A Note from The Gettysburgian’s Editor-in-Chief Regarding Our Editorial Processes
By Benjamin Pontz, Editor-in-Chief Tonight, the Gettysburg College Student Senate will consider whether to adopt an opinion regarding the conduct of on-campus media organizations. I do not know what that opinion contains, and senators should vote their conscience with respect to its adoption. I did, however, want to take this opportunity to clarify how The Gettysburgian operates in hopes of alleviating confusion that seems to crop up...
Contractor Working on CUB Construction Charged with Stalking Gettysburg Student
By Benjamin Pontz, Editor-in-Chief A man who was working for an outside contractor on the College Union Building (CUB) construction project at Gettysburg College earlier this fall has been charged with two felony counts of stalking and three misdemeanor counts of harassment. Michael Zapcic, an employee of Frey-Lutz, made numerous phone calls and approached a college student who works at the CUB desk, an affidavit filed in Adams County...
Decision 2018: Students Participate in Midterm Election As Turnout Doubles 2014 Totals in Campus Precinct
By Benjamin Pontz, Editor-in-Chief When it was all said and done, just over 880 voters cast ballots in Gettysburg’s second precinct in the College Union Building (CUB) Ballroom Tuesday. According to records kept by Andrew Dalton ’19, President of Gettysburg College Democrats, based on his club’s poll watchers, 426 of those voters were college students, representing 77 percent turnout among registered student voters...
Faculty Meeting News and Notes: November 1, 2018
By Benjamin Pontz, Editor-in-Chief The faculty held a business meeting Thursday afternoon in Mara Auditorium at which the primary agenda item was discussing a motion to adopt a policy that would address instructors teaching and grading their children and other relatives. Meier: APPC Recommends Prohibiting Faculty from Grading Relatives Dr. Brian Meier, Professor of Psychology and Chair of the Academic Policy & Program Committee...
Gonzalez Resigns Post as Chair of Senate Diversity Committee
By Benjamin Pontz, Editor-in-Chief Joshua Gonzalez ’21 has indicated his intention to resign as Chair of the Student Senate Diversity Committee after two months in the role. Gonzalez, whose appointment Senate President Nick Arbaugh ’20 heralded as likely to bring a “new energy” to Senate’s diversity initiatives, struggled to find his footing during the committee’s first several meetings and cited...
