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  • Etown responds to funding cuts at local college

    Etown responds to funding cuts at local college

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    • October 25, 2018

    Lebanon Valley College’s Board of Trustees announced its plans to cut academic funding by $1.6 million. Humanities majors are expected to be targeted by these cuts, which may result in the elimination of low-enrollment majors such as French, German, philosophy and religion. There are only 12 students currently enrolled in all majors considered for elimination

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  • Moving On: A Senior’s Reflection

    Moving On: A Senior’s Reflection

    In two weeks Elizabethtown College is asking five hundred of its most dedicated, hard-working students to politely leave. Throwing us through the Etown bubble into a world that four years of classes taught us is in ruins. Deserting us for a new batch of unpolished, wide-eyed 18-year-olds who know more about Snooki and iCarly than

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  • ‘Lockout’ space abduction fails to capture interest

    ‘Lockout’ space abduction fails to capture interest

    I am a self-proclaimed film buff, film geek, movie nerd; you name it, it’s me! I own over 800 movies, which line the ceiling of my bedroom, so when I was given the opportunity to do a movie review, I jumped on it. Movies are sort of my thing: I eat, breathe and sleep films.

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  • Cool down around town with local sweet treats

    Cool down around town with local sweet treats

    It’s getting warmer, and with the warm weather comes one of the best things about summertime: ice cream. There are few things that are more enjoyable on a hot summer day than a cold, refreshing ice cream cone. We all recognize names like Rita’s, Bruster’s and Baskin-Robbins. These are easily recognizable because we all, more

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  • E-Team aids @EtownCollege through social media

    E-Team aids @EtownCollege through social media

    The Elizabethtown College Social Media Street team, the “E-Team,” is a new initiative by the Office of Marketing and Communications that is making big changes on campus. This group helps the office by writing, tweeting and posting new updates, events and initiatives on campus. They also upload pictures, videos and other social media extras. The

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  • Young Center to host two lectures on faith

    Young Center to host two lectures on faith

    Two lecturers are scheduled to take place at Elizabethtown College’s Young Center over the coming week. On April 20, Rod Janzen, history professor at Fresno Pacific University in California, will present the Durnbaugh Lecture on Hutterites from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Benyamin Neuberger, professor of political science and African studies at the Open University

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  • Bestselling author Rebecca Skloot to give keynote address at SCAD

    Bestselling author Rebecca Skloot to give keynote address at SCAD

    Much can happen in a decade. Over the past ten years, the United States has had two presidents, the last three Harry Potter books were released to the world, the hit television show “Lost” began and ended, and Facebook surpassed MySpace as the number one social networking site in the world. Ten years is a

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  • ‘Lysistrata’ mixes bawdy humor, peacemaking

    ‘Lysistrata’ mixes bawdy humor, peacemaking

    Few themes and traditions that existed in the beginning of human civilization have carried over into present-day society. Many customs, traditions and even societies have disappeared. One theme, however, has lasted since the origins of human civilization: the battle of the sexes. Male dominance and female oppression. It is an everlasting battle over which sex

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  • Local restaurant inspections released

    Local restaurant inspections released

    March 19 to April 2, restaurant and food handler inspections took place throughout Lancaster County, and the results have finally been released. The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture uses a reporting process for all food handlers called “risk-based.” The main goal of a risk-based inspection is to assess the amount of regulation an operator has over

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