The Gettysburgian April 26, 2018

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Blasts from the past

This week in 1898, Gettysburg students held a parade when they heard the news of the Spanish American War beginning. Students marched from their dorms into town with A mer i c a n a n d C u b an flags. They stopped at several professors’ residences and wanted them to make speeches about the war. Some did, giving them words of encouragement and to remember the somber aspects of war as well.

The parade ended when Dr. McKnight gave his own speech about the war to the students.

T h i s week in 1918, the commencement day had finally been set. There was some deliberation as to when the date would be because the orator for it was former President William Howard Taft. Taft was honored to give a speech and did not want to miss it because he had other engagements in Philadelphia. So, the date of graduation was determined and was to be held in the Chapel. And since Taft was the speaker, the college was given a new American flag to be flown on the “Old Dorm,” that was 5 x 8 feet.

This week in 1978, Parents’ Weekend kicked off with the Spring Honors Convocation. Thirtyone awards were given out to students and three alumni received distinguished Alumni Certificates.

A luncheon was held the next day for the honorees. Then, parents could see a studio recital, the women’s tennis match, a square dance, and other events.

Parents were formally welcomed by President Glassick on Saturday and they could attend open houses of the different departments on campus. Quite like our fall version of Parents’ Weekend!

This week in 1988, there were plans to rejuvenate the Dining Center over the summer. There was an expansion on the east side of the building.

There would also be two new entrances, replacing the old ones where twenty-person dining spaces would be created. The new entrances are where the Servo entrances are now, on the corner of W. Lincoln and College Ave. The interior changes included making the layered sections in Servo today and the booths.

These archived “blasts from the past” were compiled by staff writer Shannon Zeltmann thanks to Special Collections in Musselman Library.

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Faculty members bid farewell

Retiring members of the Gettysburg College faculty include, from L: Temma Berg, Dan DeNicola, William Parker, Laurence Gregorio, Paula Olinger, and Kay Hoke; see profiles of several retiring faculty members beginning on p. 5 (Photos by Gettysburgian Staff & Sunderman Conservatory)

Hubbard named student S e n a t e t o h o l d speaker for Commencement new elections for president, secretary

Morgan Hubbard ’18 will deliver the Commencement Address on behalf of the Class of 2018 in May (Photo provided) B y B enjamin P ontz she wants her message to be giving the address at her own M anaging N ews E ditor applicable to all members of graduation.

“I’m really grateful

Morgan Hubbard the graduating class and also ‘18 will deliver remarks on to resonate with families and for this opportunity, and I’m behalf of the Class of 2018 current students in attendance. really proud of all my peers,” “I didn’t want it to be she said. “It’s a big day, and at Commencement in May. about me, per se,” she said. it’s one that everyone deserves A biology major and writing

Throughout her to spend being really joyous minor, Hubbard was selected from a field of applicants to Gettysburg career, Hubbard about this accomplishment.”

Director of Student give the address, which will has been engaged on issues of “reflect the ups and downs of social justice and has written Activities & Greek Life Joe for CPS’s SURGE blog. After Gurreri said that Hubbard our time here,” she said.

“I wanted to have an college, she will move to stood out among the applicants honest but positive approach,” Memphis, Tennessee to serve based not only on the content she said. “In the past four as a teacher as part of the of her speech but also for her years I’ve spent here, it’s Teach for America program, academic and co-curricular been turbulent. Especially an outlet to further her pursuit achievements.

“The Class of 2018 in the context of what’s of equity and inclusion.

“The places where had many well-qualified and happening in the nation and globally, I think we’ll look I feel that our country has the outstanding speaker candidates back hopefully years from most room for growth stem to serve as this year’s Senior now and think, ‘Wow, I was from education and its inherent C l a s s C o m m e n c e m e n t in college at that time. I was inequity across our country,” Speaker,” he said. “Morgan with my peers, and this is how she said. “Education is one Hubbard was no exception of the best opportunities for and ultimately rose to the top we responded.’”

Hubbard has been people to gain influence and as she does a wonderful job involved in the Center for knowledge and … step out of capturing the impact her time at Public Service (CPS) as an some of the oppressive arms.” Gettysburg has had on her. She While s h e thematically ties her speech immersion project leader for acknowledges her own together in a way that really trips to Washington D.C. and political views, Hubbard resonated with the selection Nicaragua and a program coordinator for the South emphasized that she values committee, particularly and Central Community Action the range of opinions within most importantly her fellow Programs (SCCAP), the the campus community and classmates.”

Above all, Hubbard Office of Residential and intends to assert that they are hopes that her classmates First-Year Programming as a positive.

Hubbard said that realize the privilege, value, a Residence Coordinator she hopes her fellow graduates and accomplishment tied up for apartments and suites, will realize that their actions in walking across the stage. and The Gettysburgian as a have made an indelible impact “People tend copyeditor and staff writer. on their peers over the past to take for granted what

Although many of the themes discussed in four years of their experience. Commencement means,” she her speech originated at the She mentioned that seeing said. “Graduating college beginning of this semester Peter Rosenberger ‘16 deliver is a big deal. I think people while she was reflecting on the Commencement address should be really, really proud a CPS immersion project, that year inspired her to pursue of themselves.”

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Senate appeal hearing, pg. 3

Faculty retirement spotlights, pg. 5

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The Gettysburg College Student Senate will hold new elections in light of election rules violations by Haley Gluhanich ‘19 and Marisa Balanda ‘21, Student Senate Vice President Aimee Bosman announced Sunday evening.

An investigative report released by Bosman said that she found that there was sufficient evidence of voter intimidation to warrant nullifying the elections for president and secretary and calling new ones.

Although Balanda will be allowed to run in the secretary election, which will be held on April 30, Bosman’s decision bars Gluhanich from running in the second election for president.

The Senate’s Constitution grants the vice president unilateral authority to impose penalties for violations of the election rules.

However, Bosman convened what she called a “representative group” to decide whether Gluhanich would be permitted to be a candidate in the second presidential election.

That group, composed of senators that are not members of the Board of Directors, which is responsible for adjudicating appeals, and who will not be involved in Senate next semester, unanimously agreed to bar Gluhanich from candidacy.

Gluhanich and Balanda had argued in statements to The Gettysburgian that the term “intimidation” was too vague, and that it was not her intent to intimidate voters. Bosman countered in her report that it was not

Springfest preview, pg. 6

Editor’s Farewell, pg. 9

the intent of Gluhanich’s and Balanda’s actions, but rather their impact that mattered.

“While the term intimidation is open to interpretation, I feel that the impact of an action is more important that the intention behind it,” Bosman wrote. “No one in senate felt that it was too vague when the update to the constitution were passed. Additionally, Haley Gluhanich was part of the group of individuals that made this constitutional change as she sat in Patrick McKenna’s policy committee during this time so she was more than aware of the rule’s existence.”

One student told The Gettysburgian that Balanda also handed over her phone. Yet, the report concluded that Balanda was merely present when the voter intimidation took place. In an email sent to Balanda and obtained

by The Gettysburgian, Bosman said that she believed that Balanda did not personally knock on anyone’s door or hand anyone her phone.

Nevertheless, Bosman did still find Balanda responsible for being complicit in Gluhanich’s actions. “ H o w e v e r , similarly to the honor code, I feel uncomfortable that you did not remove yourself from the situation immediately when other students started. In that way you were intimidating to the students, by association and by being there…As a result of these actions (and inactions), I feel you were complicit in the breaking of an election rule,” the email from Bosman read.

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Women’s Golf is CC champ, pg. 10

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Lopez gives 2018 Hesburgh Lecture on peacebuilding

George Lopez delivers the 2018 Hesburgh Lecture Gettysburgian) politics, violence is up close B y M ary F rasier and personal and now calls S taff W riter

O n T h u r s d a y for peacebuilding on the evening, April 12, in Mara local, community level.

Auditorium the Gettysburg However, the global list of Notre Dame Club held its communities experiencing 2018 Hesburgh Alumni violent conflict continues to Lecture. The event was grow which causes the list of c o - s p o n s o r e d b y t h e needs to increase.

During his Economics, Africana Studies, discussion, Lopez talked in Globalization Studies, and depth about a graph that he the Center for Religious and and colleague had created a Spiritual Life on campus. few years ago.

He calls it the This year’s featured speaker “Life Cycle of a Conflict and was Dr. George Lopez, who Institute of Peace Activities.” holds the Rev. Theodore M. The bell curve begins with Hesburgh, C.S.C., Chair in Routine Diplomacy and Peace Studies at the Kroc ends with Post-Conflict Institute for International P e a c e S t u d i e s a t t h e Peacebuilding, with many University of Notre Dame options and possibilities and the position of Professor falling in between, such E m e r i t u s . H e b e c a m e as Crisis Diplomacy or the Vice President of the the outbreak of violence.

Academy for International He continued to explain Conflict Management and the various scenarios of Peacebuilding at United international conflict and how States Institute of Peace, each story was applicable to Washington DC in September different section on the bell 2013. Dr. Lopez received curve.

Lopez emphasized his Ph. D in International the much-needed shift Relations from Syracuse from Conflict Resolution University.

Lopez presented to Conflict Transformation his discussion “The New in today’s society. During Peacebuilding: Challenges Conflict Resolution, the a n d O p p o r t u n i t i e s , ” negotiation among parties speaking about the diverse is equal and it aims to solve needs of the international one problem or only a few peacebuilding community in single problems through the 21st century. He began compromise. This is to relieve the discussion by touching the issues in the short term. on local violence and how the Conflict Transformation audience members could help builds a dialogue among contribute to peacebuilding unequal parties to try to on their own communities. build a relationship because However, Lopez quickly compromise can be too moved on to international limited. This is the best peacebuilding information, strategy for peace because it s i n c e h i s s p e c i a l t y i s is a slow, long-term process international relations. From used to create a shared future.

A major part of the research done, Lopez his lecture, however, is how relayed to the audience that we can all work on building the cycle of violence at the peace in today’s violent local and global level is world.

A disheartening converging, so much like

(Photo Mary Frasier/The statistic the professor emeritus shared with the audience was that only about half of peace agreements last beyond five years, which emphasizes the need to research what makes certain peace hold and not others. Lopez had many suggestions, including to think, plan, and act more strategically and to make sure there are insiders and outsiders working in interconnected nations throughout the world. Within strategic peacebuilding, Lopez explained the use of the SAT model, which stands for Structural changes, Attitudinal changes, and Transactional changes. These methods are something the international community uses but can also be tweaked to be used at the local level to help prevent local violence.

He encouraged the audience to take action in their local communities and use the tools he presented them with to improve the amount of violence they experience.

“We need police that don’t beat and intimidate people, before they ask them what they are doing,” he exclaimed, referencing local violence that has recently been seen in the news.

Lopez concluded the lecture by explaining that peaceworkers and peacebuilders are not only expert professionals with a master’s degree in peace studies, but professionals in related fields are using their prior knowledge from other subject areas to help contribute to the peacebuilding. He finished by reiterating to the audience that they do not need a degree to promote and build peace in the world, especially now that he has given them the tools to build peace.

Students ‘walk out’ to protest gun violence B y J amie W elch E ditor - in -C hief

On Friday, April 20, the 19th anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting, students at Gettysburg College organized the “Gettysburg Against Gun Violence” walkout, in partnership with Peace and Justice Week.

Organizers said that the protest wasn’t just about mass shootings, but rather to bring attention to all gun violence. Their Facebook event for the protest read, “Although this demonstration will take place on the anniversary of the Columbine High School mass shooting, we recognize all forms of gun violence in the United States, including but not limited to mass shootings, school shootings, police shootings, intimate partner violence, and suicides. It is especially significant that many of these instances disproportionately affect marginalized communities.”

The protest lasted about an hour and featured student speakers sharing their stories of gun violence.

Alexa Laboy ‘18

shared how gun violence claimed the life of her cousin, and said that it is not only the victim of gun violence who can have their lives forever changed as a result of a gunrelated incident.

“So many families are destroyed by gun violence, torn apart, always missing a piece,” Laboy said.

She also said that gun violence was a fact of life for her community, and that the people she fears most is law enforcement officers.

“I do not fear the gang member down the hall from my apartment building.

I do not fear the next school shooter. I don’t even fear the man who shot my cousin.”

Laboy said. “Gun violence happens every day in my community. The worst part is that I fear those that are supposed to protect us from it: the police. The police who target black and brown bodies. The police who have blood on their hands, and are never held accountable for their racist actions.”

Laboy then read a list of black men who have been killed by the police.

“Hear their names,

and know that their families are not whole without them, but because of their skin color, they’re not supposed to matter,” Laboy said.

Andrew Dalton ‘19 implored the students, faculty, and staff in attendance to register and go out to vote. He argued that sitting the election out could have devastating effects.

