• Horoscopes: What Littlest Pet Shop is your zodiac?

    Horoscopes: What Littlest Pet Shop is your zodiac?

    Elizabethtown College students were kids once, most likely in the early to mid 2000’s. 2000’s kids should be able to recall a popular toy line with small plastic animals called Littlest Pet Shop. These little bobblehead figures had captured the hearts of kids all over the U.S. What better time than the month of love

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  • Media Review: Fahrenheit 451

    Media Review: Fahrenheit 451

    As an English secondary education major at Elizabethtown College, it would be correct to assume that I love to read. I have challenged myself this year to start reading some classic novels that I have never read before. My first successful read of 2025 was the classic novel, “Fahrenheit 451,” by Ray Bradbury. This dystopian

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  • Students of Etown: Kaitlyn Gilmore

    Students of Etown: Kaitlyn Gilmore

    With over 2,000 students enrolled at Elizabethtown College, it’s impossible for someone to get to know every single person on campus personally. So, this week, we’re introducing yet another Blue Jay: Kaitlyn Gilmore, a junior English professional writing major with minors in communications and creative writing. Gilmore has become increasingly involved in the campus community

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  • Welcome to the Jungle: Julius

    Welcome to the Jungle: Julius

    For this week’s Welcome to the Jungle article, meet Julius the cat! Julius is a 10-year-old tom cat who belongs to sophomore early childhood education major Kara Bidgood Enders. Bidgood Enders met Julius when he was a rescue, and she noted that he actually wasn’t the cat that her family went to see when they

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  • OSA Festive Movie Night: Students gather to watch a romantic comedy for Valentines Day

    OSA Festive Movie Night: Students gather to watch a romantic comedy for Valentines Day

    With the smell of snow in the air and the sound of salt crunching under each step, Elizabethtown College students braved the brisk February weather to celebrate Valentine’s Day together. On Friday, Feb. 14the Office of Student Activities (OSA) hosted a festive Valentine’s themed movie night at the Gibble Auditorium. Etown students were invited to

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  • Legally blind magician performs at Elizabethtown College

    Legally blind magician performs at Elizabethtown College

    A magician who performs under the stage name of Justin Sight was recently welcomed to campus by Jesse Waters, director of Elizabethtown College’s Bowers Writers House. Sight specializes in a variety of card tricks.  The event started at 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 10, in Gibble Auditorium on Etown’s  campus. His hour-long performance kept the

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  • The Genetics of Creativity: Can Creative Talent Be Inherited?

    The Genetics of Creativity: Can Creative Talent Be Inherited?

    The nature versus nurture debate extends into the realm of creativity—is our ability to think outside the box inherited, or is it something we develop through experiences and environment? While some believe creativity is encoded in our DNA, others argue that it is shaped by the world around us. Scientific research suggests that both genetics

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  • Today’s Tech: T-Mobile to Partner with SpaceX

    Today’s Tech: T-Mobile to Partner with SpaceX

    • News
    • February 24, 2025

    T-Mobile’s announcement of its imminent satellite-based cell service with the aid of SpaceX’s Starlink is more than just a news flash from the Super Bowl. It is an opening look into the next era of wireless technology. Filling in some of the dead zones in cellular coverage, this partnership could revolutionize the telephone company business

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  • Business Buzz: Final Straw that Broke the Farmers Back?

    Business Buzz: Final Straw that Broke the Farmers Back?

    • News
    • February 24, 2025

    In the center of London, England, there are demonstrations of farmers in front of Parliament after the Labour Party’s government’s plan to force their farmers to pay an inheritance tax. Last year, the European Union (EU) levied several different policies which affected their farming population. From the Dutch government who wished to reduce nitrogen emissions

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