WGS Hosts Viewing Party for Lecture on Black Communities and the Shore
By Rachel Nguyen, Staff Writer On Thursday, Woman, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGS) hosted a viewing party with Dr. Ayasha Guerin for her lecture “Kinship at the Shore.” The event is part of the WGS’s lecture series on Queer and Feminist Approaches to Land and Nature. Guerin is an assistant professor of Black diaspora studies at the University of British Columbia, and she is an interdisciplinary artist, curator, and founder...
Gettysburg Climbing Club Hosts First Climbing Competition in Three Years
By Ella Prieto, Assistant News Editor On Saturday, the Gettysburg Climbing Club hosted Battle of the Burg in the Den of Jaeger Center. The event ran from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and was the first climbing competition since 2020. The event was organized by the Garthwait Leadership Center’s (GLC) Den Team, particularly by project leader Wilson Schultz ’23 and outdoor facilitator Nick Silvis ’23. Schultz and Silvis, along with head route...
Ken Burns Hosts “A Nation Divided” Clip Reel During Film Festival at the Majestic
By Ella Prieto, Assistant News Editor On Saturday, “Ken Burns Presents ‘A Nation Divided’ Thematic Clip Reel” took place at the Majestic Theater. This event was a part of the “Who are We?: A Festival Celebrating the Films of Ken Burns” occurring from Feb. 10 to Feb. 12. During this event, Burns showed a clip reel that featured snippets from several of his films, including “A House Divided” and “A New Birth of Freedom”...
Central Park Five Member Speaks at Screening of Ken Burns Film
By Katie Oglesby, Editor-in-Chief The second day of the Ken Burns Film Festival at the Majestic Theater ended with a screening of Ken Burns’s film “The Central Park Five” and a discussion with one of the exonerated members of the Central Park Five, Kevin Richardson, afterward. Saturday’s event began with Majestic Theater founding executive director Jeffrey Gabel giving opening remarks. He described the documentary by saying it...
The Weekly Roundup Feb. 13 – 19
Compiled by Ava Burchell, Staff Writer Monday, Feb. 13 9 a.m. – 10 a.m., RA/CA Information Session, CUB 208 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., AOII Rose Grams, Bullet Hole 12 p.m. – 1 p.m., RA/CA Information Session, CUB 208 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m., CWES and Public History Information Session, Mara Auditorium 12:30 p.m. – 2 p.m., Making Valentines with Harmony House, Glatfelter Lodge 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m., President’s Office Hours, Penn Hall Office of...
Ken Burns Presents “Art” at the Majestic Theater
By Victoria Staub, Arts and Entertainment Editor On Saturday, famed documentarian Ken Burns discussed the theme of art within his films, starting off the event with a short compilation of clips from his documentaries which Burns referred to as a “mixtape.” Following this, Burns was joined onstage at the Majestic Theater by Gettysburg native and filmmaker Jake Boritt as the moderator as well as writer and editor Geoffrey Ward, who has...
