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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
READ MORE‘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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Chinese New Year celebration sparks cultural awareness across campus
- Features
- February 12, 2014
Happy New Year: Xīnnián kuàilè! On Feb. 6, Blue Jays enjoyed an evening of celebration for the Chinese New Year in the Brossman Commons. The free event, which reined in crowds for a celebration of the “Year of the Horse,” included craft tables with Chinese decorative paper-cutting, calligraphy and a Gongfu tea ceremony. The Blue
READ MOREPositive psychology creates additional possibility for excellence
- Features
- February 12, 2014
A “Discover Your Strengths” event, facilitated by Stacey Zimmerman, assistant director of Called to Lead, was held on Tuesday, Feb. 11. The event focused on a StrengthsQuest inventory students took before the event, which gave them their five top strengths. The test contains 34 different talent themes, such as achievement and empathy. The psychology behind
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‘Soul Liberty’ lecture explores religious life
- Features
- February 12, 2014
For this year’s Lefever Lecture on ethics and culture, the director of the Religious Freedom Education Project and a senior scholar for the First Amendment Center of the Newseum in Washington, D.C. Dr. Charles Haynes spoke on Wednesday, Feb. 12. His lecture, titled “Soul Liberty: The Meaning and Significance of Religious Freedom in America” covered
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Group meditation session offers guided
- Features
- February 12, 2014
The Take Care Tuesday Series sponsored by Elizabethtown College’s Student Wellness group continued this week with a presentation on the practice of meditation. The presentation, given by Dr. Jeffery Long, professor of religion and Asian Studies, focused on providing students with some basic information behind meditation, including its history and possible benefits. Following the presentation,
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‘Bookstore Bob’ serves as state trooper prior to working on campus
- Features
- February 12, 2014
Students and faculty members alike may recognize Bob Mrgich across campus, although they may not know his name. Across the Elizabethtown College community, he is affectionately referred to as “that guy from the College Store.” He may even be spotted patrolling campus with the other campus security officers. There is more to Mrgich than meets
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