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Brush fire destroys Hate crime symposium brings vacant mobile homes new perspectives to students Sydney Dore

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The structures are encircled in a grove of trees not far off of Route 696. The site is located among a number of local farms between Shippensburg and Newburg, Pennsylvania.

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Ship Life Editor A brush fire that broke out in a local scrap yard ravaged 10 to 12 abandoned mobile homes on the afternoon of April 18.

Firefighters were quick to arrive at 22 Deadend Lane to combat the fire that rapidly spread to the outskirts of two surrounding farms.

Several fire companies worked to combat the flames, including Vigilant Hose, Cumberland Valley Hose and West End Fire and Rescue. companies from Walnut Bottom, Mount Holly Springs and other districts were also there to assist.

Nobody was hurt by the fire, but three Shippensburg area EMS personnel were still on site in case of emergency.

Fire police have yet to determine the source of the fire.

Saturday was classified as a “red flag burn day,” said Susan Wenger, a volunteer from Upper Frankford Fire Co. On days with low humidity, fire outbreaks are very likely, and fire police advise against burning anything outdoors, Wenger said.

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with water to isolate the area of impact. “Containment is key,” said assistant fire chief Randy Pryor, of Newburg-Hopewell Volunteer Fire Co. Once the blaze was contained, firefighters poured water on the flames to fight it, spraying down the trees and what remained of the mobile homes.

“We were just astounded because we could see the smoking building on our way out [of the station],” said Keith Russell of Vigilant Hose Fire Co. Russell is a student at Shippensburg University, as well as a volunteer firefighter.

At 4 p.m., the fire police called in a wheel loader to push all of the smoldering debris into one location before snuffing out the dying fire.

Raymond Johnson owns the scrap yard that caught fire. He was sitting in his workshop with his niece and a relative, David Varner, when Varner saw black smoke coming from the mobile homes. Varner called the police to alert them of the fire.

The mobile homes were vacant, except for antiques Johnson had collected throughout his life.

“An act of violence against one is an act of violence against many,” professor Jayleen Galarza said, setting a tone for the ninth annual Criminal Justice Symposium.

Previous years have focused on topics such as rap music and racial profiling, but this year Stephanie Jirard, the event’s moderator, was motivated by a story she heard about a Nevada rancher’s retaliation against the government.

In March 2014, the government seized Cliven Bundy’s livestock for grazing on government land, which caused armed protestors to face off with authorities. The story inspired Jirard to want to understand hate, and she hoped her students would feel the same.

Jirard, an associate professor of criminal justice, hosts the annual hour-long discussion, which was in the Old Main Chapel on April 16, for her students to discuss topics that are relevant to issues they face today.

The four professors on the panel were Matthew Fetzer of the criminal justice department; Galarza from the social work department; Steven Haase of the psychology department and Alison Dagnes of the political science department. All offered their expertise on the topic.

“It’s not a debate,” Jirard said,

who wants each of the professors to offer their perspective on the topic.

She hopes this will help students learn something new.

For the criminal justice perspective, Fetzer explained how law enforcement handles and classifies hate crimes. Hate crime is considered a criminal offense against a person or property that is motivated by bias, according to Fetzer.

It is hard to determine if a crime is a hate crime because the offenders are not often caught, and police have to determine the motive.

The social work perspective focused on the idea of “othering” groups of people. Galarza focused on the experiences of people in the LGBT community.

Since January 2015, between six and 10 transgender women of color have died, but it was not considered a hate crime, according to Galarza.

The violent crimes toward people of multiple target groups have not been classified as hate crimes, but Galarza explains this only makes stopping these acts more difficult.

Haase offered a perspective on motives behind these crimes. The biggest perpetrators of them, according to Haase, are young males who are motivated by thrill, retaliation and defensiveness. These crimes are spurred by those who strive for social dominance, and a violent interpretation of emotion.

“One [solution] is don’t hate,”

Haase said, on the possible solutions to end the crimes. He explained the idea of cognitive reappraisal, a way of assessing situations from a more neutral positive mindset.

Dagnes discussed how hate groups become active in the U.S. She cited the downward turn of the economy, increase of liberalism in the U.S. and diversity as reasons for the upturn in hate groups. One of the largest threats to the U.S. is the rise in anti-government patriot groups. According to Dagnes, these groups commit an act of domestic terror every 34 days. The government crackdown on these groups has slowed their growth.

Photos by Blake Cooper Follow us on twitter @ShipUSlate (Above) The members of the panel each bring a different specialization to the table in order

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Connecting the dots: Disability and prison Laura Binczak Guest Writer

As the sun was beaming through the stained glass windows of Old Main Chapel at Shippensburg University, a group of passionate professors gathered to discuss their new book, which is about imprisonment and disabilities in the U.S. and Canada.

The event, which took place on April 13, featured the work of three professors; Allison Carey, Chris Chapman and Liat Ben-Moshe, who collectively wrote “Disability Incarcerated.” They also gave a lecture that investigated specific issues of imprisoning people with disabilities.

Ben-Moshe, assistant professor of disability studies at the University of Toledo, began the event with a simple question to the audience, “How many of you are fans of ‘Orange is the New Black’?”

“We have learned a lesson about mental health from that series, but the topic is much more serious than that,” Ben-Moshe said as students began raising their hands one by one. “Tonight, we will have the chance to learn not only about people who are in prison and have a disability, but also about the institutions.”

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Chris Chapman discusses similarities of hospitals and prisons, prior to the 19th century. tals and prisons were very similar during the time but also vastly different.

“During the early 1800s there was not one place in the world that used imprisonment as the response to almost every crime that we tend to take for granted today,” said Chapman, an assistant professor at the School of Social Work at York University in Toronto.

Chapman said many poor people were placed into these institutions because they did not have a choice.

People who had wealth or status were not put into these institutions, because they believed they did not belong there and had the ability to

make that decision.

Over time, many people who were poor or lived with a disability often suffered severe abuse after being placed in the institutions. The custodial staff of these hospitals and prisons found it easy to manipulate and take advantage of the patients.

The institutional staff were always under constant scrutiny if something was not going as planned.

It was their job to make sure people were being obedient and following the rules that were put in place.

It was not until the mid to late 1800s when prisoners were given daily tasks and strict rules to follow on a day-to-day basis.

“Prisoners were living by a clock.

People thought this might help them become better people or maybe help them commit less crimes,” Chapman said.

Chapman ended his speech with a compelling question to the audience, regarding prisons and the patients who suffered within these institutions, “How can we be accountable for people who are born to live in these terrible places?”

Carey, who is an assistant professor of sociology and director of the disabilities studies interdisciplinary minor at SU, continued the talk with more information regarding these institutions and how all the

situations intertwine over time.

“In the early 20th century we see a rise in these medical institutions for people with disabilities,” Carey said. “These were vast, expensive and largely ineffective systems.

