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  • Annual Mr. Etown Competition

    Annual Mr. Etown Competition

    On Friday, March 21, Elizabethtown College continued its popular Mr. Etown competition with Mr. Etown 2014: Lumberjacked. Over 900 students attended the annual Office of Student Activities event. Eight male students, each representing a residence hall on campus, began the show with a dance to “Timber,” by Pitbull feat. Ke$ha. Former Mr. Etown and Etownian

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  • Statistical Analytics System class to give students ‘leg up’

    Statistical Analytics System class to give students ‘leg up’

    The department of business will begin offering a data analytics course utilizing the Statistical Analysis System (SAS) platform this coming fall semester. SAS is a wide statistical platform that allows for analysis and pattern finding. The two-credit course, taught by Assistant Professor of Finance Emma Neuhauser, will be offered to students of every department as

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  • Government grant funds trip to New York City for Jays in Chinese language courses

    Government grant funds trip to New York City for Jays in Chinese language courses

    Elizabethtown College students enrolled in a Chinese course this semester were given the opportunity, as well as a few others, to go on an all-expense-paid trip to New York City that occurred March 15 and 16. Dr. David Kenley, associate professor of history and director of the Center for Global Understanding and Peacemaking, said, “This

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  • New course explores ideas of time travel, multiple universes

    New course explores ideas of time travel, multiple universes

    A course titled “PH 374: Time Travel and the Nature of Space and Time” will be offered in the fall semester of 2014. The class will meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2:30 p.m. until 3:20 p.m. There will be not one, but two professors teaching the class — Professor of Philosophy Michael Silberstein and

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  • Air traffic controller, cousin of United 93 flight attendant share Sept. 11 experiences

    Air traffic controller, cousin of United 93 flight attendant share Sept. 11 experiences

    One day after the 9/11 Memorial Museum opened on the site where the World Trade Center stood, Mal Fuller, Ed Root and Kent Taylor spoke at Elizabethtown College to share their experiences of that famous September day. “Uncertainty was the best way to describe that day,” Taylor, a geographer for the 9/11 Memorial Trail Project,

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  • High Library names new director

    High Library names new director

    Elizabethtown College announced on Tuesday, March 25 that Sarah Penniman will begin working as the new director of the High Library. Before Penniman’s hire, Sylvia Morra served as the interim director after the previous director, BethAnn Zambella, resigned. Prior to her new position at Etown, Penniman, a native of Berks County, Pa., was a faculty

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  • Samels to speak at 2014 traditional commencement

    Samels to speak at 2014 traditional commencement

    Mark Samels, the executive producer of PBS’ “American Experience,” was announced last week as the commencement speaker for the 2014 traditional graduation ceremony. Samels will also receive an honorary doctoral degree at the ceremony.   An official statement on behalf of Elizabethtown College President Carl Strikwerda and the Academic Occasions Committee was released to the

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  • ‘Caffeinated culture’ focuses on maximizing every waking moment

    ‘Caffeinated culture’ focuses on maximizing every waking moment

    It’s 1 a.m., and I’m probably going to be awake for at least another hour or two. That 8 a.m. class tomorrow morning — or rather, later today — is staring me down like an angry lioness on the hunt. The inevitable is going to happen again … I’m going to start dozing off in

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  • Are essays or evidence stronger indicators of qualification, capability?

    Are essays or evidence stronger indicators of qualification, capability?

    Scholarships, internships and many other awards generally require applicants to write some kind of essay explaining why they deserve the award. But are essays the best means of assessing someone’s capabilities? Some people might argue that other means, such as portfolios or certificates, might be better indicators of how deserving someone is. But should applicants

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