The Inside Scoop on Campus Recreation and Wellness
By Joe Curry, Staff Writer Campus recreation and wellness is important to many of the students on campus at Gettysburg College. In fact, the department shared that 92% of students have been served by campus recreation and wellness in the last year. However, the scope of the department and its goals may be unknown to most students. Head of Gettysburg College’s Campus Recreation and Wellness Department Annette Hunt-Shepherd wants to...
The Digital Age: A Creative Approach to Business
By Ava Burchell, Staff Writer The Digital Age is a brand new club at Gettysburg College focused on the creative side of business and marketing, especially through social media and photography. It was created by club president Michaela Carroll ’25 in the fall of 2023, and its meetings began in spring 2024. Carroll said that the club’s mission statement is to “develop members’ creativity channeling in on graphics and photography for...
A Note from the Editor: On Doing Something Instead of Nothing
By Eric Lippe, Magazine Editor The Gettysburgian is operated by a staff of students who retain full editorial control over the publication’s operations. Unlike many other college news organizations, none of The Gettysburgian’s staff is paid or otherwise compensated outside of experience and exposure. Yet, I have had the privilege of meeting many of the most dedicated and hard-working people that this campus has to offer within the...
Gettysburg College Sweethearts
By Ella Prieto, Managing Editor Gettysburg College has proved to be a wonderful place to meet one’s forever person. With 1,923 (and counting) married couples alive today, the College makes it a point to celebrate relationships that begin here. Every year, the Office of College Advancement sends out Valentines to these special couples. For their wedding, however, the College sends these Gettysburg sweethearts Gettysburg College...
Gettysburg Swimming Soaks Up the Sun on Florida Training Trip
By David Goldman, Sports Editor While students stayed home to relax over their winter breaks, Gettysburg swimming came back to campus to get to work. However, their early return included a week-long training trip to Delray Beach, Florida. Here, they still practiced their craft but did so under 80 degree rays and just minutes away from the beach. Early on Jan. 5, the Bullets packed the buses and journeyed to Reagan National Airport for...
Postcard From Abroad: Greetings from Bath!
By Zach Brooks, Staff Writer BATH, ENGLAND—Hello, and greetings from the World Heritage City of Bath! I knew from my first day at Gettysburg College that I wanted to study abroad, but when I decided during the Fall 2022 semester to pursue graduating a semester early, I thought I would lose the chance to go overseas. Fortunately, the Advanced Studies in English (ASE) program has allowed me to curtail my coursework to fulfill my English...
