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By Liz Williams

At Gettysburg College, service is an integral part of many students’ lives. Liz Marshall ’14, is one of this year’s coordinators for Big Brothers Big Sisters, a program organized by the Center for Public Service.

Big Brothers Big Sisters matches college students with kids from three area elementary schools in a year-long tutoring program. Beth Adams ’12 is the ...

By Kelly Hagerty

Everyone recognizes the pink ribbon as the sign for breast cancer awareness, the rainbow flag for LGBTQ pride, the yellow ribbon as support for our soldiers. However, not many people recognize the puzzle pattern as the symbol for autism awareness. In fact, most people don’t even know all the symptoms or the nature of autism in general.

Autism is ...

By Liz Williams

Sept. 19, 4 p.m.: The first meeting for the Spectrum will be held in the Spectrum Office in Plank Basement.

Sept. 19, 5 p.m.: Africana Studies and the Department of Economics present the sixth annual Derrick K. Gondwe Memorial Lecture in Breidenbaugh Hall 201, Joseph Theater. This year’s lecture is entitled “The Challenges of TB & HIV in Botswana,” ...

By Jenna O’Connell 

If you were anywhere on campus during the past couple of weeks, you were bound to have noticed the strange occurrences that have been going on at Gettysburg College.

No, it wasn’t the Civil War ghost that haunts your dorm room switching off your lights; it was a power outage.

On Wednesday, Sept. 7, the campus was plunged into darkness.

The ...

By Ally Taylor 

At the request of President Riggs, Gettysburg College began a project that will help control access to certain buildings located on campus.

According to William Lafferty, Director of Public Safety, the first part of the project involved “building the system infrastructure and one installation at the fitness area in the Center for Athletics, Recreation and Fitness.”

These changes were implemented ...

By Liz Williams 

Students, faculty, staff, and community members gathered on the lawn in front of Penn Hall last Tuesday to join in commemorating the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

The events of the day were organized by a 9/11 event committee led by Andrew Ferriera and Richard Aime.

Two services were held, one in the morning, and ...

By Josh Carmel

In his first inaugural address, Abraham Lincoln made reference to those “mystic chords of memory,” the intangible set of connections stretching “from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land.” His words— even 150 years removed— still hold special meaning, and the sense of unflagging hope that they convey has ...

By The Gettysburg Forum

On behalf of our entire team, we would like to welcome you to Gettysburg College. We hope that you enjoy your day, and are all looking forward to seeing you next year!

By The Gettysburg Forum

This year Gettysburg College is proud to host the revolutionary musical group Black Violin for the feature  performance on Saturday of Springfest–which can perhaps be more accurately termed ‘safari-fest’ this year, thanks to the recently announced safari theme.

Black Violin is comprised of Wil B and Kev Marcus, two classically trained violinists who have taken their talent ...

By Xavier Harding

Yesterday, February 19, the Majestic Theater hosted Gettysburg College’s 22nd Annual Winter Jazz Concert. Directed by John “Buzz” Jones, Gettysburg’s jazz ensemble played songs such as “Georgia On My Mind” by Hoagy Carmichael (1931), “Quien Sera” by Pablo Beltran Ruiz & Norman Gimbel (1954) and “I’m Beginning To See The Light “by Duke Ellington (1944). The students of ...