Senior Perspectives: Reflections on the Gettysburg Community
Compiled by Vince DiFonzo, Opinions Editor and Lead Copy Editor Drew Lemon ’24 During my time at Gettysburg, I have found that the most important aspect of our college is the empowering relationships that are offered through the members of our community. When I began my first year at Gettysburg back in 2020, our class was beginning the start of our college experience during a very turbulent time. Nonetheless, I was struck to see...
Opinion: The Disenfranchisement of Students
By McKenzie Huff, Christopher Haddix and Gavin Hall, Guest Columnists Amidst the complex landscape of American politics, where the voices of independent voters often go unheard, Gettysburg College stands as a beacon of both our nation’s history and political activism. As of 2023, political science remains among the most popular majors, making up 10.7% of degrees earned by the Class of 2023. Students also remain incredibly active in...
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...
