NEWS
COVID-19 cases decreasing
For nearly a year, the U.S. has been dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, but recently COVID-19 cases have been decreasing. According to data from the Center for Disease Control (CDC), COVID cases in the U.S. have dropped by about two thirds. Graphs on the CDC website show a spike in cases in early to mid-January
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Today’s Technology
Should tech giants like Facebook and Google have to share ad profits with the news organizations when linked news content contributes to those ad profits? And perhaps more importantly, will governments hoping to regulate the power of these companies be able to? These are the questions that have come to the forefront of peoples’ minds
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Possible mass vaccination site in Lancaster County
In Pennsylvania, the COVID-19 vaccine rollout plan is currently in Phase 1A, which prioritizes long-term care facility residents, healthcare workers, people exposed to infectious material among, people aged 65 and older and people aged 16 to 64 with high-risk conditions. However, the state aims to begin Phase 1B soon. Recently, during a Lancaster County Commissioners
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CAMPUS LIFE
The Weekly Chirp: Students, faculty weigh in: do sexual assault allegations have a place in politics?
The midterm elections of 2018 have taken an interesting turn of events as the hearing for one of the nominees for Supreme Court, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, revealed sexual assault allegations. Voting was suspended until the end of the trial early in the week of Oct. 1. Despite the allegations, Kavanaugh was voted onto the Supreme
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Expectation vs. Reality: First-years discuss college life and its challenges
The first year of college life poses many challenges, even with the promise of more personal freedom and room to grow as a person. There are a lot of problems to consider, such as living with a roommate in a tiny dorm room, adjusting to college classes and a heavy workload and trying to stick
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Etown Simplified: Out with clutter, in with peace of mind
Written by Hannah Dillenger, Karina Guy, Liz Heaney, Robin Hill and Brady McLamb- Simple Living FYS The National Association of Professional Organizers reports that we spend one year of our lives looking for lost items. What if we had just enough stuff that we could know where everything is? Frank Lloyd Wright was aware of
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SPORTS
Women’s soccer shuts out Lebanon Valley College 3-0
Saturday, Sept. 16, Elizabethtown College faced off against Lebanon Valley College on the soccer field at LVC, winning with a shutout victory and a final score of 3-0. With this victory, the Etown ladies are now 3-1-1 for the season. Four minutes into the game, sophomore forward Lydia Lawson followed a throw in made by
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Volleyball defeats Cairn, sweeps Berks in home opener
The Elizabethtown College volleyball team swept Cairn University on the road last Thursday, Sept. 14. The Blue Jays took the first set 25-19 with 13 kills and a .320 hitting percentage. The second set went the same way, ending with Etown on top 25-17. The Crusaders had seven errors and a .381 hitting percentage while
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The Elizabethtown College athletic program through the years: the 1930s
It was a slow start for Coach Ira R. Herr and the Elizabethtown College athletic department in the 1920s, but the program continued to grow and started to take shape throughout the 1930s. In the early years of its existence, Etown’s athletic teams were not represented by a blue jay as their mascot, but were
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FEATURES
Psychology department offers experiential learning opportunities
Psychology is just one of the over fifty majors Elizabethtown College lists on its College Catalog and Student Handbook. In addition to regular coursework, the psychology department offers its students several opportunities to experience hands-on student research. The psychology department helps students to build up to doing “individual, original research,” beginning as a first-year Intro
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Alum reflects on career in foreign service, talks about building on skills
Students and Facuty came out Tuesday evening to the Tower Conference Room to hear Valarie Reed speak about her experience in foreign affairs, as well as the importance of a specific skill set when entering any international occupation. Ms. Reed, who graduated in 2007 with a duel degree in English and Political Science reflected on
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Fourth annual peace symposium hosted by World Affairs Council addresses role students play in peaceful future
In the midst of all the strife in the world, people across the globe are seeking peace. One way to help achieve this seemingly unattainable peace is to learn about the problems the world is facing and talk about how to solve them, and on Saturday, September 12, that very thing was done here at
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