I couldn’t decide what to write about for my first column. Jayden, editor-in-chief of The Slate, wrote in her most recent "Your World Today" about "the beginning of the end" and how it feels to be a senior. She captured my feelings, and it felt repetitive to write a piece saying the same. However, with the death of Kirk earlier this week, there has been a lot on my mind.
Following months of legal challenges, funding and grants are beginning to resume for the AmeriCorps program across the US.
On behalf of the Student Government Association (SGA), I would like to extend a warm welcome to our Raider community as we begin another exciting academic year.
On Friday, Sept. 12, history was made as walls were broken to launch the renovation of Kriner Hall. President Patterson hosted a ceremony to mark this momentous occasion with key contributors in attendance.
Students, faculty, service members and members of the community gathered outside of the Lehman Memorial Library at 8:45 a.m. on Thursday to attend a memorial ceremony for the lost lives during the Sept. 11 attacks and the conflicts that followed.
While the presidential election season has wrapped up until 2028, Pennsylvania will be holding consequential elections this year and in 2026.
Right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk was shot and killed at an event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday, Sept. 10.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is continuing to boost its military forces near Venezuela to combat threats from Latin American drug cartels -- even after a U.S. strike destroyed what President Donald Trump said was a drug-carrying boat operated by the Tren de Aragua gang.
Heading into the Fall 2025 semester, MSA has drawn up its plans to honor Jefferson’s memory.
Shippensburg University’s Department of Art & Design has filled key teaching positions after all four of its tenured faculty members retired at the end of last semester.
Warning: cliché incoming. When I was a kid, I never quite understood why adults made such a big fuss over how much taller I had grown since they last saw me.
800 National Guard troops and 500 federal law enforcement agents were deployed in Washington D.C. starting Monday, Aug. 11 under the orders of President Trump in what he calls an effort to crack down on the rise of violent crime in the city.
The Rev. Diane Jefferson, director of Multicultural Student Affairs (MSA) at Shippensburg University, died Saturday, June 21, at age 72 .
Shippensburg University student Tavian Gill, 24, was charged with aggravated assault following an incident in which he allegedly attacked a woman in a residence hall.
Continuing a campaign of spending cuts in the federal government, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) placed around 85 percent of the AmeriCorps programs federal staff on paid administrative leave in April. In addition to the staff cuts, DOGE terminated around $400 million in AmeriCorps grants, according to an America’s Service Commissions (ASC) report. This represents around 30 percent of AmeriCorps’ $1.3 billion 2025 budget.
Shippensburg University’s Student Government Association (SGA) hosted its final meeting for the 2024-2025 academic year in the CUB MPR on May 1. On the agenda for Thursday’s meeting was the swearing-in of officers and senators for the 2025-2026 academic year and the approval of four new student groups. Noted for this meeting is the unprecedented situation regarding the new SGA President Nathan Garber, who will only be serving as president for the fall 2025 semester. For Garber to be able to run for president, previously set rules in the SGA Constitution had to be reevaluated.
As wildfires burned nearly 3,000 acres of Michaux State Forest this past week, Shippensburg area residents rallied to support both first-responders and one another. The Thompson Hollow and Hammonds Rocks fires, which began Wednesday and Thursday respectively, prompted evacuations in Southampton Township and drew hundreds of emergency responders from across South Central Pennsylvania and beyond. The fires, fueled by dry conditions and high winds, taxed local fire companies beyond the scale of normal operations — and the community responded in kind.
U.S. Army War College research professor John R. Deni gave a lecture on the future of German national security policy in the Grove Hall Forum from 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 23. Deni previously worked as a political advisor to U.S. military commanders stationed in Europe. Also in attendance representing the International Studies Program was professor Jonathan Skaff, joined by Global Languages and Cultures professor David Wildermuth.