These systems focused not on treatment but on control, and served as a parallel system to the prison system itself.”

The success of deinstitutionalization has been limited over time. Society now relies heavily on the prison system for incarcerating people with disabilities.

Many psychiatric institutions are becoming more and more like prisons. They are not getting better — they are only getting worse as time goes on, according to Carey.

“What people with intellectual disabilities need today are more educational opportunities, they need to be in the community, they need access to their families and they need life experiences,” Carey said, before Ben-Moshe followed on the topic.

“The U.S. is only 5 percent of the world’s population, but it houses 25 percent of the world’s prison population,” Ben-Moshe said, “Prisoners are not randomly selected — they do not represent all statuses of society.”

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Social work students rally in the state capitol Troy Okum

Asst. News Editor Numbering in the hundreds, members and supporters of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) rallied in the rotunda of the state capitol building on April 14, to advocate for new laws to license and protect social workers.

More than 60 Shippensburg University students and professors from the social work department attended the event. They joined students from other schools, including Clarion and Kutztown universities, in order to exercise their First Amendment rights.

“The goal of the rally was generally to demonstrate the power and influence of the social work presence in Pennsylvania,” said Michael Lyman, an SU professor of the social work and gerontology department.

State legislators heard their voices loud and clear throughout the day. They met with students, faculty and members of the NASW to discuss plans to introduce bills into this year’s legislative session to help social workers.

“Some students were also able to attend various committee meetings, press conferences and rallies that were being held during the day,” Lyman said, adding that he hopes students realize they, as social workers and individuals, have the ability to influence state policy.

“We need to have that legislation,” state Sen. John Blake said, referring to bills that would provide practice protection for social workers. “I can’t go home if we don’t get that done.”

Last October, Pennsylvania passed Act 179, an amendment to a 1987 law about licensing social

workers. The amendment changes the language of the original law to clarify and update the definition of “provisional licensed social worker.”

The law now includes the term, “licensed bachelor social worker,” which describes “a social worker who holds a current bachelor’s level license under this act.”

The Pennsylvania chapter of NASW argues clinical social work professionals should be able to receive practice protection through licenses. It believes workers will be held accountable for their actions while on the job and provide a better service to their clients.

One of the goals is to get licensed clinical social workers the ability to diagnose clients, similar to psychiatrics.

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tiated multiple executive actions throughout his two terms in order to combat the discrimination. One of them, a 2013 National Equal Pay Task Force, reported the wage gap to be at 77 percent in 2011, up from 59 percent in 1963. Though progress has been made, nearly half a century is a long time to hardly be halfway done with fixing the problem.

The wage gap is in some ways a controversial topic in that not everyone concurs blatant statistics can be used to analyze such a complex issue.

Factors such as the general education, experience and occupation of women are said to not be properly taken into account when putting the wage gap figures into context.

“It doesn’t give us a very accurate view of what’s happening in the work place,” said Sabrina Schaeffer, director of the Independent Women’s Forum, according to U.S. News. Schaeffer dispelled the wage gap, referring to such statistics as “a myth.”

The issue with the statistics is derived not from comparing the education levels and job position of women to men. A person’s academic achievement and occupational level are common standards to determine how much to pay someone.

If critics of the wage gap are correct in saying the statistics are inaccurate, then the problem of sexism in the workplace may stem from institutional sexism in American society.

The Center for American Progress (CAP) claims part of the reason the gap in pay exists is because women choose “traditionally female-dominated industries,” which have jobs

that typically pay less.

The question is, if women have the same opportunity to get higher paying jobs, why do they not have them?

“There are several factors that lead women to traditionally female-dominated roles, including gendered socialization that trains girls from childhood to embody the sorts of traits that translate well into traditionally feminine jobs centered on nurturing, service and supporting other people in their jobs,” CAP states on its website.

Socialization from birth affects both men and women, and it can be a root cause in understanding why the average earnings of men and women are different.

A more obvious factor is the socalled “glass ceiling,” which is a term used to describe an invisible barrier that prevents women and minorities from obtaining high paying executive positions in the work force.

Whatever the cause of financial inequality for men and women is, it does exist — the question is, why and how did it start and persist?

“There are multiple ways to measure the pay gap — but under all of them, and with or without considering occupation, female and minority workers earn significantly less than white male workers,” the White House’s equal pay task force report states.

Inequality in the workplace is a global issue that is largely the result of culture and tradition. Over the past several generations in the U.S., the call to change those traditions has been made clear by both men and women through free speech and political action.

America is the land of equal opportunity — it gives an equal opportunity for anything, good or bad, to happen. But it does not give every citizen the fair chance to succeed, no matter how hard one works, or how hard one believes in the American dream.

Discrimination, in regard to race and ethnicity, is imbrued into the fabric of the U.S. like a blood stain in a white T-shirt. But what is often forgotten is the modern day discrimination against female workers.

Shippensburg University students of the women’s and gender studies department did not forget this last week on Equal Pay Day, when they asked everyone to wear red to bring awareness to the issue — an issue with astounding statistics.

Four hundred and five minus 365 is 40 — the approximate number of extra days a woman would have to work to earn the same amount of money a man would make in a year, according to a recently published Pew Research Center report. That means women earn 84 percent, or 84 cents to the dollar, compared to what men make.

The striking inequality was supposedly outlawed under former President John F. Kennedy’s administration with the Equal Pay Act of 1963, but the problem still remains to this day.

The issue does not just affect women, but it has a direct impact on their families, too.

“When women are not paid fairly, not only do they suffer, but so Photo by Troy Okum do their families,” the White House President Barack Obama signed an executive order in April website states.

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Fast facts Factors of the wage gap

• Getting a college-level education does not entirely eliminate the wage gap for females.

• Occupation type accounts for roughly 25 percent of the inequality found in the difference of pay.

• Ten percent is accounted for by women being more likely to leave the work place to take care of their family.

• Forty-one percent is unexplainable and cannot be assigned to a direct cause.

According to the Center for American Progress.

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From 1979 to 2005, the wage gap between men and women has slowly been closing, but remains prevelant. Younger women tend to experience a smaller gap than older women do.

Wage gap differs for minorities (2010) • 89.8 % ­­— The wage gap is significantly smaller when comparing African-American women to African-American men.

• 91.3 % — For Hispanic women to Hispanic men, the gap is the smallest.

• 79.7 % — The ratio for Asian women to Asian men is the most similar to that of Caucasian women and men.

• The wage gap affects not only females, but exists for both genders across racial and ethnic lines.

• 58.7 % — African-American workers earn significantly less than Caucasion workers do.

• 69.1 % — Hispanic workers typically earn more than African-American, but still less than Caucasion workers.

According to the Center for American Progress.

