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Grief stages broken down, B1

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SU field hockey takes title, C1

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Editor-in-chief looks to the future, promises diligence Troy Okum

Editor-in-Chief The Slate has existed as a cornerstone of Shippensburg University’s academia for 59 years and with its talented and devoted staff it will thrive for decades to come.

As the 60th anniversary approaches, I am excited to be the latest editor-in-chief in a long line of predecessors. My duties are countless, but my goals are simple — maintain the outstanding work our staff has done, and relentlessly build upon it for the future.

The organization has faced challenges and obstacles throughout the years. Some have been technical, others financial and, most recently, environmental. As news editor of The Slate, I reported on the dissolving faculty contract negotiations and the strike. Our newspaper was pushed to the max, with editors, writers and photographers working nearly around the clock to deliver the latest news to the SU community.

We could have stayed home and relaxed during the strike. We could have broken our objectivity and picked which side of the picket line we wanted to stand on. We could have caught up on homework or hung out with our friends. But instead we voluntarily devoted countless hours to serve our community.

The strike, while certainly a strenuous time, was no exception to one important fact — students work at The Slate because they care about their academic endeavors and care about their community.

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But to be a high-functioning, professional organization, we bring in bright business majors, personable public relations emphases and diligent and motivated students. Together, these committed individuals work to train themselves and each other in their future careers by getting invaluable hands-on experience.

“As editor-in-chief I will make sure to continue the reputation The Slate has made for itself...”

–Troy Okum, Editor-in-Chief My college career did not start in the classroom — it started with a reporter’s pad in one hand and a camera in the other.

From Day 1 at SU, I worked in the news section. I started out writing a weekly column, which developed into a familiar facet of my life that I will continue to do until I graduate in May of 2018. As assistant news editor I covered the McCune Lumber Yard fire and U.S. Senate candidate Joe Sestak’s Shippensburg campaign stop.

After a year, I realized I loved covering hard news and working under

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APSCUF to ratify faculty contracts Jenna Wise

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Troy Okum Editor-in-Chief, The Slate pressure. I was hired as news editor and made it a priority to report on all the need-to-know information for students and the community at large.

Throughout my three and a half years at the campus newspaper, I have seen people at their best and worst. I’ve learned more about journalism in one day than I could in a week of classes. I have gained a tremendous degree of respect for The Slate as an organization, and the dozens of students who came and went through the years.

As editor-in-chief I will make sure to continue the reputation The Slate has made for itself and always try to improve it. We will do our best to cover every newsworthy event and issue that involves students and SU. As The Slate staff, its alumni and all the members of SU’s community look back on the 60-year history of The Slate, we should also be looking forward.

The future is bright and full of opportunity. Wherever you find hardworking and motivated students, you will find success and great things.

The Slate is the epitome of that endeavour, and I am thrilled to be a part of it.

The Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties (APSCUF) coaches and faculty will begin voting on the terms of a new contract beginning Dec. 5, according to an APSCUF news release.

During the Dec. 5–8 voting period, faculty and coaches will determine whether to ratify their current contract agreements. The vote occurs following more than a year of the state universities’ faculty operating without a contract, culminating in a statewide faculty strike. APSCUF and the state system came to an agreement on Oct. 21, effectively ending the three-day strike.

If agreed upon, the faculties’ contract will remain in place for the next three years, according to an APSCUF news release. APSCUF previously accepted salary and healthcare concessions in exchange for the state system’s tossing of most of its 249 previously proposed changes.

Contracts for coaches, who negotiate their contracts separately from the faculty, will provide increased salaries for coach members while maintaining a stable health care cost, according to APSCUF coach executive leader John Gump.

If a majority of APSCUF members vote in favor of the contract’s current terms, the agreement will go to the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education’s Board of Governors for final approval.

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entrepreneur lecture Hayden Kephart Guest Writer

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SU students and professors march from Old Main to the CUB in solidarity for minority groups.

Students, faculty join for unity rally Jenna Wise

News Editor In light of the recent election results, Shippensburg University students assembled for a diversity and unity rally on Wednesday, beginning outside of SU’s Old Main fountain.

Last week, a group of SU students, under the assistance of SU business professor Jerry Carbo, organized a rally and march across campus in support of minority groups and in regard to the rights they believe will need protection under a Donald Trump presidency. SU’s rally comes in the aftermath of riots that erupted in several American cities following Trump’s victory.

In addition to the rally, numerous other events were held around campus in support of unifying the nation, such as fraternity Pi Lambda Phi’s Wall of Prejudice and multiple howto workshops on compassion and solidarity.

This flurry of activity came after SU president George “Jody” Harpster sent an email to students on Nov. 10. Harpster cautioned students to treat one another with respect regardless of differing political views, which sparked the flurry of activities. Harpster said in the email that although SU supports free-thinking

and students expressing their opinions, any threats or acts of violence on campus will not be tolerated.

“We felt the need for this type of showing because people should be able to feel safe [on SU’s campus],” Carbo said. “We will stand with them, we will stand for them and we will stand against that type of violence.”

“This is a really hard time for a lot of people, and I’m just here to show support.”

–Ian Davies, SU student Beginning at 4:45 p.m., SU students, faculty and members of the Shippensburg community made their way to the front of Old Main where the crowd began to march in silence toward SU’s Ceddia Union Building’s (CUB) amphitheater.

During the march, handmade signs were held up containing messages such as “Support Love” and “End Islamophobia.”

Carbo said SU faculty members were placed throughout the crowd to serve as mediators in case the group encountered any hecklers during the walk from Old Main to the CUB.

“I’m here to show solidarity for disenfranchised minorities,” student Ian Davies said. “This is a really hard time for a lot of people, and I’m just here to show support.”

Once the protesters arrived at the CUB, speakers were placed for students and faculty to share words of support. Although several SU students were preselected to speak, an open mic was held afterward for the other students and faculty in attendance.

“As an active member of the LGBT community and vice president of Student Government, I will do everything in my power to protect the minority groups on this campus,” student Trent Bauer said.

Student Marcus Watkins said he has experienced adversity his whole life, particularly within his own family. Watkins said the conflicts in his personal life have made him more aware of prejudices that exist in the rest of the world.

“Seeing all of the tension — the push and pull­­— it hurts,” Watkins said. “We in the minority can only do so much to fend for ourselves.

Once all of these minorities are gone, they’ll make a minority out of you.”

A Shippensburg University alumnus and entrepreneur spoke to students in Shippensburg University’s Grove Hall Forum on Wednesday as part of SU’s entrepreneur week.

Brad Hollinger, founder, chair and CEO of Vibra Healthcare, gave a one-hour presentation to students interested in pursuing a career in stock and trade.

Hollinger kicked off his presentation with a video explaining his work with Formula One racing and how his career began after graduating in 1976.

Hollinger kicked off his career working with hospitals to get business. He later founded his own company, Balance Care Corporation, to provide care to seniors.

Hollinger acquired 36 facilities for senior care but then sold the Balance Care Corporation company to a private billionaire in Canada.

Hollinger went on to create the Hollinger Group, which aimed to assist retirement communities. Vibra Healthcare was then founded in 2004, specializing in hospitals and creative thinking with less competition.

The revenue for Hollinger’s com-

pany is currently $1.2 billion and has four out of its Top 10 hospitals located in California.

Hollinger later started working with Williams Martini Racing, which owns Formula One racing. The companies later combined, forming Vibra Healthcare. The healthcare facility wanted fast relief for mortality rates, so they combined with Williams Martini Racing for fast relief for its patients.

“People that are dying need fast reaction time,” Hollinger said.

The companies combined to create renewable energy, automotive, agriculture, transport, defense, aerospace and motorsport.

Tim Kingston, a double-major in supply chain management and marketing, described the presentation as being very informative.

“It’s awesome that a guy like this comes back to speak to his alma mater and guides students on how to get into this field,” Kingston said.

Another student, Nate Packer, majoring in supply chain management, explained what he thought of the presentation.

“When you plan to graduate in the spring and aren’t really sure what you plan to do, it’s very comforting to hear where a guy began and how he became rich and famous like Hollinger is,” Packer said.

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Hollinger talks to students during SU’s entrepreneur week.

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SU class sparks debate over climate change Derek Evanosky

Asst. News Editor Just two months after the United States and China ratified the nations’ unilateral climate change accord, The Paris Agreement, a Shippensburg University environment class hosted its bi-annual climate change debate.

SU professor Kay Williams and her Problems of the Atmospheric Environment graduate class hosted the debate on Wednesday in SU’s Old Main Chapel.

The debate pitted two teams against each other, with each team litigating its approach to coping with the effects of climate change.

