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According to a national survey on drugs and alcohol, people who are addicted to other controlled substances have significantly higher chances of becoming addicted to heroin.

“I’m too old to go to jail and too young to die,” Karpency said.

For many, those are the two options they stare in the face each day.

Some addicts want to quit, but build up such a tolerance for it, that their bodies rely on it. The withdrawal symptoms are gruesome and require a gradual process of breaking away.

On New Year’s Eve, 2013, Karpency had a wake-up call when he went to withdraw money from an ATM and discovered his account had diminished. In just six months, he went from having $23,000 to barely even a dollar.

Karpency checked into Roxbury Treatment Center, located at 601

Roxbury Road, Shippensburg, for 28 days.

Roxbury Treatment Center provides detoxification and rehabilitation services for those with drug and alcohol addictions through counseling, therapy and following a 12-step program.

Karpency said heroin addiction is two separate diseases: A drug one and a spiritual one. The drug disease can be overcome with the removal of drugs, while the spiritual disease can be overcome after discovering why you put the drug in your body.

Now that Karpency is clean, he is actively involved with The Harbor, located on 55 W. King St. The Harbor is a facility for addicts to come to socialize and resist temptations while drinking nonalcoholic beverages. It is open Friday and Saturday from 5 p.m. to 12 a.m. During the week, it also hosts Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meetings.

Overall, Karpency sees no benefit in heroin other than the brief high it induces. He said how it can lead to destructive behavior and ruin multiple relationships.

“You’re taking a mortgage on tomorrow’s happiness today,” Karpency said.

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SU demands end to sexual assault Mary Grace Keller Editor-in-Chief

The words of a few can heal the scars of many. During Shippensburg University’s Take Back The Night, the stories of rape and abuse pierced the deafening silence of the evening, bringing survivors together.

The SU Women’s Center hosts Take Back The Night each year to bring attention to domestic violence and sexual assault. Women in college are three times more likely than nonstudents to encounter sexual violence, according to the Rape Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN). College men are 78 percent more likely to become victims.

Other universities like SU have hosted Take Back The Night events, some for the past 30 years.

On April 5, members of SU and the community gathered in the Ceddia Union Building (CUB) multipurpose room to rally for an end to violence, followed by a march through campus and a speak-out in the CUB amphitheater.

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REACT members receive awards for completing training to help victims of sexual assault.

They trained for two hours every Friday at the Women’s Center, reaching 20 hours each. versity for its work with the Ship Says No More campaign, which advocates for an end to sexual violence on campus.

The newest members of Rape Educators and Contacts (REACT) received recognition for completing more than 20 hours of training. REACT works to help victims of sexual

violence and educate the campus on the topic.

Lindsey Smith, known as the “food mood girl” for her published books on nutrition and health, served as the evening’s keynote speaker. While Smith’s expertise in healthy living could relate to the theme of Take Back The Night, she

did not come to SU just to talk about her job. She came as a former victim, ready to share her story of pain and recovery.

Smith described herself in high school as the quintessential popular student. She was a cheerleader, homecoming queen and considered “the good girl.” At 17 years old,

Smith’s world drastically changed when she woke up after a night of drinking — and found herself lying in bed next to her friend’s cousin.

“All I remember was waking up the next morning, completely naked, next to her male cousin,” Smith said.

The night was a blur, and Smith had no idea what occurred while she was inebriated. She left the house blaming herself.

“I’m tainted. My body is now disgusting,” Smith said in the CUB, echoing her younger self’s thoughts.

Smith kept the night a secret until six years later when she was talking to a client at work. The client had a similar experience, which prompted Smith to reveal her longkept secret for the first time. Today, Smith openly shares her story through the media, in the hope that she can help victims.

“For years, I carried around this pain and this guilt,” Smith said.

While Smith worked through her recovery, she also found sobriety.

The single event that happened when she was 17 caused her to become dependent on alcohol.

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Contract prevents flex dollars from leaving SU Derek Evanosky

Asst. News Editor For current Shippensburg University students, off-campus flex dollar spending remains an unlikely fantasy.

“It is more complicated than most people think,” said Roger Serr, SU’s vice president for student affairs.

“There are a lot of factors that might surprise you.”

Currently, SU is in a seven-year contract with Chartwells Schools Dining Services, a foodservice contractor that serves academic institutions. SU is currently in the third year of the contract, Serr said.

“Even if we wanted to leave, which we don’t, there’s a lot to consider [with choosing a new contractor],” Serr said.

Because SU conducts its foodservices through Chartwells, every

dining location on campus is legally owned by the contractor, including the franchises like Starbucks, which Chartwells pays for. If Chartwells lost its contract with SU, the franchises would most likely be taken off campus.

“We have to play by the rules to avoid losing the dining services we have,” Serr said.

Part of playing by the rules, Serr said, is prohibiting flex dollars from being spent off campus.

Despite the numerous legal issues involved with taking flex dollars off campus, there is a myriad of additional factors that concern the university.

By keeping flex dollars on campus, the university can guarantee students cannot purchase items like cigarettes or alcohol, which could become a liability issue.

Even if the university allowed lo-

cal businesses to accept flex dollars, business owners might turn the university down. According to Serr, the equipment needed to accept flex dollars costs from $15,000 to $18,000.

However, the complexities of flex-spending do not end there. Serr said that if flex dollars are allowed to be spent off campus, the university might have to remove other on-campus assets.

“Really the question is, ‘What do we have to cut?’” Serr said. Another question Serr asked was, what retail organizations do we need to remove to offset the loss of revenue from flex spending?’

While it seems unlikely that current SU students will be able to spend their flex dollars off campus, future students might have the freedom to do so in about four years.

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Limited food options, like Reisner Dining Hall’s “Meatless Monday,” can encourage students to want to spend flex dollars off campus. Other universities have such programs established. a rebid. The rebid process, which takes approximately six to eight months, allows foodservice contractors to attempt to sell their services to SU. SU forms a committee of students

and administrators to consider the rebid proposals while simultaneously providing their thoughts about the current contractor’s services, Serr said.

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Victims of sexual assault are 13 times more likely to abuse alcohol, according to RAINN. Smith encouraged students at SU to share their own stories, calling them the most courageous act one can do. While millions of sexual assault cases have been reported, there are many victims who do not come forward. Take Back The Night highlighted two organizations that help men and women who find themselves in these unsafe situations.

“I want you to think about this as taking back your college campus.”

–Brittany Leach of Women in Need Dana Hippensteel, a member of the YWCA in Carlisle, and Brittany Leach of Women In Need spoke about the resources their organizations offer. Each has a 24-hour hotline and counseling services available, along with other services.

Leach identified herself as a survivor of violence, reminding the SU community how many survivors there are in the world. Anywhere she goes, Leach said she knows that she will run into at least one person who shares a similar experience.

Leach often hears people say that

sexual violence is not a problem in their area, which perpetuates the problem.

“In order for us to do prevention, our communities need to wake up,” Leach said. “I want you to think about this as taking back your college campus.”

After practicing a few chants in the multipurpose room, the crowd filed out of the CUB, armed with Take Back The Night and Ship Says No More posters. Walking through campus, students yelled, “No more silence, no more violence! Students unite, take back the night!” Passersby turned their heads toward the marchers. Some parted the blinds in their residence halls to find the source of the noise.

Yelling subsided and feet stopped moving once students circled back to the CUB amphitheater, where a microphone stood ready for the speak-out. Survivors or people touched by sexual, emotional and physical violence stepped forward to tell their stories. Some people spoke for the first time, choking out their words. A few grabbed the microphone to convey their support.

Others told their story, not for the first time, hoping to encourage more people to speak out.

A candlelight vigil ended Take Back The Night. The crowd shielded their candles from the wind as they stood still for a moment of silence, honoring those who have suffered.

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Theotis Braddy speaks at the regional conference about the lives of people with disabilities.

He teaches a class called social discrimination and oppression of people with disabilities.

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Shippensburg University hosted its first Social Inclusion and Social Justice Conference on Friday, bringing professionals together to discuss the vulnerabilities and barriers of social groups.

The recently formed SU Institute for Social Inclusion (INSINC) organized the conference. The institute, made up of SU faculty, promotes the inclusion of vulnerable populations, like people with disabilities and the elderly. The conference offered sessions on mental health, the LGBT community, race, higher education, criminal justice and more.

Attendees had the opportunity to hear speakers discuss these topics from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Ceddia Union Building. The Social Inclusion and Social Justice Conference was the first large event hosted by INSINC, and the SU faculty hope to repeat the event next year.

The conversation about incluPhoto by Laura Kreiser sion has just started, said Marita SU’s In Motion Dance Troupe dances to “Hello” by Adele.

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Flagler, associate professor of social work and founder of INSINC. Flagler and the members of INSINC’s steering committee reached out to their professional communities to invite people to the conference, hoping to draw a large crowd.

Thanks to outside donations and the support from the dean’s office of the college of education and human services, the conference was free for most attendees.

“I am more than my wheelchair.”

–Theotis Braddy, Millersville professor SU professors of social work, psychology, education, criminal justice and human communication were among the speakers. Associate professor Misty Knight of the human communication studies department shared her knowledge of social justice in the field of higher education.

