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Graduating senior reflects on experience working on campus throughout summer
- Campus Life
- April 30, 2014
This time of the year, most of you are worrying about finals and finding summer jobs. However, there is a small group of people on campus who will not be traveling home. Every summer, there are about 100 students who stay on campus and work for the various departments or have internships. Some of you
READ MOREProfessor argues importance of professional language choices
- Campus Life
- April 30, 2014
The news that an Elizabethtown College graduate had received admission to the Harvard Business School was gratifying. But a closer look at Harvard’s acceptance letter made Homer draw in his breath sharply. The letter began: “Dear K, Welcome to HBS! We are excited that you will be joining us as an MBA student in the
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Student Wellness’ TGIS safety pledge encourages positive choices
- Campus Life
- April 30, 2014
I’m pretty sure we all know what big campus event just happened. Yeah, that’s right — Thank Goodness it’s Spring (TGIS). This has to be one of the biggest events that happens on campus, and I’m sure that you were all super excited about all of the activities that were being held on campus last
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Group projects prepare members for future work environments
- Campus Life
- April 30, 2014
As the semester comes to a strenuous end, professors are piling on the last assignments. To their credit, many attempt to ease our stress by making our final assignment a group project — more people, less work. That sounds ideal, right? In this utopia, the work is divided equally and each member provides exceptional information
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Nobel Peace Prize winner shares message of justice, coexistence on campus
- News
- April 19, 2014
Tawakkol Karman, the first Arab woman and youngest recipient ever to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, visited Elizabethtown College last week to share her ideals of peace and justice. Her visit was part of the Ware Lecture Series, which began in 2007 and is dedicated to bringing global citizens to speak on campus. Karman, a
READ MOREStudent Wellness hosts Sexy Trivia for ‘Get Yourself Tested’ month
- Features
- April 10, 2014
Think you’re a sex-pert? Tuesday evening in Gibble Auditorium, the Student Wellness Center and the Student Wellness Advocacy Group (SWAG) hosted “Sexy Trivia” as part of their Take Care Tuesday series for students. The event was hosted as part of “Get Yourself Tested” month. As part of the event, students were invited to take part
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McFadyen-Ketchum reads poems from book ‘Ghost Gear’
- Features
- April 10, 2014
Poet Andrew McFadyen-Ketchum, author of “Ghost Gear,” visited Elizabethtown College on Friday, April 6, as part of his book tour. “Poetry is really a true collaboration with the world,” he said. McFadyen-Ketchum derived some of his poems from stories his father would tell him. “He’s not cool, my dad, so he would get really into
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Wosner’s performance concludes Monsters of the Steinway series
- Features
- April 10, 2014
To conclude the two-year celebration of Elizabethtown College’s new Steinway piano, the Monsters of the Steinway series featured Shai Wosner on the piano Saturday evening. During the concert, Wosner performed Franz Schubert’s “Piano Sonata in A Major” and “Piano Sonata in B-flat Major.” Wosner, a native of Israel, studied piano under Emanuel Krasovsky and composition,
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PRIDE Day 2014 motivates Jays, alumni to clean up campus
- Features
- April 10, 2014
Elizabethtown College’s fifth annual PRIDE Program Volunteer Day was held on Saturday, April 5. The PRIDE program, standing for Promote, Recruit, Involve, Donate and Employ, was founded to engage all people in the Etown community. The first campus cleanup day was held on April 6, 1901. Today, the PRIDE Program has revived this tradition. The
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