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  • Tri-Beta hosts annual blood drive at Etown

    Tri-Beta hosts annual blood drive at Etown

    Elizabethtown College students came together on Feb. 7 to donate blood to help combat the blood shortage during the annual Tri-Beta blood drive. Tri-Beta is a national honors society for biology students. The chapter at Elizabethtown College partners with the American Red Cross to host an annual blood drive. “Donating blood is important because there

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  • Today’s Tech: Apple ventures into VR with Vision Pro

    Today’s Tech: Apple ventures into VR with Vision Pro

    Virtual reality and expansive ventures into how one sees the world have expanded greatly over the past decade, especially in terms of what the devices are capable of doing and their travel accessibility. People are more willing  to use virtual reality even outside of a gaming context, where it was first popularized, and in their

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  • Pa Politics: Shapiro proposes Office of Gun Violence Prevention

    Pa Politics: Shapiro proposes Office of Gun Violence Prevention

    As Pennsylvania’s Gov. Josh Shapiro attempts to advocate for his budget in the coming months, a recent press conference put the spotlight on gun violence, and Shapiro’s efforts to address the issue. Shapiro, a Democrat, is proposing $1 million to create an Office of Gun Violence Prevention. The office would create and coordinate strategies to

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  • Global Perspective: Russian opposition leader dies in prison

    Global Perspective: Russian opposition leader dies in prison

    On Friday, February 16th, Alexei Navalny died in a Russian penal colony at the age of 47. Navalny was widely celebrated for his opposition movement against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s authoritarian regime. Navalny, the leader of the unregistered political party “Russia of the Future,” had been held in the IK-3 penal colony in Kharp, a

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  • Professor Rudy runs for PA legislature position

    Professor Rudy runs for PA legislature position

    College is a major time for political awareness.  More than ever, people are exposed to other people they may not have been to in their hometown and are encouraged to think outside of the mindset that they had in high school. With that, any news surrounding politics is always a hot button issue.  Recently, Bob

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  • Business Review: The Fill’Er Up

    Business Review: The Fill’Er Up

    If there’s one thing you should know about me, it’s that I love spontaneous trips. It comes from my parents, who once took my family on a spontaneous road trip five hours north to Niagara Falls. We arrived at 11 p.m., visited for about two hours, and then drove home. So, last weekend, I got

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  • Debate of the Week: Which is better, chunky or smooth peanut butter? 

    Debate of the Week: Which is better, chunky or smooth peanut butter? 

    A peanut butter sandwich is a mainstay lunch item for many families, but the actual peanut butter varies across households. Some prefer chunky peanut butter, while some prefer smooth peanut butter. This debate is something that has and always will persist, so I decided to go around campus and ask what people would choose.   First,

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  • Job Spotlight: Etownian Copy Editor, Mahli Rupp

    Job Spotlight: Etownian Copy Editor, Mahli Rupp

    Meet the Etownian’s newest Copy Editor, Mahli Rupp! Rupp is a fourth-year professional writing major with minors in creative writing and Japanese. Editor-In-Chief Chandler McGuire initially reached out to Rupp last semester about the open position to see if she would be interested in joining the Etownian family. She and McGuire sat down, hammered out

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  • Recipe Review: Microwave Fudge

    Recipe Review: Microwave Fudge

    Sometimes, a sweet midnight snack is all you need to fuel your late-night study sessions. So here’s an easy recipe for fudge that you can make right in your dorm, with only two ingredients! All you need is a 12-ounce bag of chocolate chips and a can of sweetened condensed milk. You can use any

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