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  • Internationally acclaimed journalist speaks at Etown

    Internationally acclaimed journalist speaks at Etown

    Jemele Hill was the voice of the night at the final installment of Elizabethtown College’s 2023-2024 Lecture Series: Evenings of Enlightenment at 7 p.m. on April 11 in Leffler Chapel. Hill is an Emmy Award-winning journalist, Webby Award winner, host of her own podcast “Jemele Hill is Unbothered,” and engages with work built around issues

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  • Lights, Camera, Action: Elizabethtown College’s TV station continues to thrive under new leadership

    Lights, Camera, Action: Elizabethtown College’s TV station continues to thrive under new leadership

    “Quiet in studio, quiet on set. Ready camera one, take camera one.”  Adam Dalle Pazze has become very familiar with these phrases over the past couple of months. At the start of this semester, Dalle Pazze took on a new role — station manager of Elizabethtown College Television, ECTV. Although he has been involved with

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  • Campus community celebrates Etown Does Pride

    Campus community celebrates Etown Does Pride

    Members of the Elizabethtown College campus community gathered at noon on April 1 at to celebrate the beginning of celebrations for the third annual Etown Does Pride. The events planned for Etown Does Pride aim to bring visibility and awareness to members of the LGBTQ+ community as well as celebrate their bravery and achievements.  The

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  • Philadelphia Ballet performs “Bailando con Maria” at Elizabethtown College

    Philadelphia Ballet performs “Bailando con Maria” at Elizabethtown College

    On April 6th at 2 p.m, “Bailando con Maria” was performed by the Philadelphia Ballet II (PBII) in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. This original ballet arranged by PBII Director Eddy Tovar shared the story of a young girl named Maria. She lives in Mexico and has a passion for dance, which is opposed to

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  • A unique hurdle: Condition causes runner to collapse after each race

    A unique hurdle: Condition causes runner to collapse after each race

    Elizabethtown College first-year Kate Bendall is unlike any other Blue Jay. She is running with her heart on the opposite side of her body.   She has a medical condition called Dextrocardia that caused her lung to not grow properly on the right side of her body. That lung is significantly smaller because that space is

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  • ResLife hosts room selection session

    ResLife hosts room selection session

    Room Selection Information Sessions were held the week before spring break (February 27 through February 29) and the week following spring break (March 11 through March 15). These informational sessions were held to guide Elizabethtown College students on the room selection process for the 2024-2025 school year. These sessions were led by Vice President for

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  • OSA hosts first bingo event for spring semester

    OSA hosts first bingo event for spring semester

    Here’s a bingo joke: What does a bingo player have in common with a driver in a parking lot? They’re both wishing for a free space! This rang true on Thursday, March 14, when the Office of Student Activities (OSA) hosted their famous Bingo Night. OSA Bingo is a beloved event among the students at

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  • Durnbaugh Lecture: Celebrating 80 years of Heifer International

    Durnbaugh Lecture: Celebrating 80 years of Heifer International

    Heifer International recently celebrated their 80th anniversary in a lecture held  at 7 p.m. on Mar. 14 in the Susquehanna Room of Myer Hall. Heifer, a global nonprofit organization, is dedicated to the eradication of poverty and hunger via sustainable and community-based development, incentivizing aid and training to build self-sufficiency.  The anniversary event began with

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  • Remembering our beloved chaplain Joan Austin (1931-2024)

    Remembering our beloved chaplain Joan Austin (1931-2024)

     Dr. Patricia Joan Austin served as the chaplain of Elizabethtown College from 1981-2001. Joan was presented with the Four Chaplains Legion of Honor Award for her “outstanding service to all people regardless of race or faith.” A professor of psychology with a postdoctoral fellowship in cognitive therapy from the University of Pennsylvania, she maintained a

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