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By Sharon Stephenson

Dr. Stephenson is the Chair of the Physics Department at Gettysburg College. She was gracious enough to share the below story with The Forum, with the consent of the student involved, and we are grateful for the opportunity to publish it. 

On the Tuesday before Thanksgiving I met with a frazzled first-year physics student who had been juggling her ...

By Emily Francisco 

The evening officially began at 6:00 with an introduction by the Provost of Hood College, who then led a brief interview session with Hosseini. Questions she asked pertained to his founding of the Khaled Hosseini Foundation, his books’ familial themes, and his approach to writing.

“I rarely make concrete decisions on my writing ahead of time,” The author confessed. ...

By Emily Francisco 

Last Wednesday, October 26 at 4:15 p.m. fifty lucky Gettysburg students were bused to Hood College for a very special lecture. Given by none other than Khaled Hosseini, author of international bestsellers The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, the lecture addressed not just the success of his books, but also his background, his acquired writing process, ...

By Taylor Andrews

Jamey joins a number of other young gay teens in the US that have committed suicide within the last few years, including Seth Walsh, Tyler Clementi, Raymond Chase, Cody J. Barker, Billy (William) Lucas, and Asher Brown. These kids were driven to death by homophobia and cruelty that can only be defined as a hate crime, and it ...

By Taylor Andrews

Recently in Williamsville, New York, 14-year-old Jamey Rodemeyer took his life because of bullying about his sexual orientation.

ABC news reports that Jamey had been the target of gay slurs and harassment for at least a year before his death, and was attacked by comments such as “JAMEY IS STUPID, FAT, GAY, AND UGLY, HE MUST DIE!” and “I ...

By Abdur Rehman

(continued from Interview with Prof. Amer Kobaslija, part II) 

Q8. It is great to have a professor like you at Gettysburg! What is your favorite part of being a professor here?

There are many hardworking, passionate students in the studio art classes that I teach at Gettysburg, and there is something wonderful about working with individuals who are genuinely interested ...

By Abdur Rehman

(continued from Interview with Pro. Amer Kobaslija, part I) 

Q5. I attended the recent exhibition you had in the Schmucker Art Gallery. Landscapes seem to be your specialty. I saw that you had a lot of paintings of natural catastrophes. What motivates you to depict natural disasters?

My wife’s family is from Japan and I feel a strong connection to the ...

By Abdur Rehman

Q1. Good morning. Thank you for accepting our interview request. I have a lot of questions, so I will delve right into them. Let’s begin with your background. Can you please tell us a little bit about yourself? Where are you originally from? How long have you been in the United States?

Born in Bosnia. Fled the war-ravaged country ...

By Connor Lees 

Gettysburg College is staying up later this year.

New this year is an exciting and inventive form of night-time programming sponsored by CAB. “Late Night Gettysburg” is Gettysburg College’s most recent initiative to give students a place to go in the wee hours of the night on weekends.

As a result of much feedback gathered from students, the College realized ...

By Taylor Andrews

Bloggers beware, the anonymous internet universe is not as safe as it was once thought to be.

Just last week in Mexico a young man and woman were brutally murdered by a powerful drug cartel, and they bore a chilling warning: “This is going to happen to all those posting funny things on the internet. You better (expletive) pay ...