• Work during syllabus week can be necessary

    Work during syllabus week can be necessary

    It’s that time again: a new semester, during which Elizabethtown College students plan to keep on top of their homework situations. However, depending on what major and professors a student has, their syllabi can include a multitude of assignments during the first week of the semester. I was able to stay on top of the

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  • Posting of grades on social media generates continual debate, discussion

    Posting of grades on social media generates continual debate, discussion

    A friend of a friend posts on Facebook that they earned a 3.5 this past semester — do you really care? Or maybe your parents post about how well you are doing in school without telling you first. As social media becomes the most common way to communicate with a large group of people, dashboards

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  • Thankfulness for even insignificant events proves beneficial

    Thankfulness for even insignificant events proves beneficial

    have seen a good number of people fall on their behinds during the wintry season; those brief walks on the ice are pretty dangerous. I, of course, triumph over the treacherous terrain as gracefully as a gazelle wearing a pair of Air Jordans (now if only I could stop tripping down the BSC steps), but

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  • Letter to the editor examines crimes of America’s wealthiest

    Letter to the editor examines crimes of America’s wealthiest

    If Homer had a mission in life, besides seeking to ensure a regular supply of scones at the Blue Bean, it would be to come to the aid of very rich people who get caught committing financial crimes. In this, Homer is in good company. Take the editors of the country’s leading business newspaper, the

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  • Sophomore encourages others to slow down

    Sophomore encourages others to slow down

    Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” I’m sure by now we have all noticed that everywhere we walk on this campus, there really is no straight path. I’m sure that even now with snow on the ground,

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  • Dr. Milligan speaks on teaching, acceptance

    Dr. Milligan speaks on teaching, acceptance

    Dr. Amy Milligan, visiting associate professor of women and gender studies here at Elizabethtown College, is also a Blue Jay who has returned to the nest. Milligan graduated from Etown in 2004 with a bachelor’s degree in religious studies and German. After graduation, she spent a year in Marburg, Germany with a Fulbright scholarship. After

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  • ‘Project Brainwash’ explores depictions of women in media

    ‘Project Brainwash’ explores depictions of women in media

    “Reality TV has been functioning as backlash on women’s rights, cultural progress and social progress,” Jennifer Pozner said in her presentation “Project Brainwash: Why Reality TV is Bad for Women.”  The event occurred in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center on Wednesday, Nov. 20. Pozner, a media critic and journalist, founded Women in Media & News

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  • Registration period cannot be left up to randomness, chance

    Registration period cannot be left up to randomness, chance

    Last year, in a fit of panic, I sprung out of bed in a nervous sweat. Obscenities flew out of my mouth as I eyeballed the red numbers on my digital desk clock. I had accidentally slept through two classes, but even worse, my future was in jeopardy. I nervously double-clicked on the Firefox logo

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  • Newest Marvel film, while imperfect, entertains much more than prequel

    Newest Marvel film, while imperfect, entertains much more than prequel

    The best part about “Thor: The Dark World” is walking out of the theater into the world and wondering why it doesn’t look like Asgard anymore. Better than the first film, “The Dark World” brings suspense, laughs and a little bit of romance into a story that’s more fantastical than any other Marvel movie. The

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