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- May 3, 2018
A species of alien creature from Douglas Adams’ “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” the Babel Fish, was inserted into the ear and could instantly translate any language. This allowed for interspecies communication as a universal translator. Google may just have produced their own Babel Fish; the Google Pixel Buds are a simultaneous translation device.
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- May 3, 2018
Written by: Student Senate Executive Cabinet Students of Elizabethtown College, Student Senate would like to thank you for another successful year! We have greatly appreciated your overwhelming support. Throughout the year, we have implemented new channels for students to submit their concerns, including the new Canvas “Anonymous Senate Submission Forum” available under the Senate Elections
READ MOREBoard of Trustees reconvenes for spring meeting, discusses enrollment
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- May 3, 2018
The spring business meeting of the Board of Trustees took place Saturday, April 28 at 9 a.m. in the Susquehanna Room. As always, the meeting started with the Mission Moment, where the trustees had the chance to get a glimpse of what happens at Elizabethtown College. The Mission Moment covered the Etown chapter of the
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OT program dedicates former department house to alumna
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- May 3, 2018
Photo: Jess Pron Friday, April 27, the occupational therapy (OT) program held a ceremony to dedicate the department house to Irene Kershaw, an alumna of Elizabethtown College’s OT program. The Kershaw House has been in use in the program for a while but is only now being dedicated, in part to celebrate the 40-year anniversary
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Campus community honors and bids farewell to Dean Calenda
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- May 3, 2018
Student Senate commemorated its relationship with Vice President for Student Life and Dean of Students Marianne Calenda before her retirement by creating a scholarship in her honor. Senior senate president Sean Fiedler presented Calenda with the award at the annual Awards Ceremony Wednesday, April 11 in Gibble Auditorium. In future years, the annual Marianne Calenda
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Editorial: Etownian staff participates in National Student Journalism day
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- April 26, 2018
Photo: Megan White This past week we were notified of a national campaign to save student newsrooms. The campaign was started by a group of student leaders at the Independent Florida Alligator, a newspaper for the University of Florida. They called for students in colleges across the U.S. to speak out and let their communities
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- April 26, 2018
Until recently, Facebook has been privileged to experience a relatively positive view from the public. As of the last quarter of 2017, there were roughly 2.2 billion monthly active users. On average there are about 300,000 status updates per minute. Suffice to say Facebook has had an active influence on many of our lives. It
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- April 26, 2018
The weekly Student Senate meeting was held in Hoover 212 Thursday, April 12. The meeting began with a call to order by senior President Sean Fiedler and was followed by an oath of office. Junior Secretary Tara Young took roll call and approved the minutes. After the approval of the minutes, there were some student
READ MOREStudent drop-in session critiques job search
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- April 26, 2018
Wednesday, April 11, the Vice President for Student Life search committee had a drop-in student session in the KAV from 11-11:45 a.m. The committee wished to address the many previous survey questions and responses they received. There were five panelists: Chaplain Dr. Tracy Sadd, associate professor of Japanese Dr. Mahua Bhattacharya, athletic director Chris Morgan,
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