etown

  • Despite the weather, soccer teams play on and takes losses

    Despite the weather, soccer teams play on and takes losses

    The Elizabethtown College men’s soccer team traveled to Ewing, N.J., Sept. 8 to play Rutgers University-Newark. The ending score was 3-0, Rutgers. Within the first three minutes, the Scarlet Raiders scored the first goal and didn’t stop there. In the 14th minute, first-year Garrett Winchilla had a scoring opportunity, as did junior Travis Wilson in

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  • Women’s volleyball competes in the Spartan Invitational at York College

    Women’s volleyball competes in the Spartan Invitational at York College

    Friday, Sept. 7 and Saturday, Sept. 8, Elizabethtown College’s women’s volleyball team competed in the York College Spartan Invitational. Etown’s first game was Friday against #16-ranked Johns Hopkins University, who won all three matches over Etown. Junior Elle Shatto led Etown in kills and sophomore Aiyana Tietze-Di Toro had a game-high 13 digs. The Jays

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  • Movie Review: “BlacKkKlansman”: Powerful, relevant today

    Movie Review: “BlacKkKlansman”: Powerful, relevant today

    A plain-clothed African-American police officer chases after a white woman who has just planted a bomb on the hood of an African-American woman’s car. He tackles her to the ground trying to arrest her. A police car pulls up. Two white officers emerge with their guns drawn as the woman falsely shouts, “Rape!” Trying to

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  • Etown Simplified: Finding Joy in Decluttering with Marie Kondo

    Etown Simplified: Finding Joy in Decluttering with Marie Kondo

    Written by Catherine Amos, Kayla Anderson, Lila Bolze, Lucy Conrey and Giselle Taylor Simple Living FYS According to Foxcroft NYC, we wear 20 percent of our clothes 80 percent of the time. The rest of the clothing just stays in the drawers, gathering dust. Current buying culture encourages the purchase of too many items that

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  • Cancer survivor, author memorializes battles of fellow patients

    Cancer survivor, author memorializes battles of fellow patients

    Gone, but not forgotten” is an idea often considered, but especially with the anniversary of the tragedy Sept. 11, 2001. However, for others such as author Matt Tullis, it is an idea that warrants daily consideration. At present, Tullis lives in Newtown, Connecticut with his wife and two children. He is the director of Digital

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  • Alum empowers Nepali women through custom spice blends

    Alum empowers Nepali women through custom spice blends

    Many Blue Jays leave the nest and choose to pursue careers in service-related fields or become involved in nonprofit work. Bhim Thapaliya ’15 is one of those Elizabethtown College alumni living “Educate for Service.” Thapaliya founded the nonprofit Act for Humanity (AFH) in 2014 to help refugees in Lancaster County adjust to life in the

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