NEWS

APSCUF may strike if they do not think they can agree on a fair contract.

4/25/2016, 11:15pm

Faculty discuss striking

By Troy Okum

Professors and coaches of Pennsylvania’s state universities have not ruled out going on strike during the fall semester if they cannot negotiate new terms for their contract. The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) is currently working with the Association of Pennsylvania State College & University Faculties (APSCUF) to agree on salaries and working conditions, said Brendan Finucane, president of Shippensburg University’s chapter of APSCUF. Negotiations in Harrisburg, where PASSHE is based, are entering a more serious phase, Finucane said.

To learn more about the per-credit tuition model, visit http://www.ship.edu/Tuition_Pilot/To read about the history of the model read “PASSHE approves new SU tuition model” on theslateonline.com.

4/25/2016, 11:14pm

Tuition to offset deficit

By Troy Okum

Increased tuition and state funding is expected to cut Shippensburg University’s $1 million deficit to about $100,000 by the end of the semester, although it has the potential to increase by the fall semester. Rising faculty and staff retirement and medical costs amounts to about $2.6 million in new expenses for SU, said SU president George “Jody” Harpster.

Supporters of Bernie Sanders cheer for their candidate during his rally in Gettysburg on Friday.

4/22/2016, 9:20pm

Sanders campaigns in Gettysburg

By Troy Okum

GETTYSBURG – About 2,500 people turned out to hear Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speak today at Gettysburg College about what he said is a moral obligation to change the economic and educational systems.

4/22/2016, 2:55pm

BREAKING: Police investigate threat of violence to SU

 

Shippensburg University students received the following email from the SU office of communications and marketing at 2:11 p.m. today: University Police, Pennsylvania State Police and the United States Postal Service are investigating an anonymous letter a faculty member received at home that contained a threat of violence against the university.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump addresses a crowd at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg on Thursday.

4/22/2016, 2:41am

Trump rallies supporters in Harrisburg

By Troy Okum

HARRISBURG — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump called on more than 3,000 supporters at a Thursday night rally in Harrisburg to vote for him in Pennsylvania’s primary election on April 26.

Pillars of Peace is Lori Harris’ educational program for high school students, which focuses on restructuring education.

4/18/2016, 11:17pm

Organizer helps students gain perspective

By Kayla Inzone

“What are you thankful for?” This is the question that educator and community organizer Lori Harris always starts her speeches with, like at Shippensburg University on April 12. Harris went around the room in the Dauphin Humanities Center asking the students of SU what they are thankful for.

Carrying signs and banners, more than a dozen students march in the quad. The march is meant to draw attention to Arizona’s ID laws, and to stand in spirit with the people it targets.

4/18/2016, 11:14pm

Latino students speak out for justice

By Troy Okum

Members of Shippensburg University’s Latino Student Organization marched through the quad Friday, waving signs and chanting to draw attention to a discriminatory Arizona law that targets Hispanic immigrants. “¡La Pa’Lante!” one yelled, waiting for the translation to follow — “Moving forward!” The eighth annual march is meant to gain support for repealing Arizona’s ID laws that require immigrants to show their ID to law enforcement to prove they are here legally, said Jahanny Pean, an SU junior and vice president of the club.

A recent bankruptcy of a coal company is the latest example the declining fossil fuel industry. New innovations will take fossil fuels off the market, and take smoke out of the air.

4/18/2016, 11:12pm

Commentary: Innovations reduce need for fossil fuels

By Derek Evanosky

On March 31, Tesla unveiled its most affordable, all-electric vehicle to date, the Model 3. While the car will not be available until the end of 2017, reservations for the vehicle have already climbed to nearly 400,000, according to Forbes Magazine.

Stage

4/12/2016, 8:36am

SU demands end to sexual assault

By Mary Grace Keller

The words of a few can heal the scars of many. During Shippensburg University’s Take Back The Night, the stories of rape and abuse pierced the deafening silence of the evening, bringing survivors together. The SU Women’s Center hosts Take Back The Night each year to bring attention to domestic violence and sexual assault.

Limited food options, like Reisner Dining Hall’s ‘Meatless Monday,’ can encourage students to want to spend flex dollars off campus. Other universities have such programs established.

4/12/2016, 12:50am

Contract prevents flex dollars from leaving SU

By Derek Evanosky

For current Shippensburg University students, off-campus flex dollar spending remains an unlikely fantasy. “It is more complicated than most people think,” said Roger Serr, SU’s vice president for student affairs.

Buckley

4/12/2016, 12:41am

Archaeologist discusses discovery of king

By Amanda Mehall

Constant traffic came and went in Leicester, England, but no one knew they were walking over top the skeletal remains of a king. Richard Buckley, the University of Leicester’s co-director of archaeological services, visited Shippensburg University on Thursday to discuss his experience as the lead archeologist on the Search for Richard Project in 2012. He said Philippa Langley from the Richard III Society approached him with the idea about searching for King Richard III’s remains underneath the social services parking lot.

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4/5/2016, 12:40am

‘Take Back the Night’ event to be held Tuesday

By Troy Okum

The annual “Take Back the Night” rally is being held tonight at 7 p.m. in Shippensburg University’s Ceddia Union Building multipurpose room to give victims of sexual assault the chance to feel safe. Everyone is welcome to attend, specifically people who have experienced domestic violence or sexual assault, and the people who are friends of victims.