NEWS
Anonymous social media app Yik Yak creates controversy
Since its creation just over a year ago, the anonymous social media app Yik Yak has massively grown in popularity on college campuses across the country. Unlike social networks like Facebook or Twitter, Yik Yak allows messages to be sorted by geographic location with posts only able to be seen within a 1.5-mile radius of
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High center is turning 20!
The S. Dale High Center for Family Business recently celebrated its twentieth anniversary. The Center invited some of their best speakers from past events to speak at the annual Family Business Forum. The event was held Thursday, March 26 at the Marriott hotel in Lancaster. The High Center was founded in 1995 by a group
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Pledge of Academic Integrity receives update
The Pledge of Academic Integrity has recently been rewritten to include a more personal aspect of commitment to the students’ promise to Elizabethtown College. Last year, Seth Previty, a current senior business major, realized that the former Pledge did not include elements that his peers felt strongly about. Etown students recognized they were promising to
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CAMPUS LIFE
Open Book selection fails to thrill students
For the second consecutive year, Elizabethtown College students and educators alike took part in the Open Book Initiative, a program which encourages first-year students and faculty to participate in several areas of activity: reading a book selected by a decision committee; participating in facilitated group discussions pertaining to the book; and attending seminars, lectures, and
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Put Your Records On: The Head and The Heart
On the Turntable: The Head and The Heart Genre: Indie Folk-Rock My Rating: A fresh, new band for a brand new year; perfect to set the tone for your fall semester. Hey, Jays. Welcome back to the busy semester beat. The start of a new school year always stirs up the thoughts that seem to
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Movie review: “Paranorman” fails to impress
I was reluctant to see ParaNorman because of its trailer. The trailer, if you haven’t seen it, consists of a sad-looking boy named Norman with the ability to see and talk to ghosts. He is disliked by most of his town for being different. He is accompanied by his chubby and eccentric red-headed friend (why
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