NEWS
Series: Do students feel safe on their campuses?
Elizabethtown College prides itself on the safety of its campus. There are also many available resources, such as blue lights and the LiveSafe app, which are in use around campus. But do students feel safe here? This series will go into detail about safety around campus, beginning with the thoughts and feelings from students, professors
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Series: The job market and your social media profiles
This is the final article of a three-part series solely focused on the effects of technology on human communication and social interactions, specifically on younger generations of people and students. This article will analyze technology’s impact on the job market and social media’s role in the hiring process. The previous two articles in this series
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The Global Perspective
This weekly column will cover a variety of contemporary global issues including climate action, global health, international peace and security and gender equality. I hope that this column will act as a platform to advocate for global progress and to empower young leaders to get involved in international affairs. If there are certain global issues
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CAMPUS LIFE
‘Comedy of Terrors’ garners strong reviews
Comedy of Terrors,” written by Terri Mastrobuono and company, was the first drama that I have seen at Elizabethtown College. I loved every minute of it! Since I have studied Italian for five years, I appreciated the ongoing Italian theme throughout the performance. The comedic techniques used during the show included a combination of slapstick
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False excuses imply laziness
We have all heard — and quite possibly used ourselves — the “my dog ate my homework” excuse during elementary school. Or middle school, if you were dumb enough to think it would work that late in your schooling career. As college students, we tend to employ our own ridiculous excuses for forgetting our homework
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Do viewers or media perpetuate fandoms?
Our culture is packed to the brim with various “fandoms” or obsessions with various forms of media. These fandoms seem to have gained prevalence within the last few years. As an obsessive fan of “Game of Thrones,” “Breaking Bad,” “The Walking Dead” and “House of Cards,” among others, I find great joy in following the
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SPORTS
Softball takes down Ursinus in DH
he Elizabethtown College softball team recently fell to the Messiah College Falcons, but the Jays were able to pick up a sweep against the Ursinus College Bears. On April 13, the Falcons won 7-6 and 7-5. The next day, tough defense by Etown kept Ursinus’ offense stifled, and the Jays swept the doubleheader 1-0, 2-0.
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Falcons squeak by Blue Jays in overtime
he Elizabethtown College women’s lacrosse team fought to the last second against the nationally ranked (No. 14) Messiah Falcons April 13 on Wolf Field. Senior Becky Porter found the net to tie the game with 24 seconds remaining in regulation to send the game into overtime. The Blue Jays could not find the net in
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Baseball grabs one win in series loss to Messiah, moves to 12-20
he Elizabethtown College baseball team entered into a series last weekend with Commonwealth Conference rival Messiah College. The Falcons grabbed the 9-6 win in the series opener Friday, April 12 and a 4-3 win in game one of Saturday’s doubleheader. Although the Blue Jays grabbed a 9-4 win in game two of the doubleheader, Messiah
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FEATURES
LVC professor visits, presents on communications, quantum physics
Sept. 19, 2012 David W. Lyons, a mathematical sciences professor at Lebanon Valley College, came to the Bowers Writers House to give a lecture entitled “Writing as a Path to Understanding and Discovery.” The focus of the lecture was how we, as humans, can further our communication skills with the aid of quantum physics. This
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Republican Club urges voter registration, advocate keeping up with current events, using community as platform for political discussion
Dr. Kyle Kopko, the director of pre-law, director of the political philosophy and legal studies major, assistant director of political science, and advisor of the Elizabethtown College’s Republican Club, feels that not enough people are staying up to date with the upcoming presidential election. “It’s the reason why we are deadlocked at the national level.
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College Democrats urges voter registration, advocate keeping up with current events, using community as platform for political discussion
It’s 2012 and you know what that means: another presidential election. The presidential candidates running in the 2012 election are Barack Obama for the Democratic Party against Mitt Romney for the Republican Party. Although sparks are flying in the presidential campaign ads, the fire is just as intense between political parties at Elizabethtown College. President
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