NEWS
Fresh Check Day to promote importance of student well-being
Student Senate, along with Student Wellness, will be hosting Fresh Check Day Saturday, Sept. 30. The Office of Student Activities, Residence Life, Mosaic House, Psychology Club, Disability Services and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion also helped with planning. This event will be on Brinser Field from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Fresh Check Day
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White supremacist group targets Etown, spreads racist ideas
Photo by Megan White Friday, Sept.15, the Office of the President sent out an email to the Elizabethtown College community addressing an incident that took place at the College earlier in the week. The incident, a combination of hatred, bigotry, discrimination and fear, has been identified with the group “Identity Evropa.” According to the Anti-Defamation
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The Global Perspective
This weekly column will cover a variety of contemporary global issues including climate action, global health, international peace and security and gender equality. I hope that this column will act as a platform to advocate for global progress and to empower young leaders to get involved in international affairs. If there are certain global issues
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CAMPUS LIFE
Forgetting to bring what truly matters
We’ve all been there before. You’re unpacking all of your belongings on move-in day, and something seems amiss. Towels? Check. Folders? Check. Your brand new guitar that you wanted to show off at the next Soul Café? Check. You think of all the important things you might have forgotten — things that you absolutely need
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PUT YOUR RECORDS ON: “Art Pop” by Lady Gaga
Welcome back Jays to another fabulous installment of Put Your Records On. For new readers, I usually talk about the music I love and think you might like: why would I waste your time with anything substandard? Today, however, we will be taking a different focus as I ask you to think critically about the
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First steps: first-year students explore their surroundings
Cheers to all the peer mentors who resolutely sprinted and squealed with enthusiasm during the First-Year Walk. You can hold me responsible for any intense suffering in the heat that day, and I especially apologize to my fellow first-years for bringing beach-necessary weather to a place devoid of beaches; driving to Pennsylvania from Florida, I
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SPORTS
Team sweeps FDU, drops close meet to Dutchmen
Junior Megan Leppo is in midstroke during one of her distance races. Leppo and sophomore Frank Capria have both been tremendous in the distance freestyle events. Both took first place in the 400 and 800 freestyle in Elizabethtown College’s recent meet at Lebanon Valley College Nov. 21. This success led to Capria being named as
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Blue Jays kickstart indoor season with Ursinus’ Bow-Tie Invitational
The Elizabethtown College Blue Jays will take on the Ursinus College Grizzly Bears on Saturday, Dec. 1, in indoor track and field at the Bow-Tie Invitational. The meet will be held at Ursinus in Collegeville, Pa. and will start at 9:00 a.m. This is the first meet of the indoor season for the Blue Jays.
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Team achieves first win of season with Cable’s last-second shot
Elizabethtown College men’s basketball team hosted their first home game of the season this Sunday against Susquehanna University. This was a big game for the Blue Jays as they tried to bounce back after the close defeat to Lebanon Valley College and get back on track in their conference play. With only eight seconds left
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FEATURES
Music students, professionals jazzed to play premiere Saxophonium
April 12, Elizabethtown College will be presenting an all-saxophone concert called Saxophonium. This concert is run by Faith Shiffer, adjunct flute and saxophone professor. Shiffer has had this date reserved for a year now, and after hours of practice, she and her students are about ready to show the rest of the College what they
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Themed dinners prepped months ahead at minimal cost
Themed dinners allow students to have a different experience in the Marketplace as it is covered with decorations and serves food outside of the typical menu. Do these dinners cost us extra, though? According to Catering Manager Kathy Christopher, the price for a meal plan would not change if the theme dinners ended, as each
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Artist-in-residence to incorporate creativity outside of Steinman
Art geeks, brace yourselves — last fall semester, a brand new artist-in-residence position was created at Elizabethtown College. Since then, artist Lou Schellenberg has been developing her role in this new position. Schellenberg is by no means a guest at Etown. She’s been a faculty member for the fine arts department at the College for
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