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Volume CXVI, No. 14
This Week’s Top Stories
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Thursday, April 30, 2015
Thursday, April 30, 2015
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Springfest shows G-burg a calm before the storm
Students relax with a day of music, games, and entertainment before the last week and finals Photos Courtesy of Jamie Welch
National
International Numerous Americans remain unaccounted for after Saturday’s earthquake in Nepal, U.S. Ambassador Peter W. Bodde told ABC News today it has been hard to pin down an exact number for the missing. “We get information, or families show concern that someone might be missing,” Bodde said. “We immediately start putting them into our database and look at what information we have.” The U.S. Embassy in Kathmandu has received more than 1,000 inquiries about Americans in the country and has accounted for more than 500 of those people, spokeswoman Susan ParkerBurns said today. While that leaves nearly 500 inquiries unresolved, Parker-Burns said the list could contain some erroneous inquiries or duplicate names. The death toll from the disaster has topped 5,000, Nepalese authorities said.
This week’s “Top Stories” were compiled by Brendan Raleigh with information form abcnews.go.com. and www. khaama.com
Students celebrate the week before finals in the Woodstock-themed Burgstock, which featured the band Breathe Carolina (top left) as the main music act.
B y J ulia S ippel S taff W riter Despite unseasonably low temperatures, Springfest: Burgstock was an overall hit. Modeled after the historic Woodstock Music and Art Fair of 1969, CAB scheduled events Thursday through Saturday, and students extended the fun as much as possible. The festivities began Thursday night, with Servo Truck and Make and Take tie
dye on Stine Lake, despite weather concerns, and a showing of the musical classic Grease in the Junction. After Friday classes, activities resumed with first of the semester’s three Dog Days, featuring nine fiveweek old Airedale Terriers, undoubtedly the stars of the show (Dog Days continue Thursday, April 30 and Wednesday May 6 from 5:15--6:30 p.m.). A student showcase and comedian Arvin Mitchell
followed in the CUB ballroom, and Midnight Madness finished out the night. Saturday began with the colorful Holi Festival and continued with activities such as carnival games and mini golf, featuring a Servosupplied picnic and more food supplied by Hunt’s Battlefield Fries and 7-Eleven. A concert featuring duo 1st Klass and electronic rock band Breathe Carolina added to the afternoon’s revelry, which closed with laser tag
in the CUB ballroom and free pretzel bites and cheese sponsored by IFC, Panhellenic Council, Student Senate, DPS, and Servo. “It was a great way to get closer to your friends and decompress before the last push of the semester,” said first-year Christopher Massos. S a t u r d a y ’ s e n t e r t a i nment was met with mixed reactions, with many not enjoying the featured music. One student put it very
bluntly: “The band sucked, but I was too drunk to care, so I guess it was okay.” First-year Alex Tottser summarized enmity saying “Collective opinion: get a new band.” As a whole, however, Springfest 2015 was enjoyed by all who participated. First-year Alexandria An drioli said of the weekend, “I loved the Woodstock theme and making flower crowns was such a fun idea! ...overall, it was fantastic!”
The Gettysburgian’s Editors-in-Chief say farewell Katherine Fila and Chelsea Donohue reflect on their time with The Gettysburgian B y K atherine F ila E ditor - in -C hief Writing this farewell letter is surreal for me for a multitude of reasons. It is surreal first and foremost because even after a year of being editor-in-chief of the Gettysburgian, I still cannot believe that one of my Gettysburg dreams has come true. It is surreal secondly because I truly cannot believe my time at Gettysburg College is coming to an end, far more quickly than I would like. I began my journey working for the Gettysburgian my first year. I had worked for the yearbook in high school and knew I wanted to find a similar niche in college. I wrote for features and admired the features editor, who at the time was Casey Kramer ’14. Though I was an anxious first year student and awkwardly stood in the back of events and programs I was covering for the newspaper,
Inside This Issue
Baltimore police credited an overnight curfew with helping to restore some level of order in a community shaken by violence and unrest. Law enforcement fired smoke canisters and pepper balls after some protesters defied the curfew, which went into effect at 10 p.m. and continued until 5 a.m. By midnight, 10 arrests had been made, Police Commissioner Anthony Batts said. “Curfew is, in fact, working,” Batts said. “The city is stable. We’d like to keep it that way.” The curfew was implemented after a day of riots followed Monday’s funeral of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man who died with a spinal injury a week after police took him into custody.
Weird News, pg. 2
I eagerly sought Casey’s approval for each article I wrote and noticed my writing as it evolved throughout the year. Sophomore year was a challenging year for me and the newspaper served as an outlet that I could depend on each week. There was an open position as Money, Science and Technology editor and I eagerly jumped on the opportunity to take a bigger leadership role with the paper. I developed a very close professional and personal relationship with the editorin-chief of the newspaper, Abbey Lovell ’13. She was kind, driven, and well-spoken. I looked to her for guidance and when she told me that she wanted me to someday be the editor-in-chief, it lit a fire inside of me. Prior to that, I had fantasized about becoming editor-in-chief, but always dismissed the thought as being out of my reach. Hearing Abbey say that she believed I Continued on Page 2
Movies at the Majestic, pg. 3
B y C helsea D onohue E ditor - in -C hief
Katherine Fila ‘15.
Chelsea Donohue ‘15 and Mr. Gettysburgian, proving the two exist separately.
Greek Spotlight of the week, pg. 4
In order to write this senior farewell, I went back to the farewell I wrote for my high school newspaper, an idea that did not prove as productive as I anticipated. I soon realized that while I was still the same person I have always been, I have also changed a lot in my four years here at Gettysburg (though I stand by the comments I made in 2011 about playing bass clarinet in high school marching band—it rocked). I also refused to make myself sit down and write this farewell. I couldn’t figure out how to write only a few words to sum up a place full of people that have meant so much to me. Instead, I wrote some of it in increments on my phone, walking around campus and attempting to navigate around the intimidating presence of the
squirrels, a species that I still believe to be related to the yellow-spotted lizards from ‘Holes.’ Though walking around campus often makes me focus on how beautiful everything is, it is the people here that I always find myself thinking of. Sharing the editor-in-chief position with Katherine this year has been the most fulfilling experience I’ve had at Gettysburg and one that I will never forget. From our first week and our failed headline (“to to Gettysburg”), to the number of hours we’ve spent in the office, to the time when I realized you accepted how much I weirdly love my dog and how much coffee I need, I have enjoyed every moment of our time at the paper and I’m so happy this position brought us together. I’m lucky to have shared this role with such an amazing and talented person and can’t wait for the rest of our adventures Continued on Page 2
Men’s Musselman Presidential lacrosse goes Library’s Scorecard undefeated in regular extended hours, Part II, season, pg. 4 pg. 7 pg. 8