Josh Carmel
Co-Editor-in-Chief
Josh Carmel is a sophomore at Gettysburg College and current co-Editor-in-Chief of the Forum. In addition to writing, his hobbies include: awkward situations, the OED, good friends, Ancient Greek, and finely drawn characters.
Additionally, Josh likes long walks on the beach and candlelit dinners. He is, as you probably have noticed, not very funny.
Articles written by Josh
Apple’s Global Takeover Leaves G-Tech Still Inefficient
April 1st, 2011
By Josh Carmel
April 1, 2061
The looming silhouette of West Building, inhabiting the debris-addled fringe of Gettysburg College, has, for decades, served as wet nurse to debauchery and bedfellow of destruction. Those passersby, brave enough to venture out toward the ...
News Flash: Waldo Found
April 1st, 2011
By Josh Carmel
Everybody knows Waldo. The stripped-shirt, lanky, blue-jean clad savant, whose bulbous eyes tended to undress even the chastest of churchgoers, dominated the lives of our grandparents in the late 80s and early 90s. The ageless teen, who perfected ...
News Flash: CAB Announces Fall Perfomer
September 18th, 2010
By Josh Carmel
Gettysburg College’s Campus Activities Board revealed last night, in the throes of Oceanfest, coveted performer for this year’s Fall Concert.
On Friday, November 5th, Jack’s Mannequin will perform in the CUB Ballroom. Doors will open at 6 PM. and ...
Satisfaction at the Speak Up, Write Out Media Summit
April 16th, 2010
By Josh Carmel
John Baer has a license to kill. As an award-winning columnist for The Philadelphia Daily News, Baer has provided political commentary for several years, tactfully illuminating the oftentimes ambiguous framework of public policy. His ability to, as The ...
APO Implements New Service During Economic-Downturn
April 2nd, 2010
By Josh Carmel
The annals of Alpha Phi Omega reveal a charitable, philanthropic history, unmarred by the indecorous glare of promiscuity or lechery. Founded in 1925, APO currently flourishes on approximately 350 campuses across the nation, Gettysburg College included, providing a ...
Cut-Back on Costs Inspires Contraception Alternative
April 2nd, 2010
By Josh Carmel
The Health Center has served as a proverbial glimmer of clarity during this tumultuous economic recession. As a body composed of stalwart professionals, capable of providing reliable medical advice for marginal monetary compensation, it remained essentially untainted by ...
No Mastery of Meningitis
March 25th, 2010
By Josh Carmel
Dean of Students Julie Ramsey has become the proverbial bearer of bad news. Although administrative messages frequently circulate throughout the college campus, informing students of pertinent curriculum changes or impediments caused by inclement weather, her notices have acquired ...
Conversation with Christopher Zappe
March 3rd, 2010
By Josh Carmel
Christopher Zappe cuts a striking figure. The photograph on Bucknell University’s personal website details a jovial man, sharp jaw, eyes alight in academic invitation, and fingernail smile cocked amiably. The Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences ...
Oh The Places You’ll Go: A NyQuil Dream Log
March 3rd, 2010
By Josh Carmel
DISCLAIMER: THIS ARTICLE NEITHER CONDONES NOR SUPPORTS THE UTILIZATION OF NYQUIL TO OBTAIN FRIGHTENINGLY REALISTIC, ALBEIT EXCITING, VERY LUCID, ALBEIT INTERESTING, AND VERY ODD DREAMS. DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME.
Amongst the rather eclectic heroes of my ...
Queens on the Highway
March 3rd, 2010
By Josh Carmel
They say…
They say it’s coming soon.
The sundry sounds of silence,
Moving outward against
The tumult of noon.
Estival heat, piercing the deadbeat
Livery of morning smoke on Main Street.
Where the Baker’s boy would gather rubbish for the store.
Clumsy hands, clambering over the ...
