NEWS
Today’s Technology
Bitcoin is a term most have heard at least once, especially with its recent spike in value to about $1,200 (though it has since fallen). With the rise in popularity of cryptocurrencies, it would be worth understanding this new form of digital currency to a more detailed degree. Hopefully the following information will clear up
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New Digital Humanities Hub open house introduces workspace in Wenger Hall
The Elizabethtown College Digitial Humanities Hub is a new project and resource space for humanities students. The Hub, located in Wenger 103, hosts new equipment including computers, software, DSLR cameras, video cameras, a portable photo booth, podcast microphones and other digital equipment. After the interactive open house Friday, Feb. 9, students, faculty and staff are
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Student Senate
Thursday, Feb. 8 at 3:45 p.m. the Elizabethtown College Student Senate met in Hoover 212 for their weekly meeting, where they met with administrative offices to discuss upcoming events. The meeting began with a roundtable of representatives from administrative offices. Senators asked the directors of Information and Technology Services (ITS), Facilities Management and Dining Services
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CAMPUS LIFE
Sophomore encourages others to slow down
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” I’m sure by now we have all noticed that everywhere we walk on this campus, there really is no straight path. I’m sure that even now with snow on the ground,
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Dr. Milligan speaks on teaching, acceptance
Dr. Amy Milligan, visiting associate professor of women and gender studies here at Elizabethtown College, is also a Blue Jay who has returned to the nest. Milligan graduated from Etown in 2004 with a bachelor’s degree in religious studies and German. After graduation, she spent a year in Marburg, Germany with a Fulbright scholarship. After
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‘Project Brainwash’ explores depictions of women in media
“Reality TV has been functioning as backlash on women’s rights, cultural progress and social progress,” Jennifer Pozner said in her presentation “Project Brainwash: Why Reality TV is Bad for Women.” The event occurred in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center on Wednesday, Nov. 20. Pozner, a media critic and journalist, founded Women in Media & News
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SPORTS
Men’s soccer team brings boot home
Following last week’s double loss at home in the Brother’s Pizza Blue Jay/Red Devil Classic, the Elizabethtown College men’s soccer team traveled to Lancaster last Friday to take on the No. 25 Franklin & Marshall College Diplomats in the annual Smith-Herr Boot game. The Blue Jays, having lost the Boot game the past two years,
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Women’s soccer wins third straight on late goal
The Elizabethtown College women’s soccer team’s 0-3 start to the season is a thing of the past. After an offensive clinic put on by the Blue Jays in their home opener against Immaculata University, an 8-0 victory, they hosted Franklin and Marshall College last Tuesday evening. A goal scored in the 26th minute by sophomore
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Volleyball team looks to continue dominance in MAC; build off Old Friends Crossover Classic
he Elizabethtown College 2013 women’s volleyball team is starting out strong this year with a 2-0 lead in the Commonwealth Conference and an overall record of 7-4 as of Sept. 17. Senior Captain Carolyn Lukiewski said the team’s main focus is to make it to MAC Championships. “Last year we lost in the semi-finals to
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FEATURES
Alumni honored for dedication to service
Lieutenant Elyse Braxton considers herself much more mature now than she was as a student at Elizabethtown College. The 1987 graduate has been on active duty as a Naval Officer in the Nurse Corps for six years as a more mature individual. Etown has changed in many ways since Braxton was a student at the
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Harvard doctor lectures on curing children’s illnesses, research on newborn diagnostics
On Thursday Nov. 8, Elizabethtown College hosted Dr. Holmes Morton’s lecture, “Roads Taken: Recollections, Words, and Images” in Gibble Auditorium to enlighten the community about diagnosing newborn diseases before they permanently affect a child’s life. The lecture gave the audience a full spectrum of what his study is all about and what Morton is trying
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‘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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