Greek Week unites campus sororities and fraternities
By Kayla Britt, News Editor April 1-4 marked Gettysburg College’s first Greek Week since 2009. It was started back up as an effort to promote unity among the various fraternity and sorority chapters here at Gettysburg. Order of Omega, the Greek honor society, helped planned Greek Week and intended it to shed a positive light on the Greek community and allow for more interaction between members of different organizations. There were...
The many, real problems with The Gettysburgian’s April Fools’ Day issue
By Jack Gentes and Alex Grun, Professional Reporters It is a longstanding tradition here at The Gettysburgian to produce an “April Fools’ Day” edition of the newspaper around April 1st. Every year, people get a good chuckle out of the silly fake news reports or stories about odd things going on around the school. While these stories are made in jest, people do not often realize the chaos they can cause. As one of The Gettysburgian’s...
The Gettysburgian endorses Donald Trump for president
By Jenna Seyer, Political Correspondent The Gettysburgian is proud to announce the endorsement of America’s only orange, orangutan-related candidate running for president. The newspaper staff believes that it’s time for a change. Let’s elect something different—it’s time for a presidency with free spray tans included. Donald Trump brings a whole lot to the table. He’s rich—very rich. He’s so rich that “he’s the only candidate who can...
Follow up to “A message from a minority class president: To the oppressed and their oppressors”
By Anthony Williams, Contributing Writer Allow me to set the record straight. In response to my posting “A message from a minority class president: To the oppressed and their oppressors,” I received many accolades and many criticisms. I am beyond grateful for both. As a writer, this is not an apology or a retraction, but it is a follow up of sorts. My job as a writer is to make my message as clear as possible; my first article wasn’t...
Eisenhower Institute holds 17th annual Blavatt Lecture
By Nora Tidey, Staff Writer Since 1996 the Eisenhower Institute has been holding the annual Blavatt Lecture. Endowed by Ronald and Susan Blavatt of Maryland, the lecture series features individuals whose professional experiences provide first-hand perspectives of the American political system. Past speakers have included Chris Matthews, host of MSNBC’s Hardball; Fred Fielding, Counselor to President Reagan and President George W....
