You are lying on your bed in a pair of Elizabethtown College sweatpants and a raggedy old T-shirt, chomping on a snack of your preference. Your eyes are glued to the screen of a laptop, which plays an episode of your favorite television show via Netflix. A show that, if I were to guess, has
READ MOREImagine lounging in front of a roaring fire with a delicious hot beverage and mellow holiday tunes playing on the radio. You are catching up with your favorite aunt or uncle, laughing between bites of pumpkin pie. You feel like you have zero cares in the world, when suddenly a horrifying and thoroughly unwelcome thought
READ MOREThis fall, Christopher Nolan’s “Interstellar” opened on Nov. 7 to positive reviews and is quickly rising to be the biggest box office hit of the season. In under a week, “Interstellar” has made almost $50 million in ticket sales and holds a “Certified Fresh” rating on the notable movie critic website Rotten Tomatoes. Lagging just
READ MOREBefore the most wonderful time of the year comes the most stressful time of the year. As the end of the semester draws near, it is important to establish a game plan to conquer the last projects, papers and exams of 2014. Grab your textbooks and some coffee, and prepare to ace your exams! Here
READ MOREFew things delight Homer as much as a visit by a student during office hours. Such visits, infrequent and fleeting as they may be, serve to lift the veil of gloom that otherwise shrouds Homer as he maintains a lonely, Maytag repairman-like vigil in Hoover. The silence can be oppressive on occasion, and Homer finds
READ MOREDid you know there is an extensive DVD collection on the second floor of the High Library? It is located around the corner from the entrance near the fireplace, and it is arranged alphabetically by movie title. The DVDs range from documentaries to foreign movies with comedies, romance and older movies in-between. But do students
READ MOREDeath and taxes. To the two certainties in life attributed to Mark Twain, we could add two contemporary issues: sharp increases in tuition fees and health care costs. College students all over the country, alas, have come to dread the tuition increase every year. Homer, with a child in college, is painfully aware of the
READ MOREEvery two months, the Office of Student Activities calendar appears under every residential door at Elizabethtown College. In addition to the usual fitness events, break information and other upcoming events which range from movie showings to bowling nights to gingerbread making contests, the November and December calendar also had an announcement written in the upper
READ MORENow that the weather is growing colder, Etown students are switching from shorts and sandals to parkas and boots and trading in beach towels for scarves. With the chilliness of the weather, we are more likely to want to stay inside. However, after a while this could become quite boring. Here are some fun and
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