Research ties excessive use of technology to poor health for young adults
By Christina Marder, Staff Writer For young adults living in the current American society, it would be nearly impossible to avoid technology. Teenagers can regularly be found sitting in front of computer and television screens, using their cell phones to text friends or listening to music on their iPods or MP3 players. Journalist Pat Etheridge’s feature for CNN, “Young People and Social Media: Docs Examine Pitfalls,” discusses the...
College plans to retire Health Sciences minor effective Fall of 2013
By Jennifer Kiebach, News and Web Editor Starting next fall, students will no longer be able to declare a minor in Health Sciences. According to department co-chairs Daniel Drury and Kristin Stuempfle, the College made this decision with the hopes of alleviating issues of overcrowding in Health Sciences classes. As of Nov. 14, a total of 196 students—182 majors and 14 minors—needed to take Health Sciences classes to fulfill their...
Spielberg speaks at annual Dedication Day ceremony
By Brendan Raleigh, Staff Writer Steven Spielberg, the director of such films as “Schindler’s List” and “Saving Private Ryan,” visited Gettysburg to deliver the keynote speech for the town’s annual Dedication Day ceremony, which honored the 149th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. The event was hosted at the Soldiers’ National Cemetery on Nov. 19 and sponsored by the Lincoln Fellowship of Pennsylvania, Gettysburg...
Care Bear Cares: Handling problems with a professor
Dear Care Bear, I am having an issue with a professor. About a month ago, I was sick and missed a test. When I was better, she agreed to let me take the test the following day (only after I showed her a note for the health center proving I was sick), and then expected me to take two tests in one day when it was my first day out of bed! If that wasn’t enough, she tried to justify all this to me by explaining that this is how things...
Center for Public Service unsure what will happen with Fall Convocation
By Brendan Raleigh, Staff Writer Gettysburg’s Fall Convocation, which was scheduled for the afternoon of Nov. 8, was cancelled due to the previous day’s power outage. The call to cancel the event was made by the Campus Emergency Response Team (CERT), as they did not expect that the power would have returned in time to host the assembly in the CUB Ballroom. According to Kim Davidson, Gettysburg’s Director of the Center for Public...
