April Fools: Garage-Style Doors at Bullet Solve Student Mental Health Crisis Brought on by Pandemic
By Piper Mettenburg, Features Editor The prolonged isolation brought on by the pandemic has created a student mental health crisis. Thankfully, students at Gettysburg College have been able to keep their spirits up thanks to the garage-style doors at Bullet. “I’ve just been feeling so trapped since the pandemic began so it’s nice to finally feel like I can flow,” said Joy Zanghi ‘21 of the garage doors, which enable students to...
April Fools: CGE Launches New ‘Study Abroad at Seminary’ Program
By Anna Cincotta, Editor-in-Chief After the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in an overwhelming number of Gettysburg College students cancelling their plans to study abroad, the Center for Global Education (CGE) announced a new program for those who still wanted to, as the new flier on the office door reads, “get away without really getting away.” “We knew we needed to do something for our students during this challenging time,” said CGE...
April Fools: Students Receive 1,596 Emails About Phone Outages, Express Gratitude for College’s Transparency
By Jane Fitzpatrick, Assistant News Editor Director of Infrastructure and Computing Thomas Franza has been publicly recognized by the student body as an influential member of the administration for his high level of communication and transparency during campus phone power outages. Students were notified periodically throughout the process of rebooting the “College Telephony System” on various occasions, including when members of the...
April Fools: College Releases New Battlefield Running Policy
By Garrett Glaeser, Sports Editor You’ve heard of Turkey Trots and Reindeer Runs but get ready for the Gettysburg Gallop! That’s right, the College has listened to alums who have expressed a disappointment that they didn’t enjoy the battlefield enough and has instituted a new policy where students will be required to run the park roads. “In each student’s time here they will grow mentally as students and physically as runners,” said...
Celebrating Women’s History Month on Campus
By Alli Dayton, Staff Writer Women’s History Month occurs throughout the month of March and is intended to celebrate the contributions of women throughout history who inspire the successes of modern women. At Gettysburg College, Women’s History Month was celebrated through a variety of programs organized by the Office of Student Affairs and Greek Life, the Women’s Center, the Office of LGBTQIA+ Life, and the Office of Multicultural...
