NEWS
Campus rally day continues dialogue about gun violence
photo: Emma Pile Friday, April 20, an all-day campus rally was held at Elizabethtown College as the final installment of a three-part series of events on gun violence organized by junior Bekah Smith. The first event, the ENOUGH: Vigil for victims of the Parkland shooting, represented “remembrance.” The second event, the ENOUGH: Walkout, represented “solidarity.”
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Community Fellows program to begin in ILUs starting this fall
Community Fellows will replace Resident Assistants (RAs) in the Vera Hackman Apartments, Schreiber Quadrangle and Featherton Crossing Apartments starting in the 2018-2019 academic year. The application period to become a Community Fellow closed Friday, April 6. Community Fellows have some of the same duties as RAs, including making door decorations and closing buildings before breaks.
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Annual Ware Lecture emphasizes the importance of compassion
Wednesday, April 11, Elizabethtown College welcomed Dr. Karen Armstrong, renowned historian and theologian of world religions and author, to speak on the importance of compassion at the annual Ware Lecture on Peacemaking. In addition, groups of students were invited to meet with Armstrong in small-group discussions Thursday, April 12. Throughout Armstrong’s lecture, she compared different
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CAMPUS LIFE
Jays share opinions on Russia conflict: Opinion 2
Currently, the Republic of Crimea is once again under Russian control and will become a full member of the Russian Federation before the end of the month. This occurrence is unsurprising for these two major reasons: 1) Since the Greek Empire, Crimea has been conquered by someone. 2) A majority of the Crimean citizenry is
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Jays share opinions on Russia conflict: Opinion 1
The situation in Ukraine has a historical element dating back to its independence from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1991. The Ukrainian crisis began with popular unrest over the Pro-Russian, Ukrainian president’s decision to cancel a free trade agreement with the European Union. Years of government corruption curtailed Ukraine’s advancement towards a market
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Credit transfer process generates confusion among Blue Jays
After having taken four years of high school honors, dual enrollment and AP classes, I expected to come to Elizabethtown College with sophomore standing. I was prepared to move directly into my major and skip several requirements for the Core program. Unfortunately, I learned that my dual enrollment course would not be counted and only
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SPORTS
Field hockey falls to Messiah in championship for second straight year
The Elizabethtown College field hockey team was attempting to win their first ever conference title this past Saturday when they took on Messiah College in the Commonwealth Conference championship game. The Blue Jays were trying to deny No. 15 Messiah of their stranglehold on the Commonwealth in which the Falcons had won six straight conference
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Swimming teams break personal bests in losing effort to Lycoming
lizabethtown College’s men and women’s swim teams both fell this past Saturday against Middle Atlantic Conference opponent Lycoming College, falling 128-67 and 114-91 respectively. The men’s team, led by senior Andrew Malik and junior Frank Capria, are still in search of their first win of the season (0-4) while the women’s team, led by seniors
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Women’s soccer advances to conference semi finals
he Elizabethtown women’s soccer team had a lot to celebrate last Saturday afternoon. The Blue Jays began the afternoon by celebrating the careers of three seniors Amanda Fisher, Alyssa Koplin and Alex Topa. Etown finished the day by defeating Widener University 2-1 on the strength of two unanswered goals. With the victory, the Blue Jays
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FEATURES
Mr. Etown competition takes the stage
As is to be expected, this year’s Mr. Etown was filled to the brim with dance-offs, men in women’s clothing and lip syncs to a variety of songs. The theme was the ‘80s and began with a video and a group dance with all of the men in colorful wigs wielding inflatable guitars. This year’s
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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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