A Note from the Editor: On Keeping You Informed
By Ella Prieto, Managing Editor I have found that writing an editor’s note is immensely more difficult than writing an article, probably because I have to focus on writing about myself in a way that seems nuanced and complex and worthy of being printed and posted all around campus. Despite the difficulty, these notes can also be a time to reflect, and I appreciate the time and space given to do so. Entering the spring semester of my...
The Crossword Answers, February 2024 Issue
Made by Cassidy Haines, Social Media Manager This crossword originally appeared on page 23 of the February 2024 edition of The Gettysburgian’s...
A Note from the Editor: On This Labor of Love
Dear Reader, Thank you for grabbing a copy of The Gettysburgian. I am the Magazine Editor— the one who orders, edits, and designs the contents of this very magazine. Once every month, the editorial board and our wonderful writers get together to produce this. It is a labor of love from dozens of volunteers. Then, it is my job to elevate the design and style to make something that you, dear reader, want to spend your time with. My path...
The Crossword Answers, December 2023 Issue
This crossword originally appeared on page 23 of the December 2023 edition of The Gettysburgian’s...
Postcard from Abroad: Lessons from Budapest
By Kailey Costa, Contributing Writer I jumped from my seat working 9 to 5 at the Food Bank for New York City, worked another final shift at the pub back home, packed a bag and two days later, I was in Budapest. In Budapest, the architecture takes you aback. You are certainly not anywhere near the small New England town you grew up in, or New York City, a city you adapted to live in. Tones of yellows, red roofs and iron gate smoking...
Editorial: On Crafting the Academic Environment
By The Gettysburgian Editorial Board Colleges and universities are institutions that are meant to guide humanity into the future. Ideas—new and old—are exchanged, discussed, studied and analyzed in the pursuit of knowledge. The nature of academia is inherently divisive because of its role as a place for contradicting views and ideas to be challenged. This divisiveness is by design—existing knowledge, opinions and theories are meant to...
