‘Get Out the Vote’ Block Party Held by Political Science, Pi Sigma Alpha
By Nathaniel Swindell, Staff Writer On Monday, the political science department held a block party on Stine Lake encouraging students to “get out the vote” by casting a ballot in the 2024 presidential election. The event was held one day before the Nov. 5 election day as a final reminder for eligible students to vote. “There have been studies that block parties, or similar things like this are really productive in getting greater...
Student Senate 11/4: Senate Halloween; Upgrades to Plank Gym
By John Towey, Staff Writer Officer Reports President Michael Woods ’25 and the other officers wished the Senate a belated happy Halloween. Vice President Abby Ruggiero ’26 and Inclusion Officer Oliver Eckloff ’27 reminded everyone to vote Tuesday. Parliamentarian Carl DeMarco ’25 mentioned that committee attendance has been low and that there have been conversations about assigning members to committees. Treasurer Jack Thompson ’27...
Cheers to Cheerleading: A Conversation with the Captains
This article originally appeared on pages 12 and 13 of the No. 2 October 2024 edition of The Gettysburgian’s magazine. By Zach Brooks, Magazine Editor Bullet cheerleaders chant, dance, and stunt trackside during football games. Leading the squad are co-captains Rachele Dale ’25 and Mia McHugh ’25 who say it was cheerleading that ultimately helped both of them to pick Gettysburg College. “I was in high school, and I fell in love with...
Opinion: Warning From a Former Trump Supporter
By Michael DeRenzo, Guest Columnist Back in 2016, I was an avid supporter of then-presidential candidate Donald J. Trump. His personality was bold and brash; with my then-limited impression of him, I was led to believe that anything and everything he stood up for, he represented the vast majority of us. Ideas that were once considered crazy and lunatic, such as wanting Mexico to pay for a future border wall that would deter illegal...
Missing Packages: Charges Delivered in Gettysburg Borough Mail Theft Scandal
By Brandon Fey, News Editor Gettysburg College received a mysterious influx of missing package reports throughout the last school year. Several students expecting packages reported having never received their items from the Campus Post Office after having ordered them to be shipped via the United States Postal Service. One junior student at the College was disheartened to discover that a package sent to her by her aunt containing...
Opinion: Vote For a Candidate You Can Be Proud Of
By Leah Nath, Staff Columnist In his final address before retirement, George Washington expressed his explicit opposition to the concept of partisanship and the two-party system due to his fears that parties would eventually prioritize their own interests over the common good. For many Americans, political parties have become an aspect of identity, where people share that they are a Democrat or a Republican, a conservative or a...
