Campus Life

  • 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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  • Professors’ voiced opinions risk hindering class participation

    Professors’ voiced opinions risk hindering class participation

    As a student who frequented public schools for 12 years, I know that religion in the classroom can be a touchy subject. Many students will find a way to take offense from a statement made by a peer or instructor based on their own religious views. This begs the question of whether or not professors

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  • Peer tutoring possesses real value, effectiveness for participating Jays

    Peer tutoring possesses real value, effectiveness for participating Jays

    Throughout the school week, students of all disciplines meet with those sworn to aid them in their understanding of class material: peer tutors. A peer tutor, however, is no miracle-worker — tutoring a fellow student comes with a broad set of challenges. Should the tutor and tutee meet these challenges together, both can benefit tremendously

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  • Senior literature major speaks out on bias against liberal arts

    Senior literature major speaks out on bias against liberal arts

    For the past three and a half years, there’s one surefire conversation that’s bound to happen the same way: at a family gathering, be it a party or holiday, surrounded by people I see once a year, one time too many, after the obligatory “it’s so nice to see you” nonsense, the question forms on

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  • Out-of-class experiences provide learning opportunities

    Out-of-class experiences provide learning opportunities

    Many of Elizabethtown College’s first-year students find the transition from high school to college challenging. One of the most stressful aspects is the workload, particularly the requirements for the first-year seminars. All first-year students should realize that in-class requirements account for three credit hours of the first-year seminar, but out-of-class requirements account for the fourth

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  • Global literacy builds morality, increases knowledge, awareness

    Global literacy builds morality, increases knowledge, awareness

    My favorite comedian, Bill Hicks, had a bit that went a little something like this: he’s on tour in the great American South sitting in a diner, drinking coffee and reading a book. The waitress, a middle-aged woman chewing gum and fighting through her drawl asks him, “Whatchu readin’ for?” Not what are you reading,

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  • Forgetting to bring what truly matters

    Forgetting to bring what truly matters

    We’ve all been there before. You’re unpacking all of your belongings on move-in day, and something seems amiss. Towels? Check. Folders? Check. Your brand new guitar that you wanted to show off at the next Soul Café? Check. You think of all the important things you might have forgotten — things that you absolutely need

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  • PUT YOUR RECORDS ON: “Art Pop” by Lady Gaga

    PUT YOUR RECORDS ON: “Art Pop” by Lady Gaga

    Welcome back Jays to another fabulous installment of Put Your Records On. For new readers, I usually talk about the music I love and think you might like: why would I waste your time with anything substandard? Today, however, we will be taking a different focus as I ask you to think critically about the

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