An Open Letter to the Class of 2024
(04/30/24 4:00pm)
As we enter into the final weeks of the semester, we wanted to take a moment to acknowledge the Class of 2024.
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As we enter into the final weeks of the semester, we wanted to take a moment to acknowledge the Class of 2024.
As many may know, I am the current Vice President of Student Groups for the Student Government Association (SGA); however, I am not writing this article as a member of SGA but as a student here at Shippensburg University.
To whom it may concern,
Editor’s note: This letter is in response to The Slate Speaks Staff Editorial that appeared in the March 2 edition and online at theslateonline.com titled, “The Slate Speaks: Students, faculty must work together in online learning.”
With the announcement from the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) suspending all conference athletic events and championships through the fall semester, we need to face facts about the virus. Returning to Shippensburg for the Fall 2020 semester will be a disaster for student and public health. Almost every aspect of college life would be near impossible following CDC social distancing guidelines. Schools like Harvard and Yale know this, already moving completely online this coming semester. I share everyone’s desire to return to our beloved campus, but we can’t jeopardize the health of our friends, loved ones and peers.
Dear Editor:
Editor’s note: the following letter is in referenece to Episode 3, “Bad Manners,” of Season 3 in the HBO special, “Divorce,” which mentions Shippensburg University by name.
On Feb. 14, 2018, the unthinkable happened — at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida — a mass shooting that has completely changed the conversation on gun violence. Nineteen-year-old Nikolas Cruz entered this public high school with an AR-15 rifle, taking the lives of 17 people and injuring another 17 innocent victims in the process (Stanwood and Burke). Teenage survivors of this shooting have taken to the media to share their thoughts on the gun laws in our nation, and I am amazed at their determination and strength. I believe that we need to implement stronger gun regulations that would make it harder for people who aren't qualified to own a gun to purchase one. Specifically, we need to create background checks that take more than a day to process, teach mandatory classes to every new gun owner on how to operate the weapon, and ban weapons that can kill 20 people in 20 seconds.
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