The Gettysburgian - April 12, 2019

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Candidates Discuss the Issues at Presidential, Vice Presidential Forums B y G auri M angala N ews E ditor The Monday, Apr. 8 Student Senate meeting was consumed by election forums for the body’s presidential and vice presidential elections, which began Monday evening and continue through Sunday. The forums were moderated by The Gettysburgian‘s editor-in-chief, Benjamin Pontz ’20. The presidential candidates, Secretary Marisa Balanda ‘21, Senator Patrick McKenna ‘20, and Diversity Committee Chair Hannah Dalzell ‘20 delivered opening statements on why they believed that they should be elected Student Senate President for the 2019-20 academic year that largely tacked with their statements of purpose. Pontz asked the entire panel a few questions that probed their assessments of the Budget Management Committee (BMC) and current President Nick Arbaugh ‘20. Then, Pontz asked what contributions each candidate had made

to improve diversity and inclusion at the college, especially considering each candidate mentioned diversity and inclusion as part of their campaign platform. “I look around today, and I see more people from all walks of life and I think that’s a really awesome thing,” McKenna said, adding that his specific contribution came through his work as parliamentarian last year. “I think that making the changes to the Constitution that were carried out by the current executive board is it for that with Senate.” Balanda said materially improving diversity and inclusion is beyond her purview but affirmed the importance of addressing these issues. “Upon announcing my candidacy, I did email a variety of club leaders from across cultural clubs and asked them if they wanted to talk about issues that were pertaining to their clubs and organizations.” Dalzell referenced her work with facilities to update the “You are here” maps on campus to include the ADA accessible

pathways on campus. Pontz then went to ask McKenna about his involvement with, what Pontz called, “last year’s election imbroglio,” wherein current Treasurer Haley Gluhanich ‘19 and Balanda were found responsible for violating Senate election rules regarding voter intimidation. Last spring, Gluhanich stated that a member of the Senate Executive Board “reached out to me and said that I needed to, ‘get moving’ and I needed to ‘go hard,’ and that they were legitimately worried because people hadn’t been voting for me and that they were nervous I was not going to win.” McKenna, who was at the time Senate Parliamentarian and worked closely with Vice President Aimee Bosman ’18 in managing the election, later asserted that he was the one who talked to Gluhanich. Pontz asked McKenna if he had been in any possession of non-public information about voting of any kind. McKenna said he had not, but he conceded that, on the whole, the executive board

Clockwise, from top L: Vice Presidential Candidates Rock Swartz and Jack Lashendock; Presidential Candidates Patrick McKenna, Hannah Dalzell, and Marisa Balanda (Photos provided) did not communicate well either to the student body or the individuals accused. “I think where it really fell through was the communication aspect,” McKenna said. “I don’t think we did a good job communicating what was going on to the whole campus. I don’t think we did a good job communicating what was going on to the

people involved. And that was, maybe, a bit of an understatement even, my statement just there.” Following up on McKenna’s answer, Balanda was asked about her opinion piece in The Gettysburgian, “Marisa and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week.” In the piece, Marisa asserted that she believed

that Senate needed more adult supervision. Balanda said that she feels that Jon Allen, Director of the Office of Student Activities and Greek Life (OSAGL) and advisor of Student Senate, embodies the adult supervision that she was seeking. -Continued on next page-

President Riggs Reflects on Her Time as an Administrator B y S am S hourds and D anielle S icotte S taff W riters After her time as a student and full-time psychology professor here at Gettysburg College, Janet Morgan Riggs ‘77 adopted a new title within the Gettysburg community: administrator. From 1991 to 2008, Riggs served our college through various administrative positions, from executive assistant to provost, before working her way up to president. H e r f i r s t administrative role, executive assistant to the president, was a position formerly occupied by Julie Ramsey, current Vice

Blasts from the past These archived “blasts from the past” were compiled by copyeditor Shannon Zeltmann utilizing Special Collections in Musselman Library.

President of College Life and Dean of Students. Ramsey reflects on this time, saying “I was assistant to the president, and I did that job for a number of years. In 1990, we got a new president, and he came in and he asked me to be Dean of Students.” After Ramsey assumed her new administrative role, the executive assistant position was open, and President Gordon Haaland began searching for possible candidates. According to Ramsey, “He wanted a faculty person; he wanted a faculty voice near him, somebody he could turn to and say, ‘Help me to understand how the faculty

would think about this.’” In order to uphold the connection to the faculty, this position would follow a three-year rotation amongst the faculty members. President Haaland naturally consulted with Julie Ramsey to help find a suitable candidate. When asked who she would recommend for the position, Ramsey responded, “The only person I can recommend you without any hesitation, any qualms whatsoever, is Janet Riggs.” Haaland took this suggestion to heart and asked Riggs to assume the position. While Riggs was skeptical about leaving the teaching position she loved, she eventually agreed, thinking, “It might be a really

This week in 1939, the classes had their nominations ready for student council election. There were 98 students nominated for that election across the four classes. There were fifteen seniors, twentythree juniors, twenty-five sophomores, and thirtyfive first-years nominated for the various positions. On one day in the middle of the month, students in good standing could stop by to receive their ballot to vote from nine to five.

This week in 1949, the college was looking for patrons of next year’s G-Book, which was given to first-year students each year. For one dollar, students, staff, and “professional men in Gettysburg” could have their names published in the next G-Book with their compliments to the incoming class. Sororities and fraternities could have an entire page if almost all their members contributed to the G-Book. Anyone who wanted to be a patron

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had to send their dollar in by the beginning of May before the handbook was sent off to the printer. This week in 1964, the Military Ball took place with the theme “lift off” in the ballroom on campus. The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra was playing that night under the direction of the trumpeter, from 9pm until one in the morning. There were several small events, including the senior cadets with their dates do a traditional procession

and the crowning of the 1964 Military Ball Queen by the previous year’s queen. Decorations were to follow the themes of NATO and SEATO, with a world map on one wall. This week in 2004, the Majestic Theater closed at the end of March for renovations that would take 20 months. This $12 million renovation was to restore the theater back to its original 1925 state. They believed the theater would be open back up again by November 2005

for its 80th anniversary. The biggest change was the 900-seat theater we know today at the time was divided into three small theaters. The 200-seat stadiumstyle room for films and other events was added, which at the time was used as a storage area. The original decor of the theater was in the colonial revival style, which Majestic has today thanks to this renovation.

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Later in the debate, Dalzell explained her desire to build more community on campus by hosting a largescale field day-style event in which representatives from each class as well as from the faculty and staff would traverse campus in a variety of silly ways such as a hippityhop or a hula hoop. “It’s always funny when people fall down,” Dalzell said, adding that alumni could recall, “Oh yeah I remember that professor — he failed my presentation — I hope he falls down.” During the open question and answer period, Melanie Pangol ’21 observed that community building is a two-way street and asked why, given her struggles to get senate to pay attention to micro-aggressions, she should put faith in its capacity to bridge cultural divides. Balanda and McKenna expressed their belief that senators and executive board members should take the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI), however, Dalzell disagreed. She believes that students should take the IDI if and because they want to. In the vice presidential debate, Rock Swartz ‘22 and Jack Lashendock ‘20 delivered opening statements about their talents for leading

communities and how they felt that they would instrumental in the 2019-20 executive board. Pontz asked Swartz to expand on why he, as a firstyear, would be qualified to sit on the executive board as vice president. Swartz cited his work as chair of the College Life Advisory Committee (CLAC), specifically in urging the development of the 14-swipe meal plan and the introduction of free and accessible menstruation hygiene products. In Lashendock’s statement of purpose, he mentioned that he had an “innate ability to lead.” He argued that his abilities in leadership should be taken to the seat of vice president, adding, “I think that by making sure that the senate works for everybody and has a diverse candidate pool, only then can it be truly the institution that we have imagined it to be.” Lashendock has never held a committee chair role in Senate and currently is not leading any campus organizations. The applications for technocratic executive board positions, as well as class senators and class officers, are currently open and close on Wednesday, Apr. 17. Student Senate will reconvene Monday, Apr. 15. Editor-in-Chief Benjamin Pontz contributed to this report.

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Bruce Hoffman Delivers Eisenhower Institute Lecture on Evolving Terrorist Threat B y P hoebe D oscher A ssistant N ews E ditor

Professor Bruce Hoffman of Georgetown University & Council on Foreign Relations gave a talk through the Eisenhower Institute Discussions series on the evolving terrorist threat landscape on Tuesday, April 2 in Mara Auditorium. Eisenhower Institute Undergraduate Fellows Olivia Lanctot ‘19 and Elizabeth Miller ‘19 gave opening remarks and moderated the discussion following the lecture. During the lecture, Hoffman, winner of the United States Intelligence Community Seal Medallion, discussed counterterrorism strategy as well as the lasting threat of ISIS and alQaeda. H o f f m a n prompted the audience with a modern connection to the imminent threat of terrorism; he mentioned the March 15, 2019 Christchurch, New Zealand mosque shootings, an act of farright white nationalist terrorism. He wrote an article on the topic, and encouraged the audience to read it on Council of Foreign Relations site. H o f f m a n subsequently transitioned

into discussion on the challenges and consequences of the threat of terrorism, including lessened focus on national security by recently resigned Secretary of Defense, James Mattis. Hoffman showed the Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s rendering of the terrorist threat on the United States and spread of terrorism group branches like ISIS to countries around the world. “Terrorism is as much an idea as it is about territory,” Hoffman riffed about the growing branches of al-Qaeda and ISIS and the stubborn resiliency of the groups. Due to technological advances, the groups find nuanced ways to grow their base, proving the fact that “terrorism doesn’t occur into a vacuum. It also feeds on occurrences in society.” According to Hoffman, ISIS leader al-Baghdadi was at the helm of ISIS’s resiliency and made the proper adjustments to strategy to ensure its longevity. The speaker made another modern-day connection, citing the suicide bombing attack in May 2017 at an Ariana Grande Concert in Manchester,

United Kingdom and the 2017 Barcelona, Spain attacks when a van barreled into pedestrians. Hoffman himself was especially disturbed by the Manchester attacks, which appeared random rather than framed against national events like the Olympics or a domestic election. He also mentioned that the Barcelona attacks were a second plan after a first bombing attempt failed, which shows ISIS’s alarming, strong desire for retaliation. Foreign fighters were the next topic of discussion in the lecture, including statistics of the amount killed and imprisoned. Hoffman noted the challenge of tracking movements of an atypical foreign fighter with potentially dangerous intentions. He linked the strength of alQaeda to the increasing amount of foreign fighters around the globe as well as the newfound strength following the succession plan and strategy implemented when commander alZawahiri took over in 2011. The next topic in Hoffman’s lecture centered around threats to commercial aviation from both al-Qaeda and ISIS. A series of

bombings on commercial airlines from a span of September 2004 to October 2015 resulted in a ban on laptops, tablets, and cellphones from eight Middle East countries. Hoffman closed his lecture with skeptical remarks regarding the intentions and strength of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to prevent the War on Terrorism. When the International Security Assistance Force ended in 2014, Hoffman claimed that NATO’s training efforts were “piecemeal and sporadic.” Few NATO member states, additionally, meet the 2% spending limit of GDP on defense, not fully utilizing the resource. Hoffman’s final comment to the audience was about the U.S. policy of outsourcing security in a time of constantly swinging politics and thoughts for the future on the country’s allies and the Taliban control of Afghanistan. The lecture concluded with a question and answer session; the audience was given the chance to write questions on notecards and contribute to the discussion.

Order of the Omega: President Riggs and Fellow Faculty Present at Last Lectures Series B y M ary F rasier S taff W riter On Wednesday, April 3 in the Attic, the Order of the Omega presented the Last Lectures Series. This year’s Last Lectures featured Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science Chas. Phillips, Chair of History and Associate Professor of Africana Studies Scott Hancock, and President Janet Morgan Riggs. Pearson Cost ’19 began the event by introducing the first speaker, Phillips, as a political theory professor who received his PhD at Johns Hopkins and was a founding brother of Chi Rho Psi. Phillips started off joking about giving his last lecture two years into his career at the college. He then began to explain his tripartite obsessions with teaching, political theory, and liberal arts colleges and how excited and thankful he was to have the opportunity to explore all three at Gettysburg College. Through the lens of philosophers Plato, Nietzsche, and Machiavelli, Phillips advised students that the world is a series of complex constructions and people must be selfreflective in order to succeed. In conclusion, he suggested that all students should be open to live by the Princely

Advice: if one cannot live among those they lead and listen to them, they will be an unsuccessful leader. Emma Stejbach ‘19 then introduced Hancock, acknowledging his eighteen years of service to the college, his position as History Department Chair, and his teaching of Africana Studies classes as well. Mentioning his specialization in the African American experience in U.S. history, she described him as a “champion for marginalized voices.” Hancock began his lecture stating that he had been part of the Presidential Search Committee that chose President Janet Morgan Riggs to be the 14th President of Gettysburg College. He then delved into his past and his identity, explaining that without knowing the context from which a person comes from, one will never truly understand their actions. Professor Hancock emphasized that truth matters. Moreover, he asserted that the moral truth of society is lacking; further, the lack of accountability for those in power leave the vulnerable to be even more defenseless. He concluded by urging the students to fight for what is true. James Mullen introduced the final

