A Fluctuating Budget: Financing Athletics At Gettysburg College
By Jack Herr, Sports Editor “Our spending has varied wildly,” said Executive Director of Athletics and Campus Recreation Mike Mattia when asked about the state of Gettysburg College’s Athletics budget. With 25% of the current student body being student-athletes, sports represents a major aspect of Gettysburg, so understanding the Athletics budget is crucial to an appreciation of the College’s overall finances. As with all areas...
A Call for Transparency: How Financial Cuts are Affecting the College Experience
By The Gettysburgian Editorial Board It is impossible not to notice. It comes up in class, in line at Bullet, during club meetings. Students wonder, “Why do we no longer have this?” Gettysburg is not unique in facing financial distress, nor is it something new. This was true before the pandemic as colleges faced the “demographic cliff,” a large drop-off in the number of college-age students. Of course, the pandemic only worsened...
Gettysburg’s Investments in Fossil Fuels: Socially Responsible Investing and the Endowment
By Carter Hanson, Magazine Editor Gettysburg College has divested—or withdrawn endowment investments—for a political or social reason only one time in its 190-year history: in 1990, the Board of Trustees decided “to divest of all companies holding an equity investment or physical presence in [Apartheid] South Africa.” In recent years, students have met with College officials to discuss their concerns with Gettysburg’s continued...
The Commons: Opinions from Across Campus
Global Studies House Ana Geddes ’22 The College’s decision to not renew Global Studies House next year deeply saddens me. I have been fortunate to live in the house for three years, and I am currently serving as the house leader. Bregenzer has been such a place of comfort for me and the community we built has been one of my best experiences in college. I’d like to acknowledge Grace Bushway ’21, who served as the house leader for three...
Campus Chatter: Goings-On at Gettysburg
Message to the Class of 2022 Courtney Cholewa ’22, Class President The Class of 2022 is relentless, passionate and one that I am proud to be able to represent. Watching my classmates grow from strangers to friends in such a close-knit community setting has been a privilege and one that I believe we will all remember. My fellow officers—Ingrid Bayer, Sarah Ellis and Zach Workman—have worked diligently with me to plan fun events as well...
Editor’s Note: The Financial Issue
I returned from a semester abroad eager for the familiar tastes of my Gettysburg home, only to find Pete’s Paninis shuttered and the dining staff thoroughly thinned. This is not an issue, however, born from nostalgia for the halcyon, panini-ed days of yore; nor is it intended as yet another “if we controlled the gears of the great college machine, we could drive it better” anti-administration diatribe. We wrote this, as in all good...
