ome people are born craving the spotlight. Since she was very young, Elizabethtown College alumna Deborah Whitcas ’98 exemplified this as she craved a job in entertainment. Now an Emmy-nominated television Producer with an impressive history involving a myriad of television stations including ABC, CBS Fox, Style/E and several more, Whitcas has made quite the
READ MOREave you ever felt stressed out about all the things you are experiencing in your life as a college student, but you do not know how to figure it all out? Toni Villella, director of student activities and campus recreation, recently facilitated a seminar on author Stephen Covey’s popular self-help book “The 7 Habits of
READ MOREre you pink or blue? This was the first question posed by senior and self-proclaimed feminist Sarah Steinmetz during her April 9 presentation on “Pitch like a Girl: How a Woman can be Herself and Still Succeed,” a book written by Ronna Lichtenberg. The overall theme of the book appeared to be not only that
READ MOREet me begin this article by saying that I slept through Thursday’s night class (thinking it was Friday) and have been about five minutes late to greater than 50 percent of my classes this week (sorry Mom and Dad). It’s not because I’m lazy, it’s not because I’m unorganized or set my alarm for too
READ MOREdolescence. A-D-O-L-E-S-C-E-N-C-E. Adolescence. For some middle school students who are going through adolescence, winning the school spelling bee is a dream. This particular dream is shared by six middle-schoolers who have qualified for the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee by winning or placing at each of their school’s spelling bees. These soon-to-be-teenagers are motivated
READ MOREt some point or another, most every student at Elizabethtown College has dealt with illness. The Wellness Center, better known on the Etown campus as the “WELL,” is always available to assist students dealing with illness, in addition to maintaining their overall health and well-being. The WELL offers students self-care kits free of charge, and
READ MOREt requires absolutely no effort to classify our generation as less mature than our predecessors. I frequently hear my elders make this claim, and I have to admit that I often agreed with them. Examples such as the hate crimes on campus seem to solidify their point. It makes no sense to me how individuals
READ MOREbelieve this is my first letter to the Editor of the Etownian. I’ve made plenty of mistakes in my 25 years at Elizabethtown College, so I’ve had to offer many apologies, but this is my first to the community as a whole. Last week, at our Executive Council meeting, I discovered that there have been
READ MOREs the number of middle aged adults choosing to pursue an online degree increases, the number of online degree programs that are available for this niche of middle aged adults has grown a lot in the past few years. With the growth of online Master’s, doctorate and other assorted programs, many people have started to
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