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  • Biology majors conduct turtle research at Lake Placida

    Biology majors conduct turtle research at Lake Placida

    On April 16, Dr. David Bowne, assistant professor of biology, aided Elizabethtown College biology students in his Principles of Evolution, Ecology and Diversity of Life lab where students were granted the opportunity of conducting turtle research at Lake Placida and “Weird Pond.”  This real-world learning experience allowed students to work hands-on with a local wildlife

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  • Second Sustainability Symposium discusses green engineering

    Second Sustainability Symposium discusses green engineering

    n Tuesday, April 23, as part of Scholarship and Creative Arts Day, the departments of engineering and physics held their second annual Sustainability Symposium in Gibble Auditorium. The symposium centered on spreading awareness about keeping the environment safe on Elizabethtown College’s campus and around the world through green engineering. There were 11 talks with a

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  • Therapy dog to relieve finals week stress

    Therapy dog to relieve finals week stress

    his time of year can be extremely stressful for students; the High Library and Wellness Center are offering a way to reduce some of those negative feelings. Dog handler Donna Grenko will bring her therapy dog to the High Library on Wednesday, May 8 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. This event is called “Down Time

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  • Philosophy, political science, legal studies depts. merge

    Philosophy, political science, legal studies depts. merge

    Dean of Faculty Fletcher McClellan announced on Friday, April 19 that the philosophy and political science departments will be merging into one unit. This union led to the creation of the department of politics, philosophy and legal studies (PPLS). This merger will officially take place at the beginning of the 2013-2014 academic school year. “The

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  • First annual student-athlete recognition held in Thompson

    First annual student-athlete recognition held in Thompson

    lizabethtown College hosted its first annual Student-Athlete Recognition (STAR) on Tuesday, April 30 at 8:00 p.m. The event, sponsored by the Blue Jay Athletic Association (BJAA) and  Blue Jay Athletics, took place in Thompson Gymnasium and recognized Etown’s athletic teams, student-athletes and faculty mentors for their achievements over the 2012-2013 school year. “Most, if not

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  • Silberstein and Stuckey to present paper, research at Munich conference

    Silberstein and Stuckey to present paper, research at Munich conference

    Professor and chair of philosophy Dr. Michael Silberstein and physics professor Dr. Mark Stuckey’s will present their paper, “A Path Integral Over Graphs Approach to Unification and its Foundational Implications,” as one of the five percent of projects accepted to be presented at the Foundations of Physics 2013 conference. This event is the 17th UK

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  • Office of Marketing, Comm. announces plans for Newsroom

    Office of Marketing, Comm. announces plans for Newsroom

    With the growing popularity of online news as opposed to print journalism, Elizabethtown College is doing its part to stay up to date. The Office of Marketing and Communications Newsroom will be put into place next year. This is Etown’s way of communicating news, current events and many other important campus activities online. Up until

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  • Jays place top three in Millersville’s annual original short playwriting contest

    Jays place top three in Millersville’s annual original short playwriting contest

    On Wednesday, April 10, three Elizabethtown College students were honored at the Millersville Annual Ten-Minute Playwriting Competition for writing original short plays. Sophomore Kaitlin Koons received first place in the playwriting competition, senior Jenell Abram took second and junior Andrew Herm came in third. “I think it’s validating to be able to see that someone

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  • Jays elect new Student Senate exec. cabinet officers

    Elizabethtown College’s Student Senate is preparing for next year by electing new officers to the Executive Cabinet positions. Voting was open to Etown students Tuesday, April 16. Each class consists of 12 members, four cabinet members – a president, vice president, secretary and treasurer and eight class representatives. All students who are enrolled at Etown

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