Last week, Shippensburg saw a couple bouts of snow which led to some brrr-illiant photos from The Slate staff.
For the Kappa Probate this took place the last weekend of January! After 7 long years away, the Divine 9 fraternity Kappa Alpha Psi returned with a probate to showcase its new members of Kappa Alpha Psi Incorporated, Keith and Tymere.The probate is a way for new members to show that they're committed to the organization for life. The show includes greetings, strolls, a history presentation, and a reveal.
The 108th Pennsylvania Farm Show was held Saturday, January 6 through Saturday January 13, 2024. It is the largest indoor agricultural exposition under one roof in the entire nation. The PA Farm Show celebrates Pennsylvania's agriculture, an industry that employs nearly have a million people and contributes over $132 billion to PA's economy every year.
The Louvre is a national art museum in Paris, France, with over 35,000 pieces of artwork spanning from prehistory to the 21st century. It is the most visited museum in the world with over 8 million visitors a year.
The Bayeux Cathedral is an ancient Roman Catholic Church located in in Normandy, France. Likely the original home to the Bayeux Tapestry, the cathedral still stands as a national monument. Take a walk through the cathedral with these photos.
On Saturday, 241 students graduated with their undergraduate degrees from Shippensburg University.
This year, cadets of Shippensburg University’s Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) maintained the flags on the quad while additionally setting up a table in the Ceddia Union Building (CUB) to recognize alumni who gave their lives in the global war on terror, which was instigated by the 9/11 attacks. One thing missing this year, however, was the annual Sept. 11 ceremony hosted outside the library. Photos featured are from this year’s campus flag display, Gettysburg National Military Park and the Happy Valley Rodeo.
Shippensburg´s men´s soccer team also won its second match of the season. The men beat Jefferson with 1-0 in a due to lightning shortened match. Senior Nathan Weldon scored for the Raiders with a bicycle kick.
Shippensburg University´s men´s rugby club team opened their season with a loss to Towson at home on Saturday afternoon. The final score was 43-31.
SU´s women´s tennis opened its season with two losses this weekend. On Friday, the women dropped their season opener to Chestnut Hill, 7-0, and on Saturday, they lost 6-1 to California (Pa.).
The women´s soccer team opened its home campaign with two losses. On Wednesday, the Raiders lost 4-0 to Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) rival West Chester and on Sunday they fell 2-0 in a non-conference matchup with Saint Michael´s.
The Huber Arts Center opened the first student exhibition of the semester in the Brindle Gallery on Aug. 28. The exhibit contains watercolors done by Sharon Coons, Jessica Silverman, Addison Zimmerman and Aidan Swank.
Silverman’s hard work can be seen in her inspiring self-portrait.
The “Watercolors” exhibit will be available in the Brindle Gallery until Sept. 14. For more information on upcoming exhibitions, you can visit https://www.ship.edu/academics/colleges/cas/programs/art/facility/gallery/student_art_gallery/.
This summer, my family and I took my grandma on a road trip to Montana to see her childhood best friend. While we were out there, she took us to a few of her favorite places to visit and photograph wildlife.
The bison range is located on the Flathead Indian Reservation. At the beginning of 2022, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes assumed complete management over the nature reserve. It is home to a variety of species, some of which I was able to photograph. My favorite to photograph were the bison, especially when a bison stopped to lick right in front of the car.
While at Glacier National Park, we spent two days driving around and stopping at various places for the scenery and the wildlife. There is only one way through the entire park called Logan’s Pass also known as the Going to the Sun Road. Due to the high altitudes and tremendous amounts of snow during the winter, there was still some snow on either side of the roadway that had been plowed off to get the park open. The photos of the fox and ground squirrel are my favorite ones I have taken. The little ground squirrel had wandered out of the brush while I was trying to watch the red fox climb down the embankment and stood up looking for the fox, too.
- Quehanna Coble
In honor of our Earth day edition, here is a gallery of ducks and geese from Dykeman Springs in Shippensburg.
The Shippensburg University Wind Ensemble and Jazz Ensemble went on a trip to New York City last weekend.
Sculptures and smiles lined Main Street in downtown Chambersburg for the 21st annual Chambersburg IceFest this past weekend.
On October 8th, 2022, was the 5th year for the annual Women's March in Washington DC.
Last Friday marked the return of First Fridays. The annual event runs from the month of April until October, and takes place on the first Friday of every month from 4:30p.m. until 8p.m. at the Shippensburg Station located at 51 E. Fort St. Attendees were treated to live music, vendors selling homemade goods, food trucks from Brooke's Cakes & Sweets and Chameleon Culinary Services, and more.
Last Friday, Shippensburg University faculty members took part in a "Pie the Professors" event. SGA President Riley Brown, Director of Housing and Res Life Jeff Ward, Dr. Michael Lyman, and other members of staff took part in the event. For every dollar donated students were given one pie made of either whipped cream or shaving cream, and all donations were to benefit Shippensburg Area First Responders.
Many students only have the opportunity to see the Shippensburg community during the day. Because of this, we wanted to take the opportunity to share some night night photos one of our photographers captured while out exploring.