Knight spoke about students and faculty who come to college at a

greater disadvantage because they are underrepresented.

Theotis Braddy, adjunct professor at Millersville University, lectured about stereotypes that hinder social inclusion of people with disabilities.

In his career, Braddy established the Center for Independent Living of Central Pennsylvania, and has been a disabilities advocate for more than 26 years.

“My life has been spent toward making sure people with diverse disabilities are included in all walks of life,” Braddy said.

Braddy stressed the importance of education to erase stereotypes and false impressions from people’s minds. Accommodations are frequently made for many types of people in the world, but people with disabilities are often left out, like when a business does not have a wheelchair ramp. Being served curbside, Braddy said, is not what equality should look like.

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On Tuesday, Alpha Phi Omega will be hosting a lecture on mental health and suicide awareness at 7 p.m. in CUB Room 226.

On Wednesday, the Non-Traditional Student Organization will be hosting a movie and wing night from 5-7 p.m. in the CUB non-traditional student lounge.

On Thursday, the recreational tennis team will be holding a meeting at 7 p.m. at the campus tennis courts.

On Friday, Lambda Chi Alpha will be holding a corn hole tournament at 3:30 p.m. in the CUB multipurpose room.

On Saturday, the African American Organization will be hosting the UMOJA conference in the Dauphin Humanities Center from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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on the civil rights acts of the 1960s, but their specific wording usually does not include concepts like gender identity and sexual orientation.

While Pennsylvania is trying to make its mark as an inclusive and non-discriminatory state, much of the nation is still fighting to hold onto archaic and dying traditions.

Being a minority is one thing, but being targeted for being a minority is another. Imagine what it would be like to be a LGBTQ student at Shippensburg University. Even in a relatively accepting place like SU, you still may find it hard to tell people your true identity or your real feelings about how discrimination affects your life and many others.

Now imagine living in a state where if you gave any hint your sexual orientation or gender identity was not the same as most people’s, that you might not get a job, or you cannot use a restroom that matches your gender identity.

Wolf made sure that Pennsylvania would not be one of those states.

But without a national law — a new civil rights act — countless thousands of people will be left in the shadows.

“We must show that Pennsylvania is the place that William Penn envisioned when he founded our commonwealth on the principle that it is open, diverse and inclusive for all people,” Wolf said, asking the General Assembly to take action.

For Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, some issues are too important to rely on the General Assembly to take action.

Wolf bypassed the legislature last week, and signed two anti-discrimination executive orders into law. The executive orders mainly prevent state contractors from denying people jobs because they are from the LGBTQ community. It also gives the Department of General Services the authority to enforce the orders.

The issue sprung into the national spotlight over the weekend because Wolf’s actions were partly meant to blast North Carolina and Georgia for failing to support people of the LGBTQ community.

North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory signed legislation in March that bars the state’s local governments from passing some anti-discrimination ordinances, according to Time Magazine. This includes how people from the LGBTQ community can use public accommodations, such as restrooms.

“What happened in North Carolina, and what is going on in other states, should be a call to pass non-discrimination legislation in Pennsylvania now,” the governor’s office said in a statement.

Early last week, Mississippi passed a law that allows businesses to refuse services to gay couples based on the business owner’s religious beliefs, the Washington Post reported. The array of southern laws passed in the last few months that target people from the LGBTQ community is an eerie flashback to Jim Crow laws and a segregated south.

Such laws often seem to infringe Wolf has used executive orders

But the governor’s office said the Pennsylvania Fairness Act, which is akin to the new executive orders, is at a standstill in the legislature.

If a comprehensive national anti-discrimination law ever made it to the floor of Congress, many congressmen and women would sooner cause gridlock than put it up for a vote. What would the sitting president do in that situation?

If it was President Barack Obama, it is quite possible he would follow Wolf’s lead and use executive orders to pass it. Circumventing the legislative branch, however, draws criticism from both sides of the aisle, but it is ultimately up to the courts to decide its legality.

The question still remains, was Wolf allowed to use executive orders to get anti-discrimination laws passed? Though many Pennsylvanians, including SU students, may think such laws should unquestionably be established, there are consequences with how they are passed.

If executive orders are legal under these circumstances, what will people say if a future Pennsylvania governor uses his executive powers to reverse anti-discrimination laws that were never voted upon?

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to bypass the General Assembly.

Burned popcorn leads to drug paraphernalia charge University police entered a room at Lackhove Hall on April 2, after a fire alarm went off. The room was filled with a light haze of smoke from burned popcorn, according to police.

Police found drug paraphernalia in the room while investigating the fire alarm. Police charged Shane Austin Shollenberger, 19, of Lackhove Hall with use of, or possession, with intent to use drug paraphernalia in connection with the incident. Police filed a criminal complaint against Shollenberger before the local magisterial district judge charged him with possession of drug paraphernalia.

Hundreds of dollars of parking signs stolen from SU A series of parking sign thefts caused university police to begin an investigation to find who is taking them. The thefts occurred over the past week and include signs and posts from the Heiges Field House rear parking lot, the F/S-6 parking lot and the C-2 parking lot.

The estimated cost to replace the signs is about $345 and the incident remains under investigation.

Fire alarm triggers alcohol related citations University police charged four Lackhove Hall residents with underage possession of alcohol on Thursday after investigating their room. An active fire alarm sounded from the room and officers spoke to the residents about possessing alcohol. The individuals admitted to having alcohol and brought forth numerous bottles and containers of liquor to the officers, police said.

Police charged Eric Thomas Wig, Drew Christopher Barrett, Ryan Bradley Day and Tanner James Pressel with underage possession of alcohol in connection with the incident.

FROM ‘INCLUSION’ ON A4 Lifting someone by their wheelchair into a building is not acceptable either. A ramp should have been there in the first place.

At 15 years old, Braddy became disabled after a football accident.

Oftentimes, people see his disability first and his humanity second.

“I’m more than a collection of symptoms. I am more than my wheelchair,” Braddy said.

The devices and aids people use every day to make their lives easier is like living with a disability. People use glasses to see and cars to get to places faster. But when it comes to people with mental and physical disabilities, able-bodied people often see them as second-class citizens, Braddy said.

Moving around the room, Braddy came closer to his audience, saying how he knew that he made them uncomfortable. Part of the problem is the negative language used to describe people with disabilities

and the perceptions that come with their use.

“Why can’t I just be a person who happens to use a wheelchair?” Braddy said. “Why must I be defined by my disability?”

Braddy said people need to replace their stereotypical attitudes with facts and real experiences.

People act on what they believe to be true.

“Why must I be defined by my disability?”

–Theotis Braddy Millersville professor Braddy’s speech was just one snippet of the conversations and knowledge exchanged at SU during the INSINC conference. In the future, Flagler hopes the conference presentations can be published in a journal. Next on INSINC’s agenda is the Social Capital Symposium on April 22.

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A6 Transgender advocate demands acceptance Asa Frederick speaks to SU students, faculty about discrimination in society Troy Okum

News Editor “If you are out as transgender you fight every day. It gets pretty tiring,” said author Asa Frederick, speaking from experience. “I choose to stand out every day.”

The daily fight Frederick and others go through unravels everywhere from the schoolyard to the street, where it can end in bloodshed and death. Frederick, who formally went

by Natalie, spoke from behind his thick ash-colored beard to dozens of Shippensburg University students and faculty members in the Grove Forum on April 5 about that fight.

Frederick was once the instructor of a yoga studio, but when he came out as being transgender, his life changed. In the six months following his coming out, he had lost all of his students, he said. But that was not when his part of the fight first started.

He began his battle when he was a child, always feeling he was a boy in a girl’s body. Frederick said the first time he really felt comfortable since hitting puberty was when he took his first dose of testosterone — he was 27. He had one surgery to remove his breasts and said he has no intentions of having any more.

“Any surgery you have does not make you any less male or female,” Frederick said, insisting that gender identity is not about a person’s physical appearance, but how each person identifies themself.

In essence, being transgender is as simple as not feeling comfortable with the gender that was assigned at birth, he said. But in practice, there is nothing simple about being transgender.

There is nothing simple about the National Center for Transgender Equality’s (NCTE) report that says 78 percent of transgender students from kindergarten to 12th grade are harassed because of their identity. There is nothing simple about 35 percent of those students being physically assaulted because of who they are. And it does not end in school, Frederick said. Harassment, discrimination and legal restrictions threaten the lives and liberties of transgender people every day.

At least 22 women were murdered for being transgender in 2015, Frederick said, noting that 20 of them

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Asa Frederick shows a video to students and faculty about the transgender people who were murdered in 2015. Frederick lives in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and gives lectures in the area. were not white. The women ranged in age from 20 to 66, and they died after being stabbed, shot or beaten.

In every state except for California, a person charged with murdering a transgender person can use “trans panic” as a defense, Frederick said.

That means that people can legally use the argument in court that they killed a transgender person because they were shocked to find out that person was transgender.

“There is hope. Things are getting better.”

–Asa Frederick Author & advocate “It’s OK you killed a transgender person because you were surprised they were transgender,” Frederick said, mocking the argument. “The fact that you can argue that in the court of law is disgusting.”

