• Socially distanced Halloween

    Socially distanced Halloween

    Happy Halloween! While trick-or-treating is off the table for this year, Halloween can still be a thrill! There are lots of ways to stay in the appropriate mood for spooky season, and many of them don’t take much preparation at all.  First, make yourself a playlist of your favorite spooky tunes, scary movie soundtracks, monster-inspired

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  • Germans waking up at the Young Center

    Germans waking up at the Young Center

    Dr. Andrew Kloes delivered a speech on nineteenth century German theology at 7pm. A presidential debate aired at 9pm. That stark contrast may challenge one to see the relevance of his history to our modern world. But looking a little closer, one can see something universal in his topic.  Elizabethtown’s Young Center for Anabaptist and

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  • Virtual concert allows for remote engagement with arts, culture

    Virtual concert allows for remote engagement with arts, culture

    On Thursday, Oct. 21 st at 7:30 p.m., Elizabethtown College’s Department of Music and Peacebuilding hosted a virtual concert showcasing American Samba band Os Clavelitos.  Samba is a form of music that was created by Afro-Brazilians in Brazil and drew heavy inspiration from cultural expression of both West African and Brazilian folk music traditions. Samba

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  • Blue Jays flock to the polls – or their mailbox

    Blue Jays flock to the polls – or their mailbox

    • News
    • October 29, 2020

    There are five days left until the U.S. 2020 presidential election, and Elizabethtown College is urging its students to participate in this major election with its “Flock to the Polls” campaign.    “You have a unique opportunity to transform an entire election,” Special Assistant to the President & Executive Director for Government, Corporate & Board Relations

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  • New Public Health Major

    New Public Health Major

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    • October 29, 2020

    Elizabethtown College has recently announced a new public health major for undergraduate students. The interdisciplinary program will be part of the School of Public Service, along with other majors such as legal studies, political science and sociology.   Public health is the science of protecting and improving the health of people and their communities by researching

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  • Today’s Technology

    Today’s Technology

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    • October 29, 2020

    Today, it is common for most major smartphones to use 4G service, even though 5G networks are starting to take hold. However, I never thought I would hear that any level of cell service would be available outside of the Earth’s atmosphere, but technology continues to amaze me. Nokia and NASA have announced that they

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  • Student Senate

    Student Senate

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    • October 29, 2020

    Student Senate held their weekly meeting Thursday, Oct. 22 over Zoom. The meeting began with the oath of office for the newly elected senior class representative Sarah Hasenhauer. The meeting then moved into administrative reports, starting with Vice President for Student Life Dr. Celestino Limas. He took suggestions from senators for how to increase the

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  • Global Perspective

    Global Perspective

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    • October 29, 2020

    In mid-August of this year, Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) penned a deal that would normalize their diplomatic relations. Not long after, Bahrain joined the pact in normalizing its relations with Israel. President Donald Trump believes these deals, which he oversaw, are a great step towards peace in the Middle East. Now, he

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  • Iron Jay Challenge

    Iron Jay Challenge

    The Iron Jay Challenge is back! The Iron Jay is a challenge that anyone, faculty, staff, and students can walk, bike,  run, swim, or participate in fitness classes to complete the challenge. In this challenge. the goal is to either achieve 70.3 miles doing any fitness  activity, or achieving 140.6 miles doing any physical fitness

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