NEWS
Scholarship fund honors political science professor
Elizabethtown College is in the process of establishing the W. Wesley McDonald Memorial Scholarship to commemorate Dr. W. Wesley McDonald, an Elizabethtown College professor in the political science department who passed away on Sept. 9 of this year. According to Director of Major Gifts Marty Thomas-Brummé, the scholarship is “not [entirely] developed at this point.”
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Mellon Foundation awards humanities programs grant
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation recently presented a “Capacity Building for the Humanities” grant of $100,000 to Elizabethtown College. This is the second time that the Mellon Foundation selected the College as an award recipient in its “Higher Education and Scholarship in the Humanities” program area. The College received $25,000 of funding from the organization
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Walk of Love 5k run/walk event raises money for orphaned children
The Walk of Love cross country 5k run and fun walk took place at Elizabethtown College on Saturday, Oct. 25. Participants came together to raise money to benefit orphaned children around the world. Sophomore Juliana Mowen lives in the Hope House Student Directed Learning Community (SDLC) and works with the charity Brittany’s Hope to help
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CAMPUS LIFE
College attendance decreases marriage chances
Growing up, I always believed I could have whatever career I wanted and go to whatever college I wanted to (as long as it was dirt cheap). If I had known that going to college would decrease my chance of getting married, as a recent study shows, I probably would’ve thought twice before enrolling. For
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Satan goes to college; promptly expelled
For too long Satan’s precise strategy to bring about America’s downfall had been a mystery. What exactly was the devil up to? Satan had of course made a rousing appearance in Biblical times, but that was a long time ago. He disappeared for a while after that, but then, in the fourteenth century, the circles
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Drone warfare destructive, unethical
War destroys happiness. Many people, including the unarmed and innocent, are killed. Wives become widows and children become orphans. War consumes a tremendous amount of resources. In 2006, the National Priorities Project estimated that the United States government spent $225 million per day or almost $1.8 billion per week on the Iraq War. Clearly, war
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