Iuliano Provides Commencement Planning Update in Message To Senior Class
By Jane Fitzpatrick, Assistant News Editor On Thursday, March 11 President Iuliano sent an email to the class of 2021 to update students on progressing conversations regarding plans for a graduation ceremony this spring. The president’s update informed students that the Commencement Committee will be engaging with senior class officers and the Senior Class Advisory Group in the planning process moving forward. It also promised a final...
College Faces $15 Million Deficit, Will Continue Reduced Contributions to Staff Retirement Accounts
By Anna Cincotta, Editor-in-Chief The college faces a $15 million gap between anticipated revenues and current expenses for the upcoming fiscal year and will compensate by continuing to halve its contributions to staff retirement accounts. The Board of Trustees expressed support for dipping into the $320 million endowment as the college continues to reel from the financial pressures caused by the pandemic. President Bob Iuliano...
‘There Is No Known Threat to the Campus’: Gettysburg Police Respond to Shooting Near Race Horse Alley, Victim in Critical Condition
By Katie Oglesby, News Editor, and Anna Cincotta, Editor-in-Chief At 9:00 a.m. on Mar. 11, Executive Director of Public Safety Bill Lafferty informed Gettysburg College campus community members about a shooting that occurred in the parking lot of Members First Credit Union early this morning. Gettysburg Police responded to a reported shots fired call around 12:15 a.m., and found a gunshot victim on Chambersburg Street who was then...
Senate Makes Tangible Steps Toward 24/7 Access to Emergency Contraception on Campus
By Kyle Beatty ‘23, Staff Writer The main event of this week’s Senate meeting was a long-awaited vote on the proposed “Opinion Regarding 24/7 Access to Emergency Contraception.” Opinions Committee Chair Giacomo Coppola ‘22 presented the opinion to the Senate, noting at the outset that the Opinions Committee had written the proposal in its entirety in the spring 2020 semester, but had not had the chance to introduce it to the Senate...
Blast from the Past—March 9, 2021 Edition
By Shannon Zeltmann, Staff Writer This week in 1941, class years were holding their monthly class meetings. Seniors were to meet in the chemistry lecture room in Science Hall to discuss their senior gift, and juniors would be going over “routine business” in the physics lecture hall in the Science Hall. Sophomores were meeting in the SCA auditorium and the first-year class would be meeting in the newly built Brua Chapel to discuss...
