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Paul Ryan against paid maternity leave, B1

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SU students plan service trip to Vietnam to build school ANNA BURNHISEL Guest Writer

The United Campus Ministry (UCM) at Shippensburg University plans to take its seventh mission trip to Vietnam during the upcoming winter break to build a school and to serve, learn and build relationships in the process.

An estimated 13 people are committed to participating in the coming trip, in the hopes of improving educational opportunities of children in the Tuy Hoa region of Vietnam. In this village, located about 400 miles north of Ho Chi Minh City, the group plans to build a school and teach English to local students.

The group has set forth a few common goals that they wish to accomplish through this trip, which includes creating relationships with students from Vietnamese universities. They also want to learn and understand different cultures, volunteer their time for humanitarian reasons to assist other world neighbors and grow in faith.

The trip is estimated to cost about $3,500 per person. To raise funds, the participants are looking to serve residents in the Shippensburg area, such as raking leaves, cleaning and grocery shopping.

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This shanty town in Chau Doc, Vietnam shows a glimpse of the high poverty rates in the nation. Improvements to education help reduce poverty rates, according to the World Bank.

During last year’s winter break trip, UCM served a village in the Ben Tre province in the Mekong Delta. The group worked with Vietnamese university students, through the YMCA of Vietnam, which said its purpose is “to serve the sustainable development of the poor, youth, women, children, ethnic minorities and communities in our country.” The participants worked together to build two school classrooms and teach English to

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“In just one short trip I was able to learn more about people, more about God and more about myself than any other single event in my entire life,” said Zach Metz, an SU alumnus who attended a past trip.

“The cherry on top, [is] you get to bring smiles to complete strangers.

Not much else can top that.”

For more information, contact Rev. Janice Bye at (717) 477-1672 or at jmbye@ship.edu.

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Vietnamese students. In other, previous trips, the group has built three homes and even built a clinic for areas in need.

“It depends sometimes on what the community needs, but helping to improve the educational standards is one of our priorities,” said the Rev. Janice Bye, SU campus minister.

“It has been an experience that has changed us forever and provided us a way to share with and love as the extended family of God.”

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Celebrating those who fought: Veterans Day parade DEREK EVANOSKY

Asst. News Editor Shippensburg residents lined King Street on Sunday to watch Shippensburg’s annual Veterans Day parade, which featured Shippensburg University ROTC cadets.

The Shippensburg Area Veterans Council hosts the parade annually, and as tradition, the parade began at 2 p.m. on Sunday. The parade was made up of groups of community members including veterans, marching bands, SU students, law enforcement officials and dedicated local patriots.

King Street’s sidewalks were covered in American flag-clad citizens of all ages, most of who cheered vivaciously for parading members of the U.S. armed forces.

Residents attended the parade for various reasons, whether to pay homage to those who served or to support those in the parade.

Ken and Cheryl Scott, who have attended the event for more than 20 years, come to watch their children perform in the parade.

Local resident Joyce Stayver attends the parade every year

strictly to show her respects to veterans.

“I come here because it is important,” Stayver said. “Everyone should show that they care about our veterans.”

Shippensburg residents were not the only ones attending the event to pay their respects. Such is the case for SU ROTC members.

“We do the march every year to honor the memory of those who gave their time, health and lives for the creation and preservation of this nation,” SU ROTC cadet Mark Tressler said.

Tressler, who has been preparing for the parade with other cadets, said the annual parade is an important part of the ROTC’s culture, and is loved by SU cadets.

“It gets them thinking about those people that dedicated themselves to this country,” Tressler said.

U.S. Veterans Magazine recognized SU in 2013 as one of the most veteran-friendly universities in the country. SU students’ participation in the parade remains a testament to the university’s positive relationship with veterans, according to U.S. Veterans Magazine.

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SU’s ROTC particpates in the Veterans Day parade by marching down King Street. The ROTC joins the celebration every year and is something the group looks forward to annually. intersection of Prince and King Despite the parade’s popularity becoming nonexistent due to waning streets, and continued past among community members, numbers of volunteers, according to Fayette Street where it ended at Shippensburg’s annual Veterans The Sentinel. approximately 2:40 p.m.

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Expert discusses freedoms in digital age JENNA WISE

Staff Writer A technologist of the American Civil Liberties Union visited Shippensburg University on Wednesday to discuss the privacy and freedoms available in today’s digital age, as well as what information can be accessed by the government.

Christopher Soghoian, a former employee of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, served as the first in-house technical adviser to the Division of Privacy and Identity Protection. Named as a top innovator over the age of 35 by the MIT Technology Review, he is considered an

expert in subjects such as privacy, surveillance and information security.

In the Ceddia Union Building’s multipurpose room, Soghoian lectured on topics ranging from the limits of government surveillance to his own thoughts on how citizens should protect their privacy online.

Soghoian said that one of the biggest issues citizens face with privacy is webcam hackers, and urged the audience to begin covering their laptop cameras when not in use. He also said that the only truly secure applications are iMessage, FaceTime and WhatsApp. “This [using these apps] is a

self help technique that will protect you not only from an ex-boyfriend or stalker, but from the FBI,” Soghoian said. “We live in a weird time.

There’s not going to be less hacks, there’s going to be more hacks.

According to Soghoian, there has been a relatively friendly relationship between phone companies and law enforcement for about 100 years. However, as technology companies such as Apple and Microsoft began to become more widely used, government agencies began to reach out further than the phone companies.

“As we move our communication to new technology, the government has followed,” Soghoian said. “It’s really difficult to build a secure device, [and] newer companies are worse at it than older companies

such as Apple or Microsoft.”

In 1928, former Supreme Court justice Louis Brandeis warned the Supreme Court against allowing companies to create devices containing unbreakable encryptions. More than 80 years later, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced that the newest Apple products at the time were protected by end-to-end encryption, meaning that all activity performed on an Apple device was essentially inaccessible to the company and to law enforcement.

In 2009, while at a conference in Washington, D.C., Soghoian said he learned of a self-service website created by Sprint where government agencies could log in and obtain information about anyone with a Sprint phone plan. The phone company’s representatives said the

website was created because of the enormous number of requests they were receiving each day from law enforcement to turn over phone records, and that it had become impossible to keep up with, according to Soghoian Comparing the website to an allyou-can-eat buffet, Soghoian said that in less than a year the website was visited approximately eight million times.

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(Cutout) Christopher Soghoian discusses the limits of surveillance and his own thoughts of protection of privacy with SU students.

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A4 Senate approves Campus Media Board bylaws Mary Grace Keller Editor-in-Chief

After Student Senate’s near-unanimous vote to approve the Campus Media Board bylaws on Thursday, communication/journalism students will have greater control of their funding in the next fiscal year.

Campus Media Board is an organization that houses the five media organizations at Shippensburg University: Cumberland Yearbook, Public Relations Student Society of America, The Slate, SUTV and radio station WSYC. Student leaders and faculty in the communication/ journalism department organized with Student Senate to bring the bylaws to a vote, in order to fulfill a requirement for reaccreditation.

The communication/journalism department received its accreditation from the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and

Mass Communications (ACEJMC) in 2012. The department is up for reaccreditation next fall.

When the communication/journalism department received its accreditation, ACEJMC required changes to be made to various aspects of the program. The department made adjustments to curriculum, including the launch of a practicum course that requires communication/journalism students to work with campus media for a semester. At the same time, students not involved in campus media regularly needed additional exposure to learning opportunities, according to the ACEJMC revisit team report. Since the accreditation, changes were also made to diversity, classroom instruction and assessment.

SU is the only university in the Pennsylvania State System for Higher Education that has an accredited communication/journalism program. Temple and Penn

State universities are the two other schools in Pennsylvania that have accredited programs.

Now that the department has Student Senate’s approval, the Campus Media Board will have greater ability to control the distribution of funds. Student Senate will continue to decide the amount allocated to the campus media organizations, however, the voting members of Campus Media Board will be able to manage where funds are distributed. For example, if The Slate is well under budget for the year and SUTV needs extra funds to replace broken equipment, Campus Media Board would be able to vote to move funds from The Slate to SUTV. “It means that my studio members don’t have to worry about losing accreditation,” said SUTV’s General Manager Kyle Keevill, of the vote.

“It also means that student media is getting the recognition it deserves from the campus community.”

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The Media Board bylaws passed with each senator present voting in favor, except for Schneider (left), who abstained.

The voting members of Campus Media Board are made up of two student leaders from each of the five media organizations. Ex-officio members include: Two members of Student Senate, three additional members from any of the media or-

ganizations, an adviser from each of the media organizations, communication/journalism department chair, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and the director of broadcasting.

SU Student Senate secretary resigns, new one appointed Derek Evanosky

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This week on campus

Student Senate appointed a new secretary on Thursday, following the former secretary’s decision to step down from the position in October.

SU sophomore Trent Bauer was appointed to be the new secretary after a committee comprised of Student Senate members interviewed him and other candidates.

Kayla Lawson, a student athlete at SU, left her position as Student Senate secretary because of her busy schedule. However, her former colleagues harbor no negative feelings about her decision.

“I have nothing but praise and

good things to say about [Lawson.]

She did a phenomenal job while she was in office,” said SU Student Senate President Dominic Giovanniello.

