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  • Schaeberle ’71 discusses life during wartime

    Schaeberle ’71 discusses life during wartime

    Adaptability is a timeless trait for any college graduate to have. Donald Schaeberle, an Elizabethtown College graduate from the class of 1971, is an example of this as an allied health professional with an impressive history with the U.S. Army. “Life’s plans can change,” Schaeberle said. “Be flexible.” Growing up in York County, Schaeberle had

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  • There’s no business like sushi business

    There’s no business like sushi business

    I love seeing professors and staff members eating with their families in the Marketplace. Their kids’ trays always seem to be filled with heaps of french fries and bowls of ice cream overflowing with sprinkles, which never fails to crack me up because my tray looks kind of the same on the daily. I am

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  • Professor speaks on history of Chinese military violence

    Professor speaks on history of Chinese military violence

    On Monday, March 25, Elizabethtown College welcomed Dr. Edward McCord, professor of history and international affairs at George Washington University, to speak on his knowledge of military violence in China and how it has shaped the country. McCord received his M.A. and Ph. D. in history from Michigan University and is a specialist on the

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  • Cultural changes influence Brethren in Christ traditions

    Cultural changes influence Brethren in Christ traditions

    What happened between 1910 and 1980 in regards to the Brethren in Christ? What factors spawned such a dramatic cultural transformation among the Brethren in Christ? The answers to these two questions were the subject of the recent presentation “Born-Again Brethren in Christ: The Brethren in Christ Church in an Age of Evangelicalism,” facilitated by

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  • The racial achievement gap

    The racial achievement gap

    One day, Dr. Anne Gregory saw a line of African-American students sitting outside the principal’s office at a school where she worked. She took note of this evident racial trend and questioned the principal about it. The principal then chastised her and discouraged her from pursuing the issue, afraid that such comments would bring charges

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  • Why humor, not beauty, wins ‘Mr. Etown’

    The purpose of a pageant is to reach a state that promotes self-esteem and public-speaking abilities of the contestants. Winners of pageants are said to feel a sense of accomplishment. Pageants can be affiliated with community or social organizations in order to raise money for charities. Some of the better known pageants are ones such

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  • PUT YOUR RECORDS ON: Santigold

    PUT YOUR RECORDS ON: Santigold

    Some of the best undiscovered music is played during car commercials. Time and time again I find myself Googling the car commercial in question to try to find out the artist and the name of the song that’s still reverberating in my head. I was pleased to find out that the artist featured in the

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  • Despite students’ desires, 20-hour work limit serves purpose

    Despite students’ desires, 20-hour work limit serves purpose

    In a world where everybody is working for the weekend, the workweek often seems monotonous. Daydreams start to encompass the mind, filling it with things, places and events far away from the office. Although this may be the case for a lot of people in the workforce, students at Elizabethtown College have a different approach.

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  • Should increased tuition be allocated to an athletic facility?

    Should increased tuition be allocated to an athletic facility?

    A campaign for the construction of a “Sports, Fitness, and Wellness Center” is underway amongst administration. This would be an athletic facility on campus with an indoor track, expanded workout facility, indoor field, rooms for fitness classes, basketball courts and more. The question is whether or not students feel that the money obtained from the

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