NEWS
Etown community gathers for service projects
Elizabethtown College designated Wednesday, March 3, to be a Day of Service in alignment with the College’s motto: Educate for Service. Classes were canceled to allow the campus community to participate in service-oriented projects focused on food insecurity, physical health and mental wellness throughout the day. The event was sponsored by the Office of the
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40th Anniversary of Emergent Scholars Program emphasizes ongoing commitments to academic excellence
As of 2021, Emergent Scholars celebrates its forty year anniversary at Elizabethtown College. First created in the fall of 1981 by then Etown President and former professor of bible and philosophy Reverend Dr. Mark C. Ebersole, the Emergent Scholars award recognizes students who have a GPA of 3.75 or higher after their first three semesters
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Global Perspective
The U.S. intelligence community revealed Friday, Feb. 26 that Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman approved of the operation that killed Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018 in Istanbul, Turkey. U.S. President Joe Biden declared that he will hold Saudi Arabia accountable for human rights abuses the same day, further straining relationships between
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CAMPUS LIFE
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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Movie Review: A Trip to the Moon: This older star still sparkles
If you learned anything about me from last year, you should know I am the laziest movie critic of our time. Why else would I constantly review Netflix originals and movies that came out within the last fifty years? Well young voyagers, we’re now traveling farther than we’ve ever attempted before. Buckle your seatbelts because
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SPORTS
Women’s soccer team gets win on the road against Drew
The Elizabethtown College women’s soccer team went into their first conference game against Drew University Saturday, Sept. 23 in Madison, N.J. with excitement. The team fought this hard battle by doubling the shots against Drew with 16, only four of them being on net. Going into the game, the Blue Jays worked on keeping the
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Field Hockey defeats Drew University in Landmark Conference opener
Saturday, Sept. 23, the Elizabethtown College’s women’s field hockey team took to the field against Drew University and claimed a shutout victory in the Landmark Conference opening. The first conference game of the season looked like it was going to be tough with a weakened offense, but Etown played to the strengths of the team
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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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FEATURES
Benowitz discusses new book regarding history of borough
In the winter of 2014, Professor Jean-Paul Benowitz, director of Student Transition Programs and assistant director of Academic Advising, began to write his third book, Elizabethtown, at the request of Arcadia Publishing. The book was to serve as a part of their “Images of America” series and tells the history of the borough. Benowitz previously
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Ecology conference focuses on career development for students
Elizabethtown College hosted the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Ecological Society of America (ESA) Conference titled “Careers in Ecology.” The conference is held annually for undergraduate and graduate students studying ecology and biology, as well as individuals with careers in ecology. The conference is open to all members of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter ESA in addition to
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Play raises awareness about sexual assault, war in Iraq
Between April 16 and April 26, the Theatre and Dance division of Elizabethtown College’s Fine and Performing Arts Department presented their production of Ellen McLaughlin’s play “Ajax in Iraq.” The play offered a mash-up of Sophocles’ classic tragedy “Ajax” with the modern Iraq War. The play follows the story of two heroes: Ajax, an ancient
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