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  • Ean Mann starts track and field career, breaks record three times

    Ean Mann starts track and field career, breaks record three times

    Written by: Keri Edwards All the hard work in the weight room, the time and effort put in at practice and his commitment to his team will finally come to pass. First- year Ean Mann realizes that he is only 60 meters away, which is a little longer than half a football field, from the

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  • Yoga classes provide students with a way to relax, manage stress

    Yoga classes provide students with a way to relax, manage stress

    Written by: Caitlin Vandiver Breathe in…breathe out,” Elizabethtown College yoga instructor Gayle Gearhart says as she demonstrates the warm-up exercises using sweeping arm movements with feet set wide apart on the mat. Students follow along in synchrony by slowly moving their arms from side to side and then into an arc above their heads. After

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  • Class of 2021 Senate, therapy dogs raise money for ASPCA

    Class of 2021 Senate, therapy dogs raise money for ASPCA

    Photo courtesy of Andrea Guscott Elizabethtown College students made comments like “Oh, cute dog!” and “Puppy!” as they walked through the Baugher Student Center (BSC) Friday, April 20 from 1-3 p.m. Therapy dogs from the Keystone Pet Enhanced Therapy Services (KPETS) were helping members of the Class of 2021 Student Senate raise money for the

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  • Guest speaker discusses new, FDA-approved cancer treatment

    Guest speaker discusses new, FDA-approved cancer treatment

    Dr. Bruce Levine gave a presentation on cancer research at Elizabethtown College Friday, April 6 at 7 p.m. The event took place in the Bowers Writers House. Levine is the Deputy Director of Technology Innovation and Assessment for the Center for Cellular Immunotherapies at the University of Pennsylvania. Levine works within the Department of Pathology

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  • STAMPS scholar awarded Fulbright scholarship to teach in India

    STAMPS scholar awarded Fulbright scholarship to teach in India

    Senior secondary social studies education major Gillian Engelbrecht was awarded a Fulbright scholarship. She will be going overseas to India for nine months. In India, she will teach children K-12 the English language. Engelbrecht has always known that she wanted to be a teacher. When she was in high school, she took AP world history

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  • Documentary, panel offers advice for healthier generation of men

    Documentary, panel offers advice for healthier generation of men

    Photo: Megan White What does it mean to be a man? The It’s On Us Etown club explored this question through “The Mask You Live In” movie showing and panel discussion Tuesday, April 3 from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Esbenshade Gibble Auditorium. “The Mask You Live In” is a 2015 documentary which argues

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  • Joint craft talk, evening reading explore effective use of dialogue

    Joint craft talk, evening reading explore effective use of dialogue

    Monday, April 9, the Bowers Writers House welcomed adjunct faculty of English Jennifer Besse and Assistant Director of Academic Advising Curtis Smith for a craft talk and a joint reading session. At Elizabethtown College, Besse teaches Latin and classical mythology, and Curtis Smith has taught EN 100 in the past. At the event, Smith and

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  • Emily Dickinson movie celebrates poetry month

    Emily Dickinson movie celebrates poetry month

    April is National Poetry Month, and in the spring 2018 semester, Elizabethtown College had a special focus on the great American poet Emily Dickinson. Last month, March 15, the College held an Emily Dickinson concert in Zug Recital Hall. March 15 also marked the opening of an Emily Dickinson exhibit in the High Library, entitled

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  • Student club, groups raise money for children with A-T

    Student club, groups raise money for children with A-T

    The Elizabethtown College Education Organization (Ed Org) hosted the 13th Annual A-T Benefit Saturday, March 17 from 7-9 p.m. in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. Ed Org raised a total of $1,300, which will be directly given to A-T Children’s Project. The donation was made in memory of Daniel Schuitema, 20, who recently died from

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