• Lunar New Year celebration welcomes the Year of the Goat

    Lunar New Year celebration welcomes the Year of the Goat

    Thursday, Feb. 19, began the celebration of the Lunar New Year, also known as the Chinese New Year or the Spring Festival. This year is the “Year of the Goat.” Each year in the 12-year cycle is assigned an animal; last year was the Horse, and next is the Monkey. Elizabethtown College is home to

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  • Hart shares his life with students through poetry

    The College of William and Mary’s Professor of English and Humanities Henry Hart visited Bowers Writers House at Elizabethtown College on Thursday, Feb. 19 to read some of his award-winning poetry. Hart has published four poetry collections and a biography on James Dickey, amongst other critical and creative work. Hart earned a bachelor’s degree from

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  • Exhibit sparks discussion on childbirth mortality rates

    Exhibit sparks discussion on childbirth mortality rates

    On Tuesday, an opening reception was held for Carol Galligan’s exhibit “Birth Memorial…a Memorial to Women Who Died in Childbirth.” Galligan’s three-part exhibit was sponsored by the Department of Fine and Performing Arts and held in the Lyet Gallery on the second floor of Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. During the reception, Galligan explained her

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  • Newton shows film on social justice system

    New York City is known for its busy streets, iconic views and controversial events, such as the Eric Garner case, that catch attention across America. On Feb. 23, Dr. Richard Newton, assistant professor of religious studies, showed the film “The Central Park Five” as part of the on-going Diversity Film Series at Elizabethtown College. The

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  • Braxton explains transhumanism in a modern, religious context

    Braxton explains transhumanism in a modern, religious context

    “Religion is one of the things that sets humans apart,” Dr. Donald M. Braxton, the J. Omar Professor of Religion at Juniata College, said at his presentation titled “Hacking the Religious Minds: Turning Religion into a Plug-and-Play Activity” on Wednesday, Feb. 25. Braxton explained that religion is notoriously difficult to define. Cognitive science gives the definition

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  • Wenger discusses constituencies, working for a major corporation, encourages students to continue learning throughout lifetime

    Wenger discusses constituencies, working for a major corporation, encourages students to continue learning throughout lifetime

    On Feb. 20, the Business Department of Elizabethtown College held one of their weekly M&M Mars Lecture series of speeches, this time featuring E. Philip Wenger, the CEO, President and Chairman of the Fulton Financial Corporation. Wenger initially joined the Fulton Financial Corporation in 1979 in an entry-level job before being promoted to Vice President

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  • Admissions offers personalized experiences to prospective students

    Admissions offers personalized experiences to prospective students

    Like many other current students across the Elizabethtown College campus, accepted high school seniors from surrounding states will be stepping foot on that same red brick this coming Saturday, Feb. 21 for an accepted students day at the College. As the student response deadline of May 1 approaches, the Office of Admissions is hard at

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  • Appel encourages valuing morals, happiness in academic pursuits

    Appel encourages valuing morals, happiness in academic pursuits

    On Wednesday, Feb. 11, “Humanities and the Richness of Being: A Life Dynamic with Dr. Jacob Appel” was held in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. The event was sponsored by Bowers Writers House. The man who gave the presentation was Dr. Jacob Appel, an accomplished author who is also a physician, lawyer, bioethicist and social

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  • Global film represents naivety, surrealism through film ‘Amélie’

    On Feb. 12, the Global Film Festival, sponsored by the Office of International Student Services and the High Library, screened the 2001 romantic comedy “Amélie” in Gibble Auditorium. The film is a part of a series of films programmed by Kristin Syrdahl, director of International Student Services, and Louise Hyder-Darlington, access services librarian of High

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