The Student Senate meeting Thursday, Nov. 8 ran differently than its usual weekly meetings; Senate instead held its semi-annual senior staff meeting. Senators hosted members of the senior staff, as well as a Board of Trustees member, to ask questions regarding Elizabethtown College. This year, the senior staff also brought along questions to ask the
READ MOREViolence escalated in Yemen over the weekend, with more than 150 collective casualties on both rebel and government-backed sides. Key coastal city Hodeida was the site of a major government-backed ground ambush by troops against rebel forces. The Houthis, a rebel group, claims to have killed or wounded dozens of troops in their counter attacks.
READ MOREIndia’s Supreme Court judges ruled unanimously to decriminalize consensual “homosexual sex” Sept. 6, conceding in their judgment that the law had been used to discriminate against members of the LGBT community. “History owes an apology to members of the community for the delay in ensuring their rights,” judge Indu Malhotra said. The criminalization of homosexuality
READ MOREMold. It makes its way into everything, just like sand. However, unlike sand, mold can prove a much more serious threat to a person’s health. This hazard extends beyond our own health; it can even affect our electronics, such as computers and phones. Due to the reproductive nature of mold, it can find its way
READ MOREIt’s not every day an Elizabethtown College professor finds the opportunity to go to California and come back with more than stories and memories. For associate professor of engineering Dr. Sara Atwood, her sabbatical research starting as a visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley, turned into something she could bring to her engineering
READ MOREBitcoin is a term most have heard at least once, especially with its recent spike in value to about $1,200 (though it has since fallen). With the rise in popularity of cryptocurrencies, it would be worth understanding this new form of digital currency to a more detailed degree. Hopefully the following information will clear up
READ MOREIt is that special time of year for sports fans everywhere. Baseball is just starting, playoff hockey and basketball is getting underway and the Summer Olympics are right around the corner. For this reason, I would like to take this chance to rant to you about some of the issues I have with sports (what
READ MOREAs the GOP primaries progress, Mitt Romney continues to dominate across the United States. Flaunting a massive 400-plus delegate count, Romney is comfortably placed as the current frontrunner in the 2012 presidential race. The election landscape has shifted from discussions concerning the economic state to social issues, like the Obama administration’s recent proposal to require
READ MOREMy task? To find fashion-forward students, take their pictures, and ask them questions about the looks they put together and what inspired them. The result? Three fabulously-dressed ladies with wonderful taste and an eye for style. Sophomore early childhood education major Laura Killion was in the mail room of the BSC, and her style caught
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