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  • ‘A Comedy of Terrors’ production opens in Tempest Theatre

    ‘A Comedy of Terrors’ production opens in Tempest Theatre

    On Halloween night, mischief and mayhem stirred in Tempest Theatre. Starting Thursday evening, Oct. 31, the Elizabethtown College’s Tempest Theatre presented “A Comedy of Terrors.” This production was devised and written by Adjunct Faculty Member Terri Mastrobuono and the company of players and stage management. In the play, the scene opens on a little town

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  • Paranormal investigator team visits campus, presents on ghost hunting

    “Paranormal activity is part of the real world. Just like any theory that is yet unproved, we are trying to legitimize [the science],” Brian Cano, paranormal investigator, said Friday, Oct. 25, when he and his partner Chris Mancuso came to speak and investigate Elizabethtown College. Born in Staten Island, N.Y., the pair started their investigations

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  • Jane Donovan speaks on the life of Pietist Jacob Albright

    Jane Donovan speaks on the life of Pietist Jacob Albright

    Pietism is a large part of our country’s religious culture and not many people know the roots behind it. Jane Donovan, a religious studies professor at West Virginia University in Morgantown, W.Va., explained the Evangelical Association’s Pietist roots on Tuesday, Oct. 29 in the Young Center at Elizabethtown College. Donovan’s focus was on Jacob Albright

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  • Alumna Margaret Sharpe explores new opportunities, encourages current students to discover what matters

    Alumna Margaret Sharpe explores new opportunities, encourages current students to discover what matters

    Social worker, mother, ukulele strummer and aerial fabric performer. Colorado resident Margaret Sharpe, ’96, is a woman of many hats who pursues meaning in all that she does. Sharpe graduated from Elizabethtown College in 1996 with a degree in social work. Recollecting her time at Etown, Sharpe said, “[Etown] was such a warm place. It

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  • Senior discusses service experience in Ethiopia

    Senior discusses service experience in Ethiopia

    On Oct. 30 in the Hoover center, Elizabethtown College students had the opportunity to engage in discussion with Jess Krueger, a senior studying occupational therapy, and Marinus Koning MD, FACS, who is the founder of ReachAnother Foundation. ReachAnother Foundation serves children who suffer from hydrocephalus, a condition by which excess fluid in the brain causes

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  • History of Leffler Chapel reveals community, campus history

    History of Leffler Chapel reveals community, campus history

    Although it is not the oldest building on campus, Leffler Chapel and Performance Center has served as a symbol of Elizabethtown College and has hosted enriching events for the community for almost a decade. From religious services to comedians, from musical performances to celebrated speakers, Leffler has certainly played a large role in the lives

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  • Monday Concert Series presents Trio Caprice at Leffler Chapel

    Monday Concert Series presents Trio Caprice at Leffler Chapel

    This past Monday evening, Leffler Chapel and Performance Center’s Musser Auditorium was once again filled with music. As part of the Fine and Performing Arts Department’s Monday Concert Series, the College’s own Trio Caprice performed. The Monday Concert Series offers an opportunity for students, staff, faculty and members of the Elizabethtown community to experience professional

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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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