Bullets shoot for second straight CC crown
Courtesy of GCC&M Despite returning with nearly its entire lineup intact, the Gettysburg College women’s basketball team knows it will need to up its game if it is going to defend the first Centennial Conference championship in program history. Gettysburg claimed its first conference title last season with a remarkable run to end the year. The Bullets won 19 of 21 games to start 2013, culminating in a 48-46 victory over Swarthmore...
The genius myth
By Angelo A. D’Amato, Contributing Writer Geniuses do not exist. They never have. There has never been someone who is all-knowing, there has never been someone who has succeeded at everything they’ve done, there has never been someone who, to borrow a phrase from David Foster Wallace, worshipped their intellect and succeeded. If you know of someone who has been described as a person who does well at whatever they try, or if you know...
Senior AnnaMarie Houlis creates Her Report news site
By Julia Rentsch, Staff Writer The world is full of stories, and AnnaMarie Houlis, a passionate budding journalist, is out to tell them. Dedicated to giving a voice to the voiceless, to championing gender equality in the media and to producing quality journalism, Houlis is well on her way to increasing awareness for the problems that plague women around the world, stories the public needs to hear. It started with a wish: in her own...
Frankie Muniz’s band Kingsfoil performs for annual fall concert
By Lori Atinizian, Contributing Writer CAB sponsored yet another performance that brought some of the Gettysburg College community together. An indie rock band, Kingsfoil formed in 2002, and the band proudly reminds us that they represent the state of Pennsylvania. Performing in the Attic, the band chose to play many original songs, and even Rhianna’s “Stay” for those who do not know the lyrics of their original music....
Prof. Hancock on “Meet the Press” for Dedication Day
Courtesy of GCC&M History and Africana Studies Prof. Scott Hancock was interviewed at Soldiers’ National Cemetery in Gettysburg as part of a Nov. 10 segment on the 150th anniversary of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. Nine days before the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address, Gettysburg College history and Africana Studies Prof. Scott Hancock was featured in a “Meet the Press” segment on the meaning and legacy of...
