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  • Today’s tech: Microsoft announces deal with Constellation Energyc

    Today’s tech: Microsoft announces deal with Constellation Energyc

    Microsoft  embarked into new territory in announcing a deal to reopen Unit 1 of the Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Pennsylvania—a facility seared into U.S. history thanks to the 1979 partial meltdown of its sister reactor. This bold move was driven by the rapid increase in the energy demands of artificial intelligence, marking a

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  • Sexual abuse scandals continue to haunt Catholic Church

    Sexual abuse scandals continue to haunt Catholic Church

    Over the past few decades, numerous news stories and headlines have come out against the Catholic Church worldwide. Many of these stories revolve around sexual abuse scandals,specifically sexual abuse against minors. One country that has seen a surge in these scandals is Belgium.  The small country seated in the low countries of the northwest region

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  • College Store Holds Grand Reopening

    College Store Holds Grand Reopening

    With construction happening often around Elizabethtown College’s campus, especially with the 125th anniversary celebrations, much work goes unnoticed by the campus community. To bring recognition to the continued effort to make the store a more ideal shopping experience, including an addition of a window and restructuring of the layout inside, the Etown College Store decided

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  • Pa Politics: The hype behind mail-in ballots

    Pa Politics: The hype behind mail-in ballots

    On Oct. 1, Luzerne County manager Romilda Crocamo was sued by three county residents after announcing she would stop the use of drop boxes for mail and absentee ballots in the county.  It’s yet another lawsuit surrounding the controversial system, used by many college students as well as seniors, disabled people and those who work

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  • CCCE Hosts Service Trip over Fall Break

    CCCE Hosts Service Trip over Fall Break

    Elizabethtown College’s Center for Community and Civic Engagement (CCCE) is hosting a service trip from Oct. 10th through Oct. 12. Volunteers will be going to the Lancaster-Lebanon Habitat for Humanity site in Columbia, Pennsylvania, to help build houses for people in need. “We would love to get the word out to more students about this

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  • Etown Community Celebrates Homecoming

    Etown Community Celebrates Homecoming

    Students, alumni and faculty look forward to having the full flock back in the nest during Elizabethtown College’s annual Homecoming festivities. This year was even more special because it’s the College’s 125th anniversary.  The grand event, the Homecoming Parade, kicked off on Saturday morning at 11. Parade floats were built by different clubs and organizations

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  • Elizabethtown College cuts three majors, 13 faculty members

    Elizabethtown College cuts three majors, 13 faculty members

            Editor’s note: The Etownian chose to grant anonymity to all sources for fear of retribution.  A Zoom call Tuesday, Sept. 24 announced faculty cuts and a five-year deadline for Elizabethtown College to sort out its finances before it faces a budget deficit of millions of dollars, sources familiar with the call

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  •  Neurlink receives breakthrough device designation

     Neurlink receives breakthrough device designation

    • News
    • September 30, 2024

    Neuralink, Elon Musk’s brain chip company, is testing the boundaries of how medical technology fundamentally shifts how to treat neurological diseases and disorders. The implant is an experimental brain chip, and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) just announced that Neuralink’s Blindsight has received the prestigious “breakthrough device” designation. This status is reserved for path-paving

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  • Federal Rate Cut: All about

    Federal Rate Cut: All about

    • News
    • September 30, 2024

    This week, the Federal Reserve met and dropped interest rates for the first time since 2020, targeting the Federal Open Market Committee at around 4.75% to 5.25%. The U.S. economy has grown substantially, and high interest rates could trigger higher inflation. The Federal Reserves decided to cut them, focusing on fighting further inflation and job

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