NEWS
Crucial Pennsylvania judicial races on the ballot this year
Election day is Nov. 4, but unlike last year’s presidential election or next year’s midterm elections, no candidates for federal office will be on the ballot. Despite this, a typically calm off year election has the potential to shake up Pennsylvania’s political institutions. In Pennsylvania, off year elections are when voters will elect officials at
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UN meets in Vietnam for cybercrime convention
Delegates from around 60 countries met in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Oct. 25 to sign a new United Nations treaty for fighting cybercrime. The signing marks the next step in years of negotiations on how nations can work together to prevent and prosecute crimes carried out through digital networks. Formally titled the U.N. Convention on Countering
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Amazon’s cloud glitch exposes a business problem money can’t fix
When Amazon Web Services (AWS) went down this week, the internet seemed to go with it. For nearly 15 hours, an error buried deep in AWS’s automation system disrupted everything from financial platforms to gaming apps. Amazon later said a software defect in its automated domain management system caused the issue. That small error made
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CAMPUS LIFE
Recipe Review: Microwave Pizza
It’s safe to say that pizza is one of the most popular meal options at Elizabethtown College. It’s available for most of the day every day at the Marketplace and Jay’s Nest, and there are plenty of restaurants around town that offer pizza. But, you’d be out of luck if you ever found yourself craving
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Business Review: Trellis Marketplace
With warm weather and other signs of spring finally appearing around Elizabethtown, it’s time to start getting back out after a winter of indoor activities. This means returning to the adirondack chairs around campus, tossing a frisbee with some friends on Brinser Field and, of course, visiting the shops in downtown Elizabethtown. One shop in
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Horoscopes: What Fantasy Book Trope is your Zodiac Sign?
With spring blooming all around Elizabethtown College and finals looming on the horizon, it seems imperative to find time to enjoy yourself. Etown has ample outdoor seating, from the Brossman Student Center to the Dell, so why not find a spot and read a book? A thrilling fantasy novel may be calling you, with all
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SPORTS
Baseball Loses in Dramatic Fashion to Salisbury
Elizabethtown College baseball had a tough task on their hands, with #8 ranked Salisbury University coming to town to take on the Blue Jays in a doubleheader Saturday, March 29. The Sea Gulls had only lost four games up to this point, while Etown hoped to continue winning after a tight 8-7 victory against Moravian
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Etown Drops Two in Softball Doubleheader versus Ursinus
Coming off of a six-game losing streak, Elizabethtown College softball team hoped to bounce back and capture their first home win of the season in their doubleheader against Ursinus College. In game one, Etown had junior pitcher Mikaela Benner take the mound for the Blue Jays. The Bears got out to a hot start, beginning
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Lacrosse falls to Stevenson in highly contested match
On March 29, 2025, the Elizabethtown College men’s lacrosse team clashed against the nationally ranked Stevenson University Mustangs at Etown’s Wolf Field. The game occurred late into the evening, as windy weather and a setting sun blanketed the area. The Jays gained a slight lead towards the start of the match. Despite an initial tumble,
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FEATURES
Etown Students Celebrate Together at Fall-Festive Movie Night
As day turned to night on Friday, Oct. 25, Elizabethtown College students made their way across campus in the bitter fall air towards Gibble Auditorium. Once inside, they were greeted with warmth and the aromas of buttery popcorn and sweet candy, the perfect snacks when settling in to watch a movie. Once the students were
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Elizabethtown College starts its first on-campus service fraternity organization
ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. — Elizabethtown College welcomes a new chapter of Alpha Phi Omegato its campus. Inspired by Frank Reed Horton after serving in World War I, Alpha Phi Omega was founded as aservice fraternity organization in 1925 by a group of men who believed in coming together withother men from varying backgrounds to better the
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Sanskrit at Elizabethtown College: is it becoming ancient history
ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. — Elizabethtown College has offered the Sanskrit course since the 2001-2002 academic year. And while in recent years the first level has nearly filled, there’s been a pattern that the second level falls short of those numbers. Is this a sign of the course becoming part of the ancient history it comes from?
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