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Blasts from the past
This week in 1957, three new students joined the Honor Code Defense Council, or as it is known now, the Honor Commission. They were Carol Dingfelter, Ken Anderson, and Donald Holland. The Honor Commission sought three basic qualities in the students who were chosen: leadership, character and scholarship. Chairman Bob Gladney stated that the Honor Commission could only work because of the students who are involved, making it a hard decision every time. This tradition of the Honor Code still is a vital aspect of anyone’s Gettysburg College experience and it still has many of the same principles as it did 60 years ago. This week in 1987, a new special interest house was introduced to the campus on the front cover of The Gettysburgian– the Corner Cottage. The Corner Cottage, which housed ten students during its first year, was the biology special interests house. Dr. Kay Etheridge was the faculty advisor at the time. The students in Corner Cottage, along with Beta Beta Beta, helped tutor students in the science departments. They also had a softball team, which placed second that year in the intramural sports program, and were planning a service project. One student at the time, Sandy Amass, stated that Corner Cottage had a “relaxed atmosphere” for biology students to unwind from their studies. Today, this house exists as the Sustainability House (Farmhouse). This month in 2002, an English professor from the University of Virginia and eLincoln Prize Winner, Professor Stephen Railton, spoke to the college about his work pertaining to Uncle Tom’s Cabin. The Gettysburgian reported that he had created a website to contain all the information about Uncle Tom’s Cabin and the stories surrounding it and slavery in America. The site has information in different medias, such as videos, plays, songs, essays, etc. This site, supported by the National Endowment for the Arts as well as the National Endowment for the Humanities, was continuously updated by Railton, up until 2009, as the study of Uncle Tom’s Cabin is a massive endeavor. One interesting aspect of the site is the “Tom Show,” in which different portrayals of the story exist, mainly in plays. The play adaptions of Uncle Tom’s Cabin were the way many people heard about the book when it came out, and often plays had different dances and songs associated with the performances. All of Railton’s research can still be found on the website. These archived “blasts from the past” were compiled by contributing writer Shannon Zeltmann thanks to Special Collections in Musselman Library.
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B y B enjamin P ontz M anaging N ews E ditor Weeks after Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced her intention to roll back enhanced federal regulations surrounding campus sexual assault reporting and investigation procedures, the Department of Education (DOE) released a new “Dear Colleague” letter to that effect Friday. DOE also released a document containing questions and answers explaining colleges’ obligations under Title IX. Acting Assistant Secretary of Education for Civil Rights Candice Jackson wrote, “The Department remains committed to enforcing these critical [Title IX] protections and intends to do so consistent with its mission under Title IX to protect fair and equitable access to education.” However, DOE has eliminated the requirement for colleges
to use the controversial “preponderance of the evidence” standard in sexual assault investigations, permitting a return to the “clear and convincing evidence” standard if colleges so choose. This permits colleges to establish appeal procedures that restrict that right to the accused and eliminates the Obama era requirement that investigations conclude within 60 days of a complaint. Gettysburg College, whose procedures comply with previous DOE guidance, does not plan to change its policy despite the loosening of restrictions. “I think it is fair to say that the college will continue its legal and procedural review of changes permitted or mandated by the Department of Education,” said Julie Ramsey, Vice President of College Life and Dean of Students, in an email. “[W]e have no
immediate plans to alter our approach. We will continue to monitor the DOE process and outcome.” DOE plans to conduct a formal review of Obama era guidelines and potentially issue new regulations in the coming months after allowing for public comment. Jennifer McCary, Associate Dean for Violence Prevention and Resolution and Title IX Coordinator, told The Gettysburgian earlier this month that she believes in the institutional adjudication model, but hopes that institutions will have more options for resolution in the future. “[T]here are flaws to the current structure that the Department of Education has outlined. More can be done in order for the process to support survivors and provide fundamental fairness to the accused,” McCary said. “Here at Gettysburg College, we strive to -Continued on next page-
B y B rendan S alyards S taff W riter After year one of the Gettysburg Cycle gave the campus a hefty helping of food, year two, which is to focus on health, appears to be on life-support. The Gettysburg Cycle, which aims to engage broad policy themes on a local, national, and global level, had a strong first act last year with a wide-ranging program that included a constant stream of wellpromoted events, First-Year Seminars designed around the topic of food, a first annual International Food Festival, and a first-year common reading program partially connected to the topic of food. The college hosted a number of events during the “World Hunger Week,” and a lecture series that culminated with a presentation by renowned food activist Bryant Terry. It seemed likely that this year’s “Year of Health” would solidify the Gettysburg Cycle’s place as
part of the calendar of events on campus. Yet, a number of factors have combined to make the “Year of Health” a less visible program than its predecessor. Perhaps the most obvious reason is that the program’s champion, Dr. Caroline Hartzell, Professor of Political Science, is on sabbatical for the year and therefore less able to tend to her brainchild. She advocated strongly in the months leading up to the start of the 2016-2017 academic year for faculty to include elements of the “Year of Food” in their classes, and she lobbied the Office of Residential and First-Year Programs to make “Year of Food” events part of the Charting Your Course (CYC) extended orientation. Hartzell’s position as director of the Center of the Study of Global Issues, also allowed her to easily access funding for the “Year of Food,” and a -Continued on next page-
One month in, students adjusting to lack of campus cable television
Students watch television in the Musselman Hall common room (Photo Claire Bickers / The Gettysburgian) B y J eremy P orter N e t f l i x , a n d [ m y use it,” said D’Mello. suitemates and I] recently S a r a h S taff W riter T h i s s e m e s t e r u p g r a d e d s o t h a t f o u r Kirkpatrick, a sophomore resident of Writing m a r k s t h e s t a r t o f people can watch at reduced cable television t h e s a m e t i m e , ” s a y s House, concurs. availability at Gettysburg senior Sabrina D’Mello, “ S t u d e n t s … College. The decision, w h o l i v e s i n a Q u a r r y i n t h e W r i t i n g H o u s e occasionally watch made last year, was part of suite. an effort spearheaded by S o p h o m o r e s television in the common the college’s Information Ben Rhine and Jackson room, but for the most Technology department Guyton, who both live part, people like to watch to increase the internet i n C o l l e g e H o u s e s , d o N e t f l i x i n t h e i r r o o m s b a n d w i d t h o n c a m p u s . t h e s a m e , t h e l a t t e r instead,” she said. Jennifer Johnson, While students could commenting that he p r e v i o u s l y h o o k u p t o watches “television with a first-year student living cable television in their N e t f l i x a n d A m a z o n in Paul Hall, explains that sometimes her floormates rooms on campus, cable Prime on the computer.” While common “watch movies in the access is now restricted t o c o m m o n r o o m s , t h e r o o m s s e r v e a s o n e o f common room,” but that Jaeger Center, and the the few sources of cable ultimately, the common Attic (the Bullet Hole is t e l e v i s i o n o n c a m p u s , r o o m “ i s m o r e l i k e a also part of the plan, but it appears that they are conference room, so [the the temporary building not often used for this television] is rarely used, does not have televisions). purpose, perhaps because though some people do N a t u r a l l y , students prefer watching it.” Some students, many students have had their favorite shows in t o c h a n g e t h e i r m e d i a private and would rather however, are not satisfied consumption habits and use the common room as with streaming. a study or meeting space. “This year, I have routines. “ I s a w p e o p l e a single and was hoping Netflix and other streaming services seem using the common room to get into the routine to be a popular alternative o n e d a y e a r l y i n t h e of watching my favorite semester, but other than s h o w s f r o m h o m e o n to cable television. “ I o n l y u s e that I haven’t seen anyone cable each week at its
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air time. Because of the policy change, I do not feel comfortable doing this as I feel it is unfair to claim communal TV privileges at certain times each week in my house,” says Kirkpatrick. Senior Harmony House resident Luke Gaylor echoes a similar sentiment. “I love watching Saturday Night Live,” he said, “but without cable I can’t watch it until the episode is posted on Sunday, and I have to hope I don’t see any spoilers. Additionally, livestreaming for NBC isn’t even available in the Adams County area, and you have to pay for streaming services.” While the decision has been met with mixed reactions among students, the administration insists that it was a necessary and responsible move. “The increase in [internet] traffic is beyond the internet capacity we had finishing the spring semester…. If we had not increased the internet bandwidth over the summer, the campus network would have experienced significant impairments this fall,” says Vice President of Information Technology Rod Tosten. Additionally, the Campus TV FAQ page on the Information Technology department website states that “the demand and usage of the campus TV system has declined in recent years,” and the college is simply “right-sizing the campus TV system to
Senior Research Spotlight: Jenna DeCurzio, pg. 8
match demand.” It further explains that the switch will not put a financial strain on the college, because while “the increased internet bandwidth in and out of the campus will cost more, IT is using savings from the restructured campus TV system to cover the increased costs.” Gaylor believes that this is not the issue. “I understand that cable television use is declining and that the decision will not cost the college extra money,” he explained. “It just seems like there are better ways they could have done this. For instance, students could indicate at the start of the year whether they will use cable television, and the college could keep or remove each student’s individual room access accordingly. Or, the college could provide students with an account to a streaming service.” However, Tosten made it clear that it was imperative to increase the internet bandwidth by the fall, and doing so with as balanced a budget as possible is of utmost importance to the college. For now, no change seems likely with respect to cable access in students’ rooms, but discontent among some students remains palpable. Gaylor lamented, “You can’t take away cable access from students’ rooms when many theme houses and motels don’t have common rooms.”
