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By Elizabeth Elliott

There was a rumor going around on campus a little while ago that the ShamWow! guy went to Gettysburg.  While I wanted so much for this to be true, since he takes the phrase “Do Great Work” to a whole ‘nother level of achievement in towel absorbance, I couldn’t find his name in the CNAV annals.  But rumors ...

By Kelly Hagerty 

On June 15, 2011 Gettysburg College was practically empty except for the small population of students who decided to stay in Gettysburg over the summer. Servo was rarely open and shopping at Giant or going to a restaurant in town was getting expensive, not to mention monotonous. The news of a brand new café attached to the Majestic ...

By Taylor Andrews

Before I even had time to take in what was going on, cast member David Wemer was climbing out of the back of the audience singing, and I fell in love with It’s Only Life. In simply moments the rest of the cast, Allison Erskine, Wes Jackson, Rachel Lovelidge, and Riley Park chimed in from different spots among ...

By Elizabeth Elliott 

One of the biggest international stories of 2011 concerned the unethical practices of the News of the World, a British publication owned by media bigwig Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation.  Widespread investigations into claims of phone hacking and bribery caused the paper to shut down on July 10, ending a print circulation that reached close to three million people.  ...

By Emily Francisco 

On August 22, the Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial officially opened to the public. A project over 25 years in the making, its unveiling was laced with controversy and public dispute over its design.

Located at the edge of the Tidal Basin, the Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial is situated between the Lincoln and Jefferson memorials. Critics note that ...

By Connor Lees 

November 19th falls “Four Score and Seven Days” from this year’s First Year Walk to the National Cemetery. This date is of incredible importance especially to this town, as it is the date of Remembrance Day, the day Abraham Lincoln delivered his famous and hallowed Gettysburg Address near the very location where it was presented to this year’s ...

By Robert Kellert

As you all know, our school has an honor code by which we are expected to abide on every quiz, test, assignment, meal—okay, maybe not meal, but you get the idea. Allow me to pose a simple, but critical, question, though: what exactly is meant by “honor”?

To be Nixonian for just a moment, let me be perfectly clear: I ...

By Robert Kellert

A look at a couple phrases we cherish, but whose origins we knew nothing about…until now.

“Con man”

New York can be a tricky place sometimes (every time, really), but not as tricky as it was in the Antebellum Era. Alright, so maybe Jenny Everdeane (Cameron Diaz’s pick-pocketing, prostituting persona in Martin Scorsese’s  Gangs of New York) wasn’t real, but there ...

By Audra Foster

Egypt, as anyone who keeps up with the world knows, has recently undergone some extreme political upheaval, starting with peaceful protests that quickly escalated to violent riots, and ending in the resignation of its President. We in America watched on YouTube as protesters went from demonstrations in Tahrir Square to looting museums, as Egypt attempted to contain ...

By Liz Williams

On February 19, Gettysburg College hosted its fourth annual “Speak Up, Write Out” Media Summit. Held in the Science Center, the event attracted students from Gettysburg as well as from several nearby colleges and universities. Four break-out sessions were held in which representatives from local, national and international media outlets discussed their fields of work.

Each break-out session had ...