NEWS
Bowers Center Celebrates Fifth Anniversary
It’s been a long five years for Elizabethtown College’s Bowers Center for Recreation, Sports and Well-Being. Almost immediately after the fitness center got the chance to open its doors in August 2019 to the campus community, it had to shutter them for the global pandemic. “The fall semester was so amazing in 2019. I can
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Pennsylvania Politics: Budget Woes
Pennsylvania’s budget was once again late this summer, the second consecutive summer that Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro and the divided legislature ran over the June 30 deadline. The $47.6 billion budget passed through the Republican-controlled state senate and the Democrat-controlled state house on July 12 after months of negotiations. While the budget pours money into
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SGPS offers discount for state employees
The Elizabethtown College School of Graduate and Professional Studies (SGPS) is rolling out a new discount program in cooperation with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Many secondary education organizations in Pennsylvania– including Etown– will offer a hefty discount on certain programs. Who is eligible for this discount? Pennsylvania state employees, their spouses, and their children can
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CAMPUS LIFE
Which of these captivating artworks represents your zodiac sign?
Despite my best attempts, Jays, I am simply not an artist. Unfortunately, my visually creative skills never advanced past the kindergarten level. If I am being completely honest, I still struggle with coloring in the lines. Nonetheless, you don’t have to be an artist to appreciate the artwork from the past several centuries or so.
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Local Sightseeing: Elizabethtown Borough Community Park
The Elizabethtown Borough Community Park is a quiet park right on South Mount Joy Street, only a few minutes from campus. The park has several playgrounds for young kids to explore, pavilions, basketball courts, an amphitheater and more! There’s plenty to do for family members of all ages, or if you just want to take
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A retrospective review of Amazon’s “Rings of Power” series
It’s no secret that I am not a fan of Amazon’s “Rings of Power” series, but not for the reasons you may think. I’m the first to say a film adaptation of a book doesn’t have to be a perfect copy in order to be a great movie or show. But at the same time,
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SPORTS
MLB Postseason: Championship series preview
As all the dust settles, the stage is set for a wild end to the 2023 Major League Baseball (MLB) Postseason. Just four teams remain in the fight for this year’s World Series. From the American League (AL), it will be a battle of Texas between the postseason juggernaut Houston Astros and the Texas Rangers
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Blue Jays soccer impresses on Homecoming weekend
The Elizabethtown College men’s and women’s soccer teams braved the rain and cold this Saturday, Oct. 14 to battle Wilkes University during Homecoming Weekend. The men’s team (6-5-2, 4-2-0 LC) put out an impressive 3-0 victory over the visitors (4-5-5, 1-3-2 LC) with three different goal scorers and over triple the number of shots taken
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Video Game Review: Ember Knights
After a long, early-access development period, Ember Knights launched into the gaming scene. Intriguingly enough, the developers opted to make Ember Knights rogue-like despite the over-saturation of the genre seen in recent years. Expecting people to invest their time and money in a game that retreads into previously explored territory can become an enormous ask
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FEATURES
Career Development event prepares students for post-graduation life
Senior Transitions was an event held for seniors to help prepare them for life after college, aka “adulting.” It occurred on Feb. 3, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. on the second floor of the Bowers Center for Sports, Fitness and Well-being, and it was sponsored by Elizabethtown College’s Career Development Center (CDC). For the event, students
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Etown’s EdOrg hosts A-T benefit concert
On Friday, Jan. 27, Elizabethtown College’s student-run Education Organization (EdOrg) hosted a benefit concert in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. The benefit concert was meant to raise funds for the A-T Children’s Project, which is an organization focused on providing support for people with Ataxia-telangiectasia. “The EdOrg cabinet is ecstatic to bring back this event
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Etown hosts Beloved Community Collective programming
To celebrate the life and teachings of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Elizabethtown College is hosting a collection of events and workshops that are intended to foster a community that is both caring and inclusive. The Beloved Community Collective is the group of workshops that the College is hosting from Jan. 17 to Feb.
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