“Just look at what happened in 2016. We now have a president that pretends to care about gun control measures, but he’s a liar and a fraud,” Dalton said.

Dalton added that Gettysburg College is working to ensure that the polling location returns to the CUB this fall.

“So, you can walk right over to the CUB and cast your vote for politicians that are not in the pocket of the NRA,” Dalton said.

The protest concluded with a 96-second moment of silence, one second for each of the 96 people killed in the Columbine shooting.

To view the archive of our live stream of the walkout, go to gettysburgian. com/gunwalkout

Rossides, who helped build TSA post9/11, delivers 2018 Blavatt Lecture

Photos from the program of the 2018 Blavatt Lecture of Gale Rossides, former Acting Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (Photo courtesy of the Blavatt Lecture) B y K ate D elaney she got a Masters in Public percent of checked baggage Administration, and learned was screened.”

S taff W riter Rossides and her

O n T u e s d a y that she “loved leading people group had to turn this around and putting teams together.” afternoon, the Eisenhower in an industry that “had no

But, on February Institute hosted their final infrastructure, no policy and 28th, 1993, Rossides’s career installment of their 2018 procedure, all while Congress, drastically changed.

The ATF Women and Leadership the public, and the media were attempted to raid a ranch in program. Gale Rossides, breathing down [their] back.”

Waco, Texas, suspecting former acting administrator These procedures and one of the original that a religious group was also had to work in “429 stockpiling illegal weapons founders of the Transportation different airports, which all there.

Many people died in Security Administration had different processes and the siege, and the government (TSA), delivered the 19th structure.” established new leadership for annual Blavatt Lecture, which Still, Rossides and is sponsored each year by the the ATF. John Magaw was her group operated under the selected new director of the Blavatt family including EI mantra, “never again, not on ATF, and “needed someone to Executive Director Jeffrey my watch, and continuous put in charge of training, so he Blavatt ’88, on her career and improvement.” chose [Rossides]…He wanted experience as a woman who

Despite all of the rose through the ranks of the an outsider from the inside.” difficulties, Rossides believes

A t t h e t i m e , i t federal bureaucracy to become that the TSA “has come a long was rare for women to Deputy Administrator (and way…In one year, the TSA serve in leadership roles Acting Administrator) of the had achieved their goal of in law enforcement and in TSA, which she helped create having policies and procedures government, and Rossides after the terrorist attacks after in place.

They hoped to have said, “There was huge September 11, 2001. a high number of workers pushback, but [Magaw] was

Rossides opened by stating that her initial career confident in [my] ability.” who stayed on so they would aspiration was to work as an After several years and success have more experienced, and in this position, another tragic the TSA has maintained an attorney.

“I never set out to event dramatically changed attrition rate of 15%.”

Not only has the have a career in government, Rossides’ career once again.

TSA been successful in their

In September of but it was an inspiring place to original goals but has made 2001, Rossides and her be,” she said. some social improvements as husband were on vacation in Influenced well.

“The TSA,” Rossides Cape Cod. After seeing planes by figures like John F. Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy, fly over Massachusetts, their pointed out, “is also one of few and Martin Luther King Jr., phones started ringing. She was federal agencies that must hire Rossides decided to pursue called back to Washington, and women, about 35% of workers a government internship, but Rossides remembers her trip must be female.”

To college students, was informed early in her back to the Capitol, when about to enter the workforce, she “flew right alongside the career that she wouldn’t get a she offered some advice. plumes of smoke from the job in government, as Vietnam

“It’s good to have a Twin Towers.”

After seeing War veterans were returning plan, but don’t let that lead you all of the damage from the from war and received to miss out on opportunities,” terrorist attack, she “felt like hiring preference at the time. she advised. “The next job Instead, Rossides took the she had to do something.” doesn’t have to be a promotion,

Magaw was selected only Washington D.C. job she and as a leader, you will always to lead the formation of a could get—a clerk typist. In be on stage, so remember new group in the wake of the this position and those after, your character and integrity. attack—the TSA. He asked for Rossides learned, “D.C. is The most important skill is her help, and she agreed. toxic, frustrating, and invasive. the ability to communicate

Rossides said, “It [You will always] work in the effectively, and the most took one year to build the shadows of giants.” important traits are character agency, develop all of the

After being a clerk and a good reputation. You processes to recruit and screen for several years, where she are only as good as your last workers, and create the proper “learned great humility,” decision, always think on training regimen.”

Rossides applied for an your feet, trust your gut, take

Before 9/11, Rossides internship at the Bureau of the road less traveled, and said the airport security process Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms surround yourself with people was completely different. and Explosives (ATF) at the who think differently. Your

“ F o u r h o u r s o f U.S. Department of Treasury. career is a work of art, and training was the average She spent eight years with the your words and decisions paint for airport workers, every ATF, becoming “an expert in the canvas.” checkpoint was staffed human resources, but the law differently, and only five career plans faded.” Instead,

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Senate investigation identifies Board of Directors denies election misconduct Gluhanich’s appeal

-Continued from page 1Bosman also praised the “incredible job” that B alan d a h a s d o n e as a senator over the past year, and implored Balanda to not let this incident deter her from Senate involvement in the future.

Balanda stated to The Gettysburgian last week that “I went with my friend Laryssa [Horodysky, who was elected clubs liaison] to get signatures. Our friend, Haley [Gluhanich], also accompanied us to remind people to vote before the deadline.” Horodysky confirmed Balanda’s account in an email to The Gettysburgian, noting that she did not see Balanda handing anyone her phone and that “neither Marisa nor Haley ever explicitly told a resident to vote for them but rather, introduced themselves.”

Although Balanda was sanctioned even though Bosman found that she did not take an active role in the intimidation, Horodysky was not sanctioned despite the investigation concluding that she was also present during the intimidation (for the purpose of collecting signatures for her petition to run for Clubs Liaison) and did not remove herself from the situation. Bosman defended this decision, stating that “[Horodysky] is allowed to get signatures from students in the way that she did. She did not intimid a te a ny o ne in to voting and the student who reported the violation expressed that she was comfortable signing the form but was uncomfortable with the actions of the students who were running in the election.”

Ultimately, Balanda declined to appeal the decision. Gluhanich, however, opted to appeal. Senate’s Board of Directors, composed of the executive board as well as the eight committee chairs that are not already on the executive board, will meet in an open session after Monday’s meeting to hear Gluhanich’s appeal. Either the decision will be upheld in full — meaning that a new presidential election will be held by the end of the semester in which Gluhanich is not permitted to run — or overturned in full — meaning that Gluhanich will be installed as president for the 201819 academic year.

Gluhanich did not respond to a request to comment.

The report said that the decision to bar Gluhanich from running

was made by “an impartial representative group of students who will not be involved in senate next semester.” Bosman clarified in an email to The Gettysburgian that this meant the group was comprised of senior senators and two sophomores going abroad in the fall. The members of the group were seniors Kylee Davis, Ned Hughes, Nick Tarchis, and Donnie Roessler and sophomores Charlie Clewis and Jack Lashendock. Bosman also asked Andeulazia Hughes-Murdock ‘18 to be involved but she could not attend the specific meeting time.

Bosman said the group was given the report ahead of time and there was lengthy discussion on the matter. Gluhanich did not request to and was not permitted to speak before the panel, but Bosman said that she would have the opportunity to speak at her appeal Monday evening.

The power rested solely with Bosman as vice president to decide the sanctions in this matter, but she said the she decided to convene the ad hoc group to make this particular decision because she wanted to make the decision as fair as possible.

“I made the decision to form this group because I felt that just because I constitutionally have the power to make any decision I want to regarding this matter, it is extremely important to me to make sure that the decisions I make are fair and echoed by the students I represent. I thought this would be the most fair way to make this decision and these students were hand picked by me, as this is my decision ultimately, to be the most unbiased representatives of senate possible,” Bosman said.

The investigation began on April 9 when Bosman received a report from a first-year student that three women had knocked on her door a few days prior asking her to sign a petition form and to vote in the election. On April 15, an emergency meeting of Student Senate’s current executive board to discuss the report.

The next night, after the Senate meeting, the executive board met with Balanda and Gluhanich to discuss the allegations.

The Gettysburgian released a report last week in which four first-year residents of Paul Hall claimed that they were handed a phone by either

Gluhanich or Balanda and asked to vote. (That report can be read on page four).

Accordingly, Gluhanich will only be barred from being president in the upcoming year. She is still eligible to be an affinity group leader, for example.

According to Article IV, Section 4, point A-6 of the Student Senate Constitution, “Candidates may not intimidate students while they are casting their ballot.” This article was amended in March of 2018 as part of a package of revisions to the election rules.

Previously, that clause said, “Candidates may not be around or intimidate students while they are casting their ballot.”

B e c a u s e senators—including candidates—were required to staff tables around campus with laptops to encourage higher voter turnout (630 people did vote, which Bosman described as a significant increase from past years, although previous numbers were not available) the provision regarding candidates being present was removed, according to Pat McKenna ’20, Senate Parliamentarian and Policy Committee Chair.

At the April 16 meeting with the executive board, Gluhanich and Balanda did admit to walking through firstyear residence halls with Horodysky on the evening of April 6, the report said.

Balanda told the executive board that, while in the residence halls, she never knocked on a door or handed anyone her phone, but did introduce herself if the person they were talking to did not know her.

The report said Horodysky and Balanda returned to their rooms around 9:00 p.m. when Horodysky had collected enough signatures. Gluhanich moved on to East Quad at that time.

Bosman’s report includes a summary of voting data from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., when the incident occurred. She characterized the data as “a drastic shift from earlier voting trends in the election process.”

Full infographics depicting the voting data are available at http://gettysburgian. com/2018election

An appeal hearing was held Monday evening in which Gluhanich’s appeal was denied by the Senate Board of Directors. See page three for additional coverage.

B y G auri M angala , B enjamin P ontz & J amie W elch

The Gettysburg College Student Senate Board of Directors denied an appeal by Haley Gluhanich ‘19 to overturn the results of a Senate election investigation that found her responsible for violating Senate election rules, upholding the decision

by Vice President Aimee Bosman ‘18 to nullify the presidential election and to bar Gluhanich from running in the new election.

A new election will be held from Thursday through next Monday in which any candidate meeting the eligibility requirements may run.

At the appeal hearing, Gluhanich repeated her prior defense that she did not intend to intimidate anyone and that the term “intimidation” was too vague.

After the Board of Directors heard from Gluhanich and asked her questions, they entered an executive session closed to the press and to Gluhanich to discuss the matter and vote by secret ballot. The Board moved into a closed session for deliberations beginning shortly before 8:20 p.m. and ending at 8:47 p.m.

The result was announced by Bosman after Gluhanich was informed.

An investigative report released Sunday

by Bosman said that she found that there was sufficient evidence of voter intimidation to warrant nullifying the elections for president and secretary and calling new ones.

Although Marisa Balanda ‘21, who was elected secretary after losing the vice presidential race, will be allowed to run in the secretary election on April 30, Bosman’s decision and the denial of Gluhanich’s appeal bars Gluhanich from running in the second election for president.

Balanda did not appeal Bosman’s decision and will be allowed to run in the secretary election to be held at the April 30 Senate meeting.

During the Board of Directors’ session, only voting members were permitted to ask questions or make comments regarding Bosman’s report or of Gluhanich.

Bosman opened the meeting by recapping the investigation and her report.

Gluhanich was then allowed to give a statement in response to Bosman’s report. In a point by point summary, Gluhanich stated that she did not feel as

though she had intimidated any student that she asked to vote.

Gluhanich also alleged — in contradiction to a line in Bosman’s report stating that “encouraging students to run and get votes by students in senate and on the executive board was however not individual to Haley, but also expressed to other candidates” — that a member of the current Senate executive board, whom she did not name, had “reached out to me and said that I needed to, ‘get moving’ and I needed ‘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.”

Later in the meeting, Anna Burns ’19, who lost to Gluhanich, expressed concern that about this allegation that an executive board member had shared voting trends with only one candidate. Bosman said that she was the only one with access to the Google Form results for voting, at which point Parliamentarian Pat McKenna ’20 said that, solely in his capacity as a student, he had encouraged Gluhanich to campaign after he had heard many people who had voted for Burns because he “absolutely supported Haley’s campaign.”

Gluhanich went on to note that she did not think that her knocking on doors and handing her phone to students was any different than sitting in the library, as senators are asked to do.

Gluhanich stated that she did not tell anyone to vote for her, and that she rarely told any student her name or that she was running. She added that she wanted to avoid the impression she was campaigning, which is why she sought not to mention her name.

Jack Lashendock ’20 noted her prominent roles within the campus community to cast doubt on whether that lack of introduction was thus not a tacit encouragement to vote for her.

“Did you not expect them to know who you were?” Lashendock asked.

“You’re a public figure and highly visible.”