The committee that interviewed Bauer was made up of Giovanniello, Treasurer Justin Schneider and Vice President Traci Moyer and it was created to appoint a new secretary following Lawson’s decision to step down. Upon interviewing numerous student senators, the committee nominated Bauer for the position.

During a formal meeting on Nov. 5, the Student Senate voted in favor of approving Bauer for the position of Student Senate secretary. Student Senate members announced Lawson’s decision to step down as Student Senate secretary during a

formal meeting on Oct. 29.

Giovanniello expressed his confidence in Bauer’s qualifications for the position, citing his dedication to SU as well as his competence in public relations.

“Trent just really stands out,” Giovanniello said. “He really excels at the PR aspect.”

Despite being new to the position, Bauer has already outlined issues that he wishes to address during his tenure as secretary. Specifically, he emphasized his desire to improve Student Senate’s relationship with students.

“Right now, students don’t really view us as students,” Bauer said.

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On Tuesday, there will be a Northwestern Mutual Etiquette Dinner. The dinner will be in the Tuscarora Room in Reisner from 5:30-8 p.m.

On Wednesday, Kappa Delta Phi NAS will be hosting a karaoke night in the CUB MPR at 8 p.m. It is $5 at the door and all proceeds will benefit a sister who is battling lupus.

On Thursday, APB will be screening “Nightcrawler” as a part of its fall film festival. The movie will begin at 7 p.m. in Orndorff Theatre.

On Friday, Ship Mini-THON will be taking place from 5 p.m.-12:30 a.m. at the ShipRec Center. The event will have raffles, prizes and food. The families that benefit from the money raised will be at the event.

On Saturday, Shippensburg will be hosting the multiday event of Collegiate Forensics Association Tournament. Saturday will consist of competitive speech and debate in the Dauphin Humanties Center building.

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Your World Today Timeline of public Re-segregation rising in U.S. schools, 60 years after Brown v. Board of Education Commentary

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Like a ship with no wind in its sails, the driving force to desegregate public schools — to provide equal opportunity to minority and white students — is evaporating in the sea of apathy.

More than 60 years after the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v.

Board of Education, which effectively launched a campaign to end segregation, there is a lack of evidence to suggest that campaign is still alive and well. The Star Tribune, a Minneapolis, Minnesota-based newspaper, described re-segregation as a national phenomenon, yet there is no national movement to counter the new trend.

Instead, news articles from across the country tell a similar story, but often lack the data to put it in a national context. They usually compare the percentage of white students and minority students in their local urban schools today with information from several decades ago when integration started. In many cases, integration was apparently on the right track, but for one reason or another the mandate to integrate schools ended.

In the case of Minneapolis in 1972, a federal court mandated that

the city’s schools could not allow more than 35 percent of its student population to be minorities, thus successfully desegregating schools, according to the Star Tribune. In the 1990s, immigration changed the city’s demographics, making it harder to fulfill the court order.

Minnesota declared by the end of the decade that unless segregation was intentional it could not legally integrate schools.

Today, suburban schools in the region are diversified, but urban ones see high concentrations of minorities. Nineteen schools in Minneapolis have a student body that is more than 80 percent minority-based, and many of these schools have test scores that, on average, fall about 25 percentage points behind integrated schools, reported the Star Tribune.

What has happened and is happening in Minneapolis is not an isolated event. The Tampa Bay Times is covering a similar trend that is occurring in Pinellas County, Florida, in its series “Failure Factories.”

According to the news outlet, the county school board ended integration plans in 2007, which gave rise to five poor schools with a majority of black students.

The series paints a vivid picture of experienced teachers fleeing to wealthier schools or retiring early, leaving the newly-impoverished schools with recent graduates who rarely last long. The result, according to a Tampa Bay Times investigation, is that 80 percent or more of the students in the five schools fail reading and math in the state’s standardized test.

Both the Star Tribune and Tampa Bay Times cite similar causes

for re-segregation. Students were once strategically bussed out of their neighborhoods to schools in their district to provide a racially-mixed student body. When integration was put to the wayside, the bussing stopped and minority students were concentrated into urban schools that became underfunded.

Though other factors derailed integration plans, the lack of a clear battle stifled desegregation efforts.

When the Supreme Court contemplated Brown v. Board of Education, blatant racism was rampant in the U.S., making it easy to point a finger at the problem.

Today, there is a lack of a consensus as to why schools have unequal funding, racial diversity and academic outcomes. Decades-old practices of redlining, which effectively divided communities based on race and, in some cases, a school funding system partially based on local property taxes, are two factors that may be to blame.

The problem has largely been seen as cyclical — poor schools fail to educate the young, leaving them without the means to get higher paying jobs, leaving them stuck in an impoverished community.

Regardless of who or what is to blame, the energy that once prevailed during the Civil Rights Movement has waned. A lack of national media attention and general apathy and ignorance to the phenomenon have led to a system in which the quality of your education is determined by which side of the school boundary line you happen to live on.

school desegregation 1887 – Jim Crow

A multitude of racial segregation practices formed under discrimatory laws dubbed “Jim Crow.” They created strong roots of a racially divided society that would linger for generations.

1896 – Plessy v. Ferguson

Homer A. Plessy questioned a Louisiana statute that seperated white and black train passengers onto different rail cars.

The Supreme Court decided people could be racially divided so long as their individual facilities are equal. The ruling also coined the phrase “seperate but equal.”

1935 – NAACP begins to tackle segregation

Charles Hamilton Houston, a National Association for the Advanced Colored People (NAACP) member, challenged “seperate but equal” by arguing it would be unreasonably expensive for states to operate seperate law schools. He also believed the quality of education was, by nature, unequal due to segregation — a precursor to the Brown v. Board of Education decison.

1938 – State of Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada

A Supreme Court case led to the emphasis placed on making black schools equal, instead of integrating schools.

1948 – Sipuel v. Board of Regents of University of Oklahoma

The Supreme Court unaimously agreed it is unconstitutional to deny someone enrollment to a state law school because of his or her race.

1951 – Brown v. Board of Education

The case was filed on Feb. 28, 1951, in a federal district court in Kansas.

1954 – Brown v. Board of Education decision

Under the new leadership of Chief Justice Earl Warren, the Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation violated the 14th Amendment, overturning Plessy v. Ferguson. Earl declared “seperate but equal” was “inherently unequal.”

To present:

In the years following the Brown v. Board of Education ruling, numerous courts ordered specific schools to begin integration. In recent decades, some court mandates were reversed or ignored, allowing for re-segregation.

Source: National Archives

Protestors rally at the Arkansas state capitol in 1959, speaking out against school integration.

(Top) Alabama Gov. George Wallace blocks Deputy U.S. Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach from entering the University of Alabama to prevent integration. (Bottom) Thurgood Marshall sits in the Oval Office. He is the first black Supreme Court Justice in the U.S., and an influential leader in the NAACP.

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SAAC looks to revamp ‘Don’t Say’ campaign in spring

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“Dumb jock,” “retarded,” “Oreo” — these are the words many young people use in their everyday language, without considering the impact they can cause. They are also words the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) is striving to educate people about in the Shippensburg University community.

SAAC launched its “Don’t Say” campaign last March, in conjunction with the university’s Day of Human Understanding.

Posters lined the Ceddia Union Building’s multipurpose room, depicting photos of student-athletes standing next to phrases such as “I don’t say ‘fag’ because it only serves to hurt and oppress gay men.”

The purpose of the “Don’t Say” campaign, inspired by a similar campaign at Duke University, is to educate the campus and public regarding inappropriate language directed toward various groups of people, according to SAAC adviser Ashley Grimm.

Some of the other phrases include: “I don’t say ‘Oreo’ because it insists I act in accord with racial stereotypes,” and “I don’t say, ‘What are you?’ because I am more than just my physical features.”

SAAC Vice President Gabriella Brackett chose the latter phrase to represent.

“People see my big brown eyes, dark curly hair and olive skin complexion and immediately try to lump me in with a certain cultural group without caring to know the person that I am,” Brackett said. “So when

I am asked, ‘What I am?’ the first things that come to mind are not my cultural background, but rather that I am a daughter, a sister and a friend.”

Brackett plans to participate in the campaign again this year.

SAAC gave all student-athletes the opportunity to get involved with the campaign. Thirteen athletes, including Brackett, volunteered to pose for the posters last year.

“The athletes who chose to be on our posters used a message they had a personal connection to,” said SAAC President Stefan Szilagyi.

“Those who saw the posters only needed to see one saying on a poster that spoke to them, for them to feel the power of the message.”

Graduate student Liz Parkins participated in the campaign last year, when she was a senior member of the softball team. She chose the phrase, “I don’t say ‘throw like a girl’ because my strength is not limited by my gender.”

“I kind of get frustrated if people assume I’m weak because I’m a woman,” Parkins said. She wants to serve as role model for young girls, especially her 1-year-old niece.

Next semester, SAAC hopes to relaunch its campaign by using different types of media and featuring more student-athletes on its posters. Currently, there are 15-20 new volunteers who want to be featured on the posters, according to Grimm.

There is also a possibility that SAAC will film short video clips for online promotion.

Leading up to the first launch last spring, SAAC and the SU athletics department tried to prepare student-athletes for the backlash they

Photos courtesy of Bill Smith might receive from being on the posters. Although there were some In conjunction with SU’s Day of Human Understanding last negative comments on social media, March, SAAC first launched its Don’t Say campaign. the majority of the feedback was positive, according to Grimm.

