NEWS
Pennsylvania Politics
Monday, Feb. 8, Pennsylvania’s Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman declared he will run for the Commonwealth’s open U.S. Senate seat in 2022. The former mayor of Braddock and recent champion for progressive causes in Pennsylvania has attracted a large following across the nation thanks to his media-savvy nature, with many TV interviews and tweets going viral
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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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CAMPUS LIFE
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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Music Review: Rainbow Kitten Surprise: Strange name, wonderful surprise
Collectors of music and avid readers have at least one thing in common; they both understand the importance of an enticing title. One night, as I was sitting on a dorm-room floor, a friend of mine said, “Sam, you’ll love this band.” I asked, “What are they called?” He said “Rainbow Kitten Surprise.” Naturally, I
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Etown Simplified: Learning to Live Smarter, not harder
Also written by: Dr. Michele Lee Kozimor-King This year marks the twelfth cohort of the first-year seminar titled Simple Living. It is also the second year that the 16 students enrolled in the course will be authoring this weekly column to share with our community, new ways to live, work and consume. This year, the
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SPORTS
Volleyball team takes three of four matches against Penn State Harrisburg
The Blue Jay’s Volleyball team defeated Penn State Harrisburg on the road 3-1, Saturday, Sept. 9th. After losing the first set by only two points, Etown refused to go down without a fight and won the next three sets for an overall of 56-46 points. The Jays took the second set 25-17, the third set
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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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FEATURES
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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Professors hold evening discussion of book by upcoming lecturer Kristof
Bowers Writers House was full of students from Associate Professor of Japanese Dr. Mahua Bhattacharya’s Anime to Zen class to discuss the writings of Nicholas Kristof in his book, “Thunder from the East: Portrait of Rising Asia.” Kristof is this year’s Ware lecture guest and will be on campus on April 13 and 14. Kristof
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