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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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  • Jays share opinions on Russia conflict: Opinion 2

    Jays share opinions on Russia conflict: Opinion 2

    Currently, the Republic of Crimea is once again under Russian control and will become a full member of the Russian Federation before the end of the month. This occurrence is unsurprising for these two major reasons: 1) Since the Greek Empire, Crimea has been conquered by someone. 2) A majority of the Crimean citizenry is

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  • Jays share opinions on Russia conflict: Opinion 1

    Jays share opinions on Russia conflict: Opinion 1

    The situation in Ukraine has a historical element dating back to its independence from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1991. The Ukrainian crisis began with popular unrest over the Pro-Russian, Ukrainian president’s decision to cancel a free trade agreement with the European Union. Years of government corruption curtailed Ukraine’s advancement towards a market

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  • Credit transfer process generates confusion among Blue Jays

    Credit transfer process generates confusion among Blue Jays

    After having taken four years of high school honors, dual enrollment and AP classes, I expected to come to Elizabethtown College with sophomore standing. I was prepared to move directly into my major and skip several requirements for the Core program. Unfortunately, I learned that my dual enrollment course would not be counted and only

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