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Photo courtesy of Unsplash January 15, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced that they are resigning as senior members of the Royal Family and instead working towards becoming financially independent. In a post on their respective Instagram, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex said that they will continue “…to fully support Her Majesty The
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Accommodating ADA Needs in Housing Selection
Photo courtesy of Unsplash Housing selection for students requiring health-related accommodations has functioned much of the same over the past few years at Elizabethtown College. Committed to providing equal access for all students, Etown students residing on campus are able to request specific housing to suit individual living concerns, such as disabilities, health or psychological
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Interdisciplinary team at Etown awarded EPA grant
Photos courtesy of Elizabethtown College Flickr The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently granted a People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) Phase I grant to an Elizabethtown College research team led by professor of chemistry Dr. Lauren Toote and professor of engineering Dr. Brenda Read-Daily. The interdisciplinary team is working on developing a cheap and effective
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Opinion: Pledge supporting low-income students a step in the right direction
Elizabethtown College, alongside eighty-five other colleges in the United States, has joined the American Talent Initiative (ATI) with the intent of helping more lower-income students receive a higher education. With hopes that school attendance will increase and incoming students, it will be interesting to see how Etown sticks to its goals within this program. The
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How to live simply in the digital age: Six tips to reduce wasteful screen time
According to the Pew Research Center, most U.S. citizens (77%) now own a smartphone. A Nielsen Company audience report in 2016 indicated that adults in the United States spend over 10 hours and 39 minutes each day on technology. Individuals rely on technology now more than ever. Bright screens tire our eyes. Immediate answers shorten
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The Weekly Chirp: Students, faculty weigh in: Does political content on social media create division?
Facebook, Google and Twitter are under federal investigation for allowing Russian propaganda to spread on their sites during the 2016 election. The three social media sites will have to answer questions about how they are combatting propaganda or how they are letting it slip through the cracks. The investigation will raise questions about how much
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Field hockey opens Landmark play with shutout road victory
The Elizabethtown College women’s field hockey team entered Saturday’s Landmark Conference opener against Drew University, winners of two straight games and three out of four overall. After playing a tough non-conference schedule to begin the season, the Blue Jays have used the momentum from those tight games to their advantage. On Saturday afternoon, the Blue
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Women’s soccer restarts season with Landmark opening win
Saturday’s Landmark Conference game against Drew University at Ira R. Herr Field felt like a chance to start over for the Elizabethtown College women’s soccer team. Coming off their fourth straight loss and sixth overall in seven games this season, the Blue Jays were looking forward to conference play. It had been over 360 minutes
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Women’s tennis opens fall season with successful weekend
The women’s tennis team headed to Fredericksburg, Virginia this past weekend, Sept. 24 and 25, to compete in the ITA Regional Championships. Through the weekend, the team competed in a total of 15 singles games and six doubles competitions. For the first time since 2011, a Blue Jay women’s tennis player proceeded to the flight
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Wenger discusses constituencies, working for a major corporation, encourages students to continue learning throughout lifetime
On Feb. 20, the Business Department of Elizabethtown College held one of their weekly M&M Mars Lecture series of speeches, this time featuring E. Philip Wenger, the CEO, President and Chairman of the Fulton Financial Corporation. Wenger initially joined the Fulton Financial Corporation in 1979 in an entry-level job before being promoted to Vice President
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Admissions offers personalized experiences to prospective students
Like many other current students across the Elizabethtown College campus, accepted high school seniors from surrounding states will be stepping foot on that same red brick this coming Saturday, Feb. 21 for an accepted students day at the College. As the student response deadline of May 1 approaches, the Office of Admissions is hard at
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Appel encourages valuing morals, happiness in academic pursuits
On Wednesday, Feb. 11, “Humanities and the Richness of Being: A Life Dynamic with Dr. Jacob Appel” was held in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. The event was sponsored by Bowers Writers House. The man who gave the presentation was Dr. Jacob Appel, an accomplished author who is also a physician, lawyer, bioethicist and social
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