NEWS
Annual lecture promotes cross-cultural dialogue through music
The Ware Lecture on Peacemaking is an annual event hosted by the Center for Global Understanding and Peacemaking in honor of Judy S. and Paul W. Ware. J. Ware graduated from Elizabethtown College in 1968 with a bachelor’s degree in elementary education and later retired as an art teacher at Lancaster Country Day School in
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Common Cents
This weekly column will feature the latest topics and tips in the financial world. Each week, we will focus on a specific financial topic, with topics covering a wide range of financial information and the latest opportunities with the Family Business and Entrepreneurship Club on campus. If there are any topics or concepts that you
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Student Senate
Student Senate met Thursday, April 11 for its last meeting before running elections for next year. The meeting started with questions about summer housing for students staying on campus. Coordinator of Housing Operations Wendi Kenley answered questions about transportation, saying that a shuttle will run from the Featherton Apartments to Elizabethtown College based on times
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CAMPUS LIFE
Letter to the Editor: Homer learns about accessibility, inclusiveness in class material
The life of a Dean is, quite possibly, replete with glamor, excitement and the unvarnished joy of working in a hallowed office in Alpha Hall. She might even—gasp!—have Windows 10 installed on her machine days before the hoi polloi in Hoover get their dirty hands on it. But, surely, thought Homer, as he absently munched
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For at least a decade, Elizabethtown College has been a wet campus in a rural setting. When applying for colleges, the idea of attending a wet versus a dry campus was mixed into my consideration.
For at least a decade, Elizabethtown College has been a wet campus in a rural setting. When applying for colleges, the idea of attending a wet versus a dry campus was mixed into my consideration. I wanted to go to a safe institution, one with a good but restrictive policy for those who dabble outside
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Green Day’s new album a hit, a miss
Some genres of the musical variety age like a California Pinot Noir or a French Brie. Punk rock, on the other hand, creeps forward in age to the beat of an old cream. Most of the great punk legends to riot not so quietly were either dead before they could develop their musicianship or, in
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SPORTS
Men’s basketball drops season-finale at Susquehanna University, 85-64
The Elizabethtown College men’s basketball team’s season came to an end this past weekend at the hands of Susquehanna, in an 85-64 loss. Senior Evan Hathaway put up an impressive career-high 21 points, with senior Tyler Simpkiss scoring 12, senior Joe Bodnar scoring 11, and senior Phil Wenger with nine. Needing a win to secure
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Track turns to Indoor Championships
Both the Elizabethtown College men’s and women’s track and field teams finished strong in their last regular season indoor meet this past Friday at the Susquehanna Open in Selinsgrove, Pa. The women’s team had a total of ten top-ten place finishers and one event winner, graduate student Eileen Cody. She won her section of the
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Wrestling team falls on Senior night to Messiah
The Blue Jays went up against the Messiah College Falcons at Friday night’s wrestling match in Thompson Gymnasium. The final score was 25-16 with the win going to Messiah. Messiah entered the contest as the number eight team in the nation according to the Division III NCAA rankings on NCAA.com. Before the meet started, the
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FEATURES
Strikwerda, Sadd attend Washington, D.C. interfaith conference
On Sept. 22 and 23, President Carl Strikwerda and Reverend Chaplain Tracy Wenger Sadd gave presentations at the fourth White House convening of the President’s Interfaith and Community Service Challenge at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Strikwerda spoke on a panel about how and why college and university presidents should make interfaith education and
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Neuroscientist shares cognitive tasks, his work with IQ, creativity
On Tuesday, Sept. 30, Bowers Writers House hosted Dr. Oshin Vartanian, a neuroscientist at Defense Research and Development Canada. Vartanian visited campus for two days in order to give presentations on “The Prospects and Perils of Cognitive Training for Improving Cognition.” The purpose of these presentations is to provide concrete proof that one’s intelligence quotient,
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Miller discusses new goals and projects for the Dell Community
Cody Miller is the newest staff member of Residence Life. He joined Elizabethtown College over the summer. He is the area coordinator for the Dell Community, which includes Myer, Royer and Schlosser residence halls. Residence Life is in charge of the traditional residence halls, town homes and apartments, which house more than 85 percent of
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