NEWS
Today’s Technology
Photo by Megan White This weekly column will feature the latest topics and trends constantly emerging in a rapidly-growing technical world. Each week, we will focus on a specific technical topic, with topics covering a wide range of technical issues and the latest technical gadgets. If there are any topics or products that you would
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Kreider Prize winner reflects on educational experiences in lecture
Photo by Miranda Fedor Associate professor of music and Director of Instrumental Studies Dr. J. Robert Spence delivered the Kreider Lecture at Elizabethtown College Thursday, Sept. 28. Spence was the recipient of the Kreider Prize for Teaching and Excellence for the 2016-2017 academic year. In his lecture, Spence spoke about his experiences in education over
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March for Racial Justice takes on Washington Streets
Photo by Aileen Ida The views expressed in this article are not inherently those of the Etownian, its staff or Elizabethtown College as a whole. Saturday, Sept. 30, over 40 Elizabethtown College students had the opportunity to take part in the March for Racial Justice in Washington, D.C. I was lucky enough to be one
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CAMPUS LIFE
No Summer Internship? Enjoy your summer with these few tips
If you are one of those students who did not get the oh-so-wonderful opportunity to spend your entire summer interning and will have a lot of free time on your hands this summer, then this article is for you. So what fun things are there to do this summer? Well I am guessing that most
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Tragedy inspires camaraderie, character
In times of crisis, people usually put aside their differences to try to work together for the common good. This was demonstrated after many major tragedies: 9/11, Hurricane Katrina and most recently the Boston Marathon bombings. As the magnitude of this horror became more apparent, people in Boston and throughout the nation came together to
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How to succeed at your summer internship
If you are fortunate enough to have acquired an internship over the summer, you are well on your way to figuring out what you want to do with your life, or, at the very least, have a better idea than a person who has no internship experience. However, there are a multitude of things you
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SPORTS
Jays trump Mustangs 64-50; look to end season on high note
The Elizabethtown College men’s basketball team beat the Stevenson University Mustangs 64-50 in the Blue Jays’ second-to-last game of the season. Junior Andrew Mantz registered a double-double on the evening with 16 points and 10 rebounds. Senior Ben Cable also put up significant numbers, leading Etown with 21 points. The Blue Jays also stifled two
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Jays looking comfortable in fourth seed as playoffs draw near
The Elizabethtown College women’s basketball team came out with a win on Wednesday, Jan. 30 against the Arcadia University Knights as the Jays remained undefeated for the fifth straight season when they won both match-ups against the Knights with a final score of 69-55. According to Head Coach Sherri Gorman, “Our starting five have been
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Team competes in conference championship this weekend
This weekend, the Elizabethtown College men’s and women’s swim teams are geared up for the Middle Atlantic Conference Championships in Wilkes-Barre. Although neither team has had the best of seasons there is still much to look forward to from the teams’ top swimmers. On the men’s side, the team came out with a win over
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FEATURES
Physicist recites poems in native languages that resonate with personal experiences
On Feb. 28, there will be a poetry reading by Dr. Ilan Gravé, associate professor of physics and engineering, at the Bowers Writers House. His presentation is called “From Quantum Wells to Dante’s Inferno: How a Physicist Can Appreciate Poetry.” Many students might consider physics and poetry to be a bizarre combination, but it’s one
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Poet, professor presents lecture to commemorate presidential inauguration
On Feb. 21 at 7:30 p.m., Dr. Carmine Sarracino, poet and professor of English, will be presenting “Life, Point Blank: War as a Metaphor for Ordinary Life.” Sarracino plans to read from his collection of poems in Hoover 212. Sarracino, who attended Rhode Island College and the University of Michigan, has had previous poems published
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Pulitzer Prize winner shares experience with dyslexia
This month, world-renowned American poet, Philip Schultz, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and founder and director of New York’s “The Writers Studio,” will be coming to Elizabethtown College to discuss his battle with dyslexia and to read his celebrated poetry on Wed., Feb. 22. Schultz’s presentation, “Learning About Dyslexia,” will take place in the Leffler
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