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...
“Why Pronouns?”: A Critique of TERF Ideology
By Monica Solis, Contributing Writer I took a long sip from my morning coffee cup as my eyes widened at the stunning opinion piece headline in The Wall Street Journal, “When Asked ‘What Are Your Pronouns,’ Don’t Answer.” My mind wandered, all the way back to my time as a young child, playing with Barbie dolls and matchbox cars, overseeing teddy bear masses (in true Catholic fashion), and rocking plastic babies to sleep. I thought of...
Opinion: The Gettysburg Quarantine Experience
By Lauren Browning, Contributing Writer Needless to say, no one wants to get COVID. I am privileged to be young, healthy, and fully vaccinated, but, nevertheless, as soon as we arrived on campus in January I contracted the virus. For me, the symptoms were very mild in the beginning, with my chest feeling slightly funny and a runny nose, but neither of those were markedly out of the ordinary feelings for the gray winter weather. I felt...
Editorial: Spring 2022 COVID Mitigation: The 300-Mile-Long View
By The Gettysburgian Editorial Board When you test positive for COVID-19, you generally avoid traveling 300 miles and switching households. However, that is Gettysburg’s current plan in place for COVID-positive students. After much anticipation, the College emailed students the COVID mitigation strategy for the spring semester. Many of the procedures seem in line with what similar colleges have been releasing. The first week of...
