NEWS
Global Perspective
Anti-government protests broke out in Hong Kong the night of Saturday Sept. 21 with violent clashes between police and the protestors. Another day of protests followed Sunday morning after tear gas temporarily subdued protesters who threw gas bombs and set fires in the streets. Airport transit authorities immediately closed two stations near the Hong Kong
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Board of Trustees meeting
The October Board of Trustees meeting was held Saturday, Oct. 26 at 8:30 a.m. in the Susquehanna Room of Myer Residence Hall. As always, the meeting opened with the Mission Moment, which was presented by first-year Eric Schubert. Schubert runs a genealogy business that allows people to trace their ancestry. In his presentation, Schubert began
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Diversity examined: outreach for international students
As international students get ready to study abroad, an overwhelming feeling of uncertainty comes with it. Will they make friends in the United States or spend more time being homesick than having fun? That’s why, when students come to Elizabethtown College, there is a team of students to ensure that their welcome is a safe
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CAMPUS LIFE
Review: Equality reigns in “Battle of the Sexes”
Imagine leaving the stability and security of steady employment to take a giant risk on a new job venture which speaks to your true ideals; its success and financial compensation, however, is completely up in the air. Imagine experiencing new feelings and emotions which seem confusing and unnatural, but also awaken a new part of
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LTE: Homer contemplates problems facing college campuses, presidents
Colleges, notes Homer, have to deal with several unpleasant things. Take campus speakers. If you invite the wrong sort of speaker, you will make some donors very unhappy. And very unhappy donors can be very costly to a college. Among some Elizabethtown College alumni, memories still linger of Bill Ayres’s visit to the College. It
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Learn how to say “no” to yourself and others
According to “The Seattle Times,” the amount of people who have felt overwhelmed by schoolwork and other commitments has risen from 27.1 percent to 34.6 percent since 2014. In today’s world, there seems to be a common obsession with being busy, which can be linked to the idea that avoiding activities is negative. People should
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SPORTS
Men’s swim team defeats Frostburg State, women drop close meet
Before the storm postponed the men’s and women’s swim teams’ meets against McDaniel College , the teams each faced Frostburg State University at home on Jan. 18, 2016. The men clinched a win for the final meet at home, while the women were defeated by just three points. The men won 111-87 against Frostburg. First-years
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Men’s basketball loses two legends
Earlier this month, the Elizabethtown College community lost two icons when Frank Keath ’49 and Bill Foster ’54 passed away. Both men made their mark on the men’s basketball program at Etown and their impact is still felt today. Keath and Foster were charter inductees into the Ira R. Herr Athlete Hall of Fame in
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Women’s soccer seeking win in conference opener Saturday
After going winless through their first three games of the season, scoring just one goal in those contests, the Elizabethtown College women’s soccer team has found its groove. After back-to-back victories over Franklin & Marshall and St. Mary’s (Md.) in which the Blue Jays combined for six goals, Etown carried the momentum into Friday’s matchup
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FEATURES
Eli Hastings discusses trauma writing, narrative therapy, explains importance of narrative, storytelling for helping fragmented memories
On Monday Nov. 10, Bowers Writers House held an afternoon craft talk and evening reading with memoirist and therapist Eli Hastings. Hastings discussed the craft of trauma writing and later gave a reading of his memoir “Clearly Now, the Rain: A Memoir of Love and Other Trips.” He identified himself as a writer, father and
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Office of International Student Services holds information tables, special dinner as part of International Education Week
Asking Elizabethtown College students about the weather at this time of year is usually met with complaints about frigid temperatures from legions of chattering teeth. The same question asked closer to the equator would most likely be answered next to an air conditioner on full blast. At Etown, the Office of International Student Services (OISS)
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Students travel to see Newsies in Philadelphia through S.W.E.E.T.
This past Saturday, S.W.E.E.T. sponsored a trip for students to see the musical “Newsies” at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, Pa. This highly anticipated event was a huge success, with many students attending. “Newsies” tells the true story of the Newsboy Strike of 1899. This Disney musical is about Jack Kelly, a newspaper delivery boy
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