Support Staff Spotlight: Carol Simpson
By Josh Wagner, Opinions Editor In this week’s support staff spotlight, we introduce you to Carol Simpson, Administrative Services Assistant in Academic Advising. Simpson started working in Academic Advising 28 years ago. As the longest serving member of Academic Advising’s staff, she noted that much has changed since she started there. To start, the department used to be housed in Pennsylvania Hall, but moved to the College Union...
Welcome to Earth!
By Josh Wagner, Opinions Editor A religious cult has emerged on campus. Its followers believe in a utopia and wait spellbound for the day they will embark to that land. Rare as a unicorn and more elusive than Donald Trump’s hairline, this utopia is spoken of forebodingly and with awe. If you listen on a cold, crisp winter’s night you can actually hear the great conjurers gasping with glee: “Just wait until you get to the real world!”...
Todd Green accuses Robert Spencer of “professional Islamophobia” in speech to campus community
By Joshua Wagner, Staff Writer Dr. Todd Green, Associate Professor of Religion at Luther College, presented on professional Islamophobia Sunday evening to a packed Mara Auditorium. Green is a regular contributor for The Huffington Post and has appeared in various media outlets including NPR, CNN, Al Jazeera, France 24, and Reuters to speak on Islamophobia. The lecture, sponsored by the Religious Studies Department and the Peace and...
Hydraulic fracturing on campus: As if students were not already under enough pressure
By Joshua Wagner, Staff Writer Drilling has commenced at Gettysburg College. After conducting some initial surveys, a patch of grass immediately adjacent to the CUB was determined to be the best location for the college’s new hydraulic fracturing well. Creed Greedy, the director of GettysburGets, the campaign for more construction at our college, said, “When we heard that the campus was conducting a climate survey, our department...
Analysis: opinion checking the News section
By Joshua Wagner, Copy Editor Since 1897, The Gettysburgian has been the unbiased documentation of campus history. 110 years later, the News section of The Gettysburgian carries on the tradition of providing accurate, unbiased, and timely articles concerning the happenings of Gettysburg College’s campus. On occasion, typos or wrong figures leaked through, but overall, the editing procedure sustained the quality of these articles....
