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  • Social Justice Fair provides opportunities for advocacy

    Social Justice Fair provides opportunities for advocacy

    All students should feel welcome at their chosen college, and Elizabethtown College tries to make this possible through many events. One of the major ones occurring over the past two years is the Social Justice Fair.   The Social Justice Fair was an idea that originated from the mind of the Deputy Title IX Coordinator Gabbie

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  • 2023 class gift changes from ramp to endowment fund

    2023 class gift changes from ramp to endowment fund

    In accordance with an Instagram post made by the Class of 2023 on April 10, the gift that the class was set to give Elizabethtown College upon their graduation has been changed. Prior to the change, the gift was to be a permanent disability ramp for the Dell, but will now be an endowment fund

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  • Today’s Technology: Robotic dogs rejoin the NYPD

    Today’s Technology: Robotic dogs rejoin the NYPD

    In an effort to combat crime, two robotic dogs called Digidogs have rejoined the New York Police Department (NYPD) after a hiatus of almost two years. On Tuesday, April 11, city officials held a press conference announcing the plans and the specific details. “To safeguard our modern city in a forward-looking world, it is essential

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  • Pennsylvania Politics: The 2024 Senate race begins

    Pennsylvania Politics: The 2024 Senate race begins

    On Monday, April 10, Democratic Senator Bob Casey Jr. announced that he will be running for re-election in 2024, seeking a fourth term. This decision marks the beginning of a likely competitive and expensive 2024 PA Senate race. “Folks, I’m running for re-election,” Casey wrote on Twitter. “There’s still more work to do to cut

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  • Etown hosts Congress to Campus events

    Etown hosts Congress to Campus events

    On Monday, March 27, Elizabethtown College hosted several Congress to Campus events that were open to the campus community. The event was coordinated by the Center for Global Understanding and Peacebuilding (CGUP) and the theme was Civil Dialogue in Action.  CGUP coordinated the event through Director Shannon Haley-Mize, the CGUP student leadership team and the

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  • We the People: Referendums, ballot initiatives and democracy in PA

    We the People: Referendums, ballot initiatives and democracy in PA

    As the 2023 off-year election season gets underway, it is important to take a look at the complex  process of amending the Pennsylvania Constitution that occurs in nearly every off-year election cycle. In Pennsylvania, the state constitution can only be changed by constitutional amendment. Amendments are passed by a simple majority of the Pennsylvania General

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  • Social media on campus: OMC updates guidelines and Yik Yak controversy

    Social media on campus: OMC updates guidelines and Yik Yak controversy

    Disclaimer from the Office of Marketing and Communications (OMC): “The College does not proactively engage on YikYak and the guidelines were not prompted by any social media incidents.”  Social media is everywhere: from accounts associated with Elizabethtown College itself to anonymous messaging apps, social media pervades every facet of life here in the Etown community.

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  • ChatGPT: Plagiarism or the Future of Writing?

    ChatGPT: Plagiarism or the Future of Writing?

    Artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots have come into the public’s eye in recent times and with that has come both scrutiny and favor. ChatGPT especially raised awareness as it was released by OpenAI. Countries have had a variety of responses with many threatening to ban it and Italy already doing so. However, that raises the question

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  • Student Senate: Senators raise concerns about lack of counselor availability

    Student Senate: Senators raise concerns about lack of counselor availability

    Student Senate met for their weekly meeting Thursday, March 23 at 3:45 p.m. in Hoover 212.  The meeting began with Administrative Reports, starting with Dean of Students & Executive Director for College Diversity, Equity and Belonging Nichole Gonzalez reporting that a campus safety walk will be held on Monday, April 3 at 8:30 p.m. The

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