Gettysburg Cycle on Ice in Year Two
By Brendan Salyards, Staff Writer After year one of the Gettysburg Cycle gave the campus a hefty helping of food, year two, which is to focus on health, appears to be on life-support. The Gettysburg Cycle, which aims to engage broad policy themes on a local, national, and global level, had a strong first act last year with a wide-ranging program that included a constant stream of well-promoted events, First-Year Seminars designed...
Year of Food lecture series ends with collard greens and conversation
By Brendan Salyards, Contributing Writer The final program in the “Year of Food” lecture series was held at the Majestic Theater last Tuesday. Bryant Terry, a well renowned vegan chef and activist or “cheftivist”, delivered a talk the problem of food justice. The night began with an introduction by Vice Provost Jack Ryan, who thanked the organizers of the Year of Food and introduced the speaker. Terry began by giving some context to...
EI panel explores effect of Trump’s actions on immigration
By Brendan Salyards, Contributing Writer The Eisenhower Institute Undergraduate Fellows held a panel Thursday on the topic of immigration as they continue their ongoing study of refugee resettlement in the United States. This, the third in their series this year, was titled “Lady Liberty’s Poor and Huddled Masses: Rethinking Refugees in America.” The bulk of the questions in the moderated portion of the panel pertained to recent...
