Student Senate Tables Amendments to Promote Wider Campus Participation
By Kyle Beatty, Staff Writer This week’s Senate meeting opened with the swearing in of Senator Shane Carley ‘22, followed in short order by a vote on parliamentary procedure. While previously, weekly Senate meetings alternated between voting sessions and sessions dedicated solely to discussion, the newly passed motion removes this separation in anticipation of more productive in-person Senate meetings. The Budget and Management...
Virus Update: One New Case, Number of Students Moved to Remote Study Doubles
By Anna Cincotta, Editor-in-Chief On the afternoon of Feb. 26, Dean of Students Jeff Foster and Assistant Vice President of College Life Darrien Davenport shared a current update about the state of COVID-19 at Gettysburg. There is currently one new confirmed positive case on campus this week, and the number of students reassigned to the remote cohort due to violations of health and safety protocols has gone from 3 to 6 over the course...
Opinion: Big Business Is the Enemy of Free Markets
By Christian Tolino, Columnist In the modern American political discourse, rising wealth inequality and distrust in corporate America have fueled distrust of markets. Conventional economic wisdom would have us believe that markets must be heavily regulated in order to avoid predation by larger corporations. However, it is not the free market that is to blame. It is a fallacy to consider that markets in the United States are truly...
Blast from the Past—February 24, 2021 Edition
By Shannon Zeltmann, Staff Writer This week in 1961, an ad was in The Gettysburgian for a Table Fashion contest, which the Prince of Peace Episcopal Church in Gettysburg was holding at their Table Fashions Tea event. Students could enter as a team and set their tables in mid-April to be judged. There was a general first, second, and third place prizes, as well as ribbons for the most beautiful table, the most original table, the most...
Record-Breaking Proceeds From Gettysburgives Come at the Heels of a Year of Financial Uncertainty for the College
By Anna Cincotta, Editor-in-Chief The annual Gettysburgives fundraising campaign concluded on Feb. 24, and a total of $2,118,550 was committed to the college over the course of 36 hours. This giving challenge, which has taken place during the month of February for the past seven years, depends on financial commitments from the Board of Trustees, emeriti trustees, and—this year, at least—19 alumni, parents, and friends of the college...
