Gettysburg Fire Department Responds to Small Fire in CUB 230
By Gauri Mangala, Managing Editor A few minutes before the noon lunch rush at Bullet, with Admissions tours coming through the building and a panel about to get underway, the College Union Building was evacuated for a small fire. The fire came from a candle underneath catering in CUB 230 for a Religion and Violence Panel hosted by the Center for Religious & Spiritual Life and the Interfaith Student Council. The Gettysburg Fire...
Opinion: End the Culture of Humanities-Shaming
By Natalie Orga, Guest Columnist “If you’re a humanities major, you might fail this class, and you’ll be lucky to get a C. Don’t freak out — we don’t hand out A’s on this side of campus the way humanities professors do.” This is a comment made by a professor within the first session of one of the first STEM classes of my college career. Shocked, I studied the impassive faces of my peers, thinking that perhaps we’d all been...
Student Senate Adopts Opinion on Disability Accessibility on Campus
By Kyle Beatty, Staff Writer Senate this week featured discussion of bias at Gettysburg, sustainability on campus, and the College’s perennial lack of accessibility for students with disabilities. The meeting opened with the approval of the last session’s minutes and attendance; the Black Student Union was unable to send a representative to the night’s Senate meeting, and so was unable to present their planned budget request. Senate...
Student Spotlight: Austin Nikirk
By Jackie McMahon, Staff Writer At the time of her interview, Gettysburg College senior Austin Nikirk was entrenched in preparations for her February 29th recital. The Music Performance major and French minor was excited for her big performance. “I will be singing lots of really cool music, with three premiers and songs in four languages,” Nikirk says. “My program takes three pieces composed by student composers from the conservatory,...
Women’s Basketball Falls Short in Championship
By Jack Herr, Contributing Writer This weekend, the Gettysburg Women’s Basketball team competed in its fourth consecutive Centennial Conference Championship Game. But they were unable to hang on and defeat the Haverford Black Squirrels, losing 49-46 in a tightly contested match. Haverford has now won two straight Centennial Conference...
Highest Semester Total of Bias Incidents in Fall 2019 Report Reflects National Trend
By Jane Fitzpatrick, Staff Writer On Jan. 27, Director of Student Rights and Responsibilities Ron Wiafe informed the campus community that 18 bias incidents were reported during the fall 2019 semester, the highest number of reports in a semester in the nine years that the college has released bias incident data. The second-highest semester totaled 17 reported incidents in fall 2016, which contributed to a 20 percent increase in...
