Yumna Masarwa Speaks at MEIS Islamic Art Lecture
By Gauri Mangala, Co-Features Editor On Tuesday, April 10, the Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies program held a lecture with speaker Dr. Yumna Masarwa entitled “Biblical Stories in Islamic Art” in Joseph Theatre at 4 p.m. The audience was comprised of students from a wide array of disciplines, Gettysburg College alumni, former students of Masarwa and current faculty. Masarwa, an art historian and an archaeologist, currently teaches...
Owl and Nightingale Players Host Annual Indie Fest
By Gauri Mangala, Co-Features Editor The Owl and Nightingale Players hosted its annual independent play festival, “Indie Fest,” this past weekend, with three days of student written, produced, and performed plays. Friday consisted of a modified performance of the final project of Susan Russell’s FYS 180-2: Dreaming in Color: Multicultural Theatre in the U.S., student written monologues written in response to Jose Rivera’s “Sonnets for...
Model UN Hosts First Annual ‘GettMUN’ Conference
By Gauri Mangala, Assistant News Editor Students from colleges around the area joined in the Science Center at Gettysburg College for the first annual GettMUN conference hosted by Gettysburg’s Model UN club on Saturday, March 31. Seven colleges from around the area registered to spend time at Gettysburg discussing the Yemeni Civil War and the Modernization of the Outer Space Treaty. Trinity Washington University, Temple...
Founders Weekend Events to Celebrate Gettysburg College’s History
By Gauri Mangala, Co-Features Editor Saturday will mark the 186th birthday of Gettysburg College, or “Pennsylvania College” as it was first known. On April 7, 1832 Samuel Simon Schmucker founded Pennsylvania College with land provided by abolitionist Thaddeus Stevens, author of the 14th Amendment. In 1835, the Alumni Association of Pennsylvania College was created, one of the first associations of its kind in the United...
APO to Hold Annual Anything is PAULssible 5K
By Gauri Mangala, Co-Features Editor Alpha Phi Omega – Iota Omicron (APO) is set to host its fifth annual “Anything is PAULssible” 5K in honor of the late APO member Paul Detweiler, who passed away in the summer of 2013 from a brain tumor. The 5K will take place at 9:30 a.m. on April 15, 2018. Paul Detweiler inspired APO brothers both during his life and after he had passed away. On the 5K’s website,...
