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National Following backlash and controversy surrounding the shooting of Laquan McDonald, the Chicago Mayor, Rahm Emanuel has asked for the resignation of Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy. Dashboard camera footage of McDonald’s killing showed the black teenager being shot sixteen times. The footage was released last week after a judge ordered it to be made public. The mayor has asserted that a new task force will be established on law enforcement accountability which will review the manner in which the city trains and oversees its police officers. The task force will include five Chicago leaders who have been active in the justice system, including former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick. Jason Van Dyke, the officer who shot McDonald, has been charged with firstdegree murder.
International President Barack Obama has discouraged Vladimir Putin, Russia’s leader, from becoming active in Syria’s civil war. Syria asserts that the current President Bashar al-Assad must retain power. The climate change conference, hosted in France, served as a forum for the issue. Obama called for “legally binding” mechanisms to prevent further human-caused climate change. Dec.1 marked World AIDS Day. The UN Children’s Fund found that the number of adolescents who have died from AIDS has tripled in the past 15 years, although there have been sunstantive efforts to combat the spread of the disease. Approximately seven of ten new infections are among the 15-19 year old female demographic in sub-Saharan Africa, indicating that the disease affects young adolescent girls disprop portinately.
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Remembrance Day honors Gettysburg Address Garrison Keillor speaks, migrants are nationalized and those lost are remembered B y J ulia S ippel S taff W riter
One hundred and fiftytwo years after Lincoln gave his famed Gettysburg Address, Gettysburg is continuing to celebrate his immortal words. Celebrated officially on Nov. 19, Remembrance Day honors Lincoln’s visit to Gettysburg, as well as the men who gave their lives that lie in the cemetery he dedicated that day. Each year, thousands of tourists flock to town, filling the streets as if summertime had returned. With an array of celebrations, Lincoln was successful in assuring that nobody would forget “what they did here.” Though the initial wreath-laying ceremony was foregone due to inclement weather, the Dedication Day program, reminiscent of the same program all those years ago, occurred in the College Union Building Ballroom. Highlighted by a speech by storyteller and humorist Garrison Keillor, the celebration was well-received. “It was an honor to witness Mr. Keillor’s speech,” said the Gettysburgian’s Annika Jensen, a sophomore. “I grew up listening to his radio shows, and I felt that his emphasis
on the power of story and of comfort during war time was relevant and appropriate.” Arguably one of the most notable events of the ceremony, however, was the naturalization of sixteen immigrants from twelve different countries. “I felt humbled,” said Jensen. “I had never seen anything like it before, nor was I expecting it, and I was overwhelmed with patriotism and hope for these new citizens.” That afternoon, Professor Scott Hancock of the Africana Studies Department gave a speech on “Liberation from the Future as Well as the Past: Black Responses to the Gettysburg Address” as the annual Gettysburg Addresses Lincoln Lecture. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Dr. Joseph Glatthaar gave the 54th annual Robert Fortenbaugh Memorial Lecture later that evening, further enticing the historically-inclined audience with his cultural discussion of the two armies. A parade on Saturday afternoon brought townspeople, even children and pets, to the streets to celebrate this historical heritage. Union and Confederate reenactors (flags included) walked the streets once more, joined by
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Remembrance Day, celebrated officially on Nov. 19, is a day which honors President Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, and features a variety of events and speakers. This year, Garrison Keillor, a radio personality, humorist and storyteller was invited. The passing of Gettysburg’s James Gettys was also memorialized. President Lincoln and Fred- was renewed that evening and more, this weekend sucerick Douglass, among other with the 13th annual Remem- cessfully brought increased notables. brance Illumination at the tourism and an increased apThe most moving mo- National Cemetery. Luminary preciation to Gettysburg in an ments of the weekend, how- candles and a recitation of unforgettable way. ever, memorialized the recent fallen soldiers’ names once This year’s Remempassing of Gettysburg’s own again marked the “final rest- brance Day was a remarkLincoln, portrayer James Get- ing place for those who here able event, which brought tys. His top hat marched the gave their lives that that na- together members of the colparade in his stead, marking tion might live.” lege community as well as the persona so missed by fans Made possible by the the surrounding town with across the nation, much like College, The Lincoln Fellow- guest speakers to celebrate his character so long before. ship of Pennsylvania, Gettys- Gettysburg’s history in the This poignant emotion burg National Military Park, present day.
Eisenhower Institute holds Inside Politics symposium Participating students worked with a mentor to research public policy topics B y N ora T idey S taff W riter On Nov. 16, the Eisenhower Institute held its Fall 2015 Inside Politics symposium. The Eisenhower Institute is a distinguished center for leadership and public policy. It aims to prepare students interested in careers in public policy and additionally to prepare students to assume their responsibilities as citizens. Inside Politics is a semester-long program that serves as a mentoring experience on campus, as well as in Washington D.C. Through Inside Politics, participating students are able to learn about and understand the workings of American government. Each month during the program, students peel back the curtain of a dif ferent section of American government, including political parties, campaigns, the American presidency, Congress, and public perceptions of policy matters. The Inside Politics program is a three-part program that consists of lectures and interactive sessions that provide information to understand politics and policy development, a research project in which participants research a particular policy
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issue of their choosing, and the student symposium in which participants present the findings from their research. After the students choose their research topics, they are set up with a corresponding professional in that specific field in Washington D.C., and travel to D.C. for a 3-day trip to learn more about their topics. The participants’ semester-long research culminated in the symposium on Nov. 16, when sixteen students presented their findings. Participants were of all class years and each student presented on a unique topic that they investigated in-depth and gained a deep understanding of. Research presented by the participants included topics such as tax policy, speech-writing, federal financial aid, immigration, the “rally around the flag” effect, the gender wage gap, environmental issues, and more. Each participant gave a brief description of what they researched, what they learned, and the professionals they spoke to during their research process. Kasey S. Pipes, a biographer and historian who spent ten years in politics as a communications and policy
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advisor and who now serves as the Norris Fellow of Public Policy at the Eisenhower Institute, sat next to the students as they presented and asked questions that often required critical thinking and personal insights on the part of the student. The students who completed Inside Politics this semester and presented at the Nov. 16 symposium are as follows: Liam Kerr, Eliza-
beth Miller, Lynn Hatcher, Daniel Kagan, Christopher Condon, Kyle Furlong, Marley Dizney Swanson, Thomas Calbos, Todd Sammis, Elizabeth Hupper, Brendan Wright, Alex Tottser, Hannah Christensen, Celia DiSalvo, Matthew Lowerre, and Colleen Maher. . The Eisenhower Institute sponsors a variety of other undergraduate programs including Inside the
Middle East, Women in Leadership, Undergraduate Fellows, the Fielding Center, the Government Leadership Camp, the EI Expert Access Workshops, and more. For more information or to apply for Eisenhower Institute programs, of which there are several, visit www. eisenhowerinstitute.org or check out the Eisenhower Institute’s Facebook page. Photo Credit: Eisenhower Institute at Gettysburg College
Inside Politics participants touring NBC’s “Meet the Press” studio.
