‘A Path That Is Not Sustainable’: College Hits Breaking Point, Sends Home Majority of Student Body
By Anna Cincotta, Editor-in-Chief, Gauri Mangala, Managing Editor, Maddie Neiman, Managing Editor, Jane Fitzpatrick, Assistant News Editor, and Nicole DeJacimo, Content Producer Takeaways 31 additional students have tested positive for COVID-19 this week. Some are symptomatic. Approximately 1,300 students must leave campus between Sept. 5-7. First-year students, along with a group of others, will remain on campus for the rest...
The NBA Bubble: Predicting the Outcome of COVID-19 Games
By Colin Lawless, Staff Writer For months, those atop the NBA hierarchy were tasked with the impossible task of figuring out how to play basketball in the midst of a global pandemic. The gap between the suspension of the season back in March, and its restart in July, was longer than the NBA offseason is every year. Commissioner Adam Silver and those around him were able to craft a plan that has worked better than most would have...
Students Protest Administration’s Response to COVID-19 Outbreak
By Nicole DeJacimo, Content Producer Shortly after the College’s town hall, students stood outside of Servo with signs calling for Greek Life to be held more accountable on campus. The protest was held due to the recent spike in COVID-19 cases on campus and general misconduct. Organized mostly by members of Humor House, and joined by a small group of first-years, nearly a dozen students protested how the administration conducted...
Senate Welcomed New FY Senators and Discussed COVID-19 Behavior Rules
By Kyle Beatty, staff writer President Kurtis Grey ‘21 welcomed all students and senators to the second student senate meeting of the academic year, held over Zoom on Monday, August 31st. After roll call, Parliamentarian Lauren Browning ‘22 noted that to be added to the roll, clubs should register or renew their registration through Engage Gettysburg. Grey and Secretary Jenna Giordano ‘23 welcomed the newly elected first-year senators...
Blast From the Past: Sept. 2, 2020 Edition
By Shannon Zeltmann, Staff Writer This week in 2005, the Honor Code was in the final stages of a major overhaul. Created in 1957, the administration decided it needed to be updated. For two years, the college did just that. The college surveyed the students and found that some felt it was just a moral responsibility and that the students should not sign every paper or exam with the pledge. Others felt it was one of the best things...
Mandatory Campus-Wide Quarantine After College Reaches High Alert Level
By Jane Fitzpatrick, Assistant News Editor and Nicole DeJacimo, Content Producer Gettysburg College is now at a high alert level and will enact a campus-wide quarantine starting at 10 PM tonight after 25 of 348 tests received this week came back positive, according to an email from Dean Ramsey. These protocols will be in place at least through the end of this week. “It appears that most—but not all—of these positive cases relate to...
