NEWS
College updates policy regarding student hazing
In January 2019, Elizabethtown College updated its anti-hazing policy in accordance with Pennsylvania’s Timothy J. Piazza Antihazing Law, 18 Pa. C.S. § 2801. This update, as Director of Student Rights and Responsibilities Susan Asbury said, follows “the same spirit as the old policy,” but it creates more specificity in the definitions of hazing and adds
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Board of Trustees releases meeting report
Tuesday, Feb. 5, the Office of the President released a report on a Board of Trustees meeting held over the weekend from Friday, Feb. 1 through Saturday, Feb. 2 in Philadelphia, Pa. Within the report, the Office of the President noted that trustees, as well as senior staff members, met at the offices of PricewaterhouseCoopers,
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College introduces “League of Legends” Esports team
Elizabethtown College will hold the Landmark Conference Esports championship Friday, March 29, 2019. The championship will take the top four teams from the current division and have them compete in a tournament, with the winning team and the runner-up eligible to play at the national championship tournament in April. In addition to Etown, Juniata College,
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CAMPUS LIFE
Trustees settle on comprehensive fee increase of 4.25 percent, exhibit concern for students, their families
The Board of Trustees held their winter business meeting on Saturday, Jan. 31 in the Susquehanna Room, during which they discussed Elizabethtown College’s current budget and expected financial position for the 2015-16 academic year. At this meeting, the trustees made a difficult decision about the comprehensive fee — the combined costs of tuition, room and
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Tendency to become highly involved results from campus culture
When I made the transition from Penn State Main Campus to Elizabethtown College, I had one big observation. Everyone did everything. At Campaign, I distinctly remember seeing the same kid running between groups and being in every showcase. He sang, he danced, he presented. Everything. As I walked around the Activities Fair, I was trying
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Cell phone use in class is distracting, disrespectful, but common occurrence
The people of today’s society have something that no generation has had before — constant and total access to the worldwide web. This technological advancement has changed the daily lives of humans today, but once it is brought into the classroom it can be quite the nuisance. If someone were to walk into any medium-sized
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SPORTS
Dearie named Landmark Athlete of the Week for Cross Country
The men’s and women’s cross country teams are a staple of success for Elizabethtown College athletics. Both competed at the Dickinson Long/Short Course Invitational on Saturday. The Invitational, which hosted institutions from all three divisions of the NCAA, took place at Big Spring High School in Big Spring, Pa. The women took 11th place in
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Men’s golf takes fourth in Invitational
After a fourth place finish at the Messiah Falcon Classic last week, the Elizabethtown College golf team looked to improve on their performance in the Penn State Harrisburg Invitational this past Sunday and Monday. In last week’s Classic, junior Adam Amspacher set the bar for Blue Jay golfers when he shot a nine-over-par 81 for
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Men’s soccer falls in conference opener, readies for Falcons
Seeking to record their first home win, the Elizabethtown College men’s soccer team recorded a 3-0 victory in their non-conference game against Wilkes University on Wednesday, Sept. 17 at Ira R. Herr Field. The team also recorded their first shutout of the season. Junior captain Martin Fevre opened the scoring for the night after the
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FEATURES
Jane Donovan speaks on the life of Pietist Jacob Albright
Pietism is a large part of our country’s religious culture and not many people know the roots behind it. Jane Donovan, a religious studies professor at West Virginia University in Morgantown, W.Va., explained the Evangelical Association’s Pietist roots on Tuesday, Oct. 29 in the Young Center at Elizabethtown College. Donovan’s focus was on Jacob Albright
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Alumna Margaret Sharpe explores new opportunities, encourages current students to discover what matters
Social worker, mother, ukulele strummer and aerial fabric performer. Colorado resident Margaret Sharpe, ’96, is a woman of many hats who pursues meaning in all that she does. Sharpe graduated from Elizabethtown College in 1996 with a degree in social work. Recollecting her time at Etown, Sharpe said, “[Etown] was such a warm place. It
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Senior discusses service experience in Ethiopia
On Oct. 30 in the Hoover center, Elizabethtown College students had the opportunity to engage in discussion with Jess Krueger, a senior studying occupational therapy, and Marinus Koning MD, FACS, who is the founder of ReachAnother Foundation. ReachAnother Foundation serves children who suffer from hydrocephalus, a condition by which excess fluid in the brain causes
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