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World AIDS Day event raises awareness of disease prevalence
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- December 8, 2016
Thursday, Dec. 1, in order to celebrate World AIDS Day, Elizabethtown College’s Student Wellness Advocacy Group (S.W.A.G.) urged students to become aware of the effects that AIDS can have on all of us. S.W.A.G. had a table with student representatives on the two days leading up to the universally recognized day in order to inform
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Dakota Access Pipeline draws student attention at panel, rally
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- December 8, 2016
Graduates of Elizabethtown are prepared to make the world a better place. They do so, in part by living in ways that reflect their individual commitments, response to the needs of others, and value personal and ethical integrity,” says an excerpt found under the Purposeful Life Work section of the Elizabethtown College mission statement. Many
READ MOREEtown hosts day-long training, discusses teaching Shakespeare
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- November 17, 2016
April 23, 1616, roughly 400 years ago, the legendary William Shakespeare passed away. To honor his life and works, the Folger Shakespeare Library of Washington D.C. is touring the First Folio. The First Folio, a collection of 36 Shakespearean plays, was published in 1623 by two of Shakespeare’s closest friends. The First Folio is on
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Faculty artists display creative works in month-long Zug Hall exhibition
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- November 17, 2016
This work and “Corn-Chips” were inspired by farming, according to Friedly. He was inspired by his heritage and the local area. His father came from a farming village in Switzerland. “The farming makes me feel at home,” an anonymous visitor wrote in the guest book by the entrance to the gallery. “Water Work – Columbia”
READ MOREActor performs interactive show, holds workshop for students
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- November 17, 2016
New York City actor Louis Butelli performed a one-man show in the Tempest Theater Sunday, Nov. 13 at 2 p.m. Commissioned by the Folger Shakespeare Library, Butelli and his colleagues wrote the show entitled “The Gravedigger’s Tale” to travel with the First Folio! exhibit currently at Elizabethtown College. “The Gravedigger’s Tale,” featuring Butelli as the
READ MOREAward-winning author leads interactive writing workshop
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- November 17, 2016
Monday, Nov. 14, Bowers Writers House hosted a craft talk and evening reading with author Jeffrey Ethan Lee. Lee is a fiction and poetry writer who has written many award-winning books, including “identity papers,” which was a Colorado Book Award Finalist. During his craft talk, he had the participants do a spontaneous writing workshop as
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Music department presents Shakespeare-oriented event
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- November 17, 2016
As Shakespeare’s First Folio comes to Elizabethtown College, a long list of other events related to Shakespeare and his influence on the arts are taking place across campus. One such event, entitled If Music Be the Food of Love: Songs from the Plays and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, was recently hosted by the music department.
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Mosaic House sponsors Black Lives Matter discussion, vigil
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- November 17, 2016
Thursday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m., the Mosaic House hosted an event centered on the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. Students and faculty held a Respecting All Perspectives (RAP) discussion in the house. Later, students gathered in front of the BSC and wrote the names of some of the people of color who have been
READ MOREGroup meditation held in library, discussions follow
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- November 10, 2016
I’m interested in alternative states of consciousness, which is my thesis project, and I wanted to experiment,” said senior psychology and philosophy major Andrew Kile in regard to the meditation event recently held in the Tower Room of the High Library. Throughout the last 17 years that professor of religion and Asian studies Dr. Jeffery
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