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Olympic medalist, ambassador to speak in Leffler Lecture
Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018, Elizabethtown College will host its annual Leffler Lecture in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. The Leffler Lecture was created by Linda, ’67, and Patrick Castagna, in honor of Linda’s parents. There is an endowed Leffler Memorial Lecture Fund which aids the College in presenting speakers of national or international relevance who
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SMART Recovery support meetings now held on campus
Elizabethtown College now offers SMART Recovery meetings on campus. This program is a support group designed to help those who are suffering from addiction. These meetings are held twice a week. Wednesdays, they are held at 6 p.m. in the Mosaic House. These meetings are facilitated by Stephanie Diaz. Thursdays, they are held at 3
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The Global Perspective
Last week, Ethiopia announced a dramatic political reform to become one of the world’s few “gender-balanced” cabinets. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed expressed to lawmakers that women should make up 50 percent or more of leadership, as he believes women are less corrupt than men. Since his inauguration in April, Ahmed has sought to use policy
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Economics professor confronts rising tuition, health care costs
Death and taxes. To the two certainties in life attributed to Mark Twain, we could add two contemporary issues: sharp increases in tuition fees and health care costs. College students all over the country, alas, have come to dread the tuition increase every year. Homer, with a child in college, is painfully aware of the
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Office of Student Activities announces concert to be held in Leffler in February, does not reveal identity of performers
Every two months, the Office of Student Activities calendar appears under every residential door at Elizabethtown College. In addition to the usual fitness events, break information and other upcoming events which range from movie showings to bowling nights to gingerbread making contests, the November and December calendar also had an announcement written in the upper
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Junior suggests activities for when warm weather gives way to winter
Now that the weather is growing colder, Etown students are switching from shorts and sandals to parkas and boots and trading in beach towels for scarves. With the chilliness of the weather, we are more likely to want to stay inside. However, after a while this could become quite boring. Here are some fun and
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Men’s lacrosse loses playoff berth opportunity with loss to rival Widener University
The Elizabethtown College men’s lacrosse team finished its season under its new head coach Drew Delaney with a 7-8 overall record and 3-5 Commonwealth Conference record to miss the playoffs in their last season in the Middle Atlantic Conference. The Blue Jays kept those playoff dreams alive with a decisive 10-2 home victory against Hood
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Women’s lacrosse loses to Widener University in final game of season
Elizabethtown College’s women’s lacrosse team lost to Eastern University 7-14 on Monday, April 21. Sophomore Dana Robidoux accomplished her career’s third hat trick and reached 20 goals for the season. Robidoux scored all three of her goals in the first eight minutes of the game. At half-time, Eastern led 9-6. Sophomore Mary Nell Donahue and
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Softball to take on No. 1 Susquehanna in Landmark playoffs
The Elizabethtown College softball team suffered two losses in Saturday’s make-up non-conference double-header against the DeSales University Bulldogs. The Bulldogs won game one 12-4 in five innings and swept the Blue Jays with a win in the second game by a score of 12-5. Junior first and third baseman Jordan Nowacki said, “I think that
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Bowers Writers House hosts alumni readings
This Saturday during Homecoming, the Bowers Writers House hosted its second annual Alumni Reading. Directed by Lecturer in English Jesse Waters, the event invites Elizabethtown College alumni to the Writers House to read a few of their works. Waters’ goal is to invite not only English majors reading a certain genre of works, but a
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Travels Abroad: Discovering Etown in Unexpected Places
hile studying abroad in England, I’ve noticed quite a few differences in comparison to the United States. These differences range from food to language and most recently in music. It plays a large role in the lives of most people both here and in the U.S., but the music most listened to definitely differs from
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Kanagy presents research on growth, spread of global Christianity
hat does the decline of the Christian denominations in the west mean for the world of religion? How will the growth of Christianity in the global south and east impact religion? Are the situations of the congregations and traditions in these geographic regions capable of meeting in the middle to lead to a more unified
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