Stories Tagged: "faculty"

Cryptography: The Science of Secrecy

Sep 25, 2009 By: Darren Glass, Assistant Professor of Mathematics

For thousands of years, people have been sending secret messages to one another. The ability to communicate covertly has always been important for ...

A Clash of Cultures: Turkey and Germany

Sep 25, 2009 By: Charlotte Armster, Associate Professor of German

Who are you? You dream in Turkish, but wake up in German. You count in Turkish, but pay in German. You rapidly switch back and forth between two ...

Death and the Meaning of Life

Sep 25, 2009 By: Charles “Buz” Myers, Associate Professor of Religion

One hundred years ago people died in their own homes. Today, most people in the United States die in a hospital or some other care-giving facility....

Dreaming in Color: Contemporary Multicultural Theatre in the United States

Sep 25, 2009 By: Susan Russell, Associate Professor of Theatre Arts

In this course we read, watch, and perform plays by African American, Asian American, and Latino writers. We also examine the history of how these ...

Valedictory for Gabor Boritt

Jul 01, 2009 By: Gordon Haaland President, Gettysburg College (1990–2004)

To my friend, Gabor Boritt, the most recent of our retirees although he is coming up on three decades (one score and ten).

Gabor was one of...

A Man for All Seasons

Jun 22, 2009 By: Jerold Wikoff

When Prof. Emeritus Lou Hammann ’51 first stepped onto the Gettysburg campus in 1947, Henry Hanson was president of the College. Freshmen ...