Game Recap: Gettysburg Grinds Their Way To Victory Over Messiah
By: Max Ferguson, Staff Writer The Gettysburg volleyball team took on Messiah University on Saturday, Sept. 23, and walked away with a 3-1 victory. However, sets alone don’t tell the story of how this match went down. This matchup started out hot, as Gettysburg and Messiah went blow for blow in the first set. Gettysburg came out on top in the end, albeit not by much. The Bullets took the first set 27-25 in a nail-biting finish....
Student Senate 9/25: Power Outage and Yik Yak Concerns
By Ella Prieto, Managing and News Editor The Student Senate dealt with a power outage during their Monday meeting. Despite this, they continued without delay. Officer Reports President Andrew Lemon ’24 began his report by detailing his experience at Gettysburg College’s Summit on the Future this past weekend. “It was a really, really awesome event and it was a pleasure to represent the student body at that event,” said Lemon. In...
Rodgers Tears Achilles and Jets’ Fans’ Hearts
By Charlie Miller, Staff Writer Aaron Rodgers tore his Achilles four plays into his highly anticipated New York Jets debut and will miss the entire season. For 54 years, New York Jets fans have suffered almost exclusively agony, pain, and misery. Once again, the football Gods twisted the knife into Gang Green’s heart, in the form of the hated injury bug. Four plays into his heralded Jets debut, quarterback Aaron Rodgers was sacked by...
EI Concludes Democracy Week with Democratize America Event
By Brandon Fey, Contributing Writer On Friday, Sept. 22, the Eisenhower Institute (EI) concluded its Democracy Week celebration with the “Democratize America” event on Stine Lake held from 4-6 p.m. This was a casual event that was aimed to bring students from across the political spectrum to celebrate democracy and engage in meaningful conversion. EI student employee Adhara Ayndrila ’27 explained, “This [event] is supposed to bring...
Field Hockey Report: Bullets Look Strong Going Into Conference Games
By Max Ferguson, Staff Writer The Bullets’ field hockey team has begun their season. So far, they have played four non-conference games with a respectable .500 average. They head into inter-conference play after one more non-conference game. The Bullets started off their season hot with a 4-1 win against Alvernia in Reading, PA. Gaby Markunas ’24 scored her first career goal in the first period of the game to set the tone against the...
Faculty Meeting News and Notes: Sept. 21, 2023
By Laken Franchetti, Editor-in-Chief President Bob Iuliano began Thursday’s faculty meeting by recognizing how members of the Board of Trustees were in attendance. He thanked them for what they do for Gettysburg College and for being present at the meeting. Iuliano then acknowledged that a $1.5 million endowment was gifted to the college in order to establish the Ann McIlhenny Harward interdisciplinary fund for culture and music. This...
