NEWS
Center introduces conflict management certification
The Center for Global Understanding and Peacemaking at Elizabethtown College introduced a certification program to instruct students, staff members and faculty in conflict management and transformation. Peacemaker-in-Residence Jonathan Rudy designed the Conflict Transformation Certificate program to overview the foundations of conflict transformation with an emphasis on practicing communication and mediation skills. Rudy stated that the
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ITS offers free Microsoft Office products to current students
Elizabethtown College’s new agreement with Microsoft will make students’ penny-pinching less of a necessity for some. Microsoft has started a Student Advantage Program which Etown, like many other institutions, has instituted this year. This new program allows students to download Microsoft Office for free. Previously, the College had exclusively purchased Microsoft for campus computers due
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Literary magazine undergoes rebranding
The campus literary magazine, formerly known as “Fine Print,” has been renamed “VOX.” Senior Kyler Koons, a professional writing major and editor-in-chief of the magazine, is responsible for the revamped name and the overall rebranding of the magazine. A veteran staff member of Fine Print, Koons felt that the title was unoriginal, and that it
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CAMPUS LIFE
Treatment of disabled student raises questions
Should every college student be given the equal opportunity to speak up in class? Professors should be encouraging their students to participate and answer questions. However, a New Jersey college professor, Elizabeth Snyder, asked one of her students to stop participating by refraining from asking and answering questions in class because of his stutter. Snyder
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Halloween, ghost of senior’s childhood past?
It is finally October. A time when the leaves are changing and the weather is turning. And there is one thing on every college student’s mind: “What am I going to be for Halloween?” Personally, I feel like I have grown out of Halloween over the years. The idea of dressing up in a costume
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Facilities responds to spider concerns
The Oct. 13 issue of the Etownian concerning the Brown Recluse spider resulted in considerable concern among students, staff and parents. Since nobody in Facilities Management had a chance to see the actual spider, it was never identified. However, after 10 minutes on the Internet, I located the photo used in the Etownian and found
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