NEWS
Common Cents
Written by: Family Business and Entrepreneurship Club The Family Business and Entrepreneurship Club is kicking off their second annual semester-long competition. We are excited to welcome the new members, and to anyone interested, our first meeting will be Thursday, Sept. 12, at 8:30 p.m. The purpose of the club is to function as a social
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Emotional support animal housing policy updates on campus
Photo by: Emma Pile At Elizabethtown College, policies on emotional support animals (ESAs) have been updated regarding housing. Assistant Director of Residence Life for Independent Living Experiences Dominic DiLoreto told the Etownian how Director of Disability Services Lynne Davies and former Director of Residence Life Allison Bridgeman had partnered together to work on this issue.
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Today’s Technology
Technology has evolved, but so have the attempts of hacking, “phishing” and other security breaches. Recently, Check Point Research has found a security flaw in Android phones, leaving users vulnerable to phishing attacks, according to Help Net Security. This attack takes advantage of Android phones’ over-the-air (OTA) provisioning, which allows mobile network operators to send
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CAMPUS LIFE
Avenged Sevenfold releases new album, showcases technical improvements
Wailing drums with a guitar crunch of this generation usually evades this reviewer’s ears, but sometimes a delve into contemporary metal is soul-enriching. The average face-melting fire-squad erodes the conventional rock sound to its core while cracking up the tempo a few hundred clicks. Some find the genre as the baby boomers saw punk: a
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Are adults still keeping us in the dark?
Warning: This is not a review of the Theater Department’s recent production of “Spring Awakening.” First, I have friends in the show, and it would feel weird to critique them, and secondly, I’m extremely biased. When I was 13, my best friend at the time told me about a musical in which actors jumped about
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Students attending Trump rally receive violent threats, question supporters of newly elected US president
Racist slurs. Sexist attacks. Hateful rhetoric. What do these things have in common? They can all be found at a Donald Trump rally. It frankly doesn’t matter who you support, whether you lean left or right, whether you like Trump or not—if you have a moderate bone in your body, you can agree that the
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SPORTS
Women’s lacrosse bounce-back season starts off strong
The Elizabethtown College’s women’s lacrosse team has surpassed last season’s win total through their first five games. In fact, it took the Blue Jays just two games to surpass their one-win total of last season. The team has improved dramatically over the course of one season. Last season, the team won just a single game
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Men’s tennis winless in Hilton Head, S.C.
The Elizabethtown College men’s tennis team came home from their spring break trip to the Southeast Regional Championships at Hilton Head Island, S.C. with no victories over the four schools they competed against, but with a lot of experience gained and no loss of pride. The first match was on Monday, March 2 against York
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Women’s lacrosse splits in back-to-back
The Elizabethtown College women’s lacrosse team had a busy week two games back-to-back, Wednesday, March 11 and Thursday, March 12. On Wednesday the team traveled to Neumann University, where they fell to the Knights with a score of 17-15. Both teams were in a battle over goals within the first 10 minutes of the game.
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FEATURES
DeGoede designs new device for The Gambia
Dr. Kurt DeGoede, professor of engineering and physics, discussed the work he has been doing with Elizabethtown College students in the Gambia to help develop better technology in the country on Tuesday, Oct. 14. The Gambia is a small African country about 25 miles in width and 350 miles in length. DeGoede said that traveling
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Grammy-winning guitarist David Cullen performs as part of Monday concert series
“Old and New,” a solo guitar recital performed by Elizabethtown College Artist-in-Residence David Cullen was the feature of the most recent Monday Concert Series in Leffler Chapel and Performing Arts Center. Cullen is a Grammy Award winner for Best Pop Instrumental Recording. His recital included works by John Dowland, Ralph Towner and J. S. Bach;
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Dr. Craig Nation discusses Ukrainian conflict in Ware seminar
On Wednesday, Oct. 15, the Center for Global Understanding hosted the Ware Seminar: The Ukrainian Conflict: A New World Order in Gibble Auditorium. The lecturers were Professor of Strategy and Director of Russian and Eurasian studies at the U.S. Army War College Dr. Craig Nation and Elizabethtown College faculty members Assistant Professor of Economics Dr.
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