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Steinman renovations pushed to May 2013 Alumni Relations revamps website R T Katherine G. Pebley Staff Writer

enovations to the second floor of Elizabethtown College’s Steinman Center have been pushed back to May 2013, due to a need for the installation of sprinklers.

Phase one of the renovations was finished in January 2012. The College radio station, WWEC 88.3 FM, was moved and completely redone with new, state-of-the-art audio equipment to help the DJs host and produce their radio shows. The student lounge area was also moved and will be expanded and refurnished later.

Photo: Matthew P. Butera “Our old home was in the back of a class- The much-needed renovations to Steinman Center, which were originally scheduled to be completed room, which I think this summer, are now being pushed back until May 2013. While phase one of the renovations to the made it hard for people to building was completed in January, phase two of the project will hopefully be finished by August 2014. actually know where the station was,” said junior Brett Antosh, co-station manager of WWEC. “You can’t just work for a newspaper anymore,” Johnson said.

“But now our studio is located at the very end of the hallway on the “Most reporters now also work with audio and video equipment.” second floor, and we are now visible to everyone that frequents that Johnson feels very optimistic about this collaboration and area,” junior Zakiya Fulton-Anderson, co-station manager of WWEC, integration of media outlets because it will allow the communicaadded. “The rest of the renovations will not only affect WWEC, but tions department to create new courses and use the new media everyone in Steinman Center: students, faculty, visitors.” center for classes.

Phase two has now been rescheduled to begin in May 2013 “Students have reacted positively to the construction so far,” and to be completed by August 2014. This phase involves the she said. “They get access to audio and video equipment that they creation of a converged media center and the expansion of haven’t had before.” a multi-media student lounge. Steinman 213 will house the Fulton-Anderson said, “All three student media outlets will Etownian, WWEC and ECTV, the television station on campus. have a new space in which they will be able to work together in Because Steinman is an older building, it is more difficult to covering all news and events that go on around Etown. A lot is keep up to code than newer buildings on campus. The reno- changing in the department of communications, and I am very vations have been postponed while funds are raised to cover excited for all of the renovations.” the cost of installing a sprinkler system in the building, which Antosh also expressed excitement for the completion of the greatly raises the original cost of the project. renovations, saying, “It will do a lot of good things for all of the ECTV is managed by junior Alexa Masano, who believes that the media outlets here at Elizabethtown College.” renovations are a much needed improvement. “They will greatly benMasano believes that the renovations will benefit the future of efit ECTV because they will bring in prospective students, which will the department. “They will bring in a lot more majors and minors, lead to more people helping out and getting involved,” she said. “The and they will bring more people who are already enrolled in Etown community room with WWEC and the Etownian will benefit ECTV to the communications department,” she said. because we will hopefully be able to collaborate and share ideas.”

Not many colleges, especially in Central Pennsylvania, have Dr. Kirsten Johnson, associate professor of communications centers such as this. “It will make Elizabethtown distinctive among and department chair, believes this phase will create positive small colleges,” Johnson said. opportunities for students involved in the media outlets on Phase three of the plan will entail renovating and reconfiguring campus. “These renovations will give our students a real, classrooms on the second floor of Steinman along with the department state-of-the-art space to work in,” she said. “This space will office, adding a women’s restroom, and renovating the men’s restroom. allow the media of the College to work together in a way they While Steinman houses other academic departments, only the haven’t been able to before.” communications department will be affected by these renovations.

Antosh said, “We are starting to work toward converged media Diagrams and a list of the intended renovations can be found at Etown, which will emulate a professional environment.” directly outside the radio station.

Samantha A. Miller Staff Writer

he Office of Alumni Relations at Elizabethtown College has just launched a completely revamped website in order to make it more accessible to viewers. The Office of Alumni Relations was hoping to expand the number of viewers who can use the website. Previously, the site had to be logged into in order to access the majority of the information.

“Because the previous iteration of the etownalumni.com website was designed to have very little information outside of a secured login wall, we were focused on developing a site that was much more open and accessible to members and non-members alike,” said Mark Clapper, director of Alumni Relations at Etown. “We still retain many fun and exciting features within the secured logged-in community but have concentrated heavily on also creating a great deal of content that would be viewable to audiences outside of the alumni association.” The Office of Alumni Relations had two major goals for the new website. The first was to increase the accessibility of information for alumni, and the second was to raise the profile of the Elizabethtown College Alumni Association.

The hope of the Office of Alumni Relations is for the Class of 2012 to keep their relationship with Etown strong by using the site as their home base.

“When they receive their diplomas, their relationship with the College won’t end, instead, their tie with Etown will also ‘graduate’ into a higher level of connection as members of the Elizabethtown College Alumni Association,” Clapper said. “We’re here to celebrate this achievement and be their future touchstone for ‘all things Etown’ in their lives as alumni.”

Lauren Hamilton, senior political science major, said of the website, “I think it is very well put together, and I definitely will use it after graduation. I will particularly use it to learn about what is happening with the school and learn about the alumni events that I might want to attend. It will also be great networking tool. I am glad Etown took the initiative to set a site such as this so that alumni can still remain a member of the Etown family even after graduation.”

The Office of Alumni Relations has plans to stay in touch with alumni in many different ways. The etownalumni.com website is just one of the multiple ways for alumni to communicate electronically with the College; the Office of Alumni Relations also connects with alumni through the main social networks, including Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, email and standard mail.

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Senate elections underway, leadership positions up for grabs Amanda Gruenbaum Staff Writer

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lections are being held this week to determine who will be on the Student Senate executive cabinet for the 20122013 academic year. Campaign took place Monday, April 16, and voting is still up on Blackboard until this Friday.

The organization that advocates for student rights has four Elizabethtown College students on the ballot for next year. They are sophomore Robert Graham for president, junior Kristen Lacaillade for vice president, junior Keelyan Sheeley for secretary and junior Morgan McKenney for treasurer.

If each candidate is running unopposed, why does Senate bother to hold elections?

According to Lacaillade, the purpose of voting in a situation like this is to give the student body the opportunity to indicate whether or not they are confident that a

candidate will represent them well—the same ultimate purpose as holding traditional elections. If there are more ‘no’ votes than ‘yeses,’ then Senate will hold another election to ensure that students are satisfied by the results.

Graham, who is also a member of the academic council, is eager to do as much as he can to make Etown a better place. He is ready to offer his leadership skills to the rest of the campus.

“I’m running because I feel that I have the leadership abilities that could run the Senate in a well enough way that improves how we do and how we advocate student rights,” Graham explained. “Especially since I’m only a sophomore now, I have two years of possibly being in this position. There are a lot more long-term goals that we could get done, and I feel like I know what it is going to take to get Senate to be more open to the students. They will be able to have a better

line of communication so that together we can work and improve Elizabethtown.”

He also emphasized that these Senate elections are an extremely important part of campus life because the student body has the power to choose who they want to represent them.

“While people might think it to be a popularity contest, it really shouldn’t be. It should be who you think is actually going to do the work,” Graham said. “We have had issues with people who just feel like they can do the job, but, really, they just want it on their resume or because they know people that would vote them in. Sometimes it really ends up hindering us because they don’t show up to meetings, they don’t give us good ideas, and they don’t try to find out what students want. It is important to know who is going to be voicing for the overall students and that they’re actually going to be doing it.”

Photo: Matthew P. Butera

Sophomore Robert Graham presents his campaign speech to the rest of the Student Senators. Students can vote for all positions on Blackboard until Friday.

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Helicopter Parents Overprotective parents have found yet another way to make sure their beloved children are safe from the everyday bumps and bruises accumulated while playing around the house. What’s the answer to these parents’ woes? Crawling helmets.

These helmets serve no medical purpose and are simply worn to protect a child’s head while crawling or partaking in normal baby activities.

Lela Davidson, author of the book “Blacklisted from the PTA,” asked, “If your baby can’t face the rigors of crawling, how will your toddler learn to walk? Will your kindergartener ever ride a bike? I guess you can forget about contact sports, driving and frat parties.”

This new product is marketed to parents through insistence that “responsible parents protect defenseless children from these horrors.” One could only assume that “these horrors” refers to either hardwood or tile floors.

What would you give up for Internet access?

The Boston Consulting Group recently put together a survey questioning Americans about what they would be willing to give up in order to keep their Internet access. The results showed just how addicted we are to the World Wide Web. The study showed that 21 percent of Americans reported that they would stop having sex if it meant they could browse the web, while 84 percent said they would get rid of their GPS and ask for directions instead. A whopping 83 percent said they would ditch fast food restaurants, 77 percent would cut out chocolate and 73 percent would stop attending happy hours with their coworkers. Even more drastic, 43 percent said they would stop exercising completely and 10 percent would toss their car keys and forfeit driving. But the best one? Forgoing personal hygiene. Seven percent of those surveyed would actually stop showering to have their precious Facebook and Twitter accounts readily available.

But don’t fret, there is hope. Our friends the Brits actually take the cake on the showering dilemma. A whopping 17 percent of U.K. residents surveyed said they would go without showering for an entire year if it meant they didn’t have to give up browsing the web.

It may be time to reevaluate your priorities, folks.

Outrunning a Bear Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin saw his life flash before his eyes when he outran four bears while trying to save his birdfeeders. The 56-year-old Putney, Vt. native was at his home in Montpelier when he heard loud noises looming from his backyard. He peered out his window and spotted two adult bears and two cubs attempting to have their dinner from his birdfeeders. Shumlin ran outside barefoot to grab his feeders, and while one bear charged at him, he successfully made it back inside with both his birdfeeders and all limbs intact.

“The bears were hungry and had just come out of hibernation,” Susan Allen, the governor’s spokesperson, said. “[S]eeing them in this residential neighborhood was highly unusual.”

Shumlin told the Lebanon Valley News editorial board that Vermont “almost lost the governor.”

Bank robber leaves a tip After robbing a Chase Bank in Dallas last Tuesday, firefighter Jesus Ventura, 37, felt bad and gave the teller a tip. According to the federal complaint, Ventura arrived at the bank late in the afternoon. He asked to use the restroom, and when he was finished, a teller approached him asking if he needed help. Ventura then allegedly barked at the teller to give him all of the money. When he was handed the cash, he slid $20 bill back to the teller as a tip.

Later, the firefighter attempted to rob a second business but was arrested before he could complete the act.

Authorities recovered the backpack he used in the robbery at Chase Bank.

While in front of a federal judge last week, Ventura told the court he has bipolar disorder, anxiety and depression and has been off his medication. When the judge repeatedly asked for Ventura’s address, he provided his birthdate instead of his place of residence.

In March, Ventura was put on administrative leave from Dallas Fire-Rescue’s Station 45 after he allegedly brought a loaded semi-automatic pistol to work.

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Bike racks to be installed at Hackman Apartments, Schreiber Quadrangle Michael B. Goode Staff Writer

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ew bike racks are being installed at the Hackman Apartments and possibly Schreiber Quadrangle this summer. The project is being undertaken to better protect students’ bikes from harsh weather.

At the beginning of the year, Residence Life told students they were to store their bikes outside. Students started to become frustrated with the situation because of the weather and the lack of security. “My understanding is that weather was the main motivation behind the projects.

Photo: Matthew P. Butera Students wanted an area The bike rack currently outside Hackman North houses student bicycles but does not protect more protected from the from inclement weather conditions. Senior Colin Lynch and sophomores Matt Klempa and Jack weather. Of course, se- Hess are designing new bike racks to be installed this summer in the apartments and quads. curity will hopefully be a fringe benefit, and I’m happy about that,” Asst. Director of can feel more comfortable leaving their bikes unattended and Campus Security Dale Boyer said. Student Senate came up not have to worry about whether or not they will be taken.

Avid bike rider and first-year John Garbellano is very happy with the bike rack idea, along with the help of the Facilities about the new racks. “My bike got stolen a few weeks ago, and I Management crew.

Senior accounting major Colin Lynch and sophomore en- was frustrated with having to keep my bike outside. Now with gineering students Matt Klempa and Jack Hess undertook the the new racks, I won’t have to worry so much,” Garbellano said. project, which they also used as credit for class. They were put “Also, my bike won’t rust as much because it will stay dry, so in charge of designing and creating the bike racks, which would that’s nice too.”

Other students said they are excited about the racks as well. provide more protection from the elements.

