NEWS
Former College President passes away after month-long illness
On Monday, Sept. 24, former Elizabethtown College President Gerhard Ernst Spiegler passed away after a month-long illness. He was 85 years old. Spiegler served as the College’s President from 1985 to 1996. During his time at Etown, he oversaw the building of the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies, the demolition of Rider Hall,
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First Battle of the Buildings event takes place on Brinser Field
Saturday, Aug. 29 marked the start of the new year-long event that is taking the Elizabethtown College campus by storm. Battle of the Buildings is a series of games that will be taking place throughout the next several months, pitting residents of each of the Etown residence halls, Quads and apartments against one another to
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Student Senate discusses hazing, reviews ethicality of campus traditions
A debate about hazing took up the majority of the Student Senate meeting on Thursday, Sept. 10. Student representatives from all four classes identified campus activities that may be in violation of Elizabethtown College’s rejection of all forms of hazing. As defined in the Student Handbook, hazing at Etown is characterized as “any act that
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CAMPUS LIFE
‘Gun-free zones,’ a striking common denominator for mass murder in U.S.
James Holmes, planning mass murder, drove past seven theaters that were showing “The Dark Knight Rises” to get to one in particular that he had in mind. Some were quite close to his home. Others held unusually large audiences that he might target. But he drove past these and headed for a specific theater in
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‘Zero Dark Thirty’ graphically depicts search for bin Laden
The movie “Zero Dark Thirty” is a dramatization of one of America’s most compelling stories; the decade-long search for Osama bin Laden. The code “Zero Dark Thirty” is the military term for thirty minutes past midnight, the exact time that the Navy Seals entered bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan. This movie has received an immense
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Put Your Records On: Radio 104.5’s Winter Jam concert feat. Tegan and Sara
Every year on the last Saturday in January, Philadelphia’s alternative music radio station, 104.5, puts on an amazing free outdoor show called Winter Jam, and gets some of the best bands around to perform. This year was no exception, with crowd-pleasing sets from June Divided, Twenty One Pilots, Walk the Moon and Tegan and Sara,
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SPORTS
Softball dominates Albright, Susquehanna
The Elizabethtown College softball team has once again returned to the infamous scene. “For the game today it is definitely going to be a challenge because Albright is known to fight to the end so we definitely can’t let our guards down,” senior Julie Sebastian said. “We are going to have to play our hardest
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Men’s and women’s track and field excels
April 12-14 was an extremely busy period for the members of Elizabethtown College’s track and field team. During that time, several members of the team traveled to Gwynedd-Mercy College, Messiah College and Bucknell University to compete in the Mid-week Twilight Invitational, the Messiah Invitational and the Bison Outdoor Classic. The different meets drew participants for
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Men’s lacrosse struggles in conference games
Adversity. That is one of the ways to describe this season for the Elizabethtown College men’s lacrosse team. Last season, the team had an overall record of nine wins and seven losses and a record of six wins and five losses in the MAC conference. Many veterans of the team are stepping into bigger roles,
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FEATURES
Weekly radio show features distinguished faculty members
Do you ever wonder what it would be like to know what your professors like to do outside of school? What about the staff members with whom you come into contact? Elizabethtown College gives the students the opportunity to find out a few extra fun facts about their favorite professors and staff members. This opportunity
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Accomplished first-year Cayla Kluver working on fourth book
All our lives we have been told to look up to our elders and follow the example of those wiser and more experienced than ourselves. However, there is a huge lesson to be learned from this young, bright and determined Elizabethtown College student, 19-year-old Cayla Kluver. A Wisconsin native and resident her entire life, Kluver
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Shorts Fest provides opportunity for aspiring directors to learn skills
The Shorts Fest has become a tradition here at Elizabethtown College for students in the fine and performing arts department’s directing for the theater (TH320) class to showcase their skills as directors of a short play of 10 to 20 minutes in length. This year, the Shorts Fest consists of six short plays, two of
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