NEWS
Relay for Life event raises money and spreads awareness
According to the American Cancer Society’s website, both men and women have about a one in three chance of developing some form of cancer and a one in five chance of dying once diagnosed. Decreasing that probability is a goal of Elizabethtown College’s annual Relay for Life, which starts at 3 p.m. Friday, March 23
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Student job and internship search enhanced
Elizabethtown College’s Career Services department introduced Handshake this school year, replacing Jobs for Jays as an online database for students to find jobs and internships locally, statewide and nationally. Though professional networking website LinkedIn shares a lot of similarities with Handshake, it would be beneficial for students to start making profiles on both services as
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Co-ed and pet-friendly housing options expanded
*Edit: Elizabethtown College is no longer offering pet-friendly housing. For the most up-to-date information visit Etown College’s Office of Community Living’s official website. The Office of Residence Life will be implementing changes to housing at Elizabethtown College in fall 2018, most notably pet-friendly housing, Featherton Crossing Apartments and the expansion of co-ed housing options. The
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CAMPUS LIFE
Reviewer praises plot, presentation of theatre production ‘These Shining Lives’
“Not a fairy tale, though it starts like one. It’s not a tragedy, though it ends like one,” Catherine Donohue, portrayed by senior Katie Owens, said at the start of “These Shining Lives.” Starting Valentine’s Day, the Elizabethtown College theater program began its performances of “These Shining Lives.” Performances are being held in the Tempest
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Letter to the editor responds to concerns about writer’s original article regarding homework assignments during syllabus week
Three weeks ago, I wrote an article about the amount of work a college student receives during the first week, to which Susan Yarnell, an Elizabethtown resident, responded. To her, my article seemed absurd. I respect Yarnell’s opinion, but I believe that her argument regarding my piece came about because she misinterpreted the message I
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Popular mobile game Flappy Bird hooks, addicts players
My life has been filled with multiple turning points — critical, life-altering events that redirect the path I walk. There was the time I turned my life around on a choir tour to Europe during my junior year of high school. There was the time I almost left Elizabethtown College after my second day here
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SPORTS
Men’s tennis finishes fall season
his past weekend, Elizabethtown College’s men’s tennis team traveled to Wilkes-Barre, Pa. to finish their fall season by competing in the 2013 Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Individual Championships. This two-day event was met with success on the first day, but the Jays fell short moving forward in the tournament. Singles play saw five of the
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Men’s soccer loses last conference game against long-term rival Messiah
our days after winning their 800th game of all-time, the Elizabethtown College men’s soccer team fell to No. 3 Messiah College 3-0 in the first “Marshmallow Bowl” played at Ira R. Herr field in three years on Saturday, Oct. 12. The game marked the tenth straight win for Messiah against Etown and the last conference
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Men, women’s cross country teams finish Short Run in 21st, 11th place
oth the men and women’s cross country teams competed in the Lehigh Paul Short Run on Saturday, Oct. 5 in Lehigh, Pa. The men’s team ran an 8K taking 21st place out of 46 teams. There were 372 runners in the men’s race. Sophomore Zach Trama led the Blue Jays with a time of 26:25.
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FEATURES
Only at Etown: Mr. Fix-it
Upon returning to campus this January, my roommates and I undertook some major rearranging in our dorm room. Once everything started looking more like an actual dwelling and not a homeless shelter, we decided it was time to finally report the missing tension rod for one of the windows in our room. We had gone
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Poet Laureate Daina Savage reads, presents lecture on process
There was a sweet sound – music to an English major’s ears – floating from the Bowers Writers House on the evening of Jan. 31. That, of course, was the voice Daina Savage sharing some of her own poetry. She selected and read twenty of her poems, gracing both Elizabethtown College students and members of
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Eberly to teach Pathology in O.T. Dept.
Beth Eberly, an Elizabethtown College graduate, continues her involvement with the College as she teaches the Pathology I course in the occupational therapy department this semester. Eberly, who is a full-time occupational therapist and the manager of the physical and occupational therapy department at Health South Rehab Hospital of York, was contacted by the College
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