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Student uncovers truth about Fair Trade coffee Analiz Suarez Staff Writer

An undergraduate student presented a lecture about the little known facts of the Fair Trade coffee movement on April 15, in the Dauphin Humanities Center at Shippensburg University.

Julia Saintz, who is double majoring in geo-environmental studies and history at SU, received the Rich-Peirce Grant to conduct her honors capstone project, which she presented on for the coffee lecture.

Saintz visited Colombia and learned first-hand about fair trade coffee bean farms. She saw about 11 to 15 farms in South America

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and learned a lot of information about how fair trade is not entirely as fair as many Americans think.

There were several professors and approximately three-dozen students in attendance to listen to what she had learned in Colombia.

In the steep high lands of Colombia, coffee beans grow at an astounding 3,000-6,000 feet in elevation.

Small families often work the fair trade coffee bean farms, and there are also occasional workers who are paid per kilogram of coffee beans they produce, Saintz said.

A problem for coffee bean farmers is that they lose a percentage of their profit, because some of their coffee beans are unripe and cannot be used.

The members of the coffee bean “cooperatives” personally own about five hectares of coffee bean farms, which is equivalent to two-and-a half football fields.

The cooperatives are the regulators of the “Fair Trade Certification.” They buy the coffee directly from the small coffee bean farmers.

Coffee farmers must give the cooperatives 1 percent of their coffee beans.

There are many problems con-

cerning Fair Trade that are advertised worldwide. For example, the certifications made by the cooperatives are biased, irregular and over simplified, Saintz said.

Other unfair qualities are that the workers are not protected, there are no higher wages and there are no social benefits. Saintz personally asked a large farm owner about how she used her sobrepeso, which is the

profit made by the cooperatives.

The owner explained that she put the money she got “into the land” to maintain her coffee bean farm.

Meanwhile, she was wearing gold necklaces and many gold rings.

Saintz’s advice to the community is to “know your company,” and ask, “Do they have a relationship with the cooperatives?”

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Owner of Mosaic Coffee Co., Matthew Ramsey (seated left), brought in coffee for attendees to have after the event. The company offers Rainforest Alliance Certified coffee.

Tornado warning issued ‘Anti-gay’ activities in for Shippensburg area Pennsylvania school

Investigation into the death of Freddie Gray

Boat capsizes in Mediterranean Sea

The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning Monday night via text message for the Shippensburg University area.

It advised everyone to take shelter and check local media for updates, as storm clouds and sounds of thunder rumbled across the Cumberland Valley at about 7 p.m. Monday.

According to the Weather Channel, there was a tornado warning until 8 p.m. and a tornado watch until 10 p.m.

Many SU students looked out the windows from their residence halls as the storm worsened, and some people stood outside to watch and take photos.

Baltimore, Maryland — The Baltimore Police Department is investigating the death of Freddie Gray before it is turned over to the state, according to CNN. Freddie Gray, 25, was arrested on a weapons charge and according to police, gave up without force. However, the six officers involved in the arrest have been suspended.

Gray was hospitalized for more than a week after his arrest and died on Sunday. According to the autopsy, Gray died from severe injuries to his spinal cord.

The investigation is still occurring because the department is unsure what happened to Gray. The department asked that people remain calm while the investigation proceeds, but many people are angered by the event.

According to his lawyer, Gray was in good health before he was arrested by the police. In a video that bystanders recorded, police are seen chasing and tackling Gray.

Europe — A migrant boat sailing from Libya to Europe capsized on Saturday, and there may be three more migrant boats in distress in international waters, according to CNN. The International Organization for Migrants is looking into finding the three boats The migrant boat en route to Europe may be the worst in a series of disasters. A survivor told authorities that smugglers on the boat locked doors to the lower levels of the ship, not allowing some of the passengers to get to safety.

According to the Italian Coast Guard, 28 people have been rescued and 24 bodies have been recovered, but many of the 950 passengers have still not been found.

Passengers included men, women and children.

In the past 10 years, the number of migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea has rapidly grown.

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Claysville, Pennsylvania — Media outlets put McGuffey High School in Washington County, Pennsylvania, in the spotlight after students sponsored an “Anti-Gay Day” to oppose the nationwide Day of Silence, according to The Huffington Post.

On April 16, a group of students encouraged their classmates to write “anti-gay” on their hands and wear flannel shirts in response to the LGBT awareness day — the Day of Silence.

Students were physically and verbally harassed throughout the day.

The group wrote notes, including Bible verses and vulgar terms used to offend LGBT members, and put them in people’s lockers.

Sue Kerr, editor-in-chief of the Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents, criticized the offenders on her blog, referring to their actions as not a random act, but a premeditated one.

The school district has thus far said little about the incident, but acknowledged that reports of harassment were made aware to the school’s administrators.

Source: The Huffington Post

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Voter turnout rates by age No more outdated policy in Washington, D.C Young people need more voters to change political landscape TYLER LAW

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The American people need to convince young men and women that it is time to take control of the political landscape.

Issues that should not be problematic are still being debated because the political system is currently stacked in favor of older Americans who have much less time to make an impact. Younger Americans have themselves to blame for this problem.

According to the United States’ Census, the voting rate goes up greatly with age.

In the last election, people between the ages of 55 and 64 years old were more likely to vote than those between 18 and 24 years old, giving them significantly more power in influencing elections.

According to the U.S. Census, there are roughly 44.5 million Americans over the age of 65 and the voter turnout rate for this demographic is roughly 70.1 percent.

It is not hard to believe that many

of them have likely voted the same way for decades and will be resistant to change in the future.

With this much power placed in the hands of older Americans it leaves younger Americans at a disadvantage, having to live with whatever decisions older Americans make during elections.

Roughly 50 percent of registered 18 to 24 year olds turned out during the last presidential election, leaving most of the power with the older Americans.

Currently, the political landscape is dominated almost entirely by those over the age of 55, if younger Americans want to see progressive change there has to be a change in the way young people influence the political process.

While the last election did show a jump in the number of young voters, as well as minority voters, there was still a disconnection between some of the candidates and the young voting public. Not only do young people need to start embracing the power they are granted through voting, but political candidates need to start accepting certain polices that

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are important to young people.

Social issues, more than fiscal ones, are increasing in importance with young people, while older Americans tend to not be in favor of these social issues. The legalization of homosexual marriage, the legalization of marijuana and other social issues are seemingly more important than economics to voting young people.

Future political candidates must play to these issues so that young people are more likely to vote in their favor.

Currently, the Democratic Party is the party that is adopting the views of young Americans, and has seen the last two elections go in its favor, in part, as a result of its willingness to cater to young people.

Young people have the opportunity to influence the next presidential election in a profound manner.

Millennials are quickly becoming one of the most influential generations this country has seen since the 1960s, and to continue that legacy young people must accept the responsibility of voting and electing America’s leaders.

