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  • Unintentional gifts left by students during office hours amuse economics professor

    Few things delight Homer as much as a visit by a student during office hours. Such visits, infrequent and fleeting as they may be, serve to lift the veil of gloom that otherwise shrouds Homer as he maintains a lonely, Maytag repairman-like vigil in Hoover. The silence can be oppressive on occasion, and Homer finds

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  • Men’s basketball splits pair of games at Dutch Birch Tip-Off

    The Blue Jays opened their season against a strong Plattsburgh State University of New York when they traveled to Williamsport for the Dutch Birch Tip-Off this past weekend. The Cardinals, coming off a trip to the Sweet Sixteen of the Division III tournament last season, came into this season as a preseason top-25 program. It

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  • Cross country teams to be well represented at NCAA Championships

    Cross country teams to be well represented at NCAA Championships

    The Elizabethtown College men’s and women’s cross country teams brought home a seventh (245 points) and third (131 points) place finish, respectively, at the NCAA Division III Mideast Regional meet on Saturday, Nov. 15. For the men, senior Dan Gresh delivered an impressive 18th finish overall among 343 runners. This finish would give him his

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  • Zimmer wins three bouts at New York City, Pennsylvania duals, team drops two of three

    Zimmer wins three bouts at New York City, Pennsylvania duals, team drops two of three

    On Saturday, Nov. 15, the Elizabethtown College wrestling team participated in the New York City/Pennsylvania Duals in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. The Blue Jays had three dual matches on the day, facing Nassau Community College in the opening match. Etown defeated Nassau 23-20 in the opener before falling to Hunter and New York University in their other

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  • Women’s swim team earns first victory of the season

    Women’s swim team earns first victory of the season

    The women’s swim team of Elizabethtown College walked away from their meet on Saturday, Nov. 16, having won 10 events and beating the other team by a long shot. The Blue Jays were up against FDU-Florham and won the meet with an incredible final score of 143-38 for their first win of the season. This

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  • Women’s basketball captures tip-off tournament for second year in a row

    Women’s basketball captures tip-off tournament for second year in a row

    The Elizabethtown College women’s basketball team opened its season on Saturday evening with a victory against Marywood University. The win earned the Blue Jays a spot in Sunday’s championship game of the Terry Greene Memorial Tournament at Franklin & Marshall College. The Blue Jays jumped on top of Marywood in the first half, holding a

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  • Men’s swimming defeats Florham for Blue Jays’ first win of new campaign

    Men’s swimming defeats Florham for Blue Jays’ first win of new campaign

    The Elizabethtown College men’s swim team defeated FDU-Florham University on Saturday, Nov. 15, 96-77. This win was the Blue Jays’ first dual win of the season. Etown is now 1-2 going into its next meet against Drew University on Friday, Nov. 21. Before the meet, senior Frank Capria was hopeful that the team would perform

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  • Yorty explains difficulties facing women entering a STEM career

    Yorty explains difficulties facing women entering a STEM career

    “I’m in the minority,” Associate Professor of Molecular Biology Dr. Jodi Yorty said as she began to discuss her vocational calling to a field where women are not always expected. As part of the Call To Lead Program, Yorty shared her personal story of being a women in a science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)

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  • Robert Johansen lectures on six guidelines for global peacebuilding

    Robert Johansen lectures on six guidelines for global peacebuilding

    On Tuesday, Nov. 11, Dr. Robert Johansen, Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Peace Studies at Notre Dame University and founding faculty member of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, one of the world’s leading centers for the study of the causes of violent conflict and strategies for sustainable peace, presented his lecture on

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