The Gettysburgian - October 19, 2018

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Volume CXXI, No. 5

Blasts from the past

This week’s “Blast from the Past” is a bit different. Instead of the usual format, this week will focus on one part of Gettysburgian history. This week, it will be about the tradition of bells on the campus.

The tradition of having a bell on campus started in the early days of the campus, when Pennsylvania Hall was built. The college originally used hand bells to tell students what time it was, but the college trustees in 1847 believed it was necessary to purchase an actual bell. This bell was installed in 1848 and rang at 7:55am, 10:55am, 1:45pm, 3:45pm, and 8:20pm.

Between 18871889, Glatfelter Hall was built as part of a project to develop new infrastructure for the growing campus. They moved the Penn Hall bell to Glatfelter Hall, but it became apparent it was insufficient for the new building.

In 1892, the college bought a new bell as Mrs. John Wiseman and William Glatfelter donated money to the college for this new bell. The bell was manufactured by Clinton Meneely Bell Company and weighs 2000 pounds, compared to the old 300-pound bell. The old bell was put into the chapel and is still there today.

The Glatfelter Bell is still the same bell in Glatfelter.

Originally, the bell was on the same schedule as it is today, ringing every hour however many times as the hour, but it also rang 28 times starting at 7:40 am on weekdays, 26 times on Sundays at 8:35 am, and for football victories. Today, the bell is also rung for commencement, funerals in the chapel, and to honor alumni and donors.

There are many stories of the bell being slightly off, but it works quite well for a 126-year-old bell.

The tradition of a bell on campus has been one students still enjoy.

In a time where we can quickly glance at our phones to see what time it is, the bell is a reminder of how people used to tell time. As one Gettysburgian writer asked in 1938, “early classes, chapel call, football victories, class meetings, athletic practices—what would happen to all of these activities without the services of a Glatfelter Bell?”

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

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Student Success Task Force urges systematic approach, greater faculty engagement B y B enjamin P ontz E ditor -I n -C hief

Late in the spring 2017 semester, three senior college administrators commissioned a task force to study student success at Gettysburg College and make recommendations to improve student retention.

In March, that task force released a report on its work, and, in September, task force co-chair Dr. Brendan Cushing-Daniels, Harold G. Evans Chair of Eisenhower Leadership Studies and Associate Professor of Economics, outlined the group's findings at a faculty meeting and framed subsequent roundtable conversations among the faculty present to gather additional input.

The student success effort cuts across the three divisions whose vice presidents launched the effort: Enrollment & Educational Services (Barbara Fritze), College Life (Julie Ramsey), and Academic Affairs (Christopher Zappe).

Cushing-Daniels and fellow co-chair Dr. Robert Bohrer, Associate Provost and Dean of Public Policy Programs, led a

series of meetings and institutional analysis over the course of about ten m ont hs t o produce t he five-page report, which outlines the scope of the challenge and makes 11 recommendations for both the immediate and intermediate terms. The report narrowed the scope of the study to retention strategies for students between their first and second years, the most frequent time for student withdrawals.

Bohrer said that the difference between this effort and previous college endeavors surrounding student success is that this task force explored what faculty and the academic division need to do to promote student retention, something that, in the past, has generally been a stronger focus in the College Life and Enrollment & Educational Services divisions.

At a meeting of the college faculty on September 13, CushingDaniels said, "Our involvement as a faculty … is about how do we unify what is already happening and what else can we be doing to

promote student success."

Advising

Many of the recommendations center on the role faculty play as advisors and the need to provide more training and education of existing resources as well as to incentivize faculty to engage fully in their advising responsibilities

by adding assessment criteria to evaluations of faculty at all levels of seniority.

T h o u g h he acknowledged a "continuum" of engagement in advising among the members of the faculty, CushingDaniels said that the task force's goal is not to create

more work for the faculty who are already fulfilling their responsibility as advisors. Rather, he said that providing faculty with more information about resources that are available for students and deploying a technology tool to help track and manage advisees will -Continued on next page-

Adam K. Fetterman lecture: nostalgia a pleasant suprise

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Fielding Fellows with Davi Zuckman (Photo courtesy of

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Adam K. Fetterman, a Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas at El Paso, led a lecture on Thursday afternoon regarding research that is “truly hot off the presses.”

He spoke to a group d S h r i b m a n a n d of professors, students, and F i e l d i n g C e n t e r ) community members about metaphor theory and the data he has collected over years of studying the connection between the use of metaphors and emotional adeptness.

The basis of in a favorable light. But as metaphor theory, as described the federal deficit increases,

by Fetterman, revolves political courtesy decreases, around three assumptions. and the free press is put under First, metaphors should be fire, an anger still persists in common and have purposeful our current political discourse. structure. Next, the world is

While both panelists processed in metaphorical agreed that angry people are ways. And finally, metaphors more likely to turn out to vote help us understand intangible in midterms, neither could concepts such as love, sadness, definitively predict which and niceness. groups would turn out and

These three how they would vote. 2018 assumptions are essential to has been a year of continued understanding how and why polarization as both the people use metaphors in daily Republicans and Democrats speech and writing. take more extreme positions,

Further evidence leaving moderates alienated shows that despite those and less likely to turn out that cite metaphor-users as for the midterms, which will cliche and generally less surely serve as a catalyst for intelligent than those who further divisions. speak in tangible ideas, those

As Shribner stated, that use metaphors to explain “I grew up near the ocean, and concepts that cannot be I know that a blue wave also simply quantified are actually has an undertone.”

Fielding Center hosts panel discussing prospect of ‘Blue Wave’ B y B ridget K ennedy C ontributing W riter

On Wednesday, Oct. 10, the Fielding Center for Presidential Leadership Study and the Eisenhower Institute hosted a panel discussion on the 2018 midterm elections and their implications. This panel included acclaimed journalists David Shribman and Jill Zuckman, both of whom spent years at the covering Congress and midterm elections at national newspapers such as the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Boston Globe.

The main question the panel aimed to address was whether the 2018 midterm elections would follow historical election trends. In all but two cases in the modern era, the first midterm election after a new

president has been elected has resulted in the party of the president losing seats. With the recent confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and Trump’s lack of support among women voters, many journalists have postulated a democratic takeover of Congress, a so called “blue wave.”

Zuckman and Shribman, however, had a less clear-cut view. Both felt it was worth acknowledging that as the baby boomer generation continues to age, retirement and entitlement programs will become election-making issues, thus increasing the appeal of the Democrats.

Conversely, Shribman pointed out that unemployment is currently at a historic low, putting the Republicans and the Trump administration

seen as more intelligent and emotionally understanding.

As for the experimentation itself, Fetterman used a series of what he called “daily diary studies” in which participants were instructed to write about their day for eight minutes over a few days.

Through several daily diary experiments, including a plethora of hypotheses and data, Fetterman speaks about uncovering a connection between not only metaphor usage and emotional understanding, but also a strong link between metaphor users and nostalgia.

Nostalgia itself has been proven to increase self-continuity, self-esteem, optimism, inspiration, more positive existential feelings, and sociality. These are referred to as “functions of nostalgia” by Professor Fetterman.

By using virtual reality to place people into environments that foster the functions of nostalgia, Fetterman hopes that his research can potentially aid those with Alzheimer’s, depression, PTSD, and other disorders involving low mental imagery. He plans to further his research to help people in need and inform the public with his experimental findings.

Family Weekend Preview By Nicole DeJacimo, Staff Writer

The festivities start early Friday morning with an open invitation to all parents to join their students’ classes at professors’ discretion. Friday, the Musselman Library will showcase its Special Collections from 9 to 5 pm, and Schmucker Art Gallery’s Face to Face and The Plains of Mars exhibits will be open to visitors and students.

On Friday night, the college will enjoy a vist from Sailesh the Hypnotist, known for making the crowd the stars of the show, Friday from 9 to 10 pm in the CUB Ballroom. Then, on Saturday at 9:00 p.m., six student groups will have the opportunity to show off what they have been practicing all semester. The night starts off with modern and lyrical dance group Zouave, followed by the four a capella groups: The Spark Notes, Drop the Octave, Upscale, and Four Scores. Finally, the dance crew, Bombsquad, will end the night with some hiphop.

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Student Success Task Force urges engagement among faculty

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increase the efficiency in advising and allow faculty and students to save time.

Specifically, the task force recommended adopting the EAB Student Success Collaborative, a technology tool that tracks various events such as student attendance, grades, and graduation progress to provide advisors with timely information to proactively identify issues that may affect student success.

Despite the task force's recommendation, the college decided not to adopt the tool largely, Bohrer said, due to its high cost.

" I t h i n k , eventually, we're going to get to a technology piece," Cushing-Daniels said, "but [the] part we needed to get to first was a commitment on the part of campus users" to buy into the benefits of such a tool so that its cost could be justified by its benefits.

Assessment of Advising

"If you care about it you assess it," Bohrer said, though, emphasizing that good advising is about forming relationships, he added, "It's not something that's easy to measure."

