‘I am missing many of my books and essentially everything else that I own’: Students Caught Off Guard by Governor’s Sudden Order to Close College
By Benjamin Pontz & Gauri Mangala They were coming from Atlanta and from Santa Fe, from West Chester and from Greensburg, to retrieve their belongings and move out when, just after 7:00 p.m. Thursday, an email from Dean of Students Julie Ramsey stopped them in their tracks. The college would close at 8:00 p.m. to comply with a statewide mandate to close all non-life sustaining businesses. “There will be no further...
Breaking: Governor’s Order Will Prevent Students from Retrieving Belongings, But Students Approved to Stay Can Stay
By Benjamin Pontz, Editor-in-Chief An order from Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf requiring the closure of all non-life sustaining businesses by 8:00 p.m. Thursday will require Gettysburg College to close. Students will no longer be able to return to campus to retrieve belongings, an email from Dean of Students Julie Ramsey said. Previously, the college had planned to be open through Saturday at 8:00 p.m. for students to move out of...
Spouse of College Employee Tests Positive for COVID-19, But Risk to Campus Remains Low, College Says
By Benjamin Pontz, Editor-in-Chief Adams County’s first confirmed case of COVID-19, the disease that stems from the coronavirus, is a college employee’s spouse, President Bob Iuliano said in an email to faculty and staff Thursday afternoon. The college emphasized that there is a “low level of risk” to those with whom the employee whose spouse was infected has been in contact, but, moving forward, the...
A Note from the Editor: I’ve moved out for the last time. It sucks. But we’re not done yet.
To our readers: Earlier today, I returned to campus to clean out my room and office at The Gettysburgian. Truthfully, it was nothing short of gut-wrenching to pack four years worth of accumulated memories in about 90 minutes and leave campus without there even being anyone here to whom I could say a final goodbye. A semester that was cruising along as the highlight of my college career has suddenly hit a brick wall, and there is...
College Urges Students, If Able, to Come to Campus ‘As Soon As Possible’ to Retrieve Belongings
By Benjamin Pontz, Editor-in-Chief Dean of Students Julie Ramsey emailed Gettysburg College students and parents Tuesday morning with a direct message: “If you are able to travel safely and legally, come to campus as soon as possible to pick up all or some of your belongings.” Otherwise, the college will send students a medium box of their essential belongings or continue to accept petitions to remain on campus through...