The two teams, which were comprised of three SU students per panel, made their points while refuting the other teams’ claims in a fourround debate.

SU students Lauren Weaver, Thomas Bond and team captain Kurtis Walker formed one team, which argued that adaptation is the best approach to handling climate change.

Holly St. Clair, Eric Peregord and team captain Deidra Bryant formed the other team, arguing that mitigation is a better approach.

Round 1 began with both teams presenting their main arguments.

Team mitigation used its time to explain how addressing climate change at the source is the only permanent solution to the issue.

Team adaptation used its time in round one explaining why the timely nature of an adaptive approach is necessary to combatting climate change.

“Spend the money now and adapt — save money later and reduce damages in the future,” Walker said.

The second round opened with the mitigation team refuting the adaptation team’s arguments. St. Clair argued that adaptive approaches will only help extremely localized areas.

Once it was its turn, the adaptation team spent its Round 2 litigation time debating the mitigation team’s arguments, citing the opposing team’s arguments as untimely and cost-ineffective.

Round 3 allowed both teams the opportunity to review their key arguments and summarize their final points.

In the fourth and final round, Bryant and Walker each took a turn addressing debategoers’ persuasive speeches.

Following Round 4, the judges, SU

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Deidra Bryant argues the benefits of mitigating climate change. geology professors Sean Cornell and Wesley Foltz, deliberated while the two rival teams came to an agreement.

“I really think that there needs to be a balance between mitigation and adaptation,” Peregord said. “Without one, the other is pretty much incomplete.”

Weaver of the adaptation team agreed with Peregord.

“They have to coincide — you can’t have one without the other,” Weaver said.

Debate moderator Williams agreed, citing the need for both longterm and short-term solutions.

“We have to try to reduce our carbon footprint,” Williams said. “We need to try to stop [climate change] from getting worse while also dealing with the problems we already have.”

Weaver added that she found it difficult to completely disagree with the mitigation team’s points.

The judges ultimately decided that the adaptation team won the debate.

SU Women’s Center director takes on new role Friday

Mary Grace Keller Staff Writer

After spending eight years working as the director of the Women’s Enjoy your Black Friday Center, Stephanie Erdice is moving shopping! into Old Main to serve as interim director of the Office of Social Equity.

As director of the Women’s Center, Erdice helped coordinate events to promote the empowerment of women and all students. The Women’s Center hosts “The Vagina Monologues” show, Condom Bingo, educational Saturday workshops and speaking events. Its offices are located in Rooms 132 and Support your hometown’s 133 in Horton Hall. local businesses during Small Transitioning into the role of inBusiness Saturday. terim director of the Office of Social Equity, Erdice will still have the opportunity to work toward equality.

The office, located in Old Main Room 200, handles issues of discrimination, which can include gender, sex-

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uality, race, age or ethnicity. Erdice will also serve as the Title IX coordinator.

“It’s a way to use my professional skills in a different way,” Erdice said.

She has replaced former director Cecil Howard, who returned to his home state of Stephanie Florida last week Erdice, for a position Social Equity with the UniInterim Director versity of South Florida St. Petersburg. In October, Howard told Erdice he was planning to leave and recommended she fill his shoes.

“Literally this position is right in

the center of this building [Old Main] and I think that’s really metaphorical in the fact that it works with a lot of people at a lot of different levels,” Erdice said.

While learning how to serve Shippensburg University in her new role, Erdice will be assisting her successor at the Women’s Center. Kelsey Roman, assistant director for student group services and leadership development, will serve as interim director of the Women’s Center.

“I am very excited to transition to the Women’s Center to work with an amazing staff of faculty, professional staff and both undergraduate and graduate students,” Roman said in an email. “They are a group of motivated and inspired women, and I look forward to continuing the programs and advocacy work that Stephanie Erdice grew tremendously through the center, as well as trying

some new ideas that I have.”

Although Erdice will work more with faculty and less with students, she looks forward to advocating for students in a new way. Erdice will serve as interim director at least until the end of the spring 2017 semester. The university will conduct a search to fill the spot and may or may not select Erdice as the permanent director of the Office of Social Equity.

“It would be important if I stay in this role for me to figure out how to still stay connected to students and work in this position so that I can still be an accurate voice for them, but I’m not interacting with them the way I used to,” Erdice said.

Excited for what the future holds, both Erdice and Roman are looking forward to the work ahead of them.

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November 22, 2016

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Holiday traffic increases risk of accidents Commentary

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left-lane cruisers, right-lane tailgaters, merciless truck drivers, absent-minded RV travelers, last-minute delivery vans, swerving coach buses and sweet-sixteen first timers.

The interstates will make NASCAR look like child’s play, and no matter how many “safety corridors” I-81 has, there will be nothing but unprecedented mayhem. Perhaps that is a little dramatic, but AAA expects 1 million more people on the move this year, putting even more stress and strain on the system.

show the development of traffic.

With Wednesday the first full day off from classes, and Sunday the last of Thanksgiving break, these interactive maps are a good source for students to determine the best times to hit the roadways.

Heavy traffic was reported on I-81 north of the Susquehanna River between 12–7p.m. on Sunday for 2014 and 2015. The Capital Beltway around Harrisburg saw increased congestion as well, along with the I-81 Carlisle exits.

Wednesday proved to have lighter traffic, but was more prone to accidents, creating spontaneous delays. This week may not be any different as a snowstorm moves in from the west. While surprising snow flurries and wild winds sent a sharp warning to Shippensburg that winter is coming, local travelers may luck out on the storm.

Accuweather’s forecast predicts the Appalachian Mountains will shield the Cumberland Valley and everything east from the approaching winter weather. But never forget — Mother Nature makes her own plans.

So when the planes are grounded, the tracks overburdened and the roads gridlocked, just take a deep breath and remember what you are thankful for — instead of attending Thursday classes you will be gorging on a Thanksgiving feast with family and friends.

If the Steve Martin and John Candy’s classic film “Planes, Trains & Automobiles” can teach us anything about the holiday season it’s that you should prepare for what “But never forget — you can’t prepare for.

Mother Nature makes Admittedly, that doesn’t make a her own plans.” lot of sense on the surface, but the –Troy Okum, point is that your attitude when you hit the asphalt should lean toward Editor-in-Chief venturous and not vindictive. Internet media such as travelandleisure. com and travelchannel.com butt heads over whether Thanksgiving If numbers don’t catch your atis the busiest day for traveling in tention, then maybe maps will. Go the year. No one, however, is argu- to www.511pa.com and check out ing that the days before and after the historical travel maps. In years Turkey Day are a wild ride. past, I-81 northbound (toward HarUnexpected winter storms freeze risburg) has seen its fair share of airport traffic, train cars are packed traffic accidents and bumper-toto the brim with new rail-users and bumper standstills. The governinterstate interchanges jam up for ment’s hour-by-hour maps feature miles. PennDOT’s summer road traffic patterns from the last two work will be put to the test as Penn- Thanksgiving time periods in eight sylvania’s infrastructure is used state regions. The Wednesday beand abused. fore and Sunday after ThanksgivAAA projects nearly 49 million ing are the two days it selected to Americans will travel for the holiday season, and Shippensburg University students are certainly a part of the coming horde. The I-81 corridor is already littered with motorists from across the Eastern seaboard and beyond, but now its four lanes will have to stand up to a formidable adversary — hungry and exhausted college students.

With campus food tasting ever blander when compared to homecooked turkey drowned in gravy, escorted by potatoes and filling, flanked with cranberries and warm rolls within arm’s reach, the highway is no place to let your guard Police will be taking additional precautions this holiday season, down. according to PennDOT. This time of the year may lead to an Be wary, for you will encoun- increase in highway traffic as well as road-related accidents. ter the ever-anxious family dad,

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Holiday Travel Facts • Travel increases 54 percent during the Thanksgiving travel period.

• Personal vehicles make up 91 percent of long-distance holiday travel.

• Thanksgiving Day sees more traffic than the Wednesday before the holiday.

• About 50 percent of holiday travelers make same-day trips, never spending a night away from home for the holidays.

• More than 99 percent of long-distance Thanksgiving trips are to locations within the United States.

Source: United States Bureau of Transportation Statistics

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News Editor A recently opened health clinic in Chambersburg has begun providing free examinations and testing to residents in the area.

Chambersburg’s Keystone Community Outreach opened its doors this past August with the goal of providing free health services in an area where the number of people infected with sexually transmitted diseases started to skyrocket.

Program director for Keystone’s STD/HIV program, Diane Morrow, said this fact, as well as the lack of a previous free clinic in the Chambersburg area, spurred Keystone Health to open Keystone Community Outreach.

