The Elizabethtown College men’s wrestling team competed in the Ursinus Fall Brawl this past Saturday, Nov. 12. Senior Luke Fernandez, ranked seventh in the country in the 197-pound weight class, dominated his competition on the way to his second career tournament victory. Fernandez began his run to a title by blanking The College of New
READ MOREThough not without valiant effort, both Elizabethtown College’s men’s and women’s swim teams lost to Catholic University on Saturday, Nov. 12. The women’s team had a score of 65 to Catholic’s 195. Starting the meet off well, first-year Sara Lingo won the 200-yard backstroke in 2:17.46 and the 500-yard freestyle in 5:36.97. Lingo achieved personal
READ MOREEvery NCAA team has a defining moment during their run toward a championship. Saturday night, senior Jeff Light provided the Elizabethtown College men’s soccer team with one. In the 95th minute, Light scored to lift the Blue Jays to a first round victory over Vassar College, 1-0. Light’s golden goal advanced Etown into the second
READ MOREOne week after they took third at the Landmark Conference Championships, the men’s cross country team went on to place ninth at the NCAA Division III Mideast Regional. The Blue Jays competed against 51 other teams at DeSales University Saturday, Nov. 12. The top performer of the Blue Jays was first-year Samuel Gerstenbacher. He had
READ MORENine Lives” is just as bad as you think it would be. Have you ever thought a movie sounded like a bad idea, but watched it anyway? Sometimes those movies end up being great, like the remake of “21 Jump Street.” Others are just as bad as they look, like “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out
READ MOREAs I have begun the journey into my last year of school, I realized that this week marks the last time I will be registering for classes in my undergraduate career. As I began to tally up my credits and scramble for courses outside my major, I discovered that I do not know much about
READ MOREI am not physically disabled. A few weeks ago, however, I got a glimpse into the challenges that individuals with disabilities face. During a disability simulation in my special education class, I took a short walk (or, in this case, ride) in someone else’s shoes. Not only did this experience expand my worldview, but it
READ MOREBetween classes, tests, studying, finding time to eat and socializing, students in today’s world are finding it difficult to stay “plugged in” to current events. While many college students’ mornings begin with rolling over in bed and immediately using their phones to check social media, this does not mean that the content they are engaging
READ MOREApril 23, 1616, roughly 400 years ago, the legendary William Shakespeare passed away. To honor his life and works, the Folger Shakespeare Library of Washington D.C. is touring the First Folio. The First Folio, a collection of 36 Shakespearean plays, was published in 1623 by two of Shakespeare’s closest friends. The First Folio is on
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