• Wilma Rudolph

    Wilma Rudolph

    Wilma Glodean Rudolph was born June 23, 1940, in Saint Bethlehem, Tennessee. She was the 20th out of 22 children. As a child, Rudolph suffered chicken pox, measles, scarlet fever, whooping cough and polio. The doctors at the time said that she will never be able to walk again because of the polio. She wore

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  • Welcome to the Jungle

    Welcome to the Jungle

    Hey there! What’s quacking? Get it? Like the expression “what’s cracking” except better. I’m Big Fred, and I’m a duck with a veritable tragic backstory, but that doesn’t keep me from laughing.  When I was a duckling I lived at another home with my duck friend Velma, but when she passed on my previous family

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  • Social But Distanced

    Social But Distanced

    With finals next week and the holiday season just around the corner, students will start to spend time with friends and family remotely this year. Though it may be tougher to have the annual experience of the holidays while social distancing, there are plenty of activities that can help make the end of the year

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  • Editorial by the Psychology Department, signed by supporters

    Editorial by the Psychology Department, signed by supporters

    To the Elizabethtown College Community: This correspondence is in reference to the College communication Monday, Nov. 9. This statement to our community articulated that this year’s election was comprised of a number of firsts that warrant recognition. One of those firsts was Vice President‐Elect, Kamala Harris. Harris is the first South Asian and Jamaican (or

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  • Fantasy Sports

    Fantasy Sports

    As the picks for week 12 begin, there is one player who is ranked highly this week. Texans wide receiver Brandin Cooks has been averaging 13.5 yards per reception this season and in the last six games, Cook has recorded at least 80 receiving yards. One of the reasons that Cook is ranked so highly

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  • A Look Back in Etown Sports History: 2 Years Ago, Jays make History as Men’s Soccer Clenches First Landmark Championship

    A Look Back in Etown Sports History: 2 Years Ago, Jays make History as Men’s Soccer Clenches First Landmark Championship

    A little over two years ago on Halloween 2018, Elizabethtown College men’s soccer made history as they beat Moravian College 2-1 in the Landmark Conference Championship Semifinal. Moravian scored and took a lead early, but the Blue Jays’ goalkeeper, senior Brian Gately, denied any further shots. Senior Gilbert Waso and sophomore Clark Williamson both scored

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  • Athletics Spotlight: Britt Moore Returned to Coach Basketball after Accomplished Career at Elizabethtown

    Athletics Spotlight: Britt Moore Returned to Coach Basketball after Accomplished Career at Elizabethtown

    Current men’s basketball Coach Britt Moore came to Elizabethtown College in 2017, making him the 12th coach in the c College’s history. Before coaching at Etown, Moore had done so at the University of Pittsburgh-Bradford and had been an assistant coach for Albright College. Moore had played in 25 games for Etown his sophomore year

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  • Etown Mourns the Loss of Professor Thomas Murray

    Etown Mourns the Loss of Professor Thomas Murray

    • News
    • December 3, 2020

    “We will hear his echoes in the hallways, and in those places that we gather to remember his life, we will carry that pain that reminds us of what was real- that will remind us of what he had meant to us,” Director of Religious Life Amy Shorner-Johnson said at the beginning of a virtual

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  • Student Senate

    Student Senate

    • News
    • December 3, 2020

    Student Senate met Thursday, Nov. 19 over Zoom for their weekly meeting. It began with the Oath of Office for the newly elected first-year representative, Ryan Nguyen. Executive President of Senate Matthew Hetrick told senators that the meeting would end before 5 p.m. so that everyone could attend the virtual gathering for Professor of Biology

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