Janet Morgan Riggs was among the faculty who presented at the Last Lecture (Photo Mary Frasier/The Gettysburgian) s p e a k e r , p r o c l a i m i n g working in the president’s The second lesson was than the rest; they have that the words “graceful, o f f i c e , h o l d i n g t h e about expectations, bias, j u s t h a v e m u c h m o r e h u m i l i t y , l e a d e r , a n d p o s i t i o n o f i n t e r i m and stereotypes. In order responsibility. The fifth G e t t y s b u r g ” c a m e P r o v o s t , a n d h o l d i n g to succeed as a leader, lesson: leaders must walk t o m i n d w h e n a n y o n e the position of interim o n e m u s t b e a w a r e o f t h e w a l k . T h e v a l u e s mentioned “the legend.” President at Gettysburg n e g a t i v e e x p e c t a t i o n o f k i n d n e s s , c i v i l i t y , President Janet Morgan C o l l e g e , h o w e v e r , t h e and implicit bias and do r e s p e c t , c o m p a s s i o n , Riggs spoke frankly with P r e s i d e n t i a l S e a r c h everything in their power a n d t h e w i l l i n g n e s s t o the audience of students. Committee offered her t o a v o i d i t . T h e t h i r d admit that mistakes are S h e e x p l a i n e d s h e d i d the position of President lesson: good decision- essential to being a good n o t h a v e a g r a n d p l a n of Gettysburg College, making requires context. leader. The single most before college, and she and she accepted. She asserted that good i m p o r t a n t q u a l i t y i n a planned to only major The role taught leaders do not succumb leader, in her opinion, is in math but left with a h e r m a n y v a l u a b l e to groupthink and often integrity. President Riggs degree in psychology as l e a d e r s h i p l e s s o n s , look at multiple points concluded her speech by w e l l , f u r t h e r p u r s u i n g b u t s h e w a n t e d t o of view before making r e m i n d i n g s t u d e n t s t o her studies in graduate s p e c i f i c a l l y s h a r e f i v e a n i m p o r t a n t d e c i s i o n . k e e p t h e i r e y e s o p e n s c h o o l . W h e n s h e with the audience. The She also warned to never f o r o p p o r t u n i t i e s a n d d e c i d e d s h e w a n t e d t o first lesson was the value a s s u m e t h a t s i l e n c e i s admitting that she will teach psychology, she did of hard work. President a g r e e m e n t . T h e f o u r t h miss the students’ energy not anticipate returning Riggs emphasized that lesson: it’s not all about a n d p a s s i o n t h e m o s t to Gettysburg College. one must show up and the leader. She explained upon her departure from After being a professor, have serious work ethic. that a leader is no better her position.

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Faculty Meeting News and Notes: April 4, 2019 B y B enjamin P ontz E ditor -I n -C hief The G etty s burg College faculty spent its entire meeting discussing a proposal from the Management Department to add a dual major in business to the college’s curriculum after the visible absence of a quorum led President Janet Morgan Riggs to skip agenda items requiring a vote. As it turned out, discussion of the major consumed the entire hour-long meeting, and not all faculty who wished to speak were able to do so.

The Proposal The plan calls for the addition of the major beginning in the 2020-21 academic year and capping the number of students in the program at 60 per class year. The major would include seven core courses, six of which are currently requirements of the business minor, three elective courses from other departments across campus, a capstone experience, and a “critical action-learning” component that could be fulfilled by an internship, studying abroad, or a community engagement experience. Students would be required to declare the major at the end of the first semester of their sophomore year, and the top 60 students based on academic performance who apply would be accepted. At the time of applying, students would have to provide a formal academic plan and rationale of how they intend to integrate business and their primary major. Dr. Heather OdleDusseau, Chair of the Management Department, and Bennett Bruce, Lecturer and Pre-Business Advisor, presented the proposal, which comes on the heels of numerous discussions at faculty meetings and elsewhere about an impending shift in the demographics of students attending college that could threaten the

college’s financial standing. In November, Riggs said, “The demographic situation will be dire only if we do nothing. We do not plan to do nothing.” The Faculty Finance Committee, led by Professor and Chair of Economics John Cadigan, has projected financial deficits if the college does not do more to increase revenue and curtail costs as the college’s discount rate, the percentage of tuition not received due to financial aid, continues to climb. Against that backdrop, the Management Department developed the proposal in consultation with the Provost’s Office and with feedback from the Academic Program and Policy Committee. “ I f t h e Management Department can help to buffer any of this,” the proposal’s rationale reads, “then we are willing to take on the development and implementation of a dual Business major for the sake of the College.” At the meeting, Odle-Dusseau and Bruce emphasized the desire for strong interdisciplinary connections within the major and noted that 24 course proposals had been submitted after a call for proposals was released in February that offered $2,000 to faculty members who develop courses that would meet the requirements of the major. Their presentation included a sampling of the course proposals received, which included: -I’ll Make You an Offer You Can’t Refuse: Business and the Mafia -Business Chinese -Social Justice in Business -Global Media Industries “We really w anted to s tay true to what Gettysburg College is and what it means — the prestige associated with the Gettysburg College and how we could carry that into a potential offering in a business major,” OdleDusseau said.

She added that the current Organization & Management Studies major encompasses a small part of the broader sphere of business such that it would be disingenuous to merely rename the department business in an attempt simply to attract students looking to study business. Director of Admissions Gail Sweezey observed that, over the past several years, she has seen a marked shift in what prospective students are interested in studying. 15 years ago, she said, the weakest college-bound students were the ones who wanted to study business but that now, it is high school valedictorians and other strong applicants — including high numbers of first-generation and international students — who want to study business. Because Gettysburg College offers only a minor right now, Sweezey said, it can be challenging to recruit those students.

contrast, gender, which is often used incorrectly, signifies something unassigned to someone. Rather, it is a person’s choice to choose their gender and how they would like to identify. Gender identity is often decided by a person based on their sense of being masculine and feminine, meaning that they usually associate with whichever side of the spectrum they lean towards. The Gender Unicorn is a helpful resource when it comes to discussing the topic of gender identity. A graphic created by Trans Student Educational Resources, it breaks down one’s gender identity, gender expression, sex assigned at birth, to whom one is physically or emotionally attracted, and one’s sex assigned at birth. Barlett spoke about the evolution of one’s identity. Before the 1970s, if someone was mentally healthy, he/she/ they would fall onto their designated masculine

or feminine side based on their sex. Later, researchers realized all people have a level of both the masculine and feminine sides. The majority of people still remain cis-gender, but there is also a considerable amount of people who lean towards masculine and feminine traits, and specifically later in their lives, portray themselves as androgynous more openly. There are more than two genders or dimensions, and a lot of other variations and combinations. According to Barlett, if people want to know about something, they should understand its origin. Gender identity is important to ascertain because it determines how people function or identify with their biological sex. It can change how an individual thinks, feels, and behaves. Societal issues affect gender identity, with Target Corp. moving away from gender-based signs, men being chastised

The Discussion A total of 13 faculty members rose to ask questions or make comments after the formal presentation concluded, and at least three more were awaiting recognition when Riggs adjourned the meeting shortly after 5:00 p.m. Chair of Classics and Former Dean of Academic Advising GailAnn Rickert questioned why students would be required to declare the major at the end of the fall semester of their sophomore year, which is a semester earlier than the general deadline. Capping the number of students at 60 and requiring the earlier declaration, Rickert said, “will require a lot of handholding” for students. Chair of Art & Art History Felicia Else suggested that providing students more time to declare would allow for “more dynamic” pairings. Professor of Economics and Chair of

Public Policy Char Weise, who preceded OdleDusseau as Chair of the Management Department, said that while he is “sympathetic” to the concept of a business major, that department is already stretched too thin and that the college’s finances are limited such that he would not be inclined to approve a new major of this magnitude without external funding and the guarantee of new faculty positions. Provost Chris Zappe responded that he projects the need for two additional tenure-track faculty members in the department as well as several part-time sections. In terms of financing, Interim Vice President of Development Betsy Diehl said that her office has identified 2,000 living alumni who were business administration majors, of which 40 percent could have the financial capacity to donate at a significant level. She added that she has spoken to families and members of the Board of Trustees who have expressed interest in financially supporting a new program of this nature. “No promises, but I think it’s hopeful,” she said.

N u m e r o u s faculty members raised questions about the timing and process for moving forward as well as about the college’s history with the business curriculum. Cadigan, the Faculty Finance Chair, said that, in his view, the prospect of a business major is “pretty simple.” If the college could enroll 10 additional students per year thanks to adding the major, by the fourth year, there would be at least $1.2 million in additional annual revenue, which would more than cover the cost of faculty to support the entire program. F r o m t h e perspective of APPC,

Chair and Professor of Psychology Brian Meier said that his committee was not comfortable cosponsoring the motion because the process was rushed and Faculty Finance was not able to weigh in ahead of the meeting. While he believes the members of APPC are generally supportive, he recommended pursuing a more systematic process and revisiting the plan next year. A s s o c i a t e Professor of Music Avner Dorman recalled from his previous service on APPC shortly after he arrived at the college in 2010 that the potential addition of a business major could have affected the college’s classification from the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education, which determines in which category the college is ranked by organizations such as US News & World Report. Specifically, he worried the addition of a pre-professional major like this could jeopardize the college’s liberal arts designation. Riggs responded that the college’s subclassification could change from arts & sciences to arts, sciences & professions if more than 20 percent of its degrees would be awarded in professional areas. That category is occupied presently by Washington & Lee, Bucknell, and Lafayette. This would not, however, affect the college’s category for national rankings, Director of Institutional Analysis Suhua Dong said, even though her projections show that adding 60 new business majors per class would move the college to 23 percent of degrees being conferred in professional areas. That analysis notwithstanding, Associate Professor of History & Chair of Africana Studies Abou Bamba expressed concern about the college’s continued drift away from a traditional liberal arts focus.

“It seems to me, at least, that more and more we are moving towards a vocational school as we pile up these new majors that are more towards a professional track,” he said. In closing, Lecturer and Entrepreneurin-Residence Drew Murphy, who teaches many courses in the current business minor, which he helped develop, expressed his full-throated support for the proposal to add a business major. He said that, each year, he teaches about 230 students who come from at least 17 majors in finance courses. “I get the best of every department,” he said. “It’s an overwhelming effect of positive learning. I tell them, ‘I don’t really care if you learn finance,’ even though I honestly do. Some of them are going to professionally do it — those of you that know me know a lot of them actually do do it professionally — but most kids just learn how to problem solve, and they learn how to problem solve in the discipline … to me, this is a continuation of that.” In his view, the major would be best if it were called something other than just “business,” but he recognizes the marketing value of the stand-alone name. “There isn’t a business of business, there’s the business of something. We do such an incredible job of teaching them what that something is, and now we’re just teaching them the business of that something,” he added. “Personally, the minor has been an incredible teaching experience for me, I think the kids have all loved it immensely, and they’re very enthusiastic about it becoming a major.” The faculty has only one more regular business meeting this academic year, which is on Thursday, April 18. At that meeting, they could vote on the proposal.

for letting their sons play with dolls or like princesses, and New York creating a gender-neutral “X” option for birth certificates. Parents and companies are looking to give children options, as they are influenced early on in many ways. Barlett stated that parents are one of the greatest influences when it comes to how a person identifies. Parents tell their children what is made for girls and boys and decide what a child wears and plays with. They also have preconceived notions of what the child will be like before it is born based on its sex. In the same way, technology shows society what a girl or boy should look like and how they should act. Barlett also mentioned that toy companies purposely utilize one sex in their commercials. In regard to a proximate level, the testosterone and estrogen levels can contribute to one how one identifies,

too. According to research, Barlett added, “If your twin is cisgender, you most likely are too.” She continued to say that male fetuses who are exposed to higher levels of testosterone in utero tend to prefer “boy toys” and females not exposed to high levels of androgens prefer dolls. On an evolutionary level, certain genes increase chances of survival. Therefore, females typically continue to be more nurturing, whereas men are more aggressive. Barlett detailed the gender identity progression throughout the early years of a child. By the age of two, kids know if they are a boy or a girl because they are told their gender. By age three, they identify gender roles. By age five, they can recognize gender constancy, the concept that sex does not change. In a video shown at the lecture, a young girl said that boys should not wear dresses and that girls can have long

hair – not boys. The genders should not swap clothing, according to a boy, because they would get made fun of. One boy even said that boys are better than girls because they are stronger. The social learning theory that represents these statements develops due to observation, imitation, and reinforcement. Barlett noticed this own issue and theory with her children after her son told her that he assumed cleaning was a woman’s job. Thus, she encouraged her husband to clean the bathroom. The students at the lecture argued that it is very difficult to have a gender-neutral child because what you teach them in the home will be contradicted by what is taught to them by the public world. Companies also separate clothing so that it is not genderneutral to increase sales, and so the separation of genders will most likely persist for years to come.

The Process & Institutional History

WGS Lecture Series: Barlett Sparks Gender Development and Identity Discussion B y K aley M ichael S taff W riter Professor Natalie Barlett of the Psychology Department discussed gender development at this week’s Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Lecture. Barlett, who specializes in Child Development, uses her research to understand the correlation and predictors of relational aggression in childhood and adolescence. She is also studying the developmental process that occurs with Emerging Adulthood and teaches WGS 210: Topics in Women, Gender, and Sexuality. Through her presentation, she explicated the origin of the difference between sex and gender, what gender is, and how gender is perceived by the world around us. B a r l e t t recognizes that one’s “sex” is defined by their external genitalia or the chromosomes designated to a fetus in the womb. In

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Gettysburg College Hosts Second Iteration of ‘GettMUN’ Model UN Conference B y P hoebe D oscher A ssistant N ews E ditor

Gettysburg College hosted the second annual GettMUN Model UN Conference on Saturday, April 6 to debate on crises and learn how to interact with and compromise like nations with students from other colleges. Model UN is a simulation of United Nations structures and bodies debating on topics used in real UN conferences by real life diplomats around the world. 27 delegates attended the event in the flag-adorned Science Center, each representing a different country and defending their respective nation’s beliefs on the topic at hand. Lauren Browning ‘22, one of the chairs at the conference cited the key aspects of Model UN as “problem solving, persuasion, real world experience and overall cooperation.” Further, GettMUN II was a valuable simulation of United Nations conferences: “The debate that occurred on Saturday--and at all good MUN conferences-imitates, even betters, the real United Nations and the critical discussions of the nagging problems their committees address.”

