NEWS

  • Tournament of Participants hide-and-seek game decides winning club

    Tournament of Participants hide-and-seek game decides winning club

    The Tournament of Participants hide-and-seek game held throughout the Baugher Student Center (BSC) from 11 a.m. to approximately 12:15 p.m. Wednesday, March 20 decided the student club who will name the Gaga ball pit located outside the new Bower’s Center for Sports, Fitness and Well-being. First-year Socratis Rodas from the “For What We Stand” club

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  • Ranck Prize for Research Excellence awarded to musicology professor

    Ranck Prize for Research Excellence awarded to musicology professor

    Professor of musicology Dr. E. Douglas Bomberger recently received the 2018-2019 Ranck Prize for Research Excellence. The Professional Development Committee chose him from nominations submitted by faculty peers. In addition to receiving a monetary award and a supplement to his professional development fund to support ongoing scholarly activity, Bomberger will be recognized in the 2019

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  • The Global Perspective

    The Global Perspective

    This weekly column will cover a variety of contemporary global issues including climate action, global health, international peace and security and gender equality. I hope that this column will act as a platform to advocate for global progress and to empower young leaders to get involved in international affairs. If there are certain global issues

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CAMPUS LIFE

SPORTS

  • Men’s basketball drops season-finale at Susquehanna University, 85-64

    Men’s basketball drops season-finale at Susquehanna University, 85-64

    The Elizabethtown College men’s basketball team’s season came to an end this past weekend at the hands of Susquehanna, in an 85-64 loss. Senior Evan Hathaway put up an impressive career-high 21 points, with senior Tyler Simpkiss scoring 12, senior Joe Bodnar scoring 11, and senior Phil Wenger with nine. Needing a win to secure

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  • Track turns to Indoor Championships

    Track turns to Indoor Championships

    Both the Elizabethtown College men’s and women’s track and field teams finished strong in their last regular season indoor meet this past Friday at the Susquehanna Open in Selinsgrove, Pa. The women’s team had a total of ten top-ten place finishers and one event winner, graduate student Eileen Cody. She won her section of the

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  • Wrestling team falls on Senior night to Messiah

    Wrestling team falls on Senior night to Messiah

    The Blue Jays went up against the Messiah College Falcons at Friday night’s wrestling match in Thompson Gymnasium. The final score was 25-16 with the win going to Messiah. Messiah entered the contest as the number eight team in the nation according to the Division III NCAA rankings on NCAA.com. Before the meet started, the

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FEATURES

  • 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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  • Jennifer Francis shares research in weather pattern changes in arctic

    Jennifer Francis shares research in weather pattern changes in arctic

    On Tuesday, Nov. 4, Dr. Jennifer Francis gave a lecture titled “Truth and Fact: Global Climate and Temperature” at Bowers Writers House. During her lecture, Francis discussed change in the arctic and its relation to the jet stream, which affects extreme weather patterns. After specializing in the arctic weather patterns, Francis switched concentrations to research

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  • Shiffer performs twentieth-century pieces, shows accessibility of music

    Shiffer performs twentieth-century pieces, shows accessibility of music

    On Sunday, Nov. 2 in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center, Faith Shiffer, adjunct professor of music, hosted her faculty recital as part of the Fine and Performing Arts Department’s concert season. Her recital focused mainly on music that was written during the 20th century and included a composition of her own. At Elizabethtown College, Shiffer

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