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  • Students of Etown: Maura Longenecker

    Students of Etown: Maura Longenecker

    This week, get to know Maura Longenecker, a senior psychology major here at Elizabethtown College. Before coming to Etown, Longenecker took a gap year after her senior year of high school to go to Ecuador. While there, she worked with refugees at a local project. “I sorted clothes and bagged food and such, but realized

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  • PA Politics: House leadership in jeopardy 

    PA Politics: House leadership in jeopardy 

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    • February 9, 2023

    Similar to its counterpart in the United States House of Representatives, the Pennsylvania House is struggling to figure out its next speaker. Not that it doesn’t have one now—Mark Rozzi (D-Berks) is the current speaker, but his election was both unusual and unexpected. In November, Democrats won 102 out of 203 seats, but one member

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  • Bias Incident Response Team looks to be transparent with campus and community

    Bias Incident Response Team looks to be transparent with campus and community

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    • February 9, 2023

    On Jan. 27, a group of several people standing outside of a black truck yelled disrespectful language and made inappropriate gestures based on an Elizabethtown College student’s perceived identity as a member of the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community. That information was shared as a campus-wide email, which offered resources for students who wanted

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  • Promising changes to Dining Services this spring

    Promising changes to Dining Services this spring

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    • February 9, 2023

    As many students have observed, Dining Services has been making major changes in improving the quality of life for their students and staff. Students, especially those who are new or have not been at the school prior to the pandemic and staffing issues, have finally had the opportunity to see the full potential of the

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  • Student Senate: The housing selection process begins

    Student Senate: The housing selection process begins

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    • February 9, 2023

    Student Senate met for their weekly meeting Thursday, Jan. 26 at 3:45 p.m. in Hoover 212. Two motions were first made to amend the agenda. The first being moving the Oath of Office to after Administrative reports and the second being to add under New Business the presentation of a Constitution amendment. Both motions passed

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  • Residence Life makes changes to the ILU housing process

    Residence Life makes changes to the ILU housing process

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    • February 9, 2023

    In preparation for the 2023-2024 academic year, the Elizabethtown College Office of Housing & Residence Life (Res Life) has made changes to its independent living unit (ILU) selection process. The ILUs include the Hackman Apartments, the Schreiber Quadrangle (the quads) and the College-owned houses. Associate Dean of Students for Community Living Jenn Crowder shared insight

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  • Global Perspective: A suspected Chinese spy balloon flies in U.S. airspace

    Global Perspective: A suspected Chinese spy balloon flies in U.S. airspace

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    • February 9, 2023

    On Thursday, Feb. 2, the U.S. government reported that it is monitoring a suspected Chinese spy balloon that was spotted flying over northern states for several days. “The United States government has detected and is tracking a high-altitude surveillance balloon that is over the continental United States right now,” Pentagon Spokesperson Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder

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  • New Playwrights Fest presents student plays

    New Playwrights Fest presents student plays

    From Feb. 3-5, Sock & Buskin and the Tempest Theatre presented “New Playwrights Fest,” a collection of one act plays. The plays that were presented were all written, directed and acted out by Elizabethtown College students. Usually happening every semester after the playwriting course in the theatre department, this is the first time that the

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  • Fine Print magazine accepts creative submissions

    Fine Print magazine accepts creative submissions

    Elizabethtown College’s annual literary magazine Fine Print acts as a showcase for student and faculty work in art, writing and poetry. Fine Print is currently looking for submissions. Based on their own experiences with seeing their work published, the editors encourage others to take the plunge and submit their work. Fine Print compiles pieces of

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