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Volume CXVI, No. 16
This Week’s Top Stories
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Thursday, September 3, 2015
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Gburg Dining Services recieve multiple accolades Dining Services are recognized on three lists for excllence in meeting students’ needs
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International Syria is in the midst of a human rights crisis, as nearly 250,000 people have been killed in the last four years. This tumultuous situation has led millions of citizens to flee their homes in hopes of finding refuge. More than half of refugee children are currently not in school, which should be a right guaranteed to all children. Sadly, many of the people killed died at the hands of their own government. The United States’ foreign policy specialists are preparing to intervene. Many are supporting the development of a nofly “safe zone” along one of Syria’s borders. Hopefully in doing so, the migration crisis can be ameliorated and refugees will have outside aid. The U.S. and other nations recognize that the current situation could have longterm implications for Syria’s neighbors and for power dynamics in the region.
This week’s “Top Stories” were compiled by Kayla Britt with information from CNN (www.cnn.com) and Project Syndicate (www. project-syndicate.org)
Gettysburg College Dining Services publicizes the three awards it recieved, including 15th for Best Campus Food by the Princeton Review, 5th for Best Dining Services by BestColleges.com, and 23rd for Best Campus Food by Cappex 2015.
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Gettysburg College Dining Services has won three awards in the past few months, placing 15th in Princeton Review’s rank of Best Campus Food, 23rd in the Cappex list of Best College Food, and fifth in the bestcollege.com list of Top Dining Services in the Nation. Gettysburg College is no stranger to such distinctions, as Dining Services has received accolades in 2006, 2008, 2009, and 2013; banners in Servo serve as reminders of these past awards. However, these accomplishments are not always widely recognized by the
college population. “There are not a lot of reactions from students and faculty because they are not aware of [these awards],” said Gary Brautigam, Director of Dining Services. “We never even know we are receiving any distinction until we see it, but we are always on the lookout this time of year.” However, the awards are representative of the hard work performed by Dining Services’ staff, and they serve as a tangible accomplishment for all their efforts. “Our employees had great reactions to the news, and I make sure I congratulate everyone. Everyone works together to make us great.”
New changes in cash operations also played a significant role in Dining Services’ awards. However, such awards are not only given for excellence. Gettysburg Dining Services has succeeded by setting itself apart from other competing institutions and meeting the needs of its students. “All of us try to connect with the students more than other schools,” Brautigam commented. “We try to be on the floor, answering questions and making menu changes from student suggestions. We really, truly listen.” The dining center is also accommodating to students with dietary restrictions, as it
offers vegetarian, vegan and gluten free options. In addition to serving healthy options, Brautigam noted that dining services caters to comfort: “Students are eating healthier, but they still like their pizza and chicken nuggets.” One popular tradition at Servo is the annual Servo Thanksgiving, where students come in groups of 12 and are served a delicious spread by campus community members. New to Servo this year is organic tea, lemongrass decaf tea with completely compostable packaging, a new cappuccino machine to be installed in the near future, and a juice program which includes nutraceutical
waters without high fructose corn syrup. Perhaps receiving the most attention from students in the new policy prohibiting backpacks in Servo, but Brautigam insists that it is purely for safety: “It is a tough issue to balance: we want to make the dining room as safe as possible, but we do not want to upset the students.” As the crowds grow, backpacks, skateboards, scooters and athletic equipment unfortunately become a tripping hazard. Dining Services will be installing more hooks to the atrium in Servo to provide more storage space.
The First-Year Walk and the power of place
The class of 2019 students continue the tradition through the First-Year Walk
C ourtesy of GCC&M Some locations have a sense of place – a feeling of connection to a geographic space and the events that occurred there, no matter how long ago they took place. During Thursday night’s 13th annual FirstYear Walk, Gettysburg College’s incoming class was exposed to the power of place, both in regards to the three-day battle that raged here over 150 years ago and the words spoken here by President Abraham Lincoln that have forever defined that battle. This year’s speaker – Associate Director of the Civil War Institute Jill Ogline Titus – imparted to
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The man who shot a video of deputies fatally shooting Gilbert Flores in Texas this past week could show that he was in possession of something in his hand. The authorities want the Texas Public Safety Department’s crime lab to hone in more closely on the time sequence in question so investigators can get a closer look at what he had. Only one Taser was attempted to be used by one of the officers, although both officers had Tasers at the time of the incident. The video recorded by Michael Thomas, a citizen of San Antonio, shows a shirtless man with one hand in the air who is shot by two deputies and falls on his back. The FBI has opened a federal civil rights investigation into the incident.
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the incoming class an understanding of the significance of our historic location. “The Gettysburg Ad dress has become arguably the most famous speech in American history – because of its eloquence and brevity, sure, but even more so because it took suffering and destruction and made meaning out of them,” Titus said. “It attached transcendent meaning to the battle of Gettysburg, and turned this war-ravaged town into a symbol of democracy and devotion to duty.” She then described how our location and the meaning given to it by Lincoln’s words have been used as a rallying point throughout
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history. She shared how President Dwight D. Eisenhower used this location during the height of the Cold War to charge Americans to defend the rights of others as strenuously as they defend their own. In 1963, President Lyndon B. Johnson stood on the stage at the National Cemetery and called for an end to racial injustice. During the Vietnam War, civil rights activist C.T. Vivian used his platform here to compare the struggle for racial justice and peace in Vietnam with the Civil War soldiers who fought and died on the Gettysburg battlefields. “Lincoln’s words con-
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tinue to resonate with us because they belong not only to 1863, but to 1942, 1963, 1972, and 2015,” Titus said. “How will you advance the unfinished work of justice?” she charged the Class of 2019. “How will you use the opportunities your Gettysburg College education will offer you to engage with the world around you and refuse to take the easy way out in life?” The first-year students were also welcomed by Mayor William Troxell, who presented Andrew Dalton ’19 with a key to the city. “I am very honored to accept this key on behalf of the Gettysburg College Class of 2019,” Dalton said. “It is
a great welcoming gesture by the mayor and the town, and signifies that our class is now a part of not only Gettysburg College, but of the larger Gettysburg community.” “The First-Year Walk is my favorite Gettysburg College tradition,” said New Student Orientation Coordinator Rebecca Borovsky. “The opportunity for the incoming class to connect with the town, history, guests, and fellow students is a prime example of the strong community that Gettysburg College creates.”
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