• American rights versus citizens’ security

    American rights versus citizens’ security

    In place to protect their people, governments are posed with the curious predicament of creating laws that protect their people without dictating their day to day routines. This balancing act has proven a challenge for those in power. The question that is always to be considered; when does enough become too much? The gun control

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  • ‘Silver Linings’ a relatable account of overcoming adversity

    ‘Silver Linings’ a relatable account of overcoming adversity

    Making fun of someone with a mental illness never seems to fly well with an audience, especially when it comes to the big screen. However, director David O. Russell was not afraid to go against the proverbial grain when doing just that with his movie “Silver Linings Playbook,” starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence. In

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  • Record low temperatures reignite global warming debate

    Record low temperatures reignite global warming debate

    On Jan. 24, Elizabethtown College hosted comedian Seaton Smith. One of his several hilarious jokes was on the hot topic, no pun intended, of global warming. He asked the rhetorical question, how are we supposed to stop global warming? His punch line, was just putting a plastic bottle in a recycling bin. While he was

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  • ‘Gun-free zones,’ a striking common denominator for mass murder in U.S.

    ‘Gun-free zones,’ a striking common denominator for mass murder in U.S.

    James Holmes, planning mass murder, drove past seven theaters that were showing “The Dark Knight Rises” to get to one in particular that he had in mind. Some were quite close to his home. Others held unusually large audiences that he might target. But he drove past these and headed for a specific theater in

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  • Perception, feeling, action: Rudy explains the experience of, resolutions for, conflict

    Have you ever had a fight with your best friend? Or maybe you’ve fought with your sibling over who gets the last slice of pizza? No matter what the situation, people are always finding reasons to be mad, which tends to lead to an argument. Believe it or not, communication is something that needs to

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  • Only at Etown: Mr. Fix-it

    Only at Etown: Mr. Fix-it

    Upon returning to campus this January, my roommates and I undertook some major rearranging in our dorm room. Once everything started looking more like an actual dwelling and not a homeless shelter, we decided it was time to finally report the missing tension rod for one of the windows in our room. We had gone

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  • Poet Laureate Daina Savage reads, presents lecture on process

    Poet Laureate Daina Savage reads, presents lecture on process

    There was a sweet sound – music to an English major’s ears – floating from the Bowers Writers House on the evening of Jan. 31. That, of course, was the voice Daina Savage sharing some of her own poetry. She selected and read twenty of her poems, gracing both Elizabethtown College students and members of

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  • Eberly to teach Pathology in O.T. Dept.

    Eberly to teach Pathology in O.T. Dept.

    Beth Eberly, an Elizabethtown College graduate, continues her involvement with the College as she teaches the Pathology I course in the occupational therapy department this semester. Eberly, who is a full-time occupational therapist and the manager of the physical and occupational therapy department at Health South Rehab Hospital of York, was contacted by the College

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  • Team committed to innovating marketing, communications strategies

    Team committed to innovating marketing, communications strategies

    “The moment of truth. Elizabethtown College.” All of Etown’s prospective students buzzed about theirs when it was received in the mail. Everyone who earned acceptance into the College discovered that single white envelope protruding from their mailbox. As they opened the trademark blue envelope and devoured the white lettering in the center, it was the

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