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Blasts from the past
1937 This week in 1937, a Gettysburg student published an editorial decrying the pricegouging and timeconsuming nature of “checking wraps” at the upcoming Panhellenic Dance, which was a “thorn in the flesh for all the male students,” who have to “spend half of his dorm date’s allowance of time” in addition to pay “tolls” to check garments. The student suggested hiring students at a flat rate as a potential method of lowering the cost. 1965 This week in 1965, students and community members lined West Lincoln Avenue to welcome home Joe Bavarro, a star Bullet wrestler who was returning home after finishing second in the 147-pound weight class at the NCAA tournament, which was held in Laramie, Wyoming. A member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Bavarro had no idea he would return to such a celebration; in fact, his fraternity brothers planned it the same afternoon he returned through word-of-mouth and local radio. 1997 This week in 1997, The Gettysburgian profiled Tom Dombrowsky, who was departing the college as Director of Greek Life after six years due to budget constraints. Dombrowsky was the first person to hold that position, which was created in response to a 1988 faculty movement to eliminate the Greek system entirely, and as he reflected on his tenure, he noted implementation of the BYOB policy, improvement of the standards and expectations for fraternities, and a movement towards fraternities going dry by 2000, which was a commitment that Phi Gamma Delta (FIJI) had made. Dombrowsky, who now is an adjunct instructor of military history at Gettysburg, ultimately noted that “the Greek community is much better now” than when he started. 2006 This week in 2006, controversy emerged on campus over what was described as “racist graffiti” in Musselman Hall. The Gettysburgian featured a variety of student responses, most of which expressed outrage at not only the racist sentiment expressed in the graffiti, but also in the campus culture that would allow it to exist. An open forum for discussion was held in the Junction as students worked to process the situation. These archived “blasts from the past” were compiled by news editor Benjamin Pontz thanks to the digitized Special Collections in Musselman Library.
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Sweeping renovations to college buildings set to begin over summer
A look at the exterior design of the College Union Building, whose renovations will begin this summer. All photos in this article were provided by the college.
B y J amie W elch E ditor - in -C hief Gettysburg College has recently announced a multi-million dollar renovation and new construction project to improve campus facilities including the Eisenhower House, the Dining Center and the College Union Building. The largest project and that with the most impact to the campus community will be the College Union Building renovation. The project consists of demolishing the part of the building that currently houses the Junction, the Bullet Hole, Ike’s and the old swimming pool and replacing it with a new 26,000-square-foot, twostory addition. The first floor will feature food service space for the Bullet Hole, Ike’s and Commons. Director of Facilities Planning & Management James Biesecker said in a town hall event held March 6 that there will be seating for approximately 350 people in the new
space, in contrast to the existing 275 seats currently available. The design of the space, which can be seen in the renderings on the right, is very open, with vaulted ceilings and vistas of glass working in concert to create a very light and airy feel to the space. On the left side of the rendering of the seating area is the new Bullet Hole serving area. A new multipurpose space will replace the existing Junction and will be the new home of Commons. This space can be glimpsed at the very back of the rendering of the first floor seating area. The second floor will be the new home of the Center for Career Development, Garthwait Leadership Center, Gettysburg Recreational Adventure Board (GRAB) and the Office of Student Activities & Greek Life. There will be dedicated interview rooms for use by the Center for Career Development in addition to new meeting spaces for the Campus Activities Board and student government.
The outside of the new space will feature a sizable patio with large steps that Biesecker hopes will be a new spot for student programming. Biesecker said that a lot of time and effort went into designing the space. “There’s a large team that’s been working on this for over a year,” he said. Associate Dean of College Life Jim Duffy was on the steering committee for the new addition and he is excited about the new Bullet Hole space, which will make for a “better student experience.” The project begins the Monday after Commencement, and the college hopes to complete it by August 2018. Another major campus project that is already ongoing is the construction of a new 5,500-square-foot addition on the west side of the Dining Center. The addition will be used as the temporary Bullet Hole facility while the College Union Building addition is under construction,
and will transition into Specialty Dining and campus banquet space after construction on the CUB is completed. As a consequence of the construction projects, Biesecker announced changes to Dining Services operations over the summer and during the 2017-2018 academic year. This summer, the Bullet Hole and Specialty Dining will be closed to allow for the completion of construction of the temporary Bullet Hole space and for demolition of the College Union
Building. The Dive, Commons and the Servo Express Food Truck will feature extended hours and expanded menus over the summer. The Office of Residential & FirstYear Programs said these facilities will be open 8 a.m to 2 p.m., Monday through Friday. The Servo Express Food Truck will be located between Masters Hall and the Science Center throughout the summer. The student side of the Dining Center will be open over the summer, but hours will vary and -Continued on next page-
The first floor dining area in the re-designed CUB
A view of the second floor in the re-designed CUB
A look from Servo at the re-designed CUB
“Trip Around the World” allows students to sample international cuisine B y B enjamin P ontz N ews E ditor
When Brooke Gutschick decided she wanted to host an event in The Attic, she struggled to conceive of a theme. One of her roommates mentioned how much they enjoyed BurgBurst and Servo’s International Food Festival, and an idea was borne. Gutschick, the senior class president, set to work orchestrating a “Trip Around the World” that was held last Friday and featured 13 tables at which various clubs set out food for students to sample. Approximately 500 students did just that; the free event also welcomed faculty, staff
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Photo courtesy of Kate Helmstetter and administrators for what Gutschick called “a casual Friday evening celebration of our campus’s diversity.” Part of the college’s ongoing “Year of Food,” the “Trip Around the World” invited students to engage with the theme using their tastebuds, always an attractive proposition.
“I really went into the event with minimal expectations since this was the first event ever of its kind to be offered. I was very impressed at the amount and variety of food and beverages offered,” said senior Julie Schuldt. “My favorite food item was definitely a tie between the potato
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pancakes and the baklava. I think this event was fairly helpful in engaging students in the year of food. I wish the clubs that prepared the food had handouts or signs behind the tables that talked about the cultural significance or history of each dish served,” she said. For her part, Gutschick was “blown away” at the number of students who attended. “The event absolutely exceeded my expectations. I saw people from all spheres of campus: students, professors, administrators and staff members, which is exactly what I was hoping for,” she said. Participating organizations included
Asian Student Alliance, BBQ Club, CAB (Polish food), China Club, Greece, Italian House, Gettysburg African Student Association, Hillel House, International Affairs Association, International Club, Latin American Student Association, Women’s Rugby (UK food) and Vietnamese Student Association. Ultimately, the event aimed to help students participate in the Year of Food in a nonlecture format. “This was an opportunity for people to come and eat some good food to finish off a long week, and I think we did just that,” said Gutschick.
