• Is the Talent War over in America?

    Is the Talent War over in America?

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    • September 24, 2024

    After COVID, companies fought each other to hire new employees to fill vacancies created by massive layoffs, retirements and “quiet-quitters” that surged during the pandemic. The rate of employee departures went from 2.3% each month to 3% at the beginning of 2022. Fighting for highly skilled workers at all levels made companies go toe-to-toe with

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  • IDF Admits Responsibility to 3 Hostages’ Deaths

    IDF Admits Responsibility to 3 Hostages’ Deaths

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    • September 24, 2024

    The Gaza Strip has an ensuing crisis and war that continue to reveal more shocking news as the months go on. This past Sunday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF)has come forth admitting it may have been responsible for the deaths of three of their hostages in November 2023.   The three Israeli hostages, Sgt. Ron Sherman,

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  • Bias Incidents: a blow to campus community

    Bias Incidents: a blow to campus community

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    • September 24, 2024

    Moving on campus for the first time or even just coming back to school can come with a lot of stress. That stress was heightened for Elizabethtown College students during the first few weeks when on Aug. 26 and Sept. 7, Etown students received emails about bias incidents that occurred on campus and online. The

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  • Today’s Tech: Meta’s Erasure of AI Celebrity Chatbots

    Today’s Tech: Meta’s Erasure of AI Celebrity Chatbots

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    • September 24, 2024

    Artificial Intelligence (AI) has reigned the conversation surrounding technology for the past few years. It can be easy to get lost in the successes associated with major companies like OpenAI, who invented ChatGPT, a program that has changed the face of asking questions online, and Character AI, which allowed many people to engage in stimulating

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  • Bowers Center Celebrates Fifth Anniversary

    Bowers Center Celebrates Fifth Anniversary

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    • September 24, 2024

    It’s been a long five years for Elizabethtown College’s Bowers Center for Recreation, Sports and Well-Being. Almost immediately after the fitness center got the chance to open its doors in August 2019 to the campus community, it had to shutter them for the global pandemic.  “The fall semester was so amazing in 2019. I can

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  • Pennsylvania Politics: Budget Woes

    Pennsylvania Politics: Budget Woes

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    • September 24, 2024

    Pennsylvania’s budget was once again late this summer, the second consecutive summer that Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro and the divided legislature ran over the June 30 deadline. The $47.6 billion budget passed through the Republican-controlled state senate and the Democrat-controlled state house on July 12 after months of negotiations.  While the budget pours money into

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  • SGPS offers discount for state employees

    SGPS offers discount for state employees

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    • September 24, 2024

    The Elizabethtown College School of Graduate and Professional Studies (SGPS) is rolling out a new discount program in cooperation with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Many secondary education organizations in Pennsylvania– including Etown– will offer a hefty discount on certain programs. Who is eligible for this discount? Pennsylvania state employees, their spouses, and their children can

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  • Blue Jays out-maneuver Mustangs on Senior Day

    Blue Jays out-maneuver Mustangs on Senior Day

    The Elizabethtown College Blue Jays overcame the Stevenson University women’s soccer team last Saturday with a final score of 1-0. The match happened on a warm, humid and sunny day at Etown’s Ira R. Herr Field. The Blue Jays kept the pressure on the Mustangs throughout the first half. The ball constantly stayed near the

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  • Cross country teams take on the Blue Jay Alumni Challenge over the weekend

    Cross country teams take on the Blue Jay Alumni Challenge over the weekend

    The men’s and women’s cross country teams participated in the Blue Jay Alumni Challenge on Saturday, Sept. 14. Elizabethtown welcomed back its graduates to take on the current Blue Jay cross country teams on their home turf by the solar fields across from campus.. While the men’s team lost their event, dropping to 1-1 on

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