NEWS
Global Perspective
The Myanmar coup d’état began Feb. 1, 2021 after members of Myanmar’s ruling party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), were ousted via a military takeover by the Tatmadaw and the leader of the coup Min Aung Hlaing. The NLD won 83 percent of the Parliament’s body in the 2020 general election, which was contested
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Trump acquitted in second impeachment trial
After a week of an intense trial, including many pictures, videos, interviews and audio recordings from the insurrection at the Capitol building Jan. 6, 2021, former President Donald J. Trump was acquitted Saturday, Feb. 13 in his second impeachment trial. Only weeks after an attack on the Capitol building that took the lives of five
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Student Senate
Student Senate met Thursday, Feb. 11 for their weekly meeting over Zoom. The meeting began with the oath of office for the newly elected first-year representative. Senators then moved into administrative report, where Director of Leadership and New Student/Family Orientation Stacey Zimmerman gave the student life report for Vice President for Student Life Dr. Celestino
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CAMPUS LIFE
The Weekly Chirp: Students, faculty weigh in: Did Nike take a risk with their new ad?
Sept. 6, Nike’s new “Just Do It” ad campaign dropped during the NFL season opening game between the Atlanta Falcons and the Philadelphia Eagles. The day before, the ad appeared on social media and caused a stir because the ad is narrated by and features Colin Kaepernick, former San Fransisco 49ers quarterback. In 2016, he
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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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SPORTS
Men’s basketball falters in second half, looks ahead to Goucher
Elizabethtown’s men’s basketball team suffered a disappointing loss at home against Landmark Conference opponent Moravian College last Saturday, Feb. 4. Senior Josh Eden kicked the game off with a layup which was immediately answered by the Greyhounds. The Blue Jays and the Greyhounds went back and forth the rest of the half. Etown was never
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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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FEATURES
Students support Sexual Assault Awareness, Prevention Month
Elizabethtown College invited students to take part in a series of events focusing on Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month (SAAM). The events began with the Clothesline Project Display on Wednesday, April 1. A local organization donated T-shirts that were hung in the Brossman Commons (BSC). Student Wellness invited students to make their own shirts
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Relay for Life event raises over $50,000
The American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life was held Friday, March 27 into Saturday, March 28 from 4 p.m. to 4 a.m. in the Thompson Gymnasium. Several teams of students, cancer survivors and other individuals walked around the gym to raise money, celebrate survival and remember those who have lost the battle with cancer. Relay
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Kennedy discusses one-child policy in China, implications for gender ratio
Dr. John J. Kennedy, associate professor of political science and director of the Center for Global and International Studies at the University of Kansas, first observed the phenomenon of the “missing girls” in China during the 1990s. In his lecture “Out of the Shadows: Family Planning and Identifying the ‘Missing Girls’ in Rural China,” he
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