NEWS
Big changes being made to first-year programs
Several changes will be implemented in the Elizabethtown College Peer Mentor and orientation programs in the 2018-19 academic year. Associate Director, Strengths Coaching and Ethical Leadership Development Stacey Zimmerman now heads the Peer Mentor program. Orientation is in the hands of Director of Student Transition Programs and Prestigious Scholarships and Fellowships Jean-Paul Benowitz. Starting in
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The Study Abroad Experience
When I was a little kid, my mom always told me to get out of my home state and go see the world. Having me when she was young prevented her from exploring the world and experiencing different cultures and she wanted to make sure that I would take advantage of every opportunity that came
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Series: The investigation of the blue lights on campus
Following an anonymous tip at the end of the fall semester, “The Etownian” investigated the blue light system on campus. This source claimed that the blue lights have not been updated in quite some time and that they were completely inactive. However, “The Etownian’s” recent investigation revealed that almost all of the blue lights on
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CAMPUS LIFE
Scholarship and Creative Arts Day should be incentivized to encourage participation
Any reason is a good reason to get out of classes, right? I would say so. But what if the reason is that one must give a 12 to 15-minute presentation? Suddenly, I’m less likely to agree. And many other students share this sentiment. Scholarship and Creative Arts Day (SCAD), which will be held on
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Night classes prove important regardless of inconvenience
Classes are something that we all have to put up with. I mean, that’s why we’re here, right? During the course of our college career, we are bound to have classes that we love and classes that we hate. We’ll have the experience of getting up for those dreaded classes at 8 a.m. and we
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Making mistakes should not devalue magnitude of one’s successes
People tend to feel that, as humans, we are more likely to notice mistakes we’ve made or mistakes others have made before we notice our own or others’ successes. We all know it’s harder to become successful than it is to fail. Becoming a successful person is what everyone wants in life. No matter what
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SPORTS
Men’s basketball falls to Hood, prepares to face off against Albright in season finale
The Blue Jays’ men’s basketball team saw their chances of competing in the Commonwealth Conference postseason come to a halt as Hood College outlasted the Blue Jays 85-64 Saturday afternoon at Thompson Gymnasium in a shooting spree. The Blazers showed their capabilities early and often Saturday afternoon by limiting the Blue Jays to 33 percent
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Women’s lacrosse aims to overcome new obstacles
Coming off of two back-to-back Commonwealth Conference Championships and a berth in the NCAA Tournament, the Elizabethtown College women’s lacrosse team prepares for its upcoming season. With last season’s record of 12-7 overall and just two losses in their conference, the Jays are ready to improve and move forward in the season ahead of them.
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Rever leads Blue Jays to top finishes at Seamus McElligot Invitational
This past weekend, the Elizabethtown College men and women’s track and field teams competed at the Seamus McElligot Invitational at Haverford College. Senior Matt Rever raced the 800-meter in a time of 1:55.52, which gave him second place, .36 seconds behind the first place runner. Senior Lucas Dayhoff also walked away with second place overall
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FEATURES
Hassina Sherjan, Lt. Col. Burgess discuss mid, post-war Afghanistan
Hassina Sherjan, scholar-in-residence at Bowers Writers House, is owner and chief executive officer of Boumi Co., an international home accessory business. Sherjan has a master’s degree in public administration from Harvard Kennedy School and an honorary doctorate of law from Queen’s University in Canada. She also founded and is the chief executive officer of Aid
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Morella speaks on women’s equality
onstance Morella opened her lecture Thursday evening with a quote by Joseph Addison: “I consider an human soul without education like marble in the quarry, which shows none of its inherent beauties, till the skill of the polisher fetches out the colours, makes the surface shine, and discovers every ornamental cloud, spot and vein that
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Representatives of Big Brothers Big Sisters present on non-profit businesses
On Oct. 18, just before the Blue Jays finished preparing for Homecoming and Parents’ Weekend, Elizabethtown College welcomed several leaders of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Lancaster County to speak in Leffler’s M&M Mars Room. Melissa Siwiec, executive director of BBBS of Lancaster County, as well as Luann Smith, Lancaster County’s BBBS school based program
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