SHIP LIFE


11/5/2012, 8:57pm

Faculty Spotlight: Sandra Tarbox

You may not know who she is or what her position is as a member of the Shippensburg University staff, but Sandra Tarbox is a very important and influential person on campus.


10/31/2012, 5:20pm

Students tie-dye a shirt for the upcoming election

Everyone loves free stuff and thanks to The Slate, SU students had the opportunity to tie-dye free shirts in the Quad on Wednesday afternoon. In order to promote its political debate, “The Decision 2012: The Choice Is Yours,” that happened on Thursday, Oct.


10/22/2012, 9:07pm

Think you know Barack Obama and Mitt Romney? Think again.

The 2012 presidential election is rapidly approaching. For some people, this is a time to learn about each candidate’s policies and determine for whom they wish to vote. For other people this is a chance to learn some random facts about each candidate that can help win a game of Trivial Pursuit or, at least serve as small talk topics at a party.


10/8/2012, 9:10pm

The Nimble Arts Circus brightens a rainy day at Shippensburg University

The Nimble Arts Circus flipped into Shippensburg University Tuesday evening and wowed the crowd in the CUB MPR through its skilled, awe-inspiring circus routines. The five-person act is composed of a bow-tie juggler, a fabric-flipping princess, a twisting-pixie acrobat, a canister-rolling businessman and a weightless trapeze goddess.


10/1/2012, 8:43pm

Local thrift store supports animal shelter

The Cumberland Valley Animal Shelter Thrift Store is the ideal store for any college student – a place to buy a variety of things for cheap while doing some good for the community. The CVAS Thrift Store is located on the corner of King and Earl Streets, within walking distance of campus.


10/1/2012, 8:38pm

SU students have resources for academic help

Shippensburg University offers many student resources to achieve academic goals. With midterms just around the corner and bad grades plaguing D2L accounts, it is time for students to pull themselves together and get the grades they want.


9/24/2012, 10:03pm

Ship Votes encourages students to vote in the election

The student club, Ship Votes, went door-to-door during classes on Sept. 19 to encourage students to vote and help with voter registration applications. Ship Votes is a non-partisan, voter registration group with more than 50 volunteers that has registered more than 600 students to vote this year.


9/24/2012, 10:02pm

ROTC program helps cadets experience foreign countries

This summer, while many Shippensburg University students were at the beach, visiting museums or working so they could afford their textbooks for the fall semester, Cadet John Reitz, an SU junior, was overseas in Georgia participating in the Cultural Understanding and Language Proficiency (CULP) program. CULP, a program offered by SU’s Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC), is designed to get United States military cadets experience in foreign countries.