Rover on Mars continues to collect new information
By Mikki Stacey, Staff Writer After 833 “Martian days” (about 856 Earthling days), otherwise known as “Sols,” Curiosity rover has found a certain potential on Mars by taking pictures and running tests. The rover took samples of mudstone from various sites on the planet during its first Earth year there. This mudstone serves to evidence that billions of years ago there were bodies of water on Mars—the stone having formed from lake...
G-Burg student founds textbook sharing website
By Anika Jensen, Staff Writer ScholarOasis is a website created by Gettysburg College student Wei Xiong ‘15 that allows students to buy and sell textbooks within their campus communities. Founded in 2014, the middleman-free website requires no commission from sellers to help students save money and even rewards those who sell their books for less than market price. Because of the local nature of the trading process, students meet in...
Women’s basketball team falls to Swarthmore
By Claire Healey, Staff Writer The women’s basketball team has been back in Gettysburg since December 30 and they have been hard at work ever since. On Jan. 5, the team took first place in the Gettysburg Tournament competing against Hood College, Neumann University and Wilkes University. First facing Hood College, the lady Bullets won in a 56-41 final. Meanwhile, Neumann University rose victorious 58-45 over Wilkes University. This...
Red v. Blue: “Crony Capitalism”
A weekly column where Gettysburg’s College Republicans and Democrats debate topics in the news. This week College Republicans discuss: “Crony Capitalism” By Timothy Meads, College Republican If you were a legal lager aficionado at Governor Tom Wolf’s inauguration party, you might have been scouring the bar looking for your favorite adult beverage: the glorious Yuengling beer. Yuengling is America’s oldest brewing company...
2015: the year to broaden the term ‘environmentalist’
By Julia Rentsch, GECO Correspondant Between the hundreds of climate activists who ran for federal, state, and local offices, the people who took to the streets to protest, and the millions of people who made choices in their lives with the environment in mind, you could say that environmentalists were on fire in 2014. Of course, since the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) found 2014 to also be the hottest year on...