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Two Baughman Hall residents C o l e n a m e d report rodent activity in their rooms graduation speaker B y B enjamin P ontz N ews E ditor When Laura Duquette returned Tuesday from a class research trip, she had hoped to get some sleep. Around 4:00 a.m. the next morning, however, she awoke to several mice in her room on the second floor of Baughman Hall, a residence hall on the campus of the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, which provides housing to some upperclass students. Duquette contacted the Office of Residential & First-Year Programs (RFYP), and her information was forwarded to the Facilities Services department, who told her a technician would assess the situation by the end of the day. Around 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, Duquette reports that she saw another mouse come from under her radiator, at which point she called the Department of Public Safety, and later, she found contact information for a maintenance technician herself. “He found a couple of holes in my room behind the radiator and where a copper pipe goes into the floor and plugged them with rags and taped over them with duct tape,” Duquette said. On Thursday, she found rodents had chewed through or pushed past the duct tape, and she again contacted the facilities department to express concern. “Imagine waking up to the sound of duct tape
slowly being pulled up from the floor,” she said. Her father also drove to the residence hall to assess the situation, and Duquette says he ultimately explained to a maintenance technician how to “properly close off entry points.” He expressed frustration at what he saw as a lack of accountability from the various campus departments who were involved; he says that several phone messages he left were not returned. Danielle Phillips, Director of RFYP, and James Biesecker, Director of Facilities Planning & Management, responded to a request for comment in a joint email, stating, “There is 24-hour emergency immediate response service for ... fire, flood, overflowing toilets, heating and cooling concerns. All other reports are addressed as soon as possible.” A rodent infestation, accordingly, does not qualify under the 24-hour emergency response service protocol. However, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), nearly a dozen diseases are directly spread by rodents and 15 more diseases are indirectly spread by rodents; thus, they recommend a detailed cleaning process after an infestation. Phillips and Biesecker went on to state that Duquette was offered temporary alternate housing,
but that she declined the offer. After hearing of Duquette’s story, another Baughman Hall resident, Ryan Moran ‘17, reported that he has experienced issues with rodents since the beginning of the semester and had been trapping mice on his own before realizing that his situation may be part of a larger, building-wide issue. “In my apartment, I don’t really see the mice anymore but I hear them running through the walls and the broken radiators we have in the rooms. Imagine broken pieces of metal from an old radiator slamming when you’re deep asleep at 4 a.m.. It’s annoying,” he said. Phillips said Tuesday that, presently, there is “no reason to believe that there are any health and safety concerns in Baughman Hall.” Biesecker said that Ehrlich Pest Control, which is contracted by the seminary, advised the seminary to close gaps around steam pipes where mice could enter.
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interviews,” Biesecker said. Renderings of the inside of the Fourjay Welcome Center show wood on the walls and ceilings. Biesecker said the multi-purpose space inside the new Welcome Center will hold about 60 people and will feature flexible seating options as well as as large LCD panel that will be used as part of information sessions for the Admissions office. Outside of the building the steps to the main part of Eisenhower House will be extended and a new patio will be constructed. Additionally, a statue of President Eisenhower will be featured prominently as prospective students approach the building. The Fourjay Welcome Center will also be available on nights and weekends for use as a venue for various campus events. “We’re able to do this thanks to a generous gift from Jeff Jackson, Class of ‘91,” College President Janet Morgan Riggs said at the March
6 town hall event. The college hopes to complete this addition to the Eisenhower House this September and complete a separate mechanical system upgrade by November. Several other projects are planned for this summer. One of these projects is a renovation of 102 W. Water Street to become the new home of the Office of Multicultural Engagement and to provide for a new OME College House on the second floor. International Student Services will remain in the present Intercultural Resource Center building, but the International House will be moving from 102 West Water Street to Tudor House, which will undergo renovations this summer. The Center for Religious and Spiritual Life will be moving from Christ Chapel to 75 West Stevens Street. “[Our goal is to create] a more inclusive [space] for faith traditions...in addition to
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They treated the interior and exterior of the building. Overall, Duquette and Moran remain frustrated with the college’s response to infestation issues. “The issue that we face is not a reflection upon how we maintain our rooms. However, it is most certainly a reflection of how Gettysburg maintains and cares for the buildings in which they place their students,” said Moran. Duquette concurred. “The college doesn’t seem to be very competent in handling any infestation issues, seeing as my sophomore year we had an issue with insects nesting in the Quarry apartment attics and raining down through the ceiling lights onto us,” she said. “For how much tuition is, I shouldn’t have to fight with nature indoors. I have plenty of other things to stress over.” Editor-in-chief Jamie Welch contributed to this report.
College set to begin on various properties
are based on conference meal schedules. For the 2017-2018 academic year, the Bullet Hole will be operating from its temporary space and Specialty Dining will remain closed to provide seating for Bullet Hole patrons. Biesecker said that Commons, Dive and the Servo Express Food Truck will continue to see extended hours and additional menu options. The college hopes to have the Dining Center addition ready for use this August. The new Fourjay Welcome Center for the Admissions office has begun construction and, when completed, will be a 4,500-square-foot, two-story addition on the north side of the Eisenhower House. It will serve as a space to greet prospective students and for prospective student interviews. “Presently interviews are conducted in the counselor’s office, so this actually gives dedicated space to conduct those
DPS Crime Log
March 28: - A bias-related incident including derogatory comments pertaining to sexual orientation was reported outside Musselman Hall; there were no suspects or witnesses. March 29: - Fraudulent use of a college credit card at an unknown location on campus; the incident is under investigation by DPS and Gettysburg Borough Police (GPD). - An incident of stalking in the dining hall was discovered during a follow-up investigation; the incident occurred at an unknown time in February and involved the surveillance and harassment of a student. The incident was reported via a campus security authority (CSA) and has been referred to HR and student rights/ responsibilities (SRR).
March 31: - A violation of liquor laws (underage possession) was reported at Hanson Hall; the incident was referred to SRR. April 2: - A DUI involving alcohol occurred in the 100 Block of N. Washington Street; the incident was referred to GPD and is pending a citation. April 3: - A rape and aggravated assault was reported via a CSA at an unspecified on-campus location; the incident was referred to the Title IX coordinator. - A drug abuse violation involving dangerous non-narcotics was reported at the College Apartments via a CSA; the incident was referred to SRR.
Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole will speak at Commencement
B y B enjamin P ontz N ews E ditor Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole has been announced as the graduation speaker for Gettysburg’s 182nd annual commencement, which will be held May 21. Cole, who recently retired as director of the Smithsonian National Museum as African Art, will also receive an honorary degree. “We are honored to have Dr. Cole speak at this year’s Commencement. She is a role model for all of us,” said President Janet Morgan Riggs in a press release from the college. Gettysburg will also grant honorary degrees to Rev. Michael L. CooperWhite, president of Lutheran Theological Seminary in Gettysburg, and Dr. Moncef Slaoui, chairman of vaccines at GlaxoSmithKline. CooperWhite and Slaoui will retire from their respective posts later this year. Cole is an advocate
of diversity and a pioneer in education, having served as the first female president of Spelman College in addition to a tenure as president of Bennett College. She has received 64 honorary degrees over the years, and she is the Presidential Distinguished Professor Emerita at Emory University in Atlanta. “It is incredible to hear that someone of Dr. Cole’s caliber will be giving our commencement speech,” said senior Mariam Aghayan. “She has been a trailblazer and has continuously addressed issues of inequality.” Aghayan went onto express hope that Cole would address inequality and diversity in the address. Riggs closed her statement by commenting that Cole excels at creating a context to embrace and celebrate diversity. “I am certain that her message will resonate with our graduates,” she said.
