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Incentives for procreation, a missing banker, a lab leak and foreign aid: An update on China
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- March 2, 2023
When western adults think of pivotal Chinese policies, they typically think of the one child policy enforced from 1980 to 2015. This 35-year stint was an attempt to stop population growth in China, and resulted in a reduction of fertility rates, a smaller population of women and undocumented children. In 2016, China changed the policy
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Power of the One Day: What to know and how to help
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- March 2, 2023
For any college and higher education institution, there is a high value placed on the value of the community created both through the current students and staff, but also the alumni, parents and those in the community who can come together to celebrate. Elizabethtown College fosters this sense of community in a variety of ways,
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Student Senate: The Jay Truck returns
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- March 2, 2023
Student Senate met for their weekly meeting Thursday, Feb. 23 at 3:45 p.m. in Hoover 212. The meeting began with a Special Order by Blake Reed who spoke on the Power of One Day. The Power of One Day is Elizabethtown College’s annual 24-hour day of giving in which the individuals are encouraged to donate
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Destruction of property on campus: Student response
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- March 2, 2023
As of late, there have been a series of incidents of destruction of property on the Elizabethtown College campus. Most notably, on Saturday, Feb. 18, unknown individual(s) broke the pool table in Ober Residence Hall, following the disappearance of the Mona Lisa puzzle in Founders Residence Hall. Investigation into these incidents has been ostensibly inconclusive
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Today’s Technology: A Supreme Court case that could reshape the internet
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- March 2, 2023
On Tuesday, Feb. 21, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for Gonzalez v. Google LLC—a case that may set new parameters for interpreting Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. This case centers around the scope of Section 230, questioning if the law “immunizes interactive computer services when they make targeted recommendations of information provided
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Decision could change future of PA public schools: William Penn School District vs. the Pennsylvania Department of Education
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- March 2, 2023
In the final installment of a three-part series on Pennsylvania State Government, we look at a recent Commonwealth Court case that has the potential to radically change state funding for public schools across Pennsylvania. On Feb. 7, 2023, Commonwealth Court Judge Renée Cohn Jubelirer ruled in the case of William Penn School District vs. the
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The college hosts overnight visits
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- February 23, 2023
Sophomore Elizabeth Petlick remembers the information sessions she attended to learn more about Elizabethtown College. Instead of recalling the warm feeling on campus, or the beautiful scenery surrounding the College, she remembers looking at a screen and the difficulty of making a decision. “It was so hard to make a decision,” Petlick said. “I came
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Lawsuit against Lensa A.I. brings up privacy concerns
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- February 23, 2023
Artificial intelligence (AI) in art has been sprouting up everywhere in the past couple of years. Perhaps one has come across it scrolling on TikTok or Instagram or even had experience using it to create entertaining pictures through software like DALLE, which creates realistic images from other publicly available images and pieces of artwork. Besides
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Student Senate: Junior/Senior details are announced
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- February 23, 2023
Student Senate met for their weekly meeting Thursday, Feb.16 at 3:45 p.m. in Hoover 212. The meeting began with the Oath of Office for Class of 2023 Representative Olivia Baker. Moving into Administrative Reports Director of the Office of Student Activities (OSA) and Commuter Engagement Brooke Hollinger reported that the theme for this year’s Mx.
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