NEWS
English department chair calls for proposals to undergraduate conference
High impact practices have been defined as “situations in which students seem to experience more focused and accelerated learning,” according to Dr. David Downing, Chair of the Elizabethtown College English Department and Ralph W. Schlosser Professor of English. Downing has invited English majors and minors and creative writing minors to experience this accelerated learning for
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Intellectual Film Club, CATRA create new event
Each fall, the Intellectual Film Club puts on a production of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” for which the club must raise $600 to pay for the rights and royalties. In past years, the club has had to raise the funds on their own. Christine Morzek, President of the Intellectual Film Club explains, “This year
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All a cappella groups make ICCAs
Every Elizabethtown College a cappella group made the cut for the next International Championship of Collegiate a Cappella (ICCA) singing competition. Melica, Phalanx and Vocalign are scheduled to compete in the ICCA Mid-Atlantic Quarterfinal on Feb. 7 in Eisenhower Auditorium at Pennsylvania State University. Melica, which is the College’s all-woman a cappella group, represented Etown
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CAMPUS LIFE
2012 Presidential election presents options
On Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, the American people will cast their ballot for president. Will we have four more years with Barack Obama, or will a to-be-determined GOP candidate take the win? The general presidential election tends to yield a voter turnout of about 50 percent of the voting-age population, a much higher turnout than
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Does Student Senate advocate student rights?
At every level of American society, there are elected officials who have been voted into a position of power by one group or another to lead someone or something. Going hand-in-hand with that are the complaints filed against those leaders—if something goes wrong, it’s their fault, they caused this catastrophe. If something goes right, they’re
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Black Friday causes shoppers to stress
Black Friday is a time for people to tent out in front of stores, like Best Buy, for eight hours in hopes of getting 30 percent off items like iPads. It is a marketing invention used to delude people into thinking they are getting the best deals on the hottest items. People become animalistic over,
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