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  • Pet-friendly housing is the purr-fect place for some students to live

    *Edit: Elizabethtown College is no longer offering pet-friendly housing. For the most up-to-date information visit Etown College’s Office of Community Living’s official website. In the fall of 2018, Elizabethtown College launched the pet-friendly housing program. The pet-friendly housing initiative is in addition to the program already in place for students who would like to live

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  • Dangers of screentime often overlooked, present danger to eyes, health

    Dangers of screentime often overlooked, present danger to eyes, health

    Throughout the day people are constantly using technology, whether for work or for pleasure. As stated by a Neilsen audience report, adults in the United States devote about 10 hours and 39 minutes each day to consuming media. Advancements in technology have made this easier. For example, many companies are now using technology as their

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  • Environmental Science major comes back to the nest, talks consulting

    Environmental Science major comes back to the nest, talks consulting

    Life after graduation can settle Elizabethtown College alumni near or far, but in some fortunate circumstances the alums are willing to stop back and share their hard earned information from the working world. Alexandra Doran graduated as an environmental science major with a minor in political science in 2015. Feb. 4 she returned to speak

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  • National trends: Smoking getting snuffed out, vaping rising from the ashes

    At Elizabethtown College, smoking is on the decline; nationwide, vaping is not. Juuls in particular have become a fixture of Gen Z and Millennial society. Small, convenient and easily accessible, they have become popular in the last year. In discussion with a few of the shrinking number of Etown students who smoke, none whom wanted

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  • Elizabethtown College reduces food waste, partners with Lancaster farm

    With the topical polar vortex and rapid weather changes, the current state of the environment and our planet have been at the forefront of recent conversation. More specifically, students, faculty and staff at Elizabethtown College have been speculating efficient ways to reduce their carbon footprints. One of the most prominent ways to decrease their carbon

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  • Study drugs pose risk to students looking to improve study habits

    College can be very stressful for students. Between school work, jobs, friends, living alone and figuring out the future, it’s not a surprise that some turn down the path of prescription drugs to help with focusing on studying and classes. According to the Harvard University Office of Alcohol & Other Drug Services website, some of

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  • Love and Information illustrates various elements of relationships

    Love and Information,” by Caryl Churchill, a play comprised of unrelated vignettes, currently being shown in the Elizabethtown College Tempest Theatre. This experimental play, first performed in Sept. 2012, intentionally includes very little detail pertaining to characters, background and stage direction. This gives directors and performers a lot of interpretive freedom. The Etown production, directed

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  • Student researchers have opportunites explore interests, global issues

    Elizabethtown College provides many opportunities for students to learn outside of the classroom. One of these opportunities is student research, some of which is able to be published. Many students engage in student-faculty research as undergraduates. This allows them to advance in their fields of study as well as make new information more accessible to

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  • College hosts film festival, explores other cultures through music

    The Global Film Festival is an annual event at Elizabethtown College sponsored by the Office of International Students and Scholars (OISS), the High Library and Modern Languages department. Each year the festival has a different theme, and this year, the included films are inspired by music.

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