Campus Life

  • Farewell to Campus Life editor, Jillian Spiller

    Farewell to Campus Life editor, Jillian Spiller

    Jillian Spiller, a junior here at Elizabethtown College, started at The Etownian during her sophomore year, writing for the Features and Campus Life columns. It wasn’t long before her skill and potential was noticed and Spiller was asked to take on more responsibility.  As an English secondary education major with a minor in creative writing

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  • College Living: Dorm hacks to make your life easier

    College Living: Dorm hacks to make your life easier

    Many alumni reminisce about college being one of the best times of their lives. However, there’s no hard feelings when you graduate and leave behind cramped dorms, roommate disagreements, communal bathrooms and countless items that were packed and never used. I look back on my first semester and wish I had a comprehensive list of

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  • How to elevate dining hall desserts

    How to elevate dining hall desserts

    Dining hall food can become boring after a while. So, how can students amplify their options? For many students, dessert is the highlight of a long day of classes and studying. But too often, that excitement can fade after a few bites. Cookies, cakes and whoopie pies may look appealing behind the glass, but without

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  • Andi’s Audio Corner: “Pinkerton” by Weezer

    Andi’s Audio Corner: “Pinkerton” by Weezer

    If you have visited my apartment, you would see a corner of my living room dedicated to my love of physical music. I have a three-tiered cart packed full of CDs, cassettes and vinyl records which is growing daily. It all started when my dad decided he didn’t need his CDs anymore and let me

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  • “Free Time 101”: What College Students actually do in their free time

    “Free Time 101”: What College Students actually do in their free time

    Elizabethtown College has so many things to offer its students, but it can be challenging to navigate such busy schedules. Many students have jobs, internships, clubs, sports or other obligations on top of their high demanding class schedule. With that being said, it is important to have a few minutes to yourself a day. With

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  • Rising Star: Cece Natalie “Miss Behaves”

    Rising Star: Cece Natalie “Miss Behaves”

    The concept of the self-made musician, the tried and true path to victory through dive bars and open mics and relying on few but themselves and a manager, is becoming something of a myth. However, passionate artists who refuse to label or market their work for a niche hashtag on social media platforms or whittle

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  • Club Review: WWEC 88.3 ‘The Sound of Elizabethtown’

    Club Review: WWEC 88.3 ‘The Sound of Elizabethtown’

    Music is all around the campus of Elizabethtown College. From the Marketplace, to the Jay’s Nest, and even outside the Baugher Student Center (BSC). However, where does it come from? Located in the Communications Lounge in the Steinman Center is where WWEC 88.3 lives. WWEC 88.3 is the College’s  student-run radio station.   WWEC celebrated its

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  • First-Year Advice: College survival tips

    First-Year Advice: College survival tips

    Starting college doesn’t come with a handbook, especially if you’re the first in your family to go. So, here is everything I have learned in my first semester, in hopes that you can take something useful away from this.  One thing I’ve unintentionally mastered is pretending I know what I am doing. I smile and

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  • Media Review: The Year of Magical Thinking

    Media Review: The Year of Magical Thinking

    I’ve always been an avid reader, eager to devour, analyze and apply the lessons from literature to everyday life. My personal library contains plenty of well-loved fiction novels, such as The Hunger Games, anything written by Mary Oliver and a couple of classics that were mandatory reading in school that moved me enough to buy

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