NEWS
New Starfish program strengthens student and staff communications
With the beginning of the spring semester of the 2017-2018 school year, Elizabethtown College enters its second semester of using Starfish, the new software tool designed to aid in communication between students and staff. During the first semester, 846 students activated their Starfish accounts. The general consensus is that while Starfish has not seen a
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President Strikwerda announces retirement, effective June 2019
Feb. 12, 2018, President Carl J. Strikwerda announced in a letter to the greater Elizabethtown College community that he will be retiring June 30, 2019, following the end of his second term as president of the College. Before being named Etown’s 14th president, Strikwerda was the Dean of the Faculty of the Arts and Sciences
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The Study Abroad Experience
Why do we travel? Some people want to meet new people and gain new perspectives. Others seek to step out of their comfort zones and learn more about themselves. We hope that if we travel we can make the world around us feel just a little bit smaller. When I first arrived at the Leonardo
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CAMPUS LIFE
Mail Services hosts 14th
lizabethtown College’s Mail Services hosted the 14th annual Middle Atlantic Region of College and University Mail Services (MARCUMS) Conference on Nov. 7 and 8. This was the first time the conference was held at the College. Etown, along with 13 other colleges and universities, was represented at the conference. The conference was held in Leffler
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Attire choices demonstrate personal ideas about appearance
Every morning at 6 a.m., two hours before my Monday, Wednesday, Friday class and three hours before I start work on Tuesdays and Thursdays, my alarm jolts me awake. Unlike some girls or guys, I don’t use those two or three hours on my appearance. I generally pick out my clothes the night before and
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Emojis do not reflect inability to express oneself via texting
Our culture is saturated with pictorial representations of words and concepts, which have been dubbed “emoticons” or, in Japanese, “emoji.” Sometimes, entire conversations are expressed exclusively by emoticons. What implications does this popular form of communication have for our culture? Are we approaching what some call an image-based culture, or are these emoticons simply supplemental
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SPORTS
Cross country teams finish strong at alumni challenge
Elizabethtown College’s men’s and women’s cross country teams are already off to a great start for their 2013 season. Both teams attended the Galen E. Piper Alumni Open/XC Challenge at Shippensburg University on Friday Sept. 6. Matt Rever, one of the senior captains, said the conditions for racing were good, with nice weather and a
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Men’s soccer falls in double overtime to nationally-ranked team, prepares for F&M
his year marks the Blue Jays’ last season in the MAC Commonwealth Conference before next year’s move to the Landmark Conference. Before meeting their fellow conference teams on the field, they must first battle a few non-conference opponents. The Blue Jays (1-2-1) head to Franklin & Marshall College (4-0-0) on Friday to take on the
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Team ends season with loss to LVC
The Elizabethtown College softball team played two games against Juniata on April 25 on their home field. Senior Lindsey Cooper knocked in senior Courtney Comstock with an RBI single up the middle at the bottom of the first, giving the Jays an early lead. Comstock was first on base after being hit by a pitch.
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FEATURES
Ware Seminar features Ozkanca, Craig, Davis to share expertise
The Susquehanna room was filled Tuesday night on the Elizabethtown College campus as students, faculty, staff and locals came out to the 2012 Ware Seminar that was specifically focusing on the topic of the current conflict in Syria. A panel of three distinguished individuals, Dr. Oya Ozkanca, Ambassador John Craig and Dr. Joyce Davis hosted
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Expanding the friend rolodex, making cultural connections abroad
I’m working on expanding my friend-base. I aim to create friendships with people residing in all corners of the world. This will allow me to become both familiar with other cultures and reap the benefits of traveling with free lodging. While I already had connections in Quito, I can now also cross Cuenca, Ecuador off
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Campus fashionistas bundle up in preparation for winter
Hello all of you fashion-philes! The hurricane fudged up our production schedule a little, so you’ve gone without your campus fashion fix for way too long. It seems that this year the winter weather completely skipped over the warm fall temperatures that make the season so enjoyable for me. I should not be sitting in
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