NEWS
Student Senate
Student Senate returned from Winter Break with a meeting Thursday, Jan. 17. The meeting was mainly dedicated to Vice President for Student Life Dr. Celestino Limas’ report. Limas began by introducing the new Bowers Center for Sports, Fitness and Well-being Director Whitney Jones to senators. Director of Athletics Chris Morgan was then brought in to
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New counseling application available
With the start of the new semester, the Department of Counseling Services at Elizabethtown College has launched a new web application called “Just-In-Case.” This application, which is available to all faculty, staff and students, aims to quickly help promote mental health and wellness strategies to anyone who downloads it.
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College welcomes, introduces director of Bowers Center
Whitney Jones became the Director of Elizabethtown College’s Bowers Center for Sports, Fitness and Well-being Monday, Jan. 7.
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Jones grew up in Emporium, Pennsylvania, a rural town popular among fishermen and hunters. Its nickname is “the land of endless mountains.”
CAMPUS LIFE
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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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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SPORTS
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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Field hockey beats Del Val, records first win after 0-3 start
The Elizabethtown College women’s field hockey team lost its first three games against Franklin & Marshall College, Messiah College and Muhlenberg University in the opening weeks of the Fall 2014 season. The Jays hosted No. 8 Franklin and Marshall for the opening game August 29, but could not score a goal against the Diplomats, losing
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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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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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