NEWS
Today’s Technology
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 like to see covered
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Career Expo prepares students for the future
Elizabethtown College hosts a variety of events to help students prepare for the future. Friday, Nov. 3, the Job, Internship and Graduate School Expo took place in Thompson Gymnasium from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. About 90 recruiters attended the expo. Roughly 60 of the recruiters were employers, and an estimated 30 were graduate schools.
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Student Senate
The Elizabethtown College Student Senate held their weekly meeting Thursday, Nov. 2 in Hoover 212 at 3:45 p.m. After senior Senate President Sean Fiedler called the meeting to order, High Library Director Sarah Penniman presented the first of the meeting’s three special orders. Penniman discussed this year’s Leffler Lecture (which will be given by Dr.
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CAMPUS LIFE
Office of Student Activities, student body discuss rule changes, misconceptions regarding Mr. Etown 2014 pageant
The beauty business could get ugly at this year’s male pageant, “Mr. Etown.” Some slight rule changes have confused students who have experienced the annual competition in the past. As part of one such change, students could nominate and vote for students only from within their own residence halls. This meant that students could not
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American Super Bowl tradition deserves to be spent surrounded by other people, whether or not one enjoys watching football
Where were you on Super Bowl Sunday? Were you drowning in Tostitos, taco dip and friendship? Were you directly in front of the TV screen, yelling from where the players can best hear you — because they totally can? Were you sitting in front of your computer playing Skyrim, wondering how many cheese curls you
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Work during syllabus week can be necessary
It’s that time again: a new semester, during which Elizabethtown College students plan to keep on top of their homework situations. However, depending on what major and professors a student has, their syllabi can include a multitude of assignments during the first week of the semester. I was able to stay on top of the
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SPORTS
Women’s soccer finishes non-conference schedule with 5-4 record
The Elizabethtown women’s soccer team was searching for their fourth win in a row last Wednesday, Sept. 18 against Moravian College. Both the Blue Jays and the Greyhounds came into the game with a 3-3 record, each looking to raise their record above .500 for the first time all season. Through the first 50 minutes
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Will the influx of small-market playoff teams change the way MLB manages rosters?
The Pittsburgh Pirates have made the playoffs. Yes, you read that last sentence correctly. The Pirates have made the playoffs for the first time in over two decades. The last time the Buccos made the playoffs, Johnny Carson was still hosting The Tonight Show, Bill Clinton was elected president for the first time and “Unforgettable”
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Golf team ties for tenth place at Gettysburg Fall Invitational, Laudeman finishes second
Elizabethtown College’s golf team recently competed at the Gettysburg Fall Invitational. Junior Ryan Laudeman shot his best round of the fall and tied for runner-up, helping the Jays tie for tenth place as a team. The Invitational was held at the Bridges Golf Club on Thursday, Sept. 19. Laudeman’s one-over-par score of 73 was enough
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FEATURES
‘Women Lead the Way’ seminar challenges gender inequities
Is equality inevitable? This was one of the major questions posed during “Women Lead the Way,” a lecture presented by Elizabethtown College Librarian and Director of the High Library Bethann Zambella. As part of the Called to Lead programming this semester, the lecture, which took place on Thursday, March 14, focused on the obstacles women
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Kreider Fellow Dick lectures on peace speeches of Cheyenne chief
On Tuesday, March 12 in the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies, Ms. Marie Dick, a newly-inducted Young Center Fellow, presented her research on the peace talks, speeches and presentations of Lawrence Hart, a peace chief of the Southern Cheyenne tribe and a Mennonite minister. “A good story grabs my attention,” Dick said. “I
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Mr. Etown competition takes the stage
As is to be expected, this year’s Mr. Etown was filled to the brim with dance-offs, men in women’s clothing and lip syncs to a variety of songs. The theme was the ‘80s and began with a video and a group dance with all of the men in colorful wigs wielding inflatable guitars. This year’s
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