The Crossword Answers, April 2026 No. 5 Issue
This crossword originally appeared on page 19 of the No. 5 April edition of The Gettysburgian magazine. Created by Cassidy Haines, Magazine...
Faculty Spotlight: Professor Standlee on Teaching, Curiosity and Doing “Great Work”
By Celena Glaghassi, Assistant News Editor Professor Alecea Standlee’s path to academia began with a lifelong curiosity about the world around her. Growing up in a poor, rural community, she spent most of her childhood trying to make sense of inequality, gender roles, and social systems. Those questions ultimately shaped her academic path and led her to pursue fields like Sociology and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGS). “I...
Immersion Project Highlight: Medellín, Colombia
By Zaira Henry, Guest Columnist As a group of nine students, and myself as the immersion trip leader, we entered Colombia thinking we had a general sense of what the experience would be: engage with communities, learn about social impact and contribute in meaningful ways. However, what we quickly realized is that this trip was not about going somewhere to “fix” problems. It was about listening, learning and challenging the...
Opinion: Our Gettysburg Experience – The Implications of Deficiencies in the Conduct Process
By Malachi Briscoe and Oumye Toure (President of the Anti-Racist Collective), Guest Columnists This is the first of the Anti-Racist Collective’s series on student experiences. These accounts, written by students, detail what their experiences look like and how they affect students’ day-to-day, social, academic, and overall experience in college life. This publication focuses on the conduct process, which disproportionately impacts...
Opinion: Progress for Whom?
By Omer Shamil, Opinions Editor Artificial Intelligence (AI) may become one of the defining technologies of our age, but history warns us that when societies celebrate innovation before they confront power, the costs of progress are almost always paid by someone else. The questions AI places before us now is not simply what it can do, but who will control it, who will benefit from it, and who will be left behind. It has entered...
Beyond the Syllabus: Department Efforts to Create Community on Campus
By Sophie Lange, Managing Editor Gettysburg College is home to over 30 academic departments, each of which has crafted its own identity and community amongst the students, faculty and staff. As part of this, many of the faculty have developed ways to foster connections throughout their departments, often in the form of events. Some of the most popular ones become department traditions, such as the English and Women, Gender, and...