The right to take a knee, pg. 9
Football earns first victory, pg. 10
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International Food Festival Senate spends 22 percent of b r i n g s c a m p u s t o g e t h e r annual budget in first month
The Second Annual International Food Festival, held September 22, brought together hundreds of members of the campus community as well as residents of the Gettysburg area (Photo Mary Frasier / The Gettysburgian) B y S am M iller C ontributing W riter Gettysburgians experienced the flavors of the world on Friday, September 22, when Servo closed early to prepare for the second annual International Food Festival. Students, faculty, and staff could be seen anxiously waiting for the opportunity to try some new and exciting foods. The theme of this year’s festival was flight. Information about the whereabouts and types of foods offered were listed on a “flight board” and each stall was cleverly nicknamed with its corresponding departure. The festival was hosted by the College Activities Board and
invited not only members of Gettysburg College, but also extended the invitation to the surrounding community. Many students came with friends and faculty with their children. Students and their friends were excited to try new foods they otherwise wouldn’t have the chance to experience. First-year Julia Clevinger said she liked “how there are different foods from different cultures” and “definitely would not try all this food without the International food festival.” Still, others found this event to represent more than an exotic meal with friends. Lamar Gayle, a junior sociology major, was working with DPS when he decided to share
his view on the festival, saying it was about “bringing people together (with food) instead of promoting differences.” Stephanie Marks, a food broker working for McCormick Spices, and head of the Sea to Table and McCormick Display tent, also discussed the importance of events like the International Food Festival. She says “for us (McCormick Spices), we think it’s great. People don’t always realize that the spices they eat come from all over the world. It helps to educate people about the quality of their food and what we are all about.” See additional photos on our website at http://gettysburgian.com
and statements from the reporting and responding parties, and, using the preponderance of the evidence standard (i.e. it is “more likely than not” an outcome occurred), reaches a decision. That decision can be appealed by either the reporting or the responding party if specific criteria are met, and the result of the appeal is final. Both the reporting and responding parties may have an advisor throughout the process, although that advisor may not speak during meetings with investigators. After The Gettysburgian published this story online last week, Ramsey reached out with an additional statement, an excerpt of which appears at right and the full text of which appears online at http://gettysburgian.com/ titleix17
Excerpt of Statement by Dean Julie Ramsey “ T h i s announcement has raised a number of questions about potential changes in institutional policy. In response, it is important to note two things. First, the college will review the full set of DOE changes after new rules are announced. We will not be making piecemeal changes in the interim unless mandated by law to do so. “Secondly, it is important to note that many of the policies and procedures that we follow related to sexual misconduct and relationship violence are established as Federal Law in the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Amendments to the Clery Act. Those statutes are law, not guidance, and the college will continue to follow those protocols.”
The Student Senate flag flies over Penn Hall (Photo courtesy of Gettysburg College) B y S arah H inck budget, they must be wise Guard - $1,440 as well as conservative in - Pre-Vet Club - $1,475.54 C ontributing W riter The fifth Student order to ensure that they - F l y F i s h i n g C l u b S en at e m e e t i n g o f t h e do not spend more than the $1,138.50 - Black Student Union2017-2018 school year allocated amount. “We can’t say yes $1,737.75 began with free pizza, but Aside from the it quickly proceeded to to everything, and there more pressing agenda items, are going to be some things d i s c u s s i o n r e g a r d i n g namely discussion of budget that we just aren’t going this year’s budget, there to be able to do… if we were three requests for requests and procedures. College clubs are continue down this route (of recognition at this week’s presently clamoring to unsustainable spending), we meeting. The three requests obtain a slice of this year’s are going to allot way more collective Senate budget of money that we have again,” were from the Order of the Bullet, Fed Challenge Club, $91,505, 22% of which has Berkowitz said. With this in mind, and from the Economic already been allotted. Last year, Senate clubs will have to be very Research Club. All three was forced to withdrawal convincing as they propose requests were approved. A concern was $23,000 from its rollover their budgets. The next account, which is essentially Student Senate meeting raised at the meeting that a safety net, something on October 16, 2017, will tables in the College Union it hopes to avoid doing certainly be interesting as Building are no longer an many clubs’ budgets will effective marketing tool for extensively this year. Senate Treasurer be up for approval. Budget clubs given reduced foot and Budget Management requests on the table for next traffic due to construction and closure of the back Committee Chairperson week include: S a r a h B e r k o w i t z - Latin American Student entrance. The Student Senate emphasized that while the Association - $2,140.13 will reconvene on October senate wants to supply - Model UN - $4,740.34 each club with its desired - 26th Pennsylvania College 16, 2017.
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support all of our students while remaining compliant with the law.” Gettysburg’s Process According to the Student Handbook, the college conducts a “factfinding investigation” in response to all reports of sexual misconduct, and, if the victim desires to become a reporting party, an adjudication process can ensue upon completion of the investigation. If an initial investigation determines there is sufficient information to proceed, the case can either continue to an informal resolution process when specific criteria are met or to the formal resolution process. In the formal adjudication process, the Dean of Students, who may choose to designate a hearing panel, reviews reports from a conduct administrator
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grant through the Hanson Foundation allowed the College to bring Bryant Terry to campus without paying for his travel or speaking fees. Her absence leaves a void. More important to the condition of the “Year of Health,” however, is the lack of support from faculty and students alike. The success of the “Year of Food” was built on the work of a small group of people led by Hartzell, but she intended for the program to become a more “all encompassing, organic process.” She envisioned student groups and clubs, as well as faculty members, taking initiative to contribute to the Gettysburg Cycle program. Last April, she told The Gettysburgian, “Students often say they want other things at this college. So why don’t they be a part of building it?” This lack of
broad campus support has reduced the profile of the Gettysburg Cycle Program such that speakers who were scheduled to come to campus as part of the lecture series have had their events cancelled. Hartzell commented that starting new programs can be difficult and that the program was meant to evolve in response to the desires of the campus community. Jack Lashendock, student intern for the Gettysburg Cycle, suggested that the campus may not have seen the last of the cycle, but it will need broader support for a potential revival. “The idea remains shelved for the time being,” he said. “Our hope is to get more support from the administration and be able to host more events that will engage students … I look forward to the potential of next year.” Hartzell agreed. “Although it has a
lower profile than did last year’s ‘Year of Food,’ there are a number of courses and activities tied to this year’s ‘Year of Health’ theme,” she said. “It would be wonderful if there were groups and individuals on campus interested in taking a lead on this year’s theme (as well as other years’ themes), helping to involve the campus and community in learning and action around issues of global, national, and local importance.” Next year was slated to be the “Year of Conflict,” a fitting topic for Gettysburg locally and an ever present topic globally. It is unclear if there will be sufficient support on campus to revive the program, and the ambivalence that seems to extend to students and faculty may portend the Gettysburg Cycle’s quiet end. For now, it is clear the “Year of Health” could use a shot of adrenaline.
DPS Crime Log
September 18, 2017 • Sexual Assault: Rape occurred in on-campus residential facility (December 2016 incident reported by campus security authority); Closed: referred to Title IX Officer • Assault: Non-aggravated (harassment) occurred in oncampus residential facility; Closed: referred to Office of Student Rights & Responsibilities (SRR) • Drug Abuse Violations: Sale or Manufacturing of Marijuana, Possession of Marijuana, Possession of Paraphernalia at 223 Carlisle St; Closed: Referred to GPD and SRR • Liquor Laws: Underage Possession at Constitution Apartments; Closed: Referred to SRR September 19-20, 2017 • No crime to report September 21, 2017 • Drug Abuse Violation: Possession of marijuana and Possession of drug paraphernalia at Colonial Hall; Closed: Referred to SRR • Other assaults: Non-aggravated harassment at West Building; crime occurred on September 18, 2017; Closed: Referred to SRR • Drug Abuse Violations: Sale or manufacturing of Dangerous nonnarcotic at Patrick Hall; crime occurred on August 16, 2017; Closed: Referred to SRR September 22, 2017 • Drug Abuse Violations: Possession of marijuana and
Compiled by Brianna Bruccoleri, Staff Writer Dangerous nonnarcotics at Baughman Hall; Closed: Referred to GPD and SRR September 23, 2017 • Other Assaults: Non-aggravated Stalking and Harassment on campus; crime occurred on August 19, 2017; Closed: Referred to Title IX Officer • Liquor Laws: Underage consumption and Possession on West Stevens Street; Closed: GPD cited Grace Pellegrino ‘21 and Nicole Smizaski ‘21 • Liquor Laws: Underage consumption at Patrick Hall Closed: Referred to SRR September 24, 2017 • Liquor Laws: Underage consumption at Campus Exterior: West of McKnight Hall; Closed: Referred to SRR • Disorderly Conduct: Urinating in public at Paxton Hall (outside); Closed: No identifiable suspect September 25, 2017 • No crime to report September 26, 2017 • Aggravated Assault & Strangulation: Dating violence at On-Campus Residential Facility; Closed: Referred to Title IX Officer September 27, 2017 • Larceny: Theft of bicycles at Lau House; crime occurred on September 26, 2017; Closed: Referred to GPD September 28, 2017 • Other Assaults: Non-aggravated harassment and Stalking
(by electronic communications) at Haaland Hall; Closed: Referred to SRR • Drug Abuse Violations: Possession of marijuana/ All Other Offense: Possession of drug paraphernalia at Phi Gamma Delta; Closed: Referred to SRR September 29, 2017 • All Other Offenses: Harassment at Lamp Post; crime occurred on 15 June 2017; Closed: Referred to SRR September 30, 2017 • Liquor Laws: Underage consumption at Patrick Hall Closed: Referred to SRR October 1, 2017 • No crime to report October 2, 2017 • Theft of Bicycle at 155 N. Washington St.; Closed: Referred to GPD (Bicycle Recovered) Note On September 26, Gettysburg College Director of Public Safety Bill Lafferty released the 2017-2018 Annual Security and Fire Safety Report, which is prepared in accordance with The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act), as amended and The Pennsylvania Uniform Crime Reporting Act, as amended. Copies of the report are available online and at the DPS office on 51 W. Stevens Street. The Gettysburgian will provide coverage in a subsequent edition.
