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Melica to compete in national a capella competition
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- January 27, 2025
Melica, Elizabethtown College’s all-female a capella group, will be attending The 2025 Varsity Vocals International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella (ICCA) competition for the second consecutive year. ICCAs is a competition where college a capella groups compete to become international a capella champions. The competition is run by Varsity Vocals, an organization that puts on
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OSA’s Cozy Crafting Event Brings Students Together
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- January 27, 2025
The Office of Student Activities (OSA) has been offering a slew of new and improved activities to Elizabethtown College’s campus in the past year. On Jan. 17, they offered the “Cozy Crafting” event, meant to provide a warm and inviting environment where students could relax and engage in creative activities like coloring, gem art, and
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TikTok Temporarily Shut Down
- News
- January 27, 2025
TikTok went dark on Jan. 19 in the United States, sending shockwaves through the tech world and its users. The virtual home to more than 170 million U.S. users was pulled offline Saturday night amid a new law banning its China-based parent company, ByteDance, from operating in the U.S.. Without the ability to access app
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Work Bank Warns that Trump’s tariffs could hurt the global economy
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- January 27, 2025
By the time this article is published, the U.S. will have an old regime back in power with a new agenda of policies, especially tariff policies. Donald Trump has promised to increase tariffs by 60% on all imports from China, and 10-20% on imports from other countries. Trump has also threatened tariffs on companies that
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Javita Thompson to oversee Etown’s DEB Efforts
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- January 27, 2025
In mid-October last semester, The Etownian received an open letter to the editor concerning the leadership of the Elizabethtown College Office of Civil Rights, Opportunity and Access. The letter was written after the announcement that Dr. Kesha Morant Williams would be departing from her work with the department. The letter, which advocates for filling Williams’
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What Now? Trump’s Inaugural Promises
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- January 27, 2025
On Monday, Jan. 20, Donald J. Trump was inaugurated as the 47th president of the United States of America. It would be a major understatement to say that the 2024 election year was stressful for both parties, especially for voters in swing states like Pennsylvania. Voters weighed many issues including the economy, rights for marginalized
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Taliban Leader Appeal for Women’s Education
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- January 27, 2025
The United States pulled out their remaining troops from Afghanistan in 2020 after years occupying the country, cementing the country to Taliban rule. The new ruling government has instituted a number of new rules centered around their form of strict religion. Their new form of government has included changing education for the roughly 30 million
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Business Writing Course Incorporates AI
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- January 27, 2025
Artificial intelligence (AI) and the ethics around using it in the workforce and academia have been an ever dominant source of conversation since the free release of ChatGPT in November 2022. Since the concept of AI in the classroom is still evolving and expanding and the abilities of a variety of software are becoming more
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PA Politics: John Fetterman’s Deviation from Party Lines and Biden’s Farewell
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- January 27, 2025
As Democrats are struggling to come to terms with an electoral loss across several key battleground states, giving Donald Trump and other Republicans control over the White House and Congress, debates over how much to challenge Trump and whether to embrace some of his policies are becoming commonplace. Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania has
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