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  • ‘Intolerance 4 Intolerance’ forum held in Gibble

    ‘Intolerance 4 Intolerance’ forum held in Gibble

    A campus-wide forum , “Intolerance 4 Intolerance,” was held in Gibble Auditorium on Wednesday, April 3 at 11 a.m. The event was part of the efforts to curb the prejudices against students, and to encourage a commitment to tolerance and inclusion at Elizabethtown College. Attendees were a mixture of students, staff, faculty and members of

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  • Faith in Action hosts Stand for Freedom

    Faith in Action hosts Stand for Freedom

    Members of Elizabethtown College’s Faith in Action organization participated in a Stand for Freedom event outside of the Baugher Student Center for 27 hours, starting at 3:00 p.m. Monday, April 8 and ending at 6:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 9. The event was intended to raise awareness and funds for the 27 million victims of slavery

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  • Fritzges tallies 100th win, Men remain undefeated

    Fritzges tallies 100th win, Men remain undefeated

    Senior Eric Fritzges has become the third men’s tennis player in Elizabethtown College history to achieve 100 career wins after beating Alvernia University’s Daniel Minnich 6-2, 4-6, 10-3. His 100 wins came from 48 singles matches and 52 doubles. The rest of the men’s team pulled their weight and led the Blue Jays to a

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  • Faculty attends religious diversity conference

    Faculty attends religious diversity conference

    During Elizabethtown College’s recent spring break, Religious Studies Professor and Department Chair Dr. Jeffery Long and Psychology Professor Dr. John Teske traveled to New Delhi as delegates for the “On World Religions: Diversity Not Dissensus” conference. While at the event, Long spoke on “Diversity as the Nature of Reality: A Jain-informed Approach to the Variety

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  • Fox to be SCAD Keynote speaker

    Fox to be SCAD Keynote speaker

    The Scholarship and Creative Arts Day (SCAD) keynote speaker has been announced. This year’s speaker is filmmaker and environmental activist Josh Fox, who is best known as the director of the Oscar-nominated HBO documentary “Gasland.” The keynote speaker was chosen by a group made up of faculty members and students known as the SCAD Committee.

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  • Peace Non-violence & Understanding

    Peace Non-violence & Understanding

    A community is only as good as the standard of human rights it creates for each of its citizens. When the personhood of individuals is challenged by acts of flagrant hatred, they test the integrity of that standard. How we react to that test and how we defend those who have been targeted determines the

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  • The racial achievement gap

    The racial achievement gap

    One day, Dr. Anne Gregory saw a line of African-American students sitting outside the principal’s office at a school where she worked. She took note of this evident racial trend and questioned the principal about it. The principal then chastised her and discouraged her from pursuing the issue, afraid that such comments would bring charges

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  • Softball performs well over break

    Softball performs well over break

    Elizabethtown College’s softball team kicked off its season with a conference doubleheader against Hood College. The team then traveled to Florida for spring break where they faced many opponents. The Blue Jays traveled to Hood and fell to the Blazers 4-1 in the first game and 8-6 in the second. In game two, Etown was

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  • Gail Bossenga: On weekends, regrets, advice, fears, influences, pressing issues and hopes for the future

    Gail Bossenga: On weekends, regrets, advice, fears, influences, pressing issues and hopes for the future

    Q) What is your favorite leisure activity on the weekends? A) I enjoy walking or biking during the day and watching a movie one night (usually on Netflix) – nothing scary, however, or I have to leave the room and let Carl keep track of the plot until it’s safe to come back. Q) Tell

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