Women’s Lacrosse Team Ranked Number Three in National Polls After Weekend Win
By Colin Lawless, Staff Writer The Bullets Women’s Lacrosse team stayed perfect this weekend as they took down No. 21 ranked Denison 13-6 on Saturday. The Bullets improved to 3-0 and began a five-game stretch of facing nationally-ranked opponents. The Bullets got off to a hot start by scoring the first five goals of the game. Bri Stokes ‘21 scored the first two and assisted the second two by dishing to Courtney Patterson ‘20 and Maria...
Postcard from Abroad: Discovering Nepal
By Abby Hauer KATHMANDU – When my anticipated semester in Shanghai was suspended due to the coronavirus, I chose the Development, Gender, and Social Change in the Himalaya SIT program in Nepal with hardly any preconceived notions about the country. I reached out to Gettysburg College students who had participated in a ten-day homestay in Kathmandu this January, and I got in touch with a Gettysburg College professor whose primary...
Review: ‘Cool Jazz’ Concert Brings the Cool
By Lauren Hand, Magazine Editor The experience of attending a concert by the Jazz Ensemble feels like attending a concert performed by a favorite band or musician, where audience members are active participants, and not merely spectators. At the “Cool Winter Jazz” concert on Feb. 28, 2020, performed by the Gettysburg College Jazz Ensemble and Gettysburg College Dispatch, both of which are directed by Paul Carr, audience...
Over Past Three Years, Gettysburg Greek Organizations Raise Nearly $200,000 for Various Causes
By Katie Oglesby, Assistant News Editor Gettysburg’s Greek organizations have donated nearly $200,000 to various causes over the past three years, more than half of which has come from Sigma Chi’s philanthropy with the Huntsman Cancer Institute. In total, six organizations have donated more than $10,000 in the past three years, while four others were not able to provide records of their giving. “One of our core...
With New Travel Warning, Students Studying Abroad in Italy Must Either Sign New Waiver or Return Home
By Benjamin Pontz, Editor-in-Chief Students studying abroad in Italy must either sign a new special waiver within 48 hours or return home as the coronavirus spreads throughout the country, which now has more than 1,100 confirmed cases. The college protocol, which is standard when students are in countries with U.S. State Department Travel Warnings, was triggered when the State Department issued a level three warning — urging...
Editorial: The Case for a Liberal Arts Education in 2020
By The Gettysburgian Editorial Board We all have friends who intended to major in economics but are now studying biology and women, gender, and sexuality studies, or who intended to study English but have switched to public policy with a Spanish minor, or who had no idea what they wanted to study, but discovered a new passion. The freedom in a liberal arts education allows students to explore their interests before choosing a major...
