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Fashion Archives Director Karin Bohleke cut the ribbon to officially open the facility alongside other speakers.

4/5/2016, 12:23am

SU Fashion Archives & Museum opens its new home

By Jessica Richardson

From a professor’s office to the basement of Horton Hall, and finally to its own property, the Fashion Archives and Museum of Shippensburg University has traveled a long way. What SU Foundation Board of Directors Chair Joel Zullinger described as the unwanted stepchild has now been adopted, as the Foundation officially opened the new location on March 29, with a ribbon cutting ceremony. “For years it was the unwanted stepchild of the university because what do you do with it and where do you put it,” Zullinger said. Many came to welcome the new location and new inaugural exhibit at 501 N.

4/5/2016, 12:12am

SU’s alcohol, drug services offer students helping hand

By Jessica Richardson

Tucked away in 210 Old Main is a resource some students may not know about. Shippensburg University offers Drug and Alcohol Services and the Connection Program as a helping hand to students. The program includes Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students (BASICS), which every student who comes to the program goes through.

SU professor of English Cathy Dibello explains how she specialized her textbook specifically for Taiwanese students.

3/31/2016, 8:18pm

Professor authors book for Taiwanese students

By Marissa Merkt

“Dirt ball” and “haven for pirates” are the words China formally used to describe Taiwan, but despite those connotations, a Shippensburg University English professor felt it was necessary to create a textbook for them. On Thursday, professor Cathy Dibello read aloud parts of her new textbook, “Connecting Through Writing,” which she co-authored with Judy Shi and released in 2015.

Kristin Beck’s life served as an example to SU students about some the challenges transgender people can go through. Out Beck’s 13 deployments, seven of them were in a combat zone.

3/29/2016, 1:34pm

SU’s LGBTQ community shows film about gender transformation

By Matthew Smith

Taking on the world one step at a time, it’s all just another mission for former Navy Seal Kristin Beck, whose life was highlighted by Shippensburg University faculty and staff last week. Beck served 20 years on 13 deployments, has received medals such as the Purple Heart and was also a member of the counter-terrorism unit Seal Team 6.

Patti Savoulidis, of the SU Foundation, emceed the event.

3/29/2016, 12:49pm

SU scholarship recipients meet benefactors at dinner

By Mary Grace Keller

Beneath one roof, benefactors and scholarship recipients congregated together to celebrate what generosity has done for the students of Shippensburg University. The annual Spirit of Generosity Scholarship Dinner was held on March 22 in the Tuscarora Room of Reisner Dining Hall.

Infrastructure has been critical since humankind began creating settlements. While aqueducts are no longer popular, miles of aging pipelines are hidden underground.

3/29/2016, 12:42pm

Commentary: $478 billion is not enough

By Commentary by Troy Okum

Of all the issues that concern Shippensburg University students, the nation’s (crumbling) infrastructure probably does not fall high on the list of what is important. Roads, bridges and public transportation is not the sexiest topic to talk about, and the mere mention of PennDOT may have you cringing.

Tyler Murkley, Hayley Ream, Amanda Vazquez and SU professor Catherine B. Clay host a table from the International Studies Department to teach about women in Russia.

3/25/2016, 3:38pm

SU celebrates women around the world

By Jessica Richardson

The Shippensburg University Women’s Center, International Programs and social work students hosted a celebration of women’s contributions to society on March 15. The Office of Social Equity and Commission for Human Understanding sponsored the Women’s World Festival in the Ceddia Union Building. “2016 has been a great year for women internationally,” said Emilee Danielson-Burke, assistant dean of students director of sorority and fraternity life and the event’s emcee. Throughout the evening students and staff were able to enjoy various food and music from different cultures.

Melissa Frey talks to a student on Wednesday about registering to vote.

3/21/2016, 11:14pm

Pennsylvania launches voting campaign at SU

By Jenna Wise

A representative of the state government visited Shippensburg University to discuss how students can learn more about voter registration through the Everyone VotesPA website, ahead of Pennsylvania’s primary election. Everyone VotesPA is a statewide campaign spearheaded by Gov.

Team member Dan Brown considers his next move at the competition.

3/21/2016, 10:54pm

Chess Club Wins State Championship

By Mary Grace Keller

While some students spent their spring break at the beach, the members of Shippensburg University’s chess club traveled to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where the members won the Pennsylvania Collegiate Championship. The team of six, which is considered large, spent two days battling it out against five other colleges and universities at a hotel in Lancaster. Juniors Anthony Ciarlante and Jacob Painter gained the most points for the team, winning 2.5 and four points, respectively.

Molly Barker meets with guests and autographs memorabilia.

3/7/2016, 11:37am

Girls on the Run founder empowers SU students

By Mary Grace Keller

Finding one’s purpose is a journey that can take a lifetime, but for the founder of Girls on the Run, it happened at age 32 during a run at sunset. Molly Barker visited Shippensburg University on March 1, to share her story about the creation of Girls on the Run, a nonprofit that serves thousands of girls across the country.

Brown discusses the advantages of working in Cold War era nuclear production facilities.

3/1/2016, 12:38pm

SU history club discusses nuclear utopias

By Derek Evanosky

The history club hosted its annual world history lecture Thursday, which featured the author of the book “Plutopia: Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters.” “I was interested in the origins of the nuclear state,” said Kate Brown, a professor of history at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. In an attempt to obtain additional information for her book Plutopia, Brown traveled to Richland, Washington, and Ozersk, Russia, to study the history of nuclear weapons manufacturing During the Cold War, U.S.

Hill Harper, Actor Author

3/1/2016, 12:46am

Hill Harper motivates at H.O.P.E. celebration

By Jessica Richardson

Helping Our People Excel, H.O.P.E. was given to students as benefactors, committee members and scholarship recipients gathered in the Shippensburg University Tuscarora Room prior to Hill Harper’s lecture to celebrate the 31st annual program. The H.O.P.E.