Colleen Cable
Features Editor
Colleen Cable is a member of the class of 2013, but currently has no intended major. Her favorite movies include those of Wes Anderson and Sam Raimi/Bruce Cambell. She also likes to read, particularly Franny and Zooey, East of Eden, and anything by Daniel Handler. Colleen grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Articles written by Colleen
iSister App Sweeping Gettysburg Greek Life
April 1st, 2011
By Colleen Cable
Apple, owner of Gettysburg College, released a new iTouch and iPhone application today just in time for this year’s formal sorority recruitment. The app is iSister, a newly formulated method to recruit freshman girls into the Greek system. ...
“Howl” Movie Simultaneously Impresses, Disappoints
January 27th, 2011
By Colleen Cable
When a piece of literature is interpreted into film, there are always inevitable grumblings of dissatisfaction and accusations by the fans of misinterpretation by the filmmakers. Howl suffers from this dichotomy more so than a novel-turned-film because it ...
Club Profile: Tea Party Club
April 2nd, 2010
By Colleen Cable
Forget your grandma’s tea parties. The “tea parties” held by the new club on campus, the Tea Party Club, are large protests against the school and the government. The club is an official branch of the national Tea ...
Update: Democratic Labor in Athens and America
March 3rd, 2010
By Colleen Cable
Sitting around a table talking about Plato and The Republic, student Abraham Apfel never felt more like the stereotypical college student. “We didn’t have any iced mochas though,” said Apfel. “We didn’t have berets either,” replied Professor Brett ...
Why the Patriot Act Should Be Extended
March 3rd, 2010
By Colleen Cable
Bush-era politics, government invasion of privacy, and the destruction of civil liberties are the foremost images when the Patriot Act comes to mind. The Patriot Act is so mired with these negative images that any mention of the ...
Memory Club Profile
February 18th, 2010
By Colleen Cable
While some people can’t even remember what they ate for lunch, freshman Mike Schneider can remember up to 600 digits of the natural log e. In order to facilitate Schneider’s hobby of memorizing, he began the Gettysburg Memory ...
Frat Bathroom Survival Guide
February 10th, 2010
By Colleen Cable
Floating beer cans in the sink, a slippery film of brown sludge coating the floor, and questionable looking stains on the walls. No, it’s not a truck stop bathroom. That is a description of Gettysburg’s fraternity bathrooms. Girls ...
Course Profile: Democratic Labors in Athens and America
January 31st, 2010
By Colleen Cable
A toga is not the usual classroom attire. In Professor Brett Rogers’s new class, however, dressing in costume is not only encouraged, but required.
The class, Democratic Labors in Athens and America, “combin[es] role playing and history,” said Rogers. ...
ROTC Students on Campus
January 31st, 2010
By Colleen Cable
As freshman Teddy Moses feels the top of his head, instead of pulling his fingers through his typical curly hair, he now skims over his freshly buzzed head. “It still surprises me when I look in the mirror,” ...
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