NEWS
Common Cents
This weekly column will feature the latest topics and tips in the financial world. Each week, we will focus on a specific financial topic, with topics covering a wide range of financial information and the latest opportunities with the Family Business and Entrepreneurship Club on campus. If there are any topics or concepts that you
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Departments hold research presentations
As Scholarship and Creative Arts Day (SCAD) draws closer, two other departments on campus are holding their own student research presentations at Elizabethtown College. One of these presentations, the 19th Annual Student Conference in Business and Economics, was held Wednesday, April 10 in Hoover 212. Professor of finance and international business and Director of the
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Student Senate
During Student Senate’s meeting Thursday, March 21, senators spent the majority of their time in debate. The junior class senate is responsible for organizing junior/senior formal, and it has been the precedent that they provide a bus for transportation. However, it is not a requirement, and the funds can be hard to come by. Senators
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CAMPUS LIFE
Laundry machines upgraded across campus dorms
On a typical weekend at Elizabethtown College, while students study or socialize, student laundry spins in the new campus washers and dryers. These new high efficiency (HE) machines were added to residence halls over the winter break. This upgrades a laundry system that is already free to residential students during the academic year. Students appreciate
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ITS provides tips to combat email scams
Reading, composing, skimming and deleting emails are perpetual activities in the life of a college student. Everyone knows someone whose device’s email icon is adorned with a number in the upper hundreds, suggesting that the task of checking emails is just too much of a nuisance to address. Regardless, emails are an integral part of
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Oscar contender “La La Land” lives up to high expectations
A few weeks ago, the Hollywood Foreign Press had its annual Golden Globe Awards, in which people from all over the world vote for what they believe are the year’s best in film and television. This past ceremony was like most, except for the fact that when it came to film, it seemed as if
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SPORTS
Men’s tennis falls in home opener to Landmark foe, Moravian Greyhounds
The Elizabethtown College men’s tennis team made their debut and played their 2015 home opener Sunday, March 29 against Moravian College, a formal Landmark Conference rival. Although the weather had interfered and resulted in the rescheduling of previous matches, the team played their best on the campus’ Alumni Courts and finished with a score of
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Men’s lacrosse team ties program’s longest winning streak
The Elizabethtown College men’s lacrosse team defeated the Cardinals of Catholic University in an 8-4 victory, Saturday, March 28. This win causes the Blue Jays to remain undefeated in the Landmark Conference. The Blue Jays have won the last seven games they have played. With just one more win they will tie the longest win
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Women’s tennis opens Landmark Conference with win over Moravian
The Elizabethtown College women’s tennis team is starting off 1-0 in the Landmark Conference after a 7-2 win at the Alumni Courts over Moravian College on Sunday, March 29. Senior Kaitlyn Pellegrino earned her 100th career victory. She is only the tenth player in program history to achieve this milestone. Pellegrino was paired with her
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FEATURES
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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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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