Campus Poll Finds Discrepancies Among Students Regarding Perception of Greek Life
By Nicole DeJacimo, Managing Editor A recent campus survey conducted by The Gettysburgian shows that the perception of Greek life varies widely between students involved and not involved in a Greek organization: 76 percent of Greek students believe that Greek life has had a positive effect on campus while 64 percent of students who never joined Greek life find it to have a negative effect on campus. The three students who left Greek...
A Note from the Editor: On Greek Life
For this magazine, we wanted to focus on Greek life, its impact on campus, and the relationship between Greek and non-Greek students. As someone who is not involved in Greek life, I felt like there was a lot I did not understand. How does recruitment work? What is values-based recruitment? Do Greek students feel the divide between Greek and non-Greek students that I and many of my non-Greek friends feel? What are they doing about...
COVID Update: College Permits Overnight Visitors in Residence Halls
By Nicole DeJacimo, Managing Editor As of November 4, students will be able to host overnight guests in on-campus housing, according to today’s email from Vice President Anne Ehrlich. “We are pleased to be in a position to lift this restriction,” said Ehrlich, “thanks to our consistently low campus transmission rates, and our Level 1 baseline status.” Students are still encouraged to wear a mask indoors...
A “New Normal”: The Impact of COVID on Students
By Nicole DeJacimo, Managing Editor and Katie Oglesby, Magazine Editor Following the spring 2021 semester and the announcement that the fall semester would be fully in-person, President Bob Iuliano emailed the rising sophomore, junior, and senior classes with class-specific notes about the path their education would take over their next years on campus in what he anticipated would be “far more traditional in nature.” Institutions of...
The Dive Temporarily Closes Due to Staff Shortages
By Nicole DeJacimo This morning, dining services announced in an Instagram story that The Dive will be closed until further notice. Per the announcement, temporary closing is due to a staffing shortage, a problem being faced across campus. Sections of the Bullet Hole are also often closed like the pasta and salad bar lines with signs noting that the lines are “closed due to staffing shortages”. The Dive sold smoothies, sandwiches, and...