In addition to HIV and STD testing, the clinic offers multiple family planning services and assists couples in making decisions on contraceptives. Women can also visit the clinic for its “Healthy Woman” program, offering free breast examinations

and Pap smears to all women in attendance.

“Our goal is [that] people can come in and get the services without a lot of hoopla,” Morrow said. “We really try to make this a barrier free place for people to come to get treatment.”

Morrow stressed the importance of remaining protected, and said it is imperative to be tested immediately if you had unprotected sex.

“It’s great to get tested if you’ve ever had unprotected sex, even if you don’t have any symptoms,” Morrow said.

“This is a critical kind of epidemic and very prevalent right now,” Morrow said.

In regard to family planning, Morrow said different kinds of contraception are more suitable based on a couple’s personality types or lifestyles. However, Morrow said a decision on contraception should be made with input from both partners.

“The male should be just as involved in making a decision on what contraception is the best option,” Morrow said.

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Because health insurance is not a requirement to receive care, the clinic operates in large part from funding received from the state and federal government. Morrow said young adults also have the option of forgoing their parents’ insurance if they wish to keep their medical history at the clinic private.

“We strive to provide a very welcoming atmosphere, and if people have questions or worries we really want them to come,” Morrow said.

Keystone Community Outreach provides office hours Monday through Friday, as well as Tuesday evenings at Keystone Family Medicine. The clinic also visits Shippensburg University’s Etter Health Center twice a month to provide SU students with HIV and STD testing.

Keystone’s clinic will be visiting SU next on Dec. 1 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Anyone with additional health Photo by Jenna Wise or family planning questions is encouraged to visit or call the clinic Keystone Community Outreach is open to the public five days during its hours of operation, or visit a week. The organization provides a variety of free services to its website at www.keystonecommuthe public including free STD/HIV testing and contraceptives. nityoutreach.org.

Medical panel hosts depression symposium, educates students eryone on serious health issues and show they can affect anybody, regardless of age,” SU professor Charlene Lane said. “This event focuses on depression and we’re hoping to host a new event every year.”

Matthew Smith Staff Writer

Medical professionals from various areas of the field attended a panel in Shippensburg University’s Orndorff Theatre to speak on the background and misconceptions surrounding depression.

SU professors, students and members of the community attended and participated in the “Symposium on Depression: Recovery through the Life Span,” in an effort to bring to light the seriousness of depression and the effect it can have on people of all walks of life. This year’s symposium was held from 1–3:30 p.m. in multiple rooms of SU’s Ceddia Union Building.

The panel was composed of psychologist Linda Chalk, counselor and community member Michael Flood, OB/GYN Thomas Orndorf, behavioral health specialist Don Mock

“The event is great because we are able to raise awareness.”

–Stephanie Coats, SU psychology student Photo by Miranda Ikeda

Medical experts address the topic of depression during the symposium. The workshops provided background information and misconceptions some that exist toward the disease. and registered nurse and educator Linda Shumaker. The Multi-Disciplinary Mental Health Collaborative, comprised SU faculty, medical professionals and members of the

local community, presented the second annual event on Nov. 18 with the purpose of bringing information about mental illness every year.

“We are looking to educate ev-

The event began with a panel discussion at which medical professionals gave insight about experiences and strategies for tackling depression.

“There’s a common stereotype that depression happens with age,” Linda Shumaker said.

“Many elderly individuals think this and say ‘I’m old, I have losses, of

course I should be depressed.’”

Many stereotypes of depression were debunked throughout the panel, while also highlighting the seriousness of the illness and the need to get people the professional help they need.

Following the panel, the audience broke up into breakout sessions.

Each session’s presentation contained material related to a specific aspect of depression. The presentations included depression with veterans, aging, the workplace, postpartum and college students.

“The event is great because we are able to raise awareness, letting people know everyone experiences depression at one point or another,” said senior psychology major Stephanie Coats, a member of the National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI).

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Students learn stages of grief, come together Maddie Walsh Staff Writer

A kaleidoscope of paper butterflies stood blanketed in the afternoon’s long amber light outside of Ezra Lehman Memorial Library last Thursday in honor of Children’s Grief Awareness Day. Students were invited by both learning and counseling center graduate assistants to write the names of those they had lost on a blue or white butterfly, along with words of commemoration in the hope of creating a safe place for students to talk about their grief.

“Many college students have younger siblings, children of their own, or maybe they lost someone when they were young,” learning center graduate assistant Nikita Mahon said.

“That experience may have had a bigger impact on them than they ever realized. We want to give them the opportunity to reflect and decide if they’d like to start talking about it.”

A message in chalk outside of the library reading “Children’s Grief Awareness” and “Hold onto Hope” partnered with a rendering of a butterfly enticed students and professors passing the library to visit the table decorated with literature on grief and loss.

Many people were initially hesitant at the idea of speaking about grief, but the open tone the graduate assistants used with them eased

their mood. Soon they took pen to paper to celebrate their lost loved ones.

Some students wrote the date below the names of the deceased while others wrote small messages of “miss you” and “you are missed and loved.”

One butterfly simply read, “Mom and Dad.” Mahon went on to explain a child’s grief looks different than the grief of an adult and it can sometimes go undetected for years because of this reason.

She said the way children understand death, saying that depending on where the child is developmentally will determine the amount of times the child will need to be reminded of the loss.

“It is important to communicate to the child clearly what has happened and who has died,” Mahon said. She further explained that children need a tangible description of what has happened, such as “their heart has stopped pumping” or “there is no more blood in their body and that is why they are dead.”

“It is so important to give the child those concrete examples that way they can really hold onto something they can understand,” Mahon elaborated.

Counseling center graduate assistant Olivia Hauber added that although it is not obvious, young non-verbal children also feel the impact of loss.

“A lot of the time people will look over in-

Kathryn Brooks makes her own origami tie-dye butterflies to give to students.

fants, thinking that they can’t grieve,” Hauber said. “They do grieve but it is not verbal.”

Kathryn Brooks, who runs the private counseling practice Brooks Kathryn on King Street in Shippensburg, crafted origami tie-dye butterflies to hand out to students.

She described that a child in grief often appears to be OK, but that their grief can seem invisible.

“As a culture we hide from grief,” graduate student Rich Lamp said. “It is something that is not talked about until it happens, but I think things like this [event] help to change the tone of the conversation.”

Lamp added that the visual representation of grief in the commemoration butterflies opens the door to allow fellow students to connect with one another through their loss.

Student Jolene Johnston was both surprised and happy when she visited the Children’s Grief Awareness table.

“I am glad they are doing this,” Johnston said. “In my sociology of death and dying class we talk about how important the grieving process is and how taboo it is considered to talk about it. It is nice to see people trying to bring awareness to it.”

Photos by Maddie Walsh “Activities like this are a first step that you can take to acknowledge and take the time to Students wrote names and messages think about that impact of death without hav- on butterflies to attach to the board. ing to feel vulnerable by talking about it with others,” Mohan said.

(From left to right) Nikita Mahon, Angela Baker and Olivia Haubert hold up signs with butterflies that read “Hold onto Hope” in honor of grieving and loss.

November 22, 2016

Zachary Clouse Guest Writer

Students and faculty got a hardcore workout on Nov. 15 when Reach Out hosted its fall semester ZumbaThon.

Reach Out is a student organization made up of about 30 to 40 people that raises money for a school in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

At 7 p.m., two instructors got 14 students and faculty to dance for a 50-minute workout. Both instructors taught from the stage and the participants mirrored the instructors’ movements.

Each song lasted for about three to four minutes for an intense arm, body and leg workouts, with just seconds between songs for participants to get water and wipe their faces.

Songs were a mix of Latin, hip-hop and pop vibes with rhythms that repeated two or four times.

This allowed people to get the move right by the second time. Throughout the routines, dancers would rarely let their heels touch the ground, as being on the balls of their feet helped them perform the quick moves as they came and went. At the end, the group warmed down with a four-minute song where they stretched their arms, back and legs.

Each semester, a ZumbaThon is hosted in Shippensburg University’s Ceddia Union Building (CUB) multipurpose room (MPR) to

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Students dance in sync during Reach Out’s Zumbathon event on Nov. 15.

raise money for the educational program and the trip Reach Out makes every January to the school.

During the set-up, Elizabeth Karper, Reach Out’s public relations chair, said, “It provides cultural awareness and it’s working out for a good cause.” Outside the MPR, students were given a waiver to sign for the intensity Zumba brings, as well as information on Reach Out’s “Education Initiative.”

A poster board containing pictures and quotes from the Dominican Republic students offered people more insight to the group’s mission.

