Opinion: An Invisible Disease: Mental Health Care at Gettysburg College
By Mikelyn Britt, Contributing Writer Mental health in college is a complicated issue which many are uncomfortable confronting. The difficulty surrounding mental health conversations does not lessen the importance of its impact on students’ lives. Gettysburg College’s mental health policies and resources are insufficient for students and creates a harmful environment, inhibiting academics and student well-being. Gettysburg College...
Opinion: How the Infrastructure Bill Paves the Path for Comprehensive Climate Change Reform
By: Vanessa Igras, Staff Writer In a rare glimpse of what bipartisanship looks like in a post-Trump era, compromise was made on critical issues in the Senate’s passing of the Infrastructure Bill. Key trade-offs were made on the handling of climate change, however this bill will lay the foundation for more comprehensive climate reform in the near future. Although the bill does little to slow the effects of climate change, it does...
Opinion: Start Tackling the Source, Not Just The Symptoms of Student Mental Health Issues
By Kayla Stowell, Contributing Writer According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, 80 percent of college students report feeling overwhelmed by their responsibilities as a student, and 50 percent of students rated their mental health as below average or poor. It is no question that anxiety and depression have been on the rise in recent years, so these statistics are hardly surprising, especially given the fact that we are all...
Opinion: It’s On All of Us
By Emma Love, Contributing Writer “Is that an It’s On Us event?” “Yeah, looks like it.” “Wanna go another way?” “Yeah.” And with that, we went the long way around so we wouldn’t have to see the folding tables, the t-shirts, and the people from the Title IX Office. It’s always been hard to see these types of events put on by the school. The events where they look you in the face with a plaster-smile proclaiming that “We believe...
Opinion: What Should the Role of Greek Life Be On Campus?
Compiled by George Malian, Opinions Editor Ziv Carmi `23, History Major, Civil War Era Studies and Public History Minor “While the ubiquitous Greek life and party culture seems to be an establishment of Gettysburg College, it is a part of the college’s social structure that should not exist. Besides the inherent health and legal risks arising from these parties, Greek life deeply divides us; many of us who choose not to participate...
Opinion: “A Senate Conspiracy”
By Colin Hughes, Contributing Writer Since being elected as Student Senate Vice President, I have been working alongside fellow students inside and outside of the Senate to implement a platform of change that I promised during my campaign. Yet, the goal of protecting the status quo is so strong among many Senators that they have been attempting to kick me out of my position. About two weeks ago, in a closed Executive Board meeting, I...
