NEWS
TWLOHA UChapter hosts third annual Love Moves 5k run
The third annual Elizabethtown College Love Moves 5K, sponsored by the campus To Write Love on Her Arms UChapter, took place in the Jaywalk this Sunday, March 15. Love Moves is a 5K to raise money and awareness about mental health throughout the Etown campus and the surrounding community. All of the proceeds that came
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Center for Community, Civic Engagement hosts spring break trip to Florida, students help families of terminally ill children
Every year, students and staff members of the Center for Community and Civic Engagement (CCCE) coordinate a service trip over spring break. This year, 14 students and two staff members traveled to Central Florida to volunteer their time at the Give Kids the World (GKTW) facility. The students were able to apply the values enforced
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Senatorial candidate Joe Sestak walks through Elizabethtown
Democratic Pennsylvania senatorial candidate Joe Sestak passed through Elizabethtown College on Friday, March 13 while making his journey on foot across the state. He will be walking 422 miles across Pennsylvania to tell to voters that he is willing to “walk in your shoes.” Sestak, who officially announced his campaign last Wednesday, is a former
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CAMPUS LIFE
Commuter voices concern over lack of safety as a result of current parking policies
Most of us have probably heard or observed that there has been a decent amount of concern over parking restrictions for students on campus. The restrictions are frustrating for everyone involved, especially in that moment when you’re walking to your car and from 20 feet away you can already see that angry orange envelope stuck
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Critical thinking: What is it? Are we getting enough?
I’ll be honest: I had to Google what “critical thinking” meant before I began writing this article. It’s a term we’ve all heard, but most of us probably don’t know what it means. In the simplest of terms, critical thinking is “the mental process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and evaluating information to reach an answer or conclusion.” I realize we pay an atrocious amount of tuition to
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Last “Bourne” film disappoints
This past Wednesday, I took the time to go to MoviE-Town to see the final installment of the critically acclaimed Bourne series, “The Bourne Legacy.” I was a huge fan of the first three movies that starred Matt Damon as a former CIA assassin that the government was attempting to eliminate. The first three movies
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SPORTS
Field hockey adds Albright College to season’s list of victories
Friday, Oct. 14, the Elizabethtown College women’s field hockey team played their first Homecoming game on the resurfaced turf at Wolf Field. With the spirit of Homecoming Weekend, the Blue Jays started the weekend off well with a 4-0 victory over Albright College. “The atmosphere was great! We had a lot of fans out, families,
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Paul Whitman, Josh Riehl both win MAC Championships
On the weekend of Oct. 8, the Elizabethtown College men’s tennis team competed in the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Individual Championships. The team came home with two singles champions in the event for the first time in six seasons. Star players from the MAC Championships include juniors Paul Whitman and Josh Riehl, who brought home
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NCAA bans five flavors of VitaminWater from athletes
What do you think is on the National Collegiate Athletic Association banned substances list? Steroids? Check. Cocaine? Check. Marijuana? Check. VitaminWater? Umm—check? That’s a decision currently in debate among the NCAA substances panel, which is looking into the possibility that certain VitaminWater flavors, produced by a NCAA partner, Coca-Cola, may create an unfair advantage during
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