One of the instructors, Gretchen Pierce, a history professor, is currently on sabbatical but is still advising Reach Out. She walked in with a pink cheetah print bag with two full water bottles and a small towel.

“My degree is from the University of Arizona and mainly in Latin American History,” Pierce said. “I have been teaching at Ship for seven years and started teaching Zumba a year after teaching at Ship.”

Pierce plans on attending the trip to the Dominican Republic this January. The other instructor, Jennifer Deliz, an SU alumnus class of 2010 with an education degree, is a friend of Pierce and has been teaching Zumba alongside her for a few years.

The most impressive part of the night was when a short, young girl got on stage to teach a routine. She wore pink capris and a green T-shirt with a thin gray hoodie. She got on stage and performed an extremely difficult, fast-paced song.

Kiah Lyons used to dance for a long time with a company that no longer exists, but she feels that Zumba is more fun. Although Lyons is not a student at SU, she has ties to the Reach Out program and is certified to teach Zumba.

“When you dance, you have to be serious and with Zumba no one cares what you look like because it’s an individual workout,” Lyons said.

José Ricardo Osorio, modern language department chair, was the only male in attendance that danced.

“I needed this. It’s been a rough day. I do not do Zumba often, but I do dance once a month and go to the gym once or twice a week,” Osorio said. Osorio is another adviser for Reach Out and will be accompanying the group to the Dominican Republic this January.

Reach Out will be having another ZumbaThon in the spring.

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Recipe of the week: Grammy’s Sugar Cookies Miranda Ikeda

Multimedia Editor Growing up, I was never a fan of sugar cookies. I always ran to chocolate chip or M&M cookies that gave me a tiny hint of chocolate. Sugar cookies always seemed so plain. But once I tried my best friend’s sugar cookies, I found a new favorite dessert. We call them the Grammy Sugar Cookies after her grandmother’s recipe and make them every time we are together. These cookies are a game-changer and I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!

Ingredients: 2 cups of sugar 1 cup of softened butter 2 eggs 1 cup of sour milk (1 tablespoon of lemon juice added into milk and let stand for five minutes) 1 teaspoon of vanilla 4 1/2 cups of flour 1 1/2 teaspoons of baking soda 1 teaspoon of baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt

Instructions: 1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.

2. Cream the sugar and butter together in a mixing bowl.

3. Beat in the eggs until the mixture is light and fluffy.

4. In another bowl, combine the dry ingredients together.

5. Add the milk and vanilla to the dry ingredients.

6. Then, pour in the sugar-butter mixture to the dry ingredients to begin making the batter.

(Note: Cookie batter will be thick.)

7. Once the batter is ready, spread a parchment paper onto a cookie sheet to prevent sticking.

8. Scoop a tablespoon amount of batter and place onto the cookie sheet in rows.

9. When your rows are done, sprinkle colored or white sugar on top.

10. Place cookies into the oven for 10–12 minutes then let cool on a rack for 15 minutes.

You will have approximately four dozen small sugar cookies. Enjoy!

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Miranda Ikeda enjoys her best friend’s grandmother’s cookies. It has become a tradition to make these sugar cookies with them when they are all together.

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‘Just one cup’ in growing mountain of trash Natalie Eastwood Staff Writer

Shippensburg University’s trash cans overflow with recyclable items — Starbucks and Dunkin’ Donut cups, water bottles, cans and food containers all nestled in a bed of used napkins, stuck together with wads of gum and smeared with wasted drink and food. Right next to these overburdened trash cans are single-stream recycling containers where glass, plastic, aluminum, cardboard, paper and magazines can be recycled.

When Joshua Brenneman could not find a recycling container off campus, he did not let his orange juice bottle become one of the 21,000 plastic recyclables that are thrown away each semester at SU. He saved it. To say that environmental conservation is important to Brenneman would be an understatement.

Brenneman, a senior in the geography/earth science department, conducted a project during the 2016 spring semester to estimate the average number of recycled items that are thrown away each semester — a total of 43,158 items. That equates to almost 900 pounds of recycling that is thrown away every single se-

mester. For seven days, Brenneman counted the topmost layer of trash in 188 hallway trash cans in 12 high traffic buildings on SU’s campus and then averaged his results.

“I thought it was very alarming when Josh had reported that such a significant amount of the trash-can waste was actually recycling that could be put into the recycling [can] right next to it,” said Sean Cornell, an assistant professor in the geography/earth science department.

“I think the university... has to make a better effort on informing our students on how to recycle and what can be recycled.”

–Sean Cornell, SU professor Cornell also helped to head a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant awarded to SU. It is an initiative to teach students about environmental conservation across all majors as well as to involve students in the outdoors with extracurricular projects. Cornell said it is up to SU to help educate students about what can be recycled on campus.

“Personally I don’t think that students are purposefully throwing stuff out as much as I believe they are just not educated on how to do recycling appropriately on campus,” Cornell said. “And for that I think the university — including our courses, our faculty, our staff, our administration — have to make a better effort on informing our students on how to recycle and what can be recycled.

And I think that’s one of the exciting things about Josh’s study is that we can get better.”

Despite the high volume of recycling that is thrown away, the university has increased the amount of recycling by 754 pounds compared to the year before at this same time, according to Robert Koch, custodial services manager for SU. This year’s 3,906 pounds of recycling does not include newspaper, which would increase this measurement even further, Koch said. Over the past few years, SU also increased the variety of items that are recycled including paper, paperboard, magazines, light bulbs, concrete, steel and wooden pallets. Specific organizations on campus, like the chemistry club, recycle batteries, and the computer science department recycles computer cartridges.

It was not just trash Brenneman dug into, but people too. He conduct-

Joshua Brenneman calculated the amount of recycling SU throws away. 187 recyclables are thrown away daily because students are often unaware of what items are recyclables.

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43,158 recyclables are thrown away each semester, including the coffee cups purchased from Dunkin’ Donuts and Starbucks. ed an online survey of 11 questions to understand students’ knowledge of recycling, and what he found — between his trash can data and his surveys — was a major contradiction. Out of the 320 students surveyed, 68 percent said recycling is important to them, yet an average of 187 plastic recyclables are thrown away every single day.

“I don’t know if [students] don’t care. Based off the sample of the trash cans it seems like they don’t care, but based off of the questions it seems like they care but they are just unsure of what can be recycled and where it can be recycled. So it’s a knowledge gap,” Brenneman said.

Forty-seven percent of students reported they did not know that plastic recyclables are sorted by a number inside the triangular recycling symbol. There are seven types of plastics, and although not all municipalities recycle all seven, SU does.

Because Brenneman grew up in New York City, where only plastics one and two can be recycled, Brenneman said he assumed it was the same for SU. It was not until he conducted his research project that he learned that all plastics can be recycled.

“I think it’s interesting that as a geography/earth science major I had no idea anything above a two could be recycled, and I think that shows a level of either the department or the school not preparing students for certain things on campus,” Brenneman said.

“Based off of the questions it seems like they care but they are just unsure of what can be recycled and where it can be recycled.”

–Josh Brenneman, SU senior Additionally, many of the Starbucks and Dunkin’ Donuts cups he found in the trash still had drinks left in them, and in talking with students, Brenneman learned that many students think that containers need to be clean before being recycled. However, an item can contain food or drink and still be recycled.

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SU field hockey claims national title Blair Garrett

Asst. Sports Editor Legacies are best left told not by those who achieved, but by those who witnessed something special unfold.

Shippensburg University field hockey cemented that legacy Sunday, defeating Long Island University Post, 2–1, to become NCAA Division II National Champions once again.

The top-seeded Raiders faced off against a familiar national championship opponent, following in the footsteps of the 2013 championship squad that defeated LIU 2–1.

The parallels to Shippensburg’s last national title were shocking.

The paths to the trophy may have been the same, but this time around felt much, much different.

“I think everything happens for a reason,” senior Taylor Fisher said.

“I think we needed that game to prove to ourselves as a team that we could do it,” Fisher said in reference

to beating East Stroudsburg in the quarterfinals. “We stepped up to the plate– we did what we needed to do.

We won the game and everything else was kind of a parallel.”

The Raiders were electric to start the game, dominating the middle third of the field and throwing chance after chance at the net. The shots came early and often, with SU amassing a 6–1 advantage in penalty corners in the first half.

Seven minutes into the game, Brooke Sheibley connected with Emily Barnard again, completing a nearly 30-yard stretch pass. Barnard slipped behind the LIU defense to bang home her ninth of the season and second of the weekend.

Barnard led the offense throughout the first half, crashing the net over and over and creating nightmares for the Pioneers’ defense.

