NEWS
Student Senate
Student Senate met Thursday, Sept. 17 over Zoom for their weekly meeting. Vice President for Student Life Dr. Celestino Limas began the administrative reports segment of the meeting by reminding senators of the COVID-19 guidelines. According to Limas, many students have asked about the plan for the spring semester, to which he responds that while
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Today’s Technology
In the past months of using digital platforms to replace physical interactions, it has become even more important to properly secure online accounts. Here are three tips for better online security. First, and most importantly, is to use a secure password. There are a couple steps to this, related to the two major types of
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Belarus Protest Modern Dictatorship
On Aug. 8, Alexander Lukashenko was reelected president of Belarus for a sixth term, allowing him to serve in office for another five years. The incumbent ran against Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, a Belarusian human rights activist who turned to politics after her husband’s arrest last May. Tsikhanouskaya claims to have received between 60 and 70 percent
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CAMPUS LIFE
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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Thor: Ragnarok just “passable”
I am a human. I have likes and dislikes. Yet every time I bring up my opinion of superhero movies (which is that “I don’t care”), I feel like a social outcast. Trust me, I want to understand the superhero genre…there’s just yet to be a superhero film that I’ve seen that will get me
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Music Review: “saintmotelevision”
Saint Motel, with Top-40 hit “My Type,” came out with their latest album “saintmotelivision” (stylized lowercase) Oct. 21, 2016. Members of the band include A/J Jackson, Aaron Sharp, Dak Lerdamornpong and Greg Erwin. The band is generally difficult to categorize. Saint Motel is indie, or pop, or rock, but most importantly, ridiculously fun. The video
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SPORTS
Women’s soccer shut out again, lose for sixth time in seven games
Putting the ball into the back of the net has been the Elizabethtown College women’s soccer team’s biggest challenge during the early part of the 2016 season. Despite a six-goal victory over Rosemont College on Sept. 8, the Blue Jays have scored just one goal in their other five games. With Saturday’s 1-0 loss to
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Field hockey takes down Gwynedd Mercy in double overtime
It was a nail-biter at Gwynedd Mercy University on Saturday, Sept. 17, but the Blue Jays prevailed to clinch a 2-1 victory over the Griffins. Key players of the game included junior Emma Christman and sophomores Margo Donlin and Hannah Mack. It was anyone’s game in the beginning, but the Griffins were stopped by the
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Conference makes ‘Landmark’ decision to add men’s, women’s golf in 2017
The Elizabethtown College men’s golf team has not been a part of a conference championship tournament since the 2013-14 season. That year’s Commonwealth Conference Championships was the last tournament the Blue Jays participated in as members of the Middle Atlantic Conference, or any conference for that matter. However, starting in 2017-18, that will all change.
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FEATURES
Fritz explores the character of Phyllis in English madrigals
Dr. Matthew Fritz, associate professor of music, gave a presentation titled “Secular Music of the Renaissance” at Elizabethtown College on Thursday, Nov. 13, which explored the character of Phyllis in English madrigals. Fritz’s presentation focused on the English madrigal, which is choral music that is in some circumstances performed with accompaniment. Madrigals were a highly
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Spence explains music selection, educational, entertaining pieces
On Sunday, Nov. 16 in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center, the Department of Fine and Performing Arts hosted a performance by the Elizabethtown College Community Orchestra. The orchestra is made up of 78 musicians, who are both students at the College taking orchestra as a class and members of the community. This aspect of the
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Grimm encourages students to pursue writing, publishing
Adjunct Faculty Member of the English Department Tyler Grimm’s students might be surprised to learn that Grimm did not know he wanted to be a writer until his junior year of college. Grimm revealed this and much more at his presentation, “The Working Novelist,” on Friday, Oct. 31 in the main lobby of Myer Residence
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