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A screenshot of the college’s “About” page as it appeared on October 3; the background color changed from orange to blue last week (Photo via gettysburg.edu)
Kate Michelman speaks to the Gettysburg College Democrats B y B enjamin P ontz on September 20, 2017 (Photo courtesy of Gettysburg College Democrats) M anaging N ews E ditor B y M ary F rasier the only two options of a screenings, could be cut It’s out with the back-alley termination or a significantly under current C ontributing W riter orange and in with the blue budget proposals. “Make your voices hospital abortion. on Gettysburg College’s After being told Other negative heard,” Kate Michelman official website, gettysburg. t o l d h e r a u d i e n c e a t her pregnancy would be aspects from the healthcare edu. the Gettysburg College terminated by an “expert” bill, in her view, include The orange D e m o c r a t s m e e t i n g o n but not necessarily a doctor the non-existence of nothat was previously the if she chose the former cost birth control and that September 20. background color has been Over 50 people option, she decided to go insurance providers that replaced with a deep blue are no longer required to w e r e i n a t t e n d a n c e t o through a hospital. after the college acted “I can’t describe include maternity care. hear the former president o n a r e c o m m e n d a tion of NARAL Pro Choice adequately the humiliation,” M i c h e l m a n f r o m a s u b c o m m i ttee A m e r i c a ( 1 9 8 5 - 2 0 0 4 ) she recalled, obviously in suggests that if access to formed to identify issues pain from recollecting the birth control is limited, speak. the need for abortions will of compliance with the O t h e r n o t a b l e experience. Americans with Disabilities T h e h o s p i t a l ’ s skyrocket. moments in her career T h i s l e d h e r t o Act (ADA) standards for include testifying against doctor panel would make web accessibility. That C l a r e n c e T h o m a s a n d the decision if she would discuss President Trump’s subcommittee continues Samuel Alito during their be allowed to have an restoration and expansion of the Global Gag Rule, a to work on identifying Supreme Court Justice abortion. They asked her rule that does not permit changes that can be made nomination hearings, to address accessibility writing the book “With q u e s t i o n s d u r i n g t w o any overseas organization concerns surrounding the Liberty and Justice for All: separate conferences that receiving U.S. funding for current website. A Life Spent Protecting she said made her feel contraceptive services to However, these are the Right to Choose,” and uncomfortable and judged. perform abortions, even simply interim measures being labeled as the “face After being approved to if they are legal in the as the college website of reproductive rights” by receive an abortion, she still country. undergoes a broad redesign had to obtain her husband’s The Obama The Washington Post. with a new site targeted for administration eliminated M i c h e l m a n permission. a January 1, 2019 release. A f t e r t h i s l o w the rule altogether, but predominantly discussed point in her life, Michelman President Trump reinstated One requirement of the the outlook for reproductive new website will be full rights of women in the era decided to spend the rest of it on his second day in compliance with ADA web of President Donald Trump her life devoted to political office. More t h a n standards. and how women — and activism, especially in the The current website men — can fight back. areas of civil and women’s a n y t h i n g , M i c h e l m a n was last comprehensively hoped that young adults at She began the evening by rights. redesigned in 2006, while For almost twenty the college would become recalling her past, about the homepage was refreshed her first husband leaving years, she was the president more involved politically her after only a few short of NARAL Pro-Choice and make the necessary America, an organization changes our country needs. years of marriage. “There is nothing Michelman went that fights to protect a woman’s right to accessible m o r e i mportant,”she from being a homemaker abortion care, birth control, preached, “[than being] to a single mother of three and paid parental leave, informed and active and young girls on welfare and B y M iranda F eeley along with fighting against saving our democracy.” food stamps. A month later S taff W riter she discovered that she was any kind of pregnancy discrimination. E d i t o r ’ s N o t e : The September pregnant. Over forty years The author is a member 2 5 S t u dent Senate She decided the later, Michelman continues of College Democrats. As m e e t i n g was called to most responsible action was t o e n g a g e i n p o l i t i c a l per our editorial policy, order with President Luke to terminate the pregnancy activism to support her multiple members of the Frigon reiterating that all because she was already causes. She discussed the editorial board reviewed senators must serve on a struggling to support newest proposed healthcare this article prior to its Senate Committee. It was three children and herself. legislation and how the p u b l i c a t i o n t o e n s u r e also emphasized that any Abortion was illegal at b u d g e t f o r w o m e n ’ s appropriate journalistic student on campus can the time, leaving her with healthcare, such as cervical tenor. (BP) serve on a committee as either a member or a chair. The Sustainability Committee still needs a chair. Several new Committee Chairs were B y M iranda F eeley and encouraging more speakers contributed to all the a n n o u n c e d . S u l e m i sections, providing personal S u a r e z a n d C a n d i c e diversity on campus. S taff W riter anecdotes that showed how M o n t e n e g r o w i l l c o R u k h s a n a The newly-formed they observed the pillars in c h a i r t h e D i v e r s i t y Rahman and Athar Rafik Muslim Student Association’s their daily lives. Committee, Anna Burns are a married couple from series of talks by Rukhsana Both spoke about w i l l c h a i r t h e P u b l i c the area, both of whom are Rahman and Athar Rafik their son’s firing from his R e l a t i o n s C o m m i t t e e entitled “My Neighbor is immigrants. Rahman works dream job at Amazon, and a n d K a t e H e l m s t e t t e r as a Radiologist at Gettysburg Muslim” began September 20 how they gave thanks to Allah a n d A l e x X i e w i l l c o Hospital, and Rafik teaches in CUB 260 at 5:30 pm. for this because they believe chair the Campus Life Cybersecurity at Mount Niamate Leeper, he ordains everything and A d v i s o r y C o m m i t t e e . Saint Mary’s University in the faculty advisor for the thus their son’s job loss meant A n y o n e i n t e r e s t e d Emmitsburg, Maryland. The Association, spoke first and there was something else he i n s e r v i n g o n t h e s e subject of this talk, the first asserted that the club has was meant to do. committees can contact of three, was “The Pillars of “A responsibility to open a After their talk, there the chairs directly. Other Islam.” much-needed dialogue about They covered the was a short Q&A session c o m m i t t e e s i n c l u d e Islam in our community.” She pillars alternately, with Rafik for the audience, which A c a d e m i c A f f a i r s introduced Kristin Largen, included members of the c h a i r e d b y A l e x a n d e r speaking about worshipping who thanked both Leeper and surrounding community as E n g l e s m a n , B u d g e t God, or Allah, giving charity, Maihan Wali ‘18, the current well as Gettysburg students. Management chaired and the optional pillar of president of the Muslim The next talk will b y S a r a h B e r k o w i t z , making the Hajj. Student Association. Rahman spoke about be on October 18 in CUB Career Liaison chaired Wali and Khadijah saying the five daily prayers 260 from 5:30 to 7:00 pm, on b y K a t h e r i n e C r a m e r , Barry ‘21 both spoke about and fasting during Ramadan. the topic of “Contemporary Information Technology welcoming minority students H o w e v e r , b o t h Challenges Facing Muslims.” c h a i r e d b y A u g u s t
in 2013. A sixteen-member committee that includes one student was formed to drive the web redesign process, and that group has received seven proposals. Three firms will visit campus to make presentations. Jamie Yates, Director of Communications & Media Relations, said the college cannot yet release a specific figure for the cost of the project since it has not selected a vendor, but she said in an email, “We’ve done peer research to get a sense of what their redesigns have cost and we expect our redesign to be in line with their estimates.” As part of the process for developing a new website, the college has retained Dartlet, a reputation and research strategist, to conduct sessions on campus aimed at strengthening the college’s reputation and clarifying a brand to be reflected in college communications and marketing. Yates emphasized that the Dartlet project is not confined to the website redesign and will affect all campus communications.
“The results of their findings will ultimately help to strengthen the College’s reputation and position in the higher education marketplace,” she said. D a r t l e t conducted brainstorming sessions on campus the last week of September that Yates described as “well-attended” and “thought-provoking.” An advertisement for the workshops that appeared on the daily email digest said that the workshops would “unpack the College’s traits, faults, and truths” to “help the College define ‘who we are’ as an institution.” In the coming weeks, Dartlet will analyze input from the focus groups, run studentonly workshops, audit the college’s competitors, and conduct a market perception study. Ultimately, they will return to campus in November to present their findings in a meeting open to the campus community. From there, the college will retain a web contractor that will complete the ultimate construction of the new site.
Umholtz, Student Safety and Regulations chaired by Callie Fucarino and Senate Opinions chaired by Michael Mancuso. Budgets were approved for the Jazz Appreciation Society, Biosphere, Quiz Bowl and Disciplemakers Christian Fellowship via the new system which requires club representatives and Senators to look over prepared budgets given preliminary approval. It was stressed that $23,000 was spent from the rollover account last year. While this does not count as going “over budget” because the rollover account does still contain $36,000, the Senate cannot afford to depend on that budget again this year to fund club events. Frigon then presented a short PowerPoint on national and international organizations that have contacted the Executive Board about becoming members of said organizations. Netwoko is a Canadian organization that seeks to establish networking between student-led groups and has five other members
in the United States. The American Student Government Association is a professional association that supports collegelevel student governments with research, free consultations and conventions that provide networking opportunities. Caitlin Lindsay, the assistant director of Greek Life and Office of Student Activities, provided insight on ASGA from her time at University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point Campus. She cited the benefits of the group, explaining that “The problems that Gettysburg faces are faced by other colleges, too, and there’s no reason to reinvent the wheel.” T h e f i n a l organization was the National Association of Campus Activities, which was described as a Campus Activities Board on a national level, providing programming and event help as well as its own conferences. No hard data on the cost of joining these organizations was presented; this was an introduction to the idea.
