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  • Author gives first public reading of new book at Bowers Writers House

    Author gives first public reading of new book at Bowers Writers House

    A nude man runs down a hotel hallway pursued by a clothed man wielding a big wooden coat hanger.  The naked man laments that his run-ins with married women often end in run-ins with married men. Then he laments the layout of the hotel. The hallway he is fleeing down comes to a dead end

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  • Chemistry Seminar Series explores progressions in latent print developments

    Chemistry Seminar Series explores progressions in latent print developments

    Feb. 26, the Elizabethtown College Department of Chemistry held a seminar led by Dr. Raychelle Burks. Burks is an esteemed associate professor of analytical chemistry at the American University in Washington D.C., and is well known for several prolific public appearances supported by prestigious scientific organizations and for advocating for various underrepresented groups in the

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  • Recipes for people who can’t cook

    Recipes for people who can’t cook

    Hello, Elizabethtown College students and community! How are you? Feeling a bit peckish, perhaps? While there are certainly a lot of positive aspects of grabbing something to eat from the Jay’s Nest or having a meal at the Marketplace, there’s nothing quite like eating a meal you made yourself.  Now, some of you might be

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  • Muhammad Ali

    Muhammad Ali

    Muhammad Ali was born Jan. 17, 1942 in Louisville, Ky. His birth name was Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr, and he was a professional boxer. He was very accomplished, being the first boxer to win the world heavyweight championship three times, and successfully defended his title 19 times throughout his career. When Ali was 12 years

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  • Nick Pliny, SAAC representative

    Nick Pliny, SAAC representative

    Recently, Elizabethtown College junior Nick Pliny was named the Landmark Conference Associate Member Representative for the NCAA Division III Student Athlete Advisory Committee. Nick Pliny is a two sport athlete at the College, playing on the men’s volleyball team and the men’s soccer team. This position requires student athlete feedback and for information to be

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  • US grapples with record-breaking polar vortex

    US grapples with record-breaking polar vortex

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    • February 25, 2021

    Early last week, a massive winter storm swept across southern and central parts of the United States, leaving millions of people struggling to find power or water amid sub-zero temperatures. Temperatures in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast plummeted, before snow blanketed these areas too Feb. 18. The cause behind these temperature dips is the sliding of

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  • Student Senate

    Student Senate

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    • February 25, 2021

    Student Senate met Thursday, Feb. 18 for their weekly meeting over Zoom. Vice President for Student Life Dr. Celestino Limas opened administrative reports. He told senators that he has received many questions about commencement and summer housing, but he does not have any definite answers as the details are still being figured out. Students have

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  • COVID-19 cases decreasing

    COVID-19 cases decreasing

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    • February 25, 2021

    For nearly a year, the U.S. has been dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, but recently COVID-19 cases have been decreasing. According to data from the Center for Disease Control (CDC), COVID cases in the U.S. have dropped by about two thirds. Graphs on the CDC website show a spike in cases in early to mid-January

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  • Faith powders and paper toads—Young Center explores the weird world of Pietist conversions

    Faith powders and paper toads—Young Center explores the weird world of Pietist conversions

    Elizabethtown College’s Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies invited Dr. Jonathan Strom to discuss some old books. Strom won the Young Center’s Dale W. Brown Book Award for his own book, “German Pietism and the Problem of Conversion,” back in 2019. But, his book talks about some other books much older than that. Strom

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