NEWS
Student Wellness holds Alcohol Awareness Week, educates students
Oct. 19 through 26 is Student Wellness’ Alcohol Awareness Week. The week is a national collegiate movement, and colleges all across the country are programming on this topic. The purpose of the week is to educate students and help keep them safer when they make decisions regarding alcohol. Programs held during the week addressed questions
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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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CAMPUS LIFE
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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Proposed higher ed. reforms face obstacles
In the State of the Union address, President Barack Obama’s announcement about higher education initiatives to make college more affordable to Americans immediately drew applause from the audience. His proposals include plans to reduce interest rates on student loans and extend popular tax credits. “Higher education can’t be a luxury—it’s an economic imperative that every
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