NEWS
Two students, two professors awarded Fulbright scholarships
This year four members of Elizabethtown College were awarded Fulbright scholarships. The winners, of which there were two students and two professors, are Robert Wheelersburg, professor of anthropology, Cristina Ciocirlan, associate professor of management, Katie Appleby, a senior Spanish education major, and Matt Walters, a senior English secondary education major. The Fulbright scholarship founded in
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Color Classic supports Joshua Group
Over 300 people were painted purple on Sunday, April 19, to raise money for charity. After last year’s successful color run, the Elizabethtown College Class of 2017 brought back the Etown Color Classic. Purple powder was thrown through the air, dying runners and volunteers alike during this 5k event. The Color Classic is a fun
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TGIS brings students weekend of Hunger Games-themed festivities
The annual Thank Goodness It’s Spring Festival, or TGIS, was held this past weekend as a campus-wide closer to the school year. This year’s theme was based off the popular book and film series The Hunger Games. According to OSA, the theme had been in the making for a while before coming to fruition this
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CAMPUS LIFE
Te’o caught in catfish scandal
In early September 2012, Notre Dame linebacker and Heisman nominee Manti Te’o received tragic news regarding not only the death of his grandmother, Annette Santiago, but also of his longtime girlfriend, Lennay Kekua. However, it was recently released by deadspin.com that while it was true that his grandmother had died the “relationship” that he had
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Keynote speaker ignites debate among students, faculty
Angela Davis visited Elizabethtown College, leaving a trail of controversy behind. Angela Davis is known for her desire to bring justice across the nation, as well as the industrial prison complex. She wants a world without imprisonment. Mrs. Davis has first hand experience with the prison process having been in jail for 18 months and
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Photographic project manifests into Hurricane Sandy fundraiser
While Hurricane Sandy may have left Elizabethtown College and the surrounding areas mostly unscathed, other areas of the East Coast, such as New Jersey and New York, were battered with gale-force winds and torrential downpours, leaving parts of these places underwater and some homes destroyed. In the face of this adversity, many campaigns sprung up
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SPORTS
Roster depth proves crucial for success
The Elizabethtown College baseball team claimed a 5-2 record during its spring training schedule. As they continue play, their goal is to play fundamental baseball and snag a spot in the Commonwealth Conference playoffs. “We just want to make sure that we go out and compete every day,” Head Coach Cliff Smith said. “We have
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Women’s lacrosse sets sights on championship
The Elizabethtown women’s lacrosse team came into the season with one objective in mind: to win their second MAC championship in the team’s history. This goal was set in motion with an early victory over non-conference opponent McDaniel College after their first game ended in a loss to Dickinson College. In those two games, first-year
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Commentary: NASCAR season underway
For this week in sports, let’s go outside the “Big Four” sports, as I call them, that usually grab the most attention from American fans (football, baseball, basketball and ice hockey) and focus on another lesser known but hugely popular sport, NASCAR! My goal is to give those who have never given the sport a
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FEATURES
The Thrill of the Chaste: lecture highlights Amish novel allure
We have all seen them. There is no point in denying it—for fifty cents in cardboard boxes at yard sales, or shoved rudely in the magazine aisle of the grocery store, or on the sad, half empty bookshelves of our sad, half-empty Kmart. This is a genre as perplexing as it is intriguing: the Amish
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First Fridays provide local holiday fun
With the winter season rapidly approaching, Elizabethtown College is undergoing a subtle shift. Students and staff scurry to the warmth of buildings. The campus becomes quiet. The desire to leave one’s room diminishes. When the call to hibernate wanes, students may be at a loss for where to find entertainment after the temperature drops. First
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Harriet Reisen to discuss Louisa May Alcott biography
Thursday Nov. 10, Harriet Reisen, the author of the biography “Louisa May Alcott: the Woman Behind Little Women,” will be present at Elizabethtown College in Leffler Chapel at 7:30 p.m. This event is free and open to anyone who wishes to attend, thanks to a grant funded by the American Library Association and National Endowment
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