• FCC broadens rulemaking on undersea cables

    FCC broadens rulemaking on undersea cables

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    • November 11, 2024

    The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently announced that it would begin a broad rulemaking process on undersea cables for the first time in over two decades, citing the need to modernize both for national security and the rapidly changing technology of undersea cables that crisscross the globe. “Even as undersea cable systems have evolved technologically

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  • Have you done your daily Duolingo?

    Have you done your daily Duolingo?

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    • November 11, 2024

    As soon as a green owl appears on some of my friends’ screen, it is time for them to pick up their phones to continue a streak. Ten minutes later, they tell me how they completed their 100-day streak, which has become important as keeping streaks on Snapchat alive. Duolingo streaks have become a staple

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  • Russia gathers support from the international community 

    Russia gathers support from the international community 

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    • November 11, 2024

    Three years ago, Russia invaded the sovereign state of Ukraine, an action that diplomatically and economically isolated the country from much of the international community. This action may have seemed nonsensical and/or foolish; however, in the background, Russia still had its supporters, that of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) alliance. Over

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  • Elizabethtown College introduces second-year seminar

    Elizabethtown College introduces second-year seminar

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    • November 11, 2024

    Elizabethtown College is introducing a new course for sophomores, Second-Year Seminar, set to debut  in the spring semester. The course is a part of the second-year pathway, created with the goal of supporting and helping Blue Jays continue to thrive as sophomores and beyond. The “sophomore slump” is a term used to describe students who

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  • Pennsylvania Politics: Last Minute Campaigning, the Supreme Court and the Senate Race

    Pennsylvania Politics: Last Minute Campaigning, the Supreme Court and the Senate Race

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    • November 11, 2024

    Former president Donald Trump appeared in Lititz, Lancaster County, during a campaign stop on Sunday, Nov. 3 as the presidential race entered its final days. Both candidates looked to squeeze in as many appearances and rallies as possible before Election Day. Like other public appearances, Trump was behind bulletproof glass and spoke on his familiar

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  •  Tempest Theatre Prepares for Play

     Tempest Theatre Prepares for Play

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    • November 11, 2024

    A dinner party? A BMW? A gunshot? It sounds like Tempest Theatre is putting on another show to remember. “Rumors” is a comedy written by Neil Simon that premiered in 1988. It follows four socialite couples attending a dinner party for their friends’ tenth wedding anniversary, but their hosts are nowhere to be found. Chris

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  •  How U.S. election drives pressures on long-term interest rates

     How U.S. election drives pressures on long-term interest rates

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    • November 4, 2024

    Brazil’s Central Bank Chief Roberto Campos discussed how the election in the U.S. is becoming an increasing factor when it comes to inflationary rates in an event hosted by Itau on the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank annual meetings. These worries have been affected by the recent polls that show a

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  • Easing of the Chinese Indian Border Crises

    Easing of the Chinese Indian Border Crises

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    • November 4, 2024

    The border between the two superpowers, India and China, in Asia, has always been an issue for these two governments. Never specified, it has left both nations to claim the strip of border land as their own, citing a long-standing history to the land that is hotly contested. In the 1960s, the Sino-Indian war broke

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  • Four Adjunct Faculty Join SGPS

    Four Adjunct Faculty Join SGPS

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    • November 4, 2024

    On Oct. 21, Elizabethtown College announced new faculty and staff members who will join the Blue Jay staff in the upcoming months via the campus news mass email. Among them were five adjunct professors for the School of Graduate and Professional Studies. While specific departments were not mentioned in the announcements, the professors hired fall

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