Potential New Members for Sororities Have Decreased over the Past Three Years
By Alli Dayton, Managing/News Editor This weekend, 131 students participated in Gettysburg College’s formal sorority recruitment process. Of the individuals who went through the first round of recruitment on Friday, 104 received bids to one of the College’s six Panhellenic sorority chapters. In 2019, 191 students went through the first round of recruitment, with 151 receiving bids. In 2021, the number of potential new members going...
College Announces Fall 2022 COVID-19 Plan
By Alli Dayton, Managing/News Editor In an email to the Gettysburg College community on Friday, Vice President of College Life and Dean of Students Anne Ehrlich, Provost Chris Zappe, and Executive Director of Human Resources Jen Lucas, announced Gettysburg College’s COVID-19 plan for the upcoming semester. The College will require complete COVID-19 vaccination for all students, including booster doses if eligible. Students who wish to...
Harvard Fellowship Awarded to Professor Jim Downs
By Alli Dayton, Managing/News Editor This month, The Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University announced their W.E.B. DuBois Research Institute Fellows for the 2022-2023 academic year. Gettysburg College’s Gilder Lehrman-National Endowment for the Humanities Professor of Civil War Studies Jim Downs was named a Shelia Biddle Ford Foundation Fellow. During his fellowship, Downs will conduct...
Students Celebrate Springfest Weekend
By Alli Dayton, News Editor On Friday, April 22, and Saturday, April 23, Gettysburg College students gathered to celebrate the tradition of Springfest for the first time since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many on-campus organizations collaborated to create engaging events for the weekend. The weekend kicked off on Friday with Earth Day Fest in the Attic, featuring a 1970s theme and live music for students to enjoy....
Relay for Life Raises Funds for Cancer Research
By Alli Dayton, News Editor On Saturday, April 8, Colleges Against Cancer hosted their annual Relay for Life event from 8:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. in the Hauser Field House in the Jaeger Center. The organization planned the event over the past year to raise money for cancer research. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, much of the planning for Relay for Life occurred virtually. “We couldn’t necessarily work together in-person to...
