NEWS
Global Perspective
In mid-August of this year, Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) penned a deal that would normalize their diplomatic relations. Not long after, Bahrain joined the pact in normalizing its relations with Israel. President Donald Trump believes these deals, which he oversaw, are a great step towards peace in the Middle East. Now, he
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New OHRP research guidelines
The pandemic has led to changes in many parts of our lives — including what and how we research. The Office of Human Research Protections has introduced a number of new guidelines for conducting human research. Etown students and faculty alike are feeling the effect. The new OHRP protections are intended to prioritize public health
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Kreider Prize Lecture
The annual Kreider Prize Lecture took place virtually Thursday, Oct. 15 at 7pm. Elizabethtown College professor of political science Dr. E. Fletcher McClellan was the recipient of the 2019-2020 Kreider Prize for Teaching Excellence. He presented his lecture “Analytical Advocacy in the Age of Trump,” which examined the current political climate and how he gives
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CAMPUS LIFE
Music Review: K. Flay delivers polarizing, captivating album
In her second album, “Everywhere is Somewhere,” K. Flay has managed to encapsulate an incredibly broad range of emotion, from angst to new love. Her sound and lyrics breach an edginess that never fails to polarize listeners. “Everywhere is Somewhere” is not an album for a family roadtrip, but it will move or entertain many
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LTE: Homer decries recent trend of linguistic appropriation in faculty meetings
Written by Dr. Sanjay Paul, Associate Professor of Economics Branding. Core competency. Value proposition. These are terms that Homer rarely used to hear at faculty meetings. Routinely used in the business world, they have now made alarming inroads into the world of academe. Not that Homer’s faculty meetings were paragons of intellectual discourse—the ivory tower
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Business Profile: Creations Reimagined
Elizabethtown College alumna Dena Krebs recently returned to the community to launch an upcycling boutique. Her store, Creations Reimagined, opened its doors Saturday, March 4. Located at 206 S. Market Street, the boutique features products from 13 artists. Though the artists’ products range in price and style, they all have one thing in common: they’re
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SPORTS
Women’s cross country earns bid to NCAA championships
One week after they took third at the Landmark Conference Championships, the men’s cross country team went on to place ninth at the NCAA Division III Mideast Regional. The Blue Jays competed against 51 other teams at DeSales University Saturday, Nov. 12. The top performer of the Blue Jays was first-year Samuel Gerstenbacher. He had
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Field hockey defeats Susquehanna, captures Landmark title
Elizabethtown College’s field hockey team played a close game against the Goucher College Gophers Wednesday, Nov. 2. After a long struggle in the second half, a last-minute goal saved Etown and earned them the second seed in the Saturday, Nov. 5 playoff game. Saturday, the Etown ladies played and won their championship game against Susquehanna
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Men’s soccer grabs at-large bid to NCAA Championships
Looking for a spot in the Landmark conference championship game, the Blue Jays came out ready to attack the Susquehanna University River Hawks on Saturday, Nov. 5. The top-seeded Elizabethtown College men’s soccer team was paired up against the number four seed in this semifinal match. Susquehanna had not made a conference appearance since they
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FEATURES
New Playwrights Fest IV features staged readings
On Friday, March 13 and Saturday, March 14, the Elizabethtown College Theatre and Dance Division of the Fine and Performing Arts Department hosted its fourth annual “Etown New Playwrights Fest” in Zug Recital Hall. The fest features students that have taken Associate Professor of English Dr. John Rohrkemper’s playwriting course. The plays are presented in
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Sarracino’s Civil War novel set for release
“Life is fired at us point blank.” Though these are the words of Jose Ortega y Gasset, a Spanish philosopher who wasn’t even born at the time of the Civil War, Dr. Carmine Sarracino, professor of English at Elizabethtown College, thinks this best encapsulates what his novel has to say. “We might have ideas about
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Lunar New Year celebration welcomes the Year of the Goat
Thursday, Feb. 19, began the celebration of the Lunar New Year, also known as the Chinese New Year or the Spring Festival. This year is the “Year of the Goat.” Each year in the 12-year cycle is assigned an animal; last year was the Horse, and next is the Monkey. Elizabethtown College is home to
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