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Board of Trustees discusses comprehensive fee at winter business meeting
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- February 4, 2015
A 4.25 percent increase in the comprehensive fee and the prospect of change for the future. The combination of those two things makes me consider the final outcome of the Board of Trustees meeting a small victory, or at the very least an indirect compromise, for the students. Given the circumstances, these results are steps
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Corrigan explains starting Baltimore Marathon, attracting sponsors, initiating, organizing events with students
- Features
- February 4, 2015
On Friday, Jan 30, Lee Corrigan, owner and operator of the Baltimore Marathon and Corrigan Sports Enterprise (CSE), discussed getting sponsors and running the Baltimore Marathon. Corrigan first explained that CSE always tries to operate internally with everything they do rather than relying on others to help with their event planning and coordination. In the
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Zavant applies psychology, corporate communication, a conglomeration of skills, mentalist acts to his performance
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- February 4, 2015
“Applied psychology, showmanship and moxie. These are the three ingredients to becoming a mentalist,” Jonny Zavant said. He performed Thursday, Jan. 29 in the KAV. Being a mentalist himself, Zavant wanted to leave the audience in wonder and question about the world he created on stage. “I don’t really know what to expect,” junior Cody
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Nation lectures on Bonhoeffer maintaining ethics during World War II
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- February 4, 2015
On Thursday, Jan. 29 at 7 p.m. in the Bucher Meetinghouse, Mark Nation visited Elizabethtown College to give a lecture on Dietrich Bonhoeffer. The lecture was titled “Eberhard Bethge and the Myth of Bonhoeffer the Assassin: Recovering a Consistent Christ-Centered Ethic in a World Full of Nazis,” and 70 people attended. Bonhoeffer is known for
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Kelly-Woessner discusses intolerance
- Features
- February 4, 2015
On Tuesday, Feb. 3, Dr. April Kelly-Woessner, professor of political science and chair of the politics, philosophy and legal studies department, gave a presentation entitled “Forbidden Knowledge: Political Intolerance in American Higher Education” in the Susquehanna Room. She explained that a sabbatical is a “journey,” and it begins to morph as you get into it.
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Director of Facilities Management explains snow removal
- Features
- February 4, 2015
Now that winter is well under way, snowfall is becoming a weekly occurrence. The roads become inundated with snow, slowing down cars; sidewalks become minefields of black ice, tripping unsuspecting students on their way to class. Mark Zimmerman, director of facilities management and construction, and the Facilities Management Staff is prepared to make sure that
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Women’s dual season ends in loss to Frostburg
- Sports
- February 4, 2015
The Elizabethtown College women’s swim team left Frostburg State University in defeat on Friday, Jan. 30. Frostburg came up with wins in the final two events, snatching the competition away from Etown with a final score of 135-124. Heading into the second to last event, the 200-meter individual medley, the Blue Jays held a tight
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Pflanz takes sixth at Peter Willson-Wheaton Invitational
- Sports
- February 4, 2015
Junior Bryan Pflanz placed sixth at the Pete Wilson-Wheaton Invitational in Illinois on Friday, Jan. 30 and Saturday, Jan. 31. The Elizabethtown College wrestling team took eight individuals to the competition to face-off against an array of teams, nine of which were nationally-ranked. Junior Mike Lammer was confident about the weekend. “I expect the whole
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Women’s basketball earns gritty victory over Catholic
- Sports
- February 4, 2015
On Saturday, the Elizabethtown College women’s basketball team traveled to the University of Scranton to face a Royals team that was ranked 14th in the nation by D3hoops.com. The Royals entered the game with a 17-2 overall record and an almost unblemished 9-1 record in the Landmark Conference. Before the game, the Blue Jays sat
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