Honoring Holocaust Remembrance Day with Film Viewing
By Kyra Pfeiffer, Staff Writer Inspired by her experience at the Jewish Film Festival, Gettysburg Alumni Lauren Ashley Bradford ‘18 reached out to college officials with the idea of showing Roberta Grossman’s film “Who Will Write Our History?” The documentary, approximately 90 minutes in length, is an emotion-evoking realistic film portraying the writers as witnesses to the Onyeg Shabes Archives. On Wednesday, January 30, the film was...
Burgburst 2018 Celebrates Gettysburg’s Diversity
By Kyra Pfeiffer, Staff Writer On Saturday, December 4, the CUB Ballroom was flooded with students, faculty, and members of the local community at Gettysburg College’s annual Burgburst celebration. Colorful flags lined the ballroom walls and rafters, threading attendees of all origins together as they sat at the multitudes of tables spread before the stage. Burgburst drew in many members of Gettysburg College and the surrounding...
Gettysburg Kicks off First Comic Convention: LincCon
By Kyra Pfeiffer, Contributing Writer Art Sanchez, Holly Kritchen, and Monique Gore struck up an unusual partnership upon meeting at a showing of Black Panther at Gettysburg’s Gateway Theater earlier this year. Sanchez and Kritchen, the current owners of Fourcorners Comics in Gettysburg, pursue a passion for comics and gaming in the community by attending showings of popular comic-inspired movies at Gateway. Little did they know that...
Gettysburg Ranks 13th in UPenn Quiz Bowl
By Kyra Pfeiffer, Contributing Writer Throughout high school, Ryan Bilger ’19 was an avid quiz-bowler. In the hunt for his ideal college, it rarely occurred to him that his past passion would play a role in his college career. Little did he know, as a senior here at Gettysburg, Ryan and his Quiz Bowl team would take 13th place at the University of Pennsylvania Quiz Bowl tournament on Saturday, October 20. This win was no small feat,...
Clearing the Confusion: Staff Shares What Counts as a Side in Bullet
By Kyra Pfeiffer, Contributing Writer Approaching the 2018-2019 academic year, the College Union Building (CUB)’s new addition became home to the coveted dining option, The Bullet Hole. In its new location, Bullet, as nicknamed by its students and faculty, quickly became a sanctuary for students to gather, do homework, and grab a quick meal. In an interview with Mike Bishop, Bullet’s Cash Operations manager, he confirmed that the...
