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  • PA Politics

    PA Politics

    Photo courtesy of Unsplash Friday, March 6, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania reported its first two confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Delaware and Wayne Counties. As of the time of the writing of this article (Saturday, March 14 at 2 p.m.), there are 47 presumed or positive cases of COVID-19 in Pennsylvania spanning 12 counties. The

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  • Global Perspectives

    Global Perspectives

    Photo courtesy of Unsplash January 15, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced that they are resigning as senior members of the Royal Family and instead working towards becoming financially independent. In a post on their respective Instagram, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex said that they will continue “…to fully support Her Majesty The

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  • Accommodating ADA Needs in Housing Selection

    Accommodating ADA Needs in Housing Selection

    Photo courtesy of Unsplash Housing selection for students requiring health-related accommodations has functioned much of the same over the past few years at Elizabethtown College. Committed to providing equal access for all students, Etown students residing on campus are able to request specific housing to suit individual living concerns, such as disabilities, health or psychological

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  • Interdisciplinary team at Etown awarded EPA grant

    Interdisciplinary team at Etown awarded EPA grant

    Photos courtesy of Elizabethtown College Flickr The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently granted a People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) Phase I grant to an Elizabethtown College research team led by professor of chemistry Dr. Lauren Toote and professor of engineering Dr. Brenda Read-Daily. The interdisciplinary team is working on developing a cheap and effective

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  • Etown moves online as COVID-19 spreads in US

    Etown moves online as COVID-19 spreads in US

    Photo courtesy of Flickr With the threat of COVID-19 expanding, college communities are fearing the worst. With students across the country preparing for and returning from spring break, concerns have been raised about safety precautions on our campus, especially regarding if students had left the country. Many campuses around the United States have suspended classes

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  • Global Perspective

    Global Perspective

    • News
    • February 27, 2020

    Photo courtesy of unsplash.com BRUSSELS (AP) — Increasing numbers of people applying for asylum in the European Union are arriving from countries with visa-free travel agreements with the bloc, notably from Latin America, rather than entering without permission, the EU’s asylum agency said Wednesday. More than 714,000 people applied for asylum or some form of

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  • Student Senate

    Student Senate

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    • February 27, 2020

    Photo courtesy of unsplash.com Student Senate met for its weekly meeting Thursday, Feb. 20. The meeting began with a special order from Associate Director of Strengths Coaching and Ethical Leadership Development Stacey Zimmerman to discuss the changes to both June and August orientation for the upcoming year. June orientation will be cut back to two

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  • Making Etown transfer-friendly

    Making Etown transfer-friendly

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    • February 27, 2020

    Photo courtesy of unsplash.com Transferring from a community college to another institution can be difficult, but Elizabethtown College has begun an ambitious initiative to create partnerships with 10 additional community colleges that will make the transfer process easier. Etown has preexisting transfer agreements with Harrisburg Area Community College (HACC) and Reading Area Community College (RACC),

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  • Today’s Technology

    Today’s Technology

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    • February 27, 2020

    Photo courtesy of unsplash.com In SimilarWeb’s July 2019 rankings of the most used websites, three of the top 10 were dedicated video streaming websites, while another three offered video sharing without being the website’s primary purpose. The first video sharing website launched in 1997. ShareYourWorld.com was different from the modern video sharing giant YouTube since

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