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  • Global Perspective: China faces largest COVID-19 outbreak since beginning of pandemic

    Global Perspective: China faces largest COVID-19 outbreak since beginning of pandemic

    China has stuck with its “COVID zero” policies throughout the pandemic, but a new highly transmissible variant is putting those policies to test. As most countries enter an endemic phase of the pandemic, which means that they are learning to live with COVID, China has begun imposing restrictions on factories throughout the country. In an

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  • Covid related changes for Etown

    Covid related changes for Etown

    As of March 4, Elizabethtown College has changed its COVID-19 guidelines to make mask wearing optional for all students, employees and guests on campus. Etown made this decision due to the recent updates given by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). All persons on campus are welcome to their personal choice regarding masking

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  • Recent bias-related incident

    Recent bias-related incident

    Your day starts normally. You’re scrolling through social media or talking with a friend, and something happens that’s just plain wrong. A biased or discriminatory remark gets posted or comes out of someone’s mouth. You freeze. Do you know what to do in a situation like this? On Monday, March 7, Elizabethtown College sent an

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  • New COVID-19 treatment trial research led by Etown alum

    New COVID-19 treatment trial research led by Etown alum

    Over these past two years people from all over the world have been desperately looking for any way in which we can alleviate the amount of people that fall severely ill from the deadly virus COVID-19. Recently, Elizabethtown College alumna Christina Angelucci worked to find solutions we’ve all been hoping for, serving as lead researcher

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  • Student Senate discusses funding for clubs and Ukrainian resolution

    Student Senate discusses funding for clubs and Ukrainian resolution

    Student Senate met for their weekly meeting Thursday, March 10 at 3:45 p.m. in Hoover 212. The meeting began with a special call to order by Blake Reed, where she spoke on the important role Power of One Day plays for fundraising for the campus. The money raised is used for financial aid, scholarships and

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  • Global Perspective: Russia-Ukraine conflict causes increase in gasoline and food prices

    Global Perspective: Russia-Ukraine conflict causes increase in gasoline and food prices

    Since Russia invaded Ukraine Thursday, Feb. 24, gas prices in the U.S. and around the world have skyrocketed. Both the invasion and efforts from the U.S. and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to counteract it have deeply affected global financial markets. Since the invasion, the average price of regular gas in the U.S. has increased

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