Satisfactory Fraternities, Above Average Sororities: Greek Evaluation Reports Released
By Kaley Michael, Staff Writer All but one fraternity – Sigma Chi – received a “satisfactory” rating per the 2018 Chapter Evaluations, whereas the Office of Student Activities and Greek Life (OSAGL) deemed all sororities except Gamma Phi Beta “above average.” Unlike last year, when Sigma Sigma Sigma obtained a “Gettysburg Great” rating, this year’s chapters did not reach that benchmark. Albeit point values are...
WGS Lecture Series: Southern Comfort
By Kaley Michael, Staff Writer This week’s segment of the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Lecture Series included the viewing of the 2001 award-winning documentary, Southern Comfort. The film narrates the final days of Robert Eads, a transsexual man dying of ovarian and cervical cancer in the woodlands of Georgia. He spends his final days surrounded by his biological family and his “brotherhood”, as well as his girlfriend, Lola....
DPS Crime Log: Jan. 29-Feb. 26, 2019
Compiled by Kaley Michael, Staff Writer January 29, 2019 (Tuesday) Sex Offenses: Rape at Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Closed – Referred to Title IX Director February 1, 2019 (Friday) All Other Offenses: Possession of Drug Paraphernalia at Stine Hall; Closed – Referred to SRR February 2, 2019 (Saturday) Liquor Laws – Underage Consumption, Underage Possession, Furnishing to a minor; All other Offenses – Possession of...
WGS Lecture Series: ‘My Great Grandmother’s Role in the American Suffrage Movement’
By Kaley Michael, Staff Writer The Women and Gender Studies series continued this week with a lecture from Dora Lewis Townsend entitled “My Great Grandmother’s Role in the American Suffrage Movement.” Townsend, an Adams County resident of 45 years and Baltimore Native, received her bachelor’s degree from Boston University School of Public Communications. She has worked at the York Adams Mental Health Clinic and for the Center for...
‘Trash and Treasure: Sculptures from Found Objects’
By Kaley Michael, Staff Writer Professor Emeritus of Environmental Studies, John Commito, presented his artwork through a lecture entitled “Trash and Treasure: Sculptures from Found Objects” in Musselman Library on Tuesday, February 26th. In attendance were multiple friends of Commito – such as his “trash” searching partner – and other scholars in the fields of biology and environmental science. Before his retirement, Professor...
