Opinion: Why Students Should Engage With Community-Based Programs
By Isaias Martinez, Guest Columnist Becoming college students often indicates a transition away from our original home as we immerse ourselves in the community that is our college campus. However, we often fail to realize that the college campus exists within an established community. As we come and participate within the physical space, we inevitably interact with the social and cultural atmospheres surrounding the college. In this...
Faculty Hiring Varies Across Campus Departments
By Laken Franchetti, News Editor Gettysburg College currently offers 54 academic majors, minors and programs; these campus departments vary in their handling and allowance of faculty hiring. One department that is currently in the process of hiring is the Department of History. The department is in search of a tenure-track Latin American historian, and students were invited to participate in the hiring process. The three candidates...
What Gettysburg College’s Lutheran Affiliation Means Today
By Sophie Lange, Staff Writer The United Lutheran Seminary is a part of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), one of the largest Lutheran denominations in the United States. Historically speaking, this seminary has been associated with Gettysburg College since the college’s founding in 1832. Director of Religious and Spiritual Life and College Chaplain Bright clarified that “[Gettysburg] was founded by the same founders...
A Note from the Editor: On the Student Experience
As I begin my final semester at Gettysburg College, I reflect on my time as a student here. Unlike other students in the class of 2023, I did not begin my college journey in 2019. Rather, when I arrived on campus in the fall of 2020, the pandemic set me on an unconventional path toward graduating a year early. Despite my unusual college experience, I found my purpose on campus through my dedication to journalism. By far, the most...
The Unnecessary Cost of Watching Sports in 2022
By Max Ferguson, Staff Writer The advent of streaming services has made watching your favorite TV shows much more convenient and cost effective than cable. Consumers save money by only purchasing the streaming services with the content they want to consume. According to US News and World Report, the average American household’s yearly cable cost is $2609.04. The four major streaming services (Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, and Disney+) total...
New Age for the King of Horror: Review of Stephen King’s “Fairy Tale”
By Mikelyn Britt, Opinions Editor Stephen King’s newest novel “Fairy Tale” follows Charlie Reade, a high school athlete, through his, sometimes troubling, life. Charlie was ten when his mother was killed in a hit-and-run which drove his father to alcoholism. While his father searched for sobriety, Charlie gets mixed up with the wrong people, causing him to feel intense guilt over his wrongdoings. In the name of repenting his misdeeds,...