An increase in bike thefts was also part of the motivation Senior Brain Wenger, a cycling enthusiast, loves the decision to behind building the new racks. “Thefts have always been an provide better protection and security for bikes. “I have quite issue,” Boyer said. “If new structures for storage mean a greater a few bikes, and they take up a lot of room in my quad. So the likelihood that bikes will be locked and protected from the ele- racks [would] give my roommates and I more room while ments, then it’s a win/win.” With the increased security, students ensuring the protection and safety of my bikes,” Wenger said.

Alumni Relations promotes grad. PRIDE ALUMNI RELATIONS from page 1 [is] always focused on finding new and creative ways to help alumni reflect on their time at Etown, connect with the College and each other, and get involved with volunteer-related initiatives that help the College.”

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College and the Alumni Association are currently continuing to develop is the Promote, Recruit, Involve, Donate and Employ (PRIDE) Program. “The PRIDE Program is the main volunteer-based initiative for alumni, students, parents and friends to help Etown. If you can help the College in some way with your time

and abilities, you can show your Blue Jay PRIDE and become a member,” Clapper said.���������������������������� ��������������������������� “It is a collaborative program between Admissions, Alumni Relations, Career Services and the Development Office, and involves more than 400 volunteers each year.”

A link to the program is on the new alumni page.

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Republican club goes to Lancaster, meets presidential hopefuls Matthew P. Butera Photo Editor

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he Elizabethtown College Republican Club traveled to the Lancaster County Convention Center to hear featured guests Gov. Mitt Romney and former Speaker Newt Gingrich. During the event, members of the club were able to meet both presidential candidates Romney and Gingrich. The club volunteered and assisted the Republican Committee with the logistics of the evening.

Photos: Matthew P. Butera

(Left) The group of volunteers for the Republican Committee of Lancaster County. Etown participants included sophomore Jason Halberstadt, senior Callum Luff, senior Matthew Butera, senior Paul Mackey, sophomore Amber Schober and sophomore Jaclyn Zylka.The event took place at the Lancaster County Convention Center in Lancaster, Pa. and featured current presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich.

(Right) Newt Gingrich shakes the hand of sophomore Jason Halberstadt, current president of the Elizabethtown College Republicans. Gingrich presented a speech earlier in the night to the attending supporters of the Republican Party.

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New law in Pennsylvania keeps Amish from casting their vote Megan N. Leppo Staff Writer

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n March 14, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett signed a new law, joining Pennsylvania with Indiana, Kansas, Tennessee and Georgia as having the strictest voter identification requirement in the United States. Republicans are advocating the law as a way to avoid voter fraud.

However, Attorney General Eric Holder strongly opposes the law, believing the law discriminates against minorities, including the Amish.

In today’s society, forms of identification are crucial to acquiring cash, confirming travel arrangements, owning a firearm or simply renting a video. Therefore, the Amish are accustomed to needing an ID, but until this law they did not have difficulty acquiring one. For the past decade, a member of the Amish community could simply present a letter from his bishop stating that he was in good standing with his church and a non-photo ID would be administered. However, with the new voter identification law, the Amish and other religious groups opposed to posing for photos are required to complete an 18 question open-ended survey with short essay responses.

Dr. Donald Kraybill, distinguished college pro- or another process. Ideally, the committee would fessor and senior fellow at the Young Center for like to grant the Amish permission to continue Anabaptist and Pietist Studies, described the submitting letters from their bishops for nonquestionnaire as “onerous and complicated,” stat- photo IDs. Kraybill suggests using a “yes or no” ing: “I myself would not vote if I had to fill out an or “fill-in-the-box” type of ten question survey.

18 point survey. It’s just ridiculous.”

“There should be a much simpler way to find out Some applications have been denied because if this person is in good standing with the church the applicants left questions blank. Some ques- and is an authentic Amish person,” he said. tions included: “What is your religion?”; “What The Pennsylvania Department of Transare the main beliefs of your religion?”; “How portation (PennDOT) has already issued many people are in your congregation?”; and “Do nearly 4,000 non-photo IDs to people with other members of your family share the same religious objections. However, Pennsylvania beliefs?” “[The survey] was poorly conceived,” is home to 61,000 Amish.

Kraybill said.

What will this mean Moreover, Kraybill for this year’s election expects revisions to be process? Kraybill said made to the applicathat generally less than tion process for non10 percent of adult photo IDs. The National Amish people vote.

Amish Steering ComLancaster County alone mittee, a political lobby hosts 30,000 Amish, group, plans on meeting but over 50 percent with local representaof those are under 16. tives and senators to Therefore, there are ~ Dr. Donald Kraybill only 1,500 prospective discuss implementing a shorter questionnaire Amish voters.

I myself would not vote if I had to fill out an 18 point survey.

It’s just ridiculous.

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Restaurant, food inspection reports out Jessica L. Swank Asst. News Editor

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arch 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 foodborne illness risks. This form of assessment is a new philosophy emerging in the health inspection field. The goal of risk-based assessment is to prevent health violations, both before and during the occurrence, to lower the possibility of consumer harm.

The following local businesses passed with no violations: - Giant Food No. 6014, 1278 S. Market St., Elizabethtown - Papa John’s, 250 S. Cherry Alley, Elizabethtown - Five Guys Burgers and Fries, 1962 Fruitville Pike, Lancaster - Hoss’s Steak & Sea House No. 37, 840 N. Hanover St., Elizbethtown The following local businesses did receive violations: - End Zone Sports Bar II, 45 W. High St., Elizabethtown (Fryer cover is being stored on the floor) - Fiesta Burrito Bar, 773 E. Main St., Mount Joy (No sneezeguard) - Groff ’s Meats, 33 N. Market St., Elizabethtown (Rails and door

frames have rust where food preparation and storage is done) - Olive Garden Italian Restaurant, 910 Plaza Blvd., Park City Mall (Knives not cleaned between uses, moldy boxes in freezer, dirty food preparation surfaces and a littered smoking area from employees) - Loyal Order of Moose Lodges 596, 18 N. Market St., Elizabethtown (No sign stating “employees must wash hands before returning to work,” storing clean trays on the floor, rusty shelves and old food residue at the cook line) - Turkey Hill Mini Market No. 33, 549 S. Market St., Elizbethtown (No sign stating “employees must wash hands before returning to work,” broken food thermometers and unauthorized people in the food preparation area) Many failures among restaurants and food handlers occur due to lack of small things, such as no hair net or lack of a sneeze guard. Elizabethtown College Dining Services was last inspected May 9, 2011 and received four violations. These included: - 5 pints of milk being offered for sale past expiration date.

- Light bulbs at pizza display unit were delaminating.

- Exhaust hood at Jay’s Nest dishwasher had dust accu mulation.

- Wall near panini units in Marketplace was damaged and not easily cleanable.

The Bird Feeder and concession stands received no violations.

Furthermore, Kraybill is not concerned that the new law will have an impact on the presidential election. The Amish tend not to vote for presidential candidates because they cannot conscientiously select the commander-in-chief of the armed forces.

However, when voting, the Amish tend to vote Republican because of the conservative values and worldview the group holds.

“It is good to respect [the Amish community’s] beliefs, but it’s also good to keep it strict. Yes, it’s tough; otherwise people would find a way around it,” Robert Graham, sophomore and student of Kraybill, said. Overall, the state is concerned with people attempting to claim to be religious for tax deduction and other political benefits, when they are not religious at all.

For the April 24 primary election, voters who do not present photo identification will be allowed to cast a provisional ballet. This vote will only be counted if the person provides a valid ID to county election officials within six days of voting. This is a test run to work out all the problems prior to the Nov. 6 presidential election, where photo identification is mandatory to vote.

Correction

In the Feb. 23 edition of the Etownian in the article titled “Gov. Corbett proposes largest prison reduction in Pa. history,” Dr. Rita Shah was quoted as agreeing with both the parole board and corrections officials’ decision regarding Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett’s proposed cuts to prison reduction. In actuality, Shah does not agree with these new cuts.The Etownian sincerely apologizes for this error.

Clarification In the March 29 issue of the Etownian in the article, titled “Penn. Funds gambling addiction prevention program,” it should be noted that Dr. Emma Neuhauser was using an arbitrary number to illustrate a concept. Neuhauser did not mean that Etown students are gamblers.

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Anti-war play ‘Lysistrata’ mixes bawdy humor, peacemaking David Shatzer Staff Writer

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ew 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 is in control.

Dating back to B.C., nations have dealt with this struggle of which sex could control the other. In Aristophanes’ play “Lysistrata,” this ongoing exertion is spotlighted, (no pun intended).

Elizabethtown College will put on its own production of “Lysistrata” over the next two weekends. As the earliest work of comedic play writing, “Lysistrata” focuses on women in the Athenian society during 411 B.C. and their effort to stop the war and make peace. Lysistrata, a woman living in Athens during the Peloponnesian War, decides to convince the women to abstain from having sexual encounters with their husbands in an effort to bring peace. This ancient anti-war comedy uses sexual humor and the desire for pleasure as a hilarious depiction of the more serious attempt to stop the war and keep the peace.

Dr. Michael Swanson, associate professor of theatre and director of theatre and dance at Etown, is excited for the upcoming play. He explained why he likes the challenge of this controversial play: “Anytime I choose a play, I say to myself, ‘Let’s see how it works and how can I make it entertaining while still getting the message across.’”

Swanson has directed ten plays at the College and over 70 plays throughout his career. However, this one may be one of his most challenging, not only for himself, but for the actors as well. “Any play that deals with sexual humor is always a challenge. The actors have done a great job of overcoming their initial silly reaction and have learned to do their role in a serious manner, while still making it entertaining and funny,” Swanson said. “It has been a great growing experience for these actors to deal with these types of acting situations.”

Swanson first read this play while in grad school during the Vietnam War era and liked the parallel between the anti-war effort that was going on then and in the play. Swanson went on to explain how the play is still relevant today. Swanson added, “I think the play is very timely. Right now a lot of the Republican political campaigns deal with the issues on whether or not to limit contraception and abortion. I think females see these efforts as being anti-women, and the play does a great job of tying the two time periods together.

“I hope the play sends a positive message to the audience,” Swanson said. “I believe war is ridiculous in almost all situations.

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(Left to right) Senior Rachel Saul, first-year Taylor Luckenbill, sophomore Alex Yastishock and senior Nicole St. Pierre, star as Athenian women frustrated with their husbands’ and lovers’ war-mongering.

I do believe, and the play suggests, that if there were diplomacy rather than battling that situations would be better resolved.”

Swanson went on to explain that the plot of the play also suggests that women have strengths that men don’t always appreciate and that we don’t always appreciate women for what they’re worth — a mindset that Swanson feels is still present today.

First-year Taylor Luckenbill stars in the play as Lysistrata and is eager to start the performance. “‘Lysistrata’ is first and foremost entertaining, but behind the entertainment comes a serious subject: war,” Luckenbill said. “This is an anti-war play unlike any other. It's artistically pleasing, sensual and just downright hilarious!”

“I would recommend this show to anyone who loves a good story as well as a good laugh at what is known as the battle of the sexes. What could be better than the women of Greece taking

over the Acropolis in the name of love and peace? The show was a lot of hard work, but in the end I think the audience will recognize the talent that this cast and crew has to offer. It was a pleasure working with Swanson and the rest of the cast and crew of ‘Lysistrata,’” Luckenbill said.

The entire cast and crew are very excited for this once in a lifetime opportunity. Senior Rachel Saul is also ready for the play to begin. “I am extremely excited for the opening of ‘Lysistrata’ next week. I think it's a really important story about women taking control of their lives and can be applied in many ways to modern-day political issues,” Saul said. “It's also hilarious — I hope the audience laughs as much as we've been laughing at rehearsals!”

The performances begin tonight at 8 p.m. in the Tempest Theater. There will be six shows over the next two weekends.

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Bestselling author Rebecca Skloot to give keynote address at SCAD

David Lacks, son of Henrietta Lacks, collaborating with Skloot to host Q & A panel at event

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Director of the High Library, BethAnn Zambella, and Access Services Librarian Louise Hyder-Darlington, pose with the library’s Henrietta Lacks display case.

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uch 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 long time. Can you imagine spending that whole time working on one single project?

