Faculty Meeting News and Notes: Dec. 1, 2022
By Katie Oglesby, Editor-in-Chief President Bob Iuliano began Thursday’s faculty meeting responding to comments from Associate Professor of Biology István A. Urcuyo at the end of the last meeting. At this Nov. 17 meeting, Urcuyo expressed concern with a previous Faculty Finance Committee presentation that he perceived to be a fear-mongering attempt to sway the vote on the proposed curriculum changes by associating it with “saving” the...
A Video from TFP about the Anti-Abortion Demonstration outside Servo Goes Viral
By Katie Oglesby, Editor-in-Chief On Oct. 25, The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family, and Property (TFP) held an anti-abortion protest outside of Servo. In response, students led an impromptu counter-protest. On Saturday, the TFP posted a video—with now over 15,000 views—to their YouTube channel alleging that at this protest students “attacked” their member holding the “Smile! You survived abortion!” sign. In the...
Faculty Meeting News and Notes: Nov. 17, 2022
By Katie Oglesby, Editor-in-Chief Thursday’s faculty meeting began with a discussion of the “Tired of white cis men?” poster that garnered national attention earlier this week before leading into conversation about the proposed curriculum changes and a presentation from the Faculty Finance Committee about faculty salaries. President Iuliano’s Remarks on the Poster President Bob Iuliano spoke briefly at the beginning of the...
“Tired of White Cis Men?” Event Flier Has Garnered Backlash in National News and Social Media
By Katie Oglesby, Editor-in-Chief A Peace and Justice Studies senior student originally had an event planned for Saturday in the Gender and Sexuality Resource Center (GSRC). The posters hung for this event said, “Tired of white cis men? Come paint and write about it.” The poster also noted that the art created will be displayed in the College Union Building (CUB) Junction. Spokesperson for the College Jamie Yates explained that the...
Alumni Spotlight: Christopher Weyant
By Katie Oglesby, Editor-in-Chief When Christopher Weyant ’89 studied at Gettysburg College, he did not anticipate that he would end up publishing cartoons in The New Yorker and The Boston Globe. Weyant grew up in New Jersey. When he studied at Gettysburg College, he majored in political science and economics. His goal, at the time, was to be a lawyer, so he completed the Washington Semester program and studied constitutional law at...
