• Healthy sleep patterns help mental health

    Healthy sleep patterns help mental health

    A lot of students stay up late at night to complete homework that is due either at midnight or the very next day. They are sacrificing sleep, which can have detrimental effects. Sleep is very important to maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Some of the reasons include the strengthening of mental health and better brain functioning.

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  • Professional Sports Update: Football and baseball

    Professional Sports Update: Football and baseball

    The Dallas Cowboys are making sports headlines this week. They recently lost a game with a final score of 19-3 against Tom Brady and the Buccaneers to begin their season. Additionally, Cowboys’ quarterback Dak Prescott fractured a joint very close to his thumb, inhibiting his ability to throw the football in the fourth quarter of

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  • F&M wins Smith-Herr Boot against Etown Men’s Soccer Team

    F&M wins Smith-Herr Boot against Etown Men’s Soccer Team

    On Saturday, Sept. 10, the Elizabethtown College men’s soccer team lost the Smith-Herr Boot match against Franklin & Marshall (F&M). The game got off to a slow start, with both teams struggling to make any headway. Etown was outshot by F&M with four missed shots to Etown’s zero shots in the first half, but still

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  • Women’s Field Hockey triumphs over Wilkes

    Women’s Field Hockey triumphs over Wilkes

    On Wednesday, Sept. 7, the Elizabethtown College field hockey team faced off against Wilkes University. This game was very eventful—not only was it the season opener for the field hockey team, but three different Etown players added a goal to contribute to the 3-1 win. The Blue Jays scoring play in the final five minutes

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  • Etown Athlete of the Week: Hayden Oldham

    Etown Athlete of the Week: Hayden Oldham

    Hayden Oldham is a sophomore secondary education major and plays forward for the men’s soccer team at Elizabethtown College. The sophomore has been playing the game he loves for nearly his entire life. He was born with a passion for soccer and began his soccer journey at an incredibly young age. “I started playing soccer

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  • Welcome to the Jungle: Meet Kyra and hear about her sassy, playful personality

    Welcome to the Jungle: Meet Kyra and hear about her sassy, playful personality

    Have you ever wished you had a pet on campus? Have you ever wanted a companion in your dorm to play with when you’re bored? A few people on campus have accommodations which allow them to do so, including senior information systems major Kelsey Knappenberger. Knappenberger’s assistance animal is a cat named Kyra. Knappenberger is

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  • The Weekly Debate: Are Uncrustable brand sandwiches considered ravioli?

    The Weekly Debate: Are Uncrustable brand sandwiches considered ravioli?

    In life, there are many important questions about ourselves and the world around us which humanity strives to answer. This is not one such question. This question, the debate over whether or not Uncrustable sandwiches can be classified as ravioli, could be looked at by some as absolutely ridiculous. However, it is this debate which

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  • Weather Report: Summer’s still holding on

    Weather Report: Summer’s still holding on

    Many autumn lovers, such as myself, have been waiting for the day we get to take out our knit sweaters, order hot lattes and go to class in our sweatpants. As far as we are concerned, fall weather should be here already! Unfortunately for us, Mother Nature does not agree. Even with fall quickly approaching,

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  • Students of Etown: Ava Lammersen

    Students of Etown: Ava Lammersen

    Ava Lammersen is 19 years old and currently attends Elizabethtown College as a sophomore. Lammersen is from Woodstown, N.J., and decided to join the flock at Etown because she was impressed with the liberal arts academic rigor, the location of the College, and the small yet welcoming class size Etown offers to its students. There

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