Opinion: Being Jewish at Gettysburg College
By Hannah Repole Recent events on campus in regards to antisemitism have led me to address this issue with my Jewish community and to inform the rest of Gettysburg college community of our concerns. Though these events are in mind because of timely relevancy, they are not outliers. Repeated acts of antisemitism have plagued me and my Jewish peers. The disrespect and acts of antisemitism against the Jewish community on this campus is...
College Provides Amnesty for Students in SAE Video Recording
By Gracie Meisner, Assistant News Editor On Wednesday, Vice President for College Life and Dean of Students Anne Ehrlich followed up on her Monday email regarding students being video recorded by a hidden phone in a bathroom at a Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) party. In her previous email, Ehrlich encouraged students who used the first-floor single-occupant bathroom at the SAE party on Saturday, Oct. 22 to contact Faith Biesecker in...
Opinion: Incivility in Civil Discourse: Responding to College Democrats’ Opening Remarks
By Alex Rosado, President of College Republicans Most debates feature a plethora of proposals, with some bearing more fruit than others and competing visions that ultimately test the opposition’s strength and efficacy. The most recent Eisenhower Institute debate at Gettysburg College did not deviate from those norms and was a primarily well-rounded dialogue. The five prominent political clubs preached their policies and persuasion...
MLB Playoff Recap and World Series Preview
By Benjamin Simon, Staff Writer What a spectacle this year’s playoffs have been. The 100+ win Mets, Dodgers, and Braves? All out of the race, and it was never even close. This year has been, for lack of a better term, wholeheartedly chaotic. Perhaps the first clue that something was amiss came when the San Diego Padres beat the powerful New York Mets in the newly created three-game Wild Card series. Or maybe it was when the incumbent...
Student Spotlight: Stephanie Chaga and Her Critical Language Experience
By Heather Wirick, Staff Writer Stephanie Chaga ‘23 has had a unique college experience. As a student from Widener University who transferred at the height of the pandemic, this fall is only her second semester on campus. Despite this, she has become heavily involved on and off of campus with impressive study abroad and language experiences. Chaga came to Gettysburg inspired by African humanitarian affairs, noticing that...
Review: A History of Standup Comedy—Ritch Shydner Enlightens Audience with Comedic Factoids
By Brandon Banda, Contributing Writer On Monday, the Jewish Studies department sponsored a visit from alum Ritch Shydner to discuss the history of standup comedy in the Bowen Auditorium at McCreary Hall. Shydner filled nearly ninety minutes with interesting factoids about comedians such as Artemis Ward, W.C. Fields, Shelley Berman, and Bob Newhart, dating back 160 years to the Civil War and the ways in which these key players changed...
