Editorial: A Guide to Getting Your Tuition Back
By The Gettysburgian Editorial Board We all know Gettysburg College is expensive. We each know how much money we are putting in, but how much are we getting out? And how much more can we get out? The College tells us that the tuition is high because the Gettysburg experience is unique and valuable. Because we pay an exorbitant price for tuition, we have to make it worth its price by seeking out the opportunities that the College...
Opinion: A Call for Non-Athlete Hours at the Jaeger Center
By Nicole DeJacimo, Managing Editor It wasn’t until the second semester of senior year that I finally started to regularly go to the gym. Over winter break I learned how to lift, erg (the rowing machine) and began to actually enjoy working out. So, when I chest press or squat, I have a hard time staying in the zone when the entire baseball team envelopes the lifting section and waits around me until I finish. It’s hard to stretch when...
The Commons: Opinions from Across Campus
Judge Jackson & Motherhood Emily Dalgleish ’22 // Opinions Editor Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court nomination hearings have been full of absurd and heated moments. However, the moment that stands out to me most is a moment of compassion, when Judge Jackson and Senator Cory Booker had a conversation about motherhood and her experience balancing her career and her family. Judge Jackson explained that she “did not always...
A Call for Transparency: How Financial Cuts are Affecting the College Experience
By The Gettysburgian Editorial Board It is impossible not to notice. It comes up in class, in line at Bullet, during club meetings. Students wonder, “Why do we no longer have this?” Gettysburg is not unique in facing financial distress, nor is it something new. This was true before the pandemic as colleges faced the “demographic cliff,” a large drop-off in the number of college-age students. Of course, the pandemic only worsened...
A Year of Being “Boulder Strong”
By Emily Dalgleish, Opinions Editor In high school, the King Soopers grocery store was home base. It was where the upperclassmen would drive me to get snacks before marching band rehearsal every week my freshman year. It was where we went to get Starbucks after late-night studying. It was where we took my friend to buy a lottery ticket to celebrate her eighteenth birthday. It was where we bought supplies for our walkout for gun safety...
The Commons: Opinions from Across Campus
Global Studies House Ana Geddes ’22 The College’s decision to not renew Global Studies House next year deeply saddens me. I have been fortunate to live in the house for three years, and I am currently serving as the house leader. Bregenzer has been such a place of comfort for me and the community we built has been one of my best experiences in college. I’d like to acknowledge Grace Bushway ’21, who served as the house leader for three...
