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Brown discusses the advantages of working in Cold War era nuclear production facilities.

3/1/2016, 12:38pm

SU history club discusses nuclear utopias

By Derek Evanosky

The history club hosted its annual world history lecture Thursday, which featured the author of the book “Plutopia: Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters.” “I was interested in the origins of the nuclear state,” said Kate Brown, a professor of history at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. In an attempt to obtain additional information for her book Plutopia, Brown traveled to Richland, Washington, and Ozersk, Russia, to study the history of nuclear weapons manufacturing During the Cold War, U.S.

Hill Harper, Actor Author

3/1/2016, 12:46am

Hill Harper motivates at H.O.P.E. celebration

By Jessica Richardson

Helping Our People Excel, H.O.P.E. was given to students as benefactors, committee members and scholarship recipients gathered in the Shippensburg University Tuscarora Room prior to Hill Harper’s lecture to celebrate the 31st annual program. The H.O.P.E.

Chris Windbeck and Crystal Hartman stand at the podium and answer questions from Tracie Moyer (right).

3/1/2016, 12:33am

Students look to secure positions in Student Senate

By Troy Okum

Shippensburg University Student Senate elections began Monday, allowing students to vote for new members of the Executive Rules Committee (ERC) for the 2016-17 academic year. The annual election cycle began about three weeks ago when interested students filled out applications, and it will end over spring break with the announcement of the results.

Students running for ERC positions give speeches and take questions about how they plan to improve student life. Fewer than a dozen students attended and heard the speeches.

3/1/2016, 12:28am

Commentary: Students lack input in Senate

By Commentary by Troy Okum

If you ever look at your Shippensburg University student bill you will see a laundry list of services and fees you are being charged with by the hundreds of dollars. At the top of the list is something called an activity fee, which costs each student $264 every semester.

Kronum accepts its first-place win and $1,000 check from the Target Case Competition in the Ceddia Union Building.

3/1/2016, 12:16am

Hard Work Pays Off

By Dennis Hannas

Shippensburg University’s club sport Kronum won the Target Case Competition and received a $1,000 check at the announcement ceremony on Friday in the Ceddia Union Building. “Hard work pays off,” said Devin Fisher, vice president of Kronum.

Averie Bye-Dickerson and Brittany Eberling stock the SU food pantry that helps students affected by the budget impasse.

2/26/2016, 2:50pm

SU opens pantry for struggling students

By Sylvia McMullen

Shippensburg University opened a food pantry on Feb. 7 in the Spiritual Center for all SU students as a result of the state budget impasse. The pantry provides free, nonperishable food items to SU students.

Blyden Potts (left) picks a bottle out of the Middle Spring stream during last year’s Stream Awareness Day.

2/23/2016, 12:57pm

Shippensburg Borough considers installing trash interceptor in Middle Spring stream

By Troy Okum

Discussions to install a trash interceptor in the Middle Spring stream began Tuesday at the Shippensburg Borough Council meeting, but its members were reluctant to move forward until they could learn more about it. Blyden Potts, the acting president of the Middle Spring Watershed Association, said the organization along with volunteers pull 12 to 30 bags of trash from the stream every year, during the community's Stream Awareness Day.

Safety personnel respond to a report of a gas leak on Richard Avenue, which closed the whole road.

2/23/2016, 12:46pm

Gas leak unites neighbors

By Troy Okum

First responders closed Richard Avenue for nearly an hour Saturday and at least two apartments were evacuated after the Vigilant Hose Co. received reports of a gas leak in the area.

Congress decides the number of justices the Supreme Court has. After several changes, there have been nine since 1869.

2/23/2016, 12:35pm

America turns attention to vacant justice seat

By Commentary by Troy Okum

With the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, members of the federal government could strike a new balance on the high court that could affect everyone from billionaire bankers to Shippensburg University students. The court is made up of nine justices, and up until Scalia’s death, it was Republican controlled, but now there are four Democrats and four Republicans.

2/16/2016, 8:02pm

APSCUF rally

By Amanda Mehall

Hundreds of students from all 14 schools within Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education rallied for funding on Feb. 8 in the state capitol.

SU’s Etter Health Center offers a counseling center for students. The center is located on the ground floor of Naugle Hall. Call (717) 477-1458 to schedule an appointment.

2/16/2016, 10:43am

Suicide awareness is key for SU

By Troy Okum

On the east side of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, a room filled with telecommunications equipment hums into the evening, while its staff waits for the next call.

Photo cutline: From left to right, the Rev. Warren Eshbach, the Rev. Mark Oldensburg and colleague Aaron Smith discuss that science and religion are not mutually exclusive. They are faculty members at Lutheran Theological Seminary in Gettysburg.

2/15/2016, 10:21pm

Did God create the big bang?

By Marissa Merkt

On Thursday, the eve of International Darwin Day and second day of Lent, three faculty members from the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg gathered at Shippensburg University’s Orndorff Theatre to discuss how science and religion can intersect. One of the speakers, the Rev.

Sen. Andrew Dinniman, minority chair of the state Senate education committee, addresses the rallygoers, speaking about the importance of higher education in the modern world.

2/8/2016, 10:28pm

Hundreds rally for fair education

By Derek Evanosky and Tyler M. Law

A crowd of university students and faculty crammed onto the steps of the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg as the chants of disenfranchised college students echoed from the Capitol building’s rotunda. Approximately 500 Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) students, faculty and alumni crammed into the rotunda to voice their disapproval of the state’s funding of PASSHE schools.