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An overhead view of the plans for the re-designed College Union Building
offices, it will also have meditation and prayer space,” Biesecker said. Additionally, the Borough will be milling and repaving the entirety of North Washington Street this summer. The college has tagged onto the paving project to replace sidewalks on that
street from Breidenbaugh Hall to the railroad tracks. “There’s a lot of activity that is going to be happening this summer...but the two main impact spaces are the North Washington Street project and the College Union Building project,” Biesecker said.
To see more photos including renderings of the Fourjay Welcome Center and blueprints of the new CUB, visit our website: gettysburgian.com/cub/ Contributing Writer Michael Mancuso contributed to this report.
Student Senate Bullet Points April 3, 2017 * Executive Board elections will be held April 7-9 and Class Officer/Senator elections will be held April 14-16. Contact Taylor Beck (beckta01@gettysburg.edu) to obtain a petition. * Jamie Guilford spoke to Senate about the social media presence and professionalism. Club registration for next year is open now, and all the forms are included in one Google form. * 2 amendments were passed: one regarding the creation of a Senate Opinions committee and the process for initiating the creation of an official Senate opinion. * $2,089.00 was allotted to International Club for transportation to the Cherry Blossom Festival and supplies for the HOLI Festival. * $275.00 was allotted to Dance Ensemble for fundraising supplies and food for their postShowcase party. * $279.08 was allotted to Young Americans for Liberty for their Generation of War event. Senate meetings are held each Monday at 7:00 PM in the College Union Building Room 260. All students are welcome to attend.
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What is your keystone habit?
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B y A ri S naevarsson F eatures E ditor Picking a habit One glaring issue people have with making positive lifestyle changes is determining which change to make. Especially if you have made the decision to focus on only one goal at a time (as you should), there comes a time when resistance sets in and takes the form of doubting whether this is the wisest investment of your goalsetting mental resources. The irony is, of course, that this stems from the natural inability to force new habits, rather than some amazing ability on your part to determine the opportunity costs of abandoning other goals for this one. In fact, this is often the excuse we use when justifying caving in on some habit change. We convince ourselves that devoting this much time to continued education classes is taking away from our performance at work, or that focusing solely on eating more fruits and vegetables might not be as important as focusing on getting our healthy fats. Preface: “Uniphobia” Now, before I continue, I want to make something clear. Sticking to one goal does not necessitate totally abandoning other responsibilities. I call this [admittedly understandable] fear “uniphobia.” While working on your “one thing,” there will obviously still be other responsibilities that must be tended to. Just because you are not focusing on every single goal you had in mind does not mean they will be deteriorating. Rather, they will be in a state of maintenance. What you will see happens, if you are able to stick to your habit, is that those other areas of your life will still be there once your habit is ingrained. And they will be happy that you stopped half-assing efforts to improve them and can now give them the TLC they need - excuse my odd anthropomorphization. Rather than spend this week freaking out about your fiber intake and then drop that at a moment’s notice to start hammering in proper supplementation protocols, you could be telling yourself, “You know what, supplementation can wait; let me first work on upping my fiber intake.” At any given moment, there are a million and one things vying for your
attention. It is not your ability to constantly pick the “right one” that will yield success but rather your ability to pick one and give it your undivided attention and energy. Introducing the “keystone habit” This is where the “keystone habit” comes into play. This concept originates from Charles Duhigg, author of “The Power of Habit.” Because it is understandable that most people aiming to form good habits, especially those “habit novices” to which this is all Greek, will have a laundry list of big changes they want to make, there is an initial cause for “paralysis by analysis” that needs to be addressed. The keystone habit denotes a specific habit that has far-reaching benefits beyond its anticipated, more immediate payoff. For example, yes, exercise is a great way to get in shape and build some muscle, but upon further investigation, it becomes apparent that it does so much more than just that. -It forces you into a social setting, if that is an issue for you. -It can help you get better sleep. -It facilitates all sorts of positive metabolic adaptations it would take me an entire semester to cover in a series. -It has meditative qualities, believe it or not. -It is an amazing outlet for pent up emotions, whether it be anger or even elation. As you can see, by picking the sole habit change of “exercise” to devote your time to, you are not necessarily causing other areas of your life you wish to improve to decay. In fact, this one habit is actually helping them blossom. Finding your keystone habit I first want you to make a list of no more than five life changes you want/need to make. If you cannot boil it down to only five, start knocking off items that are not essential or are not timesensitive. For example, if getting eight hours of sleep a night has some immediately noticeable, important effect (i.e. you will be well-rested for your grad school interview at the end of the week), you may want to keep that one on your final short list. Now, start brainstorming habits that will leak into
all of these changes you have highlighted. This may well end up being one of the changes itself. Some common keystone habits (these may or may not be applicable to you; use them only as ideas for habits that might impact all the items on your short list): -Meditation (after two years of [usually] consistent daily meditative practice, I am coming to realize this one is absolutely essential to me and my goals) -Exercise -Diet -Sleep -Organization Back to the exercise example Re-read the exercise example I gave and the extra benefits it confers. Now imagine somebody has just written their short list as: -Improve social life -Get more/better sleep -Build muscle -Become more mindful -Manage my emotions Clearly, this individual would be wise to pick exercise as their keystone habit (not to say a better choice does not exist), as it would not only take on the “build muscle” goal directly but also the other four goals. Said person might devote eight weeks to ingraining an exercise routine as habit and may find that most of those other areas are no longer issue areas, thereby eliminating the need to devote four more [theoretical] eight-week blocks to working on them. Just pick one and go As my advisor told me when I was battling the overthinking/overanalyzing aspect of habit formation myself, “perfect” really is the enemy of “good.” Whatever you end up picking, after granting yourself a week of preparation (this is an extremely valuable tip I got from Leo Babauta) - in which you determine the logistics of consistently completing your habit - you owe it to yourself to stop analyzing and just go. Put the petal to the metal and do not look back. To be sure, I still want you to be mindful in your practice, noticing and acknowledging the body’s natural resistance to change, accepting the ride for both its ups and downs. But at the same time, you cannot afford to ruminate on any worries that you might be better off sticking to another habit. Now, go forth and conquer that habit!
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a language you studied in high school, or are looking for a short stress-reliever during the afternoon, then this is the perfect event for you. In just one hour, you can learn basic phrases and greetings in languages like Spanish, Vietnamese, Korean, Indonesian, French, Greek, Portuguese, and German. These student-lead workshops are very laidback and fun. Ever wondered why Italians use so many hand gestures or why Indonesian is considered the one of the easiest languages in the world? You can learn about a variety of cultures from all over the world, while
snacking on a new treat each time. The best part is, you won’t get a grade! Meet classmates from all over the globe, share memorable moments, and learn a new language every Tuesday at 4 pm in the Language Resource Center, located on the first floor of Breidenbaugh. For more information o n w h at lan g u ag es ar e offered and when the workshops will take place, visit the LRC page on the Gettysburg College website at http://www. gettysburg.edu/lrc Chinese 4/11 German 4/18 Portuguese 4/25
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Ever wanted to visit another country but couldn’t afford the time or money? You’re in luck! We have international opportunities right here on campus. E v e r y w e e k , Gettysburg College students have the opportunity to learn the basics in a new language for free! The Language Resource Center has started holding Mini Language Workshops, featuring eleven different languages. Whether you love learning languages but don’t want the commitment of taking a class, want to reactivate
This week in history B y A bigail M ajor S taff W riter
Home: April 2, 1917: President Woodrow Wilson asks Congress for a declaration of war against Germany. April 3, 1920: Novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald and socialite Zelda Sayre are married at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City. April 4, 1968: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. April 5, 1614: Pocahontas marries John Rolfe. April 6, 1909: American Robert Peary claims to have reached the geographic North Pole. April 7, 1954: Eisenhower gave his famous “Domino Theory” speech, a theory that if one country fell
to communism, the surrounding countries would too fall. April 8, 1908: The Harvard University Board approves the action of establishing a graduate school of business administration, making Harvard the first in the world to offer an MBA degree.
