NEWS
Career Expo prepares students for the future
Elizabethtown College hosts a variety of events to help students prepare for the future. Friday, Nov. 3, the Job, Internship and Graduate School Expo took place in Thompson Gymnasium from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. About 90 recruiters attended the expo. Roughly 60 of the recruiters were employers, and an estimated 30 were graduate schools.
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Student Senate
The Elizabethtown College Student Senate held their weekly meeting Thursday, Nov. 2 in Hoover 212 at 3:45 p.m. After senior Senate President Sean Fiedler called the meeting to order, High Library Director Sarah Penniman presented the first of the meeting’s three special orders. Penniman discussed this year’s Leffler Lecture (which will be given by Dr.
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OT department making changes to reflect and accommodate spike in program enrollment
Elizabethtown College has a good reputation regarding its occupational therapy (OT) program, and as a result, the College attracts many prospective OT majors each fall. Not only is the College capable of attracting prospective OT students, but the College can also retain returning students in the program at an impressive rate. The OT program has
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CAMPUS LIFE
no-shave november garners overall positive reception
t is that time of year again: the Halloween candy is gone, the sun now sets by 5 p.m., and we begin to anticipate the food comas that will inevitably strike us soon on Thanksgiving. It can only mean one thing: November is here! In recent years, a tradition for men during this month is
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Marshall discusses transformative powers of conflict management
We need to see conflict not only as destructive, but also pregnant with possibilities,” Dr. Ellen Ott Marshall stated in her presentation on conflict management in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center on Wednesday, Nov. 6. Marshall currently teaches Christian ethics at the Candler School of Theology at Emory University. Marshall taught at Elizabethtown College from
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Music lyrics do not define quality
One of the deepest questions I have struggled to answer in recent memory comes from a thought-provoking music video I saw several weeks ago. The video itself provided several possible answers to the question, all of which seemed plausible, but how was I to pick between them? I know that countless people across the world
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SPORTS
Two new school records set at Penn Relays, athletes ready for MACs
rom April 25-27, the Elizabethtown College Blue Jays track and field teams competed in the 119th annual Penn Relays held at Franklin Field. Etown was one of the many Division III schools playing against Division I schools. In order to compete in an individual event, coaches send in a request/application for each person for their
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Women defeat LVC for third seed in conference post-season
he Elizabethtown College women’s lacrosse team defeated Lebanon Valley College 12-10 Saturday afternoon at Wolf Field. It was a regular season finale for both teams, and with the win, Etown not only directly advanced to the semifinals, but also ranked third seed in the Commonwealth Conference Championship. Before facing the Dutchmen, Head Coach Robert Brooks
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Tennis victorious over Messiah on senior day
aining momentum is essential to the end of the regular season in order to make a postseason run. The men’s and women’s tennis teams played rival Messiah College on Senior Day at Elizabethtown College where they showed the conference why they are the teams to beat heading into the conference tournament. The men and women
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FEATURES
‘Shake the Earth’ discusses geological processes, natural gas
The Elizabethtown College Open Book panel, “Shake the Earth: Fracking into a Fragile Future,” took place in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center last Wednesday, Nov. 7 at 11 a.m. The topic of discussion was the potential, past and future of fracking, the geological process by which natural gasses are loosened. On the panel were Seamus
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Noted fiction author, editor Robert Swartwood speaks at Bowers
On Oct. 27 at noon, the Bowers Writers House welcomed Robert Swartwood, a published fiction author and editor of “Hint Fiction: An Anthology of Stories in 25 Words or Fewer.” The anthology includes work by a multitude of authors, and the pieces consist of just what the title implies: entirely self-contained, enigmatic and intriguing stories,
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Blazing in Blazers: businesswear for the Fall/Winter season
Suit up! That’s not a quote, that’s a demand. Pantsuits are taking over the fashion world this season. At the Mercedes-Benz Fall/Winter 2013 Fashion Week, designers from Ralph Lauren to Oscar de la Renta were dressing their models in matching pantsuits, making suits a must-have for this season. A matching suit is a suit in
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