Bullets Swim Teams Collect Five Big Wins to Start the New Season
By Sydney LoPresti, Contributing Writer The men’s and women’s swim teams started their new season off strong Saturday, October 23, defeating multiple Centennial Conference foes in the pool. The men were able to take down Dickinson by a score of 198-61 as well as Washington College, 170-91. The women pulled in the remaining three victories topping Dickinson (155-106), Washington College (157.5-103.5), and Bryn Mawr (193-68). Veteran...
Students Prepare for the Upcoming Production of “Into the Woods”
By Alli Dayton, News Editor For Gettysburg College theatre students, next weekend’s production of Steven Sondheim’s musical Into the Woods represents a triumph over the challenges performers around the world have faced throughout the pandemic. “It’s been two and a half years since I last performed a musical for an audience,” said Molly Hoffman ’24, who plays Lucinda. “I remember walking into the first rehearsal and being so...
Highest Number of Harassment Disclosures in Two Years: College Releases Title IX Data from 2020-21 Year
By Phoebe Doscher, Editor-in-Chief On Oct. 19, the Office of Sexual Respect and Title IX released the aggregate statistics of Title IX reporting with updated numbers from the 2020-21 academic year. Last year, the College began publicly releasing Title IX data over a five-year period; this year’s data runs from fall 2016 to spring 2021. The Title IX Office received 41 disclosures of gender-based and/or sexual harassment in the 2020-21...
Masking Update: Musselman Library and Theatre Performance
By Katie Oglesby, Magazine Editor On Oct. 28, Vice Provost Jack Ryan sent a campus-wide email announcing an update to the masking policies on campus. Vaccinated students are now permitted to unmask in the library, except in Rooms 014 and 018 and the Special Collections Reading Room. Students may be asked to mask when working with library staff in close quarters, so students are advised to still bring a mask with them to the library....
Problem of the Week: Arithmeticulous
Editor’s Note: The Department of Mathematics at Gettysburg College hosts a problem of the week challenge to determine each semester’s Paul Mugabi problem-solving award recipient(s). Each week’s entries are scored by a faculty judge, and winner(s) from each week will receive a Problem Of the Week (P.O.W.) button. The Gettysburgian is not involved in or responsible for accepting or evaluating students’ submissions to this contest. THE...
