Opinion: Militant Attendance Policies as a Vector for Disease
By Terra Hobler, Opinions Editor Attending higher education is a privilege that many do not have. As someone who is currently attending Gettysburg College, I am extremely grateful to be fortunate to afford the obscene cost of furthering my education beyond high school. Of course there are times when I do not feel so fortunate, like when I am writing a final paper the night before it is due or entering my fifth hour of reading articles...
Opinion: An Inconsequential Response to a Consequential Problem
By Dominic DiLuzio, Staff Writer At a meeting of the Student Senate in early March, members of the President’s Council unveiled the much-anticipated Intranet, promising to meet student demands for increased transparency. We were promised a novel platform, available only to members of the Gettysburg community, that would host updates from the Administration on the most important issues facing the College and our student body. The...
Opinion: Student Senate on Supporting the Financial Economics Major
Framework and Basis The below opinion (S/RES/2402) was amended and approved by the Student Senate during its weekly meeting on April 22, 2024. The opinion was drafted by the Student Senate Opinions Committee during the week of April 15, 2024, in response to concerns voiced at that week’s Senate meeting. The Committee found that: The proposed Financial Economics major was denied by faculty. Such a major would pose a net benefit to the...
Opinion: Student Senate on Reducing the Financial Burden from Laundry Services
Framework and Basis The below opinion (S/RES/2403) was approved by the Student Senate during its weekly meeting on April 22, 2024. The opinion was drafted by the Student Senate Opinions Committee during the week of April 15, 2024, with the knowledge that the College’s laundry services contract expires at some time in the foreseeable future. The committee determined that: Caldwell and Gregory, the laundry services provider, is...
Opinion: Democrats Cannot Continue to Fear Monger about 2024
By Terra Hobler, Opinions Editor The rematch that nobody wanted is becoming more and more inevitable as primaries take place throughout the country, but Joe Biden’s greatest threat this election cycle is not a candidate in the primaries. It might not even be his opponent in the general election come November–Joe Biden’s biggest enemy is himself. With the genocide in Gaza being perpetrated unimpeded for months in front of the eyes of...
Wealth Inequality: An Environmental & Social Crisis
By Leah Nath, Staff Writer Though the climate crisis is still a highly debated and politicized topic, the consequences of global warming are being increasingly felt all around the world. Many of the world’s nations are clinging aggressively to their nationality and to the means of national evaluation by which we judge a nation’s worth. These concepts of evaluation are arbitrary and human-made, giving us the valuable opportunity...