After questions, Frigon moved to close the meeting to deliberate with the board of directors.

After over 20 minutes of deliberation, Gluhanich was brought in to be notified of the decision.

Gluhanich quickly left the room, and Bosman announced that the vote was 9-3-2 against granting

Gluhanich’s appeal, barring her from running in the presidential election. After the meeting, Gluhanich declined to comment.

After the meeting, Senator Michael Mancuso ‘19 expressed his dissatisfaction with the appeal process.

“I think through the process through which this was done was an unjust process. We could not hear the accusers side of the story. We couldn’t question her, ask her how she felt, or even gain any helpful details from her account of the story,” he said. “There were other witnesses when this allegedly went on; we weren’t allowed to talk to them. We didn’t have the opportunity to question them. We only have Aimee’s side of the story, we have Haley’s side of the story. Aimee wasn’t even there, she’s just put reports she compiled. This was not done fairly at all. I think the result shows that this was an unjust system.”

Frigon countered that the process was a success for the Senate and its Board of Directors.

“I am proud of the way the Board of Directors conducted itself tonight,” he said. “I think that members remained as impartial as possible in questioning Haley, and I thank both them and her for their respective candor. I’m also incredibly grateful to have such an amazing Executive team. We’re pretty far into uncharted waters, and I’m glad that we are all working together to really make Senate the best it can be.

Part of affecting change is making tough decisions, and we did that tonight.”

New Elections

After the Senate meeting, Bosman released a timeline for the new presidential election.

Candidates must meet all standard eligibility requirements and submit their applications by 8:00 a.m. Thursday including 100 signatures. The election will occur from Thursday at 12:00 p.m. through Monday at 12:00 p.m., and the results will be announced Monday. Burns, who previously lost to Gluhanich 63 percent to 37 percent, did not immediately indicate whether she would run in the second election. Senator Nick Arbaugh ’20, who was elected treasurer for the 2018-19 academic year, told The Gettysburgian that he does plan to seek the presidency in the new election. No other students immediately declared their candidacy.

DPS Crime Log April 9, 2018 (Monday) - All Other Offenses: Trespass at Sigma Chi; Closed – No Identifiable Suspect April 10, 2018 (Tuesday) - Larceny: Theft From Buildings at Jaeger Center; Closed – No Suspects or Witnesses April 11, 2018 (Wednesday) - Nothing to report April 12, 2018 (Thursday) - Liquor Laws: Underage Possession, Liquor Laws: Underage Consumption at Stevens Hall; Closed: Referred to Office of Student Rights & Responsibilities (SRR) April 13, 2018 (Friday) - Nothing to report April 14, 2018 (Saturday) - Nothing to report April 15, 2018 (Sunday) - Liquor Laws: False Identification Card at Public Safety; Closed – Referred to SRR - Burglary: Unlawful Entry – No Force: Resident Hall/ Theft of Cash at Hanson Hall; Closed – No Witnesses or

Compiled by Gauri Mangala, Assistant News Editor Identifiable Suspects April 16, 2018 (Monday) - Other Offenses/Computer Crime/Unauthorized Network Access at West Building; Closed Case – Referred to GPD - Disorderly Conduct at Eddie Plank Gym; Open Case – Under Investigation by Gettysburg Borough Police (GPD) and Department of Public Safety (DPS) April 17, 2018 (Tuesday) - Nothing to report April 18, 2018 (Wednesday) - Drug Abuse Violations: Possession: Marijuana, All Other Offenses: Possession of Drug Paraphernalia at 209 North Washington Street; Closed: Referred to SRR - Driving Under the Influence: Alcohol Disorderly, Conduct: Excessive Noise at 200 Block of Carlisle Street; Closed: Referred to GPD April 19, 2018 (Thursday) - All Other Offenses: Possession of Drug Paraphernalia at Hanson Hall; Closed: No Suspects or Witnesses - Liquor Laws: Underage Possession at Rice Hall; Closed: Referred to SRR RA/RC Report

- Liquor Laws: Underage Consumption at Stine Lake; Closed: Referred to SRR April 20, 2018 (Wednesday) - Drug Abuse Violation: Possession: Marijuana at Stine Hall; Closed – Referred to SRR April 21, 2018 (Thursday) - Drug Abuse Violation: Possession Marijuana/ All Other Offenses: Possession of Drug Paraphernalia at Carlisle House; Closed – Referred to SRR April 22, 2018 (Friday) - Liquor Laws: Underage Consumption at Campus Exterior: East of Huber Hall; Closed – Referred to SRR - Liquor Laws: Underage Consumption/ Liquor Laws: Underage Possession/ Liquor Laws Open Container at Campus Exterior: Pennsylvania Drive; Closed – Referred to SRR - Disorderly Conduct/ Liquor Laws: Underage Consumption at Campus Exterior: Huber Lot; Closed – Referred to SRR - Liquor Laws: Underage Consumption at Campus Exterior: East of Huber Hall; Closed – Referred to SRR

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Students allege violations of Senate election rules, prompting launch of investigation Note: This article was originally published on April 20. Since then, the investigation has concluded -- results are on page three.

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Hours before voting closed on the evening of Friday, April 6, the last day to vote in the President and Vice President election of the Gettysburg College Student Senate, a first-year student was returning to her room on the third floor of Paul Hall when she noticed that Senator Marisa Balanda ‘21, at the time a candidate for Student Senate Vice President, and another woman whom she did not recognize were knocking on other residents’ doors. Balanda and the unknown woman approached the student and asked if she had voted yet. When the resident responded no, she said that Balanda offered her a phone open to the Google Form to vote.

“I was a little taken aback,” remarked the resident, who took the phone and proceeded to vote quickly before returning to her room as Balanda and the other student, having thanked her, continued canvassing the floor. Because she did not know any of the candidates or have any particular interest in the race, the student said she otherwise likely would not have voted and only did so because Balanda handed her a phone with the ballot open.

Balanda disputed the suggestion that she handed anyone her phone or otherwise pressured anyone to vote. “I never handed my phone to anyone in any residence hall or academic building or knocked on anyone’s door,” she said. Several students have, however, submitted complaints to Bosman, who oversees elections as Vice President, alleging improper conduct.

On Sunday evening, Vice President Aimee Bosman ‘18 called an emergency meeting of Student Senate’s current executive board to discuss reports she had received of improper conduct by Balanda as well as Haley Gluhanich ‘19, who won the presidential race.

The next night, after the Senate meeting, the executive board met with Balanda and Gluhanich to discuss the allegations, which suggest that the pair handed their phones to prospective voters with the Google Form used for balloting open and encouraged students to vote while they were present.

According to Article IV, Section 4, point A-6 of the Student Senate Constitution, “Candidates may not intimidate students while they are casting their ballot.” This article was amended in March of 2018 as part of a package of revisions to the election rules. Previously, that clause said, “Candidates may not be around or intimidate students while they are casting their ballot.” Because

senators—including candidates—were required to staff tables around campus with laptops to encourage higher voter turnout (630 people did vote, which Bosman described as a significant increase from past years, although previous numbers were not available) the provision regarding candidates being present was removed, according to Pat McKenna ’20, Senate Parliamentarian and Policy Committee Chair.

“We thought that [the old wording] was too nebulous and that especially as people worked … tables it could be interpreted too broadly,” he said.

Nevertheless, some students said actions by Gluhanich and Balanda caused them to feel pressured or intimidated to vote for them. This report is based on allegations from four first-year students, each of whom is a resident of Paul Hall. Three said they were given a phone and asked to vote in Paul Hall, while one said Gluhanich asked them to vote prior to a class they had together in Glatfelter Hall. Each source insisted that their name be withheld for fear of social retribution, a request The Gettysburgian granted. (For more on this decision, see the second editor’s note.)

One resident of Paul Hall told The Gettysburgian that she emailed Bosman and reported that Gluhanich and Balanda had knocked on her door. “Haley asked me, ‘have you voted yet?’

I said no. She said, ‘did you want to vote right now? It only takes ten seconds,’” the resident recalled. Gluhanich went on to hand the resident her own phone with the voting form already pulled up, told her her name and to vote for her. The resident, unsure of whether or not Gluhanich would be able to go back and read her vote, voted for her.

“There was a little bit of pressure [because] she gave me her phone,” the resident explained, adding, “I imagine they had good intentions.”

The resident said that she wished that Senate had more specificity in its rules, suggesting that “intimidation” was too vague of a term.

In response to allegations that she had asked students to vote for her, Gluhanich stated, “I would like to make it very clear that I never told/asked students to vote for me; rather I asked them to vote in general, which … is something that Senate encouraged by having us work the tables in the library. If someone has said otherwise, then it must have been a misinterpretation of the instance. I take the campaign rules extremely seriously and I had read them over several times, so it would be extremely out of character for me to do otherwise.”

G l u h a n i c h explained that she “went around some residence

Senate Parliamentarian Pat McKenna ‘20 and Vice President Aimee Bosman ‘18 discuss proposed revisions to the Student Senate Constitution at a meeting in February. These revisions, which were ultimately enacted in March, grant the vice president complete, unilateral authority to impose penalties for violations of election rules. (Photo Claire Bickers/The Gettysburgian) halls knocking on students’ doors, asking if they had voted for Student Senate President and Vice President. If they said no, I followed up with asking them if they would like to vote and that I actually had the link on my phone, out of convenience for them.

If they said yes, I handed them my phone and I backed away to give them space to vote. This was the same thing that occurred at the library (the executive board required that senators work a shift in the library to get people to vote). So I was just doing exactly what I did at the library, except it was in a different location, and I actually gave people more space to vote.”

She went on to state that her “motivation was to increase voter turnout. Having a large voter turnout is a good thing and asking people to spare a few moments to vote is just one way to achieve that. It was no secret that I was asking people if they wanted to vote in general, and many people actually encouraged it.”

B a l a n d a commented on the allegations, stating that “I went with my friend Laryssa [Horodysky, who was elected clubs liaison] to get signatures.

Our friend, Haley, also accompanied us to remind people to vote before the deadline.”

She remarked, “As signatures were being obtained, I was present as another candidate (Haley Gluhanich) offered her phone to some students.”

She added, “I vehemently deny any allegation that suggests I may have violated any of the Senate bylaws regarding ‘intimidating’ voters. I did not coerce anyone to vote for me. I did not facilitate the process of voting.

Intimidation is one of many terms that by its very definition is a matter of perspective. There is no way to quantify or truly determine an emotion of another person. Thus, I have always questioned the nature of that type of language being part of any official ‘rule book’ for any organization. [I] pride myself on the fact that I was raised to try to

make my presence cordial at every moment during every encounter. I never intimidated anyone. It is not in my nature. And, I lost the election for Vice President.”

At last week’s Student Senate meeting, Bosman announced that Gluhanich had won the Presidential election 63 percent to 37 percent, defeating Anna Burns ‘19, and Balanda had lost the Vice Presidential election 56 percent to 44 percent, losing to Pat Custer ‘19. Balanda later won the secretary election against Burns, a contest in which only current senators vote.

Another student, a first-year who had a class with Gluhanich in Glatfelter Hall, said Gluhanich approached her before class had started and asked her if she had voted. After the student responded no, Gluhanich handed her her phone, leading the student to feel “peerpressured” to vote for her. The student felt a “little bit intimidated,” and she asserted that Gluhanich “obviously had a motive because we are freshmen and naive,” and that she f el t f o r c ed t o v o t e f o r Gluhanich, remarking that “obviously I couldn’t vote for the other person” with Gluhanich standing there. “I felt obligated to vote for her because she handed me her phone and, in that moment, it was so fast,” she said.

“You just couldn’t say no.” She added that she had wanted to read up on the candidates before casting her vote, but did not get that opportunity because Gluhanich pushed her to vote.

When asked if she believed that she was violating the Senate bylaws prohibiting “intimidating” voters, Gluhanich responded that she did not.

“There is nothing that prohibits knocking on doors. And asking people to vote in general is not intimidating; students were free to vote for whoever they wanted – and there was no way for me to find out who they voted for.

The word ‘intimidating’ is too vague in this context, as people view intimidation in many different ways,” she said.

A fourth resident of Paul Hall, who was returning to her floor with a friend, was approached by both Balanda and Gluhanich. Gluhanich told Balanda that she had already spoken to the resident’s friend, and went on to ask the resident if she had voted.

The resident said no, was asked by Gluhanich if she would like to vote, and was handed Gluhanich’s phone. She voted for Gluhanich.

The resident felt that the “right to my privacy” was disregarded and noted that Gluhanich “didn’t even tell us her policies.”

The resident hopes that, in the future, candidates would “encourage people to vote” but would not “pressure” them. She said that Senate should have a new election to give students a chance to give their vote proper consideration, rather than making a splitsecond decision about whether and for whom to vote while the candidate is present.