The fight for transgender people is about equality. Frederick just wants to live his life, he said, and tried to do just that. Then he heard something that became a call to action for that fight.

“I just stopped telling people I was trans[gender]. I had too much

else going on,” he said. But then he learned of a few statistics that pushed him to become an advocate for transgender equality.

A 2011 NCTE study found that 41 percent of transgender people attempted suicide at some point in their lives, compared to 1.6 percent of the general population. The study reported that wide-spread discrimination and bias was persistent, and the structural racism that affects those who are black and transgender, was especially devastating.

“What it said about our population was heartbreaking,” Frederick said.

The discrimination transgender people face includes harassment at work, being denied housing and jobs, losing employment and a complicated fight to use a public restroom. But they also face sexual assault, Frederick said, once again speaking from experience.

Of the challenges Frederick goes through one of the most frustrating is having to go to the hospital, he said. That is because of the way the staff treats him, recalling one instance in particular that offended him. After two weeks of suffering from extreme illness he finally went to the hospital and faced a barrage of 15 nurses who wanted to see him,

just because he is transgender, he said. The nurse that was supposed to take blood kept missing his vein with her needle because her hand was trembling out of anxiety. Frederick said he ends up being the one who has to calm the staff down so they can do their jobs.

“I was sick and comforting the people who were supposed to help

me,” Frederick said of his experience.

Some of people’s problems with communicating with or respecting transgender people is that the culture has stigmatized people who are not clearly one gender. This is known as binary gender, Frederick said, explaining that most people think of gender as either being male or female. People who have physical characteristics of one gender, but identify as another, is not an easy concept for some people to accept.

The lack of gender conformity can be taken as an assault on masculinity in society, thus giving people a reason to discriminate, Frederick said. Transgender people sometimes cannot even find support among the gay, lesbian and bisexual (GLB) community, because transgender people are considered to be too extreme. This happens, Frederick said, when the GLB community is fighting for legal equality and thinks that including transgender people in the legislation will compromise their own fight.

Despite how tiring the daily fight can be on transgender people, there is growing support for the cause, Frederick said. Though there is much progress to be made for equality, a lot has changed for the better in the last 20 years.

“There is hope,” Frederick said, of the fight. “Things are getting better.

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Society today is consumed by ‘beauty standards’ MISSY LANGDON Opinion Editor

Eating disorders have become a huge problem in our society today. According to anad.org, The National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders, more than one half of teenage girls and about one third of teenage males practice unhealthy behaviors to lose weight. This includes skipping meals, taking drugs, vomiting, etc.

It is also said on the same website that only one in 10 men and women with eating disorders receive treatment, and an estimated 30 million people of all ages and genders suffer from an eating disorder of some kind. So why has this become such a common thing?

A huge reason for the rise in eating disorders is related to the pressure from the media and society telling us all we have to look a certain way. Businessinsider.com did an interview with the CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch, which, as we all know, discriminates against anyone who does not fit the “Victoria’s Secret model” standard of beauty.

CEO Robin Lewis told Business Insider that “he does not want larger people shopping in his store, he wants thin and beautiful people.” But when did a size 00 become more beautiful than an average woman who is between a size 12 and 14?

The average Victoria’s Secret model is between 5 foot 8 inches tall and 5 foot 11 inches tall, and weighs no more than 120 pounds at the absolute heaviest, according to thevangelz.com. If your Body Mass Index (BMI) is under 18.5, you are con-

sidered underweight and it is recommended that you speak to your doctor to be sure there are no underlying health problems, according to Webmd. com.

I picked a random Victoria’s Secret model off of its website who is 5 feet 10 inches and 116 pounds.

This would put her BMI at 16.6 — under the unhealthy 18.5 BMI, under the BMI in which it is recommended you see a doctor to check for health concerns, yet we are told this is what “beauty” is?

I would call this standard a sickness, not beauty.

Obviously, there are women who are naturally small and I am not saying it is not beautiful.

There is a difference between genetically skinny and dangerously skinny. Our society has gotten so wrapped up with rib cages and flat stomachs that we have completely disregarded what it means to be healthy. We have become so consumed by that little number on the scale that we refuse to take a minute to look in the mirror and ask ourselves if we feel beautiful, regardless of what the scale tells us.

Something needs to change in the media, in our society and within ourselves as individuals so women, and men as well, stop feeling the need to put themselves through these horrifying eating disorders to feel attractive. Maybe if Hollywood would lay off on the Photoshop and the drug industry would lay off on the diet pills, the temptation Photo by Joseph Ketchem would not be so great. It would be nice to go back to the time where Marilyn Monroe was seen as beau- Members of The Slate staff pose to portray the different pressures tiful at a 12 pant size, 8 dress size and only 5 foot to be “beautiful” in the eyes of society. We have become way too 5 inches tall. consumed by trying to achieve the societal norm of “perfection.”

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The uprising issue of sexual assault in today’s world MISSY LANGDON Opinion Editor

“Do not walk alone anywhere, make sure you always have friends with you.” As if we did not hear that a million times from our family and loved ones before we came to college.

But why? Why has it become so frightening to go from your dorm to the gym by yourself? Every 107 seconds another American is sexually abused, according to rainn.org. That is a horrifying statistic.

We seem to focus on just women when it comes to rape and sexual assault, but I am going to focus on men as well because they fall victim more than you would think. While the statistics are higher among female victims, I think it is important Photo courtesy of The Slate to learn about both sides. Rainn.

The Slate staff at Shippensburg University says “No More” to org says that about one in 33 men have experienced rape in their lifesexual assault through SU’s “Ship Says No More” campaign. time. While that is a significantly

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smaller number than 1 in 6 women, it is still something to be genuinely concerned about. So why does this happen?

There could be a million reasons written down for me on a piece of paper, but none of them would be a good enough reason to justify these actions. Maybe they would help me to understand, but I think it would just be more disturbing than anything else. Rainn.org also shows that four out of five rapes were committed by someone who knew the victim. This just shows us that those movies where the rapist is hiding in the bushes waiting to attack are just not true. The real statistics are far more frightening. The person you share all of your secrets with, who you think would never do a thing to harm you, could actually be the person to harm you the most.

In a national study done by socialistworker.org, among college students, 75 percent of males and 55 percent of females involved in rape had been drinking alcohol or using

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drugs prior to the assault. Along with that statistic comes this: 60 percent of rapes and sexual assaults are not reported because of the fear that the victim will be blamed for the action, especially if alcohol is involved.

Yes, alcohol impairs your judgment and might make you act in a way you would not if you were sober, but that does not justify a violent and disgusting act. Women, and men as well, should have people with them if they are going to go out drinking to be sure they are safe. It is sad to think about, but how are we truly supposed to stop it? We really cannot stop the actions of others, we can only protect ourselves. So listen to your parents. Do not travel alone, keep good friends by your side and report it if something goes wrong.

If you or someone you know falls victim to sexual assault here on campus, visit the “Ship Says No More” page on the Ship.edu website for a guide to get help.

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Originating in London, the “X Factor” has become popular over the years. Known for creating singing groups such as One Direction, Fifth Harmony and Little Mix, the “X Factor” has become very successful and one of the most-watched singing competitions on TV.

“American Idol” saw the end of its final season this week. Many of the old winners returned to perform, such as Carrie Underwood. Although the show has had a long run, it was time for the outdated show and judges to move on. The show was losing viewers to “X Factor” and “The Voice.”

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Rivalry sparks within Greek Life

Greek Week brings sororities and fraternities together for five days of competition

Sorority champions Alpha Omicron Pi came out on top in this year’s Greek Week after winning several events, throughout the week’s competitions.

Nicole James

Ship Life Editor The stakes were high this past week within Greek Life at Shippensburg University, as fraternities and sororities competed for the coveted slot of Greek Week champions.

Banners could be seen all around the Ceddia Union Building (CUB), representing each organization as well as the theme for 2016, “Welcome to the Jungle.” Fraternities and sororities participated in a number of games, which kicked off on Sunday, April 3. Each organization selects certain members on a volunteer basis to participate in each event. Many participated in numerous events while some only a few. The events included basketball, volleyball, a costume contest, trivia, tug-of-war, a 1-mile run and others all leading up to the largest competition, lip sync.

Members of Greek Life take the week very seriously. The competitive edge of some also took over for

the week, creating immense drive and dedication to take home a win.

Injuries can be very common within the events throughout the week.

Olivia Guerin, of Alpha Sigma Tau, was injured in a heated dodge ball tournament.

“I was sitting on the sidelines and I was hit square in the face with a dodge ball,” she said. “The next morning I was told I had a concussion after I went to Etter Health Center. Even though I could not participate, I still cheered on my sorority.”

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This year, Phi Sigma Kappa walked away with its fourth Greek Week win.

week, after placing high in nearly all events, with wins in football, the costume contest, basketball and volleyball. Alpha Omicron Pi also led the sororities with wins in dodge ball, trivia and a tie for first in the banner competition with Kappa Beta Gamma.

