NEWS
Education students react to recent Parkland shooting
Fourteen students and three staff members died when Nikolas Cruz, 19, entered Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida Wednesday, Feb. 14. Since then, the nation has engaged in a gun control and mental health debate similar to the ones sparked by many recent mass shootings. This time, however, the teenaged shooting victims have
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The Study Abroad Experience
Studying abroad:” A term that excited me and filled me with dread all at once. It seemed like the greatest adventure and the biggest risk. There were so many things, both clichéd and not, that I heard before I stepped off the plane in Italy. The first was to keep an open mind and be
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Today’s Technology
When the tech talks back, that’s when I’ve officially gone crazy.” Once those were wise words by one of the many of us who have a habit of thinking out loud and talking to our technologies. Now, the idea of technology talking back to the user is normal. Innovative technology from Apple’s Siri to smart
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CAMPUS LIFE
Senior reflects fondly on first impressions upon entering college
M y first impression of Elizabethtown College was a beautiful one that left its mark like a postcard in my mind. I first noticed the school shortly after relocating to Etown, as my boyfriend and I were riding our mud-splattered mountain bikes home from the Conewago Rail Trail on a sunny April day. “Look,” he
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Optional homework assignments only aid
Like the end of almost any other class period, you throw your notebook, textbook and writing utensil of choice into your backpack while half-listening to the professor’s closing remarks. You briefly glance at the homework listed on the board as you leave the room. Are you going to complete the assignment by the time your
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Success of peer editing depends entirely on personal outlook
Something that seems to be growing increasingly prevalent in Core and WRI courses–– most of these being housed within the English department –– is the utilization of peer editing exercises. If used properly, peer editing helps you in two ways: You the Writer receive feedback that escaped you while you were actively invested in the writing
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SPORTS
Men’s soccer clinches conference playoff berth with 2-1 win over Lycoming College
The Elizabethtown College men’s soccer team won five of its last six conference games heading into a meeting against the Flying Dutchmen at Lebanon Valley College last Saturday. They lost 2-1. The Blue Jays (9-6-2, 6-2 CC) travelled to Annville, Pa. to take on the Dutchmen (9-5-3, 3-3-1 CC), a team that ended Etown’s road
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World Series offers baseball fans beards, birds, banter
Baseball is a sport that cannot be scripted. For a sport that is so closely analyzed and scrutinized, it seems like with each new season brings a new aspect of the game that has never been seen before. It is a sport that has withstood the test of time and has grown alongside each new
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Field hockey takes down second nationally-ranked team; Blue Jays hold onto first place seed in conference standings entering playoffs
The Elizabethtown College field hockey team continued their, until recently, undefeated season in Commonwealth conference play with a 3-1 victory over the nationally-ranked Messiah Falcons this past weekend. This was the Blue Jay’s fourth straight win and the seventh straight in conference play. With the victory, Etown was then 7-0 in the Commonwealth Conference, solidifying
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FEATURES
Republican Senator Mike Brubaker hosts M&M Mars lecture
Republican Senator, Mike Brubaker spoke at the M&M Mars Lecture Series on Friday, Feb. 22 at 11 a.m. in the Hoover Center for Business. Brubaker did not write a formal speech or prepare a presentation, but instead he chose for students to ask him questions on any topic of interest they wanted to discuss. Students
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Alumnus Kuder ‘03 successful in anthropology, archaeology
Who knows where a childhood interest in dinosaurs and Indiana Jones will take you? Elizabethtown College alumnus Andy Kuder ‘03 didn’t think that his youthful enthusiasm for archaeology would actually become a reality. Kuder worked as an archaeologist for approximately nine years, and now works at AK Environmental, LLC, an environmental firm, as a staff
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State Patty’s: the contrast of college cultures
Last weekend, I trekked up to Penn State to partake in the annual State Patty’s Day traditions that Happy Valley has offered for the past few years. I lived in a two-bedroom apartment with about 12 friends from home for the duration of the festivities, an experience that everyone is telling me you can only
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