their second time playing in the Landmark conference. The team transitioned into this conference last fall and finished fifth overall with a record of 3-4. Prior to the start of last season, the team was picked fourth in a pre-season poll based
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Thompson Gym to replace floor, expected completion by late October
Thompson Gymnasium, which many of Elizabethtown College athletic teams have called home for 45 years, is getting its first major renovation since its dedication in 1970. The hardwood floor, which is the originally floor from 1970, spans the entire length of the gym and is in the process of being replaced. Work officially began on
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Men’s soccer core veterans are optimistic about season
With another autumn comes another year for soccer at Elizabethtown College. This year’s men’s soccer team was picked to finish fourth for the second straight year. However, with a variety of veteran players and a number of newcomers, Elizabethtown is looking to exceed those expectations and prove the doubters wrong about the talent of their
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FEATURES
Bower Writers House offers comfortable environment for conversation, relaxation during Mellow Monday event series
The Bower Writers House offers a unique opportunity to students with Mellow Mondays, a time for students to relax after the weekend and prepare for the upcoming week. Mellow Mondays are held every Monday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. March 9 through April 27. Director of the Bowers Writers House and Lecturer in English
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New Playwrights Fest IV features staged readings
On Friday, March 13 and Saturday, March 14, the Elizabethtown College Theatre and Dance Division of the Fine and Performing Arts Department hosted its fourth annual “Etown New Playwrights Fest” in Zug Recital Hall. The fest features students that have taken Associate Professor of English Dr. John Rohrkemper’s playwriting course. The plays are presented in
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Sarracino’s Civil War novel set for release
“Life is fired at us point blank.” Though these are the words of Jose Ortega y Gasset, a Spanish philosopher who wasn’t even born at the time of the Civil War, Dr. Carmine Sarracino, professor of English at Elizabethtown College, thinks this best encapsulates what his novel has to say. “We might have ideas about
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