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  • Hassina Sherjan, Lt. Col. Burgess discuss mid, post-war Afghanistan

    Hassina Sherjan, Lt. Col. Burgess discuss mid, post-war Afghanistan

    Hassina Sherjan, scholar-in-residence at Bowers Writers House, is owner and chief executive officer of Boumi Co., an international home accessory business. Sherjan has a master’s degree in public administration from Harvard Kennedy School and an honorary doctorate of law from Queen’s University in Canada. She also founded and is the chief executive officer of Aid

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  • Morella speaks on women’s equality

    Morella speaks on women’s equality

    onstance Morella opened her lecture Thursday evening with a quote by Joseph Addison: “I consider an human soul without education like marble in the quarry, which shows none of its inherent beauties, till the skill of the polisher fetches out the colours, makes the surface shine, and discovers every ornamental cloud, spot and vein that

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  • Representatives of Big Brothers Big Sisters present on non-profit businesses

    On Oct. 18, just before the Blue Jays finished preparing for Homecoming and Parents’ Weekend, Elizabethtown College welcomed several leaders of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Lancaster County to speak in Leffler’s M&M Mars Room. Melissa Siwiec, executive director of BBBS of Lancaster County, as well as Luann Smith, Lancaster County’s BBBS school based program

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  • Bowers Writers House hosts alumni readings

    This Saturday during Homecoming, the Bowers Writers House hosted its second annual Alumni Reading. Directed by Lecturer in English Jesse Waters, the event invites Elizabethtown College alumni to the Writers House to read a few of their works. Waters’ goal is to invite not only English majors reading a certain genre of works, but a

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  • Travels Abroad: Discovering Etown in Unexpected Places

    Travels Abroad: Discovering Etown in Unexpected Places

    hile studying abroad in England, I’ve noticed quite a few differences in comparison to the United States. These differences range from food to language and most recently in music. It plays a large role in the lives of most people both here and in the U.S., but the music most listened to definitely differs from

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  • Kanagy presents research on growth, spread of global Christianity

    Kanagy presents research on growth, spread of global Christianity

    hat does the decline of the Christian denominations in the west mean for the world of religion? How will the growth of Christianity in the global south and east impact religion? Are the situations of the congregations and traditions in these geographic regions capable of meeting in the middle to lead to a more unified

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  • Labyrinth Experience offers exposure to walking meditation on campus

    Labyrinth Experience offers exposure to walking meditation on campus

    If a student walked past the KAV on Thursday afternoon, they may have been greeted with an unusual sight. In the center of the room, a giant circular cloth with intricate designs had taken up a large portion of the floor space. In this large swath of purple cloth, intricate white paths wove around the

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  • Mastrobuono speaks on theatre department involvement

    Mastrobuono speaks on theatre department involvement

    There are many students and teachers who make the Department of Fine and Performing Arts one of the most original and exciting departments on Elizabethtown College’s campus. Theresa Mastrobuono, an adjunct professor in the Department, teaches an acting course in movement for the actor, directs one production a year, manages the costume shop and is

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  • Amish wedding season in Lancaster County spans over October

    The month of October marks the beginning of the wedding season for Lancaster County’s Amish community. Their wedding traditions are widely varied and have been chronicled by Dr. Donald B. Kraybill, scholar of Anabaptist traditions. Kraybill is a faculty member in Elizabethtown College’s sociology and religious studies departments. Kraybill is also the series editor of

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