NEWS
Dear Readers: a letter from the editor
In the spirit of journalism, I would like to be transparent with all our readers, writers and supporters in regards to The Etownian’s budget. For those of you who don’t know me, I am Andi Gates, a junior English Professional Writing and Communications Journalism dual major who was appointed as Editor-in-Chief of The Etownian starting
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PA Politics: A Potentially Grim Future for Pennsylvania’s Mass Transit
The future of the Pennsylvania Commonwealth’s public transit system hangs in the balance amid recent hearings over funding gaps. On Tuesday, April 15, the Senate Democratic Policy Committee held a hearing in Pittsburgh on the future of mass transit. The next day, the Philadelphia City Council held its own budget hearing with representatives from the
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Farewell from the Editor-in-Chief
I’ve always loved words. When I was a kid, I loved to talk to my siblings and my parents, probably more often than they wanted to hear. I wrote in my journal religiously throughout middle school and high school, making the daily interactions between my friends more dramatic than a soap opera. I dabbled in
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CAMPUS LIFE
Business Review: TJ Rockwell’s
There are many restaurants around Elizabethtown College’s campus, spanning a wide variety of cuisines to satisfy any potential cravings. One restaurant I’ve visited fairly frequently is TJ Rockwell’s. Located just above two miles from campus at 800 Mt Gretna Road, the Elizabethtown location of TJ Rockwell’s offers a cozy but polished atmosphere and delicious food.
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Debate of the Week: Ice cream in a dish or a cone?
Ever since the ice cream cone was patented in 1903, there has been a passionate debate about the more convenient, fun and tastier way to eat ice cream — a dish or a cone. I decided to search for the answer to this age-old debate, on Elizabethtown College’s campus. The first group I polled were
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Horoscopes: What country you are based on your zodiac
The Earth is a beautiful planet, full of diverse people, species, cultures, religions, languages and more. One way we differentiate people on this floating rock is by what land mass they occupy. Essentially, people are often defined and separated by their country. Countries can even have their own identity in a way, like how Canada
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SPORTS
A sneak peek into the Unrivaled basketball league’s groundbreaking inaugural season
A new opportunity has arisen for professional women’s basketball players that doesn’t require overseas travel, called theUnrivaled Women’s Basketball League. The league, created by WNBA stars Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart, was founded in 2023 with the hopes of creating a league for other WNBA players to play domestically and navigate the WNBA’s prioritization rule
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All-American athlete welcomed as assistant coach
Elizabethtown College has welcomed a Division I All-American athlete as an assistant coach for the cross-country and track and field teams. Stefanie Cassel, who graduated from Edinboro University, started this year as an assistant coach at Etown. Cassel got her bachelors in exercise science from Edinboro and has her masters in exercise science and physical
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Men’s basketball continues strong start with win over Messiah
In their last game before Landmark Conference play begins, the Elizabethtown Blue Jays men’s basketball team looked to capitalize on their non-conference schedule with a record above .500 to begin the season against the Messiah Falcons on Saturday, Nov. 16. Messiah and Etown were neck and neck in the first half, with either side only
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FEATURES
Journaling workshop teaches students the benefits of journaling
The Journaling Workshop, held Thursday Oct. 26 from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the Bowers Center for Sports, Fitness and Well-being multimedia classroom 221, was an opportunity for students to be exposed to the benefits journaling provides. The Journaling Workshop was led by Caelyn King, a senior student at Elizabethtown College, who is graduating
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Etown awards Educate for Service recipients at the first Leffler Lecture Series
On Thursday, Oct. 26, Elizabethtown College celebrated its annual Educate for Service Award. For the 2023-24 academic year, this award was attributed to Janice Holsinger ’64 and John Holsinger ‘65 P’84 P’85 at the Institution’s annual Leffler Lecture. The award given to the Holsingers is the most eminent honor bestowed to alumni from the College
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High Library hosts LGBTQ+ History Month panel
Elizabethtown College has continued to make the effort to address multiple social issues across campus and the state of Pennsylvania, and LGBTQ+ social issues and policies are no exception. October is LGBTQ+ History Month and to commemorate how far the community has come and how much work there still needs to be done, a panel
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