NEWS
Student Senate
Student Senate met Thursday, Feb. 21 for its weekly meeting, which began with two special orders. The first was a presentation from Senior Associate Director of Annual Giving Ben Osterhout regarding the Power of One Day event. Osterhout said that the goal for the event to be held Tuesday, March 19 is 1,700 donations within
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Honors program receives new modifications
Thursday, Feb. 21, an email was sent by Dean for Curriculum and Honors Dr. Brian Newsome on modifications to the Elizabethtown College Honors Program. Along with the Honors Program Committee, Academic Council and Faculty Assembly, Newsome worked to gain approval of modifications to the curriculum incorporated into the Honors Program. While the modifications will mostly
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An editorial from a nearby college stirs controversy
An opinion piece published in Dickinson College’s campus newspaper Thursday, Feb. 7 has drawn both praise and criticism in the weeks since its publication. The editorial, written by Dickinson senior Leda Fisher, is titled “Should White Boys Still Be Allowed to Talk?” and appeared in The Dickinsonian’s opinion section. In the piece, Fisher laments what
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CAMPUS LIFE
Senior questions focus of senior gift fundraiser, finds Class of 2017 selfish in preferring 100 percent participation rate over donation amount
Educate for Service. Our motto shows Etown’s 117-year commitment to serving others through the development of students into active members of the community. When I saw that the senior class gift was going to be a donation toward building a well in an African community, I was excited. Building a well in a developing country
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Homer finds faculty surveys reveal low morale amongst staff
Homer has noticed that surveys of faculty routinely suggest that the world of academe and poor morale go together. Ask faculty how they feel about their college, or their level of satisfaction with the work environment, and you are likely to get a flood of responses indicating a general state of discontent. Homer is not
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Dining Chef defends healthy food options within Dining Services
am writing this letter to address some of the issues presented in the article entitled “Students concerned over lack of healthy food options in the Marketplace” in the Sept. 22, 2016 issue of the Etownian. Overall, it was a good article, but I felt that our perspective wasn’t fairly represented. Additionally, the photos included in
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SPORTS
Track and field teams competes at Susquehanna Invitational
The Elizabethtown men’s and women’s track and field teams competed at the Susquehanna Invitational at Susquehanna University this past weekend. It was one of the last opportunities for improvement before the Landmark Conference Championships which take place on Saturday, Feb. 28 at Susquehanna. On the women’s side, sophomore Amanda Porter recorded three separate personal bests
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Personal bests highlight men’s swimming meet
The Landmark Conference Championships, on Feb. 13 to 15, were full of highlights and broken records for the Elizabethtown College men’s swim team. “Our goal as a team was to drop time across the board and have some swimmers make podium, both individually and in relays,” senior Frank Capria said. Over the three-day event the
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Women’s tennis splits two matches
The Elizabethtown College women’s tennis team played indoors for its matches against St. Mary’s College (Md.) and nationally-ranked No. 22 the University of Mary Washington. The Blue Jays defeated St. Mary’s 5-4, but fell to Mary Washington 9-0. Senior Sarah Calabro considered the first two matches as a launch for the new season. “There is
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FEATURES
Students travel to see Newsies in Philadelphia through S.W.E.E.T.
This past Saturday, S.W.E.E.T. sponsored a trip for students to see the musical “Newsies” at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, Pa. This highly anticipated event was a huge success, with many students attending. “Newsies” tells the true story of the Newsboy Strike of 1899. This Disney musical is about Jack Kelly, a newspaper delivery boy
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Students perform “Company,” musical challenges them to learn new acting techniques, improve vocal performance
The musical “Company” premiered Thursday, Oct. 30 in the Tempest Theatre. It also ran on Friday, Oct. 31 and Saturday, Nov. 1. Renowned composer Stephen Sondheim wrote the music and lyrics for the 1970 musical, and George Furth scribed the book. Composed of fragmented vignettes as opposed to a linear storyline, “Company” revolves around the
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Haar and Cassel explain health care costs, importance of benefits
Janine Haar, Elizabethtown College’s health consultant from Benecon, and Capital Blue Cross Benefit Specialist Dana Cassel presented “Know Your Benefits,” the first of a series of discussions on utilizing health benefits. Haar first explained how the cost of emergency care has risen recently to deter people from visiting emergency rooms unless absolutely necessary, and the
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