NEWS
Multiple bias incidents on campus prompt conversation
On Monday April 15, the Elizabethtown College campus community received an email about a racial slur being found written on a board on the second floor of the Baugher Student Center. While the campus waited to see what updates they would receive about who wrote the slur or what was being done, another email came
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Etown celebrates Truman’s impact
Depending on who you ask, the biggest celebrity on Elizabethtown College’s campus likely isn’t human. Rather, he is a big golden doodle named Truman. Truman is not your average pup: he is a therapy dog who makes his rounds around campus and even shows up at campus-wide events. Truman is a therapy dog here at
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PA Politics: Predicting the 2024 Senate elections in Pennsylvania
In the upcoming elections this November, one of Pennsylvania’s Senate seats is up for grabs between Democratic incumbent Bob Casey and challenger Dave McCormick. Although current polling indicates that this election is not going to be as close as the last Senate race between John Fetterman and Mehmet Oz, with Casey maintaining 45 percent support
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CAMPUS LIFE
Media Review: “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” film
In Nov. 2022, I, like many others, did not survive the Ticketmaster Great War and failed to purchase Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour tickets for one of the Pittsburgh, Pa. dates. I have been a fan of Swift since the early days of my childhood, and although I saw her during her Reputation Stadium Tour,
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Job Spotlight: Founders A Resident Assistant
For every residence hall on campus, there’s a handful of resident assistants, or RAs, ready to step in when things get out of hand. Most students know that RAs are given their own rooms and don’t have to pay to live on campus, which can make the college experience a little more pleasant and affordable
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Students of Etown: Marie Deily
College can be both exciting and stressful as you decide what you want to do for the rest of your life, and first-year Marie Deily knows that feeling well. When she started the semester here at Elizabethtown College, she was a biology major with a concentration in pre-vet but over time discovered it just wasn’t
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SPORTS
Staying fit during Spring Break
Spring break is just around the corner, bringing a week of relaxing, procrastinating and sleeping. Students take the time to recuperate from midterms and the stress of college. Here are some tips to stay mentally healthy as well as active during Spring Break. First, keep a regular sleep schedule or start one if you lost
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MLB Spring Training Begins: A look at the new rule changes
Major League Baseball (MLB) is back, folks! After an offseason that felt much too long, Spring Training has kicked off over the past few days and has done so in an intriguing fashion. Spring Training will go on for about a month, wrapping things up on March 28 and paving the way for the 2023
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Men’s Wrestling places seventh in Mideast Regional Championships
The two-day competition for the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) Division III Wrestling Championships kicked off on Friday, Feb. 24 at 11 a.m. and Etown looked to be in terrific shape by the day’s end. Four different Blue Jays reached the semifinals for their respective weight classes that day. These Jays included junior Dorian Gonzalez,
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FEATURES
Students Enjoy Tasty Treats on a Cold Day
What better way to warm up on a cold winter morning than with hot chocolate and pancakes?! On Friday, Jan. 28 in the Elizabethtown College Bowers Center Demonstration Kitchen, Assistant Director of Health Promotion and professor Joni Eisenhauer whipped up some blueberry lemon pancakes and hot chocolate for students to stop by and try. By
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Nonviolence discussion encourages peace
On Friday, Jan. 28, Elizabethtown College held a discussion on the power of nonviolent principles, led by Rev. Amy Shorner-Johnson. This talk was part of the Beloved Community Collectives series. The idea of the “Beloved Community” comes from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He saw it as the end goal of nonviolent boycotts. It is
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CGUP hosts focused events and programs on racism
Over the course of the fall 2021 semester, the Elizabethtown College Center for Global Understanding and Peacemaking (CGUP) has hosted multiple programs and events related to its first annual Forum on White Supremacy and Global Colonization. According to CGUP, the forum can be concisely summarized as being “focused on examination of how white supremacy and
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