NEWS
Donna Hicks speaks at Leffler about dignity, successful conflict mediation
Last night, Dr. Donna Hicks presented a lecture entitled “A Matter of Dignity: The Role it Plays in Resolving Conflict” at Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. Besides being an author, Hicks is a presenter for the BBC, co-hosting “Facing the Truth” with Archbishop Desmond Tutu. She is also an associate at the Weatherhead Center for
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Office of Diversity, Human Resources hosts dialogue series
The Office of Diversity and Human Resources is presenting a three-part dialogue series focusing on cross-cultural communications. Facilitated by Director of Diversity and Assistant Professor of Social Work Diane Elliott and Peacemaker-in-Residence Jonathan Rudy, the series seeks to help Elizabethtown College faculty and staff establish a more meaningful and honest understanding between Etown’s diverse groups.
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Honors program members, incoming director attend 49th annual NCHC meeting
This coming week, two Elizabethtown College students and one professor will attend the 49th Annual National Collegiate Honors Council meeting in Denver, Colo. The National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) is the professional, nonprofit association of undergraduate honors programs and colleges, honors directors and deans and honors faculty, staff members and students. NCHC provides support for
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CAMPUS LIFE
Women in the workforce: impact of physical appearance
What if you found out that your slaving away for a 4.0 was in vain? What if I told you that, instead of investing in your education, you should be shelling out for a nose job and some liposuction instead? While I would never actually tell you to swap your books for a brow lift,
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Mr. Etown shares sports pet peeves, bids farewell
It is that special time of year for sports fans everywhere. Baseball is just starting, playoff hockey and basketball is getting underway and the Summer Olympics are right around the corner. For this reason, I would like to take this chance to rant to you about some of the issues I have with sports (what
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Cooperative Grumbling: An Editorial on How to Play Nice
As we push forward to become a truer liberal arts institution, promoting “Learning Everywhere” in every piece of Strategic Planning literature we print, the College needs to do a better job of engulfing its faculty in this very same principle, ensuring academic cooperation from all departments toward a singular goal of a premier student education.
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SPORTS
Paul Whitman, Josh Riehl both win MAC Championships
On the weekend of Oct. 8, the Elizabethtown College men’s tennis team competed in the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Individual Championships. The team came home with two singles champions in the event for the first time in six seasons. Star players from the MAC Championships include juniors Paul Whitman and Josh Riehl, who brought home
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NCAA bans five flavors of VitaminWater from athletes
What do you think is on the National Collegiate Athletic Association banned substances list? Steroids? Check. Cocaine? Check. Marijuana? Check. VitaminWater? Umm—check? That’s a decision currently in debate among the NCAA substances panel, which is looking into the possibility that certain VitaminWater flavors, produced by a NCAA partner, Coca-Cola, may create an unfair advantage during
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