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Shippensburg University’s Student Government Association (SGA) hosted its final meeting for the 2024-2025 academic year in the CUB MPR on May 1.
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) brought his nationwide “Fighting Oligarchy” tour to Harrisburg on May 2, delivering a speech that attacked corporate influence on politics and called for working class solidarity.
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro visited Michaux State Forest on May 2 to meet with firefighters and other first responders to speak about the state’s response to the South Mountain wildfires.
Corrine Markovich likes to yell a lot.
In the heart of Montoursville, Pennsylvania, was the stomping ground of Shippensburg University senior baseball player Jaxon Dalena. This is where his dream took flight: to be a college baseball player. Dalena has been playing baseball since he was a child, but did not know the true potential it could bring.
Shippensburg University’s softball team went 5-1 this past week to close out their regular season play and clinch a spot in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) tournament.
Amidst the craziness of Shippensburg’s home sports events this past weekend, a project partnered by the Student Athletic Advisory Committee (SAAC) and Volvo finally came to fruition.
In their largest home meet of the season, Shippensburg University’s track-and-field teams shined in the Paul Kaiser Classic this past weekend. The men’s and women’s teams combined to win 15 events in the meet, with four athletes provisionally qualifying for the NCAA Division II championships.
Shippensburg University’s Class of 2025 graduates in just 11 days — an accomplishment to be proud of for sure — what about everyone else? They will be returning in the fall to a campus that continues to be plagued by issues of convenience, or worse.
If ever a television show would say something that had depth, it happened in the first season of the Apple TV show, “Ted Lasso,” when the titular character, Ted Lasso, is locked in a game of darts against an antagonist, Rupert Mannion. Lasso tells a story about how he saw a statue of Walt Whitman with the quote “Be curious, not judgmental,” and how it related to his childhood bullies who were not curious because they thought they knew everything and therefore judged everything and everyone.
Easter has passed, and now grocery stores are already bringing in their inventory for this year’s July 4 celebration. Every year, we remember our brave rebellion and war for independence against the British. Jokes at the expense of British people abound, which includes putting the word “people” in quotations with the intention to dehumanize. British food, British accents and British teeth are all subject to ridicule.
U.S. Army War College research professor John R. Deni gave a lecture on the future of German national security policy in the Grove Hall Forum from 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 23.
Hundreds made their way to the Shippensburg Fairgrounds earlier this month for the Pennsylvania Chainsaw Carvers Festival.
A message from next year’s SGA leadership:
After 20 years of service at Shippensburg University, José Ricardo-Osorio is preparing for a new chapter.
Wednesday, April 30, will mark the 100th day of President Donald Trump’s second administration. Since taking office, Trump has unleashed a flurry of executive orders and actions aimed at fulfilling his campaign promises, which have many critics warning of future authoritarianism.
Before I was born, The Slate was producing quality work for Shippensburg University’s community. For over 60 years, there have been hundreds of people who have created content for The Slate. It is now 2025, and all I have been able to tell myself lately is how lucky I am to be one of those hundreds.
Unlike many of my colleagues here at The Slate, I am not a communication, journalism and media major. When I walk the stage next Saturday, I will be receiving a degree in political science (well, an empty folder with an IOU for one).
This article is a companion piece to the regular "Your World Today" commentary. As the academic year nears its end, The Slate transitions from one Editor-in-Chief to another. Read 2024-2025 EIC Connor Niszczak's piece here.