April 4, 1581: Francis Drake is knighted by Queen Elizabeth I for completing a circumnavigation of the world. April 5, 1955: Winston Churchill resigns as British prime minister. April 6, 1896: First Modern Olympic are held in Athens. Fourteen Abroad: nations participated. April 2, 2005: Pope April 7, 1770: English J o h n P a u l I I d i e s a t Romantic poet William t h e a g e o f 8 4 . H e i s Wordsworth is born. remembered for helping April 8, 1886: Liberal to end Communist rule Prime Minister William in his native country, Gladstone introduces Poland, and eventually the first Irish Home Rule the rest of Europe. He also Bill. improved the Catholic Church’s relations with C o n c e r n i n g t h e C i v i l other religions such as War: Judaism and Islam. April 2, 1865: Grant April 3, 1043: The b r e a k s L e e ’ s l i n e a t coronation of Edward P e t e r s b u r g . U n i o n the Confessor, one of the f o r c e s w o u l d o c c u p y last Anglo-Saxon kings, b o t h P e t e r s b u r g a n d takes place. Richmond on April 3.
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Upcoming events at Musselman Library M usselman L ibrary
Edible Books Festival Kick off National Library Week by joining Musselman Library’s annual Edible Books Festival on Monday, April 10. This free event will feature entries from campus faculty, students, administrators, and staff! Bring a friend and come ogle the edible art, vote for your favorite entries, and sample the
creations. Viewing and voting will take place from 2pm until 3pm in Library Room 018 (ground floor). Beginning at 3pm, visitors to the festival will enjoy the opportunity to sample the entries. This is one event you will not want to miss! Notes at Noon: Opera Workshop Preview Bring your lunch to Musselman Library’s Apse (main floor) on
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Wednesday, April 19 at noon, and enjoy the last Notes at Noon concert of the semester! The Opera Workshop class will offer a sneak peek at their spring show that they will be performing later this month at the Majestic. Come enjoy a wonderful performance b y S u n d e r m a n Conservatory of Music students.
Phi Kappa Psi after their first place victory at Airbands on Saturday night. Photo courtesy of Philip Pane.
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Since returning to Gettysburg in the fall semester of 2014, the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity has been gaining momentum and remaking a name for itself on campus. At last week’s Greek Awards, Phi Psi won two awards that were founded by Phi Psi alumni for academic excellence, the award for highest fall semester G.P.A., the award for highest new member G.P.A., and the award for Best Fraternity Junior. Phi Psi Historian and PR Chair Philip Pane ’17 said the brothers of Phi Psi intend to continue their academic excellence by holding one another to high standards and working together on academic endeavors when possible. A prosperous night at the Greek Awards was followed by Phi Psi’s first Founders Day celebration since recolonizing and according
to Pane it was a remarkable success. Since the current colony had not yet held a Founders Day event, Pane stated, “We were able to revive traditions used by the original chapter of Phi Kappa Psi at Gettysburg, which was very exciting.” Several Phi Psi alumni from Gettysburg and from all over the country, as well as students from another chapter of Phi Psi attended the event, which was held on campus this past Saturday. After socializing with alumni and current students on Saturday afternoon, the brothers of Phi Psi spent their evening competing in Airbands, Alpha Delta Pi’s annual philanthropy event featuring a dance competition amongst all of the Greek organizations on campus. After two consecutive second place Airbands finishes in 2015 and 2016, the men of Phi Psi were able to secure first place at this year’s event with a routine that earned them a
very enthusiastic reaction from the audience. Pane said winning Airbands was a great experience because it shows how Phi Psi is continuing to grow and develop its presence on campus. Pane said that men interested in Phi Psi should know that they are “creating a new type of fraternity on campus in which brotherhood and scholarship go hand in hand.” Striving to become involved in as many different campus organizations as possible is a staple of Phi Psi, and Pane says the brotherhood is looking forward to continue to do so and to get their charter by the end of the semester. Phi Kappa Psi’s second annual “Egg-stravaganza” is taking place this Sunday, April 9. Sign up now with a team of four for the opportunity to win money for a charity of your choice and prizes for you and your team members!
Staff Box The Gettysburgian Editors-in-Chief, Jamie Welch & Daniella Snyder Advisors, Jim Duffy & Jack Ryan News Editor, Benjamin Pontz
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S m a r t p h o n e s shaping brains By Kayla Britt MS&T Editor Every new advent of technology – the telegraph, the landline phone, the Internet – has shaped the human brain in unique ways. But researchers believe that the latest piece of technology, the smartphone, is different. University of California, Santa Cruz psychologist Benjamin Storm links this to the vast quantity of information we now have easy access to. In one study, college students were given a mix of easy and hard trivia problems to answer. Half the students answered the question independently while the other half used their smartphones. In a later study, the participants were asked basic questions. The students who were asked to use their smartphones in the first study were more likely to continue to use
their smartphones in the later study, even though the questions were easy to answer. This could indicate that perhaps people are relying on technology when normally they would be relying on their memory and what they know. However, researchers say that right now we cannot make absolute statements about the impact of technology on memory. While some think that technology is having a detrimental effect, others have found mixed or no effects. Other researchers have highlighted the impact of the smartphone on attention. Studies have shown that dividing attention between two tasks can negatively impact short and longterm memory, reaction time and perception. With constant notifications, texts and updates popping up on our
smartphones we are constantly being pulled in different directions. One study indicated that one half of college students unlock their phones more than 60 times per day. And when we are honed in on our phones, we fail to be attentive to the world around us. A study showed that when students in a lab study have their phones taken away, but put where they can still hear the notifications, their focus on a reading comprehension task declines and anxiety spikes. On the flip side, one study shows that there is a positive correlation between mental health and moderate smart phone use in teens, indicating that limited smartphone use could be a beneficial. Either way, one thing is for sure: our brains will never be the same.