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If you have ever wondered how exactly fat loss works, look no further fatty acids can sit around in the bloodstream and cause problems or be recycled back into the fat cell).
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B y A ri S naevarsson F eatures E ditor Welcome to Part One of my two-part series dissecting the physiology of fat loss. Enjoy! The Adipocyte There are primarily two types of adipose tissue in the body: white adipose tissue (WAT) and brown adipose tissue (BAT). The main purpose of WAT is storage; most fats in the body are stored in this tissue. The main purpose of BAT is thermogenesis, or heat production. BAT purposefully uncouples the production of ATP, the body’s energy
currency, from fat oxidation, making the process less efficient, s o as to pr odu ce mor e heat. This means it burns more fat than the energy supply needs, so theoretically it would be advantageous for weight loss. While the conventional knowledge is that it exists in insignificant amounts in adult humans, some newer studies have shown it is metabolically active even in older adults. This is an excitingly revitalized field of research in nutrition science. The WAT just under the skin is called
subcutaneous fat, while that surrounding the vital organs of the abdomen is called abdominal, or visceral, fat. Most of the fat stored in fat cells (adipocytes) is in the form of triacylglycerol, otherwise known as triglyceride. Triglycerides are made up of three fatty acids attached to a glycerol backbone. When fats are mobilized to begin the process of fat loss, the fatty acids are stripped from the glycerol and subsequently sent into circulation, ideally to go find tissue where they can be oxidized, or burned (alternatively, the
Fat loss and storage As I have alluded to, the fat cell can either take up or release fat, depending on its energy state. After eating, the energy supply is high, and insulin inhibits fat release. After fasting, hormones like epinephrine, growth hormone, and glucagon increase, causing lipases to stimulate lipolysis (fat mobilization; the fatty acids are torn from the glycerol). The fatty acids, along with the glycerol backbone, are released into the blood. Here we run into a problem: blood is aqueous while fats are hydrophobic. So, we require a carrier protein, known as albumin, for t r ans po r t . S o , al b um i n carries fatty acids from the circulation out to the blood vessels in skeletal muscle, where the fatty acids are detached from albumin. Now, to get into the muscle, they must cross the cell lining that makes up the capillary,
the endothelium, and then the muscle cell membrane, the sarcolemma. This is facilitated with the help of the membrane proteins fatty acid translocase/ cluster of differentiation 36 (FAT/CD36) and fatty acid binding proteins (FABPs). Exploring the two fates Now a coenzyme-A (CoA) attaches to the fat to transport it further into the muscle for one of two fates. The first is beta-oxidation, to produce energy (the fate during exercise and times of energy deficit). For this, the fatty acid must be transported into the cell’s mitochondria, generally by way of the carnitine shuttle system. This system uses two enzymes (carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1 and 2 [CPT1 and CPT2]) and carnitine to accomplish this. The beta-oxidation reaction cuts carbons off the fatty acid chain. This reaction repeats until the fatty acid has been completely reduced to acetyl-CoA. In the case of odd chain fatty acids, it is acetyl-
CoA and one propionylCoA. The other fate, common in times of being fed, is storage. The fatty acids are repackaged into triglycerides and stored in cellular organelles known as lipid droplets. Adipose tissue is not the only storage site. Skeletal muscle can hold some fat (known as intramuscular triglycerides [IMTGs], which only make up one to two percent of fat stores), and so can some other organs, such as the liver. Fat in the liver, however, is called ectopic because it is not supposed to be there; this is what leads to the dangerous condition aptly named “fatty liver.” Hopefully this little crash course on the physiology of fat loss was as fun to read and conceptualize as it was for me to write. Go to the next page for Part Two, where we look at some of the regulation that goes on in this story.
Exhibit at the Majestic Humans of Gettysburg Theater captures soldier’s Madison Caldwell ‘18, Health Sciences view of Italy during WWII Major, Biology and Chemistry Minor M usselman L ibrary A new exhibit at Gettysburg’s Majestic Theater, World War II Photographs of Italy from the Albert Chance Collection, features 18 black and white photographs taken by Albert Chance, a U.S. Army soldier and talented amateur photographer during his time in Europe from February 1944 to July 1945. These are just a sampling from the more than 400 prints given to Gettysburg College by
his family. Chance shot 51 rolls of film from during his time in both North Africa and Italy. According to his grand-niece Barbara Chance Hall, his work “presents a picture of the European theater from the perspective of a common soldier. The photos depict Sherman tanks, camp life and bomb devastation. Village children at the water tap and tourist sites such as the Leaning Tower of Pisa are captured with his photographer’s
eye for interest and composition.” The collection, which is housed in Special Collections & College Archives, can also be seen online at: http:// www.gettysburg.edu/ library/gettdigital/. It also includes personal documents, correspondence and other items from Chance’s WWII experiences. This free exhibit will be up in the Majestic lobby area through the end of November.
Wind Symphony and Symphony Orchestra present music old and new B y A lex P earson S taff W riter The Wind Symphony and Orchestra held a concert September 30 featuring both new and old music. The concert started off with “My Heart’s in the Highlands,” a piece that surrounded the audience with musicians and vocalists. The piece had beautiful harmonies and left behind a lingering melancholic yearning. It was followed by “Serenade for Flute, Harp, and Strings, Op. 35.” Rose Martus, who won the Sunderman Conservatory’s 2017 Concerto Competition, told a compelling story on flute and all of the performers
played with dynamics and passion. “The Overture from William Tell” was brought to life by the performers and Professor Kaziboni. It began with rich, lingering notes and then it was off to the races. The piece had a baseball game type quality and fervor to it. The piece received a standing ovation followed by an encore, much to the audience’s delight. After intermission, the Wind Symphony performed “On This Bright Morning” to celebrate the life of David Maslanka, who died unexpectedly earlier this year and was an influential voice in wind band composition. It had a very powerful and
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unearthly quality to it. This was followed by “This is Most Certainly True” in honor of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. The Wind Symphony and Dr. McCutcheon swept the audience away with the strength, energy and ethereal quality of the piece. The concert was ended in great celebration with Handel’s “Music for the Royal Fireworks.” This composition featured powerful dynamics and great enthusiasm, trying to bring the vision of fireworks to the audience’s mind. The next concert for the Wind Symphony is November 17, and the next concert for the Symphony Orchestra is December 1.
One of the best experiences I have had during my time at Gettysburg College was, ironically, not at Gettysburg. During the summer of my sophomore year, I was accepted to participate in an externship provided by Gettysburg. Thanks to alum Dr. Gregory Lewbart, for one week I was able to travel to North
Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine to shadow and participate in veterinary procedures. I spent half of my time with the “Turtle Rescue Team” providing hands-on medical treatments to injured box, water, and snapping turtles and the other half of my time shadowing Dr. Lewbart and other exotic
animal veterinarians. I had the opportunity to witness once-in-a-lifetime events including an endoscopic hook removal surgery from a loggerhead sea turtle. This was by far one of the best and most influential experiences of my life and has pushed me to continue pursuing my dream of veterinary medicine.
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Now let us discuss how the body regulates fat loss. We are going to look at seven important hormones involved in this regulation: insulin, glucagon, epinephrine, growth hormone, cortisol, thyroid, and leptin. This will be a super brief crash course just to make sense of this holistically. Insulin In brief, insulin rises postprandially (after a meal) and functions to put us into storage mode. The pancreas is alerted to the presence of incoming nutrients and secretes insulin, which stores glucose and fats in skeletal muscle and adipose tissue (how it affects glucose uptake is vastly different than fat uptake, however). By inhibiting hormone-
sensitive lipase (HSL), it also shuts off fat oxidation since it is no longer necessary to keep burning fat for energy when we have a fresh new supply of energy coming in. Glucagon Glucagon, also secreted by the pancreas, works completely counter to insulin. When we have gone some time without food, the pancreas secretes glucagon, which works to raise blood glucose levels. It does this by stimulating the breakdown of liver glycogen into glucose that can then be released into the blood; it also ramps up gluconeogenesis, the process of creating glucose using various gluconeogenic precursors, such as lactate. Epinephrine (adrenaline) Epinephrine, also known as adrenaline, is another hormone that works to
raise blood glucose when fasted. This kicks in after glucagon has already started its work, so this requires longer periods without food to activate. Secreted from the adrenal glands, this systemically stimulates the “fight or flight” response, so our body now reacts as if a major stress is placed upon it (and our ancient brains are still unaware of the fact that eight hours without eating is harmless when you can always pick up a banana from Servo). Epinephrine, and its neurotransmitter counterpart norepinephrine, also increase glycogen breakdown and gluconeogenesis, but, again, this is now happening systemically, so muscle glycogen is taking one for the team here, too. Cortisol Functioning similarly to epinephrine, this hormone
works by increasing liver gluconeogenesis (meaning muscle proteins are used as substrate, which is not ideal) and conserving the amount of glucose used by the muscles and other organs. This should make intuitive sense, as we cannot afford, in times of food deprivation, to burn up what little glucose reserves we have left - these are now the sole property of the greedy brain and some other tissues. Growth hormone (GH) Effectively the last line of defense, growth hormone works not only by conserving glucose use by the muscles and increasing glucose output by the liver but also by…hold your applause…mobilizing and burning fats. Thyroid Leaving behind discussion of the fasting
versus feasting cascade, we arrive at the allimportant thyroid hormone. As all of these regulators are interconnected in one way or another, conversion of inactive T4 to active T3 is ramped up by the catecholamines (think epinephrine and norepinephrine here). Active T3 works both through the mitochondria and long-term gene expression to alter basal metabolic rate, the energy required to sustain vital, involuntary bodily processes. In this way, putting yourself on a longterm very low calorie deficit (VLCD) worries the brain; through T3, it will work to suppress your metabolism to match your intake. This would be akin to a car that is running low on gas making its engine more efficient so as to conserve gas.
