Postcard from Abroad: Walking (And Walking, And Walking) With Wordsworth
By Aubrey Mandichak, Guest Writer LANCASTER, ENGLAND – “I resolved to write a journal of the time till W & J return, & I set about keeping my resolve because I will not quarrel with myself, & because I shall give Wm Pleasure by it when he comes home again.” The above is an excerpt from the first entry of The Grasmere Journal, Dorothy Wordsworth’s account of living with her brother, William Wordsworth, in the...
Phi Delta Theta Haunted Mansion Celebrates 20th Anniversary
By Caitlin Rubsamen, Sports Editor As the leaves begin to change color and the temperature gets colder, signs that fall is here are all around Gettysburg College. Many fall staples begin to appear around campus, including the Phi Delta Theta (PDT) Haunted Mansion. The Haunted Mansion is thrown annually by the brothers of Phi Delta Theta, benefiting Adams County Children and Youth Services. Each year over parents’ weekend, the house...
Language Immersion at Gettysburg College: Five New Teaching Assistants Join our Community
By William Oehler, Director of Photography For the academic year of 2025-26, Gettysburg College welcomed five new language Teaching Assistants (TAs) to its French, Chinese, Spanish, Japanese, and German language classes and departments. Angelle Depuy, Jiahui Ouyang, Alba Chacon, Kotoha Mori, and Antonia Voss all participate in and outside classrooms. Teaching their own classes, liaisoning with culture clubs, hosting review sessions...
Insects, Imagination, and the Slipstream: Meet Emerging Writer Lecturer Lauren Osborn
By Ella Prieto, Editor-in-Chief Growing up in Mississippi and Alabama, Gettysburg College is the farthest north Lauren Osborn has ever lived. But when the Emerging Writer Lecturer position for the 2025-26 academic year opened here, she jumped at the chance to join academia as a faculty member. “I love academia; the environment of it is really lovely,” expressed Osborn. This love shines through in her experience, accomplishing an...
Faculty Spotlight: Professor Lacayo on Literature, Cinema, and the Spanish Language in an Interdisciplinary Education
By Sophie Lange, Managing Editor Assistant Professor and Mellon Faculty Fellow of Spanish & Latin American Studies Aarón Lacayo graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from New York University with a double major in Spanish and History before continuing his education at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, where he received his Master’s and PhD in Spanish/Latin American Literature & Culture. During his PhD program, he also earned a...
Bullseye: Darts Society Aims to Bring English Culture to Gettysburg
By Jacob Tone, Contributing Writer The Gettysburg College Darts Society, founded at the end of the spring 2025 semester, is introducing a piece of English culture to campus, offering students a chance to compete, relax and connect. The club was inspired by the Cartmel College Darts Club at Lancaster University in England, where Katie Tyson ’26, Ewan Cross ’26, Alice Nguyen ’26, Lily Mader ’26, Ifti Mahumud ’26 and Hana Konno ’26...