After the Day of Human Understanding, student-athletes pushed the campaign further and started sharing their experiences at conferences and events.

Student-athletes presented “Don’t Say” at the SU Wellness Fair, at the Women’s Consortium retreat last May and even traveled to the state capital. In October, SU students spoke at the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Women’s Consortium in Harrisburg.

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Thirteen student-athletes volunteered to pose for posters and chose the Don’t Say phrases they wanted to pose with.

Non-traditional students find their ‘Yoda’ Marissa Merkt Staff Writer

As Shippensburg University’s non-traditional student week wrapped up on Thursday, Mary Hillanbrand, a teacher at Uniformed Services University, led a lecture titled, “The Journey of a Lifetime” that discussed aspects of being a non-traditional student.

“Whether you are a traditional student or nontraditional student, you are here,” Hillanbrand said.

Often, society sees life like a giant board game and assumes that one moves to the college space after

they complete high school. But now, more than ever, students are taking gap years and going to college later. According to Hillanbrand, 71 percent of college undergraduates are non-traditional students, and non-traditional students are the new traditional students.

Non-traditional students learn differently than their traditional student peers, according to Hillanbrand. These students like information that is immediately useful and can be applied to real life problems.

Hillanbrand stressed the importance of having a mentor, or “Yoda,” to help get through college. Today,

mentors are helpful in achieving she soon began selling cosmetics in goals and facilitating learning expe- a department store. riences.

Her wake-up call was when she was talking to an older coworker and realized she did not want to be “Whether you are a tradi- selling cosmetics when she was a tional student or nontradi- 50-year-old. Despite her failures in tional student, you are here.” college, Hillanbrand enlisted in the Navy and prepared for a new start.

– Mary Hillanbrand “Even though I wasn’t successful in the past, that didn’t mean I wasn’t successful in the future,” HillanHillanbrand said she had var- brand said. ious mentors throughout her edDespite obstacles such as startucational journey. She began her ing a family and dealing with a undergraduate education post-high mother who was diagnosed with school, but failed college twice and cancer, Hillanbrand completed her

education up to her doctoral degree.

Today, she teaches at Daniel K. Inouye Graduate School of Nursing in Bethesda, Maryland.

Non-traditional SU student Amanda Haase had the mentorship of her parents who both instilled the importance of education. Haase was told she had two options after high school — go to college or join the Army.

SU graduate student Lindsey Brown started her college education late due to her job.

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Paul Ryan says no to paid maternity leave Presidential candidate this week: A M MANDA

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Staff Writer Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) is the new Speaker of the House. Ryan is already being criticized in his nearly two-week old position, which is sparking headlines. According to the Huffington Post, when Ryan was setting conditions for the speaker bid, he was demanding to ensure his own work-life balance. These demands include work-free weekends with his family.

Paul Ryan was elected Speaker of the House on Oct. 29.

In the article, Ryan told the Republican conference, “I cannot and will not give up my family time.”

It worked: He is now the weekday Speaker of the House and second in line to the presidency.

One would think that such a family guy would be in support of paid maternity/paternity leave. In fact, he does not support it, at least as far as legislation goes. In an article from the New York Times, Ryan says, “I don’t think that sticking up for being a person with balance in your life, for wanting to spend your weekends with your family…I don’t think that means signing up for some new unfunded mandate.”

The mandate he is referring to is paid family leave. As of right now, any new parent may take 12 weeks off work unpaid and is still guaranteed to have a job upon their return.

This policy is known as the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and only about half of employees are eligible. How many families do you know that could realistically handle one parent being off work unpaid for 12 weeks? On top of that, you are adding to the family, which increases household expenses.

The U.S. is the only industrialized country left to not mandate paid maternity leave, according to the Huffington Post. President Barack Obama is in support of paid family leave, as noted in a New York Times article. Obama’s plan would provide six weeks paid maternity/ paternity leave, which is very little in comparison to other industrialized countries.

Many U.S. companies are choosing to offer paid maternity leave

to their employees. The New York Times lists a few companies that have joined in. Amazon has become the latest tech company and is expanding its leave up to 20 weeks, as well as offering paternity leave.

Netflix, Microsoft and Adobe are others that offer paid leave. Google lengthened its leave from three to five months. The Huffington Post says companies like Google do the math and estimate the cost of replacing an employee costs somewhere between 50 and 200 percent of a worker’s salary.

Even Ryan seems to understand this to some degree. In an article from the Huffington Post, Ryan offers paid family leave to his own staff. When questioned about it, he would not go into details. Demanding weekends with his family and refusing that time to new parents makes him a man of mixed messages. It does not seem like he can relate to the working class citizen, many of whom also do not enjoy the pleasures of work-free weekends with their families.

“I don’t think people asked me to be the speaker so I can take more money from hardworking taxpayers to create some new federal entitlement,” Ryan told Fox News.

“But I think people want to have members of Congress that represent them, that are like them,” he continued to say when specifically asked about paid family leave.

Yes we do, Paul Ryan, yes we do.

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Carson addresses exaggerated past

Presidential candidate Ben Carson is under scrutiny after stories emerged claiming he lied about his life story. According to the Huffington Post, Carson’s autobiography from 1990 claimed he was the “most honest student” in a psychology class at Yale after he was the only one not to walk out of the classroom after a professor said everyone would have to retake the final exam. However, The Wall Street Journal claims it could not find any record of the class. Carson claimed that a news article for the Yale Daily News was published on the incident and that his campaign will release it soon.

Other details about his past have come into question recently, as well. He claimed that he had been offered a full scholarship to West Point U.S. Military Academy, according to Politico, but there are no records indicating he had ever applied.

But Carson is staying strong throughout the media frenzy.

“Show me somebody, even from your business, the media, who is 100 percent accurate in everything that they say happened 40 or 50 years ago,” Carson said to ABC News.

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Carson has been criticized by fellow GOP candidate Donald Trump, who told ABC the whole ordeal is “very strange.”

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B2 Woman attacked for not speaking ‘American’ Kayla Corbin Opinion Editor

A Minnesota woman had to get 17 stitches after she was attacked for speaking her native language in a restaurant.

On Oct. 30, Asma Mohamed Jama was out to dinner with her family at a local Applebee’s when Jodie Marie Burchard-Risch became angered that the family was speaking in Swahili, Jama’s native language.

The attack started off as ver-

bal threats, but soon after became physical. According to Cosmopolitan, Jama’s friend heard BurchardRisch yell at Jama for not speaking “American.”

“I live in America. I can speak English, but we prefer to speak our own language, if it bothers you, I’m sorry,” Jama said before things got violent, according to CBS Minnesota.

Applebee’s employees then attempted to remove Burchard-Risch from the restaurant, but she resisted and threw a beer mug at Jama.

The beer mug, still full of beer, struck Jama in the face. Afterward, Burchard-Risch ran away, but an employee followed her until the police arrived and could take her into custody.

All of this happened because Jama was speaking Swahili with her family and friends. As a country, we constantly tell ourselves that we are getting better about accepting other cultures into what we like to call the “normal” way to act.

In Jama’s case, she has lived in Minnesota for 15 years, according to CBS Minnesota. Jama said this is the first time she has been attacked and that she has never even received strange looks. The whole attack came as a surprise.

“I could not believe after all these years somebody hit me because I am different.”

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Darker regions show the distribution of Swahili language in Africa. The victim is originally from Kenya (NY Daily).

What would have happened if this would not have happened in a public place? What if Burchard-Risch would have followed Jama and her family home and then proceeded to act as she wanted?

This horrible hate crime is only one example of how out of control and ignorant some citizens of the U.S. can be. Things like this happen every day and we should not let it continue to happen. We cannot act violently toward someone because they act differently than ourselves.

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A woman of Kenyan descent was attacked in an Applebee’s in Minnesota when she spoke in her native tongue. The attacker threw a beer mug at her head and attempted to flee.

This is something that most people learn in kindergarten.

As an American, this disgusts me.

Burchard-Risch deserves to be punished for this act.

CBS Minnesota also reported that this is not Burchard-Risch’s first offense. In 2011, she faced assault charges.

Those who live in America, no matter what cultural background they carry around with them, deserve to be treated as human beings. Something as simple as speaking in another language should not be something that sparks rage in another American. I cannot believe that someone would actually throw a beer mug at someone’s face. Purposely.

Burchard-Risch is facing a charge with one count of third degree as-

sault, according to Fox KMSP. “We kind of feel like we’ve come a long way with racism and intolerance in our country,” said Paul Sommer, of the Anoka County Sheriff’s Office, “but every so often something like this happens and reminds us we haven’t quite come far enough.”

He is right. We have not come far enough. Something needs to change.

A GoFundMe page has been set up for Jama, in hopes that she will be able to pay her medical bills.

As of Monday afternoon, almost $11,000 has been raised for Jama.

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Who should be the next James Bond?

Josh Torzillo Asst. Opinion Editor

We all know the smooth, suave, cunning, witty and downright dangerous dynamo that is the international man of mystery.

No, I am not talking about Austin Powers. I am talking about Bond.

James Bond.

With “Spectre,” the 24th film in the storied franchise having just come out in theaters worldwide, the world has its eyes on one Mr. Bond once again. “Spectre,” starring Daniel Craig, is Craig’s fourth film as the enigmatic agent, and with Craig’s current contract, he only has to fulfill his spy duties for one more movie before signing off as 007.

