NEWS
Political science professor quoted in New York Times article about Presidential Medal of Freedom, analyzes recipient demographics
In a New York Times article published on Dec 27, 2015, Elizabethtown College’s own Dr. Kyle Kopko, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Director of the Pre-Law Program, was consulted in regards to a study carried out by Kopko and others – including two Etown alumni, Jillian Casey, ’13, and Julia Ward, ’13, as well
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Blizzard of 2016 blankets Northeast, campus in three feet of snow
The weekend of Jan. 22 marked the first significant snowfall of the winter for the Northeast. Elizabethtown College was blanketed by over 30 inches of snow, mandating a snow day on Monday, Jan. 25, which concluded with a campus-wide power outage. Dubbed the “Blizzard of 2016,” “Snowpocalypse,” “Snowzilla” and, more officially, “Winter Storm Jonas,”
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Dining Services makes unwanted switch from Coke to Pepsi products
Over winter break, Elizabethtown College Dining Services chose to end its contract with Coca-Cola and began a deal with PepsiCo to provide the Jay’s Nest and campus vending machines with soft beverages. After working with Coke for the last 16 years, Dining Services director Eric C. Turzai felt that a switch in vending companies was
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CAMPUS LIFE
Trending: nonfiction on the rise in films
A media trend of realistic nonfiction films has become more and more noticable. This year’s Academy Awards have three nonfiction films competing for Best Picture, “Zero Dark Thirty,” “Argo” and “Lincoln.” Movie critics worry about the effects the fictional aspects of these films will have on teenagers and college students. Many adolescents, myself included, went
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Immigration to U.S. increasing?
People move for all kinds of reasons. Wars. Conflicts. In the Middle East, a growing number of refugees from the civil war in Syria have sought shelter in Lebanon. With American forces all set to withdraw from Afghanistan, nervous Afghanis are trying to emigrate from their country. The economic crisis in Europe is also leading
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‘Distracted’ receives rave review for entertaining, educating
The lights dimmed and the sound of ringing phones, television static and other unpleasant sounds echoed throughout Tempest Theatre. As my mind tried frantically to recognize the noises, I just couldn’t focus on one. You could say I was distracted. Elizabethtown College’s performance of Lisa Loomer’s “Distracted” presented a comedic twist on some serious subject
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SPORTS
Marywood’s Rob Brooks named women’s lacrosse head coach
The Elizabethtown College Athletics Department and the Director of Athletics Nancy J. Latimore have announced that they have hired Rob Brooks as head coach of the women’s lacrosse program. Brooks will be the fourth coach in the program’s history. He inherits a program that has already proven successful, that in its 11-year existence has won
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Football analysts detract from enjoyment of game
In a sports world dominated by football, one of the most coveted positions one can hold after being too washed up to play or coach anymore is to be an NFL Network or ESPN analyst. Former players can stay in the spotlight and compare every play to ones they used to make, and old coaches
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Welsh, Tempone lead teams to second place at Dickinson
For only hoping to show a steady improvement from the teams’ previous performances, the Elizabethtown College men’s and women’s cross country teams exceeded expectations at the Dickinson Long and Short Invitational Saturday, Sept. 28. The men’s team took second in the short course team standings, while the women, who also ran the shorter race, tied
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FEATURES
25th annual student art show opens in Lyet
Elizabethtown College is holding its 25th Annual Juried Student Art Show. The show will house roughly 77 pieces of original, student-created art. Anyone is allowed to submit artwork, as long as it was created in an Etown art class or under the supervision of an Etown art faculty member. The art pieces will be judged
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Cavender, students present cancer research for Inaugural Lecture
Medical breakthroughs don’t occur overnight; they take years of research, ingenuity and thousands of people working toward a common goal. One of the most baffling mysteries facing scientists today is the search for a cure for cancer. Although research continues, the basic understandings of cancer and tumor-related research starts at a biological level, and this
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‘The Children’s Hour’ provokes critical thought
How would you feel if you were exiled from your community and shunned by almost everyone you know? On March 26 at 7 p.m. in Gibble Auditorium, there will be a showing of “The Children’s Hour,” a diversity film centered around lies, revenge, homosexuality and false accusations. When a female student, who attends a school
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