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Trump and the so-called “Muslim problem”, pg. 7
Anti-choice violence, pg. 7
Men’s basketball starts strong, pg. 8
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Weird News of the Week By Kayla Britt News Editor
Egging Her On Police have reported that a Utah woman named Jennifer Terry, 44, of Weber County, drove her daughter and several of her daughter’s friends around the county so that they could throw eggs at almost twenty houses. The eggings led to several thousand dollars in damage. Terry was arrested and charged with a Class A misdemeanor for aiding the “eggers.” All but one of the accused teens admitted to participating in the scheme. From Pope to Rap Legend? A photograph of the Pope Francis picking up the microphone with one hand while the other hand was stretched out horizontally has gone viral. The picture was all over the Twitter newsfeed, along with the #PopeBars hashtag, with verses from famous rappers attached. Even some celebrities participated in the trend, including “Scandal” star Kerry Washington. The photograph featured the Pope at St. Saviour parish in Bangui, Central African Republic. This week’s “Weird News” was compiled by Kayla Britt with information from huffingtonpost.com.
Senate Update November 30, 2015 By Brooke Gutschick Student Senate Secretary
• Disciplemakers Christian Fellowship was allotted $125 • Gettysburg Lego Club was recognized • Students for Rubio was recognized • Gettysburg College Quiz Bowl was recognized • The Constitution was amended to say that Greek organizations must request funds from the Interfraternity Council and Panhellenic Council before requesting money from Student Senate. • The Constitution was also amended to clarify the budget request process.
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In Theatres Near You Majestic Theater
25 Carlisle St, Gettysburg, PA 17325 Suffragette
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The foot soldiers of the early feminist movement, women who were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an increasingly brutal State. Starring Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter and Meryl Streep. Friday (12/4) - 7:00 p.m. Saturday (12/5) - 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. Sunday (12/6) - 2:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday - Thursday (12/7 - 12/10) - 7:00 p.m.
WZBT: Gettysburg College’s Very Own Radio Station WZBT 91.1 FM is Gettysburg College’s Radio Station. Style described as Indie/College Radio, the station provides the community with news programming as well as varying genres of music regularly. Tune in everyday to see what’s new on WZBT. What if you don’t have a radio you ask? You are in luck because WZBT is online. Streaming live at: http://tunein.com/radio/WZBT-911-s24329/ You can also check out WZBT at: www.wzbt.org https://twitter.com/WZBT https://www.facebook.com/wzbt911
Trumbo
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In 1947, Dalton Trumbo was Hollywood’s top screenwriter until he and other artists were jailed and blacklisted for their political beliefs. Friday (12/4) - 7:15 p.m. Saturday (12/5) - 4:15 p.m. and 7:15p.m. Sunday (12/6) - 2:15p.m. and 5:15 p.m. Monday - Thursday (12/7 - 12/10) - 7:15 p.m.
