Tracie Potts: Forming a Network from Gettysburg College to Washington D.C.
By Heather Wirick, Staff Writer One of Gettysburg College’s self-noted appeals, coming from the Admissions Office, is that “students have an abundance of opportunities to get involved as they follow their passions.” Tracie Potts, Executive Director of the Eisenhower Institute, has certainly made this possible for students who are interested in public policy, government and more. Potts, who was hired in 2021, has helped to both...
Opinion: The Vital Role of Narcan Accessibility in Preventing Overdoses
By Reese Koch, Guest Columnist Narcan, also known as naloxone, is a vital medication used to quickly reverse the respiratory depression caused by opioid overdose. With the opioid crisis affecting communities nationwide, college campuses are also seeing its impact. Over five-thousand Pennsylvanians die every year from opioid overdoses, with almost thirty percent of those victims being people from the ages of 19 to 29. The availability...
The Weekly Roundup: Oct. 7 – 13
Monday, Oct. 7 8 a.m. – 8 p.m., Voter Registration Tabling, College Union 9 a.m. – Noon, SCCAP Food Pantry Shift, Campus Kitchen at SCCAP 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., Open Swim, Jaeger Center Pool Noon – 1 p.m., Getting Social – Social Media CL Prof Dev with College Life, College Union 208 Noon – 1 p.m., Cycle-Spin with Amanda, Jaeger Center 143 Multipurpose Room 1 p.m. – 3:30 p.m., SCCAP Food Pantry...
NFL Recap Week 4
By John Towey, Staff Writer It is already week four of the NFL and some teams are rising to the top, while others are sinking. The Kansas City Chiefs and Minnesota Vikings remain atop the AFC and NFC respectively and are the only undefeated teams. Here’s a recap of some of the most interesting and exciting games from week four. The Dallas Cowboys Stumble to the Finish Line Football kicked off this week with the Dallas Cowboys at the...
Postcard from Abroad: Observance in Lancaster, England
By Beatrice Slevin-Trigo, Contributing Writer When I first said to a Gettysburg acquaintance that I would be studying abroad in Lancaster, I got a puzzled squint in response. “Like, with the Amish?” Not quite. Though my semester at England’s Lancaster University has yet to begin, I have spent the past two weeks jumping from London to Manchester to Preston to Liverpool, analyzing artifacts from the world wars and staring up at memorial...
