SU opens pantry for struggling students
ByShippensburg 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.
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.
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.
What would it take for you to call the police? For many party-going college students, contacting law enforcement officials is never an option.
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.
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.
Officers from two police departments pursued and arrested a Shippensburg University student Thursday after he jumped out of a window on the second floor of his Naugle Hall room and fled the area.
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.
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.
Approximately 66 percent of undergraduates at Shippensburg University live off campus or commute.
Shippensburg University’s environmental club, Students for Environmental Action and Sustainability, attended the Green Allies Conference for the second year on Saturday at Franklin and Marshall College.
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.
The Shippensburg University Student Senate voted in favor of withdrawing about $60,000 from its capital reserves fund, on Jan.
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.
A small fire started on Feb. 2 in College Park Commons after an exhaust fan overheated over a stove, according to Fire Chief Clyde Tinner of the Vigilant Hose Fire Co. “Two of the biggest causes of accidental fires are unattended cooking and careless smoking.
The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education’s Board of Governors approved Shippensburg University’s proposal on Jan.
Imagine if you struggled to pay your landlord for seven months’ rent. Would he or she be forgiving?
A grain of rice can represent the main ingredient in a batch of West African Jollof rice steaming in Reisner Dining Hall — or it can symbolize one chef’s culture and quest for culinary justice. Rising celebrity and historical chef, Michael Twitty kicked off Black History Month at Shippensburg University on Feb.
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.
Almost 50 years after the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the 29th annual March for Humanity was held at Shippensburg University on Jan.
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.