Album Review: The Bad Flappin’ Birds
By Lauren Hand, Magazine Editor Well, does it flap or does it flop? That’s the big question for the debut album by the Bad Flappin’ Birds, and a few weeks after its release, let me be the first to say: it slaps. I mean, flaps. “Flap or Flop” carries us through ragers and ballads alike and successfully navigates a variety of musical and emotional altitudes. The album constantly surprises, but never loses momentum, riding a strong...
Great Work from Home: Day 25
Welcome to the twenty-fifth edition of our “Great Work from Home” daily bulletin, an initiative of The Gettysburgian during this season of social distancing. Each morning, we will present a curated playlist, a favorite Gettysburg campus photo, and hometown spotlight, each submitted by a different Gettysburgian. This is a way to start our days together. We’ll present these features on Instagram, on our website, and,...
Great Work from Home: Day 24
Welcome to the twenty-fourth edition of our “Great Work from Home” daily bulletin, an initiative of The Gettysburgian during this season of social distancing. Each morning, we will present a curated playlist, a favorite Gettysburg campus photo, and hometown spotlight, each submitted by a different Gettysburgian. This is a way to start our days together. We’ll present these features on Instagram, on our website, and,...
Opinion: Zoom University Is Not Worth $56,000
By Ashleigh Blackwell, Contributing Writer The COVID-19 pandemic has changed our lives drastically in the past few weeks. We have been ordered to stay home, lost our jobs, and, for students, transferred to online education. While I applaud Gettysburg College for the necessary precautions they have taken and for giving us the room and meal plan refund we deserved, we have been told there will be no tuition refund. Technically, the...
Great Work from Home: Day 23
Welcome to the twenty-third edition of our “Great Work from Home” daily bulletin, an initiative of The Gettysburgian during this season of social distancing. Each morning, we will present a curated playlist, a favorite Gettysburg campus photo, and hometown spotlight, each submitted by a different Gettysburgian. This is a way to start our days together. We’ll present these features on Instagram, on our website, and,...
Class of 2020 Degrees to be Conferred Virtually, Commencement Postponed to October
By Gauri Mangala, Managing Editor It has been announced that the Class of 2020 Commencement will be held over Fall Reading Days, on Oct. 9-10 of the upcoming semester. In an email to the senior class, Commencement Coordinator Katie Barako stated that more than 80 percent of the Class of 2020 responded to a survey regarding how students would like to celebrate Commencement. “The overwhelming majority wanted the opportunity to...