SU’s midfield and outside defenders were successful all game, preventing LIU from advancing the ball — something head coach Bertie Landes had been preparing for all weekend. “We were very committed

and focused on just using each other and everyone doing a good job,” Landes said. A strong team bond has led the Raiders to the top of the NCAA mountain. “Our chemistry off the field plays so much into what we bring on the field,” midfielder Mary Spisak said.

SU’s push for glory continued into the second half, where Spisak and Barnard continued to drive outside and inside, forcing Post’s goaltender to turn away a number of shots.

One thing the Raiders were intent on doing was keeping pressure up while playing with the lead, so SU continued to push numbers forward to make life easy on goaltender Ally Mooney.

Spisak sent a thru ball up the pitch to a streaking Barnard, who beat a defender to get in alone on goal. Post’s goaltender slid out to negate the rush, flipping Barnard over her pads for the third time in the game.

Barnard’s collision with the goaltender sent a ball skittering out to the top of the circle, where

senior Katelyn Grazan sent a laser through scrambling defenders into the net. This gave SU an important insurance marker with just over eight minutes remaining.

As expected, LIU sent everything it had toward the Shippensburg defense. The Pioneers took a timeout to regroup and pulled the goaltender with eight minutes left to ignite the team for a final push.

With just more than four minutes left to play, Emily Miller found a pocket of free space to whack home her nation-leading 21st goal of the season. Miller’s goal put the Raiders on edge for a final gut-wrenching four minutes.

But the seniors have been in this situation before, and the leaders of the team rallied to ensure the 2016 team’s legacy was set in stone.

“We’re still one up, and I have a lot of confidence in this team,” Landes said. Landes’ confidence in the team was tested late.

With just 40 seconds left in the game, the ball rolled out to the right side of the goal to Miller’s stick,

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where she found herself alone in goal, with just Mooney to beat. With the game on her stick, Miller ripped a shot short side, but Mooney put herself in perfect position to send Miller’s sure goal flying past the net.

“That’s our Mooney,” Landes said laughing with the players. “That’s what she does.”

Mooney’s game-breaking save ended LIU Post’s hopes of reaching its first national title. Sticks went soaring, streamers went flying, and the Shippensburg bench cleared as the team swarmed Mooney in celebration.

SU’s victory is its second field hockey national championship in school history, and this time around, it felt like this team was destined for glory.

“It’s an incredible feeling,” Landes said. “I think winning your last game is the ultimate feeling. As a player and as a coach, it’s very satisfying.”

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Men’s cross-country finishes 16th at nationals William Whisler Sports Editor

The 2016 Shippensburg University men’s cross-country team finished its season in Saint Leo, Florida, with 16th place at the NCAA Division II Cross-Country Championships on Saturday.

Senior Kieran Sutton had a spectacular race, covering the 10K course in 31:00.9. He finished in 25th-place to earn All-American status.

The Top 40 finishers at the meet are recognized as All-Americans.

Sutton’s honors marks the second consecutive year that Shippensburg has had an All-American in men’s cross-country with Austin McGinley finishing 32nd in last year’s national championships.

As a team, SU scored 401 points.

This was good enough to finish with the most points among Atlantic Region teams.

Photos courtesy of David Bracetty Behind SU were Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Kieran Sutton and Lock Haven’s Addison Monroe were the only All- American competitors from the Atlantic Region Saturday. foes Lock Haven University and Edinboro University, who finished The Abbey Course proved to be a The course featured numerous hills hard in the second half of the race. place in his final race, finishing as in 23rd with 589 points and 28th challenge for the Raiders. Pre-race that also challenged the runners. SU Sutton quickly climbed positions, SU’s third runner with a 10K time place with 722 points, respectively. temperatures were more than 60 de- got off to a strong start early in the starting at 139th place, before push- of 32:22.9. Bruning had a strong Wrapping up the Atlantic Region grees with nearly 90 percent humid- race, holding steady in 13th place ing the whole way up to the Top 40 start to the race, cracking the Top was Concord University, who placed ity. The race was held at 8:30 a.m. in around the 4.2-kilometer mark. with only 3 kilometers left in the 80, before battling to keep position.

His finish completes a great career Then, the team started to push race.

32nd with a total of 864 points. an attempt to avoid excessive heat.

The 25th place finish for Sutton where he was top five for SU in 27 of is the best finish by a men’s runner his final 28 collegiate races.

Dominic Stroh and Calvin Conat nationals since assistant coach Matt Gillette finished in 17th place rad-Kline finished out the scoring in 2012. The race was the final colle- for the Raiders at nationals, finishgiate cross-country race of Sutton’s ing in 112th and 151st, respectively.

The NCAA Division II National career.

Sutton’s 2016 finish was 21 spots Championship appearance was the ahead of his 46th-place finish from third straight under current SU last season. Overall, Sutton has coach Steve Spence. It also marked made great strides, improving from the sixth time in the last seven years his 193rd place finish in 2013 as a the Raiders made nationals under Spence. Overall, it was SU’s 19th freshman.

Finishing second for the Raiders appearance at the NCAA Champiwas junior Alex Balla. Balla finished onships.

The race marks the end of an inin 78th-place overall, with a 10K time of 32:02. Balla was hanging credible cross-country season that around the Top 80 for most of the saw the men’s team sweep PSAC’s race, but found a second gear toward and the Atlantic Regional meet. the end, pushing within the Top 80. Next season, the Raiders will return Last season, Balla was SU’s third Top 5 finishers in Balla, Stroh and finisher at nationals, giving him two Conrad-Kline, and hope to make Top-3 Raider performances in his another run at the coveted podium two national championship appear- finish. ances.

The team finished out its season in the humid Saint Leo, Florida, weather by placing 16th in Braden Bruning finished in 110th the nation. SU had swept PSAC’s and the Atlantic Regional meet en route to its great finish.

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The SU women’s cross-country team made its ninth-consecutive appearance at the NCAA Division II National Championships under head coach Steve Spence.

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Asst. Sports Editor The Shippensburg Universitywomen’s cross-country team had been working all season with goals of a strong finish at nationals. On Saturday, the team finally got to see its goal come to fruition.

SU’s squad placed 24th in the nation at the 2016 NCAA Divison II National Championships. The Raider’s sent seven runners to Abbey Course in Saint Leo, Florida, for SU’s ninth-consecutive nationals appearance under head coach Steve Spence.

With the warm southern heat beating down on runners, fans and participants, many had a nice break from the winter cold. Temperatures on the track reached above 70 degrees with 90 percent humidity. The blistering heat left the Raiders unshaken, as they put up 557 points, good enough to lead all schools from

the Atlantic Region. A week earlier, SU took control of the NCAA Division II Atlantic Region by winning the Regional title with 57 points.

Senior Casey Norton tore up the competition, earning her first All-American status by finishing the race in 28th place. She was also the first Raider to complete the race.

Norton flew through the course, jumping 10 places during the final 1,000 meters of the race. She finished in 21:16. According to SU Sports Information, Norton became the first Raider All-American since 2012 and participated in her fourth National Championship.

Sophomore Lindsey Gerlach finished second for SU and in 136th place overall. She posted a time of 22:43.2.

Following Gerlach was junior Caity Reese, who burst out of the gate and finished third for the Raiders in 140th place. She finished in just 22:44.9. The No. 4 finisher for SU was junior Bryanna Dissinger,

who completed the race in 23:08.2, earning herself 170th place in the national championships.

The final scorer for the Raiders was junior Lizzie Manickas. Manickas finished in 176th place in 23:12.

Behind Manickas was sophomore Jackie Kinkead who placed 195th with a time of 23:40. Freshman Lydia Cagle followed Kinkead, the 212th finisher in 24:11.

The women’s cross-country program has finished No. 16 or better in the nation every year since 1996.

Last year, the squad finished No. 22 in the nation and continues to improve, looking to stay atop the national cross-country totem pole.

The young team continues to get better each season and hopes to make a splash at the 2017 NCAA Division II National Championships and bring coach Spence his 10th consecutive nationals appearance.

With the season now closed, the team looks forward to the track-and- Casey Norton posted her 28th-place finish in Saint Leo, Florfield season.

ida, with the first All-American honors of her collegiate career.

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Nolan McGraw Staff Writer

The Shippensburg University men and women’s swim teams traveled to George Mason University this weekend for the annual Patriot Invitational. The three-day event is always heavily anticipated by the team because of Shippensburg’s past success at George Mason.

This year was no different, as both the men’s and women’s squads put up benchmark performances that will set the tone for the remainder of their season. However, the top stories from the weekend were the record-breaking performances by sophomore Stephanie O’Toole.

