Employees of Color Leave Gettysburg: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and College Departures
By Nicole DeJacimo // Managing Editor & Phoebe Doscher // Editor-in-Chief This past year, The Gettysburgian has identified eight full-time employees of color who have left Gettysburg College: 11% of all full-time employees of color, and over 50% of all administrators of color. Students and staff members report feeling the loss of these employees and the desire for a more diverse administration. The Great Resignation has impacted...
Editor’s Note: “Documenting Tomorrow’s History Today”
By Nicole DeJacimo “Writing tomorrow’s history, today.” The Gettysburgian motto has stuck with me since my very first introduction to the paper as a newly-committed student. (Enough that I plan to decorate my graduation cap with it). Whether I wrote playful features or stirring news articles, I recognized the importance of our motto and the importance of a student-run news organization. There is an intimacy local news has that...
Opinion: A Call for Non-Athlete Hours at the Jaeger Center
By Nicole DeJacimo, Managing Editor It wasn’t until the second semester of senior year that I finally started to regularly go to the gym. Over winter break I learned how to lift, erg (the rowing machine) and began to actually enjoy working out. So, when I chest press or squat, I have a hard time staying in the zone when the entire baseball team envelopes the lifting section and waits around me until I finish. It’s hard to stretch when...
Heavy Advisee Loads and Overflowing Classes: What the Faculty’s Vote to Delay Curriculum Changes Means
By Nicole DeJacimo, Managing Editor At the Feb. 17 faculty meeting, the Curriculum Review Committee (CRC) proposed that the optimal student cohort size for incoming classes in the future will be around 640 students and the number of full-time faculty will be 220. The new strategic plan, which is tied to Gettysburg’s updated curriculum, will determine which academic departments will be expanded and which will face budget cuts. New...
CUB Desk Manager Calls it Quits (April Fools)
(Photo by Aly Wein/The Gettysburgian) By Dicole NeJacimo, Staff Writer CUB Desk Co-Manager Nicole DeJacimo ’22 quits just five weeks before graduation: cites “Gettysburg Address joke” as the main reason. “It’s just too stressful of a job,” said DeJacimo, who was found scrolling on Pinterest before the interview. “I can’t handle one more student asking me where the bookstore is!” DeJacimo also referenced the “Gettysburg Address...