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Video games deserve same respect as major works of art In defense of violent video games and art CHRISTOPHER ERICSON Asst. Opinion Editor

“Grand Theft Auto V” finally came out on PC this week, so I have been spending a lot of time going through it.

As always happens whenever I pick up a game in the franchise, I am astounded by just how much violence is packed into each game.

Indeed, the “Grand Theft Auto” franchise has never been a stranger to controversy. Numerous politicians and pundits have called for its ban over the years, claiming that the games not only glorify violence, but actively cause it.

Florida lawyer Jack Thompson very often attempted to lay the blame of various murders and shootings at publisher Take Two’s feet, until his eventual disbarment in 2008, for filing repetitive, frivolous lawsuits.

Violence in video games has always been a major topic of discussion in the U.S. and in the last decade or so, “Grand Theft Auto” has often found itself at the very center of the conversation.

The issue of violence in video games became so prevalent that in 2011, the Supreme Court finally ruled in “Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association” that video games were protected speech under the First Amendment.

It is a shame that video games so often get accused of causing violence, because it is, quite simply, not true.

As it turns out, no legitimate study has ever found evidence that video games cause violence.

The simple fact of the matter is the notion that video games cause violence has no basis in statistical evidence.

In fact, the rate of violent crimes in the, U.S. has gone down since the early ’90s.

If video games caused the violence some critics claim, would you not expect the opposite to be true?

Even if the evidence was not so hilariously lopsided, it is good that the Supreme Court ruled that video games fall under First Amendment protections.

After all, most would agree at this point that video games are a form of artistic expression.

One needs look no further than games like “Bioshock” or “Braid” to see that video games are rapidly developing the same level of nuance and sophistication that we see from the best pieces of film or literature.

Where would films like “Pulp Fiction” or “The Godfather,” both regarded as masterpieces, be without their depictions of violence?

Where would the novels “A Clockwork Orange” or “Lord of the Flies” be?

The simple fact that many video games contain sequences of violence does not delegitimize video games as an art form any more than depictions of violence delegitimize literature or film.

Even authors as old and well-regarded as Shakespeare used brutal depictions of violence to get a point across or advance a plot.

In the end, every art form will have pieces that will shock us to our core, and video games are no different.

That is not only acceptable — it may be necessary. After all, real life shows no hesitation in being brutal and unforgiving. Why should our art?

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Controversial issues this week April 20, also known as “four-twenty” or “National Weed Day” Pot-smokers all over the country prepared for Monday, April 20, because of the day’s recent adoption as “National Weed Day.” “Four-twenty” is a day when fans of marijuana party and celebrate their love for all things weed. For more information on the psuedo-holiday check out huffingtonpost. com’s “weird news” section.

Handcuffed burglar manages to steal police car after being arrested A Birmingham, Alabama, resident was arrested on Monday after police were called to the scene of a burglary. The officers proceeded to cuff the burglar and put him in the back of the police car. Once the man was in the car he was able to get the handcuffs in front of his body and drive away. The man drove for less than a mile before leaving the vehicle. The man was promptly caught and arrested.

Woman slashes husband’s face with knife over foul smelling bathroom A woman in Tokyo, Japan, is facing murder charges after allegedly slashing her husband with a kitchen knife. The attack was prompted by a foul smell that the husband left in the bathroom of their home. Tokyo police arrested her at the scene. She is denying trying to kill her husband.

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Veterans in Chicago are taking on the task of protecting young men and women on their way to and from school.

Nonprofit organization, Leave No Veteran Behind (LNVB), started the Safe Passage Program to ensure public school students living in unsafe areas get positive interactions on their way to school. LNVB is responsible for helping guide 8,000 students to Chicago public schools each day.

The program is actually paid employment for the veterans working, helping them pay off student loans and giving them time to find substantial employment.

“This has visibly decreased youth violence in these areas,” Eli Williamson, co-founder of LNVB said to Huffington Post.

This past Friday, a semi-truck filled to the brim with honey bees overturned on Washington state highway I-5 in the early morning. The accident, which occurred when the truck’s driver blew a tire while merging onto I-5, caused millions of bees to be released onto the highway.

Crews of beekeepers raced to save as many of the bees as possible before sunrise when traffic would be problematic and the bees would be more active.

Drivers were encouraged to keep their windows up while driving through the 100-yard stretch of highway infested with bees. Members of local news station KIRO 7 were stung multiple times while covering the incident.

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SU kicks cancer’s butt at Relay Hunter Wolfe Ship Life Editor

The best parts of Shippensburg University were on display Friday night as students and faculty united to raise money and awareness in SU’s seventh annual Relay for Life.

Relay for Life is an overnight community fundraising event that raises money for the American Cancer Society.

The event was organized by Colleges Against Cancer, an SU club under the guidance of President Tara Cylcewski.

Cylcewski has been spearheading her club’s fundraising efforts since September. Prior to the event, which began at 6 p.m. on Friday and lasted until 6 a.m. on Saturday, participants collected more than $36,000.

To date, this year’s Relay for Life has accumulated more than $50,000.

The event saw massive attendance from the SU community; more than 700 people attended, said Brenna Terry, Relay for Life co-chair.

Clubs and Greek organizations participated in the multitude of events that occurred throughout the night. The event, which was lightly themed as “Pirates of the Cure-ibbean,” saw fun tropical distractions such as a beach-themed jail. For just 25 cents, participants could volunteer their friends for five minutes of “jail time.” The jail was a huge money-maker, Terry said.

The event was littered with games and activities throughout

the night, such as a human-sized version of Hungry Hungry Hippos hosted by the Future Business Leaders of America Club, or scooter races across the center of the gym floor. Raffle prizes were distributed throughout the night, and during the interim, participants could help themselves to complimentary beverages and cotton candy.

All the while, friends and faculty walked side-by-side around the track. Even the families of SU faculty members arrived with their sneakers primed and their coffee in tow.

Alison Dagnes, her husband and her two daughters made up just one of the families that attended the event.

Dagnes is a political science professor at SU. Nine months ago, she discovered that she had breast cancer. Six months ago, she exhibited courage and bravery and underwent a mastectomy.

Now, Dagnes is cancer-free.

Team Dagnes saw the combined efforts of more than 43 members raise more than $9,500. They even fashioned themselves with hot pink T-shirts.

Dagnes, who attended her first Relay for Life Friday night, stayed the entire night to help “kick cancer’s butt.”

Fundraising efforts have not stopped. If you are interested in donating to SU’s Relay for Life, you can contribute through the official website: www.relayforlife.org/pashippensburguniversity.

Donations will be accepted through August.

Every lap, walkers added one bead to their do-it-yourself bracelets. Sophomore Megan Lawrence poses with hers.