By Emma Gruner Staff Writer “An apple a day keeps the doctor away,” as the old saying goes. The benefits of a fruit-rich diet for our physical health and wellbeing is considered common knowledge. Yet new research suggests that fruit may be a mental superfood as well -- or at least it was to our primate relatives. According to a recent study, the increased size and complexity of certain primates’ brains may have evolved due primarily to an affinity for fruit. The observation that some primates’ brains are larger and more evolved than others has been recognized for years. Until this point, however, factors like diet and ecology were considered irrelevant. Rather, the prevailing explanation for the phenomenon is what is known as the social brain hypothesis, which states that primates evolved larger brains in order to interact in larger groups. In fact, it was the realm of social relationships that originally inspired study author Alex Decasien, a doctoral student of biological anthropology at New York University. Decasien was curious whether a primate’s status as either monogamous or promiscuous had any effect on its brain size, and she decided to conduct research into the matter. Decasien and her team collected data about diet and social life from 140 species across all primate groups – monkeys, apes, lorises and lemurs. Remarkably, neither monogamy/promiscuity nor, as the social brain hypothesis would suggest, community numbers appeared to have a marked influence on brain size. Instead, the determining factor was diet – whether the primate’s meals consisted of
mostly leaves or mostly fruit. For example, spider monkeys and howler monkeys – both of whom live in the South American rainforest in social groups of about ten – displayed significant differences in brain size. While the howlers spend their days leisurely munching on trumpet tree leaves, the spider monkeys use their evenings to forage for passion fruit...and have larger brains to show for it. Overall, primates with a fruit-based diet had approximately 25 percent more brain tissue, even when adjusted for body size and species relatedness. Decasien and her team published their findings in Nature Ecology and Evolution on March 27. From a biological standpoint, these findings are sound. In leaves, important nutrients are locked behind cell walls, the digestion of which takes considerable energy. Fruits, on the other hand, provide large amounts of calories in an easy-to-digest package, allowing the excess energy to go towards the development of the brain. Nonetheless, many members of the scientific community are not entirely convinced by Decasien’s conclusions. One of the most vocal critics has been Robert Dunbar, evolutionary psychologist at the University of Oxford and one of the original authors of the social brain hypothesis. While he admits that a fruit-based diet could very well have allowed the development of a complex brain, he still considers social relationships to be the ultimate selective pressure behind the process. Dunbar argues that the increased cognitive demands of large communities led to the need for higher brain development, for which the extra fruit-harvested energy could be easily utilized.
As he points out, “[diet and sociality] are not alternative explanations [for larger brains]. They are complementary observations”. Decasien still has some diet-driven theories of her own, though. According to her, the process of finding and eating fruit is more cognitively challenging than eating leaves. Leaves, she argues, primates can find anywhere, but fruit-eating requires them to remember and seek out the locations of the best specimens. For these reasons, fruit-eating primates generally cover a larger range than leaf-eaters, which helps develop their navigation skills. The process of recovering hard-to-reach fruits, too, provides the primates with opportunities to practice using tools and solving problems. All of these factors could potentially be selective pressures in their own right, forcing the development of large brains among the fruit-eaters. Of course, even Decasien concedes that the explanation behind her observations is probably not black and white, and that the primates’ diets may have simply jumpstarted brain growth before social pressures took over. In the study of evolution, it can be extraordinarily difficult to distinguish between a legitimate selective pressure and what is simply a convenient physiological change. “It’s definitely impossible to tease apart at some point,” Decasien admits. Nonetheless, her research introduced a new, compelling variable into a debate that was long considered over, raising the question of what other scientific assumptions we may be placing a little too much confidence in.
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First fluorescent tree frog identified By Emma Gruner Staff Writer In this era of political ugliness, it is all too easy to become discouraged. As our world appears to crumble to chaos around us, we find ourselves hoping for something fun, something whimsical, something no o n e co u l d b e o f fen d ed by. As it turns out, a team of scientists in Argentina has just the solution – a glow-in-the-dark frog! Technically speaking, the term is fluorescent. Fluorescence is defined as the ability to absorb light at short wavelengths (often in the ultraviolet region) and reemit it at longer wavelengths (often in the visible region). This marks an important distinction from bioluminescence, or the ability of an organism to produce its own light from chemical reactions. Fluorescence is fairly common amongst ocean-dwelling creatures like fish, coral and sharks, but it is a much rarer occurrence among land animals. Until recently, the only known cases were a few species of parrots and scorpions. Earlier this month, however, a group of researchers from the Bernardino Rivadavia Natural Sciences Museum in Buenos Aires decided to study the pigment of the South American polka dot tree frog (Hypsiboas punctatus), using specimens collected near the town of Santa Fe, Argentina. These frogs normally appear a mottled brownish-green, but as
the researchers were amazed to discover, they emit a vivid blue-green glow when exposed to ultraviolet light. Not only does this discovery mark the first instance of fluorescence seen among amphibians, but it also reveals an entirely new chemical method of exhibiting this quality. The research team, which includes specialists from the University of Buenos Aires, the University of São Paulo, and the City University of New York published their findings in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on March 13. In the initial stages of their research, the team was quick to note the presence of the pigment bilverdin within the frog’s tissues. Bilverdin, while appearing green under normal light conditions, has been associated in other species with a mild red fluorescence. But when the researchers exposed the frog to the UVA flashlight, they were met with not a faint red but an intense bluegreen. As the team determined later, this color could be attributed to three molecules - hyloin-L1, hyloin-L2, and hyloin-G1 - found within the frog’s lymph tissue, skin and glandular secretions. These molecules, which contain a ring structure and a hydrocarbon chain, are “very different from fluorophores found in other vertebrates, which are
By Aphra Murray Staff Writer Each year, the Science Department here at Gettysburg College welcomes the Musselman Visiting Scientist, generously funded by the Musselman Foundation. This year, the Chemistry Department w e l c o m e d D r . S t e p h en Lippard, the Arthur Amos Moyes Professor of Chemistry at M.I.T. Lippard’s talks centered around inorganic chemistry, specifically “Metal Mediated Biological Chemistry” – the title of his public lecture in Mara Auditorium. The purpose of the Musselman Visiting Scientists Lecture is to al-
low both staff and faculty to learn new aspects of previously unheard of chemistry, but also to ensure that the department stays up to date and engaged with current research. Established in 1980, the lecture series has seen scientists such as Ka Yee C. Lee and Nobel Prize winner Richard Schrock. While the talks this year largely covered inorganic chemistry, across his career Professor Lippard has studied and researched in the fields of inorganic chemistry, biochemistry and neurochemistry. These studies included research on the mechanisms of inorganic
usually proteins or polyenic chains,” according to Maria Gabriella Lagoria of the University of Buenos Aires. Not only are these new fluorophores chemically unique, but they are also unusually bright, emitting about 18 percent as much light as a full moon. In general, fluorescence is still a poorly understood topic within the scientific community. Possible explanations for its purpose include everything from camouflage to communication to mate attraction. In the case of the South American polka dot tree frog, the researchers have even less to go on. Since they currently have no data about the frog’s visual systems or photoreceptors, they do not even know whether the frogs can see each other’s fluorescence. The team plans to conduct further research to answer this very question and also to test whether fluorescence is present in any of the other 250 translucent-skinned tree frog species. The researchers are very excited to continue their studies in this realm and with any luck, their enthusiasm will spread. According to Ju lián Faivovich of the University of Buenos Aires, “I’m really hoping that other colleagues will be very interested in this phenomenon, and that they will start carrying a UV flashlight to the field.”
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neurotransmitters and the role of platinum anticancer drugs, which lead to the co-founding of Blend Therapeutics in 2011. Now renamed Placon Therapeutics, the company has begun Phase I clinical trials for the novel platinum anti-cancer drug based on Lippard’s research. Ultimately, the Musselman Visiting Scientist Lectures have proven once again their value at Gettysburg College as several students have noted their now growing interest in the field of inorganic chemistry, especially given the relevance of the research.
