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Global Perspective: Gay Marriage Legalized in Thailand
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- February 3, 2025
Being able to get married is a privilege people may take for granted as they navigate their day-to-day lives. Despite the freedom to marry that LGBTQ+ Americans have had since 2015, many LGBTQ+ people throughout the world are still fighting to get that right into their laws. One country that had a longstanding history of
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2024 Title IX Regulations Rescinded – What does this mean for Etown?
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- February 3, 2025
On Jan. 14, 2025, in an email titled “An Important Message from the Office of Title IX,” members of the Elizabethtown College campus community were informed the 2024 regulations of Title IX would no longer apply to higher education institutions. Due to this change, higher education institutions, including Etown, would now have to rely on
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PA Politics: Harrisburg kicks off new legislative session
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- February 3, 2025
The General Assembly in Pennsylvania kicked off a new legislative session on Jan. 27, with a Republican-led state Senate and a tied state House. The tie in the House comes after the passing of Rep. Matt Gergely (D., Allegheny), 45, due to a medical emergency at the beginning of the year. “Matt was a treasured
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New Placement for Police Academy
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- February 3, 2025
As Elizabethtown College’s 125th anniversary celebration continues, the College continues to grow and evolve its programs. The School of Public Service recently announced it is integrating a new Police Academy to the campus. Despite an academic year which saw challenges including faculty cuts and the shortening of some long-time programs such as Sociology and Fine
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TikTok Temporarily Shut Down
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- January 27, 2025
TikTok went dark on Jan. 19 in the United States, sending shockwaves through the tech world and its users. The virtual home to more than 170 million U.S. users was pulled offline Saturday night amid a new law banning its China-based parent company, ByteDance, from operating in the U.S.. Without the ability to access app
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Work Bank Warns that Trump’s tariffs could hurt the global economy
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- January 27, 2025
By the time this article is published, the U.S. will have an old regime back in power with a new agenda of policies, especially tariff policies. Donald Trump has promised to increase tariffs by 60% on all imports from China, and 10-20% on imports from other countries. Trump has also threatened tariffs on companies that
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Javita Thompson to oversee Etown’s DEB Efforts
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- January 27, 2025
In mid-October last semester, The Etownian received an open letter to the editor concerning the leadership of the Elizabethtown College Office of Civil Rights, Opportunity and Access. The letter was written after the announcement that Dr. Kesha Morant Williams would be departing from her work with the department. The letter, which advocates for filling Williams’
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What Now? Trump’s Inaugural Promises
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- January 27, 2025
On Monday, Jan. 20, Donald J. Trump was inaugurated as the 47th president of the United States of America. It would be a major understatement to say that the 2024 election year was stressful for both parties, especially for voters in swing states like Pennsylvania. Voters weighed many issues including the economy, rights for marginalized
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Taliban Leader Appeal for Women’s Education
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- January 27, 2025
The United States pulled out their remaining troops from Afghanistan in 2020 after years occupying the country, cementing the country to Taliban rule. The new ruling government has instituted a number of new rules centered around their form of strict religion. Their new form of government has included changing education for the roughly 30 million
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