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Conservatory performs pieces from classic composers B y D aphne E llis C ontributing W riter On Saturday, Nov. 21, the Gettysburg community was touched by the talents of The Sunderman Conservatory of Music on stage at the Majestic Theater. The Gettysburg College Symphony Orchestra performed musical selections from Beethoven, Dvorak and Weber, conducted by Zeev Dorman (Guildhall School of Music, London). Annually, the fall concert is a highlighting experience for aspiring Music Majors of all divisions of the conservatory during the fall semester as it gives its students the opportunity to showcase their talents and the evidential hard work that goes into their passion for music on a daily basis. The acoustics of the Majestic Theater were perfect for the projection of such beautiful and chilling orchestrated music. The program was structured in three parts, beginning with Cal Maria von Weber’s Andante e rondo ongarese, OP.35. This featured Nico de Groot (17), a bassoon soloist, who is currently in pursuit of a Bachelor of Music degree in piano performance with a concentration in
composition. Next came the Serenade for Wind Instruments, Op.44 by Antonin Dvorak, consisting of “Moderato quasi Marcia”, “Menuetto: Tempo di minuetto; Tri: Presto”, “Andate con moto” and “Finale: Alegro molto.” Dvorak’s serenade required performance by wind instrument symphony members accompanied by the cello and the double bass in D-minor. The program concluded with Ludwig van Beethoven’s 4th Symphony, “Adagio – Allegro vivace”, “Adagio”, “Allegro vivace” and “Allegro ma non troppo”. John Glennon ’19 is one of several first years yet one of two trumpeters to have performed in the Fall concert. He remarked on the uniqueness and quality of the program, saying that the whole process has been “great fun, and worthwhile” as this performance was his first time playing with string instruments. The symphony orchestra personell included the talents of the following Sunderman Conservatory students; Maggie DeBell ’18, Michelle Grosser ’18, Selah Kwak ’16, Emma Rainoff ’16, Nick Sontag
’19, Lynn Xu ’19, Molly Cherny ’19, Lani Deatherage ’18, Preston Kinard ’18 and Logan Santiago ’19 on violins, Cameron Kinard ’18, Caroline Pace ’17, Sebastien Ridore ’19, Sarah Smith ’18 and Casey Wilson ’16 on violas, cellists Greg Flury ’16, Abi Heidenburg ’18, Thomas Klimek ’16, Meggi Loughran ’18, Theresa Menna ’17, Sophia Rostock ’19, Sarah Thomas ’16 and Beth Vandersall ’19, bassists Chris Johnson ’18, Scott Kaliszak ’16 and Marc Tessier ’18, Megan Riley ’17 and Meg Sutter on flutes, Lindsey Paszczuk ’19 and Mary Pearce on oboes, Issac Hawkins ’18, William Morris ’18 and Sarah Tokar ’19 on clarinets, Nico de Groot ’18 on the bassoon, Ben Gantz ’16, Luke Gaylor ’18, Spenser Greeley ’16 and Ivy-Rose Kramer ’19 on horns, John Glennon ’19 and Josh Spry ’17 on trumpets and Luke Gaylor on timpani. Of the above students Selah Kwak was a concert master, Logan Santiago, Sarah Smith, Sarah Thomas, and Scott Kaliszak were principles, and Maggie DeBell, Caroline Page, Sarah Thomas and Scott Kaliszak participated further in the program as orchestra staff members.
Members of the new dance group VIBE pose after their performance at this year’s Dance Ensemble Fall Showcase. The group closed its performance with the political messages (above) displayed above their heads. B y A lexa laboy S taff W riter On the evening of Nov. 20, 2015 the Dance Ensemble Fall Showcase took place in the CUB Ballroom. Perfectly executed hip-hop, swing, tap, ballet and contemporary dance routines received high praises from the audience. From the solo routines, to our beloved B.O.M.B Squad, no performance was left without a rowdy applause or powerful cheers of joys from the crowd. However, one performance stood out to the arudience more than the
others. A group that has been on the rise for a few months now has been VIBE. Sophomore Michael Deleon, VIBE’s current president, founded the group with the help of vice president, Chentese Stewart ‘18. VIBE’s main goal is to promote cultural diversity in their dance routines and music by utilizing various genres, such as hip-hop, reggae, contemporary and African. Few were prepared for their monumental and authentic routine that would follow when the crew came out wearing all black
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clothing and black masks hiding their identities. The end of the performance caught all in attendance by surprise. The dance crew concluded their performance by holding up signs expressing VIBE’s support for the #BlackLivesMatter movement and the current efforts being made at Mizzou and other universities to make campuses more safe and inclusive for minority students. The majority of the audience gave VIBE a standing ovation along with fists raised in agreement with VIBE’s message.
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Online sales continue to soar during Black Friday
Spider silk to put a spin on the clothing industry
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Shoppers stand outside of Best Buy waiting for the doors to open in order to spend their holiday money on the Black Friday deals. B y E ileen G azzola S taff W riter It is no secret that Black Friday store sales have declined over the years. This is mainly due to the staggering increase in online shopping. Online stores have made it easy for consumers to take advantage of free shipping, discounts, and most importantly the convenience of never having to venture out into the cold weather. Online stores are offering great deals even before Friday comes. Over the years, this holiday shopping tradition has stepped up its game by extending itself beyond just the day following Thanksgiving. Stores open with sales on Thursday night and continue throughout the weekend. On the contrary, online stores are competing for the consumers by bombarding them ahead of time with email discounts in anticipation of the big shopping weekend to come. According to Adobe, email discounts have accounted for 25 percent more sales compared to last year.
Online sales also in creased to 14.3 percent on the Friday after Thanksgiving compared to last year (calculated using information from 4,500 retail websites). Although online data for Black Friday were not that impressive at the start, online sales for Adobe grew, from last year, about 15 percent between midnight and 11 a.m. on Friday which adds up to about $822 million. Adobe also commented on the type of products being bought. They said that many of the top selling products are electronic, such as the Sony PlayStation 4, iPad Air 2 and Xbox One. Other top products are toys like the Lego Dimensions, Barbie Dream House, and BB-8 droid robot from the new “Star Wars” movie. These types of products are more likely to be bought online because it is not something you have to try on or see in person to know if you want to purchase. Toy and technology stores are hit with this real-
ity in stores with the less than expected amount of customers. Walmart has announced that many of their sales were online, and that they sold so many movies that it would take close to 3,000 years to watch them all. EBay released information that they were selling two hover boards every minute. Amazon saw a good turn out as well; by the middle of the day Friday, their sales jumped 19.6 percent in comparison to last year, according to ChannelAdvisor. There is strong competition between online retailers and in store retailers. Even though Black Friday stores are working hard to compete by extending their hours and days, online websites are gaining many of those consumers. They offer hard to beat benefits such as blowout sales, free shipping, etc., for days in advance. It will be difficult for physical stores to reach their previous high turnout, but hopefully stores and online retail can draw in customers for the holiday season.