Photos by Hunter Wolfe

Alpha Sigma Tau and Phi Sigma Kappa raised more than $3,100 for the Relay.

Participants of SU’s seventh annual Relay for Life were greeted with balloons outside the Shippensburg University Recreational Center.

Junior Corrine Urland assembles glow stick glasses for the glow laps at 3 a.m.

(Left) Alison Dagnes beams alongside her husband Pete and her daughters, Caroline and Maddy.

Colleges Against Cancer President Tara Cylcewski (left) poses with Relay for Life Co-chair Brenna Terry (right).

Walkers could send their friends to “jail.” To escape, the jailed could serve their time or double the cost that put them in there.

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Stomping the stage for Statewide step show Natalie Eastwood

Asst. Ship Life Editor When the lights went down, the sororities and fraternities howled deep-throated dog calls to one another in the darkness.

All over Pennsylvania, Greek organizations celebrated Statewide, which is a weekend devoted to celebrating Greek life on college campuses.

One of the events of Statewide, the Step Show, attracted Greek organizations from Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey and New York universities to Shippensburg University. Fraternities and sororities unleashed a flurry of synchronized arm waves, leg slaps and foot stomps as they released their Greek pride in Memorial Auditorium Saturday night.

Members of Iota Phi Theta, hailing from Virginia State University, wore brown suspenders and yellow and brown striped ties. They played the role of gang-banging poker players who were strategizing how to kill the step show, which they did by winning first place.

When the music began to blare the lyrics to “Suit and Tie,” the audience started clapping along to the stomping and dancing of Iota Phi Theta.

There was only one sorority that competed, but the ladies of Delta Sigma Theta travelled from New York City and held their own at SU. They called themselves the Crimson Inferno, and danced with the fiery passion of their name with their red-sleeved arms waving and leg-slapping in unison.

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People lined up outside Memorial Auditorium before the show, striking a pose in their matching black heels. can-American life, Marvin Worthy, three-time SU graduate and member of Kappa Alpha Psi, said.

The letters everyone wears all represent the same core elements of compassion and dedication, and the step show is a reminder of those things, Worthy said.

“It’s me wanting to share a piece of culture with you,” said Diane Jefferson, director of the Multicultural Student Affairs (MSA), explaining how the step show provides something for people of all races. The step show was organized by the MSA and the African-American Organization at SU. There are even differences between races, and events like this help people to learn about each other by experiencing each other’s culture, Jefferson said.

It is not enough to talk the talk of diversity, Jefferson said. People need to act on it.

The first fraternity to perform centered its theme on social justice.

The Mighty Psi Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha began its performance with news clips of Ferguson and Trayvon Martin and other social injustices against African-Americans.

The first member to begin the performance wore a white shirt stained with the words, “don’t shoot” as he sang a mournful song that gained energy as each of his fraternity brothers joined him on stage.

Terrance Griffin, step show host and SU alumnus, ended the show with poetry he wrote that paralleled the similarities between the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and his former girlfriend, whose name has the same initials.

“MLK would choose the love because the hate is too great a burden to bear,” Griffin told the audience.

“So I choose the love.”

Members from Iota Phi Theta danced to “Suit and Tie” as one of their songs for their winning performance.

An evil spider bit members from Iota Beta Sigma, the Evil Eta Chapter, turning them into crazed monsters.

Mini-THON kicks cancer out of the park with kick ball Anna Burnhisel Staff Writer

The sun was bright and hopes were high on the afternoon of April 19. On this afternoon, Ship MiniTHON hosted its first kickball and barbeque benefit.

Participants donated $5 each to play on a team of eight to 10 play-

ers. Singles were also encouraged to sign up with a donation of $7. Many THON volunteers participated in the event. All of the money raised will be donated to the Four Diamonds Organization, which helps children with cancer at Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital.

Shippensburg University is home to two Four Diamonds students: Gus Bostdorf and Kirsten German.

Both of these students have been

treated at Hershey Medical Center with the assistance of Four Diamonds. The organization is there to provide these students with financial and emotional support. This support comes in the way of everything from gas vouchers to social workers, to fill-in when insurance does not cover all needs.

Gary and Marsha Bigler are one of the Four Diamonds families that attended the event. They have been

involved with THON for nearly seven years and it is very clear that they both love everything about it.

To date, Four Diamonds has been able to aid every single childhood cancer patient that has been treated at Hershey Medical Center. According to the website, every year the Four Diamonds organization helps about 600 children who have cancer.

This event was just one the many

Mini-THON hosted events on campus. According to Mini-THON President, Jennifer Braun, THON hopes to raise $15,000 this year to support Four Diamonds. The goal is just slightly higher than the $13,102.45 raised last year.

“Together, we are kicking our way to a cure,” sophomore Emily Snyder said.

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Fencing Club members spar metal against metal, trying to score points by touching the opponent’s chest.

Metal clashed as each opponent parried a sideways dance of tiny steps and lunging attacks. Tucked away in the Shippensburg University’s recreational center is where the Fencing Club members meet twice a week, don white vests of armor, pull down netted screens across their faces and play a sword game.

The weapons the Fencing Club uses are actually not swords at all, but foils and epees. To the untrained eye, both weapons look nearly identical, however, an epee has a larger hand guard and is a little heavier, said Laura Mills, sophomore and president of Fencing Club.

With foil, opponents are allowed to strike only on the chest, and with an epee, opponents can strike anywhere from the head to the toes, Mills said. Each hit is a point and is determined by the referee. The winner is the first fencer to reach the set number of points, which is usually 15.

Despite the terminology and rules, the Fencing Club, which was founded about three years ago, is open to everyone.

Only a couple of the members have fencing experience outside of the club, Mills said. Mills herself never fenced prior to joining the club.

“I wanted to try something new and get in touch with a lot of different people,” Mills said.

About 10 members came for practice that day. Pairs of students took turns sparring as they fine-tuned their skills for their upcoming tournament at West Chester University. It was their first tournament of the school year.

work, a skill that is drilled for the first 10 minutes of each practice, even for veterans, said Samuel Gau, founder of the club. Footwork is important for form and balance, which helps to heighten fencers’ fighting ability. Practicing footwork is meant to commemorate the history of fencing and maintain age-old traditions.

Each rally begins with salutes to the referee, the audience and the opponent, Mills said, explaining the slight head bows and quickly raised foils of each opponent. Tradition is an important element of fencing, and disregard for the formalities can result in “We’re a family with similar penalties.

Fencing Club is more interests of swinging than a place for people weapons around.” to fence — but it is a place to build friend— Samuel Gau ships while learning new skills.

“We’re a family It is important to compete with similar interests against different people, Mills said, of swinging weapons because fighting against the same around,” Gau said. people all the time makes the fight predictable. Everyone has his or her own style, but after a while it becomes easy to predict an opponent’s next move.

