NEWS
Etown celebrates Truman’s impact
Depending on who you ask, the biggest celebrity on Elizabethtown College’s campus likely isn’t human. Rather, he is a big golden doodle named Truman. Truman is not your average pup: he is a therapy dog who makes his rounds around campus and even shows up at campus-wide events. Truman is a therapy dog here at
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PA Politics: Predicting the 2024 Senate elections in Pennsylvania
In the upcoming elections this November, one of Pennsylvania’s Senate seats is up for grabs between Democratic incumbent Bob Casey and challenger Dave McCormick. Although current polling indicates that this election is not going to be as close as the last Senate race between John Fetterman and Mehmet Oz, with Casey maintaining 45 percent support
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Science Department receives grant to renovate anatomy labs
The anatomy and physiology classroom at Elizabethtown College will be seeing major improvements over the summer of 2024. A cadaver laboratory will be connected to the classroom, which will greatly benefit learning opportunities for students who are studying the human body. With the addition of this lab, anatomy students have access to real-life concepts to
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CAMPUS LIFE
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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Media Review: Rusty Lake
For this week’s media review, we’ll be taking a look at an intriguing series of point-and-click puzzle games made by the Dutch development company Rusty Lake. All of the Rusty Lake games are available on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, as well as on Steam for PC. The two most recent games
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Internship Spotlight: Glatfelter Insurance Group
Elizabethtown College senior Charlie Carberry has an internship with Glatfelter Insurance Group in York, Pa. This company is an insurance company that mostly works with nonprofits such as religious buildings, volunteer fire stations and places for hospice and senior living assistance. Carberry found out about this internship opportunity through an emailed newsletter containing information on
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SPORTS
Women’s Basketball team soars into National Top 25 Rankings
The Elizabethtown College women’s basketball team has been cruising through their regular season and their efforts are now being recognized. The Blue Jays have been one of the most consistent teams in Division III Women’s College Basketball this season, only suffering one loss to #6 Scranton, and have now scored a top 25 ranking. The
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NFL Conference Championship weekend recap
The Super Bowl is set. The National Football League (NFL) Conference Championship games took place this past weekend on Jan. 29. These games decided the American Football Conference (AFC) and National Football Conference (NFC) champions. In the AFC, the red-hot Cincinnati Bengals traveled to Arrowhead Stadium to take on the Kansas City Chiefs, while in
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Men’s Basketball at the Palestra
On Jan. 15 at the University of Pennsylvania in the Palestra, the Elizabethtown College men’s basketball team lost to Juniata College with a score of 66-53 in the Landmark Conference play. The first half started intensely as just three minutes into play, Etown led by one basket after a three point shot by junior Tyreke
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FEATURES
Formal Jay provides fun for students
Sept. 25, the Class of 2024 put on Formal Jay, an annual dance that the student body hasn’t gotten to experience since fall 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. The dance’s theme was “Out of This World,” and it delivered on that promise. Everyone had glow sticks and the KAV was decorated with space-themed backdrops
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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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