NEWS
History professor offers seminar about East Asia for teachers
Elizabethtown College is offering a new online course called “East Asia: A Seminar for Teachers,” a seminar exploring the history, geography, literature and cultures of China, Japan and Korea. This is the first year it is being offered to students of Etown’s education department. The main sections tackled in the course are arts and humanities,
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New faculty member joins departments of Political Science and Asian Studies
The department of Politics, Philosophy and Legal Studies welcomed a new assistant professor of Political Science and Asian Studies. Assistant Professor Dan Chen grew up in China and lived there through the end of her undergraduate schooling. She then attended the University of Kansas, training as a comparativist with a focus on Chinese politics. She
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Senate plans to disclose Junior/Senior date
On Friday, Oct. 31, the Class of 2016 Student Senate will announce the date of Junior/Senior Formal at their “Hallo-Wing Night” class unity event in Hoover 110. “We wanted to reward our class for their winning homecoming float by giving them top-secret information about Junior/Senior,” Representative Nicole Curcio said. The event will feature wings, trivia
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CAMPUS LIFE
Workplace policies create monetary strife
The air is thick with talk of employment policies. Discrimination, harassment, workplace bullying — all, we’re reminded, stuff to be avoided. Training sessions for employees are being conducted, with the College’s lawyers holding forth with unseemly relish on statutes and Title VII and suchlike. Attendance at these sessions is mandatory. And what if you don’t
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Professors consider cause of grade inflation
Is your hard-earned “A” truly hard-earned? A’s are now awarded more than ever — especially at private colleges — and researchers Stuart Rojstaczer and Christopher Healy have the data to prove it. Their most recent research, available at gradeinflation.com, indicates that A’s make up 43 percent of all letter grades given, a jump of 23
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Assault on free enterprise, top banker’s knighthood revoked
The report from Britain is not reassuring. The Tories, supposedly the ally of business interests, are showing signs of hostility to capitalism. It is as if Mitt Romney were to propose an individual mandate as part of health insurance reform. Or Newt Gingrich were to accept honorariums from Freddie Mac to impart history lessons to
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