On Thursday, Oct. 25, Elizabethtown College welcomed the first of three speakers for this year’s Lecture Series. Environmentalist, economist, writer, and two-time U.S. Vice President candidate for the Green Party, Winona Laduke, offered her opinions of the state of the country and possible solutions during her time at Etown. LaDuke is a Native American activist
READ MOREAs day turned to night on Friday, Oct. 25, Elizabethtown College students made their way across campus in the bitter fall air towards Gibble Auditorium. Once inside, they were greeted with warmth and the aromas of buttery popcorn and sweet candy, the perfect snacks when settling in to watch a movie. Once the students were
READ MOREBrazil’s Central Bank Chief Roberto Campos discussed how the election in the U.S. is becoming an increasing factor when it comes to inflationary rates in an event hosted by Itau on the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank annual meetings. These worries have been affected by the recent polls that show a
READ MOREThe border between the two superpowers, India and China, in Asia, has always been an issue for these two governments. Never specified, it has left both nations to claim the strip of border land as their own, citing a long-standing history to the land that is hotly contested. In the 1960s, the Sino-Indian war broke
READ MOREOn Oct. 21, Elizabethtown College announced new faculty and staff members who will join the Blue Jay staff in the upcoming months via the campus news mass email. Among them were five adjunct professors for the School of Graduate and Professional Studies. While specific departments were not mentioned in the announcements, the professors hired fall
READ MOREThe United States general election is tomorrow, and the country will vote for its 47th president. Pennsylvania’s impact on the election has not been understated by the media, the candidates and political pundits across the commonwealth. But when will voters actually know the results of the election? The Associated Press typically calls the winners in
READ MOREOn Oct. 24, members from the Elizabethtown College Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society (Chem Club) gathered to put on Chemistry Demo Day. The club put this on every year during National Chemistry Week which is from Oct. 20 to Oct. 26. Professors from Etown’s Chemistry Department performed four separate experiments, each displaying a
READ MOREThe annual Not-Too-Scary HalloweE-town Parade recently celebrated its third spooky success. On Sunday, Oct. 27, from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., the Elizabethtown community got together to hold the parade, which featured Elizabethtown College students, local businesses and local residents. LIV-ETown, an organization of small businesses local to the Etown area, planned the parade and
READ MOREX, formerly known as Twitter, introduced changes to its privacy policy, stating that users’ content would now be available to train AI models. This change takes effect on Nov. 15, 2024. The change gives X wide-ranging rights over the content being posted on the site. This move will likely raise eyebrows among users and open
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