Intervention in Syria, but what comes next?
By Julian Weiss, Opinions Editor President Obama’s intervention in Syria and Iraq to defeat ISIS could be the beginning of a long overdue shift towards peace in Syria. The conflict is now comparable in length to the First World War, has claimed the lives of nearly two hundred thousand people, and has displaced more than nine million out of a population of little over twenty million. America’s long-term strategy in the conflict has...
Over 300,000 attend People’s Climate March
By Julia Rentsch, Staff Writer To the uninformed onlooker who caught a musky whiff of marijuana smoke as it drifted over portions of the People’s Climate March, it might have seemed that the event was just another hippy-dippy protest of righteously indignant college liberals avoiding their homework. But what happened in New York City on Sunday was actually much more than that: it was the biggest protest for climate justice in history....
New tech will not allow you to text while driving
By Mikki Stacey, Staff Writer Imagine you are driving to a business meeting. You get there, but you are the only one who shows up. Scott Tibbitts had this experience because a teenager, who was texting while driving, had killed the executive he should have met on May 8, 2008. This instance inspired Tibbitts, a chemical engineer for N.A.S. A., to create a device that prevents drivers from using their cellphones while behind the wheel....
Sigma Chi honored with receiving national award
By Brendan Raleigh, News Editor Gettysburg’s Sigma Chi chapter won its fifth consecutive Peterson Award last month, earning the highest score in the entire fraternity, both in America and Canada. The Theta Chapter of Sigma Chi was one of only 5 of the 243 chapters to win the Peterson “Gold” Award, which requires a score of 97% or higher in the evaluation. The Peterson is awarded based on the chapter’s recruitment numbers, financial...
Six alumni selected to Hall of Athletic Honor
By Peter Hailey, Staff Writer This weekend, six outstanding former Gettysburg College athletes, as well as the entire 1964 football team, will see their names added into Gettysburg’s prestigious Hall of Athletic Honor during a ceremony Friday, September 19th at 6 p.m in the College Union Building ballroom. The individuals being in- ducted are Peter Casares ’98 (men’s swimming), Kelly Geise ’95 (women’s basketball), Peter Jurgs ’79...
