NEWS
Germany’s Far-Right Party Looms in Local Elections
Germany’s right-wing party (AFD) is winning huge support within key local elections across eastern Germany. This support is unprecedented, as it hasn’t been seen for a far-right movement since the 1940s. As election season for them is also ramping up, a lot of citizens both inside Germany and abroad are worried about this sudden change.
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550 Students Join The Flock This Fall
Each year, it seems a new bigger incoming class comes to Elizabethtown College. In the 2023-2024 application season, 3,618 senior high school students tried to join the Etown flock, making it 3 percent higher than the year prior and the most number of applications ever. The class snapshot for the class of 2028 indicated that
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2024 PA Ren Faire Season Starts
With fall classes starting and the workload already starting to pile up, an excursion outside of campus is what many students are looking for during their weekends. This leads to a lot of students going to the local restaurants and shops in town that they have been to many times before or making a drive
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CAMPUS LIFE
Recipe Review: Pumpkin Oatmeal
If you aren’t yet tired of all the pumpkin-flavored foods this season, here’s a simple recipe for oatmeal to help jumpstart your day! Unfortunately, this recipe does require a few ingredients you’ll need to get off campus. These include the oatmeal itself, pumpkin puree and pumpkin pie seasoning. You can use instant oats instead of
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Media Review: Rusty Lake
For this week’s media review, we’ll be taking a look at an intriguing series of point-and-click puzzle games made by the Dutch development company Rusty Lake. All of the Rusty Lake games are available on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, as well as on Steam for PC. The two most recent games
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Internship Spotlight: Glatfelter Insurance Group
Elizabethtown College senior Charlie Carberry has an internship with Glatfelter Insurance Group in York, Pa. This company is an insurance company that mostly works with nonprofits such as religious buildings, volunteer fire stations and places for hospice and senior living assistance. Carberry found out about this internship opportunity through an emailed newsletter containing information on
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SPORTS
Swim Team’s season recap and championship preview
Elizabethtown College men’s and women’s swim teams’ regular seasons came to a close at the end of January. On Jan. 28, both the men’s and women’s swim teams had their last regular season meet. Both teams had a successful regular season, each sporting a winning record as championship weekend nears. The men’s swim team jumped
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Friends Fitness Challenge is underway
The Friends Fitness Initiative is a fitness challenge that runs through the month of February. The challenge is hosted by Elizabethtown College’s Bowers Center for Sports, Fitness and Well-being. This challenge is going on now. This challenge is a little different than the Leave 2022 Behind You, because the challenges are slightly different. To register,
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A History of The Palestra
The Palestra is one of the most recognizable names in basketball. It is an arena that belongs to the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn), which is in Philadelphia. The reason the Palestra is so famous is because of its long history. The word “palestra” means an area for athletic competition, training and competition. The ancient Greeks
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FEATURES
Lecture series offers enlightenment to attendees
Elizabethtown College will host a lecture series entitled “Evenings of Enlightenment” from 2021 to 2022. The first lecture will feature abduction survivor and founder of the Elizabeth Smart Foundation Elizabeth Smart, on Nov. 11. Other lectures include MSNBC political analyst Michael Eric Dyson on Dec. 2, founder and president of the Ocean Exploration and pioneer
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OSA hosts a zombie escape room
Elizabethtown College’s Office of Student Activities (OSA) hosted a zombie escape room Oct. 28. The event was led by senior Victoria Vaughn. Vaughn mentioned the planning for the event began in Sept. However, according to Vaughn, they only “started making [the props] two weeks ago.” It took Vaughn four hours to make all of the
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Billy D. Washington: Master of funny business
Billy D. Washington, a talented comedian, musician and writer, recently visited campus to deliver talks on bettering your craft and some comedy to lighten the load in these stressful Bowers Writers House director Jesse Waters chose to bring Washington on campus to share his life story and skills he picked up along the way. “He
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