This does not mean he will be done after the next movie: He may choose to play Bond for a few more films. However, the Internet has been buzzing as to who may step up to fill Craig’s shoes once he quits the position, creating a point of controversy, debate and argument.

The apparent heir to the Bond franchise may be the most revolutionary Bond yet. People got upset when Craig was chosen as Bond because he has blond hair. Craig was the first Bond in history to have non-brown hair, which caused many to cry out against his choosing. Now, it seems Sony, the studio that produces the Bond movies, may be going with an African-American James Bond in Idris Elba.

Elba fits all the requirements of being Bond: He is smooth, good-looking and is a killer actor. He is even British. He is an acclaimed actor, known for playing Nelson Mandela and other serious roles.

However, purists of the Bond franchise disagreed with leaked emails concerning Elba as the next Bond simply because he is black.

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Those who think this way are instantly labeled as racists, which is not the case. If the makers were to stick with the source material, they should go with a white actor. However, I would not be opposed to seeing Elba playing Bond.

Fury Road”), Henry Cavill (“Man of Steel”), Michael Fassbender (“X-Men”) and Tom Hiddleston (“The Avengers”), but dozens of names have been brought up in the debate.

Even American actors such as Jon Hamm from “Mad Men” have been mentioned, though they are long-shots, considering that Bond is traditionally a British actor with a thick accent. Will they step away from the traditional Bond man?

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Controversial issues this week:

France tightens borders for U.N. conference With the U.N. climate change conference taking place in Paris from Nov. 30 to Dec. 11, France has decided to close its borders for a few weeks in order to stop any possible terrorist attack in the capital, according to CNN. French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said the border will still be open to other European countries under the European Union, but anyone trying to enter France will undergo much stricter security and safety measures. The French government hopes no terrorist actions will occur, given the country has endured several large attacks already this year, including the killing of 17 people at the Charlie Hebdo magazine offices in Paris.

Possible new causes of Robin William’s suicide

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Idris Elba is a favorite to play James Bond after Daniel Craig.

The only problem I have with it is if they chose him to play Bond simply to make the franchise more diverse or politically correct. However, Elba was not considered for the job because people feel it would only be fair to have a black Bond — they considered him because he is almost a perfect fit to play Bond. I believe that justifies the decision, despite him not being the same skin color as the original, ideal Bond.

No decision has been made, however, so the debate rages on.

Front-runners and fan-favorites are Tom Hardy (“Mad Max:

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Daniel Craig has been James Bond for the past four films.

One of my favorites from the rumor mills is Andrew Lincoln, best known for his role as Rick Grimes in “The Walking Dead.” I think he would make a great Bond in the vein of Daniel Craig, given the grittiness and edge his acting style brings to the zombie show. However, I much prefer him as Grimes than as Bond, and would not want the show to end if he took over as Bond.

Another possible Bond is Damian Lewis, the star of “Homeland.” He would be an interesting pick given that he has red hair. We had a blond Bond, why can we not have a ginger Bond?

My dark horse candidate is Mike Myers, translating the characteristics of Austin Powers into James Bond, but something tells me that will never happen.

Regardless of who is chosen, it is an exciting time to be a fan of the Bond franchise, with the new movie being released and a new Bond being rumored. Sony may pull a fast one and choose an actor no one was talking about, but as long as the man can step up to the plate and deliver a home run as Bond, all will be right with the world.

Susan Williams, the widow of beloved comedian Robin Williams, says that her husband did not slip back into drugs, alcohol and depression, but rather it was Lewy body dementia, a disease that is similar to Alzheimer’s, that caused him to commit suicide. The disease chemically effects the brain and Susan Williams, who recently gave her first public interview since her husband’s death in 2014, says the couple “were living a nightmare” in the months preceding his death, according to CNN. This further pushes the issue of mental health to the forefront of debate in the United States.

Keystone XL pipeline will not be built Secretary of State John Kerry has officially recommended a rejection of the building of the Keystone XL pipeline, a decision that will effectively end the project. The pipeline, which would primarily be built in Alaska, has been at the center of debate in the U.S. government for years, as Republicans struggled against environmentalists to push the project further. Oil companies also endorsed the pipeline, but with John Kerry and President Barack Obama both staunchly against the project, the debate seems to be coming to an end after several years.

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The pipeline project has been protested against for years.

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PaintNite draws over 75 people Mary Grace Keller Editor-in-Chief

tion on the Wind,” which featured a reddish purple tree and orange mountains reflected on water.

Master artist and party host Kate Barrick of PaintNite worked on her own canvas while explaining to students how to mirror her actions — mixing the paints just so and demonstrating how to hold the brush. Between explanations, Barrick played everything from country to hip-hop music. When the tunes turned up, students began to chatter and sing along, critiquing and complimenting each other’s work.

Deep red leaves float across a gentle blue sky, gradually falling until they meet their reflection in the rippling water below. As paintbrush meets canvas, the scene becomes more detailed with each application of acrylic color.

Shippensburg University students came together to paint these scenes on Friday, Nov. 7, at the Activities Program Board’s (APB) PaintNite event. Through a stepby-step process, students learned how to paint a work titled, “Reflec- SEE ‘PAINT’ ON C2

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Barrick’s assistants roved around the room, offering advice or extra paint.

“I did one of these [events] over the summer and had a lot of fun,” junior Allison Wilson said. Wilson and her friends were attracted to the event for its low cost, $5 for stu-

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dents, and the fact that it was hosted right on campus in one of the Ceddia Union Building’s multipurpose rooms.

“It’s very calming. It’s like stress relief,” junior Elizabeth Karper said of the event.

Seventy-five people pre-registered for the event, according to APB entertainment co-chair Bryanna Beamer. Throughout the night, the hosts drew winners for raffles of painter starter kits.

Between strokes, students snacked on M&M’s, Jolly Ranchers and Rice Krispies Treats dipped in frosting to look like paint brushes.

While some artists followed Barrick’s instructions “to a T,” others decided to add a twist to their paintings. Some canvases depicted purple mountains, extra details or totally different scenes. Sophomore Sarah Kramer painted a black, starry sky with a yellow setting sun.

“I just wanted to do something different,” Kramer said. Although she decided to take her own approach on the painting, Kramer said she would enjoy attending another PaintNite event.

PaintNite is a fairly new business, having only started 31 months ago out of Boston, according to PaintNite employee Daryl Hull.

There are businesses across the nation, hosting parties in bars, restaurants, private venues and more. SU hosted PaintNite at last year’s Parents and Family Day. “We’re trying to get more involved in the colleges, in fundraising,” Hull said. Hull es-

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Seventy-five people pre-registered for Saturday’s PaintNite on Nov. 7. timates that the business has 3,000 to 4,000 different paintings to choose from, like “Reflection on the Wind.”

Halfway through the event on Friday night, students lifted their paintings off the canvases to air dry, swinging them around to Taylor Swift’s “Shake it Off.” “It’s so much fun. I never thought I could paint before now,” senior Jenny Keller said.

As participants left with their paintings in hand, the easels stayed behind — the remaining evidence of a paint-filled night.

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A dark indigo sky and water fade into soft pink and pale yellow for the final painting that features the reflection of a blood-red and purple tree. Many students incorporated their own interpretations of the night’s painting.

Project Center hidden gem in the Ceddia Union Building Nicole James

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Tucked away in a corner of the Ceddia Union Building’s third floor is a rarely spoken of resource center for the Shippensburg University community: The Project Center.

One of the numerous student-employed departments of the CUB, the Project Center opened in the fall of 2011. It is run entirely by students and currently lies under the supervision of Kelsey Roman, interim assistant director for student group services and leadership development.

The Project Center’s main purpose is to serve student groups, but it is open for use by all students, faculty and staff of SU. Once student groups register and update their Photo by Nicole James rosters, they are free to use the many services the Project Center ofSU student Emilee Fox works at the Project Center, where fers. While there are certain restricshe helps students use the resources available to them.

tions, such as maximum quotas for different items and request requirements, students take advantage of what is available.

There are roughly eight main services the Project Center provides.

These include copying, scanning, faxing, lamination, banner/poster printing, balloon/helium resources, a leadership materials library and team-building activities. It also offers different supplies for students to borrow in exchange for their student IDs. Many students employed by the Project Center have worked there for most of their college career, with some even advancing to higher positions. SU senior Kayla Norton began working in the Project Center her sophomore year and is now a manager.

“I love the interaction that I get with all the different student groups on campus,” she said. “When someone is in the Project Center, you get to hear first-hand about their groups

and the event they are holding. It is better than just reading the flyer.”

Individual students also have access to the Project Center and are only required to pay a small fee for certain services. Many take advantage of this for group projects as well as personal needs, such as lamination for important documents.

It is extremely common for student groups to question what the Project Center is and what they can use it for. It is a newer facility at SU and students continue to learn more about it every day.

“A lot of student groups are not aware that they have access to making large posters, laminating things, or even filling up balloons,” Norton said. “I believe it is important for students to be informed of the resources available to them on campus and use them to their advantage.”

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Steve Dolbin leans over the high-definition photograph of his sculpture, “Guardian Niche,” on his living room floor.

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Ship Life Co-Editor A river of metal slips through the backyard, a smooth reflection of the gray November sky. The stainless steel sculpture, 37 feet long, 6 feet wide and 12 feet tall, is an interpretation of the Susquehanna River — a project 10 years in the making with two more to go before its completion.

