Owl and Nightingale Players Celebrate 110th Anniversary
By Sophie Lange, Features Editor This semester, the Owl and Nightingale Players, Gettysburg College’s second-oldest student organization, celebrated its 110th anniversary. The club supports the promotion and advancement of the arts on campus, working with the College’s theatre arts department. Each year, they sponsor a range of events from special performances to trips and more. In the past years, they have held performances including...
The Teachers’ Pets of Gettysburg College
By Sophie Lange, Features Editor Jasper Professor and chair of the political science department Caroline Hartzell’s dog, Jasper, is a poodle and King Charles Cavalier spaniel mix with a few others thrown in. According to Hartzell, they got Jasper nine years ago, a week before her daughter left for college. She described his personality as sweet and friendly. “I like to say that he thinks his job is to be the neighborhood greeter....
‘El Centro’ Empowers a Future Generation of Leaders
By Sophie Lange, Features Editor Among the many community service opportunities organized by the Center for Public Service at Gettysburg College is El Centro, an afterschool program that aims to provide enrichment to the lives of local elementary school students by offering academic support, mentorship and opportunities to participate in extracurricular activities. Each individual is paired with a Gettysburg College student, known as...
First-Year Seminar Students Organize Clothing Drive
By Sophie Lange, Features Editor Students in the first-year seminar, “Tryin’ to Find a Way Back Home: Introduction to Literature of Homelessness in America,” are holding a clothing drive until Oct. 5. Each year, the seminar’s students take a trip to Washington, D.C., where they will be distributing the donated items to individuals experiencing homelessness. The students say that providing unhoused individuals with a wide range...
Office of Diversity & Inclusion Announces a New Land Acknowledgement Statement
By Sophie Lange, News Editor On Friday, Gettysburg College Chief Diversity Officer Eloísa Gordon Mora sent a campus-wide email alerting the college community that the Land Acknowledgement Committee updated the official Land Acknowledgement Statement. The original statement was written after a listening session was held with several Indigenous community organizations, including organizations in Lancaster, PA, where the massacre of the...
