NEWS
Royer Residence Hall welcomes new and returning students
After months of construction, Royer residence hall was finally able to show off its long-awaited makeover. Last Tuesday, the conclusion of the renovation period was celebrated as Elizabethtown College President Betty Rider cut the ribbon in the opening ceremony. Residents of Royer and other Etown students were invited to celebrate the new renovations along with
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Pennsylvania Politics: Summer in review
Governor Josh Shapiro, a Democrat, started his first summer in the Pennsylvania Legislature in the same way his predecessor did—with a late budget. The budget deadline is June 30 but didn’t make it to the Governor’s desk until nearly a month later, on Aug. 30. The process isn’t complete, though. While the budget allots money,
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Today’s Tech: Space technology poses new opportunities
Ever since the tight space race between the United States and the former Soviet Union emerged from the Cold War following World War II, the world has entered an era of technological enhancement. Not only did this rivalry spark the concept of nuclear warfare, but it also provided a base for modern space technology. Space
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CAMPUS LIFE
Welcome to the Jungle: Apollo the boxer
This week, get to know junior Emily Morrissey’s boxer, Apollo. Morrissey and her family have previously had dogs, a lab and a lab mix, but when they started looking for a new dog, they decided to get a boxer instead. Apollo is a two-year-old boxer who has a unique personality and loves to play. “We
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Students of Etown: Maura Longenecker
This week, get to know Maura Longenecker, a senior psychology major here at Elizabethtown College. Before coming to Etown, Longenecker took a gap year after her senior year of high school to go to Ecuador. While there, she worked with refugees at a local project. “I sorted clothes and bagged food and such, but realized
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Recipe Review: Egg and cheese breakfast burrito
When you need something quick for breakfast before your 8 a.m. class, this simple breakfast burrito recipe is sure to energize you and keep you going. I love this recipe, especially on those days when I sleep in too late, and have to rush to get to class on time. Even on those days, it’s
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SPORTS
90 Minute Fever
This game is new, and it is supposed to be exciting. Enter the world of “90 Minute Fever,” a soccer game in which you can create and customize your own club team, sign and develop your players and compete against other managers in a persistent online world. You can build your legacy by winning games.
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Men’s Basketball
On Tuesday Nov. 9, in the Elizabethtown College Thompson Gym, the Etown men’s basketball team scored more than 100 points for the first time since the 2010-11 season, as the Blue Jays prevailed over Penn State Berks, 102-64. With the win, Etown starts the season with one win and no losses and the Nittany Lions
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Health and Fitness
Being active and exercising frequently are both important parts of a healthy and fit life. However, the proper diet can take one’s personal health and fitness to the next level. It is often said that weight loss starts in the kitchen. Meaning that just working out alone will not yield the best results but working
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FEATURES
Celebrating Valentine’s Day while social distancing
With the world’s first Valentine’s Day in quarantine quickly approaching, many people find themselves considering just how drastically relationship norms changed since last March. Couples in long-term relationships have been forced to go extended periods of time without seeing one another, and healthy marriages have been challenged by heightened tensions and stay-at-home orders. Perhaps the
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Etown engineers build machines, writing skills, too
Director of the Bowers Writers House Jesse Waters tells it like it is. For the past several years, he has hosted Super Science Saturday, a lecture series for whipping engineering students’ writing into shape. Feb. 5, Waters Zoomed with a small group of Elizabethtown College’s engineering students to give the second talk in this semester’s
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Student teaching in the time of COVID-19
Senior Shannon Kerwin, like any senior in the education department at Elizabethtown College, is ready to face her student teaching semester. COVID-19 has impacted every aspect of life, including student teaching. Kerwin is one of the fortunate students placed in-person at East High Street Elementary School. For the semester, she is student teaching in a
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