NEWS
New Starfish program bridges gap between professors and students
Photo by Megan White This year, Elizabethtown College is embracing Starfish, a new software tool that will ease the advising process and assist students in achieving success. Starfish allows faculty to view students’ academic progress, keep an eye out for any obstacles students may be facing and offer help to any students struggling. Already, approximately
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Fresh Check Day to promote importance of student well-being
Student Senate, along with Student Wellness, will be hosting Fresh Check Day Saturday, Sept. 30. The Office of Student Activities, Residence Life, Mosaic House, Psychology Club, Disability Services and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion also helped with planning. This event will be on Brinser Field from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Fresh Check Day
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White supremacist group targets Etown, spreads racist ideas
Photo by Megan White Friday, Sept.15, the Office of the President sent out an email to the Elizabethtown College community addressing an incident that took place at the College earlier in the week. The incident, a combination of hatred, bigotry, discrimination and fear, has been identified with the group “Identity Evropa.” According to the Anti-Defamation
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CAMPUS LIFE
Emojis do not reflect inability to express oneself via texting
Our culture is saturated with pictorial representations of words and concepts, which have been dubbed “emoticons” or, in Japanese, “emoji.” Sometimes, entire conversations are expressed exclusively by emoticons. What implications does this popular form of communication have for our culture? Are we approaching what some call an image-based culture, or are these emoticons simply supplemental
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Campus’ unwritten rules summarily entail respect for others, property
In any setting or situation, there are just some things that you should never do. Even Elizabethtown College, with its pleasant and inviting atmosphere, has its own list of taboos and no-no’s. Admittedly, these may just be a list of things that I personally find annoying, but I would like to think that most of
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Sophomore shares laundry etiquette tips
t’s time to get down and dirty. That’s right, I’m talking about laundry. What is it about doing laundry that makes one feel so productive? Maybe because it’s the one mess we all know we can clean up, but maybe we’re taking too long to clean up after ourselves. Along with the dirty clothes, the
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SPORTS
Volleyball team defeats Gettysburg in Tri-Match; Scannapieco, Thrift lead in kills
In a tri-match on Saturday, Sept. 28, the Elizabethtown College Blue Jays volleyball team split its matches. Its match against Haverford College ended in a 3-1 set loss, but Etown rallied from a two-set deficient to win against Gettysburg College. The Blue Jays were led by junior Kelci Scannapieco and sophomore Abby Thrift, who each
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Men’s soccer combats losing streak with 3-1 win over Susquehanna
The Elizabethtown College men’s soccer team (1-4-2) failed to score a goal for the fourth straight game and fell to the Misericordia University Cougars (5-2) 2-0 on Sunday, Sept. 22. The team travelled to Misericordia University on Sunday to play the Cougars in a game that was originally scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 21 but was
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Women’s soccer finishes non-conference schedule with 5-4 record
The Elizabethtown women’s soccer team was searching for their fourth win in a row last Wednesday, Sept. 18 against Moravian College. Both the Blue Jays and the Greyhounds came into the game with a 3-3 record, each looking to raise their record above .500 for the first time all season. Through the first 50 minutes
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FEATURES
Columnist reflects on emergence of spring
et me begin this article by saying that I slept through Thursday’s night class (thinking it was Friday) and have been about five minutes late to greater than 50 percent of my classes this week (sorry Mom and Dad). It’s not because I’m lazy, it’s not because I’m unorganized or set my alarm for too
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‘Spelling Bee’ premieres in Tempest Theatre
dolescence. A-D-O-L-E-S-C-E-N-C-E. Adolescence. For some middle school students who are going through adolescence, winning the school spelling bee is a dream. This particular dream is shared by six middle-schoolers who have qualified for the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee by winning or placing at each of their school’s spelling bees. These soon-to-be-teenagers are motivated
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‘Clay, Regional Ceramics and Beyond’ exhibit opens in Zug’s Hess Gallery
Burn treatment. Plates. Bricks. Roofing materials. Pottery. What do these seemingly unrelated goods have in common? Clay: all can be (and are) made with clay. “Art is about ideas and finding the best media to express your concept,” Milt Friedly, Elizabethtown College gallery director said. “And that can be with any material.” “Clay, Regional Ceramics
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