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Iran War Propagates Conflict in the Middle East
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- June 11, 2026
On Feb. 28, the United States and Israel launched coordinated airstrikes on Iran, killing supreme leader Ali Khamenei as well as several high-ranking Iranian generals. Khamenei’s body was found in his compound in Tehran, Iran’s capital and largest city. Afterwards, Iran launched retaliatory strikes against Israel, targeting sites in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Bet Shemesh,
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Today’s Tech: Los Angeles Trial puts social media companies under fire for intentionally designing addictive software
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- June 11, 2026
After nearly five weeks of testimony, a Los Angeles civil trial examining whether large major social media platforms, such as Instagram, were being deliberately designed to draw in young users and attempt to addict them to the software, has nearly reached its end. The trial centers around a 20-year-old woman anonymously identified in court at
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LGBTQIA+ rights bill showing the impact of Pennsylvania’s divided legislature
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- June 11, 2026
Same-sex marriage is, technically, still illegal in Pennsylvania. The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges in 2015 invalidated all state laws banning same-sex marriage. Despite this, Pennsylvania’s law defining marriage as a civil contract between one man and one woman only remains on the books. Lawmakers wishing to change this, and formally recognize
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Steady trend of tuition increases for Elizabethtown College students
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- June 11, 2026
Elizabethtown College’s tuition will be increasing by 3.25% for the 2026-2027 academic year. That would amount to a difference of more than $1,000 from the current annual tuition price of $38,370. This increase was announced in an email set to students on Feb. 25 by President Betty Rider outlining the actions taken by a voting
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A look at Elizabethtown College’s newest minor
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- June 11, 2026
Added in the fall semester to the more than 100 minors offered at Elizabethtown College was the Transformative Justice minor, an interdisciplinary program focused on the analysis of systemic disparities and marginalization of racial and other societal minorities. “We wanted it to be more than just learning content,” Associate Professor of Education and minor advisor
READ MOREElizabethtown adds women’s flag football, joining fast-growing collegiate movement
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- June 11, 2026
College officials announced that Elizabethtown College will add women’s flag football as its 25th varsity sport, with competitions set to begin in the 2027–28 academic year. This is the first addition to Etown athletics since men’s volleyball in 2018–19 and aligns with the national growth of women’s flag football. The college has launched a national
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Business Buzz: SEC proposal could ease reporting burden, but raise stakes for investors
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- June 11, 2026
A potential shift by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) could change one of the most routine practices in U.S. business. The agency is preparing a proposal that would allow publicly traded companies to report financial results twice a year instead of every quarter, according to Reuters. The rule, which could be introduced as soon
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Today’s Tech: Asynchronous surgery on patients 1,500 miles away performed for the first time in UK
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- June 11, 2026
A surgeon working in London has performed the U.K.’s first long-distance robotic surgery on a patient located 1,500 miles away in Gibraltar. The introduction of long-distance robotic operations is hoped to absolve future patients of the burden of “vast expense and inconvenience” as well as generally being capable of helping a wider array of people
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Should Philadelphia host the 2028 Democratic National Convention?
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- June 11, 2026
Philadelphia is a finalist to host the next Democratic National Convention (DNC), and officials from the city are eager to bring the DNC back to the Keystone State. The Democratic National Convention, like its counterpart Republican National Convention, is a four-day event where the Democratic Party formally nominates its candidate for President of the United
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