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Global perspective: Canadian PM strengthening relationship with EU
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- February 17, 2025
With President Donald Trumps’ recent behavior concerning tariffs on the United States’ nearest neighbors and now threatening the European continent as well, a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and European leaders was inevitable. The prime minister’s five-day trip to the continent contained a visit to Brussels to meet with other European leaders and
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Pennsylvania Politics: Shapiro Reveals 2025-26 Budget Plan
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- February 17, 2025
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, a Democrat, unveiled his 2025-26 budget plan on Feb. 4 in his third budget address to Pennsylvanians. “Pennsylvania is on the rise, and we’re not gonna stop,” Shapiro said in his address. “We have the resources we need to make smart investments now and maintain a responsible balance in reserve.” Shapiro
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CCCE to hold civil rights service trip
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- February 17, 2025
The Center for Community and Civic Engagement (CCCE) at Elizabethtown College recently announced their annual spring break service trip. From March 1 to 7, eight students will be visiting Georgia and Alabama to work with Tuscaloosa Habitat for Humanity and to visit sites such as the Voting Rights Museum & Institute in Selma, the Legacy
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Candle causes fire, destroys Royer dorm room
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- February 17, 2025
A burning candle in a dorm room was the source of a fire in Royer Hall around 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 2. No students were injured in the accident, and damage was contained to the room where it occurred, Director of Residence Life Tara Hoover said. Elizabethtown College Campus Safety, Elizabethtown Borough Fire and Police
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Exhibit to Honor Fine Art Faculty
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- February 17, 2025
For the last few months, the Elizabethtown College community has been dealing with the fallout of announced program and faculty cuts. The news came as a shock to both professors who were affected and the students enrolled in these programs. While this period has had many in frustration or mourning, some students have chosen to
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Today’s Tech: OpenAI announces ChatGPT Gov
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- February 10, 2025
OpenAI recently announced its latest product, ChatGPT Gov, which signals a significant shift in how artificial intelligence (AI) can be integrated into government operations. Built specifically for U.S. agencies, this version of ChatGPT is designed with enhanced security, allowing for processing sensitive, non-public data within controlled environments. While the product is aimed at streamlining government
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Business Buzz: Stocks drop after Trump announces enactment of proposed tariffs
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- February 10, 2025
This past week, several companies were struggling on the stock market as United States President Donald Trump announced the implementation of his proposed tariffs to be enacted Feb. 1. These tariffs will be placed on the United States key trading partners Mexico, Canada and China. The aggressive tariffs will be 25%of any product imported from
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Global Perspective: Mexico Responds to Google’s Gulf of Mexico Change
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- February 10, 2025
With United States President Donald Trump’s quick flurry of executive orders came an onslaught of wild ideas and actions, and one to contend with the most unexpected has been his attempt at changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. Along with this national change comes companies like Google who
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Northington releases Arctic research in scientific journal
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- February 10, 2025
On Jan. 21, Elizabethtown College Assistant Professor of Biology and Environmental Science Robert Northington had a paper he collaborated on titled “Abrupt transformation of West Greenland lakes following compound climate extremes associated with atmospheric rivers” published. It was published in the Proceedings for National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). “Arctic rivers and lakes in general are
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