Wednesday, Nov. 30, the students of Elizabethtown College gathered as a group and acknowledged the campus’s first ever Day of Positivity. The event was put together and sponsored by the Class of 2020 Student Senate to celebrate diversity on campus and spread positivity among students over the unease of the recent Presidential election, as well
READ MOREThe Elizabethtown College Board of Trustees (BOT)and the Elizabethtown College Alumni Association (ECAA) have been raising funds in a variety of ways. The money raised from both organizations’ efforts will benefit the entire College community. The BOT has been raising money through the College’s BE Inspired campaign, which began in April. The goal of the
READ MOREThis October, Elizabethtown College welcomed a group of new faculty and staff members, including Jennifer Strain, Tina Morris, Amy Berra, Melissa Hagman, Taylor Frombaugh, Michelle Henry and Marie Joseph. Strain works in the High Library as the instruction and scholarly communications librarian. She will be instructing students and helping them to get the most out
READ MOREey, Matt! Want to go frolfing?” Of course I said yes. With a name like “frolfing,” how could I turn down my roommate’s request to play a game? A portmanteau of “Frisbee” and “golfing,” one engages in frolfing by throwing a Frisbee into a basket stationed several yards away, making each subsequent throw from wherever
READ MOREJust when a college thinks it’s landed a $250 million gift —poof — it is taken away in a trice. In July, Homer noted, as he bit into a scone without icing, that Centre College in Kentucky had received a staggering donation from one of its alumni, a successful businessman. It was one of the
READ MOREAs a student who frequented public schools for 12 years, I know that religion in the classroom can be a touchy subject. Many students will find a way to take offense from a statement made by a peer or instructor based on their own religious views. This begs the question of whether or not professors
READ MOREThe Elizabethtown College men’s and women’s track and field teams competed in the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Indoor Track and Field Championship Feb. 23 at Lehigh University’s Rauch Fieldhouse. Both teams gave exceptional performances. The men’s team finished third to Widener University and Messiah College. The women’s team also finished third but to Lebanon Valley
READ MOREThis weekend, the Elizabethtown College wrestling team will send ten wrestlers to the NCAA regional championships at Ohio Northern University. Coming off a strong performance and defeating 15th ranked York College as well as rival and 19th ranked Messiah College, by scores of 25-19 and 22-19 respectively, the team looks poised to perform well on
READ MOREOn another cold and windy winter afternoon, the men’s baseball team traveled to Flemington, N.J. to take on the Cougars of Misericordia University. The Blue Jays were set for a doubleheader against the Cougars, the defending Freedom Conference Champion and an NCAA tournament qualifier last season. Senior Matt Ruth led the Jays from the mound.
READ MOREThe Elizabethtown College Theatre Department has tackled many award-winning plays in the past, and this season is no different. The Pulitzer Prize-winning play “A Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams opened on the Tempest Theatre stage to a packed house on Nov. 1. The play, directed by associate professor of theatre and director of theatre
READ MOREOn Tuesday, Oct. 23, in the Blue Bean, a Slam Poetry event was held as a part of the Social Justice Week taking place on campus from Oct. 22-26. Social Justice Week is a new series of events currently being hosted by sociology/anthropology students and faculty. Those students and faculty hope that Social Justice week
READ MOREVisiting artist James “Jay” Fuhrman has been playing with fire. Fuhrman gave a follow-up lecture and demonstrated his incendiary technique when making some of his art pieces during the “Painting with Fire” event outside of Elizabethtown College’s Leffler Chapel and Performing Arts Center last Friday, Oct. 20. Furhman’s show in the Lyet Gallery will be
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