Opinion: In the 2022 Midterms, Americans Rejected Trump and the Far-Right
By Vincent DiFonzo, Staff Writer During Biden’s first two years, his administration oversaw steps in improving infrastructure, COVID recovery, and fighting inflation, among other accomplishments. Inflation was seen as the top issue by both parties, with many democrats also viewing abortion as the most pressing issue. The midterm elections, held on Nov. 8, are seen by many as a referendum on the president›s performance. On the eve of...
Postcard from Abroad: 10,000 Miles From Home, Yet the World Has Never Felt Smaller
By Caroline Jordan, Contributing Writer Wollongong, Australia – I have been here for five months, and just this week, I found myself running across the Sydney Harbor to catch a boat that I ultimately missed. No matter how perfectly organized, it wouldn’t be the first time things simply did not go to plan. When I chose Australia, I envisioned a semester of endless sunny skies, jammed-packed days spent going to class, and afternoons on...
Professor Annie Morgan’s Pursuit of Human Rights in Guantanamo Bay
By Kyle Hammerness, Features Editor Annie Morgan ’06, adjunct professor of political science, comes from Frackville, PA, a small rural town in a large military recruiting area. When it came time for her to go to college, she had to forge her own path and with the help of a high school teacher, she found that Gettysburg College was the right fit. At Gettysburg, Morgan double majored in political science and philosophy. She recalled...
College Community Reflects on Safety in Light of Incidents this Semester
By Katie Oglesby, Editor-in-Chief and Alli Dayton, Managing/News Editor When asked about safety on campus, co-chair of the Senate Safety Committee Vivek Rallabandi ’25 said, “There is no question that this semester has been particularly eventful in terms of the safety concerns our campus has dealt with.” The events Rallabandi referred to include the aggravated assault near Diaspora House in September, a report of a student being...
A Note from the Editor: On What the Gettysburgian Means to Me
When I started at Gettysburg College in fall 2019, I had no idea that I would now be looking for jobs in journalism after I graduate. I specifically didn’t work on my high school’s newspaper because I was insistent that kind of writing wasn’t for me. Now, three years and a few months after I attended an information session for The Gettysburgian in Glat Lodge during first-year orientation, I can easily say that I don’t know...
Alumni Spotlight: Christopher Weyant
By Katie Oglesby, Editor-in-Chief When Christopher Weyant ’89 studied at Gettysburg College, he did not anticipate that he would end up publishing cartoons in The New Yorker and The Boston Globe. Weyant grew up in New Jersey. When he studied at Gettysburg College, he majored in political science and economics. His goal, at the time, was to be a lawyer, so he completed the Washington Semester program and studied constitutional law at...