The Senate Constitution grants the Vice President authority to impose election remedies at his or her discretion subject to review by the Board of Directors, which includes the executive board and chairs of Senate committees.

“The Vice President shall have the power to enforce penalties including, but not limited to, disqualification of candidacy,” the Constitution says.

“ I h a v e since continued the investigation and have kept Marisa and Haley in the loop as to the progress of this investigation. I will come to a decision soon and keep Haley and Marisa aware,” Bosman stated.

When pressed for further information regarding the status of the investigation, Bosman cited the ongoing investigation in declining to comment.

B o s m a n informed Senate of the investigation Thursday evening in an email to senators and club representatives. She did not include any names or possible violations that were being investigated, rather stating that the executive board has

“been investigating claims of candidates breaking election rules after being approached by several students with those same concerns.”

She assured senators that she would release her findings when she felt as though the board had “adequate and accurate information to share.”

Editor’s Note: The Gettysburgian does not typically grant anonymity to our sources, but we have done so in this instance because the students feared retaliation if their names appeared in connection with this story. These sources and their accounts were vetted through our editorial process which, in this case, involved two editors. Questions or comments about this or any story can be directed to editors@ gettysburgian.com. (- J. Welch)

Editor’s Note: Several days ago, I became aware of information relevant to this story in a nonjournalistic capacity that, thus, could not be used in this story. As such, I did not participate in the news-gathering phase of this story.

During the course of her reporting, which had already commenced at the time I became aware of this information, Gauri Mangala uncovered the same information, which thus allowed it to be used journalistically.

Thereafter, in my role as managing news editor, I provided editorial input throughout the composition and editing phases of the story. As always, Editor-in-Chief Jamie Welch exercised final editorial control, but, in the interest of full disclosure, I wanted to ensure this context was made available to readers. Questions or concerns can be directed to editors@ gettysburgian.com. (- B. Pontz)

Editors involved in reviewing this story included Editor-in-Chief Jamie Welch, Managing News Editor Benjamin Pontz, Lead Copyeditor Morgan Hubbard, and News Copyeditor Lauren Hand.

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Parker has taught at Gettysburg for over a fourth of the college’s history. This year, he retires.

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The year was 1967.

Thurgood Marshall became the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, Will Ferrell was born, the Beatles released Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, and a young Dr. William Parker joined the chemistry faculty at Gettysburg College.

While many of his friends and peers from the University of North Carolina went into industry, Parker decided to teach. He made this decision since “academia gives you all types of freedom” including a flexible schedule, freedom to design his courses, and unlike in industry, “no one looking over your shoulder.”

Parker then clarified that while hours may be flexible and he could stay home with a sick child if needed, professors work much longer than 40 hours a week in classrooms, labs, grading papers and helping students.

Parker has taught at Gettysburg College for 51 years. This equates to over a quarter of the college’s history! In 51 years, things have changed.

For a start, the chemistry department was once housed in Breidenbaugh Hall and would be until the fall of 2002. Parker actually helped design many features of the Science Center along with Emeritus Professor Joesph Grzybowski and Professor Donald Jameson. Parker was also instrumental in initiating the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology program. He co-wrote the grant application to Howard Hughes with Emeritus Professor of Biology Ralph Sorensen that jumpstarted the program and was happy to see the chemistry and biology departments coming under the same roof with the construction of the Science Center.

Parker says that the students have also changed over the years. “Students are better prepared. This is going to fly in the face of cynics, but we’re getting better students,” he commented adding, “not that they all work as hard as they should, but they are more capable.”

He suspects that this is probably a reflection of Gettysburg’s increased selectivity; however, he notes that while students may be more capable,

Pictured left to right: Abigail Marconi, Brynn Griffith, Marni Granzow, Katie Estell with Parker at his desk (Photo Josh Wagner/The Gettysburgian)

they are also busier and more involved than ever and marvels at how some students try to balance sports, musical ensembles, and courses, especially students who take multiple labs.

The college has also gotten less formal.

At the start of his tenure, male professors wore a shirt, tie, and jacket, and on occasion would take off their jacket to teach.

Now, few professors even wear a tie. Parker commented that this change has been for the better since he “never fe lt like [he] had to wear a coat for respect.”

Parker also reported that students “never called me Parker in the past.”

It was always Dr. Parker or Professor Parker, but he did not mind the informality since, “it’s not us versus them.

We’re in this together.

It’s a joint project.”

Within the department, Parker was a team player. At times forgoing his own research, he served as the chair of the Chemistry Department for 18 years to allow fellow professors Grzybowski and Jameson to develop their research projects.

Parker does not regret this, but he did comment: “I can’t say that I did it out of joy.”

While department chair, P arker looked out for his colleagues, says Professor Michael Wedlock. Wedlock provided the following anecdote: “So when I was hired, the question was raised if I wanted a PC or a Macintosh

computer. At the time only PCs were allowed.

The college President at the time was very against Macs, and they weren’t supported by IT. The rest of the department used Macintoshes and had got them before the ban.

I had only used Macs in the past and said that I would prefer to use one. Dr. Parker said that would be fine. He came back later and said that he went to the provost.

A week later, he said the question has gone up to the president’s office, but I should know soon.

As a new professor, that terrified me, but at the end of the day, Parker got me my Macintosh.

He was willing to fight for that.”

Dr. Timothy Funk ‘00, the current chair of the Chemistry Department, has known Parker both as a student and as a colleague. “I had Dr. Parker for three classes when I was a student: Chem 111, Chem 112 Honors, and Advanced Inorganic Chemistry. He was also the lab instructor for my Chem 112 Honors lab,” explained Funk continuing, “I valued his kindness, patience, and dedication to teaching when I was a student, and he has continued to inspire me now that I am his colleague. He has given so much to Gettysburg College, and he will be missed by students and faculty!”

A s s i s t a n t Professor Kate Buettner has similar praise for Parker. “Dr. Parker is my department mentor.

I spend a lot of time in his office getting help just like the students.

He has been really good at helping me find how I want to present things in class.” Buettner then praised Parker’s open mindedness: “[Parker] is still really willing to keep up with the changes in the student body.”

While he has not been an active researcher in recent years, Parker has been an extraordinarily active educator. Parker has taught courses across the department, even designing an interdisciplinary course on symmetry.

His favorite courses to teach are the general chemistry sequence. In a given semester he has taught between 70 and 170 students. Meeting a diverse group of students is what he enjoys most about teaching.

On the average weekday, the popular professor is surrounded by a flock of general chemistry students in need of help with their homework and lab work.

He enjoys office hours and informal question and answer sessions with students more than lecturing in the classroom.

Students value Parker’s commitment.

When Parker’s impending retirement was mentioned, Marni Granzow ‘21 exclaimed, “He can’t leave - we need him!” Sitting next to Granzow in Parker’s office, Abigail Marconi ’21 reported that “Professor Parker solidified [her] decision

to become a chemistry major.” Taylor Buckley ’19 had a similar experience: “Parker not only got me to stop hating chemistry - he got me to major in it!”

Amelia Hou ’19 credits Parker with her choice of major too saying: “I decided to major in chemistry because of him.”

“I mean we all love him,” claimed Matthew Coe ‘21 to the agreement of a crowd of students gathered in the chemistry lounge.

Professor Donald Jameson had this to say about Parker’s often crowded office: “Parker doesn’t have any regular office hours. They seem to run from when he gets here in the morning until 5:00 p.m., and you are likely to see students in his office at any time.”

It wasn’t always like this. According to Parker, as recent as 10 years ago “students rarely came to ask questions.”

Associate Professor Lucas Thompson had this to say about the traffic in Parker’s office: “It’s not just students that he helps in his office.

My first year here I spent more time in his office than the students did. All of the time he has for students, he has for colleagues as well.

He made my transition here into teaching much easier.”

What is the key to staying sane teaching for 51 years? According to Parker: “Patience. I’m a pretty patient person.”

While some students

have tried his patience, Parker admitted that sometimes he and students have too much fun and get distracted from chemistry.

Parker reflected that students helped him as much as he helped them after the death of his wife Frances Parker.

The Parkers were married for 46 years when Frances died, and many current students will recall Professor Parker taking leave in the spring of 2016 when she passed. Most people enrolled in Chemistry 108 will also remember that he did not leave for long - taking solace working with students and continuing as he had for 49 years to be a resource and mentor to students.

Parker had this to say about family: “family was extremely important to me. I didn’t neglect them. If I had time to camp, hike, play tennis - that was a bonus.

I tried to lead a balanced, reasonable life.”

Parker said that he will miss teaching and mentioned possibly leading review sessions for general chemistry exams even after retirement.

If given the chance, would he choose to come to Gettysburg again? “Yes, I’d do it again, if they offered me a job. I never did a post-doc, so maybe they wouldn’t hire me in today’s market.”

We can only hope that Gettysburg College would rehire such an inspiration.

Last week of classes and finals week at Musselman Library B y M usselman L ibrary

As the academic year is rapidly coming to a close, Musselman Library is offering multiple services to help make your last week of classes and Finals Week more productive and less stressful.

Research Help: There are friendly librarians, interns, and Peer Research Mentors standing by at Research Help Desk, ready to assist you with your research or citation questions. We

will even help you find a book on the shelf. Stop by the desk in person, email ask@gettysburg.edu, text 717-473-4532, or use the chat box on the library homepage. We are here to help!

Lattes with a Librarian: Need some last minute research or citation help, but you’re not in the Library? You can use the email, text, or chat options mentioned above… or stop

by The Commons in the CUB on Tuesday, May 1 or Wednesday, May 2

between 2:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. and ask the friendly librarian on duty. Not only will you get an answer to your question, you can also receive a free mug and a coupon for a free small coffee (while supplies last).

Sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Engagement.

Extended Hours: The library will stay open an extra hour, until 11:00 p.m. on Friday, May 4. The library will open early on Saturday, May 5 at 8:00 a.m. and not close its doors until Friday, May 12 at 5:00

p.m. Enjoy legit 24/7 access during Finals Week.

Stress Relief Table: Starting on Monday, May 7 there will be a Stress Relief Table on the Ground Floor of the library during Finals Week. Give your brain a break by coloring a picture to display on our Gallery Wall or completing a word search. Or take a Positive Post-It to give yourself a boost!

Finals Study Break: Also on Monday, May 7 the semi-annual Finals Study Break will

be taking place from 8:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m. Stop by the library's patio to enjoy games, coloring, and an ice cream sundae bar with a variety of toppings! If it rains, we will have the event in Room 018 on the ground floor of the library.

Mark your calendars for some de-stressing during one of the craziest weeks of the year!

Relaxation Sessions: There will also be opportunities for guided relaxation and yoga in the library throughout finals

week. Dates and times will be announced soon – check out the library’s social media accounts for details.

Final Reminders: All borrowed library materials (including Interlibrary Loan) are due back on or before Friday, May 11.

The library is a shared space. Do not leave personal belongings to save a spot.

Musselman Library is not responsible for the security of belongs left unattended.

Good luck with your finals!

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Paula Olinger, Founder of Former Provost to El Centro, retires in May DeNicola B y G auri M angala C o -F eatures E ditor

Paula Olinger will be retiring in May (Photo Gauri Mangala/The Gettysburgian) B y G auri M angala the stories of these people students. Now, the area is from the people themselves. almost entirely Hispanic, C o -F eatures E ditor "That trip changed my life," and the program became

Paula D. Olinger, Olinger remarked. what we all know today as Associate Professor of

A f t e r r e t u r n i n g 'El Centro.'

Spanish at Gettysburg from Central America, As Olinger started College will be retiring Olinger helped to develop t e l l i n g s t o r i e s o f t h e this year, after almost 40 a series of activities as part program to her students in years of teaching. Olinger of a program called "Central her classes at Gettysburg, joined the college’s Spanish America in Chaos." The s h e n o t i c e d t h a t m a n y faculty in 1979 and received program brought famous wanted to come tutor at El her PhD from Brandeis writers, speakers, poets, Centro as well. By 2002, University in 1986. During and priests from Central the fourth hour program for her time at Gettysburg, America to speak about Spanish students was up and she has advocated for what life was like there. running, and has developed service learning and social

Olinger's research more and more ever since. justice. Olinger specializes focuses on poetry, currently When asked in Spanish literature, on the poetry of women in a b o u t t h e c h a n g e s s h e especially women's poetry, Latin America. Her book, saw in her students as but Don Quixote holds a "Images of Transformation they started tutoring at El special place in her heart, in Traditional Hispanic Centro, Olinger said that and on her bookshelf.

