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Sophomore class organizes Color 4.5k
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- April 10, 2014
On Sunday, April 6, the Elizabethtown College Class of 2016 held the first Color Classic, a 4.5 kilometers run, during which participants were showered with colored powder. The Class of 2016 had been brainstorming a large-scale event that could bring together not only students, but also members of the of the community. Some members of
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Rwanda genocide survivor shares live experiences
- News
- April 10, 2014
ne of the fondest memories of my childhood in Rwanda is of swimming in Lake Kivu as a boy … From the lake, I could climb a steep hill to our house, which was surrounded by avocado trees. Eucalyptus trees dotted the farm, their sweet scent carried on the breeze that slipped between its branches
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Kirgan earns Fulbright to teach in Turkey
- News
- April 10, 2014
Elizabethtown College recently announced that Shanna Kirgan, a senior English education major, received a Fulbright award that will allow her to continue her studies in Turkey. The Fulbright Award offers many different kinds of scholarships, such as research grants, music and art-specific grants and foreign policy fellowships. Kirgan received an award that will allow her
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First-year shares discomfort with campus support of Planned Parenthood
- Campus Life
- April 10, 2014
The pro-choice ideology is not merely a set of beliefs. It involves actions that reverberate beyond a woman’s right to choose. Since abortion is a universal issue, the pro-life movement is also a worldwide endeavor. Elizabethtown College, like the majority of colleges, openly supports Planned Parenthood (PP), the largest abortion provider, through Student Wellness. Student
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Busy April schedules necessitate time management, decision-making
- Campus Life
- April 10, 2014
It’s that time of the semester when freak-outs are in full tilt and the endless sea of homework has reached high tide. Distractions become all the more deadly, those hours spent on BuzzFeed really start to hurt and coinciding paper due dates wipe the smile off your face faster than a four-year-old on a sugar
READ MOREScholarship and Creative Arts Day should be incentivized to encourage participation
- Campus Life
- April 10, 2014
Any reason is a good reason to get out of classes, right? I would say so. But what if the reason is that one must give a 12 to 15-minute presentation? Suddenly, I’m less likely to agree. And many other students share this sentiment. Scholarship and Creative Arts Day (SCAD), which will be held on
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Night classes prove important regardless of inconvenience
- Campus Life
- April 10, 2014
Classes are something that we all have to put up with. I mean, that’s why we’re here, right? During the course of our college career, we are bound to have classes that we love and classes that we hate. We’ll have the experience of getting up for those dreaded classes at 8 a.m. and we
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Making mistakes should not devalue magnitude of one’s successes
- Campus Life
- April 10, 2014
People tend to feel that, as humans, we are more likely to notice mistakes we’ve made or mistakes others have made before we notice our own or others’ successes. We all know it’s harder to become successful than it is to fail. Becoming a successful person is what everyone wants in life. No matter what
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Course registration during class deserves professor flexibility
- Campus Life
- April 10, 2014
Registration week is always stressful. Take it from me; this year I get to register on the very last day at the last available time. As difficult as it will be for me to register, some students have their registration times during class time. That makes registering even more difficult, as some professors will deny
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