NEWS
Sino-Israeli Tensions Spike
As the situation in Gaza and Israeli diplomatic relations begin to heat up once again, more global players are beginning to weigh in on the situation in the Middle East. On Sept. 18, China hosted its yearly Xiangshan Security Forum, an event inviting multiple leaders from different nations to further the security connection between the
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court retention elections explained: Do they matter?
A highly important but barely noticed judicial election will face Pennsylvania voters this November. Three members of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court are up for retention elections. What are retention elections, and what do voters need to know about them? In Pennsylvania, justices of the state Supreme Court, the highest court in the commonwealth, are elected
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Get ready for Elizabethtown College Homecoming and Family Weekend 2025
Mark your calendars for Etown’s annual Homecoming and Family Weekend! Etown will be celebrating students, families, alumni, faculty and friends from Oct. 3 to Oct. 5 with fan favorite activities such as the parade and the High Libraries escape room. This year also marks the 50 year anniversary for the Occupational Therapy and Music Therapy
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CAMPUS LIFE
Horoscopes: What Emoticon matches your zodiac sign?
Texting has become a main form of communication for the current generation. Since texting’s invention, emoticons have also existed. Emoticons utilized characters on the keypad to make faces, expressions or objects. Let’s see which emoticon matches each of the zodiac signs. Gemini (May 21 – June 20): Gemini are talkative, making them come off as
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Media Review: I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream
In the last decade, artificial intelligence (AI) has grown exponentially. This raises different emotions from excitement, to indifference, to fear. Now feels as good a time as ever to revisit the 1967 classic short story “I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream” by Harlan Ellison. The plot is based on a dystopian reality where
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New Blue Jay Ambassadors take flight
Dozens of new Elizabethtown College student ambassadors took part in the most successful February accepted student’s day in the past five years. Twenty-four recently hired Elizabethtown College student ambassadors, known as Blue Jay Ambassadors, took part in the accepted student’s day event held on Saturday, Feb. 15. Blue Jay Ambassadors are student employees tasked with
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SPORTS
Women’s lacrosse dominates in season opener
The Elizabethtown College women’s lacrosse team gave the home fans something to be excited about in their season opener, dominating the Gwynedd Mercy University Griffins 20-4. It seemed as if the team didn’t have any rust to shake off as they look to be a force to be reckoned with this season. From top to
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Elizabethtown Falls in Close Game against #19 Catholic
Elizabethtown College women’s basketball is in its final stretch of the season and looking to capitalize with big wins throughout the Landmark Conference’s final games, including the matchup on Feb. 5 against #19 ranked Catholic University. Etown and Catholic entered the game with the same record, 17-2, with only one spot in the top 25
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Jays Prepare for Upcoming Lacrosse Season
As winter sports are drawing to a close, athletes in spring sports are preparing for their seasons. Elizabethtown College’s tennis teams are preparing for their first match in roughly one week, and baseball fans only need to wait until spring break for their team to take the field. However, the lacrosse teams head out before
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FEATURES
Cheers to 3 years: Farewell from Faith Morrow, Online Editor
Managing the Etownian’s website and social media for the past three years as the online editor has been my passion project. Entering college, I knew I wanted to get involved in student journalism, but I definitely didn’t anticipate becoming so familiar with the digital and promotional side of things. I’m so glad I did. I’ve
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Etown celebrates campus community’s achievements with 46th annual Student Awards Ceremony
On April 17, Etown held the 46th annual Student Awards Ceremony. During this celebration of campus community achievement, various offices commend students, faculty and staff for their accomplishments during the previous academic year. Some of the offices present are the Office of Housing & Residence Life, the Center for Civic and Community Engagement (CCCE), the
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Features Editor Farewell: Samhar Almomani
It feels like it was only yesterday when I sent my first article to the Etownian, in the fall semester of my freshman year. Since then, everything else has changed, but writing for the Etownian has remained the constant in my college career that reminded me that college is more than attending classes and doing
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