The First Week of College During COVID-19
By Alli Dayton, Contributing Writer When I first discovered that Gettysburg College made the decision for students to follow a residential model this year, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, I was elated. Residential learning is an essential aspect of the Gettysburg College experience and I am certain that every student continues to be grateful for our ability to live on campus. As a first-year student, I assumed that I would experience...
Opinion: The Case for a Student Senate Lottery
By Carter A. Hanson In the most recent episode of my podcast, The Consent of the Governed, I argued that the purpose of democracy is to hold meaningful elections, open to all, with universal suffrage and opportunity to run for office if so desired. I still believe that, but I am not so sure about our democratic system’s efficacy. Recently I discovered, through Malcolm Gladwell’s Revisionist History (which is one of my go-to’s...
Opinion: COVID-19 Tests and College Promises
By Kyle Beatty ‘23, Staff Writer The College’s plan for the Fall return to campus presumes that COVID tests will be processed within 48 hours, a turnaround time that the White House’s testing czar recently called “not a possible benchmark we can achieve today.” This year, students won’t start move-in day by greeting their friends and unpacking their bags. Each student will arrive on one of five move-in days, Monday, August...
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...
