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  • Helping to meet the needs of the campus community

    Helping to meet the needs of the campus community

    Shelves lined with soup cans, pasta boxes, granola bars and many other things fill the Blue Jay Pantry, a space meant to provide comfort and relief to students who may be experiencing food insecurity. But as the semester winds down, SNAP and WIC benefits may increase the use of food pantries throughout the United States.

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  • Debate of the week: Morning or afternoon classes

    Debate of the week: Morning or afternoon classes

    Many Elizabethtown College students prefer afternoon classes so they can get some extra sleep in before their classes for the day, while other students prefer an early start to their day. Are 8 a.m. classes really that brutal? Or is the dragged wait until a 2 p.m. class, or even later, worse? Let’s see what

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  • Student Feature: Hannah Sharp

    Student Feature: Hannah Sharp

    Among all of Elizabethtown College’s many opportunities, it’s hard to know all of our fellow Jays on a personal level. Let’s take a minute to get to know a busy Blue Jay. Meet Hannah Sharp, a junior biology secondary education major.  Etown has a special place in Sharp’s heart.“[loved] the variety of hands-on teaching and

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  • Debate of the Week: Halloween or Thanksgiving?

    Debate of the Week: Halloween or Thanksgiving?

    As the leaves begin to change and fall, campus starts to feel more autumnal. Our students start to feel a sense of coziness thinking about not only the upcoming fall events on campus but also the holidays.  Thanksgiving and Halloween are two of the most beloved holidays of the year. Both have unique traditions and

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  • Class Review: creating comfort in grief

    Class Review: creating comfort in grief

    Grief is a universal thing that everybody feels, but about which not everyone speaks. Society has pushed away the ‘social norm’ of grief, which has caused people to become uncomfortable when speaking about it or trying to help someone who is dealing with such grief. People often do not know the right words to comfort

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  • Elizabethtown Alumna runs for Robeson Township Board with bipartisan backing

    Elizabethtown Alumna runs for Robeson Township Board with bipartisan backing

    • News
    • October 30, 2025

    Margaret Jean Fix, an Elizabethtown College alumna, is running for a seat on the Robeson Township Board of Supervisors, aiming to bring greater efficiency, communication, and collaboration to local government. Fix, who serves as director of marketing and administration at Alarm Tech, earned nominations from both the Democratic and Republican parties for one of two

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  • Business Buzz: What Taylor Swift’s ‘Showgirl’ says about the business of attention

    Business Buzz: What Taylor Swift’s ‘Showgirl’ says about the business of attention

    • News
    • October 30, 2025

    Critics have been sharply divided over The Life of a Showgirl, Taylor Swift’s 12th studio album. The record’s theatrical pop sound and self-aware tone have been called uneven and overproduced by some reviewers. For Swift, the mixed reception may be less a setback than a calculated move. Few artists have mastered the business of attention

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  • Etown men’s soccer fall to Lycoming in tight Landmark Conference matchup

    Etown men’s soccer fall to Lycoming in tight Landmark Conference matchup

    Elizabethtown College took on Lycoming College in men’s soccer this past weekend in a Landmark Conference matchup. For the men’s team, it was senior day and they were celebrated for all they do representing the blue and white. The Blue Jays came into the game after losing their last two games against ranked opponents in

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  • Elizabethtown Field Hockey Wins OT Thriller vs Lycoming

    Elizabethtown Field Hockey Wins OT Thriller vs Lycoming

    Elizabethtown College field hockey took on their Landmark Conference foe Lycoming College on Saturday, Oct. 18 on the road. The Blue Jays had recently come into playoff contention after defeating Catholic University on the road in a historic 5-1 win, defeating the Cardinals for the first time since 2016, when the Blue Jays won with

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