Poetry," is a manifestation "the biggest thing [that]

A native to of Olinger's fascination with the students of Gettysburg Gettysburg, Olinger married Latin America, Spanish College got was a bond with a Spaniard when she was 19 literature and social justice. a child - you start to see and moved to Spain, under

A f t e r O l i n g e r ' s political things in a whole the Franco regime. Olinger parents passed, she inherited different light." studied at the University of a building in Gettysburg: the I n 2 0 0 9 , Barcelona and experienced very building that she had Olinger was awarded the the terrors of Franco first grown up in. Her family and Lifetime of Peacemaking hand. After that, Olinger herself turned that building Award, highlighting her knew that this was not the into a Bed and Breakfast. e x t r a o r d i n a r y l e v e l o f world she wanted to live in.

Olinger noted that this B&B empathy and agency when

In the summer of was in the poorest part of it comes to service learning 1984, Olinger was made the town, a part wherein and social justice. aware of a trip to Central which the majority was As she leaves America for educators at African-American families. G e t t y s b u r g C o l l e g e , Lutheran colleges. Olinger Children who knew Olinger Olinger keeps an open jumped at the chance and because of their parents, mind surrounding what found herself experiencing who had gone to school is 'next' for her. She has life in Mexico, El Salvador, with her, would come to the ideas of creating more Honduras, and Nicaragua.

Bed and Breakfast for some education programs within In Mexico, she was able to candy, and would ask for Gettysburg, especially a see the base communities help with their homework. middle school program, that Pope John XXIII had

" I t j u s t s t a r t e d or developing educational created, as part of a series with five minutes," Olinger o p p o r t u n i t i e s w i t h i n of changes, better known reminisced. Five minutes prisons. as Vatican II. The pope turned into an after-school Olinger reflects had decided that priests program. Before Olinger on her time at Gettysburg had to live among the poor knew it, 'The Center' was fondly: "From my almost and teach them to read the born. As time went on, 40 years, I have never seen bible, which was illegal demographics changed, and students like we have now. at the time. As the only the program was renamed They are phenomenal. God visitor there who could 'The Center/El Centro,' has sent this generation just speak Spanish, Olinger did a d a p t i n g t o t h e l a r g e when we need them the not have to communicate population of Hispanic most." through translators to hear

Daniel R. DeNicola, Chairperson and Professor of Philosophy, will be retiring from Gettysburg College this May. DeNicola, who has also served as the College's Provost (1996-2006) and Vice President of Program Development at Gettysburg College, has experienced the development of Gettysburg College into one of the highest ranked Liberal Arts colleges in the country with his own eyes.

DeNicola, an advocate for lifelong scholarship, found philosophy "because I had many, many academic interests when I got to college I realized I could not pursue them all."

DeNicola realized that what he really enjoyed about these different subjects were the "philosophical dimensions" surrounding them. DeNicola has never regretted his decision to study philosophy, "It's an amazing field, it's a good field to take you into many different things."

As Provost of Gettysburg College, DeNicola worked with the administration to carry through many changes to the college.

"I was very fortunate in being Provost when I was because we had a president who was oriented towards growth and development," DeNicola said.

These changes included building the Science Center, renovating the Majestic Theatre, renovating the Musselman Library, starting the Johnson Center,

starting CNAV, starting the Eisenhower Institute, adding 45 faculty positions, introducing the First-Year Seminar program, and many more. Along with these changes, many majors and minors were added, including: Theatre Arts, Environmental Studies, Anthropology, Arabic, Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies, Health Sciences, Latin American Studies, East Asian Studies, etc.

"I think couldn't have found a better situation to work as a Provost," DeNicola posited. However, "I always imagined I would end my career teaching." DeNicola felt as though his scholarship had lessened during his time in the administration, and knew that, as a fulltime faculty member, that that would be something he could pursue again wholeheartedly.

DeNicola has since become the Chairperson of the Philosophy Department and has taught higher-level philosophy courses including 'The Philosophy of Color' and 'Philosophy of Place.' He

has gone on to publish two books: "Learning to Flourish: A Philosophical Exploration of Liberal Education" and "Understanding Ignorance: The Surprising Impact of What We Don't Know," which won an 2018 Association of American Publisher's PROSE Award in the Philosophy category.

As DeNicola ends his time at Gettysburg College, he wishes to continue his scholarship and his traveling. He currently is working on a book of ethics that is set to come out in 2019. In terms of the college, DeNicola plans to maintain Gettysburg as a base for a while. "I don't want to lose contact with the college community."

DeNicola remains thankful for the time he has had here, noting that "being paid to teach philosophy is a privilege." While his time at Gettysburg College may end, the journey shall continue. He maintained, "There's never been a better time in the history of the world to be a scholar."

Daniel DeNicola will be retiring in May (Photo Gauri Mangala/The Gettysburgian)

Get ready Springfest

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That time of year is finally approaching…

The event which Gettysburg students and alumni look forward to all year long, Springfest! As we all know by this point, this year’s Springfest concert will feature Sammy Adams on Friday, April 27 at 7:00 p.m. in the ballroom. But what other fun events are planned for us this year? The fun started on Wednesday, April 25 from 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. at Stine Lake with the Greek Life Philanthropy Carnival Kickoff. Here, students could play fun carnival games and win prizes in order to support local and international

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philanthropic causes.

The fun continues on Thursday, April 26 from 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. outside of the Office of Multicultural Engagement. Swing by to talk to DPS about Violence Prevention while enjoying food from the Soul Burrito Food Truck and listening to live music! After you enjoy some food and live music, head over to The Attic from 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. for Luau Themed-Pub Trivia.

This event is sponsored by Quizbowl and The Attic Advisory Board, and prizes include Gettysburg College apparel and gift cards to local restaurants. Right after you win some prizes from your extensive luau knowledge,

‘Luau’: 2018

head over to the lawn between Bullet and the Field House from 8:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. for a screening of the amazing new movie, Black Panther.

On Friday April 27, be sure to buy your $15 tickets for the Sammy Adams concert in CUB Ballroom.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

From 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 28 at Stine Lake, come enjoy free food, inflatables, and live music. The food for the picnic, which is provided

by Dining Services, will be offered until 1:30 p.m.

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Retiring next month, College ‘celebrates’ 10 Berg considers: years of presenting “What has it all meant?” undergraduate research B y G auri M angala C o -F eatures E ditor

Temma Berg, an English Professor of 33 years, will be retiring from Gettysburg College this May.

While an English Professor, Berg is heavily involved in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program, and is known for teaching courses in which the two studies intersect.

When asked what made her chart a path to teach WGS, Berg said, "I grew up in a time period with a lot of change, and I wanted to be a part of it."

One of her main foci of intrigue is currently the Bronte sisters, Charlotte, Emily, and the lesser known Anne, and the interconnectedness of their stories. "Well they are sisters, and I'm a sister," joked Berg as she explained the interest in the sister dynamic of the three authors. She also likes to venture into the film genre and how that affects the way a novel is portrayed, examined, and remembered.

More specifically, why certain novels, like Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights, have so very many film adaptations, but other novels may not even see more than one adaptation.

While Berg does hold the Bronte sisters in high regard, she has also found herself venturing past the canonical English and American female authors, such as the Brontes, but also Dickinson, Woolf, Austen, etc.

"It is important to know about different kinds of women. I think it is important to know as many stories as we can."

Berg applauds the ability of the internet to allow

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Temma Berg will be reitiring in May (Photo Gauri Mangala/The Gettysburgian) audiences to reach these stories Gender, and Print Culture in of "un-sung women," as she Eighteenth-Century Britain: refers to them, however fears Essays in Memory of Betty that an entirely online space to Rizzo," was published.

For Berg, some take consume literature takes away aways that she has gained from from the experience, "Are teaching at Gettysburg College we losing that contemplative have been that one has to be space where you read slowly open to new ideas, and to never and enter the world? I worry be afraid of arguing with each about that." other.

"That's the fun of it," she

For example, Berg said, "that's why education is fears that ease of use of the alive!" internet to find summaries of After retirement, texts will set up expectations.

Berg intends to continuing She is of the opinion that one her writing and research. should never set expectations She wishes to develop a lifewhen entering the literary long learning program in landscape.

Gettysburg, one in which

To those who consider English to be an everyone is a teacher, and 'easy' or 'pointless' major, Berg everyone is a student. "I hope would argue that "at bottom, people will think of their own it's all literature." She went on learning as lifelong learning. to posit that "what literautre They're learning to be human," gives us is all the complexities she said.

She also intends to of being human. By reading work on her memoir, "Diary about others, we get to know of a Mad Professor" (working ourselves more fully." title).

"I kept a diary of my

During her time last semester," she explained. at Gettysburg, Berg has, in fashion with an English Berg went on to say that as she professor, written a lot. Berg thinks about retirement, she is has written articles on themes forced to think: "What has it from women writers to all meant?"

Berg concluded reader-response criticism for stating, "I've been thinking a publications such as "Papers lot about the importance of in Language and Literature," contradiction, paradox, and "Literature, Interpretation, empathy.

We have enough Theory," and "Eightenthself-righteousness, we could Century Women," just to name use more empathy." a few.

In 2013, her edited collection "Women,

Gettysburg College will be hosting its 10th annual Celebration from April 30 to May 5 of this year. Celebration, or the Colloquium on Undergraduate Research, Creative Activity, and Community Engagement, gives Gettysburg students the opportunity to present their research to the campus community in a wide variety of presentations styles: from posters, to panels, to films, to theatre.

As described by the college website, Celebration is "indeed, a celebration – bringing together a wide range of engaged and energized students as they showcase their great work in thesis research, independent study, coursework, study abroad, community and public service, and visual, performing, and studio arts."

Jared Richardson '18, a German Studies and Cinema & Media Studies major, will be presenting his German Studies capstone at Celebration.

"I knew that I wanted to work with film to some extent, particularly the movies I really liked from Germany. In the course of the lecture, I learned about the idea of the "Clean Wehrmacht," something that was believed for years by some groups post-WW2. . .basically the idea was that the war crimes of World War 2

were mostly blamed on the SS and Nazi officials.

The German army, the Wehrmacht, were (wrongly) considered innocent by many, just soldiers doing their job," explained Richardson.

He went on, saying, "My research attempts to explain how the Wehrmacht was shown in films in the immediate post-war period, but after this exhibition broke the myth of the Clean Wehrmacht.

Basically, it involved a lot of historical context."

When asked about the significance of his research, Richardson said, "I think it's still important to talk about World War 2, especially from the German perspective. My time studying abroad in Berlin showed me how tricky it is to look at the war there ... I think what's even more interesting though is that this debate happened at the turn of the millennium for Germany, but Italy is still looking at their role and finding it hard to believe they had a part in the Holocaust, 70 years after the fact."

Brittany Bondi '19, an Environmental Studies major, will be presenting research surrounding "a glacial landform called a cirque within Iceland, specifically on the Peninsula of Flateyjarskagi," she explained. She spent the summer utilizing the software of ArcGIS and

Google Earth to identify these cirques, or "bowlshaped depressions in bedrock that were created by past glaciation of an area."

Bondi also traveled to Iceland, along with Marion McKenzie '19 and her mentor, Dr. Sarah Principato, and got to see these cirques from afar while on a ferry to Grimsey, an island north of the mainland.

" I w a s particularly interested in this research because I find glaciers fascinating.

Glaciers are very visible indicators of climate change, and so it was amazing to study what they do to the actual bedrock. It is also fascinating to see how much information can be derived from a single ‘hole’ in the earth," Bondi commented.

"Studying cirques helps us understand past climate patterns in the region of study.

By analyzing cirques and then comparing my results to other cirques globally and regionally, I was able to determine some of the factors that allowed the cirques to develop."

Richardson and Bondi will be joined by many other students of Gettysburg College to contribute to the distribution, acquisition, and celebration of scholarship among students, faculty and friends of the institution.

After 35 years, Gregorio retires from Gettysburg B y H ope R oberts C ontributing W riter

Laurence Gregorio, who has taught French at Gettysburg College since 1983, will be retiring in May. Gregorio has always loved the French language, but he started down a very different path. As an undergraduate student, he originally declared a major in psychology.

“It wasn’t for me… It wasn’t at all what I wanted,” he said, “so I decided to take a major in something I enjoyed-- which was French.”

As for teaching at a college level, Gregorio says this career choice became obvious once he decided to pursue his M.A and Ph.D.

“If you go to graduate school in my field,

it’s what you do,” he said, “It’s what I had planned all along.”

Gregorio began his career at the University of Colorado Denver, where he taught for two years before arriving at Gettysburg. The contrast between the two institutions was stark-Gregorio refers to UC Denver as a “commuter school” located in an urban setting that he described as “nothing you would call a campus.”

When he arrived at Gettysburg, he found a close-knit community of residential students and a thriving social scene dominated by fraternities and sororities.

“Greek life had a presence right out front,” said Gregorio, but he feels

this has definitely changed since he has been here, with these organizations now having a less prominent position in social life.

He also believes that the intellectual atmosphere at Gettysburg has improved greatly over the years.

According to Gregorio, “The level of intellectual engagement on the part of the student body has risen,” and he believes that the Office of Admissions is to thank for this progression.

