• Today’s Technology

    Today’s Technology

    • News
    • September 30, 2020

    In early August, President Donald Trump gave ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, 90 days to either sell the app to a US tech firm or risk losing 100 million users from the US. Trump cited threats to national security as he accused ByteDance of supplying user data to the Chinese government. Since then, the deal has

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  • Student Senate

    Student Senate

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    • September 30, 2020

    Student Senate met Thursday, Sept. 24 over Zoom for their weekly meeting. Vice President for Student Life Dr. Celestino Limas began administrative reports by addressing that Counseling Services and Director of Title IX/Compliance Programs and Intercultural Affairs Nichole Gonzalez are both good resources for students, especially with the recent updates to the Breonna Taylor case.

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  • Final Blue Jays arrive back on campus

    Final Blue Jays arrive back on campus

    • News
    • September 24, 2020

    On Aug. 5, Elizabethtown College opted to have students return to campus for the fall semester in a sequenced approach, instead of how students returned in previous years due to COVID-19. On Aug. 17, students involved in Momentum or working as Kinesis, resident assistants or peer mentors returned, followed by first-year Honors students Aug. 18.

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  • College introduces mandatory diversity and inclusion training

    College introduces mandatory diversity and inclusion training

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    • September 24, 2020

    On Monday, Sept. 21, seniors and graduate students at Elizabethtown College had their mandatory diversity and inclusion training. The 90-minute webinar session was conducted by diversity and inclusion educator Don Trahan. First-year students already experienced their training session during first-year orientation earlier this semester.  “Having this type of education and making it mandatory shows that

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  • Student Senate

    Student Senate

    • News
    • September 24, 2020

    Student Senate met Thursday, Sept. 17 over Zoom for their weekly meeting. Vice President for Student Life Dr. Celestino Limas began the administrative reports segment of the meeting by reminding senators of the COVID-19 guidelines. According to Limas, many students have asked about the plan for the spring semester, to which he responds that while

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  • Today’s Technology

    Today’s Technology

    • News
    • September 24, 2020

    In the past months of using digital platforms to replace physical interactions, it has become even more important to properly secure online accounts. Here are three tips for better online security.  First, and most importantly, is to use a secure password. There are a couple steps to this, related to the two major types of

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  • Belarus Protest Modern Dictatorship

    Belarus Protest Modern Dictatorship

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    • September 24, 2020

    On Aug. 8, Alexander Lukashenko was reelected president of Belarus for a sixth term, allowing him to serve in office for another five years. The incumbent ran against Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, a Belarusian human rights activist who turned to politics after her husband’s arrest last May. Tsikhanouskaya claims to have received between 60 and 70 percent

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  • Elizabethtown College welcomes new enrollment, admissions staff

    Elizabethtown College welcomes new enrollment, admissions staff

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    • September 23, 2020

    Photo courtesy of Flicker It’s no question that the class sizes at Elizabethtown College are declining. This follows a national trend for small schools and does not set the College out of the norm for schools of similar sizes. One thing that does set Etown apart from some of the other schools is that Etown’s

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  • Community Health Advisory, measles reported in York County

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    • September 23, 2020

    Friday, Sept. 6, Elizabethtown College was issued a Community Health Advisory related to a case of measles reported in York County. The individual with measles travelled in and around both York and Dauphin counties, which neighbor Lancaster County. The advisory stated that though measles had not been reported in Lancaster County, students, faculty and staff

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