NEWS
Into the Streets date and theme announced
Elizabethtown College’s 24th annual Into the Streets day of service will be held Saturday, Oct. 28. This event is designed to get Etown students out into the community to volunteer. Each year has an animal-related theme. This year’s theme is “Shining Into the Streets” and the promotional posters and shirts feature fireflies. The event is
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Student Senate
Thursday, Oct.12, Student Senate met for their weekly meeting in Hoover 212. In lieu of their usual meeting set-up, this week’s session consisted of three special orders, which preceded Student Senate’s usual updates and discussions. The first special order was the new constitution and bylaw adoption to the Senate. Senior president Sean Fielder suspended Student
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A look inside: Homecoming Weekend
Elizabethtown College’s annual Homecoming Weekend will be held Friday, Oct. 20 through Sunday, Oct. 22. Students and their parents can get free desserts in the KAV at 7:30 p.m. Friday night to start the weekend’s festivities. Later, Mad Cow will hold its annual Homecoming Improv Show. This will take place at 8 p.m. in Gibble
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CAMPUS LIFE
Professors’ voiced opinions risk hindering class participation
As a student who frequented public schools for 12 years, I know that religion in the classroom can be a touchy subject. Many students will find a way to take offense from a statement made by a peer or instructor based on their own religious views. This begs the question of whether or not professors
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Peer tutoring possesses real value, effectiveness for participating Jays
Throughout the school week, students of all disciplines meet with those sworn to aid them in their understanding of class material: peer tutors. A peer tutor, however, is no miracle-worker — tutoring a fellow student comes with a broad set of challenges. Should the tutor and tutee meet these challenges together, both can benefit tremendously
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Senior literature major speaks out on bias against liberal arts
For the past three and a half years, there’s one surefire conversation that’s bound to happen the same way: at a family gathering, be it a party or holiday, surrounded by people I see once a year, one time too many, after the obligatory “it’s so nice to see you” nonsense, the question forms on
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SPORTS
Season ends for team in semifinal game
The Elizabethtown College women’s basketball team’s dreams of a chance to fight for a conference championship fell through Wednesday night. The Blue Jays lost in the Commonwealth Conference semifinal game to the Messiah College Falcons, 58-48. Etown came into the game with a four-game win streak, but Messiah, ranked No. 1 in the tournament, was
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Susquehanna meet prepares team for indoor championships Saturday
This past Friday at Susquehanna University, the Elizabethtown College track and field teams began their final tune-up before the Middle Atlantic Conference Indoor Championships this upcoming Saturday at Lehigh University. For some athletes, this was the last chance to make their qualifying marks prior to championships. The Etown women’s distance medley relay (DMR) team ran
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Collegiate athletes held accountable for actions in Harlem Shake video
In the past few years, certain songs have spurred Internet dance sensations that have had thousands of people joining the movement. One of the firsts was Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe” videos followed by PSY’s “Gangnam Style” and they quickly became the new craze as farmers and students from the University of Oregon uploaded
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FEATURES
25th annual student art show opens in Lyet
Elizabethtown College is holding its 25th Annual Juried Student Art Show. The show will house roughly 77 pieces of original, student-created art. Anyone is allowed to submit artwork, as long as it was created in an Etown art class or under the supervision of an Etown art faculty member. The art pieces will be judged
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Cavender, students present cancer research for Inaugural Lecture
Medical breakthroughs don’t occur overnight; they take years of research, ingenuity and thousands of people working toward a common goal. One of the most baffling mysteries facing scientists today is the search for a cure for cancer. Although research continues, the basic understandings of cancer and tumor-related research starts at a biological level, and this
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‘The Children’s Hour’ provokes critical thought
How would you feel if you were exiled from your community and shunned by almost everyone you know? On March 26 at 7 p.m. in Gibble Auditorium, there will be a showing of “The Children’s Hour,” a diversity film centered around lies, revenge, homosexuality and false accusations. When a female student, who attends a school
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