Campus Life

  • Marketplace expands vegetarian, vegan menus, works toward healthier selection

    Marketplace expands vegetarian, vegan menus, works toward healthier selection

    D id you know that the Marketplace has been offering vegetarian and vegan food options for about 10 years? “We’ve offered vegetarian and vegan meals since the beginning, but now we’re adding more to the menu,” residential dining chef and productions manager Charles Downs said. The goal is to provide for all students and staff

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  • Controversy surrounds Pope’s resignation

    Controversy surrounds Pope’s resignation

    Controversy surrounds Pope’s resignationFor those of you currently living under a rock; Pope Benedict XVI recently announced his resignation. I suppose my first question is: If you’re living under a rock how did you get access to The Etownian? My second question is more along the lines of what this article means to investigate: Why

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  • The legitimacy of gender differences: do they go as far as the classroom does?

    The legitimacy of gender differences: do they go as far as the classroom does?

    Recently, article topics such as gender roles and what it means to be male or female have been making headlines as more research is completed to try to explain this complex phenomenon. The New York Times, a current example, published an article on Feb. 2 discussing a recent study that examines why boys tend to

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  • Corbett proposes new budget, liquor sales fund education revenue

    Corbett proposes new budget, liquor sales fund education revenue

    Governor Tom Corbett delivered his 2013-2014 budget address to the General Assembly Feb. 5. Corbett plans to tackle three big areas: transportation funding, pension reform and the privatizing of liquor sales to raise revenue for education. The Pennsylvania House and Senate gathered to hear the $28.4 billion plans that have been expected since the beginning

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  • Alumna offers tips for landing a job post-grad

    Alumna offers tips for landing a job post-grad

    Seniors: I’ve been in your shoes. Two years ago I was an Elizabethtown senior, pulling my hair out and searching every job website known to man. I was determined to prove my parents wrong (“English majors don’t get jobs”) and beat the odds, because unfortunately, a lot of college grads are unemployed. If you’re facing

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  • Boy Scouts exclude gay members: controversy in rebuttal of policy

    Boy Scouts exclude gay members: controversy in rebuttal of policy

    Last week in the news, the truth was revealed about both the White House and Obama’s opinion towards the Boys of America’s ban on gay members. While Obama expressed his disagreement with the policy, the issue was not settled. It was not until last week that the White House issued a definite yes in disagreement.

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  • Policy for cell phone regulation during work begins debate

    Policy for cell phone regulation during work begins debate

    Elizabethtown College’s Phonathon recently implemented an office rule regulating the use of cell phones while at Phonathon. Employees must now leave their cell phones in a basket on the manager’s desk during their shift, and they are only allowed to use their cell phones outside of the office during a 15-minute break. Is this an

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  • Letter to the Editor: Professor pleased with critique, controversy

    Letter to the Editor: Professor pleased with critique, controversy

    Two years ago, I was hired on as an assistant professor of sociology here at Elizabethtown College. While there are many things that drew me to this campus, the desire to truly advocate for social justice and have open and honest conversations about what that means and the various (and sometimes contradictory) ideas of how

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  • PUT YOUR RECORDS ON: Fall Out Boy

    PUT YOUR RECORDS ON: Fall Out Boy

    The first time I ever heard Fall Out Boy it was the summer of 2005, back when MTV was actually Music Television (sort of). I remember seeing the music video for “Sugar, We’re Going Down,” where the main character had these bizarre deer antlers. Regardless of the surreal videography, the song stuck with me, and

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