NEWS


2/26/2016, 2:50pm

SU opens pantry for struggling students

Shippensburg University opened a food pantry on Feb. 7 in the Spiritual Center for all SU students as a result of the state budget impasse. The pantry provides free, nonperishable food items to SU students.


2/23/2016, 12:57pm

Shippensburg Borough considers installing trash interceptor in Middle Spring stream

Discussions to install a trash interceptor in the Middle Spring stream began Tuesday at the Shippensburg Borough Council meeting, but its members were reluctant to move forward until they could learn more about it. Blyden Potts, the acting president of the Middle Spring Watershed Association, said the organization along with volunteers pull 12 to 30 bags of trash from the stream every year, during the community's Stream Awareness Day.


2/23/2016, 12:46pm

Gas leak unites neighbors

First responders closed Richard Avenue for nearly an hour Saturday and at least two apartments were evacuated after the Vigilant Hose Co. received reports of a gas leak in the area.


2/23/2016, 12:35pm

America turns attention to vacant justice seat

With the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, members of the federal government could strike a new balance on the high court that could affect everyone from billionaire bankers to Shippensburg University students. The court is made up of nine justices, and up until Scalia’s death, it was Republican controlled, but now there are four Democrats and four Republicans.


2/16/2016, 8:02pm

APSCUF rally

Hundreds of students from all 14 schools within Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education rallied for funding on Feb. 8 in the state capitol.


2/16/2016, 10:43am

Suicide awareness is key for SU

On the east side of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, a room filled with telecommunications equipment hums into the evening, while its staff waits for the next call.


2/15/2016, 10:21pm

Did God create the big bang?

On Thursday, the eve of International Darwin Day and second day of Lent, three faculty members from the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg gathered at Shippensburg University’s Orndorff Theatre to discuss how science and religion can intersect. One of the speakers, the Rev.


2/8/2016, 10:28pm

Hundreds rally for fair education

A crowd of university students and faculty crammed onto the steps of the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg as the chants of disenfranchised college students echoed from the Capitol building’s rotunda. Approximately 500 Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) students, faculty and alumni crammed into the rotunda to voice their disapproval of the state’s funding of PASSHE schools.


2/1/2016, 9:53pm

U.S. voter turnout rate comparatively low

Despite all of the media attention and millions of Americans getting ready to vote, the U.S. will probably lag far behind in voter turnout rates, compared to a majority of developed democratic nations. In 2012, 53.6 percent of the eligible population voted in the general election, according to Pew Research Center.


2/1/2016, 9:45pm

SU opens stock trading room in Grove Hall

It was as if Shippensburg University’s John L. Grove College of Business was giving a glimpse into Wall Street as men and women in business attire conversed as a screen above their heads flashed the latest stocks. Faculty, students and alumni gathered on the second floor of Grove Hall for the official naming of the new stock trading room.