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Student Senate
Student Senate’s meeting Thursday, Sept. 20 began with a special order: the Oath of Office for new senators. The student comments section followed the special order, raising questions, which other senators or faculty answered. Among these was the question of why only one level of American Sign Language is offered at Elizabethtown College. Vice President
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Presidential Search Committee announces update on current search
The Presidential Search Committee met Monday, Sept. 17 to review and discuss the progress of the search for the fifteenth president of Elizabethtown College. As of the middle of September, more than 150 nominations were sent to the Presidential Search Committee’s search partner, Witt/Kieffer. Alongside the nominations, more than 100 applications and accompanying documents were
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Students and staff commemorate former early childhood education major
Students, faculty and staff spent over an hour remembering former Elizabethtown College student Mackenzie O’Brien at a vigil Wednesday, Sept. 19 at 5 p.m. According to assistant professor of education Dr. Peter Licona, many in attendance did not want to leave. “I felt sadness, yet strength as all in the room were trying to make
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Ice Bucket Challenge dominates social media feeds, raises awareness, money for medical research for ALS
If you manage a personal social media account, your newsfeeds, homepages and timelines were probably bombarded with hundreds of smart phone-shot videos of your friends, relatives and enemies dumping buckets of ice water on their heads with varying degrees of logical explanation. It was probably hilarious at first, if only for the gimmicky nature of
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Professor reflects on recent news story, nature of teaching profession
Homer read the headline “Idaho Professor Shoots Himself in the Foot” and was baffled. Professors have been known to make mistakes now and then. After all, thought Homer piously as he bit into a scone at the Blue Bean, to err was human. So why would a news website use an idiom to refer to
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Executive cabinet introduces redesign of Opinion section
Campus Life is the redesigned Opinion section. We hope that this change will enable the Etownian to have a broader scope. Redesigning this section allows us to widen our lens to include the Elizabethtown community, and it is our hope that the section will encourage students to also look beyond the boundaries of the campus
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Men’s basketball finds win against Arcadia in rescheduled game
The Elizabethtown College men’s basketball team is in the midst of a battle for the final position in the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) playoffs. The team began this push this past weekend when it took on Alvernia University at Thompson Gymnasium. Despite the Blue Jays’ best effort, the Crusaders were too much to handle, defeating
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‘Band of Sisters’ sets sights toward playoff berth in Landmark debut
The Elizabethtown College women’s softball team fell one game short of making the Commonwealth Conference Playoffs last season. “Last season, we were so close we could taste it, and I think that taste is still fresh going into this season,” junior outfielder Kaylee Werner said. “As a team, we have created goals for this season
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Wrestling competes at Pete Wilson-Wheaton Invitational
“Anything is possible,” was the tone set by Elizabethtown College’s wrestling team this past weekend at the Pete Wilson-Wheaton (III) Invitational. The Pete Wilson-Wheaton (III) Invitational is a large tournament in which 30 DIII wrestling teams compete in a two-day tournament. The first day determines which wrestlers advance to face off the next day. This
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Journalist Adam Penenberg hosts craft talk on research, stylistic reporting, ‘virtual reality’ of online media outlets
Adam Penenburg, a journalism professor at New York University and a freelance investigative journalist, gave a craft talk at the Bowers Writers House for the Humanities Readers Series on Tuesday, April 2. He is well known for exposing journalist Steven Glass for fabricating stories in The New Republic in 1998. The 2003 film “Shattered Glass”
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Crop tops and metallic accessories spice up April wardrobe
Remember when your only responsibility was caring for a Tamagotchi? When you thought Justin Timberlake looked his hottest in a denim suit? Yes, we all have fond memories of the early 2000s, and some of those memories might be coming back to life. Have you ever heard the saying that fashion recycles trends from a
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Vigil held for student diversity
A group of 100 individuals assembled for a candlelight vigil on the patio of Brossman Student Commons last Friday night. The group consisted of a diverse mixture of students, faculty and community members. Their efforts displayed solidarity and love for the individuals affected by the recent series of hate crimes on campus. “The purpose of
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