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  • Hurricane Ida

    Hurricane Ida

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    • September 10, 2021

    Hurricane Ida first struck the U.S. Aug. 27 in Louisiana, then developed into a tropical depression as it reached the Elizabethtown, Pa. area Sept. 1. In preparation for the incoming storm, Elizabethtown College contacted students via email on Aug. 31 to notify them of Tropical Depression Ida. Several flood warnings were also issued by the

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  • Global Perspective

    Global Perspective

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    • September 10, 2021

    Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau requested a snap election, which was then approved by Governor General Mary Simon on Aug.15. In the 2019 federal election, the Liberal Party lost the parliamentary majority and the popular vote. However, the party won the most seats in the House of Commons and Trudeau remained as Prime Minister. Notably,

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  • The College updates COVID-19 guidelines

    The College updates COVID-19 guidelines

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    • September 10, 2021

    Aug. 11, Elizabethtown College announced through Campus News updated guidelines to best protect the community against COVID-19. The newest guidelines required all students regardless of vaccination status to wear masks inside buildings. The changes were made in consideration of state guidelines, as well as Lancaster County becoming classified as “substantial” in the number of COVID-19

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  • Today’s Technology

    Today’s Technology

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    • September 10, 2021

    Founder and former CEO of health technology start-up Theranos Elizabeth Holmes is set to go totrial this week for fraud after four years of repeated delays. She has been charged with 12 counts of fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud because ofthe false claims she made about Theranos’ blood testing technology. Jury selection began

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  • Etown engineering team wins regional IEEE Capstone Competition

    Etown engineering team wins regional IEEE Capstone Competition

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    • September 10, 2021

    It was announced Aug. 30, 2021 that an Elizabethtown College senior capstone engineering team won the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Susquehanna Section Capstone Award at the first-ever competition that took place earlier this summer. The competition recognizes outstanding engineering capstone projects in colleges in the Susquehanna area. The team was composed of

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  • Student Senate Column

    Student Senate Column

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    • September 10, 2021

    Student Senate met for the first time this semester at 3:45 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 26. This was also their first time back in-person in Hoover 212 since the spring of 2020. This meeting was short, focusing just on administrative and executive cabinet reports, since there were no orders of business. This meeting was also available

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  • Farewell from the News Editor

    Farewell from the News Editor

    It feels strange, writing this, knowing it is the last article I will write for the Etownian, knowing this is my last production night in Steinman. I’m not sure the reality has sunk in just yet, that this interval of my life is done, that by tomorrow I will no longer be the News Editor

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  • Longer hours in Marketplace

    Longer hours in Marketplace

    Dining Services at Elizabethtown College piloted a program where they kept the Marketplace open until 8 p.m. every night instead of 7 p.m. the week of April 19. This change comes following the Spring 2021 Senior Leadership Senate meeting, where a student raised the topic of the Marketplace hours to the Senior Leadership Team, and

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  • EdOrG hosts vitual walkathon for A-T

    EdOrG hosts vitual walkathon for A-T

    Elizabethtown College held a virtual “Walk it Out for A-T” event April 23 through 25 hosted by the Education Organization (EdOrg) benefiting the A-T Children’s Project. Ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T) is a rare and fatal genetic disease that affects children, progressively debilitating their muscle control, causing cancer and developing immune complications. The walk was a call for

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