The Weekly Roundup: Jan. 20 – 26
Monday, Jan. 20 11:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., Presidential Inauguration Watch Party, College Union Junction Noon – 1 p.m., Cycle with Amanda, Jaeger Center 143 Multipurpose Room 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m., MLK Lecture, Masters Hall 110 Mara Auditorium 3 p.m. – 4 p.m., FYRE, College Union 230 5 p.m. – 9 p.m., MLK Reception, Weidensall Hall Lobby 6:30 p.m. – 8 p.m., MLK Celebration, Christ Chapel 7 p.m. – 9...
Quarry Pond Temporarily Closed as Several Dead Geese Are Tested for Bird Flu
By Vincent DiFonzo, Editor-in-Chief Quarry Pond has been temporarily closed amid an ongoing investigation by the Pennsylvania Game Commission after several dead geese were found in the area. Campus Safety Executive Director Alex Wiltz made the announcement in a campus-wide email on Saturday evening, reporting that the state’s game commission is testing the deceased animals for bird flu, a virus that normally spreads between birds and...
Former Student Accused of 2013 Campus Sexual Assault Extradited from France to Face Charges
By Vincent DiFonzo, Editor-in-Chief A former Gettysburg College student has been extradited back to the United States to face charges related to a sexual assault allegedly committed in a campus first-year residential hall in 2013. Ian Cleary, who was enrolled at Gettysburg College between 2011 and 2014, had been jailed in France since May, where he was discovered by French authorities after eluding authorities for nearly three...
Year in Review: 2024 at Gettysburg College
Compiled by Vincent DiFonzo, Editor-in-Chief Photos by William Oehler, Grace Jurchak, Sofia Gutierrez, Vincent DiFonzo and Gettysburg College January Community members gathered to remember the late Sara Gifford, former Assistant Director of International Student Services, on Jan. 25 in Christ Chapel. Gifford was killed on Dec. 22 of the previous year in a car accident on U.S. Route 15. In addition to her work at Gettysburg College,...
Army War College Panel Highlights Civil-Military Relations to Build Trust
By Rifat A. Anik, Staff Writer The public policy department hosted the Army War College Civil-Military Speaker Series on Tuesday, Dec. 5, at Penn Hall Lyceum. The event aimed to bridge civil-military relations through open discussion and collaboration. The panel featured Lieutenant Colonel David Bradley, U.S. Army, a Field Artillery and Foreign Area Officer with extensive operational and foreign policy experience; Ms. Stephanie...
Gettysburg Commemorates 2024 Dedication Day
By Brandon Fey, News Editor Few symbols of Gettysburg are as iconic as that of President Lincoln delivering his famous Gettysburg Address in which he described the United States as a nation “conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.” The Gettysburg community honors this legacy each year by celebrating Remembrance Day, with events and traditions leading up to the anniversary of Lincoln’s...
