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Examining the healthcare system for students on college campuses
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- December 7, 2017
In the last couple years, especially since the most recent presidential election, the issue of health care has been in the public eye. Groups such as children, the elderly and the poor are often considered when discussing this issue, but one of the largest affected groups is forgotten: college students. According to the Department of
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Circle K’s Caitlin’s Smiles event helps make cards for kids in hospital
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- November 17, 2017
Monday, Nov. 13 from 6-8 p.m. the Koon’s Activity Venue (KAV) was full of people busy working on different crafts to give to children in hospitals. The event was put on by Circle K members. People in attendance could do a variety of different activities from decorating bags to making greeting cards and craft kits.
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Author shares his experiences growing up as a Muslim in America
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- November 17, 2017
The Bowers Writers House was filled with an abundance of laughter Monday, Nov. 13 as author Haroon Moghul shared his story with a comedic approach. Moghul’s most recent book is titled “How to be a Muslim: An American Story,” and he talked about what it was like to grow up as a Pakistani-American practicing Islam
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New Study Abroad Advisor talks about her time spent at Etown
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- November 17, 2017
Would you work for your school? Elizabethtown College graduate Megan Bell ’14 currently works as a study abroad advisor at the Etown Study Abroad Office. While at Etown, Bell majored in corporate communications with a minor in professional writing. She swam on the swim team all four years and was a captain her senior year.
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Panel on reform lines up with anniversary of Protestant Reformation
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- November 17, 2017
Elizabethtown College hosted an event Tuesday, Nov. 14, sponsored by the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies about three different reform movements and leaders: Martin Luther, John Calvin and Swiss Anabaptists. Each speaker discussed the history and choices made by the reformists. The presentation allowed audience members to ask questions or make comments at
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Final event of World War I lecture series shares view from the East
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- November 17, 2017
Monday, Nov. 13, the High Library hosted the last installment of the World War I and America program for the fall 2017 semester. The lecture featured Dr. David Kenley, the Director of the Center for Global Understanding and Peacemaking and professor of history at Elizabethtown College. Dr. Kenley’s area of expertise is Asian studies, with
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Governor visits Etown’s solar field to announce new solar energy bill
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- November 17, 2017
Monday, Nov. 13, at 10 a.m., Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf greeted government officials and Elizabethtown College students and faculty at the College’s solar field to sign House Bill 118, which encourages Pennsylvanians to produce and use their own efficient energy sources. House Bill 118 was signed into law as Act 40 Monday, Oct. 30, according
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First play of the year “Medea” is a classic adaption of the original play
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- November 2, 2017
Elizabethtown’s Tempest Theatre is hosting its first play of the year this upcoming week. “Medea” was originally written in 430 B.C. and has had multiple adaptations since. Etown’s theatre department is doing Liz Lochhead’s Scottish feminist version. “Medea” is a play that centers on the controversial roles of males and females and how revenge can
READ MORELive connected: new learning outcome, program theme for Residence life
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- November 2, 2017
How do resident assistants (RAs), Area Coordinators and the Office of Residence Life as a whole help students at Elizabethtown College? For this academic year, the Office of Residence Life has launched a new learning curriculum called Live Etown. “We’re really pumped about [Live Etown],” Area Coordinator for Schlosser Residence Hall, Myer Residence Hall and
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