Newman Association and Hillel Host an Interfaith Thanksgiving
By Zach Brooks, Staff Writer Every Sunday after 5 p.m. mass, members of the Newman Association (the student partner with the Catholic Campus Ministry) and Hillel (which serves spiritual, cultural, and social needs for Jewish students) gather to share a meal in the Christ Chapel basement. These Sunday suppers are a time for students to come together and share a meal, and in that spirit, the two organizations partnered to host an...
Alumna Abigail Hauer Takes “Gettysburg Great” to Another Level
By Abby Hallagan, Staff Writer Alumna Abigail (Abby) Hauer ’21 is making a name for herself following her graduation fromGettysburg College. She is currently enrolled at the University of Virginia (UVA) School of Law and plans to work in the field of public interest law after her graduation in 2024. She is half-way through her law program and continues to work hard to achieve her goals. Getting into UVA Law, one of the most...
A Behind the Scenes Look at Servo Thanksgiving
By Sydney Dyer, Staff Writer While it is commonly known that Servo Thanksgiving is a long-held tradition at Gettysburg College, the amount of work and planning by the Servo staff that goes on behind the scenes is often unknown to students. Dining Center Supervisor Joseph Wheeler shed light on this planning. According to Wheeler, the food preparation is planned months in advance to accommodate the 1,600 students, staff and volunteers...
Meet Juliette Rhinow, President of Gettysburg Amnesty International
By Zach Brooks, Staff Writer Juliette Rhinow ’25 is a public policy and women, gender, and sexuality studies double major, Resident Assistant for Rice Hall at Gettysburg College, and the newest reviver of the College chapter of Amnesty International (AMNI), the world’s largest non-governmental human rights organization. “Gettysburg had a chapter of AMNI on campus before, and why not bring it back?” Rhinow said. Rhinow was inspired by...
Alumni Spotlight: Christopher Weyant
By Katie Oglesby, Editor-in-Chief When Christopher Weyant ’89 studied at Gettysburg College, he did not anticipate that he would end up publishing cartoons in The New Yorker and The Boston Globe. Weyant grew up in New Jersey. When he studied at Gettysburg College, he majored in political science and economics. His goal, at the time, was to be a lawyer, so he completed the Washington Semester program and studied constitutional law at...
“The Distance Between Here and Home”: Edna Kilusu’s Journey from Tanzania
By Kyle Hammerness, Features Editor Edna Kilusu ’23, a double major in psychology and anthropology with a minor in writing, was born and raised in Tanzania. In the Maasai culture, it is uncommon for girls to continue their schooling after primary school. However, Kilusu’s family prioritized education. This allowed her older sister to attend high school, and Kilusu followed her. During her time in secondary school, she was chosen to...