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Shannon Gross, current senior and art studio major, exhibited three works of sculpture at the Juried Student Exhibition, and their piece, “Touch Me” won first place. The sculpture features the bottom half of a nude female body in the process of transitioning to a floral-esque abstract sculpture, complete with dripping green paint and pink floral embroidery. “The one that won was my first successful attempt at figurative sculptural work,” they said. “Honestly, it’s a pretty personal piece.” Gross said that the initial inspiration stemmed from feelings of gender dysphoria, as well as their own past as a rape victim and as someone who self-harmed. Gross said that the “weird, petal-like additions” were intended to symbolize regrowth and recovery, and that the embroidery acts as a “bandage.” However, Gross’s favorite piece they submitted was not the sculpture that was selected as the winner. Gross’s favorite was the “Beloved with Chanterelles” piece. “I think it’s stronger visually, and I like the ambiguity it presents,” they said, referring to the dismembered presence of the body. Gross won a $100 gift card to the bookstore for their sculpture. Gross is headed to Rhode Island School for Design for a Master of Fine Arts after graduation, their firstchoice graduate program.
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Two weeks ago, the walls of the Schmucker Art Gallery were painted a springtime pink and yellow. 100 submissions were dragged, wheeled, or carried in by students enrolled in studio classes this semester. The juror selected 50 works of student art. Gallery attendants nailed lotus pods and baskets into the wall. Then, 200 people entered the Schmucker Art Gallery for the opening reception of their annual Student Juried Exhibition to hear the winning artwork announced by Laura Amussen, local artist and juror. Laura Amussen is an award-winning artist, the director of exhibitions and curator at Goucher College,and an educator at Towson University. A m u s s e n ’ s collection of work, titled “Nourish,” sits in Schmucker’s Project: Space. Amussen worked with an environmental artist, and utilized leaves, lunar annua seeds, sticks and moss to create an earthy and warm environment in
the smaller gallery space, especially combined with the complementary dark brown walls. On Amussen’s work, Schmucker Art Gallery director Shannon Egan said, “In a cultural and political moment that is incredibly fraught, [Amussen’s work] provides the viewer with a kind of artistic and personal philosophy that draws on Buddhist teachings and meditative practice,” she said. Amussen, during her gallery talk, reflected on the ways in which her work focuses on the ideas of selfcare and self- love. “She titles her exhibition “Nourish” in order to encourage the viewer to think more broadly about how needs and desires can be satiated and sustained,” Egan said. Amussen was also very intentional with the shapes of her work as well as the gallery space itself. Egan commented that the circular form of each artwork also repeats itself in the way the viewer actually travels around the gallery, another tie back to Buddhist influences. During her gallery talk, Amussen said that she selected works of student art that showed true visionary.
She wanted the art to be risk-taking, made by those unafraid to “f*ck up,” according to the juror. And that’s exactly what the student juried exhibition displays: risky, emotionally charged and commanding works of art. “I am particularly impressed with how the works convey various kinds of narratives, the students’ experiments in different media, as well as the ambitious scale of several of the works,” Egan said. “Laura Amussen did an outstanding job selecting really compelling works.” Most works of art feature some sort of political undertone. One painting by senior Molly Chason, called “#seaofpink” incorporates actual news articles from the Women’s March on Washington. Another painting by Inayah Sherry, “Deliver us from evil”, emblematic of Egan’s “ambitious scale” comment, demands its own entire wall in a large, triangular shape featuring ideas consistently discussed in political debate: guns, fetuses, and rainbow hearts. Both exhibitions will be on display until Apr. 22.
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B y K evin W right Staff Writer What should music mean, and what should it say and express? Artists answer this question in a variety of ways, choosing to emphasize ideas such as love, hate, jubilation, alienation, or comradery. Not only can music express the personal sentiments of the artist and creator, but it can convey political and social stances, something that one might not immediately associate with popular music. Alynda Lee Segarra writes songs for her band, “Hurray for the Riff Raff.” The songs tell a story of the narrator taking a stance for their own political and social rights. Influenced by the palette of protest music artists like Woody Guthrie and Nina Simone, “Hurray for The Riff Raff” makes music on their new record “The Navigator.” The music is based on styles like folk and R&B that traditionally informed the classic Americana style music, but their sound goes further than that. With the addition of Caribbean Conga drums on tracks like “Rican Beach”
and the title track, the sound becomes something that is utterly unique. Americana brought together with Latino music styles, represents a sound that embraces all of America, not just the Northern section. Other tracks feature well done takes on folk-rock grooves, bolstered by the strong songwriting and unifying concept of the album. This is seen on “Life To Save,” “Living in the City” and “Fourteen Floors.” A standout is “Hungry Ghost,” a track that is an assertive statement of selfempowerment that gets your blood pumping with a catchy power chord progression and a driving drum track. While the record sounds good, it is also worth our time to look at the lyrics. “The Navigator” is in fact a concept album, a label that often gets thrown around in the music world. Segarra confirmed as much when she visited the college last year, performing some new songs off the album in Kline Theatre as part of the “This Machine Kills Fascists” free concert series. At its base, “The Navigator” is about gentrification. Across
the U.S., people in urban locations are being forced out of the only communities and homes they have ever known in order to make room for things like luxury apartments and large businesses. These communities are predominately composed of minorities, such as Latino individuals. Segurra herself is Puerto Rican, and her cultural background is clear especially on the track “Pa’lante,” where she references prominent Puerto Ricans in history, while also mentioning prominent North American historical figures like Emmett Till, thereby referencing the past of traditional American folk and protest music. “Hurray for the Riff Raff” conveys a pursuit of equality and justice that references the past while also firmly creating a new path forward into a socioeconomic reality that seems more dire than it ever has been. However, if one thing can save us and offer us hope, it is the saving grace of music. “The Navigator” is out now on iTunes, Spotify and other online music services through ATO Records.
