In wake of Marjory Stoneman Douglas Shooting, a Look at Gettysburg College’s Active Shooter Protocol
By Gauri Mangala, Co-Features Editor The tragedies of the Florida school shooting have left many people nationwide up in arms about firearms. A few months after the five-year anniversary of the Sandy Hook shooting, it seems to many people as though not much has changed. Once more, many students of all years have begun to consider the cataclysm as if it had occurred inside their own schools, inside their own halls and classrooms. It...
Faculty Spotlight: Nuclear Physicist Bret Crawford Awarded Smith Chair
By Gauri Mangala, Co-Features Editor Bret Crawford, Professor of Physics at Gettysburg College, was awarded the Ronald J. Smith Professor of Applied Physics Chair by the Board of Trustees early this month. This chair gives professors the opportunity to focus more on research, with extended sabbaticals and funding. Crawford is a nuclear physicist whose focus gravitates fundamental forces of nature using neutron beams. Crawford earned...
GLC Emerging Leader Retreat Challenges Participants to Consider Leadership Qualities
By Gauri Mangala, Co-Features Editor The Garthwait Leadership Center (GLC) hosted its annual Emerging Leaders Retreat at the Gettysburg Hotel Saturday. A record number of students gathered for a day-long program to learn how to determine their own strengths and apply them to be better leaders in their daily lives and future endeavors. The program began with participants completing self-evaluations to determine their own abilities and...
More Than 70 Students Present at CAFÉ Symposium, Doubling Previous Record
By Gauri Mangala, Assistant News Editor Gettysburg College held its annual Celebration of Academic First-Year Engagement, the CAFÉ Symposium, Wednesday. CAFÉ allows first-year students to present their research from their unique first-year seminars of the past semester. Maureen Forrestal, Assistant Provost and Dean of Student Scholarly Engagement commented, “The goals of CAFE are to celebrate the best work done by first-year...
Everything but the Game: Analysis of Super Bowl LII
By Gauri Mangala, Co-Features Editor Super Bowl LII marked an important opportunity for the Philadelphia Eagles and the New England Patriots alike. The Eagles’ big win was its first ever, and had things gone the other way, the Patriots would have tied the Pittsburgh Steelers for the most Super Bowl wins ever. Obviously, the football game is the star of the Super Bowl, or is it? Below are the highlights of Super Bowl LII,...
