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  • Got the vaccine? What you can (or can’t) do after

    Got the vaccine? What you can (or can’t) do after

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated their guidelines about how those who are fully vaccinated can continue to protect themselves and others. Based on their research into the COVID-19 vaccines, the CDC has determined the vaccines are effective at protecting individuals from getting sick. However, they still advise those who are fully

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  • Student Senate

    Student Senate

    Student Senate met Thursday, March 11 at 3:45 p.m. for their weekly meeting over Zoom. The meeting began with administrative reports, where Vice President for Student Life Dr. Celestino Limas began by handing over the floor to Vice President for Enrollment Management John Champoli and Senior Director of Admissions Adam Smith. The two provided an

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  • Honors Program initiative: “Learn, Serve, Lead”

    Honors Program initiative: “Learn, Serve, Lead”

    In early March, the Elizabethtown College Honors Program launched exciting new initiatives to keep up with the changing aspects of on-campus life. These changes range from simply adopting a new motto to promoting comprehensive community engagement. I interviewed Honors Program director Dr. Oya Dursun-Ozkanca and other students from the Program to see how they felt

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  • Students receive HEERF II funding

    Students receive HEERF II funding

    Students at Elizabethtown College received emails from the Business Office Monday, March 1, informing them that the College was distributing direct emergency funds. The payments come as part of the Coronavirus Relief and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act (CRRSAA) Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund II (HEERF II). The College received more than $675k in funding. According

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  • Horoscopes

    Horoscopes

    Aries With Mars in Gemini, you might be a little too forward in your conversations. Be confident, but don’t be pushy, Aries.  Taurus Your ruling planet, lovely Venus, is in your eleventh house of relationships and ideals. Embrace the positives around you. Gemini Saturday will have the only Pisces new moon of the year. Pisces

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  • Etown comm students sweep Student Keystone Media Awards

    Etown comm students sweep Student Keystone Media Awards

    Concussive birds, insectoid invaders and do-gooder community centers.  What links these scattershot subjects? They are the topics that won Elizabethtown College communication majors all three top spots in a Student Keystone Media Awards category. Each year, the Pennsylvania News Media Association holds a competition to recognize excellent student journalism. Etown’s students dominated the Best Feature

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  • Senior recitals embody student success, determination

    Senior recitals embody student success, determination

    Every semester, students at Elizabethtown College participate in formal assessments to demonstrate mastery of their subjects. For music majors nearing the end of their time at Etown, this means performing in a senior recital. Sunday, March 7, senior music therapy majors Gabriella Clarizio and Angelina Pisacane did just that with their saxophone recital. “The senior

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  • Spanish Club event emphasizes significance of Puerto Rican music, culture

    Spanish Club event emphasizes significance of Puerto Rican music, culture

    Last Thursday, members of Elizabethtown College’s Spanish club were part of a fascinating presentation by senior Veronica Ruiz on Puerto Rican music. Ruiz, a biology and pre-med major, is Puerto Rican herself and has many extended family members living in Puerto Rico. The presentation combined Ruiz’s personal experiences with Puerto Rican music with an overview

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  • Pennsylvania Politics

    Pennsylvania Politics

    The Pennsylvania Republican Party endured an hours-long meeting last week over the issue of Senator Pat Toomey’s (R) vote to convict former President Donald Trump after his second impeachment trial in the U.S. Senate. The soon-to-be retired senator narrowly avoided the formal expression of disapproval late into the night Monday, March 2; rather, the party

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