Aunt Izzie: Curing the Loss of Love
Dear Dizzie Izzie, I am in love with a man who abandoned me. I know you must receive letters like this all the time, but I must disclose the intensity of my indefinite dolor to someone! I was so close to this man. He enraptured and captivated my soul! Everything he did was so spectacular and splendid! Never have I felt such passion for someone. I loved him more than life itself. Every second I spent without him is a second without...
Men’s lacrosse beats previously-undefeated Eastern
Courtesy of GCC&M First-year Jameson Smith scored the game-winning goal off an assist from First-year Tim Murphy with 2:01 left in overtime and the 10th-ranked men’s lacrosse team survived a furious second-half rally to beat previously-undefeated Eastern University 12-11 Friday afternoon in a non-conference tilt. For the second year in a row against Eastern, Sophomore Robby Maddux scored six goals, tying his career high. He also...
This is rape culture
Sarah Van De Weert, Staff Writer I have been following the Steubenville rape case very closely since it began this summer and finally, a verdict has been reached. The two Ohio high school football players, Trent Mays, 17, and Ma’Lik Richmond, 16, were found guilty of raping a drunken 16-year-old girl. Their punishment? Richmond will be held at a juvenile detention facility for at least a year and Mays for at least two years. Both are...
Alpha Phi Omega pledges sponsor canned food drive
By Sarah Van De Weert, Staff Writer From March 24th to March 30th, the 51 members of the Spring Pledge Class of Alpha Phi Omega is going door-to-door in the Gettysburg community to collect canned goods, which will be donated to the Gettysburg Community Soup Kitchen. Francesca Nolen, a member of the Spring 2013 Alpha Phi Omega Pledge Class expressed her excitement for this event: “I joined APO so I could give back to the...
Musselman Library to host lecture on Lincoln, warfare
Courtesy of Musselman Library Certain critics of President Abraham Lincoln have long argued that the nation’s sixteenth president was an autocratic war-time leader who violated the laws of war and indiscriminately targeted the lives and property of southern civilians during the American Civil War. Come join us for Dr. Jason M. Frawley’s lecture, “Lincoln and the Laws of War” on Monday, March 25 at 4:00 p.m. in McCreary 101...