Dear Dogtor Zach: Long Distance Relationships
By Gettysburg College Counseling Services Dear Dogtor Zach & Co., I was dating someone on campus before the pandemic hit and everyone scattered to go home. We are trying to work out a long distance relationship. How can we make this work? Signed, Distance Sucks Dear Distance Sucks, Whether it’s a pandemic, study abroad, or summer break, long distance relationships are often experienced by many college...
What We’ve Learned from Online Learning
Compiled by Emily Dalgleish, Opinions Editor We have reached the end of six weeks of online classes in a semester that none of us could have anticipated. In the transition to remote learning, many of us have been pushed out of our comfort zones. But throughout this process, we’ve also learned more about ourselves, our communities, and the ways in which we learn. We’ve asked faculty members and students to reflect on this period...
Dear Dogtor Zach: Finding Motivation
By Gettysburg College Counseling Services Dogtor Zach & Co., When I first got home and started doing remote learning, I was pretty okay. It took me a while to get into a routine, but I managed. However, now I am having trouble staying motivated to do my work. I am worried about my grades but even that doesn’t give me motivation. Can you help? –A struggling sophomore Motivation can be a hard thing to come by,...
From the Editor: A Change to How We’ll Handle the Crime Log
By Benjamin Pontz, Editor-in-Chief Since the fall of 2016, The Gettysburgian has, on a weekly or a biweekly basis, published the Daily Crime and Fire Logs exactly as reported by the Gettysburg College Department of Public Safety (DPS) both in print and on our website (and exclusively on our website since fall of 2019). This is not the first time in the publication’s 122-year history that some facsimile of the crime log has been...
Opinion: Zoom University Is Not Worth $56,000
By Ashleigh Blackwell, Contributing Writer The COVID-19 pandemic has changed our lives drastically in the past few weeks. We have been ordered to stay home, lost our jobs, and, for students, transferred to online education. While I applaud Gettysburg College for the necessary precautions they have taken and for giving us the room and meal plan refund we deserved, we have been told there will be no tuition refund. Technically, the...
Introducing New Column: Dear Dogtor Zach
By Gettysburg College Counseling Services Have you ever wanted to ask a counseling professional a question without making an appointment? Counseling Services is launching “Dear Dogtor Zach & Company” where you can ask a question about relationships, mental health, family, or even sex! The entry will be anonymous. We will choose one question a week to provide a professional response as well as a fun response from the perspective of...
