• GSA announces first official logo

    GSA announces first official logo

    Elizabethtown College’s Gender and Sexuality Alliance (GSA) recently announced their new logo. The logo became official on Jan. 25 of this year, and was announced on the club’s Instagram. This is the first time that the club has ever had a logo. GSA President Samhar Almomani shared his thoughts on this change, the process of

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  • Abby’s Advice: Writing tips and tricks

    Abby’s Advice: Writing tips and tricks

    In this week’s edition, we tackle for the first time a question sent in by a dedicated reader. Before anyone doubts the validity of this question, I most certainly did not make it up and received this inquiry via email from a verified student account. The student (who will remain anonymous) proposed the question “how

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  • Unban My History panel sheds light on book banning movements

    Unban My History panel sheds light on book banning movements

    Book banning movements have been on the rise for several years now. It has become increasingly prevalent that parents take issue with many books that discuss certain topics, such as Black history or LGBTQ+ narratives. This was the topic that was discussed on Wednesday, Feb. 23 in the Elizabethtown College Tempest Theatre at 4 p.m. 

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  • Speaker presents the poetry of Jane Rohrer at the Young Center

    Speaker presents the poetry of Jane Rohrer at the Young Center

    At 7 p.m. on Feb. 24 in the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College, speaker Julia Spicher Kasdorf gave an illustrated presentation and reading of the poetry of Jane Rohrer. 18 people were in attendance including relatives of Rohrer. Rohrer was part of one of the first generations of Mennonites to

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  • Engineering Department churns up some chocolate ice cream

    Engineering Department churns up some chocolate ice cream

    Elizabethtown College’s Department of Engineering prepared a special treat for students and staff before the start of Spring Break. On Thursday, Feb. 24, the department set up their Bicycle Ice Cream Churn in the lobby of the Masters Building, complete with tons of delicious topping choices and department-themed stickers for sale.  In addition to being

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  • News Commentary: A student journalist’s reaction to Penn State’s COVID-19 panel

    News Commentary: A student journalist’s reaction to Penn State’s COVID-19 panel

    Editor’s note: In order to avoid further spreading misinformation, we will not feature specific false claims in the body of this article. Please see the sidebar infographic for facts about the COVID-19 vaccine. As I got myself settled in my seat after navigating through a crowd of hundreds of people, a booming voice exclaimed, “This

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