NEWS
Iran sends military strikes against Israel
This past week, Iran fired around 300 missiles and drones at Israel in retaliation for their strike against the Iranian embassy in Damascus, Syria, which killed a top Iranian general along with other high-ranking individuals. The attacks from Iran came from multiple neighboring countries surrounding Israel including Iran, Iraq and Yemen. However, the weaponry was
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Business Buzz: Is Pride Month no longer profitable?
In anticipation of Pride Month coming in June and as a recognition of Etown Does PRIDE coming to an end soon, one trend that consumers typically expect to see that has been popularized in the past decade is the use of pride logos and flags in businesses to increase their revenue stream from LGBTQIA+ consumers.
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CGUP offers Ware Lecture photo essay competition
Elizabethtown College is offering opportunities to hear from diverse perspectives to allow for the building of a stronger community. Part of that effort is seen through the Ware Lecture, which is sponsored by the Ware Family and intended to encourage peacemaking in the campus community and in their larger lives. Speakers from years prior, which
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CAMPUS LIFE
Welcome to the Jungle: Penny the cat
Sweet and silly Penny works hard as an Emotional Support Animal (ESA) for senior early childhood education major Brooke Seislove. Penny is a two-year-old black and white domestic shorthair cat with a cute little black spot on her pink nose. Seislove had been wanting a cat for a long time and was hoping to get
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Students of Etown: Hannah Lewiski
This week, meet junior marketing major Hannah Lewiski from Pottstown Pa. Lewiski is currently working as a social media marketing intern for Mobile Marketing. When deciding what college she wanted to go to, it was the campus’ size, friendly atmosphere and distance from her hometown that caught Lewiski’s attention. “I first really liked the campus,
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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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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
Series helps students with their freelance businesses
The Digital Humanities Hub, School of Arts and Humanities, Bower’s Writers House and Office of Alumni Relations are working together to help students market their freelance work. The four-part series is focused on “creating and managing your own freelance business” and is entitled “More Than a Side Gig: How to Value and Market Your Freelance
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Don’t feed the plants!
For the uninitiated, the comedy-horror musical “Little Shop of Horrors” follows Seymour, a wimpy employee in a flower shop, who purchases an unusual plant from a mysterious source. He names the plant Audrey II after his coworker and crush Audrey. That’s before he realizes the plant has needs besides the standard water, soil and sunlight.
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CGUP Discusses White Supremacy and Global Colonization in Recent Lecture
This year has seen the implementation of various new projects and events by the Elizabethtown College Center of Global Understanding and Peacemaking (CGUP) in order to better align the organization with not only its values of peacekeeping, but with those of social justice. One of these new projects is a series of events, presentations and
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