Gettysburg College Participates in the 2024 Election
By Brandon Fey, News Editor The Gettysburg College community engaged in the historic 2024 Presidential Election through themed events and discourse leading up to Tuesday, when students and faculty finally cast their votes at the polling station created in the CUB Ballroom on campus. There had been significant efforts by student organizations to get their classmates to register to vote in the weeks prior to the election. The Political...
‘Get Out the Vote’ Block Party Held by Political Science, Pi Sigma Alpha
By Nathaniel Swindell, Staff Writer On Monday, the political science department held a block party on Stine Lake encouraging students to “get out the vote” by casting a ballot in the 2024 presidential election. The event was held one day before the Nov. 5 election day as a final reminder for eligible students to vote. “There have been studies that block parties, or similar things like this are really productive in getting greater...
Student Senate 11/4: Senate Halloween; Upgrades to Plank Gym
By John Towey, Staff Writer Officer Reports President Michael Woods ’25 and the other officers wished the Senate a belated happy Halloween. Vice President Abby Ruggiero ’26 and Inclusion Officer Oliver Eckloff ’27 reminded everyone to vote Tuesday. Parliamentarian Carl DeMarco ’25 mentioned that committee attendance has been low and that there have been conversations about assigning members to committees. Treasurer Jack Thompson ’27...
Missing Packages: Charges Delivered in Gettysburg Borough Mail Theft Scandal
By Brandon Fey, News Editor Gettysburg College received a mysterious influx of missing package reports throughout the last school year. Several students expecting packages reported having never received their items from the Campus Post Office after having ordered them to be shipped via the United States Postal Service. One junior student at the College was disheartened to discover that a package sent to her by her aunt containing...
The Weekly Roundup: Nov. 4 – 10
Monday, Nov. 4 9 a.m. – Noon, SCCAP Food Pantry Shift, Campus Kitchen at SCCAP 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., Open Swim, Jaeger Center Pool 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., Get Out the Vote!, Stine Lake 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., Student Athlete Well-Being Event, College Union 260 Noon – 1 p.m., Cycle-Spin with Amanda, Jaeger Center 143 Multipurpose Room 1 p.m. – 3:30 p.m., SCCAP Food Pantry Shift, Campus Kitchen at SCCAP 4 p.m. – 6 p.m., IM...
Finance, Public Health Policy Majors Approved by Faculty; Available to Students Next Year
By Vincent DiFonzo, Editor-in-Chief Gettysburg students will have two additional major options to choose from beginning in the 2025-26 academic year: finance and public health policy. The new majors are the latest additions to the 40+ majors that Gettysburg College currently offers. The major proposals were presented to faculty on Sept. 12, and on Sept. 26 both proposals passed a faculty vote with strong majorities. The Finance...
