Campus Life
- Home
- Campus Life
Semester concludes smoothly for those with good study habits, organization skills
- Campus Life
- November 19, 2014
Before 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 MOREUnintentional gifts left by students during office hours amuse economics professor
- Campus Life
- November 19, 2014
Few 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 MORE
High Library DVD collection, selection of DVDs available through interlibrary loan provide range of films for class, personal use
- Campus Life
- November 13, 2014
Did 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 MORE
Economics professor confronts rising tuition, health care costs
- Campus Life
- November 13, 2014
Death 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 MORE
Office of Student Activities announces concert to be held in Leffler in February, does not reveal identity of performers
- Campus Life
- November 13, 2014
Every 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 MOREJunior suggests activities for when warm weather gives way to winter
- Campus Life
- November 12, 2014
Now 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
READ MORE
Tree lighting ceremony serves as important holiday tradition
- Campus Life
- November 12, 2014
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas; am I right? Well, I mean, maybe not exactly … but many of us are certainly ready for some holiday cheer. I’m personally just itching to get some decorations up. Maybe a festive wreath, a classy garland, some glittery lights… All of which got me thinking about
READ MORERandom acts of kindness foster sense of community, welcome international students
- Campus Life
- November 12, 2014
Rushing from one class to the next in two different buildings that you have never heard of before and trying to decipher the abbreviations on your crumpled schedule are just a few of the things that make that first week of school stressful and a bit overwhelming. But imagine the stress of a new campus
READ MORE
Hot yoga, other E-fit activities offer opportunity to relieve stress while establishing healthy habits, burning calories
- Campus Life
- November 12, 2014
E-fit, the overwhelmingly popular fitness series offered in partnership by the Office of Student Activities (OSA) and the Elizabethtown Fitness Club, hosted its very first hot yoga class on Saturday, Nov. 8 at the Half Moon Yoga Studio in Hershey. The first 20 students to sign up for the free class last week were driven
READ MORE