For beginners, the first few weeks are spent working on foot-

Real women make for empowered beauty NATALIE EASTWOOD

Asst. Ship Life Editor Gripping the makeup brush, a student hesitantly began to apply foundation to her face. Mary Kay was one of the three booths at the Empowerment Day for women, hosted by Feminists Raising Empowerment and Equality (FREE).

“I’m OK if she does it. I would probably fail miserably,” Erika Rhinehart said as she took the makeup brush from Brooke Crist, student and Mary Kay consultant.

Compared to Crist, who expertly smoothed the beige cream in even

strokes, Rhinehart jabbed blush onto her cheeks with her index finger. Crist then told Rhinehart to use the last three fingers to rub the blush in circles on her cheekbones.

“In order to feel good with it on you need to feel good with it off first,” Rhinehart said after her make-over was complete. Beauty comes from within, so that is where feeling good starts, she said.

Some women are never taught how to apply makeup when they are girls, and for events like job interviews it is important to know how to apply make-up professionally, Jill Hastings, sales director for Mary Kay, said.

Looking good can help people to feel more confident. Wearing makeup for women is similar to football players donning a new uniform.

They feel good about themselves, so they play well. Makeup, like a uniform, is meant to help women balance being powerful and feminine, Hastings said.

In addition to the Mary Kay booth was the Freedom Firm booth selling jewelry made by women in India who had been rescued from human trafficking.

Freedom Firm teaches abused women how to make jewelry, read, use a computer and live a normal life, Jill Klingerman, president of

FREE, said.

FREE also supported the “spectrum” of women being women at the adjacent booth.

People are not divided into men or women, gay or straight, Molly Yanchuck, member of FREE, said. The world is not black and white, but made up of a spectrum of colors, she said.

Photo by Natalie Eastwood

After Erika Rhinehart’s Mary Kay makeover, she put her hand up jokingly before striking a model pose for the camera.

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Feasting on a King’s sweet treat: New ice cream store on King Street Brandi Fitch

Asst. Art Director Have you ever dreamt of buying your own ice cream truck? Does driving one through a neighborhood to make someone’s day or expanding to storefront sound appealing to you?

Michael Richardson was able to make this dream a reality. Two years ago, Richardson operated his ice cream business, Cold Mountain Creamery out of an ice cream truck.

On March 13, he took another big step and expanded to a little cabin on King Street The popularity of Cabin on King has grown immensely. Richardson serves ice cream from Chambersburg to Carlisle. On top of driving weekly neighborhood routes, Richardson sells ice cream at festivals, weddings, birthday parties, family reunions and other special events, such as the Solstice Arts Festival and Corn Festival.

The moment Richardson first saw his ice cream truck, he knew it was meant to be.

“When I saw the truck was for sale, I just knew I had to have it,” Richardson said. “It brought back fond childhood memories from the ’70s of when ‘Mister Softy’ would come through our neighborhood selling ice cream.”

Although opening Cabin on King was a long process, which began in September of last year, the ice cream shop has proven itself to be a huge success in just the month it has been open, with people lining up at the window almost every night.

Richardson decided to expand the business to a storefront in order to offer Shippensburg and other surrounding communities ice cream year-round. His ice cream shop, he believes, stands out amongst the crowd.

“I truly believe we offer quality ice cream and food at a decent price,” Richardson said. “I also believe the property and environment we create [here] is one that is seldom found elsewhere, especially from a ‘chain-type’ business. We want every customer everyday to have a pleasant experience at Cabin on King.”

Cabin on King offers 16 to 18 flavors of hand-dipped ice cream, including blueberry cheesecake and almond coconut joy. They also offer signature sundaes, banana splits, ice cream floats, milkshakes, fruit smoothies and Belgian waffle sundaes every Wednesday.

Richardson plans to introduce food to the menu in the future. He plans to serve it between 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Saturday. This will consist of sandwich-

es, homemade chili and soups, and sides such as baked macaroni and cheese, homemade pies and sticky buns.

In May, Cabin on King will hold its grand opening for the warmer months. Starting at the grand opening, a bluegrass band will play one Saturday a month from 7 to 9 p.m. in their outdoor seating area.

“We have future plans for an addition to the cabin and possibly another building offering indoor dining with air conditioning and heat in order to serve customers all year comfortably,” Richardson said.

Richardson looks to the success of his business in its first month as an indication of a successful future.

“My favorite part of owning Cold Mountain Creamery and Cabin on King is it enables me to work with my wife, daughter, family and friends in a stress-free and happy environment,” Richardson said.

“That allows our positive energy to flow onward to the customers, which in return brings smiles to their faces and makes them feel happy, as well.”

Cabin on King is open Monday through Thursday from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m., Saturday from 12 to 10 p.m. and Sunday 2 to 9 p.m.

Photo by Brandi Fitch

Cabin on King serves up a variety of ice cream flavors.

Homemade ice cream in a bag: Just shake and eat Amanda Mehall

Multimedia Editor Spring has finally graced us all with its long anticipated arrival.

The cherry blossoms are in bloom and students are digging out their flip flops again. Activities Program Board (APB) helped students celebrate the warm weather by hosting a do-it-yourself (DIY) ice cream event Friday afternoon.

Travel and Recreation Chairperson Tyler Leschinsky, Multicultural Affairs Chairperson Claudia Prieto and general APB member Jessica Roberts hauled a long table and coolers out to the sunny Ceddia Union Building Amphitheater to Photo by Amanda Mehall provide students with a free frozen Students make ice cream in two plastic bags: one filled with treat.

APB found an easy, three-ingrethe ice cream ingredients and the other filled with ice. dient recipe from food.com to make

vanilla ice cream. The actual ice cream only calls for milk, sugar and vanilla, but you also need one sandwich Ziploc bag, a one-gallon Ziploc bag, three cups of crushed ice and one-third cup of rock salt to make it.

Students put the milk, sugar and vanilla in the sandwich bag and zipped it tight. The crushed ice and rock salt went into the bigger plastic gallon bag. Students then put the filled, smaller bag that was closed inside and sealed the second bag shut.

utes to solidify the liquid mixture inside the smaller bag. Leschinsky advised, “Don’t squish it too hard because the little bag will break.”

Prieto described the process as “making ice cream by fast freezing the milk.”

Sophomore Jacqueline Gartner said that the final product was worth the work. “It’s refreshing,” she said. She also mentioned how it was a fun science experiment.

This event brought APB’s DIY series to a close. They held programs every Friday throughout the semes“Don’t squish it too hard ter for students to create various projects, such as DIY accessories, because the little bag will crayon art, lava lamps, bowties and mugs. break.”

