Hopes for a safer Gettysburg: A response to sexual assault
By Jhanvi Ramaiya, Contributing Writer If you speak to the Department of Public Safety’s Lieutenant Faith Biesecker, you will learn that in the aftermath of increasing sexual assault reports, Gettysburg College is trying to make a difference, starting with the class of 2020. Sexual assault has been a longstanding issue not only at Gettysburg College, but at campuses around America. Following an assault and murder, the Clery act was...
This week’s top stories
By Nora Tidey, News Editor National Monday night marked the first of this year’s general election presidential debates. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump debated hot-button topics at Hofstra University in front of what was expected to be a historic number of television viewers. The personal jabs from the candidates came early including, but certainly not limited to, Clinton’s attacks on Trump’s business roots and failure to release his...
Student groups gather for lively political debate on hot-button issues
By Dusty Hagedorn, Contributing Writer In anticipation for the impending Clinton versus Trump presidential debates, the Eisenhower Institute, in coalition with the Political Science department, held a campus-wide political debate featuring the various political organizations of Gettysburg College. The goal of the debate was to foster positive dialogue between students and political organizations alike, while giving the campus...
The art of negotiation
By Danielle Jones, Contributing Writer Negotiate (verb, used without object): to deal or bargain with another or others, as in the preparation of a treaty or contract or in preliminaries to a business deal. On September 21, the Eisenhower Institute hosted a debate amongst six of the political groups on campus. The debate was daunting enough in that I had never done something like it before that day. Going into the day, I knew that...
This week in women’s issues: Maternity leave
By Annika Jensen, Editor-in-Chief Donald Trump recently unveiled his child care policy in which he called for paid maternity leave, an unorthodox move for a Republican party nominee. Trump’s plan would provide six weeks of paid leave for new mothers, though it did not specify the rate of pay these women would receive; meanwhile, opponent Hillary Clinton has promised parents 12 weeks paid leave and at least two-thirds of their current...
