We here at the Student Government Association hope everyone had a wonderful Homecoming weekend. It was amazing to see the campus banding together once again to welcome back our alumni and celebrate with Shippensburg pride.
Despite the darkness of another Shippensburg football loss, the light shone on junior Annie Linker and senior Tymere Harris, who were crowned SU’s 2024 Homecoming Royalty at Seth Grove Stadium Saturday afternoon.
As Shippensburg University student groups prepare to submit their 2025-2026 budget requests, four new groups will be able to request funds after being approved at the Oct. 3 Student Government Association (SGA) meeting.
It is hard to believe that the first eight weeks of the semester are behind us. The Student Government Association (SGA) has been putting in the work representing the campus community and will continue to do so throughout the semester.
The two candidates for Pennsylvania’s 10th Congressional District seat will meet for a debate on Oct. 8 at 7 p.m. in Harrisburg. Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and Republican Senate nominee Dave McCormick have agreed to attend a debate on Oct. 3 at 8 p.m. in Harrisburg.
SU Student Trustee Colin Arnold: As the new student trustee for Shippensburg University, I would like to initiate a student trustee report in The Slate. Before getting to the details of the report, I would like to first address the unique role that the student trustee plays and what the Council of Trustees is.
On Nov. 29, 2017, Matt Lauer was fired from the Today Show. At 7 a.m., just as I did every day at the time, I was brushing my teeth, attempting to comb my hair and making my way downstairs to eat breakfast before getting on the bus just before 8 a.m. But that day was different. As I was finishing upstairs, I heard the familiar sound of the Today Show’s opening music echoing from my kitchen. By the time I stepped into the room, I heard Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb reading the statement alleging Lauer’s sexual misconduct.
Pennsylvania state Sen. Greg Rothman visited Shippensburg University on Thursday for a Q&A event about entrepreneurship sponsored by the Commonwealth Foundation and hosted by the Charles H. Diller Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership and Innovation in Stewart Hall.
With just over a month left until election day, both candidates continue to campaign in battleground states in a tight presidential race. According to national polling data from the New York Times, Vice President Harris holds a small lead over Trump in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Nevada. In North Carolina, Georgia and Arizona, Trump is leading by an equally small margin. Neither candidate holds more than a three percentage point lead over their opponent in each battleground state.
Diversity Week 2024 has come to a close, but its message still carries on across campus. Multicultural Student Affairs (MSA) revealed “A Quilt to Cover Us All” Friday on the Gilbert Lawn, bringing Diversity Week to an end. Each panel of the quilt was created by faculty and students, representing the diversity, inclusivity and unity on campus.
Following the Shippensburg University Student Government Association (SGA) meeting held on Thursday, Sept. 19, four prospective SGA senators gave their speeches in McFeely’s in the CUB at 5 p.m. Three of the senator candidates are running to represent the Class of 2028. The fourth is running to represent the Class of 2025.
Shippensburg University’s Student Government Association (SGA) approved changes to its Budget and Finance Committee (B&F) standing rules at its meeting last week. The amendments to the rules include the addition of a special funding request process that will allow groups to request additional funds to supplement their budget. The committee allocated $120,000 to the fund after SU President Charles Patterson approved a student activity fee increase at the end of the budget process last year.
The Student Government Association (SGA) is happy to be running at full steam on campus once again and would like to announce some upcoming opportunities for the student body, as well as report on recent successes.
As I sit here and write about the upcoming few months, I am reminded of the importance behind wanting a change. It’s easy to want a specific change, but it’s harder to make it happen. I use journalism as a way to introduce a change. I obviously cannot do it by myself, but I believe that if more people used their voices, change would be much more possible.
“It’s free. Period.” Walk into any women’s or all-gender restroom on campus this semester, and you will now be welcomed by that tagline. Announced by SU News on Aug. 12, free period products are now available campus-wide. The announcement of SU’s new initiative was brief — a press release of just over 200 words — but the fight for free menstrual products and gender equity on campus has been long.
As the presidential race enters its final seven weeks, both campaigns have been spending a lot of time in the Keystone State. Pennsylvania is among several battleground states that will decide the outcome of the 2024 presidential election with its 19 electoral college votes.
The start of a new school year is hard. It is not hard in the way that classes are strenuous, assignments are brutal or the balance between school and life is impossible. It is hard in the way that we, as students, almost forget what it is like to practice our core values when a new year develops.