On Thursday, April 7, the final event of lip sync took place in Memorial Auditorium. Students from all different organizations at SU packed the auditorium, some unable to even find a seat. Some people’s families came out to support their loved ones, as well as some alumni who returned for their orga“Everyone tries so hard to nizations. make theirs the best, which Many fraternities and sororities prepared weeks in advance for the I think is why everyone loves it [lip sync] because event, as it is the most popular and some may say their favorite. Kenny they work so hard at it.”

Miles of Tau Kappa Epsilon con–Kenny Miles of Tau cluded his last Greek Week with a win at lip sync, tying with Theta Xi Kappa Epsilon for first place.

“Lip sync is the best event in Fraternity Phi Sigma Kappa Greek Week because you work so held a steady lead early on in the hard at practice trying to critique

everything to make it perfect,” Miles said. “Everyone tries so hard to make theirs the best, which I think is why everyone loves it because they work so hard at it.”

The acts in the lip sync competition focused their routines on an original theme created by each organization. Kappa Beta Gamma, the third-place winning sorority, based its performance on the final song in the film, “Pitch Perfect.”

The brothers of Pi Lambda Phi performed a mash-up of songs from “Jersey Boys.”

In the end, it was the sisters of Alpha Phi who took first place at lip sync for their “Willy Wonka” inspired routine. It was Theta Xi and Tau Kappa Epsilon that took the win for the fraternities for their “Through the Decades” performance and “Welcome to the Jungle” performance, respectively.

At the conclusion of Greek Week, it was the sisters of Alpha Omicron Pi and brothers of Phi Sigma Kappa who came out on top of the entire week-long competition. Sydney

Dore, a sister of Alpha Omicron Pi, who competed in the eating contest, was very excited to be a part of the winning sorority this year.

“It feels really good. We worked really hard to win and we really came together,” Dore said. “Being in the lead for so long really pushed us and encouraged us. It really brought us all together.”

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Sisters of Alpha Phi placed third in the costume contest.

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There’s never been so much sex in your room,” I told her.

“Oh my god, some of them have stopped moving. They’re definitely dead.”

“Have you fed them?”

“Yes, I fed 1,500 ladybugs,” Jillian said sarcastically. “No, I haven’t fed them. All I have are Chinese left-overs and Cheez-Its.” “Well then throw them a Cheez-It.” I do not know if the ladybugs ever received their Cheez-It snack, but they did sleep that night in my sister’s mini-fridge, alongside take-out containers of Chinese food. According to the instructions that came with the ladybugs, they are supposed to be kept in a cool environment, so Jillian was not being cruel by refrigerating them. Although sleeping the whole night next to Chinese food and being unable to eat it does sound a little like torture.

Jillian and her friends released the 1,500 ladybugs into the great outdoors the next morning. She was supposed to send me at least two in the mail (so that the other would not get lonely), but I have yet to receive them.

Jillian said that maybe a few would fly to Shippensburg, so if anyone sees a ladybug within the next week, it might be a part of the 1,500.

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In the event of an unorthodox prank, a package of ladybugs were sent to a college girl’s dorm room.

“Did you send me a fun package to get me through the rest of the semester?” my sister Jillian asked over the phone.

“Um, no. I wish I had, but I didn’t send you anything,” I told her.

“So you didn’t send me 1,500 ladybugs?”

I could hear two of Jillian’s friends laughing in the background — the culprits, I assumed. Apparently, two of her friends first tried to convince Jillian that our mom sent them and then tried to pin the bugs on me.

I wish I had. It was pure genius. 1,500 ladybugs sent via air mail from California to a college girl’s dorm room.

As much as Jillian likes ladybugs, watching 1,500 squirming together in a mesh bag was too much for her. Many of them were flipped upside down, exposing their black bodies and thrashing legs.

“They’re climbing all over each other,” Jillian said, her voice reaching the level of ohmy-god-there-are-1,500-bugs-in-my-room. “I The 1,500 ladybugs were released outside the day after she received hope they’re not reproducing.”

“Of course they are. It’s a ladybug orgy. them in a package from a friend.

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Last year, Professor Ben Culbertson made pottery powered by a bicycle.

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Imagine sipping on a delicious smoothie on a cool spring day. The steps that go into making this smoothie just so happen to be environmentally friendly as well.

Instead of flipping a switch on the blender, the blender is powered by a bicycle in order to save energy, creating a bicycle smoothie maker. This engineered mechanism is real and can be seen in action when Shippensburg University’s Students for Environmental Action and Sustainability (SEAS) host this year’s Earth Day event.

The SEAS will be hanging out in the quad on campus from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on April 20 to host this year’s event. They will not be alone: Fellow students and student groups will accompany them.

Earth Day is an event that has been hosted by the SEAS in the past, but this year they want to try something different. According to SEAS president Tara Kennedy and vice president Caitlin Lucas, the focus is aimed towards students. They want to highlight the efforts that the students make to help the environment. There will be booths dedicated to these students and student groups, where they can interact and educate themselves, in regard to the environment.

You can find yourself making bird feeders with fellow SU student Sylvia McMullen. You can educate yourself on potatoes and sustainability with SU student Aaron Einstein. If you are interested in paper crafts, The Slate will have a booth dedicated to making crafts out of recycled newspaper. If you need some work done on your bike, the cycling club will

be there to provide free repairs. These are just a few activities that some of the students and groups put together that will make Earth Day interactive and fun for everyone.

Kennedy is most excited to see the finished DIY projects and also looks forward to seeing all of the ways you can use old materials to create something new. Lucas is most excited for associate professor Sean Cornell’s ecological footprint booth. This booth in particular is meant to show the impact of your lifestyle and show you how many Earths it would take to sustain the world if everyone were to live your lifestyle.

“I’m excited for people to see how much of an impact their lifestyle actually has on the world,” Lucas said. “I don’t think people understand how much impact their one McDonald’s meal has on the earth. Or their one car ride to and from campus.”

Free food will be available and will be prepared on a solar cooker, meant to save energy. Along with free food, students can also look forward to winning prizes, such as solar chargers, plants and donations from the university bookstore. Reusable mugs will also be available as prizes, and students can use these mugs to get discounts at the Starbucks and Dunkin Donuts located on campus.

This is the biggest event of the year for the SEAS, and, as for Kennedy; she wants this event to be one where students can reconnect with their younger selves. Specifically, she wants students to “look up from our phones and have fun.”

Anyone is more than welcome to help out during this event. You can contact the SEAS by emailing them at enviro@ship.edu or you can just show up to the event and lend a helping hand.

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SU students gather at the ShipRec center from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. to help the fight against cancer and honor those who have been affected by the disease.

Brooke Hoffman Guest Writer

More than 690 people participated in the Relay For Life event at Shippensburg University and raised more than $37,000 to fight back against cancer.

Relay For Life is an overnight fundraising walk that gives people an opportunity to celebrate those who have battled cancer, honor those who lost and fight back against this disease.

The people of SU camped out in the gym and the 36 teams took turns walking the track. The event took place in the ShipRec Center at SU and went from 6 p.m. Friday evening until 6 a.m. Saturday morning.

At this event, entertainment, such as games and student performers, was provided throughout the night. InMotion Dance Troupe performed and everyone gathered around to watch. Games such as Cornhole, Twister and Frisbee were set up for students and raffle tickets were handed out for a chance to win

prizes. Prizes like gift cards to Giant Food Stores, water bottles and blankets were offered.

The highlight of Relay For Life was the Luminaria ceremony. Paper bags were lit up with candles, lining the track as people walked.

Participants remembered and honored those who lost or are battling cancer. The paper bags were personalized with names and messages in support of those who have been affected by cancer. As the ceremony went on, anyone could see the emotions that filled people’s eyes as they gathered to support one another.

When students were asked about what brought them to this event, most had family members who passed away from cancer.

SU student Jackie Smith lost her grandmother to breast and bone cancer.

“My grandmother would always say, ‘Don’t count the days, make the days count,’ so that’s why I am here, in honor of her,” Smith said.

Another student, Maddison Rogers, also came in honor of her grandmother who had stage 4 lung cancer and passed away in June.

One part of the event was an emo-

tional gathering of cancer survivors who shared their stories. They talked about how much cancer had affected not only themselves but also their friends and family.

“It’s so inspiring to hear these people tell stories about cancer and how they have stayed so strong not knowing what will come next,” student Abbey DeBaugh said.

The survivors were so touched and inspired by everyone who came out and participated in such a special event.

Students unite to ‘Take Back The Night’ Ciara Gallagher Guest Writer

On Tuesday evening, Shippensburg University students joined together and showed their support at the Take Back The Night rally, march and speak out.

The event began at 7 p.m. and was held in the Ceddia Union Building’s (CUB) multipurpose room.

Take Back The Night is an international event lead by a non-profit organization that aims to put an end to sexual violence, intimate partner abuse and domestic violence.

First to take the stage was Women’s Center Director Stephanie Erdice. As an advocate and service provider she shed light on the history of domestic violence. Erdice then followed her introduction with the “Ship Says No More” video, which featured university students and staff, pledging their commitment to end the violence.

Later in the night, a group of six students who are involved in the Rape Educators and Contacts program (REACT) were brought up on stage and recognized for their hard work. This program is a peer education group that focuses on topics

related to sexual violence and relationship abuse. Each of these students completed a 20-hour training program.