Artificial intelligence robots destined to take over world B y S amantha S iomko S taff W riter Will robots ever one day rule the world? “Maybe,” says Toshio Fukuda, robotics expert from Japan’s Nagoya University. “In 30 or 40 years. But I’m not worried. I won’t still be alive.” His comment was made in light of the World Robot Conference held in China last week. The conference, held from Nov. 21 to 25, featured robots that danced, played badminton, and rang bells, probably not the types of robots that would take over the world. The conference’s focus: display some of the advances in robotics accomplished by Chinese scientists in recent years and show that China has what it takes to compete in the global robot market. However, the true
moneymakers, and what consumers really want, are service robots. Head of Horizon Robotics, Yu Kai, says that there could be upwards of 10 robots in each Chinese household in the future. These may not be the humanoid robots seen in iRobot or Terminator. Devices with artificial intelligence capabilities, such as Siri or Roombas, can be considered robots as well. Though they might not look as cute, devices with enhanced artificial intelligence could help people do everything from cooking perfect eggs to diagnosing a medical issue more accurately. Critics claim that China still has a ways to go until they catch up with Japan and Korea, who are the top dogs in robotics at the moment. But, the World Robot Conference shows that they have made
great bounds in their robotic potential. They even held the World Adolescent Robot Competition to encourage future robotic engineers from both China and around the globe to pursue the trade. The world’s fascination in robots is apparent, what with the success of recent movie characters such as Baymax from Big Hero Six or Wall-E from his titular movie, and such a fascination will keep manufacturers intent on producing bigger and better “jiqiren,” or “machine people” in Chinese. And, as long as these robots focus their time on working on their rock-paper-scissor skills, no one has to worry about robotic world domination just yet.
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The Moon Parka was developed by Spiber in collaboration by North Face. The jacket is the first piece of clothing that has an outer layer that is entirely made of spider silk. caterpillar of the silk moth, which is thinner, stronger, B y G rahm A labdulla B o m b y x m o r i . H o w e v e r , and completely dissolvable. C ontributing W riter Also, there is rumor clothing made from spider You spot a spider hid- silk might be just around the to replace personal defense ing under your bed, or in the corner. Kevlar vests with a lighter corner, and immediately a Spiber, a Japanese bio- and stronger spider silk vest. wave of dread washes over technology company, proA little known fact of you- you know you are going duced spider silk proteins a spider’s strand of silk is to have to kill the spider be- f r o m s u g a r . T h i s p r o c e s s that, at the same density, it cause it’s . . . Scary? Gross? made possible the creation of is stronger than steel. This Icky? The spider is actually a wearable prototype made aspect makes it possible for none of these things; it is in collaboration with North these mentioned innovations helpful, hygienic and man’s Face called the Moon Parka. to replace traditional petroarachnid best friend forever The Moon Parka is the leum products. (ABFF). The only limitation first piece of clothing that S p i d e r s p l a y a n e x - h a s a n o u t e r l a y e r t h a t i s with creating these fantastic t r e m e l y i m p o r t a n t r o l e i n entirely made of spider silk. inventions is the ability to our ecosystem by keeping T h i s d e v e l o p m e n t i n t h e create the needed amount of the densities of the insect clothing industry could re- spider silk. p o p u l a t i o n m a n a g e a b l e i n move the dependency on peHowever, the scientific the environment. Imagine a troleum products and replace community has made spider world without spiders: fruit it with spider silk because silk using goats and more flies would cover the world of its high strength and high recently Spiber’s technique. within twenty-four hours. So, the next time you flexibility. Would you be Further, the amazing willing to swap silkworm s e e a s p i d e r d o n o t j u s t qualities of spiders do not silk for spider silk? squash it; first, remember end with the management of This is only one of the the importance of spiders in the insect population. Spi- m a n y a p p l i c a t i o n s s p i d e r ecosystems. ders produce a material that s i l k m a y h a v e w i t h i n h u Also, if you ever walk f a s c i n a t e s h u m a n s t o t h i s man society. Other applica- into a spider web, remember day: silk. tions include innovations that this could be the reIn truth, the silk cloth- within the medical field and placement for cotton and it ing of today is made from replacing traditional surgi- could one day be as common t h e s i l k o f s i l k w o r m , t h e cal thread with spider silk, as nylon or polyester.
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These robots, developed by China’s Horizon Robots, could number up to 10 in each household within 30-40 years. Artificial intelligence robots are at the crux of development, and perhaps may one day “rule the world.”
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Extended library services The no-nonsense guide for upcoming finals week to dieting in college B y M eggan S mith M usselman L ibrary C olumnist
The end of the semester is here and Musselman Library is happy to offer some sweet extra services to help get you through your finals week. Stress Relief Table. Through the end of finals week, the Ground floor of the library will be featuring a Stress Relief Table. Give yourself a break from studying with the coloring pages, crayons, markers, and fun craft ideas available. The table is there for use whenever the library is open, so whether you are in the building during the quiet morning hours or staying late for the midnight coffee cart, the stress relief will be available when you need it. Extended Library
Hours. Starting the last day of classes, you can stay in the library even longer than usual. Friday, Dec. 11 the library will remain open an extra 3 hours, until 11 p.m. The library will then open its doors at 10 a.m. on Saturday, and will not close again until the following Saturday (Dec. 19) at 5 p.m. Enjoy 24/7 library access while finishing up your final projects and preparing for your exams. Finals Study Break. On Monday, December 14 Musselman Library will be hosting its semi-annual Finals Study Break. Join us from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. in Library Room 018 (Ground floor) to relax, play games, eat snacks, and participate in various crafts and art projects. This year, there will again be the opportunity to decorate cupcakes! Come
enjoy the food and games with friends! Research Help. The research librarians will be standing by to help you with your last minute research questions or citation dilemmas. Through Tuesday, December 15 until 5 p.m. you can just swing by the research help desk, call 717-337-6600, text (717) 473-4532, or use the chat box on the library webpage. Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday the research help desk will be closed, but librarians will be available in Room 102 on the main floor of the library. Stop on by during the day, or email ask@gettysburg.edu, and a librarian will assist you as soon as possible. Good luck with your finals! We will see you in January!
