NEWS


3/30/2015, 10:12pm

Students honored at scholarship dinner

Run to work, attend class, complete homework, socialize with friends — repeat. College students have to become masters of this multitasking routine, but there are ways to lighten the load. Scholarships are a godsend for some students, and the annual Spirit of Generosity Scholarship and Loan Dinner is a way to recognize scholarship recipients and their benefactors.


3/30/2015, 10:10pm

Water shortages, long-term global problem

“Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink,” goes Samuel Coleridge’s poem, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. The English poem is about three sailors stuck at sea, who are all dying of thirst, but the only water they can find is the ocean’s plentiful and undrinkable salt water. These sailors are not alone as people around the world are facing water shortages and often have little option other than to drink contaminated water, if it is available at all.


3/30/2015, 10:08pm

‘Rally for Retention’ inspires students to succeed

Multicultural Student Affairs (MSA) held a “Rally for Retention” on March 26, in the Ceddia Union Building. The rally, which is an event to inspire students to succeed academically, featured speakers, an award ceremony and refreshments.


3/23/2015, 11:06pm

SU students travel to Chincoteague Bay

While Shippensburg University students were relaxing on spring break, a courageous cluster of Geography and Earth Science Organization (GESO) students were knee-deep in the brackish wetlands of the Chincoteague Bay, swinging machetes. After classes let out on Friday, March 6, 18 GESO students crowded into vans for a four-hour drive down to the Chincoteague Bay Field Station in Virginia. This year’s team, armed with machetes and weed-wackers, were set on weeding out as much Phragmite grass as they could from a designated area of Chincoteague Bay wetlands. Phragmite grass is a big problem for biodiversity in the Chincoteague area.


3/23/2015, 10:07pm

Yik Yak, watch your back

The brand new app, Yik Yak, that hit the market just last year has made a huge splash in college campuses across the nation.


3/18/2015, 12:38pm

Sestak walks his Senate campaign to Shippensburg

More than a dozen local residents sat down with U.S. Senate candidate Joe Sestak at the Wheel House Café in Shippensburg Tuesday morning to hear about his plan to improve emergency services in the commonwealth.


3/3/2015, 8:12pm

Senate elections begin

Student Senate had its annual executive board candidate speeches on Thursday, Feb. 26 at 7 p.m. in the Red Zone in the Ceddia Union Building.


3/3/2015, 6:24pm

Keystone XL pipeline vetoed, project not dead

Stretching through two Canadian territories and three U.S. states, the Keystone XL pipeline, if approved, would have the ability to import more than 800,000 barrels of crude oil per day to the American heartland from a Canadian oil depot, according to TransCanada Corp.


3/3/2015, 5:58pm

Four other PASSHE schools face per credit programs

A possible tuition increase looms over the heads of Shippensburg University students who take more than 12 credits, but SU students are not alone — four other Pennsylvania universities are facing a similar future: Bloomsburg University (BU), Clarion University (CU), Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) and Millersville University (MU).


3/3/2015, 2:38pm

Board of Governors approves new degree programs

Harrisburg — The Pennsylvania Board of Governors voted in favor of adding two new degree programs to three Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) universities during a special meeting on Feb. 27.