NEWS
Dr. Cunnigham, Dr. Allen named Learning Design Fellows
On Sept. 30, Elizabethtown College’s Teaching and Learning Design Studio announced its Learning Design Fellows for the 2025-2026 academic year. Two members of the College faculty are selected for this fellowship at the beginning of the year. This year’s fellows have been named Dr. Laura Cunningham and Dr. Patrick Allen. The Learning and Design Studio
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York County mourns three police officers shot and killed in the line of duty
York County, Pennsylvania, is in mourning after three police officers were killed on Sept. 17 during an ambush while attempting to arrest a stalking suspect in North Codorus Township. Detective Sgt. Cody Becker, 39; Detective Mark Baker, 53; and Detective Isaiah Emenheiser, 43; of the Northern York County Regional Police Department were fatally shot while
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U.S. News Issues College Rankings. Etown Scores High
Elizabethtown College has been bestowed with several notable distinctions from U.S. News & World Report for this academic year. For 41 years, the online newsmagazine has published rankings for 1,700 colleges and universities using data from the schools themselves, the U.S. Department of Education, state and local governments and associations of higher education to determine
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CAMPUS LIFE
Horoscopes: What artist you should check out based on your zodiac
Music is at the heart of culture, especially at Elizabethtown College with its various vocal groups and bands. Students often have certain genres of music they listen to, but who doesn’t like expanding their taste? Let’s see what musical artist you should check out based on your zodiac sign. Leo (July 23 – Aug. 22):
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Media Review: Therapuss with Jake Shane
What do octopi, therapy and celebrities have in common? They’re all featured on the Therapuss podcast with Jake Shane. Therapuss, which debuted in January 2024, is a talk-show style podcast that sees Shane act as the therapist and invite celebrity guests on to discuss life, things they are “thera-pissed” about and more. Each episode ranges
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Welcome to the Jungle: Kookie the Rabbit
This week, “The Etownian” would like to introduce Kookie, a nearly 5-year-old harlequin rabbit. Kookie lives on campus with first-year social studies education major Adrianna Flory, who absolutely adores him, calling him the “cutest bunny ever” with his patches of black, white, brown and gray fur. He was adopted by Flory in 2020, on June
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SPORTS
Behind the Buzzer: Emilie Brinser’s four-year impact on Women’s Basketball
Sometimes, athletes abandon their passion for a sport when entering college. Some athletes, however, utilize that passion in a different way, like becoming the manager of a team —. aAnd that is just what Elizabethtown College women’s basketball manager Emilie Brinser did. Brinser, a senior at Elizabethtown College, didn’t know that being a collegiate manager
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Etown Makes a Splash at the Landmark Championships
From Feb. 13– to Feb. 16, Elizabethtown College’s men’s and women’s swim teams swam at the Landmark Championships, a competition they had worked towards for the entire season. Etown came into the competition after strong performances at Juniata College after the women’s team swept the tri-match and the men’s went 1-1, losing to Penn State
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Blue Jays Bounce Past Chargers on Senior Day
On Saturday, Feb. 22, the Elizabethtown tennis teams started their season and celebrated their senior days a week before spring break with games against the Lancaster Bible College Chargers. Both games occurred in the Bowers Center Fieldhouse. The crisp Saturday morning started with a series of doubles matches. Etown Elizabethtown sSenior Sam Langer and Elizabethtown
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FEATURES
Durnbaugh Lecture: Celebrating 80 years of Heifer International
Heifer International recently celebrated their 80th anniversary in a lecture held at 7 p.m. on Mar. 14 in the Susquehanna Room of Myer Hall. Heifer, a global nonprofit organization, is dedicated to the eradication of poverty and hunger via sustainable and community-based development, incentivizing aid and training to build self-sufficiency. The anniversary event began with
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Remembering our beloved chaplain Joan Austin (1931-2024)
Dr. Patricia Joan Austin served as the chaplain of Elizabethtown College from 1981-2001. Joan was presented with the Four Chaplains Legion of Honor Award for her “outstanding service to all people regardless of race or faith.” A professor of psychology with a postdoctoral fellowship in cognitive therapy from the University of Pennsylvania, she maintained a
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Fake Fireplace, Real Conversations encourages students to share their opinions
On March 15, the High Library held the Fake Fireplace, Real Conversation talk on its main floor at 7:30 p.m. By using The Fake Fireplace, Real Conversations Instagram account, this event facilitates student reunions and talks about discussion topics which are published on the day before the event. Many people find solace in this way around the High Library fireplace and know
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