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Student Government Association senator elections on-schedule, voting to begin mid-April

By Noel Miller / Asst. News Editor

Election season is coming for students at Shippensburg University, despite the lack of student presence on campus. Voting for the 2020-2021 Student Government Association (SGA) senators will begin April 6.

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3/31/2020, 1:18pm

‘Jersey Shore’ star visits Shippensburg University, shares story of drug and alcohol recovery

By Sam Sterner / Guest Contributor

“Jersey Shore” star Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino and his wife, Lauren Sorrentino, told their story of struggle and recovery from drug and alcohol addiction in Shippensburg on March 3 in the Ceccidia Union Building multi purpose room.

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3/27/2020, 12:00am

Shippensburg University postpones May commencement, plans alternative celebrations for graduating seniors

By Carmine Scicchitano / Staff Photographer

As universities across Pennsylvania move their classes online, the fate of graduation ceremonies for many seniors remains uncertain. 

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3/20/2020, 4:44pm

Shippensburg University will partially refund students for housing, other services; not tuition

By Jonathan Bergmueller / Editor-in-Chief

Shippensburg University officials announced Friday the university will offer partial refunds on a number of services for which students pay. 

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3/19/2020, 8:10pm

Wolf orders “not life-sustaining” businesses to close

By Jonathan Bergmueller / Editor-in-Chief

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has ordered all businesses that are not “life-sustaining” to close by 8 p.m. Thursday.

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3/19/2020, 6:18pm

Pennsylvania records first COVID-19-related death, Wolf reports 52 new cases

By Hannah Pollock and Jonathan Bergmueller / Managing Editor

Pennsylvania confirmed its first coronavirus (COVID-19)-related death Wednesday, according to state officials.

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3/19/2020, 4:57pm

Shippensburg University confirms two students quarantined out of state with coronavirus

By Jonathan Bergmueller / Editor-in-Chief

Two Shippensburg University students who traveled to Europe during spring break tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19), according to university officials.

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3/16/2020, 5:09pm

BREAKING: Gov. Tom Wolf urges Pennsylvania businesses to shut down to halt coronavirus spread

By Hannah Pollock / Managing Editor

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has ordered Pennsylvania bars and restaurants to shut down dine-in services for two weeks to slow the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19).

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3/16/2020, 4:29pm

BREAKING: Shippensburg University moves all courses online for remainder of semester

By Jonathan Bergmueller / Editor-in-Chief

All Shippensburg University courses will remain online for the rest of the spring semester, according to an email sent by university president Laurie Carter. 

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3/13/2020, 5:28pm

Breaking: Shippensburg University moves courses online, suspends in-person events until April 11

By Jonathan Bergmueller / Editor-in-Chief

Shippensburg University announced Friday that it would cancel all face-to-face interaction at the university and move courses online until April 11. 

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3/13/2020, 4:28pm

Gov. Wolf closes all Pennsylvania public schools

By Jonathan Bergmueller / Editor-in-Chief

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf announced today that all K-12 schools will close for two weeks in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

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3/11/2020, 12:36pm

Shippensburg University to delay students' return to classes a week, prepare for coronavirus to affect course instruction

By Hannah Pollock and Jonathan Bergmueller / Managing Editor

Shippensburg University will extend its spring break an additional week in the wake of the spread of the coronavirus in Pennsylvania and elsewhere in the country.

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3/10/2020, 9:46pm

West Chester moves classes online amid coronavirus concerns

By Hannah Pollock / Managing Editor

The spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) has prompted West Chester University to move to “alternative modes of instruction.” University officials announced Tuesday that it will move course instruction online for the remainder of the spring semester as coronavirus cases increase in the greater Philadelphia area.

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3/8/2020, 12:00am

Shippensburg University celebrates International Women’s Day early

By Jonathan Bergmueller / Editor-in-Chief

Sometimes in order to see where we are going, we need to reflect on how far we have come.  Several campus organizations assembled in the Ceddia Union Building (CUB) to celebrate International Women’s Day five days early. 

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3/3/2020, 12:00pm

Administrators discuss governor’s visit, small fire in Franklin

By Noel Miller / Asst. News Editor

Shippensburg University students voiced their concerns and worked with faculty and staff toward solutions at the President’s Hour. 

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3/3/2020, 12:00pm

Alumna presents dissertation on bullying

By Rachel Scull

A Shippensburg University alumna explained her experience in the sociology field and “life after Shippensburg” to students Wednesday evening in Grove Forum. 

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3/3/2020, 12:00pm

Greenstein addresses next steps in system redesign during tour

By Hannah Pollock / Managing Editor

Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) Chancellor Daniel Greenstein addressed questions of Shippensburg University campus community members about his “directives” Thursday on the first stop of his spring university tour.

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3/3/2020, 12:00pm

Your World Today: Communication, transparency vital to system redesign

By Jonathan Bergmueller / Editor-in-Chief

It feels like every other week I discuss transparency in this column. It is not a matter of obsession or a matter of blowing matters out of proportion. Quite the contrary: Everywhere in our modern world, there are issues of clarity and straightforwardness with our political and professional conduct.

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2/27/2020, 6:13pm

SU Student Government Association announces Executive Rules Committee election results

By Jonathan Bergmueller / Editor-in-Chief

The student body has determined who will lead the Student Government Association for the 2020-2021 academic year. 

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