NEWS
New Etown Dunkin’ offers 10 percent student discount
The newly constructed Elizabethtown branch of Dunkin’ recently opened with a sweet deal for Elizabethtown College students—a 10 percent discount at the register with a valid student ID. “We’re very excited about the new location,” Kunal Delvadia, employee and manager, said. “This is a very positive area, and the town itself has been very excited
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Limited weekend activities create quiet campus
Many students on campus may find themselves in a similar situation during the weekends: they are bored out of their minds, doomscrolling on social media for hours and even, for some, the weekends mean going home on Friday or earlier and coming back on Sunday. That can make Elizabethtown College the ‘ghost college,’ as described
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Today’s Tech: OpenAI unveils new ChatGPT features
Over the last week, Microsoft-backed company OpenAI unveiled three new features for its controversial artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, ChatGPT. First, on Monday, Sept. 25, the company shared voice and image capabilities for the platform. The voice update allows users to talk to ChatGPT and receive a response through a text-to-speech model. OpenAI partnered with professional
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CAMPUS LIFE
Job Spotlight: Meet Curstin Carpenter, see how art and marketing helps OSA
When walking down the BSC, I am sure that you have realized the beautiful and creative banners made by the Marketing Team of the Office of Student Activities (OSA). One of the people that work for OSA, Curstin Carpenter, makes these creatively painted banners for organizations and activities happening on campus. Carpenter is a sophomore
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Horoscopes: What encouragement do you need to hear in the last weeks of classes?
Hello again, Blue Jays! The semester is rounding to a close, and the end of the year is nearly within reach. Needless to say, life is getting hectic as we approach the last week of classes, final season and, for some of us, graduation. With that, I think we could all use a couple words
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Copy Chief Senior Farewell: Bye Bye Bye
Though it’s hard to wrap my head around it, graduation inches closer everyday. Before this year—before this month, even—I thought it would be such a relief to finally be done, to not have to worry about homework, projects, essays and other college responsibilities anymore. But as the countdown on my phone ticks away—30 days to
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SPORTS
A season for the record books: Pujols and Judge make history
The 2022 Major League Baseball (MLB) season has been one for the ages. With the final chapter closing on the regular season, teams are gearing up for the postseason. But two players have hogged all the spotlight as teams duke it out for the final playoff spots. Those players? Albert Pujols and Aaron Judge. On
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Athlete of the Week: Ava Whisten
Sophomore business administration major Ava Whisten plays offense for the Elizabethtown College women’s soccer team. Whisten has spent the last 15 years of her life playing the game she adores,which is almost all of her life. She had a natural interest in soccer and started playing at a very young age. “I’ve been passionate about
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Athlete of the Week: Kambrie Hepler
Following some exciting matches this week, junior libero Kambrie Hepler has been named Athlete of the Week for Elizabethtown College Athletics as part of the women’s volleyball team. She led the Blue Jays with a career high in aces with eight against Sarah Lawrence College. Hepler delivered a strong performance in that match as they
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FEATURES
Etown celebrates Black History month
As February begins, so does the celebration of Black History Month here at Elizabethtown College. The Department of Diversity, Equity and Belonging has worked with other departments to hold events in celebration and for education to further open the conversation between different identities on campus. Other groups, such as the Beloved Community Collective are also
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Center for Global Understanding and Peacemaking: Plans for the Spring 2022 Semester
Continuing from last semester, the Elizabethtown College Center for Global Understanding and Peacemaking’s (CGUP) first annual Forum on White Supremacy and Colonization will shift gears to focus on international concerns. In the fall semester, the Forum focused primarily on issues of race on a domestic level. Now, the scope is expanding to the global scale.
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Students Learn A Dorm-Friendly Recipe
The Elizabethtown College Bowers Center Demonstration Kitchen hosted Res Hall Recipes, an exciting, food-filled event for students on Thursday, Jan. 28. The Demonstration Kitchen entertains various functions, including cooking classes and nutrition-based discussions. On this occasion, Student Wellness Advocacy Group (SWAG) employee Gabriella Stawinski taught attendees how to make peanut butter energy bites (protein bites),
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