Broadcasting the Voice of Gettysburg through Student-Run Radio
By Sophie Lange, Managing Editor At the time of its first broadcast in 1949, the student-run radio at Gettysburg College was known as “WWGC The Voice of the Campus” and was located on the third floor of the “Science Hall,” which has since been demolished. Until 1975, WWGC was a closed-circuit AM radio station and only transmitted to dorm rooms and dining halls through the existing power lines. During this time, it was financed by the...
Different Journeys, Same Destination; Two Gettysburg Community-Members’ Auditing Stories
By William Oehler, Director of Photography Schmucker 302 serves as host for two new students this semester, but neither shares a typical journey to Gettysburg, the College nor its classrooms. Don Wilcox and Joyce Wendler are two current community members auditing classes within the Art History department. While they may not have planned on ever taking any classes at the College, it always seemed that fate would bring them here. ...
Theater Department Features World Premiere of “Twin Hearts,” by Susan Russell
By Jules Young, Arts & Entertainment Editor On Thursday through Sunday, Feb. 26th to March 1st, the Gettysburg College Theater department put on the play “Twin Hearts,” written and directed by theater professor Susan Russell. This production was the world premiere of the show; a play about Helen Keller and her teacher, Anne Sullivan. The play was a fascinating take on the Helen Keller story, by having Keller and Sullivan be...
Postcard from Abroad: Hills and Hills and Even More Hills
By Isabella Rapucci, Guest Writer ATHENS, GREECE— When picking Greece as my study abroad location, I was shocked by how much of this country was uphill. Anywhere that I need to go, it is almost a 90 degree angle. Similarly, in my personal life I was overcoming a lot of mental hills, learning what it is like to pack up my life and move somewhere entirely foreign. These many hills and mountains began to hold a deeper significance for...
Gettysburg College Forms Office of Campus Life to Streamline Student Experience
By Ella Prieto, Editor-in-Chief Last semester, student staff of the Office of Student Activities and Greek Life (OSAGL) and Residential Education (ResEd) were alerted via email that the two offices were merging into an Office of Campus Life. It featured a forwarded email by Vice President for College Life Anne Ehrlich, where she stated, “This strategic integration reflects a fundamental truth about the student experience:...
A Note from the Editor: On Human Connection through Communication
By Sophie Lange, Managing Editor It is hard to believe we are over halfway through the spring semester, and as a senior, I am certain I am not alone in saying that my time at Gettysburg feels far shorter than four years. In many ways, I feel as though I just got here, and yet, in less than two months, the Class of 2026 will walk through Pennsylvania Hall and emerge as graduates. As my final semester at Gettysburg draws to a close, I...
