Campus Life

  • Professors should not be rushed to return assignments

    Professors should not be rushed to return assignments

    To prepare college students for the “real world,” professors set strict deadlines, with harsh consequences for students who miss them. Repercussions range from a drop in a letter grade to a “0” depending upon the professor. The reasoning behind such restrictions is usually the same: in life, extensions won’t exist. In the world that professors

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  • Course evaluation forms hardly serve their intended purpose

    Course evaluation forms hardly serve their intended purpose

    t will soon be time for the day during which you barely make it to class on time, only to open the door and see some random professor sitting at the front of what you thought was your class. But just before turning to leave, embarrassed, you realize it is evaluation day! Yes, it’s that

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  • Utilizing directed, independent studies personalizes classes,

    Utilizing directed, independent studies personalizes classes,

    ver feel like there’s something that you really want to study that Elizabethtown College doesn’t offer? Or maybe there is a course you want to take, but it never seems to fit into your schedule. Before you give up on plans or think about taking a course from another school, consider independent and directed studies.

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  • Mail Services hosts 14th

    Mail Services hosts 14th

    lizabethtown College’s Mail Services hosted the 14th annual Middle Atlantic Region of College and University Mail Services (MARCUMS) Conference on Nov. 7 and 8. This was the first time the conference was held at the College. Etown, along with 13 other colleges and universities, was represented at the conference. The conference was held in Leffler

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  • Attire choices demonstrate personal ideas about appearance

    Every morning at 6 a.m., two hours before my Monday, Wednesday, Friday class and three hours before I start work on Tuesdays and Thursdays, my alarm jolts me awake. Unlike some girls or guys, I don’t use those two or three hours on my appearance. I generally pick out my clothes the night before and

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  • Emojis do not reflect inability to express oneself via texting

    Emojis do not reflect inability to express oneself via texting

    Our culture is saturated with pictorial representations of words and concepts, which have been dubbed “emoticons” or, in Japanese, “emoji.” Sometimes, entire conversations are expressed exclusively by emoticons. What implications does this popular form of communication have for our culture? Are we approaching what some call an image-based culture, or are these emoticons simply supplemental

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  • Campus’ unwritten rules summarily entail respect for others, property

    In any setting or situation, there are just some things that you should never do. Even Elizabethtown College, with its pleasant and inviting atmosphere, has its own list of taboos and no-no’s. Admittedly, these may just be a list of things that I personally find annoying, but I would like to think that most of

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  • Sophomore shares laundry etiquette tips

    Sophomore shares laundry etiquette tips

    t’s time to get down and dirty. That’s right, I’m talking about laundry. What is it about doing laundry that makes one feel so productive? Maybe because it’s the one mess we all know we can clean up, but maybe we’re taking too long to clean up after ourselves. Along with the dirty clothes, the

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  • Striking balance between athletics, arts bears strongest benefit

    Striking balance between athletics, arts bears strongest benefit

    In schools across the nation at all educational levels, the two titans of student involvement have continually waged war. The vast majority of students participate in either athletics or the arts — traditionally viewed as opposing activities. While not as pronounced as in the middle or high school settings, Elizabethtown College students sometimes perpetuate this

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