NEWS
Groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate new Bowers Center
Friday, Feb. 2, Elizabethtown College will have a groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate the beginning of building the Bowers Center for Sports, Fitness and Well-being. The Bowers Center will be 78,000 square feet upon completion and is the largest building to be built on campus in 20 years. The Bowers Center will be built behind Wolf
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Featherton Crossing Apartments become a new housing option
Beginning in fall 2018, Elizabethtown College upperclassmen will be able to live on-campus without physically being there thanks to the new Featherton Crossing Apartments housing option. The apartments are located under two miles from campus but are considered on-campus housing because students do not need to break their housing contract to live there. The apartments
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Schlosser shower renovations continuing after winter break
In the fall semester, leaks in the second and third floors of Schlosser Residence Hall forced Facilities Management to shut down the showers closest to the stairwell in Schlosser 2-West for safety, since the water began to leak into the lobby. However, over a month passed and little to no progress was made on shower
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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
Blue Jays take away six podium finishes at Widener Invitational
he Elizabethtown College men’s and women’s outdoor track and field team had a strong showing at the Widener Invitational in Chester, Pa. this past weekend. Both teams came away with a number of podium finishes. The women finished the day with four team members landing top-three performances. Junior Megan Tursi grabbed the third podium spot
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Men’s lax close to clinching playoff spot
he Elizabethtown College men’s lacrosse team seems to have hit a rough patch in their schedule as they have lost three straight games, including their loss on Saturday, April 20 to the number two seed, the Albright College Lions. The Jays have only won one game in the month of April, and are struggling to
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Women’s lacrosse secures spot in playoffs
he Elizabethtown College Blue Jays held out against Albright College this past Saturday on Wolf Field. The final score was 19-15, which was helped by sophomore Leigh Anne Flounlacker who set a career high by scoring eight goals in one game. Flounlacker now holds the first and second records for the most goals scored in
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FEATURES
Poet Jennifer Foerster visits, hosts writing workshop for students
ast Thursday, Sept. 27, Elizabethtown College welcomed poet Jennifer Foerster to campus for a very special writing workshop at the Bowers Writers House and a reading in the Brinser Lecture Room (BLR) of Steinman Hall. At 4 p.m., the Bowers Writers House was brimming with hushed excitement as students filed in for Foerster’s poetry workshop.
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Visiting artist James Furhman utilizes spontaneity, zen shapes for ‘Gestures of Time’ exhibit at Lyet Gallery
Art isn’t about the final result, but rather the concept and the tools an artist uses to create the composition. Elizabethtown College’s visiting artist from September to November, James “Jay” Fuhrman, feels strongly about the communication between an artist and his instruments. His exhibit in the Lyet Gallery, entitled “Gestures of Time,” illustrates his connection
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Epic Photography brings artistic expertise to area, plans to give back to community
As Jamie Schoenberger entered Epic Photography’s recently relocated studio with a two-year-old in tow, her husband Andrew immediately got up from editing photos, picked up their daughter Siena and wrapped her in a bear hug. Giggles erupted from the little girl and the moment was picture-perfect. With two daughters and a baby on the way,
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