• Mosaic House sponsors Black Lives Matter discussion, vigil

    Mosaic House sponsors Black Lives Matter discussion, vigil

    Thursday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m., the Mosaic House hosted an event centered on the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. Students and faculty held a Respecting All Perspectives (RAP) discussion in the house. Later, students gathered in front of the BSC and wrote the names of some of the people of color who have been

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  • Group meditation held in library, discussions follow

    I’m interested in alternative states of consciousness, which is my thesis project, and I wanted to experiment,” said senior psychology and philosophy major Andrew Kile in regard to the meditation event recently held in the Tower Room of the High Library. Throughout the last 17 years that professor of religion and Asian studies Dr. Jeffery

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  • Soar Above Hate training works to decrease diversity-related issues

    After last year’s bias-related incident involving slurs written on white boards in Esbenshade, student groups across campus have joined together to speak out against hateful speech and actions. Noir, Elizabethtown College’s student diversity union, wanted to make a statement in the wake of the bias related incident. With the guidance of Brandon Jackson, former coordinator

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  • First Folio! events kick off with Shakespeare-themed student art exhibit

    First Folio! events kick off with Shakespeare-themed student art exhibit

    From Nov. 10 to Dec. 4, the High Library represents the exhibition of the First Folio!: The Book That Gave Us Shakespeare. Courtesy of the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., the exhibition honors the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death. The contents of the exhibit will include an original copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio,

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  • Panel discusses possible effects of presidential election results

    Panel discusses possible effects of presidential election results

    After Donald Trump pulled off a shocking victory in Tuesday’s presidential election, many people needed time to process the results. The appropriately titled “Campaign 2016 Post-mortem: What Just Happened?” panel was designed to help members of the Elizabethtown College community do just that. The panel took place in Gibble Auditorium Wednesday, Nov. 9 as this

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  • College celebrates American Indian heritage, current issues

    College celebrates American Indian heritage, current issues

    The Mosaic House was filled with laughter and conversation Thursday, Oct. 3 as 83 students gathered to make dream catchers and learn about American Indian culture and history in honor of National American Indian heritage month. The program was run by the Mosaic House and the resident assistant (RA) diversity and inclusion committee. According to

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  • Political trust in China

    Wednesday, Nov. 9, students and members of the community gathered in the Bowers Writers House to hear assistant professor of political science and Asian studies Dr. Dan Chen speak about political trust in China. Chen’s recent research has been on the citizen’s trust in the different types of government, mainly local and central government. There

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  • Students ‘become more globally minded’ with International Education Week

    Students ‘become more globally minded’ with International Education Week

    The goal of International Education Week is to help Etown campus become more globally minded, more internationalized. We highlight a lot of different cultures and make Etown students aware of what’s going on in the rest of the world,” senior and International Leadership Assistant (ILA) Alexandria Krause said. International Education Week was established by the

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  • Alternative prom creates safe space for all students

    I think it was cool getting together and dancing to music and just being silly and there was food—I liked all that stuff,” junior Derek Burton said of his time at the Second Chance prom hosted by the Office of Multicultural Affairs. The event was hosted Thursday, Oct. 20 from 8 to 11 p.m. in

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