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  • Counselor leaves the nest, takes ‘Educate for Service’ worldwide

    Counselor leaves the nest, takes ‘Educate for Service’ worldwide

    It has been said that poor mental health is like a cinder block tied to one’s ankle, dragging victims into the earth’s deepest oceans of oblivion. Worldwide, universities are trying to find a cure for the raging epidemic that seems most prevalent within individuals in their teens to late twenties. Results indicate that campus health

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  • Students consider trade-offs of new Featherton Crossing Apartments

    Students consider trade-offs of new Featherton Crossing Apartments

    As of the Fall 2018 semester, Elizabethtown College is offering new off-campus housing for rising juniors and seniors at the Featherton Crossing Apartment complex in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. The apartments are located 1.8 miles from the College campus, and according to the Residence Life page on the College website, students are responsible for their own transportation.

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  • New Vice President for Student Life, new approach to student concerns

    New Vice President for Student Life, new approach to student concerns

    This past July, Elizabethtown College welcomed a new Vice President for Student Life, Celestino Limas. Limas’ appointment followed the retirement of former Vice President for Student Life and Dean of Students Marianne Calenda. Though Limas attended three large universities – he received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Iowa, his master’s degree from the

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  • Long-term mold induced health effects, not inherently dangerous

    Long-term mold induced health effects, not inherently dangerous

    Mold is everywhere. You are constantly exposed to mold, just walking outside,” Debra Wohl, Elizabethtown College professor of biology, said. “However, some people are more susceptible or sensitive to the mold, so in areas where humidity is high and there is a lot of mold, these individuals may be symptomatic,” Wohl continued. With the outbreak

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  • Living and working internationally, Etown students’ global summer

    Living and working internationally, Etown students’ global summer

    For all students, summer is a time to take a break from school work. However, many college students still have to work over the summer. Some Elizabethtown College students spent their summer working abroad. One of these students was senior Japanese major and international studies minor Quinten Yonkers. Yonkers spent the summer interning at the

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  • Photography class exhibits pictures of the five senses

    Photography class exhibits pictures of the five senses

    Photo: Megan White Assistant Professor of Communications Dr. Katherine Hughes’ Fall 2017 photography class exhibited their photography in the High Library. The theme of the display was “Photographing the Senses.” The 16 students enrolled in the class took a picture that depicted one of the five senses. Viewers were encouraged to try and determine which

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