Celebrating Women’s History Month on Campus
By Alli Dayton, Staff Writer Women’s History Month occurs throughout the month of March and is intended to celebrate the contributions of women throughout history who inspire the successes of modern women. At Gettysburg College, Women’s History Month was celebrated through a variety of programs organized by the Office of Student Affairs and Greek Life, the Women’s Center, the Office of LGBTQIA+ Life, and the Office of Multicultural...
Conservatory Students Qualify for Finals and Semifinals in Virtual Singing Competition
By Julia Dortch, Contributing Writer Students at Gettysburg College’s Sunderman Conservatory of Music participate annually in the National Association of Teachers Singing (NATS) auditions, with some advancing to the semifinals and finals on a national level. Students at Gettysburg took part in the fall 2020 Allegheny Mountain Chapter this past semester, which was virtual for the first time due to COVID-19 health and safety concerns....
Opinion: DPS Should Not Have Access to Tasers
By Colin Hughes, Contributing Writer DPS officers have been equipped with tasers for the last few years, and they pose a serious danger to public safety on campus. DPS introduced stun guns because of an external report that recommended the use of stun guns to better protect DPS employees and individuals on campus from serious bodily harm without resorting to lethal weaponry. Unfortunately, this recommendation — though...
Opinion: Pandemic Burnout—It’s Not Your Fault and It’s Not Just You
By Phoebe Doscher, Magazine Editor “How are you doing, really?” This is the question that precipitated a Gettysburgian editorial last fall deconstructing stress culture at Gettysburg. We discovered that we were not, in fact, “good,” or even okay for that matter, and addressed the toxic behavior of letting our mental health slide during a busy semester. That was in 2019. Fast forward 14 months, and we find ourselves in the midst of...
Snapshots from a Pandemic Semester
Compiled by Mary Frasier, Photography Director, and Piper Mettenburg, Features Editor We documented the various changes to campus since the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Here’s how life at Gettysburg looks during the spring 2021 semester, almost a year since the college halted in-person classes in March of 2020. This photo story appeared on pages 14 through 17 of the March 16,...
College Moves Up Commencement Date for Class of 2021, Announces In-Person Ceremony
By Anna Cincotta, Editor-in-Chief On Wednesday afternoon, President Bob Iuliano announced that the college will host an in-person commencement ceremony for this year’s senior class on the morning of Monday, May 17 at Musselman Stadium. All members of the Class of 2021 — including those in the remote cohort — will be invited to attend, and each student will be permitted to invite two guests to the on-campus event. While...
