4/6/2021, 12:00pm

Opinion commentary — Social media connects us to one another, creates reality disconnect

Social media connects billions of people around the globe. In doing so, it disconnects us from reality and creates false ideals that many struggle to achieve.

4/6/2021, 12:00pm

Raider of the Week: Kyle Lysy

4/6/2021, 12:00pm

SGA announces senator election results

  The Shippensburg University Student Government Association (SGA) announced the senator election results in an email Friday sent out to students. Voting was held earlier in the week. 

3/30/2021, 12:00pm

Opinion commentary — Deepfakes are known for deception, but detecting them is key

A few weeks ago, I came across a funny video on YouTube. It was a TikTok video of Tom Cruise striking a golf ball with his club and joking, “If you like what you’re seeing, just wait ‘till what’s coming next.” 

3/30/2021, 12:00pm

Opinion commentary — That's what it's all about: The Electoral College is bad, actually

It is hard to imagine getting rid of a nearly 250-year-old institution that is a fundamental part of our country’s history. Who are we to disparage the hard work and monumental achievement that is the Founding Fathers’ magnum opus, the Constitution? 

3/30/2021, 12:00pm

Say It Loud: Ariana Tomb

When I was younger, I knew what racism was as a concept. I understood in a vague way from TV and movies that Black was bad, that it represented this other that the good fought against. 

3/30/2021, 12:00pm

Say It Loud: Karon Banks-Bailey

Forgive me, for I will be speaking from a place of anger. I say anger because I heard just about every horrendous story you can think of, from the brutal bloodshed whippings that killed our ancestors, to our grandfathers, grandmothers, aunts and uncles being sprayed down with frigid sewer water as if they were rats or abnormal beings. 

3/30/2021, 12:00pm

Alumnus commentary: A student project benefiting the Shippensburg University community

The staff editorial in the March 9th edition of The Slate clearly described the high stakes in the selection of the next president. It also offered a cogent argument against any merger of universities that would render Shippensburg University a junior partner following a shotgun wedding.

3/30/2021, 12:00pm

The Slate Speaks: It is everyone's responsibility to end gun violence

Once again America finds itself grappling with not one but two mass shootings in a matter of days. A man killed 10 people at a Boulder, Colorado, grocery store on March 22. Another man killed eight people in a series of shootings in Atlanta, Georgia, on March 16.

3/30/2021, 12:00pm

Your World Today Commentary: Cleary instilled a love of reading for generations of readers

I was always an avid reader as a child. I loved to read — it did not matter what genre. I read at home, school, the library, on the bus, in the car and just about anywhere else. 

3/30/2021, 12:00pm

Senator candidates address student body

The 13 candidates running for student senator positions gave speeches last Thursday over Zoom. 

3/30/2021, 12:00pm

Pride Center celebrates annual ‘Trans Week of Visibility’

The Pride Center is hosting virtual events all week for the Trans Week of Visibility celebration. The celebration is held the week of March 31, which is International Transgender Day of Visibility, according to the center’s website. Transgender activist Rachel Crandall started the day in 2009.