Fine Arts

By Alex Thompson

On March 4th, the Gettysburg College Wind Symphony of the Sunderman Conservatory performed as the final event for the Sunderman Invitational at the Majestic Theatre. The Invitational is an open show where members of selected high school bands are brought to perform along with the Gettysburg Conservatory members.  Though the program itself was short compared to previous shows, ...

By Emily Francisco

This month the Schmucker Art Gallery features the works of Ronald Gonzalez, a sculptor with unique visions. Approaching the concept of found objects with a new mentality, his pieces are a profound addition to the gallery this semester.

Born in Binghamton, New York, the artist has worked from his garage studio since the mid-seventies. He aims to create sculptures ...

By Brian Engelsma

How could this happen? Just when everything finally seemed to be coming together he has to deal with this rain cloud on a summer day. What was he going to do know, his perfect, or so he thought, plan was starting to unravel like a child pulling at the loose strings of a sweater.

Panicked he starts to brush ...

By Brian Englesma

Bruce’s flight to Moscow was set to leave in two and a half hours.  Usually the trip down to Washington took a good two hours, but this wasn’t an ordinary trip.  Lucky for Bruce, he didn’t have a mere Gettysburg College Transportation driver; he had Scotty, the very best driver that transportation had to offer.  Bruce was lucky, ...

By Brian Englesma

He started walking towards his car.  Bruce hated walking to Stone Lot; he always got scuffs all over his shoes.  Today he got lucky though, and he got a spot in Constitution.  It was a real nice spot, the kind of spot people dream of.  Easy in, easy out.  Even better was the parking job he did on ...

By Brian Englesma

Bruce found all of this just a little too much, there was no way it could be true.  The Germans?  Taking over campus, then all of Pennsylvania Dutch Country?  It just couldn’t be.  He resolved to continue with his original plan, he was going to talk to President Riggs about this.

As he exited the car and made his ...

By Brian Englesma

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The mystery man led Bruce to Washington Street where a black sedan with tinted windows was waiting.  “Get in,” the mystery man said, opening the rear door.

Bruce didn’t know why he did it, he didn’t make a habit of getting into strange cars with mystery men, but there was something about this ...

By Alex McComas & Alex Thompson

Samuel grunted in pain as another shaft of light found its way through the curtains of the buggy. Outside was bright and sunny, and Dunskis had never wished for otherwise so much in his life. Dickens, sitting beside him, leaned forward slightly. “Are ya alright, Samuel?”

Dunskis grimaced in reply, eyes staring straight ahead of him. ...

By Alex McComas

Name – Chandra Rose Kirkland

Year – 2013

Major/minor – Environmental Science, Creative Writing (undeclared)

At a young age, Chandra began her pursuit in art like many of us did. She used to draw horses and other animals, not to mention the occasional dragon, to pass the time. It wasn’t until around 2008 that she began to take art seriously. She ...

By Brain Englesma

“Bruce, are you ready for the meeting?” asked McBrayer, “Dr. Von Wolfenstein is really excited to share his new ideas for the department, I think it’d be a really good idea to show up on time, you know how punctual Prussians can be.”

Bruce glanced over from his computer, peering at McBrayer through his glasses. “Yeah, I’ll be there ...