NEWS
Student Senate
Last Thursday, Feb. 22, at 3:40 p.m. in Hoover 212, the Student Senate met for their weekly meeting, where they voted on senate evaluation forms and faculty representative legislation. The senate discussed three different evaluation forms for students to give feedback to the senators, ultimately voting to approve Form C to appear on the Student
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What you will miss over spring break
Starting Friday, March 2, Elizabethtown College will be on spring break. Around campus, spring break will be relatively uneventful, but the normal campus busyness will continue following break. There are two events on campus during break: a UGro In-service event and a Gretna Theatre event. The UGro event will be held in the KAV Friday,
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Search committee for new Vice President for Student Life announced
With Vice President for Student Life and Dean of Students Marianne Calenda’s upcoming retirement, Elizabethtown College must find a replacement for the position. Thursday, Feb. 15, through a campuswide email, the members of the search committee for the position were announced. Dean for Academic Affairs and Faculty Development Dr. Kristi Kneas and Executive Director of
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CAMPUS LIFE
‘Which character are you?’ quizzes grow popular, entertain curiosity
If you were to log onto Facebook right now, you would probably have to scroll down for no more than two seconds in order to find a “Which character are you?” quiz that someone recently took. What could be more fun than finding the character from your favorite movie, TV show or book series that
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Do self-evaluation assessments in classroom settings add unnecessary
When walking into a college classroom, most students do not expect to have to grade or rate themselves. This is usually something that the teacher or professor is expected to do, but when the roles are reversed, how do the students feel? Many students see this is as an opportunity to give themselves whatever grade
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Last-minute completion of assignments stunts self-pride, hinders overall potential for personal, academic growth
Alright, it’s 11 p.m. Wednesday night. You had a long day: class at 9:30 and lunch in the Marketplace, where you nearly had to stab someone to get a seat; you decide screw it, hanging out and having fun is way better than doing school work at school, so one thing leads to another and
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SPORTS
Men’s tennis begins fall season with USTA-ITA two-day tournament
The fall season started this past weekend for the Elizabethtown College men’s tennis team. The team took part in the two-day United States Tennis Association-Intercollegiate Tennis Association (USTA-ITA) Southeast Regional Championship, held on Saturday, Sept. 28 and Sunday, Sept. 29. The championship was held on the University of Mary Washington campus in Fredericksburg, Va. The
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Women’s soccer shuts out No.7 Misericordia University 1-0
Then the women’s soccer team is down, do not count them out. After falling at home to Haverford College in overtime in the Blue Jays’ last game, they welcomed nationally-ranked Misericordia University last Wednesday. The game on Sept. 25 brought the country’s seventh-ranked team, undefeated coming into the game, to Ira R. Herr Field. The
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Women’s Cross Country team finishes top ten in long and short courses at Dickinson
Elizabethtown College’s men’s and women’s cross country teams competed in the Dickinson Long/Short Invitational in Carlisle, Pa. on Saturday, Sept. 28. The men’s team was able to race on either a 4,000 meter course or an 8,000 meter course, and the women’s team had the option of racing on either a 6,000 meter course or
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FEATURES
‘Broken’ film and panel discussions shed light on criminology
Elizabethtown College celebrated MLK Week honoring the life and works of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. As a part of a weeklong series, the College hosted a screening of the documentary “Broken on All Sides: Race, Mass Incarceration & New Visions for Criminal Justice in the US” on Wednesday, Jan. 22 in Gibble Auditorium. The
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Panel emphasizes value of volunteering
On Jan. 23, students looking for service learning and volunteering opportunities gathered to listen to a panel of representatives from various organizations around the area. These opportunities can satisfy the requirements of a social work major and human services minor, but all students are welcome to volunteer, exhibiting Elizabethtown College’s motto, “Educate for Service.” “Educate
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Senior discusses peace vs. Mob Mentality
Eyes watering from tear gas and smoke, clothes soaked from the water that never ceased and the endless stinging of scratches and bites from police dogs. These are but a few of the things that Martin Luther King Jr., and those who stood with him, experienced to free themselves from the claws of oppression. Etown
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