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  • Power of the One Day: What to know and how to help

    Power of the One Day: What to know and how to help

    For any college and higher education institution, there is a high value placed on the value of the community created both through the current students and staff, but also the alumni, parents and those in the community who can come together to celebrate.   Elizabethtown College fosters this sense of community in a variety of ways,

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  • Student Senate: The Jay Truck returns

    Student Senate: The Jay Truck returns

    Student Senate met for their weekly meeting Thursday, Feb. 23 at 3:45 p.m. in Hoover 212. The meeting began with a Special Order by Blake Reed who spoke on the Power of One Day. The Power of One Day is Elizabethtown College’s annual 24-hour day of giving in which the individuals are encouraged to donate

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  • Destruction of property on campus: Student response

    Destruction of property on campus: Student response

    As of late, there have been a series of incidents of destruction of property on the Elizabethtown College campus. Most notably, on Saturday, Feb. 18, unknown individual(s) broke the pool table in Ober Residence Hall, following the disappearance of the Mona Lisa puzzle in Founders Residence Hall. Investigation into these incidents has been ostensibly inconclusive

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  • Today’s Technology: A Supreme Court case that could reshape the internet

    Today’s Technology: A Supreme Court case that could reshape the internet

    On Tuesday, Feb. 21, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for Gonzalez v. Google LLC—a case that may set new parameters for interpreting Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. This case centers around the scope of Section 230, questioning if the law “immunizes interactive computer services when they make targeted recommendations of information provided

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  • Decision could change future of PA public schools: William Penn School District vs. the Pennsylvania Department of Education

    Decision could change future of PA public schools: William Penn School District vs. the Pennsylvania Department of Education

    In the final installment of a three-part series on Pennsylvania State Government, we look at a recent Commonwealth Court case that has the potential to radically change state funding for public schools across Pennsylvania. On Feb. 7, 2023, Commonwealth Court Judge Renée Cohn Jubelirer ruled in the case of William Penn School District vs. the

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  • The college hosts overnight visits

    The college hosts overnight visits

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    • February 23, 2023

    Sophomore Elizabeth Petlick remembers the information sessions she attended to learn more about Elizabethtown College. Instead of recalling the warm feeling on campus, or the beautiful scenery surrounding the College, she remembers looking at a screen and the difficulty of making a decision.  “It was so hard to make a decision,” Petlick said. “I came

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  • Lawsuit against Lensa A.I. brings up privacy concerns

    Lawsuit against Lensa A.I. brings up privacy concerns

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    • February 23, 2023

    Artificial intelligence (AI) in art has been sprouting up everywhere in the past couple of years. Perhaps one has come across it scrolling on TikTok or Instagram or even had experience using it to create entertaining pictures through software like DALLE, which creates realistic images from other publicly available images and pieces of artwork.  Besides

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  • Student Senate: Junior/Senior details are announced

    Student Senate: Junior/Senior details are announced

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    • February 23, 2023

    Student Senate met for their weekly meeting Thursday, Feb.16 at 3:45 p.m. in Hoover 212. The meeting began with the Oath of Office for Class of 2023 Representative Olivia Baker. Moving into Administrative Reports Director of the Office of Student Activities (OSA) and Commuter Engagement Brooke Hollinger reported that the theme for this year’s Mx.

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  • Strides to be made against racism with CARE

    Strides to be made against racism with CARE

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    • February 23, 2023

    In pursuit of anti-racism on the Elizabethtown College campus and in the community as a whole, Coalition for Anti-Racist Education (CARE) has been established. According to an email sent by the College, CARE is defined as “a group of dedicated employees and students who strive to create a thriving community where all faculty, staff, and

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