The evening continued with a performance by SU’s In Motion Dance Troupe. Following the performance, featured speaker Lindsay Smith shared her personal story and how sexual violence has impacted her life.

“My heart centered work is about sexual assault prevention,” Smith said.

In addition to Smith, there were also members from the YWCA and the Women in Need organizations.

Both of these organizations help to empower survivors and provide various services.

Following the speaking portion of the night was the march. With a banner leading the way and students with signs in hand, the march began at the CUB and continued through campus, where it ended in the CUB amphitheater. This part of the night consisted of the speak out.

This was a safe environment for those who wanted to share personal accounts. This time allowed for anyone to step up and speak out.

SU sophomore Mitch Cooper was one of the students marching and

was happy to be a part of the event.

“I think it is important to come out and show support. It’s something that happens and it is important to bring attention to it,” Cooper said.

Another student that was in attendance was freshman Megan Wexler.

“I came out to the event tonight to educate myself on such a serious topic,” Wexler said.

“It’s really important to know everything that’s happening around you because if you educate yourself you can help prevent.”

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Guthrie performs original songs, along with covers of “Father Figure,” “Valerie” and “Sexy and I Know It.” The covers are what defined his talents and made him a mainstream success.

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Internet sensation Noah Guthrie performed in Shippensburg for the first time Sunday night. He walked onto the stage of The Thought Lot, with attire suggesting he has been touring on the road for months — a brown top hat, brown blazer and jeans, and to top it off, his acoustic guitar.

But for Guthrie’s only third performance in his new miniature summer tour, he rocked the “little cute town” of Shippensburg leaving the impression that Guthrie has decades of rock music ahead of him.

Guthrie released his first album in 2014. “Among the Wildest Things” featured acoustic covers that expanded his talent to interpret different genres of music and spin them into something intimate and simple.

That simplicity is only on the surface. Take Guthrie’s cover of the song, “Valerie,” written by The Zutons and Amy Winehouse. Despite the fact that Guthrie processes the music through a country rock ether, the element of pop is still there.

His pacing makes one want to get up and dance. And although he is a one-man show, imagine the power of a full-sized band backing him.

His music allows the audience to let its imagination run wild. Guthrie has performed on major stages, and the small size of The Thought Lot stage could not contain the reality of Guthrie sounding large.

Songs like “Pardon Me” and “New Beginning” showcase his ability to waver on tone, but be consistent in power throughout. Guthrie’s vocal range matches his dynamic guitar-playing skill. No matter the pace and intensity of the song, whether it be a sad, mellow ballad or a techno tune like “Sexy and I

Know It,” Guthrie sings so powerfully that it seems he is going to faint on stage. Somehow, he pulls through and belts out the notes he needs. Guthrie can scream, sing falsetto and tenor all in the same breath.

Guthrie talked about his experiences with writer’s block after finishing his run on the TV show, “Glee.”

“I had to shift from the fast-paced world of L.A. to the super slow pace of a small town,” he said.

More about Guthrie’s performance will be available online.

Tyler Michael Law, local Shippensburg acoustic artist, opened for Guthrie and performed new tunes from his upcoming album, “Highway Born.” A profile story on Law will be published next week in The Slate.

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Last Thursday marked the end of a 15-season run of the iconic television show, “American Idol.”

The finale was packed with tons of nostalgia, emotions and, of course, music.

The show’s cancellation was expected due to the ratings dive and the show’s expensive production cost. The show’s cancellation was announced directly after the Season 14 wrapped up in 2015.

The landscape of reality competition shows became crowded once “The Voice” and “The X-Factor” premiered in 2011. “The X-Factor” never really caught on and was cancelled after three seasons.

However, “The Voice” could be the show to blame for “Idol” coming to an end. “The Voice” is on twice each television season and while it continually gets steady ratings, it seems the American viewing public is getting tired of the singing competition format. “The Voice” has seen a decrease in viewership over the past few seasons.

No matter how tired the public got of “American Idol,” one cannot deny the amount of star power that has emerged from the series throughout all 15 seasons. “American Idol’s” most successful alumni, Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood, were very prominent in the series finale.

Underwood performed twice during the broadcast. She performed a duet with Keith Urban and then she performed “Something in The Water” for a solo act.

Kelly Clarkson performed a medley of all of her songs from her past albums. She ended the medley with “A Moment Like This,” her coronation song from her season of the series.

Throughout the two-hour broadcast, the show meshed different “Idol” alumni together for medleys, based on their specific genre.

The standout performance was the acoustic section, with performances by Jessica Sanchez, Clay Aiken, Katherine McPhee and others.

Phillip Phillips, Kris Allen, Nick Fradiani, David Cook and Lee Dewyze all performed a David Bowie tribute together.

The winners from each of the 15 seasons were all in attendance.

However, a notable absence was Adam Lambert, although he had made an appearance on the show several weeks ago.

Appearances from the original judging panel also delighted many viewers. Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson came out thinking Simon Cowell would not show up, but to their surprise, he was backstage and came out to shock both Abdul and Jackson.

There were several other surprises throughout the night, including some of the memorable bad auditions coming back to perform. William Hung performed “She Bangs,” and Larry Platt performed his original song “Pants on the Ground.”

Perhaps the biggest shock of the night is when after the winner was announced, Ryan Seacrest made a statement saying goodbye, but as soon as the credits ended and the lights dimmed, there were two more words said, “For now.” This has lead to a lot of speculation.

“American Idol” producers are on board for more seasons but they want it to have a new feeling. The show’s creator, Simon Fuller, said that “[…] The next generation of ‘Idol’ — and ‘Idol’ will certainly be coming back for sure — will have a youthful glow and it will be pioneering again, just as it was when we first began.”

The show has created massive stars over its run and ended on an incredible high note. The farewell seasons’ winner, Trent Harmon, might be one of the show’s most versatile winners.

Throughout the competition, it was clear that Harmon and runner-up, LaPorsha Renae, would battle it out in the finale.

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The Peking Acrobats stun at Luhrs

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BRENNAN JACKSON Asst. A&E Editor

On Thursday night, the Peking Acrobats came to the H. Ric Luhrs Performing Arts Center and put on quite a show. The show was filled with numerous acts, featuring balancing acts, juggling and dexterity.

From the moment you walked into the theater you knew it was going to be a special night. The Peking Acrobats had a band playing traditional Chinese music before the show even began and the music really set the mood for the evening.

The show was a celebration of the group’s 30 years of existence and the performers surely did not disappoint in the celebration.

Throughout their 30 years, The Peking Acrobats have been featured in several TV specials including “The Wayne Brady Show,” ABC’s “Wide World of Sports,” and “Ellen’s Really Big Show.”

The Peking Acrobats also hold the world record for the human chair stack. They balanced six people atop six chairs 21 feet up in the air.

They also have appeared in “Ocean’s Eleven,” and its two sequels. They were featured in the movies doing several tricks.

The audience was pulled in right from the beginning. Chinese “lions” danced through the theater and

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(Top) The Peking Acrobats receive a round of applause after their first act of performing within suits of giant “Chinese” lions. (Below) The Acrobats display their incredible balance as four of the performers, two per lion, roll up a ramp on a medicine ball for about 30 seconds. then made their way onto the stage for a crazy spectacle of acrobatic feats and humor.

The show was very fast-paced and the audience responded really well to every act. The act that made the biggest impression was in the first act, called Contortion by Candlelight. The act consisted of several contortionists bending their bodies in ways that should not have been

humanly possible. At some points you could hear the audience gasp at the way the contortionists were bending their limbs. It was quite disturbing.

The candlelight part of it was due to the contortionists having candelabras balanced on their feet and arms.

The show also highlighted the group’s humor. Between acts, one

of the group’s members came out and delighted the crowd with silly humor.

Different acts throughout the night had a live band playing along on stage during performances.

One of these acts was “Aerial Acrobats.” This act included three aerialists performing on silks. The audience was very enthralled by the performance.

Another one of the show’s acts, “Keep It Under Your Hat,” involved several members of the group tossing hats in the air and keeping them aloft.

The act involving the “Daring Diablos,” was a huge crowd favorite. The Peking Acrobats definitely brought the act into the 21st century by using a light-up diablo. A diablo can be best described as a Chinese yo-yo. The group also performed using a string the size of the stage. It made for a unique and very astonishing act.

The Peking Acrobats defied the usual Chinese carnival act. By using different set pieces and props it added a new element to a usually tired format. The use of humor also made the show different from the rest.

The audience in the theater really enjoyed the show, as the response after all of the acts was very positive.

Season 6 has been a long road for “The Walking Dead” fans, and the season finally ended last Sunday with an unknown casualty.

Rick and the rest of the crew spent the season finale trying to get Maggie to Hilltop Colony for help from their doctor since the death of Denise the episode before. The Saviors were one step ahead, finally cornering them in the woods.

With the anticipation of bad-boy, Negan, looming since the premiere in October, fans finally got to see the big man himself in the last 10 minutes of the finale. Playing a game of “eeny, meeny, miney, moe,” Negan made his first kill to teach Rick a lesson.

However, fans have no idea who was killed. Just as Negan picked the person and began to swing his weapon of choice, a baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire, named Lucille, the camera switched to first person point-of-view.

