NEWS
American Airlines loses appeal with U.S. courts barring U.S. Northeast partnership
American Airlines is America’s largest airline, transporting passengers safely from state to state and country to country. Meanwhile, JetBlue is the sixth-largest airline in America. Launched in 2021, this partnership allowed customers to earn airline miles for both airlines when flying on one of them. The partnership featured two main components. First, American and JetBlue
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Catholicism’s new face
As the Catholic Church and the Vatican have to deal with controversy after controversy, it came as a surprise to many when they released a new mascot for the church. And yes, churches can apparently have mascots. Luce, meaning light in Italian, is a short blue haired girl dressed in a raincoat and boots and
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Campus Responds to 2024 Election
On Nov. 5, many members of the Elizabethtown College campus community voted either in-person or had already sent in their mail-in ballot weeks prior. The Center for Community and Civic Engagement (CCCE) shuttled people to the local polling location at various times throughout the day and also provided “Etown Votes” stickers for voters who may
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CAMPUS LIFE
Rory’s History: The story of Campus Life’s mascot
This academic year has been a big one for many reasons, but for all those who work on the Etownian’s Campus Life section, this year marks the triumph of our mascot Rory as he made his way into the minds and hearts of all of our readers. Despite his newfound reputation, many of our readers
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Etownian Farewell: Campus Life Editor Charlie Carberry
I didn’t start off my college career as a professional writing major, so I certainly didn’t expect myself to be interested in Elizabethtown College’s newspaper. My goal was to not join any clubs, sports, ensembles or extracurriculars so I could focus on my studies in Neuropsychology. Well, spoiler alert, I realized I hated it about
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Horoscopes: What song from “The Tortured Poets Department” are you based on your zodiac?
It’s my favorite time of year, Blue Jays! Taylor Swift just released her tenth studio album (excluding her re-records) called “The Tortured Poets Department” (TTPD) on April 19. I, like so many other Swift fans, stayed up late to listen to the album and destroy my sleep schedule. Since its release, I’ve only listened to
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SPORTS
2023 NFL midseason review
We are just over halfway through the 2023 National Football League (NFL) season, and it’s been a tremendous first 10 weeks. From standout rookies to stars on pace to rewrite the history books, there are many storylines catching the eyes of the football world. This regular season has the chance to be one of the
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Video Game Review: Final Fantasy XVI
The recent string of low-quality releases from modern game companies boggles the mind as making a relatively good game should not showcase much difficulty. While fantastic games like Octopath Traveler II and Hi-Fi Rush were released this year, titles with broken and boring gameplay like Forspoken, Redfall and Gollum have appeared too often. Thankfully, Square-Enix
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Etown soccer season ends in Landmark Conference playoffs
The Elizabethtown College men’s and women’s soccer teams came up short in the playoffs this past week. The men’s team fell to Goucher College on Tuesday, Oct. 31 in the quarterfinals 3-2. The women’s team found success in the quarterfinals with a 2-1 win over Moravian University, but their season came to an end on
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FEATURES
“Out on Campus” exhibit educates on LGBTQ+ activism
October is LGBTQ+ History Month and Elizabethtown College is doing their part to help celebrate. From Oct. 13-27, the High Library hosted an exhibit detailing the history of LGBTQ+ activism at colleges in Pennsylvania. On loan from the LGBT Center of Harrisburg, the exhibit has information that includes everything from LGBTQ+ club founding to personal
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Pink drink demo brings awareness to breast cancer
Elizabethtown College did their part in spreading awareness for breast cancer at the Pink Drink Demo in the Bowers Center for Sports, Fitness and Well-being on Thursday. October is the month for Breast Cancer Awareness. This beautiful event by Assistant Director of Health Promotion Joni Eisenhauer and Student Wellness Advocacy Group (SWAG) provided signs for
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Etown celebrates Homecoming and Family Weekend
On Thursday Oct. 13, Elizabethtown College kicked off celebrations for the Homecoming and Family Weekend. After a day of events ranging from art exhibits to escape rooms, comedian Jay Black had a show in the KAV. Black is a world-renown standup comedian, having performed across nearly 1,000 college campuses around the country. “The show
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