Delegates debated in General Assembly on the Protection of Civilian Medical and Humanitarian Personnel in Combat Areas. Led this year by Secretary General Jack Lashendock ‘20, Alison Lashendock ‘20, and Alexandros Economou ‘22, GettMUN was introduced at Gettysburg in 2017 by Allison and Jack Lashendock and Marley Dizney Swanson ‘18, experienced participants in Model UN. The first conference was held in spring of 2018; the leadership team has spent the past ten months planning GettMUN II. This year, delegates convene from six colleges near and far; participating colleges include SUNY Oswego, Dickinson College, Virginia Commonwealth University, Lafayette College, Franklin and Marshall University, and Bloomsburg College of Pennsylvania. Jack Lashendock and his General Secretary team, as well as Matt Fellini ‘22 and Matthew Feldstein ‘21 worked in the backroom during GettMUN II, coming up with crises to throw a bombshell into the conversation, including “breaking news” of 26 Red Cross humanitarian aid workers being kidnapped by a Venezuelan gang. Delegates chose whether

or not to discuss the crises, all while debating the General Assembly topic and working towards developing and passing a unified resolution by the end. Delegates also had the opportunity to pass notes to one another and the members in the backroom. They shared ideas regarding proposals for clauses and ideas to contribute to working papers, and eventually draft resolutions, as well as assent with fellow country’s ideas. Throughout the day, General Assembly held discussion either in an unmoderated or moderated caucus, led by Chairs Giacomo Coppola ‘22 and Browning. An unnmoderated caucus consists of unstructured discussion with diplomats mingling around to share opinions and give feedback on responses. Moderated caucus is timed, with the opportunity for countries to give short speeches on their opinions within the topic. GettMUN was Browning’s first collegiate Model UN conference; she was impressed by the passion of the group on Saturday, “At the collegiate level the body is incredibly engaged and deliberate in developing the resolutions; at this point there is no one here who

wants to do MUN only to put it on their resumés and everyone is genuinely interested in acting upon the problem at hand.” Economou, Secretary-General of Events Outreach was one of the members in the backroom during GettMUN II. A first-year, he previously competed in Model UN during high school and at the All American Conference. He decided to compete on the team at Gettysburg, and after competing, he was promoted to the SecretaryGeneral position. Model UN has allowed Economou the opportunity to improve his self-confidence and garner new friendships with people from around the world: “Model UN has made me a great public speaker, writer, and researcher. Model UN allowed me to travel to new places like Budapest, Hungary and Warsaw, Poland. Whether they’re from Chicago or Honduras, the friends I have made through Model UN has been something I am beyond blessed with.” Since founding the conference, Jack and Alison Lashendock have garnered participation from two new schools and interest from other colleges that were unable to attend this year, such as Villanova

University and Goucher College. Jack Lashendock even mentioned considering expanding their conference to high school participants in the coming years and holding two simultaneous debates on the high school and college level. Jack Lashendock commented on the larger interest for GettMUN II, “It is impressive to see our growth, especially into upstate New York and into Maryland and Philadelphia.” He is also hopeful that GettMUN will continue to grow in the coming years, transitioning into a multi-day event to give students more opportunity to address concerns of the global community. Usually, larger Model UN conferences occur over a time span of up to four days. Some students participate with hundreds of students at larger schools like Yale University, Cornell University, and Florida International University. GettMUN is a smaller scale event that is cost-friendly and conveniently located for neighboring colleges to attend. Cierra Lane, a student who traveled five hours from SUNY Oswego, represented the Republic of Mali and has been participating in Model

UN since high school. She commented on her college’s draw to this event in particular, “Our club has had ups and down, we lost some members so we had to rebuild. For the past two semesters we’ve started coming back and beginning to look at conferences to go to. This was cheap, and we could do the distance.” S t u d e n t camaraderie was a common thread at Gettysburg’s Model UN event; the conference ended with a closing ceremony and awards with certificates for distinguished speakers to recognize their work. The backroom team also briefly interrupted debate for reflection and feedback about the Chairs and collected a survey at the conclusion of the event to learn how to improve for next time. Members of GettMUN encourage Gettysburg students to join and begin participating in Model UN conferences, “I believe that Gettysburg College can be one of the best teams in the circuit if we had more students competing. Gettysburg is full of many students who show great potential, and I believe that Model UN is a great way for them to use that potential,” Economou said.

President Riggs Speaks Discusses Her Experience as a Woman in Higher Education B y K aley M ichael S taff W riter

Janet Morgan Riggs, the 14th president of Gettysburg College since 2014, and a graduate from both Gettysburg College and Princeton University gave this week’s lecture to continue the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Series. Riggs graduated from Gettysburg with a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Psychology in 1977 after she became interested in Psychology through faculty at the college. She subsequently obtained a Ph.D. through Princeton in Social Psychology. Later, Riggs worked as a professor at the college and was eventually pulled to the administrative side, through which she worked as the Provost and now, the President. Riggs emphasized during her lecture that she had no idea where she wanted to go and had no set plan for her life after graduating from college. She claimed that “People need to relax when it comes to what they are going to do with their lives.” As for right now, the president is looking forward to retiring and having some time to herself. From the standpoint of a Social Psychologist, and a cisgender female, Riggs gave her lecture from an anecdotal point of view that focused on: attributions, expectations, and evaluations. Attributions are the way we think about the causes and behaviors of events, which the retiring president claimed was made a point in her life when she was accepted to the Psychology program

in 1977 at Princeton University. Because the school had been an allmale institution until the early ‘70s, Riggs had a feeling she had gotten into the program solely because females were needed. Instead, she should have attributed the experience to her good grade point average, her great research experience, and her high scores on GRE tests. Recently a faculty member from the Health Sciences department address Riggs and claimed that women lacked confidence when applying to medical school and graduate schools, undermining their aspirations, unlike their confident male counterparts. She said that there is a tendency for women and men to make attributions about their performance in different ways. Women are more likely to attribute their successful performance to things like excessive effort and luck, whereas men are better at attributing their successful performance to their abilities. For instance, women might think, “I got lucky on this final exam because I worked my butt off all semester,” while a man might say, “Of course I got an A, I am good at this subject.” In contrast, men are better at excusing poor performance saying, “I did not try that hard and that is why I did not do well in the class.” When Janet Morgan Riggs was a student at Gettysburg College, she did not have a single permanent tenured faculty member and had to take 35 courses. Her only female professors were part-time instructors and a biology

lab instructor. When she became a professor, there were so few female colleagues that they could all gather together around a table for dinner. Committees would seek out Riggs because she was from the Natural Sciences Department and she could represent that division and women in general. She would speak in meetings but was often ignored, and always young compared to the men twenty or thirty years older than her. She attributed the men ignoring her to the fact that she was not articulating her ideas very well until she came upon situations when she saw it happening to other women. From this, we learn that one’s sex and gender can influence the attributions that one makes. There are also differences, according to Janet Morgan Riggs, in terms of how men and women are treated. When she was a student, she was consistently trying to find money to support her during graduate school. Her institution had to nominate her; thus, she was coerced to go through an interview process. It was not unusual at that time for people to be engaged or married while in college, so it was not strange that she was engaged during the time of the nomination process. A male friend of hers was also engaged to someone, yet Riggs was the only one to have her engagement brought up during the interview. The interviewers worried she was not focused on grad school, as well as her mother, who once stated, “I don’t know why [Riggs] is going through all this trouble to have a Ph.D.

when she is just going to have a family anyway.” Her mother, still, was one of her greatest supporters. Gender roles persist in many ways. Women are still considered the primary caretakers of the home and children, and in an academic context, spend more time advising. They also receive more evaluation comments from students about their wardrobes, nurturing strictness, demanding, and more. Men are more likely to get comments about being commanding, smart, etc. If a man acts aggressively she is bratty, if a man acts aggressively he is assertive. Riggs later spoke about female students applying to the college and how female students often have better grades, although the school tries to maintain a 1:1 ratio when it comes to gender. When admitting students, the admissions office takes into account a number of items, such as leadership ability, athletic ability, public service, and of course, the basic bar that everyone must meet in terms of academic credentials. Janet Morgan Riggs is the mother of three children in three years, two being twins. She struggled with a busy household during a time without maternity leave. There was not a childcare center near her, and she ended up placing her children in a daycare home. Fortunately enough, she and her husband were able to manage a schedule. However, a feat she had to overcome was asking for a semester off for each pregnancy despite the fact that her leave was

JMR speaks to WGS students. (Photo by Sam Hann/The Getysburgian) unpaid. She noted that it was difficult to convince the president and she was often met with adversity. As for the future of Gettysburg, Janet Morgan Riggs declared that Gettysburg College has changed its diversity tremendously in the past five to ten years. A recent moment of realization for her occurred when she decided that although the school has improved, what matters is our experience right now. We cannot pat ourselves on the back when we should focus on areas that need improvement. Student to student action could possibly be improving, especially when it comes to getting to know people from different backgrounds. Students can usually handle microaggressions from other students. Of course, it is often difficult and irritating, but it is worse when the ignorance persists from faculty members. The president noted that no one taught her how to

teach or handle difficult conversations in the classrooms. She would like to implement workshop training by department so that faculty members are forced to undergo training and it is not simply “preaching to the choir” to those who are already educated. The world today has a pace of change that is much greater than it was in the twentieth century and requires us all to be avid learners. Riggs quoted at the lecture, “A liberal arts education has never been more valuable than it is right now. The skills you learn are transferrable skills.” Such skills are speaking, writing, presenting things digitally, working on a team, and working with people from varying backgrounds. Before she concluded her presentation, Riggs declared, “We are going to be valued for our good thinking skills.”

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Protesting ‘Implicit Racism’ in Art Curriculum, Students Remove Their Work from Juried Exhibition B y G auri M angala & B enjamin P ontz

Student artists have removed nine of their works from the Juried Student Exhibition in Schmucker Art Gallery to protest what they say is the Art & Art History department’s failure to “recognize the voices of marginalized identities.” A c c o r d i n g to a letter sent to The Gettysburgian by Angelique Acevedo ’19 and Lars Healy ’20 on behalf of the protesting student artists, studio art courses at Gettysburg College are plagued by bias. “Multiple black and brown student artists have experienced discomfort within classroom settings as a product of present racial biases, and have voiced such experiences,” the letter said. “These students, as well as others, have also identified artistic pressures to render within a particular artistic style.” The students said the drastic action was necessitated by the ineffectiveness of previous efforts to raise concerns with members of the faculty and college administration through the “sanctioned routes for complaints.” One such concern pertains to a lack of student input in hiring of tenure-track professors in the department and the existing lack of diversity among the department’s faculty. “12 of 15 faculty listed in the department are white, and 5 of 6 fulltime professors are white. In the past 4 years, 3 hires have been made- all white men. We have no studio professors of color. What does this say about our commitment to diversity as a department?”- Student artists’ letter on protest. The letter goes on to argue that the lack of diversity in the department is also reflected in the eurocentric curriculum in both the Art and Art History departments. Vice Provost and Dean of Arts & Humanities Jack Ryan says attention will be paid this concern. Later in the letter, the students propose having the chance to offer formal feedback on candidate presentations that hiring committees would review and to have students on

hiring committees. “Choices are being made about our future education by a team of 3 professors and the department chair, but these are not the people who have or will be taught by the professors they hire,” the letter said. “If we as students cannot trust our faculty to make hiring decisions with our interests in mind, then we ask to be the ones instead making the decisions.” The letter requests student inclusion on hiring committees for faculty members. Ryan said, “On this campus, we don’t have a culture of including students on faculty hiring committees, but perhaps it’s something we should explore.” Most recently, the department hired current Visiting Assistant Professor Austin Stiegemeier, who is white, to a tenure-track assistant professor role teaching painting and drawing. That role was vacated last year by Amer Kobaslija, who resigned shortly after getting tenure. Professor of Art & Art History Mark Warwick chaired the search that hired Stiegemeier. He did not respond to a request for comment about how the search was conducted and whether he thought there was sufficient opportunity for student input. Ryan said that student input should be solicited systematically when conducting faculty searches and that, in most departments, it is. “Involving students in faculty searches is a healthy thing to do,” he said. “It is common on this campus.” He acknowledged that he views many of the concerns the students raised regarding how the recent search was conducted as well as about a need to better diversify the curriculum as valid. “We’re working with the students and faculty to address them with expedience,” Ryan said. On Monday afternoon, students met with the Art & Art History department faculty and to discuss the situation and what needs to be done moving forward. “We sincerely e x p r e s s e d o u r disappointment in how our

complaints were handled and proposed concrete actions to address racial and hiring process concerns in the art department,” Healy stated. “We’re following up right now and working with professors and department admins to address these.” Art & Art History Department Chair Felicia Else said that she and her colleagues were “all incredibly dismayed to hear how systematically silenced some of our students have felt.” “It was not our intent and we will be working with them and others to rebuild their trust and make the department a more inclusive environment,” Else said. “While specific actions will need to be addressed in the coming weeks and months and in consultation with other members of the campus community, we have heard the students [sic] requests and will move forward with them at the forefront of our minds.” Healy agreed that changes are important moving forward. “We’re trying to be proactive and look at this whole situation in terms of what we can do to address problems happening and learn from mistakes being made and create failsafes so they don’t happen again,” he said. “Students and faculty were both proposing ideas like a committee that would meet regularly with the art department head to converse and that could be a venue for complaints, communication, [and] transparency. We’re going to work together and pilot a program to involve students in hiring committees directly. There were also ideas to revamp the current art/art history curriculums to include less eurocentric material [and the] creation of some sort of paperwork or e-form to formalize and record student feedback. I think we’re overall at sort of this beautiful but daunting state of momentum and ideas and we just need to continue riding that momentum to see the creation of these groups and forms and policies to fruition.”

