Opinion: A Letter in Support of the Gettysburg Review
By Dr. Hugh J. Martin, Guest Columnist Dear President Iuliano, Provost Bookwala, and Gettysburg College, In 2005, briefly after I returned from a deployment to Iraq with the U.S. Army, I found myself in southern Ohio, sitting in the Muskingum College library reading from a journal that I’d pulled off the shelves. As a twenty-one-year-old from Cleveland with only a few years of experience serving in the military, it was both shocking...
Opinion: Community Responds to the Gettysburg Review’s Termination
Compiled by Laken Franchetti, Editor-in-Chief Mirabelle Cohen ’22, Former Gettysburg Review Intern: “During my four years at Gettysburg, I spent much of my time working with Mark and Lauren. I was their intern during my sophomore year, and continued to work for them as a staff member through my senior year. They taught me how to read critically and discern what makes a story great. Each week, we would gather in the library room...
Opinion: A Letter to the Administration
By Dr. Corey Van Landingham, Guest Columnist Dear President Iuliano, Provost Bookwala, and Gettysburg College, As the news about your shuttering of the Gettysburg Review became public yesterday, I am writing with great dismay and outrage about this decision—a decision revealed, in a bitter irony that may be lost on those outside the humanities, during Banned Books Week. When I came to Gettysburg College as an Emerging Writer...
Opinion: The End of the Gettysburg Review
By Hannah Rinehart, Guest Columnist My name is Hannah, and I’m a graduate of the class of 2023. I am also the former Editor-in-Chief of the Mercury Literary Magazine, and in my senior year, I was an intern at the Gettysburg Review. Today, as I’m writing this, the Gettysburg Review has announced via Instagram that they are being forced to close their doors and cease releasing volumes, which they have been doing for 35 years. Cutting...
Opinion: Go Greener, Gettysburg
By Molly Hoffman, Guest Columnist This year, Gettysburg College received a gold rating from the STARS Report for its sustainability efforts. The STARS (Sustainability Tracking, Assessment, and Rating System) Report is a self-reporting framework that allows colleges and universities to track their sustainability performance. Colleges are given a rubric with different categories that each have a total number of possible points a school...
Editorial: Behind the Scenes in Administration Highlights a Need for Student Voices
By The Gettysburgian Editorial Board Faculty meetings are exclusive events that construct the future of Gettysburg College but lack important members of campus: the students. Persisting issues and new concerns are showcased during these meetings that directly and indirectly impact student futures, but we are not welcome to join the conversation. The Curriculum Review Committee (CRC) is working to create a new curriculum that will...
