CIMS Senior Spotlight: Amelia Downes
By Alicia Method, Staff Writer This spring, Amelia Downes will be graduating from Gettysburg College. Downes is a Cinema and Media Studies Major. For this track, she examined the history of film as well as other hands-on material such as editing and camera fieldwork. About her major, Downes says, “I’ve always been so passionate about movies and TV; I think it’s such an interesting topic.” Her desire to pursue a career in the...
College Cancels Spring Break Trips As Coronavirus Spreads
Compiled by Gauri Mangala, Managing Editor In the current state of general panic of coronavirus, Gettysburg College has heeded the warning of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and has cancelled many of the college-sponsored Spring Break trips: Cancelled Trips The Center for Public Service (CPS) has cancelled its Health Care and Education trip in Costa Rica. CPS has cancelled its Debt, Economy and Statehood in Puerto...
Opinion: Grief and Hope in the Aftermath of a Campaign
By Emily Dalgleish, Opinions Editor The end of Warren’s campaign marks the fifth losing campaign that I have worked on. Four of those campaigns were women getting beat by white men. You might think that defeat gets less soul-crushing after a few times, but I haven’t found that to be true. There is a unique type of grief that comes in the aftermath of a campaign. The loss feels personal: it feels as if the country rejected the values,...
Review: Sense and Sensibility is an Austen-tacious Delight
By Jackie McMahon, Staff Writer This past weekend, the Owl and Nightingale Players performed their production of Kate Hamill’s Sense and Sensibility at the Gettysburg College Kline Theater. Adapted for the stage from Jane Austen’s beloved novel, Sense and Sensibility follows the Dashwood sisters, sensible and reserved Elinor (played by Tyra Riedemonn ’20) and romantic and emotional Marianne (played by Casey Creagh ’22)....
The Gettysburgian Wins Six Keystone Media Awards Including First and Second Place for Ongoing News Coverage
Staff Report The Gettysburgian has won six awards as part of the annual Student Keystone Media Award competition. Administered by the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association and judged by professional journalists from across the state, the Keystone Media Awards (previously known as Keystone Press Awards) are a competition of Pennsylvania college and university newspapers and media organizations. The Gettysburgian competes in Division II,...
CIMS Spotlight: Aljosa Mrsovic
By Alicia Method, Staff Writer Aljosa Mrsovic ’20 is a double-major Philosophy and Cinema and Media Studies who is headed to Los Angeles to pursue work in the film industry. While Mrsovic has “always had an interest in film,” he says he came to Gettysburg still unsure what to pursue. After taking a course with Professor James Udden, Mrsovic knew he wanted to take as many courses with Professor Udden as possible. According to Mrsovic,...
