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  • Traditional first-year walk undergoes changes, marks end of orientation

    Traditional first-year walk undergoes changes, marks end of orientation

    Every school has its traditions. Those moments that all students and faculty members wait for. The chance to see another generation branded with the same seal of honor that makes them part of the unwritten brotherhood. Whether it’s the fresh golden shine illuminating off the fighting Irish football helmets every Saturday or the bloody Texas

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  • Darling displays artwork at annual Harrisburg Gallery Walk

    Darling displays artwork at annual Harrisburg Gallery Walk

    “My favorite color varies from week to week,” said Susan Darling, a lifelong artist who just happens to be the manager of mail services at Elizabethtown College. Darling’s artwork was featured in the annual Harrisburg Gallery Walk on Sunday, Sept. 8. This is the second time that her art group, Mixed Media Art Group, has

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  • SVMC celebrates anniversary, offers ministerial training to local community

    SVMC celebrates anniversary, offers ministerial training to local community

    This upcoming year, the Susquehanna Valley Ministry Center (SVMC) is celebrating 20 years of service to the local community. SVMC was established in 1993 and has since been housed in the basement of Alpha Hall. The organization holds a partnership with the Atlantic Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Middle Pennsylvania, Southern Pennsylvania and Western Pennsylvania Districts of the

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  • Joy Ike performs Folk-inspired piano pop music at Soul Café

    Joy Ike performs Folk-inspired piano pop music at Soul Café

    Pittsburgh musician Joy Ike performed a set of her latest folk-inspired piano pop songs for Soul Café in the Blue Bean on Wednesday, Sept. 4.  Ike had also performed multiple times at Folklore Coffee & Co. in town. It was her second time playing for the Chaplain’s Office. Ike recently released her third album, “All

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  • Founder of Room to Read speaks on global literacy

    Founder of Room to Read speaks on global literacy

    John Wood, founder of the non-profit organization Room to Read, spoke Monday, Sept. 9 on his book, “Creating Room to Read: A Story of Hope in the Battle for Global Literacy,” in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. “Every kid should win the lottery of life,” he said during his speech, introducing the central theme of

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  • Diversity Dialogue Series: Immigration Reform

    Diversity Dialogue Series: Immigration Reform

    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

    Columnist Reflects on bombings, pride in American heritage

    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

    Gasland Documentary

    “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

    Students’ plays given staged readings in New Playwrights Fest

    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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