NEWS
Political clubs host voter registration drive
Monday, Oct. 10 marked Elizabethtown College’s final attempt to help students on campus register for voting this year. The political clubs held a registration drive from 7 to 9 p.m. in Room 110 in the Hoover Center with the goal in mind to register as many students as possible in preparation for the 2016 Presidential
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Accommodations for test taking change again
Elizabethtown College’s Learning Services and Disability Services have returned to its old policies regarding procedures for students who need certain accommodations for taking tests. This switch comes after different policies adopted at the beginning of the year received negative feedback from faculty. According to Learning and Disability Services Director Lynne Davies, the policies and procedures
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Student Senate
Student Senate endured another major transitional and productive week that resulted in the most significant of restructures—the resignation of President Kirsten Ambrose. To begin the meeting, the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, or AACRAO, conducted a focus group of the Student Senators to attain a better understanding of what students believe are
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CAMPUS LIFE
Online degree programs spark skepticism about educational quality
s the number of middle aged adults choosing to pursue an online degree increases, the number of online degree programs that are available for this niche of middle aged adults has grown a lot in the past few years. With the growth of online Master’s, doctorate and other assorted programs, many people have started to
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Zombie-themed media focuses on the living
ove zombies? Watch the films. Read the books. Run the Zombie 5K. Hear lectures at York College’s Zombie Symposium. Not enough? Okay. Here’s another zombie theory to ponder: Why exactly are we all suddenly going cuckoo for the Undead Cocoa Puffs? The zombie craze is currently gobbling up all media outlets known to man. Based
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WHY SOCIAL MEDIA ACTIVISM ISN’T ENOUGH
f you’ll turn the clocks back roughly one year, you may remember that for about a month, most of your Facebook friends were experts on a certain Ugandan warlord, and they wanted you to know all about it. Joseph Kony was the worst – the posters put up proved that Hitler and bin Laden were
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SPORTS
End of season honors alleviate semifinal loss to Stevenson
After a season full of ties, Friday’s semifinal Commonwealth Conference match-up between the Elizabethtown College women’s soccer team and the Stevenson University Mustangs was no different; regulation and two overtime periods were not enough to declare a winner. Faced with determining victory by penalty kicks, the Blue Jays fell 3-2 and ended their season. Etown
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men’s cross country continues four-year winning streak to capture MAC title
Champions. Elizabethtown College’s men’s and women’s cross country teams were used to hearing that word to describe their teams as both captured the Middle Atlantic Conference championships over the weekend. Winning one championship is hard enough. However, the run that both teams have had has been remarkable, with the men winning their fourth consecutive crown
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Volleyball Team falls to rival in semifinal match
The Elizabethtown College volleyball team lost in the semifinal match of the Commonwealth Conference tournament Nov. 2 against Messiah College. The Falcons defeated the Blue Jays 3-0. Although the Blue Jays were not able to make it to the championship match, their season was vastly better than that of 2011 – the women won 12
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FEATURES
Bestselling author Rebecca Skloot to give keynote address at SCAD
Much can happen in a decade. Over the past ten years, the United States has had two presidents, the last three Harry Potter books were released to the world, the hit television show “Lost” began and ended, and Facebook surpassed MySpace as the number one social networking site in the world. Ten years is a
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‘Lysistrata’ mixes bawdy humor, peacemaking
Few themes and traditions that existed in the beginning of human civilization have carried over into present-day society. Many customs, traditions and even societies have disappeared. One theme, however, has lasted since the origins of human civilization: the battle of the sexes. Male dominance and female oppression. It is an everlasting battle over which sex
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ECEG sponsors fifth ‘Changing Our Colors’ campaign
In recent years, Elizabethtown College students have become increasingly interested in spreading the word on sustainability and green practices. The members of the Elizabethtown College Environmental Group (ECEG), specifically, have discovered new and creative ways to demonstrate just how great of an impact each of us has on the environment. ECEG is currently carrying out
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