Downtown Farmers’ Markets Offer Fall Favorites
By Thea Toocheck, Staff Writer If you ever stroll through town on a Saturday morning between April and October, you’ll be hard-pressed to miss all the tents that crop up both in the square and at the Gettysburg Transit Center. If you’re curious enough to investigate, you’ll find that you’ve discovered the two farmers’ markets of Gettysburg. The market in Lincoln Square is the Gettysburg Farmers’ Market, which is held 7:00 a.m.-12:00...
12th Annual Salsa on the Square Shares Hispanic Heritage
By Thea Toocheck, Staff Writer On Friday, September 28, Project Gettysburg-Léon hosted its 12th annual Salsa on the Square outside of the Majestic Theater. The street was brightly lit, framed at sunset by flaming clouds, and couples, parents and children, and groups of friends danced to music, whether they could salsa or not. Salsa on the Square, scheduled to coincide with National Hispanic Heritage Month, celebrates Gettysburg’s...
Sigma Nu and Sigma Alpha Iota Host Fundraiser for Adams County Food Bank
By Thea Toocheck, Staff Writer On Saturday, Sigma Nu and Sigma Alpha Iota co-hosted Can Jam, a live music fundraiser raising money for the Adams County Food Bank. Held in the backyard of the Sigma Nu fraternity house, three of the campus’s student musical groups performed at the event: Drop The Octave, The Spark Notes, and Opposite Reflection. Members of both fraternities strolled through the yard in tie-dye shirts, and Aidan Wright...
Students Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Week
By Thea Toocheck, Staff Writer The week of April 9, the Asian Student Alliance hosted the Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Week on campus. Following the tradition of the nationwide Asian Pacific American Heritage Month in May, the ASA, as well as the Office of Multicultural Engagement and Mosaic House, sponsored events throughout the week to draw attention to those of Asian and Pacific descent and their accomplishments....
Dodging the Bullet: King Lear Proves College Theater Builds a Community
By Thea Toocheck, Staff Writer The lights shine on you, but everything around you is dark. A thrill of jubilation rises inside your heart even as thousands of butterflies migrate to your stomach. This dichotomy of emotions and the juxtaposition of the real and the imaginary are what draw me to theater. Home videos provide the evidence that I’ve been performing since I could first walk and talk, and so I’ve been involved in theater for...
