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  • Jays participate in honors band at annual festival

    The 66th Annual Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Band Festival was held March 15 through 17 at Mansfield University. Six Elizabethtown College students participated in the 115-member honors band: seniors Nathan Caudill, Chad Feakins, Dan Tschop, Brian Wilson, sophomore Jason Sandonato and first-year Christina McCall. At the Intercollegiate Band Festival, the students spent Friday afternoon and evening rehearsing

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  • Bomberger presents on MacDowell at Society for American Music conference

    Bomberger presents on MacDowell at Society for American Music conference

    Dr. Douglas Bomberger, professor of music and fine and performing arts department chair, presented a paper on composer Edward MacDowell at the 39th annual conference of the Society for American Music in Little Rock, Ark. on March 8. The Society for American Music is a non-profit scholarly and educational organization incorporated in the District of

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  • CCCE promotes awareness, holds fundraiser for local charity

    CCCE promotes awareness, holds fundraiser for local charity

    Elizabethtown College’s Center for Community and Civic Engagement (CCCE) recently partnered with Thistle Farms, a non-profit organization, to help women who have survived lives of violence, prostitution and addiction. The CCCE and Thistle Farms are setting up donation spaces in CCCE’s office on the second floor of Nicarry Hall for students to donate T-shirts to

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  • Dialogue features LGBT safety

    The Office of Diversity held another Diversity Dialogue event in which Dr. Amy Milligan addressed the question, “Are members of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning community protected in Pennsylvania?” on Tuesday, April 2. After the hour-long lunch discussion of the issue, students and faculty came to the conclusion that there are not many

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  • ‘Intolerance 4 Intolerance’ forum held in Gibble

    ‘Intolerance 4 Intolerance’ forum held in Gibble

    A campus-wide forum , “Intolerance 4 Intolerance,” was held in Gibble Auditorium on Wednesday, April 3 at 11 a.m. The event was part of the efforts to curb the prejudices against students, and to encourage a commitment to tolerance and inclusion at Elizabethtown College. Attendees were a mixture of students, staff, faculty and members of

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  • Police respond to standoff, local gunman arrested

    Police respond to standoff, local gunman arrested

    Elizabethtown officials called a special emergency response team to Elizabethtown Square around 9:00 p.m. Sunday, April 7, in response to a gunshot heard in a South Market Street apartment around 8:00 p.m. The standoff between the gunman and local authorities ended peacefully at 11:10 p.m. when Elizabethtown resident Kirk J. Goldinger, 53, walked out of

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  • Faith in Action hosts Stand for Freedom

    Faith in Action hosts Stand for Freedom

    Members of Elizabethtown College’s Faith in Action organization participated in a Stand for Freedom event outside of the Baugher Student Center for 27 hours, starting at 3:00 p.m. Monday, April 8 and ending at 6:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 9. The event was intended to raise awareness and funds for the 27 million victims of slavery

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  • Faculty attends religious diversity conference

    Faculty attends religious diversity conference

    During Elizabethtown College’s recent spring break, Religious Studies Professor and Department Chair Dr. Jeffery Long and Psychology Professor Dr. John Teske traveled to New Delhi as delegates for the “On World Religions: Diversity Not Dissensus” conference. While at the event, Long spoke on “Diversity as the Nature of Reality: A Jain-informed Approach to the Variety

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  • EACC discusses alternative energy options for local area

    EACC discusses alternative energy options for local area

    The Elizabethtown Area Chamber of Commerce (EACC) held a meeting Tuesday, March 19 to discuss possible opportunities for alternative energy conversions. Caroline Lalvani, director of community relations and college events, explained that the focus was not only on the big facilities but the smaller residential facilities as well. This meeting has an effect on students

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