Women’s indoor track & field stays positive
By Meredith Tombs, Staff Writer This chilling winter weather has most of us college students looking forward to the warm spring season ahead. The members of the Gettysburg women’s track and field team are no different. They have been working hard during their indoor season in preparation for their upcoming challenges. “The team has been working really hard in practice in order to prepare for the spring season. We are improving our...
Red v. Blue: Sexuality Discrimination
A weekly column where Gettysburg’s College Republicans and Democrats debate topics in the news. This week College Democrats discuss: Sexuality Discrimination By Isabel Gibson Penrose, College Democrats Marriage equality is one of the most prominent issues of our time – over fifty percent of Americans support it, and around eighty percent of young people (ages 18-34) support it as well. Most of the public discourse surrounding...
Ebola immersion trip educates on public health
By Brendan Raleigh, News Editor Over Winter Break, 17 Gettysburg College students participated in the Center for Career Development’s Careers in Contact Immersion Trip. The subject for this year’s immersion trip was Ebola as it relates to public health. Students traveled from Gettysburg to Washington D.C. to meet with officials from the U.S. Department of State, United Nations Development Program, Pan American Health Organization and...
Women’s basketball defeats Franklin & Marshall 79-55
By Lauren Perry, Sports Editor On January 27 the Gettysburg women’s basketball team crushed Franklin & Marshall at an away game in the Mayser Center in Lancaster, PA. The final score was 79-55. This was the Lady Bullets’ second consecutive win after a rough five game losing streak. The first half of the game was a nail biter on the bench and on the bleachers. Before the half time buzzer rang the leading team on the scoreboard was...
Red v. Blue: “Crony Capitalism”
A weekly column where Gettysburg’s College Republicans and Democrats debate topics in the news. This week College Democrats respond to: “Crony Capitalism” By Luke Frigon and Jake Ecke, College Democrats For most Pennsylvanians, January 20th was just another winter day. Plenty of hard-working citizens of this state went about their day just as they would any other. However, for the State of Pennsylvania as a whole, January...
