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- February 15, 2018
Thursday, Feb. 8 at 3:45 p.m. the Elizabethtown College Student Senate met in Hoover 212 for their weekly meeting, where they met with administrative offices to discuss upcoming events. The meeting began with a roundtable of representatives from administrative offices. Senators asked the directors of Information and Technology Services (ITS), Facilities Management and Dining Services
READ MORENew indie album catchy, thoughtful
- Campus Life
- January 25, 2018
The second album of indie sensation Sir Sly, titled “Don’t You Worry, Honey,” was released June 30, 2017. The band formed in Los Angeles, California as a trio, and members Landon Jacobs, Jason Suwito and Hayden Coplen have remained together since 2013. The band is generally categorized as indie-pop, although many of the band’s songs
READ MOREOpinion: Pledge supporting low-income students a step in the right direction
- Campus Life
- January 25, 2018
Elizabethtown College, alongside eighty-five other colleges in the United States, has joined the American Talent Initiative (ATI) with the intent of helping more lower-income students receive a higher education. With hopes that school attendance will increase and incoming students, it will be interesting to see how Etown sticks to its goals within this program. The
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Cooperative Grumbling: An Editorial on How to Play Nice
- Campus Life
- April 20, 2012
As we push forward to become a truer liberal arts institution, promoting “Learning Everywhere” in every piece of Strategic Planning literature we print, the College needs to do a better job of engulfing its faculty in this very same principle, ensuring academic cooperation from all departments toward a singular goal of a premier student education.
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Kony 2012: revenue benefits company more than children
- Campus Life
- March 27, 2012
With over 84 million hits on YouTube, you know it’s at least worth a peek. Invisible Children’s 30-minute video advertising their Kony 2012 campaign became viral virtually overnight as viewers of all ages got a taste of social activism and understanding about the horrific situation involving the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in Uganda. However, you
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College attendance decreases marriage chances
- Campus Life
- March 27, 2012
Growing up, I always believed I could have whatever career I wanted and go to whatever college I wanted to (as long as it was dirt cheap). If I had known that going to college would decrease my chance of getting married, as a recent study shows, I probably would’ve thought twice before enrolling. For
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Satan goes to college; promptly expelled
- Campus Life
- March 27, 2012
For too long Satan’s precise strategy to bring about America’s downfall had been a mystery. What exactly was the devil up to? Satan had of course made a rousing appearance in Biblical times, but that was a long time ago. He disappeared for a while after that, but then, in the fourteenth century, the circles
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Drone warfare destructive, unethical
- Campus Life
- March 27, 2012
War destroys happiness. Many people, including the unarmed and innocent, are killed. Wives become widows and children become orphans. War consumes a tremendous amount of resources. In 2006, the National Priorities Project estimated that the United States government spent $225 million per day or almost $1.8 billion per week on the Iraq War. Clearly, war
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Put Your Records On: Laura Stevenson and the Cans
- Campus Life
- February 23, 2012
On the Turntable: Laura Stevenson and the Cans Genre: Folk Rock My Rating: Refreshing beats and ingenious lyrics coalesce to soothe your music soul. Before I get down to business, I just want to ask: did you watch the Grammys?! Kudos to Bon Iver for winning “Best New Artist” and “Best Alternative Album;” although, you’ve
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