Your World Tomorrow Commentary: Everything happens for a reason

Incoming 2025-2026 Slate Editor-in-Chief Jayden Pohlman: "Throughout my college career, “everything happens for a reason” was the mantra I adopted to soften disappointment’s harsh blow."  "I repeated the phrase to myself when I drifted apart from my best friend from high school, when my car was towed sophomore year and when I didn’t leave Australia engaged to Robert Irwin."  "No matter what obstacle got in my way, this cliché consistently helped me look at the bright side, and I began to view every hardship as a minor setback in the grand scheme of life."

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Australians are afraid of what lives in North America, too

Before embarking on my journey halfway across the world to Australia, I was repeatedly warned of the dangerous creatures that lurk down under. 

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Culture Spotlight: Malu Takahashi

 Maria-Luiza Takahashi, also known as Malu, is an international student from Curitiba, Brazil. She is currently in her junior year and is double majoring in political science and international studies.  

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Culture Spotlight: Nicola Puggé

Nicola Puggé, an international student from Bempflingen, Germany, is studying journalism and competing on the Shippensburg track and field team. She is committed to Shippensburg for all four years of her college career and is currently a junior.

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Culture Spotlight: Meet Yeseul Kim

Yeseul Kim, an international student from Yongin, South Korea, is studying early childhood education at Shippensburg University for the 2023-24 academic year. 

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Lackhove throws “It’s A Hoedown” event

  “It’s A Hoedown” hosted by Lackhove Hall, was a night filled with line dancing, country karaoke and more. 

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