Notably, a task force on advising that met during the 2010-11 academic year also unanimously recommended adding an advising component to faculty evaluations and proposed draft criteria for such evaluations, which were discussed at a meeting of the full faculty on March 24, 2011, when numerous concerns were raised as to whether student evaluations of faculty advising would yield accurate results, and in several subsequent meetings of the Academic Program and Policy Committee (APPC) over the next two academic years.

Ultimately, although minutes from both APPC and the faculty at large as well as the report from the advising task force suggest broad consensus that faculty should be assessed in their performance as advisors independently from their performance as teachers, no such changes were made. Cushing-Daniels noted that Zappe had, however, reframed the "teaching" category of faculty evaluations to "teaching and advising," suggesting that quality advising is a priority of the academic division, although no formal evaluation metrics have been implemented regarding advising specifically.

At the faculty meeting, Cushing-Daniels insisted that the task force's goal is not to create more work, but to help faculty be more effective as advisors in a timesensitive way.

Demographics of Student Success

The report noted that full-paying students are a greater challenge for retention than students who receive significant financial aid and that, by retaining even just a few more full-paying students, the college can realize large financial dividends.

Overall, the college’s

retention rate between the first and second year is between 90 and 91 percent; international students and domestic students of color have a higher retention rate than white students, while first-generation students have a slightly lower retention rate than the campus average.

While some faculty at the meeting instinctively recoiled at the notion that full-paying students require additional attention, CushingDaniels emphasized that the college makes a commitment to all students regardless of their economic situation.

“We have an obligation to all of our students regardless of what pay status they are,” he said.

Director of Institutional Analysis Suhua Dong reported to the faculty that the college’s retention rate for full-paying students is lower than it is for domestic students of color and first generation students.

“I think the faculty were shocked -- I’m not even sure they believed it -- when we pointed out that the first year to second year retention rate of our domestic students of color is higher than our white students. That’s not the narrative,” CushingDaniels said.

He credited the work of campus institutions such as the Office of Multicultural Engagement for the strong retention rate of domestic students of color, which improved in recent years to overtake the rate for white students. Part of the task force’s aim is to better coordinate resources geared towards other students to improve retention rates across the board.

“If there’s a group that is below [the average retention rate], you want to pull them up,” Bohrer said, adding that it is not the case that first generation students or domestic students of color are not also full-paying students, a mistaken dichotomy that he believes colors some faculty’s perception of the issue.

Cushing-Daniels emphasized that the task force simply aimed to follow the data to logical conclusions and recommendations.

“What we are identifying in this process … is those groups that are currently not persisting and not achieving degrees at a higher rate than other students. Cushing-Daniels said. “One of those groups is students of low need.”

“I don’t have any problem saying that anything that helps us get students to a degree is also helpful to the business model. If we can prevent a student from failing out or transferring … it makes our customer base happier and our admissions team’s job easier,” he said. “Where we start the work is this notion of the obligation we have institutionally to ensure that students we admit have the ability to persist to a degree.”

He hastened to

note that retaining any student -- even those who receive a great deal of financial aid -- helps the college’s bottom line.

“Even a student who is receiving an awful lot of financial assistance, there’s a beneficial impact on the bottom line to retaining even someone whose net tuition is a low number,” he said. “If we have made their experience more positive, they’re a better ambassador for Gettysburg College going forward no matter who that student is, where they come from, or what their resources personally are.”

Other Recommendations

S o m e o f the smaller-scale recommendations of the report have already been adapted. The college is currently exploring how to deploy financial literacy training to students after a donor came forward with a pledge to support such efforts.

Also, based on feedback received from faculty members after the faculty meeting, the college will remind advisors what resources are available to support students they identify who may be struggling.

The college is also paying greater attention to issues of neurological diversity and supporting students with learning disabilities, Bohrer said, which may include providing more pedagogical training through avenues like the Johnson Center for Creative Teaching and Learning.

Overall, Bohrer said that one of the most important takeaways from the task force’s work in his mind is that all of the members of the group have agreed to continue to meet moving forward to continue to develop student success initiatives.

“These are pretty busy people,” he said. “The fact that this group has agreed to continue to work is unusual, and, I think, telling because people feel that it’s important enough work and productive that they’re willing to.”

Cushing-Daniels acknowledged that previous work on student success has not always been successful, but that this group is focused on ensuring that its efforts achieve results.

“Many of these folks have been on many of these task forces and committees and recognize that some of their past work hasn’t actually borne fruit,” he said. “We recognize as a group that this is a serious need for the institution because we have an obligation to ensure that more of our students persist to a degree, so the importance of the work raises our level of commitment to continue in the endeavor.

The way we’ll find out if we’re successful, in part, is do we move the needle on some of these things. Do we move the needle on creating better mentoring and advising?

Do we move the needle on greater retention and persistence to a degree?

From there, once we feel like we’re moving in the right direction, what’s next?”

Professor Legewie speaks at Gondwe Lecture (Photo Kaley Michael/The Gettysburgian)

Joscha Legewie discusses racial bias in policing at Gondwe Lecture B y K aley M ichael S taff W riter

Members of the student body and faculty came together on Thursday, October 11 to honor the late Economics Professor Gondwe at the Derrick K. Gondwe Memorial Lecture on Social and Economic Justice. Sponsored by the Economics and Africana departments, the lecture was provided

by Dr. Joscha Legewie, a professor at Harvard University.

P r o f e s s o r Gondwe was born in Malawi and attended college in Lake Forest, Illinois before pursuing his master and doctorate degrees at the University of Wisconsin and University of Manitoba.

He was the first black person to become a full professor at Gettysburg, as well as the first to be awarded tenure. Gondwe created the Africana Studies program and International Relations Council at Gettysburg College, making him a role model for many students of color, as well as others who wanted to see diversity on campus. He cared greatly for the Department of Economics, and as Charles Weise joked at the lecture, cared about the hirees of the department. He left ten questions for Professor Weise’s interview that Gondwe himself had to approve of before hiring him.

Legewie received his bachelor’s in social science from HU-Berlin, later obtaining both his master and doctorate degrees from Columbia University. His prior teaching experiences include a variety of prestigious schools, such as New York University and Yale University.

Professor Lewegie has served as the Assistant Professor of Sociology at Harvard since 2018. His research focuses largely on minority groups and the effects of police forces on them, noted by the title of his presentation “Racial Bias in Policing and the Consequences for Minority Youth: Lessons from Big Data.”

His lecture covered numerous topics, from issues in education, the health of infants, to stop and frisk occurrences. Professor Legewie’s thesis is that

last enforcement in recent decades has become more concerned with minor offenses. He told a story about Professor Gondwe, wherein he explained that on Gondwe’s eighteenth birthday, while he was celebrating with his friends calmly outside, he was surrounded by police cars and forcefully manipulated by the police.

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Data supports the idea that African Americans are almost sought out by the police, with New York City researching finding that 51.3% percent were stopped, 29.5% were searched, and 80.5% saw or heard about someone who was stopped.

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The New York Police Department has a large amount of its police force in Central Harlem, wherein there are about eight 800 stops per 1,000 residents, and over 40 percent have physical interaction. The Zero Tolerance Policy can be blamed for the strict enforcement of low-level crimes and extensive use of pedestrian stops to prevent imminent criminal activity. While impact zones and police h av e lo w er ed cr ime in New York City, likewise in neighborhoods, its adversary consequences surround racial profiling and discrimination.

The New York Police Department is required to fill out a UF-250 form after every stop and frisk so that physical force, sex, ethnicity, and race are documented, which has been questioned for validity due to an officer’s ability to lie about their reports. Police action was significant in impact zones, which are chosen nonrandomly and largely target minority communities. These provided few changes in the number of felony arrests but a substantial increase in misdemeanor arrests.

Impact zones also affected education. They engendered decreased reading scores for thirteen to fifteen-yearold African American boys, whose scores rose again after impact zones were abolished. The zones did not cause any

disruption in the scores of Hispanic boys and girls, nor African American girls. Additionally, there was a noted reduction in school attendance for African American boys, thereby decreasing their educational benefits.

This was also in part due to the frequent stops of fourteen-year-old African American boys by police, although girls and Hispanics were not harassed by the Police.

P r o f e s s o r Legewie is currently focusing on how maternal exposure to police killings can affect infant health.

Today, black infants are more than twice as likely to die as white infants, or 11.3 per 1,000 black babies, compared to 4.9 per 1,000 white babies.

There are over 4,000 excess deaths each year, and African American babies have death rates similar to those in Mexico and Libya. The causes of these deaths range widely, yet societal and systemic racism are the root causes. There is biological data that solidifies psychological stress is connected to infant health. Unarmed black neighborhoods are filled with unprovoked police shootings, with 1,500 police killings happening alone in California from 20072016. Of course, the New York Police Department is only held accountable for the level of crime in the area they are responsible for, which simplifies the cost of policing strategies.

The integrity of police officers should be studied alongside crime and racial and ethnic inequality in the United States.