DIY ice cream is ideal for college ­— Tyler Leschinsky students because it leaves no dirty dishes behind — just dispose of the To make the ice cream, students bags when you finish. squeezed the bag for about 10 min-

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Turkey Stir Fry Photo by Brandi Fitch

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Ana Guenther Editor-in-Chief

We have to face it. College students do not exactly have hours of time on their hands. While some may disagree, the reality of the situation is that it is hard to plan meals that are healthy throughout the week. That is why this healthy recipe is sure to help you stock up on meals for lunch and dinner when you do not have the time.

Materials and Ingredients: •A large cooking pan •One pack of ground turkey •One bag of whole grain rice •One Asian Medley Steam fresh bag (can be found at Wal-Mart) •Soy sauce •Olive oil 1.) Take your large pan and place it on your stovetop. Be sure to keep the burner to medium heat to avoid burning. Add a little olive oil to the pan until hot. Place your ground turkey into the pan and begin to brown the meat.

2.) While the meat is cooking, heat up your rice and vegetables in the microwave. I usually purchase the rice and the steam fresh bag of vegetables from Wal-Mart. They

can be found in the freezer section.

I believe they are about $1.50 each.

The vegetables should take six minutes to cook, and the rice should take about four minutes to cook.

3.) While your rice and your vegetables are cooking, be sure to keep an eye on the turkey meat. Take a spoon and break the meat apart like you would if you were cooking normal ground beef.

4.) Once the meat is completely cooked, and the vegetables are too, bring the heat down to low on your stovetop. Carefully (it will be hot) add the rice into the pan with the ground turkey meat. Stir until the contents are blended together.

Then, carefully add the Asian medley vegetables to the pan as well.

5.) Once all of the ingredients are mixed together, turn your stove top off. What is great about this recipe is how much it makes. I will usually portion off the contents into three different Tupperware containers.

You can add as much soy sauce as you would like to each when you go to eat. I recommend waiting to add the soy sauce until then because the taste will wear off. If eating the same meal three times a week does not suit you, consider not adding the soy sauce and enjoying the recipe plain with salt and pepper. It is just as good and just as healthy.

Keep in mind that making different sides with each portion will change the meal, too.

Whether you are a freshman or a senior at Shippensburg University, your time here is limited. Those entering college wish they were already finished and some who are in their last few weeks wish they could start over and enjoy the ride all over again. If you are just beginning this journey at SU, or will enter your final year in the fall, make sure to do several things before you walk across the stage toward your degree and the next chapter of your life.

First, do not feel stressed if you have not figured out what you want to declare as your major after the first year of college. I felt pressure to do so, and I

Brandi Fitch’s 5 Fast Tips Here are some more helpful tips for Shippensburg University specifically: 1. Dunkin’ Donuts and Starbucks will become your best friend on those long, stressful days. Go there.

2. Use as many facilities on campus as you can, such as the Recreation Center or Etter Health Center. You are paying for them while you are here, so you might as well put them to good use.

3. Do not wear nice shoes around campus if you will be walking through construction.

4. Take an elective or two outside of your major or minor. That extra dose of diversity will make you much more attractive in a competitive job market. This can also be a great way to add “breaks” in a schedule jam-packed with tough classes.

5. Attend a concert or performance hosted in the Cedia Union Building or Luhrs Performing Arts Center. If it is not within your budget, find time to participate in a tournament in the game zone or see a movie that the Activities Programming Board club is playing for free.

regret it. In time, I found what I was meant to do, but I wish I had taken the time to realize that you do not have to make decisions immediately. College is where you find yourself. Explore your options, and enter undeclared with no fear.

Everyone gives this advice, but it is absolutely true: get involved and get involved early. Join as many clubs and organizations as you can, but have fun in the process. This is your time to do as much as you can before you enter “the real world” and have more responsibilities. Take every opportunity given to you, and do not take them for granted. You do not want to pass up any experiences and regret it later, so gain as much experience as you can.

You will meet plenty of people in college, and it can be a huge benefit to build relationships with other students, professors or even guest speakers. One of the most useful things one can do is network. If you talk to everyone you can, word of mouth will become your best friend when you are trying to attain an internship or a job after graduation.

Overall, college is all about making mistakes and learning from them. Never feel discouraged if something does not work out the first time. Stand up for yourself, and never pay attention to anyone’s negativity; it is amazing how much confidence you will gain in four years if you stay positive. Make your college years count, so when you look back on this significant part of your life, you will have unforgettable memories.

As I graduate in May, I want to thank all of my friends, my family and my boyfriend for their encouragement and support throughout the past four years.

Thank you to the professors who have inspired and supported me in difficult times; many of your words will stick with me for years to come. To the Shippensburg University Marching Band — you have been a second family to me, especially the drumline. Thank you for all of the laughs and memories, many of which I will never forget. And to the staff of The Slate, I want to thank each and every one of you for making me feel so welcome in this amazing, professional and often quirky organization. I owe so much of my experience and knowledge to you. The professionalism and talent of the younger members of the staff this year will help the newspaper grow immensely over the next few years.

Thank you Shippensburg University for an amazing four years.

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Kenan Thompson brings big city laughs to small town SU Laura Kreiser A&E Editor

As the lights dimmed in the multi-purpose room (MPR) of the Ceddia Union Building, tension rose. There was a buzz and even some clapping as an unknown figure walked out, a voice coming over the sound system saying Kenan Thompson would hit the stage in a few minutes.

The tables in the front of the room were set up to look like a jazz club, with glass beads and an artificial candle encased in a glass bowl as a centerpiece. There were even some lounge chairs from outside the MPR room surrounding some of the tables closest to the stage.

After the crowd waited for several minutes, the same voice came back over the sound system, announcing Kenan Thompson had arrived.

Thompson started off by thanking the crowd for coming, remarking on the set up of the room. He also said that the reason he got into the film industry was through watching “The Price Is Right” with his family and deciding he wanted to be on TV. This set the tone for the night as Thompson spoke about his beginnings all the way to how he became a part of Saturday Night Live

(SNL). Thompson then explained his experience in Disney and the movie series, “The Mighty Ducks.”

He said how much fun he had.

Along the way, he made jokes such as, “I had a great Disney experience, but I can’t speak for everyone.” The crowd laughed loudly, some audience members even throwing each other knowing glances.

He then went on to talk about his experience with Nickelodeon.

He mentioned shows such as “Good Burger,” “All That” and “Kenan and Kel,” laughing at the crowd’s reaction when the shows were mentioned. He also had nothing bad to say about working for Nickelodeon, but said after his time there, his career slowed down for a bit.

“I had to prove to adult people I could entertain them,” Thompson said. So while he tried to audition for SNL, the producers kept turning him down. But after actors such as Tracy Morgan left, SNL called Thompson in to audition.