Its creator, Steve Dolbin, a sculptor and one of Shippensburg University’s art professors, began creating “River Spirit” on a commission, but when the commissioner became ill, the funds disappeared and Dolbin put the project to the side for three years.

Harley Weigle, a junior and one of Dolbin’s sculpture students, said that he thinks it is “commendable” that Dolbin is so determined to finish the project after 10 years.

“It’s not in his character to leave something unfinished,” Weigle said.

The final sculpture will be vertical so that the river rises toward the sky, but its ultimate destination is yet to be decided, so for right now “River Spirit” lives in Dolbin’s backyard behind a barn that he converted into a an art studio. Scattered throughout Dolbin’s lawn is a museum of sculptures that he has created — or as Dolbin said, a series of obstacles when it comes time to mow the lawn.

Inside Dolbin’s studio lives even

more of a testimony to his work as an artist — two of the sculptures will be traveling to London, where Dolbin will be presenting his exhibit at the Royal College of Art from Dec. 10–15. One of the sculptures, “Guardian Niche,” is too large to ship, so he will be presenting a high-definition digital photograph of the sculpture. The other, “Pestle,” will be presented in its actual form.

“I’m such a noisy, energetic, outspoken person, but my work is just so quiet.”

– Steve Dolbin

Dolbin has worked hard to get where he is, said one of Dolbin’s colleagues, Kate Keely, SU professor and working artist. Some people attribute success to luck, but Keely said that people who work hard make their own luck — which is what Dolbin has done.

“It’s a whole other level when you start to get recognized internationally. They are seeing his work is relevant and for an artist that’s a very important thing,” Keely said.

Keely said that Dolbin’s work, which relates to the environment, the human condition and how people impact the environment, are concepts that transcend to the core of humanity, not just one specif-

ic group of people. The universal archetypes, or timeless symbols, make it easy for people coming from different cultures all over the world to look at his work and understand it.

Dolbin’s personality fills a room with his booming voice and waving hands just has his artwork fills a room with its massive size and power — the kind of power that starts as a tickling whisper and spreads to a dense, thick silence that is louder than any noise.

“I’m such a noisy, energetic, outspoken person, but my work is just so quiet,” Dolbin said, forehead creased, face serious. “It’s like a clock ticking when nobody’s home.

It’s just so quiet. But that’s what’s so powerful about it. It’s just overwhelmingly potent because of the quiet quality.”

Although the meaning behind his work is accessible to everyone, the message is not always obvious, Keely said.

“He doesn’t hit the viewer over the head, which is great. He’s asking the viewer to work a little bit.

The viewer needs to think a little bit and make some connections,” Keely said.

When his art is showcased, Dolbin said people look at it and become enraptured by its meditative quality, which is exactly what he wants his art to do.

“Artists can’t say a whole lot, but we need to make you feel like you can access your own mind in whatever situation you’re in instead of trying to lecture people,” Dolbin said. “I try to expose them to things and see what happens, because I don’t want to alienate the people I’m trying to change.”

It is through his students and his family that Keely said Dolbin is also trying to make a difference. By having a positive influence on his students and his children, he will be leaving the world a slightly better place than when he entered, Keely said.

“I think he’s a very sensitive, caring person. He cares about being an artist and a teacher and he often puts students first,” Keely said. “He puts students and his family first and that’s important. And that’s reflective in his artwork.”

Dolbin’s two children, Collin, 17,

and Reece, 20, are plastered around Dolbin’s office in photographs.

When talking about Reece’s academics or Collin’s artwork, Dolbin’s arm motions become even wilder and his mustache twitches excitedly with his smile. Dolbin’s children, as well as his wife, Robin, are frequently brought into his classrooms in the form of animated stories that he tells to his students.

Robin said Dolbin is a unique combination of strength and sensitivity as a father. He notices things about the environment and people’s emotions — this in turn translates to his art and relationships, Robin said.

“I guess I would like to compare him to his sculpture,” Robin said. “I feel like he’s a rock or pillar for the family. He definitely provides us with strength.”

It is important that Dolbin provides his children with the security to take risks and explore their passion because success is not always monetary — it comes from happiness. He has faced his own struggles in taking the risk to follow his dreams as an artist, Robin said, but he pursued his talents and has become successful as an artist.

Dolbin teaches his students to follow their passion as artists too, he said.

“Once you have the passion, you have to go about it the right way,” Dolbin said. “It’s not just going to

fall in your lap. You have to work.”

In the classroom, Weigle said that Dolbin is an “awesome” teacher because of the passion he brings.

How does Dolbin express this passion? — “Very loudly,” Weigle said.

“He really pushes his students to excel,” Weigle said.

When he was in college, Dolbin said he wanted to be a famous sculptor — not a teacher. But once he began student teaching, it became a desire similar to his fervor to create artwork.

Today, Dolbin’s passions as artist, teacher and father culminate in massive sculptures that represent all of these qualities.

The family dog loves playing with Dolbin as well as taking naps in one of Dolbin’s sculptures outside on the lawn.

On a class field trip to Dolbin’s art studio, he shows students equipment that he uses to heat up metal.

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Dolbin is taking a photograph of “Guardian Niche” to an art exhibit in London.

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Video gaming has a bad reputation. In the aisles of Wal-Mart or Target, you see potato chips or other junk foods under newly released games. In the eyes of many, video games are just a way to procrastinate or pass time.

However, recent research has shown there are cognitive benefits to video gaming.

According to Psychology Today, an experiment conducted by a group of psychologists found improvements in basic visual processes, paying attention and vigilance, increased use of mental resources (such as memory) and improvements in job-related skills due to gaming.

Shannon Mortimore-Smith, an English professor at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, teaches a video game course and gave some personal insight on the topic. She is an avid video game player, with her favorites being role-playing games (RPGs) and massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs).

“As a teacher, educator and an avid gamer, I’m very interested in the way that video games inform

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Being surrounded by family and loved ones, Beam said.

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SU students spend time with friends in the Game Zone, located in the CUB, between classes and on weekends. thinks boundaries, including how long a child plays a game and with whom, should be enforced to maintain a stable mind.

“Not all games are good games, nor are they appropriate for all players,” Mortimore-Smith said.

With the right technique and supervision, a game can be an important

tool in the classroom.

Not only are video games important for educational purposes, but they can also be relaxing. Just like reading a book is an outlet for some people, others, like Mortimore-Smith, prefer playing video All the special food for the occagames. sion, and family, Gill said.

The busy mother of two uses this time to relax and “escape” the world where she is also a teacher and scholar.

“My own immersion in video games provides me with an outlet for exploring tremendously beautiful and vast new worlds,” Mortimore-Smith said.

Mortimore-Smith believes more games involving real world problems will emerge and help us con- “Seeing all my relatives, especially those that live far away.” tinue to grow.

Mental health and video games will be different for every individual. But if used correctly, many researchers think video games can change the course of pedagogy and improve the way we learn for future generations.

The world will only continue to see the rapid growth of technology and how it intertwines into our evFoster enjoys going to her granderyday life. Mortimore-Smith sugparents’ house after dinner and gests we embrace this change and beginning to decorate their Christturn it into a positive. mas tree.

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good teaching practices,” Mortimore-Smith said.

She credits the work of a particular scholar, James Paul Gee. Gee is the author of “What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy.”

In his book, Gee talks about the learning principles teachers can use through video games in the classroom. For example, a teacher could use video games to challenge students and motivate them to try and beat the game and show others how to do the same.

Pedagogy, which is the discipline that deals with the practice of education, should be altered and fit to cater more toward using video games, in Mortimore-Smith’s opinion.

Mortimore-Smith speaks on how, as a society, we cannot ignore the presence of video games in our culture. She cites another author, Jane McGonigal, who writes in her book “Reality is Broken,” that the average 21-year-old has already spent more than 10,000 hours gaming. In comparison, this is how much time someone will spend in school from kindergarten to graduation.

Mortimore-Smith is very passionate about using video games as teaching aides, but realizes there should be limitations set. She

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Asst. Web Director The audience at the H. Ric Luhrs Performing Arts Center on Thursday witnessed a night of true comedic talent with the help of blue collar comedy legend Bill Engvall.

A comedic icon since the ’90s, Engvall is known for his laid back humor that relates to the average, hardworking person. As the 1992 winner of the American Comedy Award for “Best Male Stand-up Comedian,” his career has spanned across television, film and stage.

Engvall’s first comedy album, “Here’s Your Sign,” went certified platinum and remained No. 1 on the Billboard Comedy Chart for 15 straight weeks. Along with Larry the Cable Guy and Jeff Foxworthy, Engvall is part of the Blue Collar Comedy group that has captivated millions.

Engvall began his routine by discussing what he calls the “M” phase. In other words, his wife, Gail’s, experience with menopause. The audience laughed and clapped as he described a situation that many couples in the audience could relate to, which included Engvall stepping carefully around Gail’s emotions.

As he made hysterical sound effects of his wife’s snoring, the crowd was quickly warmed up for the rest of the night.

Engvall kept the same casual feel throughout the performance. His stories were relatable and mostly realistic, highlighting the humor found in everyday life. Instead of sprinkling his routine with obscenities and graphic imagery to get laughs, he relied on his wit and endearing personality to keep the energy alive.

