NEWS
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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House passes bill to potentially prohibit TikTok, hopes to push ByteDance to sell platform
This just in screen watchers: the House of Representatives has voted in favor of forcing Bytedance to sell TikTok to an American investor or else see it banned in the United States. Bytedpace, a Chinese-based tech company, is looking to take this to court rather than selling one of their most profitable assets. The Senate
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Multiple bias incidents on campus prompt conversation
On Monday April 15, the Elizabethtown College campus community received an email about a racial slur being found written on a board on the second floor of the Baugher Student Center. While the campus waited to see what updates they would receive about who wrote the slur or what was being done, another email came
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CAMPUS LIFE
Business Review: Folklore Cafe and Co
Let’s face it: we all love a warm, aesthetic café to study, read or simply escape from the chaos of campus. Soft lighting, quiet conversations and mouthwatering smells of rich espresso fill the air, making it the perfect place to relax and unwind. It’s as if you walked straight into a beautifully written Taylor Swift
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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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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
Stretching class attended by glowing participants
The Elizabethtown College Bowers Center for Sports, Fitness and Well-being hosted a Stretch and Glow class on Sept. 25. The event was created by Director of the Bowers Center Whitney Crull, and the class was led by Group Fitness Instructor Cassidy Dunn in the Bowers Center Field House. The class was created to establish a
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Religious scholar named 2021 Peace Fellow
Wednesday, Oct. 6 at 7 p.m. in the Susquehanna Room commenced the 2021 Peace Fellowship Lecture. This annual tradition is rooted in Elizabethtown College’s peacekeeping heritage and serves to facilitate student engagement with diverse scholarship related to the values of the College. The Peace Fellow is a scholar or significant actor in the realm of
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“Real Women Have Curves” film showing honors Hispanic Heritage Month
On Sept. 24, the Elizabethtown College Office of Diversity, Equity and Belonging along with the High Library sponsored a showing of the movie “Real Women Have Curves” in the Gibble Auditorium. Senior and Mosaic Unbound intern Lauren Robitaille served as the host for the evening. The movie was played in honor of National Hispanic Heritage
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