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Why the Republicans should be taking the L...back By Alex Romano
Opinions Editor Liberal. The mere mention of the word conjures up images of frantic college-age yippies waving boards and signs in protest of the Trump administration on the White House lawn; of massive welfare programs keeping the working-class American family afloat in times of economic peril; of gussied-up bureaucrats laying on heaps of red tape on Cabinet departments and executive-level agencies in Washington; of wellmeaning and effective laws protecting the environment from depletion and degeneration; of Clintons, Gores, Kennedys, Carters, Roosevelts, and Johnsons. As the previous sentence intends to illustrate, the word “liberal”, like any other word, finds itself in association with other terms and imagery both good and bad. However, there was a time when liberalism did not mean what it does today, when all of the aforesaid items had no attachment to the liberal school of thought. “Liberal" nowadays means “progressive”, and is universally accepted as a descriptor of the Democratic Party, the Left that stands primarily for tolerance, social justice, institutional reform, fair economics, and national progress at all levels. For decades, this has been the case. While everybody may be able and willing to identify these concepts with liberalism, it may not be the best case to do so. Philosophers and historians generally agree with the claim that liberalism began with John Locke, the author of such renowned works as “An Essay Concerning Human Understanding”. Through his writings, Locke preached that man was entitled to natural rights and liberties, including the practice of religion free from persecution; the acquirement and ownership of private property; and a governmental separation of powers to preserve democracy and prevent the growth of absolutism. Locke also endorsed the idea of a social contract, an arrangement in
which the citizenry forfeits some of its individual rights in exchange for governance and the protection of its remaining civil liberties. From Locke’s works came the term “classical liberalism”, an important ideology to remember, and one to which countless people subscribe without knowing it. To further straighten out the alignment of classical liberalism with modern-day Republicanism, the spotlight must move to Adam Smith, the great Scottish philosopher and creator of such famous concepts as the “invisible hand” and the division of labor. In the course of his writings, notably “The Wealth of Nations”, Smith applied the theory of classical liberalism to economic theory, using the concept of pursuing self-interest inevitably generating improved welfare and added benefits to be shared in the society as a whole; man’s right to full control over private enterprise; an emphasis on wealth; and the blockage of governmental interference in the free market system to create the ideology that is essentially today’s version of capitalism. After Smith’s time, the laissez-faire system became a serious, highly consequential and influential element of the global scene. Even left-leaning thinkers sided with the thought behind this massive free market. John Stuart Mill, the old champion of civil liberties and forward-thinking member of the Liberal Party in Great Britain, admitted in his writing that while the free market had its problems, it was the best deal that the world could ever hope to get. To compensate for its inadequacies, Mill advocated for a minimum standard of living to be provided to every one person and family in nations under capitalist control. He also argued for women’s suffrage, enhanced education opportunities, and a number of other initiatives in the name of social progress. Of course, that he refused to completely
comply with only one side may to some be admirable, as it makes him more of a middle-course man and a compromiser, but the fact remains the same: with Mill, we begin to see where the lines between the liberalism of old and the liberalism of new blur together. A fiscal conservative, but a social progressive. Now how could that be? Fast-forward to the twentieth century, with the election of Republican Herbert Hoover as president of the United States in 1928. Hoover was an accomplished man, an honest secretary of commerce, an unbelievably skilled, smart, and competent engineer, and the country’s leading figure in the Efficiency Movement. He was also one of the worst leaders that our country has ever had to endure, allowing the country to slip into economic depression and tear itself apart. But, when he became the thirty-first president, Hoover wanted to coin the term “liberal Republican” to describe his party, a name that would have united the traditional concept of classical liberalism with the current American political philosophy of Republicanism. This would have made it so that Republicans would have been more liberal than the Democrats of today, albeit in a decidedly different sense. Instead, Franklin D. Roosevelt became the president to commandeer the word liberal, adding a neoclassical spin to the term. And since his New Deal policies represented a tremendous departure from the popular economic theory of the day, those who objected to the novelty of his approach became conservatives. Since they were chiefly Republicans, they became known as conservative Republicans, and Hoover never got his wish. So conservatism became a different economic philosophy from liberalism entirely, causing the definition of the word liberal to change considerably from its original meaning. But what seems to be forgotten in today’s world
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is that liberal has not always been the word to describe social change or industrial regulation. Rather, the word “progressive” was the label initially coined for the advancement of these purposes. P r e s i d e n t William McKinley, whose presidency has undergone a significant positive reassessment recently, suffered assassination at the hands of an anarchist, and was succeeded by Theodore Roosevelt, who looked upon McKinley’s ignoring of the follies and buses of big business as the chief domestic failure of his predecessor’s administration. Along with trustbusting, TR also focused on environmental protection and food and drug safety as major policies for his administration. Woodrow Wilson continued the progressive trend, which was revitalized and restrengthened by FDR, and virtually every Democrat after. (I myself can think of only one Republican since TR whose administration boasts an honest-to-God progressive record, but for the sake of avoiding controversy, I will refrain from mentioning his name, which on its own is enough to inflame people’s feelings.) Fast-forward again, to the 1980s, after Lyndon B. Johnson effectively tied social issues into economic
policy with the Great Society. In response to LBJ’s newest deal, and the countercultural movement of the 1960s and decisive national unrest of the 1970s, President Ronald Reagan saw the time right to roll back some of the progressive legislation passed through the Kennedy-Johnson years and emphasize evangelical Christianity as a significant component of the Republican Party. The result of this mission was the founding of the modern neoconservative sect, a group who has been the subject of my ire and distaste for as long as I can remember, a militant faction whose values and principles have formed the school of thought known as social conservatism. And that is where the Republicans got slapped with the conservative label for good. So, if the Republican Party is conservative in the social sense now, then what’s wrong with using the word liberal, already by the age of Reagan a term associated with the Democratic Party? There are two answers for that. The first is that since liberal was originally intended for use only in relation to economics, and progressive only for the cause of social change, it makes no sense to call Democrats’ social policies liberal. It would make more sense to call
them progressive, as well as the Democratic agenda in terms of the economy. The second reason is that the word “conservative” in modern times is synonymous with the words hateful, repressive, square, and avaricious, due to the social aspect of conservatism. While this is the GOP’s own doing, and social conservatism is not my personal cup of tea, it really makes a negative first impression on some members of opposing parties (especially on a liberal arts campus) when one introduces oneself as a Republican, as the assumption is that if you are a Republican you are also conservative. And from that assumption, more are to come. So that is my case. Republicans should have the L-word back. To simplify things, this way we would have Democrats as fiscal progressives and/ or social progressives, and Republicans as classical liberals and/or social conservatives. Of course, you will have classical liberals and social progressives, and maybe even fiscal progressives and social conservatives (in circumstances that I cannot currently imagine), for not everybody is tilted entirely one way or the other. But, anyway, man, would this change of labels make things easier.
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Senior Sean Fumai By Steph Karalis Staff Writer Coming off a Centennial Conference win of 17-6 against Muhlenberg the Bullets are on the track to be competitive for the conference title once again. The Gettysburg men’s lacrosse team is currently ranked 15th in USILA top-20. The team’s lead scorer, senior captain Sean Fumai, has demonstrated an outstanding performance for the Bullets this season thus far. In total Fumai has scored 24 goals, which has helped the bullets to be ranked 3rd in the Centennial Conference. Fumai has come back strong this season after recovering from an injury back in the 2016 season against Salisbury. This season, starter Fumai has scored a career-high of five goals in two differBy emily sheehan & ent games, one against elizabeth hilrfank Muhlenberg anStaff Writer & and Sports other against Messiah. editor In the ten games the team has played, Fumai has contributed to the box score, scoring each game with a shots-ongoal average of .559 percent. Being his second year as captain, it is evident that Fumai is a great role model for the younger players. Fumai’s hard work, dedication and passion for the game enable him to reach his many achievements for the Bullets. The upcoming five games until the playoffs are important for the Bullets to keep their championship hopes alive. Fumai will be a key component of these games, as he will be looking to create scoring opportunities not only for himself, but other key offensive players. The Gettysburg men’s lacrosse team will be playing at Musselman Stadium this upcoming Saturday in a Centennial Conference game against Swarthmore College. Keep an eye out for number 6 as Fumai continues to dominate on offense and keep his title as the leading scorer for the Bullets.
