NEWS
Today’s Technology
Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook unveiled the new iPhone 12 in a special event earlier this month. With the main iPhone, a cheaper iPhone 12 mini was announced alongside the more expensive Max and Pro Max phones. The main improvements to its predecessor are an improved screen, a faster chip and an ability to run
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Student Senate
Student Senate met Thursday, Oct. 29 over Zoom for their weekly meeting. It began with Vice President for Student Life Dr. Celestino Limas’ report. He began by telling senators the current plan for the spring semester, just before it was sent out to the student body. He then took time to answer questions. However, many
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Etown’s spring semester schedule announced
Oct. 29, Elizabethtown College released a plan for the upcoming spring semester. It followed speculation amongst students, faculty and staff, as they were waiting in anticipation for the release of the plans. Prior to the email, the College addressed the concerns of students in the most recent Student Senate meeting. Within the meeting, students raised
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CAMPUS LIFE
Opinion: Microbial substance gone, doubt among students isn’t
Complaints of a microbial substance in the Hackman apartments on campus surfaced August 20, a week before the semester was due to start. After Facilities met with an outside contractor the following day, all Hackman residents already on campus took part in a meeting to discuss the next steps in the process. Students scheduled to
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Learn what some of our graduating Jays will be doing after “leaving the nest”
The Etownian staff is excited to see where the class of 2018 is going after graduation! In our last poll of the year, we asked graduating seniors to share their plans, including jobs, internships, projects or exciting trips lined up for the upcoming year. Read on to see how some of our Blue Jays are
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How to balance work, relaxation during busy summer months
There are only a few days left in the semester, and then it’s summertime! You’re probably already anticipating those long, golden months stretched out before you, when research papers and 8 a.m. lectures seem like a distant dream… Until reality sets in. For most college students, summer isn’t a limitless landscape of relaxation. Between work,
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SPORTS
Pete Willson-Wheaton Invitational offers wrestling tough test
The Elizabethtown College men’s wrestling team competed at the Pete Willson-Wheaton Invitational over the weekend in Wheaton, Illinois. The Blue Jays travel to compete in this tournament annually to match up with some of the top teams and wrestlers in the country. Friday, senior Luke Fernandez earned a 9-4 victory over Ohio Northern University’s Evan
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Men’s, women’s swim teams drop regular season finale at Frostburg State University
The Elizabethtown men’s and women’s swim teams traveled to Frostburg State University Friday, Jan. 27 for the final dual meet of the season. The men’s side dropped a 148-113 decision, while the women failed to earn a first-place on the road, losing 179-82. First-year Casey Marshall took home first in the 50 and 100-meter butterfly
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Women’s basketball bounces Goucher, Juniata for crucial wins
The lady Jays put on quite a showing in their basketball game Saturday afternoon against Goucher College in Thompson Gymnasium as they ran away with an 82 to 37 win. This was a big win for the Blue Jays and a great way to boost their confidence. A total of nine Etown players contributed to
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FEATURES
DePuydt retires after 25 years as reference librarian, archivist
After 25 years of service to Elizabethtown College, Reference Librarian and Archivist Peter DePuydt is retiring from his position at the High Library. DePuydt began working at Etown in August 1990 after spending several years doing what he called “shovel bumming” across the United States while working on archeology dig sites. “When I started, I
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Kraybill explains initiation of Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies
Not many would guess that Elizabethtown College holds the only research institute in the world for Anabaptist and Pietist studies. Even fewer would be able to tell the story of how our very own Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies came to be. One of the few is Dr. Donald Kraybill, distinguished college professor
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Kraybill, Kopko explain Bergholz Amish beard-cutting hate crime case
Many think of the Amish people as a tight community that stick together. Not much is heard about any issues within their group. In 2011, the spotlight was on the Amish, more specifically on Samuel Mullet of Bergholz, Ohio. Mullet was presumed to be the leader of a group of fellow Amish family members to
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