Humor
Happy Belated Thirteenth Birthday to Google
October 20th, 2011
By Connor Lees
The world’s most well-known do-it-all company has recently turned 13 years old.
Google, now entering its teenage years, has come a long way since its birth as a basic search engine. The company has grown rapidly, adding more and more capabilities like Google Maps, Books, Documents, and even an E-mail client.
Google CEO Larry Page is excited at the prospects ...
Only at Gettysburg: Living with History
September 23rd, 2011
By Tori Mohr
Only at Gettysburg is an ongoing series of short articles that will be published to point out the subtle things that make Gettysburg College what it is. From the awkward and absurd to the inconceivable and inexplicable, Gettysburg College has its fair share of idiosyncrasies that make it the fine, unique institution we have come to love. This ...
“Do Moist Work”: Gettysburg Named Top Moist Highly Selective Liberal Arts College in Rural Pennsylvania
September 23rd, 2011
By Connor Lees
Gettysburg College has recently been informed that it will be adding yet another prestigious award to its résumé.
The Department of Academic Moisture and Precipitation (D.A.M.P.) has bestowed this award onto the College this week after recognizing the incredible job Gettysburg College has done keeping itself wet.
Janet Morgan Riggs, upon hearing the news, commented that, “We as an institution ...
Only at Gettysburg: The Gettysburg Twenty
September 15th, 2011
By Connor Lees
Only at Gettysburg is an ongoing series of short articles that will be published to point out the subtle things that make Gettysburg College what it is. From the awkward and absurd to the inconceivable and inexplicable, Gettysburg College has its fair share of idiosyncrasies that make it the fine, unique institution we have come to love. This ...
Springfest Performers Announced
April 1st, 2011
By Liz Williams
With Springfest 2061 just around the corner, rumors have been circulating about the artists for this year’s concerts. The members of CAB officially announced this morning that the Justin Bieber Reunion Tour will be stopping by Gettysburg College for the Thursday night concert, followed by Baby Gaga on Saturday afternoon.
Each of the artists will be joining us via ...
Gettysburg College Celebrates 20 Years of Success as APPLE School
April 1st, 2011
By Audra Foster
Twenty years ago today, on April 1st, 2041, Gettysburg College signed itself away to the Apple Corporation, sparking a movement among hundreds of colleges across the nation to do the same. Apple, which has held the lead in the technological education, arms, and merchandise races for well over 60 years, had deemed the step “necessary for the future ...
The Man, The Myth, The Manicure: The Life of President Andrew J. Ferreira
April 1st, 2011
By Josh Carmel
April 1, 2061
Some say he is a little bit country, while others contend that he is a little bit rock and roll. Students at Gettysburg College know, however, that he is all techno. Like that undulating, pseudo-nauseating, cranial cramping beat on the subwoofer of your entirely antique 86 Honda Civic with the plaid seat covers and the plastic ...
Gettysburg Announces New Classes
April 1st, 2011
By Rob Kellert
Gettysburg College has finally released its list of courses for the new iYear! Sign-up is easy: just access the iSelect feature (to the left of the iSuck feature, just below the iScreamforicecream button) on your iCourse application on the iStudent menu of your IAmLegend device. Repeat this process for each course you select, and before you know it, ...
Hayden Comes Out as Robot
April 1st, 2011
By Liz Williams
Students awoke to surprising news this morning in the form of an e-mail from President Andrew Ferreira himself. According to Ferreira, “Hayden,” the mysterious force behind G-Tech for over fifty years, has identified himself as a robot. Rumors of Hayden’s true identity have circulated the student population for years, but no one would have guessed the mastermind of ...
HOR Choir Club On Campus Made Official
April 1st, 2011
By Xavier Harding
This past Monday, Senate recognized the Human Out-Reach Choir, or HOR Choir (pronounced whórë kweyer). The HOR Choir has been seeking Senate approval for the past 10 years and has gone to many extremes to do so. “I slept with someone on Senate one year,” said an anonymous member of the HOR Choir (Rebecca Summers), “people think ill ...
