NEWS
Elizabethtown College class aims to highlight ‘The Community of Etown’ with upcoming project
Elizabethtown College is home to many fields of study, from the arts to the sciences. Our college truly values this diversity of academics. While some may be in an Organic Chemistry Lab for 3 hours every Monday recrystallizing with Dr. Walby, others of us may spend their fair share of Tuesday evenings working tirelessly to
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Business Buzz: The downfall of self-checkout
Shoppers who prefer self-checkouts will be disappointed as giant retailers, such as Walmart, Target, Five Below and Dollar General, start to phase out self-service lanes from their stores. This is an attempt to avoid shrinkage, or stolen merchandise. In 2022, Target lost over $200 million dollars because of shrinkage. Walmart has already removed the self-checkout
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Global Perspective: Tunde Onakoya holds chess marathon to raise money for education
In a world climate of constant wars, dictators flashing the nuclear button, and unstable and unnerving elections it can be a lot sometimes to just go about our days without always looking over our shoulders. However, for every bad news line there is still another good happening in this world. Even if it’s a Nigerian
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CAMPUS LIFE
Bottle Debate: Owala or Stanley?
Trend changes are everywhere, and the Elizabethtown College campus sees a lot of them: claw clips, regular or flair leggings, Nike or Adidas and baggy jeans. A new wave of color has been spreading like wildfire around Etown these past few months: Owalas. The vibrant bottles are even rivaling the persistent Stanley. Throughout middle and
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Horoscopes: What flower are you based on your zodiac sign?
Have pigs finally learned to fly, Jays? Could it be that the sun has finally decided to make an appearance? Sure, we’ve had our fair share of rain this month, but you know what they say: “April showers bring May flowers.” The sun has shone its way through the clouds a few times, even if
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Learn about DaniRae Renno’s passion for her new position
At the start of this semester, there were a few positions that became available at the Etownian due to members completing their time here at Elizabethtown College. Third-year journalism and professional writing double major DaniRae Renno took up the mantle of being the Etownian’s managing editor, and is dedicated to continuing to work with her
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SPORTS
Men’s and Women’s Basketball bounce back over the weekend
Last Saturday afternoon, Elizabethtown College’s men’s (8-13, 5-9 conference) and women’s (15-6, 11-3 conference) basketball teams produced wins against Moravian University (M: 7-14, 3-11 conference, W: 7-14, 6-8 conference), 68-65 and 84-46 respectively. The men’s team put on a dominating first half, outscoring Moravian 43-26. Fourth-year Dylan Rowe opened the scoring with two buckets, pushing
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Video Game Review: Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands
As I blazed through my backlog of video games over winter break, one game I found rather unenjoyable was Gearbox Software’s latest entry in the eponymous Borderlands franchise— Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands. Despite the exemplary gameplay and presentation of this expansion on Borderlands 2’s best DLC pack, the poor writing, unfulfilling level design and overall lifelessness
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Athlete of the Week: Drew Bridges
Drew Bridges, a sophomore field hockey player and chemistry major, is this issue’s Athlete of the Week. She had eight goals, one assist, 50 shots and 37 shots on goal. Bridges was the leading goal scorer for our Jays this year, followed by first-years Hannah Long and Mia Fino. Starting her field hockey career at
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FEATURES
Ubuntu program begins third year, continues to provide support for diverse identities
The Ubuntu program started in 2021 as an effort to provide mentorship to first-years who identify as students of color. It has since grown to different areas on campus and has recruited dozens of mentors who are students, faculty and staff. The program is an initiative through Elizabethtown College’s Office of Diversity, Equity and Belonging
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Etown kicks off Hispanic Heritage Month with flag raising event
On Friday, Sept. 15, the Elizabethtown College Office of Diversity, Equity and Belonging cooperated with the Latinx/Hispanic Student Union (LHSU) to begin the commemoration of Hispanic Heritage Month with a flag-raising event. Many different flags were displayed from various South American countries, as well as other countries in the Baugher Student Center (BSC). They will
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Crossing the continental divide: Empathy, understanding and compassion with Braver Angels’ Linda Beck
On Friday, Sept. 15, students of Elizabethtown College and community members had the opportunity to sit down, listen and talk about the polarization in politics today. The Braver Angels group started in 2016 after the presidential election between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. They recognized the overwhelming divide that occurred between both major political parties
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