• 2019 Emergent Scholars recognized

    2019 Emergent Scholars recognized

    The 2019 Emergent Scholars were recognized during the Emergent Scholars Luncheon Sunday, March 10. Emergent Scholars are sophomore students who have maintained at least a 3.75 grade point average at the end of their first three semesters and have not previously attended another college or university for full-time studies.

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  • Campus Security to switch to electronic ticketing system

    Campus Security to switch to electronic ticketing system

    As of the spring semester of 2019, Campus Security has plans to switch from the current paper ticketing system to an electronic ticketing system. “Too much paper was being used,” Director of Campus Security Andrew Powell said. He noted that the system relied entirely on a heavy usage of paper. Now, the system will continue

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  • Winners of hide and seek game to name new ball pit

    A 100-person game of hide and seek called the “Tournament of Participants” will take place Wednesday, March 20 from 11 a.m. until the last hiding student is found. Vice President for Student Life Dr. Celestino Limas and members of the so—called Mystery and Secrecy Committee planned the tournament, the first of its kind—to take place

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  • Bean Blasters blast back to Blue Bean Café

    Bean Blasters blast back to Blue Bean Café

    Starting Monday, March 11, the Blue Bean Café is selling milkshakes and the Bean Blaster again after they were removed from the menu because of the switch to Starbucks products. The switch to Starbucks products at the Blue Bean joined the many other changes that occurred over the summer of 2018: Myer Residence Hall was

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  • Music Review: Fidlar, new album

    Music Review: Fidlar, new album

    California skate punk reminiscent of older bands California skate punk. That’s the standard description of one of my favorite bands, Fidlar. Their most recent album, the 2019 “Almost Free,” is a little bit Jet, a little bit Beastie Boys, a little bit the Clash, but definitely a hundred percent Fidlar. The Fidlar attitude is timeless.

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  • The Weekly Chirp: Students, faculty weigh in: Was the arrest of a Florida sixth-grader after an altercation with a teacher warranted?

    The Weekly Chirp: Students, faculty weigh in: Was the arrest of a Florida sixth-grader after an altercation with a teacher warranted?

    Monday, Feb. 4, a sixth-grade student was arrested for “disrupting a school function and resisting an officer without violence” after a substitute teacher had an issue with the student declining to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance, according to CNN. Though the school’s student code of conduct does not require students to stand for the

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  • Movie Review: “Glass”

    Movie Review: “Glass”

    The “threequel” nobody saw coming I have to start this review out with mentioning that there is now confirmation that I am psychic. I wrote this review while watching the Oscars and “Green Book” won best picture. You’re welcome, Academy; it was all thanks to me. Now, a look at the Eastrail 177 trilogy. Any

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  • Senior Capstone Series: Recitals showcase talent, growth of music majors

    Senior Capstone Series: Recitals showcase talent, growth of music majors

    Every year, senior Elizabethtown College music majors from all three branches of the department are required to perform a thirty-minute recital with their principle instrument, whether that be voice or a physical instrument. These recitals take the knowledge that students have acquired over four years and put it to use in front of an audience.

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  • Folk musician raises funds for global refugees with benefit concert

    Folk musician raises funds for global refugees with benefit concert

    Sunday, Feb. 24, the Elizabethtown Church of the Brethren hosted a concert featuring Kristen Graves to support Church World Service’s refugee resettlement efforts. The event was organized by church member Pat McDonough. According to McDonough, there were 92 people in attendance and the event raised approximately $1,300. One hundred percent of those proceeds will be

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