That is what Rebecca Skloot did. She devoted ten years of her life to researching and writing her book, “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.” The book was released on Feb. 2, 2010, and soon became a New York Times bestseller. It has won several awards, such as the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for Nonfiction and the Welcome Trust

Book Prize, and is currently being made into an HBO movie by Oprah Winfrey and Alan Ball, proving that Skloot’s hard work paid off.

Now, two years after the book’s release, Elizabethtown College is welcoming Skloot to its campus to serve as the keynote speaker at the fifth annual Scholarship and Creative Arts Day (SCAD).

“The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” is the story of the woman who will forever be known as HeLa, as her cells were taken without her permission in the 1950s, and have been used for medical research ever since. The cells were “immortalized” and have been used for the treatment of diseases such as polio and cancer, as well as for research of in-vitro fertilization, cloning, gene mapping and several other medical advancements. Despite the cells’ success in

treatment and research, the Lacks family continues to live in poverty, something that Skloot has researched extensively, making this biography a human-interest story as well as a scientific work.

Etown first got involved with “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” when administrators chose it as the 2011 selection for the Open Book Initiative for first-year students. The Open Book Initiative is a program designed to build community between first-year students by giving them the same material to read, and, therefore, common ground over which they can connect.

BethAnn Zambella, director of the High Library, was involved in choosing this year’s selection. “We felt that it was very interdisciplinary in its appeal. There’s a humaninterest story, there’s a medical, scientific story. There’s a story of Skloot’s involvement with the family as a journalist and a writer.

So there are lots of ways to approach conversations about the book,” Zambella said, describing the reasoning behind the choice.

Some other reasons she mentioned were the book’s excellent writing and local connection, as the events described in the book take place in Baltimore, Md. A display has been set up in the High Library lobby by Access Services Librarian Louise Hyder-Darlington to showcase the selection.

The Lancaster Literary Guild facilitated the connection through which having Skloot as Etown’s keynote speaker at SCAD became possible. SCAD is the annual two-day conference where Etown students showcase their research and creative pursuits. Skloot’s keynote address will serve as a capstone event for the program. With the help of the Guild, as well as SCAD organizer and associate professor of education Dr. Rachel Finley-Bowman, Skloot’s presentation at the event was finalized. In an email interview, Finley-Bowman described the process of getting Skloot’s participation: “I contacted her agent, discussed with her what Eliza-

bethtown was doing regarding programming with SCAD and the Open Book, and both Rebecca and the agent loved the idea.”

In addition to Skloot, David Lacks, Henrietta’s son, will be joining the SCAD events.

Lacks and Skloot will take part in a panel discussion following Skloot’s address to give a deeper perspective on Henrietta and her family’s story. “The Q & A panel with David Lacks should also be exciting because of the human connection it provides to the book’s protagonist,” Finley-Bowman said.

Skloot first became interested in Henrietta Lacks’ story after a brief mention of Lacks’ scientific impact in Skloot’s high school biology class. The topic became an obsession for her, later turning into a decade-long discovery of who Henrietta Lacks really was, and what impact the medical research had on her family.

Etown students are being given the opportunity to learn from Skloot’s hard work through her keynote address, and perhaps gain some inspiration for their own endeavors. “I think hearing from someone who’s in the public eye is always a learning experience. They might learn about what really drives an author, they might learn what gets you through a project that takes a really long time,” Zambella said. “To think you could sustain yourself on just one project!

So I think that she might be able to teach us something about persistence, and patience, and some of those qualities that are a little bit hard to find in our texting, automatic world.”

All students are encouraged to attend this special event that the Lancaster Literary Guild made possible. This event is free and open to the public.

The keynote address will take place at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, April 24. The panel discussion will follow at 3:30 p.m. A book signing has also been scheduled after these events on the first floor of Leffler Chapel and Performance Center.

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Young Center to host two lectures on faith ECEG sponsors Old-order Christianity and orthodox Judaism to be discussed fifth ‘Changing Our Colors’ campaign T Tara B. Hayes Asst. Copy Editor

wo 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 of Israel and Snowden Fellow at Etown, will present his lecture on the Haredim and the Amish on April 26 at 7:30 p.m.

Jeff Bach, director of the Young Center, asked Rod Janzen to participate in the Durnbaugh lectures because Janzen has “studied the Hutterites for over 30 years and published a number of books about them, including the most recent, “The Hutterites in North America.”

Janzen will focus on the contemporary trends in Hutterite life in his lecture entitled “Aspects of Hutterite Life: Communal Christianity and 21st-Century Challenges.”

According to Janzen, the Hutterites are “a community of about 50,000 old order, plain-dressed Christians who have lived communally since the 1520s. There are about 500 colonies located across the northern plains of the United States and the prairie provinces of Canada.”

“There is much diversity among Hutterites,” Janzen said in an email.

“Some colonies allow the use of musical instruments, including electric guitars, while others do not even allow members to own cell phones.”

“The Durnbaugh Lecture is unique because Professor Janzen is the best authority on how to write life today,” Bach said. “This is a unique opportunity for the college community to hear from the leading authority on how to write about their faith and their way of life.”

As a Snowden Fellow, Neuberger will present a lecture at the College during his three-month stay. Neuberger will also be conducting research on the Amish to draw more comparisons to the Haredim while he is in Etown.

The Haredim are conservative, orthodox Jewish people who live mainly in Israel, while the Amish live mostly in the United States. The Haredim live in separate communities from those who do not practice their beliefs as they don’t agree with the government in many respects and want to have as little contact as possible with non-Orthodox society. Like the Amish in the past, the Haredim are exempt from the draft, but unlike the Amish it is because they do not identify with the state, not because of their religious pacifism.

Neuberger said that the lecture will focus more on the Haredim, considering the number of Amish living in Lancaster County. “I already wrote something in the past about the Amish, and I don’t think it would be appropriate for me talk about the Amish because people here know more about them than I do,” Neuber-

ger said. “So I think the appropriate thing would be to talk mainly about the Haredim in Israel and draw some comparisons between the two groups.”

He will compare the two religions and their relationship with the respective state in which they live.

“The Snowden Lecture is unique because Dr. Neuberger is the first scholar to do careful comparative studies on the Amish and the Haredim regarding their relationship with their respective governments,” Bach said.

Despite their differences, these two groups also share some similarities.

According to Neuberger, some people in Israel refer to the Amish as the “American Haredim.” Both groups have very strict rules that govern their daily lives, such as the way they dress.

Neuberger believes those who want to know more about Israel will “certainly” benefit from his lecture, as well as those who do research on the relationship between church and state among various religions.

These lectures will provide insight on the similarities and differences these religious communities have with “modern life” as well.

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The lectures will take place at the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies, which hosts a variety of events pertaining to religion throughout the year.

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‘Open Door Recital’ showcases talent, dedication of music therapy program Amanda P. Robertson Staff Writer

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usic therapy is a major at Elizabethtown College that deserves more credit and publicity than it is given. It is a profession that uses the healing power of music to work on the non-musical needs of a variety of clients, such as the physical, emotional, cognitive and social skills of the individuals.

“Music therapy can make the difference between withdrawal and awareness, between isolation and interaction, between chronic pain and comfort — between demoralization and dignity,” said Barbara Crowe, a past president of their national association. This profession requires a dedicated, caring and hard-working person who is willing to work as hard as he or she can for the benefit of others.

The music therapy program at Etown is very well-known and is dedicated to helping the community. There are a number of music therapy opportunities around this area with which students get involved as part of their required coursework and additional volunteer experiences.

The music therapy students at Etown put on multiple events throughout the year. One of them is an interactive recital at the Masonic Village for around 100 older adults with varying diagnoses, and another is their “Open Door Recital” at the College for children with and without special needs. Approximately 60-80 children and parents attended the “Open Door Recital” this year. The recital for children started because the parents of many of the young clients wanted a recital they could attend where they wouldn’t be disruptive. Performances for the recital are kept to about three minutes, and they are very interactive to keep the children’s attention.

In the fall, the students go to Masonic Village and perform a different genre of music each year for their “Love the Music” recital. The last concert was love songs through the ages, in the past other themes included patriotic songs, Broadway and sing-a-longs. The recital at Masonic Village started as a volunteer project to bring music to the residents. This helped students learn how to present music to different types of audiences, such as what songs to pick for certain age groups for whom the students perform. Also, twice a month on Wednesday mornings, the students go

to the Masonic Village to present music experiences for an Activities of Daily Living Program. This music program lasts for about 30 minutes.

Etown’s music therapy students also go to a regional conference every year. Elizabeth Shea, a senior music therapy major, described how the education and experience she received at Etown has really paid off. She noticed when all the students were assigned tasks at the conference that she felt very comfortable doing them when others did not. “I felt leaps and bounds ahead of other students with experience,” said Shea, who won the Jenny Shinn award at the Regional Conference.

The clinical experience that the music therapy students at Etown receive teaches them to effectively use music to meet the needs of a variety of clients, and thus have a wealth of clinical experience when they get a job after graduation.

Etown’s program is unique because of the amount of clinical experience the students are able to get from their first semester at Etown all the way through their senior year.

The students start observing sessions at the clinic right away as first-years. In their second semester, the students track the progress of a client they are assigned. One method is through the one-way mirror. The student can view the client’s therapy session and keep notes on it. In their third semester, the student takes part in the session as an assistant. They observe, record data, write chart notes, assess treatment plans and draft final reports. From their fourth semester on, the students have to complete five practicums with three to five different groups of people. These practicums are either at the on-campus clinic, the Masonic Village, a special needs classroom in an elementary school, the Hershey Penn State Medical Center in the neonatal or oncology center or the Bethany Children’s Home. Students get feedback about sessions, which helps their learning and helps the clients move forward. This clinical experience brings together everything the students have learned.

The music therapy program at Etown is very prestigious and gives the students a solid education with which to enter the real world. The students in the program frequently volunteer throughout the community, which helps the students learn about the profession by putting them in different real world circumstances. It also helps build the reputation for the music therapy program.

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n recent years, Elizabethtown College students have become increasingly interested in spreading the word on sustainability and green practices. The members of the Elizabethtown College Environmental Group (ECEG), specifically, have discovered new and creative ways to demonstrate just how great of an impact each of us has on the environment.

ECEG is currently carrying out the fifth annual Changing Our Colors campaign. This is a collection of eco-friendly events taking place in the four to five weeks leading up to Earth Day. One such event was the Eco-friendly Product Show that took place Monday, April 9 in the KĀV. It was originally intended for secretaries and thus featured a lot of recycled office supplies. Vendors from Staples as well as representatives from Dining Services and Environmental Services attended the show. Students and faculty were welcome to stroll through and check out the various tables. Senior Melanie Sturm, president of ECEG, commented, “I think it was a success.”

Friday, April 13, ECEG provided transportation to Ten Thousand Villages in Ephrata. Ten Thousand Villages is a fair trade retailer, selling handmade products from artisans around the world.

Fair trade ensures these frequently underpaid or unemployed artisans are paid in full for their products, thus providing them with vital income. “I’m very excited to go. I’ve been there before, and it’s awesome. Fair trade is an awesome concept,” senior Nadine Kennel, secretary of ECEG, said before the trip.

The club also took part in a tree-planting ceremony on Wednesday, April 11. In addition to some club members, there were facilities staff and a few non-club members in attendance.

Five native trees were planted near the stream that flows between the track and the Young Center.

Another aspect of Changing Our Colors will be a trash audit on Brinser Field. “What we’ll do is go around and take random bags of trash, probably one from each building, and dump out the contents. Then we’ll go through and see which items are recyclable, which could be composted, and which are actually trash,” Kennel explained. She hopes that this will serve as a wake-up call to students. “They need to know that not everything is trash,” Kennel said.

Etown’s audit will take place Friday, April 20 on Brinser Field.

It will happen during Habitat for Humanity’s Shack-a-Thon, an event simulating poverty housing. Sturm said, “We hope that the Shack-a-Thon will create more traffic on Brinser that day.”

Franklin & Marshall College and Dickinson College have held trash audits in the past with surprising results. Franklin & Marshall’s audit, which took place in October, found only 28 percent of the bags’ contents were true garbage. Compostable waste made up 25 percent and a whopping 47 percent of the contents could have been recycled. Kennel and Sturm hope that such numbers will help change Etown students’ behaviors. They want students to think twice before tossing just anything into the trash.

