NEWS
Education department to begin offering graduate program
In the fall of 2016, the Elizabethtown College education department will be offering a Master’s of Education (M.Ed.) degree in Curriculum and Instruction. Separate from the Etown School of Continuing and Professional Studies, the program will be a standalone, solely administered by the education department. A master’s in curriculum and instruction is one of the
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IRONJAY encourages daily activity, meeting semester mileage goal
The fourth IRONJAY Challenge has begun at Elizabethtown College. Students, faculty, staff, and now for the first time, alumni, are invited to participate in this annual self-monitored and self-paced fitness challenge. “The IRONJAY is based on the IRONMAN, which is a triathlon that’s 140.6 miles,” Assistant Director of Health Promotions Amanda Cheetham said. IRONJAY participants
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Nicarry Hall promotes innovation through renovation of first floor
This past summer, the first floor of Nicarry underwent renovations, which not only changed the look of many of the rooms, but added new technology and features as well. Since many of the rooms are mainly used by the Education Department, the redesign was a collaboration between the Education Department, ITS, and Facilities. The Etownian
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CAMPUS LIFE
Should increased tuition be allocated to an athletic facility?
A campaign for the construction of a “Sports, Fitness, and Wellness Center” is underway amongst administration. This would be an athletic facility on campus with an indoor track, expanded workout facility, indoor field, rooms for fitness classes, basketball courts and more. The question is whether or not students feel that the money obtained from the
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Five ways to land that summer internship
Like most college students, I struggled to find a summer internship. I spent my winter break in a caffeine-induced psychosis filled with online applications, resume tweaking and the dreaded cover letter. By the time I returned for the spring semester, I had applied to over 30 businesses and organizations and I hadn’t heard from one
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‘Mighty Be Our Powers’ promotes change, encourages women to advocate for peace
Harvard University Women’s Studies professor Laurel Ulrich Thatcher once said that “women who behave seldom make history.” Leymah Gbowee, whose all-female peace movement changed the history of Liberia, chose to misbehave for the sake of her people. She documents the struggles and victories of the movements and her personal life in her autobiography “Mighty Be
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SPORTS
Men, women fall to Lycoming, Hood
After coming off a loss to Hood College on Wednesday Nov. 7, the Elizabethtown College men and women’s swim team (1-2) had to fight back against the Lycoming College Warriors (2-2) at Etown’s Alumni Pool on Saturday Nov. 10. Unfortunately, the Jays were not able to pull through and they lost again. The men’s final
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Five returning scorers strive to lead team
The Elizabethtown College men’s basketball team is ready for this year’s season. In the Commonwealth Conference Preseason Poll the Jays were ranked sixth. However, this does not concern junior guard Joe Schwalm. “The preseason poll does not mean too much to us,” Schwalm said. “It is based off of last year and what plays out
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Club team gives men opportunity to compete with other colleges
A few years ago, the idea of a men’s volleyball team at Elizabethtown College was only a dream for many students. A team that had been initially created at the College in the ‘70s had been out of commission for many years. This was the case until Keenan Schaffer and Doug Summerson resurfaced the program
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FEATURES
LVC professor visits, presents on communications, quantum physics
Sept. 19, 2012 David W. Lyons, a mathematical sciences professor at Lebanon Valley College, came to the Bowers Writers House to give a lecture entitled “Writing as a Path to Understanding and Discovery.” The focus of the lecture was how we, as humans, can further our communication skills with the aid of quantum physics. This
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Republican Club urges voter registration, advocate keeping up with current events, using community as platform for political discussion
Dr. Kyle Kopko, the director of pre-law, director of the political philosophy and legal studies major, assistant director of political science, and advisor of the Elizabethtown College’s Republican Club, feels that not enough people are staying up to date with the upcoming presidential election. “It’s the reason why we are deadlocked at the national level.
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College Democrats urges voter registration, advocate keeping up with current events, using community as platform for political discussion
It’s 2012 and you know what that means: another presidential election. The presidential candidates running in the 2012 election are Barack Obama for the Democratic Party against Mitt Romney for the Republican Party. Although sparks are flying in the presidential campaign ads, the fire is just as intense between political parties at Elizabethtown College. President
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