NEWS
Scene on Campus: Jays revel in spring weather
With the recent trends of warm weather, Elizabethtown College students can be seen enjoying the sun, eating food from the Jay’s Nest, talking with friends and studying on the BSC patio. After a long, freezing winter, the warm spring weather is a welcome and much needed breath of fresh air for everyone on campus.
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Annual Relay for Life surpasses fundraising goals
Students, faculty and community members recently gathered in and around Thompson Gymnasium for Elizabethtown College’s annual Relay for Life. This year’s event took place from 3 p.m. Friday, April 5 until 3 a.m. Saturday, April 6. Etown’s Colleges Against Cancer (CAC) club runs the event, which raises money and awareness for the American Cancer Society.
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Pa. state senators push for student refinancing plan
Rider Brandau is a low-income, first-generation student at Elizabethtown College. “When students borrow money for college, they agree to pay back that money,” Brandau said. “I will owe roughly $30,000 upon graduation, which is a fair price for what I have received from Elizabethtown.” Many students share his experience. About 1.8 million Pennsylvanians have student
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CAMPUS LIFE
Foreign language requirement offers important balance to well-rounded education
In order to satisfy the requirements laid out by the Core Program, students must take a “Power of Language” course studying either a modern or ancient foreign language. The College deems knowledge of a foreign language as essential to being a well-rounded student and offers majors in French, German, Japanese and Spanish, as well as
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Substance-free residence program represents an important addition to traditional on-campus housing options
When I was in high school, there always seemed to be a stigma my parents held about time I spent away from home. If I were to ever head out for more than just an errand or two, I would always hear “be smart,” or “stay safe.” I never felt that my parents did not
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Gender-neutral housing provides progressive, necessary option for LGBTQ-identifying students living on campus
According to the 2010 United States Census, only .3 percent of Americans are transgender. However, despite a limited population, Elizabethtown College has offered up a generous number of rooms to gender-neutral housing, and for good reason. With the addition of gender-neutral housing, students are permitted to live with any other Etown student regardless of sex
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SPORTS
Field hockey drops playoff game in double overtime
The Elizabethtown College women’s field hockey team shut out the University of Scranton 2-0 on Saturday, Nov. 1 at Wolf Field. Junior Alyssa Aichele and seniors Kaylee Werner and Selene Jones proved to be three vital players that contributed to the win. The win locked in a second-place Landmark Conference finish for the team’s debut
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Men’s soccer lose out on final spot in playoffs after tie
Elizabethtown College men’s soccer tied for their final game of the season at University of Scranton Saturday, Nov. 1. Not only was this the last game of the season, but it was also the last chance for Etown to make an impression on the new Landmark Conference. The game started off with two attempts by
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Men’s and women’s cross country teams take home Landmark Conference Championships
The Elizabethtown College cross country teams showed they are a force to be reckoned with in the Landmark Conference. Both the men’s and women’s team took titles home for the Blue Jays in Towson, Md. this weekend. Both teams also were individual Landmark Conference Champions. Senior Dan Gresh won for the men’s team while senior
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FEATURES
‘The Beauty Academy of Kabul’ film sparks multicultural conversation
The Beauty Academy of Kabul” was shown at Elizabethtown College on Thursday, March 14, as part of the International Film Festival. The documentary featured a group of American hairstylists who travel to Afghanistan to open its first post-Taliban beauty academy. Under the Taliban regime, Afghan women were imposed upon and told what was and was
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Caroline Lalvani discusses career as event planner
Large campus-wide events such as Commencement and Convocation would not be possible without Institutional Advancement staff member Caroline Lalvani. For the past several years, Lalvani has been the director of Elizabethtown community affairs and college special events. “There is an ebb and flow to the job between my community relations and event planning roles. For
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Political scientist discusses tuition costs
Dr. Robert Weissberg, author of “Bad Students, Not Bad Schools,” presented his lecture “Cutting Tuition while Learning Economics” on Wednesday, March 19 in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. Weissberg discussed ways to effectively lower tuition costs at colleges. He split tuition costs into three categories: academic, amenities and cultural engineering. Academic refers to money directly
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