A Note from the Editor: On What the Gettysburgian Means to Me
Katie Oglesby ’23 (Photo Aly Leia Wein/The Gettysburgian)
When I started at Gettysburg College in fall 2019, I had no idea that I would now be looking for jobs in journalism after I graduate. I specifically didn’t work on my high school’s newspaper because I was insistent that kind of writing wasn’t for me. Now, three years and a few months after I attended an information session for The Gettysburgian in Glat Lodge during first-year orientation, I can easily say that I don’t know where I would be now without college journalism.
In this edition, we asked previous Gettysburgian editors what The Gettysburgian meant to them, in honor of its 125th anniversary, and they all had something to say about the experience it gave them. I can say wholeheartedly that I agree with their sentiments. The Gettysburgian has taught me as much, if not more, about time management, hard work and dedication as my classes have. It is hard to believe I have only one semester left in an office that has come to feel a lot like a home, but I know that all my experiences, even virtual, on this newspaper have prepared me for my time after graduation. The only thing it hasn’t prepared me for is leaving it.
In this magazine, we ask alumni who have gone into careers in politics and law how Gettysburg College shaped their paths. We explore safety on campus, in light of a semester of incidents that have made students question the efficacy of current measures to keep students safe.
Explore student-led calls to action in a petition to bring back off-campus housing, and our analysis of how Greek conduct violations are reported. Read about student’s experiences studying abroad, and reflect on the changes the Center for Global Education is implementing over the next few years.
What I hope this magazine will show to you is that Gettysburg College students have a lot to say about how they want their college to best represent them.
We hope to capture what students really care about today because that’s what college news is: finding the stories that matter on a campus that matters to all of us.
I’ve spent a lot of time pondering what The Gettysburgian means to me, and how it has shaped my college career, and I think it can be boiled down to how honored I am to be helping write our history.
Katie Oglesby ’23
Editor-in-Chief
The Gettysburgian
This article originally appeared on page 2 of the December 2022 edition of The Gettysburgian’s magazine.
