Movie Review: Gone Girl
By Sara Masterson, Staff Writer I finally watched ‘Gone Girl,’ the 2014 American psychological thriller film, over spring break. Directed by David Fincher, ‘Gone Girl’ is based on the popular 2012 novel written by Gillian Flynn. The film was well-received by critics and obtained nominations such as Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role at the Academy Awards and Best Director of a Motion Picture. Being a fan of the novel, I...
Poets Oliver de la Paz and Jon Pineda share their latest works with G-Burg
By Anika Jensen, Staff Writer Writers Jon Pineda and Oliver de la Paz shared their poetry and prose on Tuesday, March 17 in Joseph Theater in an event sponsored by Writing House, EPACC, College Life and The Gettysburg Review. De la Paz served as Gettysburg’s Emerging Writer Lecturer from 1999-2000, and though Pineda was offered the same position, he did not accept. “I know there’s a bag of tomatoes in the back,” Pineda remarked as...
New Greek Recycling Program Seeks to Save
By Brendan Raleigh, News Editor Gettysburg College began its Greek Recycling Program last semester as a way of encouraging and helping fraternities to recycle more of their Currently the college’s fraternities do not have recycling bins outside of their houses – only trash bins. Therefore, their recyclable waste is disposed of by the same means as non-recyclable material. Aluminum is one of the most abundant materials that are thrown...
Anti-Advice: Womanly Woes & Worries
Dear Evomo Mortem, I have been having some trouble dealing with the pressures of being a woman. Though many of today’s youth are comfortable with creating equality among genders I’m still a little unsettled. No matter what, I am still the one who is going to bear the child and probably end up taking off of work for the first couple of months to care for the baby. Not only that, but my body will have to change for the baby while my...
Anti-Advice: Crushing in the Choir
Dear Evomo Mortem, There’s this girl who sings in the choir here. Her laugh is infectious and gives me the warm fuzzies inside. I do not hang out with her much but when I do it’s always with a big group of her friends. I guess the problem is, I don’t know how to approach her to just hang out with her because she is out of my league and has a lot of guy friends. Can you possibly give me some tips? The Shy-Guy Dear Shy-Guy, Pull up your...