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At the exhibit opening, an attendee posted a napkin encouraging dialogue above the note (Photo by Gettysburgian Staff)

Senate Committee on Greek Life Conducts Interviews As It Works to Bridge ‘Divide’ B y G auri M angala N ews E ditor The Senate Committee on Greek Life (SCOGL) has spent the semester conducting interviews with both those involved and not involved with Greek life. The committee, which Student Senate President Nick Arbaugh ’20 convened late last semester, is charged “to study the social environment and interactions between both constituent populations of the campus and divine ways with which to better the Gettysburg College community as a whole.” Student Senate Vice President Patrick Custer ‘19 represents the Greek community as the Greek cochair of SCOGL. “It’s been an interesting experience – talking with people from varying areas of campus to get their perspectives on what interactions between Greek and non-Greek students are like,” he said. Student Senate has long considered there to be a strong divide between the Greek and non-Greek communities. “Early on in the year, I noticed that it was a recurring topic of conversation both in and out of Senate. It seemed like people wanted to talk about it and have a dialogue, so I tried to provide an avenue for that discussion,” Arbaugh said.

March 27, 2019 (Wednesday) -Vandalism at Schmucker Hall; Closed - No Suspects or Witnesses

March 23, 2019 (Saturday) -Liquor Laws: Underage Consumption; Liquor Laws: Underage Consumption at Huber Hall; Closed - Referred to SRR -Vandalism: Damage to Vehicle at Campus Exterior Baughman Lot; Closed - Referred to SRR -Drunkenness: Public Drunkenness at Campus Exterior: Bullet Hole South Patio; Closed - Referred to SRR -Drug Abuse Violation: Possession: Marijuana/Possession of Drug Paraphernalia at Stine Hall; Closed - Referred to SRR

March 30, 2019 (Saturday) -Liquor Laws: Underage Consumption at Patrick Hall West Exterior; Closed - Referred to SRR -Liquor Laws: Underage Consumption at Eisenhower House Lot; Closed - Referred to SRR -Other Assault/Harassment of Dating Violence at West Exterior of College Union Building; Closed - Referred to SRR

March 26, 2019 (Tuesday) -Vandalism at Paxton Hall; Closed - No Suspects or Witnesses

member of the committee, is currently running for Student Senate president on a platform that includes bridging divides between Greek and non-Greek students. Last fall, she wrote an op-ed in The Gettysburgian entitled “The Problem with Rushing – Friends are the Family We Choose” in which she described experience with the sorority rush process at Gettysburg. Specifically, she said, “It was when I saw three different girls crying that I finally stopped wavering with my own personal confusion. I decided that joining Greek life was not something for me. These girls were crying because they were not invited back for the second round with a desired sorority. This seemed more obvious than the unspoken caste system of high school cliques. Why was I allowing myself to be interviewed to be a friend? Wasn’t this supposed to occur naturally and organically over shared interests and beliefs.” Balanda ended up dropping out of the rush process and is currently not affiliated with any Greek organizations at Gettysburg College. SCOGL is set to publish a public document to present to the Office of Student Activities and Greek Life (OSAGL) towards the end of the semester with its findings from its research.

DPS Crime Log

March 18, 2019 (Monday) -All Other Offenses: Harassment: Telephone at Patrick Hall; Closed - Referred to HR

March 24, 2019 (Sunday) -Liquor Laws: Underage Consumption at Campus Exterior: Sidewalk West of Brua Hall; Closed - Referred to SRR -Liquor Laws: Underage Consumption at Hanson Hall; Closed - Referred to SRR -Liquor Laws: Underage Consumption at Campus Exterior: Hanson Hall West Exterior; Closed - Referred to SRR -Liquor Laws: Underage Consumption at Hanson Hall West Exterior; Closed - Referred to SRR -Liquor Laws: Underage Consumption at Paul Hall; Closed Referred to SRR

Originally, Randy Feeley ‘21 sat on the committee as the non-Greek co-chair of the committee. However, Feeley has since resigned from the position. “I quit SCOGL because I applied to the committee with the understanding that it would be a committee on Greek life, examining the truly positive and negative aspects of the system at Gettysburg,” Feeley explained. “When the committee began, its role became examining interactions between Greek and non-Greek life, with a proposal of how to bridge the divide between these two communities submitted at the end of the semester. While this is a noble goal, as the semester and our investigation went on, I realized that I can see no neat solution to the ‘Greek life problem’, especially from this committee, and I stepped down in order to apply my energy to my role as a House Leader and my academics.” The committee now sits at uneven status of five Greek and four non-Greek members. Timmy Wilson ‘21 now serves at the nonaffiliated co-chair. The other members are Secretary Marisa Balanda ‘21, President Nick Arbaugh ‘20, Cailin Casey ‘20, Kayla Cooper ‘19, Giacomo Coppola ‘22, Josh Getz ‘19, Charles Hagen ‘20, and Katie Troy ‘21. Notably, Balanda, who is a non-affiliated

March 31, 2019 (Sunday) -Disorderly Conduct: Excessive Noise at Phi Gamma Delta (FIJI) - West Porch; Closed - Referred to SRR -Vandalism at Hanson Hall; Closed - No Suspects or Witnesses -Liquor Laws: Underage Consumption at Patrick Hall; Closed - Referred to SRR Liquor Laws: Underage Consumption at Patrick Hall; Closed - Referred to SRR April 3, 2019 (Wednesday) -Larceny-Theft from Buildings at Corner Cottage; Closed Referred to GPD April 5, 2019 (Friday) -Assault: Other Assaults - Not Aggravated: Harassment at 131 N. Washington St.; Referred to SRR -Liquor Laws/Underage Consumption, Liquor Laws/Underage

Possession at Huber Hall; Closed - Referred to SRR April 6, 2019 (Saturday) -Liquor Laws/Underage Consumption, Vandalism/Damage to Building Door at Lamp Post; Closed - Referred to SRR -Public Drunkenness at Outside Musselman Stadium NE Entrance; Closed - Referred to GPD -Liquor Laws: False Identification Card at Stadium Lot North; Closed - Referred to SRR -Liquor Laws: Underage Possession/Liquor Laws: Underage Consumption at Paul Hall; Closed - Referred to SRR April 7, 2019 (Sunday) -Liquor Laws: Underage Consumption at Constitution Apartments; Closed - Referred to SRR -Liquor Laws: Underage Consumption at Public-Clery: 1st Block West Lincoln Avenue; Closed - Referred to SRR -Liquor Laws: Underage Consumption at Musselman Hall; Closed - Referred to SRR April 8, 2019 (Monday) -Liquor Laws: Underage Possession/Possession of Drug Paraphernalia at Patrick Hall; Closed - Referred to SRR April 9, 2019 (Tuesday) -Drug Abuse Violation: Possession: Marijuana at 343 Carlisle Street; Closed - Referred to SRR Compiled by Kaley Michael, Staff Writer

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Springfest Artist to Be Travis Porter

This year’s Springfest artist was announced to be Travis Porter, a hip-hop group from Georgia (Promotional photo courtesy of Campus Activities Board) B y C ameron D’A mica S taff W riter T h e 2 0 1 9 Springfest artist was announced on Tuesday, April 2 to be the hip-hop group, Travis Porter. The group originated in Georgia and consists of three artists: the brothers Ali and Quez and their friend Strap. The Anything is PAULssbile 5k honors the memory of Paul Detweiler, a Gettysburg student and Alpha Phi Omega brother, who passed away from a brain tumor in 2013 (Photo courtesy of Brittany Bondi)

Anything is PAULssible 5k Happening Sunday B y P hoebe D oscher A ssistant N ews E ditor On Sunday, April 14, Alpha Phi Omega (APO), the coed service fraternity, will be sponsoring the sixth annual Anything is PAULssible 5k. I n p e r s o n registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. in the Attic, and the race starts at 9:30 a.m. on the cross country field. Those not on campus but wanting to contribute to the event can donate to the race online or register for the e-race, which can occur anywhere around the world. The event was created by Sara Moyer and APO in memory of former Gettysburg College student and APO brother Paul Detweiler. Detweiler passed away in 2013 after being diagnosed with a brain tumor during his first year at Gettysburg. According to a Gettysburgian article, titled “The Paul Detweiler Story: May 13th, 1993 – June 13th, 2013,” written by Brendan Raleigh ‘16 in 2013, Paul Detweiler’s “courage and his positive outlook never faltered. Pastor Butch [Kuykendall] mentioned that even though the cancer could have made him angry and bitter, Paul decided to embrace life even more. He learned from his experience with his illness. If it was possible, it made him an even more beautiful person.” Moyer and other Anything is PAULssible founders fulfilled his dream of holding a 5k race for a community service event and established the Anything is PAULssible 5k. The 5k raises money for the Paul Detweiler Memorial Scholarship, which is presented to a Gettysburg

student who holds true to Detweiler’s values. The scholarship aids its recipient by providing financial assistance toward college tuition. Brittany Bondi ‘19, a co-chair of the event along with Maureen Courtney ‘19, commented on the uniqueness of the event and fundraiser: “It is an event that has such a reaching impact. It not only serves as a really great service event for the APO brotherhood but also helps whoever receives the scholarship by providing them the financial opportunity to have an incredible education. It is also hugely important for the Detweiler family as well as Paul’s friends who have been able to carry Paul’s memory on and allow him to make the impact on his community that he strived to do

himself.” Bondi and Courtney work alongside co-treasurers Ailema Crooks ‘19 and Alex Shaffer ‘21 to prepare for the race and raise funds. They have been reaching out to various local businesses, inquiring about sponsorship and encouraging the community to attend the race. A central theme of community is present in the fundraiser and event, according to Bondi. “I am most looking forward to the sense of community that happens every year at the race,” said Bondi. “Seeing such a passionate and kind group of people come together is indescribable.” Along with the local community and Gettysburg students,

Detweiler’s family attends the annual event and stays actively involved with the fundraiser. Bondi herself has attended the event for the past three years as a member of the committee and has bore witness to the inspiring passion of the community and overall kindness associated with the event. In order to register for the race, follow the prompts on the online registration site. Those wishing to donate to the scholarship or raise money towards additional race funds can do so through the GoFundMe page. Editor’s Note: Any links mentioned in this article can be accessed through the online version found on The Gettysburgian’s website. (-M. Neiman)

Gettysburg students (here, Sarah Kotchey ‘21 and Alison Gouveia ‘21), community members, and other runners have participated in the Anything is PAULssible 5k for going-on six years (Photo courtesy of Brittany Bondi)

Their popular songs include “Ayy Ladies” and “Bring it Back.” They will perform in the CUB Ballroom on Friday, April 26. Doors will open at 6:00 p.m. with the concert beginning at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are currently being sold for $10.

32 Seniors Join Phi Beta Kappa Society B y C linton B augess S ecretary of I ota of P ennsylvania C hapter On Friday, March 29 Phi Beta Kappa inducted 32 new members into the Iota of Pennsylvania chapter of The Phi Beta Kappa Society at Gettysburg College. Senior students are elected to Phi Beta Kappa by the resident PBK members on campus. In additional to high academic achievement, members consider evidence of intellectual curiosity and academic integrity. Students inducted on Friday included: Alyssa Beyer, Brittany Bondi, Taylor Buckley, Madelyn Class, Madison Cramer, Andrew Dalton, Celia DiSalvo, Jasmin Eddy, Lisa Fendrick, Olivia Fischer, Natasha Jozefick, Carly Kalis, Michael Karchner, Natalie Kisak, Keira Koch, Jacqueline Kotkiewicz, Christian Lansinger, Aubrey Link, Marion McKenzie, Abigail Morelli, Khun Ohn, Patrycja Okurowski, A aw az P o k h r el, B r y n n Poppe, Rachael Powers, Virginia Sanford, Alexa Soltesz, Stefany Soltesz, Cameron Thompson, Jonathan Tracey, Daniel Valete, and Joshua Wagner. In May, the following students will be inducted: Ryan Bilger, Elizabeth DeVito, Daphne Ellis, Cartier

Jankura, Liam Kerr, and E. Lynn Porta. The induction ceremony was followed by PBK’s annual banquet in The Atrium, which featured a lecture by Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Daniel DeNicola. Brittany Bondi was also announced as the recipient of the Charles H. Glatfelter Phi Beta Kappa Leadership Prize. The prize was established in 1992 to honor the late Charles H. Glatfelter, Professor Emeritus of History at Gettysburg and former President of the Iota chapter. It is awarded to a member of the graduating class for their intellectual leadership during their undergraduate career. I n d u c t i o n ceremonies are held in October, March, and before commencement in May. The Iota of PA chapter typically elects around 60 students per year, selecting from the top 10% of the class. Phi Beta Kappa is the oldest and most prestigious academic honor society in the United States. Gettysburg College has sheltered a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa since 1923. At that time, it was the ninth chapter in Pennsylvania. Phi Beta Kappa currently includes 286 chapters at American colleges and universities. The Iota of Pennsylvania chapter has inducted over 3,000 members since 1923.

