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By Beth Leamy

With the Nov. 4 approaching rapidly, deadlines for voter registration are almost upon us.

This coming Monday, Oct. 6, is the deadline for prospective voters wishing to register to vote. With this in mind, various activities throughout campus will be going on over the next month in order to ensure that students are educated and motivated to go to ...

By Evan Rothera

“The lady doth protest too much, methinks,” Queen Gertrude of Denmark.

The above quote comes from a scene in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, where the King Claudius, Queen Gertrude, and Prince Hamlet are watching a play called “The Murder of Gonzago,” which was selected by Hamlet for a specific reason. Hamlet is trying to prove that his stepfather murdered his ...

By Kyle Lawson

In the aftermath of a tragedy like Virginia Tech, there is a rush to understand why it happened and to find something to blame. Many schools rush to make their campuses safer, but do they take the right steps? Gun advocates complain that there is media bias portraying guns as bad, and they are right. It is a ...

By Evan Rothera

“The greatest challenge came in 1987 with a motion by Professor Ken Mott calling for the abolishment of the Greek system, saying it was an ‘outdated bastion of exclusiveness and sexism,’” (Chris Morris, “Get Rid of the Greek System”).

As a scholar of history, I believe that the old saying, “those who do not learn from the past are ...

By Kira Nightingale

On November 9, students gathered in the campus chapel for the 23rd annual Fall Convocation. First year students shouted for joy upon realizing that this was their last FYE activity, and cried upon realizing that it was yet another hour (that is, it was scheduled for an hour) of someone “older and wiser” talking ...

By Nicole Workoff

Now, I don’t want to get off on a rant here, but is it just me or is the lack of common courtesy on this campus appalling? It has never been more evident to me than tonight.

Leaving on my almost nightly jaunts in the hopes of finding some place quieter to read, I found myself on a comfortable ...

By Lyle Roser

I just found out last week that I am a racist. If it was not for the weekly column “Schocking Opinions” by Gettysburg student Jaimie Schock I would never have known. This particular week’s entry in The Gettysburgian was titled “New World.” She starts of by describing a Japanese Festival she attended called Aki Matsuri. She paints the ...

By Quiana Young

Gettysburg is a town where people easily get around with their cars and everything is okay. But, to the average city kid coming to Gettysburg College without a car, transportation services are quite a bit lacking; not only is this not a busy city, but their are no trains or buses. It is up to the school, however, ...

By Evan Rothera

If I understand the situation correctly, for a long time Gettysburg College had a mascot called Billy the Bullet, however, now, Billy is gone, due to his violence and phallic appearance. Recently, I was told that the school is in the process of getting a new mascot. Before I go any further, I feel that there is a ...

By Brian Jordan

Each generation has a proclivity to associate its existence with a specific date or event. Generations ago, some of the first students to matriculate through what was then called Pennsylvania College, found that definition within the battle that raged around and throughout the campus, redefining the social and political dimensions of their nation. Decades later, that meaning was ...