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  • Student Wellness hosts ‘Acupuncture: On Pins and Needles’ event

    Student Wellness hosts ‘Acupuncture: On Pins and Needles’ event

    Staying healthy isn’t always easy, especially on a college campus. As part of a new health initiative on campus, the Student Wellness Center has begun to offer a new program to help members of the Elizabethtown College community with health and wellness. During the spring semester, The Well will host a variety of activities for

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  • Comm. professor auditions for ‘The Voice’ during winter break

    Comm. professor auditions for ‘The Voice’ during winter break

    hankfully, it was a rainy and humid January afternoon, an unusual break from the blistering cold, which made a long wait a little more bearable for Associate Professor of Communications Dr. Kirsten Johnson. Johnson waited for five hours at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Center City, Philadelphia, to audition for NBC’S popular singing television show,

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  • Zimmerman discusses emotional intelligence in relation to everyday life

    “Emotional intelligence is your ability to recognize and understand emotions in yourself and others and the ability to use this awareness to manage your behaviors and the behaviors of others,” was the formal definition given by Stacey Zimmerman, assistant director of Called to Lead, at the organization’s event on Jan. 27. A self-evaluation quiz was

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  • Interfaith Prayer Service explores inter-religious dialogue as part of Martin Luther King Jr. Week

    Interfaith Prayer Service explores inter-religious dialogue as part of Martin Luther King Jr. Week

    “Almost always, the creative minority has made the world better. Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred,” Martin Luther King Jr. said. These words, among many, were spoken in the

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  • Hancock displays work of natural, abstract compositions

    Hancock displays work of natural, abstract compositions

    Beginning this past Sunday, John Hancock’s newest exhibition – a collection of incredible feats of imagination, expression and wall-sized installation – has been on display in the Lyet Gallery of Leffler Chapel and Performance Center.   Pieces will continue to be shown through Feb. 28. The exhibit encompasses Hancock’s creative movement from smaller paintings and

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  • Celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr.

    Celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr.

    The Elizabethtown College community celebrates Martin Luther King, Jr. Day with a campus-wide day of service. Each year, the College’s Center for Community and Civic Engagement organizes service projects for students. This year, students participated in service work for the Elizabethtown Public Library, the Central PA Foodbank, the Brethren Housing Association and other organizations. Participation

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  • Work during syllabus week can be necessary

    Work during syllabus week can be necessary

    It’s that time again: a new semester, during which Elizabethtown College students plan to keep on top of their homework situations. However, depending on what major and professors a student has, their syllabi can include a multitude of assignments during the first week of the semester. I was able to stay on top of the

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  • Posting of grades on social media generates continual debate, discussion

    Posting of grades on social media generates continual debate, discussion

    A friend of a friend posts on Facebook that they earned a 3.5 this past semester — do you really care? Or maybe your parents post about how well you are doing in school without telling you first. As social media becomes the most common way to communicate with a large group of people, dashboards

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  • Thankfulness for even insignificant events proves beneficial

    Thankfulness for even insignificant events proves beneficial

    have seen a good number of people fall on their behinds during the wintry season; those brief walks on the ice are pretty dangerous. I, of course, triumph over the treacherous terrain as gracefully as a gazelle wearing a pair of Air Jordans (now if only I could stop tripping down the BSC steps), but

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