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An SU professor talks to students about the challenges U.S. immigrants face when entering the country. The workshop addressed topics including the immigration process, its reform and methods of advocacy.

11/6/2017, 9:41pm

Immigration forum enlightens students

 

“That’s not in my department.” “You’re wasting my time, come on!” “Don’t you know any better? Move on, move on!” shouted the faculty at the students.

11/1/2017, 3:34pm

Student commended for LGBT advocacy

 

Shippensburg University student Trent Bauer got the surprise of his life when he was called out of the audience of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” to be recognized for improving the presence of the LGBT community on SU’s campus.

SU police officers escort a religious demonstrator to the edge of campus on Prince Street after more than 100 students showed up to challenge him. The man wore a yellow shirt and is seen holding a rolled up banner.

10/25/2017, 6:32pm

SU students challenge religious demonstrator on quad

 

A self-described Christian man held a protest on the Shippensburg University campus on Wednesday afternoon, yelling anti-gay remarks and drawing a large crowd of students to the academic quad.

Cody Olson and Karla Moses smile for pictures together after being crowned king and queen. Olson raised more than $2,000, and Moses raised $1,800.

10/23/2017, 9:37pm

Homecoming king, queen crowned during football game

 

Cody Olson and Karla Moses were crowned Shippensburg University’s homecoming king and queen on Saturday afternoon during halftime at SU’s football game against Millersville University. 

Shippensburg police officer Scott Wolfe shares his sister-in-law’s account of the mass shooting in Las Vegas and how the family plans to move forward.

10/17/2017, 5:50pm

Wolfe family hosts press conference in Luhrs

 

During a press conference at Shippensburg University yesterday, the brother of Shippensburg elementary wrestling coach Bill Wolfe Jr. recounted the events that occurred during the mass shooting in Las Vegas that led to the death of Wolfe and 58 others. 

Carter reflected on how her past led her on an unexpected path to become SU’s 17th president.

10/12/2017, 12:59am

SU president looks forward

 

Seated in a conference room in the Shippensburg University president’s office, President Laurie Carter discussed her past as well as her professional experiences, and the challenges still facing SU midway through her first semester as the university’s 17th president. 

The Rev. Sharon Fisher shares her personal connection to the 2015 Charleston church shooting during a rally sponsored by ACT on Thursday.

10/2/2017, 11:24pm

Rally promotes campus unity

 

Shippensburg University students and faculty rallied together to promote peace and equality at the United We Stand rally Thursday evening. 

Professors examine immigration at the symposium, including its connection to crime and impact on the economy. The symposium is hosted every year by criminal justice professor Stephanie Jirard.

9/25/2017, 8:35pm

DACA termination sparks SU discussion

 

While talk of the termination of the United States’ Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program continues to circulate through the national media, the conversation made its way to Shippensburg University on Thursday evening in the form of a criminal justice symposium. 

Karen Whitney plans to visit PASSHE’s 14 universities throughout her first several weeks as chancellor.

9/18/2017, 7:22pm

PASSHE chancellor to visit SU

 

Less than a week after assuming her new role as interim chancellor of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE), Karen Whitney has already visited two PASSHE universities, with plans to visit the other 12 universities in the coming weeks. 

Campus police officers serve hot dogs and hamburgers to hungry students. This is the second year that the picnic was held with the intent of forming a better relationship between the university’s police officers and its students.

9/3/2017, 9:02pm

SU police department hosts annual picnic

 

Shippensburg University’s campus police officers traded in their uniforms and parking tickets Thursday evening to host the police department’s second annual picnic. 

President Carter and members of Student Government complete a lap around the academic quad as some of the first members of SU's community to take part in the ShipShare program. The program allows students, faculty and staff to rent bicycles to ride on campus, in town or on the rail-trail. 

9/1/2017, 2:59pm

Bike sharing program introduced at SU

 

Shippensburg University President Laurie Carter cut the ceremonial ribbon this afternoon to introduce the new ShipShare program which allows students, faculty and staff to borrow bicycles from the Ezra Lehman Memorial Library. 

1/21/2020, 12:00pm

Former SU student charged in 2018 sexual assault

By Hannah Pollock / Managing Editor

Charges were filed in April 2019 against two men who were accused of two separate sexual assault cases — one on campus in a Shippensburg University residence hall and another off-campus relating to incidents occurring in 2018.

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?