There are multifarious social consequences of policing that are not simply conjectured but statistically proven.

The sociologist hopes to complete his research on policing and minorities within the next three years, which will be based on numerous variables. He laughingly talked about returning to Gettysburg College in 2021 and answered some questions from students regarding economics and variables in his past experiments that were ambiguous. The Memorial Lecture will be held again next year

by Gettysburg College thanks to the generous endowment from the Keefer family.

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Student Senate will have a vacancy on executive board B y J oseph M aguschak S taff W riter

Student Senate held its weekly meeting this Monday, October 15, after taking a week off to observe the College’s fall break.

Treasurer Haley Gluhanich ’19 started off this week’s business with an announcement from the Budget Management Committee. She reminded Student Senate that clubs and committees seeking funding must show up to their respective Budget Management Committee meetings with correctly filled-out budget request forms and the knowledge of what exactly their proposed amount to Student Senate would be going towards. Each club representative should come prepared with all the answers to any questions regarding their club’s financial needs. Gluhanich also stated that GASA and VSA had overspent their amount allotted by Student Senate. However, GASA has already paid back the full amount, and VSA is in the process of doing so.

Clubs Liaison Laryssa Horodysky ’21 announced her plans to transfer at the end of semester, leaving a vacancy in her position.

Horodysky urged students to apply to the position.

After being told several times to register with the Office of Student Activities and Greek Life, the following clubs – that did not comply with Student Senate’s continued urging – have been de-recognized: -Finance and Investment Club - Model Arab League - Rotaract Parliamentarian Abby Hauer ‘21 took the stand to address the proposition of a new constitutional amendment.

The first part of this amendment states that all senators and affinity group leaders must abstain from voting for or against any cause in which they may have a vested interest.

Someone with a “vested interest” is defined as any executive member, club representative, or anyone from the club attending a conference sponsored by the club in question.

The second part states that when a club requests its base budget, it must disclose what said money will be used for.

Newly recognized clubs under Student Senate: -Ethics Bowl Club hopes to teach and promote a productive dialogue regarding ethical issues outside of the classroom, while providing the opportunity for its institutional members to work on improving ethical conduct in the workplace, advancing public dialogue in ethics and values, and creating conversation about ethical dilemmas that the typical student may not contemplate.

Ethics Bowl Club plans to request funding from Student Senate at least once a year but will also work in conjunction with the Philosophy Department for funding.

-The Fellaship hopes to provide a supportive and tight-knit community specifically for young men of color on campus; however, anyone may attend meetings.

Several concerns by students were brought up: -Students were not made aware of the spread of the hand, foot, and mouth disease on campus.

Students have been wondering why exactly the College’s higher-ups did not inform the student body of the outbreak.

-A number of students have also expressed concern about a strange man with a camera lurking in the vicinity of Food 101 and the 7-Eleven taking unauthorized pictures of students. An email regarding the situation was recently sent out to the entire campus regarding the situation.

L a s t l y , a clarification was made about the purpose of the College Council. The main goal of this council to inform students, faculty, and staff about innovation, free speech, and the p r es id en tial tr an s itio n .

And although it deals heavily with the subject of diversity on campus, it is not a council exclusively devoted to that topic.

Student Senate will hold its next meeting on Monday, Oct. 22.

Phi Beta Kappa inducts 11 new members into society R elease from C lint B augess S ecretary of I ota of P ennsylvania C hapter

On Friday, October 19, Phi Beta Kappa will induct 11 new members into the Iota of Pennsylvania chapter of The Phi Beta Kappa Society at Gettysburg College. They will sign their names into the book that bears the signature of all members since the Iota of PA chapter’s founding in 1923.

The students who will be inducted on Friday include: -Celeste Campbell -Caroline DeWitt -Leah Gulyas -Jay Hauser -Jason (Bailey) Heath -Alaina Keller -Savannah Labbe -Stella Nicolaou -Jared Richardson ’18 -Laura Waters -Kyle Woodley

Keira Koch was also elected to PBK and will be inducted in March 2019.

Students are elected to Phi Beta Kappa by the resident PBK members on campus.

In additional to high academic achievement, members consider evidence of intellectual curiosity and academic integrity. Induction ceremonies are held in October, March, and before graduation in May. The Iota of PA chapter typically elects around 60 students per year, selecting from the top 10 percent of the class. Phi

Beta Kappa is the oldest and most prestigious academic honor society in the United States.

Gettysburg College has sheltered a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa since 1923. At that time, it was the ninth chapter in Pennsylvania.

Phi Beta Kappa currently includes 286 chapters at American colleges and universities.

The Iota of Pennsylvania chapter has inducted over 3,000 members since 1923.

DPS Crime Log October 2, 2018 (Tuesday) -Larceny: All Other Larceny at Campus: Athletic Fields: Kirchoff Baseball field; Closed; No Suspects or Witnesses October 3, 2018 (Wednesday) -Larceny: All Other Larceny at Campus: Athletic: Fields: Kirchoff Baseball Field; Closed: No Suspects or Witnesses October 4, 2018 (Thursday) -All Other Offenses: Harassment: Telephone at Patrick Hall; Closed: Referred to SRR October 5, 2018 (Friday) -Sex Offenses: Fondling, Liquor Laws: Underage Consumption at Musselman Hall; Closed: Referred to Title IX Coordinator -Liquor Laws: Underage Consumption at Musselman Hall; Closed: Referred to SRR -Fire: Residential Hall: Stovetop Cooking Fire - No Damage at Apple Complex; Closed: Referred to Residence Life

October 6, 2018 (Saturday) -All Other Offenses: Trespass: Criminal at 107 North Washington Street; Closed - Referred to GPD -Liquor Laws: Underage Possession/Liquor Laws: -Underage Consumption at Huber Hall; Closed - Referred to GPD & SRR October 7, 2018 (Sunday) -Nothing to report October 8, 2018 (Monday) -Nothing to report October 9, 2018 (Tuesday) -Nothing to report October 10, 2018 (Wednesday) -Drug Abuse Violations: Possession: Marijuana; -Liquor Laws: Underage Possession at Phi Delta Theta (109 West Lincoln Street); Closed: Referred to SRR October 11, 2018 (Thursday) - Nothing to report

October 12, 2018 (Friday) -Liquor Laws: Underage Consumption at Colonial Hall; Closed: Referred to SRR October 13, 2018 (Saturday) -Liquor Laws: Underage Consumption Disorderly Conduct: Urinating in Public at Musselman Hall; Closed: Referred to SRR October 14, 2018 (Sunday) -Liquor Laws: Underage Consumption at Campus Exterior: Sidewalk West of Brua Hall; Closed - Referred to SRR -Liquor Laws: Underage Consumption at Patrick Hall; Closed - Referred to SRR -Sex Offenses: Rape Domestic Violence -Liquor Law Violation Underage Consumption at Campus Residential Facility; Closed - Referred to Title IX Coordinator Compiled by Kaley Michael, Staff Writer

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Downtown farmers’ markets offer fall favorites and on Saturdays 8:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

This market is run by the Adams County Farmers’ Market Association (ACFMA), a non-profit whose mission Market Manager Reza Djalal described as “twofold”: to help bring fresh, local produce to lowincome families in the area and to have programs to help local agriculturalists, farmers, and entrepreneurs.

ACFMA runs on grants and fundraising; Djalal was proud to say Two farmers’ markets downtown host a variety of local vendors who sell everything that they recently received a grant from the USDA for from eggs to apple cider (Photo Amanda Fowler/The Gettysburgian). almost $30,000. Much of B y T hea T oocheck Gettysburg Farmers’ square, vendors selling this money is used to help S taff W riter Market, which is held everything from jam to people in the community.

I f y o u e v e r 7:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. yarn to yogurt smile at Some is channeled into stroll through town on a on Saturdays late April you. A man selling apple their Electronic Benefit Saturday morning between through late October. cider offered me a sample, Transfer (EBT) program, April and October, you’ll A c c o r d i n g t o t h e and I walked away with a t h e s y s t e m f o r m e r l y be hard-pressed to miss all Market’s website, “the half-gallon of the delicious known as food stamps, in the tents that crop up both Gettysburg Farmers’ drink. The cider and all which locals can exchange in the square and at the M a r k e t A s s o c i a t i o n the other products at the EBT for market currency.

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The market in Lincoln Square is the walking through the Thursdays 2:00-6:00 p.m. Nutrition Program lets

senior citizens exchange points for market currency.

This is one example of ACFMA’s many community partnerships, in this case the Office for the Aging.

The two markets used to be under one umbrella but split when the decision of whether to accept EBTs became a point of contention. Djalal remarks that Gettysburg is a great town but “we’re not huge,” and cites the existence of two markets as a “this town ain’t big enough for the two of us” sort of situation.

However, he hopes that “an olive branch” can be extended in the future and that, following ACFMA’s desire to make connections throughout the county, they can “build bridges through all of the community.”

One “bridge” is ACFMA’s connection to Gettysburg College.

Kim Davidson, Director of the Center for Public Service, sits on the Board of Directors for ACFMA.