On Monday, April 15, Kennel, Sturm and sophomore Nina Wheeler traveled to the Smart and Sustainability Campuses Conference (SSCC) at the University of Maryland, College Park. There, they listened to speakers and gathered ideas regarding sustainable practices that have been implemented on other college campuses.

They hoped to come across some good ideas to bring back to Etown.

ECEG also planned to co-sponsor an Earth Day showing of “For the Next 7 Generations,” a film promoting peace and sustainability, but it has since been canceled. Sturm said, “Some of our past films haven’t had the best turn out.” There will not be an Earth Day film this year, but Sturm is hopeful: “Maybe next year,” she said.

Speaking of next year, what exactly is the fate of the Environmental Club? A majority of the club representatives are seniors. Sturm said, “We have a strong core of faculty and staff standing behind the club.”

Hopefully the dedicated faculty and staff will carry the club until some new members jump on board. Even if the club has low numbers, Sturm hopes people will take initiative and behave kindly to the earth on their own.

Sturm said, “It’s not about the quantity of people that show up to our events. My real concern is raising awareness. I don’t expect everyone to lead a lifestyle like mine, but if people contribute even just a little on their own, that’s what matters.”

In an effort to improve their habits, students can stop by Brinser on Friday to see what they should and shouldn’t be throwing in the trash. Just as Sturm said, even a small contribution from each individual will make a difference.

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How to study E-Team aids marketing dept. through social media in style Sarah R. Wertz Staff Writer

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Seniors Sean Duetsch and Chris Tjaden pose for the style-cam in the Hoover Center for Business. Duetsch shares one of his style secrets: J. Crew offers a 15% discount toward any purchase with a college ID card.

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ean Duetsch and Chris Tjaden (also known as Chris and Sean, or Sean and Chris depending on who you ask) are a match made in style heaven. As soon as I saw this twosome’s look, I thought of either studying hard in the library or grabbing a cup at the Blue Bean. The room- and band-mates have very similar tastes, and revealed that they shop at the same preppy-influenced stores. They also surround themselves with a stylish apartment on campus, which they say is an influence on their perpetually cleancut looks. While Tjaden teased Duetsch about his whole look being from J. Crew, the perfectly tailored trousers and sage green sweater made me think of a dashing hipster grabbing some coffee in some big city and then running off to the nearest Apple store for the newest iPhone.

Tjaden looked more like he just stepped out of a magazine advertisement for an equally prep-centric brand. His Gap button down, J. Crew tie and pants, along with his ever-present Sperry Top Siders created a look that will never go out of style, at least in my book. The twosome continued to tell me about some of their style habits, which are just too interesting not to include. At their next show, look for Tjaden’s outfit to be slightly mimicking Duetsch’s. While Tjaden said that he normally does it just to be funny and to irritate Duetsch, the cohesiveness of the pair proves why they’ve been roommates for three years.

In addition to admiring these brands’ aesthetics, the pair also agrees that the clothes are durable and built to last. They proved a good point, one that I often forget as soon as I step through the hallowed doors of Forever 21: sometimes, it’s worth paying more for higher quality goods that you’ll have for years and years instead of spending small amounts on clothes that will fray and become threadbare after a mere three wears.

Duetsch also let me in on a little secret about J.Crew that I obviously have to pass along to you guys. While the prices may seem steep, if you flash your college ID, it’s an instant 15 percent off everything in the store, including sale and clearance. It’s a useful tip to use wherever you go, as most stores have some unpublished discount for us poor ramen-eaters! The next time you’re out shopping and see something you absolutely have to have from the J.Crew window (this is a problem for other people, right?!) just remember: that little discount could go a long way in furthering your style repertoire, and that may just make you a feature in this column!

he Elizabethtown College Social Media Street team, the “E-Team,” is a new student group that is making big changes on campus. This group helps the Office of Marketing and Communications here at Elizabethtown College by writing, tweeting and posting new updates, events and initiatives on campus.

They also upload pictures, videos and other social media extras.

The students involved in this club are juniors Alexa Masano (@etown_alexa) and Zakiya “Zee” Fulton-Anderson (@etown_ zee), as well as sophomores Amy Malloy (@ etown_amy) and Taylor Ryan (@etown_taylor). These students are devoted to using Twitter, Instagram or Facebook with topics that students might find interesting around campus. The E-Team is a great addition to the campus because many college students are already using social media services.

Photo: Amy E. Malloy Masano said, “I think that since college students are constantly on social media, Students on Elizabethtown College’s E-Team use social media websites and applications whether it be on their phones or computers, such as Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to capture important moments during the it is great that the marketing department is school year.The E-Team has attended events such as Relay for Life and academic lectures. doing this. The students see first-hand what Although communications majors can relate benefits that come from being part of the is going on here. So it only makes sense well to this group, other members are not E-Team. First, students learn marketing and for students to tweet or post things about communications majors and get similar re- communication skills in a great working entheir college!” She also believes that the sults and experiences from their involvement vironment without committing to a major. new group will help students connect with in the group.

Students become a brand ambassador their peers.

The members have been working hard pro- for the College, which is always a great way Malloy thinks that the E-Team will help moting the group and making an impact on cam- to show school spirit. A majority of the promote areas of Etown life that prospec- pus. Masano has even connected her personal student body are already on these social tive, as well as current students may not Twitter account with her E-Team account to media websites, so why not put your time see other places. Malloy said, “Since we gain more followers and spread the word to use and get involved? social network, it’s more of a personal ex- around campus. She says, “My favorite type The E-Team will also help students to perience that people can hopefully relate of social media is Twitter and Instagram. gain experience for future employment, to, and in that way I hope we can get more I love taking pictures, so Instagram is one improve their resume and establish constudents and prospective students involved of my top choices.” nections for letters of recommendation and interested in campus life.”

Malloy is also very dedicated to promot- and references.

Both Malloy and Masano are commu- ing this new group. “I plan to promote the Although the club is new this semester, all nications majors, and they feel this group E-Team through Twitter, Facebook, my blog, of the members are excited about its progress has made a positive impact on their future my radio show and through pictures on In- and can’t wait to see more people get involved. careers. Malloy explained, “I’m a mass com- stagram,” Malloy said. She says her favorite Additional openings will be advertised in the munications major, so being a part of the form of social media is Facebook, but the fall 2012 semester.

E-Team will definitely build my networking, E-Team has made her more active on Twitter.

To learn more, visit the E-Team website social media and promotion skills. In the Some students may ask why someone at www.etown.edu/offices/marketing-andfuture I hope to integrate it into my résumé.” would join a group like this. There are many communications/eteams.aspx.

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Cool down around town with local sweet treats Autumn A. Steel Staff Writer

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t’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 BaskinRobbins. These are easily recognizable because we all, more than likely, have one in or around our hometown. They provide a familiar atmosphere with a recognizable menu.

But for those of you looking to try something different, there are a variety of restaurants serving sweet treats this summer that can only be found in Elizabethtown. Places such as the Trolley Stop Diner and Twin Kiss serve quality food and ice cream while maintaining the intimate charm that one would expect in a small town.

The Trolley Stop is located on Hershey Road just before the entrance to State Route 283. They serve a variety of Hershey’s ice cream flavors, including soft serve. They have new ice cream features each week and plan to have even more features, including water ice, in the summer months.

The restaurant includes a playground on which its younger customers can play.

Twin Kiss is a small, familyowned restaurant ser ving a variety of sandwiches and des-

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Local shops like Twin Kiss and the Trolley Stop Diner have a myriad of frozen, sweet treats to choose from, including sundaes, milkshakes and more. Elizabethtown students are encouraged to support local restaurants and enjoy their welcoming atmosphere.

serts. Their ice cream menu includes floats, milkshakes, malt shakes, sundaes and more.

Twin Kiss owner Kevin McCurdy explained that real ice cream is made with 10 percent butterfat, which is what the restaurant uses. “Ice cream is 10 percent butterfat and anything under that is ice milk; that is where other restaurants can buy cheap mix and offer it at a much better price than we can, because it’s cold and sweet but doesn’t have 10 percent butterfat,” he said.

You will rarely find new items on Twin Kiss’s menu. “I prefer to keep a limited menu, turn it over fast, and it will always be fresh… I think that we’ve come up with a real good recipe and a real good system,

and it’s like the old saying, ‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,’ That’s the way I see it,” McCurdy said.

“It’s just as good today as it was 55 years ago.”

The ice cream does not disappoint. Cold, creamy and delicious, it is everything that ice cream should be.

McCurdy recommends t h e ro ot b e e r f l o at ; it is made with real, 10-percent-butterfat ice cream and his own homemade root beer that is mixed by hand.

The creaminess of the ice cream transfers perfectly to the float, and the ro ot b eer gives it a quality that can only be found at Twin Kiss.

Buying your summer treats from a small, family-owned business can be beneficial for everyone. “Supporting small family businesses is a great way to stimulate the economy and help the middle-class,” firstyear Rebecca Patten said.

“Small family-owned businesses are always fun to go to.

They’re just really cute, and the people working there tend to be nicer, and you feel better about where your money is going,” sophomore Becca Sayler said.

Junior Ambre Biehl finds small establishments to be more homey and welcoming. “I like that they are not as commercialized,” she said.

This season, when the weather gets warm and the ice cream cravings begin, consider some of the restaurants that can only be found in Etown. These places have a uniqueness that won’t be found at larger chain restaurants. They care about their products and their customers. And, of course, the ice cream is delicious!

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Marketplace, Jay’s Nest offer limited food options for students with special dietary needs Austin M. Whitlock Staff Writer

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egans and vegetarians (as the names imply) get used to eating lots of vegetables.

With a diet that consists of no meat and, when it comes to vegans, absolutely no dairy products, plant eaters learn to get creative with their meals.

While being a vegan or a vegetarian has a lot to do with choice of diet, some people believe there is much more to it than that. “It’s not just a diet, it’s a lifestyle,” junior vegetarian Elizabeth Brennan stated. “I stress that.

It’s about what you eat and don’t eat but it’s also about [using] animal-tested products, cosmetics and that stuff. So I personally take it very seriously.”

Others have chosen to become vegetarians for no reason other than they don’t like meat very much, including sophomore vegetarian Aman Singh. “Suddenly I just wanted to quit [eating] meat, and now I have this passion, it just came out of nowhere, and so I said, ‘what’s the point to eating meat?’” he said.

When it comes to the food at Elizabethtown College, the students and Dining Services staff sometimes come to a crossroad.

Because the overall number of vegetarians and vegans is small at the College — vegetarians and vegans always check in with a small margin in Dining Services’ yearly survey — it can be difficult to please everyone.

“We do put a lot of planning into [the food selection],” Residential Dining Chef Charles Downs stated. “We always make sure we have a vegetarian and vegan option available. The thing is, we try to make them options that all the students will enjoy and maybe use to start eating healthier too instead of eating

chicken fingers all the time.” The options are clearly marked “vegan” or “vegetarian” so that students can trust what they are eating.

While the dining staff does a lot to ensure a quality selection of food for vegans and vegetarians, some students aren’t very happy with the selection. “I’m a lover of soup, so sometimes I wish there were more soup options other than Cream of Broccoli or cream of Potato. There are also almost no vegan options other than vegetables too,” senior vegetarian Nadine Kennel said.

“Being vegetarian is definitely easier at home,” junior Molly Settle, who was raised vegetarian, said. “In the Marketplace, there’s less to choose from and it becomes especially easier for vegetarians to become bored easily with the food. I feel like with most of the center plate options there isn’t much that I prefer to eat or can eat.”

While many vegetarians see room for improvement, some are relatively happy with the options offered, including firstyear Leah Ludwig, who loves the veggie burgers and the salad station which offers a lot of options.

Oftentimes the case is that students don’t have as much information as they should about what is actually available to them. ”There are a lot of options here, but I don’t think they are spotlighted [enough] and one might not know what is available,” Production Supervisor Joe Riddles stated.

On the part of the staff, they would love to know more about what the vegan and vegetarian students want. “There’s always areas for improvement,” Downs said. “I need more feedback because some of the foods we could get are on special order and it doesn’t make sense to get them if people aren’t going to eat them. I’ve even kept certain items on the menu that I know don’t

Photo: Matthew P. Butera

Elizabethtown College accommodates students and their dietary needs to a certain extent, but some students are wary of the options presented as vegan or vegetarian.

