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Baseball prepares to rebound from disappointing season
- Sports
- February 13, 2014
The Elizabethtown College baseball team is preparing for a new season and the last playing in the Middle Atlantic Conference’s Commonwealth Conference before Etown makes a move to the Landmark Conference in the fall. The Blue Jays look to improve on their 17-22 (10-11 CC) record in 2013, which gave them a season finish of
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Men’s basketball finds win against Arcadia in rescheduled game
- Sports
- February 13, 2014
The Elizabethtown College men’s basketball team is in the midst of a battle for the final position in the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) playoffs. The team began this push this past weekend when it took on Alvernia University at Thompson Gymnasium. Despite the Blue Jays’ best effort, the Crusaders were too much to handle, defeating
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‘Band of Sisters’ sets sights toward playoff berth in Landmark debut
- Sports
- February 13, 2014
The Elizabethtown College women’s softball team fell one game short of making the Commonwealth Conference Playoffs last season. “Last season, we were so close we could taste it, and I think that taste is still fresh going into this season,” junior outfielder Kaylee Werner said. “As a team, we have created goals for this season
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Chairman of Board of Trustees gives insight into comprehensive fee
- Campus Life
- February 13, 2014
To the Editor of the Etownian: As the chairman of the Elizabethtown College Board of Trustees, I am grateful to the editor of the Etownian for providing the venue by which I am able to deliver a message to students on behalf of our Board of Trustees. As many students know by now, the comprehensive
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Campus conveniences do not always yield expected benefits for community
- Campus Life
- February 13, 2014
Changes are instituted every year as the school administration sees fit. In order to improve the quality of education and life at Elizabethtown College, those changes span all areas of the school, from education to athletics and everything in between. Without fail, these improvements are included in the “best of Etown” highlights that are mentioned
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Professors may still conduct class despite campus-wide closings
- Campus Life
- February 13, 2014
Lately, the weather has been everything but cooperative for students and faculty. With a snow storm Sunday night and freezing ice following just days later, Elizabethtown College has faced a handful of delays in the past week. Delayed and cancelled classes encroach on lesson plans and due dates. Some professors bypass the metaphorical closed sign
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‘Which character are you?’ quizzes grow popular, entertain curiosity
- Campus Life
- February 13, 2014
If you were to log onto Facebook right now, you would probably have to scroll down for no more than two seconds in order to find a “Which character are you?” quiz that someone recently took. What could be more fun than finding the character from your favorite movie, TV show or book series that
READ MOREDo self-evaluation assessments in classroom settings add unnecessary
- Campus Life
- February 13, 2014
When walking into a college classroom, most students do not expect to have to grade or rate themselves. This is usually something that the teacher or professor is expected to do, but when the roles are reversed, how do the students feel? Many students see this is as an opportunity to give themselves whatever grade
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Last-minute completion of assignments stunts self-pride, hinders overall potential for personal, academic growth
- Campus Life
- February 13, 2014
Alright, it’s 11 p.m. Wednesday night. You had a long day: class at 9:30 and lunch in the Marketplace, where you nearly had to stab someone to get a seat; you decide screw it, hanging out and having fun is way better than doing school work at school, so one thing leads to another and
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