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  • GPS for the Moon in Development

    GPS for the Moon in Development

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    • September 20, 2024

    More than 50 years ago, Neil Armstrong became the first person to set foot on the moon. Since then, 11 other people have joined him and became moonwalkers. What comes next, though?Recently, it has become apparent that the next step for lunar progress will be a global positioning system (GPS) on the moon. NASA, in

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  • Elizabethtown College class aims to highlight ‘The Community of Etown’ with upcoming project

    Elizabethtown College class aims to highlight ‘The Community of Etown’ with upcoming project

    Elizabethtown College is home to many fields of study, from the arts to the sciences. Our college truly values this diversity of academics. While some may be in an Organic Chemistry Lab for 3 hours every Monday recrystallizing with Dr. Walby, others of us may spend their fair share of Tuesday evenings working tirelessly to

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  • Business Buzz: The downfall of self-checkout

    Shoppers who prefer self-checkouts will be disappointed as giant retailers, such as Walmart, Target, Five Below and Dollar General, start to phase out self-service lanes from their stores. This is an attempt to avoid shrinkage, or stolen merchandise. In 2022, Target lost over $200 million dollars because of shrinkage.  Walmart has already removed the self-checkout

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  • Etown celebrates Truman’s impact

    Etown celebrates Truman’s impact

    Depending on who you ask, the biggest celebrity on Elizabethtown College’s campus likely isn’t human. Rather, he is a big golden doodle named Truman. Truman is not your average pup: he is a therapy dog who makes his rounds around campus and even shows up at campus-wide events. Truman is a therapy dog here at

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  • PA Politics: Predicting the 2024 Senate elections in Pennsylvania 

    PA Politics: Predicting the 2024 Senate elections in Pennsylvania 

    In the upcoming elections this November, one of Pennsylvania’s Senate seats is up for grabs between Democratic incumbent Bob Casey and challenger Dave McCormick. Although current polling indicates that this election is not going to be as close as the last Senate race between John Fetterman and Mehmet Oz, with Casey maintaining 45 percent support

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  • Science Department receives grant to renovate anatomy labs

    Science Department receives grant to renovate anatomy labs

    The anatomy and physiology classroom at Elizabethtown College will be seeing major improvements over the summer of 2024. A cadaver laboratory will be connected to the classroom, which will greatly benefit learning opportunities for students who are studying the human body. With the addition of this lab, anatomy students have access to real-life concepts to

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