NEWS
SCAD submission period opens
The 2016 Scholarship and Creative Arts Days (SCAD) will be this April 18th and 19th. SCAD was launched in 2007 and is an annual conference that celebrates the difference Elizabethtown students make with their ideas and creativity. Each spring, select students present academic research in their respective disciplines, while others showcase talents through recitals and
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Healthy Mondays program events aim to decrease stress, increase mindfulness of personal wellbeing
The staff members of The Well at Elizabethtown College want to make Monday students’ new favorite day of the week. They plan to do this with this semester’s Healthy Mondays program, a series of weekly events designed to educate the Etown community about different types of health in creative ways. The program is run by
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Analysis of campus fire and safety reports confirms low crime rate, indicates October as most common time for illegal activity
The students of Elizabethtown College are fortunate to live in a relatively safe area where crime is not a constant fear among them on a daily basis. However, all colleges have their issues and Etown is no exception to this rule. Violations take place on and around campus throughout the academic year, many of which
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CAMPUS LIFE
‘Gun-free zones,’ a striking common denominator for mass murder in U.S.
James Holmes, planning mass murder, drove past seven theaters that were showing “The Dark Knight Rises” to get to one in particular that he had in mind. Some were quite close to his home. Others held unusually large audiences that he might target. But he drove past these and headed for a specific theater in
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‘Zero Dark Thirty’ graphically depicts search for bin Laden
The movie “Zero Dark Thirty” is a dramatization of one of America’s most compelling stories; the decade-long search for Osama bin Laden. The code “Zero Dark Thirty” is the military term for thirty minutes past midnight, the exact time that the Navy Seals entered bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan. This movie has received an immense
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Put Your Records On: Radio 104.5’s Winter Jam concert feat. Tegan and Sara
Every year on the last Saturday in January, Philadelphia’s alternative music radio station, 104.5, puts on an amazing free outdoor show called Winter Jam, and gets some of the best bands around to perform. This year was no exception, with crowd-pleasing sets from June Divided, Twenty One Pilots, Walk the Moon and Tegan and Sara,
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SPORTS
W. Lacrosse hopes for strong conference finish
The Elizabethtown College women’s lacrosse team was well on their way to having yet another winning season as they entered into MAC conference play last week. With a record of 7-3 and one conference victory under their belt against Lycoming College on April 5, the Blue Jays look forward to continuing their winning streak against
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Assistant coaches: Key assets to athletic success
For the 2010-2011 school year, the Elizabethtown College Blue Jays fared well at both the conference and national level. Five teams grabbed their conference titles, and 28 athletes were individual conference champions. Five students were named conference Players of the Year, and three more achieved Rookie of the Year status. Many other Blue Jays made
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Softball dominates Albright, Susquehanna
The Elizabethtown College softball team has once again returned to the infamous scene. “For the game today it is definitely going to be a challenge because Albright is known to fight to the end so we definitely can’t let our guards down,” senior Julie Sebastian said. “We are going to have to play our hardest
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