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  • Multiple Blue Jays set school records at SU Tune-Up

    Multiple Blue Jays set school records at SU Tune-Up

    The Elizabethtown College men’s and women’s track and field teams traveled to Selinsgrove, Pa. on Saturday, Feb. 17 for the SU Tune-Up hosted by Susquehanna University at 9:30 a.m. There, the Blue Jays would perform at a high level, with multiple athletes setting new school records. The event was not scored, but Etown showed out

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  • Swim teams cap off strong seasons in Landmark Championships

    Swim teams cap off strong seasons in Landmark Championships

    On Sunday, Feb. 19, the Elizabethtown College men’s and women’s swim teams took to the Landmark Conference Swimming and Diving Championship. The men’s team finished fourth out of ten teams with 342 points and the women’s team finished fifth out of ten with 373 points. This season, the men went 7-6 overall and 4-2 in

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  • Hot sodas? Faulty vending machines frustrate campus

    Hot sodas? Faulty vending machines frustrate campus

    While the campus may be currently covered in snow and the temperature outdoors sit frigidly low, it seems some parts of campus remain unaffected. Specifically, one vending machine in Steinman Hall that is available to students seems to be continuously problematic. As students have reported on the popular “Jays App” the PepsiCo drink machine has

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  • Tri-Beta hosts annual blood drive at Etown

    Tri-Beta hosts annual blood drive at Etown

    Elizabethtown College students came together on Feb. 7 to donate blood to help combat the blood shortage during the annual Tri-Beta blood drive. Tri-Beta is a national honors society for biology students. The chapter at Elizabethtown College partners with the American Red Cross to host an annual blood drive. “Donating blood is important because there

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  • Today’s Tech: Apple ventures into VR with Vision Pro

    Today’s Tech: Apple ventures into VR with Vision Pro

    Virtual reality and expansive ventures into how one sees the world have expanded greatly over the past decade, especially in terms of what the devices are capable of doing and their travel accessibility. People are more willing  to use virtual reality even outside of a gaming context, where it was first popularized, and in their

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  • Pa Politics: Shapiro proposes Office of Gun Violence Prevention

    Pa Politics: Shapiro proposes Office of Gun Violence Prevention

    As Pennsylvania’s Gov. Josh Shapiro attempts to advocate for his budget in the coming months, a recent press conference put the spotlight on gun violence, and Shapiro’s efforts to address the issue. Shapiro, a Democrat, is proposing $1 million to create an Office of Gun Violence Prevention. The office would create and coordinate strategies to

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  • Global Perspective: Russian opposition leader dies in prison

    Global Perspective: Russian opposition leader dies in prison

    On Friday, February 16th, Alexei Navalny died in a Russian penal colony at the age of 47. Navalny was widely celebrated for his opposition movement against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s authoritarian regime. Navalny, the leader of the unregistered political party “Russia of the Future,” had been held in the IK-3 penal colony in Kharp, a

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  • Professor Rudy runs for PA legislature position

    Professor Rudy runs for PA legislature position

    College is a major time for political awareness.  More than ever, people are exposed to other people they may not have been to in their hometown and are encouraged to think outside of the mindset that they had in high school. With that, any news surrounding politics is always a hot button issue.  Recently, Bob

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  • Business Review: The Fill’Er Up

    Business Review: The Fill’Er Up

    If there’s one thing you should know about me, it’s that I love spontaneous trips. It comes from my parents, who once took my family on a spontaneous road trip five hours north to Niagara Falls. We arrived at 11 p.m., visited for about two hours, and then drove home. So, last weekend, I got

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