Blast from the Past—April 20, 2021 Edition
By Shannon Zeltmann, Staff Writer This week in 1926, some members of the college wanted new shrubbery on campus to make it look more beautiful. The president’s office received word that an expert landscape gardener would be willing to draw up some landscape architecture plans for the college. If the college liked the plans, they would go with this plan and purchase the necessary plants and shrubbery. To make it so the trees and bushes...
A Note from the Magazine Editor: On Using the Past to Contextualize the Present
By Phoebe Doscher, Magazine Editor Those of us living, studying, and teaching on Gettysburg’s historic campus know full well that the past is constantly aligned with the present moment. Every step we take on Stine Lake, every time we enter Penn Hall, and each visit to the battlefield allows us to confront the past in real time. We centered this edition of the magazine around just that: What does the past mean? How do we use it to...
One Month In: Week 4 Sports Roundup
By Kyle Miller, Staff Writer The Bullets faced off against Ursinus in nearly every sport on April 10. Softball, baseball, tennis, and lacrosse all competed against the Bears last Saturday. Double Header Splits on the Diamond Starting with softball the Bullets picked up a split in the doubleheader on the road. In the first game Gettysburg picked up a dominant 6-0 win behind the pitching of Megan Hughes ’24 who threw a complete...
Honoring the Memory of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: Monday April 19, 2021
This slideshow requires JavaScript. By Hannah Labovitz, Contributing Writer On April 19, 1943, the few thousand Jews remaining in the Warsaw Ghetto made the brave and inspiring decision to resist the Nazis and to stage a violent uprising. In addition to making a statement against the Nazis, one major goal of the uprising was to create a long-lasting legacy for the Warsaw Ghetto Jews, an attempt to preserve memory through impact. As...
Class of 2020 Commencement to be Held on Homecoming Weekend
By Anna Cincotta, Editor-in-Chief The Class of 2020 will celebrate their commencement ceremony on Sunday, September 26 during Homecoming weekend. In a message to the campus community, Commencement Coordinator Erin Eline Aumen noted that the decision was made with the hope that the fall will allow greater flexibility to gather safely, and with fewer COVID-19 restrictions. Aumen also noted that the postponement will provide the new...
S/U Grading Option Deadline Extended for Students
By Alli Dayton, Staff Writer On Wednesday, March 24, the Registrar Brian Reese and the Dean of Academic Advising and Support Services Charmaine Cruise sent an email to the Gettysburg College student body informing them of a modification to the college’s S/U grading policy. The college faculty approved Thursday, May 20 as the deadline to select S/U as the grading option for a Spring 2021 course. “Course(s) taken S/U for the Spring 2021...
