SHIP LIFE


10/6/2015, 9:02pm

Free To Be Me celebrates first year as SU organization

A first birthday celebration had never been so eccentric and glamourous. Rainbow whoopee pies, balloons and tablecloths created the colorful atmosphere for an even more colorful night on the way in the Ceddia Union Building’s multi-purpose room on Friday, Oct.


10/6/2015, 8:59pm

Student shows off pottery skills with exhibit

It’s 10 p.m. on a Thursday night. Many students are hunkered over their textbooks or hitting the bars, but Harley Weigle is in the art building arched over a pottery wheel shaping and reshaping clay as he visualizes the form of his next creation. Weigle, a junior, is a practicing ceramicist studying art and business at Shippensburg University, but his interest in the field goes all the way back to high school.


10/6/2015, 8:46pm

Deciding a major, discovering a career

She wrote creative stories when she was 10, took Advanced Placement English courses in high school and enrolled in college as a psychology major, but graduated with a bachelor’s degree in biology — along with minors in physics, chemistry, philosophy and religion. Like many students, Cindy Murray, undeclared academic advisor and learning specialist, had to figure out what majors and minors were right for her.


9/28/2015, 9:43pm

Students visit Saudi Arabia without leaving SU

Like a reed swaying in a current, Mohammed Alhrbi, graduate student and member of the Saudi Arabian Club, swayed to the Saudi music — his white, floor-length robe brighter than his broad smile under the hot sun Thursday afternoon.


9/21/2015, 10:06pm

Loretta Sobrito to leave Shippensburg University

A pair of tie-dye sneakers tuck themselves under a desk chair in an office in Rowland Hall, but come spring, these psychedelic shoes will not be the only thing missing in the communication/journalism department. Loretta Sobrito, department secretary for the communication/journalism department since 2002, will be retiring at the end of the fall semester after 25 years of working at Shippensburg University. Before becoming the department secretary, Sobrito worked in the Center for Juvenile Justice Training and Research Department, which is housed in Horton Hall, where she kept records and statistics.


9/21/2015, 10:03pm

Sheer skin and pure perception

A girl stood in the middle of a fluorescent room with fingers untying a purple, magenta bathrobe — eyes on the gray floor where feet pressed naked against the cool surface.


9/21/2015, 9:54pm

Equestrian club races to SU

Horseback riding is about passion and connection between a horse and a human. One simple movement by one can cause a current that influences movement in the other. “People say it’s not a sport, but I would love to see someone else get on a 1,000-pound animal and communicate with something that can’t talk,” equestrian club founder Amanda Trievel said. Trievel recalled a visit to Shippensburg University while she was still in high school; the representative at the clubs and sports table only gave her confused looks when she asked if there was an equestrian club. “In the back of my head, I was always like ‘I should do this,’” Trievel said. This is the first semester that the SU equestrian club is up and running. “My horse trainer back home inspired me because during my lessons, the athletes from the Penn State Berks [equestrian] team would practice at the same time, and my trainer said I should start a team at Shippensburg,” Trievel said. Launching the equestrian club was a long process that started last academic year.


9/15/2015, 12:07am

SU professor publishes first novel

From a nugget of family history, Shippensburg University professor Kim van Alkemade wrote a novel that brings to light cruel medical practices committed on orphans in the early 1900s.


9/15/2015, 12:00am

Anchoring the Community

Amidst the sea of alcohol flowing from restaurants and bars in Shippensburg is a non-alcoholic bar for people who want to anchor themselves to dry land.


8/31/2015, 9:55pm

Students Claw for Crabs

A line of people snaked around the Seavers skating rink Saturday, Aug. 29, as volunteers rushed around to put finishes touches on the African American Organization’s first Crabfest.


8/29/2015, 6:00pm

Streets of Shippensburg receive a 'Clean Sweep'

Can you tell that the streets of Shippensburg look a little bit cleaner? On Tuesday, Aug. 25, more than 75 Shippensburg University students and faculty divided into groups to pick up trash and compost scattered around the community.