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Part 4: Six general rules (5-6) B y A ri S naevarsson H ealth & W ellness C olumnist
In the last article, we discussed Omega 3 and trans fatty acids. We can now turn our attention to the last two rules of thumb, regarding fruits, veggies, water and planned meals. Getting your serving of fruits and veggies People get way too hung up on this aspect of healthy eating. Fruits and vegetables are great ways to get in a proper intake of soluble fiber and a wide array of important micronutrients, but you will not lose weight simply by eating, say, apples instead of chips. I will expand on this more in the upcoming sections, but for the time being, please understand that weight loss/ gain is dependent on an en e r g y i m b al a n ce ( ea ti n g fewer/more calories than you burn), not on specific food choices. With that out of the way, I think it is hard to go wrong with getting in a serving of both fruits and vegetables whenever possible. This suggestion would not make as much sense outside the context of a college campus, but, admittedly, it can be hard to make healthy choices when you rely on dining hall food. For that reason, just grabbing a bowl of mixed v eg g i es an d a b an an a, o r something along those lines, with each meal makes a lot of sense. Not only will you get a healthy serving of micronutrients and phytonutrients, you will be choosing more satiating, high-fiber foods. This means you get full faster, and you get the added benefit of extra soluble fiber, regulating excretion more efficiently, positively affecting gut microbes and potentially reducing caloric absorption. That last point is worth expanding upon to prevent any confusion. Yes, I alluded
earlier to the fact that fruits and veggies are not magical foods that cause you to lose weight, yet I mentioned the potential for a benefit of reduced caloric absorption. There is undoubtedly a strong correlation between dietary fiber and micronutrient intake and weight loss, but it is essential that we understand these are aids to a calorically appropriate diet. Just as high quality gasoline can prove beneficial to an already high-performance car but no amount of it will make your beat-up 20 year-old station wagon run like new, these elements (of which fiber intake is going to be markedly more effective) can catalyze an already well designed diet, but alone are of little use. This does not speak to their tremendous health benefits though, and we will delve into the health vs. weight manipulation dichotomy in articles to come. Water and Planned Meals The amount of health benefits associated with proper fluid intake is too great to simply jot down in a brief paragraph (true, a similar argument could potentially be made for all of these points, but in my opinion, water’s effects on nearly every single bodily function render it one of the largest and more complex topics of nutrition[13]). For simplicity’s sake, carrying a BPA (Bisphenol A)-free bottle of water with you everywhere you go and adhering to the age-old “clear urine” rule is sufficient for ensuring adequate water intake. The final rule of thumb I want to go over briefly is that of planning your meals. For the most part, a lot of the guidelines I have already mentioned and have yet to mention are going to be unnecessarily difficult to follow if all of your meals are dependent on when your
friends eat. If your diet consists of one Servo meal and three Taquitos from 7-11 one day and two Bullet meals, a box of Pop Tarts, and a bottle of Coke another day simply because that is when and where your friends are eating, the honest truth is about 75% of what I am going to highlight in this series is going to be near impossible to follow through with. You need not always eat the same foods at the same dining halls at the same hours (this would break our sustainability rule), but having one or two regular places you go to eat daily, even if that means not always eating with friends, is going to be instrumental in allowing you to easily meet these guidelines, often without much thought at all. Say, for example, you have a box of protein bars and some fruits from Servo in your room you use for breakfast each morning and you stop by the Dive every day after your 2 p.m. to grab a shake and a fruit. Already, hitting protein requirements (we will talk about this later) and getting in a healthy amount of fruits are no longer concerns you have to deal with each day. Rather, like clockwork, you make a habit of going to the same places and getting similar food choices. We have now covered why it is so important to concern ourselves, as athletes or simply as students who care about our bodies, with eating a healthy diet and we have touched on some general rules of thumb. In the next section, we will look at what meal plan is best for you, along with some simple ways to make healthy choices at all of the dining halls on campus without eating bland food after bland food. For a complete list of the resources used to compile this article, please visit www. gettysburgian.com.
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Getting fruits and vegetables are important, but there is much more than just that to healty dieting.
Weekly CAB update: excited for Wingo? “I started volunteering at the local animal shelter because I love dogs and all animals more than anything. I have two dogs at home, and I treat them like family members. When I got to Gettysburg, I figured it was the perfect opportunity to get a chance to play with dogs, cats, pigs and whatever else walks into the shelter and care for them until they find the perfect home.”
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Last week’s Campus Activities Board events were the Mockingjay premiere, for which CAB provided transport and arranged for discounted tickets and a Midnight Madness, which featured everyone’s favorite: mozzarella sticks, and GECO encouraging recycling and donating the leftover food from the evening to be fed to pigs. This week, CAB is hosting two major events: Wingo and Bubble Soccer. For first-year students or those who have never attended, Wingo (a combination of the words “wings”
and “Bingo”) is a cannotmiss event! This year, Wingo will occur from 9 p.m. to 12 a.m. in the Ballroom on Friday night, Dec. 4. The featured wings are honey barbeque, medium, and garlic parmesan, but it is not just the wings that will draw crowds! The prizes are also truly exciting. With big-ticket items like a Smart TV, a Fit Bit, a Go Pro, a record player, speakers, and so much more, one would imagine it will be a competitive, delicious, and fun night! Bubble Soccer will take place on Saturday, Dec. 5, from 9 p.m. to 12 a.m. in the Fieldhouse. The Fieldhouse, in case some have
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never been, is the entrance closest to the College Union Building in the same building that houses the Jaegar Center. The fun aspect of bubble soccer is that it requires little-to-no ability to actually play soccer! Each player is placed in an inflatable ball, a soccer ball is provided, and the fun begins. Even those who do not want to play can have fun simply watching people ricochet off of each other and bounce on the floor. This week’s CAB events are sure to be funfilled and great stress relievers before finals!
