NEWS
College announces, welcomes fifteenth president to campus
Elizabethtown College named Cecilia M. McCormick, J.D. its next president Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. This announcement arrived after a long search process that occurred once Etown’s current president, Dr. Carl Strikwerda, announced his retirement Feb. 12, 2018. Elizabethtown College named Cecilia M. McCormick, J.D. its next president Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. This announcement arrived after a long search process that occurred once Etown’s current president, Dr. Carl Strikwerda, announced his retirement Feb. 12, 2018.
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Giving Tree donates infant clothing to local charity
Photo: Megan White What do legal studies, early childhood education, accounting, social work and data science majors have in common? They all embody the Elizabethtown College motto, “Educate for Service.” Students like senior Colleges Against Cancer (CAC) president Amanda Hafler are passionate about finding a cure for cancer. Others, like first-year Cassidy Dunn and senior
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The Global Perspective
Dec. 1 marked the 30th anniversary of World AIDS Day. People around the world gathered to show support for those living with HIV, to celebrate the lives of those who have died and to fight to find a cure. World AIDS Day was founded in 1988 to increase awareness of the disease and demonstrate support
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CAMPUS LIFE
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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Benefits to due dates before Thanksgiving break do exist
Imagine lounging in front of a roaring fire with a delicious hot beverage and mellow holiday tunes playing on the radio. You are catching up with your favorite aunt or uncle, laughing between bites of pumpkin pie. You feel like you have zero cares in the world, when suddenly a horrifying and thoroughly unwelcome thought
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Newest Christopher Nolan film “Interstellar” includes striking visuals, solid acting, complex scientific ideas
This fall, Christopher Nolan’s “Interstellar” opened on Nov. 7 to positive reviews and is quickly rising to be the biggest box office hit of the season. In under a week, “Interstellar” has made almost $50 million in ticket sales and holds a “Certified Fresh” rating on the notable movie critic website Rotten Tomatoes. Lagging just
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SPORTS
Cross country teams off to successful start
“Every year is the same. Win the conference, get a national bid,” Coach Brian Falk said of the men’s and women’s cross country teams. Although their four-year conference championship streak was broken this past season, they have the athletes to reclaim their place atop the throne this year. They, along with the rest of the
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Track and field teams prepare to compete in MAC Championships
This past weekend, the men and women’s track and field teams competed at the Paul Kaiser Classic at Shippensburg University. This was the team’s last meet until the Outdoor MAC Championships this weekend. Senior Matt Rever ran the 800 and finished in 1:53.21, taking second place. Also running the 800 was first-year Mike Twist, finishing
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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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FEATURES
Students share Vietnam summer service experience
This past May term, a group of students took Elizabethtown College’s “Educate for Service” motto and applied it to their lives by attending a trip to Vietnam. The trip explored both North and South Vietnam within a 19 day time frame, featuring four in-country flights, two overnight train rides and a lot of commuting via
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Grubb Student Award promotes peacemaking
Imagine traveling to Northern Ireland to research a way to end the violence between Protestants and Roman Catholics, or spending a summer in Southern Sudan to build a preschool. If these seem like humanitarian efforts for a seasoned social work graduate to tackle, you’d be wrong. They are projects any Elizabethtown College undergraduate can start
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Travels Abroad: Discovering Etown in Unexpected Places
hen someone raves about study abroad, students may believe the excitement stems from a destination not being “like home.” There are enormous differences from being at Etown while studying abroad, it’s also good to know that there are places on entirely different continents that feel reminiscent of home. One of my favorite places to get
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