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  • Holidays at Etown welcome all

    Holidays at Etown welcome all

    One of the definitions for Thanksgiving on dictionary.com is “a public celebration in acknowledgement of divine favor or kindness”. Generally, we think of Thanksgiving as a holiday where we give thanks for what we are grateful for in our lives. Although Thanksgiving is typically thought of as an American holiday, many other countries around the

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  • Alcohol Awareness Week hits campus

    Alcohol Awareness Week hits campus

    According to the American Council on Education, over 800 college campuses across the nation will be promoting National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week (NCAAW). This is all about the NCAAW theme, “Raise your voice! You can save a life!” NCAAW is about promoting responsible decision making involving alcohol consumption. The organizers hope for campuses to endorse

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  • Student Life Art Auction funds ALANA scholarship

    Student Life Art Auction funds ALANA scholarship

    Laughter, fun and excitement: just three of the adjectives that can be used to describe the Student Life Art Auction, an annual event that raises money for the Carole L. Isaak ALANA Scholarship, which benefits African American, Latin American, Asian American and Native American students. “My predecessor, Carole Isaak, was the assistant director of academic

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  • Penn. Gifts that Give Hope Fair in December

    The Pennsylvania Gifts that Give Hope (GTGH) Fair is an event meant to provide a very unique holiday experience through the help of volunteers in the Lancaster area. The event coordinators look for non-profit organizations that represent different faiths, cultures and customs from all over the world. Some nonprofit organizations that are participating this year

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  • Professors promote global citizenship in Oman, Egypt

    Professors promote global citizenship in Oman, Egypt

    Three faculty members from Elizabethtown College have been chosen to join members from other local colleges as participants in the 2011-2012 Faculty International Scholarship Seminar (FISS). Six participants represent five disciplines at three local colleges: Etown, Franklin & Marshall and Gettysburg. The seminar program, focused on the Middle East, includes many on-campus events and a

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  • “Time of Our Lives” unravels mysteries of philosophy

    “Time of Our Lives” unravels mysteries of philosophy

    Time, particularly to the average college student, can be a cruel mistress. It flies when fun is had and crawls with every minute spent staring blankly at a textbook. It cannot be stopped or rewritten as it passes. We have our ways to measure its passage, formally with clocks and calendars, and informally through cups

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  • John Dernbach encourages environmental sustainability in lecture

    John Dernbach encourages environmental sustainability in lecture

    “I hate talking about what I’ve done. I’ve always thought that my work spoke for itself.” Speak for itself it does. Even John Dernbach’s reaction to an inquiry about his accomplishments exemplifies his down-to-earth nature … pun intended. Dernbach is Elizabethtown College’s 2011 Peace Fellow, and he recently presented a lecture, “Green Peace,” on Nov.

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  • Occupy Wall St. sends strong message throughout U.S.

    Occupy Wall St. sends strong message throughout U.S.

    The Occupy Wall Street movement is completely unorganized, but that does not mean their purpose for coming out onto the streets of New York in Zuccotti Park and rioting is completely meaningless. Citizens are frustrated and angry due to the economic state in the United States. Not only are American citizens angry at the government,

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  • November brings National Homeless Youth Awareness Month

    More than 1.5 million children are homeless at some point in their lives, and this number is, unfortunately, still increasing according to www.prweb.com. Every day, 13 kids die on the streets throughout the United States. Orange County, Ca. is one of the counties with the highest homeless youth count — 22,025 estimated in 2008-09 by

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