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IDF Admits Responsibility to 3 Hostages’ Deaths
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- September 24, 2024
The Gaza Strip has an ensuing crisis and war that continue to reveal more shocking news as the months go on. This past Sunday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF)has come forth admitting it may have been responsible for the deaths of three of their hostages in November 2023. The three Israeli hostages, Sgt. Ron Sherman,
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Bias Incidents: a blow to campus community
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- September 24, 2024
Moving on campus for the first time or even just coming back to school can come with a lot of stress. That stress was heightened for Elizabethtown College students during the first few weeks when on Aug. 26 and Sept. 7, Etown students received emails about bias incidents that occurred on campus and online. The
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Today’s Tech: Meta’s Erasure of AI Celebrity Chatbots
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- September 24, 2024
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has reigned the conversation surrounding technology for the past few years. It can be easy to get lost in the successes associated with major companies like OpenAI, who invented ChatGPT, a program that has changed the face of asking questions online, and Character AI, which allowed many people to engage in stimulating
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Bowers Center Celebrates Fifth Anniversary
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- September 24, 2024
It’s been a long five years for Elizabethtown College’s Bowers Center for Recreation, Sports and Well-Being. Almost immediately after the fitness center got the chance to open its doors in August 2019 to the campus community, it had to shutter them for the global pandemic. “The fall semester was so amazing in 2019. I can
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Pennsylvania Politics: Budget Woes
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- September 24, 2024
Pennsylvania’s budget was once again late this summer, the second consecutive summer that Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro and the divided legislature ran over the June 30 deadline. The $47.6 billion budget passed through the Republican-controlled state senate and the Democrat-controlled state house on July 12 after months of negotiations. While the budget pours money into
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SGPS offers discount for state employees
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- September 24, 2024
The Elizabethtown College School of Graduate and Professional Studies (SGPS) is rolling out a new discount program in cooperation with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Many secondary education organizations in Pennsylvania– including Etown– will offer a hefty discount on certain programs. Who is eligible for this discount? Pennsylvania state employees, their spouses, and their children can
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Impact of Shift to Remote Work
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- September 20, 2024
The shift to remote and hybrid work has altered corporate business, from core functions like finance, marketing and accounting to interactions among staff. It seems what started out of necessity during the pandemic has become a trend that will last and possibly make some transformative changes in how we work and manage our daily business
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Germany’s Far-Right Party Looms in Local Elections
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- September 20, 2024
Germany’s right-wing party (AFD) is winning huge support within key local elections across eastern Germany. This support is unprecedented, as it hasn’t been seen for a far-right movement since the 1940s. As election season for them is also ramping up, a lot of citizens both inside Germany and abroad are worried about this sudden change.
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550 Students Join The Flock This Fall
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- September 20, 2024
Each year, it seems a new bigger incoming class comes to Elizabethtown College. In the 2023-2024 application season, 3,618 senior high school students tried to join the Etown flock, making it 3 percent higher than the year prior and the most number of applications ever. The class snapshot for the class of 2028 indicated that
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