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  • Food brings students together at Cooking for the Culture event

    Food brings students together at Cooking for the Culture event

    The warm smell of curry chicken filled the Demo Kitchen at the Bowers Center on Monday, Feb. 16, at 5 p.m. as students gathered for a Black History Month event centered on culture through food. The anticipated event “Cooking for the Culture” featured Jamaican curry chicken, rosemary chicken, rice and pasta salad. Students came with

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  • Benefit concert performances raises funds for Joshua Group

    Benefit concert performances raises funds for Joshua Group

    Music, dance and student talent was full at Leffler Chapel on Feb. 21 as Elizabethtown College’s Education Organization hosted a benefit concert to support the Joshua Group, a Harrisburg-based nonprofit that works with children and families facing educational and social challenges. The Joshua Group partners with schools, families and communities in the Harrisburg area to

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  • Between the lines: Author Mallary Tarpley discusses her latest book with students 

    Between the lines: Author Mallary Tarpley discusses her latest book with students 

    Students filled the High Auditorium in the Steinman Center on Feb. 9 to hear author and journalist Mallary Tarpley deliver a brief reading, followed by a guided discussion and an audience question and answer session. Tarpley’s journalism career includes work with major news outlets such as The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and The Dallas

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  • Lecture series: Carl Zimmer challenges students to rethink life and AI

    Lecture series: Carl Zimmer challenges students to rethink life and AI

    Science journalist and author Carl Zimmer invited students to think differently about life, technology and the future of biology during the Leffler Lecture Series on Feb. 12 in Leffler Chapel. Zimmer, a New York Times columnist and author of several science books, opened his talk with a simple question. He had asked ChatGPT, “What is

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  • Etown Students Unwind at Campus Spa Night: A Valentine’s Weekend of Self-Care and Community

    Etown Students Unwind at Campus Spa Night: A Valentine’s Weekend of Self-Care and Community

    On Friday, Feb. 13, Elizabethtown College hosted a Campus Spa Night, a free drop-in event that transformed an ordinary campus space into a mini oasis of calm. Students could drop by between 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. No pre-registration was required, making the evening as low-pressure as possible, featuring a thoughtfully designed sequence of services

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  • Student Feature: Hailey Erickson

    Student Feature: Hailey Erickson

    With the hustle and bustle of student life, we may not have the opportunity to introduce ourselves to every student we pass. Allow me to introduce to you Hailey Erickson. Erickson is a fourth-year occupational therapy student here at Elizabethtown College. Coming here from Lockhaven, Pennsylvania, Erickson decided to make the journey to Etown for

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