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
Thanksgiving: the forgotten holiday?
Within the past week, I’ve heard Christmas music on the radio, I’ve seen advertisements for “A Christmas Story” across campus and noticed an alarmingly high amount of Facebook statuses notifying me that “so-and-so is going Christmas shopping— CAN’T WAIT!!” I absolutely love the Christmas season: I love the spirit of the season, the decorations, the
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Business chair sympathizes with Wall Street bankers
Department chairs and Wall Street bankers have a lot in common. They lead the good life, collect hefty year-end bonuses and do God’s work. (The last, by the way, was what Goldman Sachs’ CEO claimed to do when he was questioned about the firm’s practices at a Senate hearing on the 2008 financial crisis.) But
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Occupy Wall St. sends strong message throughout U.S.
The Occupy Wall Street movement is completely unorganized, but that does not mean their purpose for coming out onto the streets of New York in Zuccotti Park and rioting is completely meaningless. Citizens are frustrated and angry due to the economic state in the United States. Not only are American citizens angry at the government,
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