B y C harlie W illiamson S taff W riter Last Sunday, the Gettysburg College Baseball team (13-8-2, 1-1 CC) split their first conference games of the season, taking the first game 3-2 before falling 5-6 in the afternoon contest. The first game featured a stellar pitching performance from junior southpaw Brad Demartino, who threw a six-hit complete game. After surrendering two runs in the first inning, Demartino was lights out and put up zeros the rest of the game. The only further threat from Muhlenberg came in the fourth, when the Mules had runners on first and second with one out before Demartino got a pair of fly outs to get out of the jam. In the sixth, the Bullets got back-toback one-out singles from senior outfielder Connor Tom and senior catcher Will Anderson. Later in the inning, a throwing error by the catcher allowed Tom to score the Bullets’ first run. The Bullets scored again in the seventh as first-year infielder Dominick Gasparro was hit by a pitch and then scored on a double from junior outfielder Chuck Probst. Probst recorded hits in both games, stretching his hitting streak to 26 games, tied for the fourth-longest in Centennial Conference history.
Junior Brad Demartino was lights out for the Bullets in game one. Photo credit: Gettysburg College Athletics
In the ninth, Gasparro was plunked again and would score the go-ahead run on junior Logan Sneed reached on an infield error. Meanwhile, Demartino continued to pitch on point, retiring 11 in a row at one point in the game. However, in the ninth, the Mules made it interesting as they got runners to first and second with two outs. However, Demartino bared down and induced a groundout to end a game. In the second g am e , t h e M u l e s c a m e out firing with a leadoff homer in the second off senior Eric Brown. The Mules would score again that inning and later in the fourth as the No. 9 hitter Stephen Koes hit a three run dinger. Down 5-0, senior Chase Stopyra relieved
Brown and stopped the bleeding, retiring the first 8 batters he faced. Over the course of Stopyra’s relief, the Bullets were able to pull within a run of Muhlenberg. The comeback started with a three run fifth, thanks to back-to-back singles from first-year Tate Frodsham and Gasparro, followed by a two-run triple from Probst. The Bullets struck again in the sixth as Will Anderson led off with a walk and stole second. Then first-year infielder Joe Giovinco singled, scoring Anderson. Making the call to the bullpen, the Mules surrendered a single to Frodsham, but then escaped the jam on a groundout. The Bullets threatened to score in the last three innings, notably in the eighth, when Giovinco hit a
one-out double, before being stranded at second from two consecutive strike outs. A f t e r Muhlenberg scored an insurance run in the eighth, Sneed ignited a rally in the ninth with a one-out bunt single. Tom and Anderson then loaded the bases with consecutive singles before senior outfielder Johnathan Lucido made it a one-run game on a sac-fly. However, the Mules struck out the next batter, staunching the comeback. “We have to keep ourselves in the game by not allowing walks and making errors,” Lucido said on how to improve going forward. “We also need to capitalize when we have runners in scoring position.” Lucido also mentioned how the youth of the team will be important going forward
as the three of their four starting infielders are first-years. “We are not riding on freshmen to carry us; we are still a team that rides on each other to win games.” “The selfless nature of our team and the understanding that the team’s performance is much more important than the individuals is why I believe our team will be very successful this spring,” Sneed said. “Hopefully we’ll be able to bring a championship back to the ‘burg, we certainly have the talent and the drive to do so.” The Bullets will look to bring the talent and drive together to win against conference rival Franklin &Marshall Friday, April 7th and against Washington College in a double header on April 8th.
Women’s golf captures two titles B u l l e t s s h a t t e r c o n f e r e n c e s c o r i n g r e c o rof dthe nearest i n competitor, win
By Claire Healey Sports Editor The Gettysburg College women’s golf team had a dominant weekend this past weekend finishing with two tournament titles and a shattered Centennial Conference scoring record. Leading the way for the Bullets was junior Samantha Sessa who came away with two individual victories in as many days. This was also the second consecutive weekend with an individual title for Sessa. She carded a 77 on the par-71, 5,381 yard course at the Gettysburg Invitational held at Hanover Country Club. She won by three strokes to take her 12th career title and her 11th round in the 70s for the Orange and Blue. She had two birdies on the day, the first at the par-4 sixth hole and the second at the par-4 eleventh. Following her impressive Saturday performance, Sessa also carded her 13th career title on Sunday at the Susquehanna Spring Invitational. She took one stroke off her season low with a 76 at the Susquehanna Valley Country Club and it extended her to twelve rounds in the 70s. “Yeah, I thought this weekend went very well. I was playing well on the par-4s, especially on Saturday which I think
helped me. The team has also been playing well as a unit, which will be good looking forward to conferences,” said Sessa. Also helping the Bullets bring home two tournament titles was senior Sarah Hansen. On Saturday, Hansen carded an 83 to finish fourth in the field of 41. It was her ninth top-five finish in as many events this season. Hansen was also just one stroke behind Sessa on Sunday with a 77. She lowered her collegiate low score by one stroke and carded her fifth career round in the 70s, while also claiming her tenth top-five finish of the season. First-year Hannah Fireman rounded out the top five during Saturday’s
tournament with an 85. She had a birdie on the par-4 305 yard tenth hole. On Sunday, Fireman shot a season low 81 to finish third. It was her seventh top-five finish this year. Saturday’s firstteam was rounded out by first-year Katie McCarthy who shot an 80 to finish second and junior Caroline McDonald who shot a 106 to finish 32nd. The second team of Bullets was led by first-year Erin Schroeder who carded an 89 to finish tied for 11th. A l s o o n Gettysburg’s second contingent were sophomore Gillian Marini who finished with a 95 for a 21st place finish, sophomore Kiera Cooney with a 107 to finish
33rd, first-year Jessica Davis with a 108 to finish 34th and junior Emma Feeney with a 122 to finish 38th. Sunday’s squad was rounded out by Marini who helped Gettysburg sweep the top four with an 83, which was the best showing of her career thus far. First-year Erin Schroeder finished 12th with a score of 99. The Bullets Sunday team score was a 317, which bested their previously set program and conference scoring record. They set and re-set that record three times over the fall season and were just five strokes short of the record during Saturday’s tournament. Gettysburg was also 80 strokes ahead
Manhattanville, by the end of Sunday scoring. “I am very happy with the team’s performance last weekend as well as the entire semester. I am very fortunate to have the group of kids that we have here. They are a special group and have much potential!” said head coach Susan Konstalid. The Bullets look to continue their dominance at the Mac Invitational on Friday, April 7th and at the Carnegie Mellon Invitational April 8-9th. Gettysburg continues to be atop the Centennial Conference standings and will look to seven-peat as conference champions later in April.
Junior Samantha Sessa took home two individual titles in Gettysburg’s victories. Photo credit: Gettysburg College Athletics
This weekend in Gettysburg College spring sports:
Friday, April 7th: Men’s track at Messiah Invitational-10:00 a.m. Women’s track at Messiah Invitational-10:00 a.m. Women’s golt at MAC Invitational-12:00 p.m. Baseball at Franklin and Marshall-3:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 8th: Women’s golf at Carnegie Mellon Invitational-9:00 a.m. Men’s track at Messiah Invitational-10:00 a.m. Women’s track at Messiah Invitational-10:00 a.m. Men’s tennis vs. Swarthmore-12:00 p.m. Women’s tennis vs. Swarthmore-12:00 p.m. Baseball at Washington College-12:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Women’s lacrosse vs Swarthmore-1:00 p.m. Softball at Haverford-1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. Men’s lacrosse vs. Swarthmore-1:00 p.m. Sunday, April 9th: Women’s golf at Carnegie Mellon Invitational-9:00 a.m.
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