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  • Business Buzz: Reshaping Asia’s Energy Supplies

    Business Buzz: Reshaping Asia’s Energy Supplies

    On Feb. 21, in Washington D.C., U.S.  President Donald Trump sat down with Prime Minister of Japan Shigeru Ishiba. Their conversation was on how Tokyo could help the U.S. to unleash gas in Alaska and ship it to  U.S. allies in Asia. Trump and his main energy advisor Doug Burgum put forth the venture as

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  • Bathroom trash cans revoked in Myer dorm building after feces found

    Bathroom trash cans revoked in Myer dorm building after feces found

    Two weeks ago, feces was found in multiple bathroom trash cans along the second floor of Elizabethtown College’s Myer dorm building, MK White, area coordinator for Myer, Ober and Schlosser Halls, said at a Zoom meeting. The perpetrator(s), as well as their intent, are still unknown, White said on the call. The Zoom meeting was

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  • Global Perspective: Chinese Views on United States’ Shifting Taiwanese Stance

    Global Perspective: Chinese Views on United States’ Shifting Taiwanese Stance

    Among multiple different changes that have come from the administration shift for the past two months, one change has Chinese American relations setting towards rocky shores.   In the 1930s the Republic of China would be embroiled in a civil war between the Communist China and the Republican forces. Briefly stopping due to outsider invasion, the

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  • Etown Community Engages in Climate Campus Survey

    Etown Community Engages in Climate Campus Survey

    Throughout the week of Feb. 17, Elizabethtown College hosted multiple data walk sessions, where members of the campus community were invited to review the results of the 2024 campus climate survey. This survey ran during two weeks of February in 2024 and then the surveys were evaluated and de-identified in order to protect students’ identities. 

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  • Pa Politics: Bird Flu

    Pa Politics: Bird Flu

    The price of eggs is always a point of contention in election cycles and is often seen as an economic indicator by voters. However, politicians in power are often quick to point out that the price of eggs, like everything else, can be heavily influenced by factors outside of the economy.  One factor that contributes

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  • Etown Mock Trial Wins Award for Performance

    Etown Mock Trial Wins Award for Performance

    Every year, Elizabethtown College students compete at an annual regional competition of the American Mock Trial Association (AMTA), representing the college and flexing their legal expertise. This year was no different, and this cohort brought home some good news with them.  Unlike many schools that offer mock trial only as an extra-curricular, Etown provides the

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  • Today’s Tech: T-Mobile to Partner with SpaceX

    Today’s Tech: T-Mobile to Partner with SpaceX

    • News
    • February 24, 2025

    T-Mobile’s announcement of its imminent satellite-based cell service with the aid of SpaceX’s Starlink is more than just a news flash from the Super Bowl. It is an opening look into the next era of wireless technology. Filling in some of the dead zones in cellular coverage, this partnership could revolutionize the telephone company business

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  • Business Buzz: Final Straw that Broke the Farmers Back?

    Business Buzz: Final Straw that Broke the Farmers Back?

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    • February 24, 2025

    In the center of London, England, there are demonstrations of farmers in front of Parliament after the Labour Party’s government’s plan to force their farmers to pay an inheritance tax. Last year, the European Union (EU) levied several different policies which affected their farming population. From the Dutch government who wished to reduce nitrogen emissions

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  • Incarcerated Loved Ones: Criminal Justice Club holds student support presentation

    Incarcerated Loved Ones: Criminal Justice Club holds student support presentation

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    • February 24, 2025

    On Feb. 13  Nicarry Hall, the Elizabethtown College Criminal Justice Club held a presentation called “When a Loved One is Incarcerated,” given by president of the club Olivia Sullivan. After a brief 10-minute club meeting about upcoming events for this semester, Sullivan began by playing a video by Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM), a channel

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