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Economics major/political science minor • Senior Associate Director of Admissions at Georgetown University • MEd, College of William & Mary • EdD, University of Pennsylvania • College Trustee • Eisenhower Institute National Advisory Council • Visionary Gettysburgians and Loyalty Circle • lives in Washington, D.C.

We often think of fairy tales as only childhood stories, yet remnants of fairy tales permeate our every day culture. The idea of finding a Prince Charming through television shows like “The Bachelor” with the promise of a rose and a happily ever after ending, or the many film adaptations of Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, and Snow White.

Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind was the prettiest, sassiest, and toughest woman in the Wild West. She fought alligators, lived with a family of bears, and could out-run and out-wrestle any of the boys in Tennessee by the age of seven. She even married Davey Crocket, king of the wild frontier, after helping him out of a tree with a lasso made of rattlesnakes.

At least, that’s what American folklore has to say about her.

The Second Continental Congress knew for weeks prior to declaring independence from Britain that reconciliation between the colonies and the king was not an option. They even appointed a committee to begin drafting a formal announcement on June 10, 1776.

A few short weeks later, Congress voted unanimously in favor of independence and ratified the Declaration of Independence.

Now the only question was how they would share this news with the public.

Political Science Prof. Caroline Hartzell first became interested in her area of research, contemporary civil conflicts, because of her mother’s background. “My mother is from Colombia,” she explained, “a country that has had more than one civil war.”

Greatness is within us. That is the belief that propelled our Gettysburg College community to raise a record-setting $160 million through a seven-year comprehensive campaign.

David LeVan ’68 wasn’t unlike many other children. He would sprint to the outskirts of his family’s lawn in Gettysburg, adorned in his favorite—albeit oversized—cowboy hat, and dream of his moment to save the day.

Loyalty, honor, and a steady hand in times of uncertainty—these were the attributes that defined his silver screen heroes, icons like John Wayne and Gary Cooper who lifted his spirit and captivated the imagination of friends and neighbors at the Majestic Theater.

After decades of musical training, Kate Anderson ’09 was finally amid Broadway’s elite. Shaking hands, sharing laughs, championing the theatre—it was everything that she wished for…

And yet nothing that she wanted.

“I wanted to be the one who introduced herself as the songwriter, not as the fundraiser,” confessed the Gettysburg College music and creative writing grad.

The earth revolves around the sun in 365.24 days, marking a year in a human life. The alarm sounds at 6 a.m., alerting one that it’s time to wake up. There are the well-known idioms that “time flies” or “time stands still.” Time is money. Time is on your side. We organize our lives around time. But, what is it?

Ben Tabor ’13 visits government counterparts in Hail, Saudi Arabia, for the city’s annual off-road rally in the desert

The air was electric in the Sheraton Hotel Ballroom in Parsippany, New Jersey. Democrat Mikie Sherrill—a former Navy pilot, ex-prosecutor, and mother of four—had just won a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in a district held by Republicans for the last 30 years. It was a massive upset and Ben Tabor ’13 had a front-row seat.