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Senior Leadership Team forum announces developments
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- September 28, 2026
President Elizabeth Rider and members of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) made themselves available for student queries at a Sept. 14 forum held in the Koons Activity Venue (KAV) where several announcements were also made by SLT members. The SLT consists of Elizabethtown College’s five vice presidents who oversee the various areas of college operations.
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Business Buzz: Mortgage rates hit highest level since Trump took office
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- September 28, 2026
It’s the fourth-straight week that the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate has increased, climbing up to 6.95%. This marks the highest level for mortgage rates since President Trump’s first full week into his second term late January last year. A mortgage rate is the percentage of interest that is charged on a home loan. These
READ MOREAdjunct Curtis Smith set to release two new books this fall
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- September 28, 2026
After 45 years as an educator and at least a decade of publishing, Elizabethtown College English Department adjunct faculty member Curtis Smith is adding two more books to his body of work. Smith’s newest publications, the novel “(step)sisters” and the short story collection “this heart,” are his 16th and 17th books. The works continue Smith’s
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An Irish adventure awaits Elizabethtown College students
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- September 28, 2026
Students have the chance to unearth a culture of rich history, rolling hills and delicious cuisine. A group of ten students and faculty will travel through Dublin, Galway, Belfast and the Aran Islands from May 12 to 26 next year. The students who go can either enroll in CW104 “Travel Writing – Ireland in Text
READ MOREToday’s Tech: New fuel cell technology could help ease pressure on U.S. power grid
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- September 28, 2026
As data centers continue to emerge all across the United States, an increasing demand for electricity is created, and recently, it has gotten to a level that most areas struggle to support. These facilities require drastic amounts of power to operate the computing equipment that these data centers use and keep it cool. According to
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PA Politics: Legislators nearing deadline to regulate controversial skill game machines
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- September 28, 2026
The clock is winding down for skill games and the legislators trying to regulate them. In the next few weeks, major decisions will be made on the fate of these popular, but currently illegal, slot machine-like games. A common sight in gas stations, cigar shops and taverns across Pennsylvania, skill games are machines where players
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Global Perspective: United States, Denmark sign agreement on defense of Greenland
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- September 28, 2026
On Tuesday, during a session of the United Nations General Assembly, the United States, Denmark and Greenland finally came to an agreement to expand the U.S. military presence in Greenland. U.S. President Donald Trump, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen signed a deal permitting the U.S. to expand its military
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The Jays like to play: the second RecRe box
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- September 20, 2026
A second RecRe box has been added to campus, behind the Bowers Center. Just like the first one in the Bird Cage, it is continuing to aid in accessibility. Instead of needing to go to a physical desk to sign out sports equipment, now students can just go to the box and rent it out
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HR, Honors Center resume normal operations after Myer sewer backup
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- September 20, 2026
Beginning Sept. 8, the Honors Center and Human Resources Office (HR) located on the main floor of Myer Hall resumed normal operations following a sewer backup the first week of the semester. On the night between Aug. 23 and Aug. 24, the main sewer trap servicing Myer clogged. This resulted in sewer water backing up
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