“Kim is an inspiration to me. Kim is awesome,” Djalal told

me. While this is his first season as Market Manager, Djalal is clearly passionate about ACFMA’s mission.

H e a l s o mentioned the hard work and dedication of Katie Mercer ‘21, CPS Program Coordinator for the Farmer’s Market. She brought to attention the Fall Fest taking place at ACFMA on Saturday, which will include food, music, and games.

Gettysburg students who present their IDs will receive a $5 market coupon, which is both a great deal and a great way to support the local community.

I left both markets pleased with the friendly conversations I’d had and the many apple products I’d purchased in celebration of the arrival of fall. This arrival, however, means that both markets will be closing at the end of the month. So make sure to get out and support the community and visit one or both of Gettysburg’s farmers’ markets this weekend!

CWI Fellow Civil War Book Review: War Matters B y C ameron S auers C ivil W ar I nstitute F ellow

War Matters: Material Culture in the Civil War Era (ed. Joan Cashin)

This collection of essays illustrates that a material culture approach to the past can help us better understand some of the deeper complexities of the Civil War era, such as the expansion of consumer culture, the common soldier’s experience, and behavioral history, as well as issues of race, bondage, and emancipation. Cashin argues that it is important to study the objects featured within the book to understand their multi-valenced roles in the daily lives of 19thcentury Americans, as well as the cultural and emotional significance they held for those who utilized them.

From Robert Hicks’s essay on vaccinating the Confederate armies, to Sarah Jones Weicksel’s examination of shelter in refugee camps, these pieces explore a wide assortment of artifacts.

The authors reveal that these artifacts enabled historical actors to shape events in specific ways and give meaning to their surrounding world.

In her own essay, Cashin focuses on the relationship Civil War soldiers had with artifacts from the American Revolution.

She specifically notes southern whites’ veneration of Revolutionary War artifacts and their desire to protect them from Union soldiers.

Union soldiers were

eager to find jewelry and cuts of wood from Founding Fathers as they campaigned, items that were valuable to them but were also easy to physically carry. Cashin argues that soldiers wanted physical contact with these artifacts to serve as second-hand c onne ctions to grea t figures, especially George Washington, which would serve as inspirational reminders of the past, as well as mementos that could be taken away as souvenirs of war.

Cashin’s essay ends with a sentence that sets up this new subfield of historical scholarship: “The study of material culture can illuminate yet other undiscovered aspects of politics and memory in the long sweep of American History.”

Two other essays in the collection that complemented each other were Earl Hess’s, “The Material Culture of Weapons in the Civil War,” and CWI Director Peter Carmichael’s, “The Trophies of Victory and The Relics of Defeat: Returning Home in the Spring of 1865.” While exploring different aspects of the soldier experience, both pieces cover the tenuous relationship that many Civil War soldiers had with their weapons during the war.

Hess explores the ambivalence that soldiers felt toward their guns and the act of shooting them. Some Civil War soldiers were petrified by the power of their rifles, realizing that the weapon purposefully took the life of an enemy or could accidentally discharge into a comrade. For

other soldiers, America’s emerging gun culture made them supremely confident in the handling and use of small arms while campaigning.

Carmichael discusses how rifles and other militaria carried heightened symbolism during the Confederate surrender at Appomattox.

Some Confederate soldiers were so griefstricken, or in denial, over the Confederacy’s demise that they could not bring themselves to personally surrender their weapons. Instead, they simply left their weapons in their tent and walked away rather than face the indignity of handing over these much-desired trophy pieces to Union victors. Enlisted men felt that the surrender of their weapons encroached on th ei r p ers o n al h o n o r because the decision to surrender was not theirs.

For casual buffs or serious scholars, War Matters is a rewarding read. Each author reconstructs the physical and symbolic importance of objects for readers.

Moreover, the authors give voice to different human stories and the material objects through which individuals made sense of their world. The more we understand the artifacts themselves, the more we understand the people who used them.

A s t h e contributors to War Matters successfully showcase, material culture is an important complement to traditional history. Cashin and the contributors to the volume illuminate new subjects and provide another layer of understanding to the construction and unpacking of historical narratives.

Aaron Thompson ‘19 and Abigail Winston ‘19 traveled to Germany this summer for a musical theater program (Photo courtesy of Thompson and Winston).

Studying musical theater in Germany B y L izzie H obbs S taff W riter

This past summer, Aaron Thompson ’19 and Abigail Winston ’19 took their talents overseas and participated in an intensive, four-week long musical theater program in Oberaudorf, Germany.

In late June, Thompson and Winston set off on an “eyeopening” journey, as Winston described it, both returning a month later “hugely reassured” of their passion for the craft.

The program, Musik Theater Bavaria, hosted students from multiple countries and backgrounds, who were all joined by their love and passion for the arts.

The program, comprised of 32 students total, included 8 students who were there specifically to study musical theater, Thompson and Winston included.

A day in the life during the program consisted of voice lessons, dance classes in tap, ballet, and jazz, acting class, German classes, and various Master classes taught by professionals in

the field. This, in addition to four- or five-hour long rehearsals every day, challenged the students involved, with the biggest challenge, as Thompson said, being “keeping up your stamina.”

Their days, which began early in the morning and ended late in the evening, provided them with valuable information, not just about technique, but taught them “how to make actual connections in the business,” Thompson said.

Both Winston and Thompson agreed that having the opportunity to spend their time studying musical theater specifically and in such an in-depth manner was incredible, especially given the lack of opportunity for intensive musical theater study on campus.

“I felt hugely reassured because I have so many things I would like to do, and this experience made me realize that I could actually do it,” Winston said.

Her sentiments were echoed by

Thompson, who also expressed that the program pushed his German-language skills, having previously taken courses in the language.

U n l i k e Thompson, Winston went into the month-long program with no German experience but said that she was “able to learn German faster because it was so immersive.”

Though their hectic class schedules kept them both from international travel while there, they were both able to explore Germany. They both expressed that one of the things they appreciated most was getting familiar with the town they lived in and becoming more comfortable with their home away from home.

When asked if they would recommend programs like this to other students in the future, Winston and Thompson both responded with a resounding, “Yes!” They also expressed that the program furthered their appreciation for musical theater and reaffirmed their enthusiasm for a future in that field.

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All four a capella groups perform at Acatoberfest B y J ulia C hin S taff W riter

“Tonight,” Lauren Hand ‘20 began like a ringmaster at the grand opening of a circus, “you get the rare chance to see all four acapella groups in one concert.” On Saturday, October 13, the Attic was already packed by 7:00 p.m. with students who had come out to Acatoberfest, a musical spin on Oktoberfest.

Like the traditional German holiday, this event featured food, fun, and alcohol for the college’s upperclassmen; however, the musicians at Acatoberfest didn’t bring any instruments, just their voices.

If anyone was uncertain as to who the acapella groups were on campus, they definitely got their clarification after this event, which featured the college’s four music groups that sing covers of songs using only the human voice. But in case you missed it and are still confused about who’s w h o o n the a c a p e lla scene, let’s start with the basics. Beatboxer, break it down.

After the

introduction by the four presidents of each group, Upscale set the stage with “Dancing Queen,” a girls’ night anthem that’s recently regained a lot of popularity due to the film adaptation of Mamma Mia!, a jukebox musical based on the songs of 70s Swedish pop group ABBA. After the release of the highly anticipated film sequel this summer, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, anyone and everyone has been humming the catchy tunes around campus.

Thus, the Gettysburg College populous spoke, and Upscale answered.

Setting a fun and vibrant mood for the rest of the night, the all-female group proved that everyone can dance and everyone can jive.

Upscale brought their second song back to 2018 with a passionate rendition of a pop hit closer to present day, “Attention.” Soloist Lelia Gilhool ‘19 elicited a round of cheers for her powerful belting take on Charlie Puth’s charttopper.

But beyond the iconic songs and power ballads, there were other reasons for students to

come out to the Attic Saturday night.

“I came out because I’ve always enjoyed the acapella groups on campus, and I know various people in each group,” Laura Fodale ‘19 commented.

“So I came out to support them…And it’s host provider.”

Fair enough, but back to the performances!

The women of Upscale were followed by the men of Drop the Octave, more casually known as DTO. Yes, this abbreviation of their name plus their suave suits and charming personalities does make them every bit the heartthrob boy band you would imagine, minus the guitars.

Soloist Noah Guy-Mozenter ‘21 began their set with a cover of Shawn Mendes’ “Lost in Japan,” before doubling as the beatboxer for the next two songs.

The next song performed was not a song at all, but two songs. DTO fans got two for the price of one in an undeniably catchy mashup of Lauv’s “I Like Me Better” and The Chainsmokers’ “Closer.”

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Embracing the squirrel community on campus

Gettysburg students have grown fond of the many squirrels seen roving around campus (Photo Merlyn Maldonado/The Gettysburgian).

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A bird? A suspiciously small plane with a fluffy tail? Nope, it’s a squirrel, and this campus is full of them.

