NEWS
Today’s Tech: Amazon Removes Voice Recording Options
Amazon’s elimination of the “Do Not Send Voice Recordings” option for Alexa devices, which stops devices from sending recordings to the company, is a massive shift that raises essential questions about privacy, artificial intelligence and the future of smart assistants. While Amazon justified the shift as necessary for the development of Alexa’s generative artificial intelligence
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Business Buzz: Tech companies are pinching their pennies in a possible economic slowdown
President Donald Trump has raised tariffs on all imported goods from China by 20% and has placed taxes of 25% on imports via Mexico and Canada. With these announcements being sent into a tailspin regarding these trade policies. However, to maintain long-term financial stability, tariffs are not always the best solutions. Tariffs are paid by
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A New Romance: Tempest Theater’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
A new kind of story has taken Elizabethtown College by storm this past week with the performances of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” which hit the Tempest Theater the weekend of March 14 and will continue from March 20-22. The legendary play by William Shakespeare, originally written in 1595, was brought to life once again by
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CAMPUS LIFE
Activity Review: Paint by Numbers
As exams and assignments start rolling in, it’s important to remember to take some time to relax and recharge by doing something you enjoy. For me, creative projects can be an excellent outlet, but sometimes just deciding what to create can add stress. After a recent trip to the craft store, I found a potential
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Club Feature: Lighthouse
The spring semester has begun with the full chaos that coming back to campus always brings. Snow and rain blasted into campus as syllabus week came and went and a daunting amount of assignments appeared on the horizon. Assigned with writing a club feature, it seemed the campus was relatively quiet. Overwhelmed, I stumbled across
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Media Review: Squid Game 2
In late 2021, the original Squid Game mini-series was released on Netflix. It captured the attention of audiences all over the world, even though the main language spoken by the characters is Korean. It’s no wonder that a sequel was soon underway, released December 2024. Season two has seven episodes which continue the first season’s
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SPORTS
Video Game Review: Persona 3 Reload
It can be difficult to experience some games at their peak due to accessibility issues. Companies update and remaster titles only to accidentally forget critical features or content that makes said releases far from definitive. For example, Persona 3 has several releases, yet none of them act as a definitive version of the critically acclaimed
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Etown Cross Country races in Rowan Inter-Regional Border Battle
Elizabethtown College’s men’s and women’s cross country teams traveled to Glassboro, New Jersey for the Rowan Inter-Regional Border Battle on Saturday, Oct. 19. Both teams raced well in the event, finishing in the top half of their competition. The women earned a fifth place finish out of 31 competitors with 242 points. For the men,
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Field hockey celebrates Senior Day with shutout victory
The Elizabethtown College field hockey team treated the home fans to a dominant performance on Wolf Field on Saturday, Oct. 19 at 12 p.m, defeating Wilkes University 5-0. It was a day headlined by the team’s seniors, as they were celebrated during the pregame festivities. Junior forward Drew Bridges stole the spotlight that day and
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FEATURES
Etown campus raises awareness for domestic violence victims and survivors
Amidst the hustle and bustle of students on the first floor of the Bowers Center for Sports, Fitness and Well-Being stand the wooden figures, silently witnessing daily life on our campus. Little do students know as they quickly pass by these eerie red silhouettes are silently screaming out their message of awareness, hope, help and
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Etown holds 28th annual Homecoming parade
This year, it may have rained on our parade, but the parade went on nonetheless! Held indoors on Oct. 14, several school clubs and organizations presented their floats over Homecoming weekend. Sock and Buskin, “Alice in Wonderland” Float Sock and Buskin is a theater club that happens to be the oldest club on campus. They
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Disability Services aims to elevate issues of accessibility on campus
Elizabethtown College aims to make all its students enjoy their college experience no matter their background by providing disability resources for students and visitors who need assistance. Disability Services has a mission statement to “provide these groups support and to ensure that all individuals in need of assistance can obtain the services necessary to experience
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