NEWS
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There is only ever a finite amount of any resource at any given time. This is especially true as the dwindling amount of fossil fuels leads to governments and businesses seeking out alternative sources of energy. Of those alternative sources, renewable energy has been on the rise across the globe. Countries like Germany and China
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Students granted voting rights on Academic Council for first time
At the Elizabethtown College Student Senate meeting on Sept. 6, 2018, the Senate President, junior Holly Francescone, announced that the senate officially has Academic Council voting rights. Student Senate then held elections for the two positions available for senators to fill on the Academic Council. Senators in the running for these two spots were seniors
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New parking fees added for resident and commuting students
Photo by Cheyenne Lawyer Beginning this semester, students who want to park their cars on campus must pay a fee to register their cars. In previous years, students had been able to park and register their cars for free. Students received an email June 20 explaining this change. All cars had to be reregistered, and
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CAMPUS LIFE
Night classes prove important regardless of inconvenience
Classes are something that we all have to put up with. I mean, that’s why we’re here, right? During the course of our college career, we are bound to have classes that we love and classes that we hate. We’ll have the experience of getting up for those dreaded classes at 8 a.m. and we
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Making mistakes should not devalue magnitude of one’s successes
People tend to feel that, as humans, we are more likely to notice mistakes we’ve made or mistakes others have made before we notice our own or others’ successes. We all know it’s harder to become successful than it is to fail. Becoming a successful person is what everyone wants in life. No matter what
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Course registration during class deserves professor flexibility
Registration week is always stressful. Take it from me; this year I get to register on the very last day at the last available time. As difficult as it will be for me to register, some students have their registration times during class time. That makes registering even more difficult, as some professors will deny
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SPORTS
Swim teams prep for MAC Championships against King’s College (Pa.)
The Elizabethtown College swim teams faced conference opponent Widener University this past Saturday in their last home meet of the season. The women’s team was able to beat the Pride 106-97 for the first time since 2009, while the men fell 140-31. The women won six out of the 10 events on the day, including
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Blue Jay wrestling brings home the hardware at MAC Championships
The Elizabethtown College wrestling team had two team members take home individual Middle Atlantic Conference championship titles this past weekend at Messiah College. Junior Jeremy Rieth and sophomore Chad Lammer both earned their first individual championships of their collegiate careers with the victories in their respective weight classes. Both wrestlers have seen much success in
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Interim women’s lacrosse coaches sign on for season
The Elizabethtown College Athletic Department and Director of Athletics Nancy Latimore has announced that the interim women’s lacrosse coach Danielle Seling and interim assistant coach Linda Delaney will remain with the team for the duration of the program’s first season as a member of the Landmark Conference. Seling is entering her second stint with the
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FEATURES
Whitcas ’98 shares 14 years of experiences as TV producer
ome people are born craving the spotlight. Since she was very young, Elizabethtown College alumna Deborah Whitcas ’98 exemplified this as she craved a job in entertainment. Now an Emmy-nominated television Producer with an impressive history involving a myriad of television stations including ABC, CBS Fox, Style/E and several more, Whitcas has made quite the
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Villella presents on author Stephen Covey’s ‘Seven Habits,’ offers advice
ave you ever felt stressed out about all the things you are experiencing in your life as a college student, but you do not know how to figure it all out? Toni Villella, director of student activities and campus recreation, recently facilitated a seminar on author Stephen Covey’s popular self-help book “The 7 Habits of
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‘Pitch Like A Girl’ addresses gender identity, encourages women to ‘pitch’
re you pink or blue? This was the first question posed by senior and self-proclaimed feminist Sarah Steinmetz during her April 9 presentation on “Pitch like a Girl: How a Woman can be Herself and Still Succeed,” a book written by Ronna Lichtenberg. The overall theme of the book appeared to be not only that
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