The Phi Beta Kappa Society “Book of Members” will now include 32 new members from the Gettysburg College Class of 2019 (Photo courtesy of Clinton Baugess)

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Boddery Begins Work on New Law Journal B y L izzie H obbs S taff W riter

Alpha Omicron Pi sisters prepared pancakes for delivery and pick-up on the field between the Jaeger Center and Health Center (Photo courtesy of Jaime Dougherty)

AOII Raises $372 for Ruth’s Harvest B y D anielle S icotte S taff W riter

On Sunday, April 7, on the field between the Jaeger Center and the Health Center, breakfast was being served at Alpha Omicron Pi’s fundraiser, AOII Hop. This is the second year AOII has done this fundraiser, and it was another successful event. A week prior to the fundraiser, tables were set up in CUB for students to preorder their

breakfast for pickup or delivery on Sunday at the field. Each student had the choice of the traditional pancake breakfast or the more Ron Swanson-style breakfast of bacon and sausage. During the event, AOII sisters played giant Jenga and spent time together as they waited to deliver or prepare pancakes for hungry customers. AOII raised $372, according to Jaime Dougherty ’21,

At Airbands, the sophomores and seniors of each Greek Organization performed a dance that was judged by a panel of three. Each fraternity had two coaches, members of ADPi who helped them prepare for the competition. The men were clearly spirited in their performance, eliciting much laughter and enjoyment from the audience. Sigma Alpha Epsilon came in first among the fraternities, followed by Phi Kappa Psi and Sigma Chi. The sororities performed as well, and Tri Sigma came in first for the second year in a row. Alpha Omicron Pi and Delta Gamma placed second and third, respectively. Tri Sigma was also the sorority winner of the Can Tab Wars; throughout the week, ADPi collected can

Legal Conference that discussed law in the liberal arts: “[T]he study of law -- not as a matter of professional training but as a matter of humane, liberal education -- can enrich the minds of students.” B o d d e r y envisions the journal including undergraduate research by students from across the nation and said he prioritizes keeping the journal online and open access to the public with no paywalls. The paywalls for academic journals, Boddery mentioned, can be “a little bit crazy” in terms of price, and he wants to make the journal as accessible as possible. -Continued on next page-

Philanthropy Chair of the sorority. The money generated from the fundraiser will go to Ruth’s Harvest, a charity that works to provide meals to children from impoverished families in the Gettysburg community. Through this annual fundraiser, AOII hopes to “increase student participation on campus to do service or support a charity,” according to Dougherty.

SAE and TriSig Win ADPi-Hosted Airbands B y T hea T oocheck S taff W riter On March 30, Alpha Delta Pi hosted its much-loved Airbands competition in the College Union Building Ballroom. ADPi is one of Gettysburg’s seven sororities, and each year they host Airbands to raise funds for Ronald McDonald House Charities. ADPi and RHMC have been partners since 1979, and since then, the Alpha Delta Pi Foundation has facilitated the contribution of more than $14,000,000 nationally. RMHC supports families who must travel for the medical treatment of their seriously ill or injured children. Ronald McDonald Houses provide private rooms, home cooked meals, and playgrounds for families who are supporting their children through a very difficult time.

Dr. Scott Boddery from Gettysburg’s Political Science Department has begun laying the groundwork for an incredibly exciting opportunity for undergraduate students with the new creation of the Law Journal of the Liberal Arts (LJLA). Boddery hopes that the journal will “encourage undergraduate legal research,” which he believes to be a greatly neglected field. Boddery, who majored in history during his time as an undergrad, cited his interest in studying the rules of law of ancient civilizations as what sparked his interest in the legal

field. While pursuing his legal education, Boddery served as a law school journal editor, which is when the idea for the LJLA came about. The LJLA, Boddery hopes, will serve as an inclusive, interdisciplinary journal for undergraduate students to showcase their own research on a wide range of topics. “Law spans so many aspects of society,” Boddery said, going on to explain that interdisciplinary legal research would focus on everything from economic law to the relationship between law and rhetoric. To summarize the intent of the journal, Boddery quoted a 1954 Harvard

tabs at their CUB Table because RMHC uses the funds from recycling these to cover daily operating expenses. Among the fraternities, Phi Delta Theta collected the most. B . O . M . B . Squad performed as well, although they, along with the ADPi dancers, were not judged for the competition. Noah Guy-Mozenter ‘21, accompanied by Matt Robertson ‘19 on guitar, and Four Scores serenaded the audience; Guy-Mozenter’s set list included an original song. Overall, it was a night of philanthropy, fun, and friendly competition, and though Tri Sigma and SAE are proud of their wins, helping the children supported by Ronald McDonald House Charities is a win for all. Editor’s Note: The author of this piece is a member of Tri Sigma.

Tri Sigma won Alpha Delta Pi’s Airbands competition for sororities for the second year in the row (Photo Thea Toocheck/The Gettysburgian)

Wilma Mankiller was one of the inspiring women featured on the slideshow at the Women of Distinction Dinner (Photo Maddie Neiman/The Gettysburgian)

Breaking the Mold: 4th Annual Women of Distinction Dinner B y M addie N eiman F eatures E ditor

On Thursday, March 28, the Office of Multicultural Engagement (OME) and the Women’s Center held the Fourth Annual Women of Distinction Dinner in the Atrium. This dinner and awards ceremony aimed to “honor and recognize the achievements of outstanding women, femmes, and genderfluid individuals in our community,” according to an email by Valentina Cucuzza, Violence Prevention Coordinator and Director of the Women’s Center. For the event, the Atrium was decked out in purple, a color internationally associated with women’s rights, having roots in the suffragette movement. A large projector screen in the room cycled through images and brief bios of empowered women, from Angela Davis and Sandra Day O’Connor to Ava DuVernay and Laverne Cox. President Janet Morgan Riggs also had a slide in the rotation. Around the edges of the Atrium, posters featured “Change Making Women” on campus, including Lindsey U k i s h i m a ‘ 2 0 , M ar i am Martinez ‘21, Marina

Fleites ‘19, Caoilainn McKenna ‘21, Hera Molina ‘22, and Makkah Matthis ‘19. These and other spotlights on bold Gettysburg College women can be found on the Resource Center’s Instagram. For the dinner portion of the event, attendees were offered a salad, an option betw een chicken, fis h, or vegetarian lasagna, and a brownie dessert. Monique Gore, Director of MultiCultural Programming and Outreach for the OME, gave the opening remarks for the evening and introduced student performer Jordan Knox ‘21. Knox performed an original spoken word poem called “Another Poem about Hair.” This piece told a story of selfdiscovery through hair, a symbol that is often majorly attached to the identity of black women, according to Knox. “My hair still isn’t perfect. I’m not perfect,” said Knox, who explained that she is still working toward her own goals and journey of self-discovery. After Knox’s performance, the first round of awards were announced by student employees of the Women’s Center. First, the Hidden

Figures Award, aimed at recognizing and honoring members of Gettysburg’s support staff, was presented to Patricia Braun and Samantha Isherwood ‘00. The Emerging Leadership Award, which recognized first-year or sophomore leaders on campus, was presented to Melanie Pangol ‘21 and Mariam Martinez ‘21. Pangol and Martinez, along with Anna Perry ‘21, accepted the next award, the Outstanding Organization or Group Award, for their radio program, Voice of a Generation. Mariam Traore ‘21, another founding member of the group, was not present but was recognized along with her peers. Before the final awards were presented, Keynote Speaker Kelly Fryer took the stage. Fryer became the “first openly queer candidate for governor of Arizona” when she ran in the 2018 Democratic primary, according to the event’s program. Currently, Fryer leads the “largest racial justice and gender equity organization” in Arizona and “serves on the advisory board of [the University of Arizona’s] Eller Social Innovation program.” -Continued on next page-

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Dave Radin ‘65 began at Gettysburg College as a first year in 1961 (Photo courtesy of 1962 Spectrum) B y D ave R adin s chool accepted offers of enrollment and I was C lass of 1965 I g o t i n t o the last admitted. I was a Gettysburg by the skin nearly solid “B” student o f m y t e e t h . F i v e o f in high school, played u s f r o m m y s u b u r b a n three sports, was active P h i l a d e l p h i a h i g h in a smattering of groups

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and clubs but like most of my contemporaries, my resume as a 17-yearold was pale compared to today’s students. If it weren’t for my Uncle Arthur’s friendship with Dr. Harold Dunkelberger (head of the Religion department at the time) I probably wouldn’t have made it. I was accepted late and was assigned to live off-campus on W. Middle St. with five other freshmen at the home of Mrs. Myrtle Conover, an elderly widow who became our “Mom.” We stoked her coal furnace and played pinochle with her. Yes, a coal furnace. Sounds like the Dark Ages, doesn’t it? I was the first in my family to attend college and the pressure to do so was intense.I arrived in my parents’ car with a camp foot locker of clothes and incidentals, a suit and a blue blazer on hangars, and a bicycle. This was before dorm-sized refrigerators, microwave

ovens, sophisticated sound systems and other toys had been invented. Life was simple. My mom included an aluminum case with straps to send my laundry home and she’d send it back. Can you imagine? I think we did that once and then I discovered something called a laundromat. I pro m i s ed t o cal l hom e (collect through an operator) at least once a week from a phone booth. Week one was a blur. For a couple more weeks, all freshmen had to wear little blue caps called “dinks,” an orange necktie and a sign on your back held in place by a string with your name and hometown written on it. If you were discovered without any of that regalia, you were subject to punishment of some kind. Rush Week for fraternities and sororities commenced the first week of school. The guys interested in joining a fraternity gathered near

the steps of the chapel and on those steps were several brothers each from all 13 fraternities dressed in jackets and ties. They looked so old to me, it was a little intimidating. At precisely the designated time, a signal sounded (a horn, a bell, I can’t recall exactly) and all these guys came rushing down the chapel steps and swarmed around us to sign us up for time slots on our printed schedule cards. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, weekend afternoon activities, nightly entertainment, etc., trips to burlesque houses in Baltimore (really!). And all while classes were beginning. Most first-year students had very similar schedules – about 15 hours. Mandatory were English composition, “CC” (Contemporary Civilization in the West – two semesters of how we evolved as a modern society from the Greeks and Romans up to the 20th century), Bible

(a semester on the Old Testament, and one on the New Testament), a language, one elective in your major, and for male students a choice of Phys. Ed. or ROTC. Math was no longer required, nor was chapel attendance mandatory for the first time in the college’s history. I had six 8 o’clock classes, yes six. There were Saturday classes back then, only a half day thank God. After a week of classes, the whirlwind of fraternity rush, and learning my way around campus, I proclaimed that college wasn’t going to be as tough as I had thought. That would come back to haunt me my sophomore year. I pledged a fraternity (Lambda Chi), and later found out that I was the first nonChristian allowed to join throughout the entire network. That summer at the National Conclave, the representatives from -Continued on next page-

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The winners of the awards for the evening posed with their plaques (Photo Maddie Neiman/The Gettysburgian)

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Fryer’s daughter, Emma, is an alumna of Gettysburg College. Interested in economic, racial, and social justice, Fryer ran for governor of Arizona on a platform of human rights. Her campaign “broke the mold,” as she described it. “Breaking the Mold” was Fryer’s theme for her presentation during the Women of Distinction Dinner. According to Fryer, every woman, person of color, queer person, or individual living on the margins must break the mold in order to succeed “because the mold doesn’t look like us.” Fryer encouraged attendees to stand if they had ever been told that they could not do something — because of their gender, race, socioeconomic status, or other part of their identity — and then encouraged them to remain standing if they did it anyway. Nearly the entire room was on its feet.

During her presentation, Fryer shared three key principles to successfully “breaking the mold.” First, she advised, “Give yourself permission.” Fryer told attendees not to wait for others to allow them to pursue their dreams or courageous ideas, especially when those dreams and ideas challenge the norm or breed opposition. “Give yourself permission to do it because no one else is going to,” said Fryer. Next, Fryer encouraged, “Bring your truth.” Fryer, who married her wife after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage in a historic 2015 decision, never ran from being recognized as a queer candidate. “Dare to be your authentic self,” said Fryer. “I believe we win just by that because truth is something we’re hungry for today.” “The world needs us,” she continued. “If there is a future, it looks

like us.” Finally, Fryer told attendees, “Have so much fun.” One of her goals in running for office was to “take the fear out of it.” She wanted to encourage other strong, “good” people to run for government positions and not fear the process. “What’s the worst that could happen?” Fryer asked. “For me, the worst thing would be not running at all.” Earlier in her speech, Fryer asked Gettysburg students, faculty, and staff to think of a “bold, new thing” that they wanted to accomplish. In her final remarks, she concluded, “Whatever bold thing it is you’re dreaming about — just freaking do it.” F o l l o w i n g Fryer’s speech, the Woman of Distinction Awards for students and staff, faculty, or administrators were presented. Ivana Lopez Espinosa ‘19 and Tammy Thon ‘20 won the student awards. “I’m speechless right now,” said Thon.

“I’m just grateful to be recognized.” Caitlin Lindsay, Assistant Director of the Office of Student Activities and Greek Life, won the Woman of Distinction Award for faculty, staff, or administrators. “It’s really humbling,” said Lindsay, “Incredibly flattering. So many people could have gotten it, and I would’ve been standing up there clapping.” “We have so many amazing, amazing women on this campus,” agreed Knox, who praised the event as a way “to pull us together and to honor those people.” At the end of the dinner and ceremony, Valentina Cucuzza thanked all those that worked to make the event successful and congratulated all of the nominees and winners. Her closing words concluded an evening of recognizing and celebrating the empowered, bold women in both the world and our campus community.

Last year, Boddery was awarded the Dr. Ralph Cavaliere Endowed Teaching Award, which is awarded by Student Senate each year. “I used some of the funding from that award to buy the domain for the journal website (ljla.org). So don’t worry it’s going to a good cause,” Boddery joked. After starting work on the structure of the journal last semester, Boddery said he hopes to put a call out for submissions in the near future, as well as putting a call out for interested student editors sometime before the end of this semester. Though initially this call for editors will be focused towards Gettysburg students, Boddery

hopes to expand the call nationwide as the journal grows. Each volume of the journal will span the co u r s e o f an a cad emic year, with an issue being published each semester. Though the journal will focus almost entirely on undergraduate research, there is one space in the first issue of each annual volume which is reserved for a scholar in the field. In the upcoming Fall 2019 issue, the LJLA will be featuring the work of Dr. Austin Sarat of Amherst College. In addition to featuring work by this scholar in the journal, Boddery said that the intent is to get each featured scholar to come to G ettys burg and speak on the topic of their research. Dr. Sarat will be speaking at Gettysburg on October 3, 2019.

