Be kind to Halloween actors this year
ByAround this time of year, thousands of patrons visit various haunted attractions around the United States, a few being in our own backyard.
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SU works with international students as they overcome challenges of leaving home
ByLeaving home for college can be a frightening transition for many young adults, as they are cut free from parental supervision to care for themselves for the first time in their lives.
APB hosts homecoming bingo night
ByShippensburg’s “Shipelodeon” homecoming 2018 festivities were continued with a night of bingo on Saturday.
Cultures are not costumes
ByHalloween is approaching at lightening speed, and for all of you who dress up for Halloween, sometimes there may be a temptation to dress up as Native Americans.
SU students plant tulips to symbolize hope during Domestic Violence Awareness Month
ByShovel in hand, Roneka Jones, intern at Shippensburg University’s Women’s Center, blanketed tulip bulbs with a layer of soil in the Jamie Fecker Garden by Lackhove Hall last Tuesday for SU’s annual tulip planting ceremony.
Students relieve stress with spa night
ByWhat better way to relieve already piled-on stress from the first month of school than by attending the Activities Program Board’s (APB) spa night?
SU course teaches students how to reduce their stress
ByTake a moment. Close your eyes. Breathe in one, two, three. Breathe out one, two, three.
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Commentary: Should teenagers be trick-or-treating?
ByAs we venture into the month of October, wholeheartedly known as “the month of Halloween” in my household, I pose the question: why do we police who gets to participate in Halloween’s events, including trick-or-treating, dressing up or benefiting from the kindhearted patrons who buy a ton of overpriced candy just to give it away?
How scary are scary movies, really?
ByAs we enter the last few days of September, Halloween month is just around the corner.
Shippensburg serves community at second beer and wine festival
ByShippensburg’s annual beer and wine festival kicked off its second year on Saturday with great success.
Students put to the test during APB's trivia night
By / Ship Life EditorShippensburg University students put their sports, music and movie knowledge to the test at the Activities Program Board (APB) trivia night Thursday.
SU visiting anthropology professor shares heart-wrenching account of his time in Haiti
ByWith outstretched arms, Christopher Kovats-Bernat, an American anthropologist and one-year visiting anthropology professor at Shippensburg University, brought to words the tattoos that adorn his skin from elbow to wrist. The Haitian flag, Voodoo spirits and phrases penned in foreign script are among the eight.
SU staff comfort students during suicide vigil event
ByShippensburg University’s recently honored those lost to suicide through a suicide awareness vigil on World Suicide Awareness and Prevention Day.
Cycling club steers into SU
ByShippensburg University’s Cycling Club is here, and they are not messing around.
Commentary: What is the point of partying on Richard Avenue?
ByIn my four years at Shippensburg University, the fascination with Richard Avenue still strikes me as odd.
SU creates program for first-year students
ByDo you remember your freshman year? Times of stumbling around to find the correct building, mostly lost and confused. Luckily, the Class of 2022 will not have to know the struggle thanks to Shippensburg’s new first-year experience program.
Seminar teaches SU students how to practice 'adulting'
By / Ship Life EditorStudents attended the first in a series of Adulting 101 presentations in the Ezra Lehman Memorial Library on Sept. 6 to learn more about financial aid and how to apply for loans.
First-Year Seminar intended to assist with college transition
ByDo you remember your freshman year? For many, it included times of stumbling around to find the correct building lost and confused. Luckily, the Shippensburg University Class of 2022 will not have to know the struggle thanks to the new first-year seminar program.
SU student gets 'buggy with it' during vector control internship
ByWhile most people were coating their bodies with mosquito repellent to avoid the blood-sucking pests this summer, Bailey Bzdak, a senior geoenvironmental studies and biology major at Shippensburg University, was seeking them out.