Editorial: Our Support for—and Reservations About—Arming DPS
By The Gettysburgian Editorial Board THE ISSUE: On Jan. 28, Dean of Students Julie Ramsey and Executive Director of Public Safety Bill Lafferty presented a proposal to the Student Senate on the situational arming of Department of Public Safety (DPS) officers. Since the Virginia Tech Shooting in 2007, Ramsey and Lafferty, at the behest of President Riggs, have analyzed campus security on an annual basis to consider whether officers...
Opinion: Trump to Blame for Wasteful Shutdown
By Eli Morton, Columnist Three weeks ago, a record was broken. It was a meaningful record; yet it was the kind of record that should never have its position in the books threatened. It was not broken in an intentional attempt to break it, and the reason why it was broken was so laughably minute that it seemed that it would not happen. I am referring to the 35-day budget impasse that caused a record-long government shutdown. The...
Opinion: Campus Burglaries Indicate a Pattern of Negligence
By Brianna Bruccoleri, Guest Columnist The burglary of 343 Carlisle Street on Dec. 22, 2018 was the first of a myriad of on-campus break-ins. An array of burglaries from over five streets which hold college-owned properties and student-living facilities followed. Not even fraternity housing held immunity from Gettysburg College’s repeated pattern of gross negligence–which is now only being accentuated by previous irresponsible...
Opinion: Christmas Manifesto
By Christopher Condon Christmas comes but once a year, or so the saying goes. It is a time of merriment and joy, a time that billions of people worldwide share as celebration of comity and good will toward all mankind. There are many in today’s world, however, who do not see the usefulness of Christmas, or who see it simply as a celebration of the decadence of modern capitalism. It is now time for those who cherish Christmas to not...
Opinion: Fieldwork exposes pollution epidemic
By Jesse Shircliff, Guest Columnist Take this trash as a symbol. Some experts have considered the phrase “global pollution epidemic” to aptly describe the massive quantity of plastics accumulating in the environment, ranging from the floating islands of plastics to the microplastics in your body and mine. These issues are concerning, but they tend to feel far away and impersonal. Now, we study environmental issues because we hope to...
