The Elizabethtown Blue Jays swim team had their first home meet on Oct. 24 against their Landmark Conference opponent in Goucher University and non-conference Immaculata University. The men’s swim team came into the meet 1-1, putting together a dominant 133-45 victory against Lycoming College after losing against Susquehanna University in their first meet of the
READ MOREOn Saturday afternoon, the Elizabethtown College Blue Jays field hockey team took on the Goucher University Gophers in their final home regular season matchup. Etown was on the outside looking into the playoffs a mere week prior to this matchup, sitting ninth before their impressive run. After various conference game victories, the Blue Jays sat
READ MOREThe Elizabethtown College golf program is making huge steps forward with the installation of a new high-tech SkyTrak simulator. This gives the team year-round practice opportunities during the Pennsylvania winter. The simulator is put in place inside the Thompson Gymnasium on Etown’s campus. The SkyTrak technology allows for versatility in various situations for the golf
READ MOREThe Elizabethtown Blue Jays men’s soccer team took on the Goucher Gophers on the road on Oct. 25 for a Landmark Conference matchup between the two sides. The Blue Jays have lost the past five games, including tough conference matchups between #15 ranked Scranton University and a tight 1-0 loss to #23 ranked Catholic University.
READ MOREThe Elizabethtown cross country team has acquired a new treadmill, and it comes with new technology that will change the way Etown distance runners can train. Most treadmills are simple machines. They usually have a rubber belt that rotates at a speed set by the user, and they were useful inventions that assisted many athletes
READ MOREElection day is Nov. 4, but unlike last year’s presidential election or next year’s midterm elections, no candidates for federal office will be on the ballot. Despite this, a typically calm off year election has the potential to shake up Pennsylvania’s political institutions. In Pennsylvania, off year elections are when voters will elect officials at
READ MOREDelegates from around 60 countries met in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Oct. 25 to sign a new United Nations treaty for fighting cybercrime. The signing marks the next step in years of negotiations on how nations can work together to prevent and prosecute crimes carried out through digital networks. Formally titled the U.N. Convention on Countering
READ MOREWhen Amazon Web Services (AWS) went down this week, the internet seemed to go with it. For nearly 15 hours, an error buried deep in AWS’s automation system disrupted everything from financial platforms to gaming apps. Amazon later said a software defect in its automated domain management system caused the issue. That small error made
READ MOREOn Oct. 20, an Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage caused widespread disruptions that left Elizabethtown College students and faculty without access to Canvas for much of the day. Canvas serves as the college’s primary learning management system, providing access to class materials, assignments and grades. When the outage began early that morning, many students were
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