NEWS
Nominations accepted for Kreider Prize honoring excellence in teaching
Throughout the month of January, Elizabethtown College students, staff members, alumni and faculty members are being encouraged to nominate a faculty member to receive the Kreider Prize for Teaching Excellence, an annual award that recognizes educators who inspire their students. This is the first time the prize will be awarded since its inauguration last spring
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Junior Senior theme announced
Last night, the Class of 2016 revealed the theme of the 2015 Junior Senior formal — “A Night to Bond: From Etown with Love.” Nearly 100 juniors and seniors congregated in the Susquehanna Room from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. to buy their discounted tickets, pick a table with their friends and get information about
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Social Enterprise Institute provides new opportunities for real-world learning experiences
Elizabethtown College has established the Social Enterprise Institute (SEI) to offer another channel through which members of the Etown community can use their talents and skills to benefit the community. The Institute fulfills the College’s promise to “Educate for Service,” offering faculty and staff members, business partners and students the opportunity to integrate sponsored projects
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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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