• Welcome to the Jungle: Lou Lou the guinea pig

    Welcome to the Jungle: Lou Lou the guinea pig

    Pets bring incredible joy into the lives of their families with their presence and personality. So for our final issue of the fall semester, meet Louis the guinea pig! He belongs to The Etownian’s very own Editor-in-Chief, graduate student and occupational therapy major Sophie Hanenfeld, who lovingly calls him Lou Lou for short. Lou Lou

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  • Editor in Chief farewell

    Editor in Chief farewell

    People have given me many confused looks over the years due to my involvement with The Etownian. “But you’re an occupational therapy (OT) major,” they’d say, waiting for me to protest. I would smirk, do my standard giggle and respond with the answer that sent them into further bewilderment. “I am,” I’d say. “And one

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  • Students struggle for a seat at the table in the Marketplace

    Students struggle for a seat at the table in the Marketplace

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    • November 16, 2023

    Kamryn Mengel, a first-year at Elizabethtown College, is on a meal plan, like many of her peers. The meal plan allows her to get unlimited meals at the marketplace. One day after her first-year seminar (FYS) roundtable, she decided to go eat, since she’d been busy the entire morning with classes.  She couldn’t find a

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  • Today’s Tech: Google’s possible purchase of Character AI

    Today’s Tech: Google’s possible purchase of Character AI

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    • November 16, 2023

    In the digital space, much of the ongoing conversation is around how industries are going to react to the ongoing impact of artificial intelligence (AI). Technically speaking, it requires less manpower and is cheaper for most industries, but the quality varies greatly, and it hurts actual people for their jobs to be largely replaced. That

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  • Precision Medicine: An advancement in disease treatment

    Precision Medicine: An advancement in disease treatment

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    • November 16, 2023

    The world of medicine continues to expand through groundbreaking advances and the latest mechanisms to cure and treat diseases. An approach that continues to surface is a technique called Precision Medicine, an advancement that aims to treat diseases based on the individual carrier. According to the Precision Medicine Initiative, this technique is “an emerging approach

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  • Etown offers writing scholarship for rising juniors

    Etown offers writing scholarship for rising juniors

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    • November 16, 2023

    Last week, over the hill and down the hidden trail, I traveled to Elizabethtown College’s own stunning Bowers Writers House. Within the quaint building, I had the opportunity to meet with Director of the Bowers Writers House Jesse Waters, who has been with the College for over 15 years. The topic of the evening was

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