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By Brian Engelsma

Moldova is random. It’s really hard to say that a European nation is random, that is unless you cheat and use Andorra or San Marino or some BS like that, but Moldova makes a very strong case for being both European and random, and that is why I’d like to tell you a few things about this ...

By Xavier Harding

The Forum’s Xavier Harding was lucky enough to interview Gettysburg College’s president Janet Morgan Riggs on her return to the classroom.

Xavier Harding: What exactly is the course you’ll be teaching? What parts of psychology will it cover?

Janet Morgan Riggs: I will teach Psych 214, Social Psychology.  The course focuses on the impact of other people on behavior ...

By Brian Engelsma

Everyone always pays attention to Yemen, Oman’s younger brother to the west. Oh, Yemen, what an interesting and unique name you have, you are so funny and cute Yemen.  Screw you Yemen.  Oman!  Oman is random, and gets no press.

In case you didn’t already know, the Sultanate of Oman is a vibrant nation located on the southern ...

By Brian Englesma

Today I’d like to talk to you about a nation that I find particularly random: Nauru. Located in the South Pacific, Nauru is the island nation home to 14,000 lucky souls. Situasharted in the vast swath that is the Pacific Ocean, Nauru has long been regarded as a mysterious, strange nation.

Nauru is world known as the smallest ...

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 at Bucknell, and recently designated Provost here at Gettysburg, has his B.A. in Mathematics and Ph.D. in Decision Sciences. As ...

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 Rogers. Although discussing Plato may seem like the pinnacle of the classic college experience, the class Democratic Labors in Athens ...

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 Club, which is headed to the national competition in March.

Memorization is not nearly as simple as most people believe it ...

By Evan Petrack

Here’s the second installment of a new column here at the Forum, “It Can Wait: Procrastination Site of the Week.” Last week was StumbleUpon, and here for the second week is Sporcle. Read more to find out what the hell Sporcle is.

So, StumbleUpon get boring yet? Probably not, and even if it has you’ll go back to it. ...

By Evan Petrack

There’s one thing that literally every single college student knows, and that’s that the internet is the number one tool for procrastination in the world. Between creepin’ around on Facebook, going into a comatose-like state because of Youtube or Wikipedia, and simply bullshitting around on the internet , college trains you to be a pro at procrastination.  Now, ...

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 need to know what to expect from each frat bathroom because, as we all know, going to the bathroom isn’t ...