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  • Treatment of disabled student raises questions

    Treatment of disabled student raises questions

    Should every college student be given the equal opportunity to speak up in class? Professors should be encouraging their students to participate and answer questions. However, a New Jersey college professor, Elizabeth Snyder, asked one of her students to stop participating by refraining from asking and answering questions in class because of his stutter. Snyder

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  • National Chili Month adds spice to fall season

    National Chili Month adds spice to fall season

    Chili: a warm concoction of ingredients such as meat, chile peppers, and at times beer and cocoa, which is appropriately celebrated during the month of October: National Chili Month. A simple and ancient food with a wide variety of recipes, it is the focus of chili cook-offs, the name of a chain restaurant—Chili’s—and the focus

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  • Elizabethtown chosen to participate in Obama’s interfaith service challenge

    Elizabethtown chosen to participate in Obama’s interfaith service challenge

    • News
    • October 27, 2011

    There is a new service initiative starting this year at Elizabethtown College. It is part of a challenge started by President Barack Obama: “The Interfaith Campus and Community Service Campus Challenge.” This service program challenges campuses across America to have many different religions work together in solving community issues. According to the White House’s website,

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  • 1 in 100 children diagnosed with autism

    • News
    • October 21, 2011

    For some people, autism is a disorder distantly located in the back of their minds, but for others it is something that affects everyday life. The rate of autism has been increasing in young children over the past 20 years. In fact, one in 100 children are affected by autism. In other words, there are

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  • Celebrate National Arts and Humanities Month in October

    Elizabethtown College students, it is time to get up and get involved haven’t you heard? October is National Arts and Humanities Month. Jean-Paul Benowitz, assistant director of academic advising and adjunct professor of history, with the help of career services, has set up a month of events to inspire the students of Etown. Don’t be

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