Candidates Seek Gettysburg Mayoral Position
By Vanessa Igras, Staff Writer Current Gettysburg Mayor, Theodore Streeter, announced in Jan. 2021 that he would not be seeking re-election in this year’s race, after having served the town for six years. With Democrat, Rita Frealing on the ballot and Republican, Thomas Carr, Gettysburg will be electing its new Mayor tomorrow, Nov. 2. After six years as Mayor, Streeter has committed hours on end doing work that he calls...
Getty, Set, Go: Photographic Discovery
By Luca España, Contributing Writer When I first intentionally picked up a camera on June 10, 2020, I never would have imagined it would lead me to working for a college news publication! What began as an escape during the pandemic for my mental health would soon become my life, and I’m really liking where it’s taken me so far. In a world still freshly reacting to a pandemic, heavy shutdowns made public settings in my hometown of Los...
Field Hockey Suffers Loss on Senior Day
By Emma Hladik, Staff Writer The Gettysburg College Bullets Field Hockey Team lost to no. 20 Haverford College on their Senior Day this past Saturday during a multitude of Bullets games for Gettysburg College’s 2021 Family Weekend. Since the Bullets were celebrating their senior day, prior to the game, they announced each senior, presented them with flowers, and had them walk up with their families to take pictures. There are six...
Gettysburg Football Takes on Hopkins on Parents Weekend, Loses 50-0
By David Goldman, Staff Writer Parents weekend: a time to reunite with family, go out for food that is not Servo, and watch some Bullets’ football. Gettysburg took on Johns Hopkins on Saturday, October 23, friends and family filled the stadium but the team, yet again, missed their mark, and at the third quarter, the cold rain pushed out the crowd. Bullets lost to the Blue Jays, a top 25 team, 50-0. Hopkins came out strong in the...
Bullets Swim Teams Collect Five Big Wins to Start the New Season
By Sydney LoPresti, Contributing Writer The men’s and women’s swim teams started their new season off strong Saturday, October 23, defeating multiple Centennial Conference foes in the pool. The men were able to take down Dickinson by a score of 198-61 as well as Washington College, 170-91. The women pulled in the remaining three victories topping Dickinson (155-106), Washington College (157.5-103.5), and Bryn Mawr (193-68). Veteran...
Students Prepare for the Upcoming Production of “Into the Woods”
By Alli Dayton, News Editor For Gettysburg College theatre students, next weekend’s production of Steven Sondheim’s musical Into the Woods represents a triumph over the challenges performers around the world have faced throughout the pandemic. “It’s been two and a half years since I last performed a musical for an audience,” said Molly Hoffman ’24, who plays Lucinda. “I remember walking into the first rehearsal and being so...
