Student Senate 4/7: Technocratic Officers Elected for 2025-26
By John Towey, Staff Writer Technocratic Forum Monday night’s meeting kicked off with a forum for the technocratic positions on the executive board moderated by outgoing President Michael Woods ’25. Each of the candidates currently serves in a Senate position, as at least one semester in the Senate is required for candidacy. Up first was the Secretary race, for which Garrett Bumps ’28 ran unopposed. He stressed the importance of...
Campus Safety Crime Log: March 31 – April 6, 2025
Compiled by Alexis Doyle, Staff Writer Monday, March 31 Cooking Fire: Ice House H; Fire Extinguished by Resident, No Facility Damage, Injuries, or Deaths as a Result of this Fire Possession of Marijuana (small amount), Possession of Drug Paraphernalia: Colonial Hall; Closed (Referred to SRR) Clery Act Drug Law Violation Referrals: 1 Tuesday, April 1 No Crimes Reported Wednesday, April 2 No Crimes Reported Thursday, April 3...
Poet Rebecca Lindenberg Visits Gettysburg for Reading on Resilience and Chronic Illness
By Rodrigo Cabrales, Staff Writer The English Department hosted poet Rebecca Lindenberg at the Penn Hall Lyceum Wednesday evening for a poetry reading from her latest poetry collection, “Our Splendid Failure to Do the Impossible.” Lindenberg is an associate professor at the University of Cincinnati, poetry editor at the Cincinnati Review and a recipient of several awards, including the NEA Literature Grant and the Amy Lowell Traveling...
Gettysburg in Protest: The Vietnam War
This article originally appeared on page 8 of the No. 5 April 2025 edition of The Gettysburgian magazine By Katie Lauriello, Managing Editor & Lead Copy Editor Gettysburg College may not be known as the hub of student protest, but it has still made a mark in terms of freedom of expression. Through the Gettysburg College Publications Archive, which hosts fully searchable scans of The Gettysburgian from 1897 to 2010, one can get a...
CPS Plans Renovation of Quarry Pond with New Wildlife
This article originally appeared on pages 6 and 7 of the No. 5 April 2025 edition of The Gettysburgian magazine By Nathaniel Swindell, Staff Writer The Center for Public Service (CPS) at Gettysburg College has announced plans to renovate the area surrounding Quarry Pond in the coming months, in the hope of making the pond cleaner and safer for the local wildlife, particularly the nearby bird population. The project will mainly involve...
Campus Responds to Federal Law Changes Impacting Higher Education
This article originally appeared on pages 4 and 5 of the No. 5 April 2025 edition of The Gettysburgian magazine By Vincent DiFonzo, Editor-in-Chief On Feb. 14, the United States Department of Education issued a “Dear Colleague” letter to hundreds of colleges and universities across the country, including Gettysburg College. The letter accuses universities of discrimination against white and Asian applicants in admissions, denies the...
