Note from the Editor: On Gratitude
When I think about the challenges and life changes over the past year, I’m both perplexed and proud—perplexed by the ways our world has changed, but proud of the ways we’ve shifted right along with it. At this time last year, we attempted to publish editions of the Gettysburgian magazine fully online, and by online, I mean no laid-out pages, no print copies, just articles that went on the website filed under the magazine tab. At the...
Behind the Scenes of Game Day
By Jack Herr, Sports Editor The two-person team that makes up Gettysburg College Athletics Communications is Corey Jewart, Director of Athletic Communications, and Jennifer Mower, Assistant Director of Athletic Communications. They run the department and employ a large staff of student assistants who aid Jewart and Mower in game day operations. Without these two, game day would look a lot different. According to Jewart, the basics of...
Getting to Know IFC President Mark Seibert
By Phoebe Doscher, Editor-in-Chief Going into his first year at Gettysburg, Mark Seibert ’22 initially felt unsure about whether he would join a Greek organization. His brother, a 2018 grad, was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha, so he knew about Greek life opportunities before stepping foot on campus. “I knew that Greek life was here, but I wasn’t really too sure if I wanted it to be a part of my experience,” Seibert explained. His...
Getting to Know Panhellenic Council President Sara Tomson
By Sydney Dyer, Contributing Writer Sara Tomson ’22, a philosophy and sociology double major with a minor in peace and justice studies, serves as this year’s Panhellenic Council President. Tomson wanted to join Greek life long before college after seeing the lifelong experiences and relationships her mother had as a member of the Alpha Xi Delta women’s fraternity. In 2020, Tomson became the Chi Delta Panhellenic Delegate, which...
Leadership, Fellowship, Service: APO Service Fraternity
By Mikelyn Britt, Contributing Writer Alpha Phi Omega (APO) is a national co-ed service-based organization. The Iota Omicron chapter on Gettysburg College campus has been active since 1952. The service fraternity provides charity through time and effort for various organizations and causes. APO has Greek letters, but is not affiliated with Greek life on campus. The organization is open to anyone on campus who has a desire to help...
Opinion: It’s On All of Us
By Emma Love, Contributing Writer “Is that an It’s On Us event?” “Yeah, looks like it.” “Wanna go another way?” “Yeah.” And with that, we went the long way around so we wouldn’t have to see the folding tables, the t-shirts, and the people from the Title IX Office. It’s always been hard to see these types of events put on by the school. The events where they look you in the face with a plaster-smile proclaiming that “We believe...
