NEWS


6/20/2016, 1:13am

SU alumna dies in apartment fire

Former Shippensburg University student, athlete and assistant field hockey coach Amanda Strous, Class of 2011, died in an apartment fire in Charlotte, North Carolina on June 18.


5/4/2016, 1:36pm

Entrepreneur advises finance students on career

Shippensburg University students interested in finance attended a lecture Thursday to receive career advice, and hear about an entrepreneur’s strategies for running a small business. Fergus McCann, a Canadian businessman and entrepreneur, began his career in 1970 when he founded a golf-tour company for American golfers traveling overseas.


4/29/2016, 9:01pm

Commentary: Stop Yelling at 6 a.m.

Dreadful Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings are the times nobody on campus looks forward to. Having your window open those days will lead you to be woken up before your alarm sounds because of the hated ROTC cadets, according to the application program Yik Yak.


4/28/2016, 1:27am

SU ROTC conduct weekend training

Taking off in a Chinook helicopter, ROTC Cadets departed to Fort Indiantown Gap last weekend to conduct a training mission that encompasses all the information they have learned. Joint Training Exercise (JFTX) is a three-day training event where military science level three cadets take their turns leading fellow cadets on missions through the woods.


4/27/2016, 11:56am

Protestors demand higher educational funding

Pennsylvania community and religious leaders presented citizen’s warrants of arrest to state legislators on Thursday at the Pennsylvania State Capitol building, for not voting for adequate education funding.


4/27/2016, 10:32am

Cats find haven on campus

  Picture yourself walking across campus and you see a small cat, shivering, running for cover from the harsh realities of being a stray on a college campus. Shippensburg University employee Sara Pike has the solution.


4/26/2016, 10:42pm

Students exhibit research

Showcasing the best Shippensburg University has to offer, the Minds@Work Conference boasted student research projects on April 19 in the Ceddia Union Building.


4/26/2016, 8:26am

Commentary: Circuses come to town

Going to a national campaign rally is a lot like going to a block party: You will hear loud and strange noises, there will be lot of weird looking people and you know at some point the police are going to show up. All you hope for is that you can leave before a snaking line of armed officers file through the crowd, shining piercing light in your eyes and demanding you back away from them.


4/26/2016, 12:14am

Town teams up for cleanup

More than 100 Shippensburg University students joined numerous Shippensburg residents on Saturday in picking up pieces of trash that ranged from golf balls to umbrellas across the town as part of Shippensburg’s annual Ship Shape Day. The 20-year-old spring cleanup day is part of the community’s series of week-long events that are centered around caring for the environment.


4/25/2016, 11:31pm

Candidates hold rallies

Shippensburg University students joined thousands of devout supporters at two national campaign rallies last week, where two presidential candidates called on Pennsylvanians for their vote in today’s primary. Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Bernie Sanders made respective campaign stops in Harrisburg and Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, vying with their rivals to win the Keystone State.


4/25/2016, 11:22pm

Students exhibit research

Showcasing the best Shippensburg University has to offer, the Minds@Work Conference boasted student research projects on April 19 in the Ceddia Union Building.


4/25/2016, 11:20pm

SU threatened

Local, state and federal law enforcement will be monitoring Shippensburg University more closely after an anonymous letter was sent to a faculty member last week, which threatened acts of violence against SU, according to SU officials. The letter was vague and did not threaten anyone in particular, but it is being taken extremely seriously, said SU president George “Jody” Harpster.