NEWS
Hundreds of volunteers clean up campus for annual PRIDE Day
On Saturday, April 18, students, faculty, alumni and community members came together to clean up the Elizabethtown College campus with beautification projects, including mulching, planting trees and flowers and picking up trash. In 1901, the first “Campus Improvement Day” was held, and the College has kept up the yearly tradition. In 2011, with the collaboration
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SCAD events celebrate scholarship
Students from every discipline on campus dressed up to celebrate and, for some, to present during the 8th annual Scholarship and Creative Arts Days hosted at Elizabethtown College from April 20 to April 22. More than 2,788 students have participated in SCAD since its inaugural year, alongside several renowned keynote speakers. Kicking off the SCAD
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College announces graduation speakers for traditional, SCPS ceremonies
A Campus News email distributed on Friday, April 10 announced the speakers for commencement ceremonies of both the traditional school and School of Continuing and Professional Studies (SCPS). E. Roe Stamps IV will speak at the traditional school’s ceremony, and Dana Chryst has been chosen to speak at the SCPS graduation. Stamps supports current undergraduate
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CAMPUS LIFE
States threaten secession, residents fear for country’s survival under Obama
For those of you who are completely incapable of following the news in recent days, you should be aware that the United States is facing another Civil War. Residents from more than thirty states filed petitions to secede from the United States upon learning of President Barack Obama’s reelection. The idea of states seceding from
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‘Skyfall’ lives up to expectations, continues successful Bond franchise
A highly anticipated movie with its fair share of action, suspense and even love has hit the big screen for the third movie in the franchise’s recent history. The film pits characters of similar pasts against one another to battle to the death. If you are imagining the new “Twilight,” you are sadly mistaken. James
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Etown’s social norms: a sophomore’s look into campus culture
Before Ann Romney’s visit to Elizabethtown College, I was scrolling through Twitter passing the time until the speech began. I couldn’t help but laugh at one of Etown junior Beth Pearson’s tweets: “I keep thinking of how Secret Service probably won’t understand Etown norms – why is there an unattended bag? Why is there an
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SPORTS
Softball team bonds together during spring break trip
During spring break, while most students were catching up on sleep, the Elizabethtown College softball team was battling through 12 grueling games in the Clermont, Fla. heat. Hungry to prove that they could defeat such teams as those from The College of New Jersey and Moravian College, the Blue Jays played hard and came away
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Spring break successes leave Blue Jays confident in abilities
The past couple of weeks have been quite eventful for the Elizabethtown College men’s and women’s tennis teams. Over spring break, the teams headed to Hilton Head Island, SC to compete against several teams, as well as to spend some quality time together as a team. The teams were both successful during the trip, with
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Runners place nationally, two wrestlers earn All-American
Over spring break, athletes from two winter teams represented Elizabethtown College at the national level. Four male runners from the track team competed March 9 in the distance medley relay (DMR) at Grinnell College in Iowa. In addition, senior wrestlers Bill Meaney and Quint Eno finished in seventh and eighth place, respectively, at the NCAA
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FEATURES
Concert to turn back time, take audience to Paris
This November, the faculty of Elizabethtown College will sponsor a multimedia program centered on Paris. The presentation of “Paris at the Turn of the Century” will be free and open to the public. This event will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 9, in the Leffler Chapel and Performance Center and will begin at 7:30 p.m.
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Claire Giblin Exhibit in Hess Gallery to inspire aspiring artists
Once there was a little girl who grew up in a very artistic family. Her uncle was a professional artist who began teaching her studio methods before the age of 10. It was a family involved with painting, photography and drawing. The little girl’s family never looked down upon her artistic dreams, but instead encouraged
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Arianna Krayo: remembering beloved student, daughter, friend
“Fuzzy socks, plaid shirts, cowgirl hats, boots, belt buckles and horses” are just a few things that remind Elizabethtown junior Mindy Geesaman of her best friend, Arianna Krayo. This may seem strange at first, until you talk to anybody who knew Arianna and see that they would also form the same list. So it should
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