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The devastating cost of the lies that anti-choice organizations spread about Planned Parenthood B y I sabel G ibson P enrose O pinions E ditor This past July The Center for Medical Progress (CMP), an anti-abortion organization founded by activists with no medical expertise, released the first in a series of videos claiming to prove Planned Parenthood illegally sells aborted baby parts. Planned Parenthood was heavily criticized, and many Republicans promised to investigate the organization. Some even took steps to try and get Planned Parenthood defunded, despite the fact that Planned Parenthood has not broken the law. The National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act of 1993 allows women to donate fetal issue after an abortion. Selling fetal issue is illegal. Donating it, which is what happens at a few Planned Parenthood clinics around the country, is not. These videos, the actions of the CMP, and the rhetoric of the Republicans who went after Planned Parenthood were always a problem because they perpetuate lies about Planned Parenthood and abortion services in general. These lies now have a tangible and tragic cost. Last Friday, Robert Lewis Dear shot and killed three people and wounded nine others at a Planned Parenthood clinic. After he was taken into custody it has been reported by police sources that Dear said “no more baby parts” as part of his statement. The “baby parts” nar-
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rative comes directly from months of misinformation that Americans have been fed about Planned Parenthood and abortion services. During a September debate between Republican presidential candidates, Carly Fiorina described a video that takes place in a Planned Parenthood clinic, saying she watched, “a fully formed fetus on the table, its heart beating, its legs kicking while someone says, ‘We have to keep it alive to harvest its brain.’” No such video exists, and despite being repeatedly called out, Fiorina has refused to admit she lied. Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson, a former neurosurgeon, could have used his medical expertise to assure fellow Republicans about the validity of fetal tissue donation. After all, Carson himself used fetal tissue for medical research in 1992. Instead he joined the hunt against Planned Parenthood, stating, “I may not be completely objective about Planned Parenthood, because I know how they started with Margaret Sanger who believed in eugenics.” Right, because everyone knows that the values of a person who founded something are held forever after its founding. For example, many of America’s founders had slaves, and therefore Americans believes in slavery. Oh, that’s not true? Groups and organizations can evolve and grow? Someone tell Carson, it’s embarrassing he doesn’t
A California protest of Planned Parenthood where protestors display signs with inaccurate claims. Such claims are propegated by anti-choice organizations and many Republicans to keep people angry and ignorant comprehend that. Republican Presidential candidates aren’t the only members of the party going after Planned Parenthood. In September, Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards testified before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, headed by Republican Representative from Utah Jason Chaffetz. Chaffetz presented a graph that purported to show Planned Parenthood’s breast cancer screenings decreasing over time, while their abortion numbers spiked. Richards pointed out that graph’s source was an antiabortion group, which caused Chaffetz to stutter, “We will get to the bottom of the truth of that.” Start getting, and quick! When so many prominent members of the Republican Party are willfully spread-
ing misinformation, it is not surprising that some Americans have absorbed it. I ventured into the seventh circles of hell that are Internet comment sections and found gems like “Planned Parenthood is so hypocritical…why are they not defending the shooter’s right to choose:)?” and “I feel far more badly about the thousands and thousands of lives stolen at that Planned Parenthood death center than I do the two abortionists who were killed” – a statement that as horrific as it is inaccurate, as no Planned Parenthood employees were killed during the attack. Here’s a gentle reminder that when an abortion is conducted, nobody is killed. Clusters of cells the size of peanuts are not people. Abortion providers are not murderers. Misinformation about abortion services runs
incredibly deep in our country, and it has been allowed to flourish thanks to the efforts of many on the political right. Conservatives tried to deny the reality of this attack as soon as they could. Completely false claims that the shooter was actually a bank robber of Chase nearby emerged and that the attack was random and not politically motivated emerged almost immediately. Republican Presidential Candidate and former governor of Arkansas Mike Huckabee tweeted: “The Colorado Springs tragedy is domestic terrorism, especially for those [of] us in the pro-life movement.” Acknowledging that this tragedy was an act of terror is unexpected, but Huckabee squanders that important message with the second half of the tweet. It is gross and
absurd to imply this shooting is more so a tragedy for prolifers than other people. In fact, I would argue that the pro-life movement is responsible for this shooting. Nobody put the gun in Dear’s hands, but the pro-life movement absolutely put the idea in his head. They spread lie upon lie to the American people, fed people’s rage with misinformation, until finally someone was so convinced by their rhetoric that he took drastic, violent action. It is time for the Center for Medical Progress, Carly Fiorina, Ben Carson, Mike Huckabee, and everyone else who has been stirring up anger and hate with baseless accusations against Planned Parenthood to start telling the truth. Their lies have quite literally become a matter of life and death.
Donald Trump and the So-Called “Muslim Problem” B y J enna S ayer S taff W riter “I would certainly implement a database to track Muslims in the United States. It’s all about good management procedures. We have no management.” Religious tolerance is a core American value. Whether you are Christian, Jewish, Muslim or affiliate with no religion at all, one of the fundamental ideals of our country is to practice, to accept, to acknowledge and to tolerate any religion. Donald Trump is blatantly violating that principle. Let’s start off with some political correctness, Mr. Trump. The followers of ISIS are Muslim, yes, but the terrorist group does not symbolize Muslim views as a
whole. ISIS equates to Muslim extremists (as Westboro Baptists are Catholic fanatics), a radical organization with a mission to harm the Western world. By implementing a database that labels every single Muslim in the country as dangerous, as potential attackers, and even as
as the yellow star branded Jews), why is Donald Trump the front-runner in the polls? Why is over 30% of the country trusting one of the craziest candidates running for president to lead our nation forward? We’ve suddenly begun gambling human life. Not only is Trump concerned with sending millions of immigrants and fam i l i es back to a country that endangered their wellbeing to begin with, but he’s also willing to monitor, to control and to manage the lives of Muslim-Americans, a group he believes is a threat to our national security. Muslims are not responsible for the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center; Al Qaeda is accountable for 9/11. What’s
The biggest threat to our national security is the increasing power of ISIS and the mindset of religious intolerance that Donald Trump is wrongfully promoting. un-American, this technique of political fear causes our own constitutional principles to become threatened. If the notion of a tracking system reminds us of the genocide of the Jewish population (how a database labels Muslims
A tweet from Trump displaying his trademark ability to deny responsibility for the heinous things he says - a reporter asked him about having a database therefore that reporter is “responsible” for the entire idea next? Creating a tracking database for whites because we enslaved thousands of Africans? The 30% of the nation who support Donald Trump should realize that he is treating Muslims like animals, like dogs with electric-fence detector collars. We should be treating them as people, as human beings and as Americans, because that’s what they are!
