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PA Politics: Governor Wolf swings for the fences in final budget address
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- February 17, 2022
On Feb. 8, for the final time as Governor, Gov. Wolf delivered his budget address to a joint session of the General Assembly in Harrisburg for the 2022-2023 fiscal year. The proposal would push Commonwealth spending to $43.7 billion for the fiscal year, the largest ever proposed budget in Pennsylvania history. “We’re no longer digging
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Global Perspective
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- February 17, 2022
After a long six-day blockade and protest the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor, Ottawa, Canada is reopening. This comes after the Canadian police cleared the blockade from protesters calling themselves the “Freedom Convoy.” Police did not start moving the protesters until a judge had ordered the protesters to leave the bridge at 7 p.m. Friday. Windsor
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Today’s Technology
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- February 17, 2022
On Feb. 1, Google parent company Alphabet Inc. (ticker: GOOGL) announced that it will be doing a 20-for-1 stock split, meaning that for every one share an individual owns, he or she will receive 19 additional shares, based on the records of July 1. The stock split will go into effect on July 15, 2022
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Dining services staff shortages
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- February 17, 2022
Elizabethtown College students have noticed a lot of changes pertaining to Dining Services this semester. These changes largely stem from a staffing shortage that has forced Dining to have shorter hours for some food places on campus, give student workers longer hours and to tragically shut down the Jay Truck. Dining Services Assistant Manager Austin
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Office of Marketing and Communications wins award
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- February 10, 2022
“It is always enjoyable to work with students, faculty and staff on projects for marketing and communications—our vibrant community is what makes Etown so special!” Executive Director of Marketing and Communications Keri Straub said. The Elizabethtown College Office of Marketing and Communications (OMC) has recently been recognized in The Ninth Annual Education Digital Marketing (EDM)
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Today’s Technology
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- February 10, 2022
2022 has just started, but it seems like some tech trends from 2021 are coming back bigger than ever. The app Twitter has just announced that you can now use non-fungible tokens (NFTs) as your profile picture, and other social media giants like Instagram and Youtube are developing technology to do the same thing. But
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Student Senate
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- February 10, 2022
Student Senate met for their weekly meeting Thursday, Feb. 3 at 3:45 p.m. in Hoover 212. The meeting began with a special order for the swearing in of two representatives for the Class of 2023. Administrative reports began with Dean of Students & Executive Director for College Diversity, Equity and Belonging Nichole Gonzalez. She reported
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New Service Leadership Program Led by the Center for Community & Civic Engagement
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- February 10, 2022
Director of the Elizabethtown College Center for Community and Civic Engagement (CCCE) Javita Thompson is piloting a service leadership program for incoming first-year Etown students. The Bonner Leader Program was started by the Corella and Bertram F. Bonner Foundation in 1990. The overarching goal is to improve relations between students and communities by bridging the
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Student wages increase across campus
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- February 10, 2022
As of January 2022, Elizabethtown College has increased the standard student wage by $1/hour, calculated against a $10/hour maximum, in response to the efforts by Student Senate. During the fall 2021 semester, a shortage of student workers prompted the club to explore ideas to solve this issue. In turn, they decided to form the ad
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