Opinion: A Call for Non-Athlete Hours at the Jaeger Center
By Nicole DeJacimo, Managing Editor It wasn’t until the second semester of senior year that I finally started to regularly go to the gym. Over winter break I learned how to lift, erg (the rowing machine) and began to actually enjoy working out. So, when I chest press or squat, I have a hard time staying in the zone when the entire baseball team envelopes the lifting section and waits around me until I finish. It’s hard to stretch when...
The Academic Challenges of Being a Student-Athlete
By Gracie Meisner, Features Editor and Jack Herr, Sports Editor According to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), Division III sports, which are offered at Gettysburg College, provide a “well-rounded collegiate experience that involves a balance of rigorous academics, competitive athletics, and the opportunity to pursue a multitude of other co-curricular and extra-curricular opportunities.” In comparison to...
The Work and Legacy of Provost Chris Zappe
By Phoebe Doscher, Editor-in-Chief On March 15, Provost Chris Zappe announced that he will be stepping down from his role as Provost, a role he has held since 2010, and resuming his position as a professor in the management department. Throughout his tenure, Zappe has overseen more than 80 tenure-track appointments with a focus on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) principles, heralded in new academic programs and supported the...
Spotlight on Unique Major Combinations and Individualized Majors
Compiled by Gracie Meisner, Features Emma Fee ’23 IDS: “The Philosophy of Poverty” “The Philosophy of Poverty” is a combination of philosophy, economics and a little bit of political science. I created it because I wanted to be able to explore each of those independent disciplines, as well as focus on the aspects of those areas that I was most interested in. Specifically, these are issues of poverty in economics, anti-poverty policy...
Heavy Advisee Loads and Overflowing Classes: What the Faculty’s Vote to Delay Curriculum Changes Means
By Nicole DeJacimo, Managing Editor At the Feb. 17 faculty meeting, the Curriculum Review Committee (CRC) proposed that the optimal student cohort size for incoming classes in the future will be around 640 students and the number of full-time faculty will be 220. The new strategic plan, which is tied to Gettysburg’s updated curriculum, will determine which academic departments will be expanded and which will face budget cuts. New...
The Commons: Opinions from Across Campus
Judge Jackson & Motherhood Emily Dalgleish ’22 // Opinions Editor Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court nomination hearings have been full of absurd and heated moments. However, the moment that stands out to me most is a moment of compassion, when Judge Jackson and Senator Cory Booker had a conversation about motherhood and her experience balancing her career and her family. Judge Jackson explained that she “did not always...
