NEWS
Etown Celebrates Women’s History Month
March. It brings warmer weather, lots of rain, and the promise of the nearing end of the school year. It is also Women’s History Month, a time to celebrate women’s experiences, achievements, and ability to overcome the special types of adversity that come with being a woman. Etown has set up numerous exhibits and events
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Business Buzz: Merger changes future of sports streaming
After Netflix’s rise in the 2000s, the world saw an influx of streaming services: Paramount Plus, Disney Plus, Peacock, Prime video and Max, formerly known as HBO Max, to name a few. Users have complained that the surplus of streaming services is equivalent to paying for cable, and sports fans are part of that category.
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Integrating Controversy: How will AI integration affect the classroom?
If there ever was a hot topic of this generation—and there have been many—then the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) is king among them. After years of movies and novels prophesying doom to come off the backs of the creation of machines that can think for themselves, the public is conditioned to be skeptical
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CAMPUS LIFE
Welcome to the Jungle: Nox the kitten
Nox is a 5-month-old black cat who is dedicated to his role as junior Lux Hileman’s emotional support animal (ESA). Nox was originally one of three kittens rescued by Hileman’s friend and fellow Elizabethtown College student, junior Cassidy Rohrman and her family. After taking in the kittens off the street, the Rohrmans fostered Nox and
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Horoscopes: What app on my phone are you based on your zodiac sign?
When you go to download an app, whether it be on Apple’s App Store or Google’s Play Store, there is a plethora of every type: news, games, streaming, etcetera. Some might argue that we have too many options. So, it’s time to find out what app (that’s on my phone) you are based on your
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Debate of the Week: Pumpkin spice… worth the hype?
We all have our guilty pleasures in life. Some endlessly scroll on Zillow to look at lofty mansions in California, unaffordable though they may be. Others pull up to Starbucks—eyes wide and mouth salivating—each year on the release day of the glorious pumpkin spice latte. Imagine: you drive up to the window and pay an
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SPORTS
Men’s Soccer loses to Scranton Royals
On Nov. 5 in Elizabethtown Pa., the Elizabethtown Blue Jays faced off against the Scranton Royals in the Landmark Conference Championship match. There was a singular goal by Scranton, and that was the only goal that was scored the entire game. A lone goal from the first half held up as Scranton defeated Etown at
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A brief history of Etown’s baseball field
Lots of people go out and watch Elizabethtown College baseball, but what not many people know about the baseball team is that there is a backstory to the baseball field. Like so many buildings across campus, it should come as no surprise that the Kevin Scott Boyd Stadium is named after somebody. Kevin Scott Boyd
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Athlete of the Week: Megan Yoder
Sophomore public relations major Megan Yoder is one of two women on the golf team here at Elizabethtown College. Yoder attended Pequea Valley High School where she was a member of the golf team. She has been playing golf for most of her life, 13 years to be exact. Her grandparents started her and her
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FEATURES
Etown student launches clothing company to “Free Your Journey”
If you think college is rough, try running a clothing company startup while you’re still a student. Elizabethtown College junior Lucas Cunningham launched C&B Outdoor in August. The clothing line focuses on outdoor apparel and is staffed entirely with full-time college students at Etown and other colleges. “We have 14 items in the collection. We
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Mosaic Unbound–Hispanic Heritage Month
Lauren Robitaille wears a lot of hats. The Elizabethtown College student is simultaneously an intern with the Office of Diversity, Equity and Belonging, Bowers Writers House and the High Library. On Monday Sept. 20 these three organizations collaborated to sponsor a meeting of the Mosaic Unbound dialogue series to kick of Hispanic Heritage Month at
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Latino Mennonites
Latino Mennonites? Yes, they do exist, and Associate Professor at Texas A&M University Dr. Felipe Hinojosa is one of them. On Thursday Sept. 16, Hinojosa delivered a lecture to Elizabethtown College’s Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies. Hinojosa is a historian focusing on the Civil Rights era but that wasn’t his first intended line
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