NEWS
Constitution Day celebrates document’s current applications
Friday, Sept. 16 was Constitution Day, but at Elizabethtown College, it was celebrated Thursday, Sept. 22 with a panel discussion focusing on how the Constitution applies to the events of today. Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology Dr. Rita Shah and Associate Professor of Political Science Dr. Kyle Kopko, were the two professors on the
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Duckweed covers Lake Placida, provides project opportunity
A species of duckweed called Wolffia has covered the surface of Elizabethtown College’s Lake Placida, making the lake appear green and obscuring the view of the water. Wolffia is the smallest flowering plant in the world. “There’s not much to [Wolffia], but they can reproduce very quickly and spread,” Associate Professor of Biology Dr. David
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Seniors announce class gift
The Elizabethtown College Class of 2017’s Senior Gift will be a well, to be donated to an African village that needs clean water. All funds raised by the class will be donated toward the Water Project, which will consistently put the money toward building a well in a community in either Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso,
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CAMPUS LIFE
‘Obamacare’ poses questions for youth, is met with resistance
S ince being introduced to legislation in 2010, there has been resistance to the Affordable Care Act, dubbed “Obamacare,” by opposing media. It’s a national health care plan aimed to regulate the health insurance industry and discrimination toward those needing proper coverage. If you have pre-existing conditions, you cannot be turned away. If you make
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Study shows students who pay for education do better academically
T Study shows students who pay for education do better academically he February issue of the “American Sociological Review” tapped into a study that was released saying that students whose parents pay for their education don’t do as well academically as students who pay for it on their own. However, it also said that students
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Student reacts to gun control article regarding gender
A couple issues ago, the Etownian printed an opinion piece on gun control in the U.S. with emphasis on the Sandy Hook tragedy. That is not what I am writing about. I am writing about the very last paragraph of that piece in which the author wrote something along the lines of: “If criminally insane
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SPORTS
Lancaster storms toward playoffs as team breaks record
When you think of some of the greatest teams in professional baseball history, the Lancaster Barnstormers do not usually come up in conversation. But this thought may change with the Barnstormers on their way to one of the best seasons ever in Atlantic League history. This past Thursday, the Barnstormers defeated the Bridgeport Bluefish with
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Jays no stranger to overtime; team ties three games this season
Coming off a one-goal draw in double overtime with rival Franklin & Marshall College last Wednesday, the Elizabethtown College women’s soccer team put their unbeaten streak on the line against the Eastern University Eagles. Through the last two games, the Blue Jays have averaged almost 30 shots per game, and they did not let up
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Women split at Old Friends Crossover
The Elizabethtown College women’s volleyball team continues to live up to the goal of erasing the bad memories from last year’s losing season with hard work and the determination to get to the Commonwealth Conference playoffs. Head Coach Randall Kreider believes the season is much different this year because they have a different roster, they
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FEATURES
Concert to turn back time, take audience to Paris
This November, the faculty of Elizabethtown College will sponsor a multimedia program centered on Paris. The presentation of “Paris at the Turn of the Century” will be free and open to the public. This event will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 9, in the Leffler Chapel and Performance Center and will begin at 7:30 p.m.
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Claire Giblin Exhibit in Hess Gallery to inspire aspiring artists
Once there was a little girl who grew up in a very artistic family. Her uncle was a professional artist who began teaching her studio methods before the age of 10. It was a family involved with painting, photography and drawing. The little girl’s family never looked down upon her artistic dreams, but instead encouraged
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Arianna Krayo: remembering beloved student, daughter, friend
“Fuzzy socks, plaid shirts, cowgirl hats, boots, belt buckles and horses” are just a few things that remind Elizabethtown junior Mindy Geesaman of her best friend, Arianna Krayo. This may seem strange at first, until you talk to anybody who knew Arianna and see that they would also form the same list. So it should
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