Features
“You’re Outta Here: The Story of Adam and Eve
April 24th, 2013
By Craig Heckman and Courtney Walton
With the big finale approaching in less than two weeks’ time, Professor Fee’s Medieval Drama (ENG 312) class looks forward to their play, “You’re Outta Here: The Story of Adam and Eve” with excitement and anticipation. Consisting of three parts translated from Middle English and reinterpreted by several members of the class, the production provides ...
RATCo: Rocking the Movement
March 25th, 2013
By Amelia Grabowski
There are some moments in your life where you feel that all the world is a stage, and you’ve stumbled on set into the role of a lifetime.
That is how I felt as I danced around the church-turned-performance-center in Selma, Alabama with the Random Acts of Theater Company (RATCo), sashaying under outstretched arms, bending and snapping to ...
The Attack of the Current Students Page
February 28th, 2013
By Smitty Thompson
Just when you thought you were safe at home, this had to come along and happen. Just when you thought you had everything figured out about the Gettysburg website, they go and change the entire Current Student’s page. As a senior I had a mini-moment of panic that, in the second half of my last and final year ...
175 is the New 50–Happy Birthday, Penn Hall!
November 2nd, 2012
By Elizabeth Elliot
Look-out point. Civil War hospital. Haunted house. Head rest for drunken Saturday night revelers. Since 1837, Penn Hall has been there to serve any and all of students’ needs. It is only fitting and proper that we give our favorite building a shout out for its 175th birthday. And may we say, Penny—may we call you Penny?–you are ...
The Casual Vacancy: Rowling’s Latest Hit or Miss?
November 1st, 2012
By Emily Francisco
J. K. Rowling’s newest book, The Casual Vacancy, hit shelves last month on September 27. Mixed reviews have since been circulating the Internet as fans continue to find disappointment in her first adult novel outside the Harry Potter franchise.
Reviewer Michiko Kakutani of the New York Times harshly proclaims, “It’s as though writing about the real world inhibited Ms. ...
Musselman Library’s Newest Exhibits
September 13th, 2012
By Emily Francisco
Musselman Library is proud to present a number of new and fascinating exhibits this semester, featuring objects such as Civil War weaponry, Lincoln bookends, and prints of the Battle of Gettysburg. The most noteworthy exhibits this fall, though, are the ones that correspond with the upcoming Presidential Election. Displaying artifacts from the Election of 1860 (“The Race for ...
Changes Around Campus: Fall 2012 Edition
September 13th, 2012
By Elizabeth Elliott
I’m sure that the first-years have been reminded over and over again that their class is a historically large one – 772 souls, to be exact. It has resulted in an on-campus housing crunch that has banished some of our classmates to endure chaste, monastic lives at the Seminary. Musselman first-years now have the unprecedented opportunity to experience ...
Student Profile: Dexter Heavner
September 13th, 2012
By Emily Hornung
It was the coolest night on campus since us First Years arrived here when I had the pleasure of getting to know one of the coolest First Years.
You may recognize Dexter Heavner by his iconic tan cowboy hat and blue Levi’s. “I don’t dress outlandishly,” says Dexter. Where he comes from, a lot of people dress like he ...
Four Twenty Days and Twenty Nights
April 20th, 2012
By Harry Paterra
Harry Paterra is a 6’2″ student from lush and beautiful Seattle, WA. He is of exotic skin tone, and was once told that he was a good kisser. He also needs to get married before the age of 25. If you know or happen to be a female who is desperate and somewhat enjoyable to talk to, please ...
Five Reasons I Love LCWS
April 6th, 2012
By Abdur Rehman
For those of you considering studying off-campus, let me tell you about an excellent program that we have here at Gettysburg: Lutheran College Washington Semester (LCWS). In short, you will spend a semester in DC living in condo apartments with students from other Lutheran colleges, obtain invaluable internship experience, and take evening courses. But that is not the ...