Dr. Scott Boddery, pictured here with dog Kennedy, has begun work on the Law Journal of the Liberal Arts (Photo courtesy of Gettysburg College Website)

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Every Monday morning between classes I’d stop at the Bursar’s office and cash a $5.00 check to last me the whole week. A hot dog was $0.15 in the CUB (formerly the SUB), a movie at the Majestic was a quarter, and the deluxe hamburger and a milkshake was about a buck and a quarter at the “VD” (Varsity Diner), now the Lincoln Diner. The first semester ended in February and I scored a 2.7 average, for which I was very happy. A’s were hard to come by in that era, either you got it, or you didn’t, no arm twisting or extenuating circumstances. A 3.0 was very respectable in the 1960’s. I was initiated into the Lambda Chi brotherhood in late February after a “hell week” experience – yes, it existed back then, more memorable for the fun we had, not the activities and long nights. I left for the summer brimming with enthusiasm for another year. There’s a lot to write about and I look forward to producing more columns. Editor’s Note: This marks the first piece in a column series, called “What I Remember,” written by the alumni of Gettysburg College. Alumni interested in contributing to this column should feel free to reach out to Features Editor, Maddie Neiman, at neimma01@ gettysburg.edu (-M. Neiman)

our chapter introduced a measure which passed prohibiting that practice in the future. So, this Jewish kid from Philadelphia was a groundbreaker, and in retrospect, I thank those friends who realized, even five decades ago, that being inclusive was far better than the alternative. Gettysburg was heavily a Greek campus – 13 fraternities and 7 sororities comprised about 75% of the student body. The college had nearly zero international students and but two African American Janet Morgan Riggs (bottom left) served as Executive Assistant to the President (Gordon Haaland, standing left) students. Fraternities from 1991 to 1994 (Photo courtesy of 1993 Spectrum) had house mothers and cooks. We were good housekeepers, ate well, wore jackets and ties to dinner Tuesdays, and at the Sunday noon meal. No alcohol was allowed in the house subject to a fine, and the -Continued from Page 1provost position while a applied and was offered provost, Riggs recalled officers of the chapter national search for provost the job. b e i n g i n v o l v e d i n t h e policed that policy well. In 1995, President was conducted. When she first took reduction of the faculty We entertained faculty Haaland was looking for A f t e r b e i n g the position as provost in teaching load from six u s u a l l y a t T u e s d a y an interim provost to fill approached and invited by 2006, Gettysburg College to five courses a year to d i n n e r s , a n d S u n d a y the provost position while the committee and other was in a rocky situation. allow faculty to be more was when you brought they conducted a national faculty members to apply Rigg’s first priority was engaged with students and your date or girlfriend s e a r c h . T h e c u r r e n t for the provost position, t h e r e f o r e t o p r o v i d e research. for dinner. We actually executive assistant proved Riggs started to consider “a sense of continuity, A s i d e f r o m sang fraternity songs to be the perfect fit. the job. stability, [and] help [for] a c a d e m i c s , R i g g s ( i n h a r m o n y ) a t t h o s e “I didn’t know Michael Wedlock, G e t t y s b u r g C o l l e g e i n w a s a l s o h a r d a t w o r k mealtimes. Sounds corny if she would agree,” said who was on the provost t e r m s o f t h e a c a d e m i c s e r v i n g o n n u m e r o u s t o d a y , b u t I r e m e m b e r Dean Ramsey, “but I knew s e a r c h c o m m i t t e e , program to continue to c o m m i t t e e s . I n o n e o f all of them. The maleshe would be good at it.” c o m m e n t e d , “ W e s a i d , move forward.” t h e s e c o m m i t t e e s , s h e female ratio was about D u r i n g h e r o n e ‘Well, she’s done a good And she did just remembered “open[ing] 2 t o 1 . B a d o d d s f o r year as interim provost, j o b a s a c t i n g p r o v o s t . that. As provost, Janet a college daycare center the guys, but there were Riggs recalled, “It was She’s wonderful. How M o r g a n R i g g s f o c u s e d and that was a project that several girls’ colleges in r e a l l y s o i m p o r t a n t t o about she just becomes o n p r o m o t i n g a n d [she] put a lot of time and the area, and some of us m a i n t a i n p o s i t i v e t h e p r o v o s t ? ’ S o t h e improving the academics effort into.” left girlfriends behind m o m e n t u m w i t h t h e committee invited her to o f t h e c o l l e g e . A s s h e A f t e r t h e who would find their way f a c u l t y k n o w i n g t h a t apply.” recalled, “I really liked resignation of President to campus for big social you’re in a temporary At first, she was the provost job. I liked K a t h e r i n e H a l e y W i l l , weekends. position.” reluctant; she even wrote working directly with the Janet Morgan Riggs was T h o u g h s h o r t - a l e t t e r t o t h e s e a r c h faculty, advocating for the approached by the chair of l i v e d , R i g g ’ s t i m e a s committee rejecting the academic program, being the board of trustees who i n t e r i m p r o v o s t w a s o f f e r b u t w a s u n a b l e involved.” asked her if she would step essential to her career. to send it. After much When looking back in as interim president. She said, “I had no idea c o n s i d e r a t i o n , R i g g s on her accomplishments as The rest is history. how pivotal...that would end up being for me.” Despite her growing connection to the administrative side of the college, Janet Morgan Riggs never intended to become a fully-invested administrator. She “always thought [she] would go back to the faculty.” After her term as interim provost, Riggs returned to the psychology department after feeling somewhat disconnected from the faculty. She remained a psychology professor for ten years Lambda Chi Alpha, the fraternity in which Radin was a before she was approached Riggs (bottom middle) served as interm provost for a time, with other members of the brother, participated in social events as pictured here yet again to fill the interim Provost staff pictured (Photo courtesy of 1996 Spectrum) (Photo courtesy of 1962 Spectrum)

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S taff W riter The early 2010s were a simpler time. Artists like One Direction or Carly Rae Jepsen were at the top of the music charts. I still had a subscription to Tiger Beat magazine. ‘The Avengers,’ ‘The Hunger Games’ and ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’ were dominating the box office. Teenage girls everywhere were swooning over celebrities like Justin Bieber or Taylor Lautner. Now as a new decade is rapidly approaching, it seems old favorites in popular culture have been re-emerging across music, television, and film. In the music scene, former boy band The Jonas Brothers announced in February that they were getting back together after originally breaking up in 2013. Their two new singles, “Sucker” and “Cool,” have both been met with an outpouring of positive reception, with “Sucker” being their first No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100.

ridiculous that Disney keeps making live action remakes, but we also keep buying tickets to them.) But also after all of the controversy, conflict and polarization in society throughout the best several years, there’s been a public hunger to relive the past. I know I’ve personally fantasized about how easy my life was when I was ten, dancing around my room to “Burnin’ Up” with posters on my wall of ‘High School Musical’-era Zac Efron. It was a different era, when all of us jaded college students were young and innocent. The appeal of a revival or a reunion is nostalgia. It enables us to revisit our old favorites, see how they’re doing now, and regain the old feelings of happiness they inspired in us. So while you may be sick of the constant rehash of old ideas, and not all revivals are necessarily created equal, it’s not hard to understand why they might be appealing to some.

Avengers Will Be Box Office Success B y E than C annistra S taff W riter ‘Avengers: Endgame’ went on sale April 2, 2019. However, with so many people going online to get tickets at the same time, several online movie ticket sites crashed throughout the day. The sites crashing resulted in people all over the world waiting the entire day to get their ‘Avengers: Endgame’ tickets. All of this chaos came in the wake of Marvel’s trailer announcement on April 2 that ‘Avengers: Endgame’ tickets were on sale. That trailer served a dual purpose; not only did it pump up ticket sales, it also gave fans some more insight into what they can expect from the newest chapter of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This new trailer shows that the Avengers are going to fight Thanos, the antagonist, early in the movie to try to get him to reverse ‘the snap.’ ‘The snap’ is how Thanos was able

to kill half the population in ‘Avengers: Infinity War.’ However, it looks like the Avengers will lose this battle and have to resort to timetravel in order to reverse the damage caused by Thanos in ‘Avengers: Infinity War.’ Given that this movie is likely the last in a more than 10-year journey for the original six Avengers (Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, Thor, Hawkeye/Ronin, and Black Widow) as a team, it’s expected to be one of the biggest movie events ever. While some Marvel fans were lucky enough to get tickets for the opening night of ‘Avengers: Endgame,’ this was not true for all fans. Some fans who used Fandango, an online movie ticket app, reported that they were put in a virtual queue. Potential movie-goers who were using the AMC theaters’ official website could not even load the page. Clearly, movie ticket websites were not prepared for the amount of traffic they

received when tickets went on sale. This resulted in only a small number of people being able to purchase their tickets to ‘Avengers: Endgame’ with ease, with even fewer than that being able to successfully obtain tickets for the opening night, as those tickets sold out within minutes. ‘Avengers: Endgame’ broke the world record for the number of presale tickets sold, beating out ‘The Last Jedi.’ The movie sold more than three times the amount of tickets that ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ sold on its first day of release. ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ made over 2 billion dollars worldwide. With the amount of pre-sale tickets sold already, and ‘Avengers: Endgame’ being the culmination of 22 films, it seems very likely that this film will make over 2.8 billion dollars, beating out James Cameron’s ‘Avatar,’ and becoming the biggest worldwide box office success of all time.

B y C harles S ternberg S taff W riter ‘The Dirt’ is the latest rock & roll biopic and a Netflix exclusive movie directed by Jeff Tremaine, whose most notable credits include the ‘Jackass’ movies. The film follows the overthe-top exploits of the heavy metal band, Mötley Crüe. Comparisons to the Freddie Mercury biopic, ‘Bohemian Rhapsody,’ which came out several months ago are warranted, because on the surface, this appears to be derivative of that film, possibly an attempt to cash in on some of the success that ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ garnered in the box office. ‘The Dirt’ certainly follows the formula to which ninety percent of similar biopics adhere. It’s a story about the group’s meteoric rise, tragic fall, and final redemption. But while the Freddie Mercury movie was a family-friendly affair, ‘The Dirt’ revels in the sleazy and drugfueled shenanigans that frequently put Mötley Crüe in the tabloids. Jeff Tremaine does not exhibit any restraint during the wild party scenes. Cocaine, alcohol, sleeping pills, heroin, and plenty of sex are all present. There’s also a particularly disgusting scene involving Ozzy Osbourne that escalates to possibly the most gag-inducing scene I’ve seen in any movie this year. It’s all incredibly dumb and juvenile, but then again, so was Mötley Crüe. The main appeal of this film is how shocking and ridiculous it is, and I suspect that this was also what appealed most to the

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teenagers who idolized the group in the eighties. The cast of characters, Tommy Lee (Colson Baker), Nikki Sixx (Douglas Booth), Vince Neil (Daniel Webber), and Mick Mars (Iwan Rheon) all have good chemistry and distinct personalities. They also share some genuinely hilarious moments together. Nikki Sixx narrates the opening of the film, but there are also moments narrated by Tommy Lee and Mick Mars. There is one interesting self-aware moment where Mick Mars breaks the fourth wall and admits that certain events didn’t happen exactly as they occur in the film and that certain real life characters are missing. Still, he asserts that “this is as good a version as any.” This sort of tonguein-cheek moment is clever, but it doesn’t excuse the fact that the uglier sides of the real-life band members are omitted and their misogynistic behavior is glorified. Also, it seems out of place since this sort of wink to the audience never happens again. Unlike the main band-members, most of the side characters are banal and flat. Take for instance, Tommy Lee’s multiple girlfriends and fiancés, none of whom are developed at all. Lee’s parents also appear in the film, and it seems like they are central to his life at one point, but they are quickly forgotten and absent from the second half of the film. Pete Davidson plays a cartoonishly awkward representative from the record label that signs the group. I love Davidson on SNL, but it was just sad to

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see his character bumble around and get bullied by the musicians in such a two-dimensional role. While ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ focused on long re-creations of major performances, ‘The Dirt’ is more focused on drama. Unfortunately, this is where the film really lacks. The cinematography is just so flat and generic that these scenes feel like they belong in a TV movie. Watching rock stars mope around and fight with each other is disengaging and half as fun as it sounds. Ultimately, of course, the film wraps up with a redemption tour where the original band members all reunite and walk dramatically in slow motion toward the stage, arm in arm. Not very original or surprising. ‘The Dirt’ is the type of movie you might laugh at when you’re bored, but I would not recommend this to anyone outside of the die-hard Mötley Crüe fanbase. This film is just too vapid to deserve nearly two hours of your time. The party scenes are certainly wild, but what does it all mean? In the end, this film is too scared to say anything meaningful beyond “wow, I don’t know how they didn’t die from all of those stupid decisions.” Its lack of restraint makes it somewhat unique and I won’t be able to forget the image of Ozzy Osbourne snorting ants anytime soon, but a formulaic and by-thenumbers plot prevent this film from coming close to much funnier films, like ‘Spinal Tap’ or even ‘Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story,’ which already lampooned this formulaic brand of biopic years ago.

