Dr. Jeffery Long, associate professor of religious studies and department chair, walks into his house after a long day at work, turns on some music and picks up a science fiction novel. He would not mind watching a movie with his wife, Dr. Mahua Bhattacharya, who teaches Japanese at Elizabethtown College, but only if time
READ MOREArt geeks, brace yourselves — last fall semester, a brand new artist-in-residence position was created at Elizabethtown College. Since then, artist Lou Schellenberg has been developing her role for this new position. Schellenberg is by no means a guest to Etown. She’s been a faculty member for the fine arts department at the College for
READ MOREMedical breakthroughs don’t occur overnight; they take years of research, ingenuity and thousands of people working toward a common goal. One of the most baffling mysteries facing scientists today is the search for a cure for cancer. Although research continues, the basic understandings of cancer and tumor-related research starts at a biological level, and this
READ MOREWhen Dr. Jane Cavender introduced the speaker in Gibble the other day, she was aware that the audience consisted of biology students and faculty interested in learning about the relationship between calorie intake and longevity. The speaker was Behzad Varamini, who is currently completing a postdoc at UPenn. What made matters even more interesting was
READ MOREOn Feb. 28, there will be a poetry reading by Dr. Ilan Gravé, associate professor of physics and engineering, at the Bowers Writers House. His presentation is called “From Quantum Wells to Dante’s Inferno: How a Physicist Can Appreciate Poetry.” Many students might consider physics and poetry to be a bizarre combination, but it’s one
READ MOREOn Feb. 21 at 7:30 p.m., Dr. Carmine Sarracino, poet and professor of English, will be presenting “Life, Point Blank: War as a Metaphor for Ordinary Life.” Sarracino plans to read from his collection of poems in Hoover 212. Sarracino, who attended Rhode Island College and the University of Michigan, has had previous poems published
READ MOREThe report from Britain is not reassuring. The Tories, supposedly the ally of business interests, are showing signs of hostility to capitalism. It is as if Mitt Romney were to propose an individual mandate as part of health insurance reform. Or Newt Gingrich were to accept honorariums from Freddie Mac to impart history lessons to
READ MOREContrary to the allegations of the Anti-Defamation League and the Etownian (2/2) editorial, the H.L Mencken Club engages in serious academic and intellectual discussions as opposed to racially-charged venting. The racist label is hurled at this group by those who prefer silencing those deemed politically incorrect rather than considering the merits of their arguments. As
READ MOREHaving spent thirty years writing on the topic that Mr. Benincasa presumes to address, I am appalled by his inability to explain what the term “multiculturalism” means. This is particularly unsettling, given the fact that anyone who questions Benincasa’s understanding of this unexplained concept, including the majority of the student senate that voted against the
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