NEWS
Student Senate
Student Senate met Thursday, Feb. 21 for its weekly meeting, which began with two special orders. The first was a presentation from Senior Associate Director of Annual Giving Ben Osterhout regarding the Power of One Day event. Osterhout said that the goal for the event to be held Tuesday, March 19 is 1,700 donations within
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Honors program receives new modifications
Thursday, Feb. 21, an email was sent by Dean for Curriculum and Honors Dr. Brian Newsome on modifications to the Elizabethtown College Honors Program. Along with the Honors Program Committee, Academic Council and Faculty Assembly, Newsome worked to gain approval of modifications to the curriculum incorporated into the Honors Program. While the modifications will mostly
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An editorial from a nearby college stirs controversy
An opinion piece published in Dickinson College’s campus newspaper Thursday, Feb. 7 has drawn both praise and criticism in the weeks since its publication. The editorial, written by Dickinson senior Leda Fisher, is titled “Should White Boys Still Be Allowed to Talk?” and appeared in The Dickinsonian’s opinion section. In the piece, Fisher laments what
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CAMPUS LIFE
Student comments on nature of social sub-groups on campus, visible effects
“But what we found out that each one of us is a brain, and an athlete, and a basket case, a princess, and a criminal. Does that answer your question?” With those words, the classic 1985 film “The Breakfast Club” came to a close, and teenagers everywhere learned a little more about social sub-groups, whether
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Competitive natures cause tension in intramural sports
Students who play intramurals have different views on how the sports should be played. Some say that intramurals should be less competitive, while others think they should be more competitive. When students sign up for intramurals, they expect that the sport they play is either competitive or relaxed. “I was expecting it to be not
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Closing of Sweet Briar College alarms, brings liberal arts into question
Almost a century ago, in 1921, Albert Einstein emphasized to Thomas Edison what the majority of our country today seems to have forgotten: “The value of an education in a liberal arts college is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think something that cannot be learned from textbooks.”
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SPORTS
Field hockey rebounds from second conference loss, defeats Moravian
The Elizabethtown College women’s field hockey team’s five-game win streak came to an end when Drew University defeated the Blue Jays on Saturday, Oct. 25, with a game score of 1-3. Just a day later, the team responded with a 5-1 victory over Moravian College on Sunday. Senior Kaylee Werner scored early for the Blue
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Men’s basketball to host second bowling event after favorable turnout in Spring
The Elizabethtown men’s basketball team hosted its first annual bowling fundraiser last spring at the Clearview Bowling Lanes in Elizabethtown. The event, which featured raffles, prizes and food, turned out to be a big event for the athletic program and the student body. The bowling fundraiser took place on April 27, bringing in family and
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Men’s swimming drops season-opening meet at home against York, Susquehanna up next
The Elizabethtown College men’s swim team looks to rebound from losing their season-opening meet against York College (Pa.) on Saturday, Oct. 25. In a 127-44 defeat at home, bright spots appeared for the Jays in first-year David Foery, who won the 100-yard freestyle, and placed second in the 200-yard event. He was the only event
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FEATURES
Positive psychology creates additional possibility for excellence
A “Discover Your Strengths” event, facilitated by Stacey Zimmerman, assistant director of Called to Lead, was held on Tuesday, Feb. 11. The event focused on a StrengthsQuest inventory students took before the event, which gave them their five top strengths. The test contains 34 different talent themes, such as achievement and empathy. The psychology behind
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‘Soul Liberty’ lecture explores religious life
For this year’s Lefever Lecture on ethics and culture, the director of the Religious Freedom Education Project and a senior scholar for the First Amendment Center of the Newseum in Washington, D.C. Dr. Charles Haynes spoke on Wednesday, Feb. 12. His lecture, titled “Soul Liberty: The Meaning and Significance of Religious Freedom in America” covered
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Group meditation session offers guided
The Take Care Tuesday Series sponsored by Elizabethtown College’s Student Wellness group continued this week with a presentation on the practice of meditation. The presentation, given by Dr. Jeffery Long, professor of religion and Asian Studies, focused on providing students with some basic information behind meditation, including its history and possible benefits. Following the presentation,
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