NEWS
Today’s Technology
As the world around us grows, it steadily becomes more important to be talented with technology. Just about every family has a member who is asked to deal with the week’s most recent, tech-related problem. Here, I hope to spread a bit of knowledge and some strategies to help those who are not naturally technologically
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Student Senate
Student Senate’s meeting Thursday, Sept. 20 began with a special order: the Oath of Office for new senators. The student comments section followed the special order, raising questions, which other senators or faculty answered. Among these was the question of why only one level of American Sign Language is offered at Elizabethtown College. Vice President
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Presidential Search Committee announces update on current search
The Presidential Search Committee met Monday, Sept. 17 to review and discuss the progress of the search for the fifteenth president of Elizabethtown College. As of the middle of September, more than 150 nominations were sent to the Presidential Search Committee’s search partner, Witt/Kieffer. Alongside the nominations, more than 100 applications and accompanying documents were
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CAMPUS LIFE
Newest Christopher Nolan film “Interstellar” includes striking visuals, solid acting, complex scientific ideas
This fall, Christopher Nolan’s “Interstellar” opened on Nov. 7 to positive reviews and is quickly rising to be the biggest box office hit of the season. In under a week, “Interstellar” has made almost $50 million in ticket sales and holds a “Certified Fresh” rating on the notable movie critic website Rotten Tomatoes. Lagging just
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Semester concludes smoothly for those with good study habits, organization skills
Before the most wonderful time of the year comes the most stressful time of the year. As the end of the semester draws near, it is important to establish a game plan to conquer the last projects, papers and exams of 2014. Grab your textbooks and some coffee, and prepare to ace your exams! Here
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Unintentional gifts left by students during office hours amuse economics professor
Few things delight Homer as much as a visit by a student during office hours. Such visits, infrequent and fleeting as they may be, serve to lift the veil of gloom that otherwise shrouds Homer as he maintains a lonely, Maytag repairman-like vigil in Hoover. The silence can be oppressive on occasion, and Homer finds
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SPORTS
Golf takes third at Marywood Quad-Match
Last spring, the Elizabethtown College men’s golf team and Head Coach Jim Reed were united. Reed, an accomplished and well-known golf name in the central Pennsylvania area, took over the men’s golf program on March 4 and coached the Blue Jays in five tournaments last spring. “He knows more about the golf swing than anyone
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Women’s soccer remains undefeated after victory over rival
The Elizabethtown women’s soccer program has learned to build off of every prior season’s heartbreak. Two seasons ago, the Blue Jays went 10-3-6 and won six conference games to just one loss and three ties. That season ended with a disappointing loss in penalty kicks at Stevenson University in the Commonwealth Conference Championships. The team
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Field hockey beats Del Val, records first win after 0-3 start
The Elizabethtown College women’s field hockey team lost its first three games against Franklin & Marshall College, Messiah College and Muhlenberg University in the opening weeks of the Fall 2014 season. The Jays hosted No. 8 Franklin and Marshall for the opening game August 29, but could not score a goal against the Diplomats, losing
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FEATURES
Minor visits campus, discusses short, contemporary fiction
The evening of Jan. 30 began with a bang. Or rather, a mass-cracking of knuckles. These dramatics were led by Bowers Writers House Director Jesse Waters as he introduced the first event of the spring 2014 semester at 8 p.m. last Thursday: a “Contemporary Fiction Reading with Kyle Minor.” The Elizabethtown College event marked the
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Nigerian ambassador uses art to communicate peace
“Is there an eternity in our hearts?” Ibiyinka Alao said. “There is an infinite outside of us as well as an infinite within us. These two infinites are superimposed on one another and awaken in me the essence of love, art and prayer. An artist is a person with an infinite inside that is equal
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Religion Department Chair Christina Bucher gives lecture on Song of Songs, relates sexuality, human desire to Bible, Christianity
Sexuality and Christianity. Homosexuality and the Bible. When reading these couplings, it is clear that these topics are often taboo when mixed together. Dr. Christina Bucher, the Carl W. Zeigler professor of religion and current chair of the department of religious studies, however, made these four topics blend together during her lecture this past week.
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