“I think it’s a function of admissions-everything that the admissions office is doing,” he said, “and the level of discourse has raised remarkably.”

Outside of teaching, Gregorio enjoys

spending time with his three grandchildren, aged eight years, four years, and five weeks. He also has a passion for music, and plays the guitar in a blues band, which is composed mostly of Gettysburg faculty.

They once even performed outside at the fountain.

“It went very well,” addded Gregorio. “I also did karate for many years, but I got too old,” he laughed.

In his retirement, he looked forward to having more time for reading, music, and his grandchildren. However, he will miss the everyday contact with students, teaching, and the general atmosphere at the college.

“One thing I’ve always treasured is the faculty relationships, especially

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interdepartmental,” he said, “I’ve formed a lot of strong friendships.”

When asked to

sum up his career at Gettysburg College in one word, Gregorio thought for a moment, and replied

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E m m y Featured films in E a r l y nomination predictions Gettysburg B y J ackie M c M ahon S taff W riter

Majestic Theater

‘The Leisure Seeker’ 1 hour, 52 minutes – R Helen Mirren & Donald Sutherland star as a runaway couple who go on an unforgettable journey in their beloved old RV to recapture their passion for life and their love for each other on a road trip.

Friday (4/27) - 7:00 PM Saturday (4/28) - 4:00 PM and 7:00 PM Sunday - (4/29) - 2:00 PM and 5:00 PM Monday - Thursday (4/30 - 5/3) - 4:00 PM and 7:00 PM ‘Isle of Dogs’ 1 hour, 41 minutes - PG-13 A Japanese boy sets off on an odyssey to find his dog on an island of misfit canines.

Stop-motion animated comedy film written and directed by Wes Anderson.

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Review: The Voidz new album ‘Virtue’ offers a wide array of genres B y C harles S ternberg S taff W riter

R e v i e w i n g ‘Virtue,’ the latest album from the Voidz, is a daunting task. The band, which consists of Julian Casablancas of the Strokes, Jeramy “Beardo” Gritter, Amir Yaghmai, Jacob “Jake” Bercovici, Alex Carapetis, and Jeff Kite, has been on my mind since they released their debut album ‘Tyranny’ in 2014. ‘Tyranny’ was an album that challenged me. At the time, I was exclusively a classic rock listener, then my friend showed me this incredibly abrasive hurricane of an album with sounds that were simultaneously futuristic and ancient. I was as swept away by the grandiose eleven-minute track, “Human Sadness,” as I was enamoured by the frenetic “Business Dog.” Of course, I couldn’t wait to hear how the band would follow this up.

Three years passed and my life changed in significant ways: I went off to college, people came and went in my life, new friendships were made, and a new president was even elected. Finally, in October of 2017, the Voidz resurfaced on a Brazilian television program of all places with a new song, “Wink.” Several singles and five months later, ‘Virtue’ was finally released. After months of salivating over the thought of diving into this album, it was finally

there for me to bite into.

But was it worth the wait?

‘Virtue’ is what I call a “gateway album,” a habit-forming album that may lead one down the path to “wilder” music.

I characterize a gateway album as having an eclectic tracklist consisting of a wide range of genres and influences. The textbook definition of a gateway album is ‘Demon Days’ by the Gorillaz; countless teens who innocently listened into this album came out of the ordeal with cravings for rap, hip hop, and dancehall that they never had before. Like ‘Demon Days,’ ‘Virtue’ is a sample platter of musical flavors, complete with various bite-size tastes of different genres. From the middle-eastern influences in “Qyurryus,” to the metal guitar riffs of “Pyramid of Bones,” to the underground punk aesthetic of “We’re Where We Were,” to the proggy organ on “Pointlessness,” people who aren’t scared away by the noisiness will find a lot to love and explore.

For me, the ultimate accomplishment of ‘Virtue’ is how the band manages to channel so many genres and sounds, each new sound building on to their own unique identity, rather than detracting from it. The sophomore album is often the point where bands struggle. Do you deliver more of the same or do you try something totally new?

‘Virtue’ straddles this line.

Certain songs like “One of the Ones” would feel at home on ‘Tyranny’ with its out-of-left-field chorus and layers of distortion.

“Wink” on the other hand, sees the band trying a jangly pop sound with upbeat guitar strumming and straightforward harmonies. Sonically, it feels like a breath of fresh air compared to the dense jungle of heavier songs that precede it.

One of my favorite tracks is “Pink Ocean,” which starts out simple, but builds up into a swirling sea of synthesizer, bass, and percussion. Every little nook and cranny of the song is filled with interesting sounds and embellishments, with Casablanca’s vocals effortlessly floating over it all.

By the time “Pointlessness” rolls around and ends the album on a downcast heartbreaking note, one might need to take a breather. Between the overt political messages and the long run-time, ‘Virtue’ can feel a little bloated at points, but overall there are many incentives that reward multiple listens.

For example, listen closely for lyrical references to ‘Tyranny’ and little production tricks like doubled vocals singing different words at the same time. ‘Virtue’ is not made for everyone, but if you can give it a good chance, there is a lot of love and craft to be found in it.

If you know me, you’ll know that I eat, sleep and breathe television. Storytelling has fascinated me my entire life, and my love for the small screen means now that networks are making their Emmy submissions for this year, I’m already thinking about who will score the coveted nominations – and having an internal conflict, because several of my favorite shows will inevitably be competing against each other.

But here I’m discussing who I think will be nominated in several major categories, not win – that’s a whole other discussion we can have in September when awards season is almost here.

Outstanding Drama Series: ‘The Handmaid’s Tale,’ ‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘The Crown,’ ‘Stranger Things,’ ‘Westworld,’ ‘This Is Us,’ ‘The Americans’

2015 and 2016 winner Game of Thrones will be eligible again in 2018, and 2017 winner The Handmaid’s Tale will surely be nominated again as well.

The Crown, Stranger Things, Westworld and This Is Us are likely to be nominated for the second year in a row, as all are critical and commercial successes, and that leaves one wildcard spot left. The Americans and Mr. Robot – which were both last nominated in 2016 – are safe candidates, but I favor The Americans since this is it’s last season.

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and GLOW both performed well at the SAGs and Golden Globes, so they have a solid chance.

role for Will & Grace, as well as Ted Danson, who has been nominated a whopping fifteen times in the past.

Outstanding Lead Actor – Drama: Sterling K. Brown (‘This Is Us’), Milo Ventimiglia (‘This Is Us’), Liev Schreiber (‘Ray Donovan’), Matthew Rhys (‘The Americans’), Jason Bateman (‘Ozark’), Freddie Highmore (‘The Good Doctor’), Ed Harris or Jeffrey Wright (‘Westworld’)

Last year’s winner Brown and previous nominees Ventimiglia, Schreiber, and Rhys should be safe bets. Jason Bateman and Freddie Highmore have received Golden Globe nominations for their work on Ozark and The Good Doctor, respectively, giving them a clear path to Emmy success. HBO is nominating Ed Harris and Jeffrey Wright from Westworld in the lead actor category this year, but I can’t say who I think will receive the nomination because I haven’t seen Westworld yet (I know, I know, I’m hanging my head in shame). HBO is also nominating Game of Thrones’s Kit Harington in the lead category for the first time, but the competition is stiff and this move may not pay off. (It’s okay though, Kit – if there was an Outstanding Hair or Outstanding Brooding Face category, we all know you’d win.)

Outstanding Lead Actress – Drama: Elisabeth Moss (‘The Handmaid’s Tale’), Evan Rachel Wood (‘Westworld’), Claire Foy (‘The Crown’), Keri Russell (‘The Americans’), Viola Davis (‘How to Get Away with Murder’), Mandy Moore (‘This Is Us’)

Season two of The Handmaid’s Tale hasn’t dropped yet, but I’m still confident in saying Elisabeth Moss will be nominated again. Evan Rachel Wood, Claire Foy and Keri Russell should all be repeat nominees as well. Though I’ve soured on HTGAWM, previous winner Viola Davis also has good chances. The final slot, however, is a toss-up. Game of Thrones’s Emilia Clarke will be nominated in the lead actress category for the first time this year, and Tatiana Maslany was fabulous as usual in the final season of Orphan Black, but Mandy Moore’s performance in the Super Bowl episode of This Is Us was emotionally stunning and worthy of recognition.

Outstanding Comedy Series: ‘Atlanta,’ ‘Modern Family,’ ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,’ ‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,’ ‘Black-ish,’ ‘Silicon Valley,’ ‘GLOW’

Veep has won this award for the last three years, but will be ineligible in 2018.

Atlanta, Modern Family, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Black-ish and Silicon Valley are likely to be repeat nominees, which leaves two spots. Newbies

Outstanding Lead Actor – Comedy: William H. Macy (‘Shameless’), Donald Glover (‘Atlanta’), Anthony Anderson (‘Black-ish’), Zach Galifianakis (‘Baskets’), Ted Danson (‘The Good Place’), Eric McCormack (‘Will & Grace’)

Macy, Glover, Anderson and Galifianakis could be repeat nominees in this category. Aziz Ansari and Jeffrey Tambor are both ineligible (and on the receiving end of some sexual misconduct allegations), so that frees up two spots. My choices are Eric McCormack, back in his previously nominated

Outstanding Lead Actress – Comedy: Tracee Ellis Ross (‘Black-ish’), Ellie Kemper (‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’), Alison Brie (‘GLOW’), Rachel Brosnahan (‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’), Jane Fonda (‘Grace and Frankie’), Allison Janney (‘Mom’)

Julia Louis-Dreyfus has won this category six years in a row, but is ineligible in 2018.

I predict that Ross, Kemper, Fonda and Janney will all be repeat nominees, while Alison Brie and Rachel Brosnahan will inject fresh blood after lauded performances. Who will in the category is anyone’s guess at this point, however.

The nominations for the 70th Annual Emmy Awards will announced live on July 12.

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The Wind Symphony Concert on Friday night was a fun event. The concert started off with performances by the Percussion Ensemble. They started with ‘Musique de Table’ (Table Music). They made neat hand movements on the table in front of them. The performers’ focus was very good.

Their style was very rhythmic and they were very in sync with one another.

The performers made their performance very comedic and very enjoyable for the audience.

One had to be careful though.

If you blinked, you missed something. The performers were very in tune and you could see them counting under their breath. It was a great piece to start the concert with!

The next piece was ‘Sacrificial Rite.’ It had a very mysterious and fun entrance.

There were great dynamics and the piece was very fast.

It had the feeling of being a round. There was chanting and singing about sacrifice, which lent an eerie element to the piece. There was a very rhythmic section followed by a delicate, pretty section.

Sacrificial Rite ended with a very loud, very big ending.

The next piece was ‘Log Cabin Blues.’ It was very fun and playful. The performers were in sync with one another and looked like they were having fun. There were slight stylistic changes throughout the piece. It was light and jazzy.

It was an enjoyable piece.

The players swapped positions and instruments for the next piece, ‘Triplets.’

It was a very fun piece. It emanated a lullaby with a kick.

There were great dynamic changes and slight stylistic changes throughout the piece.

It was very light and very fun!

After the Percussion Ensemble finished their set, there was a brief intermission and then the Wind Symphony entered the stage. The tuning began the beautiful cacophony. The first piece, ‘Smetana Fanfare’ began with a beautiful, tremulous beginning and then broke into an awesome, grand sound. It had the feel of a march. There were beautiful consonances and crunchy dissonances. It had great dynamic changes and was a very powerful piece.

Up next was ‘The Slavonic Dances, Op. 46: A Symphonic Suite.’ It was very powerful and had magnificent sounds. There was a section full of trills and the piece had a very smooth feel to it.

There were awesome dynamic changes and then we were off to the races! There were more awesome dynamic changes.

There was a sweet section interspersed with booming sections. Dr. McCutcheon was very into the piece. The piece had beautiful, sweeping movements and was absolutely grand. There was a beautiful lift before they moved to a faster tempo.

There were great dynamic changes. There were faster and faster movements. The ensemble had awesome togetherness especially within the big movements. The piece had a fantastic ending.

After that for the first time in history was ‘Elegy and Dance’ for Horn and Wind Ensemble by John William Jones, featuring Patrick Smith.

It had a rich, mysterious beginning. The piece had a beautiful ethereal quality to it.

It had a gorgeous sound and the performers were in sync. Patrick Smith was absolutely amazing.

The piece was funky and emanated a jazzy and bluesy feeling. It was melancholic and then became more upbeat. There was a fun and light section. The runs were awesome and the ensemble looked like they were having an awesome time.

There was a lighter, more legato sound and the piece became progressively different. After that, there was a trill like and fun section that built to the end.

Up next was ‘Vortex.’ It had a beautiful beginning. There were melancholic sections and the piece was very flowy. There were awesome dynamic changes and there were very rich sections. The piece became very dramatic and tense.

