• 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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  • US grapples with record-breaking polar vortex

    US grapples with record-breaking polar vortex

    • News
    • February 25, 2021

    Early last week, a massive winter storm swept across southern and central parts of the United States, leaving millions of people struggling to find power or water amid sub-zero temperatures. Temperatures in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast plummeted, before snow blanketed these areas too Feb. 18. The cause behind these temperature dips is the sliding of

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  • Student Senate

    Student Senate

    • News
    • February 25, 2021

    Student Senate met Thursday, Feb. 18 for their weekly meeting over Zoom. Vice President for Student Life Dr. Celestino Limas opened administrative reports. He told senators that he has received many questions about commencement and summer housing, but he does not have any definite answers as the details are still being figured out. Students have

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  • COVID-19 cases decreasing

    COVID-19 cases decreasing

    • News
    • February 25, 2021

    For nearly a year, the U.S. has been dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, but recently COVID-19 cases have been decreasing. According to data from the Center for Disease Control (CDC), COVID cases in the U.S. have dropped by about two thirds. Graphs on the CDC website show a spike in cases in early to mid-January

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  • Today’s Technology

    Today’s Technology

    • News
    • February 25, 2021

    Should tech giants like Facebook and Google have to share ad profits with the news organizations when linked news content contributes to those ad profits?  And perhaps more importantly, will governments hoping to regulate the power of these companies be able to? These are the questions that have come to the forefront of peoples’ minds

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  • Possible mass vaccination site in Lancaster County

    Possible mass vaccination site in Lancaster County

    • News
    • February 25, 2021

    In Pennsylvania, the COVID-19 vaccine rollout plan is currently in Phase 1A, which prioritizes long-term care facility residents, healthcare workers, people exposed to infectious material among, people aged 65 and older and people aged 16 to 64 with high-risk conditions. However, the state aims to begin Phase 1B soon.  Recently, during a Lancaster County Commissioners

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  • Etown introduces incoming student comprehensive fee

    Etown introduces incoming student comprehensive fee

    • News
    • February 19, 2021

    During last week’s Student Senate meeting, Vice President for Student Life Dr. Celestino Limas introduced a new comprehensive student fee. The student fee will not affect current Elizabethtown College students, but will be implemented for full-time incoming students beginning in the fall 2021 semester. The fee will total 600 dollars, with 300 dollars being paid

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