Annual Hanson Lecture Features AI Technology & Discrimination
By Sophie Lange, News Editor On Wednesday, April 10, the annual Hanson Lecture titled “Creative Solutions to Persistent Problems: Confronting Race, Gender and Ability Bias in Tech” was held in the CUB Ballroom. Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs Michelle Schmidt welcomed the audience and explained that the Hanson fund supports a lecture each year featuring a prominent national or international figure with the intention of...
Senior Spotlight: Jess Schaefer, Piano
By Ainsley Green, Staff Writer On Sunday, April 7 at 2:30 p.m., environmental studies and music double major Jess Schaefer ’24 performed their Senior Recital in Paul Recital Hall. The audience was full of family members, friends and other members of the Gettysburg community coming to support Schaefer on their performance, a culmination of all of the hard work put into their four undergraduate years at the Sunderman Conservatory of...
Senior Spotlight: Thomas Lynch IV, Tenor
By Ainsley Green, Staff Writer On Sunday, March 24, Thomas Lynch IV ’24 performed his senior recital at 2:30 p.m. in Paul Recital Hall. Lynch is a music performance major, and this recital helped to fulfill an important piece of his degree requirements for his undergraduate career. Many classmates, family members and friends came out to support Lynch for this milestone event in his musical career. Lynch was accompanied on most of his...
How NIL Changed Collegiate Sports Forever
By David Goldman, Sports Editor Should NCAA student athletes get paid? This is the question that has been heavily debated over the years regarding college athletics. On one hand, student athletes bring in millions of dollars for their respective schools, and some participate in similar training schedules to professional athletes. The other argument is that they are students first and that being paid to play their sports in college...
Teaching the Arts: Professor Perspectives
By Kenzie Smith, Arts & Entertainment Editor Art and Art History Professor Felicia Else Next fall, Else will have taught at Gettysburg College for twenty years, but her career plan did not always include art. At the beginning of her undergraduate journey, Else was a pre-med major before going on a study abroad trip where she was heavily impacted by the art. After taking some art history courses, Else decided to change her major....
Opinion: Democrats Cannot Continue to Fear Monger about 2024
By Terra Hobler, Opinions Editor The rematch that nobody wanted is becoming more and more inevitable as primaries take place throughout the country, but Joe Biden’s greatest threat this election cycle is not a candidate in the primaries. It might not even be his opponent in the general election come November–Joe Biden’s biggest enemy is himself. With the genocide in Gaza being perpetrated unimpeded for months in front of the eyes of...