Everywhere you look on campus you can most certainly spot a squirrel. The abundance of green grass and trees at Gettysburg College attracts many squirrels seeking a simpler small-community life every year.

The large span of nature also provides them with a safe environment to carry out their everyday squirrel activities such as finding nuts, hiding nuts, stuffing nuts in their cheeks, and of course chasing other squirrels with nuts. In other words, the squirrels go nuts for nuts.

The campus squirrels undeniably have a nutty obsession. When they aren’t being their squirrely selves, they’re dedicated to the never-

ending hunt for nuts – always out and about with the thought of them in the back of their minds.

I asked one of these squirrels why they liked nuts so much but my interviewee scurried away, his cheeks full, before he could answer. No matter, the campus community still adores these fluffy creatures regardless of their nutty mania.

But why exactly are these squirrels so adored throughout campus? The answer is quite simple: they’re cute, fluffy, and unusually friendly. As anyone who steps foot on campus will find, the furry inhabitants of the area have unique lovable personalities.

Tessa Panero ’22 recalled, “As I was walking to art class, I saw this squirrel gathering leaves.

It was very cute.” These squirrels seem to have the exceptional ability of providing everyone with a furry friend.

Gettysburg students are not exempt from the daily entertainment the squirrels provide. One of these students, Emma Hedgpeth ’22 remembered seeing a squirrel catch a cicada during freshman orientation.

“The squirrel waited for the right moment and then quickly caught it and ran away,” Hedgpeth said. “It was so funny!”

As Sam Shourds ’22 put it, “Squirrels are funny creatures. They are really entertaining.”

It’s a well-known fact that campus would not be the same without it’s fluffy community, which we have grown to appreciate. Despite their nutty mania, these cheery creatures will always be welcomed. Here on campus, we never fail to make Bob Ross proud with our acceptance and friendship of these squirrel companions.

Students and community members enjoyed crafts, music, and apple-based foods during the first two weekends of October (Photo Gabi Eglinton/The Gettysburgian).

54th annual National Apple Harvest Festival brings bushels of fun B y P hoebe D oscher S taff W riter

Residents of Adams County as well as students from Gettysburg College came out to support local vendors and enjoy fall activities at the 54th annual National Apple Harvest Festival the weekends of October 6 and 14. The festivities included live music, a petting zoo, and various apple-related foods and activities.

The festival was hosted by Upper Adams Jaycees and held at the South Mountain Fairgrounds, a 15-minute drive from the Gettysburg College campus. Around 300 arts-and-crafts vendors contributed to the event, and a variety of food and apple-related products could be found around the grounds. Most of the proceeds from the event will go towards the local community, and a portion of the funds will be donated to other

charitable organizations.

Some Gettysburg student groups and organizations attended the festival together, including the Owl and Nightingale Players (O&N), a theatre club on campus. Jay Hauser ‘19 was among the students in this club who went to the festival.

“It’s one of the prime examples for students to interact with the community in a healthy and wholesome way,” said Hauser. “It’s really fun. I’m really glad we have clubs like O&N who went, and it was a great bonding experience.”

Many community members could be seen walking around the grounds, holding warm cups of apple cider, and buying early Christmas gifts from local vendors.

Patrons of all ages were entertained by live band performances and even a musical puppet show.

Kathy Scott ‘21

was another student who had the chance to spend the day at the festival and support the local vendors: “There are a lot of cool local artisans there, and it’s cool to see what everyone makes, especially ‘cause I’m not from the state.”

Beyond the vendors and food, the event included a visit from the Pennsylvania Apple Queen, orchard tours, and steam engine displays. A main draw of this well-attended event was the wide variety of apple-infused foods, from pancakes to candy apples.

The National Apple Harvest Festival was first founded in 1965, and since then, it has won dozens of awards and been recognized by ABC’s Good Morning America. The festival will undoubtedly continue to be a celebration of the Adams County community and surrounding areas for years to come.

Milano culture among students and staff B y K elsey D i P enta S taff W riter

Milano is a popular pre-packaged cookie, and for many Gettysburg College students and staff, these cookies represent more than just a snack.

The prevalence of Milano cookies on campus could be attributed to the fact that Commons always has several flavors in stock, including the new salted pretzel Milano slices.

San Luc ’20, a barista at the Commons Cafe, said that though she “only eats Milanos occasionally, they Commons holds a variety of Milano cookies (Photo Mary encourage [her] to do Frasier/The Gettysburgian). work.”

I found that I hold a place in their heart

M y o w n was not alone. Sarahrose for Milano cookies. Dr. experience with Milano’s Jonik ‘20 said that she Fong from the Biology is similar to what Luc had would always grab a Department said that told me. Before attending bag of double chocolate he “personally likes the Gettysburg College, I only Milanos before any late raspberry and strawberry had Milanos a handful night study sessions. She Milanos the best with a of times. Before the end went on further to say that cup of tea.” of the first semester, I Milanos have “enhanced It seems that found myself reaching her Gettysburg College the Gettysburg College for Milanos every night experience.” experience is not complete before I started a chemistry Even t h e without a bag of Milano assignment. professors on campus cookies.

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Rick Reyes performs in both Spanish and English at the second installment of CAB’s Coffeehouse Series (Photo Merlyn Maldonado/The Gettysburgian).

Bilingual Rick Reyes rocks Coffeehouse Series B y L izzie H obbs S taff W riter

On Thursday, October 11, the College Activities Board (CAB) hosted the second installment of their Coffeehouse Series, a set of live musical performances hosted in the Junction in the College Union Building.

Thursday’s performance, however, was special in that it was co-sponsored by the Latin American Student’s Association (LASA), in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month.

The performer, Rick Reyes, described his musical style as a mixture of many different genres, including classic American rock, merengue,

jazz, and Latin, with the vast majority of his performance being in Spanish.

Reyes intermixed his own pieces with wellknown music from such countries as Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Mexico, which was clearly popular with the audience as a few members began to sing along with him.

Throughout his performance, Reyes discussed what the word “Latino” meant to him, and his thoughts on the “Latino community in the United States,” as well as the ever-growing diversity within that community.

Reyes noted that he found it interesting that the term Latino “put all these different people under the same umbrella,”

Everyone loved the tenor tones of Robby Napoli ‘19 and Sean Thompson ‘21 on the first solo, but music also speaks where words fail.

And what I mean by that is, “Can we please talk about that instrumental solo?” Imagine the catchy synthesized vibes of the chorus from “Closer.”

Now imagine Noah Malamut ‘19 singing that. Can’t get it out of your head now? Neither could we, but we’re not really upset about it.

Finally, Drop the Octave ended with their traditional concert-closer, “Good Old Acapella,” adding Cameron Thompson ‘19 onto the train of previous soloists Noah GuyMozenter and Robby Napoli.

The penultimate performance of the night was led by Four Scores, Gettysburg’s co-ed acapella group. Formed in 1997, Four Scores opened with their theme song “Signed, Sealed, Delivered” by Stevie Wonder. After that, they performed a mashup of three fantastic songs with three fantastic soloists.

and gave them common ground, while also celebrating the diversity between cultures.

Reyes introduced his accompanist, joking that he enjoyed watching him being torn over who to root for in boxing matches, seeing as he is both Mexican and Puerto Rican. This sent the audience into several fits of laughter, especially as several members shouted out their own opinions on where his loyalties should lie.

During the night, as part of the Mug Club started during the first Coffeehouse performance, CAB offered a specialty drink of Mexican hot chocolate, in fitting with the theme of the music and Hispanic Heritage Month. B y M usselman L ibrary

If you are looking for something fun to do Tuesday, October 23, walk the pyramid to the safety on up to the square in town of the ground, arranged and cheer on Musselman like so (the thick dark lines Library’s Book Cart Drill Team as they perform in are the slides).

A freak storm the Annual Gettysburg arrives, in which each Halloween Parade.

Library staff will slide has a 1/2 probability (independent of all the march down the parade other slides) of getting route dressed as skeletons, destroyed by lightning. If zombies, and Frankenstein’s a slide is destroyed, you monster, and perform a 30-second dance routine cannot slide down it.

(You can never climb – with book carts – to the up a slide, whether it is Monster Mash. This will be the fifth year the Book destroyed or not.)

W h a t i s t h e Cart Drill Team will be probability you will be performing in the local able to slide down to the parade. Parade starts at 7:15 p.m. ground after the storm?

If you want to learn more about Musselman Library’s Book Cart Drill Team, check out the documentary, Gett Down With Your Funky Shelf, created by Gettysburg College Class of 2011 students Anskar Fosse and Patricia Vassey for their

Editor’s Note: The Department of Mathematics at Gettysburg College hosts a problem of the week challenge to determine each semester’s Paul Mugabi problemsolving award recipient(s).

Each week’s entries are scored by a panel of faculty judges, and winner(s) from each week will receive a Problem Of the Week (P.O.W.) button.

