NEWS
Etown Community Gives Back For Power of One Day
On Tuesday, March 18, Elizabethtown College held their 11th annual Power of One Day of giving. This donation event was not only the highest earning year for the college, but also coincided with the school’s 125th anniversary. Etown’s director of annual giving, Ben Osterhout, was enthusiastic about the turnout and offered insights into what this
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Global Perspective: China Looks to Soften Canadian Relations Amidst Tariffs and Executions
America and Canada have been close partners in most regards for decades, from economic ties to diplomatic outlooks. Lately, there has been a change of hearts and outlooks when it comes to international relations concerning the United States of America. This has, in turn, put Canada into a difficult position as it has to navigate
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CCCE hosts annual Day of Service
As Elizabethtown College moves gradually into spring, the community may notice a variety of changes around campus. More students sit outside to do their work and chat, people wear fewer layers and the days start to get a little longer. While all of these spring-related changes excite everyone on campus and indicate one step closer
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CAMPUS LIFE
Media Review: “in the static” by angora
This week, I’d like to take a look at a music artist I believe to be incredibly underrated. With only 70 monthly listeners and less than 5,000 streams of their most popular song on Spotify, the Brooklyn-based duo angora has already created some incredible music. According to their artist biography on Spotify, angora’s vocalist is
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Students of Etown: Layla Murphy
This week, meet Elizabethtown College senior digital media production major Layla Murphy. A student from Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, Murphy is heavily involved in the campus community as a member in several clubs and employed at the Study Abroad office. Murphy is a member of E-motion, Etown’s dance club. This semester, she is a part of four
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Welcome to the Jungle: Napoleon and Anomaly
This week for Welcome to the Jungle, The Etownian had the privilege of sitting down and talking with Izzy Wright, a first-year secondary English education major with a big love for animals and pets of all kinds. From the jump, Wright is bursting with stories to tell. Her empathy and passion are evident before she
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SPORTS
Video Game Review: Zenless Zone Zero
Similar to Honkai Star Rail, Zenless Zone Zero is the most recent release developed and published by MiHoYo. As much as I enjoyed Honkai Star Rail, it quickly lost my interest. The turn-based combat clashed with the “fun-in-short-bursts” gameplay quirks woven into its mechanics. Despite the developers’ best efforts to make it function, divvying up
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The NCAA’s fifth year for Division III athletes comes to an end this season
Year five or year four? This decision is a complete game-changer for some collegiate athletes. As the curtain closes on the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) unprecedented extra year of eligibility, student-athletes must decide if they will seize the moment for one final season. With COVID-19 upsetting the lives of many, college athletes were no
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Cleveland Cavaliers begin 2024 NBA season in historic way
The 2024 National Basketball Association (NBA) season has seen several teams dominate the first couple of weeks. The Western Conference is loaded with strong competitors, as 11 teams sit at or above the .500 record mark. In the Eastern Conference, two teams are dominating, the Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics. The Cavaliers currently sit atop
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FEATURES
Vocalign holds annual combo show
Vocalign, Elizabethtown College’s all-gender inclusive a cappella group, hosted their annual combo show on Saturday February 17th, highlighting Melica, Etown’s all-female identifying a cappella group, Phalanx, Etown’s all-male identifying a cappella group, and three guest a cappella groups: Chromatic from Millersville University, Under a Rest from West Chester University and High Street Harmonix also from
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Career Development Center launches initiatives to aid students with their career goals
The Career Development Center is an Elizabethtown College office that provides assistance for students and alumni in career-oriented goals. Their work focuses on aiding current students with career exploration options as well as job transitions for alumni students. The Career Development Center has also worked with various employers in an effort to encourage the recruitment
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Etown alumnus talks about forensic genealogy as a career
On February 7th, the Bowers Writers House hosted Elizabethtown College alumnus Eric Schubert ‘23 in an event titled, “Capturing the Cold Case: Eric Schubert’s Journey through Forensic Exploration.” Schubert, who graduated with a public history degree, is an internationally recognized genealogist and a Forensic Genetic Genealogist with ES Genealogy. Schubert began his career in genealogy
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