The biggest threat to our national security is the increasing power of ISIS and the mindset of religious intolerance that Donald Trump is wrongfully promoting. To exclaim that Muslims are “manageable” and to even suggest that a group of individuals are susceptible to being controlled, is very frightening. What will happen if Muslims refuse to register for the database? How far
will Trump be inclined to go with his “good management procedures?” This mechanism of political fear will only inflict more violence into the backbone of the country. Forget management procedures. Implement presidential leadership with deeply rooted American values at the forefront to protect our people from international, terrorist forces. Take notes, Donald.
Eating disorders on college campuses: if you see someone struggling, say something B y J enna S ayer S taff W riter Attending college for the first time is both exciting and challenging. We get to experience freedom away from the eyes of our parents, our high school teachers, and our family. However, there are social pressures to make friends, have romantic relationships and achieve academic success. All of this can potentially lead to poor coping mechanisms, such as eating disorders.
We live in a superficial, perfection-seeking world; our present cultural climate idealizes thinness and places emphasis on weight as a primary indicator of how healthy we are—which only contributes to the fear of gaining weight. Women and men alike are told that to be beautiful or handsome, they must be skinny, have flawlessly-trimmed eyebrows, have confidence in their appearance and become a reflection of plastic beauty. When we feel we aren’t physically fit, we’re compelled to diet, exercise, wax, pluck and
tuck in an attempt to achieve the “perfect” look. Somewhere along the way, we’ve equated the perfect butt to the perfect life. When did the gap between our thighs become more important than personal acceptance? Our bodies, hooted and honked at, demeaned both in daily life and in the media, harassed, molested and even raped, are forever poked, prodded and weighed, constantly being judged for eating too much or too little. How can we be confident in
the way we look if we are constantly told what is wrong with our bodies? We realize that there is only so much that we can change, only so much under our control. Some people, as I’ve witnessed firsthand at Gettysburg, are unable to cope with the pressures of college, turning to one of the only sources of control they have: food. During the first few months, the warning signs become evident: visits to the bathroom multiple times a day, excessive exercising, self-harm, a lack of self-
confidence, a tendency to eat little for meals and a visible loss of weight. As students and friends, what should we do when we see things like this happening? Is it our responsibility to report these issues and get our friend some help? Are we betraying their trust in some way if we tell someone? Men and women developed eating disorders when our culture developed a standard of beauty that they couldn’t perfect by being healthy. Eating disorders are not just a phase that can be
fixed by a six-month period of therapy. They are not only locked in a battle with food, but also a battle with the mind. Eating disorders are a constant struggle that need daily counseling, support and hope. There is no magical cure for eating disorders. There are only small steps forward—with easier days and a mirror that doesn’t matter anymore. As previously stated in the headline, if you see someone struggling, say something—you might save a life!
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Athlete of the Week the Week
Sophomore Savanah Llewellyn, photo courtesy of David Sinclair. By Elizabeth Hilfrank Staff Writer Sophomore Savannah Llewellyn continues to make waves in the Gettysburg pool with wins in nearly every swim competition this season. She contributed to a win in the 200-meter free relay against Bryn-Mawr, won both the 100-meter butterfly and 200-meter butterfly against Washington and won the 200-meter butterfly against Messiah, just to name a few. Although Llewellyn is a school record holder in the 100-meter backstroke, 200-meter and 400-meter relays, she stays humble and remembers that swimming is more than an individual sport. “Points in a meet are won individually, but we need each other as a team for encouragement and support,” said Llewellyn. “Without the girls that I swim with, I wouldn’t have the right attitude to be as strong as I am now.” Llewellyn contributes more than physical ability to the team. “Savannah is an awesome teammate to be around and brings such a great vibe to our team,” said sophomore swimmer Nicole Farina. “She always races so hard, and never overthinks or talks negatively before her race, she just gets up and does it.” With much success her first year on the team and a strong start to her second season, one can expect more great performances to come from Llewellyn and the lady Bullets. “What they don’t tell you is that swimming is mostly about mental toughness,” said Llewellyn. “We train together, we hurt together and we will win together.” Congratulations to Llewellyn for being this week’s “Bullet of the Week.”
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Tournament victory starts season off strong Lady Bullets jump start current season under direction of new head coach Nate Davis
By Meredith Tombs Staff Writer The Gettysburg women’s basketball team is off to a strong start with two victories in the recent Frostburg State Tournament on Nov. 20 and 21. The Bullets pulled out a close 50-47 win over Geneseo State, followed by a decisive 83-53 victory against Frostburg State. The Bullets took home the championship at the Frostburg Tournament for the third year in a row. A loss against Johns Hopkins in a close game (43-45) last Tuesday put the Bullets at a 2-1 record just before Thanksgiving break. The team looks to keep up the winning record as they get deeper into the 2015-2016 season. This season is the first for head coach Nate Davis with Gettysburg. Three first-years have joined the squad as well, and the fresh dynamic is meshing effectively both on and off the court so far. “Coming in knowing that it was a new coach, it was comforting knowing that I was on the same level as everyone else, as far as their relationship with him,” said first-year Teal Tasker. Tasker has appeared in the first three games of the season, putting up seven points and four assists. Sophomore guard Jamie Relin, with five rebounds and three forced turnovers this season, is proud of the effort her team has exerted in the preseason. “We’re getting used
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Senior Jessica Porter hit the game-winning bucket to help the Bullets beat Geneseo State in a close matchup. to the coaching style and we’re getting better every day,” she said. “We’re really looking forward to showing everyone all the hard work we’ve put in.” Seniors Jess Porter, Emily Duggan and Kim Ryan return for their final season with the Bullets, and have been integral parts of the team’s success thus far.
