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  • CCCE hosts annual Day of Service

    CCCE hosts annual Day of Service

    As Elizabethtown College moves gradually into spring, the community may notice a variety of changes around campus. More students sit outside to do their work and chat, people wear fewer layers and the days start to get a little longer. While all of these spring-related changes excite everyone on campus and indicate one step closer

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  • PA Politics: Democrats gain state Senate seat in district that encompasses Elizabethtown

    PA Politics: Democrats gain state Senate seat in district that encompasses Elizabethtown

    Pennsylvania Democrats are celebrating after a state Senate seat flipped blue in a special election in early March. James Malone won the seat over Republican Josh Parsons in the 36th Senate District, which covers part of Lancaster County, including Elizabethtown.   The district also covers Mount Joy, Manheim, Lititz and Ephrata. Malone is an I.T. consultant

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  • Etown Offers Dual Enrollment with Camp Hill School District

    Etown Offers Dual Enrollment with Camp Hill School District

    It’s never too early to get a head start in higher education. Dual Enrollment programs, which allow high school students to take college classes, have been seeing an explosion in growth in recent years.  In 2022, according to the Department of Education, approximately 2.5 million high school students took college classes, earning credits while receiving

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  • Today’s Tech: Amazon Removes Voice Recording Options

    Today’s Tech: Amazon Removes Voice Recording Options

    Amazon’s elimination of the “Do Not Send Voice Recordings” option for Alexa devices, which stops devices from sending recordings to the company, is a massive shift that raises essential questions about privacy, artificial intelligence and the future of smart assistants. While Amazon justified the shift as necessary for the development of Alexa’s generative artificial intelligence

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  • Business Buzz: Tech companies are pinching their pennies in a possible economic slowdown

    Business Buzz: Tech companies are pinching their pennies in a possible economic slowdown

    President Donald Trump has raised tariffs on all imported goods from China by 20% and has placed taxes of 25% on imports via Mexico and Canada. With these announcements being sent into a tailspin regarding these trade policies. However, to maintain long-term financial stability, tariffs are not always the best solutions. Tariffs are paid by

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  • A New Romance: Tempest Theater’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”

    A New Romance: Tempest Theater’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”

    A new kind of story has taken Elizabethtown College by storm this past week with the performances of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” which hit the Tempest Theater the weekend of March 14 and will continue from March 20-22. The legendary play by William Shakespeare, originally written in 1595, was brought to life once again by

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  • Global Perspective: Internet Stunt Provokes Tension in Australia

    Global Perspective: Internet Stunt Provokes Tension in Australia

    With the internet firmly ingrained in our culture and everyday life, it is not surprising to hear or see an influencer or vlogger do some stunt or prank that gets them in trouble. However, when the stunt ends up involving a federally protected species in a foreign country, consequences are taken up a notch.   Sam

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  • Student Assembly addresses Title IX and VI concerns

    Student Assembly addresses Title IX and VI concerns

    On March 13, 2025, Elizabethtown College’s Student Assembly held an informational session. They addressed concerns the campus community might have about the impact of executive orders and the “Dear Colleague” letter the college received on Feb. 14 regarding Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the changes that had to happen within

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  • PA Politics: AICUP letter to Congress says cutting federal funding could gut Pennsylvania’s economy

    PA Politics: AICUP letter to Congress says cutting federal funding could gut Pennsylvania’s economy

    On March 10, the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania (AICUP) President Thomas P. Foley sent a letter to Pennsylvania’s representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, warning that cutting federal funding could hurt Pennsylvania’s economy.  Elizabethtown College is a member of AICUP, and is one of 35 schools

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