NEWS
Elizabethtown College announces faculty cuts ahead of projected deficits
Editor’s note: The Etownian chose to grant anonymity to all sources due to the sensitive subject matter. This story was updated to include the fact that the meeting took place over Zoom due to COVID-19 protocol. A faculty assembly meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 24 announced faculty cuts and a five-year deadline for Elizabethtown College to
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Is the Talent War over in America?
After COVID, companies fought each other to hire new employees to fill vacancies created by massive layoffs, retirements and “quiet-quitters” that surged during the pandemic. The rate of employee departures went from 2.3% each month to 3% at the beginning of 2022. Fighting for highly skilled workers at all levels made companies go toe-to-toe with
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IDF Admits Responsibility to 3 Hostages’ Deaths
The Gaza Strip has an ensuing crisis and war that continue to reveal more shocking news as the months go on. This past Sunday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF)has come forth admitting it may have been responsible for the deaths of three of their hostages in November 2023. The three Israeli hostages, Sgt. Ron Sherman,
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CAMPUS LIFE
Media Review: Cake Mania Series
If you owned a Nintendo DS in the mid-2000s, you’ve probably heard of this exhilarating cake baking game! “Cake Mania” is a game that focuses on timing and skill. The faster you work, the better you’ll fare. The game was produced by Sandlot Games and released as an online flash game. The game quickly gained
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Recipe Review: Homemade Breakfast Bars
Welcome back to campus for the new academic year, Jays! As the semester is starting to kick into high gear, you’ll need a tasty breakfast to fuel your day. There isn’t always time in the morning for a full meal at the Marketplace, so here’s a recipe for homemade breakfast bars to keep on hand
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Activity Review: Goat yoga
Elizabethtown College values and prioritizes physical and mental health for all its students, providing upbeat exercise classes at the Bowers Center, access to counseling and a source of good coffee at our beloved Blue Bean. Yoga is well known for allowing meditation and relaxation of the mind, body and soul. Despite this, there is one
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SPORTS
Video Game Review: Duelists of Eden
Genre shifts often lead to utterly confusing releases. Franchises can take their well-known gameplay and throw it out for something different like “Final Fantasy”, confusingly replicating “Devil May Cry”-style combat and the “Sonic” franchise’s persistent identity crisis. However, sometimes a genre shift allows the mechanics and style of prior releases to flourish in new and
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Healthy minds: The effects of music
No matter the genre, music provides society with a myriad of purposes. From an education standpoint, students can use it to help them study. Outside the classroom, music can have a role in sports. On the field, it can have an impact in practice or an athlete’s mindset prior to an upcoming game. In general,
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Men’s lacrosse captures first win of the new season
The Elizabethtown College men’s lacrosse team captured the first win of their season this past weekend on Saturday, March 9. Their 17-10 win over St. Mary’s (Md.) improves their record to 1-3. With plenty of the season left to be played, the Blue Jays will hope to use this as a turning point moving forward.
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FEATURES
Journaling workshop teaches students the benefits of journaling
The Journaling Workshop, held Thursday Oct. 26 from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the Bowers Center for Sports, Fitness and Well-being multimedia classroom 221, was an opportunity for students to be exposed to the benefits journaling provides. The Journaling Workshop was led by Caelyn King, a senior student at Elizabethtown College, who is graduating
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Etown awards Educate for Service recipients at the first Leffler Lecture Series
On Thursday, Oct. 26, Elizabethtown College celebrated its annual Educate for Service Award. For the 2023-24 academic year, this award was attributed to Janice Holsinger ’64 and John Holsinger ‘65 P’84 P’85 at the Institution’s annual Leffler Lecture. The award given to the Holsingers is the most eminent honor bestowed to alumni from the College
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High Library hosts LGBTQ+ History Month panel
Elizabethtown College has continued to make the effort to address multiple social issues across campus and the state of Pennsylvania, and LGBTQ+ social issues and policies are no exception. October is LGBTQ+ History Month and to commemorate how far the community has come and how much work there still needs to be done, a panel
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