With a small quantity of options for vegan and vegetarian selections, students feel as if there should be more to choose from on the menu.

get eaten because I know that vegetarians like them. If we knew certain things that students want, we could make them available, even if it was in a small container.”

There are some particular improvements that students would like to see. “[The labeling in the Marketplace] is a little ambiguous.

They label the obvious things but not the not-so obvious. I tweeted once to the College saying, ‘why are the mashed potatoes not labeled vegan or vegetarian?’, and they replied back with the ingredients. But that’s the stuff that vegans and vegetarians want to know about,” Brennan said.

Another idea is one proposed by Ludwig. She hopes to see one specific area for vegetarians and vegans so that all the food

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‘Lockout’ space abduction fails to capture interest Evan J. Todd Staff Writer

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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.

I was given the choice of four movies, and I chose to watch “Lockout.” I decided on this movie after watching all four trailers and thinking, “Oh my god! This is horrendously clichéd!” I was watching the trailer, and it struck me as your runof-the-mill action flick. There are a bunch of baddies, and the good guy has to out them in their place and or save someone.

But the line that made me laugh out loud was when Guy Pierce (the lead actor, who I recognize from “Memento” and, more recently, “Hurt Locker”) says, “I have to save the President’s daughter [from the revolting prison in outer space].” Don’t get me wrong. I love action movies, but let’s face it. “The Expendables” didn’t win any Oscars for a reason.

All I can say about this movie is: “Dumb!” This is one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen, and I like bad movies— I thoroughly enjoyed the Nick Cage abomination “Drive Angry.” The basic premise of “Lockout” is that Guy Pierce’s character, Snow, is framed for murder and treason during a double cross with the government in 2079. He is sent to space to save the president’s daughter from a prison space station and meet with his partner in crime to clear his name, but then a renegade group of Scottish criminals causes problems.

They want the president’s daughter so they can leave, making it difficult for Snow to make his way out of the prison, but then they have eight hours before it falls out of orbit and smashes into Washington, D.C. I am a movie fan and I enjoy lousy movies sometimes, but this was not enjoyable. The acting was terrible, the humor was sub-par and the effects were beyond laughable.

Producer Luc Besson hasn’t failed

me yet. He had my attention with the 1994 film “Leon” staring Jean Reno and Gary Oldman (one of my favorite actors of all time). Then he followed with “The Fifth Element,” another Gary Oldman-laced film.

Besson directed those films and only produced this one, which might have been its downfall, although I don’t think anything could’ve saved this film. The only thing that I enjoyed in this movie was the character Hydell, a Scottish criminal who is utterly insane.

Mesmerizingly portrayed by Joseph Gilgun, he was brilliant and I loved every moment he was on screen.

Aside from Gilgun, the acting was terrible. Peter Stormare (a Swedish actor) used a terrible American accent, Maggie Grace screamed her head off, and Guy Pierce attempted his best Brad Pitt impression the entire movie.

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Guy Pierce, the lead actor in “Lockout,” fails to impress a collegiate audience as a police officer sent to rescue a damsel from space. Loopholes and inconsistencies can be found within the plot and resemble the plot lines from previous films.

daughter] had better acting in ‘Taken’ when she was drugged and unconscious,” first-year Jennifer Gifford said.

The humor was also terrible. Every time something happened to complicate the situation, Snow would make a stupid comedic comment. There was a scene where he was supposed to jump a large ventilation shaft and he replied with, “Sorry, I left my cape at home.”

Nobody laughed. There was a scene where some of the prisoners murder a guard on camera and one of the police officers watching the murder very unsubtlely said, “oh, good reality TV.” The best way to describe him is the “Outer Space Jack Sparrow.” Every time he turned a corner he would get hit in the head with something; he tried to be good with the ladies, he tried to be humorous— the key word about his acting is tried.

There was nothing original about this movie. Everything was a rip off of another movie, only not done as well. In one scene, Snow has to put a needle into a woman’s eye to resuscitate her, and the scene tries its best to be the adrenaline scene from pulp fiction, only it wasn’t any good.

They were in a prison filled with 500 convicts, who were accidentally freed, but we are dealing with only nine of them. They didn’t even have a plan; they were accidentally let out and they took command.

There are plot holes inside of plot holes that make the “Transformers” plot holes look like little inconsistencies. The president’s daughter is shot in the leg and for half of the movie the main concern is that she is losing blood, but with all of the advanced technology in the movie, you would think they would have something to stop her bleeding. They have flying cars and space trips but government secrets are stored on a mini SD card that you could find in your cell phone today.

I took my girlfriend to this movie and I took her to Rita’s afterward as an apology.

She and I sat down after the movie and she had just as many gripes as I did. I strongly recommend not seeing this atrocious film.

Speaking with sophomore Chad Rice, he so delicately put it: “Dude, you saw the trailer. You got what you deserved.”

could be in one place. All in all, these are the kind of ideas that the Dining Services staff wishes to encourage.

“If there is something that people particularly want, we will do our best to meet their needs,” Downs said. “I would appreciate [people] coming to me and telling me if there are particular foods that they want to see. That is the kind of information we’re looking for.”

Etown offers the ability to make changes and communicate with the staff to make the stay here more suitable, so next time you are in the Marketplace and you see a change that would benefit the students, feel free to speak to Chef Downs directly and let him know.

He’d be happy to help.

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ear Sarah, The end of the year is coming up and my boyfriend and I live in different states, like a two-day drive away. We tried Skyping over winter break and that was kind of okay but over the summer he will have a job and I have to take a class. I’m afraid we’ll grow apart.

What can I do to make sure we don’t?

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ear Separation Anxiety Girl (aka the most unfortunate superhero name ever) The thing is, there isn’t one guaranteed, sure-fire way to prevent drifting apart. It sucks but hey, I’m in the advice business, not the cuddles business (just kidding, I totally am). A lot of people have to deal with long distance relationships and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t. The important thing is that you know you, and you know your beau. Ya see, if I was in your shoes, I would set up some agreement to talk… drum roll… once a day. Now, that probably sounds like a fresh sort of crazy, but listen: if you talk once a day, both of you will have something to actually say, ya know? If you call-and-textand-tweet-and-Facebook-and-Skype with every update, you are going to run out of things to say PRONTO. And then you’re just going to be that couple who only talks about how much they miss each other and who should hang up first and you’re going to feel like you’ve grown apart ‘cause there isn’t anything really there.

Now, that might not work for you. You’ll miss each other and that’s okay (however, if either of you fall to hysterical, paranoid pieces at the thought of not keeping in constant contact, that is definitely something you need to work on, like right now. That isn’t good). Just do what you’d normally do when not together, but shake it up with little fun things. Send each other letters and postcards, so you’ll always be excited for the mail. Take some weird weekend courses on how to cook or belly dance or throw pottery at the same time and talk about it. Vlog (video blog) to each other. You know your bf best, so you have to make the judgment call on what is right. Time apart can be good, too — it can give you time to grow into an even more awesome person, and thusly into a more awesome duo. Hopefully, a duo who can belly dance.

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Cooperative Grumbling An Editorial on How to Play Nice

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cademia and humility go hand-in-hand like political science and business. Like department heads and continuing ed. Like tenured faculty and constructive criticism.

Ego drives short- and long-term decisions at Elizabethtown College in a most unproductive fashion. Professors are proud of their work, their accomplishments, and sometimes even their department, and the grumbling heads atop Alpha are proud of all they look down upon, often rightfully so.

However, the walkways that connect Steinman and Nicarry are rarely enjoyed by professors of either building. The triumphant whistle of brash creativity keeps the Hooverites out of Zug. Memories of locker room swirlies and long division ensure employees from Masters and Athletics never cross paths. Rumors of haunted hallways, Ph.Ds in English, and religious academics keep everyone else out of Wenger. But overplayed stigmas aside, isn’t there a better way? 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.

In the U.S. (and on Etown’s campus) the undergraduate business degree is by far the most popular route for wannabe graduates.

According to the Wall Street Journal, business degrees do not focus enough on distinctive traits of a liberal arts education. They do not develop writing or critical thinking skills in their students, and it’s beginning to show.

However, Etown has an answer for this problem: a course entitled “Business and Public Relations Writing,” taught by an English department faculty member, which is “…designed to strengthen each student’s competence and confidence in business communication” according to the most recent college catalog. But this course is not required of business majors of any concentration, and does not even show up on the business department’s website, which instead features “Writing and Analyzing the Short Story” as an example of a writing intensive class students can take.

As staff members of the College’s student newspaper, we are certainly influenced by a bias when we say the majority of Etown’s students simply do not know how to write.

However, it is considered one of the most sought-after skills by companies for new recruits, and we have to say, it takes precedence over watching movies in common core classes. Because the real way that things work has a lot less to do with learning rudimentary physics taught by a recorded PBS special, and quite a bit more to do with the ability to communicate the ideas, theories and experiences you have learned while in college — something Etown falls tragically short on teaching.

Look at the zealous double majors who attempt to get the most out of their Etown experience. Students with this mindset have to juggle the core courses that a liberal arts institution requires of them, as well as a faculty adviser from each department creating a four-year plan for the bewildered learner with their own courses at the forefront.

However, the advisers in these two depart-

ments are never required to exchange as much as an email, let alone meet to discuss the academic future of their student. For us to become a recognized institution, we need to mandate that the student be the primary concern for our faculty and staff.

There is no logical reason why an ambitious student should be turned away from pursuing numerous interests because of disparate messages thrown at them from neighboring departments. Let’s require one advising session a semester for these engaged pupils that brings together the student’s advisers from both departments, allowing the faculty members to actively discuss and contribute to the plans set forth, and subscribe to this notion of cooperative learning in academia.

Sadly, there are scores of other examples of how a more interdisciplinary environment and a humble, social faculty would better the overall institution. This includes helping the students connect their social and academic lives (sports medicine classes, perhaps), to improving the College’s standing (the Wall Street Journal recognized small schools simply for requiring other departments’ courses to complete a major), and even saving the school some money (there is currently a corporate communications advertising class that works off the same textbook as another advertising class for marketing concentrations).

However, the College needs to recognize that the way to set itself apart is by working together, and to engage its employees in a cooperative learning environment that shifts “Learning Everywhere” from a gaunt campaign to an axiom of which the community can be proud.

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What do you think of this year’s TGIS theme “Going for the Gold?”

“I’m pretty excited, but I don’t want to do anything athletic.”

~ Jason Vidalenc ‘15

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Mr. Etown shares pet peeves on common sports colloquialisms, bids farewell Sean M. Duetsch Columnist

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t is that special time of year for sports fans everywhere. Baseball is just starting, playoff hockey and basketball is getting underway and the Summer Olympics are right around the corner. For this reason, I would like to take this chance to rant to you about some of the issues I have with sports (what an odd introduction).

I think my biggest pet peeve about sports is when people associate themselves as being a part of the team.

And the classic example is using the term “we” when referring to a particular team. Like, “I can’t believe we won that game last night,” or “we really put in a great effort tonight.” What are you talking about “we”? You did nothing but sit at the bar and hammer down beers like a relapsed alcoholic. We? I guess I missed the part of your life where you are the general manager of a professional sports team, my fault.

And I am fully aware attaching oneself to a sports team is not a bad thing. I think it is healthy to want to be a part of something that is bigger than yourself, something that can impart hope and excitement outside of your control. But to go as far as rioting your city after your sports team loses—that seems a bit excessive.

In terms of specific sports there are only a few that get under my skin. I am personally not a big fan of watching baseball, but that is because I have this thing where I don’t like being bored (it’s my issue, I’ll deal with it). And going to a baseball game can be just as riveting because I get the opportunity to be just as bored but with the chance of getting struck in the head with a foul ball (WHAT FUN!).

My favorite sport is hockey and, in my opinion, it is the toughest sport by far. I mean, the players are allowed to, at any time, just stop the game and fight each other and the penalty is to sit in a box for five minutes. In any other sport there would be fines and suspensions but in hockey it is commonplace, and almost celebrated, as an attempt to spark excitement from the team or the fans.

