• ITS offers free Microsoft Office products to current students

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    • September 11, 2014

    Elizabethtown College’s new agreement with Microsoft will make students’ penny-pinching less of a necessity for some. Microsoft has started a Student Advantage Program which Etown, like many other institutions, has instituted this year. This new program allows students to download Microsoft Office for free. Previously, the College had exclusively purchased Microsoft for campus computers due

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  • Literary magazine undergoes rebranding

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    • September 11, 2014

    The campus literary magazine, formerly known as “Fine Print,” has been renamed “VOX.” Senior Kyler Koons, a professional writing major and editor-in-chief of the magazine, is responsible for the revamped name and the overall rebranding of the magazine. A veteran staff member of Fine Print, Koons felt that the title was unoriginal, and that it

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  • BCA suspends Rome study abroad option

    BCA suspends Rome study abroad option

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    • September 11, 2014

    Brethren Colleges Abroad recently decided to suspend their Rome, Italy program for the coming year. Newly hired Director of Academic Affairs Dr. Stephen Burwood, explained why students interested in traveling abroad to that location can look forward to a completely redesigned curriculum in the near future. “What was happening was that we were getting a

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  • Volleyball wins in four sets over Gettysburg

    Volleyball wins in four sets over Gettysburg

    The Elizabethtown College women’s volleyball team seems to have a promising season ahead of them, judging by a recent Landmark Conference pre-season poll. The Blue Jays were picked fourth in the conference, based on votes cast by the coaches within the Landmark Conference. Randall Kreider, head coach for the Blue Jays, said the team’s primary

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  • Stretch Internet allows for live streaming of home games

    Stretch Internet allows for live streaming of home games

    Elizabethtown College Athletics has agreed to a three-year deal with Stretch Internet that will allow the Blue Jays to stream live, high-definition videos and stats to fans through the 2016-2017 academic year. Stretch Internet is based in Arizona and, according to their website, “has become the industry leader in providing dedicated streaming solutions to college

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  • Men’s soccer readies for Smith Herr Boot game against rival

    Men’s soccer readies for Smith Herr Boot game against rival

    The Elizabethtown College men’s soccer team expects success every year. The coaches expect it, the fans expect it and, most importantly, the players themselves expect it. This idea of success is far from new for a program that has won double-digit games in 37 of the last 39 seasons. Therefore, the mentality hasn’t changed for

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  • Golf takes third at Marywood Quad-Match

    Golf takes third at Marywood Quad-Match

    Last spring, the Elizabethtown College men’s golf team and Head Coach Jim Reed were united. Reed, an accomplished and well-known golf name in the central Pennsylvania area, took over the men’s golf program on March 4 and coached the Blue Jays in five tournaments last spring. “He knows more about the golf swing than anyone

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  • Called to Lead challenges students to define, identify leadership traits

    “Leadership is something you can use in almost every situation in life, regardless of your official title,” Stacey Zimmerman, the assistant director of Called to Lead, said while facilitating the event “What Does Leadership Mean to You?” on Tuesday, Sept. 2 in Hoover 110. Zimmerman focused on allowing students to make their own definitions of

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  • Local native serves as assistant director of annual fund

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    • September 11, 2014

    Kimberly Arntz is the  new Assistant Director of the Annual Fund of Elizabethtown College. Arntz, originally from Elizabethtown, Pa. herself, has returned to her hometown to accept the position. The Annual Fund supports areas on campus which are in the greatest need of assistance based on criteria set by the College. The Assistant Director of

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