NEWS
Students struggle for a seat at the table in the Marketplace
Kamryn Mengel, a first-year at Elizabethtown College, is on a meal plan, like many of her peers. The meal plan allows her to get unlimited meals at the marketplace. One day after her first-year seminar (FYS) roundtable, she decided to go eat, since she’d been busy the entire morning with classes. She couldn’t find a
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Business Buzz: Starbucks and the future of coffee
I don’t know about the rest of you, but I love coffee. It is always the best part of my week whenever my friends and I go out for coffee, and it has become an integrated part of my day. No other business has capitalized off of this love other than Starbucks. Still, they are
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Global Perspective: The Vatican announces progressive reforms in the Church
The Vatican announced in a document on Wednesday, Nov. 8, that the Catholic Church will now allow transgender people to be baptized, serve as witnesses at weddings and be named as godparents under specific conditions. These new rules came in response to a dubia, or a set of questions that seek clarification, from Bishop Giuseppe
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CAMPUS LIFE
Welcome to the Jungle: Nox the kitten
Nox is a 5-month-old black cat who is dedicated to his role as junior Lux Hileman’s emotional support animal (ESA). Nox was originally one of three kittens rescued by Hileman’s friend and fellow Elizabethtown College student, junior Cassidy Rohrman and her family. After taking in the kittens off the street, the Rohrmans fostered Nox and
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Horoscopes: What app on my phone are you based on your zodiac sign?
When you go to download an app, whether it be on Apple’s App Store or Google’s Play Store, there is a plethora of every type: news, games, streaming, etcetera. Some might argue that we have too many options. So, it’s time to find out what app (that’s on my phone) you are based on your
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Debate of the Week: Pumpkin spice… worth the hype?
We all have our guilty pleasures in life. Some endlessly scroll on Zillow to look at lofty mansions in California, unaffordable though they may be. Others pull up to Starbucks—eyes wide and mouth salivating—each year on the release day of the glorious pumpkin spice latte. Imagine: you drive up to the window and pay an
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SPORTS
Athlete of the Week: Megan Yoder
Sophomore public relations major Megan Yoder is one of two women on the golf team here at Elizabethtown College. Yoder attended Pequea Valley High School where she was a member of the golf team. She has been playing golf for most of her life, 13 years to be exact. Her grandparents started her and her
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Women’s Cross Country barely loses to Scranton
Saturday, Oct. 29 in Towson Md. the Elizabethtown College women’s cross-country team attended the Landmark Conference tournaments at Goucher College. The women’s Landmark Conference Cross Country Championship race came down to a single point between Etown and the Scranton Royals. Unfortunately for Etown, it was Scranton that would claim the team title by one point
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Women’s Volleyball soars into postseason play
The Elizabethtown College women’s volleyball team played their final games of their regular season on Saturday, Oct. 29. The Blue Jays secured two wins that day, beating Drew University early in the day and following that up with a win over Susquehanna University later in the night. Etown started the day off on the right
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FEATURES
2021-22 Lecture Series begins with abduction survivor Elizabeth Smart
The 2021-22 Lecture Series began with abduction survivor Elizabeth Smart. On Thursday, Nov. 11, Elizabethtown College students, faculty, staff and community members flocked to Leffler Chapel and Performance Center to hear her speak. Smart discussed her story, specifically providing details about being abducted, the healing process and how the trauma currently affects her. Smart attended
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Students restart public relations club
Jay Firm was first launched in 2012 by associate professor of communications Dr. Matthew Telleen. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the club went on a hiatus, but has since been restarted by juniors Emily Kuhn and Abigail Zarfoss. Kuhn and Zarfoss serve as co-presidents of the club. The two public relations (PR) majors
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Students begin process to restart College Republicans
Prior to COVID-19, Elizabethtown College’s College Republicans was an active club on campus; however, since the COVID-19 pandemic, the club became inactive, as had other clubs on campus, such as the History Club, which recently restarted. Like juniors Eric Schubert and Gavin McCabe who serve as co-presidents of the History Club, first-year Timothy Mackall expressed
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