I think more sports should implement this rule. You cannot tell me golf would not be more interesting if you knew that at any moment Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson could drop their putters and start brawling on the green (by the way, golf is an amazing sport if you love cursing and lowering your self-esteem).

And if you are wondering why I am leaving out boxing and MMA fighting, that is because they are not sports to me. If the sole purpose of your “sport” is to injure the other player to a bloody pulp than that is not a sport, that is just attempted murder.

And I love the people who will call hunting a sport.

Hunting is not a sport, it is a survival technique. And, trust me, if every animal ever hunted was anthropomorphized and could talk they would not want to play your so-called “sport.”

I would love to hear a hunter try to explain this concept to a deer. “So deer, we are going to play this game where you go about your daily business and at any moment I am going to show up and shoot you or anyone you hang out with. Doesn’t that sound like a fun game? And I know you are wondering why we play this game and it is because you are overpopulated in the region and by overpopulated, I mean you are delicious” (I told you this was going to be a rant).

There is honestly so much more I can go on about in terms of sports but I am confined to the length restrictions of this assignment. I think if you are going to take anything from this article it should be that I have a lot of issues which should be checked out by a psychiatrist.

And to conclude, I would just like to say this will probably be my last Etownian article ever and that I really appreciate anyone who has read my articles and gotten a kick out of them. It has meant a lot to me (and I’m not crying, there is just something in my eye).

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Women in the workforce: impact of physical appearance

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hat if you found out that your slaving away for a 4.0 was in vain? What if I told you that, instead of investing in your education, you should be shelling out for a nose job and some liposuction instead?

While I would never actually tell you to swap your books for a brow lift, your physical appearance might be more important than you think. Your looks just might be the deciding factor in whether or not you get your dream job.

It is no secret that, as humans, we are drawn to pretty people. For example, why do those people in Hollywood show up everywhere? Oh, it’s because we love to look at them. But where do we draw the line? Should our inclination for sexiness impact which people get certain positions at work? Whether you think they should or they shouldn’t, looks matter.

In fact, being beautiful can actually hurt your chances of landing an interview, according to a recent study by HuffingtonPost. com. Let this be a warning to all you sexy ladies out there: do not attach your picture to your application materials. All those female recruiters will get jealous and throw your app in the trash. Once you land the

interview, however, it’s a different story.

That’s the time to whip out the lipstick and classy pantsuit. Apparently, looking hot could really, really help you out.

Studies regarding the impact physical appearances have on job-hunting, like one done by Newsweek in 2010, have only bad news for ugly folks. Fifty seven percent of hiring officials in Newsweek’s study said that people who are qualified but less attractive would have more trouble landing a job. Ouch.

Having extra pounds can also be a hindrance in the workforce. Huffingtonpost.com reported that obesity is associated with an 18 percent wage reduction and a 25 percent decrease in family income.

An 18 percent wage reduction? That’s a pretty big deal. Because I do not like believing that higher-ups would cut wages due to weight, this number got me thinking: perhaps there is an underlying factor at play.

Obesity is associated with a lot of health problems, for example, so maybe obese people are missing more work due to illness and are thus receiving lower incomes. This is just a potential reason that I came up with to ease my conscience because, really, how can your body size reduce your income by that much? That’s messed up.

Do obese individuals stand no chance?

And should the ugly yet brilliant people take

up telemarketing? Ok, let’s not be dramatic.

These studies may reflect some really nasty, shallow human tendencies. However, not all employers are shallow. Director of Career Services Jane Nini said, “Any ethical employer will not base their decisions on physical appearances.” She added, “If decisions are based on things other than qualities relevant to the job, it is discrimination.

That is illegal.”

Nini raised a good point, and said, “Clothing and cleanliness are not the same as physical attributes, and they do contribute to professional presentation and they absolutely matter.” Cheers to this! While it is totally unfair for an employer to give a job to one person over another based on dress size, giving it to the person who dressed the most professionally is something totally different.

Perhaps the reason that hot people tend to succeed is because … well … they know they look good. Perhaps they walk into an interview with greater confidence. Maybe it’s actually that confidence, and not facial symmetry, that boosts their chances in the workforce. I mean, if I were hiring somebody to work for me, I’d definitely take assurance over apprehension. So start off on the right foot and have an air of confidence and professionalism at the interview, where your employers get their first impression of you.

I want to stress that women need to

Put your Records On

By Ellen C. Wilson On the turntable Dr. Dog Genre Pop-punk folk My rating This band will have you pleasantly barking as you drive with your windows down.

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t’s impossible not to like Dr. Dog. The only people who don’t like Dr. Dog are those silly enough to put off listening to them despite well-intentioned recommendations from loved ones. I recently had this issue with my brother. I’ve been listening to, and loving, Dr. Dog since high school. Every so often my brother would ask me who the awesome band was that I was listening to. So I’d tell him it was Dr. Dog, and did he want some of their CDs to listen to? The answer was always “no, not right now.”

Then suddenly this spring, he decided not only to listen to Dr. Dog, but to become their super-fan.

Don’t be like my brother. Don’t waste five years of your life choosing to not listen to Dr. Dog. The band has been churning out albums from Philadelphia since 1999. They’ve become known for their scrappy, 1960s sound. They exploded into national recognition in 2007 when they released “We All Belong.” Utilizing a wide variety of instruments and group harmony, they are the perfect driving-withthe-windows-down music. Even their “sad” songs are infectious.

For instance, “Jackie Wants a Black Eye,” from their 2010 album, “Fate,” is an uplifting ballad about going through rough times in life but never being alone: And we’re all in it together now

As we all fall apart And we’re swapping little pieces of our broken little hearts Their newest album, “Be the Void,” was released this February.

They’ve reduced the use of all their instruments to better translate how they sound during their live performances. It’s more rock ’n roll and, as always, is full of boundless energy and uplifting choruses. The album starts off strong with “Lonesome,” an upbeat, folky song easy to stomp and sing along to.

However, though they’ve scaled back, matured and become more polished, the effect is a little underwhelming. Without their scrappy sound, Dr. Dog just sounds like they’re imitating other bands. “These Days,” for example, sounds too much like something from the Strokes’ “Is This It,” and “Turning the Century” sounds like a song the Fleet Foxes would do.

I can understand what they were trying to accomplish, but I don’t mind that most bands sound different live than they do in studiorecorded albums. It gives two different listening experiences, and if they’re a good band, they can pull off both sounds well.

Though Dr. Dog’s newest album is shadowed by the musical masterpieces of “We All Belong” and “Fate,” it is still worth a listen.

For first-time listeners, give their older albums a shot before tuning into “Be the Void.”

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Birth control legislation probes women’s rights Christian V. Sammartino Staff Writer

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ne of the great things about America is that its citizens possess the liberty to forge their own moral codes. However, a new healthcare bill threatens the moral rights of working women in Arizona.

The bill, proposed by Arizona House Republican Debbie Lesko, would enable employers to judge if a woman’s use of birth control is moral by their standards, not by the woman’s. Company leaders would have the authority to review the medical records of female employees to determine why they are taking contraceptives. If a woman is taking birth control to prevent pregnancy, Arizona businessmen with moral qualms can choose not to cover the insurance cost of contraceptive products.

Lesko argues that her bill is battling for the religious rights of employers. In her point of view, employers should have the liberty to refuse to cover the insurance cost of contraceptives if it violates their moral or religious values.

However, this bill would violate a woman’s right to privacy. On the professional

level, the sex lives of employees are private matters. In addition, different women may have different agendas for their families. If this includes utilizing contraceptives to ensure that pregnancy occurs at an ideal time, that decision is a woman’s prerogative. Both of these social elements should be protected by an individual’s right to privacy.

A woman’s decision regarding contraceptives is also threatened by the Arizona State Employment Policy. According to an article by Annie-Rose Strasser published on thinkprogress.org, women who refuse to show their employers their medical records in order to allow their bosses to evaluate their use of contraceptives could be terminated.

This is because Arizona has an at-will employment policy. This means that if there is no expressed contract between employer and employee, either party can sever the relationship without any liability.

In other words, an employer can terminate an employee with good cause, bad cause or no cause at all.

Furthermore, employers should not have the ability to dictate the private moral practices of their employees. These

practices have no bearing upon company business, and therefore do not concern employers. In addition, America is a melting pot of moral codes. It is not acceptable for one moral code to homogenize the moral spectrum and affect the moral practices of others.

Additionally, women should have the right to choose what is right for their bodies. Women have a precious gift which men do not possess — they are capable of bearing life. The intricate network of systems which characterize humankind are assembled within women’s wombs. The spark of existence flourishes within the embryos they bear, thus populating our planet. Therefore, women should have the inherent liberty to regulate their natural reproductive ability with contraceptives if they so choose.

This bill displays no consideration for diverse moral perspectives. In addition, it violates a woman’s right to privacy and disregards her right to choose what is right for her body. Overall, this bill successfully promotes the perpetuation of archaic mindsets, which hinders the progress of women’s rights.

continue to prove their worth in the workplace. Do not depend on looks to bring you success, or blame your failures on them.

While being gorgeous may help you in some places, it won’t help you everywhere.

Less-than-stunning individuals and beauty queens alike need to take steps to look professional and be confident. If you’re qualified and carry yourself with a sense of authority (don’t be cocky, though), whether you’re hot or not, you can succeed.

So please, please, please do not run out and get a tummy tuck after reading this.

Invest in a blazer, instead! And some shampoo! And maybe a haircut! It’s not about natural beauty; it’s about what you do to best present yourself. Work with what you have and what you know. Make it known that you are savvy and the best one for the job.

If you play the busty-bimbo role, you’re bound to be an office problem and, not to mention, an embarrassment to women everywhere. So set a standard of professionalism from the get-go. You want to be taken seriously. Be confident, polished and knowledgeable. And if you strike out at your interview? No, it doesn’t mean you’re hideous. Try to boost your résumé and try somewhere else. We’re all beautiful in our own way, so just let it shine in a new way at your next interview. Someone who hires based on looks isn’t worth your time.

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Team sweeps series against Albright, dominates Susquehanna Jasmin A. Chacon Staff Writer

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he Elizabethtown College softball team has once again returned to the infamous scene.

“For the game today it is definitely going to be a challenge because Albright is known to fight to the end so we definitely can’t let our guards down,” senior Julie Sebastian said. “We are going to have to play our hardest throughout the game.” And that’s exactly what the Blue Jays did.

On April 14, Etown hosted Albright College in a doubleheader that was packed with action. In game one, Sebastian pitched, picking up a win for her team in the 3-1 victory. In the second game, first-year Becky Becher drove in four runs for a 5-3 victory over Albright.

In game one, Sebastian picked up her thirteenth win. In the sixth inning, Sebastian got a single and two runs came in. She allowed one run and eight hits while striking out eight.

The one run came in during the first but she did not allow any more in the outing.

The Blue Jays were outhit 8-3. Third baseman junior Elly McCarthy singled to open the second and Jessica White bunted and moved the runner to second base. First-year Photo: Matthew P. Butera Kaylee Werner hit a single which brought Senior pitcher Julie Sebastian winds up McCarthy in to tie the game 1-1. Sebastian on the mound. Sebastian has been an put pressure on Albright to produce on unstoppable force on the mound this season. top. “Elly was very strong on defense and

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had outstanding catches during key times,” first-year pitcher Justyna Pepkowski said.

Albright got one hit but Sebastian struck out the last two batters. McCarthy led two hits and two runs in the first game.

In game two, Pepkowski was on the mound for the Blue Jays against the Albright players.

Etown was able to bring in some early swings in game two. The Blue Jays started with a 2-0 lead. Becher was a big factor in this game because she got the four runs in the game.

“Becky hit really well and drove in runs during key times when we needed her,” Pepkowski said. In the fourth inning, Becher got the 2-RBI triple and junior Lindsay Cooper singled and drove in the fifth run of the game, making it clear that every player is crucial.

“I can’t even pick key players because without certain people we wouldn’t be a family or work together. We need everybody on our team no matter what position they play to come together,” Sebastian said.

The second-to-last play of the game was in the seventh inning. The first batter, Brandy Lagomarsino, had a triple to start off the inning for Albright. The next batter hit a ground ball to the third baseman who then threw it to White at first who threw it to junior Courtney Comstock at the plate causing the double play. Pepkowski struck out the last batter to end the game. “Everyone is definitely a key player,” Sebastian said.

