• Dr. Kozimor-King speaks on ‘What Matters to me and Why’

    What matters most to you and why? Most people don’t think about this question until they’re asked, and perhaps that’s why it’s so difficult to answer. It’s a heavy concept, and so it takes time, thought and maybe even a little research to answer — ­­and that’s exactly what Dr. Michele Lee Kozimor-King did. “I

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  • Theatre department presents ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’

    Theatre department presents ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’

    The Elizabethtown College Theatre Department has tackled many award-winning plays in the past, and this season is no different. The Pulitzer Prize-winning play “A Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams opened on the Tempest Theatre stage to a packed house on Nov. 1. The play, directed by associate professor of theatre and director of theatre

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  • Slam Poetry event held in Blue Bean, all welcome to participate

    Slam Poetry event held in Blue Bean, all welcome to participate

    On Tuesday, Oct. 23, in the Blue Bean, a Slam Poetry event was held as a part of the Social Justice Week taking place on campus from Oct. 22-26. Social Justice Week is a new series of events currently being hosted by sociology/anthropology students and faculty. Those students and faculty hope that Social Justice week

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  • Visiting artist Fuhrman “plays with fire”

    Visiting artist Fuhrman “plays with fire”

    Visiting artist James “Jay” Fuhrman has been playing with fire. Fuhrman gave a follow-up lecture and demonstrated his incendiary technique when making some of his art pieces during the “Painting with Fire” event outside of Elizabethtown College’s Leffler Chapel and Performing Arts Center last Friday, Oct. 20. Furhman’s show in the Lyet Gallery will be

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  • Alumni share original, favorite work at Bowers

    Saturday, Oct. 20, the Bowers Writers House welcomed four Elizabethtown College alumni who returned to campus for Homecoming Weekend to read original and favorite works that they had written or read during their time as graduates. Patricia Cangelosi ’11, Austin DeMarco ’11, Matthew Salyers ’10 and Rachel Jones Williams ’06 were the few and talented

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  • “The Human Google,” one of 20 with superior autobiographical memory

    “The Human Google,” one of 20 with superior autobiographical memory

    If you ask Brad Williams what happened on April 10, 1970, he will immediately be able to tell you that it was a Friday and the day that Paul McCartney left The Beatles. That is because Brad Williams is one of only 20 people documented to have hyperthymestic syndrome. Hyperthymestic syndrome is a condition in

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  • Homecoming events reflect campus pride,  alumni, families join to celebrate

    Homecoming events reflect campus pride, alumni, families join to celebrate

    On Saturday, Oct. 20, the annual Elizabethtown College Homecoming Parade commenced in full splendor, taking its usual route through the Elizabethtown Borough and ending at the College among excited crowds of adults and children alike. The parade began around 11 a.m. at Elizabethtown Area High School, where the vehicles, floats and pedestrian groups assembled, and

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  • Columnist covers Homecoming Court on nominations, reactions

    Like many other Elizabethtown College students, I braved the chilly fall temperatures to attend the Homecoming men’s soccer game. The real spectacle for me came in the form of the halftime show where the Homecoming Court, king and queen were announced. Of course I was personally focused on the outfits of the Court members, but

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  • Annual Midway Fair allows groups to sell merchandise, connect with family, alumni

    Annual Midway Fair allows groups to sell merchandise, connect with family, alumni

    The leaves burst into life as did the Academic Quad as alumni, students and families attended the Homecoming Fair this past Saturday, Oct. 20. From noon to 4 p.m., the walkways bustled with attendees who were in search of a witty T-shirt, delectable baked good or imaginative craft.  This year, over 60 student groups and

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