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  • Commuter lounge comes to Elizabethtown College

    Commuter lounge comes to Elizabethtown College

    • News
    • November 3, 2025

    For commuter students, a place to call home on campus is not easy to find. Elizabethtown College hopes to change that. This is why the college is making its first exclusive commuter lounge designed specifically for students who do not live on campus. This project was made possible with funds allocated by the Student Assembly

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  • US mediates Thailand-Cambodia dispute

    US mediates Thailand-Cambodia dispute

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    • November 3, 2025

    This past weekend brought about large moves within the diplomatic playground in Southern Asia as the President of the United States, Donald Trump, began his tour to multiple different countries. Most notable is the brokered peace agreement between Thailand and Cambodia, which brought several skirmishes along their border. Along with this are several trade agreements

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  •  Pumpkin cheesecake brings Brinser residents together

     Pumpkin cheesecake brings Brinser residents together

    Fall brings to mind pumpkin spice, chilly mornings and the kind of comfort that feels like family, even when family is the neighbors. On Oct. 23, the Brinser resident assistants (RAs) turned the Bowers Demo Kitchen into a family gathering, complete with a rogue hand mixer, an exploding can and residents eager to whip up

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  • Helping to meet the needs of the campus community

    Helping to meet the needs of the campus community

    Shelves lined with soup cans, pasta boxes, granola bars and many other things fill the Blue Jay Pantry, a space meant to provide comfort and relief to students who may be experiencing food insecurity. But as the semester winds down, SNAP and WIC benefits may increase the use of food pantries throughout the United States.

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  • Debate of the week: Morning or afternoon classes

    Debate of the week: Morning or afternoon classes

    Many Elizabethtown College students prefer afternoon classes so they can get some extra sleep in before their classes for the day, while other students prefer an early start to their day. Are 8 a.m. classes really that brutal? Or is the dragged wait until a 2 p.m. class, or even later, worse? Let’s see what

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  • Student Feature: Hannah Sharp

    Student Feature: Hannah Sharp

    Among all of Elizabethtown College’s many opportunities, it’s hard to know all of our fellow Jays on a personal level. Let’s take a minute to get to know a busy Blue Jay. Meet Hannah Sharp, a junior biology secondary education major.  Etown has a special place in Sharp’s heart.“[loved] the variety of hands-on teaching and

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  • Debate of the Week: Halloween or Thanksgiving?

    Debate of the Week: Halloween or Thanksgiving?

    As the leaves begin to change and fall, campus starts to feel more autumnal. Our students start to feel a sense of coziness thinking about not only the upcoming fall events on campus but also the holidays.  Thanksgiving and Halloween are two of the most beloved holidays of the year. Both have unique traditions and

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  • Class Review: creating comfort in grief

    Class Review: creating comfort in grief

    Grief is a universal thing that everybody feels, but about which not everyone speaks. Society has pushed away the ‘social norm’ of grief, which has caused people to become uncomfortable when speaking about it or trying to help someone who is dealing with such grief. People often do not know the right words to comfort

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  • Elizabethtown Alumna runs for Robeson Township Board with bipartisan backing

    Elizabethtown Alumna runs for Robeson Township Board with bipartisan backing

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    • October 30, 2025

    Margaret Jean Fix, an Elizabethtown College alumna, is running for a seat on the Robeson Township Board of Supervisors, aiming to bring greater efficiency, communication, and collaboration to local government. Fix, who serves as director of marketing and administration at Alarm Tech, earned nominations from both the Democratic and Republican parties for one of two

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