• Etown Simplified: Evaporate stress away with essential oils

    Etown Simplified: Evaporate stress away with essential oils

    Written by Hanna Dillenger, Karina Guy, Liz Heaney, Robin Hill, Brady McLamb Are you feeling stressed out? Essential oils have been shown to help with feelings of anxiety and stress while also increasing focus and concentration. According to the National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy, “the term ‘essential oil’ is a contraction of the original ‘quintessential

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  • Recommendations: Homecoming: Five events that capture the Etown experience

    Recommendations: Homecoming: Five events that capture the Etown experience

    The weather is finally cooling off, the leaves are falling and the Halloween decorations are once again on our front doors. It’s fall and students are feeling a change in the air as the summer fades into fall. For many, this is a time of change: getting into the rhythm of classes, facing new challenges

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  • Music Review: Ariana Grande: “Sweetener” is just that: sweet

    Music Review: Ariana Grande: “Sweetener” is just that: sweet

    Popular music is one of the most severely underestimated genres. Music enthusiasts love taking our Internet shovels and digging as far underground as possible, priding ourselves in our ability to find bands that “you’ve probably never heard of.” But the truth is that some of the best music of our age is hidden in plain

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  • Etown Simplified: Simple ways to make mindful food choices

    Etown Simplified: Simple ways to make mindful food choices

    Written by Cassidy Dunn, Abby Goodman, Matt Gree, Zosia Proch, Hannah Ward, Tim Zeiber Instead of eating mindlessly, putting food into your mouth almost unconsciously, not really tasting the food you’re eating… you notice your thoughts, feelings, and sensations” when you are mindful with your eating. Leo Babauta explains this in one of his blogs

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  • A Guide to Recovering from Midterm Mayhem

    A Guide to Recovering from Midterm Mayhem

    Midterm season has arrived, and it has probably come with a lot of emotional stress, a high caffeine intake, and possibly some sleep deprivation. Through the agonizing long hours of studying you may have neglected your friends, daily gym workout and your healthy eating streak. Transitioning back into your normal routine is crucial to allow

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  • The Weekly Chirp: Students, faculty weigh in: Is denying visas to same-sex partners of diplomats justified?

    The Weekly Chirp: Students, faculty weigh in: Is denying visas to same-sex partners of diplomats justified?

    Effective Oct. 1, the Trump administration’s State Department will no longer issue visas to unmarried, same-sex partners of foreign diplomats or officials and employees of the United Nations in the U.S. The diplomats were given a deadline of the end of 2018 to either marry or leave the country. This new policy is approximated to

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