Campus Safety Notifies Student Body of Aggravated Assault Early Saturday
By Katie Oglesby, Editor-in-Chief Executive Director of Campus Safety Alex Wiltz send out a campus-wide email Saturday afternoon alerting the community of an aggravated assault that impacted a member of the campus community on the 300 block of Carlisle Street early Saturday morning. Both Gettysburg Police and Campus Safety responded to the situation. Campus Safety and the police have identified several individuals involved, but the...
Annual Consent Fair Welcomes Students to Influence and Educate
By Angelina Stambouli, Contributing Writer On Thursday afternoon, the Office of Sexual Respect and Title IX held its annual Consent Fair. Students were individually informed about the resources available to them as they approached the tables outside of the College Union Building. “Campus Safety is 24/7 available to students no matter what,” said Assistant Director of Campus Safety Faith Biesecker. Among the several representatives...
Acclaimed Washington Post Political Columnist Jennifer Rubin speaks at Gettysburg College
By Nate Hoffert, Contributing Writer On Tuesday evening, the Department of Jewish Studies hosted Jennifer Rubin at Mara Auditorium, featuring her discussion on the topic of “Defending American Democracy: The Midterm Test.” Rubin has been a longtime political columnist for The Washington Post, known for writing highly-acclaimed conservative opinion pieces, and more recently, defending American democracy against the recent alt-right...
Student Senate 9/5: First Senate Meeting of the Semester Includes a Budget Request and Induction of New Executive Board Members
By Gracie Meisner, Assistant News Editor Monday’s Student Senate Meeting welcomed students back for the 2022-2023 year, saw a Budget Request for The Women’s Network and the induction of two members, and concluded with minor edits to the Constitution. Officer Reports President Miranda Zamora ’23 started off by welcoming everyone back for the new year. “For those of you who have done Senate before, we are so excited to have...
College Launches New Bikeshare Program
By Kenzie Smith, Contributing Writer On Monday, the College’s new bikeshare program launched due to the efforts of Student Senate. Six bikes with Gettysburg branding will be located outside of the College Union Building when they are not in use. According to an email from the Assistant Director of the Office of Student Activities and Greek Life Trevor McClenon, to use the bikeshare program, students must download the “On Bike Share”...
Potential New Members for Sororities Have Decreased over the Past Three Years
By Alli Dayton, Managing/News Editor This weekend, 131 students participated in Gettysburg College’s formal sorority recruitment process. Of the individuals who went through the first round of recruitment on Friday, 104 received bids to one of the College’s six Panhellenic sorority chapters. In 2019, 191 students went through the first round of recruitment, with 151 receiving bids. In 2021, the number of potential new members going...
