• Job Spotlight: Blue Jay Ambassador

    Job Spotlight: Blue Jay Ambassador

    Most prospective students experience the Elizabethtown College campus and community for the first time during a guided tour, especially during Accepted Students Days and Open House visits. A good tour guide with the ability to answer their burning questions can make or break their decision to attend, and Etown’s Blue Jay Ambassadors fill that role.

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  • Welcome to the Jungle: Galileo and Pablo

    Welcome to the Jungle: Galileo and Pablo

    Many students at Elizabethtown College have cats and dogs at home, but it becomes far and few when it comes to guinea pigs. Sophomore early childhood education major Michaela Taylor has two precious guinea pigs who live with her at home. Taylor found her love for these tiny creatures back in 2018 when she adopted

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  • Empowering Students for Career Success: An Inside Look at the Career Development Center at Elizabethtown College

    Empowering Students for Career Success: An Inside Look at the Career Development Center at Elizabethtown College

    Elizabethtown College’s Career Development Center is dedicated to helping students navigate their professional journeys, whether they’re preparing for internships, job searches or exploring potential career paths. Led by Director Maureen Brown and Assistant Director Carolyn Rigo, both certified career counselors with extensive experience in higher education and career development, the center provides a wide range

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  • New Books on the Block: Bookshelf Shenanigans

    New Books on the Block: Bookshelf Shenanigans

    The arrival of the holiday season here in Elizabethtown has also heralded the arrival of a brand new shop downtown. The storefront on North Market Street, across from Folklore, has remained  a quiet and largely untraveled corner of the main drag. That is, until Bookshelf Shenanigans opened its doors to the public on Oct.October 19.

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  • American Airlines loses appeal with U.S. courts barring U.S. Northeast partnership

    American Airlines loses appeal with U.S. courts barring U.S. Northeast partnership

    • News
    • November 19, 2024

    American Airlines is America’s largest airline, transporting passengers safely from state to state and country to country. Meanwhile, JetBlue is the sixth-largest airline in America. Launched in 2021, this partnership allowed customers to earn airline miles for both airlines when flying on one of them.  The partnership featured two main components. First, American and JetBlue

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  • Catholicism’s new face

    Catholicism’s new face

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    • November 19, 2024

    As the Catholic Church and the Vatican have to deal with controversy after controversy, it  came as a surprise to many when they released a new mascot for the church. And yes, churches can apparently have mascots. Luce, meaning light in Italian, is a short blue haired girl dressed in a raincoat and boots and

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  • Campus Responds to 2024 Election

    Campus Responds to 2024 Election

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    • November 19, 2024

    On Nov. 5, many members of the Elizabethtown College campus community voted either in-person or had already sent in their mail-in ballot weeks prior. The Center for Community and Civic Engagement (CCCE) shuttled people to the local polling location at various times throughout the day and also provided “Etown Votes” stickers for voters who may

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  • Users Switch from X to Bluesky

    Users Switch from X to Bluesky

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    • November 19, 2024

    Social media is a heavily politicized space and following the election users went on to social media as a place to express how they feel about the results. In this, many users find safety or comfort in their chosen community on social media. Since Elon Musk, X’s CEO, has had close ties to President-elect Donald

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  • Pennsylvania Politics: “Red Wave” sweeps Pennsylvania

    Pennsylvania Politics: “Red Wave” sweeps Pennsylvania

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    • November 19, 2024

    The string of political texts that campaign offices sent to Pennsylvanians during the 2024 elections was not unwarranted, as in true swing state fashion, the commonwealth flipped red across the majority of elections at the national and state level.  In the presidential election, President-elect Donald Trump had a margin of nearly two percentage points, the

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