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Diversity Dialogue Series: Immigration Reform
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- May 1, 2013
What should I know about immigration reform? Dr. Montserrat Linares-Farras, chair of the modern languages department, led this discussion, which is close to her heart since she is an immigrant herself. Linares started out by asking the small group if they knew anything about the new immigration reforms. First year Claire Halpin answered with what
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Columnist Reflects on bombings, pride in American heritage
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- May 1, 2013
For my last article this year, I’m going to take a more serious note which is very rare for me. I think that I’ve covered every funny thing I wanted to say about campus for the time being, and instead want to reflect on my fascination with the situations that kept every American glued to
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Gasland Documentary
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- May 1, 2013
“Well that was depressing,” Professor and Department Chair of Geoscience and Engineering Dr. Michael Schanlin said at the conclusion of Elizabethtown College’s screening of “Gasland.” “And if you weren’t thoroughly frightened by that, you should be.” This 2011 Oscar-nominated documentary directed by Josh Fox, which showed at the College on April 22 as the closing
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Students’ plays given staged readings in New Playwrights Fest
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- May 1, 2013
he Etown New Playwrights Fest featured the work of nine students April 25 and 26 in Tempest Theatre. These young playwrights wrote 10 to 15 minute plays for their final projects in Associate Professor of English Dr. John Rohrkemper’s playwriting class last semester. These plays were performed as staged readings, so the focus was on
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Faculty, staff members Grimm, Minton, Talarico-Beerman to present creative writing projects at Bowers Writers House
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- May 1, 2013
Start off your summer with the “Literary Reading with Wilkes Graduates” event at the Bowers Writers House on Saturday, May 11 from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. The event will showcase the current writing projects of three Elizabethtown College faculty and staff members: adjunct English professors Tyler Grimm and Jeff Minton and Integrated Marketing Manager
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Bergel celebrates retirement from social work department
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- May 1, 2013
fter over 30 years of teaching social work at Elizabethtown College, Dr. Vivian Bergel is retiring this spring. In addition to teaching, she has acted as the field director and liaison for the social work department and as an advisor for Hillel, the Jewish student association and has played a vital role in the women
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Chalk the Walk spreads the love
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- May 1, 2013
On Wednesday, May 1 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., students, faculty and staff gathered together on the pavement in front of the BSC to participate in Chalk the Walk. The event encouraged participants to write positive and uplifting words, phrases and quotes, as well as to draw pictures which conveyed a message of love
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TWLOHA founder visits, reaches out
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- May 1, 2013
n Thursday, April 25, the campus community welcomed Jamie Tworkowski, founder of To Write Love On Her Arms (TWLOHA), to Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. Tworkowski is a native of Melbourne, Fla., and the organization was founded there in 2006. Since then, the group has garnered international attention from millions of followers and supporters. TWLOHA
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Scholarship and Creative Arts Day
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- April 24, 2013
For students, faculty, staff and visitors, Scholarship and Creative Arts Day (SCAD) is a time to present, view and engage in creative work, research projects and personal academic achievements within a public forum. SCAD 2013 featured approximately 200 academic presentations, including dissertations on research projects, readings of creative pieces and demonstrations of academic concepts. This
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