NEWS


10/15/2014, 3:37pm

Candidates for Student Senate President deliver speeches

Fourteen days after Michelle Bradley resigned from the office of Student Senate president, four candidates rose from the student body to run for the open seat. The candidates delivered their speeches and fielded questions from the audience in McFeely’s on Thursday, Oct.


10/13/2014, 12:01pm

Burgers and Ballots

Students lined up under the shadow of a giant, inflatable Rosie the Riveter to grab some free food and talk about the upcoming election. Pennsylvania’s American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) held a “Burgers and Ballots” event outside of Reisner Hall on Friday, Oct.


10/7/2014, 10:01pm

Student Senate president resigns

Michelle Bradley, the president of Student Senate, resigned on Thursday, Sept. 25, during a closed caucus meeting. She resigned after physical and mental stress, related to injuries from a car accident, hindered her ability to fulfill her responsibilities as president, Bradley said.


10/7/2014, 9:57pm

Correction

On Tuesday, Oct. 7 an article titled, “Student Senate president resigns” was published in The Slate.


9/30/2014, 12:18am

Helping hands in Harrisburg

The people on the outside are stingy — they keep their wealth for themselves. This is the type of attitude that develops among some of the homeless, Sue Rudy, CEO of Silence of Mary Home in Harrisburg, said. When people volunteer their time and show compassion, it lets the homeless know that others actually care. Catholic Campus Ministries (CCM) and Shippensburg University students from Karen Johnson’s and Laurie Cella’s basic writing classes went to Harrisburg on Saturday to do just that. Rudy and her husband Vern own four homes in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, that homeless people can stay at when they are struggling.


9/30/2014, 12:04am

SAGE educates public about LGBT seniors

An advocacy group provided a free training session to educate people about the acute needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) senior citizens. Tim Johnston, manager of education and training for Services and Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Elders (SAGE), came from New York City to lead the event on Tuesday, Sept., 23.


9/22/2014, 10:12pm

Crossing boundaries

Booths with posters and pictures of foreign countries filled the multi-purpose room at the Ceddia Union Building during the Study Abroad Fair Thursday.


9/22/2014, 10:04pm

16 days that will change your life

Shippensburg University United Campus Ministry (UCM) is planning to take its seventh service trip to Vietnam, and it would like to recruit interested individuals. Though the exact dates of the trip are not permanent, the Rev.


9/15/2014, 9:45pm

SVA raises money for wounded veteran

The family that veterans make up is a bond so strong that no one is left behind, despite the daily hardships that each may face. That strength was demonstrated Thursday when the Student Veterans of America (SVA) came out to raise money and show support for injured veteran Cpl.


9/9/2014, 4:40pm

Marriott hotel being built, campus farm relocated

Four stories, 110 rooms, and $14 million are invested in the new hotel being built next to the Shippensburg University Conference Center on Newburg Road, according to Pennlive.com. The groundbreaking ceremony for the Courtyard by Marriott hotel was held May 20 while most students were away on summer break.