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  • One-dose vaccine approved by FDA

    One-dose vaccine approved by FDA

    American medical corporation Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has been developing a vaccine against COVID-19 since early 2020. Belgium-based subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceutica has been collaborating with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center on the vaccine. J&J have been testing a COVID-19 vaccine known as JNJ-78436735 or Ad26.COV2.S, which so far has shown a 72 percent rate of

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  • Student Senate

    Student Senate

    Student Senate met Thursday, March 4 for their weekly meeting over Zoom. The meeting began with the Oath of Office for the new first-year representative. Then, Vice President for Student Life Dr. Celestino Limas began administrative reports. He encouraged students to attend the upcoming feedback sessions for the Strategic Plan. The sessions will be held

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  • Global Perspective

    Global Perspective

    “I come as a pilgrim of peace,” Pope Francis declared about his visit to Iraq Mar. 5. His visit, extending for four days, marks his first since the pandemic halted international travel. No other sitting pontiff has ever visited the country now struggling with a political and economic crisis as the coronavirus ravages through uncontrollably.

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  • Etown community gathers for service projects

    Etown community gathers for service projects

    Elizabethtown College designated Wednesday, March 3, to be a Day of Service in alignment with the College’s motto: Educate for Service. Classes were canceled to allow the campus community to participate in service-oriented projects focused on food insecurity, physical health and mental wellness throughout the day. The event was sponsored by the Office of the

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  • 40th Anniversary of Emergent Scholars Program emphasizes ongoing commitments to academic excellence

    40th Anniversary of Emergent Scholars Program emphasizes ongoing commitments to academic excellence

    As of 2021, Emergent Scholars celebrates its forty year anniversary at Elizabethtown College. First created in the fall of 1981 by then Etown President and former professor of bible and philosophy Reverend Dr. Mark C. Ebersole, the Emergent Scholars award recognizes students who have a GPA of 3.75 or higher after their first three semesters

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  • Global Perspective

    Global Perspective

    The U.S. intelligence community revealed Friday, Feb. 26 that Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman approved of the operation that killed Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018 in Istanbul, Turkey. U.S. President Joe Biden declared that he will hold Saudi Arabia accountable for human rights abuses the same day, further straining relationships between

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  • Student Senate

    Student Senate

    Student Senate met Thursday, Feb. 25 for their weekly meeting over Zoom. The meeting began with a special order from Assistant Director of Annual Giving Liz Moyer. She spoke to senators about the Power of One Day. The annual day of giving will take place Tuesday, March 23. The goal is to have 1,899 participants.

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  • Today’s Technology

    Today’s Technology

    Feb. 18, NASA’s ambitious robotic explorer, Perseverance, landed on Mars in an effort to renew the search for extraterrestrial life on the red planet. The explorer holds advanced scientific tools meant to look for complex molecules that would signal the existence of past species. The rover lifted off from Earth last July, alongside rockets from

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  • Fresh Nest reopens with limited menu

    Fresh Nest reopens with limited menu

    As of March 1, the Fresh Nest in the Bowers Center for Sports, Fitness and Well-being will reopen after being closed during the previous fall semester. The Well, also located in the Bowers Center, will be open as well, just as it was in the Fall 2020 semester. The announcements were first made in an

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