Your World Today: I spent four years here, so now I’m going to talk your ear off
By / Editor-in-ChiefWhen I started college in 2018, I was experiencing a dissolution of my identity
NEWS
Rangeline DeJesus named SU student trustee
By / Asst. News EditorOn April 14, it was announced that Rangeline DeJesus will serve as a new Shippensburg University Trustee. Appointed by Gov. Tom Wolfe, the sophomore will be serving on the Shippensburg University Council of Trustees and representing students.
‘Take Back the Night’ held in person after two years
By / Editor-in-Chief“When we deny our stories and disengage from tough emotions, they don’t go away; instead, they own us, they define us. Our job is not to deny the story, but to defy the ending—to rise strong, recognize our story, and rumble with the truth until we get to a place where we think, ‘Yes. This is what happened. This is my truth. And I will choose how this story ends,” a speaker at SU’s ‘Take Back the Night” used the Brene Brown quote to perfectly sum up the night. ‘Take Back the Night,’ an annual event from the PAGE Center, Domestic Violence Services of Cumberland and Perry County (DVSCPC), Women in Need and YWCA Carlisle and Cumberland Co., was held on Tuesday, April 19 in the CUB MPR.
Women’s Consortium Student Emergency Funds to Foundation
ByIn each case the SUWC member involved both provided help personally and helped the student make appropriate contacts for further assistance. These experiences launched the idea to hold SUWC fund-raisers to provide the money to have on hand for such grants. Now students who were threatened with violence and/or sexual assault in their place of residence, students suddenly left homeless or without adequate resources for food, students with transportation emergencies all have received SUWC assistance.
FGSA serves first-generation students, helping them adjust to academic and campus life
ByAs a first-generation student herself, junior psychology major Cassidy Keilholtz knows a thing or two about the struggles of being the first in your family to pursue a four-year degree. As president of the First-Generation Student Alliance (FGSA) club at Shippensburg University, Keilholtz is passionate about helping fellow first-generation students successfully navigate the college experience.
SU students and faculty work to make campus more sustainable
By / Asst. News EditorFrom shifting weather predictions, to mass storms across the southern United States, it seems some aspects of climate change are rearing their head. “It’s quite clear, from study after study, that the rate of resource extraction, the rate of population growth, is exorbitant and we can’t continue to extract resources at the same rate that we always have.” said Sean Cornell, a geography and earth sciences professor at Shippensburg University.
Jan Bye to retire after 28 years of service to the SU community
ByA self-proclaimed progressive, feminist pastor, the Rev. Jan Bye has served the Shippensburg community since 1994. Reverend Bye will be retiring this June after 28 years of dedicated service as the United Campus Minister at Shippensburg University.
SGA welcomes 2022-23 officers
By / Asst. Opinion EditorAs described by former SGA President Riley Brown, “A new era has begun for the university.”
Get to know SGA senator candidates
By / Business ManagerThe Student Government Association’s senator elections are ongoing and will close on Thursday, April 21, at 4 p.m. There are six candidates running across the four positions — the College of Business Senator, the College of Arts & Sciences Senator, the Class of 2024 Senator and the VP of Internal Affairs.
Green League and Environmental Awareness
By / Asst. News Editor“It’s quite clear, from study after study, that the rate of resource extraction, the rate of population growth, is exorbitant and we can’t continue to extract resources at the same rate that we always have,” said Sean Cornell, an SU associate geography and earth sciences professor. From shifting weather predictions, to mass storms across the southern United States, it seems some aspects of climate change are rearing their head.
SGA senator elections underway, officer position to be included
By / Business ManagerJust a few weeks after the Student Government Association’s officer elections, senators are suiting up for their own elections to take place. Voting begins on Monday April 18 at 8 a.m. through Thursday April 21 at 4 p.m. Voting will take place online through Shiplink again and an email will be sent to Shippensburg University students containing the voting link.
Class of 2022 to see return of traditional commencement
By / Asst. News EditorThe end of the spring semester is rapidly approaching, and that means graduation for Shippensburg’s seniors.
Patterson moves to next stage of presidenital search
By / Editor-in-ChiefThe SU presidential search committee announced that they are taking the next step in considering Charles Patterson for a permanent position, an email sent out on Friday, April 8 said.
Guest speaker addresses mass incarceration of women and girls
By / Asst. PR DirectorEvery seat in Old Main Chapel was occupied on Wednesday, March 30, as Jill McCorkel, sociology and criminology professor at Villanova University, presented her lecture titled “It’s not Prison Reform if We Leave Women and Girls Behind.” The event began with introductions by Allison Carey, SU sociology department chair, and Theresa Ward, sociology senior and department tutor.
Teach In – The Current State of Abortion Access
ByOn March 24, the University’s Pride & Gender Equity (PAGE) Center had guest speakers discuss the current state of abortion access in the United States and in Pennsylvania and the future of Roe v. Wade.
President announces masks no longer required in SU classrooms
By / Editor-in-ChiefShippensburg University Interim President Charles Patterson sent out an update to campus masking policies on March 31.
PASSHE chancellor visits SU in person, hosts open forum
By / Editor-in-ChiefDan Greenstein, chancellor of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, hosted an open forum at Shippensburg University in person for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began in spring 2020.
SGA hosts brief public meeting
By / Editor-in-ChiefThe Student Government Association held a public meeting on March 31 in Orndorff Theater at 4:15 p.m.. The meeting concluded shortly after the opening remarks, despite the tensions present at the last public meeting.
SGA 2022-2023 president, leadership announced
BySeth Edwards, Shippensburg University Student Trustee, announced the results of the Student Government Association officer election in an email sent out to students last Wednesday, March 16.
SGA elections committee confronted over campaign violation complaints
By and / Editor-in-ChiefAt the Student Government Association public meeting on March 17, several senators confronted the Elections Committee regarding decisions they made about campaign violation complaints filed against Chase Slenker in closed door meetings.