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Analysis of campus fire and safety reports confirms low crime rate, indicates October as most common time for illegal activity
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- February 4, 2016
The students of Elizabethtown College are fortunate to live in a relatively safe area where crime is not a constant fear among them on a daily basis. However, all colleges have their issues and Etown is no exception to this rule. Violations take place on and around campus throughout the academic year, many of which
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Community grieves over death of first-year Heather Groody
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- January 28, 2016
Students from Schlosser residence hall and from all across the campus are coming together in a show of support for the Elizabethtown College community and for their fellow classmates following the loss of Heather Groody during the final weeks of the previous semester. Upon the return of Elizabethtown students for the spring semester, there was
READ MORECampus ban hoverboards as their safety is called into question across nation
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- January 28, 2016
When one searches for hoverboards on the internet, it will yield many results of people doing fascinating tricks on this new piece of technology that seems to have come straight out of Back to the Future. Unlike the hoverboards seen on this popular science fiction movie from the 1980s, the boards do not hover over
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Changes in student handbook ban smoking on BSC terrace
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- January 28, 2016
According to the student handbook, Elizabethtown College is dedicated to providing a healthy, comfortable, and productive work and living-learning environment for the campus community. As part of this, campus buildings are smoke-free zones and smoking and the use of tobacco in any form is prohibited in all facilities of Elizabethtown College at all locations, including
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SCPS offers permanent position to former interim dean
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- January 28, 2016
As 2016 began, Barbara Randazzo launched her new career as the Dean of the Elizabethtown College School of Continuing and Professional Studies (SCPS). Prior to accepting this position, Randazzo served as the interim dean of the School. She has worked in the College since 2000. Her appointment will bring changes to the SCPS, including the
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Political science professor quoted in New York Times article about Presidential Medal of Freedom, analyzes recipient demographics
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- January 28, 2016
In a New York Times article published on Dec 27, 2015, Elizabethtown College’s own Dr. Kyle Kopko, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Director of the Pre-Law Program, was consulted in regards to a study carried out by Kopko and others – including two Etown alumni, Jillian Casey, ’13, and Julia Ward, ’13, as well
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Blizzard of 2016 blankets Northeast, campus in three feet of snow
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- January 28, 2016
The weekend of Jan. 22 marked the first significant snowfall of the winter for the Northeast. Elizabethtown College was blanketed by over 30 inches of snow, mandating a snow day on Monday, Jan. 25, which concluded with a campus-wide power outage. Dubbed the “Blizzard of 2016,” “Snowpocalypse,” “Snowzilla” and, more officially, “Winter Storm Jonas,”
READ MOREDining Services makes unwanted switch from Coke to Pepsi products
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- January 28, 2016
Over winter break, Elizabethtown College Dining Services chose to end its contract with Coca-Cola and began a deal with PepsiCo to provide the Jay’s Nest and campus vending machines with soft beverages. After working with Coke for the last 16 years, Dining Services director Eric C. Turzai felt that a switch in vending companies was
READ MOREJunior Senior theme announced, tickets go on sale
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- January 28, 2016
The last of the Class of 2017’s Junior Senior reveal nights during the fall semester announced the theme of this year’s formal for upperclassmen as The Great Gatsby. Tickets for the event are on sale in the BSC now until Feb. 18. The 1920s-themed dance will be taking place at the Lancaster DoubleTree Resort on
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