NEWS
Major changes happen throughout campus
Photo: Paula Groff Over this past semester, there have been many new changes happening at Elizabethtown College. One of the most noticeable changes on campus has been the construction of the Bowers Center for Sports, Fitness and Well-being. Anyone who walks by the construction site can see the changes that have occurred since the beginning
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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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CAMPUS LIFE
Economics professor confronts rising tuition, health care costs
Death and taxes. To the two certainties in life attributed to Mark Twain, we could add two contemporary issues: sharp increases in tuition fees and health care costs. College students all over the country, alas, have come to dread the tuition increase every year. Homer, with a child in college, is painfully aware of the
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Office of Student Activities announces concert to be held in Leffler in February, does not reveal identity of performers
Every two months, the Office of Student Activities calendar appears under every residential door at Elizabethtown College. In addition to the usual fitness events, break information and other upcoming events which range from movie showings to bowling nights to gingerbread making contests, the November and December calendar also had an announcement written in the upper
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Junior suggests activities for when warm weather gives way to winter
Now that the weather is growing colder, Etown students are switching from shorts and sandals to parkas and boots and trading in beach towels for scarves. With the chilliness of the weather, we are more likely to want to stay inside. However, after a while this could become quite boring. Here are some fun and
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SPORTS
Kerno takes first in 10k, track team prepares for Bison Outdoor Classic
This past weekend, the men and women’s track teams competed at the 32nd annual Millersville Metrics meet at Millersville University. Without having the full team competing, the men were able to finish 14th out of the 28teams. Senior Kevin Brady took second place in the pole vault, jumping 4.55m, breaking his old personal record set
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Blue Jays clinch first conference win over Lycoming 13-6
The Elizabethtown College men’s lacrosse team suffered a tough loss this past Saturday, April 5 against conference rival Lebanon Valley College. The 7-5 loss came at home as Etown looked to win their first Commonwealth Conference game. Five players scored goals in the game, four of which came in the second half, but the Dutchmen
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Golf team finishes 16th at Spring Blue Jay Classic, prepares for MAC Championships
After having multiple tournaments cancelled due to wet weather, the Elizabethtown College golf team was back on the links when it hosted the Spring Blue Jay Classic at Hershey Country Club’s East Course last Thursday. Led by first-year Kyle Hakun’s round of 80, the Blue Jays finished up the weekend in 16th place. Hakun led
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FEATURES
Movie selection on campus is SWEET
.W.E.E.T is a branch of the Office of Students Activities (OSA) that stands for “Students Working to Entertain E-town”, a group responsible for organizing fun, non-academic events to keep students entertained. Did you have fun at Bingo Night? Thank S.W.E.E.T. Did you like watching The Great Gatsby in the Dell? S.W.E.E.T. was behind that too.
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‘Bully’ film examines harassment in schools
he High Library, in collaboration with Elizabethtown College’s Departments of Women and Gender Studies and Education, presented the movie “Bully” to students in Gibble Auditorium on Tuesday night. The movie, which was produced in 2009 by Lee Hirsch, examines the bullying of several K-12 students whose lives were either severely damaged or tragically ended in
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New York Times best-selling author speaks at Bowers
e careful what you tell people on the phone. That person might become a writer and tell your story to other people.” Before he wrote and published a New York Times Bestseller, Jason Mott was a customer service operator for Verizon Wireless in Philadelphia, Pa. A few days after his first novel, “The Returned,” was
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