One of his relatable stories included Engvall’s experience with house-

building. The audience laughed out loud as the comedian elaborated on his adventures of selecting drawer pulls and installing windows with his wife.

“I don’t know if you know what the Argentine Tango is, but it literally is just sex to music.”

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Between satisfying her opinions and wanting to get the job done already, his story revealed the humor in even the most stressful parts of homeownership.

Even when he did not describe a story about everyday life, Engvall still managed to get the crowd going. By describing a survival trip he once endured with his son, he broke up the “everyday life” feel of his performance for something a little more out of the ordinary.

Armed only with a knife, a poncho and a blanket, he and his son ventured into the wild on a trip that was less invigorating and more of a “hippie fantasy.” Led by a very spiritual guide, Engvall had the audience rolling with laughter as he described seven days of outdoor torture that included sleeping out in the cold and being away from good food.

Even in a story

that would not be relatable to most people, the blue collar comedian still created a humorous connection that captivated the audience.

One of the main focuses of his performance was his experience on the hit show “Dancing With the Stars.” Though Engvall has hosted game shows and even starred in his own sitcom, he was not prepared for what the popular dance show would bring.

“We are designed to dance once a year drunk at a wedding,” he said while describing his initial fears about being on the show.

Engvall managed to stay on the show for an impressive 13 weeks, a feat he never imagined would happen. Everyone laughed as he described his angst in having to stay on the show, secretly wishing he would be voted off every week.

“I ran into a problem and that problem was y’all kept voting,” he said, making the theater erupt in laughter.

He also talked about his experiences with different styles of dance, including the quickstep and the Argentine tango.

“I don’t know if you know what the Argentine tango is,” he said, “but it literally is just sex to music.”

His description of being an average Joe in a popular dance show painted a hysterical picture for the audience. It showed he was not only funny on stage but in all parts of his life. Engvall was clearly able to laugh even in the most stressful situations, making his lovable personality shine.

Engvall then talked about the physical aches and pains of getting older, including having a kidney stone and a knee replacement, which he described as “basically chopping your leg off.”

The audience enjoyed his humorous outlook on hospital life, including physical therapy and the cringing process of removing a catheter.

For a subject that is usually painful to listen to, Engvall somehow managed to find a way to make it comedy gold. He once again showed the humor in the many trials we endure throughout life as we age,

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(Top) Bill Engvall talks about his wife spending hours examining “drawer-pulls” at a hardware store. (Cutout) Engvall tries to comprehend what he calls the “M” phase of his marriage. something that almost everyone in the audience could understand.

A new knee and a kidney stone later, Engvall began describing his difficulty with sleeping. A few days later, he told the audience he found himself in a store that was practically “the Ben and Jerry’s of pot,” looking to buy medical marijuana for his insomnia.

“I ran into a problem and that problem was y’all kept voting.”

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Soon enough, Engvall had the audience laughing away at his story of smoking pot. Similar to his story of “Dancing With the Stars,” the idea of Engvall being put in an unfamiliar situation was simply hysterical.

It was then time for the night to close. With a final bow and a wave, Engvall left the stage as the audience gave one last cheer.

Engvall reminded the audience on Thursday night that humor can be found in almost any situation.

Whether it be a mundane task such as housework or a once-ina-lifetime experience on “Dancing With the Stars,” he showed everyone that there is always something worth laughing about and that life is a comedic routine all in itself.

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High school students showcase works of art THOMAS WITMER

Asst. Art Director A new art gallery has been opened on the Shippensburg University campus, but it does not display the works of well-known artists, instead it displays the works of young artists seeking to make their work known for the first time.

The gallery was filled with pieces created by these young artists who attend various high schools, submitted through “The Scholastic 144.”

“The Scholastic 144” is an exhibition of artwork made by junior and senior high school students from Pennsylvania and Maryland.

“It never ceases to amaze me, the skills that high school students have at this level,” said Professor Mike Campbell, director of the Kauffman Gallery.

“So the reason for hosting the exhibit is to share it with the larger community,” Campbell said.

Participating students had their artwork submitted by their high school teachers.

Each teacher submitted the student’s art through “The Scholastic 144” entry website.

Entries that were accepted into the gallery were then either shipped or hand-delivered to SU’s Kauffman Gallery.

Each submitted art piece was filtered into one of 10 categories, in-

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Some of the art displayed at the gallery inside Huber Art Center.

Works include rock sculptures, paintings and abstract drawings. cluding ceramic & glass, drawing, digital art, jewelry and photography.

Every submission to the gallery was required to meet certain limitations.

Each entry needed to be original and created between the months of August and September of 2015.

SU provided $1,000 in awards to three of the accepted entries.

A team of judges reviewed the submissions and decided which pieces would be placed in the three highest positions.

Honorable mention and participa-

tion certificates will also be awarded after the exhibition has concluded.

The first-place prize was awarded to Kennedy Todd, who entered her ceramic piece titled, “The Heart Tree.”

Second place was awarded to Adam Hawbaker, who entered his piece titled, “Perseverance.”

Third place was awarded to Robert Remington, who entered his piece titled, “The Happy Accident.”

“It really boosts your confidence once you figure out what people think of your work,” Hawbaker said about winning second place.

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Rage and love enter Memorial Auditorium TYLER M. LAW A&E Editor

“Don’t wanna be an American idiot,” wrote Billie Joe Armstrong in the early 2000s, rebelling against the George W. Bush administration.

Armstrong did not want to be another American idiot brainwashed by propaganda and patriotism, and actors and actresses from Shippensburg University brought that feeling of rebellion back for two nights in Memorial Auditorium this past weekend. Actors showcased songs from “American Idiot,” the Broadway musical based on Green Day’s album of the same name.

The showcase included monologues from Alexis Goodreau, a senior interdisciplinary arts major who was the director of the show, which was performed as her senior showcase, the final project of the major.

Before the show, the audience was greeted by an industrial-looking stage utilizing risers and no furniture at all with a projector running in the back.

Goodreau said she used the projector to mimic the way projections were used in the original Broadway production.

“American Idiot” began with live house music played by a band of SU students and alumni, and once the show started, all bets were off.

The profanity flew as much as the beer bottles that littered the stage, shopping carts were ridden like horses and the actors got up close and personal with the audience,

performing a mere couple of feet away.

“Letterbomb” and “St. Jimmy” were the two standout songs from the performances, receiving boisterous cheers from the audience.

“St. Jimmy,” the song about Johnny’s alter ego, featured senior Matt Peck extravagantly dressed in nothing but a leather jacket, a pair of jeans and a lot of androgynous silver jewelry.

St. Jimmy is the cocaine-addled id to Johnny’s conscious, who is not visible to the other characters, but drives Johnny into a deep hole of drugs and parties, leading to Johnny losing his girlfriend, Whatshername.

“Letterbomb” featured the bombastic vocals of Gabrielle Sheller (Whatshername) as she wailed and writhed on stage, singing lyrics about the loss of her boyfriend Johnny to heroin and his alter ego, St. Jimmy.

After the other female cast members joined her for the song, the audience reacted with an almost shocked exuberance after the number ended.

Despite only featuring a few select numbers from the original score, the showcase was able to display the full story of the album and the Broadway musical through the song selection and outstanding acting.

The show certainly got the audience to think and leave tapping its feet.

The production got at least one audience member to spend the night listening to the soundtrack from the original show on repeat for hours.

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Director Sam Mendes maintains the modern-day style, but fails to deliver new concepts JUSTIN LEE

Asst. A&E Editor Daniel Craig has given the world a beloved version of James Bond.

From 2006 to today, fans were gifted a 007 series competently presented in modern-day, epic proportions.

On the journey, a few mistakes were made, most notably the second outing “Quantum of Solace.”

Craig mentioned that the Writers’ Strike of 2007 ruined “Solace” and it became clear that he was not a fan of playing Bond.

Even if director Sam Mendes saved the franchise with the glorious sequel “Skyfall,” perhaps the third outing was too good, leaving Craig having to shuffle along.

“Skyfall” had a well-balanced script, a prominent villain and maintained a focus on Bond’s motivation. The cream of the crop was the cinematography and the editing.

There is no doubt that “Spectre” re-delivers the attributes of a wellmade Bond film. Opening shot to closing shot, “Spectre” is a dazzling picture. Look past the great direction, though, and loud hiccups can be heard.

“Spectre” possesses the classic, albeit tired, James Bond formula: Chase scenes, Bond girls, tailored suits, interesting gadgets made by Q, played by Ben Wishaw, detective work and an attempt to save the world from rival intelligence agents.

All the pieces are there, but de-

tre” would have been regarded as a great effort, but with the series being what it is, the new film fell short.

There are a few new things explored, like Q and Moneypenny, played by Naomie Harris, contributing more to Bond’s mission, but that only goes so far. “Spectre” has everything going for it, but it does not go anywhere.

Negatives aside, “Spectre” is an enjoyable sight. There is plenty of action and suspense. But, boil “Spectre” down and it is just a simple Bond mission; nothing more.

Craig is contracted for the final Bond film of the series, currently titled “Bond 25.” Whether he fulfills that obligation remains a mystery.

This series has seen incredibly difficult productions. “Quantum of Solace” faced numerous rewrites and “Skyfall” was delayed because of budgeting. “Spectre” upheld the tradition with multiple writers and actors doing re-takes only weeks before release.