It was very bouncy.

There was a section where rich section was versus rhythmic section and had a very fun back and forth. There were awesome dynamic and tempo changes. It emanated a Bollywood type feel. The piece was very dramatic and intense.

It was very fun. It became rapid fire and had awesome crescendos. There were peel offs and the soloists

were awesome. It had a beautiful legato section with lots of melancholy. This piece was very intricate.

After ‘Vortex,’ it was time to listen to ‘Monk by the Sea.’ It had a beautiful legato line and gave off a nature rhapsodic feel. The piece was flowy and almost surreal.

There were beautiful dynamic changes and the crescendos were absolutely gorgeous. It had a gorgeous tone and more awesome dynamic changes. It was sweeping with sparks of dissonance and melancholy.

It returned to beautiful turns of phrases and legato lines before ending with an abrupt gush.

‘Spoon River’ was next. It was very bouncy and sprightly. There was a great collaboration among the players. The piece had a delicate and sprightly section.

The piece evoked spring, which was perfect for the warm evening. It was a very fun piece that built to the end.

After that, Dr. Marx came out to conduct ‘Seal Lullaby.’ The piece had a beautiful, sweeping sound. It was a gorgeous lullaby with wonderful dynamic changes.

The piece was emotional and powerful. It had gorgeous tone and was heart achingly beautiful.

There was great teamwork and it had a beautiful ending.

The final piece was ‘Red Cape Tango’ from Metropolis Symphony.

When the piece began, it was melancholic but beautiful. It echoed and was plucky. The piece was rich and jazzy. It had a call and response feel.

It grew like a beautiful musical bubble. The piece had great dynamics and great “flicks”. There were awesome runs and had a gypsy esque feel. It was bouncy yet rich. It became a jam session with lots of repetition.

There were great dynamic changes and many different sections. The soloists were awesome. There was a call and response feel to it and the piece built. There were “tappy” sections. The piece was sweeping with brash interludes.

There were awesome runs and cacophony. It was a dramatic but beautiful piece.

It felt like a salsa and tango.

There was a jam session and it was absolutely incredible.

There was a bell like section and the piece went out with a bang. What a fun concert!

An evening of fun: The Wind Symphony concert

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To thine own self be true W a l k o u t t o e n d g u n v i o l e n c e

By Marisa Balanda

Guest Columnist

My mom is a high School English teacher. She is also quite strict and very candid. Since I have been able to communicate, I grew accustomed to hearing lines of literature to reinforce whatever life lesson she was attempting to instill. My mom never stops teaching. Obviously, I was not always familiar with the characters or the works she quoted, but she always provided a thorough summary and context for me. She also reminded me that I would read these works in high school.

So, Atticus Finch and Nick Carraway became extended members of our family.

Eventually, I did read most of her favorites, and I must admit – after much eye-rolling at my mother – that those iconic lines truly do support the claim that art imitates life.

Last week, I was forced to navigate a challenging situation in which I never thought I would find myself. Claims of Student Senate election violations were made, and I was implicated. I was shocked. I was upset. I was confused. I became offended.

I was frustrated. I was angry.

As if the first year of college is not challenging enough – especially for an anxious person – this week’s events exacerbated the typical stress of a first-year student two weeks away from final exams.

I tried to remain focused, but I continued to be distracted by the fact that my character was being called into question.

As the product of nine years of Catholic school and 19 years of Balanda Boot Camp, hubris was never an option. So, although I know I am far from perfect, I also know that I did nothing unethical. Thus, the mixture of emotions became a boiling pot of bitterness and disappointment with the very organization I had committed to serve.

I spent some of my time preparing documents to respond to the questions from the Student Senate Executive Board. I also spent some time – okay, a lot of time – in communication with my mother. I kept her informed of all that I knew – which, frankly, was not much, especially during the early part of the week. In classic Mrs. Balanda form, I was interrogated. As usual, I was taught. And I was reminded of one of Mom’s favorite passages about life being a game from Holden Caulfield’s teacher in The Catcher in the Rye. However, I was also heard. My mom listened to me, requested details which I could not provide because the request for anonymity by the peers who implicated me was granted, and she offered her typical verbose counsel. In theory, her advice made sense.

In reality, all of those initial negative feelings still swirled within me. I was forced to endure scrutiny without the benefit of the proverbial “whole story.”

I proceeded to engage in my regular school week activities, but obviously, this issue consumed my thoughts. I sadly pondered the fact that of all of the activities in which I chose to participate at Gettysburg College, the one

that allows me to serve the student body by representing peers was the one in which my actions were criticized.

Frustratingly, my mom never missed an opportunity to remind me that though my idealistic notion is admirable, a dream of harmony among all will not always be the case.

She also admonished about the fact that not all people “buy in” as I do, care as much as I do, or maintain objectivity in their roles as “the voice for all” representatives as she always demanded I remember.

I ignored her advice because, well, I was naïve. After all, I am still a child. And as good old Mrs. Balanda reminds me regularly, we are all still children.

College students do not want to hear that. I did not want to hear that, but I learned that statement is often accurate. If we are taught the science of frontal lobe development and its age correlation to rational decisionmaking, I wonder why we are forced to immediately live an existence in which we the students are almost entirely self-governed – and without much guidance or supervision from those whose lobes are older and wiser. I understand the merit in that notion. That is part of our transition to adult independence. However, as one who has always had – and begrudgingly appreciated – the wisdom of years, this shift to “almost autonomy” seemed extreme.

The events of this past week illustrated some disappointing facts of life that every person will have to experience at some point.

Adversity exists. It will not be the same for every person, but tough times will occur. I was accused by peers – but there was no official supervisory adult involved. I was summoned to a meeting and questioned by peers – but there was no official supervisory adult involved. And I was interviewed for a story for this very publication, and my remarks were published by peers – but there was still no supervisory adult involved. As a result, I had to defend my actions and my character – and there was never any official supervisory adult involved. Where was the accountability? Students charging foul play were able to remain anonymous (because apparently, I am quite an ominous presence).

Conversations about me among Senate leaders did not include me. And decisions were made by peers without all of the alleged parties involved – but there was no supervisory adult involved. I was attempting to advocate for myself, as an adult should, but I was put on a seemingly perpetual hold. Students were in charge of everything. I was not accustomed to this. I know that Gettysburg College prides itself on developing leadership skills. That was a primary reason I chose this school; however, I still believe that the checks and balance system of any effective government should incorporate more than peers when such situations arise.

Immediately, Mrs. Balanda’s Crucible quote became the only voice in my

head. John Proctor kept asking me if the accuser is always holy now. And within the confines of my dorm room, I dejectedly responded, “Preach, Proctor.

Apparently, they are.” I sensed hints of the afflicted girls in Salem to whom John Proctor referred when he charged that the “children are jangling the keys to the kingdom.”

I still vehemently reiterate the statement I gave to The Gettysburgian when asked for an interview: I deny all allegations made against me regarding the perceived interpretations of others that I violated an election rule. I fiercely oppose all claims of misconduct surrounding the recent elections. I absolutely did not commit an infraction of any of the Student Senate Constitution election rules.

But I did learn that the Senate Constitution is in need of another overhaul, in my opinion (since opinions seem to trump accuracy). I also believe that The Gettysburgian should have done more to verify the content that the anonymous sources offered.

The “reporter” should have contacted the other person who was present during the alleged incident. I realized that this situation became that event we all must endure: the first trial that will test one’s fortitude and impact the way one chooses to live his or her life. This uncomfortable event has motivated me. Rather than remain disillusioned with any organization and its system of function, I have become inspired. I still wish to complete a project that I proposed as a freshman senator to create a mentorship/ induction program for new senators. I still want to create improvements for our school community. I specifically plan to review and edit the language of the constitution to reflect specific actions rather than subjective emotions. And, ultimately, I hope to fairly and objectively represent all of my peers in my role as a senator.

For the past academic year, I have told people back home how much I love Gettysburg College. When catching up with relatives and my mother’s colleagues – my former teachers – over winter break, I gushed about all of the wonderful experiences I was enjoying at Gettysburg College and I thanked them for their wise mentorship. I was trying to do great work and become an independent leader – a philosophy for which Gettysburg College is famously known. Talk about the honeymoon period. Just like a marriage moves into a new phase but the spouses still love one another, I still love Gettysburg College. I am still enjoying wonderful experiences. And I definitely see the merit in learning to become an independent advocate for myself. So, I will move beyond this unfortunate and unjust incident. And as I reflect on this past week, I will channel those extended relatives who always have an open invitation in the Balanda house. As I escort the final guest to the door at the conclusion of this metaphorical uncomfortable visit, I remember a crucial piece of advice – “This above all: to thine own self be true.”

By Amanda Richman Guest Columnist

Last Friday, I delivered a speech about how guns claim lives in mass shootings, suicides, at the hands of police, and by intimate partners. But on Sunday there was another shooting in a Waffle House in Nashville. And 24 people were shot in Chicago this weekend, four of them fatally.

And earlier this month, the police fired 30 rounds that killed Diante Yarber in a Walmart Parking Lot.

In the speech, I reflected on the 12,979 people who were fatally shot in 2015 while the country was busy debating the right to bear arms. This weekend I saw the evidence that while we continue to have debates and discussions and protests about guns in the United States, people continue to die. Our country has a serious problem with guns that we need to stop denying. We need to reject the notion that guns don’t kill people, people kill people because the real issue is that guns facilitate the efficient killing of people. This is the equivalent of saying that cigarettes don’t cause lung cancer, smokers cause lung cancer. Well, yes; however, cigarettes are tools that have been definitively linked to the development of lung cancer. Meanwhile, guns are tools used to kill 58 people in 15 minutes. In fact, the largest difference between

guns and cigarettes is that a large body of scientific evidence exists on tobacco, while we know shockingly little about how and why guns are used and obtained because our government has blocked funding from this important public health concern.

So many questions exist around the use of guns in America. How do people obtain illegal firearms?

What are the risk factors for committing a mass shooting?

How can we train police to diffuse situations without use of a firearm or to correct implicit and systemic biases against racial minorities?

The Walkout on Friday confronted many issues that we as a nation have difficulty discussing: police brutality, the diminished attention paid to the role of gun violence in communities of color that are disproportionately affected, and violence against women, particularly in intimate partnerships. These issues were so sensitive that a Gettysburg Times article on the Walkout barely mentioned them. Yet, a white man can kill four people and be handled by the police with less force than an unarmed black woman.

And he can also be described as a “good kid” and not a “car theft suspect” whose death is barely covered in the national media. If nothing else, I hope the walkout sparked conversations about these underlying systems of oppression that contribute

to the persistence of gun violence in our country and will help students think deeply about the intersection of these issues that make gun violence such a difficult problem to solve.

Those who are not actively fighting violent systems of oppression are complicit in perpetuating violence. Similarly, those who delay action on gun control are complicit in allowing mass shootings and everyday violence to continue. I urge you to educate yourselves, continue debating these issues, and reach out to your state and local representatives and ask them to do the same.

There is a lot you can do at Gettysburg to contribute to the national conversation on gun violence, as well.

If you’re writing a paper, consider researching policy interventions on gun violence in marginalized communities or the psychological reasons people commit murder or even look into the history of gun legislation in America. As students we have the privilege to educate ourselves on topics that matter, and if you care about the value of human life, then gun violence is a topic that should matter.

I was inspired that so many Gettysburg students were so passionate about protesting gun violence that they walked out of their classes on Friday, but I hope this walkout was not the end of the conversation, but an impetus to create change.

year, we were recognized for our outstanding journalism by the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association. The Gettysburgian was awarded three Student Keystone Press Awards for our news coverage, sports photography, and music reviews.

The Gettysburgian has become a force for change. People read what we write, and they take action. This fall, we called attention to an extremely broad and overreaching new unauthorized recording policy. Under this policy, a student Facetiming their friend inside the library could have been subject to college judicial action if another student walked into the camera shot and was inadvertently broadcasted to the other end of the video call. Following our editorial, the administration clarified which areas are private, and which are public.

We followed the facts and got answers on the Hanson Hall mold debacle.

We drew attention to the fact that the college was erroneously charging more for cold water laundry. We made the case against Young Americans for Freedom’s bid to bring noted slanderer James O’Keefe to campus, which was ultimately vetoed

by Student Senate President Luke Frigon. Most recently, we investigated claims of voter intimidation in the Student Senate election.

I didn’t achieve all

of this alone. If it wasn’t for the help of my fellow editors and staff members, especially my managing news editor Benjamin Pontz, we wouldn’t be able produce the kind of quality journalism that our readers have come to expect.

That’s not to say that there weren’t mistakes and failures along the way— that gratuitously large photo on the front page of a student arrested for drug dealing comes to mind—but those failures afforded us the opportunity to grow through our mistakes and work even harder to be the best we could be. Indeed, we are defined not by our failures and successes along the way, but by where we end up at the end of our journey.

