• Field hockey earns first win of 2024 season

    Field hockey earns first win of 2024 season

    The Elizabethtown College field hockey team netted their first win of the season this past Saturday, Sept. 7 in an exciting victory that came down to the wire. The Blue Jays bested the St. John Fisher Cardinals and protected their home of Wolf Field, winning 4-3. It was a statement win for Etown, coming back

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  • Video game review: Gestalt Steam & Cinder

    Video game review: Gestalt Steam & Cinder

    Something I often mention is the necessity for certain games to make themselves noteworthy. Metroidvanias—and rogue-likes—with buttery-smooth pixel art can feel like they’re a dime a dozen at times, and someone’s hard work could easily get lost in unstable digital marketplaces.   I highly praise games when they take new approaches to commonplace mechanics, as they

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  • Cheers to 3 years: Farewell from Faith Morrow, Online Editor

    Cheers to 3 years: Farewell from Faith Morrow, Online Editor

    Managing the Etownian’s website and social media for the past three years as the online editor has been my passion project. Entering college, I knew I wanted to get involved in student journalism, but I definitely didn’t anticipate becoming so familiar with the digital and promotional side of things. I’m so glad I did. I’ve

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  • Etown celebrates campus community’s achievements with 46th annual Student Awards Ceremony

    Etown celebrates campus community’s achievements with 46th annual Student Awards Ceremony

    On April 17, Etown held the 46th annual Student Awards Ceremony. During this celebration of campus community achievement, various offices commend students, faculty and staff for their accomplishments during the previous academic year. Some of the offices present are the Office of Housing & Residence Life, the Center for Civic and Community Engagement (CCCE), the

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  • Features Editor Farewell: Samhar Almomani

    Features Editor Farewell: Samhar Almomani

    It feels like it was only yesterday when I sent my first article to the Etownian, in the fall semester of my freshman year. Since then, everything else has changed, but writing for the Etownian has remained the constant in my college career that reminded me that college is more than attending classes and doing

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  • Q & A with Dr. Tara Moore

    Q & A with Dr. Tara Moore

    As someone who enjoyed studying abroad during her time in college, Tara Moore is bringing her own experiences to the students at Elizabethtown College. Dr. Moore, the Director of the English Professional Writing and First Year Writing Program at the College, is taking students on a fifteen day-long  trip over the summer of 2024 to

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  • Activity Review: Goat yoga

    Activity Review: Goat yoga

    Elizabethtown College values and prioritizes physical and mental health for all its students, providing upbeat exercise classes at the Bowers Center, access to counseling and a source of good coffee at our beloved Blue Bean. Yoga is well known for allowing meditation and relaxation of the mind, body and soul. Despite this, there is one

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  • Etownian Farewell: Editor-in-Chief Chandler McGuire

    Etownian Farewell: Editor-in-Chief Chandler McGuire

    In August of 2021, my second year at Elizabethtown College, I was broke and desperate for a job. My job at home paid only a quarter of minimum wage, and that was not going to cut it with my coffee addiction. I had a two-week stint in Dining Services where I worked at The Grill,

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  • Rory’s History: The story of Campus Life’s mascot

    Rory’s History: The story of Campus Life’s mascot

    This academic year has been a big one for many reasons, but for all those who work on the Etownian’s Campus Life section, this year marks the triumph of our mascot Rory as he made his way into the minds and hearts of all of our readers.  Despite his newfound reputation, many of our readers

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