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  • The Study Abroad Experience

    The Study Abroad Experience

    Written by Rebecca Wortmann and Danielle Bellai Dia dhuit, hello from Ireland! We have been in Ireland for one month at this point so it seems like a great time to look back and think about our experience thus far. Leading up to the trip, our nerves were all over the place. After much preparation

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  • Today’s Technology

    Today’s Technology

    After the launch of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket into space, Elon Musk now seeks to further his technological influence by even more ambitious means. Since 2016, Musk has been pursuing the idea to launch a series of several thousand satellites that would work to provide low cost Internet access across the globe. This project has

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  • Dr. Armenta Hinton to begin new position, effective March 2018

    Dr. Armenta Hinton to begin new position, effective March 2018

    After serving as the Equity and Title IX Coordinator for the past two years, Dr. Armenta Hinton will begin her new role as the Director of Diversity, Inclusion and Title IX Friday, March 16, 2018. Hinton, the former Equity and Title IX coordinator, has served in her current position for the past two years. As

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  • Student Senate

    Student Senate

    Last Thursday, Feb. 22, at 3:40 p.m. in Hoover 212, the Student Senate met for their weekly meeting, where they voted on senate evaluation forms and faculty representative legislation. The senate discussed three different evaluation forms for students to give feedback to the senators, ultimately voting to approve Form C to appear on the Student

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  • What you will miss over spring break

    What you will miss over spring break

    Starting Friday, March 2, Elizabethtown College will be on spring break. Around campus, spring break will be relatively uneventful, but the normal campus busyness will continue following break. There are two events on campus during break: a UGro In-service event and a Gretna Theatre event. The UGro event will be held in the KAV Friday,

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  • Search committee for new Vice President for Student Life announced

    Search committee for new Vice President for Student Life announced

    With Vice President for Student Life and Dean of Students Marianne Calenda’s upcoming retirement, Elizabethtown College must find a replacement for the position. Thursday, Feb. 15, through a campuswide email, the members of the search committee for the position were announced. Dean for Academic Affairs and Faculty Development Dr. Kristi Kneas and Executive Director of

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  • Education students react to recent Parkland shooting

    Education students react to recent Parkland shooting

    Fourteen students and three staff members died when Nikolas Cruz, 19, entered Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida Wednesday, Feb. 14. Since then, the nation has engaged in a gun control and mental health debate similar to the ones sparked by many recent mass shootings. This time, however, the teenaged shooting victims have

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  • The Study Abroad Experience

    The Study Abroad Experience

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    • February 22, 2018

    Studying abroad:” A term that excited me and filled me with dread all at once. It seemed like the greatest adventure and the biggest risk. There were so many things, both clichéd and not, that I heard before I stepped off the plane in Italy. The first was to keep an open mind and be

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  • Today’s Technology

    Today’s Technology

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    • February 22, 2018

    When the tech talks back, that’s when I’ve officially gone crazy.” Once those were wise words by one of the many of us who have a habit of thinking out loud and talking to our technologies. Now, the idea of technology talking back to the user is normal. Innovative technology from Apple’s Siri to smart

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