Leptin Leptin rises when food intake is higher, so it feeds back to the brain and signals that we are satiated and our metabolism can live to see another day. Essentially, it suppresses hunger and raises metabolic rate. This happens both acutely (right after a big meal) and chronically (which is one reason obese individuals without leptin deficiencies - have much higher leptin counts than lower weight individuals).
We have now explored both the basic physiology and the hormonal regulation of fat loss. Consider yourself somewhat of an expert now and feel free to tell your parents over Reading Days all about the processes an effective weight loss plan must work with.
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Talk nerdy to me: senior science major panel B y A phra M urray MS&T E ditor On Wednesday the 27th of September, Biosphere and Skeptical Chymsists co-sponsored a panel for senior science majors. The purpose of the panel was to give other students a chance to listen to the research experiences and overall college experience of soon to be graduates in the science department. The panel was composed of seniors Jenny Giannini, Julia Palmucci, Rich Gawel and Jenna DeCurzio. There was a good turnout and following presentation on their research, students were given the opportunity to ask any questions that they had. Rich Gawel, a senior Biochemistry and Molecular Biology major, gave a presentation about his interdisciplinary research with Professor Thompson (Chemistry) and Professor Fong (Biology). His work looked at the interaction of gold nanoparticles with aquatic organisms, such as small frogs and snails. Specifically it focuses on aquatic toxicology and some of the
potential environmental implications of gold nanoparticles. The question that was asked of the panel most frequently was “how does one get involved in research?”, that was answered by each of the panelists. Jenny Giannini, who now works with Dr. Powell in the Biology department, began her work in the lab setting by doing prep work for the lab. After showing interest and become actively involved for over a year, Giannini then began her work doing research in that lab. Jenna DeCurzio took a computational phage class in the spring of her freshman year. DeCurzio said that she enjoyed it so much that she approached the professor and asked about staying on and completing projects specifically in computational biology. Palmucci, on the other hand, did not know what her focus wanted to be in and so chose to do research projects in a number of different labs before applications to graduate school. Another area
By Jenna DeCurzio Contributing Writer Bacteriophages (phages), the viruses that infect bacteria, are excellent models for evolutionary experiments due to their quick generation times. I have spent the past two years at Gettysburg studying phages in various ways in Dr. Delesalle’s lab. This all began after I took a bioinformatics phage class in the spring of my first year. I then asked if this was a project I could continue working on, and was excited when Dr. Delesalle said yes! A lot of my research focuses on comparative genomics and bioinformatics - the computer work that typically comes after any work done on the bench. My current project is analyzing the genomic differences between a
Pseudomonas phage that was evolved alongside a non-changing host versus a co-evolving host. This evolutionary experiment res ulted in thirty phages that potentially evolved from the original phage. I will be looking for any changes in the genome, which I will then analyze to see its potential effects on the structure of the protein and therefore its function. It is a collaborative project with UC Berkeley. I am also working on isolating bacteriophage that infect Micromonospora species. Micromonospora is a root-nodule forming bacteria who has few phages that have been isolated on it. The phages will then be used for further studies involving legumes. My summer focused on comparing the genomes of 19 Pseudo-
topic of interest for the panel was discussions around what brought each of the students to the science department. Answers varied for each of the panelists, with Giannini saying that she had initial plans to go on to medical school and now looks to pursue immunology programs. Palmucci, on the other hand, entered Gettysburg College as a history major and is now looking to pursue a degree that spans organismal and cell biology through a focus on infectious disease. Professors who also attended the panel gave advice to new science majors, saying that students should be proactive in going to organized departmental talks and asking ques tions in and out of the classroom. Furthermore, students were encouraged to talk to their professors about research opportunities as early as possible, as professor’s are more than happy to have students join a lab if genuine interest and enthusiasm are shown.
Senior Research Spotlight: Jenna DeCurzio monas phages with small genomes of less than 50k basepairs. One of the phages I analyzed was the phage being used in the evolutionary experiment. I was given the opportunity to present my research at the Evolution Meeting in Portland, OR this summer. It was a great experience to present my research and speak to individuals that could provide feedback and suggestions as to where to look next for my research. I was able to receive input and feedback with what types of phylogenetic trees I should try for further analysis and suggestions as to why some genetic differences were observed if I was unsure of the cause. It has also given me useful research experience as I begin the process of applying to graduate programs.
DeCurzio presenting her research in the spring of 2017. Photgraph courtesy of DeCurzio
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Cassini spacecraft melts orbiting Saturn
By Emma Gruner Staff Writer At 4:55 AM PDT on September 15, hundreds of scientists stood by as their precious, years-long project literally fell to pieces. Tragic as it may sound, the scientists were prepared – they knew this day was coming. Instead of weeping for what was lost, the researchers treasured the knowledge that had been gained, and, like true scientists, they moved on to the next big thing. This “lost project” was none other than NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, which had been orbiting and collecting data on Saturn for the past thirteen years. Its mission had been long and fruitful, but its fuel was dwindling; in order to avoid contaminating the planet’s moons, the scientists manning Cassini sent the spacecraft straight into Saturn’s atmosphere. Traveling at about 113,000 kilometers per hour at about 10 degrees north of the planet equator, Cassini met its end, melting into the elemental abyss. The Cassini project was remarkable not only for its duration, but also for the breadth of the scientific community that it spanned. While the mission control for Cassini was located at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, the research team included an impressive roster of both American and European specialists. Johns Hopkins University, University of Colorado Boulder, Imperial College London, Sapienza University of Rome, and many other institutions were represented on the Cassini team. With so many minds working on the project, it’s only natural that it would yield a
staggering wealth of data – now that the mission has completed, it’s time to get down to the “dirty work” of analyzing it. The research team went into the project with a few clear objectives in mind – one was to determine the age of Saturn’s rings, which had been estimated at anywhere between 100 million to one billion years old. During its last 22 orbits, Cassini had been collecting regular data on the rings’ chemical composition and gravitational attraction, both of which play into age calculations. While the team is not yet prepared to give a definitive answer on this matter, they will say that, un like some had previously thought, the rings probably did not form along with the rest of the planet. Another primary area of study was Sat urn’s magnetic properties, which yielded some interesting results. They found that Saturn’s axis of rotation and were almost perfectly aligned; according to previous models, there needed to be some offset in order to maintain a magnetic field. As Michele Dougherty of Imperial College London says, this finding ““suggests that we don’t really understand Saturn’s internal structure and how the planetary dynamo is generated yet.” The team also had hoped to determine the exact length of Saturn’s day by measuring radio bursts – a method that had proved successful when studying Jupiter. Yet they found these bursts to be too irregular, meaning their best guess at the planet’s day length is anywhere between 10.6 and 10.8 hours. The most groundbreaking outcome of Cassini by far, though, is the data collected on two of
its 62 moons – Titus and Enceladus. Thanks to the spacecraft’s efforts, these two moons have become prime candidates in the search for life. On Enceladus, more than 100 plumes of hydrogen-rich liquid water were found erupting from surface cracks. This teases the presence of hydrothermal vents below the moon’s surface, similar to those present on Earth. Titus, on the other hand, boasts vast landscapes of rivers and lakes filled with liquid methane – the only recorded instance of surface liquid found on any non-Earth celestial body. The Cassini team still has one more year of funding left, during which they plan to analyze the monumental collection of data. Early indications show that the findings from this mission could alter our entire understanding of extraterrestrial science. As Dennis Matson of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory says, ““Before we got to Saturn, I didn’t expect it—I thought it’d be like Galileo at Jupiter. I didn’t expect it to be a paradigm reset of everything.” While there are currently no U.S. plans in place to return to Saturn, some proposals have already been submitted to NASA for review. There is, however, a Jupiterbound Europa Clipper mission launching soon, for which orbital innovations from Cassini will be used to help avoid harmful radiation. There are also planned missions to Jupiter’s moons, to Uranus and Neptune, and back to Saturn’s moons to search for life – missions which many Cassini personnel will be taking part in. While it’s absence is sorely missed, Cas sini the spacecraft will certainly not have died in vain!
