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Volume CXVI, No. 17
This Week’s Top Stories National The civil claims settlement for the death of Freddie Gray has been approved to be $6.4 million. Gray died while being transported into police custody in a Baltimore police van in April. Baltimore mayor, Stephanie RawlingsBlake, asserts that the settlemtn is not indicative of any innocent or guilt of any party, but rather a means to bring peace and closure to the community. The Board of Estimates approved the settlement. The settlement could save money and time in the long run, in the event of a civil suit. Some are against the settlement, including the head of the Baltimore police union Gene Ryan, who believes that there is no reason for a settlement when no civil litigation has been filed or guilt established.
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Gettysburg’s Campaign reaches $100 million The campaign reaches a milestone in its goal toward $150 million for the school B y A lyssa W aaramaa C ontributing W riter
Gettysburg College has just recently hit the $100 million mark in the most ambitious fundraising effort in the school’s history, putting the program, Gettysburg Great: The Campaign for Our College, well on its way to reaching its total goal of $150 million dollars. This news comes just one year after its public launch last September when it was introduced to the college community during Homecoming Weekend. The campaign intends to use these funds as an investment in the future of the school through scholarship support, faculty development, the expansion of learning opportunities outside the classroom, and
through a number of globalization initiatives including the building of a Global Pavilion in what is now Plank Gym. With the college market becoming increasingly competitive, particularly among its peer schools, it is imperative that Gettysburg College constantly improves the quality of its education as well as the number and scope of opportunities available to students if it hopes to keep up. Increasing scholarship support, which makes up the largest portion of the funds raised so far -around 31 million as of late- is one of the most significant of the campaign’s goals. With more than 67% of the student body benefiting from merit scholarships and need-based grants, scholarships allow Gettysburg not
only to assist those who are in need of financial support, but also to maintain a competitive edge among its peer institutions which are vying for the same bright students. It also helps its students to avoid taking on insurmountable heaps of student debt. which, according to the Wall Street Journal, surpassed one trillion dollars nationally in 2011. Also making up a significant portion of the funds raised is the campaign’s Global Initiative Project. The college hopes to prepare its students for life after graduation, which, as the world becomes increasingly smaller, requires a global understanding of the world’s issues. Three academic global centers - the Center for Global Education, the Center for the Study of Global
Issues, and the Center for Language and Intercultural Communication- will join the Center for Public Service to make up the four pillars of the new Global Pavilion, which will be located in a newly renovated Plank Gym. The campaign has also raised money that will be used to fund a number of other programs that support international experience including study abroad opportunities a well as research and language programs for students and faculty. Much of the remaining money will go towards endowing professorships and scholarly development among professors, as well as funding a number of careeradvancement opportunities for students though research with faculty, summer internships, externships, job-
shadowing experiences, and immersion projects. Whether a wide-eyed first year who may see the fruits of some of this fundraising or a matured senior who will likely be long gone before the Global Pavilion even breaks ground, the entire community will benefit greatly from this fundraising campaign. Gettysburg College is a name that we will carry with us for the rest of our working lives, if in no other way but on the top of our resumes, and we will all benefit from it becoming m o r e d i v e r s e , m o r e i n t e llectual, and more competitive than ever before. Just something to keep in mind when the Office of Annual Giving calls you up to ask
Students flood the annual campus Activities Fair
The event allows students to learn about clubs and organizations on-campus Photo Courtesy of Nora Tidey
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This week’s “Top Stories” were compiled by Kayla Britt with information from CNN (www.cnn.com) and Project Syndicate (www. project-syndicate.org)
Hundreds of students attended the Activities Fair, which was hosted by the Campus Activities Board (CAB) and held in the CUB Ballroom. Over 100 different organizations set up displays. B y N ora T idey S taff W riter This year’s annual Activities Fair was held on Friday, Sept. 4 in the CUB Ballroom from 5:00-7:00 p.m.. Organized and run by the Campus Activities Board (CAB), the Activities Fair is designed to showcase the plethora of clubs and organizations that Gettysburg College has to offer. Held each year in the beginning of the fall semester, this event is particularly useful to firstyear or transfer students who may be unfamiliar with all of the opportunities on campus.
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A U.S. woman, Dahlia Yehia, was beaten to death while in Nepal visiting to help the country deal with the devestation of the earthquake. Yehia was en route to Pokhara, the second largest city in Nepal. She had been in contact with friends and family as well as recently with a travel group. The U.S. Embassy and aid organizationw were contacted as well as the State Department. The suspect, Narayan Paudel, attempted suicide by jumping out a police station window. There is currently no motive for the crime. The man who hosted her in his home confessed to Kaski District Police that he had beaten her to death and jumped her body in a river. She had connected with Paudel through couchsurfing. com, which connects hosts locally with travelers looking for a place to stay.
Weird News, pg. 2
However, students of every year are bound to find something new to try out. Hundreds of students of all class years attended the Activities Fair on Friday and a noteworthy 111 organizations had displays for students to check out. The organizations in attendance included the Latin American Students’ Association (LASA), Stu dents Against Sexual Assault (SASA), the Gettysburg Recreational Adventure Board (GRAB), the American Association of University Women (AAUW), and CAB, just to name a few. Needless to say, Gettys-
The Gettysburgian goes biweekly, pg. 3
burg’s many acronyms were on full display for students to learn and become familiar with. Students were not only able to learn about the various organizations on campus, but also had the opportunity to speak with representatives from those organizations and even sign up on the spot if they were interested. On top of all of that, there was even free ice cream! The President of CAB, Julianne Boggs ’18, said planning the Activities Fair was a remarkable experience because it “exposed me to a lot of clubs on campus that I didn’t even know we had,” which is something
Interview with author Sherman Alexie, pg. 4
that surely rings true for many Gettysburg students each time the Activities Fair is held. She also said that it allowed her to “see the diversity of the campus firsthand.” Overall, Julianne and the rest of CAB considered this year’s Activities Fair to be a huge success. Walking through the Activities Fair has the potential to make one’s head spin, but in the best way possible: the list of opportunities Gettysburg has to offer seems never-ending, which is certainly something to celebrate. Finding organizations to get involved with is easy
Top 10 inventions of 2015, pg. 5
because Gettysburg College is rich with opportunities to make a positive impact. Deciding between which ones to pursue and managing your time is the tricky part. To view a complete list of the more than 120 organizations, clubs, sports teams, volunteer programs, and more on campus, visit www.gettysburg.edu/student_life/clubs. For those who were unable to find an organization of interest, there is always the possibility of starting a new one.
Exploring the subconscious, og. 6
Dear county clerk Kim Davis, pg. 7