A Note from the Magazine Editor: A Time for Reflection
Dear Reader, As the end of the fall semester approaches, many of us are reckoning with the recent events of this unprecedented semester, and now is finally a time to step back and assess. This is exactly what I have been doing myself, and what we have prepared for you in this edition of The Gettysburgian Magazine. Right now, I am thinking about a number of facts presented to us this semester: More than half of Gettysburg...
College Announces Updated COVID Guidelines Ahead of Spring Semester: More Testing, a Move to Single Bedrooms, and ‘Increased Enforcement’
By Phoebe Doscher, Magazine Editor, and Nicole DeJacimo, Content Producer Dean of Students Julie Ramsey sent out a campus-wide email Tuesday afternoon ahead of the spring 2021 semester detailing the COVID-19 testing plan, housing process, and the updated Rules and Violation Rubric. Sophomores, juniors, and seniors are slated to return to campus for the start classes on Feb. 1, and the latest communication outlines changes to the...
College Suspends Phi Gamma Delta (FIJI) Fraternity Chapter Until 2023, Citing ‘Egregious’ COVID-19 Protocol Violations and Years of Conduct Concerns
By Anna Cincotta, Editor-in-Chief The Phi Gamma Delta (FIJI) fraternity at Gettysburg College will be suspended until Jan. 1, 2023 “following several egregious violations of the College’s COVID-19 health and safety protocols,” and the chapter house will be used as general student housing during the suspension period. Associate Vice President of College Life Jeff Foster, Xi Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta House Association and...
Blast from the Past—December 4, 2020 Edition
By Shannon Zeltmann, Staff Writer This week in 1945, the college decided to limit the number of coed students in the first-year class. They decided to increase the number of female students from 150 to 175, but there could only be 25 first years who could be female based on the number in the upper classes. The college knew it was not the best option, but they only had a limited number of female dorms. This week in 1950, the girls’...
How White Supremacists Distort History Lecture
By Katie Oglesby, News Editor Professor of Medieval Studies and Chair of Religion and Culture at Virginia Tech University, Matthew Gabriele, led the discussion with Kylie Mandeville ‘21, Tristan Gyamfi ‘24, Michael Dampf ‘20, and Allison Stranick ‘21 as part of a social change project for a class with Africana Studies Professor Hakim Williams. Gabriele began by introducing the use of the Latin phrase “Deus Volt” in both medieval...
Senate Discusses Implicit Bias, Passes Affinity Group Amendment
By Katie Oglesby, News Editor Student Senate began their final meeting of the fall semester on Nov. 30 with a presentation about the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) from Director of Student Success and Well-Being Cindy Wright. Wright began by saying, “I also want to give a shoutout to Senate because you are the backbone of the institution and what goes on here is so vital and I’m very appreciative to all the leadership that...
