• 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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  • Welcome to the Jungle

    Welcome to the Jungle

    Sandy Jr: Can’t you two do the interview without me? This is more your speed… Cobalt: Oh, come on, Sandy Jr., it’ll be over before you know it. Titania: I’m with them, Cobalt, I’d rather do anything else. Cobalt: Fine, I’ll do it myself…Hi, everyone! I’m Cobalt, the other guppy is Titania and the snail

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  • Student creativity flourishes at COVID-safe Playwright’s Festival

    Student creativity flourishes at COVID-safe Playwright’s Festival

    Elizabethtown College hosted the New Playwrights Festival 2021 on Feb. 19 and 20 at 8 p.m. This year’s performance was hosted in the Leffler Chapel and Performance Center rather than Tempest Theater to better abide by COVID-19 safety guidelines. Sock & Buskin worked in conjunction with ECTV to stream the shows, as viewership was entirely

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  • Embodying anti-racism through history, sustained commitments

    Embodying anti-racism through history, sustained commitments

    Wednesday, Feb. 17, as part of the Elizabethtown College Office of Diversity, Inclusion] and Title IX’s series of Black History Month events, Asst. Dean of Students at Capital Law School and Diversity, Equityand Inclusion Consultant Dr. Marcelius Braxton gave a webinar presentation on anti-racism.  Drawing from his background as an educator, Braxton has taken the

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  • Today’s Technology

    Today’s Technology

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    • February 25, 2021

    Should tech giants like Facebook and Google have to share ad profits with the news organizations when linked news content contributes to those ad profits?  And perhaps more importantly, will governments hoping to regulate the power of these companies be able to? These are the questions that have come to the forefront of peoples’ minds

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  • Possible mass vaccination site in Lancaster County

    Possible mass vaccination site in Lancaster County

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    • February 25, 2021

    In Pennsylvania, the COVID-19 vaccine rollout plan is currently in Phase 1A, which prioritizes long-term care facility residents, healthcare workers, people exposed to infectious material among, people aged 65 and older and people aged 16 to 64 with high-risk conditions. However, the state aims to begin Phase 1B soon.  Recently, during a Lancaster County Commissioners

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  • Etown introduces incoming student comprehensive fee

    Etown introduces incoming student comprehensive fee

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    • February 19, 2021

    During last week’s Student Senate meeting, Vice President for Student Life Dr. Celestino Limas introduced a new comprehensive student fee. The student fee will not affect current Elizabethtown College students, but will be implemented for full-time incoming students beginning in the fall 2021 semester. The fee will total 600 dollars, with 300 dollars being paid

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  • Rocky Balboa

    Rocky Balboa

    In 1975, the heavyweight champion of the world, Apollo Creed, announces that he is hosting a fight to defend his title in Philadelphia, Pa. A few weeks before his flight, Creed is informed that his opponent cannot compete due to an injured hand. Creed decides not to cancel the fight, but instead, give a local

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