NEWS
Elizabethtown College class aims to highlight ‘The Community of Etown’ with upcoming project
Elizabethtown College is home to many fields of study, from the arts to the sciences. Our college truly values this diversity of academics. While some may be in an Organic Chemistry Lab for 3 hours every Monday recrystallizing with Dr. Walby, others of us may spend their fair share of Tuesday evenings working tirelessly to
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Business Buzz: The downfall of self-checkout
Shoppers who prefer self-checkouts will be disappointed as giant retailers, such as Walmart, Target, Five Below and Dollar General, start to phase out self-service lanes from their stores. This is an attempt to avoid shrinkage, or stolen merchandise. In 2022, Target lost over $200 million dollars because of shrinkage. Walmart has already removed the self-checkout
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Global Perspective: Tunde Onakoya holds chess marathon to raise money for education
In a world climate of constant wars, dictators flashing the nuclear button, and unstable and unnerving elections it can be a lot sometimes to just go about our days without always looking over our shoulders. However, for every bad news line there is still another good happening in this world. Even if it’s a Nigerian
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CAMPUS LIFE
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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Welcome to the Jungle: Darwin the rabbit
Everyone say hi to Darwin! Darwin is a four-year-old Holland Lop rabbit. First-year Jillian Spiller, Darwin’s owner, got him in Ohio on the way home from a road trip in early August of 2020. They picked him up from a farm. “I think it was called ‘Darwintin’s Farm,’ which is why we named him Darwin,”
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SPORTS
Blue Jays make noise in Landmark Conference Championships
After a superb season, Elizabethtown College’s women’s basketball team was unable to capture the Landmark Conference Championship this past weekend. After an encouraging win over the Catholic University Cardinals on Wednesday, Feb. 22 in the semifinal game, the Blue Jays came up short in the Conference Championship versus the #3 Scranton Royals on Saturday. The
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Third time’s the charm for the XFL?
The Xtreme Football League (XFL) made yet another return this past weekend. After two tries and two failures, the league rebooted for a third attempt at success this past weekend. The former owner, Vince McMahon, whose most recent attempt in 2020 failed in part due to COVID-19, decided to sell the league to former college
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Etown Basketball regular season comes to a close
This past weekend, the Elizabethtown College men’s and women’s basketball teams played the final bout of their respective regular seasons this past weekend on Saturday, Feb. 18. Both teams traveled to Baltimore, Md. to play Goucher College on the road. For the women, it was an opportunity to put their talents on display one last
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FEATURES
History Club restarts, offers new opportunities for students
After a hiatus of almost two years, Elizabethtown College’s History Club is restarting. The club is advised by Interim Director of the Young Center and professor of history and anabaptist studies Dr. Steven Nolt. Officers include juniors Eric Schubert and Gavin McCabe as co-presidents, sophomore Jackson Lager as secretary and sophomore Abigail Sholes as treasurer.
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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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