NEWS
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Mold. It makes its way into everything, just like sand. However, unlike sand, mold can prove a much more serious threat to a person’s health. This hazard extends beyond our own health; it can even affect our electronics, such as computers and phones. Due to the reproductive nature of mold, it can find its way
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Student Senate
Written by: Student Senate Executive Cabinet The Elizabethtown College Student Senate is excited to start another school year! With a new year comes change, some of which has already been implemented. Sean Fiedler, Ally Killen and Zach Dennin, the executive president, vice president and elections chair, respectively, all graduated in the spring, leaving open positions
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Updates on the new Bowers Center progress
The Bowers Center for Sports, Fitness and Well-being will be devoted to holistic wellness, which stretches beyond the physical person and will focus on mental and spiritual health, as well. The new facility will be a way to show Elizabethtown College’s commitment to well-being, but it will also include space for education and physical and
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CAMPUS LIFE
Credit transfer process generates confusion among Blue Jays
After having taken four years of high school honors, dual enrollment and AP classes, I expected to come to Elizabethtown College with sophomore standing. I was prepared to move directly into my major and skip several requirements for the Core program. Unfortunately, I learned that my dual enrollment course would not be counted and only
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First-year discusses overcoming rejection, disappointment in regards to professional, personal realms of undergraduate life
As an English professional writing major, I will have a best friend called “Rejection.” Even outside the major, everyone gets rejected in some shape or form, whether from a job, an internship, a scholarship or romance. The way I usually deal with rejection is to allow myself to grieve, not to wallow. I need to
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Determination can defeat lingering laziness from being on spring break
So we’ve set the clocks ahead and are getting ready for the nice warm spring weather that will, hopefully, be coming soon to stay. Let’s hope we have all come back from spring break relaxed, rejuvenated and ready to take on what is left of the semester. For those of you who have even less
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SPORTS
Field hockey falls to Messiah in championship for second straight year
The Elizabethtown College field hockey team was attempting to win their first ever conference title this past Saturday when they took on Messiah College in the Commonwealth Conference championship game. The Blue Jays were trying to deny No. 15 Messiah of their stranglehold on the Commonwealth in which the Falcons had won six straight conference
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Swimming teams break personal bests in losing effort to Lycoming
lizabethtown College’s men and women’s swim teams both fell this past Saturday against Middle Atlantic Conference opponent Lycoming College, falling 128-67 and 114-91 respectively. The men’s team, led by senior Andrew Malik and junior Frank Capria, are still in search of their first win of the season (0-4) while the women’s team, led by seniors
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Women’s soccer advances to conference semi finals
he Elizabethtown women’s soccer team had a lot to celebrate last Saturday afternoon. The Blue Jays began the afternoon by celebrating the careers of three seniors Amanda Fisher, Alyssa Koplin and Alex Topa. Etown finished the day by defeating Widener University 2-1 on the strength of two unanswered goals. With the victory, the Blue Jays
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FEATURES
Professor speaks on history of Chinese military violence
On Monday, March 25, Elizabethtown College welcomed Dr. Edward McCord, professor of history and international affairs at George Washington University, to speak on his knowledge of military violence in China and how it has shaped the country. McCord received his M.A. and Ph. D. in history from Michigan University and is a specialist on the
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Cultural changes influence Brethren in Christ traditions
What happened between 1910 and 1980 in regards to the Brethren in Christ? What factors spawned such a dramatic cultural transformation among the Brethren in Christ? The answers to these two questions were the subject of the recent presentation “Born-Again Brethren in Christ: The Brethren in Christ Church in an Age of Evangelicalism,” facilitated by
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The racial achievement gap
One day, Dr. Anne Gregory saw a line of African-American students sitting outside the principal’s office at a school where she worked. She took note of this evident racial trend and questioned the principal about it. The principal then chastised her and discouraged her from pursuing the issue, afraid that such comments would bring charges
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