Gettysburg College Professors Create Free Open Spanish Textbooks
By Theodore Szpakowski ’24, Contributing Writer Last year, four Gettysburg College Spanish professors worked to create a set of textbooks that would better meet student needs in the areas of curriculum and cost. As a result, students in Spanish 101 and 102 saved a combined total of $46,762 from Fall 2022 to Fall 2023. The professors have found that some textbooks do not cover all the course materials or cover some poorly, and this in...
Problem of the Week: Spring 2024, Number 1
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....
Postcard from Abroad: Lessons from Budapest
By Kailey Costa, Contributing Writer I jumped from my seat working 9 to 5 at the Food Bank for New York City, worked another final shift at the pub back home, packed a bag and two days later, I was in Budapest. In Budapest, the architecture takes you aback. You are certainly not anywhere near the small New England town you grew up in, or New York City, a city you adapted to live in. Tones of yellows, red roofs and iron gate smoking...
Juls Buehrer: Stitching Together Artistic Visions for the Gettysburg Stage
By Heather Wirick, Staff Writer The productions put on by the Gettysburg Theater Department bring a whirlwind of spectacle to audiences each year, and Juls Buehrer is a major contributor to this process. Serving as a painter for the department since 2010 and a costume designer since 2014, Buehrer brings a new, curated feel to each production, which is brought forth by her artistic training, inspirations and collaboration. Buehrer...
Gettysburg Smoothie Co. Now Offered at Gettysburg College
By Laurel Bennett, Features Editor When Gettysburg Smoothie Co. opened its first location on York Street in May of 2022, it quickly became a staple for Gettysburg community members and students alike. This rapid success was followed by Gettysburg Smoothie Co. opening a second location at the Gettysburg Outlets in April this year. The closure of The Dive in the Jaeger Center left a void on campus concerning dining options. Executive...
Faculty Spotlight: Professor Steven Gimbel
By Zach Brooks, Social Media Manager Professor of philosophy Steven Gimbel academically specializes in the interdisciplinary space of the philosophy of physics. Gimbel has always loved physics and the big questions that the field asks. However, during his undergraduate education while studying physics, Gimbel described going to his professor’s office hours and realizing that the field was not looking at the big questions. “Physics...
