NEWS
Campus rally day continues dialogue about gun violence
photo: Emma Pile Friday, April 20, an all-day campus rally was held at Elizabethtown College as the final installment of a three-part series of events on gun violence organized by junior Bekah Smith. The first event, the ENOUGH: Vigil for victims of the Parkland shooting, represented “remembrance.” The second event, the ENOUGH: Walkout, represented “solidarity.”
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Community Fellows program to begin in ILUs starting this fall
Community Fellows will replace Resident Assistants (RAs) in the Vera Hackman Apartments, Schreiber Quadrangle and Featherton Crossing Apartments starting in the 2018-2019 academic year. The application period to become a Community Fellow closed Friday, April 6. Community Fellows have some of the same duties as RAs, including making door decorations and closing buildings before breaks.
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Annual Ware Lecture emphasizes the importance of compassion
Wednesday, April 11, Elizabethtown College welcomed Dr. Karen Armstrong, renowned historian and theologian of world religions and author, to speak on the importance of compassion at the annual Ware Lecture on Peacemaking. In addition, groups of students were invited to meet with Armstrong in small-group discussions Thursday, April 12. Throughout Armstrong’s lecture, she compared different
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CAMPUS LIFE
Frugal Blue Jay recommends local affordable eateries
Hello again! It’s me, the Frugal Blue Jay. I’m here this time around to talk about the different restaurants we have here in Elizabethtown and the inexpensive options they offer. You’d be amazed with the diversity offered in a quaint town such as ours. Just wait. You’ll be trying new things in no time! Get
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Business majors team up with local coffee company for hands-on project
It will forever amaze me how well this college prepares its students for their futures. If we’re being honest, all of the hands-on aspects of this school attracted me to it. Then again, I’m the type of person who learns best when I’m actually doing something rather than just sitting there reading a book and
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Anonymous social media outlet allows students to share opinions, complaints with other users in same location
Imagine being able to post anything on Twitter for anyone in your local area to see, but without attaching your handle or name to what you say. The possibilities are endless. You can rant about your day without being called whiny. You can call out any number of people without giving them an idea of
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SPORTS
Delaney, men’s lacrosse prepare for final season in MAC Commonwealth Conference
Elizabethtown College’s men’s lacrosse team is days away from its first game under new Head Coach Drew Delaney. After posting an 8-6 record last year, the Blue Jays are hoping to have even more success this season. Senior midfielder Craig Hunsberger and junior defender Matt Frey are two of the key players for this upcoming
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Swimming concludes season at MAC Championships
The men and women’s swim teams competed in the Middle Atlantic Conference Championships at the Graham Aquatic Center in York, Pa. on Feb. 14 and 16. This was the teams’ last MAC Championship, as they will be moving to the Landmark conference next year. The championship meets took place over four days. Going into the
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Wrestling falls to nationally-ranked Falcons in final meet
On Feb. 14, the Elizabethtown College wrestling team traveled to rival Messiah College, number three in the nation, for their last regular season match of the year. The Blue Jays were unable to score a single point as they fell 49-0. The atmosphere and intensity of an already bitter rivalry between the two schools was
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FEATURES
Library hosts screening of ‘Freedom Writers’ as part of Open-Book Initiative
The High Library sponsored an Open Book Open Film event Tuesday, Oct. 15 at 7 p.m. in collaboration with the Open Book Initiative. The initiative is a campus-wide common reading experience for first-year students. It encompasses a nonfiction reading selection, group discussions and events such as the Open Film screenings. “Freedom Writers,” a 2007 film
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Dursun-Ozkanca publishes new books
ecently publishing two books is just another accomplishment in what is an already substantial career for Elizabethtown College’s Dr. Oya Dursun-Ozkanca, associate professor of political science. Dursun-Ozkanca’s first book was published in July 2013 through Routledge. This book is an edited volume, which was co-edited with Dr. Stefan Wolff of the University of Birmingham, UK.
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Former Poet Laureate Ted Kooser presents poetic works
On Thursday, Oct. 10, former Poet Laureate Ted Kooser read samplings of his poetry in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center and held a craft talk in Bowers Writers House. Kooser is a professor of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and served two terms as the United States Poet Laureate consultant in Poetry from 2004
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