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Higher Education in Pennsylvania: A time of change in Pa.
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- February 13, 2024
On January 26, Governor Josh Shapiro made an announcement via press release that his administration plans to overhaul the higher education system in Pennsylvania in the coming future. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the governor announced plans to reform the governing structure of PA’s state universities and community colleges, prioritizing keeping schools open despite demographic
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Students struggle for a seat at the table in the Marketplace
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- November 16, 2023
Kamryn Mengel, a first-year at Elizabethtown College, is on a meal plan, like many of her peers. The meal plan allows her to get unlimited meals at the marketplace. One day after her first-year seminar (FYS) roundtable, she decided to go eat, since she’d been busy the entire morning with classes. She couldn’t find a
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Business Buzz: Starbucks and the future of coffee
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- November 16, 2023
I don’t know about the rest of you, but I love coffee. It is always the best part of my week whenever my friends and I go out for coffee, and it has become an integrated part of my day. No other business has capitalized off of this love other than Starbucks. Still, they are
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Global Perspective: The Vatican announces progressive reforms in the Church
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- November 16, 2023
The Vatican announced in a document on Wednesday, Nov. 8, that the Catholic Church will now allow transgender people to be baptized, serve as witnesses at weddings and be named as godparents under specific conditions. These new rules came in response to a dubia, or a set of questions that seek clarification, from Bishop Giuseppe
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Today’s Tech: Google’s possible purchase of Character AI
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- November 16, 2023
In the digital space, much of the ongoing conversation is around how industries are going to react to the ongoing impact of artificial intelligence (AI). Technically speaking, it requires less manpower and is cheaper for most industries, but the quality varies greatly, and it hurts actual people for their jobs to be largely replaced. That
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Precision Medicine: An advancement in disease treatment
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- November 16, 2023
The world of medicine continues to expand through groundbreaking advances and the latest mechanisms to cure and treat diseases. An approach that continues to surface is a technique called Precision Medicine, an advancement that aims to treat diseases based on the individual carrier. According to the Precision Medicine Initiative, this technique is “an emerging approach
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Etown offers writing scholarship for rising juniors
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- November 16, 2023
Last week, over the hill and down the hidden trail, I traveled to Elizabethtown College’s own stunning Bowers Writers House. Within the quaint building, I had the opportunity to meet with Director of the Bowers Writers House Jesse Waters, who has been with the College for over 15 years. The topic of the evening was
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Cherelle Parker: A new mayor in the City of Brotherly Love
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- November 16, 2023
In Issue 8 a few weeks ago, I talked about the historic nature of Pa.’s statewide judicial elections taking place on Nov. 7. I failed to mention that one of the most important elections in the history of Pennsylvania was taking place in the City of Brotherly Love: the election of Philadelphia’s 100th Mayor. The
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Global Perspective: The new national football league
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- November 9, 2023
From its genesis in America, the game of football is now gaining traction outside of the country. Other nations playing out beloved games is nothing new as professional football leagues like the Canadian Football League (CFL) and European League of Football (ELF) outside of America have existed for quite some time, but nothing like that
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