Scott Hancock on Gettysburg’s Past and Present
By Piper Mettenburg, Features Editor On July 4, 2020, Scott Hancock arrived at the State of Virginia Monument in Gettysburg National Military Park equipped with a small hammer and signs reading “#FindABetterRoleModel,” and began staking homemade Black Lives Matter flags around the 41-foot monument of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. A dedicated Civil War historian, Hancock wants battlefield visitors to understand a simple truth—that...
April Fools: FIJI Chapter Members Replaced with Fiji Water Bottles, Greek Evaluation Score Jumps from 19.8 to 82
By Piper Mettenburg, Features Editor In light of the events of last semester, Jon Allen from the Office of Student Activities and Greek Life (OSAGL) made the executive decision to replace all FIJI brothers with bottles of water. “The decision wasn’t easy but we felt like it had to be done,” Allen said. “It was the only way to maintain a sense of normalcy on campus without having an increased risk of COVID transmission. I...
April Fools: Garage-Style Doors at Bullet Solve Student Mental Health Crisis Brought on by Pandemic
By Piper Mettenburg, Features Editor The prolonged isolation brought on by the pandemic has created a student mental health crisis. Thankfully, students at Gettysburg College have been able to keep their spirits up thanks to the garage-style doors at Bullet. “I’ve just been feeling so trapped since the pandemic began so it’s nice to finally feel like I can flow,” said Joy Zanghi ‘21 of the garage doors, which enable students to...
Snapshots from a Pandemic Semester
Compiled by Mary Frasier, Photography Director, and Piper Mettenburg, Features Editor We documented the various changes to campus since the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Here’s how life at Gettysburg looks during the spring 2021 semester, almost a year since the college halted in-person classes in March of 2020. This photo story appeared on pages 14 through 17 of the March 16,...
A Day in the Life of a Remote Student
By Piper Mettenburg, Features Editor A loud screeching noise jolts Olivia Chatowsky ‘21 out of a comfortable sleep. Sitting up, she locks eyes with the perpetrator of the noise: an old fashioned alarm clock strategically placed several steps away from her bed. Before making her way to the clock, she grabs her phone and catches a glimpse of the time. It’s 8:30 a.m. Although her first class isn’t until 11:30, she urges herself to get...
