Getty, Set, Go: Snapshots of the First Week Through the Eyes of a First-Year
By Luca España, Staff Photographer My name’s Luca, and I’m a first-year at Gettysburg College! I am so excited to spend the best four years of my life here at Gettysburg, and I couldn’t resist taking pictures! These are from my first-year orientation and the first week of classes! I can’t wait to see what my future holds for me here at college! My Clouds I saw the clouds while on campus and I had to take a...
Problem of the Week: Sand
Editor’s Note: The Department of Mathematics at Gettysburg College hosts a problem of the week challenge to determine each semester’s Paul Mugabi problem-solving award recipient(s). Each week’s entries are scored by a faculty judge, and winner(s) from each week will receive a Problem Of the Week (P.O.W.) button. The Gettysburgian is not involved in or responsible for accepting or evaluating students’ submissions to this contest. THE...
Problem of the Week: A Couple of Squares
Editor’s Note: The Department of Mathematics at Gettysburg College hosts a problem of the week challenge to determine each semester’s Paul Mugabi problem-solving award recipient(s). Each week’s entries are scored by a faculty judge, and winner(s) from each week will receive a Problem Of the Week (P.O.W.) button. The Gettysburgian is not involved in or responsible for accepting or evaluating students’ submissions to this contest. THE...
Two Decades Later, Honoring the Lives of Gettysburgians Affected By 9/11
By Nicole DeJacimo, Managing Editor Early in the morning on Sept. 11, President Iuliano stood at the Peace Pole to lead a moment of silence for the lives lost twenty years ago. There, he honored four Gettysburg College Alumni: survivor John Schmittle ’01; and three lost lives: Tim Betterly ’81, P’12, P’15, Joe Hasson ’89, and Doug DiStefano ’99. The sole Gettysburg 9/11 survivor, Schmittle, had graduated mere months before the...
Problem of the Week: Dancing
Editor’s Note: The Department of Mathematics at Gettysburg College hosts a problem of the week challenge to determine each semester’s Paul Mugabi problem-solving award recipient(s). Each week’s entries are scored by a faculty judge, and winner(s) from each week will receive a Problem Of the Week (P.O.W.) button. The Gettysburgian is not involved in or responsible for accepting or evaluating students’ submissions to this contest. THE...
Getty, Set, Go: Applying and Choosing Gettysburg As Home
By Laken Franchetti, Contributing Writer I applied to Gettysburg College because my grandfather had attended. I had never toured the campus, and I conducted very minimal research into the college’s activities, clubs, and academic standing. Shortly after applying, I made a trip to Gettysburg in order to take an official tour of the campus, which did include numerous understandable restrictions due to the coronavirus. In all honesty,...
