• Women’s track and field competes at Collegeville Classic

    Women’s track and field competes at Collegeville Classic

    Without its full roster, the Elizabethtown College women’s track and field team placed 23rd at the Collegeville Classic meet held last Friday at Ursinus College. Distance runners including sophomore Casey Quinto and first-year Kelsey Brady placed in the top eight in their races, helping the team score a three-point total. First-year Brittianni Phillips also did

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  • Men’s basketball falls to Susquehanna, University of Scranton next opponent for Jays

    Men’s basketball falls to Susquehanna, University of Scranton next opponent for Jays

    The Elizabethtown College men’s basketball team hosted Susquehanna University on Saturday, Jan. 24, where the team’s four-game winning streak came to an end. The Susquehanna Crusaders finished the game on top with a score of 65-49. “We were ready and excited to play,” senior Lee Eckert said. “We had just won four straight and thought

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  • Professors perform for community in group Trio Capric

    Professors perform for community in group Trio Capric

    This week’s Monday Concert Series recital featured Trio Capric. The group includes Debra Ronning, lecturer in music and director of keyboarding, Stephanie McCullough, adjunct professor of violin and viola and Sarah Male, adjunct instructor of cello. The recital took place on Monday, Jan. 26 at 7:30 p.m. in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center. The concert

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  • Schwab lectures on keeping businesses afloat in changing market

    Israel Schwab, the CEO of D&H Distributing Company (D&H), gave a presentation titled “Distribution, Sales and Logistics in the Computer and Consumer Electronics Business” at Elizabethtown College on Friday, Jan. 22. Schwab said he had always been able to explain what D&H did. “I’ve never been able to explain to my friends the why,” he

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  • Arnold designs appealing, grotesque artwork using dissimilar aesthetics

    Arnold designs appealing, grotesque artwork using dissimilar aesthetics

    On Thursday, Jan. 22, from 4 to 7 p.m., an art exhibition that explores what it really means to be grotesque opened in Zug Memorial Hall. Dr. Kristi Arnold, assistant professor of art, combines both the older and modern denotation and connotations of the word “grotesque” through her paintings and printmaking. “A reappearing theme that

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  • Hoover hosts panel discussing constitutional voting rights

    Hoover hosts panel discussing constitutional voting rights

    Continuing Martin Luther King Jr. week, Elizabethtown College held a Voter Suppression and Civil Rights Panel, Thursday, Jan. 22, in the Hoover Center. Leading the discussion was Andy Hoover, the legislative director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Pennsylvania. Panelists for the event included Dr. Fletcher McClellan, dean of faculty, Dr. John Rohrkemper,

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  • ‘Mississippi Burning’ shown as part of Martin Luther King Jr. week

    A diversity film showing and question and answer session occurred on Tuesday, Jan. 20 at 7 p.m. in Gibble Auditorium. Dr. Susan Traverso, provost and senior vice president and professor of history, had arranged this viewing, hoping to further enlighten students of the history of America. She hoped the attendees would further their knowledge on

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  • Kirk cultivates art collection painted by death row inmates

    Kirk cultivates art collection painted by death row inmates

    On Friday Jan. 23, during a week where we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and legacy, Ann Marie Kirk, co-founder of Art For Justice, came to Elizabethtown College to present a gallery of pictures from her collection called Prisoner Art for Social Justice. The artwork she brought with her were pieces of work done

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  • Cell phone use in class is distracting, disrespectful, but common occurrence

    Cell phone use in class is distracting, disrespectful, but common occurrence

    The people of today’s society have something that no generation has had before — constant and total access to the worldwide web. This technological advancement has changed the daily lives of humans today, but once it is brought into the classroom it can be quite the nuisance. If someone were to walk into any medium-sized

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