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By Hanna Ackerman

1) What are the basic principles or values of Chi O?

The basic values of Chi Omega are our six purposes, which are friendship, high standards of personnel, sincere learning and creditable scholarship, participation in campus activities, career development, and community service. All of these ideals are the basic tenets that Chi O’s live by both on campus and ...

By The Forum Staff

What are some of the things you are involved with on campus? Women’s Basketball, Women’s Lacrosse and Residence Life.

What is your best memory at Gettysburg? Being in the National Championship for Lacrosse in 2006.

If you could be one character from Grey’s Anatonomy who would it be? Why? It would be Meredith because she gets to date Doctor McDreamy.

What individual has ...

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I have to ask: does everyone mix up your name with Gilmore Girls and spell it wrong (including me…sorry)? Of course, but I’m used to it by now. I refuse to watch the show, though.

Anyway, what are you interested in major/minor-wise? Psychology major, definitely. I want to minor in something, but I’m not ...

By The Forum Staff

(Answers provided by Alí Mostafa)

For the Spanish lovers out there, we have a club for you!

Why was the Spanish Club formed? The main idea of the Club is to give the students an opportunity to speak Spanish and get to know some topics about the Hispanic Culture.

What kind of events do you do? ...

By The Forum Staff

What are you majoring/minoring in? Biochemistry and Molecular Biology with a minor in Neuroscience

What do you plan to do after college? I plan to go to medical school and then specialize in ophthalmology or oncology.

What activities are you involved in? Equestrian Team, SMuT, Concert Choir

Which do you enjoy the most? Equestrian Team – I love to get exercise and have fun ...

By Hanna Ackerman

Answers from Matty Heiser, Social Chair, Sigma Nu, Zeta Sigma chapter

1. When and how did Sigma Nu come to GettysburgCollege? Sigma Nu originated from three college organizations; The Star Club, The Criterion Club, and Phi Kappa Rho. The organization became recognized by the national fraternity Sigma Nu in 1954.

2. What are the qualities that exemplify Sig Nu on campus? The values ...

By Evan Rothera

As Sir Winston Churchill once said, “Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb.” While ...

By The Forum Staff

Have you picked out a major yet? Yes, history and possibly theatre…with maybe a minor in either theatre or Civil War Era Studies. I haven’t quite decided yet, it changes week to week.

What do you plan to do after college? There’s the million dollar question…either, if I go the history route, working at the ...

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1.When and how did Phi Delt come to campus? Phi Delta Theta came back to came back to campus in the Fall of 2004 after having our charter revoked in 1997. The original interest group consisted of 17 friends that decided that they wanted to start a fraternity of their own. Luckily Phi Delta Theta was still ...

By Nate Storey

What is your specialty? Early Modern Literature and British Renaissance Literature.

Where did you go to college and what was your major? Dartmouth College for undergrad and I majored in English. Then I went to Washington University.

Was teaching your first choice and how did you decide to teach? Yeah, when I decided to major in English, I had it in the back ...