NEWS


9/16/2025, 12:00am

Your World Today Commentary: Who do we mourn

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.


9/16/2025, 12:00am

SGA Column: A warm welcome

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. 


5/15/2025, 11:55am

DOGE spending cuts target AmeriCorps, impacting student volunteers and communities across the U.S.

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.


5/15/2025, 11:49am

Final spring 2025 SGA meeting announces four new student groups

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.


4/29/2025, 12:23pm

South Mountain wildfires spark wave of community support for first responders

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.


4/29/2025, 8:00am

German security in a post-Ukrainian war world

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.