NEWS

1/21/2020, 12:00pm

PASSHE Chancellor gives annual update on system

By Hannah Pollock / Managing Editor

“We are at a turning point. This year, with our partners, the general assembly, we will decide the course of public higher education in this commonwealth,” Pennsylvania State System of Education (PASSHE) Chancellor Daniel Greenstein said during his State of the System address on Jan. 15. “This year we will decide whether all Pennsylvanians — regardless of race, zip code or wealth — will have an affordable pathway into and beyond the middle class.”

On Oct. 24 2019, three men stationed themselves outside the Ezra Lehman Memorial Library at Shippensburg University shouting their beliefs at students. Their actions leave SU with a question: How should students contend with those with whom they disagree?

12/31/2019, 6:00pm

Loud and clear: What students can learn from campus demonstrations

By Jonathan Bergmueller / Editor-in-Chief

 Three religious demonstrators seeking to save the students of Shippensburg University assembled in the academic quad and preached what they considered the Word of God. And while many in the community believe the men did not further civil discourse at SU, some believe their presence can be used as a jumping point to discuss how society can approach handling personal differences. 

'Molly Pitcher': Fact over fiction

12/31/2019, 1:56pm

'Molly Pitcher': Fact over fiction

By Austin Stoltzfus

Located on High Street in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, is the brewery, Molly Pitcher Brewing Co. It’s not too difficult to see Molly’s name on a stroll around town, whether it’s a brewery, apartment building, plaque or even her large statue found in the Molly Pitcher Cemetery. But who is Molly Pitcher?

President Donald Trump gathered his supporters to the Hershey Giant Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania for a rally preceding his race for the 2020 presidency. 

12/12/2019, 5:55pm

Trump rallies supporters in Hershey

By Hannah Pollock / Managing Editor

HERSHEY, PA. — A sea of red hats filled the Giant Center when around 11,000 supporters packed the arena — and even more watched on a monitor outside — in Hershey on Dec. 10 during President Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign rally visit.

The Open Society Foundation of Berlin presented a piece of the Berlin Wall with a message to President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 8. Shippensburg University students who live in the Media Learning Community were visiting the Newseum when the piece passed by.

12/3/2019, 12:00pm

‘It is better to tear down walls’

By Noel Miller / Editor-in-Chief

The Open Society Initiative of Berlin has gifted the United States a piece of the Berlin Wall to commemorate the 30th anniversary of its fall with a letter to Donald Trump on it. 

12/3/2019, 12:00pm

New coordinator hopes to create safe space for vets

By Abby Lee

Shippensburg University has tapped Charles Payne, a veteran who has served in the military for 29 years, to coordinate a program overseeing veteran and nontraditional student affairs in the Veterans’ Resource Center. 

Cumberland County Prison Quentin Eric Furlow

11/19/2019, 2:17pm

Former SU student turns self in to police

By Hannah Pollock / Managing Editor

Pennsylvania State Police have charged a third man in connection with the Oct. 6 shooting during an alleged drug deal near High Street in Shippensburg that resulted in the death of one man and serious injury to another.