The Gettysburgian is not involved in or responsible for accepting or evaluating students’ submissions to this contest.

your submission and that any sources are properly cited! Send solutions to bkennedy@gettysburg. edu or put solutions in the marked envelope in the hallway outside Glatfelter 215. This problem was posted on Friday, October 19 and solutions are due on Friday, October 26 by 5:00 p.m.

THE PROBLEM:

You are standing at the top of a pyramid.

There is a network of six slides from the top of

THE RULES:

The contest is open to all Gettysburg College students. Up to three people may work together on a submission.

Make sure your name is on

scope, ranging from the mellow “Maddy Brown”

by My Brothers and I (solo by Sam Langston ‘21) to the Backstreet Boys classic “I Want It That Way,” and finally wrapping up the concert with “Gaims,” a jocund song by hip-hop artist Kamau that admittedly has a lot of spelling errors but also some great lyrics about a boy who just can’t seem to get the girl.

“I’m really glad all of the groups were finally able to get together for something like this,” Drop the Octave member Robby Napoli says of Acatoberfest on a whole.

“We’ve tried in the past, but finally getting it done has been really fun. It was great to be able to see what the other groups are doing and to be able to be here to support them.”

After the end of the concert, students slowly exited the Attic with smiles on their faces and songs stuck in their heads. Each of the four groups brought their own style and voice to the stage, setting the bar high for any Acatoberfest to come in future years of Gettysburg College. No one could deny: it was an aca-awesome night.

Halloween festivities and Open Access Week at the library

Problem of the week: Escape B y D epartment of M athematics

The medley included The Beatles’ "In My Life,” Natalie Merchant’s “Kind and Generous,” and Hall and Oates’ “You Make My Dreams Come True,” sung by Cat Schnarr '21, Michael Preston ‘19, and Liz Clark ‘18 respectively. Typically known for soulful and moving sets, Four Scores did not disappoint.

And last but not least, The Spark Notes finished with a finale of four songs.

The most miniature of Gettysburg’s acapella groups, The Spark Notes are comprised of a tight-knit quintet plus a beatboxer, making for a grand total of six Sparks.

Now seems like a good time to mention that I also am a vocalist in this group to avoid the awkward, continued use of the third-person. We kicked off our set with “Come and Get Your Love,” our anthem as evidenced by the title lyrics written across the back of our t-shirts beneath our blazers. Our president, Lauren Hand, likes to think of it as a “sass manifesto,” and I couldn’t agree more.

The next few songs were of an eclectic

final film studies project in Professor Udden’s FILM 220 course.

The documentary reveals the history behind the Book Cart Drill Team, shares the experiences of the 2008 team including footage of the practices and performances of the Grease routine for the Gettysburg Halloween Parade. The documentary is available in the library’s DVD collection: call # Z716.3 .G48 2008.

Swing by the Library for a Halloweenthemed concert by the Sunderman Wind Quintet featuring Robert Cohen’s new piece, “Under the Blood Moon” on Monday, October 29, 12:00-1:00 p.m.

This lunchtime concert is open to the public. Bring your lunch and a friend, and we will provide drinks and dessert.

Also, throughout Open Access Week, October 22-26, stop by and check out the Library’s Main Floor

Display: “What You Don’t Know About Academic Publishing.” This display will challenge students to think about the process that publications go through in order to arrive in their hands in time for class. The display features three scenarios and questions about the publication process with a flip-up feature to reveal the answer.

While the display will be up all week long, students who stop by the Open Access Week table on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday between 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. will be eligible for an Open Access cupcake! We will also be raffling off a $25 gift certificate to the College Bookstore for the student who submits the best guess to the following question: How many downloads does the most downloaded student work in The Cupola have?

Hope to see you there!

Editorial Staff The Gettysburgian Editor-in-Chief, Benjamin Pontz ‘20

News Editor, Gauri Mangala ‘21

Associate Editor, Alex Romano ‘20

Managing Opinions Editor, Josh Wagner ‘19

Sports Editor, Charlie Williamson ‘19

Arts & Entertainment Editor, Katherine Lentz ‘20

Lead Copyeditor, Lauren Hand ‘20

Copyeditors, Jessica Greenman ‘20 Phoebe Doscher ‘22 Joseph Maguschak ‘22 Emma Love ‘22

Director of Photography, Mary Frasier ‘21

Advisor, Tom Barstow

Features Editor, Maddie Neiman ‘21

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Review:“Small T a l k ” b y Courtney Barnett spoken half-sung delivery of the lyrics may give off heavy slacker vibes, but this belies the skillful playfulness of the instruments going on.

The loose quality of the framework laid down by the sturdy bass and percussion leaves just enough room for the guitar and keys to fill everything out with some groovy improvisations. The way chords and little lines are thrown in feels like a call and response between the instruments and the vocals. On Twitter Barnett admits the song was tracked live and she had only just shown it to the band.

You can even hear her laughing, calling out changes, and making up lyrics on the spot. This adds to the overall unscripted live feel of the song.

“Small Talk” ends with a laugh.

Something about being stuck with someone in meaningless conversation is funny.

Even if the person you converse with is annoying, at least you have a story to tell afterwards.

“Small Talk” isn’t an epic anthem or a heartbreaking ballad; it’s easy listening regarding the subtleties of life. The trick which is achieved splendidly here, and which is not easy to pull off, is making ordinary dayto-day happenings feel fresh by injecting some love of fun into them.

B y C harlie S ternberg S taff W riter

B y A lex P earson Staff Writer

Collaborators Aaron Thompson, Robby Napoli, and Jasmin Eddy (Photo provided)

Sunderman Spotlight: R o b b y N a p o l i

B y A lex P earson S taff W riter What is your major?

I’m a music education major with a concentration in composition.

What has been the most important part of your conservatory experience?

I think for me the most important part has been the mentorships I’ve gotten to be a part of throughout my time here. Although there are plenty more, Dr. Talbot, Dr. Natter, and

Dr. Dorman come to mind. I’ve learned a ton from those three about pedagogy, conducting, composing, social issues, and handling life crises.

What are your plans after graduation?

The goal is to teach high school choir, and at some point, hopefully relatively soon, go after a masters in choral conducting!

Tell me about your recital.

Well, we’ve got just over 30 minutes

of music ranging from Bach to Barber to Craig Carnelia. Two of my favorite pieces on t h e r e c i t a l a r e I H e a r a n A r m y b y S a m u e l Barber and Flight by C r a i g C a r n e l i a . I H e a r an Army is just this raw onslaught of emotion spurred on by World War II, so you can imagine the passion and conflict in that piece; and Flight is a completely different type of style. It’s a cabaret piece that I’m singing with one of my best friends, Rick Hale, about going out into the world

and finding a new life, searching for change, no matter what it takes.

What is your advice for future conservatory students?

Once you find out what it is you want to do, don’t let anything stop you. Dig everywhere for opportunity, find creative ways to do the things you want to do, and most importantly, continue the good fight to continue growth in the conservatory to be inclusive of all styles of music.

C o u r t n e y Barnett has a genuine love for music that is apparent in the wholesome smile that she often wears in interviews and performances. Of course, this is nothing special; painters love painting, swimmers love swimming, scientists love science, and water is wet. What sets Barnett apart though, is her ability to share her love for music with others. Generally, this radiance shines the brightest in videos of her performing, where you can see her having fun, but I also feel this strong energy on her latest track, “Small Talk.”

“Small Talk” came from the sessions for her last album, Tell Me How You Really Feel, which explored pertinent feminist ideas on songs like “N ameless, F aceless” and “I’m Not Your Mother, I’m Not Your Bitch”. With its conversational nature and seemingly ordinary subject matter, “Small Talk” is a laid back stroll of a song. The premise is simple and relatable: getting stuck in painful casual conversation with someone as you wait for a friend to arrive. The chorus is also straightforward, consisting of the same line being repeated, “I’m waiting here for you”.

Barnett’s half-

W h i c h T V r e b o o t s Featured films in Gettysburg are worth your time?

Majestic Theater

By Jacqueline McMahon Staff Writer

Recently, there has been a craze in Hollywood of reviving previously cancelled television shows, whether this be with the original cast returning or with new actors in the roles.

But amidst a plethora of reboots and revivals, spinoffs and reimaginings, what shows are actually worth a watch and which can you delete from your DVR? Dynasty (Fridays at 8 on The CW):

This primetime drama is a reboot of the 80s soap opera juggernaut of the same name, but the campy adventures of the new Carrington family fail to inspire the same enthusiasm as that of the original series. Executive produced by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, aka the duo behind The CW’s hit primetime soap Gossip Girl, Dynasty should’ve been able to build up a fan-following but instead flew under the radar during season one.

For season two, it was banished to the Friday night timeslot, where it

will inevitably have a hard time establishing a solid viewing. While the original Dynasty was an epic disaster with its extravagant 1980s gowns and over the top storylines, its successor is just a disaster, without any of the fun.

Queer Eye (Netflix Original):

If you haven’t gotten into the Queer Eye craze yet, there’s no time like the present. Queer Eye is an updated version of the 2000s makeover show Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, where five gay men (including Gettysburg College alum Carson Kressley) gave fashion and lifestyle help to a straight man in need of guidance.

