• LTE: Homer decries recent trend of linguistic appropriation in faculty meetings

    LTE: Homer decries recent trend of linguistic appropriation in faculty meetings

    Written by Dr. Sanjay Paul, Associate Professor of Economics Branding. Core competency. Value proposition. These are terms that Homer rarely used to hear at faculty meetings. Routinely used in the business world, they have now made alarming inroads into the world of academe. Not that Homer’s faculty meetings were paragons of intellectual discourse—the ivory tower

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  • Relay for Life event raises money and spreads awareness

    Relay for Life event raises money and spreads awareness

    According to the American Cancer Society’s website, both men and women have about a one in three chance of developing some form of cancer and a one in five chance of dying once diagnosed. Decreasing that probability is a goal of Elizabethtown College’s annual Relay for Life, which starts at 3 p.m. Friday, March 23

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  • Co-ed and pet-friendly housing options expanded

    Co-ed and pet-friendly housing options expanded

    *Edit: Elizabethtown College is no longer offering pet-friendly housing. For the most up-to-date information visit Etown College’s Office of Community Living’s official website. The Office of Residence Life will be implementing changes to housing at Elizabethtown College in fall 2018, most notably pet-friendly housing, Featherton Crossing Apartments and the expansion of co-ed housing options. The

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  • Baseball takes a 3-3 record during spring break in Florida

    Baseball takes a 3-3 record during spring break in Florida

    Over spring break, the Elizabethtown College baseball team went to Fort Pierce, Florida for training. Overall, the team finished 3-4 against six different teams they played from around the country. In a game against Muskingum University, the Blue Jays took a win with a score of 20-11. This was a big turn around after the

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  • Men’s and women’s tennis takes a start in Florida during spring break

    Men’s and women’s tennis takes a start in Florida during spring break

    Clark University took a 6-3 victory in single play over the Elizabethtown College Blue Jays in Orlando, Florida at the USTA National Campus during spring break. Etown also trailed 2-1 by the end of doubles play in which sophomores Michael Ryzuk and Alec Schneider earned Etown’s only point. They won their first match 8-1, giving

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  • Themed dinner brings wooden pirate ship, more seafood options to campus

    Themed dinner brings wooden pirate ship, more seafood options to campus

    Wednesday, Feb. 28 was the evening of the much anticipated Pirate Fest 2018, this year’s theme dinner sponsored by Dining Services. With different and exciting food options in the Marketplace and dessert and activities in the KAV, students had reason to exclaim, “shiver me timbers.” If students were not awed by the decorations and mood

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