Sports

  • NHL readies to open up 2024–25 season

    NHL readies to open up 2024–25 season

    The 2023-24 National Hockey League (NHL) season ended in nail-biting fashion. The Florida Panthers would eventually hoist the Stanley Cup for the first time in franchise history, but not before the Edmonton Oilers nearly completed a 3-0 comeback. The anticipation for this upcoming season has built since the past season ended. Modern day legends are

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  • 44th annual Marshmallow Game recap

    44th annual Marshmallow Game recap

    The annual matchup between Elizabethtown College and Messiah University has all the aspects a rivalry needs. There’s stands  filled with the Blue Jay and Falcon faithful, music to excite the crowd for the awaited matchup and showers of cheers and marshmallows — marshmallows that  have fueled the nature of the rivalry for the last 44

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  • Etown athletics away game weekend recap

    Etown athletics away game weekend recap

    This past weekend didn’t go as planned for the Elizabethtown College Blue Jay Athletics. A packed road schedule from this past weekend ended in a few losses and a postponement. Women’s Volleyball: The women’s volleyball team came into their match on Saturday in Owings Mills, Maryland, looking to extend their winning streak to four games

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  • Tensions rise in MLB postseason race

    Tensions rise in MLB postseason race

    This year’s Major League Baseball (MLB) season has made little sense. In the first half contenders rose to the occasion, but the second half has brought a tension-filled playoff race. The New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies and Los Angeles Dodgers are on top, but teams like the San Diego Padres, Arizona Diamondbacks and New York

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  • Video Game Review: Psychroma

    Video Game Review: Psychroma

    One of the best elements of a horror game is a well-developed sense of mystery, at least in my opinion. It’s one thing to create a world with frightening monsters or terrifying concepts, but it’s another thing to draw out one’s curiosity and desire to comprehend the incomprehensible. Bizarre situations, otherworldly beings, liminal spaces and

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  • Blue Jays out-maneuver Mustangs on Senior Day

    Blue Jays out-maneuver Mustangs on Senior Day

    The Elizabethtown College Blue Jays overcame the Stevenson University women’s soccer team last Saturday with a final score of 1-0. The match happened on a warm, humid and sunny day at Etown’s Ira R. Herr Field. The Blue Jays kept the pressure on the Mustangs throughout the first half. The ball constantly stayed near the

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  • Cross country teams take on the Blue Jay Alumni Challenge over the weekend

    Cross country teams take on the Blue Jay Alumni Challenge over the weekend

    The men’s and women’s cross country teams participated in the Blue Jay Alumni Challenge on Saturday, Sept. 14. Elizabethtown welcomed back its graduates to take on the current Blue Jay cross country teams on their home turf by the solar fields across from campus.. While the men’s team lost their event, dropping to 1-1 on

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  • Healthy Habits: The effects of diet soda

    Healthy Habits: The effects of diet soda

    Last year, concern over the artificial sweetener aspartame suddenly flared up. Most often seen in diet soda, this sweet substance was accused of exhibiting carcinogenic properties. While this situation died down as suddenly as it started, the panic raised an intriguing question: Do diet sodas pose health risks?  A reasonable place to look for the

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  • WNBA celebrates new era with electrifying season

    WNBA celebrates new era with electrifying season

    The Women’s National Basketball Association entered a much anticipated season this year. The sport just had one of its most exciting Most Valuable Player races ever, with forward Breanna Stewart taking home the hardware,and welcomed a new generation of talent to the league. Young sensations like Caitlin Clark,Angel Reese and Cameron Brink dominated the collegiate

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