NEWS
CCCE Promotes Voter Registration
With a presidential election on the horizon and political advertisements coming up on everyone’s social media pages, politics and voting have become the forefront of many conversations. This is the first major presidential election that many college students have been able to vote in and with that can come a lot of emotions and issues
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Elizabethtown College welcomes Penn Medicine Health Center to campus
Elizabethtown College announced the opening of the Penn Medicine Elizabethtown College Medical Center just before the fall semester began. The center is located at 530 East Cedar St., directly across from Ober Residence Hall. Aug. 20 marked the official opening of the facility, and students now have access to on-campus medical care. The change came
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PA Politics: The Push to Win Pennsylvania Voters
Entering the home stretch to the 2024 presidential election, Pennsylvania Democrats hold the weakest voter registration advantage compared to Pennsylvania Republicans in recent decades. The Democratic Party’s raw registration numbers saw a brief rise following Joe Biden’s exit from the presidential race in late July, and although this trend has continued, the number of Republicans
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CAMPUS LIFE
Media Review: “The Office: Superfan Episodes”
Are you a fan of the 2000’s American sitcom “The Office”? As a comedy TV lover, I’ve watched “The Office” more times than I can count on one hand. Unfortunately, there’s only so many times you can watch one show over and over again before everything becomes recognizable. The jokes are still there, but there’s
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Students of Etown: Abigail Marks
Third-year Psychology major Abigail Rose Marks strongly connects with Elizabethtown College’s motto of “Educate for Service” and hopes to implement that motto into her future career. Originally from Bare, Md., Marks has a strong connection with her family and her faith, which drives her desire to connect with and help others. Marks looked at several
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Recipe Review: Banana bread in a mug
As the semester picks up in pace, you may not always have time to make a trip to the Marketplace when you’re craving some delicious baked goods. So here’s a quick and simple banana bread recipe you can make in your dorm, in a microwave! First, you’ll need to gather all the ingredients: a banana,
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SPORTS
2023 NBA Playoffs Preview: The Eastern Conference
The Eastern Conference has been the top dog of the National Basketball Association (NBA) in this year’s regular season. After years and years of the Western Conference dominating the NBA, it looks like things are turning in favor of the Eastern Conference. The East saw four teams reach over 50 wins this season, with all
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MLB Opening Day 2023
The 2023 Major League Baseball (MLB) season kicked off on Thursday, March 30 and so far, the new season has been a success. Two big market teams kicked the 2023 regular season off with New York Yankees facing off in interleague play with the San Francisco Giants at 1:05 p.m. This game was just the
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Etown Tennis falls at home to Goucher College
The Elizabethtown College men’s and women’s tennis teams took the Alumni Courts at home on Tuesday, April 4 for their matchups against the Goucher College Gophers at 4 p.m. Going into the afternoon, the men’s team was looking for their first win of the season, sitting at 0-7 and the women’s team was looking to
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FEATURES
Etown alumni gives lecture for current students
Two former Blue Jays returned to the Elizabethtown College campus to speak to current students as a part of the Mars Wrigley Executive Lecture Series in the Hoover Center for Business on Friday, Feb. 11. Erick Blanck and Adam Sauber gave a lecture titled “Five Years Removed, Reflection and Insights on Life After Etown.” They
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Demo kitchen hosts event for Super Bowl
On Thursday, Feb. 10 in the Demonstration Kitchen at the Elizabethtown College Bowers Center for Sports, Fitness and Well-being, Joni Eisenhauer, myself and five others participated in the “Soup-er Bowl.” In this presentation Eisenhauer showed us how to cook two types of chilies representing the two teams in this year’s Super Bowl. For the LA
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Reception held for new CCCE director
On Friday, Feb. 4th, the Elizabethtown College Center for Community and Civic Engagement (CCCE) held a reception in recognition of the new Director of CCCE, Javita Thompson. The reception was held from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Bowers Writers House, and was a stop-and-go event. Thompson asked all those who attended to write their
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