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Two students arrested in same weekend
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- September 29, 2016
The weekend of Sept. 9 through 11 saw the arrests of two students on campus at Elizabethtown College as a result of substance abuse. A junior, resident of Vera Hackman North Apartments, was arrested by the Elizabethtown Borough Police at 12:22 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 10 for marijuana possession and the presence of the synthetic
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Schlosser whiteboards display negative messages again
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- September 29, 2016
A pair of negative messages recently appeared on whiteboards in the study rooms of the Schlosser Residence Hall lobby. These messages appeared less than a week after vandals wrote racial and gender-biased messages on whiteboards and ripped door decorations on the dorm’s second and third floors. According to Area Coordinator Cody Miller, these new messages
READ MOREThe Electoral College
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- September 29, 2016
At the Constitution Day panel Thursday, Sept. 22, two enterprising students posed a unique question to the panelists – should we keep the Electoral College? It was a great question, and one worth sharing with the Etownian’s readers. Let’s be honest, the Electoral College is an antiquated system. It was enacted as a compromise among
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Constitution Day celebrates document’s current applications
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- September 29, 2016
Friday, Sept. 16 was Constitution Day, but at Elizabethtown College, it was celebrated Thursday, Sept. 22 with a panel discussion focusing on how the Constitution applies to the events of today. Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology Dr. Rita Shah and Associate Professor of Political Science Dr. Kyle Kopko, were the two professors on the
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Duckweed covers Lake Placida, provides project opportunity
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- September 29, 2016
A species of duckweed called Wolffia has covered the surface of Elizabethtown College’s Lake Placida, making the lake appear green and obscuring the view of the water. Wolffia is the smallest flowering plant in the world. “There’s not much to [Wolffia], but they can reproduce very quickly and spread,” Associate Professor of Biology Dr. David
READ MORESeniors announce class gift
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- September 29, 2016
The Elizabethtown College Class of 2017’s Senior Gift will be a well, to be donated to an African village that needs clean water. All funds raised by the class will be donated toward the Water Project, which will consistently put the money toward building a well in a community in either Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso,
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Junior arrested for possession of LSD, two students detained for substance abuse in single weekend
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- September 29, 2016
The weekend of Sept. 9 through 11 saw the arrests of two students on campus at Elizabethtown College as a result of substance abuse. In the first incident, a student was arrested by the Elizabethtown Borough Police at 12:22 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 10 for marijuana possession and the presence of the synthetic drug LSD.
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Women’s volleyball defeats Rowan in Days Inn Classic
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- September 22, 2016
The Blue Jays were on home turf this weekend as the women’s volleyball team hosted the Days Inn Blue Jays Classic at Elizabethtown College’s Thompson Gymnasium. The team’s first match of the tournament was Friday, Sept. 16 at 8 p.m. against Rochester University. Rochester took the first two sets, winning by six and nine points,
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Women’s soccer shut out again, lose for sixth time in seven games
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- September 22, 2016
Putting the ball into the back of the net has been the Elizabethtown College women’s soccer team’s biggest challenge during the early part of the 2016 season. Despite a six-goal victory over Rosemont College on Sept. 8, the Blue Jays have scored just one goal in their other five games. With Saturday’s 1-0 loss to
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