NEWS
Student Senate: Dining Services reports more worker shortages
Student Senate met for their weekly meeting Thursday, Oct. 27 at 3:45 p.m. in Hoover 212. The meeting began with a special order to recognize individuals who played a key role in helping to plan this year’s Homecoming. Then was the Oath of Office for the Secretary for the Class of 2024 Megan Gangal. Moving
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Global Perspective: Just Stop Oil protests against fossil fuels
Throughout October, the environmental activist group Just Stop Oil (JSO) engaged in protests against further licensing, development and production of fossil fuels in the United Kingdom. Since Oct. 1, there have been over 650 arrests. On Oct. 14, two activists threw tomato soup at Vincent van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” at the National Gallery of Art in
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PA Politics: The Fetterman-Oz debate
On Tuesday, Oct. 25, Democrat John Fetterman and Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz had their first and only debate, as the two candidates vie for a U.S. Senate seat in Pennsylvania. The debate had a unique structure: there were closed captioning systems behind the moderators, requested by Fetterman so he could read the questions and answers.
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CAMPUS LIFE
Weather Report: Summer’s still holding on
Many autumn lovers, such as myself, have been waiting for the day we get to take out our knit sweaters, order hot lattes and go to class in our sweatpants. As far as we are concerned, fall weather should be here already! Unfortunately for us, Mother Nature does not agree. Even with fall quickly approaching,
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Students of Etown: Ava Lammersen
Ava Lammersen is 19 years old and currently attends Elizabethtown College as a sophomore. Lammersen is from Woodstown, N.J., and decided to join the flock at Etown because she was impressed with the liberal arts academic rigor, the location of the College, and the small yet welcoming class size Etown offers to its students. There
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Recipe Review: Learn how potatoes can become an easy dorm favorite
Finding ways to cook favorites from home in a college dorm can be difficult. With only a microwave and a minifridge to use while at school, many students turn to easy snacks or desserts to satisfy their hunger and go home on the weekends for a familiar meal. However, these comfort foods may not be
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SPORTS
Health and Safety
With the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, face masks have become a normal part of doing just about any activity outside the house. After the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended wearing a mask during indoor activity, some people raised legitimate concerns about how this could affect those exercising. Director of Sport Safety
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Athlete of the week – Gracie Brubaker
On Saturday Sept. 18, the Elizabethtown College women’s soccer team had their annual Senior Night game where they honored the seniors on the team. This year the team celebrated seven seniors including midfielder/defender Gracie Brubaker. Brubaker is most excited for Landmark Conference games where the team is anticipating the University of Scranton to be their
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Women’s Volleyball
On Saturday, Sept. 11 at Haverford, Pa., the Elizabethtown College women’s volleyball team fell in two straight sets to both Geneseo College and Eastern College on the final day of the Ford Invitational hosted by Haverford. With the two losses, the Blue Jays new win-loss record falls to 3-3 on the season. Geneseo took the
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FEATURES
Sports editor finds future industry
Photo courtesy of Megan White November 9, 2015, I received my acceptance letter to Elizabethtown College and started thinking about the journey I would be taking in a few months. Honestly, back then I had no idea the ups and downs and challenges and growth I would experience in the coming four years at Etown.
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Senior Class President addresses Class of 2020
Photo courtesy of Maggie Fix As a lot of family and friends have reminded us, this was not the end of our time at Elizabethtown College we originally imagined. It is truly a loss that we should all mourn. However, instead of talking about what we missed out on, I want to celebrate the unique
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The Unexpected: Senior Year Cut Short
Photo courtesy of Unsplash The morning of Friday March 13, 2020, Elizabethtown College stood still. Any other morning, students would fill the campus, moving between academic buildings and gathering areas, anticipating the approaching weekend. Today, however, classes were cancelled, as the College had decided to send students home and move to online learning until April
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