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  • Today’s Technology

    Today’s Technology

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    • October 17, 2019

    Virtual reality (VR), also called immersive media or computer-simulated reality, is an emerging technology that imitates a real or imagined three-dimensional environment while simulating the user’s physical presence so that they can interact with this environment. Currently, VR systems use VR headsets or multi-projected rooms that generate realistic images and sounds to immerse the user

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  • New Marketplace To-Go program

    New Marketplace To-Go program

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    • October 17, 2019

    Photo by Paula Groff Over fall break, Dining Services announced via the E-town Jays App that a to-go program known as Marketplace To-Go would begin Oct. 14, 2019. Through the to-go program, students will be able to utilize their to-go meals as a form of a meal replacement, and they must be consumed outside of

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  • 2019 Kreider Lecture: “More than Just a Pretty Campus”

    2019 Kreider Lecture: “More than Just a Pretty Campus”

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    • October 17, 2019

    Photo by Meghan Kenney Associate professor of sociology Dr. Michele Lee Kozimor presented the Kreider Award Lecture Thursday, Oct. 10 in the Susquehanna Room. The Award Lecture began at 7 p.m. with a dessert reception where Kozimor greeted every attendee at the door. Once people had found their seats around 7:30 p.m., Dean for Academic

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  • Student Senate

    Student Senate

    Photo courtesy of Flickr Student Senate held its weekly meeting Thursday, Sept. 12 at 3:45 p.m. in Hoover 212. The meeting started with a few student comments. Senior Margaret Fix asked if Elizabethtown College was planning to get patio furniture for the Bowers Center for Sports, Fitness and Well-being, since it’s pictured in the sketches.

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  • Today’s Technology

    Today’s Technology

    Photo courtesy of Flickr Data storage can be a pain to properly configure, but artificial intelligence (AI) is proving to be useful for helping do just this. The scale and complexity of workloads is increasing and becoming more difficult, and now teams of specialists are needed to manage the massive storage of data. However, AI

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  • Study abroad program changes, additional affiliated countries added

    Study abroad program changes, additional affiliated countries added

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    • September 27, 2019

    Photo by Paula Groff Toward the end of last semester and throughout the summer, the Study Abroad Office at Elizabethtown College had been working to update its programs for students interested in studying abroad. As a result of such updates, 14 new programs have been added to the list of programs affiliated with the College.

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  • New physician assistant and neuroscience programs added

    New physician assistant and neuroscience programs added

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    • September 27, 2019

    Photo courtesy of Flickr Elizabethtown College is adding new programs and majors to better support student needs and interests. The new neuroscience program is active this semester, and the physician assistant (PA) program will begin December 2020. The neuroscience major was approved last semester and is a collaboration between the biology and psychology departments. According

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  • The Global Perspective

    The Global Perspective

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    • September 13, 2019

    Nigeria faced violence and widespread looting of South African-owned stores due to anti-foreigner attacks in Johannesburg Wednesday, Sept. 4. The protesters set fire to entrances leading into a mall and stole groceries and toiletries from a ShopRite supermarket in Lagos. “My store at Novare, Timekeepers Novare mall, Sangotedo, Lekki, has been broken into, looted and

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  • Common Cents

    Common Cents

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    • September 13, 2019

    Written by: Family Business and Entrepreneurship Club The Family Business and Entrepreneurship Club is kicking off their second annual semester-long competition. We are excited to welcome the new members, and to anyone interested, our first meeting will be Thursday, Sept. 12, at 8:30 p.m. The purpose of the club is to function as a social

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