D-Day 80th Anniversary Symposium Held at Gettysburg College
By Brandon Fey, Assistant News Editor 2024 marks a major milestone in the memory of the Second World War. This year is the 80th anniversary of D-Day, when the Allied powers invaded the Normandy beaches of occupied France on June 6, 1944. In celebration of this meaningful legacy, the Eisenhower Institute at Gettysburg College and the Dwight D. Eisenhower Society co-sponsored the D-Day 80+ Symposium on April 20. The program began with a...
Anti-Abortion Protest Held Outside of Servo
By Kenzie Smith, Arts & Entertainment Editor On Monday, the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP), which is based in Hanover, PA, held an anti-abortion protest on the sidewalks outside of Servo and the College Union Building (CUB). This group has held similar protests on campus throughout the previous years. The TFP was clad in suits with red sashes, and some carried large banners with...
Student Senate 4/22: Changes to the Bullet Hole and the Honor Code Next Semester
By Ella Prieto, Managing Editor Officer Reports President Andrew Lemon ’24 stated that there are only two meetings left, with the meeting next week being a transitional one. Student Concerns will also be in a transitional phase, with President of the Student Body-Elect Michael Woods ’25 working with Lemon this week. He also commended the College Life Advisory Committee (CLAC) for its work planning the Big Spring Blowout Event and...
Liz Truss Speaks at the Eisenhower Institute’s Scharf Lecture
By Brandon Fey, Assistant News Editor 56th Prime Minister and current Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom Liz Truss was the guest speaker at the 2024 Henry M. Scharf Memorial Lecture on Current Affairs, presented by the Eisenhower Institute (EI) at Gettysburg College. The lecture was held on Thursday, April 18 at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. The Scharf Lecture was established by Dr. F. William Sunderman in 1977...
Faculty Meeting News and Notes: April 18, 2024
By Laken Franchetti, Editor-in-Chief Provost Jamila Bookwala began Thursday’s faculty meeting by announcing that President Bob Iuliano was unable to attend due to unforeseen family matters. The Endowed Professorship Program In the faculty meeting on March 21, Bookwala discussed information she had gathered about the College’s endowed professorship program. Bookwala recognized that the program is prestigious and an important way to...
Young Americans for Freedom Host Catholic Apologist Trent Horn
By Katie Lauriello, Lead Copyeditor On April 4, the Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) sponsored Catholic apologist Trent Horn to give a lecture titled “Is Abortion Moral?”, in which he discussed how to debate the topic of abortion with people who are pro-choice. Horn is currently an adjunct professor of apologetics at Holy Apostles College and has been invited to debate at schools such as the University of California, Berkeley;...
