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  • Track and Field teams prepare for MAC Championships at Susquehanna

    Track and Field teams prepare for MAC Championships at Susquehanna

    Elizabethtown College’s track and field teams returned to Susquehanna University on Saturday to compete in their last meet before the Indoor MAC Championships this upcoming weekend. Senior Lucas Dayhoff took first place in the weight throw with a throw of 14.95m (49’0-3/4″). Junior Andrew Khela, also competing in the weight throw, took eighth place out

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  • Blue Jays outplay Merchant Marine Academy in first game under Delaney

    Blue Jays outplay Merchant Marine Academy in first game under Delaney

    The Elizabethtown College Men’s Lacrosse Team won its season-opener against the United States Merchant Marine Academy at home this past Saturday afternoon. The Blue Jays built a 4-0 halftime lead and scored five fourth-quarter goals to win 10-4. The win is the first under new head coach Drew Delaney.  Etown (1-0) had two-score games from

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  • Men’s basketball season comes to close with loss to rival Albright

    Men’s basketball season comes to close with loss to rival Albright

    Despite getting double-doubles from senior Andrew Mantz and junior Lee Eckert, the Elizabethtown College men’s basketball team didn’t have enough left in the tank in the second half against Albright College Saturday afternoon, when it lost its final game of the season by a score of 73-64. With the win, the Lions, who were leading

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  • Senior reflects fondly on first impressions upon entering college

    Senior reflects fondly on first impressions upon entering college

    M y first impression of Elizabethtown College was a beautiful one that left its mark like a postcard in my mind.  I first noticed the school shortly after relocating to Etown, as my boyfriend and I were riding our mud-splattered mountain bikes home from the Conewago Rail Trail on a sunny April day. “Look,” he

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  • Optional homework assignments only aid

    Optional homework assignments only aid

    Like the end of almost any other class period, you throw your notebook, textbook and writing utensil of choice into your backpack while half-listening to the professor’s closing remarks. You briefly glance at the homework listed on the board as you leave the room. Are you going to complete the assignment by the time your

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  • Success of peer editing depends entirely on personal outlook

    Success of peer editing depends entirely on personal outlook

    Something that seems to be growing increasingly prevalent in Core and WRI courses–– most of these being housed within the English department –– is the utilization of peer editing exercises. If used properly, peer editing helps you in two ways: You the Writer receive feedback that escaped you while you were actively invested in the writing

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  • Early warnings serve as effective wake-up call

    Early warnings serve as effective wake-up call

    Well, we are at that time of the semester again; that’s right — early warnings. Hopefully you were fortunate enough not to receive one.  If you did, try not to worry about it too much.  You have some time to pull that grade up. This came as a surprise to me, because I never really

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  • Online classes, cyber school bear equal amount of positives, negatives

    Online classes, cyber school bear equal amount of positives, negatives

    If you like the idea of learning differential equations in a zebra-print onesie, online school may sound like a dream. How about never having to sleep with your eyes open while others are finishing their presentations? One of the best qualities of online classes is that they enable students to set their own pace.  Also,

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  • Success with job applications, interviews necessitates bragging

    Success with job applications, interviews necessitates bragging

    When I went to my first interview, I was understandably nervous. It was a volunteer position for the Democratic Party’s Reelection Committee during the Oct. 2012 election season. I felt like I was burning, sweating bullets from the humidity that was so thick you could collect it in a bottle. I had combed the room

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