Snapshots from a Pandemic Semester
Compiled by Mary Frasier, Photography Director, and Piper Mettenburg, Features Editor We documented the various changes to campus since the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Here’s how life at Gettysburg looks during the spring 2021 semester, almost a year since the college halted in-person classes in March of 2020. This photo story appeared on pages 14 through 17 of the March 16,...
April Fools: Dean Ramsey Cracks Down on Fire Safety
By Mary Frasier, Senior Editor Gettysburg College campus has been eerily quiet ever since the commencement of spring break. The few dwellers near campus have been concerned about the mysterious disappearance of all the students and why they have not returned to resume their rigorous classes. After some investigation, the cause of the mass exodus of students has been determined. At the beginning of the Spring 2020 semester, Dean Ramsey...
Editorial: What We Know About Josh Wagner
By Members of The Gettysburgian’s Editorial Board THE ISSUE: Joshua Wagner ‘19 was selected as the student speaker at this May’s Commencement exercises. Since that announcement was made, a group of students has begun to circulate a petition advocating Josh’s removal in light of an article he wrote as part of last spring’s April Fools edition for The Gettysburgian. The article — titled “13 Places Safer than FIJI Basement on...
College Hosts 4th Annual Undergraduate Tree of Life Conference
By Mary Frasier, Staff Writer The 4th Annual Undergraduate Tree of Life Conference, formerly know as Limmud, took place on Sunday, April 7th in Joseph Theatre. The event was separated into two parts. Associate Professor of Religious Studies Stephen Stern introduced the first section of the event, detailing the beginning of Judaic studies at Gettysburg College and how the event began four years ago. He explained how Gettysburg College...
Order of the Omega: President Riggs and Fellow Faculty Present at Last Lectures Series
By Mary Frasier, Staff Writer On Wednesday, April 3 in the Attic, the Order of the Omega presented the Last Lectures Series. This year’s Last Lectures featured Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science Chas. Phillips, Chair of History and Associate Professor of Africana Studies Scott Hancock, and President Janet Morgan Riggs. Pearson Cost ’19 began the event by introducing the first speaker, Phillips, as a political...
