• Optional homework assignments only aid

    Optional homework assignments only aid

    Like the end of almost any other class period, you throw your notebook, textbook and writing utensil of choice into your backpack while half-listening to the professor’s closing remarks. You briefly glance at the homework listed on the board as you leave the room. Are you going to complete the assignment by the time your

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  • Success of peer editing depends entirely on personal outlook

    Success of peer editing depends entirely on personal outlook

    Something that seems to be growing increasingly prevalent in Core and WRI courses–– most of these being housed within the English department –– is the utilization of peer editing exercises. If used properly, peer editing helps you in two ways: You the Writer receive feedback that escaped you while you were actively invested in the writing

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  • Early warnings serve as effective wake-up call

    Early warnings serve as effective wake-up call

    Well, we are at that time of the semester again; that’s right — early warnings. Hopefully you were fortunate enough not to receive one.  If you did, try not to worry about it too much.  You have some time to pull that grade up. This came as a surprise to me, because I never really

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  • Slow response to snowfall proves troublesome for Jays

    Slow response to snowfall proves troublesome for Jays

    Pax came to town with a real sense of doom last week.  No, not Angelina Jolie’s son Pax, but winter storm Pax. It rolled through town, leaving an apocalyptic-looking winter wasteland in its wake.  And as much as I love snow days and cheer for the snow to keep on coming, I can’t help but

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  • Openly-gay NFL prospect receives support

    Openly-gay NFL prospect receives support

    Tim Tebow made sports history when he bowed his head to pray after a touchdown. Jerry Sandusky went down in infamy when he was charged with molestation. Brad and Jenny Kremer brought light to sports charities, and their impact was felt around the world. Last week, Michael Sam shook the sports world by becoming the

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  • Reviewer praises plot, presentation of theatre production ‘These Shining Lives’

    Reviewer praises plot, presentation of theatre production ‘These Shining Lives’

    “Not a fairy tale, though it starts like one. It’s not a tragedy, though it ends like one,” Catherine Donohue, portrayed by senior Katie Owens, said at the start of “These Shining Lives.” Starting Valentine’s Day, the Elizabethtown College theater program began its performances of “These Shining Lives.”  Performances are being held in the Tempest

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