Saturn’s rings. Photo courtesy of NASA/JPL Caltech/Space Science Institute
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B y J ackie M c M ahon Staff Writer Grey’s Anatomy is back in more ways than one after its twopart season premiere on September 28th. After a disastrous thirteenth season, the show recaptured some of its signature spirit with two new episodes, entitled “Break Down the House” and “Get Off on the Pain”. What made Grey’s Anatomy such an amazing show for its first ten or so seasons was how it depicted serious drama alongside relatable characters, authentic friendships and occasional humor. Season thirteen was all over the place in terms of storylines and many of the characters behaved in ways that contradicted their personalities. If the premiere was any indication, this is something that will be remedied in season fourteen, thanks to the return of veteran Grey’s writer Krista Vernoff. The premiere addressed many of the loose ends that needed to be tied up from the previous season. Abigail Spencer made her debut as Megan Hunt, the sister of Owen who was previously presumed deceased after being held captive in Iraq. Though Owen was overjoyed at her return, it caused trouble for Meredith and Nathan’s burgeoning relationship, as Nathan still harbors feelings for his former fiancée. Owen’s old wartime friend Teddy also made a reappearance and a conflicted Owen kissed her, cheating on estranged wife Amelia
and calling the future of their already fractured marriage into question. Another sister also came to Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital – Andrew DeLuca’s sister Carina, who Arizona hooked up with after meeting her at the bar, unaware that Carina was related to her roommate. The DeLucas bickering in Italian was funny and lighthearted, emphasized by Arizona’s confused expression throughout the entire exchange. Speaking of Andrew, the resident’s unrequited feelings for Jo were finally addressed, with Jo telling DeLuca that she still was still in love with ex-boyfriend Alex. Hopefully DeLuca will finally get the hint and go back to being just friends with Jo, because their platonic relationship was delightful until the writers decided to ruin it with a one-sided crush. The Jo-Alex storyline was a major plot point that was ignored in season thirteen, so it was refreshing to see their relationship take center stage in the premiere. In an effort to get over her ex, Jo slept with a geeky intern, only to regret it as she snuck out of his mother’s basement the next morning. This funny anecdote was reminiscent of Meredith’s ill-fated season two hookup with George back in the show’s glory days. Jo confessed to Ben that Alex’s punching of DeLuca – which occurred way back in the season twelve finale – triggered painful memories of her past abuse at the hands of her husband. Ben gave Jo an empowering pep
talk in which he assured her that the domestic violence she endured wasn’t her fault, and that Alex only beat up DeLuca due to the mistaken belief that Jo was in danger. At the episode’s end, Alex reaffirmed his love for Jo and told her that he would never hurt her (having experienced abuse himself from his late father), and the couple reconciled with a steamy kiss. Now that “Jolex” are happy again, it seems inevitable that Jo’s husband will show up sooner or later to wreak havoc on their lives –Because that’s just the way it works in Grey’s Anatomy, isn’t it? The premiere also introduced another serious and potentially deadly new storyline – while participating in Carina’s research study, Amelia discovered that she has a brain tumor, which has been secretly altering her personality for years. Vernoff clarified in an interview that she introduced the storyline to explain away Amelia’s notoriously erratic behavior in season thirteen. Hopefully the shocking reveal will be able to mend her tenuous relationship with husband Owen, but news of his infidelity might be the nail in their marriage’s coffin. G r e y ’ s Anatomy’s premiere has already planted seeds for future storyline possibilities, so keep watching season fourteen to see what fates will befall our favorite surgeons. As the theme song says, nobody knows where he or she might end up.
B y C harles S ternberg C ontributing W riter Brothers of Destruction is the latest release from the Lemon Twigs, and it is the first new music they have released since their debut album, Do Hollywood came out in 2016. Brian and Michael D’Addario are only twenty and eighteen years old, but their music draws on a vast and eclectic range of musical influences and successfully synthesizes them together into something undoubtedly born from the past while still managing to sound thrilling and new. On Do Hollywood they showed off complex arrangements, fun songwriting, and the ability to write tunes that stick in your head. They take inspiration from the sounds of classic rock from the sixties and seventies and morph it into their own distinct brand of music. Since the success of Do Hollywood, everybody has been wondering where the Lemon Twigs will go with their sound next. Brothers of Destruction is not the next big evolution of the band; it is more like a stepping stone between the Do Hollywood era and whatever full release will come next. It was recorded at home by Brian and Michael D’Addario shortly after Do Hollywood was completed in 2015, and the songs were all written at the same time as their debut album. As a result, these songs come across like a continuation of the same sound, with a few exceptions. It makes sense that they would want to release the last songs of their
Do Hollywood era before moving on to less familiar material, but this release might be a let down for people who want to hear the band move on. On the other hand, Brothers of Destruction will excite fans who now have six more songs to hold them over until the band releases their sophomore album, presumably in 2018. The production here is serviceable but it’s lacking some of the subtle depth and dynamic contrasts that Jonathan Rado of the band Foxygen was able to bring to their best songs on Do Hollywood, which he produced for them. These criticisms may come across as harsh, but the Lemon Twigs have set the bar high for themselves. Despite its flaws, Brothers of Destruction is anything but a boring or lazy cash grab. On the contrary, this collection of songs is characterized by the group’s loving attention to detail and fine tuned ear for interesting instruments and expressive lyricism. The music does not break too much new ground, but the band is damn good at what they do and it is a pleasure to hear them in their craft. Brian and Michael write their songs independently of each other before they share and record them, therefore they trade lead vocals and drums on most songs. My favorite song from Brian D’Addario on this release is “Beautiful.” The song comments on the grandness of the natural world around us. While the scale of our short little lives in the endless span of universe may make us feel insignificant in the grand scheme things, the lyrics are
anything but depressed or defeated. Brian sings, “I am nothing / I’m no one / It’s wonderful”. If life is meaningless, then we are free to shape our own destinies and create meanings for ourselves. The instrumentation here is thin; gently plucked guitar serves to leave Brian’s voice exposed and make him sound vulnerable. As the song progresses, instruments are slowly added until it builds up to a full climax with bass, percussion, and trumpet. My favorite song from the EP is “Night Song” which was written by Michael D’Addario. This song is the biggest departure from the band’s usual sound, featuring some truly strange sound effects and a danceable beat. Lyrically, Michael’s sense of humor comes through distinctly here. Imagery of throwing things on the floor at the grocery store as well as a reference to the canadian interviewer and musician Nardwuar evoke a chuckle, but the song takes a really entertaining turn toward the end of the track. Sirens are heard and then the “party police” arrive and start ordering people to do the robot. The song finishes with a comical and exaggerated shootout; I guess somebody pulled an illegal dance move. Overall, with a runtime of only eighteen minutes, I recommend that you find time to give Brothers of Destruction a listen. The Lemon Twigs are an exciting new band, and we are only just starting to see what they are capable of. I only hope that they continue innovating and bring us somewhere less familiar on their next release.
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IT R I.D. REQUIRED (1:05) (4:05) 7:05 9:55
B y M ichelle G rosser Contributing Writer
What is your major? Bachelor of Music Education What is your instrument? Piano What has been the most important part of your conservatory experience? Getting to meet people, both students and professors, and getting to know their skill sets. Making friends and learning from other people, and seeing everyone grow into a musician has shaped my time here. How will your time here have influence on your career in music? I have learned,
that no matter where you are, if you commit yourself you can do anything you want with your career, and should always be welcoming of change
What are your plans for after graduation? I plan to move into my teaching career, hopefully teaching secondary choral or general music. Tell me about your recital. I will be playing repertoire by Debussey, Beethoven, Ravel, and Dr. John “Buzz” Jones (our retired theory professor and director of Jazz). I truly love all of the music that I am playing and I have learned a lot from my recital experience. The process of finding
out new things about my pieces has been enriching. There is always more to be done. And always something that surprises me. The research I have done on my repertoire has been very fruitful and adds a whole new component to my performance. What is your advice for future conservatory students? Take as many opportunities as are offered to you. Seek out those that aren’t. People are so open to your ideas, its just a matter of putting them out there. And come to see everyone’s recitals! Eddie’s senior recital is on November 19th at 2:00pm in Paul Recital Hall, Schmucker Hall. Please join us in supporting him!
WZBT: Gettysburg College’s Very Own Radio Station WZBT’s Top Weekly Adds and Albums “Artist” - “Disk” - “Label”
WZBT Radio 200 | ‘Top New Releases’ | CMJ 1408 1. Florist - “If Blue Could be Happiness” - Double Double Whammy 2. Pom Poms - “Turn You Out” - Make/INgrooves 3. Rostam - “Half-Light” - Nonesuch 4. Shout Out Louds - “Ease My Mind” - Merge 5. The Bronx - “V” - ATO WZBT Radio 200 | ‘Top 10 Requested Albums’ | CMJ 1408 1. Ariel Pink - “Dedicated to Bobby Jameson” - Mexican Summer 2. LCD Soundsystem - “American Dream” - DFA/Columbia 3. Alex Cameron - “Forced Witness” - Secretly Canadian 4. Caroline Says - “50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can’t Be Wrong” - Western Vinyl 5. Benjamin Gibbard - “Bandwagonesque” - Canvasback 6. Cymbals - “Light In Your Mind” - Tough Love 7. Filthy Friends - “Invitation” - Kill Rock Stars 8. Forrest Hill - “Rust” - Self-Released 9. Iron and Wine - “Beast Epic” - Sub Pop 10. The Yorks - “The Yorks [EP]” - Self-Released
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Note: The opinions published in this section are those of the individual writers and are in no way representative of the views of The Gettysburgian staff, The Gettysburgian or Gettysburg College.
