• Personal computers might reveal details of lifestyle, personality

    Personal computers might reveal details of lifestyle, personality

    hen I get back to my apartment after a long day of classes, activities and navigating Elizabethtown College’s gigantic campus, I usually do several of the same things out of habit. I greet my wonderful roommates with an elongated “Yo,” which would contain too many “o”s if written as spoken. I drop my backpack onto

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  • Custom grading scales prepare Jays for future careers

    Custom grading scales prepare Jays for future careers

    bet we all have heard it from our parents before, “Get good grades!” Sometimes I think parents forget what it was like to be in school, because getting those good grades is not always as easy as they make it out to be. With each new class that we take, we experience different professors, different

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  • Apple releases new iPhone model: Is it worth the upgrade?

    Apple releases new iPhone model: Is it worth the upgrade?

    olor. Yet another reason to love iPhone.” This slogan is the pitch that Apple is using during the release of the new iPhone 5c. “c” standing for color in this instance. Now it would be ridiculous to assume that the only new feature about the 5c is the fact that you can now choose from

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  • Does social media provide too much freedom of expression?

    Does social media provide too much freedom of expression?

    ocial networks: the new means of reading reports, keeping in contact with friends and finding pictures of cats. Networks, such as Facebook and Twitter, open the Internet and posting abilities to anyone with Wi-Fi. It allows the posting spectrum to cover any and all news, national or personal. But then, how much is too much?

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  • Frisbee-golfing escapade mirrors overall collegiate experience

    Frisbee-golfing escapade mirrors overall collegiate experience

    ey, Matt! Want to go frolfing?” Of course I said yes. With a name like “frolfing,” how could I turn down my roommate’s request to play a game? A portmanteau of “Frisbee” and “golfing,” one engages in frolfing by throwing a Frisbee into a basket stationed several yards away, making each subsequent throw from wherever

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  • American colleges face new challenges, threats

    American colleges face new challenges, threats

    Just when a college thinks it’s landed a $250 million gift —poof — it is taken away in a trice. In July, Homer noted, as he bit into a scone without icing, that Centre College in Kentucky had received a staggering donation from one of its alumni, a successful businessman. It was one of the

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