NEWS

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4/21/2015, 12:00am

Student uncovers truth about Fair Trade coffee

By Analiz Suarez

An undergraduate student presented a lecture about the little known facts of the Fair Trade coffee movement on April 15, in the Dauphin Humanities Center at Shippensburg University. Julia Saintz, who is double majoring in geo-environmental studies and history at SU, received the Rich-Peirce Grant to conduct her honors capstone project, which she presented on for the coffee lecture. Saintz visited Colombia and learned first-hand about fair trade coffee bean farms.  She saw about 11 to 15 farms in South America and learned a lot of information about how fair trade is not entirely as fair as many Americans think. There were several professors and approximately three-dozen students in attendance to listen to what she had learned in Colombia.

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4/20/2015, 7:46pm

SU students see funnel clouds

By Troy Okum

The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning until 7:30 p.m. via text message for the Shippensburg University area.

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4/14/2015, 1:41pm

Students discuss drug policy with expert

By Joseph Ketchem

A former employee of the Office of National Drug Control Policy within the White House told Shippensburg University students about the dangers of legalizing marijuana in terms of it being an international issue, as well as a personal one. Stephen R.

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4/14/2015, 1:36pm

Commentary: Hillary Clinton eyes Oval Office

By Troy Okum

The fate of the 2016 Democratic presidential primary may already be sealed a year before it kicks off.

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4/14/2015, 1:18pm

Heroin takes life of SU graduate

By Mary Grace Keller

The orange T-shirts read, “Two hearts...one soul,” but dozens of hearts felt the loss of Shippensburg University graduate, Brooke Chantel Fiorentino. At age 26, Fiorentino lost her life to a heroin overdose on Feb.

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4/14/2015, 12:36pm

Budget cuts coming to SU organizations

By Mary Grace Keller

Enrollment is expected to go down in the next year, and in order to compensate for loss in revenue Student Senate will have to make budget cuts to some student groups and organizations.

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4/14/2015, 12:34pm

Curator visits SU from British museum

By Marissa Merkt

Isambard Kingdom Brunel is listed as the second greatest British man — after Winston Churchill — however, very few Americans have heard of his great accomplishments.

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4/11/2015, 1:20am

Fire strikes Shippensburg

By Troy Okum

A fire damaged a multi-unit building on the corner of Fayette and King Streets in Shippensburg Friday afternoon.

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4/7/2015, 11:11pm

Take Back the Night Rally remembers survivors

By Natalie Eastwood

The unlit candles glinted white in the night, clutched in students’ hands as they marched in support against sexual violence. Their culminating voices chanted so that one blended into the next and rose into the night as a unifying force. Laughter mixed with the sadness as they walked the walk, not of victims, but of victors taking back what was stolen.

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4/6/2015, 10:18pm

Student Senate elections leave little room for choice

By Troy Okum

Elections for 18 Student Senate positions at Shippensburg University kicked off yesterday via student email.

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4/6/2015, 10:13pm

Deadly epidemic hits close to home

By Troy Okum

No more than five years ago, a young woman graduated from Shippensburg University, just like what many of us are trying to do.

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4/6/2015, 10:10pm

SU’s IMP club takes home the gold from NYC competition

By Jenna Geesey

Shippensburg University’s Investment Management Program (IMP) won first place for its hybrid investing portfolio at the Quinnipiac University Global Asset Management Education Forum in New York City. SU students presented a hybrid portfolio, which consists of bonds and primarily stocks.

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4/6/2015, 10:09pm

Looking for a way out: Human trafficking crime

By Mary Grace Keller

Everybody wants to lead a life of significance. Some people do this through their careers, volunteer work or daily acts of kindness. Professor Jay Albanese from Virginia Commonwealth University challenged Shippensburg University students to live a life of significance by putting an end to human trafficking. Albanese came to SU as the keynote speaker for “The Effort Against Human Trafficking” event that the Criminal Justice Honors Society, Alpha Phi Sigma Pi, put on for criminal justice month. The Tuscarora Room of Reisner Hall was packed with students, faculty and other supporters on March 31.

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4/6/2015, 10:06pm

Renowned poet visits SU

By Nicole James

A poetic experience overtook Old Main Chapel on March 31 for students, faculty and the public. As a part of the 2015 Taggart Reading series, poet Maria Mazziotti Gillan visited Shippensburg University to share her work.

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4/6/2015, 10:03pm

Lack of treatment sends disabled persons to prison

By Ben Anwyll

“Disability and incarceration in the United States and Canada” will be this year’s subject for the Disabilities Study lecture in Old Main, Room 206, on April 13.

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4/6/2015, 10:02pm

Becoming an accidental journalist

By Joseph Ketchem

Vikram Gandhi, a filmmaker and correspondent for VICE News, made a stop by Old Main Chapel on Wednesday, April 1, to tell his story and discuss the quickly evolving world of the millennial generation. Gandhi discussed the concept of do-it-yourself (DIY) journalism, his story of once being an aspiring filmmaker, right out of college, with a bachelor’s degree in religious studies and what he decided to do after college, which led him to this moment. After college, Gandhi filmed a documentary where he pretended to be a spiritual healing guru.

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4/6/2015, 9:58pm

Take Back the Night event to be held today

By Matthew Kline

Tonight, Shippensburg University’s Women’s Center will be hosting its annual “Take Back the Night” (TBTN) event in the Ceddia Union Building multipurpose room. TBTN was started over half a century ago in Europe.

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4/6/2015, 9:56pm

Simpkins named Newman Civic Fellow

By Nicole Transue

After four years of hard work and dedication at Shippensburg University, senior Lavell Simpkins was named a 2015 Newman Civic Fellow. Simpkins is one of 201 people to be named a 2015 Newman Civic Fellow by Campus Compact.

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3/31/2015, 5:08pm

The race battle continues

By Mary Grace Keller

Rinku Sen did not always identify as a woman of color. When her family came from India to the United States when she was a young girl, Sen felt like she stood out in school.

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3/30/2015, 10:31pm

Knowing your resources: Etter Health Center

By Mary Grace Keller

During the first week of college students face orientation. A lot of fun happens, but a lot of touchy subjects are brought up as well — alcohol, drugs, domestic violence and sexual assault. Generally, people try not to think about the last two, but these incidents do occur.

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