Viewers were outraged by the cliffhanger but it was one of the best decisions the show could have made. Finding out which major character was killed, along with the reign of Negan and the Saviors, will put the crew in a hard place for Season 7.

It was one of the best episodes of “The Walking Dead,” leaving viewers on the edge of their seat from the very first minute. While a majority of the show was slow-paced, the writing itself was some of the best it has ever been.

The actors gave all of their emotion in the finale, with an exceptional performance by Andrew Lincoln, who plays Rick. But, the best performance was newcomer Jeffery Dean Morgan, who brought Negan to life.

The 10-minute monologue was given effortlessly by Morgan, and it gave a preview of what we will see in Season 7.

While word of the finale is still buzzing, fans will have to wait until October to find out which of their favorite characters will not be coming back.

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2. God’s Not Dead 2

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3. Hardcore Henry (R)

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4. Miracles From Heaven

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5. My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2

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6. The Boss (R)

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7. Zootopia

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Remembering Robinson, 69 years later

Jackie Robinson was the first African-American to play Major League Baseball in the United States. Robinson broke baseball’s color barrier April 15, 1947.

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“A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.”

Jack “Jackie” Robinson once spoke those words and surely not even he could imagine the impact he would make in Major League Baseball, the Civil Rights Movement and the proper treatment of African-Americans during a time when it was almost nonexistent.

Robinson was a stellar athlete at the University of California Los Angeles, where he became the first player in Bruins history to win four varsity letters. Robinson earned letters in track and field, baseball, football and basketball. Robinson’s worst sport at UCLA was baseball, where he hit .097 in his only season on the diamond. Robinson also stole home twice for UCLA, something that became a staple in his bigleague career.

After Robinson’s collegiate career, he withdrew from UCLA once he met his future wife, Rachel Isum. Robinson found a job as an assistant athletic director with the government’s National Youth Administration before the government took over operations. Robinson then went on to pursue a career with the semi-professional and racially integrated Honolulu Bears.

After one season with the Bears, Robinson began playing football

for the Los Angeles Bulldogs. After Robinson’s football career in California began, however, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, pushing the United States into World War II, and Robinson was drafted.

In the military, Robinson was a part of a segregated Army cavalry unit stationed in Fort Riley, Kansas. Robinson, along with other black soldiers, applied to be part of Officer Candidate School (OCS), but many black applicants were refused even though OCS was supposed to be integrated. Robinson had to wait months until he was finally accepted into the school.

When Robinson finished OCS, he became a second lieutenant and got engaged to Rachel Isum in January 1943.

Robinson then faced the first of his many challenges. While stationed in Texas awaiting the results of an ankle injury, the soldier driving the bus ordered Robinson to the back of the bus. Robinson refused to move to the back of the bus and when the bus reached its destination, military police officers took Robinson into custody. Robinson was eventually charged with numerous offences, including public drunkenness, even though he was not a drinker. An all-white jury eventually acquitted Robinson of all charges and he earned himself an honorable discharge from the military.

Robinson’s baseball career began

shortly after his discharge. Robinson tried out and started playing for the Kansas City Monarchs, a Negro League baseball team. Robinson excelled on the diamond, but was frustrated by the crazy traveling schedule of the team, which made it impossible for him to communicate with his wife Rachel, unless it was through letters. Robinson played 47 games as shortstop for the Monarchs, in which he hit .387 with five home runs and 13 stolen bases.

In 1946, Brooklyn Dodgers general manager Branch Rickey discovered Robinson. Rickey was looking for someone who could potentially help his struggling Dodgers team and Robinson was the man for the job. Robinson was given a tryout and was interviewed for a position with the team’s minor league club, the Montreal Royals.

Rickey received help from Pittsburgh Courier writer Wendell Smith, who had told Rickey that Robinson was the man for the job.

Rickey then had a famous conversation with Robinson in which he asked Robinson if he could handle the racial slurs, the hatred and everything that would come with him being the first African-American in the segregated league that was Major League Baseball.

At first, Robinson was angry. He asked Rickey if he wanted someone who was afraid to fight back and Rickey famously said that he was looking for someone who had

Jackie Robinson was drafted into the United States military in 1943, before he earned an honorable discharge in 1944. the guts to not fight back. Once Robinson agreed to face the racist remarks, the hatred and all of the hardships without a word of retaliation, Robinson officially started his professional playing career.

Robinson played one year in minor league baseball before joining the Brooklyn Dodgers. He began his playing career in 1946, when he played an exhibition game in Florida against the Major League Brooklyn Dodgers. Robinson was not allowed to stay at the team hotel in Florida due to Jim Crow laws, so he stayed at the house of an Afri-

can-American politician. Robinson became the first African-American player to officially play against a major league team in 1946.

On April 15, 1947, Robinson made his major-league debut. Despite going hitless in a game at Ebbets Field, Robinson walked and scored the winning run in a 5-3 Dodgers win in front of more than 26,000 people, including 14,000 African-American fans.

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Robinson and his son David, who was 11, interviewed during the March on Washington during the civil rights movement.

Jackie in a Dodgers uniform.

Robinson in a Kansas City Monarchs uniform. The MonRachel Robinson accepts the Congressional Gold Medal from President George W. Bush for Jackie Robinson after his death. archs were a Negro League professional baseball team.

Jackie Robinson broke baseball’s color barrier April 15, 1947 when he made his major-league debut with the Dodgers.

Robinson, No. 30, prepares to take an at-bat as a member of the Montreal Royals. The Montreal Royals were the minor league affiliate of the Brooklyn Dodgers, back in 1946.

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Women’s tennis drops set of PSAC matches Bob Murray

Asst. Sports Editor April 6 West Chester-9 SU-0 The Shippensburg University women’s tennis team traveled to West Chester to take on PSAC adversary West Chester University on Wednesday, April 6.

The Raiders were unable to achieve victory on the South Campus Courts, but they did win close games throughout the process.

Two Raiders, senior Emily Cox and freshman Gabbie Binder, both won two games each at No. 2 doubles. Senior Brittnee Buckley and junior Emilie Luttman also each won one game in the No. 1 doubles.

Freshmen Bryanna Beamer and Kaylin Gallagher were also both able to win two games at No. 3 doubles.

In singles action, the sole winner was freshman McKensi Washabaugh, who won one game in each set throughout the No. 3 singles duration.

After the contest at West Chester, the Raiders dropped to 3-8, 1-3 PSAC East, while West Chester jumps to 11-5, 4-0 PSAC East.

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FROM ‘ROBINSON’ ON E2 Robinson faced extreme hate throughout the year, with other major league teams threatening to sit out if Robinson played. The St. Louis Cardinals threatened to strike and many of Robinson’s teammates were opposed to his presence in Major League Baseball. Robinson was purposely hit by pitches and faced hatred everywhere he went. Pitches were often thrown at Robinson’s head.

The Dodgers players’ hatred of Robinson playing among them ended when the Dodgers took a stand to back Robinson. Dodgers manager Leo Durocher gathered his players together and famously said: “I do not care if the guy is yellow or black, or if he has stripes like a [expletive deleted] zebra. I’m the manager of this team, and I say he

pensburg looks to pick up its second PSAC victory of the season.

April 8 East Stroudsburg-6 SU-3 The Red Raiders tennis team met with East Stroudsburg University on Friday, April 8, at Shippensburg University’s Robb Sports Complex.

Shippensburg failed to win in a close match as the Raiders fell to PSAC Eastern Division foe East Stroudsburg, 6-3.

The Raiders, now 3-9, 1-4 PSAC East, lost in No. 1 (8-3) and No. 2 (8-4) doubles, but freshmen Bryanna Beamer and Kaylin Gallagher picked up a victory at No. 3 doubles, 8-3.

Singles participants freshman Vanessa Ruffo (6-2, 6-2) and junior Emilie Luttman (6-4, 7-5) were both able to pick up close victories for a straight win on the set.

The loss for the Raiders marks a tough and competitive PSAC conference. The team’s season has hit an early patch of turbulence.

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plays. What’s more, I say he can make us rich. And if any of you cannot use the money, I will see that you all are traded.”

Robinson did receive some encouragement from other players, including teammate Harold “Pee Wee” Reese. Reese famously put his arm around Robinson when he was facing racial slurs before a game in Cincinnati. Reese once said, “You can hate a man for many reasons.

The color of his skin is not one of them.”

At the time, the manager of the Philadelphia Phillies, Ben Chapman, yelled racial slurs at Robinson throughout games and Rickey credits Chapman with helping the team support Robinson. Rickey said that Chapman did more than anybody to unite the Dodgers. Rickey said, “When he poured out that string of unconscionable abuse, he solidified and united 30 men.”

Seniors, from left to right: Vanessa Ruffo, Brittnee Buckley and Emily Cox.

In Robinson’s rookie year, he hit .297, had an on-base percentage of .383 and a .427 slugging percentage. Robinson tallied 175 hits, scored 125 runs, hit 12 home runs, 31 doubles and five triples while driving in 48 runs on the year.

Robinson also led the league with 28 stolen bases that season. Robinson went on to win the first ever Rookie of the Year Award in 1947.

