Cultures are not costumes
Halloween is approaching at lightening speed, and for all of you who dress up for Halloween, sometimes there may be a temptation to dress up as Native Americans.
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Halloween is approaching at lightening speed, and for all of you who dress up for Halloween, sometimes there may be a temptation to dress up as Native Americans.
Shovel in hand, Roneka Jones, intern at Shippensburg University’s Women’s Center, blanketed tulip bulbs with a layer of soil in the Janie Fecker Garden by Lackhove Hall last Tuesday for SU’s annual tulip planting ceremony.
SU students line up to the right of Stephanie Erdice, director of the Women’s Center, to read the inspirational messages they wrote on paper tulips to uplift and give hope to survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault.
What better way to relieve already piled-on stress from the first month of school than by attending the Activities Program Board’s (APB) spa night?
Take a moment. Close your eyes. Breathe in one, two, three. Breathe out one, two, three.
Tomoko Grabosky offered Koru mindfulness as a new SU course to help students relieve stress and maintain a healthy mind.
To paraphrase Tim Krabbe, nature generously rewards those willing to court her.
The route from Shippensburg to Gettysburg is known to be relaxing and a great time for self-reflection.
A straightforward route from Shippensburg to Gettysburg the cyclists often take on their occasional evening rides together.
The cyclists park their bikes outside the Gettysburg coffee shop, later returning to begin a relaxing drive back to Shippensburg.
The group often stops at a Gettysburg coffee shop for sweets before heading back to Shippensburg.
As we venture into the month of October, wholeheartedly known as “the month of Halloween” in my household, I pose the question: why do we police who gets to participate in Halloween’s events, including trick-or-treating, dressing up or benefiting from the kindhearted patrons who buy a ton of overpriced candy just to give it away?
As we enter the last few days of September, Halloween month is just around the corner.
Shippensburg’s annual beer and wine festival kicked off its second year on Saturday with great success.
Students test their trivia knowledge while competing in APB’s trivia night Thursday in the Ceddia Union Building Multipurpose Room.
Shippensburg University students put their sports, music and movie knowledge to the test at the Activities Program Board (APB) trivia night Thursday.
With outstretched arms, Christopher Kovats-Bernat, an American anthropologist and one-year visiting anthropology professor at Shippensburg University, brought to words the tattoos that adorn his skin from elbow to wrist. The Haitian flag, Voodoo spirits and phrases penned in foreign script are among the eight.
Kovats-Bernat's wife, Dina, has supported Kovats-Bernat through the struggles anthropology brought him, such as culture shock. Pictured with him and his wife is their daughter Ella, who passed away in 2014, and their son Addison.
Christopher Kovats-Bernat was hired by the SU anthropology department this summer as a visiting professor. This semester he is teaching several sections of cultural anthropology and comparative cultures.
Kovats-Bernat collects sacred water from a Voodoo shrine in Haiti, where he is conducting fieldwork on local Voodoo, witchcraft and zombification practices.