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Full Letter: Student Artists Protesting Art & Art History Department By Angelique Acevedo & Lars Healy on behalf of protesting student artists

Editor’s Note: This letter refers to an incident on campus covered in our News Section on Page 5. What Happened? On Tuesday, March 26th, three art students pulled their artworks from the Annual Juried Student Exhibition in protest of bias within Art Studio courses. As the show opened, these students, several supporters, and a few artists who spontaneously joined the demonstration quietly removed a total of nine artworks from the gallery, leaving their visible absences on the walls. Labels and signage stand in place of the removed artworks, reading: “This artwork was removed because the Art and Art History department do not recognize the voices of marginalized identities.” “If my voice as both an artist and a student is not appreciated within the Art Department, neither is my Art.” -Angelique Acevedo “The missing artworks were removed by their respective artists in protest of the biases present within the Art Department as well as Gettysburg College.” -Student Artists What’s been happening? M u l t i p l e communities have been impacted by the bias present within Art Studio courses. There have been different forms of bias expressed, such as behaviors that promote

discriminatory rhetoric against people of color. Multiple black and brown student artists have experienced discomfort within classroom settings as a product of present racial biases, and have voiced such experiences. These students, as well as others, have also identified pressures to render within a particular artistic style. One of the main functions of art is to provide an opportunity for people to creatively and visually express themselves, regardless of their identity or their artistic ability. Art is a unique area of knowledge in that it is highly subjective, which can play a major role in the grades that students receive while enrolled in studio courses. If a studio professor, knowingly or not, expects and demands work created within Eurocentric parameters and western training, it will be difficult for students creating work outside of these parameters to receive a grade that they are proud of from these instructors. This should not be the case within an institution of higher education. W h y d i d t h e demonstration happen? The strategic choice to remove the nine artworks was to visually express how the value of marginalized individuals is only acknowledged through their absence. In order to truly diversify a department, the student body must reflect diverse communities. Once a department diversifies their student population, the curriculum must draw parallels to the lives of the individuals who are studying the material. The

lack of representation in both the faculty and core curriculum excludes and invalidates students who are a part of marginalized communities. Over the past few weeks and months, students in studio classes have been voicing their concerns over classroom racial dynamics and general discontent with the limiting assignments and pedagogy of faculty in multiple ways. When students are experiencing discomfort and are also struggling academically within their own department, they are expected to reach out to faculty and staff in order to come to a consensus of what would be an effective solution. For the student who is experiencing these racialized tensions within their academic environment, it is not simple to express the difficulties they are experiencing. Our voices were not given spaces through traditional routes of official and unofficial conversation with faculty, student feedback in hiring processes (during which it was explicitly requested), and bias reports. This meant we now had to take space, and elevate our message in a way that forced people to hear it. In other words, we tried all of the sanctioned routes for complaints, and received definitive proof that we weren’t being heard by the bureaucracy of Gettysburg College. Our hand was forced to act outside of that bureaucracy. When protesting, one has to look at opportunities for spaces to take, leverage, and amplification. This means our options for venues were severely limited, and so we

ultimately decided that the most effective space to make a statement on bias, specifically within the art community of Gettysburg, was the Juried Student Exhibition. As a collective we would like to address that the gallery is not directly associated with the Art and Art History departments and has no influence in how these departments function. However, to quote Schmucker Art Gallery Director Shannon Egan, “The mission of the Gallery is to support student engagement, promote various artistic voices, provide a safe space for difficult and challenging conversations, and to promote creative student work.” Because of this long-term commitment to active student engagement and conversation, it made sense for us to bring the elephant in the Art Department, so to speak, into this space, at a time when we knew we would have the attention of faculty and administration. We know the show as a whole suffers without our work, and are hoping the absence of our pieces and the fact that others cannot enjoy our art may galvanize others to speak and act in solidarity with us. What’s wrong with the courses and department? O u r A r t Department is, in many ways, a reflection of both the college and the greater art world. It comes as no surprise that implicit racism is present in our curriculum. Studio Majors are required to take three Art History classes, two of which are Western Survey and Art After 1945, a

continuation of Western Survey. Their titles speak to their eurocentricity. 12 of 15 faculty listed in the department are white, and 5 of 6 full-time professors are white. In the past 4 years, 3 hires have been made—all white men. We have no studio professors of color. What does this say about our commitment to diversity as a department? As a College? S t u d e n t s ’ experience of racial bias as well as stylistic bias fosters a toxic learning environment that is truly impactful for a particular group of students, since these students do not align with the traditional outlook of what art and artists are supposed to mirror. As a liberal arts institution, interdisciplinary courses and diverse viewpoints are quintessential for our learning. The promotion of diverse areas of knowledge cannot occur without the presence of a diverse student and faculty community. If receiving a diverse education is embedded within the foundation of this academic institution, why are diverse perspectives neglected when they are the focus at hand? This is not a Gettysburg-specific problem. Artists have historically been neglected or even punished if their work is not informed by a digestible and predetermined western canon. If we want to have a robust and innovative Art department, we have to be questioning what we teach and be actively searching to curate a curriculum that can foster any student’s growth, instead of

simply replicating that western canon and its supposed supremacy. Though we speak from experience within the Art Department, we are sure other departments could benefit from questioning what practices they teach as well. Demands Though there ar e man y ch an g es th at need to be made within the Art Department and Gettysburg College more broadly, we’ve decided our hiring demands are as follows: 1. Art and Art History Majors and Minors will be notified in advance of interviews and presentations of candidates during staff hiring processes. 2. Following these presentations, formalized feedback forms (or electronic forms) will be distributed to those in attendance and collected for consideration by hiring committees during deliberations. 3. Art and Art History Majors and Minors will be included among the hiring committees entrusted with decision-making on hires. Choices are being made about our future education by a team of 3 professors and the department chair, but these are not the people who have been or will be taught by the professors they hire. Perhaps students on the hiring committees will be selected by professors in the department, perhaps they will be volunteers. If we as students cannot trust our faculty to make hiring decisions with our interests in mind, then we ask to be the ones instead making the decisions.

A Note on Revisionist History G o l a n H e i g h t s S h o u l d B J G aren’t sure of “history as an accurate idea of who Part of Israel C you were? Maybe. Likely R e m a i n it happened.” y essica

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I’m sure you’ve heard it—some variation on an ever-repeating refrain that someone (or a group of someones) is trying to erase, revise, or deny history. These revisionists can’t accept the past for what it is, but are trying to make it into something that serves their interests. This idea doesn’t come from any one political camp, either. In fact, it is difficult to find any group that does not claim that their opposition somehow distorts history. Everyone is in agreement, however, that this is wrong. We need to hear history as it happened—no embellishment, filling in the gaps with convenient fictions, or artificial inflations of character. May I let you in on a historian’s secret? In a lot of cases, we

Plenty of details went unrecorded. People didn’t think to write down everything that ever happened to them, and even when they did generate documents, there was no guarantee the next generation would preserve them. So little evidence survives in comparison to how much has happened. There’s another pitfall—people lie. They obfuscate, misrepresent, and bend the truth to fit what they need. Unless we have a great deal of context, it can be hard to tell which conflicting accounts best represent what happened. This doesn’t even have to be malicious—for a modern example, think of the person you are on the Internet. If a historian were to come across your social media profile, would they have

not. History as a static narrative is a fraud. Instead, history is a process that evolves with each generation of scholarship. That’s revision—the narrative changes because new evidence is discovered, or because the old evidence is evaluated from a new perspective. I see history used as a rhetorical weapon in all manner of political debates. When this happens, disdain for revisionism is common. The past cannot be altered, so any retelling must be dishonest. The reality is that historical truth is much more fleeting than we like to think. To w eaponi ze a hi s t ori cal narrative on the grounds that it has been revised is irresponsible.

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By Wellington Baumann Columnist President Trump recently announced that he intends to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights. This announcement falls in line with President Trump’s established pro-Israel foreign policy. Yet, just like when President Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital in 2017, various media outlets and politicians were quick to denounce Trump’s actions as a diplomatic blunder. Why is Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights so damaging? Provided with historical context, I see no better option than Israeli control over the Golan Heights. The Jewish people have historically suffered fierce persecution. In the beginning of the twentieth century, a movement called Zionism encouraged Jews to migrate to British Palestine in order to avoid persecution at home. The native Arab population resisted the influx of Jews. Subsequently, British-controlled Palestine witnessed a series of Arab uprisings and open hostilities between the two peoples. In the hopes of quelling the violence, the United Nations divided part of British Palestine into two states, Israel and Palestine. The Arab nations surrounding the newly formed Israel were infuriated

and immediately set out to destroy the infant state. In 1948, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Trans-Jordan, and Egypt launched a coordinated war against the fledgling nation, but in a stunning upset, Israel prevailed. During the war, Israel captured the western part of Jerusalem and much of Palestine. In 1967, Egyptian dictator Gamal Abdel Nasser formed another Arab coalition to, in his own words, “destroy Israel”. As any reasonable nation state would do, Israel preemptively attacked Egypt, Syria, and Jordan. In what is known as the SixDay War, Israel soundly defeated the Arab coalition and seized the Golan Heights from Syria, the West Bank from Jordan, and the Gaza Strip in addition to the entire Sinai Peninsula from Egypt. Soon after the war, the Arab states met in Khartoum, Sudan and crafted the Khartoum Resolution, in which they proclaimed, “no peace with Israel, no recognition of Israel, and no negotiations with Israel.” Till this day, countries like Iran and militant groups like Hezbollah and Hamas call for the destruction of the Jewish State. Although Israel has seized a large amount of territory from its neighbors, it has historically ceded land in exchange for peace. In 1978, Israel gave the entire Sinai Peninsula back to Egypt and, in 2005, Israel

returned the Gaza Strip to the Palestinian authorities. Unfortunately, it has become quite clear that the Palestinian leadership in Gaza, Hamas, had no intention of living in harmony as they continue to launch missile strikes and coordinate terrorist attacks in Israel. Provided with the historical context, is it so wrong to support Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights? Should Israel, a country which has only acted in self-defense and has demonstrated that they only wish to live in peace, control the Golan Heights? Or should the land be given back to Syria, a country which remains embroiled in a civil war? To me, the answer is clear. It is entirely possible that the heights could fall into the hands of Hezbollah, the Islamic State, or other jihadist militias that dream of Israel’s destruction. The Golan Heights would become the next Gaza Strip and serve as a base for endless attacks. Israeli control over the Golan Heights promotes peace in the region, the protection of a stable democracy, and the preservation of an entire people. President Trump was correct to offer American backing to Israel’s claim and should continue to make support of Israel a fixture of United States foreign policy.

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25 Things to Know to Thrive in Your First Semester at Gettysburg College It’s a great way to get involved… and get paid.

you should definitely try a few of them out.

10. Volunteer. Gettysburg has lots of great opportunities, so talk to someone at the Center for Public Service.

19. Leave your door open. Some of your best friends in college will be from your firstyear residence hall. You just have to meet them.

11. Own your room. Buy curtains, bring pictures, get a rug, find a cool lamp, whatever makes it feel like your space… do it.

20. Study with classmates. It’s more fun that way, and they might teach you a thing or two.

By Gettysburgian Staff 1. Figure out rush times at Servo. Avoid them. 2. Don’t put your name down for every email list at the Activities Fair... unless it’s The Gettysburgian’s list for potential writers. 3. Jaeger Center is pronounced with a ‘j’ instead of a ‘y.’ You can ask John Jaeger about it. 4 . A t t e n d guest lectures. If a department flew someone to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania just to talk to you, then the presentation is probably good.

Gettysburg has many opportunities to get involved including Salsa on the Square hosted annually by Project Gettysburg Leon (Photo courtesy of Gettysburg College)

Local Politics Matter: Get Involved in Adams County By Emily Dalgleish Columnist With just around 570 days left until the 2020 presidential election, the multitude of candidates running and their platforms are already dominating the news cycle and the minds of many Americans. Though I cannot minimize the importance of the 2020 election, we also cannot overlook the power and importance of local politics. We have an election here in Gettysburg on May 21st of this year in which many Gettysburg students are eligible to vote. These local elections matter because local government closely affects our lives, allows us to make a meaningful impact, and builds community. As students, we live in Gettysburg for at least nine months out of the year, and local government decisions impact us. The Gettysburg Borough Council determines the use of local taxes for services, oversees the police department, and makes decisions regarding the

construction or renovation of buildings. Though the college is exempt from paying property taxes as a non-profit, it voluntarily pays taxes on 28 of its properties and the Borough Council decides how to use that tax revenue. The Borough Council also has a committee specifically for building a connection with the college community. The Adams County Commissioners are responsible for public health and safety programs and set the budget for the county. Though we often discuss and pay more attention to federal politics, the local government can have just as much impact on our daily lives and our community, if not more. Furthermore, in local politics, our involvement can make a difference. Local elected officials are highly accessible and are involved in our community. If you have a concern or an issue that you care about, expressing your thoughts to your local elected officials could affect policy and government

action as they can be more responsive to constituent feedback. Voting or getting involved on a campaign can greatly influence a local election, as just a few votes can decide the outcome. Finally, local politics can shape the community of the town. County political parties will often host events that can bring the community together and allow people to meet others outside of their normal social circles. As college students, getting involved in local politics can allow us to form a connection with permanent town residents who may have similar passions and political interests, but different experiences of the place we live. I hope we can get as excited for the May 2019 primary and election as the nation is for 2020. If you are registered to vote in Gettysburg, I encourage you to request an absentee ballot by using the form on the Adams County website so that you can vote in this upcoming election. Your vote could be the deciding vote!

New Zealand’s Response to Horrific Terror Attack By Eli Morton Columnist The New Zealand political scene following March 15th’s horrific terror attack was naturally one of unity. Politicians from Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to the leaders of other parties in her coalition offered not only their sympathies, but a concrete plan of action to prevent such a tragedy from occurring again – something that the United States has failed to accomplish time after time. Indeed, increased gun control will soon become a reality in New Zealand, which begs the question of what we in America can learn from the swift response, especially given that New Zealand’s gun lobby is relatively influential when compared with those of other industrialized nations. Not only is the gun lobby influential, but there are quite a lot of guns: one for every three people, and gun hobbyists comprise a good share of gun owners.

