Alpha Phi Omega Serves Pancakes to Campus Families
By Sam Shourds, Staff Writer Students and their families alike woke up on Saturday, October 20 in anticipation of Family Weekend: a few days full of quality family time spent attending college-sponsored events, walking around town, catching up, and eating some delicious food along the way. Alpha Phi Omega (APO), Gettysburg’s co-ed service fraternity, catered to these hungry students and parents with their 19th Annual Pancake...
Thompson, Winston Participate in Intensive Music Theater Program in Germany
By Lizzie Hobbs, Staff Writer This past summer, Aaron Thompson ’19 and Abigail Winston ’19 took their talents overseas and participated in an intensive, four-week long musical theater program in Oberaudorf, Germany. In late June, Thompson and Winston set off on an “eye-opening” journey, as Winston described it, both returning a month later “hugely reassured” of their passion for the craft. The program, Musik Theater Bavaria, hosted...
Apple Harvest Festival Brings Bushels of Fun
By Phoebe Doscher, Staff Writer Residents of Adams County as well as students from Gettysburg College came out to support local vendors and enjoy fall activities at the 54th annual National Apple Harvest Festival the weekends of October 6 and 14. The festivities included live music, a petting zoo, and various apple-related foods and activities. The festival was hosted by Upper Adams Jaycees and held at the South Mountain Fairgrounds,...
Halloween Festivities and Open Access Week at Musselman Library
By Musselman Library If you are looking for something fun to do Tuesday, October 23, walk on up to the square in town and cheer on Musselman Library’s Book Cart Drill Team as they perform in the Annual Gettysburg Halloween Parade. Library staff will march down the parade route dressed as skeletons, zombies, and Frankenstein’s monster, and perform a 30-second dance routine – with book carts – to the Monster Mash. This will be the fifth...
X-SIG Presentations Showcase Summer Research
By Maddie Neiman, Features Editor On Friday, October 19, the Cross-Disciplinary Science Institute (X-SIG) Program held its 6th annual poster presentation event in the Science Center Atrium. Students in the Biology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Environmental Studies, Health Sciences, Mathematics, Physics, and Psychology departments showcased their summer research findings to a crowd of their peers,...
Problem of the Week: Escape
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...
