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  • Field Hockey Team ranks 18th in nation

    Field Hockey Team ranks 18th in nation

    The Elizabethtown College field hockey team lost their match against Catholic University on Saturday, Sept. 8. The score was 4-0. The weak start to the season has hardly left the women of the Elizabethtown College field hockey team disappointed in the loss. However, their disappointment is not attributed to the performance of the team. “We

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  • Issues arise surrounding vehicle policies

    Issues arise surrounding vehicle policies

    • News
    • September 12, 2012

    Elizabethtown College has been receiving many new makeovers in the last few years, one of them being the new campus parking system. The College has been trying to make it easier for students, faculty and staff to park in their assigned areas. Some major issues have been lack of parking on campus; signs around campus

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  • President publishes article for Huff. Post College

    President publishes article for Huff. Post College

    We all know Dr. Carl J. Strikwerda as President of Elizabethtown College, but as of Aug. 2012, he’s known nationwide as one of the Huffington Post’s writers of world economy and corporate and economic globalization. Instead of taking the summer off like many of Etown’s students, Strikwerda, a specialist in modern European history and the

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  • Our voices heard: job limits removed

    Our voices heard: job limits removed

    • News
    • September 12, 2012

    After much dispute and concern from students, the policy keeping students from holding more than two paid on-campus jobs has been revoked. When it was announced that students would no longer be able to work more than two on campus jobs, the decision was met with a variety of opinions. Those who were already working

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  • #Trending: Are we keeping up with social media in academia?

    #Trending: Are we keeping up with social media in academia?

    Outside of Etown, Twitter is becoming more popular than ever on college campuses.  Students frequently shout out shameless self-promotion asking friends to “follow” them on Twitter.  Teachers are now asking the same to their students.  This raises a popular question, does twitter belong in the educational system? And even more importantly, should we teach students

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  • Voter ID law in question raises ethical concerns, sparks debate pre-election

    Voter ID law in question raises ethical concerns, sparks debate pre-election

    Voting laws and regulations have been a topic of debate since creation of our nation. From the 15th amendment which prohibits all levels of the government from denying a citizen the right to vote based on race or color, to the 19th which prohibits any citizens from being denied from voting because of their sex,

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  • ‘Around Campus:’ Exclusive discounts, services

    ‘Around Campus:’ Exclusive discounts, services

    Broke. College student. Three words college students everywhere wish were mutually exclusive. We pinch our pennies or lack thereof, in hopes to buy that scrumptious sandwich from Folklore or chow on some General Tso’s chicken at the Panda Buffet. However, fear no more. Thanks to Elizabethtown College’s participation in the smartphone app Around Campus students’

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  • Cooperative Grumbling: An Editorial on How to Play Nice

    Cooperative Grumbling: An Editorial on How to Play Nice

    As we push forward to become a truer liberal arts institution, promoting “Learning Everywhere” in every piece of Strategic Planning literature we print, the College needs to do a better job of engulfing its faculty in this very same principle, ensuring academic cooperation from all departments toward a singular goal of a premier student education.

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  • Vegan lifestyle clashes with College’s ambiguous labels

    Vegan lifestyle clashes with College’s ambiguous labels

    Vegans and vegetarians (as the names imply) get used to eating lots of vegetables. With a diet that consists of no meat and, when it comes to vegans, absolutely no dairy products, plant eaters learn to get creative with their meals. While being a vegan or a vegetarian has a lot to do with choice

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