NEWS
Updates on the new Bowers Center progress
The Bowers Center for Sports, Fitness and Well-being will be devoted to holistic wellness, which stretches beyond the physical person and will focus on mental and spiritual health, as well. The new facility will be a way to show Elizabethtown College’s commitment to well-being, but it will also include space for education and physical and
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Presidential search committee creates profiles for ongoing search
President Carl Strikwerda announced Feb. 12 that he will retire from Elizabethtown College June 30, 2019, after completing two four-year terms. There is currently a Presidential Search Committee trying to find Etown’s 15th president. Members of the executive search firm Witt/Kieffer Lucy Leske, Concetta Stewart and Christine Pendleton are supporting the search. Witt/Kieffer have been
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Microbial growth forces returning students to relocate
Photo: Megan White Students at a forum in Gibble Auditorium Monday, Aug. 27 could be heard calling it “the Etown refugee crisis.” The students at the meeting, most of them residents of the Vera Hackman Apartments, had been relocated to other residence halls the week of Monday, Aug. 20 when a microbial growth was found
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CAMPUS LIFE
Are essays or evidence stronger indicators of qualification, capability?
Scholarships, internships and many other awards generally require applicants to write some kind of essay explaining why they deserve the award. But are essays the best means of assessing someone’s capabilities? Some people might argue that other means, such as portfolios or certificates, might be better indicators of how deserving someone is. But should applicants
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Core program functions as hallmark of effective liberal arts education
After working as a tour guide for two years, I know that one of the most emphasized talking points used to sway prospective students our way is the Core Program: its the most exemplary facet of the Elizabethtown College experience that speaks to the liberal arts roots of the College, and its a great way
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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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SPORTS
Women’s basketball seeks to improve on last season’s accomplishments
The Elizabethtown College women’s basketball team is looking to improve beyond its 2012-2013 record as it enters its second season under the direction of Head Coach Sherri Gorman. Last season, the Jays finished with a 15-11 overall record and were 11-7 in the Commonwealth Conference before being knocked out of the Commonwealth Conference semifinals by
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Sixers’ surprise start stuns sports world
The NBA season is only a few weeks old, but there are already many surprise performances by teams and players around the league. Arguably, the league’s biggest surprise is the play of the new-look Philadelphia 76ers. The Sixers traded their all-star point guard, Jrue Holiday, to the New Orleans Pelicans for a first-round pick and
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Men’s soccer suffers devastating loss in championship
The Elizabethtown College men’s soccer team watched their season and postseason run end in a 0-0 (5-3 PK) MAC Commonwealth Conference Championship loss to the Lycoming College Warriors on Saturday. In the middle of last week, the Blue Jays received the good news that senior defender Kyle Volk was named to First Team All-Conference, and
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FEATURES
‘Fagbug’ creator details journey, addresses critics
What would you do if you returned to your car and you found it vandalized? Worse yet, what if you found yourself a victim of a hate crime? Both of these things happened to Erin Davies, and instead of searching for revenge, she decided to take action. When she found “fag” and “u r gay”
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Get graphic: patterns, brights for spring
Yeah, you know what it is, blue and gray, blue and gray, blue and gray! Those are our college’s colors of course, but it also seems to be the only colors we see around campus in the colder months. Where are the bright colors, the patterns, the texture? I’ll tell you where — the runways.
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Besse discusses ancient birth control, women of pre-history
At last Friday’s “Fantabulous Friday” event, Dr. Jennifer Besse, an adjunct faculty member in Latin and the department of English, explored women and birth control’s prominence in prehistory as evidenced by the Egyptians and the Knossos Minoans, an unusual topic. Most people think of birth control as a modern invention, but this Fantabulous Friday event
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