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  • Capital One legal expert discusses risk management within businesses

    Capital One legal expert discusses risk management within businesses

    Steve Gannon, deputy general counsel of Capital One, spoke on risk management in businesses at Elizabethtown College on Wednesday, April 30. Gannon oversees Capital One’s legal department, which includes the corporate transactions, regulatory, banking, litigation, employment, securities and governance groups. He said that the legal department exists within the company in order to deal with

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  • ‘A Murder is Announced’ play illustrates classic Christie mystery

    ‘A Murder is Announced’ play illustrates classic Christie mystery

    Featuring murders, false identities and hidden pasts, “A Murder is Announced” depicted Leslie Darbon’s adaptation of a classic Agatha Christie mystery. This production was directed by Dr. Michael Swanson, who is the director of theatre and dance and an associate professor of theatre. The play takes place in Little Paddocks, where Miss Letitia Blacklock, her

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  • ‘Sin by Silence’ film reveals stories of formerly abused women in prison

    Silence is a killer. Every nine seconds, a woman is beaten. As a response, some women stay silent about the issue while others take action. Either response can have serious consequences for the woman and those close to her. On Tuesday, April 22, the Student Wellness Center’s Take Care Tuesday series concluded with a screening

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  • Psychology chair presents research on prejudice against transwomen

    Psychology chair presents research on prejudice against transwomen

    On Monday, April 28, Dr. Evan Smith, associate professor of psychology at Elizabethtown College and chair of psychology department, gave a presentation entitled “Prejudice Against Transwomen: Theories and Findings.” The goal of his presentation was to present his research about understanding and evaluating prejudice against members of the LGBTQ community while focusing on transwomen, a

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  • Student Wellness hosts Sexy Trivia for ‘Get Yourself Tested’ month

    Think you’re a sex-pert? Tuesday evening in Gibble Auditorium, the Student Wellness Center and the Student Wellness Advocacy Group (SWAG) hosted “Sexy Trivia” as part of their Take Care Tuesday series for students. The event was hosted as part of “Get Yourself Tested” month. As part of the event, students were invited to take part

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  • McFadyen-Ketchum reads poems from book ‘Ghost Gear’

    McFadyen-Ketchum reads poems from book ‘Ghost Gear’

    Poet Andrew McFadyen-Ketchum, author of “Ghost Gear,” visited Elizabethtown College on Friday, April 6, as part of his book tour. “Poetry is really a true collaboration with the world,” he said. McFadyen-Ketchum derived some of his poems from stories his father would tell him.  “He’s not cool, my dad, so he would get really into

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  • Wosner’s performance concludes Monsters of the Steinway series

    Wosner’s performance concludes Monsters of the Steinway series

    To conclude the two-year celebration of Elizabethtown College’s new Steinway piano, the Monsters of the Steinway series featured Shai Wosner on the piano Saturday evening. During the concert, Wosner performed Franz Schubert’s “Piano Sonata in A Major” and “Piano Sonata in B-flat Major.” Wosner, a native of Israel, studied piano under Emanuel Krasovsky and composition,

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  • PRIDE Day 2014 motivates Jays, alumni to clean up campus

    PRIDE Day 2014 motivates Jays, alumni to clean up campus

    Elizabethtown College’s fifth annual PRIDE Program Volunteer Day was held on Saturday, April 5. The PRIDE program, standing for Promote, Recruit, Involve, Donate and Employ, was founded to engage all people in the Etown community. The first campus cleanup day was held on April 6, 1901. Today, the PRIDE Program has revived this tradition. The

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  • ‘House’ script coordinator, alumnus offers industry insight

    ‘House’ script coordinator, alumnus offers industry insight

    Elizabethtown College welcomed alumnus Dustin Paddock, who discussed his Hollywood story with students at Bowers Writers House on April 2. After graduating from Etown, Paddock drove his hatchback to Hollywood where he hoped to make it big as a scriptwriter. Paddock expressed his enthusiasm for writing, and explained that he had taken a screenwriting course

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