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...
Professor Scott Boddery Announces Departure From Gettysburg College
By Vincent DiFonzo ’25, Guest Writer Editor’s Note: Scott Boddery served as faculty advisor to The Gettysburgian from 2019 to 2025 and has advised the author of this article. Scott Boddery, judicial scholar and professor of political science, will leave Gettysburg College next month after eight years with the school. He advised pre-law students, taught constitutional law courses and directed the Eisenhower Institute’s Fielding...
Faculty Spotlight: Professor Pede on Teaching What Textbooks Can’t
This article originally appeared on pages 18 and 19 of the No. 6 April 2025 edition of The Gettysburgian magazine By Sophie Lange, Features Editor & Social Media Manager In his undergraduate years, adjunct professor of public policy Charles Pede attended three colleges: Millersville State College, George Mason University and the University of Virginia. He had an ROTC scholarship and studied anthropology before going to law school,...
Postcard from Abroad: Degradation of Democracy in Seoul
By Michael DeRenzo, Guest Columnist SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — Maybe this was meant to be. There have been many places I have dreamed of studying abroad. The historical and religious aura surrounding Rome, Italy. The dreamy skies of Yaoundé, Cameroon. Perhaps even the Pho and Banh Mi in Vietnam. At one point, I was even interested in studying abroad in my country of Poland despite it not even having an affiliated program with Gettysburg. ...