Another win has been added to this season’s team record. “It’s good that we got the two wins because we really need them to keep us in the playoff race,” Pepkowski said. The Blue Jays softball team is currently tied for third in the Commonwealth Conference. “We are finally great offensively and defensively.

This year has been great because we support each other and that’s important for a team,” Sebastian said.

In regard to the team’s future, Sebastian said, “It is every player’s dream to make playoffs so I would obviously love for that to happen, but on top of that I would like to continue this great relationship the team has. As long as we stick together and support each other like we have, that’s what will help get us there.”

The Blue Jays softball team was on the road Wednesday facing off against Susquehanna University. “We are just all going to have to go in the game with that fierceness that we have with every game, and mindset that it doesn’t matter who they are we just have to play our hardest,” Pepkowski said.

Etown successfully played with that mindset, sweeping Susquehanna 7-2 and 7-4. These wins were extra special, as junior Lindsey Cooper registered her 100th career hit in game one of the series. This season also marks the first time that the Blue Jays have compiled 10 road wins in a season since 1998.

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Assistant coaches: Key Jays hope for strong conference finish assets to athletic success Alexis L. Morris Sports Editor

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or the 2010-2011 school year, the Elizabethtown College Blue Jays fared well at both the conference and national level. Five teams grabbed their conference titles, and 28 athletes were individual conference champions. Five students were named conference Players of the Year, and three more achieved Rookie of the Year status.

Many other Blue Jays made All-Conference, All-Region and even All-American teams, and because of this excellence, four head coaches received conference Coach of the Year status: Terry Corcoran— lacrosse, Matt Helsel —tennis, Randall Kreider— volleyball and Chris Straub— men’s cross country.

While head coaches most definitely deserve such accolades for their commitment to Etown athletic programs, an integral part of any athletic team often goes ignored: the work of assistant coaches. They won’t ever win a major award, and recruits definitely won’t choose Etown because of an amazing assistant coach. However, these coaches still have an impact on their respective teams.

For Emily Swarr, the assistant coach for the tennis team, the appeal of being an assistant coach stemmed from past memories. “I played tennis at Etown, I graduated in 2010, so I really enjoy the sport,” Swarr said. “It’s great to be able to pass on the tips and strategies that I used and was taught when I played.”

Although assistant softball coach Trisha Johnson is not an alumna of Etown like Swarr; her love of softball compelled the Millersville University graduate to join the Blue Jays’ organization.

“The attraction coaching holds for me is still being able to express my love for the game of softball and pass on my knowledge of the game to younger players,” Johnson said.

Strategically speaking, assistant coaches are extremely beneficial during practice times. Johnson stated that she usually works with the outfield during practice, as well as other miscellaneous duties. “Sometimes I pitch during a hitting drill, catch for pitchers or help with a drill. Whatever needs

to be done,” she said. Swarr will lead practice for the men’s team if the women’s team is away for a match and vice versa.

Typically, assistant coaches can focus on one group of players, whether it be the defense, goalies, pitchers, etc. while the head coach works with another group.

In addition, some recruiting and scouting responsibilities may be added to their plate. Assistant coaches can also be another source of motivation for players during practice.

However, assistant coaches also often serve as a different type of mentor to the teams. The relationship between a player and his or her assistant coach as opposed to the head coach is often very different.

“I feel as though players feel comfortable talking to me about things that don’t necessarily need to progress to the head coach,” Johnson said. “It also benefits me because I’m closer in age to the players. This brings a sense of being able to relate to certain situations, on and off the field.”

For Swarr, her current position as an assistant coach is perfect for her lifestyle, although she is unsure of whether she will try to pursue a full-time coaching job in the future. “I really enjoy what I do full time, I teach third grade, so I like being able to coach without it being a full time job,” she said.

However, Johnson does hope to be a head coach in the long run.

“There’s no better feeling than seeing your team succeed and grow as players,” Johnson said, explaining her desire to move up to a head coach position.

While the paycheck of an assistant coach is definitely not a huge incentive for them to work at Etown, the spirit of Blue Jay athletics keeps Swarr and Johnson excited about their coaching responsibilities.

“I’ve always loved being a part of Blue Jay athletics, playing on the team myself for four years,” Swarr said. “It holds a lot of great memories for me, and I think it can only hold more.”

Johnson explained, “It’s a great accomplishment to see my players succeed and have fun while doing something they love. I love coming here every day and being a part of their journey.”

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First-year Caitlin Knight races to scoop up a ground ball before an Alvernia defender. The Blue Jays dominated the Crusaders in ground balls, draw controls and shots.

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he Elizabethtown College women’s lacrosse team was well on their way to having yet another winning season as they entered into MAC conference play last week. With a record of 7-3 and one conference victory under their belt against Lycoming College on April 5, the Blue Jays look forward to continuing their winning streak against their upcoming opponents.

The team’s next match pitted them against arch rival and nationally ranked Messiah College. The Falcons came into the game hot with a record of 8-2 overall and were already 2-0 in conference play, but this did not stop the Blue Jays from getting off to a great start against their conference foes. Junior midfielder Kara Solesky came out ready to battle, scoring a hat trick in the game’s first 25 minutes of play.

The game seemed to be more like a chess match in the first half, as both teams mirrored the play of one another in terms of goals and defense. Only six goals were scored in the game’s first 20 minutes. When the first period whistle blew, the score was tied at 5-5.

The second half of the game began just as the first half ended, with both teams matching one another goal for goal. First-year Andrea Russo continued her great rookie campaign, scoring her tenth goal of the season to help the team regain the lead.

Though the Blue Jays put up a valiant effort, in the end the Falcon offense was too much for Etown, as the team fell to the number 9 ranked team in the country 13-10. Though the game ended in defeat, it was not without hard play by the team.

Solesky, who tied her career-high in goals with four, talked about her contribution to the team’s play and the overall effort of the team: “It was the game we had been waiting for all year. We had a chip on our shoulder from last year, and we wanted to show how hard we have worked and how much we have improved. We will continue to improve and hopefully come out with a win next time we play them.”

The Blue Jays had little time to worry about the loss as they headed to Reading, Pa. to face yet another conference opponent and first-year team, Albright College. From the first whistle, the Blue Jays came out ready to play. Goals were not hard to come by for the Blue Jays as they were up by eight goals before the Lions even netted their first.

The game was all but over at the end of the first half as Etown dominated all facets of the contest.

Senior captain Katie Scheurich, junior Becky Porter, and first-year Caitlin Knight facilitated the Blue Jays’ offense, each scoring a hat trick in the contest.

Junior defender Sam Earle, who recorded a teamhigh five ground balls in the game, talked about the victory and how the team rebounded from the Messiah loss: “Even though it wasn’t one of our toughest games, it gave us an opportunity to work on coming together as a team as we get to the stretch run of the season.”

Continuing their momentum from Saturday, Etown hosted Alvernia University on Wednesday.

The Blue Jays moved to 3-1 in the conference after the 17-6 victory. First-year Leigh Anne Flounlacker and junior Emily Butler led the offense with a hat trick each. Nine different players contributed goals in the effort, and the Blue Jays were able to limit Alvernia’s leading scorer, Sarah George, to just one goal.

On the defensive end, goalies junior Rachael Waldman and sophomore Shelby Bruno shared the net and saved six of Alvernia’s 13 shots. The efforts of a stingy Blue Jay defense and the full-field play from Etown’s attack both contributed to the small amount of shots the Crusaders took. Etown caused 10 turnovers in the game, and the 23 ground balls proved the Jays were the superior team in this match-up.

The next game for the Blue Jays will be Saturday as the team heads down to Washington, D.C. to face the No. 16 Catholic University Cardinals at 3 p.m.

The Blue Jays will have to find a way to staunch the scoring power of leading scorer Mary Swarthout, who has 44 goals this season, to be successful.

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The golf team fared well Sunday and Monday at the Glenmaura National Collegiate Invitational with first-year Ryan Laudeman and senior Kent Hersom finishing in the top 25.

Laudeman tied for seventh, Hersom claimed 24th and the entire Blue Jays team finished eighth overall. The University of Scranton hosted the invitational and finished first.

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The University of Kentucky’s men’s basketball team has left many fans groaning after the 2012 National Championship team will lose its entire starting lineup to the NBA draft. Although the lineup was a young one comprised of three freshmen and two sophomores, the Wildcats took a commanding 67-59 victory against the University of Kansas Jayhawks in the NCAA tournament. Also, Anthony Davis claimed almost every player of the year award and is expected to be the No. 1 draft pick after just one year of collegiate play.

Lauren Paul, head coach of the women’s lacrosse team at Franklin & Marshall College, was removed from her position after a hazing investigation culminated. Several players were suspended for the remainder of the season, leaving 16 players to finish the season out for the Diplomats.

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The 2012-2013 NFL schedule was released on Tuesday night to eagerly awaiting fans. With roster changes and a bounty program scandal, analysts are excitedly discussing the potential results of the upcoming season. One game that analysts have pegged as a must-watch is the Oct. 7 match-up between the Denver Broncos and New England Patriots. The Manning-Brady match was always an intense one in the past, but this time Peyton is donning the orange and blue instead of squaring off in Indianapolis. Other big games include the San Francisco 49ers and New Orleans Saints Nov. 25 and the infamous Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers rivalry Nov. 18 and Dec. 2.

NHL fans are in their happy place as the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs are in full swing. Much excitement has occurred thus far in the tournament, most of which centers around the Flyers-Penguins series. The games between the bitter foes have been filled with trips, hard hits and punches.

Pittsburgh forwards Arron Ashram, James Neal and Craig Adams were all suspended for Game 4 — Ashram was also suspended for three additional games — after their actions in Game 3. Philadelphia leads the series 3-1, but after facing the brutal Penguins, will the Flyers be too battered to succeed in the second round?

The Los Angeles Lakers have been without star guard Kobe Bryant since April 7 after he was sidelined with a shin injury. However, the Lakers seem to be doing just fine without him, going 4-1 in his absence. Center Andrew Bynum’s stellar play is certainly helping the Lakers finish off the regular season on a high note.

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different things together, and we really try to build team unity,” Corcoran said.

With this being possibly the final three games of his college career, he knows that every game is crucial for the team to keep their playoff hopes alive, and it all begins with practice.

“Preparation and practice will be key,” he continued.

Being a senior, Corcoran feels that the legacy of his class, that has a combined 39 wins along with a regular season championship in 2010 on their resume, will be one to remember and will serve as a guideline to success for future lacrosse teams.

Corcoran added, “The legacy the senior class will leave is dealing with adversity in a positive manner and leaving a program that has a good work ethic on and off the field. We want to establish an atmosphere that is positive.

As with any athletic team, it is a privilege, and we cannot take it for granted.”

The Jays rebounded from Saturday’s loss with a crucial win over the Alvernia University Crusaders Tuesday. At half time Etown held a close 4-2 margin. However, the offense roared to life in the second half, especially in the fourth quarter, to end the game at 18-4. Corcoran led the team in points with three goals and two assists.

dversity. That is one of the ways to describe this season for the Elizabethtown College men’s lacrosse team.

Last season, the team had an overall record of nine wins and seven losses and a record of six wins and five losses in the MAC conference.

Many veterans of the team are stepping into bigger roles, and younger players are making significant contributions by getting a lot of playing time early in their Etown career.

This season, the team has played with as much passion as any Blue Jay team; however, they have been on the losing end of some close games. A 5-4 loss to Lebanon Valley College on March 31 was a stinger for the team. After a heartbreaking 8-7 loss in overtime at Lycoming April 5, the team started out conference play with two losses.

With two important games last week against conference rivals Messiah and Albright, the team was hoping to get back into the playoff hunt.

Wanting to avoid an 0-3 record in the conference against Messiah, the team had a great performance. Junior midfielder Cory Boushell had a hat trick to cap off a 10-8 victory for the Blue Jays over the rival Falcons.

Sophomore Derek Kline also had two goals in the game, to make it number ten on the season. Senior Sean O’Neill had two goals along with an assist in the game. Seniors Dan Patton and Shawn Corcoran and junior Donnie Krause also contributed for the Jays with one goal each.

