NEWS
Student Senate
Photo courtesy of Flickr Student Senate held its weekly meeting Thursday, Sept. 12 at 3:45 p.m. in Hoover 212. The meeting started with a few student comments. Senior Margaret Fix asked if Elizabethtown College was planning to get patio furniture for the Bowers Center for Sports, Fitness and Well-being, since it’s pictured in the sketches.
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Today’s Technology
Photo courtesy of Flickr Data storage can be a pain to properly configure, but artificial intelligence (AI) is proving to be useful for helping do just this. The scale and complexity of workloads is increasing and becoming more difficult, and now teams of specialists are needed to manage the massive storage of data. However, AI
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Study abroad program changes, additional affiliated countries added
Photo by Paula Groff Toward the end of last semester and throughout the summer, the Study Abroad Office at Elizabethtown College had been working to update its programs for students interested in studying abroad. As a result of such updates, 14 new programs have been added to the list of programs affiliated with the College.
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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
Track and field teams competes at Susquehanna Invitational
The Elizabethtown men’s and women’s track and field teams competed at the Susquehanna Invitational at Susquehanna University this past weekend. It was one of the last opportunities for improvement before the Landmark Conference Championships which take place on Saturday, Feb. 28 at Susquehanna. On the women’s side, sophomore Amanda Porter recorded three separate personal bests
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Personal bests highlight men’s swimming meet
The Landmark Conference Championships, on Feb. 13 to 15, were full of highlights and broken records for the Elizabethtown College men’s swim team. “Our goal as a team was to drop time across the board and have some swimmers make podium, both individually and in relays,” senior Frank Capria said. Over the three-day event the
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Women’s tennis splits two matches
The Elizabethtown College women’s tennis team played indoors for its matches against St. Mary’s College (Md.) and nationally-ranked No. 22 the University of Mary Washington. The Blue Jays defeated St. Mary’s 5-4, but fell to Mary Washington 9-0. Senior Sarah Calabro considered the first two matches as a launch for the new season. “There is
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FEATURES
Sociology professor opens interactive photography exhibit
On Sept. 4, Dr. Rita Shah, assistant professor of sociology, opened her new photo exhibit “Prison or Slave Castle?” to the Elizabethtown College community. Upon arrival, Shah explained to the students what the exhibit was about and why she had decided to undertake the project. Shah is a criminologist whose interests lie within studying and
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Capital One legal expert discusses risk management within businesses
Steve Gannon, deputy general counsel of Capital One, spoke on risk management in businesses at Elizabethtown College on Wednesday, April 30. Gannon oversees Capital One’s legal department, which includes the corporate transactions, regulatory, banking, litigation, employment, securities and governance groups. He said that the legal department exists within the company in order to deal with
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‘A Murder is Announced’ play illustrates classic Christie mystery
Featuring murders, false identities and hidden pasts, “A Murder is Announced” depicted Leslie Darbon’s adaptation of a classic Agatha Christie mystery. This production was directed by Dr. Michael Swanson, who is the director of theatre and dance and an associate professor of theatre. The play takes place in Little Paddocks, where Miss Letitia Blacklock, her
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