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Facebook Alert: Who is the mysterious Jessica Barelta?

Jessica Barelta isn’t just another girl using the popular social networking site, Facebook, to communicate with friends and family. In fact, no one is even sure if she is a girl. Barelta’s Facebook profile appeared the week of April 18 and made over 200 friends in the following two weeks. Her profile is like any other, showing her school history and birthdate, but as her new friends began to look closer, things became suspicious to them.

Barelta claims to be a 2006 Elizabethtown alum, however, it seems that no one from Etown has any idea who she is. Several Etown students and alumni have posted questions on Barelta’s wall askin ...
• Presidential search committee considers all opinions

Today the Presidential Search Committee will meet as a full group for the first time to continue the process of finding the College’s next president. As previously announced, President Long will retir ...
• New option on Market?

Many juniors are discontent. Throughout Elizabethtown College, it is expected that students will gain housing outside of the typically-considered “underclassmen” dorms. However, as class sizes have in ...
• Ober may receive renovations

Anyone who has lived in Ober Residence Hall can tell you that the facilities are not exactly up to par. That’s why Elizabethtown College has plans in the works to renovate the dorm.

All ...
• Wellness and fitness center proposed

Have you heard the whispers? The brief mentions of “new facilities,” or “juice bars?” The administration is in the midst of putting together a plan to propose a new facility on campus to the board of ...
• The Jayded Edge

Desperate for attention

Police in New Bedford, Mass. say a substitute teacher, who was taken to a hospital after drinking tainted iced coffee, has admitted lacing to the drink himself. ...

• Pullayouee encourages good decisions

Did you know:
— 5600 16- to 20-year-olds were arrested in Pennsylvania for DUI last year
— 84 percent of college males said they are not attracted to girls who party hard.
— An un ...
• Insurance complicates senior nights

Senior Night is a time for celebrating four years of hard work by letting loose, reminiscing about old memories and, of course, having a few drinks with friends. However, when it comes to drinking on ...
• “I’m movin’ out?”

This year, Elizabethtown College is asking its graduating class to vacate the campus on the Saturday of graduation rather than Sunday. In previous years students were given an extra day, but this year ...
• Documentation law incites backlash

It is far from unusual that the U.S. government issues travel advisories regarding other countries. However, Mexico has warned its citizens that journeys to Arizona should be undertaken with caution a ...
• Scholarship Day showcases talents

For the past three years, students, staff and faculty participate in Scholarship and Creative Arts Day. This year was no different, as dozens of students from each department around campus presented t ...
• The Jayded Edge

Unexpected TNT

A 17-year-old Utah boy mowing the lawn at his home ran into a canister of TNT that may date back as far as World War II. Taylor Wood was mowing the pasture behind his fam ...
• Award recipients recognized

Distinguished Students Awards:

First-year: Donté McCrary-McClain, Jessica Tarence
Sophomore: Heather Slifko, Allison O’Boyle
Junior: Elizabeth Sodomin, Kurt Deschner
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• Senate Snippets

The final Senate meeting of the 2009-2010 year will be Thursday, April 29. The first Senate meeting led by the 2010-2011 Executive Cabinet will be held Thursday, May 6.

The 2010–2012 St ...
• Senators relay campus concerns

Dear Etownian Editors,

On the afternoon of Thursday, April 22, the Elizabethtown College Student Senate Executive Cabinet received multiple concerns about an article published in the Et ...

• Pennsylvania lacks resources to help Chesapeake Bay

In 1964, a group of individuals, consisting mostly of fishers, sailors, and others who worked in Baltimore, became increasingly concerned about the water conditions of the Chesapeake Bay. More people ...
• The Jayd-ed edge

Repo-ed limo

High school students attending a prom in Oklahoma say they watched as a repo man drove away a limousine they had rented. At least one of the students initially thought it w ...
• Gottfried supports ‘Alternative’ opinions

You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.” These words, spoken by Mohandas “Mahatma” Gandhi, provide insight into the idea of unhindere ...
• K9 Club provides doggone good time

Pup-E-Palooza is coming to Elizabethtown College this Sunday, April 25th. Enjoy interaction with the dogs, free food, music and fun contests at K9 Club’s annual event. Pup-E-Palooza is an event held b ...