In the reboot, the new Fab Five – consisting of food and wine expert Antoni Porowski, fashion expert Tan France, grooming expert Jonathan Van Ness, design expert Bobby Berk, and culture expert Karamo Brown – help hapless men of all sexualities live their best lives in a journey of acceptance and self-love.

The first two seasons are streaming on Netflix, with a third season currently in production.

Charmed (Sundays at 9 on The CW):

Based on the 90s drama of the same name, Charmed follows three sisters who find out they are witches known as the Charmed Ones, possessing magical powers to help protect the human world from evil. In the reboot, the sisters are renamed Macy, Mel and Maggie Vera and are all Latina (played by actresses Madeleine Mantock, Melonie Diaz and Sarah Jeffery), with Mel also reimagined as a lesbian. However, the reboot has been panned by fans of the original series and currently has a dismal score of 3.5 out of 10 on IMDB. Actresses Alyssa Milano, Shannen Doherty and Holly Marie Combs (who played the Halliwell sisters Phoebe, Prue and Piper in the original series) have also expressed – at best – skepticism about the series, and were disappointed that they were not consulted before the reboot was greenlit.

It seems that fans were against the Charmed reboot since it was announced, and at this point cancelling it would be a mercy killing.

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Texas outlaw songwriter Blaze Foley’s music and legacy are explored in this dramatization of his love affair with Sybil Rosen, and his last night on Earth.

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Friday, October 19, 2018

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Hurricanes and climate change

By Emma Love Guest Columnist Monstrous.

Devastating. Historic.

This is how newspapers around the world have described how Hurricane Michael ripped through the Florida panhandle last Wednesday leaving an estimated 28 dead across four states in its wake. The official death toll is still unknown.

Maximum sustained winds reached 155 miles an hour while heavy rain and storm surges battered the coast. Search and rescue efforts are still underway as Florida officials dig through the rubble.

Florida Governor Rick Scott’s declaration that Michael was “the worst storm that our Florida Panhandle has seen in a century” is becoming an increasingly common truth in recent years. Hurricane Florence claimed 40 lives in the Carolinas in late August. In the summer of 2017, Hurricane Irma was declared by the National Hurricane Center (NHC) to be one of the “strongest and costliest hurricanes on record in the Atlantic basin.” Before Irma came Hurricane Harvey, which devastated Texas. The NHC says Harvey is now tied with 2005’s Katrina for the costliest tropical cyclone on record, causing an estimated $125 billion in damage.

All four of these hurricanes happened within the past year.

Last week, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published a report detailing the rapid advancement of global warming

and other worrying developments. Experts warn that the current output of greenhouse emissions will increase the atmosphere’s temperature by 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit.

Although this number may sound insignificant, it will most likely result in more extreme weather and natural disasters worldwide.

Climate scientists have repeatedly found that warming waters will continue to produce strong hurricanes.

The Trump Administration’s response to this grave issue has been severely lacking. In a 60 Minutes interview that aired Sunday, Trump cast doubt on the report by claiming that scientists “have a very big political agenda.” He did not elaborate on what he meant by this statement.

Vice President Pence said Tuesday that the causes of climate change “have yet to be seen.”

These words echo Trump’s decision to pull the United States out of the 2016 Paris Climate Agreement. Prior to his announcement, he repeatedly disparaged climate change as a hoax during his campaign for the presidency. Trump’s refusal to believe that climate change is undeniably linked to human activities is a disservice to those committed to preserving the Earth, a job that should include all of us.

It is extremely important for us to not only believe in science, but also to hold those in power accountable to take the necessary steps to ensure we limit the damage we are causing.

File Photos of candidates on the ballot in Gettysburg, PA

Who’s on the ballot?

By Eli Morton

By Zachary Sobeck

Guest Columnist

Columnist

GOVERNOR: Tom Wolf (D) Tom Wolf, as governor, has defended the environment and fought for worker protections. He is concerned that the opioid epidemic and other public health crises in Pennsylvania will only continue to worsen without continued support of expanded health coverage and increased funding for research and treatment services. He also believes that teachers are the strongest asset in education, and that the key to improving education is investing in teachers and schools across PA.

GOVERNOR: Scott Wagner (R) Scott Wagner is a native and longtime resident of York County, Pennsylvania where he has enjoyed a very successful business career with his flagship enterprise being Penn Waste. He served in the Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from 2014 until his resignation earlier this year in order to fully pursue the race for Governor. He is the only person in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to have won a seat in the state legislature on a writein campaign. Scott Wagner is a solid conservative and is determined to take on the problems facing Pennsylvanians. He pays special attention to the opioid crisis which has hit the Commonwealth especially hard, and he plans to hold drug companies accountable for the role they have played in this epidemic.

SENATE: Bob Casey II (D) Senator Casey is a strong supporter of worker protections and unions in PA and across the country.

He believes that the key to a strong economy is a healthy, safe, and productive workforce. Senator Casey is also a staunch supporter of the defense of the environment over the interests of large corporations, SENATE: Lou Barletta (R) and is an advocate for vulnerable children across PA. B a r l e t t a i s c u r r e n t l y a m e m b e r o f t h e U n i t e d Sta tes House of Representatives from the 11th LT GOVERNOR: John Fetterman (D) Congressional District and is the former Mayor A s m a y o r o f B r a d d o c k , P A f o r 1 2 y e a r s , J o h n of Hazelton, Pennsylvania. As a member of the Fetterman has seen the city return from the brink, House and as Mayor, Barletta has a solid record of including an influx of new jobs and a drastic decrease conservative positions including his opposition to in the rate of violence. He is a supporter of universal illegal immigration and support for managing the health care, a higher minimum wage, and bolstered deficit, such as refusing to vote for an increase to protections for workers. He was also one of the first the debt ceiling. supporters of same-sex marriage in Pennsylvania, LT GOVERNOR: Jeff Bartos (R) and continues to fight for inclusion.

Jeff Bartos is a longtime business man out of Southeastern Pennsylvania and ran with Scott HOUSE: Brent Ottaway (D) Brent Ottaway has a lifelong passion for education, Wagner during the primary as a ticket. Like Wagner, having worked on the faculty at St. Francis University Bartos is a solid conservative who is committed to since 1990. To him, Washington has become far too serving the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As favorable an environment for large corporations and Lieutenant Governor, Bartos will preside over the has shut out the people who its officials are supposed Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and to represent. He believes that investment in health will also head the board of pardons. Bartos takes care, protecting the environment, and making post- crime in the Commonwealth very seriously. high school education accessible and affordable are HOUSE: John Joyce (R) the keys to a better future for southern PA. Dr. Joyce is an experienced medical doctor and worked with the United States Navy during the Gulf STATE HOUSE: Marty Qually (D) As an Adams County Commissioner, Marty Qually War. For his entire career Dr. Joyce has served has pursued a strategy of reaching across the aisle to families in central Pennsylvania and hope to continue make progress on the key issues facing the county. this service in the House of Representatives.

Commissioner Qually is tired of the gridlock and lack STATE HOUSE: Dan Moul (R) of productivity that has defined Harrisburg for many years and seeks to get the state government working Dan Moul is the incumbent State Representative for the interests of all Pennsylvanians, including for the 91st Legislative District and is seeking rec o m b a t t i n g t h e o p i o i d e p i d e m i c a n d b o l s t e r i n g election. Moul was elected in 2006 and has served in the House ever since. education.

M u l t i l i n g u a l G e t t y s b u r g : Please crusade A c a l l f o r o p e n d i s c o u r s e in moderation

By Li Jianrui Guest Columnist

Dissent or support?

Then write about it!

If you want your opinion to be heard, send an article to the Opinions Section and reach our hundreds of print and thousands of online readers.

Email editorials to Josh at wagnjo08@gettysburg.edu.

“Wen (words or texts), or pattern, is a very great power indeed. It is born together with heaven and earth,” is a quote by a Liu Xie, an ancient Chinese scholar.

The school newspaper -- The Grettysburgian -- provides a good space for the exchange of ideas, comments, and debates not only for American students but also for international students. We should take this opportunity and use it well.

A legend in China states that when Cangjie first created written words, earth and heaven were shattered, gods and spirit were frightened. Well, I am not asking you to write something to make earth and heaven shake.

But as a young person, an international student, a Chinese student, (I cannot speak for all my fellow friends, only my personal opinion), life is not only about study and homework. We should have greater participation in politics. The so-called politics are not something high up there. It is not in the Chinese TV news; it is everywhere in our life, in your identity (both metaphysical and practical), student visa, your organization’s budget, or the ability of your favorite friends and faculty to stay in school or USA. It affects you and me like a horse drives the car of destiny. If you can’t master the carriage and let it run wild, you and

I will eventually become the victims of standing by, like the slaughtered lamb, the slave of others, and the fish.