Robinson went on to have a 10year career in the majors, where he hit .331 for his career and famously stole home 19 times. Robinson played in six World Series and helped the Dodgers win the World Series in 1955. Robinson played in six all-star games and was named to the All-Century team after his death. Robinson is a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Robinson died in 1972 at the age of 53, after complications of heart disease and diabetes that left him

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Senior Emily Cox returns a volley against East Stroudsburg University. The Raiders dropped the match by a score of 6-3. The Raiders are now 3-9 on the season,1-4 in the PSAC conference.

nearly blind by the time of his death.

Robinson left behind an incredible legacy after he died, not only in baseball, but also in life. Robinson pushed for other teams to bring in African-American players and by the end of his career every team had at least one African-American player on its roster. Robinson also opened the door for Martin Luther King Jr. King once said that Robinson paved the way for everything that he was able to accomplish.

Robinson marched on Washington as a face of the Civil Rights Movement and he pushed for change in America without violence.

Robinson’s jersey No. 42 was eventually retired league-wide by Major League Baseball in 1997.

Mariano Rivera was the last player in history to wear the No. 42. This is the first and only time that one of the four main professional sports

leagues retired a number leaguewide. In 2005, Rachel Robinson accepted the Congressional Gold Medal from president George W. Bush on behalf of Jackie Robinson.

Pee Wee Reese once famously said, “Maybe tomorrow we will all wear 42. That way they won’t tell us apart.”

Today, on April 15 of each year, Major League Baseball remembers Jackie Robinson by having his number 42 worn by every player on the field. April 15 celebrates the day of Robinson’s major league debut and the great legacy he left behind.

Robinson not only changed baseball, he also changed many lives, giving African-Americans a voice in a time they did not have one.

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The Shippensburg University men’s roller hockey team put together a great season in 2016, finishing in third place in its league. The team is a club sport.

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The Shippensburg University men’s roller hockey club team put together a spectacular season in 2015-2016. The Raiders compete in Division IV of the National Collegiate Roller Hockey Association (NCRHA).

The team, led by coach John Farabaugh, compiled an overall record of 12-7-1, including a regular season record of 7-4-1. That record was good enough to earn the team a playoff spot. The Raiders played four games in the postseason, going 2-2.

The Raiders started strong in the postseason, with a 10-0 thrashing of Rochester Institute of Technology before falling to Yeshiva University 8-1. The Raiders rebounded with an 8-5 victory over Niagara University before Millersville University de-

feated the Raiders 3-2 and ended their season. The Raiders finished third out of the six teams who made the playoffs, earning them a thirdplace finish in the division out of nine teams.

“It was a pretty good season, we made the playoffs and just fell a little bit short in the semifinals against Millersville,” senior forward Andrew Corchado said.

“Overall it was a pretty good year for a year we expected to be a rebuilding year, but we performed well and played well.”

“For me, the best games are the physical and up-tempo rivalry games,” SU goalie Tyler Cover said.

“Teams like Yeshiva and Millersville were my favorite to play this year. I am an aggressive goalie that loves to play with a bit of a physical edge and I play my best when mad.

“Those teams always found a way to try getting under my skin and it brought the best out of me. There is nothing better to make save after

save on a player and constantly reminding him as the game goes on,” Cover said.

The Raiders played extremely well this season and Andrew Corchado led the way for the team, scoring 52 points, which led the NCRHA Division IV. Corchado scored 29 goals and racked up 23 assists.

“It was a good year. I can’t take all the credit; my teammates played really well and I just happened to perform very well,” Corchado said.

Bobby Neely was also extremely impressive for the Raiders, scoring 46 points, which was good for fourth-overall in Division IV. Neely scored 33 goals, which put him just behind Andrew Pursifull of the University of California Davis for the league lead. SU’s Bryan Lowe rounded out the scorers within the Top 10 of Division IV, finishing ninth with 33 points scored, including 17 goals.

The Raiders got a strong season

out of Cover, as well. The senior goaltender picked up a career-high seven wins in goal for the Raiders.

Cover made 251 saves on 317 attempts, registering a spectacular .792 save percentage last season.

“Some of the big things we focus on are effort and making good choices. If you’re not willing to leave it all out there and give everything you got every game, then stay on the bench. We strive to push it and never give up from puck drop until the sound of the buzzer,” Cover said.

“Also, making good choices is a major thing we focus on. That means not take stupid penalties and making smart passes and plays. Roller hockey is a waiting game and if we make one mistake, the other team is going to jump on it.”

Cover, a senior, also reflected on some of his favorite moments from playing roller hockey.

“Road trips are by far the best

part of the season. Just getting in a car with 2-3 of your buddies all geared up, driving upwards of five hours is better than any vacation,” Cover said.

“I consider myself one of the clowns on the team and I’m always poking fun at the guys, so the car rides I am in involve us just ripping on each other or listening to comedy stations and occasionally T-swift or Justin Bieber stations on Pandora, no shame. The whole weekend is just a giant getaway with lots of laughs, hockey and coming closer together as a team,” Cover said.

The roller hockey team plays its home matches at the Susquehanna Sports Center in Lemoyne, Pennsylvania. The team is currently looking for players who would be interested in competing next year as a member of the team.

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Dave Osanitsch earns PSAC coach of the year award WILLIAM WHISLER Sports Editor

When you look at the Shippensburg University men’s track-andfield team, you see a team that has completely dominated the competition for the last few years.

What is the key to its success?

Look no further than the head of the program, head coach Dave Osanitsch.

On April 7, Osanitsch was recognized as the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Indoor Track-and-Field Coach of the Year in a vote conducted by his peers.

“It was an exciting honor. It should really be called the ‘coaching staff award,” Osanitsch said.

“It is really a reflection of the great coaching staff and the work that they did indoors. We’ve had a really good run going on indoors, and it was nice to be honored by my peers.”

This is not the first time that Osanitsch has been recognized for his strong coaching abilities. In fact, it became the eighth time that he has won the award in his coaching career. Osanitsch has put in 11 sea-

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PSAC Coach of the Year Dave Osanitsch has won the award eight times in his coaching career at Shippensburg University. sons of work at SU and has received the award in all but three of his seasons at SU. “Like I said, it’s been very humbling and it’s a really good reflection of my coaching staff. We’ve been together a very long time and it’s really shown in the results. If you have a good solid coaching staff that works well together, you can really put together success and start a dynasty,” Osanitsch said.

Osanitsch’s team won the PSAC Indoor Championship for the sixth year in a row on Feb. 28.

The team blew away the competition, scoring 212 points, which was 1.5 points away from tying the conference record held by the 2012 Raiders.

SU obliterated the competition this year, topping second-place Slippery Rock University by 116.5 points. SU had multiple place-winners in 13-of-15 events.

“We have been getting some really fantastic student athletes who are committed; winning breeds winning. When you start getting a reputation for being a program

with success, it is easier to attract high-level student athletes,” Osanitsch said.

Along with the team’s success at the PSAC Championships, SU also had 33 All-Region selections — giving it the most All-Region selections in all of Division II. “It was a great honor to have the most All-Region selections in the entire nation. I was also really proud of our team to be the highest regional ranked team, as well —which means, if we had gone and done a dual-meet with any other team in the nation, we would have been successful.” Osanitsch said. “It just goes to show how well-rounded of a team we had, and we scored in each event at the PSAC Championships so I am hoping to duplicate that success outdoors.”

Along with Osanitsch winning Coach of the Year, Kieran Sutton and Grant Smith earned PSAC Men’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Year, and PSAC Men’s Indoor Field Athlete of the Year, respectively.

“It was great to see those guys get some recognition. They both had incredible indoor seasons and both of them capped it off with All-American status. It was great to see

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them get some recognition, as well,” Osanitsch said.

The team had four All-Americans — three first-team, and one second-team. This is just the second time in school history that SU claimed three All-American selections in just one season.

Osanitsch, with his six-straight titles, is well on his way to building a dynasty at SU. The team is one of the very best in Division II and things are only looking up under the direction of Osanitsch.

SU softball hosts ‘Strike Out Cancer’ annual game CAT AMORIELLO

Asst. Sports Editor The Shippensburg University softball team battled against West Chester University and Kutztown University at its home-opening weekend tournament.

The Lady Raiders faced off against the West Chester Rams on Friday, April 8 for a doubleheader on Robb Field. Game 1 against West Chester resulted in a 15-5 loss for SU. Senior Taylor Pattillo managed to score in the third inning, while freshman Courtney Cochran and sophomores Anna Warfield, Tara Bicko and Macy Luck each scored in the fourth inning.

In Game 2 against West Chester, SU fell to the Rams 19-0.

The Lady Raiders resumed play on Sunday, April 10, with a double-

header against Kutztown University.

SU put up a valiant fight, but ultimately fell to Kutztown 5-0. The day also marked the team’s annual “Strike Out Cancer” event.

In Game 2, the Raiders fell once again to the Huskies, 6-1.

Sophomore Chloe Collins scored SU’s only run with a homer to center field in the second inning.

SU will play next on April 13 for a non-conference doubleheader against Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

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Pattillo steps in for an at bat against Kutztown. Nicole Smith throws a pitch for the Raiders.