On Thursday, O’Toole got things started for the Raiders when she broke the school record in the 200yard individual medley (IM). The Photo by Andrew Avilla record — previously held by Rikki Sargent in 2013 — was overtaken by O’Toole now holds six SU women’s swimming records after her key performance this weekend.

O’Toole in the morning preliminary races. O’Toole returned later that cords in the 400-yard IM and the The new record beats her previous three more records throughout the evening for the daily finals and post- 100-yard butterfly. Coming into the best by a little more than six sec- day. The first two came in the 200ed a faster time of 2:01.61, breaking weekend, O’Toole already owned the onds. yard breaststroke and the 100-yard her own record from the morning.

By the time Saturday rolled freestyle. The third was during the school record for the 400-yard IM, Friday saw similar outcomes, as but was able to push the mark even around all eyes were on O’Toole. 400-yard freestyle relay. O’Toole O’Toole broke two more school re- further with a new time of 4:24.25. She did not disappoint, breaking swam the second leg of the relay

with a time of 51.21 seconds, helping the team finish with a total time of 3:32.95. O’Toole’s performance shows her high-caliber attitude when it comes to athletics and that has been a staple of her game for her swimming career.

If you are counting, that is six school records broken in one weekend. Below is a list of events from O’Toole’s historic weekend at the Patriot Invitational.

Stephanie O’Toole’s Records this weekend at George Mason: School record in 100 freestyle (51.21) School record in 100 fly (55.74 in time trial) School record in 200 breaststroke (2:17.83) School record in 200 IM (2:01.61) School record in 400 IM (4:24.25) School record in 400 medley relay (3:52.17)

SU women’s basketball splits weekend Jamison Barker

Asst. Copy Editor The Shippensburg University women’s basketball team split its set of weekend games at Heiges Field House, bullying Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) opponent Slippery Rock University on Saturday, and then losing to PSAC adversary Edinboro University in a tight game on Sunday.

The Raiders kicked off their weekend with a 94–58 trouncing of Slippery Rock. SU shot its best game in more than 20 years on Saturday, coming in at 66.1 percent from the field. Lauren Gold was honored before the game, as well, following her 1,000th point in the previous week’s contest versus Bowie State.

On Sunday, the difference came from bench play and on the boards.

Edinboro left the contest with a 64–57 win, and came out on the right side of a wide margin in second-chance points and bench scoring. The Fighting Scots held the edge in these categories 26–9 and 24–3, respectively.

The Raiders spread the wealth in their first conference win of the season versus Slippery Rock, finishing the game with six players in double figures. SU racked up 29 assists in the contest, as well.

“It was a great team effort,” head coach Kristy Trn said. “It was great to see them come out in that atmosphere, and play loose and get the job done.”

SU only trailed Slippery Rock for about one minute of game time in the first quarter, and held a 47–37 lead at the half.

The Raiders did not let up follow-

ing the break, as the team scored 29 points in the third quarter to stretch the lead to 30 heading into the fourth.

“It takes no skill to be a good rebounder. It takes heart and effort.”

–Kritsy Trn SU Head Coach The high-scoring third quarter came in large part thanks to Stephanie Knauer, who clocked in with a team-high 23 points on 10-of12 shooting. Her 13 third-quarter points was more than Slippery Rock scored combined. Knauer continues to impress coming off last year’s season-ending injury, posting her sec-

ond team-high scoring performance of the season. She attributes the quick rebound to what she called a lifestyle change.

“The girls always make fun of me for this,” Knauer said. “I eat very healthy for everything that I do, and make sure that when I’m home and here, I’m always working out.”

Lauren Gold was honored before Saturday’s game for reaching 1,000 points in her career. Gold said hitting the milestone was like a weight off her shoulders.

“Once I knew how many points I had to get, and once I got that last three, I just felt like everything was lifted off [of] me.”

On Sunday, SU’s match up with Edinboro went down to the wire.

Shippensburg found itself neck-andneck with the Fighting Scots down the stretch, holding on to an uncom-

fortable 46–45 lead at the start of the fourth.

Then, the lead changed hands three times, with Edinboro finally pulling away. Michelle Jahn scored a 3-pointer with 4:45 left, which stretched the Fighting Scot’s lead to five, and SU would draw no closer.

“I don’t know where our focus was tonight,” Trn said.

There was a scary moment around the two-minute mark of the fourth when Gold went down on a drive to the basket. She spent a moment on the floor before being helped off, and eventually sat for the remainder of the game. When asked if she was OK, she just smiled and nodded.

“It’s been a focus all season,” Trn said. “We have got to do the job rebounding. It takes no skill to be a good rebounder. It takes heart and effort.”

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Joey Marinelli Guest Writer

Dustin Sleva carried the Raiders in a 20-point victory over Slippery Rock on Saturday afternoon at Heiges Field House.

The Rock and the Raiders were tied at 28 at halftime, but Shippensburg started the second half with a 15–6 run that blew the game open.

The Raiders led by 11 points with 9:19 remaining, holding Slippery Rock to just six points the rest of the game.

Sleva provided his third double-double in as many games this season, finishing with 20 points and 11 rebounds. He also shot 8-of-14 from the field.

Abe Massaley was in foul trouble for most of the first half, but ended

up surging for 11 assists compared to just one turnover.

Freshman John Castello stepped up in his first collegiate start, and had 14 points to go along with seven boards in 34 minutes on the court.

Justin McCarthur had a great afternoon, playing 40 minutes and finishing with 13 points, two assists and a steal. Like McCarthur, Antonio Kellem played 40 minutes and finished with 10 points on 5-of-9 shooting.

The Raiders shot 45 percent from the field in the contest, which included a 51 percent shooting mark in the second half. Slippery Rock was limited to 1-of-18 shooting from 3-point range. SU’s defensive effort forced Slippery Rock to commit 17 turnovers.

On Sunday, Shippensburg surged past Edinboro, 105–73, behind many

great Raider performances. SU led 53–33 at the break and never looked back as the Raiders held the lead for the entire game.

Kellem led the Raiders in scoring with 25 points, eight rebounds and one assist. He shot 9-of-12 from the field, including 6-of-7 from 3-point range.

Sleva had another fantastic afternoon, as he claimed his fourth double-double of the season in four games with 23 points, 10 rebounds and two assists in the game. He shot 8-of-15 from the field during the contest.

Massaley shot only 2-of-7 from the field for five points, but dished out 10 assists and added seven boards.

Castello had a stellar performance with 17 points, 13 rebounds and three assists.

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SU defeated PSAC adversary Slippery Rock University by 20 points in the win.

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Sleva (above) posted his fourth double-double of the season.

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ROTC cadets share what they are most thankful for Noah Hartzell & Nico Palma Guest Writers

Thinking of what I am grateful for can be difficult. There are so many things that I can consider. Thinking specifically about the Army ROTC program at Shippensburg University, I cannot say a single bad thing about it.

ROTC is where I met lifelong friends who not only are going to be college associates, but brothers and sisters with whom I will always stay in touch.

Another reason I am thankful for ROTC is because of the opportunities that were granted to me. First, I was able to study Arabic — a language I have always been interested in studying.

The Army even paid for me to study at North Carolina State University, where I had an amazing time learning Arabic, and meeting a lot of new people from across the United States.

I also was given the opportunity to visit another country through

the Army ROTC Cultural Understanding and Leadership Program (CULP). I was sent to São Tomé and Príncipe, which is a tropical island off the west coast of Africa.

I had the time of my life there, I got to meet many of the islanders. Being immersed in their culture was something I cannot fully put into words.

It was an amazing time, and the cadets that came with me were people with whom I will always share that experience.

A third reason I am grateful is the opportunity I got to run two marathons representing Shippensburg University Army ROTC. I had this opportunity by supporting Azalea Charities, which donates to the Wounded Warrior Foundation.

It is a great charity and an amazing marathon that was very inspiring. Seeing all the current and former Marines, Naval, Army and Air Force personnel was very inspirational.

Seeing many wounded warriors finishing a marathon is something that cannot be described.

One final reason I am thankful for the Army ROTC program is because it gave me the ability to enhance my

leadership and critical thinking that will never get from a typical college course. The skills they teach you are some that will always advance you in society today. I am grateful for all the opportunities, people and leadership of ROTC. Being a part of the ROTC program here at SU, I also cannot help but feel grateful for all of the opportunities ROTC has afforded me.

If it were not for the program, I would never have had the opportunity to go to another country.

Also, as a management major, a lot of the skills cross over because of the focus on leadership development.

I have grown more as a person in the past three semesters because of ROTC. I think during this holiday season we need to think of the little things we take for granted, especially at this university.

