OPINION

11/5/2019, 12:00pm

Commentary: Give it a thought: Imagine what 100 % looks like

By Chase Slenker / Staff Columnist

The Shippensburg University community and campus life is often fragmented into smaller groups. Our university is defined more so by our individual groups and lacks a central school spirit. The truly disappointing part of our campus climate is the large percentage of our population that is not involved on campus. 

10/15/2019, 1:45pm

Commentary: To raise the smoking age, raise the draft age

By Chase Slenker / Staff Columnist

  A bill titled the “Tobacco-Free Youth Act” is making its way through the United States Senate committees. The bipartisan bill, sponsored by majority leader Mitch McConnell (R) and former vice-presidential candidate Sen. Tim Kaine (D) would change the federal smoking age from eighteen to twenty-one. 

9/24/2019, 12:00pm

Commentary: Term limits not all good

By Chase Slenker / Staff Columnist

The corruption and inefficiency in the United States Congress is something that almost everyone has come to deal with. Many who see this dilemma turn to Congressional term limits via a constitutional amendment. According to Rasmussen Reports, in 2016, 74 percent of Americans support congressional term limits for all members of Congress. 

9/19/2019, 8:35pm

Commentary: Fair, biased newsmedia

By Chase Slenker / Staff Columnist

Last week I wrote my commentary “Mending the Rift” about the need for Americans to be open to other people’s ideas and not be afraid to discuss political matters. The purpose? To foster community in our nation, to understand differences and gain insight on other possible solutions to our nation’s problems.

Members of the Shippensburg Police Department coordinated K-9 officers from the Cumberland County Sheriff's Department and the Carlisle War Barracks.

9/19/2019, 8:34pm

The Slate Speaks: Bomb threats at SASD, the boy who cried wolf

By Staff Editorial

A bomb threat targeting Shippensburg Area Senior High School failed to close Shippensburg’s public schools last Wednesday, Sept. 11. Students entered the building guarded by members of the Shippensburg Police Department, but otherwise classes continued as normal, a marching band rehearsed outside and a gym class exercised in the field by the school. 

9/10/2019, 2:48pm

The Slate Speaks: Gun violence needs action

By Staff Editorial

Gun violence in America has been a common scene of both chaos and carnage. National leaders respond to the issue in a seemingly systematic manner — thoughts and prayers; thought and prayers; thoughts and prayers — while innocent Americans continue to die.