• Students attend national honors conference

    Students attend national honors conference

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    • December 6, 2018

    Photo: Meghan Kenney In early November, four Elizabethtown College students attended the 2018 National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) conference. Etown students have attended the conference in the past, but this was the first year students participated as presenters. Senior Benjamin Erickson, sophomore Etownian staff writer Meghan Kenney, sophomore Etownian Assistant Features Editor Aprille Mohn and

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  • The Global Perspective

    The Global Perspective

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    • September 6, 2018

    Flames engulfed the National Museum of Brazil the night of Sunday, Aug. 2, endangering over 20 million treasures of Latin America and beyond. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), as well as French and Egyptian officials, have offered financial and technical assistance towards the museum reparations. The museum was home to important

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  • Editorial: Etownian staff participates in National Student Journalism day

    Editorial: Etownian staff participates in National Student Journalism day

    Photo: Megan White This past week we were notified of a national campaign to save student newsrooms. The campaign was started by a group of student leaders at the Independent Florida Alligator, a newspaper for the University of Florida. They called for students in colleges across the U.S. to speak out and let their communities

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  • New public radio safety system underway

    New public radio safety system underway

    President Barack Obama signed the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 last month. According to Accounting Web, this legislation will extend the length of time that Americans can have a “payroll tax holiday” and other unemployment benefits until the end of 2012, rather than the original ending date, March 1. Usually

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  • States remove No Child Left Behind

    States remove No Child Left Behind

    No Child Left Behind, “one of President George W. Bush’s most touted domestic accomplishments,” according to the Huffington Post, is no longer in effect in 10 states. President Barack Obama has freed these states from certain restrictions of No Child Left Behind, such as using only standardized test scores as a way to measure academic

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  • Internships with NASA, Disney explore national involvement

    Internships with NASA, Disney explore national involvement

    In this day and age, having an internship is as essential as having a degree. For this reason, many students choose to complete internships during their final years at Elizabethtown College. But does that mean students have to take any old paper-pushing job? Of course not! Seniors Leann Johnson and Rachel Saul chose exciting places

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  • CPAC energizes, renews Republican spirit

    CPAC energizes, renews Republican spirit

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    • February 23, 2012

    The Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, D.C. was home to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Feb. 9, 10 and 11. CPAC is occupied by mainly Republican voters and gives members of the Republican party a chance to speak to a group of their peers. CPAC has become so big in the Republican Party’s

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  • Unemployment rate falls to 8.3 percent, lowest in three years

    Unemployment rate falls to 8.3 percent, lowest in three years

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    • February 16, 2012

    The unemployment rate is down to 8.3 percent, the lowest it has been since February 2009. This is great news for the U.S. economy. So what does this mean to people that don’t understand how the economy works? Everything the United States economy produces is measured by the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). When GDP turns

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  • Forty sick after drinking raw milk from farm in Chambersburg, Pa.

    Forty sick after drinking raw milk from farm in Chambersburg, Pa.

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    • February 16, 2012

    Two Lancaster County residents experienced stomach cramps, diarrhea and vomiting after drinking raw milk distributed by Your Family Cow farm in Chambersburg, Pa., in January of this year. They were diagnosed with Campylobacter illness, a bacterial infection. These two people, who both live within a short drive of Elizabethtown, were not the only ones in

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