The reason New Zealand is able to enact such reforms so quickly is actually quite simple and presents a valuable lesson in legislating reforms designed to curb mass shootings here in the United States. The answer is that there is no NRA. This requires some qualification. Here in the US, the NRA derives its power from a small but extremely politically active base of members and supporters. The NRA is able to activate its supporters by using the same tired line that the left will attempt to take away their guns, ergo violating the Second Amendment, which leads to political pressure on Republicans fearing a primary challenge in particular. New Zealand’s lack of such a politically mobilized and entrenched gun-rights advocacy group leads to its ability to pass meaningful gun reform. Because the gun lobby does not have a mobilized voter and donor base and is not publicly controlling

the discourse surrounding gun reform, its agenda sometimes takes a back seat to overwhelming public interests. However, New Zealand’s current situation is not the only test case in the passage of gun reform. The existence of the NRA in its current form was not always a given here in the United States, either. Prior to 1977, the NRA took a backseat role in the pursuit of the gun-rights agenda, and arguably did not engage much in political debates over guns. This led the US to have more effective debates over gun rights and not simply sit deadlocked as it does today. The moral of this story is that there is one organization sitting in the way of enacting reforms that huge majorities of Americans support, and while there are few simple solutions to this problem, knowing this can be a valuable asset in debates over the merits of gun control.

5. Join clubs. We have a lot of them, and you’re sure to be interested in at least one. 6. Visit your professors’ office hours. They don’t bite, and a good rapport now w i l l make excellent letters of recommendation easier for them to write later (and as we all know, relationships are inherently transactional). 7. Don’t pick your major immediately. You go to a small liberal arts college, so take advantage of it and find what motivates you. 8. Use your dining dollars. You paid for them!

9. Get a job.

21. Visit the PLA for your class. Sometimes 12. Bring shower they help you with your shoes. Please. homework. Usually they just give great advice 1 3 . H a n g e x t r a on what courses to take, lights in your room. Soft professors to know, and lighting is key. clubs to join. 14. Find a cool 22. Do research. spot to do homework. It’s fun, it sometimes You need a productive pays, and it helps you workspace. apply for jobs and graduate schools. 15. Talk to the Center for Global 23. Have fun. E d u c a t i o n e a r l y . Not too much fun. Gettysburg is nice, but you need to go away. 24. Don’t wait Starting early can help in line all day for Servo with planning courses. Thanksgiving. They don’t run out of turkey— 1 6 . B r i n g a we promise. planner. You’re about to have more free time 25. Write for than ever before, so use the Gettysburgian! We it wisely. Four years is are looking for writers not that long. in all sections including News, Features, 17. Don’t worry S p o r t s , O p i n i o n s , a n d about seniority. If you A r t s & E n t e r t a i n m e n t . want to be an editor, Interested in getting captain, president, etc. i n v o l v e d b e h i n d t h e then just do it. Seniors scenes? Join our staff are too busy anyway. as a Copy Editor or apply to be a Section Editor, 18. L e a v e Business Manager, c a m p u s . T h e r e a r e Director of Photography, lots of great shops and or PR Manager. restaurants in town, and

We Must Protect Our Freedom to Think By Joshua Gonzalez Guest Columnist

It is very easy for those who grow up in a free society to forget what it means to be “unfree”. The nature of freedom is born of the timeless idea that every individual has the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. When governments and societies begin to take freedom for granted, individuals are at the mercy of the state and of the nefarious forces that be. Now, more than ever, it feels as though armies of unelected censors continue to control what the average American can watch, study, and believe about the society around them. It feels as though the public sphere and several open spaces on college and university campuses have become hubs for progressive doctrine while the rest are obliged to carry on in silence. I fear the prospects of limiting speech because I come from a family and a community that knows what it’s like to be unfree. Growing up in an environment that was readily hostile to communist oppression was the definition of normal in my life. Both my parents are immigrants who grew up in poverty in Central America and sought every opportunity they could to come to the United States. They recount to me that this process is what lead to

their undying loyalty to this country. My neighbour for many years was a Cuban exile whose family escaped from tyrannical Castroist forces. My first Mandarin Chinese teacher in elementary school came from a family that sought refuge in Taiwan from Maoist forces during the Chinese Civil War. All of their stories seem to end with the same piece of advice: liberty at all costs. In a time when the world seems so tumultuous, I live my life religiously by these words. Coming into college, I didn’t trick myself into thinking that those who proclaim conservative or libertarian points of view would always immediately be welcomed into the public dialogue. I had a very good understanding, from experience, of the simple fact that someone can claim they want to hear your opinion when they really don’t. Once I got situated, experience seemed to suggest that we couldn’t have those “tough” conversations, as evidenced by the Robert Spencer event that the Young Americans for Freedom held just a few years back. Is it the case that those who happen to wield the torch of liberty would so willingly put out its flame? Talking with people of all different political persuasions has allowed me to

experience first-hand what people around campus truly think about many different topics at hand. While I tend to vehemently disagree with my liberal and statist counterparts, I still find what they have to say riveting and sometimes very convincing. If the American consensus around the freedom to be able to exchange these ideas ends in the name of virtue-signalling, where are those who seek the truth supposed to find it? Where are those who are truly intellectually curious supposed to find a place to truly engage in the scholarly debate that has characterized academia for millennia? Let me be clear: I don’t believe that those who advocate for limitations on speech are the equivalent of brutal communist dictators and their respective parties. I only seek to remind those that do advocate for the restrictions of our liberties in speech that the path down governmental restriction is hazardous and full of unintended consequences. For those of us who ferociously safeguard liberty with all of our being, we will not and cannot lose. As the great economist of our time Milton Friedman famously pronounced, “A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both.”

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Bullet The MLB Season Preview: Power Rankings Have Dodgers, Phillies Leading Pack Shot: By Garrett Glaeser Staff Writer

Sean Murphy ‘21 (Photo courtesy of Gettysburg College Athletics)

B y J ohn Z ak S taff W riter The Gettysburg College baseball team has managed to remain above .500 with a 13-12 record at the midway point of the season, including a 6-4 record at home. Through this season, one player that has stood out is sophomore Sean Murphy. During this season, Murphy has led the team in batting average with .344 out of 90 at-bats. Murphy’s ability to hit for contact, along with his 20 RBIs and .406 onbase-percentage, demonstrates how Murphy has proved himself an asset to the team’s offense this season. Murphy has also been valuable as an outfielder, starting 24 of the Bullets’ 25 games this season and accumulating a fielding percentage of .944, indicating d e f e n s i v e efficiency. Murphy’s most notable performance of the season was against Messiah College on March 27 when he went 2-4, had 3 RBIs, walked once, and scored a run. The Messiah game provided an insight into the future. M u r p h y is still only a sophomore and has more time to develop his skills further, which already are benefiting the team. Murphy’s batting average, fielding percentage, and on-base-percentage have shown improvements from his freshman year, and he has several opportunities to build on his success further. M u r p h y will get his next op portunity when the Bullets play against Dickinson College on the road on Friday April 12 at 3:30 PM.

return in the coming weeks. Manny Machado, agreeing to a lengthy deal worth $100 million for 10 years, has led San Diego to second place behind the Dodgers.

The 2019 MLB season is underway, and despite October seeming ages away, every team is trying to distinguish themselves as frontrunners for the pennant. Though teams go through many changes over the course of the 162-game season, April games often set the tone for the rest of the year. *Note all stats are as of April 9, 2019. AL East The defending World Series champion Boston Red Sox are off to a slow start and find themselves at the bottom of the division. Their arch-rivals, New York Yankees, have had better success with slugger Gary Sanchez near the top of the home run leaderboard. As for the league laughing stock Baltimore Orioles, they are not as bad as they seem, but their first basemen Chris Davis cannot buy a hit to save his life. AL Central The Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Indians are the early frontrunners in the division standings. The Tigers are second to Tampa Bay in ERA with 2.30, and Cleveland is not far behind with a team ERA of 2.85. On the flip side, the 3-6 Chicago White Sox are at the bottom of the league with a 6.35 ERA. The Twins remain quietly

MLB Power Rankings as of 4/9: The Power Rankings take into account a team’s overall record and recent trend in performances over the past week.

Cody Bellinger and the Dodgers keep on rolling (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

consistent. AL West The Seattle Mariners have the best record in the majors with just two losses fueled by outstanding pitching and hitting and lead the League in home runs and RBIs. Domingo Santana is the RBI leader in the AL with 19, seven better than fellow division player Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels, who himself made headlines before the season began by inking a 12-year, $426.5 million extension.

NL East Bryce Harper and the Philadelphia Phillies lead the division with the Mets and Braves closing in. Like Trout, Harper signed a lengthy deal of 13 years, $330 million in the move to Philadelphia from his tenure at Washington. Unsurprisingly, the Miami Marlins are still at the bottom of the standings despite a snazzy logo and uniform overhaul this offseason. NL Central The division-leading Brewers are a top-5 home run and RBI team with 20 and 55, respectively, and are a

top-10 team in hits with 93. The Cincinnati Reds own the League’s worst record of 1-8 and have only gotten attention from Yasiel Puig responding in a team melee to Pirates’ pitcher Chris Archer’s targeting of fellow teammate Derek Dietrich. NL West The Los Angeles Dodgers opened the season +800 to win the World Series and now reside at +500. They are on top of nearly every statistical category and are led by slugger Cody Bellinger. Pitcher Clayton Kershaw is expected to

1. Los Angeles Dodgers 2. Philadelphia Phillies 3. Milwaukee Brewers 4. Tampa Bay Rays 5. Seattle Mariners 6. New York Mets 7. New York Yankees 8. Houston Astros 9. Cleveland Indians 10. Atlanta Braves 11. St. Louis Cardinals 12. Boston Red Sox 13. San Diego Padres 14. Detroit Tigers 15. Minnesota Twins 16. Washington Nationals 17. Oakland Athletics 18. Arizona D-Backs 19. Pittsburgh Pirates 20. Los Angeles Angles 21. Colorado Rockies 22. Chicago Cubs 23. Texas Rangers 24. San Francisco Giants 25. Toronto Blue Jays 26. Kansas City Royals 27. Baltimore Orioles 28. Chicago White Sox 29. Miami Marlins 30. Cincinnati Reds

NBA Playoffs to Begin this Weekend: Might the 76ers Make a Run

The 76ers may well make a run ( P h o t o c o u r t e s y o f W i k i m e “Greek Freak” Giannis By Brody Tennant A n t e t o k o u n m p o . This Staff Writer T h e N B A season, Antetokounmpo playoffs – predicted to has averaged 27.7 points b e v e r y i n t e r e s t i n g – per game, 12.5 rebounds will begin this Saturday, per game, and 5.9 assists A p r i l 1 3 , 2 0 1 9 . M a n y per game. To put this into of the East seeds have p e r s p e c t i v e , S h a q u i l l e already been locked, O’Neal averaged 26.9 with the top five seeds points and 12.4 rebounds l o c k e d i n a n d t h e t o p per game, and everyone s e v e n l o c k e d f o r a knows where Shaq has playoff berth. progressed. Taking the Kawhi Leonard t o p s e e d i n t h e E a s t and the Toronto Raptors are the Milwaukee have locked up the B u c k s , l e d b y t h e second seed, and the

into the playoffs d i a C o m m o n s ) Sixers have the third. The Boston Celtics and the Indiana Pacers take the fourth and fifth seeds, respectively, rounding out the East locks for the playoffs. Depending on the results of the final games on April 10, the Brooklyn Nets and the Orlando Magic will take the sixth and seventh seeds, respectively. Barely hanging on, the Detroit Pistons and Charlotte Hornets fight for the

final spot. The East is a toss-up between any of the top four seeds. Each team has a strong core player and/or group of players, making the results ultimately come down to who becomes ‘hot’ at the right time. The West is a much different story. The only current seed that is locked up is the first: the Golden State Warriors. Following them as the next likely seed are the Denver Nuggets. The Houston Rockets are the next likely team, followed by the Portland Trail Blazers. At this point, however, any order can prevail. The Utah Jazz, Oklahoma City Thunder, San Antonio Spurs, and Los Angeles Clippers all take the remaining seeds for the West. It would be difficult to bet against Golden State, which has arguably been the best team in the league for the past five years. The roster is full of all-stars, and Steph Curry is one of the, if not the, greatest three-point shooters of all time.

However, the rest of the teams in the West are no joke, and each team will put up a strong fight and make its case for their playoff run. The Denver Nuggets have a strong roster all the way through, and the Rockets have James Harden, who is a scoring machine, nearly impossible to slow down with the ball in his hands. Here is the final prediction: In the West, Golden State will win fairly easily, with some struggles along the way. Nonetheless, the team will still make it to the finals yet again. The East is much trickier, with a good number of teams that could make the finals. In this prediction, the East is going to have a new champion in the underdog, with the Philadelphia 76ers making the finals for the first time since 2001. Th e team is ex tr emely motivated, and with the roster additions it has made throughout the season, it may have the second best roster behind only Golden State.

This weekend in Gettysburg College sports: Saturday, April 13th Softball vs. Swarthmore - 1 p.m. Men’s and Women’s Track & Field at Messiah Invite - TBA Men’s Golf at Rosemont College - 10 a.m. Women’s Golf at Gettysburg Invitational - 12 p.m. Men’s Lacrosse at Haverford - 12 p.m. Baseball vs. Ursinus (Take ALS Yard Day) - 12 p.m. Men’s and Women’s Tennis vs. Muhlenberg - 1 p.m. Women’s Lacrosse at Haverford - 3 p.m.

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