Bullets Under the Lights! Musselman Stadium’s First Ever Nighttime Game
This article originally appeared on page 8 and 9 of the No. 2 October 2024 edition of The Gettysburgian magazine. By Max Ferguson, Staff Writer For the first time in College history, the Bullets football team played a home game at night under the newly installed lights in Musselman Stadium. The lights were a part of last year’s numerous fundraising campaigns put on by a group of alumni and families of students that led the charge for...
Senior Spotlight: Janaa Eborn, Violin
By Zach Brooks, Magazine Editor On Friday, Oct. 4, Janaa Eborn ’24 performed her senior recital in Paul Recital Hall. Eborn is a music major studying violin under Elly Toyoda at the Sunderman Conservatory of Music. The recital fulfilled an important degree requirement for Eborn, as well as representing a culmination of their musical achievement. Eborn’s first piece was unaccompanied Bach, Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004 by Johann...
Finance, Public Health Policy Majors Approved by Faculty; Available to Students Next Year
By Vincent DiFonzo, Editor-in-Chief Gettysburg students will have two additional major options to choose from beginning in the 2025-26 academic year: finance and public health policy. The new majors are the latest additions to the 40+ majors that Gettysburg College currently offers. The major proposals were presented to faculty on Sept. 12, and on Sept. 26 both proposals passed a faculty vote with strong majorities. The Finance...
Patience in Progress: The $2.4 Million Quest for Improved Wi-Fi at Gettysburg
By Ella Prieto, Managing Editor In March of this year, Vice President of Information Technology Rodney Tosten sent a campus-wide email detailing a major $2.4 million two-year project to upgrade campus Wi-Fi. Tosten then visited the Student Senate, addressing Wi-Fi improvement as a key issue to the College administration, which spurred the project to be instated. “All this is because you have engaged with us and we want to keep...
A Note From the Editor: My Lifeline Through College Challenges
By Ella Prieto, Managing Editor During first-year orientation, I had the privilege to speak to the incoming class during their Experience Gettysburg program. In writing the speech, students are given a wide berth on what to draw on. My peers and fellow speakers chose unique and fascinating topics: the life of a student-athlete, navigating the campus as an international student, becoming a shy first-year to a published author. For me...
The Hauntings of Gettysburg College
A Collection of Ghost Stories from the Nation’s Most Haunted College By Noah Simkiss, Contributing Writer In the nearly 240 years since its founding, Gettysburg has established itself as a town of legend. It has become a dream destination for history buffs who visit the town to marvel at the cannon balls planted in Civil War era buildings and walk the battlefields of one of the most influential military engagements in United...
