• Preparations for job fairs, post-grad interviewing success

    Preparations for job fairs, post-grad interviewing success

    Seniors, it’s time to start thinking about the “real world.” Time to start constructing your résumé. Time to start applying for jobs. Time to start going on interviews. And time to start building your career. On Thursday, Jan. 31, Career Services held their first STRIVE event of 2013 for Elizabethtown College seniors. STRIVE planned a

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  • Absence of Res. Life director causes position changes

    Absence of Res. Life director causes position changes

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    • February 6, 2013

    While Director of Residence Life Allison Bridgeman is on maternity leave, Assistant Director Susan Asbury will fill Bridgeman’s position and the duties that accompany it until Bridgeman returns to her post at Elizabethtown College. Because Bridgeman informed Asbury of her temporary position change during the fall 2012 semester, Asbury had ample time to work with

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  • Jays take preventative actions against flu

    Jays take preventative actions against flu

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    • February 6, 2013

    Elizabethtown College is taking preventative measures to keep students healthy and safe from the recent flu epidemic. Symptoms to watch for are: fever or chills, cough, body aches or headache, fatigue, sore throat and a stuffy or runny nose. Student health has been administering flu shots for $17 for students who want to protect themselves

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  • High Library hosts King James Bible for 400th anniversary celebration

    High Library hosts King James Bible for 400th anniversary celebration

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    • February 6, 2013

    One of the most influential pieces of modern day literature, The King James Bible, is now on display at the High Library through Feb. 21. Meant as a political and theological compromise, the King James Bible would eventually unite the church that was accepted in everyday society and the growing Puritan movement. The exhibit is

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  • In-house publications place gold in CASE competition

    In-house publications place gold in CASE competition

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    • February 6, 2013

    The Office of Marketing and Communications (OMC) has received seven awards from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) for Elizabethtown College. CASE is an annual competition that gives private and public universities a chance to express marketing and communications initiatives. OMC won three gold, two silver, one bronze and one honorable mention

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  • Nice lace and naughty leather: Get the best of both for Spring

    Nice lace and naughty leather: Get the best of both for Spring

    New year, new you! Starting now you’re going to the gym, beginning your projects early and adhering to a stricter budget. Yeah, it’s easy to say, but let’s be real, it’s difficult to go from zero to 60 in 3.5. You need a transitional period to let the old you adjust to the new you.

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  • ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ graphically depicts search for bin Laden

    ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ graphically depicts search for bin Laden

    The movie “Zero Dark Thirty” is a dramatization of one of America’s most compelling stories; the decade-long search for Osama bin Laden. The code “Zero Dark Thirty” is the military term for thirty minutes past midnight, the exact time that the Navy Seals entered bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan. This movie has received an immense

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  • Team faces off against Division I, II competition

    Team faces off against Division I, II competition

    The Elizabethtown College men and women’s track and field teams kicked off 2013 at the Collegeville Classic at Ursinus College. Although the teams finished fifth and sixth out of 16 teams respectively, the Blue Jays had some standout performances a month and a half after their previous meet. Sophomore Matt Rever finished first in the

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  • Close point margins define past three games for Blue Jays

    Close point margins define past three games for Blue Jays

    It was a rough night for the Elizabethtown College men’s basketball team at an away game against Messiah College on Wednesday, which left the Blue Jays with a second straight defeat of 62-52. Etown started off with a good first half, keeping the score close and tied with Messiah. With two and a half minutes

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