The 2012 presidential election is rapidly approaching. For some people, this is a time to learn about each candidate’s policies and determine for whom they wish to vote. For other people this is a chance to learn some random facts about each candidate that can help win a game of Trivial Pursuit or, at least serve as small talk topics at a party.
If you have been paying attention to the presidential campaign this past year, chances are you have heard the topic of gay rights come up more than once.
Many of the students at Shippensburg University will come to polls to vote for the first time this year for the presidential election.
The Nimble Arts Circus flipped into Shippensburg University Tuesday evening and wowed the crowd in the CUB MPR through its skilled, awe-inspiring circus routines. The five-person act is composed of a bow-tie juggler, a fabric-flipping princess, a twisting-pixie acrobat, a canister-rolling businessman and a weightless trapeze goddess.
Students may have wondered what was going on when they passed by several animals in the CUB’s Main Hall on Thursday, Oct.
On Thursday, Oct. 4, Shippensburg University held its annual Lip Sync competition in celebration of Homecoming Week.
Each year, Shippensburg University’s Homecoming Committee stirs it up with fresh new themes intended to set the tone of celebration for Homecoming.
As most Shippensburg University students know, homecoming week is a time for alumni to return to SU to celebrate and reconnect with old friends.
The Cumberland Valley Animal Shelter Thrift Store is the ideal store for any college student – a place to buy a variety of things for cheap while doing some good for the community. The CVAS Thrift Store is located on the corner of King and Earl Streets, within walking distance of campus.
Shippensburg University offers many student resources to achieve academic goals. With midterms just around the corner and bad grades plaguing D2L accounts, it is time for students to pull themselves together and get the grades they want.
The student club, Ship Votes, went door-to-door during classes on Sept. 19 to encourage students to vote and help with voter registration applications. Ship Votes is a non-partisan, voter registration group with more than 50 volunteers that has registered more than 600 students to vote this year.
This summer, while many Shippensburg University students were at the beach, visiting museums or working so they could afford their textbooks for the fall semester, Cadet John Reitz, an SU junior, was overseas in Georgia participating in the Cultural Understanding and Language Proficiency (CULP) program. CULP, a program offered by SU’s Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC), is designed to get United States military cadets experience in foreign countries.
A hero comes in many different shapes and sizes. The reality of the world that we live in is that there are problems. Hunger is one of those problems that expands across the globe.
On Jan. 24, The Slate featured a story about an Shippensburg University sophomore named Kelsea Collins, who had just left to learn abroad at Limerick University in Limerick, Ireland. She had high hopes of a life-changing, perspective-altering experience that would help her better understand her future. Collins, now a junior, returned May 15 after a four-month trip that exceeded all of her expectations, altered her perspectives and certainly changed her life. “You just become a different kind of person because you’re completely self-reliant,” Collins said.
When Andrew Thornhill walked into Rowland 206 on Sept.12 to speak to students about his experiences as an entrepreneur, the vibe of the classroom changed from an attitude of passivity to one of inspiration. Thornhill is a successful entrepreneur based out of Seattle, Wash., who has worked in every industry from music to media. Guest speakers have graced the halls of Shippensburg University in the past, but what made Thornhill stand out from the rest is his selflessness to share his success and insight with students.
Eleven years ago the acts of a few changed the lives of thousands. On Sept. 11, 2001, terrorism struck America — the World Trade Centers crumbled to the ground, the Pentagon burned and a plane went down in the middle of a field.
She walks into the room like she does everyday. Her tattered blue jeans, pink scrunchie tangled in her wavy caramel hair and the same oversized hoody hide the scars underneath.
The beginning of every semester kicks off a migration of students moving from home to campus. However, every student does not make this semi-permanent move.
Freshman year can be scary and exciting, but confusing. As freshmen, finding equal balance between independence without forgetting about schoolwork can be challenging. To help all the freshmen in this situation, here are five tips to help survive freshman year.
Many students, professors, administrators and staff at Shippensburg University have something in common besides the fact that they attend, teach or work at the university.
