The news feeds of Elizabethtown College students have been full of posts regarding rumored changes that will affect student meal plans. Students rallied together in an effort to explain their position to the dining services staff by starting a Facebook page called “Let Students Choose: Elizabethtown College Dining Services.” Online petitions and discussions about the
READ MOREOn Tuesday, Nov. 11, Elizabethtown College welcomed a group of McCaskey High School students to participate in the College Bound events on campus. The program is sponsored by Etown’s Center for Community and Civic Engagement (CCCE) and Pennsylvania Migrant Education. College Bound is a program in which McCaskey students are paired with mentors at Etown.
READ MOREElizabethtown College recently debuted the “Etown Schedule Generator,” a tool that incorporates current course listings into a customizable online schedule format. The new program can be found on Jayweb under the “Quick Links” tab and features course drop-down menus organized by department. It also allows users to type in a search bar to find specific
READ MOREElizabethtown College’s Education Department is offering a new course for its students. ED 371: The Philadelphia Urban Seminar acts upon the second pillar of the department’s mission statement, social justice. Faculty have been exploring many ways to create unique experiences for their pre-service teachers which emphasize social justice concepts of peace, equity, inclusion and diversity.
READ MOREWhile other Elizabethtown College clubs handed out candy from tables at the Academic Quad during Halloween, Elizabethtown College’s Young Americans for Liberty (YAL) group did it from the ground. YAL President and senior Justin Greiss set up a bag of candy next to what he called a “Civil Liberties Graveyard,” which included several headstones with
READ MOREIn an effort to encourage students to study abroad, the Study Abroad office created a panel of six study abroad alumni to address frequently asked questions during a discussion on Tuesday, Nov. 11. Sabina Post, study abroad director, assembled the panel, which included seniors Justin Ahmad, Caitlin Hogan, Kellie Lotkowski, Haley Diener and Brittany Pressley
READ MOREDid you know there is an extensive DVD collection on the second floor of the High Library? It is located around the corner from the entrance near the fireplace, and it is arranged alphabetically by movie title. The DVDs range from documentaries to foreign movies with comedies, romance and older movies in-between. But do students
READ MOREDeath and taxes. To the two certainties in life attributed to Mark Twain, we could add two contemporary issues: sharp increases in tuition fees and health care costs. College students all over the country, alas, have come to dread the tuition increase every year. Homer, with a child in college, is painfully aware of the
READ MOREEvery two months, the Office of Student Activities calendar appears under every residential door at Elizabethtown College. In addition to the usual fitness events, break information and other upcoming events which range from movie showings to bowling nights to gingerbread making contests, the November and December calendar also had an announcement written in the upper
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