Plank Gym, Basement to Bar: Student Perspectives
This article originally appeared on pages 18 and 19 of the No. 4 February 2025 edition of The Gettysburgian magazine and compiled student opinions on the new Plank Basement Bar & Eatery. Compiled by David Poulos, Opinions Editor By Paul Zaim ’28 I believe that the new Plank Bar is a great addition to the campus atmosphere, providing a new casual gathering place right in the heart of campus on Friday and Saturday nights. ...
Opinion: Senate Does Not Work For You
This article originally appeared on page 17 of the No. 4 February 2025 edition of The Gettysburgian magazine. By Joey Labrie, Guest Columnist “Senate Works For You,” an innocuous phrase strewn across campus. In recent memory, that has been true, as Senate worked for the student body. Students enjoy the lights over Stine Lake installed by former College Life Advisory Committee chair Miranda Zamora ’23 every night. Every day we see the...
Opinion: Student Senate is Working For You
This article originally appeared on page 16 of the No. 4 February 2025 edition of The Gettysburgian magazine. By the Student Senate Executive Board and Committee Chairs For the first time in four years, the Student Senate has truly been working for you. Although prior semesters have been plagued by internal drama, political division and committee dysfunction, the Senate is now poised to carry out its most impactful campus improvement...
Opinion: Migrant Workers Are the Perfect Fix to the Immigration ‘Problem’
This article originally appeared on page 14 of the No. 4 February 2025 edition of The Gettysburgian magazine. By Joe Zimbler, Guest Columnist With ICE scouring the streets, politicians of both parties pledging to reduce “illegal” (or irregular) crossings into the country and fear mounting by both American citizens and immigrants, the current situation regarding irregular immigrants must change. However, the solution is far from...
Opinion: I’m Not One to Say No to Free Booze, But Really? A Beer Garden?
By Joe Zimbler, Guest Columnist In the summer of 2022, I traveled to Israel and Palestine, where I spoke with refugees, government officials, NGOs and others about the conflict. I swear, I’m going somewhere with this. After the trip, I knew I wanted my future to be in the region, working on this and other intractable conflicts and problems people face. As soon as I could, I enrolled in my first Arabic class. But this fall, I was...
Opinion: The Assault On Free Speech Has Only Just Begun
By Donovan Villegas, Guest Columnist “I’m excited to close this conference with this particular set of remarks, because I think if any of us want to do the things that we want to do for our country and for the people who live in it, we have to honestly and aggressively attack the universities in this country.” These are the words that then Senate candidate JD Vance spoke at the National Conservatism Conference in November of 2021. ...
