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  • Virtual spring concert shows dedication, hard work

    Virtual spring concert shows dedication, hard work

    April 18, the Elizabethtown College Orchestra and Symphonic Band performed a combined spring concert. The live-streamed show, directed by  associate professor and director of instrumental studies Dr. Robert Spence, celebrated the 25th anniversary of the dedication of Leffler Chapel and Performance Center to Carlos R. and Georgiana E. Leffler. Carlos was a member of the

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  • Global Perspective

    Global Perspective

    Princess Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum attempted to escape from Dubai in February 2018 after planning her escape with Hervé Jaubert and Tiina Jauhiainen since 2011. She first planned an escape in 2002 when she was a minor. It was her attempt to escape from the United Arab Emirates and her father; however, Jaubert’s yacht,

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  • Derek Chauvin trial taking place

    Derek Chauvin trial taking place

    Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was charged with the murder of George Floyd May 29, 2020. Floyd died May 25 after a store clerk accused him of paying with a counterfeit $20 bill. Chauvin and three other officers arrived at the scene and Chauvin knelt on Floyd’s neck and back for 9 minutes and

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  • Spring semester finals week schedule on the weekend

    Spring semester finals week schedule on the weekend

    This semester, Elizabethtown College will hold finals Saturday, May 8. Students and faculty alike were surprised to see exams take place on a weekend, and the change resulted in mixed feelings for many. While the administration has stated that it was necessary to hold finals on that day to ensure a timely Commencement Day and

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  • Interhall visitation allowed

    Interhall visitation allowed

    Elizabethtown College announced in a COVID-19 campus update email Monday, April 21 that interhall visitation would be permitted starting Thursday, April 15. In an email sent a few weeks earlier Monday, March 22, the COVID-19 Task Force said that they would not permit interhall visitation at that time but would instead continue to monitor the

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  • Student Senate

    Student Senate

    Student Senate met Thursday, April 15 at 3:45 p.m. over Zoom for their weekly meeting. Vice President for Student Life Dr. Celestino Limas began the meeting with his administrative report. He started by saying he is disappointed by the number of inappropriate responses on the “before I graduate” boards in the Baugher Student Center (BSC)

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  • Students display their art in the Juried Art Show

    Students display their art in the Juried Art Show

    April 1 through April 23, student artwork can be found on display in the Lyet Gallery, located on the second floor of Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. Junior Grace Fernandez had a piece of her art selected for the show. She entered the show because her professor encouraged all of the students in his class

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  • Travel as a Political Act event

    Travel as a Political Act event

    Saturday, April 10, the Elizabethtown College Democrats Club hosted a virtual recording of Rick Steves discussing some of the ideas shown in his well-known work, “Travel as a Political Act.” Steves is a well-known travel guide and has authored multiple books about traveling both Europe and the world, with his guidebook to Italy earning the

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  • Liberian Civil War survivor shares her story at Bowers House

    Liberian Civil War survivor shares her story at Bowers House

    To pass through this area, go over the hill. There, you’ll find the rebels. Don’t ask what they look like. You’ll know them when you see them. They may be wearing wedding dresses. They aren’t crossdressers. They’re showing off the fact that they’ve stolen the best of Liberia. They will make you walk through a

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