College Implements New Travel Protocols, Students Abroad Feel Inconvenienced, Though Not Alarmed, by the Coronavirus
By Katie Oglesby and Benjamin Pontz As students and staff disperse for spring break, Gettysburg College has issued new guidelines about the coronavirus, canceling several spring break trips, and is preparing for the possibility that members of the campus community may need to self-quarantine if they travel to affected areas. As of Saturday evening, Johns Hopkins University reports that there are more than 106,000 confirmed cases...
Over Past Three Years, Gettysburg Greek Organizations Raise Nearly $200,000 for Various Causes
By Katie Oglesby, Assistant News Editor Gettysburg’s Greek organizations have donated nearly $200,000 to various causes over the past three years, more than half of which has come from Sigma Chi’s philanthropy with the Huntsman Cancer Institute. In total, six organizations have donated more than $10,000 in the past three years, while four others were not able to provide records of their giving. “One of our core...
Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize Recipient Announced
By Katie Oglesby, Assistant News Editor Elizabeth R. Varon, author of Armies of Deliverance: A New History of the Civil War (call number E468 .V37 2019 in the Musselman Library) was announced as the 2020 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize recipient on Feb. 12, 2020. Gettysburg College and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History will be hosting an event to award her with this prize of $50,000 and a replica of the “Lincoln the Man”...
Musselman Library Hosts Digital Scholarship Presentations
By Katie Oglesby, Assistant News Editor On Tuesday, Feb. 11, Musselman Library’s Browsing Room hosted the six digital presentations by seven Gettysburg College students. Four students were introduced as Digital Scholarship Summer Fellows who created these presentations as projects over the previous summers. Others presented on behalf of a class they took, in this case, ENG 200 “Writing Across Media” and HIST 301 “Introduction to...
Musselman Library Launches ‘Reading Without Walls’
By Katie Oglesby, Assistant News Editor From Jan. 20 to Mar. 27, 2020, Musselman Library is hosting a three-part reading challenge entitled “Reading Without Walls” with the goal of broadening readers’ perspectives of the world. The challenge is located in the Browsing Room of the library. The three challenges of “Reading Without Walls” are as follows: “read a book about a person/character from a different background or culture...
