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2/4/2015, 9:24pm

Commentary: The march goes on

“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’” The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. used his speech as a way to connect people of all races and take a stand for justice.


2/4/2015, 12:22am

SU English professor dies

Nathan Mao, a Shippensburg University English professor, died on the evening of Feb. 1 in the presence of family at John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.


2/3/2015, 4:23pm

Staying Current

Local: Two consecutive nights with reported gunfire Shippensburg — At approximately 2 a.m.


1/30/2015, 7:24pm

Trustees approve new tuition payment plan

The Shippensburg University Council of Trustees unanimously voted to implement a change in how students will pay for their education at SU in order to offset cutbacks in state funding that have cost the university more than $30 million over the past decade.


1/29/2015, 9:53pm

Staying Current

Local: Shippensburg pastor charged with possession of child pornography Shippensburg — The Attorney General's Child Predator Section charged Keith Bell, pastor of the Church of God in Upper Strasburg with two counts of possession of child pornography, according to The Sentinel. Bell, who lives in Shippensburg, pleaded no contest to the charges, which were placed on him in June of 2013. An investigation uncovered files containing images of children participating in sexually related acts, which led to Bell's arrest.


1/26/2015, 10:58pm

Boko Haram attacks vital Nigerian city: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry visits Lagos, Nigeria

“I dream of the realization of the unity of Africa, whereby its leaders combine in their efforts to solve the problems of this continent,” Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa, said. Mandela’s dream is far from a reality as Boko Haram, a radical Islamist army, rages its way through Nigeria.  According to the New York Times (NYT), at least 10,000 people died in the past six years and hundreds of thousands were displaced from their homes. “We are very happy with what happened at the heart of France,” Abubakar Shekau, Boko Haram’s leader, said, referring to the Charlie Hebdo terrorists attacks that occurred in Paris earlier this month, according to Bloomberg. Shekau later took responsibility for slaughtering 2,000 civilians and razing 3,700 buildings at Baga, a Nigerian town near the border of Cameroon, according to the New York Daily News.


1/26/2015, 9:36pm

March for Humanity seeks to bring all races together this Thursday

A dream cannot be stopped by a bullet. A movement cannot die with one man, and Shippensburg University’s Multicultural Student Affairs (MSA) cannot wait to start its 27th annual March for Humanity. SU’s African American Organization (AAO) partnered with MSA and the Social Equity Office to continue the march that honors Rev.


1/26/2015, 9:32pm

Back off, backhoes

Seven a.m. alarm. Muddy footprints. Obstacle course. Campus construction. It is a love-hate relationship that Shippensburg University students have come to know well. As of right now, the construction is physically 73 percent complete, according to Eric Barr and Bruce Herring of the Department of Facilities Management and Planning.


1/23/2015, 12:57am

Harpster named 16th SU president

The Board of Governors of Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) selected Shippensburg University Interim President George F. “Jody” Harpster Jr. as its new president. The board announced its decision on Jan. 22.


12/8/2014, 7:43pm

Rally for Ferguson calls for justice

Students gathered in the CUB on Thursday afternoon to listen to speakers and rally for Ferguson. The Diversity and Cultural Affairs Committee partnered with the office of Multicultural Student Affairs and came together to put the event together.