• Guest speaker discusses female representation in comics, media

    Guest speaker discusses female representation in comics, media

    Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018 at 7 p.m., Bowers Writers House welcomed guest speaker and author of the novel “Superwomen and Supergirls: Gender, Power, and Representation in Comics, TV, and Film,” Carolyn Cocca, who is a scholarly expert on the appearance of females in modern superhero narratives in daily media. Today, the presence of women taking

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  • Guest lecturer erupts with knowledge, benefits of Icelandic volcanoes

    Guest lecturer erupts with knowledge, benefits of Icelandic volcanoes

    Photo: Megan White Aside perhaps from the recent eruptions in Hawaii, few American college students think very deeply about volcanoes, how they work and their impact on the areas around them. Monday, Sept. 10, however, any students interested were invited to Gibble Auditorium to learn more about the volcanoes in Iceland from Dr. Gretar Ivarsson.

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  • Anti-racist advocate speaks about economic, racial disparity in the U.S.

    Anti-racist advocate speaks about economic, racial disparity in the U.S.

    Anti-racist advocate and writer Tim Wise presented a lecture on economic and racial disparity Feb. 28 at the Elizabethtown Church of the Brethren at 6:30 p.m. He has spoken on college campuses and has written seven books on the topic of racial inequality, the most recent being “Under the Affluence: Shaming the Poor, Praising the

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  • Speaker uses Lincoln as an example of civility, discusses modern incivility

    Speaker uses Lincoln as an example of civility, discusses modern incivility

    Dr. Matthew Moen visited the Elizabethtown College Feb. 12 for a lecture about incivility and about the use of past political climates as reference for civility today. Moen is the President of the Gettysburg Foundation following a job as the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Professor of Political Science and Lohre Distinguished

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  • Speaker talks about social injustice as a structural problem in society

    Speaker talks about social injustice as a structural problem in society

    Students, faculty and staff braved the snow to attend the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. commemoration speech in the Koons Activity Venue (KAV) at Elizabethtown College, Jan. 17. While the audience found their seats, King’s “Beyond Vietnam” speech played in the background. The speaker was Rev. Nathan Coleman, the pastor of Bethel Baptist Church in

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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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  • 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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