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  • Local libraries face excessive budget cuts

    Local libraries face excessive budget cuts

    • News
    • January 26, 2012

    Public libraries nationwide are struggling to maintain balanced budgets with reduced government funding over the last ten years. The Elizabethtown Public Library and Middletown Public Library are both victims of funding cuts and are seeking to fill the gap through fundraising events. Middletown Public Library, a small library that services the borough of Middletown, Pa.,

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  • Does Student Senate advocate student rights?

    Does Student Senate advocate student rights?

    At every level of American society, there are elected officials who have been voted into a position of power by one group or another to lead someone or something. Going hand-in-hand with that are the complaints filed against those leaders—if something goes wrong, it’s their fault, they caused this catastrophe. If something goes right, they’re

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  • Dr. Varamini, Dr. Hagan encourage visits to work spaces

    Dr. Varamini, Dr. Hagan encourage visits to work spaces

    It is fairly common for students to visit their professors’ offices to discuss issues they may be having with class. Occasionally, students converse with their professors about their hobbies or ask questions about their favorite items. Such conversations bring the professors and the students closer to one another, develop the mutual understanding between the professors

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  • Pita Pit comes to Market Street in March

    Pita Pit comes to Market Street in March

    “Fresh thinking and healthy eating” is The Pita Pit’s motto, and it may be just what Elizabethtown is looking for. Sometime between mid- to late- March, The Pita Pit restaurant will be opening on Market Street in Etown. This establishment offers an alternative to unhealthy fast food, providing nutritious choices that are still quick, easy

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  • College Store begins charitable drive

    The holiday season has arrived at the Elizabethtown College book store. Dec. 1, the College Store started the children’s pajamas and book drive. The store will be collecting new children’s pajamas and books to participate in the nonprofit Pajama Program, and donations made through the store will all go to local children in need this

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  • Emotion dance group presents fall showcase

    Emotion dance group presents fall showcase

    This Friday and Saturday, Dec. 9 and 10, Emotion will be hosting this semester’s final showcase of dances at 8 p.m. in Leffler Chapel. The theme of the Fall 2011 Emotion Dance Showcase is “Soleful Celebration,” an ode to the “passion and soul displayed throughout all numbers,” and the essence of dance as shown through

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  • Susquehanna Chorale spreads holiday cheer

    Susquehanna Chorale spreads holiday cheer

    “’Tis the season to be jolly!” The holiday season is finally upon us and Elizabethtown College is getting into the spirit with a number of holiday concert performances in the next few weeks. Specifically, the Susquehanna Chorale will visit the College Dec. 16 at 8 p.m. in Leffler Chapel for a special Christmas performance. They

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  • NSSE recognizes first-year experience

    NSSE recognizes first-year experience

    • News
    • December 9, 2011

    The results are in, ladies and gentlemen, and it’s good news: Elizabethtown is ahead of the game. The College’s first-year program was recently evaluated and is considered very strong, according to the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE). NSSE, affectionately pronounced “Nessie,” is in the business of evaluating colleges and helping them to identify their

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  • Soccer venue change alters atmosphere, attendance

    Soccer venue change alters atmosphere, attendance

    The Marshmallow Bowl is among the biggest game every year in NCAA Division III men’s soccer. This was a large factor in deciding why I chose Elizabethtown College: to play soccer. The event is always a blood bath between two of the top teams in the Division III Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC): the Etown Blue

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