Great Work from Home Week 6: Books and Walks
By Lauren Hand, Magazine Editor We are now entering our final week of classes, and with that, our last week of the Great Work from Home initiative. The past five weeks, we have asked you to share little aspects of your daily lives—what you’re listening to, what it looks like outside your back door—as wells as photos from life in Gettysburg, all with the goal of keeping us connected. Last week, we partnered up with the Library...
Album Review: The Bad Flappin’ Birds
By Lauren Hand, Magazine Editor Well, does it flap or does it flop? That’s the big question for the debut album by the Bad Flappin’ Birds, and a few weeks after its release, let me be the first to say: it slaps. I mean, flaps. “Flap or Flop” carries us through ragers and ballads alike and successfully navigates a variety of musical and emotional altitudes. The album constantly surprises, but never loses momentum, riding a strong...
Great Work from Home: Week 5
By Lauren Hand, Magazine Editor Last week, we asked you for your best take on Servo cookies, and you delivered! Thank you to all the students, staff, and alumni who submitted their “Servo” cookies, and congratulations to our student winners, Phoebe Doscher ’22, Taylor Rush ’21, and Abby Roy ’23. We’ve shared all your best submissions below! We would also like to announce this week’s challenge:...
From Our Senior Editors: Let’s Celebrate Graduation During Homecoming This Fall
By Lauren Hand and Benjamin Pontz We learned last week — to no great surprise — that Commencement Weekend, originally scheduled for May 17, has been postponed. With the coronavirus spreading and no end in sight, that was the only responsible decision. On May 17, the Class of 2020 will still officially be Gettysburg College graduates, but without the pomp and circumstance that typically characterizes the occasion. President...
Great Work from Home, Day 10: Sunsets and Servo Cookies
By Lauren Hand, Magazine Editor In Week Two of our Great Work from Home initiative, we asked for your best sunset photos, whether taken in Gettysburg or in your own backyard. As the sun sets in Gettysburg, we wanted to share this compilation of the top nine submissions we received. Enjoy nine sunsets (well, eight sunsets and a sunrise) on us. We are thrilled to announce that next weekend we will be live streaming a reading of...
