NEWS
The GameStop stock chaos, explained
In late January, struggling video game retailer GameStop saw its share price increase by 1,500 percent, reaching an unprecedented intraday high of 483 USD. No one foresaw this happening, leaving economists struggling to predict future market trends. To help us understand what GameStop’s wild stock market ride means for the future, Elizabethtown College associate professor
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Etown Mourns the Loss of Professor Thomas Murray
“We will hear his echoes in the hallways, and in those places that we gather to remember his life, we will carry that pain that reminds us of what was real- that will remind us of what he had meant to us,” Director of Religious Life Amy Shorner-Johnson said at the beginning of a virtual
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Student Senate
Student Senate met Thursday, Nov. 19 over Zoom for their weekly meeting. It began with the Oath of Office for the newly elected first-year representative, Ryan Nguyen. Executive President of Senate Matthew Hetrick told senators that the meeting would end before 5 p.m. so that everyone could attend the virtual gathering for Professor of Biology
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CAMPUS LIFE
Letters to the Editor: We want to hear from you
Do you have something on your mind that you’d like to talk about? Want to open up a dialogue on campus? Enjoy writing professionally or just for a hobby? The Etownian has an opportunity for you! The Etownian welcomes viewpoints from our readers (current students, alumni, faculty, staff, and parents) to be published as Letters
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Etown Simplified: Finding Joy in Decluttering with Marie Kondo
Written by Catherine Amos, Kayla Anderson, Lila Bolze, Lucy Conrey and Giselle Taylor Simple Living FYS According to Foxcroft NYC, we wear 20 percent of our clothes 80 percent of the time. The rest of the clothing just stays in the drawers, gathering dust. Current buying culture encourages the purchase of too many items that
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Music Review: Rainbow Kitten Surprise: Strange name, wonderful surprise
Collectors of music and avid readers have at least one thing in common; they both understand the importance of an enticing title. One night, as I was sitting on a dorm-room floor, a friend of mine said, “Sam, you’ll love this band.” I asked, “What are they called?” He said “Rainbow Kitten Surprise.” Naturally, I
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SPORTS
Track teams split, compete at two separate events over weekend
Saturday, Feb. 4, Elizabethtown men’s and women’s track and field teams competed in the Frank Colden Invitational hosted by Ursinus College. Saturday’s invitational was marked by two impressive individual victories by senior Mike Twist in men’s track and sophomore Leah Gamber in the women’s throwing event. Both competitors were backed up by several team wins
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Women’s basketball falls in potential playoff matchup
In a Landmark Conference battle between two playoff hopefuls, the Elizabethtown College women’s basketball team shot below 30 percent from the field for the first time this season while Moravian College hit nearly 50 percent of their shots for the game. Sophomore Julia Craig provided a huge spark off the bench to help the Blue
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King’s College proves too much for Blue Jays in dual match
The Elizabethtown College wrestling team faced a disappointing loss to King’s College Friday, Feb. 3. The Monarchs won six of the 10 matches and had four pins for a final score of 30-16, King’s. In the second match of the day, fifth-year senior Bryan Pflanz earned his 50th career win with a 9-4 decision in
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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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