NEWS
Blizzard of 2016 blankets Northeast, campus in three feet of snow
The weekend of Jan. 22 marked the first significant snowfall of the winter for the Northeast. Elizabethtown College was blanketed by over 30 inches of snow, mandating a snow day on Monday, Jan. 25, which concluded with a campus-wide power outage. Dubbed the “Blizzard of 2016,” “Snowpocalypse,” “Snowzilla” and, more officially, “Winter Storm Jonas,”
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Dining Services makes unwanted switch from Coke to Pepsi products
Over winter break, Elizabethtown College Dining Services chose to end its contract with Coca-Cola and began a deal with PepsiCo to provide the Jay’s Nest and campus vending machines with soft beverages. After working with Coke for the last 16 years, Dining Services director Eric C. Turzai felt that a switch in vending companies was
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Junior Senior theme announced, tickets go on sale
The last of the Class of 2017’s Junior Senior reveal nights during the fall semester announced the theme of this year’s formal for upperclassmen as The Great Gatsby. Tickets for the event are on sale in the BSC now until Feb. 18. The 1920s-themed dance will be taking place at the Lancaster DoubleTree Resort on
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CAMPUS LIFE
Natural disasters rise in quantity, hit close to home
Over the past few years, there has been an increasing number of natural disasters occurring around the world. The after-effects of this increase could be felt even here in the small community of Elizabethtown. Just this past school year, we dealt with an earthquake, a flood and even a snow storm in October. In the
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Beginning a social revolution: what happens when causes are lost, movements forgotten
Our generation is eager to carry the torch of revolution and renaissance. This desire is evident in the movements we support, such as Kony 2012 and Occupy Wall Street. We desperately wish to make a difference and leave an imprint on our constantly changing world. What happens when the limelight of the torch fades, and
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PUT YOUR RECORDS ON: Macklemore
Since you asked, I want to tell you all about my Saturday night. While most other people were putting the finishing touches on their Halloween costumes, I was in my room building a fort with my roommate and some friends because I’m not about that life. After we built the fort, we turned all the
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SPORTS
Blue Jays victorious over TCNJ, Hunter; fall to York
The Elizabethtown College wrestling team has certainly had a stellar year so far and showed no signs of stopping as the No. 22 team competed at the York Invitational on Saturday. The meet was a tense one, as all the teams — The College of New Jersey (TCNJ), Hunter College and York College — were
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Women’s basketball prevails in overtime
The Elizabethtown College varsity women’s basketball team had two consecutive victories earlier last week against Lycoming College and Arcadia University. On Jan. 25, the women were able to conquer Lycoming in a close game that ran into overtime with a final score of 72-70. First-year Taylor Kreider gave the Blue Jays the overtime win with
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NFL season culminates with exciting rematch
As late as July 2011, the current NFL season was not going to happen. Due to last minute agreements and understandings, every regular season game was saved and fans were treated to an exciting year of football. And Ray Lewis was right —crime did stay down! Teams like the Packers and Patriots performed as expected
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