Gettysburg College women’s soccer season kicks off
By Andy Milone, Staff Writer The Gettysburg College Women’s Soccer team started its preseason Monday, Aug. 22 with new members at its front. This season will be the beginning of a transition—a transition from a team without the First Team All-American selection and the 2015 Centennial Conference Player of the Year, goalkeeper Eliza Gray. “Eliza will be a big loss, and we will need to become more of an attacking team and become better...
Gettysburg Bullets begin new field hockey season
By Emily Sheehan, Staff Writer and Elizabeth Hilfrank, Sports Editor The Gettysburg College Field Hockey team arrived back to campus Sunday, Aug. 21, and is ready to work toward another successful season. Last year’s season ended with a win against top-ranked Johns Hopkins University, and the Bullets hope to start this season off with that same momentum. “We are really excited about the season,” said head coach Barb Jordan. “The...
The science behind Olympic records
By Kayla Britt, MS&T Editor Every four years, millions of people tune in to watch highly-skilled and well-trained athletes compete in high-stake competitions. The Olympic Games, which have ties to ancient Greece, were expanded in the 1980s to include professional athletes. They are arguably the most prominent sports competitions in the world today. The Olympics are an opportunity for athletes to shatter stereotypes surrounding...
Could Olympians bring home Zika virus with their medals?
By Sam Siomko, Staff Writer As the United States continues to wipe the floor in the medal count at the Rio Olympics this year, concerns surrounding conditions on and off the playing fields are still an issue. The whole Australian team had been robbed, and then there was that time the diving pool turned green. But before the Olympic torch was even lit, Zika was all over the news. Zika is a virus that is spread through mosquito bites....
Research from the land down under: Conducting research on Australia’s whale sharks
By Natalie Pitman, Contributing Writer Ever since I was a child, I dreamed of marine biology research and conservation. It was this passion that fueled my ambition to study biology at Gettysburg College, and what led me to travel thousands of miles to “the land down under” to conduct research in Australia this past spring semester. I became interested in the ocean at a young age and have followed my passion in many ways: joining the...
