A Letter from the New Editor: On Uncertainty
By Anna Cincotta, Editor-in-Chief To be a journalist, I thought, was to be sure. To know things, and to be certain about them. But I’ve always been the kid with questions and uncertainty. My writing always leads to more questions than I had before. Learning more, in my life, has always meant more to unpack. More to understand. Honestly, I’ve always liked that. I also thought that this meant I wasn’t cut out for newspapers. The...
339 Carlisle Column: The Romantic Tale of Foreign Aid and Western Saviorism
By Abigail Marconi, Columnist The United States spends a whopping $50 billion on foreign aid each year! Spending this amount on developing countries is a feat to behold, but do we really know where this money is going? It is estimated that the World Bank has participated in the corruption of $100 billion worth of loan funds intended for development, and more often than not, the money ends up lining the pockets of dictators and...
Opinion: College Communication and COVID-19
By Emily Dalgleish, Opinions Editor In just a few weeks, I am supposed to travel across the country to return to Gettysburg. As of now, I don’t know when I am supposed to return, if my housing is confirmed, or even how I will be eating. Some of those details we were supposed to find out yesterday. As students, we are relying on clear, consistent communication from the College. That communication is severely lacking. President Iuliano...
339 Carlisle Column: The Art of Economic Thinking
By Joshua Gonzalez, Abigail Marconi, and Alec Smith We all came to Gettysburg believing that the information our professors pass down to us will enable us to tackle the world’s issues through the power of a liberal arts education. However, in this column we seek to fundamentally question that assertion. We believe that certain knowledge can never be attained — specifically, economic knowledge for the purposes of economic...
The Power of White Women in Racial Injustice
By Britney Brunache, Columnist As our country continues to reckon with the systemic oppression of Black people that the Black Lives Matter movement has drawn attention to, it is important to consider the power that white women hold within America. First, let’s start with the lynching culture that has taken place in America for many years. Although there were many lynching cases before this, the first person that probably comes to mind...
Opinion: Pandemic, Recession, Student Debt, and Why Ethical and Compassionate Leadership Matters
By Grace Verbrugge, Guest Columnist The other day I learned that Gettysburg College has decided to increase tuition for the 2020-2021 academic year, despite the current economic crisis. They have increased the cost of attendance by 3.75%, amounting to a whopping $72,460 a year. For reference, Harvey Mudd College, which has the highest comprehensive cost of attendance in the United States at $75,003, only costs $2,543 more per year...
