SHIP LIFE

8/26/2025, 9:00am

Mornings in a Mug: Omelet Edition

By Megan Sawka / Managing Editor

Happy first week of classes! Right now, you might feel motivated to wake up early for your 8 a.m. classes, but once the semester picks up, you will be much more tempted to hit the snooze button. Having an easy, filling breakfast on deck can make mornings much smoother and fuel the rest of your hectic class-filled day. This mug omelet is perfect for mornings when you do not feel like heading to the dining hall. It is fast, customizable, and made right in your dorm microwave with almost no cleanup.

4/29/2025, 9:00am

HBCU Homecoming showcases Black excellence

By Jordan Neperud / Ship Life Editor

Shippensburg’s Elite Modeling Troupe hosted the HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) Homecoming, a night celebrating Black excellence. The event was held in Memorial Auditorium and featured music from BOOGZONDABEAT. 

4/29/2025, 9:00am

HBCU Homecoming showcases Black excellence

By Jordan Neperud / Ship Life Editor

Shippensburg’s Elite Modeling Troupe hosted the HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) Homecoming, a night celebrating Black excellence. The event was held in Memorial Auditorium and featured music from BOOGZONDABEAT. 

Dolbin’s parents worked on campus.

4/29/2025, 9:00am

Steve Dolbin: 'You can always come home'

By Ian Thompson / News Editor

Long before he was a professor, Steve Dolbin was a “dynamic little All-American lad,” according to the newspaper, a boy who spent his childhood running around the halls of Shippensburg State College. After a lifetime intertwined with Shippensburg University and 25 years of teaching at SU, Dolbin is stepping away from the classroom.

4/15/2025, 7:30pm

Mental health advocacy with poet Luther Kissam V

By Reagan Gardenhour

“If I’m really serious about getting better, I need to get better,” said Luther Kissam V.  Cole Kissam, otherwise known as his pen name Luther Kissam V, is a poet and writer from Charlotte, North Carolina. On April 10, he spoke at an event in Stewart Hall inspired by his first book called “Have I Told You About My Superpowers?”

4/15/2025, 9:00am

Sink or Ship: Students pitch big in Ship Tank

By Jordan Neperud / Ship Life Editor

SU students take home cash prizes after pitching their business ideas to a panel of judges, “Shark Tank” style.  The Charles H. Diller Jr. Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership and Innovation hosted Ship Tank, on April 10. This was an event meant to “provide Shippensburg students with a chance to explore their entrepreneurial interest in an environment where they can learn, grow, and earn some cash,” according to the Diller Center. 

4/15/2025, 9:00am

Erica Galioto: ‘It is alive and well’

By Reagan Gardenhour

“I try to take students from where they are to somewhere else, and to me, that is also like therapy,” said Erica Galioto.  Galioto, a Shippensburg University English professor, is a believer of allowing, and guiding, students to reach their fullest potential. To get them to that potential, she is adamant in teaching a variety of topics that range from connectivity and diversity to testimonial experience.  

Groups at the Greek Sing lip sync event performed in Memorial Auditorium. 

4/15/2025, 9:00am

SU Greek Week ends in annual lip sync

By Taja Colbert / Staff Contributor

Shippensburg University hosted its annual Greek Lip Sync at Memorial Auditorium in celebration of the end of Greek Week. Throughout the week, each Greek organization competed in various games against one another. These games included volleyball, Greek trivia, kickball, basketball and more. When a team won an event, they earned points on a leaderboard.

4/8/2025, 9:35am

The Sexy and Consenty Egg Hunt

By Jordan Neperud / Ship Life Editor

Wands, Rabbits, Rings, Oh My!  The PAGE (Pride and Gender Equity) Center and Women’s and Gender Studies Department hosted the third annual Sexy and Consenty Egg Hunt on April 4. 

4/1/2025, 9:56am

PAGE Center’s ‘Who’s Afraid of Vagina Woolf’ Trivia Event Sees Massive Turnout

By Taja Colbert / Staff Contributor

The Shippensburg University’s Women and Gender Studies Department hosted its third annual “Who’s Afraid of Vagina Woolf: A Healthy Body Trivia,” on March 24 in CUB119. The event aimed to raise awareness and rid long-standing misconceptions about the female body, emphasizing the importance of women gaining accurate knowledge about their health and anatomy, while not being afraid to speak about it.