Opinions, please
By Alex Romano, Opinions Editor I never thought that, upon entering a liberal arts school at the tail end of the Obama years, an age defined by the rise of the PC Movement and its consequential alienation and embitterment of segments of the nation’s youth and the Republican Party, I would see so few opinion pieces published in the college newspaper. I have a variety of feelings with regard to this recent shortage of articles from...
The derision that overlooks the 2016 election
By Alex Romano, Staff Writer Well, it’s over. Tuesday, November 8, is now just a date on a calendar page that has been ripped off and tossed into the wastebasket. The wait is over, and the long-hanging cloud of anticipation now lifted. The rallies have ended, the suspense has died, the polls have closed and the winner has been announced. The bloodiest and most toxic campaign season in the modern age has concluded with an unexpected...
Presidential Nominee Donald Trump comes to Gettysburg
The Gettysburgian does not officially support or endorse any candidate for president, but all students and organizations are welcome to submit personal opinions and endorsements to gentjo02@gettysburg.edu By Alex Romano, Contributing Wrter Roughly 153 years after President Abraham Lincoln delivered his celebrated Gettysburg Address in Soldiers’ National Cemetery, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump laid out the agenda for his...
An American tradition: Ken Bone’s rise and fall amidst the political scene
The Gettysburgian does not officially support or endorse any candidate for president, but all students and organizations are welcome to submit personal opinions and endorsements to gentjo02@gettysburg.edu By Alex Romano, Contributing Writer Of all the things to come out of the presidential debate two Sundays ago, who could have guessed that the goofy-looking coal plant employee from Illinois would prove the more compelling character...
