NEWS
GSA Holds Pride Kickoff
Pride month typically occurs throughout June with companies and cities hanging their pride flags high. Since most students will not live on campus during the summer, and therefore will not have the opportunity to celebrate traditional pride with the campus, Elizabethtown College celebrates pride early with campus wide events and opportunities for both learning and
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Etown College Appoints Police Academy Director
Elizabethtown College’s new police academy continues to undergo development. This is a follow-up on our last story about the academy as it was announced that Etown would be a host site for a state police program Timothy Fetzer will oversee the development and implementation of the police academy in collaboration with Director of the Criminal
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PA Politics: Trump Admin Gives Nippon Steel Acquisition a Second Look
The Trump Administration has ordered a new national security review for the Nippon Steel Corporation’s proposed acquisition of U.S. Steel, signaling the potential for the $14.9 billion deal to go through. The order comes as shares of U.S. Steel hit a 52-week high, a spike of more than 16% ($44.49 per share) in reaction to
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CAMPUS LIFE
Job Spotlight: ECTV Director of Post-Production
Before any episode of an ECTV-40 production goes to air on YouTube, one person must compile everything together and is crucial to the publishing process. For this year’s board of ECTV, junior H Zangwill has taken on the pivotal role of director of post-production. Zangwill was influenced by her love of famous YouTubers such as
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Media Review: “Never Whistle at Night” An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
“Never Whistle at Night” is a dark fiction anthology series, each chapter containing a different story written by a different author. There are 26 different authors in total, all indigenous people from various tribes across America. Each of the stories revolves around Native American characters, telling stories of tradition and new, modern stories that reflect
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Recipe Review: Homemade Pickles
Pickles tend to be a very divisive food, with many people either loving them and wanting to put them on everything or hating them and removing them from any sandwich or burger that might come with a single slice. I personally love them, and was delighted to find a recipe to be able to make
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SPORTS
Josh Berry puts Wood Brothers Racing back on the map
NASCAR fans got a pleasant surprise by the time the checkered flag waved last Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Josh Berry, driver of the fan-favorite number 21 Wood Brothers Ford, took home his first career Monster Energy Cup Series win. The rest of the top five included Daniel Suarez, Ryan Preece, William Byron and
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Etown Lacrosse Falls in Close Match Against Stockton
Elizabethtown College men’s lacrosse team continued their out-of-conference play against the Stockton University Ospreys at home on March 11. As the match started, the Blue Jays immediately put pressure on the Ospreys’ goal. Despite attempts to block plays by Stockton junior Riley Burns, Etown sophomore Reese Levinson scored the first goal of the match in
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Elizabethtown Basketball Makes Strong Playoff Run
As the Elizabethtown College women’s basketball team finished the season with a record of 22-4, the Blue Jays went dancing in the NCAA Division III tournament with a playoff berth, looking for a chance at a title after missing the playoffs last season. In their first round matchup, the Blue Jays faced off against SUNY
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FEATURES
OSA Festive Movie Night: Students gather to watch a romantic comedy for Valentines Day
With the smell of snow in the air and the sound of salt crunching under each step, Elizabethtown College students braved the brisk February weather to celebrate Valentine’s Day together. On Friday, Feb. 14the Office of Student Activities (OSA) hosted a festive Valentine’s themed movie night at the Gibble Auditorium. Etown students were invited to
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Legally blind magician performs at Elizabethtown College
A magician who performs under the stage name of Justin Sight was recently welcomed to campus by Jesse Waters, director of Elizabethtown College’s Bowers Writers House. Sight specializes in a variety of card tricks. The event started at 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 10, in Gibble Auditorium on Etown’s campus. His hour-long performance kept the
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The Genetics of Creativity: Can Creative Talent Be Inherited?
The nature versus nurture debate extends into the realm of creativity—is our ability to think outside the box inherited, or is it something we develop through experiences and environment? While some believe creativity is encoded in our DNA, others argue that it is shaped by the world around us. Scientific research suggests that both genetics
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