The right to take a knee Are we free to speak By Jackie McMahon
Columnist The argument about whether it is appropriate for NFL players to kneel during the national anthem recently re-emerged due to condemnation from President Donald Trump. President Trump sent out several tweets on the subject using the hashtag #StandForOurAnthem, saying that kneeling during the national anthem is disrespectful to our country. He also implored the NFL to make it mandatory for players to stand during the national anthem. But is it really disrespectful to kneel during the national anthem? Throughout history, kneeling has been used as a sign of reverence, respect or submission. This is why in certain religions people get on their knees to pray, showing their obeisance to their god. For centuries subjects knelt before their king or queen to show their loyalty – this stems from the fact that kneeling is a vulnerable position, inhibiting one’s ability to flee, and therefore exhibits trust in the ruler. (Why do you think Daenerys Targaryen has spent seven seasons of Game of Thrones trying to get people to bend the knee to her? I mean, you don’t use your dragons to burn someone alive unless it’s pretty serious business…) And while it’s unknown exactly when people began getting down on one knee to propose, most can agree that the meaning behind it is to show humility and respect to the person with whom they want to spend the rest of their life. Colin Kaepernick, the player who started the now infamous #TakeAKnee movement, stated that the reason he chose to kneel instead of remaining seated was to show respect to our
nation’s veterans while simultaneously making his point. Contrary to Trump’s tweets, many veterans actually have come out in support of athletes’ right to take a knee. A photo of 97-yearold World War II vet John Middlemas kneeling in support went viral on Twitter with 165,395 retweets and 435,400 likes at the time of this article’s writing, and the hashtag #VeteransForKaepernick began trending as well. One tweet stated: “Stop claiming it’s disrespect to veterans to #TakeAKnee. I’ve served 20 yrs and counting. I fight FOR that right, not against.” But let’s just assume for one moment that kneeling during the anthem is disrespectful. The U.S. Flag Code does ask citizens to stand, after all. However, there are also many other clauses in the code that Americans break constantly. It specifies that the flag “should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery”, “should never be used for advertising purposes in any manner whatsoever”, and “should not be embroidered on such articles as cushions or handkerchiefs and the like, or otherwise impressed on paper napkins or anything that is designed for temporary use and discard”. Basically, every single one of us has broken the Flag Code tenfold at every Fourth of July barbecue we’ve ever been to, running around in our American flag T-shirts and eating greasy hot dogs off of American flag paper plates. Where are Trump’s angry tweets about that? I guess he’s too busy selling American flag coolies and ‘Make America Great Again’ T-shirts on his official website to actually read the Flag Code… Though President
Trump denies that his criticism has anything to do with race, it’s nearly impossible to leave out such a crucial factor in the discussion, especially when the aforementioned leader of the free world is on record saying that white supremacists include “some very fine people”. The purpose of the protest is to bring attention to the disproportionate amount of police violence against non-white citizens (African-Americans in particular). How can you possibly separate race from these issues? The civil rights movement is also deeply tied to the concept of peaceful protests. On Saturday, September 23, the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change tweeted an image of King down on one knee in Selma, Alabama on February 1, 1965, leading a group of nonviolent civil rights protesters who were also on their knees. The image was accompanied by the caption: “Many are “more dedicated to order than to justice,” offended by kneeling during the Anthem & not by racism & modern-day lynching. #TakeAKnee” Yet, Clemson University coach Dabo Swinney has stated that he doesn’t think King would support Kaepernick. Jeez, has anyone around here opened a history book lately? You can still respect and love something while also acknowledging its flaws. America is a country that was built on the values of freedom, democracy and equality, yet we still haven’t achieved total equality for people of color. Anyone who believes in this country should support someone’s right to freely expresses their thoughts in a peaceful manner, because – at least in this writer’s opinion – that is the most American thing a person can do.
The death of 2016 By Brittany Russell Columnist I’m tired. Any anger and salt I had from before is worn out. I’m running on political fumes. I’m a political science major- I wake up in the morning, and I walk to class just like you. But the first thing I hear every morning after I sit down in class, before I’ve finished my coffee, is “what did Trump do today?” As I drink my pumpkin spice iced coffee, a tiny shred of hope I still managed to keep alive still dies. Mainly because I want to sit through one class and not hear the name Donald Trump and cynically remember that at the end of the day, the most he’ll get is a tweet from Paul Ryan that says that the thing he did is wrong, but won’t say his name- the Paul Ryan equivalent of a slap on the wrist. Unfortunately, I am fully aware that as a political science major, it’s what I do. But you know what I neve, ever want to hear an opinion about again? “2016 election.” It is September 21, 2017 when I write this. I have just read a long opinion piece in the Gettysburgian about the opinions editor’s brave gamble that he lost in by voting for Trump in 2016, using a long amount of reasoning that I honestly could not comprehend. I wrote a long piece in this very same document talking about how his argument
was nonsense and based on a moral high ground falsely constructed by pretending he was living under a rock and omitting facts. However, I hit backspace repeatedly to write this instead. I deemed the original too mean, because when I talk to Alex Romano in person, he seems like a pretty nice guy. There are plenty nice Republicans out there, but they don’t want to be nice and listen to us anymore because we liberals and far left people can’t hear the words “I voted for Trump” without wanting to bite the person’s head off. I don’t want to be mean anymore. I’ll complain my heart out and be bitter and petty about this and that, but to actively go out of my way and be mean like that? Nah. I also deemed it a rehash of the same points that keep getting made over and over again. That’s all we’re getting now. There’s no originality anymore. Hell, even Trump’s antics and the late night TV-jokes about it, once absolutely hilarious, become variations of the same negative views of Donald Trump about the same event. I’ve become so expectant of Trump to screw up royally that my default mood has become “disappointed, but not surprised.” On top of Trump’s shenanigans, Hillary Clinton’s reignited the 2016 talk with the release of her book. So did Bernie Sanders. Democrats are doing the same infighting
that was brought out in the primaries on a smaller scale, while Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi are failing to mitigate the damage Trump is doing. That’s all it is right now. 2016, 2016, 2016. If you want to preach unity, get that wretched number out of my face. The sight of it makes me want to crawl back into my bed, the one place where I’m not able to see what CNN notification is in store for me. Everyone’s angry at each other, but honestly, anger is exhausting. It can get you through a sprint, but after that sprint you need to rest. I’m resting, and I’m focusing instead on civil conversations to try and foster a more productive solution to the problems we’re facing. I’m looking to see if there’s some overlap in interest that maybe multiple issues can be solved at once. It’s not moderate, or centrism- it’s peaceful and diplomatic to reach a conclusion favorable to as many as possible. The problems are complex and harder to unravel than you think. Anyone who wants to yell at me about saying any of what I said in this article needs to go enroll in a political science class, drink that coffee, and hear what Donald Trump did today. Listen to the 2016 rehash. Think about how there are no consequences. Just like me. I never want to see an opinion piece in this newspaper about 2016 again.
on a college campus in today’s America? By Brian Casper Guest Columnist Everyone knows about anti-s peech pro tests and riots at schools like the University of California, Berkeley, or Middlebury College in Vermont. These are the instances that have been televised, but hundreds of schools across the nation have taken part in new initiatives to silence conservative view points on college campuses. To say hundreds of colleges may even be an understatement; this is because, understandably, the percentage of liberals filling college administration jobs and professorships has increased steadily since the mid-20th century. This trend is
ironic because true liberalism is the exact opposite of what we see today. Liberalism is supposed to fight for everyone’s right to say what they want. Liberal ideas are supposed to encourage dialogue among differing viewpoints. They are not supposed to force closet-conservatives to sink in their seats during a philosophy or political science class out of fear for their grades being lowered. Forums outside the classroom, where students may feel more comfortable speaking their minds, become battlefields as well. These battles of ideas end up with conservative students being labeled with every ism and phobia in
the dictionary, and either end conversations or isolate students from the rest of their peers. Even at Gettysburg, where I have met many closet-conservatives, this suppression occurs. If professors are not attacking capitalism and religion on their own, they do not care to moderate debates where students are ganged up on for giving their opinion, no matter how thoughtful it is. This is not every class, professor, or student, but it occurs way too often. If a school regularly preaches mottos of inclusivity, it, too, should follow those guidelines.
Indifference is d e s t a b i l i z i n g By Nicholas Murphy
Guest Columnist After the 2008 financial crisis, confidence in the ruling orthodoxy of the economics profession, the neoclassical school, has waned. No matter how easy it would seem, now is not the time to point fingers, rather, it is time to change. Economics has always seemed to progress through crises, and now economists must prevent themselves from falling back into the mistakes of the past which would inevitably breed the same results. As many have said, the role of banks and private debt are a suitable place to start. The neoclassical school of economics envisions banks as nothing more than intermediaries in the economy, passing the same money from one person to the next. This stems naturally from the idea that bank loans are taken from others savings. But, in actuality, banks are money originators and credit adds to aggregate demand. Neither can be ignored. In the past, certain economists have tried to articulate the banks’ ability to create money to, what seems to be, no avail. Most notably the American Economist Hyman Minsky, who’s altered quote is the title of this article, believed banks could create money “out of thin air.” The Australian Economist and very much Minsky’s intellectual successor, Steve Keen has spent his career trying to convince economists of this, as well as other truths. Even the famous economist Joseph Schumpeter in The Theory of Economic Development argued that banks can create money. Irving Fischer, once arguably the world’s most famous neoclassical economist, in his DebtDeflation Theory of Great Depressions, went so far as to say that the “two dominant factors” which cause
depressions are “overindebtedness to start and deflation following soon after.” For a long time, these ideas seemed to have been widely ignored. The field of economics does well in hiding the inconvenient theories of the past. However, it seems, at last, they have found validity. In the 2014 Q1 Quarterly Report the Bank of England stated, “just as taking out new loans creates money, the repayment of bank loans destroys money.” The Bank of England goes on to say, “rather than banks receiving deposits when households save and then lending them out, bank lending creates deposits.” Other entities such as the Bundesbank and the Bank of Norway have come out stating the same. The neoclassical intermediary view of banks can be understood quite simply. To quote the Bundesbank’s paper on the subject, “banks can only grant credit using funds placed with them previously as deposited by other customers.” This is a classic alternative fact. The truth, however, even in this simplistic form, is a little more complicated. When a person goes to a bank for a loan, the bank, if they deem him eligible, will have him sign a loan contract stating he will repay the amount, let’s say $50,000, incrementally over a period of time. When the bank makes a loan, it credits the borrower’s bank account with a bank deposit the size of the loan, adding to the assets and the liabilities on the bank’s balance sheet. They do this, as some economists have said, with nothing more than a “stroke of a pen.” No money has been moved. No other accounts have fallen, the borrower has $50,000 of new spending power, new demand, and new money. To understand repayment, picture the same bank balance sheet. There are $50,000 in both assets and liabilities. Now let’s
assume our hypothetical person has spent the new money in full. Therefore, liabilities of the bank are now $0. Now let’s say our person just got his paycheck and his account has gone up to $10,000, his wage. He calls the bank and says he wants to pay down his loan by that amount. The bank will just type a couple of keys onto a computer, just as they did to add the money and reduce their assets to $40,000, and their liabilities will again fall to $0. Subsequently, our person’s debt is now $40,000 and is account is, again, $0. The money hasn’t returned to another place; it’s gone. Money has been, effectively, destroyed. But why is this important? Simple, if we were an economy of one, it wouldn’t be. But we’re not. We must look at this in the aggregate. During the period now called The Great Moderation, a time of low inflation and low unemployment preceding the ’08 Crisis, central bankers and political economists, while they were patting themselves on the back, didn’t pay any attention to the exponential growth of US private debt. It should be easy for the reader to visualize this. If all that debt creates artificial demand in the economy what happens when credit dries up? What happens to confidence in the economy when all that demand disappears? I’ll leave the reader with those questions. In this article, I tried to convey the very basics of this idea. Obviously, there are far more intricacies having to do with banks and private debt then I have room for here. I would only ask, now, that the reader to think about this. Think about what it means for the economy. To any who are interested in the role of private debt in the economy I would enthusiastically recommend Steve Keen’s new book, “Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis.”
