• Students of Etown: Lex Raught

    Students of Etown: Lex Raught

    This week, meet Alexander Raught, a sophomore graphic design major at Elizabethtown College. Raught chose his major due to his love for art, though he has had some difficulty finding the free time for personal projects lately. “I wanted to be an animator,” he said. However, he wasn’t sure whether it would work out. “[But]

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  • Welcome to the Jungle: Rocky and Simba

    Welcome to the Jungle: Rocky and Simba

    This week’s edition of Welcome to the Jungle introduces not one, but two pets! Meet 3-year-old dogs Rocky and Simba. Rocky and Simba live with junior environmental science major Angelymarie Pacheco. Since Pacheco is a commuter, both dogs live at home with her family. Pacheco’s family adopted Rocky first from a dog breeder in May

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  •  Jumping Into the Street Celebrates 31st Annual Event.

     Jumping Into the Street Celebrates 31st Annual Event.

    On Saturday, Oct. 19th, The Center for Community and Civic Engagement (CCCE) hosted Into the Streets, an annual day of service that invites all students to volunteer, whether alone, with a club or with a group of friends. Students can collaborate with community organizations such as Elizabethtown Community Housing and Outreach Services, Community Cupboard, Girls

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  • Two Elizabethtown College Students Perform Senior Recital

    Two Elizabethtown College Students Perform Senior Recital

    On Thursday, Oct 17, the music department at Elizabethtown College put on a recital in the Zug Recital Hall, featuring the hard-earned skill and talent of guitarist and music therapy major Michael Weir, aided by fellow music therapy major Rebecca Sauder. Weir, a senior, has studied guitar at Etown for the entirety of his college

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  • Google is forced to bring more seats to the table

    Google is forced to bring more seats to the table

    • News
    • October 28, 2024

    In August 2024, Google was in front of a federal judge charged by a Department of Justice (DOJ) and 17 other states, stating that Google broke antitrust laws. The court ruled that Google is an illegal monopoly and has multiple counts of breaking antitrust laws. Their focus was their $31 billion  ad business. This has

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  • New minor offers students a pathway to becoming police officers

    New minor offers students a pathway to becoming police officers

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    • October 28, 2024

    A new minor at Elizabethtown College aims to combat the nationwide shortage of police officers by preparing students for the police force while they are still enrolled in school. The Municipal Police Officer Training minor offers students a pathway to obtain their ACT 120 certification:the training that authorizes them to be on-street police officers. With

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  • A New Wave of Panda Diplomacy

    A New Wave of Panda Diplomacy

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    • October 28, 2024

    Last November, the star panda duo of the Smithsonian’s National Zoo, Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, left the states, heading back to their homeland in China. Since then, the panda enclosure has been left dormant and empty, with repairs and renovations taking place on it. However, with more and more pandas leaving the country as

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  • Facilities switches to heating over fall break

    Facilities switches to heating over fall break

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    • October 28, 2024

    Over fall break, Elizabethtown College’s Facilities Department made the decision to switch over from cooling to heating. For those in Schlosser, Brinser and the Hackman Apartments, that means they can now only use the heating on their unit. For Myer, Ober and Royer, that meant their AC units in their window were made not unusable

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  • PA Politics: Elon in Pennsylvania and the Power of the Dollar

    PA Politics: Elon in Pennsylvania and the Power of the Dollar

    • News
    • October 28, 2024

    Billionaire Elon Musk appeared in Harrisburg on Saturday, Oct. 19, rallying for Donald Trump. Notably, Musk promised to award $1 million each day until the Nov. 5 election date to randomly selected people in battleground states who sign his online petition, with the first prize given to John Dreher of Mechanicsburg. “By the way, John

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