NEWS
Today’s Technology
This weekly column will feature the latest topics and trends constantly emerging in a rapidly-growing technical world. Each week, we will focus on a specific technical topic, with topics covering a wide range of technical issues and the latest technical gadgets. If there are any topics or products that you would like to see covered
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Career Expo prepares students for the future
Elizabethtown College hosts a variety of events to help students prepare for the future. Friday, Nov. 3, the Job, Internship and Graduate School Expo took place in Thompson Gymnasium from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. About 90 recruiters attended the expo. Roughly 60 of the recruiters were employers, and an estimated 30 were graduate schools.
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Student Senate
The Elizabethtown College Student Senate held their weekly meeting Thursday, Nov. 2 in Hoover 212 at 3:45 p.m. After senior Senate President Sean Fiedler called the meeting to order, High Library Director Sarah Penniman presented the first of the meeting’s three special orders. Penniman discussed this year’s Leffler Lecture (which will be given by Dr.
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CAMPUS LIFE
Fall break schedule changes proves to be undisruptive to Jays
Get your bows and arrows out and hit the woods. That’s right; it’s time for fall! It is the time of the season where the leaves are changing color and starting to drop, birds are migrating south and the football season is underway. Fall is the season filled with beautiful colors and warm smells that
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Students must persevere despite stress, importance of midterms
It’s that time of the year again — and I’m not talking about Etown monsoon season. There is another storm that hangs over the campus, causing tears and sweat to fall like rain from students’ faces. Forcing people to stay inside and hit the books. Darkening the usually vibrant Etown climate. It’s midterm season. Some
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Face-to-face communication retains value despite technology
Let’s face it, we all know that technology runs our lives, or at least it plays a huge part of it. With this great power also comes great change. I mean, really think about it, when was the last time you had a genuine conversation with someone in person? When was the last time you
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SPORTS
Fritzges tallies 100th win, Men remain undefeated
Senior Eric Fritzges has become the third men’s tennis player in Elizabethtown College history to achieve 100 career wins after beating Alvernia University’s Daniel Minnich 6-2, 4-6, 10-3. His 100 wins came from 48 singles matches and 52 doubles. The rest of the men’s team pulled their weight and led the Blue Jays to a
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Stingy defense dictates outcome in win over Misericordia; Union offense dominates second half to get past Blue Jays
The Elizabethtown College men’s lacrosse team defeated the non-conference Misericordia University Cougars on Saturday afternoon at Wolf Field with a score of 6-2. The Blue Jays’ defense forced a season-high 17 turnovers and sophomore goalie Chris Wenger stopped an astounding 13 shots on goal, allowing Etown to pull away in the fourth quarter. First year
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Track and field hosts local schools for Capital Area Classic;
Elizabethtown College had several impressive performances at the Track and Field Washington & Lee-VMI Carnival Friday and Saturday. Going into the meet, senior Jenna Niedermayer said, “I just want to compete well and see where I stand as of now.” Niedermayer fulfilled those expectations when she beat her personal outdoor record and the school record with
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FEATURES
Sarah deals some sass
Why is the only campus self defense course I’ve heard of for women? Did I teleport to a magical world where women are delicate flowers and men are brawny and never get hurt? -It’s Kind of Sexist Dear Kind of Sexist, I agree there should be a myriad of classes available to all students who
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‘Around Campus:’ Exclusive discounts, services
Broke. College student. Three words college students everywhere wish were mutually exclusive. We pinch our pennies or lack thereof, in hopes to buy that scrumptious sandwich from Folklore or chow on some General Tso’s chicken at the Panda Buffet. However, fear no more. Thanks to Elizabethtown College’s participation in the smartphone app Around Campus students’
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Fashion Column: Gothic revival floods New York fashion week
The changing of seasons can represent different things to different people. Some associate the new season with allergies and illness while others with fresh opportunities and some with warm comfort food. But to trendsetters and fashionistas everywhere, a new season is connected with one thing only – Fashion Week. The Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week was just
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