EI Holds Lunch and Learn with Susan Iuliano to Discuss Local Elections
By Laurel Bennett, Staff Writer On Monday, the Eisenhower Institute (EI) hosted Susan Iuliano in the Penn Hall Lyceum as the culmination of their “Lunch and Learn” program for the semester. Iuliano discussed the importance of local elections and the frequently overlooked impact they have. EI Executive Director Tracie Potts delivered introductory remarks to share Iuliano’s accomplishments in both appointed and elected positions at the...
Student Senate Holds Technocratic Debates
By Sophie Lange, Staff Writer On Monday, the Student Senate held their weekly meeting, featuring three budget requests and two policy changes. They also held a technocratic debate and election for the positions of treasurer, secretary and parliamentarian. Officer Reports Vice President Geoffrey Meadville ’25 said the technocratic elections would occur at the meeting, and he expressed gratitude to the Senate Select Committee on...
Opinion: Why Labs Should be Worth More than a Fourth Hour
By Angelina Piette, Guest Columnist Imagine this: you walk into your weekly 1:10 p.m. biology lab. You were told before coming that it was going to be a longer lab and you set your things at the lab bench. It takes the lab instructor thirty minutes to explain the lab before you and your partner dive into it. You watch as the time flies by: 2 p.m., 3 p.m., 4 p.m., 5 p.m. Four hours later, you and your partner finish the lab and are...
Provisional Phi Gamma Delta Chapter Returns to Campus After Two-Year Suspension
By Alli Dayton, Managing Editor This February, the Phi Gamma Delta (FIJI) fraternity initiated 11 members into its chapter, following a two-year suspension. In Dec. 2020, Gettysburg College suspended FIJI until Jan. 2023, following violations of the College’s COVID-19 protocols. During a campus-wide quarantine period intended to reduce increasing COVID-19 cases, FIJI hosted a party that prompted their suspension. In addition to...
With Student Senate Elections Approaching, Students Reflect on the Meaning of their Vote
By Vincent DiFonzo, Content Manager In the upcoming weeks, Student Senate elections will be held to select class officers, senators, and executive board members, including vice-president and president, for the 2023 to 2024 academic year. All current students are eligible to vote, including graduating seniors. An email sent to the student body by Senate Vice-President Geoffrey Meadville ’25 outlined important reminders for the...
Inclusion and Belonging Peer Educators Hope to Spread Diversity and Inclusion
By Laurel Bennett, Staff Writer The Inclusion and Belonging Peer Educators (I and B Peer Educators) program has been recently reinvigorated from previous diversity peer educators programs on campus. This semester serves as a pilot effort to spread information about its reenvisioning, with the eventual goal of growing the program in the upcoming academic year. Associate Dean for Inclusion and Belonging Cristina Garcia was influential...
