April Fools: DPS Crime Log
Compiled by Phoebe Doscher, Assistant News Editor March 25, 2019 (Monday) Crime Against Humanity- Cup Dropped in Servo; Closed – No suspects or Witnesses Disturbing the Peace – Students Jumped into Fountain – GPD cited Gettysburgian Staff of Gettysburg College; Referred to SRR March 26, 2019 (Tuesday) Theft – Gazebo Bench Stolen; Closed – Referred to SRR Theft: Cutlerly and Angel Food Cake at Servo;...
Nicaraguan Katia Cardenal Shares Messages of Hope through Music
By Phoebe Doscher, Assistant News Editor Katia Cardenal and her daughter, Nina, graced the College Union Building Ballroom stage with only a guitar and two microphones in hand on March 20 at 7:00 p.m. The Nicaraguan pair performed emotional songs in Spanish, some written by Cardenal or her brother, that shared common themes of love and hope. Cardenal and her daughter left Nicaragua in June of 2018 in a time of government-caused...
The Story of a Great Gettysburgian: Janet Morgan Riggs as a Student of Gettysburg College
By Cameron D’Amica and Phoebe Doscher, Staff Writers Before becoming the president of Gettysburg College, Janet Morgan Riggs was simply a first-year student in 1973 who had no idea what the future would hold and where her Gettysburg College education would take her. Reflecting on her very first moments as a student on the Gettysburg campus with clarity, Riggs explained, “I can still picture that moment. I moved into Huber Hall....
#textbookbroke: Students Discuss Textbook Prices
By Phoebe Doscher, Staff Writer Hana Huskic ‘22 facilitated a discussion on the prices of textbooks at Gettysburg College on Monday, March 4 in Room 18 of the library as part of Musselman Library’s Open Education Week. This event was titled “#textbookbroke: Can We Change the Inevitable?” Sponsored by Musselman Library and the Office of Multicultural Engagement, Huskic encouraged students to reach out to members of the...
The Cultural Context of ‘Hogan’s Heroes’
By Phoebe Doscher, Staff Writer Former Board of Trustees Member Bob Garthwait resigned after a photo of him wearing a Nazi uniform at a college fraternity party in the 1980 Gettysburg College yearbook resurfaced. In an email to the college community, Garthwait clarified that he wore the costume to a Hogan’s Heroes Stalag 13-themed party, an American sitcom. Here is a background on the TV show that the fraternity party Garthwait...
