• Welcome to the Jungle

    Welcome to the Jungle

    Oh, Hello! Who are you? May I sniff your hand? Gotta make sure you don’t stink before you try to touch my pretty fur! My name is Elphaba Rose, or Elphie for short. I respond to lots of names though… Miss Lady, Felphie, Mr. Fluffles, Bellie, Silly Baby, Little Girl, Stinky Butt, Miss Rose, Pretty

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  • Soup review: chicken noodle

    Soup review: chicken noodle

    More than any other time of year, late winter strikes me as the time for hearty soups. Sure, sometimes you want something light and elegant, but in the cold of winter I don’t think there is anything better than warming yourself from the inside out with a warm drink or food. Soup is essentially the

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  • Aquariums: slices of nature in a dorm

    Aquariums: slices of nature in a dorm

    As the pandemic continues into 2021, people have turned to keeping pets as their company indoors. From working at a major chain pet store, I noticed that puppies and fish seem to be the new classmates for Zoom. Obviously, we cannot keep puppies in our dorms, so I started thinking about getting my own fish. 

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  • Heart Health

    Heart Health

    February is National Heart Month. Even if you are not an athlete and want to start exercising to promote cardiovascular health, here are some things you can do either at home or here on campus. One of the things to do is to take long walks. Yes, it might sound simple, but walking a little

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  • Bowers Center event encourages students to meet new year’s goals

    Bowers Center event encourages students to meet new year’s goals

    The Bowers Center for Sports, Fitness and Well-being is hosting a new wellness challenge focused on leaving 2020 in the past and working toward a better 2021. Normally the challenges hosted by the Bowers  Center work on physical fitness alone, but this new year challenge is unique because it encourages all around health.  Bowers Center

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  • Beyond the LGBTQ Acronym event showcases diverse student identities, experiences

    Beyond the LGBTQ Acronym event showcases diverse student identities, experiences

    Saturday, Feb. 13, a panel event took place over Zoom discussing the subject of what type of attractions exist beyond the first five letters of the LGBTQ+ acronym. However, this discussion was not led by professors or professionals but students.  The presentation aimed to make more people both in and out of the LGBTQ+ community

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  • Pan-African flag raising ceremony in BSC demonstrates a call for unity, justice

    Pan-African flag raising ceremony in BSC demonstrates a call for unity, justice

    Red. Black. Green. These are the colors of the tricolor banner hoisted over the atrium of the Baugher Student Ceter (BSC) on Monday, Feb. 15. Elizabethtown College’s associate director of intercultural affairs with the Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Title IX, Ellis Bonds explained the symbolism of the flag as it was raised. “Red represents

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  • Etown Alumna Amita Mehta discusses career success as part of Executive Lecture Series

    Etown Alumna Amita Mehta discusses career success as part of Executive Lecture Series

    Feb. 12, Elizabethtown College alumna Amita Mehta spoke to Etown students as part of the Executive Lecture Series. This series is sponsored by Mars Wrigley Confectionery and the Etown Department of Business, of which Dr. Krichevskiy, associate professor of economics, is the coordinator.  Mehta’s lecture, titled, “If I Knew Then What I Know Now: Lessons

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  • Pennsylvania Politics

    Pennsylvania Politics

    • News
    • February 18, 2021

    Monday, Feb. 8, Pennsylvania’s Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman declared he will run for the Commonwealth’s open U.S. Senate seat in 2022. The former mayor of Braddock and recent champion for progressive causes in Pennsylvania has attracted a large following across the nation thanks to his media-savvy nature, with many TV interviews and tweets going viral

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