Students Prepare to Vote in the Midterm Elections
By Lizzie Hobbs, Staff Writer With midterm elections approaching quickly, students and organizations on Gettysburg’s campus are all getting ready. After weeks of working to get students registered to vote in Pennsylvania and spreading awareness about absentee voting in students’ respective states, many Gettysburg students are preparing to cast their votes on November 6, if they haven’t already. Student political organizations, like...
Students Do the Time Warp Again at “Rocky Horror”
By Thea Toocheck, Staff Writer On Saturday night, the Attic buzzed in anticipation for the iconic annual rendition of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Hosted by the Student Musical Theater club, students created a shadow cast, acting out the movie as it played on the wall behind them. Rocky Horror is a musical science fiction horror-comedy from the 1970s, produced as a parody tribute to the science fiction and B-list horror films of the...
Problem of the Week: Splitting Up
By Department of Mathematics 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 panel of faculty judges, 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...
Gettysburg Marches in Annual Halloween Parade
By Nikoleta Mountanos, Contributing Writer The fall months are some of the last times that crowds of people will willingly go outside for more than an hour at a time. The long summer nights full of barbecues and fireflies have faded away, and before the nights by the fire, we celebrate with pumpkins, apple cider, and most importantly: Halloween. Costumes and candy galore, it’s a kid’s dream come to life, and in Gettysburg, an excuse...
Embracing the Squirrel Community on Campus
By Danielle Sicotte, Contributing Writer A bird? A suspiciously small plane with a fluffy tail? Nope, it’s a squirrel, and this campus is full of them. Everywhere you look on campus you can most certainly spot a squirrel. The abundance of green grass and trees at Gettysburg College attracts many squirrels seeking a simpler small-community life every year. The large span of nature also provides them with a safe environment to carry out...
Faculty Spotlight: Megan Benka-Coker
By Audrey White, Staff Writer Gettysburg alum Professor Megan Benka-Coker joined the faculty of the Health Science Department this year. She graduated from Gettysburg in 2009, received her Masters in Public Health from Emory University in 2011, and obtained her PhD from Colorado State this past spring. This semester she is excited to be teaching Health Science 120 (Public Health) and Health Science 326 (Epidemiology). Benka-Coker...
