NEWS
Mellon Grant aids funding to Etown clubs, programs
Elizabethtown College is in the middle of the second year with its Mellon Grant, “Confronting Challenges with Confidence: Humanities for Our World Today.” This grant includes $300,000 over a three year period from Aug. 1, 2017 to July 31, 2020. The College spent roughly $100,000 last year and is expecting a similar number this year
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Students attend national honors conference
Photo: Meghan Kenney In early November, four Elizabethtown College students attended the 2018 National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) conference. Etown students have attended the conference in the past, but this was the first year students participated as presenters. Senior Benjamin Erickson, sophomore Etownian staff writer Meghan Kenney, sophomore Etownian Assistant Features Editor Aprille Mohn and
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The Global Perspective
Around this time last fall, I wrote a column examining the protests of the closure of a detention center on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea. Hundreds of refugees barricaded themselves in the detention center and called on the Australian government to finally address the migrant crisis they had ignored. The international community advised Australia
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CAMPUS LIFE
Junior discusses differing opinions on technology’s place in classrooms, strengths of electronic, print textbooks
Technology is encroaching on every portion of life. One can order a pizza, pay bills and even hail a taxi on one’s smartphone. Considering educators are constantly searching for innovative ways to get their message across to their students, it only makes sense that a student should be able to complete reading assignments on-the-go as
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Preparedness, ability to focus are key to a successful finals week
The semester is coming to an end, which, to a student, could result in tears of joy or tears of stress. But, the fall semester can be filled with joyous occasions. Holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas get students excited for lots of reasons: family time, gifts, food and lack of homework or 8 a.m. classes.
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Holiday breaks provide opportunity to catch up, bond with family, Netflix
You are lying on your bed in a pair of Elizabethtown College sweatpants and a raggedy old T-shirt, chomping on a snack of your preference. Your eyes are glued to the screen of a laptop, which plays an episode of your favorite television show via Netflix. A show that, if I were to guess, has
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SPORTS
Men’s soccer readies for Smith Herr Boot game against rival
The Elizabethtown College men’s soccer team expects success every year. The coaches expect it, the fans expect it and, most importantly, the players themselves expect it. This idea of success is far from new for a program that has won double-digit games in 37 of the last 39 seasons. Therefore, the mentality hasn’t changed for
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Golf takes third at Marywood Quad-Match
Last spring, the Elizabethtown College men’s golf team and Head Coach Jim Reed were united. Reed, an accomplished and well-known golf name in the central Pennsylvania area, took over the men’s golf program on March 4 and coached the Blue Jays in five tournaments last spring. “He knows more about the golf swing than anyone
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Women’s soccer remains undefeated after victory over rival
The Elizabethtown women’s soccer program has learned to build off of every prior season’s heartbreak. Two seasons ago, the Blue Jays went 10-3-6 and won six conference games to just one loss and three ties. That season ended with a disappointing loss in penalty kicks at Stevenson University in the Commonwealth Conference Championships. The team
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FEATURES
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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Labyrinth Experience offers exposure to walking meditation on campus
If a student walked past the KAV on Thursday afternoon, they may have been greeted with an unusual sight. In the center of the room, a giant circular cloth with intricate designs had taken up a large portion of the floor space. In this large swath of purple cloth, intricate white paths wove around the
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Mastrobuono speaks on theatre department involvement
There are many students and teachers who make the Department of Fine and Performing Arts one of the most original and exciting departments on Elizabethtown College’s campus. Theresa Mastrobuono, an adjunct professor in the Department, teaches an acting course in movement for the actor, directs one production a year, manages the costume shop and is
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