NEWS
Healthy Mondays program events aim to decrease stress, increase mindfulness of personal wellbeing
The staff members of The Well at Elizabethtown College want to make Monday students’ new favorite day of the week. They plan to do this with this semester’s Healthy Mondays program, a series of weekly events designed to educate the Etown community about different types of health in creative ways. The program is run by
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Analysis of campus fire and safety reports confirms low crime rate, indicates October as most common time for illegal activity
The students of Elizabethtown College are fortunate to live in a relatively safe area where crime is not a constant fear among them on a daily basis. However, all colleges have their issues and Etown is no exception to this rule. Violations take place on and around campus throughout the academic year, many of which
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Community grieves over death of first-year Heather Groody
Students from Schlosser residence hall and from all across the campus are coming together in a show of support for the Elizabethtown College community and for their fellow classmates following the loss of Heather Groody during the final weeks of the previous semester. Upon the return of Elizabethtown students for the spring semester, there was
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CAMPUS LIFE
The best campus resources you’ve neglected to use
As you progress through your education at Elizabethtown College, you learn more about the campus. This could include when a certain building was constructed or a piece of long-forgotten history. But it could also include simple tips and tricks that make your life here on campus easier. Trekking to the library and securing an available
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Controversy surrounds women’s health, what should college insurance cover?
Abortion is a topic surrounded by informed, uninformed, open-minded and ignorant debaters around the globe. Regardless of your education, age, religious affiliation or lack of affiliation, you are entitled the right to argue your opinion on the subject as enthusiastically as you wish. Much of the tension surrounding the topic could easily be diffused if
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Understanding technology within the terms of what’s socially acceptable: how far will our generation go to be plugged in?
I caved to the tech craze about a month ago and bought an iPhone. Now that I have one, I must say that I feel pretty plugged in. I can surf the web, watch ESPN on my phone and update Facebook anytime I want. My old phone could hardly tell me what the weather was
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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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