While the school year is coming to an end, and many students are stressed about projects, finals and other things, it helps as a little extra motivation to take a second and recognize the amazing opportunities we have and will have — in the future.

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Thanksgiving is a time for us to be grateful for the things we have and spend time with those we do not get to see often.

Things to love most about Thanksgiving Missy Langdon Opinion Editor

As the fall months leave and winter approaches, everything seems to be about Christmas. As soon as Halloween is over, we jump right over the best holiday of them all — Thanksgiving.

Of course, Christmas is a huge holiday with a lot of presents, but Thanksgiving is a time for the whole family to get together and spend time that only comes around once a year in many cases.

According to CNN.com, Thanksgiving is ranked second on a list of favorite holidays right behind Christmas. If you were to ask me, Thanksgiving is my No. 1 holiday.

Spending time with family has to be the best part. Not only sitting down to eat the meal together, but if your family is the one to host the dinner, preparing the meals all day is fun. I love spending all day in the kitchen telling stories and bonding with those whom we might take for granted on a day-to-day basis.

Of course, being able to eat whatever you want and as much you want without anyone thinking twice is amazing.

Then taking the much needed nap Photo courtesy of Shippensburg University ROTC after the main course and before Shippensburg University Army ROTC cadets Noah Hartzell and Nico Palma said they are grateful dessert. The reason we get so tired for the ROTC program and the opportunities it has given them and will continue to give them. after indulging on Thanksgiving is due to a chemical in turkey called

Tryptophan which causes sleepiness, according to livescience.com.

Dessert is also on the list of great things about Thanksgiving. Not very often do we get to eat six different pies, ice cream, cookies and cobbler all in one sitting. I know I am not the only one who intentionally saves room throughout the meal to be able to have an extra big dessert plate.

Sweets are the best part of the meal.

Last, but not least, is the leftovers.

Soup, casserole and potpies are always a hit the week after Thanksgiving. Not to mention, all of the leftover dessert, because who does not want to eat pie for a week straight?

Thanksgiving is a time to spend with those you love, so enjoy the time off from school, and indulge yourself in turkey and pie.

What is your favorite part of the holiday season?

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Black Friday overrides Thanksgiving Sammi Ennico

Asst. Opinion Editor Thanksgiving has been a national holiday since the 1600s, but now it is often overshadowed by Black Friday sales. The holiday is meant to be a time of giving thanks, not fighting people for a TV outside of Best Buy. It has gotten to the point where it is dangerous because everyone is mesmerized by trying to get the newest sale, instead of focusing on what really matters — the holiday itself.

Black Friday has been around for a while, but stores now start their sales on the night of Thanksgiving.

This has created an end to giving thanks. Instead, families wait outside in freezing cold lines for materialistic things.

Black Friday beginning on Thanksgiving is not right. It takes away from the point of being thankful. Most of the time, shopping ends up being disappointing because the stores are out of the thing you wanted anyway.

By having the shopping start early, it is also taking family time away from all of those working the Thanksgiving night shifts. It is not fair to anyone, and Black Friday should be a one-day event that does not carry into multiple days of outrageousness.

It is hard enough to get your entire family altogether for one day anyway, and now it is to be cut even shorter just to go out and waste money on unnecessary things.

Materialistic items are not worth giving up a special holiday that was originally created to give thanks. It’s not be arguing who got the best deal.

Spending time with family is priceless and something you cannot get back if you pass it up. Sitting around being so full from dinner, just talking about everything you are thankful for is what this holiday is all about.

The excitement of buying a TV or a new set of headphones will fade in a short while, but family is forever.

Do’s and Don’ts

of the end of the semester Missy says...

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Make sure you stay focused.

It is easy to lose track of your responsibilities because it is so close to the end of the semester but this is the most important part of the year. Finals and end of the semester projects are coming up. It’s time to push through and get the best grade you can in your classes.

Use the rest of your meal plan, especially for those who live off campus. We are paying for a meal plan that a lot of the time just goes to waste. Try to eat on campus as much as you can to get the most out of your money.

Make the most of your last few weeks. Just because you are worried about getting good grades doesn’t mean you should lock yourself up in your room.

Make sure you keep in touch with friends. Everyone needs a break from studying for finals every now and then, so getting together with friends is a good way to do that.

Start packing things up early. You do not realize how much stuff you accumulate over the semester. It makes moving out a lot smoother if you start packing stuff up now, especially if you live on campus.

Catch up on all your work.

All of us push things that were assigned to us in the beginning of the semester to the last few weeks but now is the time to get all of those silly projects out of the way.

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Sammi Ennico

Asst. Opinion Editor

Give up: It’s easy to slack off and put work off at the end of the semester, but it’s during that time you should be buckling down and getting work done. The last of your grades are being put in and with finals coming up, it’s necessary that you finish strong.

Skip class: It is so easy to just want to lay in bed and not go to class because it’s not “important,” but in reality, it really is.

Toward the end of the semester teachers give out a lot of tips and extra credit opportunities, and you do not want to miss the class when those are presented to you.

Procrastinate: It always seems that there are so many things due at one time when it comes to the end of the semester. For some reason that makes people want to procrastinate even more. Do not fall into that trap. Keep up the same study skills you had all year.

Forget all the fun you had: The end of the semester also calls for looking back on everything fun you have done over the past couple months.

Remember all the nights you spent with your friends and all the things you got to experience.

Stress out: This is the hardest one not to do. It feels like a million things are being thrown at you at once and it seems like you cannot handle it all, but you can. Take everything one step at a time.

Fun Facts

Here, you can find interesting facts all relating back to the stories published this week in Ship Speaks. Read the corresponding stories to see how each fact relates.

Thanksgiving is also celebrated in Canada. However, it is celebrated on the first Monday in October rather than the end of November. www.cnn.com

Black Friday and Thanksgiving are the busiest days for plumbing companies. www.cnn.com

According to the U.S. census, Minnesota is the top turkey-producing state. www.history.com

Only male turkeys, which are called Toms, make a “gobble” noise. www.cnn.com

TV dinners began on Thanksgiving in 1953 when a turkey company misjudged the number of turkeys they would need, so they sliced them up and made frozen meals. www.cnn.com

Benjamin Franklin wrote a letter explaining why he wanted the turkey to be the national bird, not the eagle. www.cnn.com

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Luhrs meets Shakespeare at concert Cat Amoriello Copy Editor

Shakespearean music filled the H. Ric Luhrs Performing Arts Center on Sunday afternoon as the Shippensburg University Community Orchestra performed “Music for Shakespeare.”

Directed by Mark L. Hartman, the performance offered the audience a taste of the classical music which is featured in plays written by Shakespeare, such as “The Merchant of Venice” and “Romeo and Juliet.”

Along with the orchestra, the performance also featured guest musicians and actors who provided narratives, solos and skits.

As the last of the audience members filtered through the doors of the auditorium, the musicians on stage tuned their instruments, resulting in a cacophony of clashing sounds. However, once the lights dimmed and the conductor took his place on stage, with a wave of his baton he emitted a slow, smooth rising tone from all of the musicians. With a flick of the wrist, the conductor silenced the musicians and the real show began.

The first piece played was titled “Overture to a Midsummer Night’s Dream.” From the play of the same title, the piece of music was composed by Felix Mendelssohn and represents various themes within the play. The playbill describes the opening chords as “magically effective”

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Shippensburg community members and college students present their months of hardwork at their orchestra concert Nov. 20. which are then followed by the fairylike theme in E minor. The piece also includes a “gently sentimental theme for the lovers” and a “very lively portrayal of the rustics.”

The overall feel of the first piece was both light and lively, with the

sound of pretty flutes leading the audience into the piece at the beginning and the same flutes leading the audience out of the piece at the end.

The next piece was titled “At Shakespeare’s Tomb.” This portion of the performance featured the orchestra as well as a narrator, otherwise known as a libretto, and tenor soloist. Paris Peet, an actor and SU professor of theater, acted as libretto while cellist Matthew Peck served as the soloist. As the orchestra played, Peet performed various excerpts from Shakespeare’s plays and sonnets. The purpose of Peet’s role is to explore Shakespeare’s deep understanding of the human condition and encourages the audience to truly experience the richness of life, according to the playbill. Accompanying Peet and the orchestra was the rich tone of Peck’s voice as he sang intermittently with Peet’s dialogue.

The performance continued with the orchestra playing a piece tiPhoto by Kayla Brown tled “Music for Shakespeare,” sans accompaniment of a soloist and liThe SU Community Orchestra has one concert each semester. bretto. Peet made yet another ap-

pearance as libretto after “Music for Shakespeare,” performing an excerpt from Act IV, Scene One from “The Merchant of Venice.” Peet spoke with great emphasis and power, his voice rumbling through the auditorium evoking the audience’s attention.

