Coming from a major city, the frequent use of the “gig economy” was not foreign to me, having used DoorDash and Uber frequently for convenience’s sake, but the term itself was one that I had never stopped to think about. The term “gig” originated from the world of musicians, referring to individual performances or engagements,
READ MOREWhile the campus may be currently covered in snow and the temperature outdoors sit frigidly low, it seems some parts of campus remain unaffected. Specifically, one vending machine in Steinman Hall that is available to students seems to be continuously problematic. As students have reported on the popular “Jays App” the PepsiCo drink machine has
READ MOREElizabethtown College students came together on Feb. 7 to donate blood to help combat the blood shortage during the annual Tri-Beta blood drive. Tri-Beta is a national honors society for biology students. The chapter at Elizabethtown College partners with the American Red Cross to host an annual blood drive. “Donating blood is important because there
READ MOREIf there’s one thing you should know about me, it’s that I love spontaneous trips. It comes from my parents, who once took my family on a spontaneous road trip five hours north to Niagara Falls. We arrived at 11 p.m., visited for about two hours, and then drove home. So, last weekend, I got
READ MOREA peanut butter sandwich is a mainstay lunch item for many families, but the actual peanut butter varies across households. Some prefer chunky peanut butter, while some prefer smooth peanut butter. This debate is something that has and always will persist, so I decided to go around campus and ask what people would choose. First,
READ MOREMeet the Etownian’s newest Copy Editor, Mahli Rupp! Rupp is a fourth-year professional writing major with minors in creative writing and Japanese. Editor-In-Chief Chandler McGuire initially reached out to Rupp last semester about the open position to see if she would be interested in joining the Etownian family. She and McGuire sat down, hammered out
READ MOREThe Elizabethtown College men’s and women’s track and field teams traveled to Selinsgrove, Pa. on Saturday, Feb. 17 for the SU Tune-Up hosted by Susquehanna University at 9:30 a.m. There, the Blue Jays would perform at a high level, with multiple athletes setting new school records. The event was not scored, but Etown showed out
READ MOREOn Sunday, Feb. 19, the Elizabethtown College men’s and women’s swim teams took to the Landmark Conference Swimming and Diving Championship. The men’s team finished fourth out of ten teams with 342 points and the women’s team finished fifth out of ten with 373 points. This season, the men went 7-6 overall and 4-2 in
READ MOREAfter much anticipation, Iowa’s superstar guard Caitlin Clark broke former Washington Huskies guard Kelsey Plum’s NCAA scoring record on Thursday, Feb. 15 against the Michigan Wolverines. Coming in just eight points shy of the record, the senior broke the mark in the only way she knew how, dropping a career-high 49 points in a 106-89
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