NEWS
Today’s Technology
Photo by Megan White This weekly column will feature the latest topics and trends constantly emerging in a rapidly-growing technical world. Each week, we will focus on a specific technical topic, with topics covering a wide range of technical issues and the latest technical gadgets. If there are any topics or products that you would
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Kreider Prize winner reflects on educational experiences in lecture
Photo by Miranda Fedor Associate professor of music and Director of Instrumental Studies Dr. J. Robert Spence delivered the Kreider Lecture at Elizabethtown College Thursday, Sept. 28. Spence was the recipient of the Kreider Prize for Teaching and Excellence for the 2016-2017 academic year. In his lecture, Spence spoke about his experiences in education over
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March for Racial Justice takes on Washington Streets
Photo by Aileen Ida The views expressed in this article are not inherently those of the Etownian, its staff or Elizabethtown College as a whole. Saturday, Sept. 30, over 40 Elizabethtown College students had the opportunity to take part in the March for Racial Justice in Washington, D.C. I was lucky enough to be one
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CAMPUS LIFE
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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Striking balance between athletics, arts bears strongest benefit
In schools across the nation at all educational levels, the two titans of student involvement have continually waged war. The vast majority of students participate in either athletics or the arts — traditionally viewed as opposing activities. While not as pronounced as in the middle or high school settings, Elizabethtown College students sometimes perpetuate this
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no-shave november garners overall positive reception
t is that time of year again: the Halloween candy is gone, the sun now sets by 5 p.m., and we begin to anticipate the food comas that will inevitably strike us soon on Thanksgiving. It can only mean one thing: November is here! In recent years, a tradition for men during this month is
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SPORTS
Trainer seeks to enhance student athlete experience
inston Churchill once said, “To change is to improve.” Bridget Spooner MS, LAT, ATC is bettering the Sports Medicine program with the change she is creating. Spooner joins Elizabethtown College as our new head athletic trainer and has already fit into her role in the short time she has been at the College. Miss Bridget,
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Cross country teams finish strong at alumni challenge
Elizabethtown College’s men’s and women’s cross country teams are already off to a great start for their 2013 season. Both teams attended the Galen E. Piper Alumni Open/XC Challenge at Shippensburg University on Friday Sept. 6. Matt Rever, one of the senior captains, said the conditions for racing were good, with nice weather and a
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Men’s soccer falls in double overtime to nationally-ranked team, prepares for F&M
his year marks the Blue Jays’ last season in the MAC Commonwealth Conference before next year’s move to the Landmark Conference. Before meeting their fellow conference teams on the field, they must first battle a few non-conference opponents. The Blue Jays (1-2-1) head to Franklin & Marshall College (4-0-0) on Friday to take on the
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FEATURES
Republican Senator Mike Brubaker hosts M&M Mars lecture
Republican Senator, Mike Brubaker spoke at the M&M Mars Lecture Series on Friday, Feb. 22 at 11 a.m. in the Hoover Center for Business. Brubaker did not write a formal speech or prepare a presentation, but instead he chose for students to ask him questions on any topic of interest they wanted to discuss. Students
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Alumnus Kuder ‘03 successful in anthropology, archaeology
Who knows where a childhood interest in dinosaurs and Indiana Jones will take you? Elizabethtown College alumnus Andy Kuder ‘03 didn’t think that his youthful enthusiasm for archaeology would actually become a reality. Kuder worked as an archaeologist for approximately nine years, and now works at AK Environmental, LLC, an environmental firm, as a staff
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State Patty’s: the contrast of college cultures
Last weekend, I trekked up to Penn State to partake in the annual State Patty’s Day traditions that Happy Valley has offered for the past few years. I lived in a two-bedroom apartment with about 12 friends from home for the duration of the festivities, an experience that everyone is telling me you can only
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