Following Peet was the orchestra and soloist Elizabeth Lins Shoenfelt in a piece titled “Shylock.” The vocal part was originally written for a tenor soloist, but Shoenfelt, choir director and SU assistant professor of music, performed it beautifully in soprano. Her voice carried so well out over the audience that Shoenfelt did not require a microphone. Reaching bars unimaginable for most people, Shoenfelt’s voice brought the work together for a sweet-sounding piece of music.

The performance closed with a skit from the infamous play “Romeo and Juliet,” followed by a piece titled “Romeo and Juliet Suite.” The skit was from Act I, Scene Five where Romeo, played by Travis Dasher, sees Juliet, played by Mackenzie Brouse, for the first time at a party held at the House

of Capulet. Unaware of the tragic fate to fall upon them, Romeo and Juliet share two kisses before Juliet is called away, and the scene ends.

Following the skit, the musicians raised their instruments for a final time. “Romeo and Juliet Suite” had both a passionate and tragic sound, which was very fitting for the context of the play. The piece illustrated Romeo and Juliet’s fiery love for one another while also encapturing the devastating fate the star-crossed lovers were destined to face.

With final bows from the conductor and musicians, “Music for Shakespeare” concluded and audience members filed out of the auditorium with the sweet sounds of string and brass instruments still ringing in their ears.

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Asst. A&E Editor Room 201 of the Huber Arts Center Annex was lit up with the brilliant and creative artistic works of local high school juniors and seniors from Nov. 6–19. Sixty of the best high school artists in select counties across Pennsylvania and Maryland were chosen to have their artwork displayed in Shippensburg University’s third annual Scholastic 144 Art Exhibition.

Scholastic 144 accepted submissions in 10 categories in order to give students the opportunity to ex-

press themselves without restraint.

The categories included ceramic and glass, design, digital art, drawing, jewelry, mixed media, painting, photography, printmaking and sculpture.

While Scholastic 144 is an art exhibit that is composed entirely of student artwork, students were not permitted to personally submit their work to be considered for the art exhibit. The students’ high school art teacher had to register with Scholastic 144 and submit a photograph of the artwork online by Oct. 1. Upon registration, each teacher was eligible to submit up to five pieces of student artwork.

Exhibition judges James Goucher,

an art teacher at Pittsburgh Science and Technology Academy, and Donna Hetrick, an art teacher at Barack Obama Academy of International Studies, critiqued the pieces and selected which ones would be displayed in the art exhibit.

However, having their artwork displayed in SU’s Huber Arts Center was not the only thing up for grabs for students participating in Scholastic 144. Following a second round of judging by the exhibition awards committee, which was composed of SU’s art and design faculty, $1,000 in prizes were given out to the artworks selected for Best of Exhibit, Second Place and Third Place.

A ceramic bowl by Casey Quinn of

Upper Darby High School in Pennsylvania won $500 and the title “Best of Exhibit.” A sculpture by Alyssa Lewis and a photograph by Kennedy Todd of Linganore High School in Maryland won the second place award of $300 and the third place award of $200, respectively. Multiple honorable mentions and participation certificates were awarded to students as well.

With specific hours set aside for viewing the exhibit and personal call-in appointments available, many people passed through to take in the visually appealing, artistic creativity that Scholastic 144 had to offer.

With a variety of different artistic mediums accepted into the exhibi-

tion, each piece told its own story and demonstrated that creativity and self-expression radiates differently for everyone.

According to director of the Kauffman Gallery, Michael Campbell, Scholastic 144 has continually produced a very positive experience for many high school students, art teachers and parents over the last three years.

Campbell encourages students to be creative and pursue art, and for local art teachers to strive to involve their students in the exhibit in the future. Scholastic 144 drives creativity while also producing healthy competition and a chance to win great prizes.

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Some of the top high school junior and senior artists in Maryland and Pennsylvania had their artwork selected to be featured in SU’s Scholastic 144 art exhibit.

Forces of ‘Sun & Moon’ illuminate Thought Lot Marissa Merkt A&E Editor

Timbre is defined as the character of a musical sound or voice as distinct from its pitch and intensity.

The band of the same name proved to be just that Saturday at The Thought Lot. The evening began with an eerie song titled “Sunrise,” which was solely instrumental. Timbre Cierpke led the group on the harp while Camille Faulkner accompanied her on the violin and Chris Leidhecker played the drums. Then Cierpke and Faulkner dove right in to a smiling chorus of

“OH’s” for “Song of the Sun.” “Oh little seed/ Oh dying root/ Oh tender leaves/ Oh silver shoot/ Lift your head, my darling one/ You were not built to die.”

Timbre’s latest album, “Sun & Moon,” was inspired by George McDonald’s short story “The Day Boy and the Night Girl.” The first disc from the album contains “sun” songs Cierpke performed with Faulkner and Leidhecker. The other disc is a more classical-style music dedicated to the moon with a mixture of choir and harp.

“Night Girl: Nycteris Sees the Sun” is about Night Girl’s process of escaping the cave she spent her whole life in to see the sun’s light. She was first

exposed to outside light when Day Boy showed her the moon and the stars, but she wanted to see an even brighter light. Cierpke talked about how Night Girl faced both pain and happiness at the sight of the sun.

Despite hiding behind her strings, Cierpke stole the show with her long black dress and intricately carved harp. She writes and arranges the songs for the band. Faulkner and Leidhecker complimented Cierpke’s harp melody and added an extra element. At one point in the show, all three of the members surrounded the harp as Faulkner helped strum and Leidhecker tapped the base.

Photo by Marissa Merkt Read the full story at theslateonline.com Timbre members unite as they simultaneously play the harp.

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Poetry Key’s new album is ‘HERE’ Corner Miranda Ikeda

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Embracing tenacious, old-school R&B while incorporating political undertones, Alicia Keys released her eighth album “HERE” on Nov. 4.

Even though her new album was expected sooner, Keys made the decision to hold off on the release. She took a hiatus after finding out she was pregnant with her second child, Genesis Ali Dean, who was born December 2014. According to Humanity magazine, finding out she was going to be a mother put a different spin on things. In 2010, Keys married Kasseem Dean, “Swizz Beatz,” and had her first child, Egypt Daoud Dean.

Throughout her career, Keys won 15 Grammy Awards. According to Billboard magazine, she was named the top R&B song artist of the 2000s.

She was born in Manhattan, New York City, and has lived a musically-centered life from a young age.

Keys began studying classical piano when she was 7 and enrolled in the Professional Performing Arts School at 12. Four years later, Keys graduated as valedictorian. In 2001,

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After taking a few years off, Alicia Keys is back with inspiring songs. She tunes in on natural beauty and empowerment. she released her first studio album, “Songs in A Minor.”

Recently, Keys successfully demonstrated to her fans that she is staying makeup-free and is committing to her natural beauty. On her

new album, the song “Girl Can’t Be Herself” allows Keys to address insecurities while providing insight into her all-natural movement.

Keys has carried her new attitude into her music and digs even deeper

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The Angels in heaven do not remember their lives before salvation All there is, is white The kind of white that makes you forget colors exist The blankness of a thousand eyes looking down upon loved ones And feeling nothing

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Movie Showtimes

Billboard Top 10 1. Black Beatles - Rae Sremmurd ft. Gucci Mane

Showtimes for Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 22 and 23 at Carmike Cinema 7 in Chambersburg

2. Closer - The Chainsmokers ft. Halsey 3. Starboy - The Weeknd ft. Daft Punk

while calling upon issues she sees in the world to create music that raises awareness.

She opens her album with a somber, introspective interlude that flows easily into her second song “The Gospel.”

She takes on many perspectives throughout the rest of her album to help nurture her points in ballads and using various tempos. She continues her use of interludes with recordings of discussions with friends.

Keys adapts many different roles throughout her songs to provide listeners with different viewpoints.

For example, she performs from the role of an addict in her song “Illusion of Bliss” and as a narrator for children in “Kill Your Mama.” In her song “The Gospel,” Keys proves she can be versatile in her art by trying her hand at rapping.

As a fan of hers, I was surprised by the differences in her sound. But, I believe it works well with the downto-earth version of herself and the topics she is highlighting. It is an album I would dance around the house to, and it is an overall success.

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4. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (3D) 6:45 p.m.

8. Juju On That Beat (TZ Anthem) - Zay Hilfigerrr & Zayion McCall 9. Broccoli - D.R.A.M. ft. Lil Yachty 10. Don’t Wanna Know - Maroon 5 ft. Kendrick Lamar

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