Postcard from Abroad: Learning What ‘Old’ Really Means
By Maci Mark CAIRO – I love old things, anything that is from a different time and place, I just love it! That’s why I chose to study abroad in Cairo, Egypt. In just the two weeks that I have been here I have been absolutely blown away by it. I am from Los Angeles, California so when I went to Gettysburg I thought that everything there was old, it had been built in the 1830s! That was over 150 years old! Los Angeles was built...
Low Wages, Insurance Changes Cause Concern Among Employees
By Phoebe Doscher, News Editor Forty-five percent of Gettysburg College support staff earn less than $15 an hour, a 2017 survey found. That same year, an analysis by Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers found that the living wage for a family of four with two wage earners and two children in Adams County was $15.53 per hour. Employees have long viewed the College’s benefits package, which includes tuition benefits...
Art of Gettysburg Inspires Students to ‘Do Great Work’
By Jane Fitzpatrick, Staff Writer If one of your preferred study spots on campus is the main floor of the library, you may have noticed some new art installations on the whiteboards. Artists have been leaving their marks on the whiteboards throughout a variety of spaces on campus, but the main floor of the library has been a hotspot for artistic expression. Some of the works have been signed with initials, such as “TW” and “HW,” but...
As Coronavirus Spreads, College Largely Mum While Students Abroad Told Not to Travel
By Nicole DeJacimo, Investigations Editor With college-sponsored spring break trips on the horizon and dozens of students studying abroad in Europe, the Center for Global Education and other study abroad programs released travel recommendations to Gettysburgians in light of an ever-expanding outbreak of the coronavirus. Students studying abroad in Austria, Switzerland, and Hungary have received instructions to avoid travel to Italy,...
Opinion: Gettysburgians Share Aspirations for the New Decade
Compiled by Emily Dalgleish, Opinions Editor We invited members of the campus community to share their aspirations for the coming decade, whether they be personal, academic, professional, national, or global. Here is what they shared. Dr. Jeanne Arnold Chief Diversity Officer My aspiration for the College over the next decade is that it will evolve to become a model for how liberal arts colleges can create truly inclusive campus...
Campus Kitchen Works to Address Food Insecurity with Burg Bowls
By Nicole DeJacimo, Investigations Editor Since 2007, Gettysburg College’s Campus Kitchen has worked to provide nutritious meals to families in the greater Gettysburg community by packaging leftovers from Servo and fresh produce from the Painted Turtle Farm. But only this year have they turned to another population that studies show may be struggling with food insecurity: college students. This semester, Campus Kitchen initiated a new...
