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PA Politics: Pennsylvania Republicans take the stage at GOP convention
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- September 20, 2026
The Republican Party held its first ever midterm convention in Dallas on Sept. 9 and 10 with the intention to rally its base and prevent the expected losses the party faces in November’s elections. Pennsylvania is an electoral battleground once again and a few of the Commonwealth’s federal officeholders took the stage to make the
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Business Buzz: Canada’s retaliatory tariffs to take effect on certain U.S. goods, Trump to escalate trade war
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- September 20, 2026
United States President Donald Trump is rapidly escalating the current trade war with Canada which has been in effect since February of this year. This will spike the price of certain Canadian products across the country. A tariff is a tax that one country charges on goods and services imported from another country. Trump is
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Global Perspective: Chernobyl remains in limbo amid war
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- September 20, 2026
In 2014, the Russo-Ukrainian War began after Russian President Vladimir Putin took control of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula. This illegal annexation happened after Ukrainians held protests during the pro-Russian Viktor Yanukovych’s presidency because he did not sign an agreement with the European Union. This agreement would have been a step forward in integrating Ukraine with Europe
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Elizabethtown College begins search for its 17th president
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- September 15, 2026
The search for Elizabethtown College’s next president is underway as current President Elizabeth Rider is set to retire next June. Following the announcement of Rider’s retirement on May 19, the Elizabethtown College Board of Trustees began the search for her replacement, establishing a Presidential Search Committee in early June. The committee is conducting the search
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Elizabethtown continues summer renovations
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- September 15, 2026
This summer saw several renovation projects take place across the Elizabethtown College campus with one notable project still underway. “The summer is always a time for Facilities to perform large projects while creating the least amount of disruption to the academic year,” Director of Facilities Management Jerry Schaber said. “This year’s summer project list was
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Business Buzz: Tim Cook steps down as Apple CEO, what’s next?
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- September 15, 2026
On Sept. 1, 2026, Tim Cook stepped down as the chief executive officer (CEO) of Apple and has now transitioned to the role of executive chairman. Cook had been the front man for the company for fifteen years after the company’s previous CEO, Steve Jobs, resigned due to his declining health. John Ternus has now
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Today’s Tech: Engineering breakthroughs bring powerful ultrafast lasers to a photonic chip
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- September 15, 2026
For decades, ultrafast lasers have been some of the most important tools in modern optics and devices. These lasers are capable of producing pulses that last only a few hundred femtoseconds, or in other words, quadrillionths of a second. This has enabled many advances, most notably in eye surgery, precision manufacturing or spectroscopy, the study
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PA Politics: Measles outbreak causes multiple political clashes in Pennsylvania
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- September 15, 2026
A recent measles outbreak in Pennsylvania has caused weeks of political bickering between Democrats, Republicans and public health officials, most notably between Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro and United States Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr. But what exactly are the sides arguing about, and how did this once-uncontroversial issue become such a heated topic?
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Love is everywhere: Dr. Matthew Telleen’s celebration of life
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- September 15, 2026
Elizabethtown College held a celebration of life for Dr. Matthew Telleen on Sept. 3 to allow the community to show how much they appreciated him. Students, faculty and his family and friends took turns sharing their happy memories of him and reminisced on how impactful he was to the community. Telleen was the Provost and
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