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Etown introduces incoming student comprehensive fee
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- February 19, 2021
During last week’s Student Senate meeting, Vice President for Student Life Dr. Celestino Limas introduced a new comprehensive student fee. The student fee will not affect current Elizabethtown College students, but will be implemented for full-time incoming students beginning in the fall 2021 semester. The fee will total 600 dollars, with 300 dollars being paid
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Pennsylvania Politics
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- February 18, 2021
Monday, Feb. 8, Pennsylvania’s Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman declared he will run for the Commonwealth’s open U.S. Senate seat in 2022. The former mayor of Braddock and recent champion for progressive causes in Pennsylvania has attracted a large following across the nation thanks to his media-savvy nature, with many TV interviews and tweets going viral
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Global Perspective
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- February 18, 2021
The Myanmar coup d’état began Feb. 1, 2021 after members of Myanmar’s ruling party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), were ousted via a military takeover by the Tatmadaw and the leader of the coup Min Aung Hlaing. The NLD won 83 percent of the Parliament’s body in the 2020 general election, which was contested
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Trump acquitted in second impeachment trial
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- February 18, 2021
After a week of an intense trial, including many pictures, videos, interviews and audio recordings from the insurrection at the Capitol building Jan. 6, 2021, former President Donald J. Trump was acquitted Saturday, Feb. 13 in his second impeachment trial. Only weeks after an attack on the Capitol building that took the lives of five
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Student Senate
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- February 18, 2021
Student Senate met Thursday, Feb. 11 for their weekly meeting over Zoom. The meeting began with the oath of office for the newly elected first-year representative. Senators then moved into administrative report, where Director of Leadership and New Student/Family Orientation Stacey Zimmerman gave the student life report for Vice President for Student Life Dr. Celestino
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Today’s Technology
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- February 18, 2021
Founder and CEO of Amazon Jeff Bezos announced that he was going to step down and transition to the role of executive chair July 1, 2021. Andy Jassy, a deputy, is set to take over his position. This comes amid a massive crackdown by lawmakers in Washington on monopoly behavior practiced by social media companies,
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Biden’s inauguration and presidency beginning
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- February 11, 2021
Joe Biden was inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States Wednesday, Jan. 20. This event marks the beginning of Biden’s four-year term as president, along with Kamala Harris as vice president. Harris is the United States’ first female vice president, the highest ranking female official in U.S. history, as well as the first
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Student Senate
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- February 11, 2021
With the start of the spring semester, Student Senate returned to their weekly meetings over Zoom. Thursday, Jan. 28, senators met, with the majority of their time spent talking to the Vice President for Student Life Dr. Celestino Limas. He started his report by reminding senators to set-up multi-factor authentication as ITS will require it
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Strategic Planning Themes
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- February 11, 2021
Elizabethtown College announced its plan to develop a strategic plan for the upcoming years to create “a solid foundation for which to grow.” As mentioned in the purpose statement, the College is stressing visibility, the curation of new and existing partnerships, innovation and a social impact. To do so, the College is seeking feedback through
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