Field Hockey Report: Bullets Look Strong Going Into Conference Games
By Max Ferguson, Staff Writer The Bullets’ field hockey team has begun their season. So far, they have played four non-conference games with a respectable .500 average. They head into inter-conference play after one more non-conference game. The Bullets started off their season hot with a 4-1 win against Alvernia in Reading, PA. Gaby Markunas ’24 scored her first career goal in the first period of the game to set the tone against the...
Faculty Meeting News and Notes: Sept. 21, 2023
By Laken Franchetti, Editor-in-Chief President Bob Iuliano began Thursday’s faculty meeting by recognizing how members of the Board of Trustees were in attendance. He thanked them for what they do for Gettysburg College and for being present at the meeting. Iuliano then acknowledged that a $1.5 million endowment was gifted to the college in order to establish the Ann McIlhenny Harward interdisciplinary fund for culture and music. This...
Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Season Recap
By Staff Writer, Zion Williams Cross country is well underway this season and is starting to ramp up. Here’s everything you need to know about the season thus far: The men’s cross country team opened up their season at the Galen Piper Challenge on Friday, Sept. 1. They finished ninth out of 12 teams on the day, as Shippensburg took the victory with 24 points. In his collegiate debut, Maddon McNicholas ‘27 led the Bullets, as he...
EI Hosts Spotlight PA Lunch & Learn for Democracy Week
By Ella Prieto, Managing and News Editor On Wednesday, the Eisenhower Institute (EI) hosted Deputy Editor of Spotlight PA Sarah Anne Hughes for a Lunch & Learn in CUB 260. The event began with an introduction from the Executive Director of EI Tracie Potts, who told the audience about Hughes’ work and thanked the EI staff members who made the Lunch possible. Hughes then took over with a PowerPoint presentation detailing Spotlight...
Problem of the Week: Fall 2023, Number 5
Editor’s Note: The Department of Mathematics at Gettysburg College hosts a problem of the week challenge to determine each semester’s Paul Mugabi problem-solving award recipient(s). Each week’s entries are scored by a faculty judge, and winner(s) from each week will receive a Problem Of the Week (P.O.W.) button. The Gettysburgian is not involved in or responsible for accepting or evaluating students’ submissions to this contest....
