NEWS
Sophomore develops American Sign Language course for Core Program
In the Fall 2015 semester, Elizabethtown College will be offering ASL 105: Social Participation and Communication in the Deaf Community: American Sign Language, to all students. This means of communication is often overlooked when schools solidify their language departments. Etown sophomore Tyler Latshaw has made sure that Etown does not follow suit. Latshaw first considered
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School of Continuing and Professional Studies, HACC reach reverse transfer agreement
The School of Continuing and Professional Studies (SCPS) recently reached an agreement with Harrisburg Area Community College (HACC) allowing currently enrolled students to transfer Elizabethtown SCPS credits back towards an associate degree at HACC. SCPS Dean Dr. John Kokolus and HACC President John J. “Ski” Sygielski, Ed.D signed the reverse transfer agreement. SCPS, a part
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Education organization sells A-T benefit tickets
Elizabethtown College’s Education Organization (Ed Org) will be hosting their annual ataxia telangiectasia (A-T) benefit on Saturday, Jan. 24 at 7 p.m. in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. Ed Org is a club in the Education Department. Their mission is to provide an atmosphere in which future educators feel safe, accepted and motivated to become
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CAMPUS LIFE
Treatment of disabled student raises questions
Should every college student be given the equal opportunity to speak up in class? Professors should be encouraging their students to participate and answer questions. However, a New Jersey college professor, Elizabeth Snyder, asked one of her students to stop participating by refraining from asking and answering questions in class because of his stutter. Snyder
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Halloween, ghost of senior’s childhood past?
It is finally October. A time when the leaves are changing and the weather is turning. And there is one thing on every college student’s mind: “What am I going to be for Halloween?” Personally, I feel like I have grown out of Halloween over the years. The idea of dressing up in a costume
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Facilities responds to spider concerns
The Oct. 13 issue of the Etownian concerning the Brown Recluse spider resulted in considerable concern among students, staff and parents. Since nobody in Facilities Management had a chance to see the actual spider, it was never identified. However, after 10 minutes on the Internet, I located the photo used in the Etownian and found
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