A Note from the Editor: On Storytelling and Taking Up Space
When I walked into the Gettysburgian office for the first time this semester, it felt a little too much like a museum. Old issues of the magazine were stacked up on the table we usually gather around during weekly editorial meetings, and a bowl of candy canes that were definitely too old to eat without at least a little bit of overthinking were still in the corner. Our staff meets on Zoom every Sunday now, but I still missed the...
Netflix Shows You Should Be Watching: Midnight Diner
By Nicholas Koloian, Staff Writer When people finish their day and hurry home, my day starts. My diner is open from midnight to seven in the morning. They call it “Midnight Diner.” That’s all I have on my menu. But I make whatever customers request as long as I have the ingredients for it. That’s my policy. Do I even have customers? More than you would expect. Midnight Diner, a Japanese television series directed by Joji...
Gettysburgian Investigation Finds Discrepancies in Textbook Prices Across Departments
By Anna Cincotta, Editor-in-Chief Any Gettysburg student who chooses to major or minor in chemistry must complete CHEM 107, or Chemical Structure and Bonding. According to data compiled by The Gettysburgian, more than 220 students took this course in the fall of 2019, and the cost of the required textbooks for this course, if they were purchased used from the college bookstore, amounted to $299.98, regardless of instructor....
Review: Judas and the Black Messiah
By Victoria Staub, Staff Writer In the middle of Black History Month, HBO Max released the film Judas and the Black Messiah. This title provides an incredible summary of this historically-based film as long as you’re familiar with the Biblical story of Judas’s betrayal of Jesus, the messiah. In this film, William “Wild Bill” O’Neal, played by LaKeith Stanfield, is arrested and given an ultimatum as to how he can serve his time: either...
‘A Rise in Positive Cases on Campus’: 10 Students Test Positive for COVID-19
By Katie Oglesby, News Editor Interim Vice President for College Life and Dean of Students Jeff Foster sent out a campus-wide email on Friday to update the campus community on the current state of COVID-19 on campus—a total of ten students tested positive this week. This news came after nearly three weeks of zero positive test results. According to the college’s COVID-19 dashboard, seven students are in isolation and nine are in the...