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Bullet F o o t b a l l e a r n s f i r s t v i c t o r y Shot: B u l l e t s f i n d r h y t h m f o r w i n o v e r M o r a v i a n Athlete of the Week
Senior Haley Mowery By Claire Healey Co-Sports Editor The Gettysburg College women’s field hockey team extended their win streak to four games with a win over conference opponent Bryn Mawr. With that victory, the Bullets improve to 5-4 overall and 3-1 in the Centennial Conference. While the Bullets offense has been making strong plays and scoring goals to put them ahead, the strong defensive work of senior goalie Haley Mowery has kept opponents from building momentum. Mowery had one save in the game against Bryn Mawr but has had a total of 79 saves on the season already. Her best performance of the season thus far came against Stevenson when she held them to only one goal despite the 14 shots taken on goal. She has only allowed 17 goals against her in all nine games played by the Bullets this season, making her GA average a personal low of 1.69. Her save percentage is also at a career-high with .823%. Mowery has been a stable force for the Bullets in her previous three seasons and is off to a strong senior campaign for the team. She has been named the Centennial Conference Defensive Player of the Week for two weeks in row following her strong performance against McDaniel, Ursinus, Stevenson and Bryn Mawr. Mowery and the rest of the Gettysburg squad is hoping to continue their win streak against first-ranked and defending national champions Messiah on Wednesday. The Bullets will return home for a game against Haverford on Saturday afternoon. Haley Mowery’s career-low GA average, career high save percentage and overall domination in goal are why she is the Gettysburgian Athlete of the Week!
Senior quarterback Justin Davidov became the fourth quarterback in school history to reach 2,000 career passing yards and 1,000 career rushing yards (Photo courtesy of Gettysburg College Athletics)
By Charlie Williamson Staff Writer The Gettysburg College football team (1-4, 1-3 CC) earned its first victory of the season over conference opponent Moravian College (0-5, 0-4 CC) last Saturday on Shirk Field at Musselman Stadium. The game featured 296 yards of total offense from senior quarterback Justin Davidov, a pair of scores from junior running back Nick Rella, and a defensive shutdown that did not allow Moravian to score in the last 44 minutes. The Bullets struck first and quickly as Davidov rushed 30 yards on the first play of the game. Later in the drive, Davidov found senior receiver Ryan Thompson for a 11-yard toss and the game’s first
score. Moravian fired back as first-year quarterback Doug Erney completed a 65 yard pass to senior receiver Aaron Hudson to tie the game at 7-7. Later in the first quarter, Davidov completed a 19-yard pass to Thompson, and Rella banged it in the end zone with a 6-yard scamper, making it 14-7 with 4:58 left in the half. In the start of the second quarter, Moravian compiled a 15-play drive, capped off by a 19-yard touchdown pass from Erney to sophomore receiver Alex Pierce. From there, the Bullets did the rest of the scoring in the game. On the ensuing drive, Gettysburg fired back when first-year receiver Cole Menas caught a ball over a defender for his first career touchdown.
Towards the end of the third quarter, the Greyhounds were driving down the field thanks to a successful fake punt converted on fourth down and a 15-yard rush by Erney. However, Moravian botched a hand-off and senior outside linebacker Glenn Benson scooped it up for the fumble recovery. Benson would later recover another fumble in the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, the Bullets put together an eleven-play, 80-yard drive that featured five first downs. The drive was finalized by Rella’s second rushing touchdown of the day, a 14-yard trot to make it 28-14 with 5:40 left. “Nick stepped up and had two huge touchdowns,” said Davidov, who completed 20 of 32 passes for 201 yards and
two touch downs to go along with 95 yards on the ground. In the game, Davidov became only the fourth Bullet quarterback to reach 2,000 career passing yards and 1,000 career rushing yards. “Today we moved the ball well on offense with confidence and grit up and down the field,” Rella said, who had 30 rushing yards and four catches for 21 yards in addition to his two touchdowns. Rella highlighted that this game is a huge turning point in the season and that if everyone puts in the effort, they can hang with anyone in the conference. Senior defensive back and captain Brad Walker also highlighted the confidence he had in the team after the win, despite the slow start. “I really believe our best football
is ahead of us. We have guys that are going to show up and fight every week no matter what the circumstances are,” Walker said. Heading the defensive effort was junior linebacker Jake Skinner who led the team with 13 tackles. Along with his two fumble recoveries, Benson added 7 tackles, of which 2.5 were for loss. First-year Thomeir Richardson and juniors Logan Aikey and Matt Graziano all added six tackles each. In addition to holding Moravian scoreless for 44 minutes, this was the lowest point-total that Gettysburg has held opponents to all season. Gettysburg will take their building confidence to Juniata College (2-3, 1-3 CC) next Saturday at 1 p.m.
Volleyball sweeps in conference match-up Lady Bullets defeat Bryn Mawr Owls 3-0
By Gabi Eglinton Contributing Writer The Gettysburg College Volleyball team had a clean-sweep victory against the Bryn Mawr Owls on Saturday. In a series of three short matches, the Bullets took advantage of their team’s strong serves and hits for a fast-rallying game. This win furthers their season record to a total of 16 wins and one loss, which occurred against the numberone Centennial Conference ranked McDaniel College two weeks ago. The Bullets posted their highest number of aces for the season during this game, finishing with 18 total. Gettysburg won the matches at 25-6, 25-8 and 2520, respectively. This game showcased the Bullets’ strong front line, led by senior setter Stephanie Blair. She provides the team with an average of 38 assists per game and offered eight in two matches on Saturday. Blair also contributed four kills to the game. Blair worked alongside sophomore middlehitter Shannon Fletcher for a series of double-blocks that the Owls were unable
to return. Their cohesiveness and camaraderie contributed to four blocks and several strategically placed quicksethit combinations. In the back row, sophomore Melissa Tringali proved to be a valuable asset. Although rostered as a defensive specialist, she served as libero in Saturday’s game. Tringali contributed a series of digs and set-assists to total four points each for the Lady Bullets. Last season, she logged 106 digs for the Bullets, averaging 1.86 per set. In a change of events, Head Coach Leah Bernier was not able to attend Saturday’s competition. She left the team in the hands of experienced Assistant Coach, Jenn McMonagle. McMonagle attended Penn State Mont Alto, where she was named the Penn State University Athletic Conference Setter of the Year in 2009. “Jen really stepped up and showed us how much she’s capable of as a coach,” said first-year Allie Stranick. “We are all really excited about what she has to offer the team and the opportunities she’s given us.” Such opportunities
include an unusual deal between the Coach McMonagle and sophomore middle-hitter Kasey Higgins. After dominating the first match by a large margin, Coach McMonagle agreed that if the Bullets kept the Owls at eight points or under during the second match, Higgins could switch out her standard blue uniform for the libero’s orange one. The Gettysburg athletes accepted the challenge. They won 25-8, immediately celebrating on the court as Higgins ran out of the gym to change. In the third game, she contributed six digs from the back row. “Seeing as we were winning by a lot, our team
strategy was to execute all of our basic skills and continue to play at a high level,” Stranick said. “A lot of people who don’t normally start got this opportunity to play, and switching up the positions made the third game even more exciting!” The third game posed the biggest challenge, as the Owls kept the match close at a 17-point tie until three-straight errors led to their demise. Junior Rachel Gombatz contributed 10 assists to the final match. This weekend the Bullets won most points on serves alone, striking down a total of eight aces throughout the course of the game.
First-year Maddie Buerle also demonstrated her skill set on Saturday, with six kills and two assists. During her high school season, Buerle was named to the All-Conference First Team, All-County First Team, and earned the title of New Jersey All-Star. The Gettysburg College Volleyball team currently stands fourth in the Centennial Conference, only one win behind Muhlenberg College. The lady Bullets will compete in two matches this Saturday, October 7, as they host Haverford College and Manhattanville College in the Bream Gym at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. respectively.
First-year Maddie Buerle added six kills to her season stats Saturday (Photo Gabi Eglinton / The Gettysburgian)
This weekend in Gettysburg College fall sports: Saturday, October 7: Football at Juniata College - 1:00 p.m. Men’s Soccer at Muhlenberg College - 7:00 p.m. Women’s Soccer vs. Haverford College - 12:00 p.m. Volleyball vs. Haverford College - 1:00 p.m. Volleyball vs. Manhattanville College - 5:00 p.m. Field Hockey vs. Haverford College - 1:00 p.m.
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