In their second game of the week against Albright, the Lions scored the first two goals of the game, then Blue Jays Corcoran and senior Greg Cauceglia scored on unassisted goals to tie the game at two goals. Another two goals by the Lions were answered by two more by the Blue Jays. Both teams were even through the first half with five goals apiece.

In the second half, the Lions separated themselves from their conference foes with five goals in the third period while the Jays could not score, and Albright ended up with the victory 13-7.

With a 1-3 record in the conference, the Blue Jays have a tough road ahead of them in the last few weeks of the season.

With three road games remaining in the regular season, the Blue Jays need to win out and get some help along the way from other teams if they are to get to the playoffs.

Corcoran, one of the leaders on this Blue Jay team, has a team-high 15 goals and is second on the team with 19 points this season. He knows that it has been a challenging year; however the team chemistry is there through thick and thin. “The main Photo: Matthew P. Butera thing is to remain positive, that fa- Junior midfielder Cory Boushell scans the field for an open teammate while cilitates a bond between all classes blowing past an Albright defender. His hat trick against Messiah propelled the and the age difference. We try to do Blue Jays to a 10-8 win.

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Teams remain undefeated against Commonwealth opponents Players striving for repeat of last season’s dual conference championship, NCAA appearance Olivia E. Cesar Staff Writer

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he Elizabethtown College women’s and men’s tennis teams had an extremely demanding but rewarding weekend. With three matches at Etown and two away at LVC, the pressure was on for both teams to perform at their best.

The women’s team started off their winning streak by defeating Division I La Salle with a score of 5-4 on Thursday afternoon.

On Saturday afternoon, at the LVC Tennis Complex in Annville, the women’s and men’s tennis teams once again defeated the Flying Dutchmen. The women’s team finished with a score of 6-3, and the men’s team completed the match with a victory of 8-1. The women’s team continued their winning streak by defeating Salisbury University with a score of 6-3. Unfortunately, the men’s tennis team lost against Salisbury, ending the match 6-3.

With three straight winning matches, the women’s tennis team was feeling extremely confident. First-year Kaitlyn Pellegrino stated, “[We have] performed great so far!

We only dropped two matches … overall we have a winning record.”

The women’s tennis team plundered Division I La Salle at the double matches, which earned the women’s team their victory. The Jays won two of three double plays with juniors Allison Burkhardt and Madison

Pipkin winning 8-5 over La Salle’s double parings. Success for Etown’s women’s team was clinched when first-years and doubles partners Christine Evangelista and Pellegrino finished their match with a score of 8-2.

“This is the best year for me because I’m a freshman, but last year we made it to nationals, and so far our performance is repeating itself, and, hopefully, we will make it there again this year,” Pellegrino said.

History can and does repeat itself, as was demonstrated when the women’s tennis team received its second Commonwealth Conference triumph of the season and secured a win over Lebanon Valley. The singles play guaranteed a swift victory for the Blue Jays (10-2, 2-0 CC) against their opponent. Evangelista and junior Kristi Noecker were the most victorious players on the tennis court; both won two matches.

For the men’s tennis team, senior Manrique Arrea, attempting to beat the school’s record of Brok Walker’s 114 wins, stated, “We beat Lebanon Valley, which is supposed to be our toughest opponent in our Conference this year, so that was a big win for us.” The men’s tennis team was virtually undefeated, stealing all six singles matches and two of the three double plays (7-5, 2-0 CC).

Juniors Billy Freitag and Eric Fritzges both have hit their tenth singles wins of the year, and Etown now has five players with doubledigit wins. As stated on etownbluejays.com,

it is the second time in the last three seasons that the Jays have had five players with 10 or more wins.

“We practice every day, and last year we made it to the finals, and I think we can do that again this year. The only thing we can do is play hard and see what happens,” junior Josh Riehl said of the wins.

The men’s team played on Sunday afternoon but lost a close game against Salisbury at the Alumni Courts, scoring a disappointing 6-3 loss. Despite the defeat, the team displayed perseverance through the victories from Arrea and Fritzges which helped the Jays tie the match at three; however the last three singles matches were won by Salisbury.

On the other hand, t h e w o m e n’s t e a m wrapped up their winning weekend with a major victory against Salisbur y, the 16thranked team in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Atlantic South Region.

The final score was

6-3. This was the fourth consecutive win last weekend and the second time this season that the team won against a nationally ranking team.

Etown faces yet another challenge on Thursday when they head to Lycoming College for a Commonwealth Conference match. With both teams’ outstanding performances last week, the women’s and men’s teams are being held to high expectations.

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Team fights for playoff spot as regular season draws to close Frank J. Capria Staff Writer

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he Elizabethtown College baseball team is fighting for a playoff spot. After a tough 9-3 loss to Stevenson University on April 11, the Blue Jays rebounded and won 7-2 against Albright College on April 13.

Stevenson gave Etown momentum early on with some errors. On Wednesday, senior Steve Motika was able to drive sophomore Ian Smith and first-year Tyler Weary in to score. First-year Kris Davis threw four scoreless innings against Stevenson before giving up three runs in the fifth, and then a four run streak in the sixth, which put the game out of reach for Etown.

First-year Luke Gatti scored Etown’s third run. “We play for tomorrow and take this one game at a time,” Davis said, despite the loss.

First-year Taras Letnaunchyn took the mound in the first game against Albright Friday. He had a quality start in his sixth win, by pitching six innings, giving up two earned runs and four strikeouts.

His win improved his season record to 6-1. “We have the confidence to

win,” Letnaunchyn said. “We have the talent to as well. We need to put it all together, and we have a good chance to make the playoffs.”

Junior Matt Ruth relieved Letnaunchyn for three scoreless innings with only one hit, to earn his first save of the season. Senior Tim Rosser and junior Dillon Tagle both reached base in the first inning.

Senior Matt Reade and junior Brian Verdelli each hit an RBI single in the first inning to get them to score, and gain an early lead.

In the fourth inning, first-year Ryan Haggerty doubled. Weary followed up by singling and sending Haggerty home. Weary proceeded to steal second and third base, but the bad throw to third base enabled him to run home and score a run to expand the lead to 4-1. In the next inning Verdelli hit a sacrifice fly to drive in the fifth run of the game.

In the seventh inning, Motika had an RBI hit to extend the lead to 6-2.

Weary hit a sacrifice fly in the eighth inning to drive in the final run of the game, with the final score being 7-2.

“I am very pleased with our results,” Head Coach Cliff Smith said.

“First we have to qualify for the playoffs,” Smith said. “We have to

take one game at a time, especially our conference games. Winning this series is crucial. We want to have the tiebreaker over the other teams.”

Etown proceeded to play a doubleheader against Albright on Satur-

day. In the first game, the Blue Jays started out strong and won 10-6.

Eight different players scored for the Jays. The eighth inning turned out to be crucial for Etown, as the score was tied at 4-4 at the top of the inning.

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Junior Dillon Tagle prepares to blast a pitch into the outfield during a game against Albright.The Blue Jays’ offense was amped up against the Lions, as eight different players scored in the first game.

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Track and Field team excels

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pril 12-14 was an extremely busy period for the members of Elizabethtown College’s track and field team. During that time, several members of the team traveled to Gwynedd-Mercy College, Messiah College and Bucknell University to compete in the Mid-week Twilight Invitational, the Messiah Invitational and the Bison Outdoor Classic.

The different meets drew participants for certain events — the majority of the team attended the Mid-week Twilight, while the Messiah Invitational was specifically for the decathlon participants. Although the Bison Outdoor Classic had events for both sprinters and distance runners, to save the legs of the sprinters, only distance runners made the trip to Bucknell.

This weekend, the Blue Jays will compete in the Larry Ellis Invitational at Princeton University on Friday, and the Widener Invitational at Widener University on Saturday.

Although the Middle Atlantic Conference outdoor championships are not until May 3-5, the Blue Jays are putting in the extra effort to have a good meet, as Etown will be hosting the tournament.

Results Summary Mid-week Twlight Invitational: Junior Jenna Niedermayer proved her dominance once again in jumping events. She hit the trifecta Thursday, setting a new school record in the triple jump, a personal best in the high jump and season-best in the long jump.

Junior sprinter Ashley Lockwood and firstyear Ashley Underkoffer took second place for their respective events — the 400m for Lockwood and the 800m for Underkoffer.

Junior Luke Rotenberger placed first in the 400m hurdles, setting a new season-best time.

Senior Mark Weber and junior Jake Blanton went one and two in the 800m run, with Weber finishing just under two minutes.

In the field, the sophomore class represented

the Blue Jays well. Nancy Gompers tied her personal best for the pole vault, and Eileen Kroszner threw her best shot put of the year at 10.4m, which was good for third place. Kevin Brady took first place in the pole vault, while Lucas Dayhoff finished second in the shot put.

Messiah Invitational: Sophomore Brian Lyang captured a dominating win in the decathlon, and his score of 5,749 points ranks him second on Etown’s alltime list. During his phenomenal performance, Lyang picked up first place in the 110m hurdles and the discus.

Last year, Lyang took home the silver medal at the MAC championships in the decathlon with a score of 4,960 points. If he can keep up his current performance, his chances of taking gold in the MACs in May are looking good.

Messiah’s Drew Engle finished in second, 290 points behind Lyang.

A decathlon includes the following events: 100m run, long jump, shot put, high jump, 400m run, 110m hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin and 1500m run.

Junior Katy Fogel found success in the heptathlon, finishing third at Messiah. Her commanding win in the 800m and third place in the javelin helped her secure her overall third place spot. Her 3,792 points are a new personal best.

A heptathalon consists of the 100m hurdles, high jump, shot put, 200m, long jump, javelin and 800m.

Bison Outdoor Classic: Sophomore Traci Tempone continued to shine as one of Etown’s best female distance runners after setting a new personal best in the 10,000m. She shaved an extraordinary 17 seconds off her previous time, and her 36:07.79 time is currently the best 10k time in the MAC this season and fourth in the NCAA. Sophomore Eileen Cody’s time in the 10k places her second in the MAC and 20th in the country. Senior Kathryn Howser and first-year Amelia Tearman set personal bests in the 1500m.

For the men, senior Eric Reichert turned in a stellar time for the 3000m steeple chase, good for eleventh and just shy of a new personal best.

April 19 Men’s: @ Susquehanna Spring Invitational Women’s: @ Lycoming DeSales

April 20 @ Larry Ellis Invitational Men’s: @ Alvernia

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First-year Leigh Anne Flounlacker is having an impressive rookie campaign with the Blue Jays. After starting every game thus far for the Jays, she leads the team in goals with 34 and is tied for second in assists with 12. Three times this season Flounlacker has scored five goals in one game. She registered two goals and two assists in Saturday’s game against Albright.

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@ Widener Invitational Men’s/Women’s: Albright Misericordia Men’s: Alvernia @ Drew Women’s: @ Alvernia

Etown then went on to score six runs, giving them a 10-4 edge. Albright attempted a comeback by scoring two runs, but the Blue Jays’ offense was too much. Sophomore Vaclav Hasik pitched two scoreless innings of relief to earn his first win of the season.

Hasik also held Albright hitless.

During the second game, Etown could not keep the strong offense going. They jumped to a two-run lead, as Gable and Rosser scored off RBI at bats from Motika and Smith in the first inning.

However, the lead lasted until the fourth inning, when Albright scored three runs, to gain a 3-2 lead.

Albright then scored two more runs in the fifth inning. Albright’s pitching kept the Blue Jays scoreless for the rest of the game, allowing the Lions to seal a 5-2 victory. Junior Jake Hoffstein factored in the loss for the Blue Jays, giving him a 1-3 record on the season. “We didn’t win the last game, but we won the series, which was important,” Davis said.

The Blue Jays’ next game was at Rowan University on Tuesday.

Etown fell 4-3 to the No. 22 Profs even though they lead 3-2 in the bottom of the ninth. Motika led the offense with three hits.

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Greatest Etown accomplishment: Getting Etownian’s athlete of the week Favorite Etown memory: Playing on the lacrosse team Favorite Jay’s Nest item: Egg Jay Greatest lacrosse accomplishment: Winning regionals my junior and senior year of high school I started playing lacrosse at age ...

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April 24

@ Spring Falcon Men’s: Classic Dickinson Men’s: @ Immaculata @ Juniata Spring Women’s: Alvernia Invitational Gettysburg @ LVC

April 25 Men’s: @ Alvernia