Writing and expressing your opinion is an excellent tool! It is the medium for voice and exercise of rights. China has a long tradition of writing including the eight [master writers] in the Tang and Song Dynasties and more recently Lu Xun and other scholars during the Republic of China time period. Now I ask you to carry this tradition! A right can only exist by using it, so it is necessary to practice one’s rights, such as freedom of speech and others.

Moreover, truth does not fear contention. The child who cries loudly usually gets more milk. I encourage everyone to write anything about their own ideas, schools, issues in society, and so on in the Gettysburgian.

The article is a medium, a tool, a reflection on our life, society, etc. Before I end this letter, I want to share some words from Mr. Cheng Ying Gei with you. I hope that when you bring up the pen and conceive an article, you also have his spirit.

[Concerning freethought]: “Only the spirit of independence, the idea of liberty, tens of thousands of miles, and the same longterm, shining with three lights, and eternal.”

I am looking forward to reading your independently spirited and thoughtful articles.

By Jessica Greenman

Columnist

As news cycles become yet shorter and crueler, I humbly propose that we slow down. Put away the crusader’s sword, at least for now.

This is hard to do. We see injustice in the world. People have been wronged, and still suffer ill effects. We have, for the first time in human history, the ability to constantly see and hear about the wrongs occurring to people who are not ourselves or our peers. It is our responsibility, then, to use our comparative power to step up and save the world.

The argument that headlines and clickbait do not represent the true nature of the political and social crises which hobble our nation is a tired one, and I will not rehash it here. Suffice to say that it is true: everything is more complicated than Twitter wants you to believe.

Instead, I submit that our enthusiasm for justice and predisposition to outrage can actually harm efforts to create a kinder, fairer world. Complex issues demand complex solutions, and our thirst for immediate redress impedes the development of these solutions. Effective change often happens slowly. We can point to breakthroughs in history, but these are almost always accompanied by bloodshed and terror, not to mention the seeds of resentment that only perpetuate future injustice.

What’s more, our haste to correct the wrongness we see carries the danger of cheapening the wrong itself. We run the risk of speaking out on behalf of someone who neither wants nor needs our activism. By weaponizing their stories in pursuit of a political goal, we fail to recognize their pain for what it is—pain, suffered by real people who have their own values and convictions and may not hold the same values as we do. Before we spring into action, it is our responsibility to slow down, acknowledge the wrong, listen to the victims and their wishes, and then decide on solutions… with them, not for them.

If necessary, take a news break. A lengthy one.

You are not neglecting your community by failing to stay informed. Information on its own helps no one, and may even harm you as the reader by pushing you into a permanent state of worry and outrage. There are plenty of problems to go around.

They will still be there when we are able to develop more effective, more appropriate, and healthier solutions.

I often hear that “if you aren’t outraged, you aren’t paying close enough attention”. I don’t think that’s true. I believe that it is possible, even necessary, to think deeply about our challenges without fury.

We can feel outrage without using outrage. So put down the sword for now, please.

Let’s talk.

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Friday, October 19, 2018

Men’s Cross Country finishes seventh Bullet o v e r a l l a t G e t t y s b u r g I n v i t a t i o n a l Shot: B y A lex P etrecca S taff W riter

Justin Geisel (Courtesy of Gettysburg College Athletics) By: John Zak Staff Writer T h e

Gettysburg College Bullets football team secured their first win of the season last weekend against Juniata College, 3317.

In the win, kicker Justin Geisel delivered a stand-out performance, going 4-4 on his field goal attempts and added 3 extra points.

Geisel, a junior from Charlotte, North Carolina, has made himself a potent weapon for the Bullets special teams unit throughout his college career.

Through 6 games this season, he has remained perfect in his 8 field goal attempts, with a long of 42 yards. Geisel is also a perfect 9 for 9 on extra point attempts.

Over the course of Geisel’s career, he has amassed a field goal percentage of 77.42% with 24 made field goals, with a long of 42 yards.

This season, Geisel has made the most of his ability to kick for distance with successful field goals of 42, 38, and 41 yards in three different games.

Geisel’s performance so far this season won him Centennial Conference Special Teams Player of the Week honors in the beginning of October, the second time in his career.

Geisel also is four field goals shy of the team’s single-season record for most made in a season and four short of second place for Bullet’s career field goals.

Geisel will have a chance to work towards toppling those records when the Bullets take on Johns Hopkins at 1:00 p.m. at Shirk Field at Musselman Stadium.

The Gettysburg College men’s crosscountry team competed in the 30th annual Gettysburg College Invitational. Racing against a wide range of teams across Division 1, 2 and 3 over the 8 kilometer distance, the Bullets placed well, finishing seventh overall as a team and second place for the Division 3 teams.

One of the biggest strengths for the team this weekend was their pack running. Their top four runners finished within 15 second of each other. The 5th and 6th finishers for the Bullets also finished only six seconds apart from each other.

Leading the way for the Bullets was sophomore Dylan McKeever, who set a personal record of 27:20 to finish in 37th of 276 finishers. His improvement this season has been a key aspect of the team’s success.

Following in close succession were three seniors closing quickly in the last kilometer. Alex Petrecca came in 41st in 27:25, Matt Robinson finished 46th in 27:30, and placing 51st was Michael Miller

Gettysburg is excited for the Conference Championship on Oct. 27 (Photo courtesy of Gettysburg College Athletics)

in 27:35.

Team captains Petrecca and Robinson and the experienced Miller make up a senior class with a lot of racing knowledge that should bode well moving forward into the postseason.

Rounding out the team scoring was junior Sam Sheldon, who finished in 91st in 28:21 in his first race since returning from injury.

The team is expecting even more improvement as he continues to run healthy. Finishing in the 6th and 7th displacing positions for the Bullets

“The mud did not affect my race because I didn’t let it, some spots were bad but I tried to forget about them and keep pushing myself,” Mckeevers said.

He was thrilled to have such a great race at home, especially since he set a PR with his family in attendance. Other members of the team also lauded the incredible support they received out on the course that goes through a large part of campus.

As the Bullets move forward towards the conference and regional

meets, they look to continue to improve their performances. Although still in a heavy training block, currently they will look to be fresh as they peak for the postseason.

McKeever has big goals for the team as he looks to “run under 27 minutes and to beat some of their rival schools” at the coming conference and regional meets.

The Bullets finish up their regular season at the Last Chance Run Fast Invitational at Lebanon Valley this Friday at 4:30 p.m.

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was first-year William Hopkins in 28:27 and junior Aren Heitmann in 28:42.

Being on the home course was a big advantage for the Bullets on the muddy, puddlefilled day. Picking the best lines through the mud after they had been practicing on the surface showed how well prepared they were for a difficult day on the course.

Although the conditions weren’t ideal for a fast time, Mckeever’s PR came f r o m a s i m p l e at t i t u d e adjustment.

Women’s cross t a k e s 1 1 t h

Runners starting off at the Gettysburg Invitational (Photo courtesy of David Sinclair, Gettysburg College Athletics)

B y B rody T ennant S taff W riter

On Saturday, the Gettysburg College women’s cross-country team hosted the 30th Annual Gettysburg Invitational. At the meet, the team finished 11th among 30 teams.

As a team, Gettysburg scored 336, which placed them 3rd among the 16 Division III schools at the Invitational. Division II

Cedarville took home the title with a score of 42.

Senior Sarah Rinehart led the team to their 11th place finish, running the 6,000-meter course in 23:44, good for a 16th place finish overall, beating 318 other runners. Senior Colleen Campbell placed second on the team, finishing 86th overall with a time of 25:27.

“I was pretty happy with it. It was a beautiful day, and I

actually prefer the cold weather. I feel like that reflects on the team in general. Everyone ran pretty well today which looks good moving forward,” said Rinehart about her individual and the team’s overall performance.

The team was happy with their overall results and were excited moving forward.

“As a team, we thrive under these conditions because we’re

such a tight pack when we do race. Our goal is to find another Bullet, latch on, try to reel them in and try to help them out. As a pack we definitely try to pick people off and in a race with this many people it’s very easy to do that. It was such a fun race. It’s finally cooled off. This was our first real cross-country race so it was great to finally not worry about the weather,” said Campbell about the race.

First-year Amy Milner was the next to finish for Gettysburg, who finished 104th at 25:51, and at 105th Margot Hoagland finished with a time of 25:52. Kathrin O’Brien rounded out the team at 115th at the 26:08 mark.

As displacers for the team, sophomore Michelle O’Malley and senior Danielle DeMichael finished at 117th and 135th, respectively.

This Friday, Oct. 19, a partial squad will be participating in the Lebanon Valley Invitational before preparing for the Centennial Conference Championship.

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- Charlie Williamson, Sports Editor

This Weekend in Gettysburg College sports Saturday, October 20 Football vs. Johns Hopkins - 1:00 p.m.

Men’s Soccer vs. Swarthmore- 4:00 p.m.

Women’s Soccer at Swarthmore - 7:00 p.m.

Men’s Soccer vs. Catholic- 7:00 p.m.

To get the full fall 2018 athletic calendar Visit gettysburgsports.com