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  • PA Politics: The Push to Win Pennsylvania Voters

    PA Politics: The Push to Win Pennsylvania Voters

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    • September 30, 2024

    Entering the home stretch to the 2024 presidential election, Pennsylvania Democrats hold the weakest voter registration advantage compared to Pennsylvania Republicans in recent decades. The Democratic Party’s raw registration numbers saw a brief rise following Joe Biden’s exit from the presidential race in late July, and although this trend has continued, the number of Republicans

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  • 44th annual Marshmallow Game recap

    44th annual Marshmallow Game recap

    The annual matchup between Elizabethtown College and Messiah University has all the aspects a rivalry needs. There’s stands  filled with the Blue Jay and Falcon faithful, music to excite the crowd for the awaited matchup and showers of cheers and marshmallows — marshmallows that  have fueled the nature of the rivalry for the last 44

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  • Etown athletics away game weekend recap

    Etown athletics away game weekend recap

    This past weekend didn’t go as planned for the Elizabethtown College Blue Jay Athletics. A packed road schedule from this past weekend ended in a few losses and a postponement. Women’s Volleyball: The women’s volleyball team came into their match on Saturday in Owings Mills, Maryland, looking to extend their winning streak to four games

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  • Tensions rise in MLB postseason race

    Tensions rise in MLB postseason race

    This year’s Major League Baseball (MLB) season has made little sense. In the first half contenders rose to the occasion, but the second half has brought a tension-filled playoff race. The New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies and Los Angeles Dodgers are on top, but teams like the San Diego Padres, Arizona Diamondbacks and New York

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  • Video Game Review: Psychroma

    Video Game Review: Psychroma

    One of the best elements of a horror game is a well-developed sense of mystery, at least in my opinion. It’s one thing to create a world with frightening monsters or terrifying concepts, but it’s another thing to draw out one’s curiosity and desire to comprehend the incomprehensible. Bizarre situations, otherworldly beings, liminal spaces and

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  • Elizabethtown College announces faculty cuts ahead of projected deficits

    Elizabethtown College announces faculty cuts ahead of projected deficits

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    • September 26, 2024

    Editor’s note: The Etownian chose to grant anonymity to all sources due to the sensitive subject matter. This story was updated to include the fact that the meeting took place over Zoom due to COVID-19 protocol. A faculty assembly meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 24 announced faculty cuts and a five-year deadline for Elizabethtown College to

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  • Welcome to the Jungle: Calypso the Rabbit

    Welcome to the Jungle: Calypso the Rabbit

    Meet Calypso! Calypso is a 4-year-old rescue rabbit who belongs to junior music education major Bri Hastings. Hastings got Calypso in May of 2023 as an emotional support animal. Although Hastings’ family has owned dogs before, Calypso is her first pet and responsibility. Hastings knew that she was going to be a resident assistant (RA)

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  • Etown Originals first open mic night

    Etown Originals first open mic night

    A new event popped up on Elizabethtown College’s campus. The Bowers Writers House held its first ever open mic for anyone to come read a wide range of work they’ve written from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 13. Three Etown students came up with the idea to have an open mic on

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  • OSA-led Paint n’ Sip brings friends together

    OSA-led Paint n’ Sip brings friends together

    On Saturday, the sound of laughter and glasses clinking could be heard echoing  from the JayLounge in the Baugher Student Center (BSC). From 6 p.m to 11 p.m., the Office of Student Activities (OSA) hosted a Paint n’ Sip night sponsored by Conrad’s Corner, Elizabethtown College’s mobile bar. The event was hosted not only to

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