Hubbard Named Student Speaker for Commencement 2018
By Benjamin Pontz, Managing News Editor Morgan Hubbard ’18 will deliver remarks on behalf of the Class of 2018 at Commencement in May. A biology major and writing minor, Hubbard was selected from a field of applicants to give the address, which will “reflect the ups and downs of our time here,” she said. “I wanted to have an honest but positive approach,” she said. “In the past four years I’ve...
College Announces Honorary Degree Recipients
By Benjamin Pontz, Managing News Editor Gettysburg College will confer three honorary degrees at the 183rd Commencement Exercises in May. In addition to Howard Fineman, who was previously announced as the speaker and will deliver the commencement address based on his book Thirteen American Arguments, Rebecca Halstead and Francisco Núñez will receive honorary degrees. Fineman, former global editorial director with the Huffington Post...
College Democrats Plan Young Voters Day
By Benjamin Pontz, Managing News Editor Only 17 percent of millennials voted in the last midterm election. Accordingly, the Gettysburg College Democrats plan to register young voters and hear from Democratic officials as part of its first annual Young Voters Day on Saturday from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Lieutenant Governor Candidate John Fetterman, Mayor of Braddock, Pennsylvania, Former Director of NARAL Pro-Choice America Kate...
Gluhanich, Custer Will Lead 2018-19 Student Senate Executive Board
By Benjamin Pontz, Managing News Editor It was close, but, in a system where the popular vote rules, there was no electoral math to be done in declaring Haley Gluhanich ’19 the Student Senate President for the 2018-19 academic year. The results of the presidential and vice presidential elections, which came after four days of campus-wide voting using a Google Form rather than the old system of using CNAV, were announced at...
College Announces 50 Percent Tuition Cut after Wildly Successful Campaign
By Benjamin Pontz, Managing News Editor As the Gettysburg Great campaign draws to a close after eight years, President Janet Morgan Riggs announced that tuition would be cut in half from $67,000 to $33,500 for the 2018-19 academic year. “As we learned from the cinematic masterpiece that was the campaign kickoff video, greatness takes action. We set a goal to raise $150 billion, and, after sitting in our offices sending out...
