NEWS
Student teacher from Hiroshima University arrives on campus from Japan
Yuko Kamidera is a senior at Hiroshima University on their education track, who has spent the last few weeks at Elizabethtown College. Japanese universities, unlike their American sister schools, start their academic year in April. Often times, upperclassmen like Kamidera spend their spring break leading up to the new year job-hunting. But Kamidera decided to
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Kraybill to give keynote speech for SCAD
This year’s Scholarship and Creative Arts Day (SCAD) will feature Dr. Donald Kraybill of the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies, who, as the kenote speaker will be discussing the growth of the local Amish community despite their reliance on tradition. Kraybill, Elizabethtown College’s expert on the Amish, will solve riddles both big and
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Emergent Scholars luncheon recognizes, rewards sophomores
On Sunday, March 8, a luncheon was held to honor Elizabethtown College’s 2015 Emergent Scholars. The 54 sophomores and their chosen mentors spent time celebrating their accomplishments and appreciating the high standard of academics they have been able to attain as members of the Etown community. To be an Emergent Scholar, a student must maintain
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CAMPUS LIFE
Research on eating less helps scone lover
When Dr. Jane Cavender introduced the speaker in Gibble the other day, she was aware that the audience consisted of biology students and faculty interested in learning about the relationship between calorie intake and longevity. The speaker was Behzad Varamini, who is currently completing a postdoc at UPenn. What made matters even more interesting was
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Put Your Records On: Elvis Perkins in Dearland
On the Turntable: Elvis Perkins in Dearland Genre: Folk My rating: Try and fail to write poetry after being inspired by Elvis Perkins. The first time I heard Elvis Perkins, it was one of those beautiful moments in the car where you yell at everyone to shut up, so you can figure out who was
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Pop culture smorgasboard serves sauciness
It is great to be back writing for the Etownian this semester. But I was having trouble picking what my first article should be about; especially since there has been so much to talk about in the last few months. So I decided to do something a little different this week by doing a rapid
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