Senior Spotlight: JJ Jordan and Dylan Hewett
By Ainsley Green, Staff Writer Spring semester senior recitals kicked off on Friday, Feb. 23 in Paul Recital Hall at 7 p.m. with a joint recital, which featured music performance majors JJ Jordan ’24 on violin and Dylan Hewett ’24 on cello. Many of their friends, family members and fellow music classmates came out to support the pair as they performed nearly two hours of music with a fifteen-minute intermission. The program, entitled...
The Reinstatement of Teacher Certification & Its Impact on the Gettysburg College Community
By Sophie Lange, News Editor, and Brandon Fey, Assistant News Editor The Teacher Certification Program Gettysburg College terminated its Education Department in November of 2022. This measure was taken in response to staffing shortages, and it resulted in the conclusion of the popular teacher certification program for subjects other than music education. The Class of 2024 was to be the final class to attain teacher certification upon...
Senior Spotlights: Post-Graduation Plans
Compiled by Laurel Bennett, Features Editor Abigail Dryden ’24: Semi-Finalist for a Fulbright Fellowship I am a semi-finalist for the Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship Program in Uruguay. I have taken an unusual path at Gettysburg, studying Political Science and Spanish for my majors in combination with a Chemistry minor. While unconventional, I am incredibly grateful to Gettysburg for allowing me the space to explore my...
Honor Commission Prepares to Update Honor Code Amidst AI and Efficacy Concerns
By Katie Lauriello, Lead Copy Editor For the past couple of months, the Gettysburg College Honor Commission has been evaluating the state of the Honor Code in light of technological developments and campus opinion. On Feb. 23, the Honor Commission released a survey to the greater campus community asking for student opinions on the current state of the Honor Code and Commission. With the help of this survey, as well as careful research...
The College Administration’s Work to Enhance Transparency & Demand in the Face of the Demographic Cliff
By Laken Franchetti, Editor-in-Chief, and Ella Prieto, Managing Editor Various colleges and universities are beginning to face the demographic cliff, meaning a loss in their student populations. The Chronicle of Higher Education explains that the cliff is a result of the 2008 recession, which led to couples having fewer or no children. As the nation reaches roughly 18 years since the recession, those fewer children are impacting the...
The Inside Scoop on Campus Recreation and Wellness
By Joe Curry, Staff Writer Campus recreation and wellness is important to many of the students on campus at Gettysburg College. In fact, the department shared that 92% of students have been served by campus recreation and wellness in the last year. However, the scope of the department and its goals may be unknown to most students. Head of Gettysburg College’s Campus Recreation and Wellness Department Annette Hunt-Shepherd wants to...
