Musselman Library Offers New Internship Opportunities
By Musselman Library Musselman Library is expanding its internship opportunities for students by offering three paid internships to Gettysburg College students for the spring semester. If you are considering a career in libraries, information science, archives, or museums these internships provide great opportunities to learn what it’s like. So what are these opportunities? The Research & Instruction Intern (Fortenbaugh) will help...
Gettysburg Ranks 13th in UPenn Quiz Bowl
By Kyra Pfeiffer, Contributing Writer Throughout high school, Ryan Bilger ’19 was an avid quiz-bowler. In the hunt for his ideal college, it rarely occurred to him that his past passion would play a role in his college career. Little did he know, as a senior here at Gettysburg, Ryan and his Quiz Bowl team would take 13th place at the University of Pennsylvania Quiz Bowl tournament on Saturday, October 20. This win was no small feat,...
Clearing the Confusion: Staff Shares What Counts as a Side in Bullet
By Kyra Pfeiffer, Contributing Writer Approaching the 2018-2019 academic year, the College Union Building (CUB)’s new addition became home to the coveted dining option, The Bullet Hole. In its new location, Bullet, as nicknamed by its students and faculty, quickly became a sanctuary for students to gather, do homework, and grab a quick meal. In an interview with Mike Bishop, Bullet’s Cash Operations manager, he confirmed that the...
Hillel Hosts Vigil for Pittsburgh
By Thea Toocheck, Staff Writer On Friday at 3:30 in the Ballroom, nearly 180 students, staff, faculty, and community members gathered in a memorial for those who lost their lives in the Tree of Life Synagogue shooting on Saturday, Oct. 27. The tragedy occured when, during Shabbat morning services, a gunman entered the building, ultimately killing eleven people and wounding seven more. It is the deadliest attack on the Jewish community...
Top Five Shops in Downtown Gettysburg
By Sam Shourds, Staff Writer Waldo’s and Company Waldo’s isn’t your average coffee shop. In fact, its employees, a collection of volunteer artists, consider the space “a creative environment where people from all different backgrounds could come together in pursuit of enjoying community, fostering creativity, and advancing culture.” The coffee, sodas, and smoothies are just an added bonus to this quaint, eclectic space including a...
It’s ALIVE! Celebrating Frankenstein’s 200th Birthday
By Julia Chin, Staff Writer The year is 1816. Dark clouds block out the summer sun, and night falls on the shore of Lake Geneva, Switzerland. Just over a year ago, Mount Tambora erupted in Indonesia, catalyzing a series of uncanny climate changes from its spewing of volcanic ash, which dropped the entire globe’s temperatures and stole the sun from the far corners of the Earth. But in Europe, the cause of the unnatural phenomena...
