Editorial: Behind the Scenes in Administration Highlights a Need for Student Voices
By The Gettysburgian Editorial Board Faculty meetings are exclusive events that construct the future of Gettysburg College but lack important members of campus: the students. Persisting issues and new concerns are showcased during these meetings that directly and indirectly impact student futures, but we are not welcome to join the conversation. The Curriculum Review Committee (CRC) is working to create a new curriculum that will...
Postcard from Abroad: بلدي الأردن Jordan, My Country
By Natalie Peck, Contributing Writer “Welcome to Jordan!” This phrase has been repeated to me at least once a week over the last two months since moving to Amman, Jordan and I know I’ll hear it until I leave. Sometimes, it’s spoken in an Uber on my drive back to my homestay while I’m clutching the headrest due to the wild driving that makes New York drivers seem tame. Sometimes, it’s in my host family’s living room as I meet another...
Gettysburg Campus Safety Officer Ricky Pearce Retires
By Alicia Method, Staff Writer This past fall, Campus Safety Officer Ricky Pearce retired after eleven years at Gettysburg College. Pearce was known for connecting with students on a personal basis. Before coming to Gettysburg, Pearce worked for the National Park Service at Gettysburg. When he saw an opening at the college campus in 2012, he decided to apply. Pearce listed his first year working at the college as one of his fondest...
Senior Perspectives: Reflections on Their Time at Gettysburg College
Compiled by Mikelyn Britt, Opinions Editor Emma Fee ’23 “I transferred to Gettysburg after my freshman year at a different institution. I was genuinely happy and enjoying my college experience for the first time after what had been an incredibly hard year. I started at Gettysburg in the fall of 2019, meaning that Covid hit in the spring of my second semester on campus, and lockdown restrictions were in place for the next...
Walner Edmond Makes Art in Found Objects
By Victoria Staub, Arts & Entertainment Editor Most Gettysburg students are familiar with the playful Bullet Hole worker and the sculpture made of tires located on the first floor of the library, but most do not know that the two are connected by the name Walner Edmond. Edmond, the son of Haitian immigrants, is a Gettysburg native. He has worked at Gettysburg College since 2000, starting with dishwashing part time in Servo....
Students Reflect on New and Changed Traditions at the College
By Alli Dayton, Managing Editor Over time, Gettysburg College students have enjoyed traditions such as Twilight Hour, the First-Year Walk, International Food Festival, and Springfest. Now, many of these traditions have changed, and new traditions have taken their place. Twilight Hour, a tradition that began in Jan. 2013, gathered first-year students in the ballroom to walk to Pennsylvania Hall. Class officers then presented the...
