Bullets surmount Garnet on field, raucous dugout to earn sweep
Apr25

Bullets surmount Garnet on field, raucous dugout to earn sweep

By Sean Brower, Staff Writer Less than twenty-four hours removed from a doubleheader split against Washington College, the Gettysburg baseball team played another one, against the Swarthmore College Garnet. The previous day’s events did not affect the Bullets. They went on to sweep Swarthmore, despite their chaotic dugout, and complete a 4-1 weekend. “I feel great. It was great to come out here on a beautiful day and just get a couple...

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Good and bad baseball, as Bullets split with Shoremen
Apr25

Good and bad baseball, as Bullets split with Shoremen

By Sean Brower, Staff Writer The Gettysburg baseball team split a doubleheader with the Washington College Shoremen, on April 16. Gettysburg took the first game 6-4, while Washington took the nightcap 12-2. During the course of six hours, two very different games were played. Game one was a back and forth affair, with the two teams tying and taking the lead twice each. “[I] feel pretty good. I mean, [I] don’t feel too good about the...

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Seven run third inning pushes Bullets over Red Devils
Apr25

Seven run third inning pushes Bullets over Red Devils

By Sean Brower, Staff Writer The Gettysburg baseball team pushed seven runs across the board in a huge bottom of the third inning, leading to a 9-5 victory and season sweep of the Dickinson College Red Devils on April 15. In all, the Bullets sent eleven men to the plate. The floodgates opened, when junior third baseman Logan Sneed reached on an error by his Dickinson counterpart, senior Brian McCloud. Consecutive singles by junior...

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Power leads Bullets to shutout win over Dickinson
Apr25

Power leads Bullets to shutout win over Dickinson

By Sean Brower, Staff Writer Junior pitcher Rich Power tossed 8 1/3 scoreless innings and the Gettysburg baseball team provided him with timely offense and defense, in a 3-0 victory over the Dickinson College Red Devils in Carlisle, Pennsylvania on April 12. “The first time around the order, we just tried to get everybody with fastballs. Then, the second and third time around, we worked in the off speed pitches and we had some success...

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Diet reviews part one: Not-so-magical diet tricks
Apr20

Diet reviews part one: Not-so-magical diet tricks

By Ari Snaevarsson, Features Editor So because the amount of attention to detail I was able to give the supplement reviews I did was sub-par for breaking down their potential benefits and what those mean on a biological level, I have decided on a broader topic of reviews. That is, for this next series, I will be reviewing popular fad diets, making a point of examining in particular the core nutritional concepts they implement. I want...

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