Students Reflect on Last Week’s Surprise Wellness Day
By Alli Dayton, Staff Writer On Tuesday, March 2 at 7:00 a.m., Gettysburg College students received an email from President Iuliano with a subject line reading “No Classes Today.” In the email, Iuliano stated that all classes were cancelled in an effort to give students an opportunity to “rest and recharge” during the designated Wellness Day. The day off of classes was meant to come as a surprise for the student body, and professors...
Eisenhower Institute Unveils New Lecture Series Addressing Polarization
By Alli Dayton, Staff Writer In an email to the Gettysburg College student body regarding the Eisenhower Institute event What Lies Ahead? Perspectives on a Polarized America, President Iuliano wrote that “our community has a special obligation to address today’s climate of polarization” through conversations and understanding. What Lies Ahead?, the first of the Eisenhower Institute’s new lecture series, was “devoted to the defining...
Blast from the Past—March 2, 2021 Edition
By Shannon Zeltmann, Staff Writer This week in 1951, the Army Medical Service offered Gettysburg graduates the chance to sign-up for a year-long Physical Therapy Course for women who wanted to work in Army hospitals. There were two phases of the course. In the first phase, students would learn fundamental sciences and skills required for physical therapy, such as anatomy, medical physics, and pathology. In the second half, students...
Student Senate Tables Amendments to Promote Wider Campus Participation
By Kyle Beatty, Staff Writer This week’s Senate meeting opened with the swearing in of Senator Shane Carley ‘22, followed in short order by a vote on parliamentary procedure. While previously, weekly Senate meetings alternated between voting sessions and sessions dedicated solely to discussion, the newly passed motion removes this separation in anticipation of more productive in-person Senate meetings. The Budget and Management...
Virus Update: One New Case, Number of Students Moved to Remote Study Doubles
By Anna Cincotta, Editor-in-Chief On the afternoon of Feb. 26, Dean of Students Jeff Foster and Assistant Vice President of College Life Darrien Davenport shared a current update about the state of COVID-19 at Gettysburg. There is currently one new confirmed positive case on campus this week, and the number of students reassigned to the remote cohort due to violations of health and safety protocols has gone from 3 to 6 over the course...
Opinion: Big Business Is the Enemy of Free Markets
By Christian Tolino, Columnist In the modern American political discourse, rising wealth inequality and distrust in corporate America have fueled distrust of markets. Conventional economic wisdom would have us believe that markets must be heavily regulated in order to avoid predation by larger corporations. However, it is not the free market that is to blame. It is a fallacy to consider that markets in the United States are truly...