Forward Jess Porter has fifty points this season and was named the Centennial Conference Co-Player of the Week after the championship game in the Frostburg State tournament. She totaled a personal best of twenty-nine points and snagged thirteen rebounds. Forward Emily Duggan has twenty points so far this
season. She also dished out twelve assists and posted twenty-four rebounds in the first three games. Guard Kim Ryan, with sixteen assists and twenty-two points this season, is optimistic about this year’s success. The team is working hard to utilize the new defense and different offensive plays.
“Defense has always been one of our strengths,” said Ryan. “As for our offense, when we execute, [the plays] look really good. We get a lot of opportunities, but sometimes when we rush and get ahead of ourselves, we have trouble getting organized.” Ryan and the rest of the team know what they need to work on in order to meet success in their upcoming games. “One of our weaknesses in the past has been finishing games,” said Ryan. “We play really well in a competitive game, but we struggle finishing and end up losing. We’re definitely working on the end-of-the-game situations and being mentally tough throughout the entire game.” The Bullets played at Dickinson College Tuesday, Dec. 1 where they pushed past the Red Devils 53-41. Gettysburg will now travel to Muhlenberg College this Saturday, Dec. 5 for what looks to be, according to both players and fans, a great matchup. “They’re probably our biggest rival,” said Ryan. “We’re very similar teams. A lot of past years, we split [the win] with them - we’ll win one, then they’ll win one. Last year, we lost by one point.” It looks to be an exciting season coming up for Gettysburg! Keep an eye out for the Bullets this season as they look to improve on last season’s 16-9 overall record.
Men’s basketball begins season with 4-1 record Strong place in standings built on backs of expierenced squad, supported with new faces By Jacob Verner Staff Writer The outlook for this year’s Gettysburg College men’s basketball team is looking promising with a 4-1 record. After a season opening loss at York, the team has rebounded with four straight wins versus University of Pittsburgh-Bradford, University of Rutgers-Newark, Johns Hopkins University and Dickinson College. Senior forward/center Kevin Gladstone believes the team is on its way to big things this season saying they “will look to build on last season’s Centennial Conference semifinal finish” and become Centennial Conference champions. Gladstone has seen what it takes to be successful and will, “pass down [his] wisdom and experience to his younger teammates.” Gladstone said the most important factors for the team to have a successful year are “consistency on both ends of the floor, game in and game out” as well as, “competing the full forty minutes” of each game. Kevin Gladstone and this week’s Centennial Conference Player of the Week and member of the D3hoops.com Team of the Week Cody Kiefer will provide some valuable leadership to this year’s squad. Kiefer, a two-year starter,
is posting solid stats thus far with 15 points per game, 7.3 rebounds per game, and 3.5 assists per game. Kiefer believes his experience has “helped [him] be more confident in knowing what he is doing on the court” and will allow him to “communicate and help out the younger members of the team during in-game situations.” Kiefer, a Gettysburg native, will look to bounce back and channel his scoring ability from his first year. Kiefer is an ideal scoring forward with good size that allows him to compete inside the paint as well as attack the rim. Kiefer demonstrated his scoring ability in the team’s 83-70 victory over Johns Hopkins, leading the team with a career high thirty-four points. He was able to put up those numbers in an efficient manner going 11-15 from the field and 7-8 from the free throw line. Another player to look out for this season is sophomore forward Cam Stewart from Sydney, Australia. He was named the Gettysburg Tip-Off tournament MVP after posting a career high twenty-three points in the final, including the go-ahead threepointer with just over a minute to go in the game. Head Coach George Pet-
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Junior Cody Kiefer was named Centennial Conference Player of the Week and was selected to the D3hoops.com Team of the Week in honor of his 34-point outing versus Johns Hopkins University. rie returns for his twenty-seventh season as the head men’s basketball coach. Petrie has coached 667 games at Gettysburg College making him the longest tenured coach in program history. He has also won the most games as a coach at Gettysburg, posting a career 362-305 record.
Petrie and the Bullets will look to improve on these winning numbers this coming season. The team’s next matchup is home against Centennial Conference rival Muhlenberg college at 2 p.m. on Dec. 5. The Bullets will then have a game against Messiah College
before the Hood Holiday Tournament in Frederick, Maryland. Be sure to come out and support the men’s basketball team as they continue their season and look for continued success on the court!
This week in Gettysburg College winter sports: Friday, Dec. 4: Wrestling at Messiah Petrofes Invitational- 12:00 p.m. Women’s Swimming vs Gettysburg Invitational- 6:00 p.m. Men’s Swimming vs Gettysburg Invitational- 6:00 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5: Wrestling at Messiah Petrofes Invitational- 12:00 p.m. Men’s Basketball vs Muhlenberg- 2:00 p.m. Women’s Basketball at Muhlenberg- 2:00 p.m. Women’s Swimming vs Gettysburg Invitational- 10:00 a.m./5:00 p.m. Men’s Swimming vs Gettysburg Invitational- 10:00 a.m./5:00 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 9: Women’s Basketball vs Shenandoah- 7:00 p.m. Men’s Basketball at Messiah- 8:00 p.m.
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