Opinion: Brett Kavanaugh is Unfit for the Supreme Court
By Josh Wagner, Opinions Editor A powerful testimony was given before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week. Dr. Christine Ford’s statements were genuine and moving. Sane individuals would have difficulty watching her testimony and not believing every word. Now, based on he-said-she-said arguments and an FBI investigation, the Senate will shortly have to make a choice: to appoint Judge Brett Kavanaugh or to not. If Judge...
Editorial: A Call to Create the Janet Morgan Riggs Center for Global Citizenship
By The Gettysburgian Editorial Board In Gettysburg College’s 186-year history, its campus has benefitted from the indelible impact of thousands of distinguished individuals, but it is difficult to imagine one whose influence has been as outsized as Janet Morgan Riggs. She will retire in May after 11 years as our president, which were preceded by a 27-year stint on the faculty that culminated in her appointment as provost and four...
Opinion: Believe Her
By Lauren Cole, Guest Columnist Author’s Note: Sexual violence can happen to anyone regardless of their sexual identification. However, for this piece I focus on those who identify as women in relation to the Kavanaugh confirmation hearing. One of the most valued and critical aspects of our democracy is the ability, in a court of law, to be presumed innocent until proven guilty–the burden rests on the government and the...
Opinion: Facts are Stubborn Things
By Christopher Condon, Columnist Sexual assault is one of the scourges of the global social order. One out of every five women and one out of every 71 men will be sexually assaulted in their lifetimes; the statistics regarding children are even more gut-wrenching, with one out of four girls and one out of six boys sexually abused before reaching the age of 18. Whatever our opinions on politics or other matters, it is a near unanimous...
Opinion: Seeing the Other Side of the John Dean Retort
By Alex Romano, Associate Editor At the end of summer break, there arose a new kerfuffle in the news, courtesy of- surprise, surprise – Donald Trump’s legal team. The president posted a tweet, this time coming from the boss himself in response to a New York Times article reporting how White House Counsel Don McGahn testified for hours in front of the Special Counsel: Trump called McGahn a “John Dean type RAT,” prompting the...
Opinion: The Problem with Rushing–Friends are the Family We Choose
In Harper Lee’s classic American novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Jem Finch declares that “Atticus says you can choose your friends, but you sho’ can’t choose your family, an’ they’re still kin to you no matter whether you acknowledge ‘em or not, and it makes you look right silly when you don’t.” This literary quote has been paraphrased and/or shortened by many over the years so that people who are disillusioned or disappointed with...
