Letter from the editor-in-chief
ByDear Slate Readers, It is hard to believe this semester is already coming to a close, and the final issue of The Slate for the fall semester is out today.
Dear Slate Readers, It is hard to believe this semester is already coming to a close, and the final issue of The Slate for the fall semester is out today.
Saturday morning Shippensburg University students got a very early wake-up call when the university sent out an SU Alert around 1:15 a.m.
Dear Shippensburg, It is hard to believe the fall semester has come to a close. It seems like we were starting the year last week.
A 20-year-old man was shot around 1 a.m. Saturday in Sunbeam Court near the Shippensburg University campus. The shooting took place Saturday morning after a group approached a house wanting to start a fight with someone they believed to be inside according to both CBS 21 and FOX 43.
UPDATE: Around 3:30 a.m. Saturday, students received a third SU Alert giving them the OK to go back to their normal routines.
Dear Students, Faculty know you are worried that your professors will go on strike. We know you are concerned about the impact a strike would have on your classes, your finals, and your tuition dollars.
“A conservative walks into a bar,” sounds like the start of a joke, but for one Shippensburg University professor, it marks the beginning of a new way to study politics in America.
Hurricane Sandy is still wreaking havoc on Central Pennsylvania. While it has been three weeks since the hurricane made landfall, bringing heavy rain and wind to much of the Mid-Atlantic and New England areas, the effects that it had on gasoline production are now being felt.
The Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC) visited the Shippensburg University Communication/Journalism Department this week.
Faculty union members at SU and the other 13 schools in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE), who have been working without a contract since July 2011, are voting this week to authorize a strike.
On Thursday, Nov. 8, Patrick Bowling, source water protection coordinator at the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection spoke to about 120 people at SU’s Memorial Auditorium. His lecture was part of the South Mountain Speakers series.
Both suspects in a stabbing incident in Shippensburg are in custody as of Thursday, Nov. 8. At approximately 12:26 p.m.
Anyone walking by Naugle Hall on the way to class or by Reisner Hall to eat might see a portion of sidewalk that has been torn up.
Susan Spicka of Shippensburg plans to continue involvement in the local community and political process after losing the race for representative of Pennsylvania’s 89th district to Rep.
At 12:51 a.m. Wednesday, former Gov. Mitt Romney conceded to President Barack Obama via phone call, according to the Associated Press. The much anticipated conclusion of what has been widely called the longest presidential election in history arrived today as the conclusive Electoral College tally added up in favor of incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama for a second term as the President of the United States.
Helping others is always good. It lets people know that you care while also giving you a warm, fuzzy feeling inside.
In 2006 when World War II veteran Fred Michel received a phone call from the National Park Service inquiring about his time in the service, he was reluctant to provide much information.
Although Hurricane Sandy caused severe damage to so many areas along the East Coast, Shippensburg University and the Shippensburg area got lucky.
_This is Part 4 of a series of information from the Financial Aid Office. Although this is an FA column, any and all billing, payment and refund of fees questions should be directed to the Student Accounts office located in Old Main Room 100 or by calling 717-477-1211’ _ The federal Satisfactory Academic Review policy underwent some revisions last year.
Within the next few weeks, a fundraising campaign will begin on Shippensburg University’s campus and in the community to raise money for the South Central Pennsylvania Sickle Cell Council (SCPASCC). Donation boxes will be placed in health centers and local businesses that will allow anyone to donate some spare change to the work the council does for sickle cell patients and their families.