NEWS
College receives largest gift commitment in its history
Thursday, Oct. 25, Elizabethtown College received the largest gift commitment in its history from an anonymous alumni couple. This $8.5 million gift, which includes a combination of cash, pledges and bequests, will support the College in similar ways to the “Be More Inspired” capital campaign. With this gift, the College will work to improve its
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The Global Perspective
Violence escalated in Yemen over the weekend, with more than 150 collective casualties on both rebel and government-backed sides. Key coastal city Hodeida was the site of a major government-backed ground ambush by troops against rebel forces. The Houthis, a rebel group, claims to have killed or wounded dozens of troops in their counter attacks.
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Students discuss experiences, transitions studying abroad
From Washington, D.C. to Bumthang, Bhutan, Elizabethtown College students have made the world their classroom. With programs in thirty countries and forty-two cities, as well as winter, summer, and May Term options, each student can pursue his or her passion globally. Sophomore Matthew Smith spent two weeks in South Africa last May. Although he hadn’t
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CAMPUS LIFE
College students are at high risk for depression
Everyone knows her: captain of a sports team, straight “A” student, campus personality. She never seems to have a bad day. She has a gift for making people around her laugh. And despite all that she has going for her, she suffers from depression. She doesn’t fit the “depression” stereotype, so no one would ever
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Professors’ office hours allow time to ask questions, form relationships
A class syllabus is an extremely beneficial and critical document. Most syllabi consist of the schedule, homework assignments and other class-related sections. On the top of every syllabus, the professor adds his or her office hours. Office hours are times outside of class where students can find professors in their offices to ask for help,
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Junior encourages considerate etiquette, efforts toward cleanliness in dorm bathrooms
We’re not big on etiquette in this country. The word itself brings connotations of ladies’ manners schools or Downton Abbey-type stuffiness. Use the correct fork. Embroidered hankies. The whole bit. That’s not us. America is a take-care-of-yourself, free-to-do-what-you-want sort of nation. While I tremendously enjoy that in almost every facet of life, it does not
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SPORTS
Baseball wins two out of three games against Alvernia
ast weekend, the Elizabethtown College baseball team faced the defending conference champions, the Alvernia University Crusaders, in a two-day three-game series that brought together the Commonwealth Conference’s two best pitching staffs. The Blue Jays managed to win one of the three games, handing Alvernia its second conference loss. On Saturday, the Blue Jays (10-10, 4-6
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Women’s lacrosse falls to Landmark opponent Drew Rangers
The Elizabethtown College women’s lacrosse team fell 1-14 to Drew University on Saturday at Wolf Field. First-year Addie Stang had the only goal for the Jays that she worked off an assist by sophomore Dana Robidoux. The goal came only 40 seconds in, when sophomore Mary Nell Donahue gained the first possession off of the
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Softball suffers two losses at hands of Susquehanna in weekend double-header
he Elizabethtown College softball team was in action in four games this weekend. The team played the University of Scranton Royals and the Susquehanna University Crusaders. The Blue Jays beat the Royals in two back-to-back games, then fell to the Crusaders the next day. The Jays defeated the Royals on Saturday, winning with a score
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FEATURES
Core course researches music’s role for Karen refugees
Certain classes at Elizabethtown College are famous for real-world learning experiences in spirit of the College’s “Educate for Service” motto. In Dr. Kevin Shorner-Johnson’s World Musics class, this is certainly the case. “Many of us at Etown are working to design experiences that change us and that we remember for the rest of our lives,”
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Second all-faculty music concert features department instructors
n Monday, Sept. 23, the faculty of Elizabethtown College’s fine and performing arts department performed in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. This was the second department concert of the year and offered faculty members in the department a chance to play one or two short pieces of music. The first performer of the evening was
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Alan Houser presents at Bowers on dynamic communication
n Thursday, Sept. 19, Alan Houser visited the Bowers Writers House. His presentation, titled Professional Writing and Dynamic Communication, focused on technical writing as a profitable, in-demand profession. He also discussed the ways in which the flow of information changed with the advent of the printing press, and again with the advent of the World
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