Knowing this, fans are wondering if Craig would be willing to put himself through the physical demands for “Bond 25.”

It is important to note that Craig and the rest of the crew always showed up on the day to give their best effort. Audiences received a series of Bond films that transformed the formula to respectable pieces of cinema.

Maintaining that effort across the board, however, is crucial.

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The stage adaptation of Alfred Hitchock’s 1935 film “The 39 Steps,” brings melodrama and comedy to Memorial Auditorium, as Act V’s fall production.

The show follows Richard Hannay, played by Tyler Michael Law, an innocent British man in his mid 30s dealing with the boredom of everyday life as he is thrust into the world of Nazi Intelligence.

The play features actress Nastassia Foose as Annabella Schmidt, Pamela and Margaret.

Foose will act as all of Hannay’s love interests, at times becoming a German, a Scot and a British lady.

Izzy’s View ISABELLA ANGELONE Staff Columnist

The set of “Saturday Night Live” was painted red, white and blue on Nov. 7 when Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was the guest host.

The episode was one of the season’s flattest, with Trump having a hard time delivering the small amount of jokes the writers threw at him.

This is pretty sad, considering Trump told several sources he took on the role to prove he could “take a joke.”

Apparently it is as hard for Trump to deliver a joke as it is for Photo courtesy of Flickr user BagoGames him to take one.

Daniel Craig on the set of “Spectre.” Craig is contracted to reThe best part of the episode was prise the lead in “Bond 25,” but his return is still under debate.

Larry David’s return as Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders, who livering the story is the major issue. to show the audience anything new. yelled “You’re a racist!” from the Christoph Waltz is sadly underused Where “Skyfall” gave us scenes side of the stage, playing into a proas a villain. He heads a copy-cat of Bond questioning his role in the testor’s call for someone to disrupt organization attempting to replace British Intelligence, “Spectre” does the live broadcast. the newly-formed global intelli- not continue that concept. The film The disruption was clearly set up, gence union. takes a step back, to the point that with David smiling while delivering “Spectre” ultimately has the James Bond is now “British Spy his line and Trump delivering a preexact same story as “Mission Im- Guy,” stagnant and stiff. pared response that was equally as possible: Rogue Nation.” This time Reflecting on the previous three flat (“As a businessman, I can fully around, though, the villain is not Bond films is welcomed, but that is respect that”). given enough room to play. all “Spectre” does.

There seemed to be no heart in It is an unoriginal plot strung by “Skyfall” and “Casino Royale” the episode, from the comedians or a shadowy villain. But too much of presented exactly what a Bond the audience. a shadow is casted. Waltz does not film should be, from tone to image.

There was barely any laughter make an impact until the second When “Spectre” came around, exfrom the audience, who checked out half of the film, and even then he pectations were high based on those almost as soon as Trump walked oncontinuously speaks of things he did masterpieces. stage. in the past, leaving very little time As a stand-alone film “SpecThe musical guest made up for the rest of the episode, as Sia returned for the second time this year with a performance of “Alive” and Katie Hargrove and Tristan Sie“Bird Set Free” off her new album, ben play the two clowns in the show, “This Is Acting” which will be rewho change characters and cosleased in 2016. tumes throughout the performancIn her normal fashion, Sia es to mimic everyday people, from brought a dancer on stage to visualpolice officers to milkmen to worldize the emotion in her songs, as she class spies. did famously less than 10 months The show is directed by Nic ago at the 2015 Grammy Awards.

Ecker and Mackenzie Brouse and Despite its many downfalls, the stage-managed by Megan Olson. episode gained the highest ratings “With only four actors playing since the 2012 season. over 20 roles, there is never a dull This is likely due to the appearmoment in the play,” Ecker said. ance of Trump, even though his “You’ll be sure to enjoy this tour-dejokes fell flat and he appeared stiff, farce.” people still tuned in to see the presiThe show runs for three perfordential candidate give comedy a try. mances on Nov. 13, 14 and 15 at 8 “Saturday Night Live’s” content p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and 2 is slowly slipping, and unfortunatePhoto courtesy of Act V and Anna Stanmets p.m. on Sunday. ly, this episode was no exception.

Admission is $3 with SU ID and The cast of “The 39 Steps” talks with director Nic Ecker on stage about the last scene during a rehearsal in early September. $5 for the public.

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Red Raiders fall flat in loss at Kutztown CALE AHEARN Sports Editor The Kutztown University Golden Bears scored early and often and used a big second half to defeat the Shippensburg University Red Raiders 51-21 at Andre Reed Stadium in Kutztown.

The Golden Bears’ offense thrived through the air as quarterback Chad Barton and his receivers were able to put up 343 passing yards on a Red Raider secondary that looked out of sorts from the start.

“We weren’t ready to play today and ultimately that falls on my shoulders,” SU head coach Mark Maciejewski said. “We didn’t get off the bus. We weren’t emotional or passionate about this game.”

After trading punts, the Golden Bears were able to take their second possession down the field and score on a 9-yard pass from Barton to receiver Anthony Kelly. However, the Red Raiders responded on their ensuing possession, with quarterback Ryan Zapoticky finding receiver Paryss Marshall for a 34-yard score to bring the game even at 7-7.

The Golden Bears retook the lead, 14-7, in the closing seconds of the

first quarter when running back Darrell Scott was able to find the end zone from two yards out. Again, the Red Raiders responded with Zapoticky finding receiver Sheldon Mayer for a 16-yard score to even the score.

However, the Red Raiders did not score again until the fourth quarter and surrendered 37 straight points.

After a Kodi Reed 9-yard touchdown catch and an Alec Rosenfeld 28-yard kick, the Golden Bears took a 24-14 lead to halftime. The Bears headed to the locker room with 222 passing yards after repeatedly finding open receivers deep downfield.

The tides turned for the Red Raiders in the second half, as the Golden Bears kept the opposing defense on its toes all day.

To open the scoring in the second half, KU executed a trick play where receiver Kellen Williams was able to find Kelly deep for a 58-yard score, giving the team a 30-14 lead. After trading punts, the Golden Bears’ defense took advantage of a pass going through a receiver’s hands and Tyler Pratt was able to return it for a 31-yard score in the final minutes of the third quarter.

With a 37-14 lead entering the fourth quarter, the Golden Bears

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The Raiders will finish the 2015 season with a winning record. took the offensive attack to the ground as Scott scored his second touchdown early in the fourth and running back Terry Williams was able to burst through a hole for a 30-yard score of his own.

Down 51-14 in the fourth, the Red Raiders removed Zapoticky and put in the mobile backup Chase Yocum

Receiver Sheldon Mayer makes his move up the sideline in a game earlier this season.

to run the offense. Yocum scored on a 9-yard run and running back Justin Pyle tacked on one more TD as time expired to finalize the score at 51-27.

“They outplayed us today and I’ve got to give them credit for that,” Maciejewski said. “We just weren’t being physical and we weren’t playing with great technique. I’m disappointed in the way we played all three aspects of the game.”

Barton finished the day 20-for-35 and 285 yards with two touchdowns and one interception. Reed finished the day with nine catches for 176 yards and a score, as he was able to find holes in the SU secondary all day.

The Red Raiders’ offense struggled to move the ball all day, especially in the second half. The team was not able to pick up its first third-down conversion until there was 6:30 left in a meaningless game.

Zapoticky finished the day 14-for29 and 176 yards with two touchdowns and one interception while Mayer amassed 93 yards and a score.

“I don’t think we were ready to play,” SU linebacker Cortlin Dell said. “They just flat outplayed us all day.”

The Red Raiders will return home to Seth Grove Stadium to face off against the Mercyhurst University Lakers on Nov. 14 in the team’s regular season finale.

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SU cross country dominates NCAA Regional Championships Haven University on Saturday, which served as the site of the 2015 Sports Editor NCAA Atlantic Region Championships and left with a first- and thirdThey came, they saw and they place finish for their efforts. conquered.

The men’s team claimed the AtThe Shippensburg University lantic Region Championship, while cross-country team traveled to Lock the women’s team was able to finish

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third in the competition.

On the men’s side, all seven of the team’s runners earned All-Region Top-20 finishes and had all five scorers in the Top 10.

Sophomore Alex Balla came up clutch with a big Top-5 finish in the 10K.

The women’s team took third place at the NCAA Regionals.

Junior Kieran Sutton finished second overall in the race with an outstanding time of 30:31.

The regional championship is the second in SU’s history and its first since 2009.

Two All-Region performances carried the women’s team to its third-place finish, with all five of its runners placing in the Top 32.

Junior Casey Norton finished her phenomenal season as SU’s top performer, finishing fifth overall Photos by Bill Smith and claiming her third consecutive All-Region performance at the ReThe men’s team, which was ranked 11th, won SU’s second regional title in school history. gional Championships.

Wrestling starts out strong AMANDA MEHALL

Multimedia Editor The Shippensburg University wrestling team started this year’s season off strong with a 26–15 win, along with getting three pins and a technical fall over Waynesburg University in a road dual meet on Wednesday, Nov. 4.

Weighing in at 125 pounds, freshman Dustin Steffenino scored the technical fall, leading Shippensburg to its victory. Steffenino also scored 19 points in two periods, giving the Raiders a 5–0 lead.

Waynesburg retaliated with two decisions at 133 and 141 pounds, taking a 6–5 lead. However, sophomore Colin Ochs then scored his first victory by fall in his career with a second-period pin in 4:17, giving SU a lead it would hold onto.

