NEWS
Today’s Technology
With my article from last week as supplementary material, I hope to give advice that is both valuable and understandable to those who do not consider themselves technologically inclined. Last week, I covered how to troubleshoot using Google. This week, I will focus on useful habits that help to troubleshoot problems which you can apply
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Student Senate
The Student Senate meeting Thursday, Oct. 11 began with a special order regarding the upcoming Leffler Lecture. Director of the High Library Sarah Penniman and Executive Assistant to the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty Peggy Stauffer spoke to senators about the events surrounding the lecture and asked for input on
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Series: Etown expands recruitment pool
Recently, a huge focus of the Elizabethtown College administration has been to increase enrollment. As seen with the second article in this series, Etown has seen a decline in applications (though some of it was a purposeful decline) and enrollment over the years. As such, the responsibility falls on the College to increase those numbers
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CAMPUS LIFE
Junior shares frustration with water bottles in classrooms
If we want our bodies to remain healthy, hydration is essential. Keeping hydrated helps control body temperature, gets rid of potentially harmful waste and can even regulate metabolism, among other things. While the benefits are obvious, the disadvantages are even more apparent. Disadvantages of staying hydrated? Preposterous! Perhaps it isn’t harmful to the one drinking
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Classroom styles range between comfortable, expressive
Your dream is interrupted by that blaring alarm clock. With no time to spare, you have to pick some classroom-appropriate clothes to change into. What would you pick? The T-shirt and gym shorts, the yoga pants and loose top or do you take a minute to throw together a complete outfit, accessories included? On Elizabethtown
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Frugal Blue Jay recommends local affordable eateries
Hello again! It’s me, the Frugal Blue Jay. I’m here this time around to talk about the different restaurants we have here in Elizabethtown and the inexpensive options they offer. You’d be amazed with the diversity offered in a quaint town such as ours. Just wait. You’ll be trying new things in no time! Get
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SPORTS
Swimming concludes season at MAC Championships
The men and women’s swim teams competed in the Middle Atlantic Conference Championships at the Graham Aquatic Center in York, Pa. on Feb. 14 and 16. This was the teams’ last MAC Championship, as they will be moving to the Landmark conference next year. The championship meets took place over four days. Going into the
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Wrestling falls to nationally-ranked Falcons in final meet
On Feb. 14, the Elizabethtown College wrestling team traveled to rival Messiah College, number three in the nation, for their last regular season match of the year. The Blue Jays were unable to score a single point as they fell 49-0. The atmosphere and intensity of an already bitter rivalry between the two schools was
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Men’s basketball falls to Hood, prepares to face off against Albright in season finale
The Blue Jays’ men’s basketball team saw their chances of competing in the Commonwealth Conference postseason come to a halt as Hood College outlasted the Blue Jays 85-64 Saturday afternoon at Thompson Gymnasium in a shooting spree. The Blazers showed their capabilities early and often Saturday afternoon by limiting the Blue Jays to 33 percent
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FEATURES
Religious studies classes attend Vedic Hindu fire ceremony
he Hindu American Religious institute welcomed 35 Etown students to their monthly Havan on April 14. The trip was led by professor of religious studies Dr. Jeffery Long as an experiential learning component of his Dharma Traditions and Indian Philosophy classes. Also known as a Vedic Fire Ceremony, the Havan included offerings to a Sacred
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SDLC promotes organ donation, hopes to recruit more donors
pril 10 was just one of the many days the Give and Let Live SDLC campaigned for organ donation awareness, a project for which they have been researching and striving to recruit donors. “There are so many benefits to becoming an organ donor,” junior Alysia Overdorf, a member of the SDLC, said. A few days
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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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