NEWS

1/26/2015, 10:58pm

Boko Haram attacks vital Nigerian city: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry visits Lagos, Nigeria

By Troy Okum

“I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in their efforts to solve the problems of this continent,” Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa, said. Mandela’s dream is far from a reality as Boko Haram, a radical Islamist army, rages its way through Nigeria.  According to the New York Times (NYT), at least 10,000 people died in the past six years and hundreds of thousands were displaced from their homes. “We are very happy with what happened at the heart of France,” Abubakar Shekau, Boko Haram’s leader, said, referring to the Charlie Hebdo terrorists attacks that occurred in Paris earlier this month, according to Bloomberg. Shekau later took responsibility for slaughtering 2,000 civilians and razing 3,700 buildings at Baga, a Nigerian town near the border of Cameroon, according to the New York Daily News.

1/26/2015, 9:36pm

March for Humanity seeks to bring all races together this Thursday

By Mary Grace Keller

A dream cannot be stopped by a bullet. A movement cannot die with one man, and Shippensburg University’s Multicultural Student Affairs (MSA) cannot wait to start its 27th annual March for Humanity. SU’s African American Organization (AAO) partnered with MSA and the Social Equity Office to continue the march that honors Rev.

1/26/2015, 9:32pm

Back off, backhoes

By Mary Grace Keller

Seven a.m. alarm. Muddy footprints. Obstacle course. Campus construction. It is a love-hate relationship that Shippensburg University students have come to know well. As of right now, the construction is physically 73 percent complete, according to Eric Barr and Bruce Herring of the Department of Facilities Management and Planning.

George F. "Jody" Harpster Jr.

1/23/2015, 12:57am

Harpster named 16th SU president

By Troy Okum

The Board of Governors of Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) selected Shippensburg University Interim President George F. “Jody” Harpster Jr. as its new president. The board announced its decision on Jan. 22.

Morgan Craig-Williams

12/8/2014, 7:43pm

Rally for Ferguson calls for justice

By Carrie Letteer

Students gathered in the CUB on Thursday afternoon to listen to speakers and rally for Ferguson. The Diversity and Cultural Affairs Committee partnered with the office of Multicultural Student Affairs and came together to put the event together.

On the left is an intact oil refinery in Syria. On the right is the same oil refinery after U.S. led coalition forces attacked it with an airstrike.

12/8/2014, 7:34pm

Here and Now

By Troy Okum

The civil unrest in Ferguson, Missouri once again claimed the airwaves and the front page of newspapers; pushing aside stories about the ongoing Ebola outbreak and the growing war against the Islamic State, also known as IS and ISIS. “The killer virus Ebola may not be front and center in the news, but it’s still in the forefront of efforts by health officials nationwide,” Sharyl Attkisson, an investigative journalist wrote, according to Pennlive.

12/1/2014, 11:04pm

Breaking News: Robbery on Fort Street

By Mary Grace Keller

Shots rang out near 348 Fort St. as three suspects fled a robbery scene, campus police reported. The suspects are one Caucasian or Hispanic female and two African American males, believed to be around 20 years old. Suspects left the area in a black Explorer vehicle, according to campus police. Shippensburg University students received an SU Alert email at 10:09 p.m., warning them of the crime. Campus police urge students to be cautious and notify Shippensburg borough police at 717¬–532–7361 with any information regarding the robbery.

11/24/2014, 8:29pm

The Present is the Key to the Past

By Bekka Cuadro

In the dim lecture hall of Dauphin Humanities Center (DHC) room 151, Temple University professor Carolyn Kitch opened up on a light note, giving an explanation of why her hair was not in the right place. After teaching a journalism history class in Philadelphia, Kitch hopped in her car and drove straight to Shippensburg University.

11/17/2014, 9:34pm

Gaytheism: Queer survival in America

By Mary Grace Keller

Hunched over and scribbling in their notebooks in Dauphin Humanities Center (DHC) 051, students listened to English professor William Harris read from his newly published book, “Slouching Toward Gaytheism: Christianity and Queer Survival in America.”

11/17/2014, 9:34pm

New halls honored

By Troy Okum

Shippensburg University held a ribbon cutting ceremony, on Friday, Nov. 14, to signify the conclusion of the second phase of the residence hall housing project. The event was held in the lobby of Kieffer Hall at 4 p.m., where more than 50 students, administrators and others involved with the housing project attended. Several people spoke to the crowd, including Interim President Jody Harpster; B. Michael Schaul, chair of the SU Council of Trustees; and Nicholas Johnson, president of the Student Senate.