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  • ‘Bookstore Bob’ serves as state trooper prior to working on campus

    ‘Bookstore Bob’ serves as state trooper prior to working on campus

    Students and faculty members alike may recognize Bob Mrgich across campus, although they may not know his name. Across the Elizabethtown College community, he is affectionately referred to as “that guy from the College Store.” He may even be spotted patrolling campus with the other campus security officers. There is more to Mrgich than meets

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  • Long visits India to celebrate Swami Vivekananda’s anniversary

    Long visits India to celebrate Swami Vivekananda’s anniversary

    While most students were settling back into new courses and a new semester at Elizabethtown College after winter break, Dr. Jeffery Long, professor of religion and Asian studies, traveled to India to speak in front of an audience of 15,000 people. Long spent two weeks in India and gave two speeches at different cultural events,

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  • Minor visits campus, discusses short, contemporary fiction

    Minor visits campus, discusses short, contemporary fiction

    The evening of Jan. 30 began with a bang.  Or rather, a mass-cracking of knuckles. These dramatics were led by Bowers Writers House Director Jesse Waters as he introduced the first event of the spring 2014 semester at 8 p.m. last Thursday: a “Contemporary Fiction Reading with Kyle Minor.” The Elizabethtown College event marked the

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  • Student Wellness hosts ‘Acupuncture: On Pins and Needles’ event

    Student Wellness hosts ‘Acupuncture: On Pins and Needles’ event

    Staying healthy isn’t always easy, especially on a college campus. As part of a new health initiative on campus, the Student Wellness Center has begun to offer a new program to help members of the Elizabethtown College community with health and wellness. During the spring semester, The Well will host a variety of activities for

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  • Comm. professor auditions for ‘The Voice’ during winter break

    Comm. professor auditions for ‘The Voice’ during winter break

    hankfully, it was a rainy and humid January afternoon, an unusual break from the blistering cold, which made a long wait a little more bearable for Associate Professor of Communications Dr. Kirsten Johnson. Johnson waited for five hours at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Center City, Philadelphia, to audition for NBC’S popular singing television show,

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  • Zimmerman discusses emotional intelligence in relation to everyday life

    “Emotional intelligence is your ability to recognize and understand emotions in yourself and others and the ability to use this awareness to manage your behaviors and the behaviors of others,” was the formal definition given by Stacey Zimmerman, assistant director of Called to Lead, at the organization’s event on Jan. 27. A self-evaluation quiz was

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