• Business Review: WhirliGig Unique Boutique

    Business Review: WhirliGig Unique Boutique

    Are you looking for a shop that’s warm, cozy and inviting? Are you a fan of drinking coffee, shopping for gifts and trying on cute clothes? Last but not least, do you like to treat yourself to charming gifts and trinkets from small businesses with kind shop owners? If so, then WhirliGig Unique Boutiques is

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  • Local Sightseeing: The Star Barn

    Local Sightseeing: The Star Barn

    As that distinct cold weather begins to circulate in the air with the holiday season closely approaching, Elizabethtown College students are becoming restless and ready for the long winter break. Before heading home for the holidays, be sure to take advantage of all the sightseeing and attractions centered around winter. A breathtaking illustration of the

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  • Media Review: Atlantis-The Lost Empire

    Media Review: Atlantis-The Lost Empire

    This week, I’d like to discuss one of my favorite films to date, “Atlantis: The Lost Empire.” Unfortunately, it is one of Disney’s most underrated films and is relatively unknown. Every time I talk about this movie, I always hear, “I’ve never even heard of that one!” or “Oh, I forgot about that movie!” It

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  • Students of Etown: Heather Guthrie

    Students of Etown: Heather Guthrie

    From one stage to the next, senior Heather Guthrie dances, teaches and choreographs all over Elizabethtown, Pa.  Guthrie teaches seven classes at E-Dance Center in Elizabethtown, with students ages 3-18 years old. She has taught a range of levels and abilities since her first year at Elizabethtown College. “I love it. Dance teachers were some

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  • Welcome to the Jungle: Lou Lou the guinea pig

    Welcome to the Jungle: Lou Lou the guinea pig

    Pets bring incredible joy into the lives of their families with their presence and personality. So for our final issue of the fall semester, meet Louis the guinea pig! He belongs to The Etownian’s very own Editor-in-Chief, graduate student and occupational therapy major Sophie Hanenfeld, who lovingly calls him Lou Lou for short. Lou Lou

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  • Editor in Chief farewell

    Editor in Chief farewell

    People have given me many confused looks over the years due to my involvement with The Etownian. “But you’re an occupational therapy (OT) major,” they’d say, waiting for me to protest. I would smirk, do my standard giggle and respond with the answer that sent them into further bewilderment. “I am,” I’d say. “And one

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  • Students struggle for a seat at the table in the Marketplace

    Students struggle for a seat at the table in the Marketplace

    • News
    • November 16, 2023

    Kamryn Mengel, a first-year at Elizabethtown College, is on a meal plan, like many of her peers. The meal plan allows her to get unlimited meals at the marketplace. One day after her first-year seminar (FYS) roundtable, she decided to go eat, since she’d been busy the entire morning with classes.  She couldn’t find a

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  • #riseoftherejects: Elizabethtown college students establish a community hockey team

    #riseoftherejects: Elizabethtown college students establish a community hockey team

    The Rejects are on the rise through passion, hard work and dedication to the sport of ice hockey. The Rink Rejects recently joined a local league, hoping to bring community engagement and interest to the sport of hockey. The Rink Rejects started through interest by a few college students and local guys who missed the

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  • Business Buzz: Starbucks and the future of coffee

    Business Buzz: Starbucks and the future of coffee

    • News
    • November 16, 2023

    I don’t know about the rest of you, but I love coffee. It is always the best part of my week whenever my friends and I go out for coffee, and it has become an integrated part of my day. No other business has capitalized off of this love other than Starbucks. Still, they are

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