• Author Jay Varner presents workshop,  public reading; offers advice on writing

    Author Jay Varner presents workshop, public reading; offers advice on writing

    Last week, Elizabethtown College students, faculty and staff were fortunate enough to be able to spend time with and learn from author Jay Varner as he presented a workshop and public reading at the Bowers Writers House. Jay Varner is a local author, from the central Pennsylvania area. Varner attended UNC Wilmington and received his

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  • Tim Groseclose gives lecture on liberal bias in mass media

    Tim Groseclose gives lecture on liberal bias in mass media

    Where would we be if we didn’t have the media? Dr. Tim Groseclose explored the answer to that question in his lecture based on his book of the same name, “Left Turn: How Liberal Media Bias Distorts the American Mind.” The lecture took place at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7 in Gibble Auditorium as part

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  • Bucher, Martin, Webster host panel on King James Bible exhibit

    Bucher, Martin, Webster host panel on King James Bible exhibit

    A faculty panel titled “Shakespeare, Literature, and the Language of the King James Bible” took place at 4 p.m. on Feb. 6 in the High Library. The audience, completely engaged in the discussion, could be found raising hands, laughing, and interacting with panelists in a unique and thought-provoking way. The panel included discussion topics pertaining

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  • Valentine’s origins, world celebrations

    Valentine’s origins, world celebrations

    Jewelers, candy companies and greeting card companies anticipate a skyrocketing sale increase every February for one reason: Valentine’s Day. The average amount of money that an American consumer spent on Valentine’s Day in 2012 was $126.03 with the number expected to rise for this year’s consumer spending amount, according to a recent article on www.time.com.

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  • 2010 grad founds entertainment firm

    2010 grad founds entertainment firm

    There’s no business like the music business. Chelsea Kempchinsky, a 2010 graduate of Elizabethtown College with a degree in business, agrees wholeheartedly. Now an office manager for Loretta Lynn Enterprises and the founder of 12th Street Management, an entertainment management firm in Nashville, Tenn. Kempchinsky has utilized her passion for music and her time at

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  • Alumnus spotlight: DeMarco, former Professional Writing student, weighs in

    Alumnus spotlight: DeMarco, former Professional Writing student, weighs in

    Whether it’s listening to NPR on his drive to work or a serendipitous moment of creative thought, alumnus Austin DeMarco ‘ll finds inspiration in just about everything. “Once an idea hits my brain, I have to write it down, have to explore it to its logical conclusions. Storytelling fascinates me, and I can’t imagine doing

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  • Perception, feeling, action: Rudy explains the experience of, resolutions for, conflict

    Have you ever had a fight with your best friend? Or maybe you’ve fought with your sibling over who gets the last slice of pizza? No matter what the situation, people are always finding reasons to be mad, which tends to lead to an argument. Believe it or not, communication is something that needs to

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  • Only at Etown: Mr. Fix-it

    Only at Etown: Mr. Fix-it

    Upon returning to campus this January, my roommates and I undertook some major rearranging in our dorm room. Once everything started looking more like an actual dwelling and not a homeless shelter, we decided it was time to finally report the missing tension rod for one of the windows in our room. We had gone

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  • Poet Laureate Daina Savage reads, presents lecture on process

    Poet Laureate Daina Savage reads, presents lecture on process

    There was a sweet sound – music to an English major’s ears – floating from the Bowers Writers House on the evening of Jan. 31. That, of course, was the voice Daina Savage sharing some of her own poetry. She selected and read twenty of her poems, gracing both Elizabethtown College students and members of

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