Adam Martz, a freshman and a three-time state champion from Maryland, conquered his match 5–3

at 157 pounds. During his match, he scored two takedowns and also got a riding-time point, leading him to victory.

Sophomore Gray Garber scored his first collegiate victory this match, pinning Matt Claxton in 1:44. Following two additional Waynesburg decisions, Evan Ramos, a sophomore, protected SU’s victory with a pin in his first match back after his medical-redshirt season. He scored his victory by fall in 2:02.

SU redeemed its 25-11 loss against Waynesburg from last season in a match at York College.

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Redshirt-freshman Hannah Fulton was a Top-3 scorer for the first time in her career, notching a time of 22:21, which was a 36 second personal best. Fulton has scored in all five of her races for the Red Raiders this season.

Both teams have qualified for the NCAA Division II National Championships for eight consecutive teams under head coach Steve Spence.

This will be both teams’ 13th overall appearance. The meet will be held in two weeks at Missouri Southern State University in Joplin, Missouri.

Field hockey stunned in OT SHAREIK FLOWERS Asst. Sports Editor

In the first round of the PSAC playoffs, the field hockey team dropped a heartbreaker, surrendering an overtime goal to suffer a 3-2 loss to Bloomsburg University.

Shippensburg twice erased single-goal deficits, but allowed the game-winning goal in overtime to the Huskies, who were playing down one player due to a green card.

The Huskies scored the opening goal of the game in the 24th minute when Laura Gerhard jumped on a rebound and snuck it into the goal to give Bloomsburg the 1-0 lead.

Just three minutes later, the Raiders responded when senior Molly Stuart maneuvered through several defenders and launched a pass to junior Kendall Beck, who sent a reverse hit into the right side of the goal to even the game.

Deep into the second half, Bloomsburg regained the lead when Jackie Shragher notched her second goal of the season off of an assist from Sam Peters.

Despite another one-goal deficit, the Raiders displayed resiliency and managed to once again even the game.

Just a few minutes after Bloomsburg’s score, Kendall Beck scored her second goal of the game by tipping a ball into the top portion of the net off an assist from Suzanne Miller.

The goal was Beck’s eighth of the season and the game-tying goal, which would send the match into overtime.

In overtime, the Huskies gained control of a loose ball and raced up the field, notching the game-winning goal just 22 seconds into the extra period.

The golden goal effectively ended SU’s hopes at another PSAC title,

as well another national championship. The loss versus Bloomsburg caused the Raiders’ ranking to drop, resulting in them failing to secure a NCAA playoff bid from the tournament committee.

The Raiders ended their season at 13-5, and will return most of its roster next season, as only three players (Taylor Webster, Ari Saytar and Molly Stuart) have run out of eligibility years.

Goalkeeper Webster finished her career with 16 wins and seven shutouts.

Defensive specialist Saytar bounced back from a season-ending injury in 2014 and logged 16 starts this season. Saytar was a second-team all PSAC defender in SU’s title run in 2013.

Stuart started every game this season and was awarded numerous All-Academic Squad awards during her collegiate career as a member of the Red Raiders.

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Volleyball gains momentum, headed into playoffs CHRIS COLLYMORE

Asst. Sports Editor The Raiders’ season is coming to a close and the team looks great as it prepares for the PSAC playoffs next week. The Raiders went 3–0 this past week, sweeping both Millersville University and Cheyney University in three sets and defeating West Chester University in four sets on Saturday.

Tuesday, Nov. 3 The Red Raiders played their last home game of the season on Tuesday against Millersville at Heiges Field House in Shippensburg. The Raiders came out firing in their first set against Millersville. The team came out to a 12–3 advantage en route to a 14-point win for the set.

The team slowed down a bit in the second set, but were still able to capitalize, winning 10-of-11 points, which included an eight point swing that turned a 9-6 lead into a 19–7 lead for the Raiders.

Millersville was able to bounce back in the third, leading the Raiders 15–14 late in the third. However, the Raiders were able to regain control by winning six of seven points in the set.

The Raiders’ sweep was thanks

in large part to junior Annie Goerl’s amazing game against Millersville.

Goerl had a double-double Tuesday with 15 kills and 11 digs. She also had a hitting percentage of .500 and converted 15 kills on 30 total attacks without a single error. Goerl’s 15 kills were a new season high and also a new career high in a three-set match.

Friday, Nov. 6 In Friday’s matchup against Cheyney, the Raiders had six different players, each with four or more kills, which helped the team win its second straight sweep of the week.

Sophomore Christen Harris had a season-high 10 kills in the match while hitting .429 during the match.

Freshman Katie Lemheney had five kills and two digs while hitting .374.

Sophomore Shelby Henry had five kills and four digs. Junior Rebecca Pryor had four kills and no errors.

Freshman Keara O’Brien-Pol had four kills and two block assists.

Sophomore Brittany Whitacre also had five kills, as well.

Despite the Raiders’ fantastic play as a team, Cheyney was able to keep the match close. Cheyney rallied back from being down 23–18 in the second set to tie the game.

Then the Raiders got a kill from

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Raiders prepare for the final two regular season games of the season before the playoffs.

Harris and a block from freshman Jenna Hevner to save the set and the sweep.

Saturday, Nov. 7 The Raiders’ win on Saturday against West Chester gave the team its fourth consecutive win. The Raiders clinched the No. 2 seed in the PSAC East thanks to the win and will host a home playoff game on Tuesday, Nov. 17.

Goerl had another great game for the Raiders. She had her second double-double of the week with a team-high 14 kills and 14 digs.

Freshman Morgan DeFloria had 13 kills of her own while senior Taylor Gottshall converted 10 of her 19 total kills into attacks. Gottshall also had two block assists.

Six different players had block assists for the Raiders. The group was

led by Rebecca Pryor, who had four block assists during the match. Junior Maura Nolan had a great night as well, with a team-high 39 assists and 19 digs.

The Raiders have two more road games before the playoffs start. The first will be against Kutztown Uni-

carry themselves and succeed.

When I came to college, I was one of those people who thought I had made all the friends I would need in my life. Boy, was I wrong. Sure, I am still friends with many people whom I had known before coming to SU, but I am leaving here with more than I could have imagined.

To my friends, thank you for being the most caring, hilarious and loyal cast of characters I could have ever been blessed with. Without your support, laughs and good times, I would not have been able to endure this ride through college.

While there are far too many of you to mention, you know who you are, and I will cherish the memories we have made for a lifetime.

This publication is what really brought together my college career.

My time spent at The Slate and with The Slate staff is something that I will never forget, and hold dear to me. While we have spent the past few years putting out a great

newspaper, I will remember how we spent the last couple years working together with a common goal and laughing all along the way. For that, I am thankful that I was accepted as a part of this newsroom, and I will sincerely miss my position as sports editor.

Of course, by being a part of The Slate, I have worked with Dr. Michael Drager extensively over the course of my time. I owe a huge thanks to Dr. Drager for pushing me to do things that I did not think I could do and challenging me in class and at the paper to become a better writer and reporter. With his guidance and training, I am headed into the real world knowing that I am ready to succeed.

There are some unsung heroes on this campus and I believe one in particular deserves some recognition and some thanks. To Bill Morgal, our SU Sports Information Director, you are the absolute best in the game and you have made my

job so much easier for the past few years. Thank you for always being the most reliable and courteous guy around.

Finally, I owe a thanks to the Shippensburg community.

We spend every day in a town living together, coming to school, learning about life and working together to accomplish goals. Whether it is Ralph the Steelers guy, or Sandy from Kriner, these people are what made living in Shippensburg worthwhile and is something that I will miss tremendously.

So as I put the finishing touches on my last edition as sports editor, I must offer this advice: Enjoy your time here at this university and learn as much as you can. Build relationships with people, and spend time doing what is best for you.

Enjoy every experience in your life and especially your time you have at Shippensburg University.

Before you know it, you will be reflecting upon your own graduation.

versity on Friday, Nov. 13.

Slate sports editor sets sail, prepares to ship out CALE AHEARN

Sports Editor No more tests, no more class and no more group projects. Those are the things you look forward to when graduating college, as you are moving into the next phase of life. As a senior who is finally graduating in December, these thoughts are beginning to arise in me, as I complete many of “my lasts” around Shippensburg University.

However, I have not necessarily enjoyed this process. It has caused me to become reflective, as I wonder how the heck I made it through these 23 years of life, and now on the cusp of being a college graduate.

I realized that without the type of support, encouragement, friendship and love that I have been blessed to receive in my lifetime that I would not have been able to be anywhere close to where I am.

Ultimately, this causes me to give

thanks to people who helped me.

To my parents, Edward and Margaret Mortimer, thank you for everything you have done for me and my sister, Sarah. We owe you everything, as without you, nothing she and I do would be possible. You are the reason I have been able to develop my love of sports and pursue my dream in sports writing.

To my sister Sarah, it has been you and I from the start and it will be like that to the end. I am so proud of everything you are accomplishing, and the person you have become.

I am fortunate enough to have the absolute best siblings in the world, my older sisters Erin and Andrea and my brother, Michael.

They accepted my sister and I into their family with open arms, and have developed a bond with us that will last a lifetime. I am so thankful to have them in my life, as each of them serve as their own individual role model for me in the way they