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Volume CXXI, No. 2
This week in 1903, the Gettysburgian reported about the excitement of the new year. Friends waited for others to arrive on the railroad, while others had more time to catch up. The formal opening of the college was on a Thursday, in the chapel, where students and faculty would have a chance to see each other after the long summer vacation. President McKnight greeted the students and talked briefly about the achievements of the college in her more than seventy years. This week in 1933, the ‘G-Book’ was given out to students. The G-Book wasn’t a handbook, but rather it was supposed to help the incoming first-years become acquainted “with the battleifeld campus.” This was mailed to firstyears before they arrived on campus and included some Gettysburg traditions. This book was divided into eleven sections, to give students a cross-section of the school. The 1933 book was the 37th edition of the G-Book. This week in 1963, the rush results were in from the weekend. Out of the incoming class of ’67, 62 percent of first-year men and 66 percent of firstyear women pledged. In total, there were 100 students from the class who rushed. That year, there were six sororities and ten fraternities on campus. This week in 1968, The Gettysburgian explained the new changes on campus that year. A new dorm was added- Apple Hall- and was being used for the first time. Other dorms also had new built-in dresser-closets added. They were also planning on building more dorms around Apple and near Stevens Hall. They also create plans for restoring Penn Hall, that they estimated would be done by 1970. They biggest change was colored television had been installed in all the dorms. It must have been like arriving back this year with the (almost) completion of CUB! This week in 1983, Gettysburg Borough Police and Campus security joined forces to crack down on underage drinking by students. Susan Brady, then the Dean of Student Life, said that it is obvious students frequently break the law “judging by the number of plastic cups haphazardly strewn on the campus.” The college pledged to enforce relevant Pennsylvania law, which puts the drinking age at 21. These archived “blasts from the past” were compiled by staff writer Shannon Zeltmann thanks to Special Collections in Musselman Library.
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Three students attend Presidential Search Committee’s final open forum B y K aley M ichael S taff W riter Only three students, one of whom was The Gettysburgian’s staff writer, attended the Presidential Search Committee’s forum for students to share their thoughts on a new president, which was held Thursday afternoon, Sept. 6. This was the committee’s second forum for students following the announcement of President Janet Morgan Riggs’ retirement. In addition to student forums, the PSC, in concert with the Russell Reynolds search firm, has sought in put from a variety of campus constituencies and will now move its focus towards drafting the job description and recruiting candidates to apply. According to Charlie Scott ‘77, Chair of the Presidential Search Committee and Executive Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees, the committee is hoping to commence interviews in the winter in order to announce the president in the spring. Those who attended the meeting were students Molly O’Gara ‘22 and Maliyah Peacock ‘22, both of whom were interested in what insight the forum would give students, as well as how the quest is going. The leaders of the meeting wanted to gain more knowledge about what students desire in an applicant, and they had four questions they wanted attendees to answer: What should be the top priorities of the next president? What challenges will that
The President Search Committee’s final open forum attendees from left to right: Sarah Tokar ‘19, Charlie Scott ‘77, Molly O’Gara ‘22, Maliyah Peacock ‘22, and Jennifer Lucas (Photo Kaley Michael/The Getysburgian) person face when they get strong vocational aspects sororities, the rising cost etc. Feedback included here? What experiences of students’ education. of a college education, leadership experience and would you like to see on O ’ G a r a e x p r e s s e d h e r and Gettysburg’s sense good public speaking skills a resume? What kind of desire for the priorities of of community were all as essential requirements personal attributes and the new candidate to be mentioned as potential f o r t h e c a n d i d a t e . characteristics should the club experience as well as c h a l l e n g e s a w a i t i n g Regardless of what might candidate have? school pride. Both agreed t h e n e w p r e s i d e n t . make a candidate seem superior to other applicants The two students that students should be the reasons. in attendance engaged in the president’s primary J e n n i f e r L u c a s objectively, the pair wants a intensive and thought- c o n c e r n , m e a n i n g t h a t asked the pair why they person who will care about provoking conversation students’ happiness and chose Gettysburg, to which them, accept diversity, and w i t h S a r a h T o k a r ‘ 1 9 , s u c c e s s s h o u l d b e t w o the two replied that financial work to make the college a s t u d e n t r e p r e s e n t a t i v e items the candidate works aid, the connections, and better environment. The meeting ended of the PSC, in addition to guarantee. small campus life were all to Scott and Jennifer On the topic of impetuses to commit to with a conversation about the personality traits or Lucas, the co-director of challenges the new person Gettysburg. Human Resources and the will face after arriving The resume of the qualities students would search coordinator. on campus, the first-year candidate was discussed like to see in the 15th Peacock wanted students admitted they a s w e l l , a s t h e s e a r c h president. Answers varied, to ensure that the next a r e u n a w a r e o f m a n y committee would like to y e t t h e m o s t p o p u l a r president is acquainted issues that arise at the k n o w w h a t p a r a m e t e r s w e r e “ w e l c o m i n g , ” with the campus and will c o l l e g e . S u b j e c t s s u c h students are setting in terms “optimistic,” “engaged,” t r y t h e i r b e s t t o m a k e as sexual assault, social of education, volunteer and “innovative.” connections that establish injustice, fraternities and experience, former jobs,
New procedures introduced in mail room B y M addie N eiman F eatures E ditor Among the many changes accompanying the College Union Building’s construction, the mailroom and its system of operations will function with a few major differences beginning this fall semester. Most visibly, the area where students could open their own mailboxes has vanished and been replaced by a much larger window, where students will need to approach and receive assistance from a mailroom employee. One advantage of the remodeled space, according to mailroom supervisor Robin Bennett, is that there is much more space for employees to organize mail, including a fully-covered unloading dock where mail and packages can be delivered to the college and kept safe from rain or snow. A l t h o u g h individual mailboxes no longer exist, students will have their own campus folders in the mailroom and
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should continue to know and use their campus box number for their college mailing address. Without using the campus box number, the mail cannot be sorted as efficiently. Now, not only will students receive email alerts for packages, but they will also receive alerts for letters, postcards, and other mail. The email will state whether a student has received a package or another type of mail. If the email is for non-package mail, students will need to tell the mailroom employee that they received an email for a letter (or such) because the Student IDscanners will only identify packages. Students should also be prepared to tell their campus box number to the employee. Lockers for certain packages are still accessible and located outside of the mailroom window. The mailroom now offers 80 lockers — an increase from the 54 that were there previously.
New lockers and a wider mailroom window replace the campus mailboxes area this year (Photo by Maddie Neiman/The Gettysburgian) Instead o f they can pick up their on Sundays. receiving a key for a locker, packages from the lockers Finally, students students will find a code in a n y t i m e d u r i n g C U B will still be able to buy the email alerting them that hours. Otherwise, students s t a m p s a n d s e n d m a i l their package is in a locker. c a n p i c k u p s t a n d a r d - out from the mailroom, These new code lockers delivery packages from but the mailroom is no function similar to a motel the mailroom during its longer a USPS contract safe, according to Bennett. open hours: 9:00 a.m. – station, which means it The locker option 5:00 p.m. Monday through cannot provide all of the is especially helpful for Friday and 10:00 a.m. – USPS postal products and students who order express 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. The services that it could in the or overnight mail because mailroom is not open at all past.
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