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PA Politics: Legislators nearing deadline to regulate controversial skill game machines
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- September 28, 2026
The clock is winding down for skill games and the legislators trying to regulate them. In the next few weeks, major decisions will be made on the fate of these popular, but currently illegal, slot machine-like games. A common sight in gas stations, cigar shops and taverns across Pennsylvania, skill games are machines where players
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Global Perspective: United States, Denmark sign agreement on defense of Greenland
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- September 28, 2026
On Tuesday, during a session of the United Nations General Assembly, the United States, Denmark and Greenland finally came to an agreement to expand the U.S. military presence in Greenland. U.S. President Donald Trump, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen signed a deal permitting the U.S. to expand its military
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The Jays like to play: the second RecRe box
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- September 20, 2026
A second RecRe box has been added to campus, behind the Bowers Center. Just like the first one in the Bird Cage, it is continuing to aid in accessibility. Instead of needing to go to a physical desk to sign out sports equipment, now students can just go to the box and rent it out
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HR, Honors Center resume normal operations after Myer sewer backup
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- September 20, 2026
Beginning Sept. 8, the Honors Center and Human Resources Office (HR) located on the main floor of Myer Hall resumed normal operations following a sewer backup the first week of the semester. On the night between Aug. 23 and Aug. 24, the main sewer trap servicing Myer clogged. This resulted in sewer water backing up
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PA Politics: Pennsylvania Republicans take the stage at GOP convention
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- September 20, 2026
The Republican Party held its first ever midterm convention in Dallas on Sept. 9 and 10 with the intention to rally its base and prevent the expected losses the party faces in November’s elections. Pennsylvania is an electoral battleground once again and a few of the Commonwealth’s federal officeholders took the stage to make the
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Business Buzz: Canada’s retaliatory tariffs to take effect on certain U.S. goods, Trump to escalate trade war
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- September 20, 2026
United States President Donald Trump is rapidly escalating the current trade war with Canada which has been in effect since February of this year. This will spike the price of certain Canadian products across the country. A tariff is a tax that one country charges on goods and services imported from another country. Trump is
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Global Perspective: Chernobyl remains in limbo amid war
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- September 20, 2026
In 2014, the Russo-Ukrainian War began after Russian President Vladimir Putin took control of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula. This illegal annexation happened after Ukrainians held protests during the pro-Russian Viktor Yanukovych’s presidency because he did not sign an agreement with the European Union. This agreement would have been a step forward in integrating Ukraine with Europe
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Elizabethtown College begins search for its 17th president
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- September 15, 2026
The search for Elizabethtown College’s next president is underway as current President Elizabeth Rider is set to retire next June. Following the announcement of Rider’s retirement on May 19, the Elizabethtown College Board of Trustees began the search for her replacement, establishing a Presidential Search Committee in early June. The committee is conducting the search
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Elizabethtown continues summer renovations
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- September 15, 2026
This summer saw several renovation projects take place across the Elizabethtown College campus with one notable project still underway. “The summer is always a time for Facilities to perform large projects while creating the least amount of disruption to the academic year,” Director of Facilities Management Jerry Schaber said. “This year’s summer project list was
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