Politico Journalist Reflects on Election Results During Annual Blavatt Lecture
By Vincent DiFonzo, Editor-in-Chief The Eisenhower Institute welcomed Peter Canellos of Politico on Wednesday — one day after the 2024 election — for the annual Blavatt Lecture. This year’s lecture was called “America Has Spoken – What’s Next?” Canellos is a career journalist who is currently working as the managing editor of enterprise (news, analysis and opinion) at Politico and is the author of multiple books, including “The...
Finance, Public Health Policy Majors Approved by Faculty; Available to Students Next Year
By Vincent DiFonzo, Editor-in-Chief Gettysburg students will have two additional major options to choose from beginning in the 2025-26 academic year: finance and public health policy. The new majors are the latest additions to the 40+ majors that Gettysburg College currently offers. The major proposals were presented to faculty on Sept. 12, and on Sept. 26 both proposals passed a faculty vote with strong majorities. The Finance...
Voting in Gettysburg? A Guide to the Candidates on Your Pennsylvania Ballot
By Vincent DiFonzo, Editor-in-Chief On Tuesday, Nov. 5, many eligible Gettysburg College students will cast their vote in the 2024 election. The race for the presidency between candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump remains historically deadlocked throughout the country, even more so in swing state Pennsylvania. Voters in Pennsylvania, in addition to the presidential race, will be voting for their representatives in the U.S....
Civil Rights Leader Jesse Jackson Visits Gettysburg College
By Vincent DiFonzo, Editor-in-Chief On Tuesday, prominent civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson traveled to Gettysburg College and visited students taking a course taught by Africana studies professor Hakim Mohandas Amani Williams. Jackson and his son, former Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr., visited students taking the course, “Education for Social Change.” Topics of discussion included the upcoming election and how of...
President Iuliano Encourages Students to Vote in Campus-Wide Email
By Vincent DiFonzo, Editor-in-Chief President Bob Iuliano sent a campus-wide email on Monday afternoon addressing the upcoming election, encouraging students to vote and calling for the community to treat each other with “respect for difference.” Iuliano began his email by acknowledging the divisive political climate surrounding this year’s election. “It’s an election in which the candidates offer profoundly different views of where...
