NEWS
Online humanities courses maximize convenience
Elizabethtown College has received a grant to develop two new online upper-level humanities courses from the Council of Independent Colleges. Dr. David Kenley, associate professor of history, and Dr. Jeffery Long, professor of religion and Asian studies, will both teach a course during the spring 2015 semester. Kenley will be instructing “Contemporary China,” which will
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Liberian ambassador discusses rebuilding, state of his home country
Yesterday evening, Liberian Ambassador Jeremiah Sulunteh visited the Elizabethtown College campus to speak about his home country, Liberia. Sulunteh has been an ambassador to Liberia since May 2012. He attempted to run for Vice President in 2005 and plans to run for President in the future. He previously served as a professor of economics at
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Career Services holds first Pre-Law Night event
Last Tuesday, Elizabethtown College’s Office of Career Services held its first Pre-Law Night event in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. Elizabethtown College’s Pre-Law Club and Pre-Law Advising also sponsored the event. The event primarily focused on providing pre-law students with information about law school applications and options. The event also provided an opportunity for current
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CAMPUS LIFE
Cooperative Grumbling: An Editorial on How to Play Nice
As we push forward to become a truer liberal arts institution, promoting “Learning Everywhere” in every piece of Strategic Planning literature we print, the College needs to do a better job of engulfing its faculty in this very same principle, ensuring academic cooperation from all departments toward a singular goal of a premier student education.
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Birth control legislation probes women’s rights
One of the great things about America is that its citizens possess the liberty to forge their own moral codes. However, a new healthcare bill threatens the moral rights of working women in Arizona. The bill, proposed by Arizona House Republican Debbie Lesko, would enable employers to judge if a woman’s use of birth control
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Kony 2012: revenue benefits company more than children
With over 84 million hits on YouTube, you know it’s at least worth a peek. Invisible Children’s 30-minute video advertising their Kony 2012 campaign became viral virtually overnight as viewers of all ages got a taste of social activism and understanding about the horrific situation involving the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in Uganda. However, you
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SPORTS
Field hockey adds Albright College to season’s list of victories
Friday, Oct. 14, the Elizabethtown College women’s field hockey team played their first Homecoming game on the resurfaced turf at Wolf Field. With the spirit of Homecoming Weekend, the Blue Jays started the weekend off well with a 4-0 victory over Albright College. “The atmosphere was great! We had a lot of fans out, families,
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Paul Whitman, Josh Riehl both win MAC Championships
On the weekend of Oct. 8, the Elizabethtown College men’s tennis team competed in the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Individual Championships. The team came home with two singles champions in the event for the first time in six seasons. Star players from the MAC Championships include juniors Paul Whitman and Josh Riehl, who brought home
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NCAA bans five flavors of VitaminWater from athletes
What do you think is on the National Collegiate Athletic Association banned substances list? Steroids? Check. Cocaine? Check. Marijuana? Check. VitaminWater? Umm—check? That’s a decision currently in debate among the NCAA substances panel, which is looking into the possibility that certain VitaminWater flavors, produced by a NCAA partner, Coca-Cola, may create an unfair advantage during
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