And what a journey it has been. The four years I have spent with this paper and with this college have been truly transformative. I have made friends that will be with me for a lifetime and I have had experiences and opportunities during my time here that I never dreamed were possible I applied here four years ago.

As I graduate and move on to law school, I now lay the mantle in Ben’s more than capable hands. My sincere hope for this publication is that it never stops striving to be a better version of itself. The Gettysburgian celebrated 120 years of journalistic excellence this year. Here’s to the next 120!

Farewell from the Editor

By Jamie Welch

Editor-in-Chief

I have been deluding myself into thinking this day would never come, but now it has arrived: this is the final print edition of The Gettysburgian I will oversee as Editor-in-Chief. This moment is bittersweet. Sure, I will miss chasing down leads and typing up stories. But, on the other hand, I look forward to having my Wednesday nights … and really all my other nights too ... back.

Since I took up the mantle of Editor-in-Chief two years ago from Lauren Perry and Brendan Raleigh, the paper has seen astronomical growth. We developed our online and social media presence, launched new mobile apps, and massively increased the ranks of our staff. We held a panel on investigative journalism.

Tens of thousands of people from around the world now read our content every month, and hundreds of people listen to On Target, our new podcast, every week.

Our publication is now truly digital first, publishing stories in real time and keeping the campus community informed of breaking news. We have been praised by faculty, staff, students and administrators alike for the accuracy, clarity and speed of our reporting.

The Gettysburgian is once again an awardwinning publication. This

A time to come together: Arbaugh for President

By Nick Arbaugh

Columnist

The investigations, hearings, and overall happenings that beleaguered our student government through the last few weeks are over.

We as a student body have elected leaders, seen those leaders removed, and watched as next year’s student government was thrown into confusion.

As of now, following the hearings last Monday,

next year’s Senate is without a president. The student body is without a president, without a direction, and without any clear path forward.

Having been elected as your treasurer for the upcoming 20182019 term, I’ve closely witnessed all of this. All of the hurt and confusion on behalf of students as we struggle as a community to come to terms with the situation has played out in front of me. I know that I

speak for my colleagues and peers when I say it is past time we righted the ship.

I am running for the presidency for the 2018-2019 term. Together with my colleagues in the Senate and my student peers, I’ve seen that the situation before us demands strong and stable leadership. It requires proficiency, the kind of which can only be produced through the experience of having

served as a senator for two years and sat on the Budget Management, Policy, and Opinions Committees. It requires forward-thinking leadership, the kind that has produced multiple amendments to the constitution in the current year and that has worked to forge new compromises between the Senate and clubs that deliver greater benefits to the student body as a whole. Lastly, and most importantly, the role of President

requires audacity. We need a President who is unabashed in their defense of student rights to freedom of expression and to live in a mold-free environment. We need one who is willing to speak truth to power when the need arises.

Our washing machines are broken. Our vending machines are empty. We lack filters on water fountains and our housing is often decrepit. We’ve broken

down, and students both need and deserve better.

It is time to build up, to mend, and to emerge from this awful crisis stronger than ever. To do that we need a president with broad-based support who is capable of reunifying student government into the activist body it should be. If elected, I will work each day and with every fiber of my being to be that healer, that advocate, and that president for you.

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THE GETTYSBURGIAN

SPORTS

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Senior Spotlight:

Senior Jake Ecke B y A lex P etrecca S taff W riter

The Gettysburg College men’s golf team has performed at an elite level throughout the spring season.

Competing in six different tournaments and invitationals the Bullets have finished in the top four in all but one.

Helping a young team stay this consistent is lone senior Jack Ecke, a political science major from Prospect, Connecticut.

Averaging 80.8 strokes per round this year, Ecke has been a solid presence on the team this season. Yet his success is nothing new.

Over his four years with the Bullets, Ecke has come to boast a career average of 80.0 strokes per round, putting him just outside the top 15 players in the Centennial Conference.

Ecke recently shot a career best 73 at the Dickinson Spring Invitational where he finished in a five-way tie for fourth place.

The Bullets finished second by seven points that day.

Ecke finished second for the team, just behind junior Danny Harcourt.

E c k e ’ s performance at Dickinson College puts him below the lowest scoring average of the top players in the Conference for the season.

His ability to get hot at the right time could prove essential at the end of the season, as he moves up in Conference standings.

The Bullets will look to close out their strong season this coming weekend at the Centennial Conference Championships hosted

by Muhlenberg College at Brookside Country Club in Macungie Pennsylvania.

Ecke will definitely be a strong performer this weekend in his final tournament for the Bullets as the currently third-place ranked team looks to fight for a Centennial Conference crown.

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Thursday, April 26, 2018

Women’s golf captures conference title BB Cu l lLe t -Ms w i n e i g h t h c o n s e c u t i v e c h a m p i o n s h i p y

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The Gettysburg College women’s golf team earned its eighth-straight Centennial Conference Championship with an elite team effort this past Sunday at the Conestoga Country Club.

In the opening round Saturday, the Lady Bullets edged a 19-stroke to lead them into the final.

The Bullets started out with a team score of 352 on the par-70, 5,801-yard course.

By the end of day one, the Bullets were ahead of eventual runner-up Dickinson College, which had a score of 371, and Ursinus College, which was just two strokes behind.

Sophomore Hannah Fireman led the team with a first-round 83, which had her in third place behind Alessandra Bertacche of Marymount University and Emily McGarrigle of Ursinus College. Her opening nine were up and down, before she stabilized on the back nine with five pars.

Sophomore Skylar Frankiewicz was two strokes behind Fireman with a fourth place 85.

While sophomore Erin Schroeder carded a seasonlow 90 to finish in ninth, junior Gillian Marini tied for 13th with a 94 and senior Caroline McDonald finished 23rd with a 103.

The Bullets strong showing continued onto Sunday and resulted in the win. Gettysburg ended up with a combined 714, shooting a 362.

This performance made it the fifth consecutive Gettysburg College women’s golf championship that was decided by 30 or more strokes.

The Bullets success comes with impressive

Women’s golf won their eighth consecutive Centenntial Conference championship (Photo David Sinclair/ Gettysburg College Athletics) performances by the entire place, ending the six-straight due to injuries so everyone history and the longest team. The Lady Bullets had individual championships who played had to practice s t r e a k i n c o n f e r e n c e three golfers in the top 10 by the Bullets finishing hard and play well to get the history. The Bullets nine best scores of the weekend. with a total of 161 (79- win.” total championships leads

Frankiewicz and 82). Emily McGarrigle of The champions are McDaniel College with Fireman came to play this Ursinus College was second moving on to the national only 7. weekend. Not only did they with 167 (79-88). championship tournament The Bullets also tie for third with a score Fireman snatched w i t h t h e i r w i n a t t h e surpassed the women’s of 170, they also added to her second consecutive Centennial Conference swim team as the most their trophy cabinets by third-place effort at the Championship. This will consecutive Centennial both earning their second event. After being last b e G e t t y s b u r g ’ s f i f t h C o n f e r e n c e t i t l e s b y All-Conference honors. year’s CC Rookie of the consecutive trip to the a G e t t y s b u r g t e a m i n

Schroeder, Marini, Year, she posted three pars national championship. school history. Women’s and McDonald all finished on both the front and back T h e B u l l e t s swimming still holds t h e i r s e a s o n s t r o n g l y , of the course on the way to finished 13th of 22 teams the record for most ever helping secure Gettysburg’s an 87 on day two. a t l a s t y e a r ’ s N C A A consecutive conference large lead.

Frankiewicz, who tournament, which was titles with 16 from 1994 Schroeder earned placed fifth last season at the Gettysburg’s strongest ever 2000.

10th-place after opening conference championship, finish on the national stage.

The Bullets will the weekend with a 90, her shot a solid 85 in both “The m o s t compete at the NCAA two-day total was 184 (90- rounds. i m p o r t a n t t h i n g i s t o Division III Championships 94). Marini paced close at “It was a group manage our school and from May 8-11 at Mission 98. She tied for 17th with a effort and everyone really practice schedules so we Hills Resort Golf Club score of 192 (94-98). stepped up and gave it can play the way we want,” in Howey-in-the-Hills, A l e s s a n d r a their best effort,” said said Frankiewicz.

Florida.

Bertacche of Marymount Frankiewicz. “We were This championship marks University won the first missing a lot of our team the ninth in the program’s

Bullets race to second in home invite

Men’s track and field takes top finishes across the board

By John Zak Staff Writer

The Gettysburg College men’s track and field team took second place of 15 teams at the MasonDixon Invitational hosted by Gettysburg College Saturday.

The invitational was the lone home meet for the Bullets, and the team made sure to show off for prospective students on Get Acquainted Day.

Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg won the meet with 118 total points.

The Bullets followed close with 114 points and beat Centennial Conference rival Dickinson

College by three points.

Frostburg State and McDaniel College rounded out the top five spots with 108 and 76 points, respectively.

Prominent individual performances by members of the Gettysburg team included a first-place finish by senior Ty Abdul-Karim in the 100-meter dash. Abdul-Karim posted a personal record of 11.10 seconds in the competition.

This victory was Abdul-Karim’s second win of the season, and his new personal record for the 100-meter dash ranks him fourth in school history for that category.

Abdul-Karim

also placed third out of 45 competitors in the 200-meter dash with a time of 23.02 seconds. This is Abdul-Karim’s second season with the team.

First-year Nicholas Grissinger finished first of 15 competitors in the 400-meter hurdle competition with a time of 57.44 seconds. This time is a new personal record for Grissinger and his second event win of the season.

Grissinger beat out his nearest competitor by nearly two seconds.

Junior Mike Miller earned runner up recognition in the 10,000-meter run with a time of 34:47.58 minutes, which

Bullets track and field athletes line the field to honor graduating seniors (Photo courtesy of Colleen Campbell)

This Weekend in Gettysburg College Sports

qualified him for the Centennial Conference Championships next week.

Three additional Bullets captured third place during the Invitational.

With a distance of of 21-3 1/2 in the Men’s long jump, sophomore Kenneth Barnes took third of 28 in the competition.

Sophomore Nate Trinidad Doherty finished third of 27 in the Men’s Javelin with a score of 152-3, and, with a jump of 40-5 ½, junior Joe Amadio was third of 10 competitors in the Men’s triple jump.

Junior Matt Robinson placed fourth out of 15 competitors in the onemile run with time of 4:31.18, respectively.

The historical MasonDixon mile was dominated by members of the Gettysburg track team.

Positions four through nine were filled by the Bullets.

In fifth place was junior Alex Petrecca, while sixth place was earned by firstyear Dylan McKeever, seventh by sophomore Aren Heitmann, eighth by first-year Christian Rodriguez, and ninth by firstyear Jack Kenyon.

After the one-mile competition, Petrecca returned to the track to take fifth in the 800- meter run with a time of 2.52 minutes, respectively.

Junior Thaddeus Cwiklinski raced to sixth in the

400-meter dash with a time of 51.95 seconds.

Towards the end of the meet, a brief break was taken on the track to honor the graduating seniors.

Six Bullets will leave the Gettysburg Men’s track team in May.

Covering all events, these Bullets are co-captain Thomas Clark from the multi, co-captain Robert Weisensee in mid-distance, Abdul-Kharim in sprints, Ryan Thompson in sprints and jumps, and Harry Thoman and Caleb Parker from the distance squad.

In an interview for Gettysburg College Athletics with Braden Snyder, Clark said, “we have a lot of athletes and depth that are dedicated and willing to step out of their comfort zones by participating in different events to help the team. Also overall the dedication of our athletes between our break and now shows that everyone put in work and are ready for this season.”

The performance at the home invitation serves as proof to Clark’s statement.

The Gettysburg College Men’s Track and Field team will end its regular season in a final tune up before Centennial Conference Championships at Shippensburg University this Saturday at 9a.m.

Friday, April 27: Baseball vs. McDaniel College - 3:30 p.m.

Men’s Golf at Centennial Conference Championships Saturday, April 28: Men’s Golf at Centennial Conference Championships Men’s Track at Paul Kaiser Invitational - 9:00 a.m.

Women’s Track at Paul Kaiser Invitational - 9:00 a.m.

Men’s Lacrosse at Washington College - 12:00 p.m.

Baseball at Haverford College - 12:30pm, 3:30 p.m.

Softball at Muhlenberg College - 12:00pm, 2:00 p.m.

Men’s Tennis vs Haverford College - 1:00 p.m.

Women’s Tennis vs Haverford College - 1:00 p.m.

Women’s Lacrosse at Washington College - 3:00 p.m.

Sunday, April 29: Men’s Golf at Centennial Conference Championships

¡Adios Muchachos!

- Claire & Elizabeth