NEWS
The Electoral College
With less than four weeks remaining until Election Day, the direction of the presidential race has become clear. Barring a surprise of biblical proportion, Donald Trump is not going to be the next President of the United States. Hillary Clinton’s decisive first debate victory on Sept. 26, followed by a week of erratic Trump behavior
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Learning, Disability Services return to former testing accommodations after learning of faculty concerns
Elizabethtown College’s Learning Services and Disability Services have returned to its old policies regarding procedures for students who need certain accommodations for taking tests. This switch comes after different policies adopted at the beginning of the year received negative feedback from faculty. According to Learning and Disability Services Director Lynne Davies, the policies and procedures
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Political clubs help students register to vote
Monday, Oct. 10 marked Elizabethtown College’s final attempt to help students on campus register for voting this year. The political clubs held a registration drive from 7 to 9 p.m. in Room 110 in the Hoover Center with the goal in mind to register as many students as possible in preparation for the 2016 Presidential
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CAMPUS LIFE
‘Silver Linings’ a relatable account of overcoming adversity
Making fun of someone with a mental illness never seems to fly well with an audience, especially when it comes to the big screen. However, director David O. Russell was not afraid to go against the proverbial grain when doing just that with his movie “Silver Linings Playbook,” starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence. In
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Record low temperatures reignite global warming debate
On Jan. 24, Elizabethtown College hosted comedian Seaton Smith. One of his several hilarious jokes was on the hot topic, no pun intended, of global warming. He asked the rhetorical question, how are we supposed to stop global warming? His punch line, was just putting a plastic bottle in a recycling bin. While he was
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‘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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SPORTS
Baseball team fights for playoff spot
The Elizabethtown College baseball team is fighting for a playoff spot. After a tough 9-3 loss to Stevenson University on April 11, the Blue Jays rebounded and won 7-2 against Albright College on April 13. Stevenson gave Etown momentum early on with some errors. On Wednesday, senior Steve Motika was able to drive sophomore Ian
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Teams remain undefeated against Commonwealth opponents
The Elizabethtown College women’s and men’s tennis teams had an extremely demanding but rewarding weekend. With three matches at Etown and two away at LVC, the pressure was on for both teams to perform at their best. The women’s team started off their winning streak by defeating Division I La Salle with a score of
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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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