NEWS
Seniors attend ASA conference
This past summer Elizabethtown senior sociology majors Irene Snyder and Philip Ebersole attended the Honors Program of the American Sociological Association (ASA) in Seattle, Washington. Only 35 sociology students internationally have the opportunity to attend the ASA Honors Program, which is held in tandem with the ASA annual meeting. At this annual meeting, various researchers
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Panel Discussion surrounds freedom of speech at local schools
Lancaster Newspapers (LNP) invited Elizabethtown College to participate in a panel discussion about free speech and political correctness on college campuses. The forum took place at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 20 at the Ware Center at Millersville University. Millersville cosponsored the event and more than 120 people attended. Senior Katelyn Gebbia, Equity and Title
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The Electoral College
When you picture the stereotypical college professor (fictional character, not necessarily real), chances are you don’t imagine a trendy young woman or a soccer dad. You might call to mind an older man, dressed in a tweed blazer—brown leather, rugby elbow-patched, a bit grubby. Maybe he’s bearded and gruff, or perhaps he has rosy cheeks.
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CAMPUS LIFE
Zombie-themed media focuses on the living
ove zombies? Watch the films. Read the books. Run the Zombie 5K. Hear lectures at York College’s Zombie Symposium. Not enough? Okay. Here’s another zombie theory to ponder: Why exactly are we all suddenly going cuckoo for the Undead Cocoa Puffs? The zombie craze is currently gobbling up all media outlets known to man. Based
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WHY SOCIAL MEDIA ACTIVISM ISN’T ENOUGH
f you’ll turn the clocks back roughly one year, you may remember that for about a month, most of your Facebook friends were experts on a certain Ugandan warlord, and they wanted you to know all about it. Joseph Kony was the worst – the posters put up proved that Hitler and bin Laden were
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Adulthood takes children by surprise
f someone had told me during my first year of high school that in just four years, I would be an entirely different person who was worried about paying for school and managing a real relationship, I would have laughed it off. But college came and soon excitement and anxiety about a new life, away
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SPORTS
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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Tempone headed to nationals after tenth-place regional finish
The Elizabethtown College men’s and women’s cross country teams competed in the NCAA Division III Mideast Regional Championship at Dickinson College this past Saturday, Nov. 10. Junior Traci Tempone qualified for NCAAs and the Etown Blue Jays finished fifth at the meet with 223 points. The Blue Jays have been training for this meet more
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FEATURES
Dr. M. Long speak about book success, manuscript in progress
Dr. Long is more than just a professor at Elizabethtown College. He is a man of great intelligence and wisdom. He uses these skills to give lectures and speeches at different universities and venues across the United States. He also blogs for the Huffington Post and recently appeared on C-Span’s Book-TV. His books have also
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Publication hopes to advance synthetic, organic chemistry research
The title of Assistant Professor of ChemistryDr. James MacKay’s latest publication, “The Intramolecular Allenolate Rauhut-Currier Reaction” may sound overly-complicated and intended for a niche audience, but when looked at in simpler terms, its concepts are easily grasped and represent a two-fold objective: to further the study of synthetic organic chemistry and to teach students how
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New health educator to improve Student Wellness Center
Many changes have been implemented by Student Wellness this year, including a new health educator, Jamie Valis. Valis comes from Scranton, Pa. but is originally from Maryland. Her move to Elizabethtown College brought her closer to her family, by whom she is very inspired and to whom she is very close. She chose to apply
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