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Lacrosse finishes weekend empty-handed Joey Ketchem

Asst. Multimedia Editor The Shippensburg University women’s lacrosse team lost this Saturday in a road match against Seton Hill University.

In the end, Seton Hill walked away victorious 15-8. The snowy and frigid conditions of Saturday’s match made it difficult for both teams to compete.

The SU Raiders (3-9, 0-8 PSAC) held its own until it fell behind by two goals before the half, 5-3. SU then went on to make four of its last goals in the final 10 minutes of the game. However, the effort was not enough, as the win, and 10 more goals slipped away.

Sophomore offensive attack play-

er Allison Fugate put the Raiders on the scoreboard with a goal nine minutes into the game. Four minutes later, Amanda Frank scored with an assist from freshman Maggie Lawshe with 1:56 remaining before halftime.

Junior Annemarie Cericola collected six ground balls and showed the aggression of the Raiders, assisting with three turnovers. She is fifth in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference with 19 caused turnovers (1.58 per-game average).

Freshman Valerie Hertz contributed with four groundballs, caused two turnovers and two draw controls.

Senior Ally Frymoyer made five Photo by Amanda Mehall saves for the Raiders in the loss.

SU will travel to No. 7 West SU lacrosse has had a tough season and is winless thus far in the PSAC for the 2016 year.

Chester University on Tuesday.

Flyers clinch Eastern Conference wild card playoff spot Nate Powles Staff Writer

It took 81 games, but the Philadelphia Flyers have clinched a wild card spot in the 2016 NHL Stanley Cup playoffs.

The Flyers defeated their crossstate rivals, the Pittsburgh Penguins, on Saturday night by a score of 3-1 to clinch their second playoff spot in the past four seasons.

The Flyers were truly underdogs heading into the season. In comparison to Jakub Voracek and Claude Giroux, the true superstars on the team, many of the other players were seen as underachievers.

The team had also just signed a new head coach, Dave Hakstol, and a new general manager Ron Hextall, so many people believed that this season would be spent acclimating to an entirely new structure.

Instead, the team played its heart out and made it to the playoffs.

The success of Philadelphia can be placed on a few factors, but one of the most important was the call-up of rookie defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere from the minors.

Gostisbehere has 16 goals and 28 assists in only 62 games this season.

Those are fantastic numbers for a defenseman, especially for a rookie.

He did not play the whole season, but was brought up from the minors after the Flyers traded defenseman Luke Schenn to the LA Kings. “The Ghost,” as Flyers fans have called Gostisbehere, is a leading candidate for the Calder Trophy, which is the award given to the rookie of the year.

He even broke the record for most consecutive games with a goal by a rookie defenseman with 15 straight games.

Players like Gostisbehere and Wayne Simmonds, who scored two goals in the game against the Penguins, made it possible for the Flyers to prove the skeptics wrong and reach the playoffs after missing out last season.

It was not just up to the Flyers as to whether or not they made it to the playoffs on Saturday.

It was a close race between the Detroit Red Wings, the Boston Bruins and the Flyers all the way up until Saturday.

Detroit and Boston were sitting at 93 points with one game to go each and the Flyers had 92 points with two games to play. Philadelphia needed at least one of the two teams to lose their last game or else they would need to win their final two games in order to grab the last wild card spot.

On Saturday, both the Bruins and the Red Wings lost their games, which meant that all the Flyers needed to do was win either their game against the Penguins on Saturday or their final game of the season against the Islanders on Sunday.

The game meant nothing to the Penguins, since they had already clinched the second seed in the Metropolitan division.

Pittsburgh rested two of its star players for the game in Sidney Crosby and Kris Letang. The Flyers’ win meant that Detroit grabbed the third and final seed in the Atlantic division and that Boston would sit out the playoffs for the second season in a row.

Detroit also reached a significant landmark in making the playoffs. It is the 25th year in a row that the Red Wings have made the playoffs.

It is the longest active streak in all-American professional sports.

The Flyers will face the Presidents’ Trophy-winning (given to the team with the best regular season record) Washington Capitals in the first round of the playoffs.

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The Flyers will face off against the Washington Captials in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs. Washington finished 2016 as the best team in the National Hockey League.

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SU baseball takes on East Stroudsburg and Shepherd Jamison Barker

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The Shippensburg University baseball team snuck away with one win in five matchups versus Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference competition this past week.

The team beat East Stroudsburg University once, 9-6, but dropped the remaining three games of the four-game series 6-2, 11-8 and 3-1.

SU also lost a home game to Shepherd University on Tuesday, 6-4.

The Raiders opened up last week’s play on April 5 in a road game against Shepherd University.

The team rallied late, but could not overcome a six-run deficit, losing 6-4.

Through six innings, it had appeared that Shepherd had the game well in hand, but Shippensburg’s bats came alive in the top of the seventh inning. Headed into the final frame, the team had brought itself to within three.

Shippensburg came to bat in the ninth with the score 6-3. Its first two batters, Jack Goertzen and Cash Gladfelter, both reached base, but the ensuing two batters creat-

ed outs. With one out left to spare, Dalton Hoiles came to bat and ripped a single to score Gladfelter from second. Now, down just two runs, the Raiders hopes were left on Nick Spangler. Spangler worked the count, but ultimately struck out looking.

The Raiders then returned home and turned their attention to Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) East opponent, East Stroudsburg.

In its first double header, Shippensburg split with the Warriors — winning one and dropping one.

East Stroudsburg took Game 1, but Shippensburg rebounded to take Game 2.

The Raiders were on the wrong side of a pitching gem from East Stroudsburg’s Matt Festa in Game 1. Festa threw a 124-pitch complete game to limit SU to just five hits and two runs. He is now 8-0 on the year with the 6-2 win.

Both of Shippensburg’s runs came on bases-loaded walks. Scoring for the Raiders were freshman Gladfelter and senior Austin Allison.

In Game 2 of the doubleheader, the story was much different for the Raider’s offense. The team put together eight runs versus the

Warrior’s starter, Tyler Eckman, to win 9-6. Eckman entered Friday’s matchup with a 1.47 ERA. A good portion of the Raider’s nine runs came by way of a two-out rally in the fourth inning.

With runners on the corners, it was Grant Hoover’s single that started the scoring. Following his at bat, Allison doubled to center to score senior Mike Marcinko.

Sophomore Spangler capped off the inning for SU with an RBI double that scored Allison. Spangler finished 5-for-7 in the two games.

Shippensburg then headed back to East Stroudsburg on Saturday for the final two games of the weekend series. The Raiders came back empty-handed from this trip, as the team lost both games.

Shippensburg lost a high-scoring affair in the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader, 11-8. The Raiders led 4-1 headed into the bottom of the fourth, but by the end of the frame it was trailing 8-4. East Stroudsburg’s Robbie Bennie led the way to the seven-run inning with his grand slam.

Shippensburg still had life, though, after Gladfelter and Marcinko batted in a combined three runs in the sixth inning. The rally

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Jake Kennedy steps up to bat for SU in the hopes of scoring. was ended abruptly, as SU grounded into a double play with the bases loaded.

The final game of the series came Saturday. It was a pitcher’s duel, but it was East Stroudsburg that came away with the victory, 3-1.

Shippensburg’s Kyle McClintock put in a complete-game effort, allowing only five hits and three runs in seven innings, but the two RBIs he gave up in the bottom of the fourth were the difference.

Shippensburg trailed the Warriors 7-6 in hits in Saturday’s game.

The Raiders are back at it this week on Tuesday when they host the Wilmington University Wild Cats at 3 p.m.

The team will also have a fourgame series with Kutztown University this Friday and Saturday in home-and-home doubleheaders with the Golden Bears.

This week’s MLB top fantasy draft picks Nolan McGraw Staff Writer

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Hellickson pitched 11.2 innings, striking out 11 and giving up just two runs.

Rickard played the first game of Brock Holt - Util his career on opening day and proceeded to have an amazing week.

As a bench player for most of his Going 8-for-18 at the plate, with career, Holt is now getting his shot three RBIs, is more than enough to as a starter in Boston. In this past solidify his place as the starting left week, Holt went 7/17 with eight fielder for an Orioles team with litRBI’s and two HR’s. In addition to tle outfield depth. his numbers, Holt is listed as a true Jeremy Hellickson - SP utility player, being eligible for all

As the first week of the Major League Baseball season came to a close, it became time to start thinking about making some early adjustments to your roster. Perhaps your draft did not go quite as planned or you are just looking to infield positions as well as the outadd the hottest players to your linefield. up. Here are five players that were There was not much confidence Jean Segura - 2B, SS successful this past week who could for the Phillies rotation going into make a difference for you.

2016, but Hellickson showed some As a late rounder in most drafts, of the promise he had a few years Segura may have slipped into free ago. In his two starts this week, agency in your league. If he is avail-

able, it would be wise to grab him.

Going 11/26 at the plate, with three HR’s and five RBI’s, makes him a solid pickup if you have a hole in your middle infield.

Mat Latos - SP He was not flashy in his first start of 2016, but Latos quietly put together one of the best performances of the week. In six innings pitched, he gave up just one hit and no runs in a more-than-serviceable performance. If your rotation looks a little shaky right now, consider Latos because he is getting close to no attention for this outing.

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