Thompson revealed that he was terrified to do the stand-up comedy routine for the audition. He explained that he was an actor and was used to reading lines, not trying to come up with his own material. And despite how he thought he did, he was still hired and is cur-

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Kenan Thompson keeps the crowd laughing, talking about his experiences in TV and movies. rently in his 12th season of SNL. After explaining his career and some background, he opened up the night to audience questions.

This then turned into members of the Activities Programming Board (APB) running around the room handing off the microphones to different audience members.

Some of the questions were about

Thompson made faces to illustrate the different stages of his career and life.

who his favorite actors where to work with, what his craziest moment had been working on SNL, to what the llama was like on SNL. He answered each question as best he could. Thompson said that Liam Neeson, and actors like Neeson, were his favorite to work with because their approach to the different sketches was serious but fun.

He then said that the craziest moment was when Ashlee Simpson’s lip-syncing failed on SNL. Thompson said that he was waiting backstage for his sketch to come on after her’s and was watching Simpson perform on a little TV monitor. He heard the music come on but her mouth was not moving. SNL cut to commercial and the lights went up on Thompson’s sketch. Then, Thompson commented on the llama, saying that the llama pooped and shed a lot.

In an interview after the show, Thompson explained that he wants his career now to move toward producing more than acting. He said that he wanted to give opportunities to other actors, just as he had.

Thompson also said that he wanted it to be known that he was humbled by his career. “It has been

an amazing run and it is all due to people enjoying what I do and it’s a humbling experience.”

Thompson laughed at the crowd’s different questions.

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Pilobolus brings Luhrs to life CATHERINE AMORIELLO Staff Writer

ISABELLA ANGELONE Staff Columnist

“Orphan Black” returned for a new season on Saturday night where viewers were introduced to more clones and more questions.

The BBC America hit picked up where last season left off; Helena missing and the audience’s discovery of male clones.

Most of the episode focused on Sarah (Tatiana Maslany) looking for her Russian clone Helena (also played by Tatiana Maslany) who was taken at Season 2’s end. The audience saw little of Helena herself, only that she is in a box somewhere, daydreaming about sunshine and freedom. The audience was introduced to Delphine (Evelyne Brochu) while taking over power crazy Rachel’s position at Dyad. The audience also finds out Rachel is alive after being stabbed in the eye with a pencil by Sarah in the finale. Although, she does not want people knowing what has happened to her.

Cosima and Alison (other clones also played by Tatiana Maslany) were only briefly shown but both had storylines introduced for later in the season that could prove very interesting and will add into the mystery of Sarah, her clones and their DNA. All in all, the episode was a great way to open the season. The audience caught a glimpse at each story line, even if it was small, and what the characters have to offer for the third season.

It was great getting to watch Tatiana Maslany flawlessly play several characters at once and have those characters impersonate other clones. It is always a pleasure watching her acting skills, and this episode was no exception.

However, the series is beginning to feel overcrowded. With the introduction of the male clones, and the obvious assumption that more Sarah clones will be introduced, it is beginning to make the audience a little confused.

There are so many different divisions and organizations going on, it is hard to remember which is which. It will definitely begin to be overkill by next season and it is hard to be excited about the male clones when they have not been shown much, or in an interesting light. “Orphan Black” is on Saturdays on BBC America.

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On April 16, I had the pleasure of watching Pilobolus perform at the Luhrs Performing Arts Center.

As I sat in my seat, waiting for the performance to start, I watched as the dancers warmed up on stage.

Their fluid movements and extreme flexibility already mesmerized me. Within a few minutes, the dancers cleared off the stage, the lights dimmed and the show began.

The performance began with a brief introductory video, titled “Pilobolus is a Fungus,” which showed a quick succession of clips with different scientific images, such as spores and growing cells. The video ended with a silent greeting from the Pilobolus dancers, spelling “Welcome to Pilobolus” with the bottoms of their feet. The video screen was pulled up, and soft stage lights came on in preparation for the first act.

Three dancers, clad only in the skimpiest of undergarments, performed the first piece, “On the Nature of Things.” It began with a male dancer carrying another male dancer onto the stage and laying him on a circular platform.

The dancer lying on the platform was assumed to be unconscious, until the other dancer brought him to life by simply touching him with his finger. The dancer awoke and seemed to discover his body for the

first time. He then performed a series of movements to test his newfound strength and balance.

Meanwhile, a female dancer was brought out on stage in the same fashion as the first male dancer.

She was placed on the stage and “brought to life” with a touch of a finger.

The male and female shared the platform and began an intricate, sensual dance that represented the exploration of another human’s body for the first time. A third dancer was added to the mix and together the three performed a dance that exploited the human body’s strength, balance and bodily awareness.

Using a variety of stripper-esque moves, the two dancers chained to the pole freed themselves.

It was clear that “On the Nature of Things” was designed to show all the physical capabilities of the human body. The music was a dramatic classical piece, and the lighting was dimmed to cast the most flattering shadows over the bodies of the dancers.

The costumes were designed so the audience could see the dancers’ bodies in their most natural form and also how the dancers’ muscles moved with every movement they made.

After another short video, titled “Wind,” the dancers began their next piece, “Skyscrapers.” Vast-

ly different from the first act, this dance segment was much more lighthearted and fun.

The dancers were in three pairs and took turns coming out on stage to perform their own short solo dance. What made this piece interesting were the speedy costume changes each pair completed. The dance was only about four minutes long and within that time frame, each pair made at least three costume changes. The dance piece was based on the original concept and choreography for OK Go’s “Skyscraper” music video. The video offered a similar visual to the dance performed by Pilobolus.

As the stage was being set up for the next dance, a short video titled “Cirrus,” was played. It depicted mass production through combining simple ’50s images to create huge towering cities in a very Andy Warhol-like way.

After the video, the next dance, “Automation,” was performed by all of the dancers. The dance began in mechanical style, with each dancer moving in robotic movements, individually and as a whole. As the dance progressed, one dancer suddenly started moving in a more human way. He noticed he was different and began trying to get the other dancers to move in the same way.

The dance escalated and got faster and jerkier as the other dancers tried to escape their robotic movements. At the climax, the music changed from robotic noises to a soft classical style, and the dancers

stripped down to basic costumes, which represented the dancers finally becoming more human.

With the use of mirrors, the dancers danced in a fluid manner, alone, and with interchanging partners.

Without skipping a beat, the dancers slowly mixed robotic and smooth movements until, eventually, all of the dancers were dancing in the mechanical style, once again. The piece finished as the dancers connected to one another and shut down, like robots.

After the intermission, the dancers returned to the stage and continued the performance with what can only be described as a magic show.

One dancer was tied up in a burlap sack and put into a locked wooden box. Another was hog-and zip-tied into a duffel bag, while two others were chained to a tall poll, together. The final dancer was ducttaped to a chair by her hands, feet and chest, with a plastic bag taped over her head as her “timer” to escape.

The duct-taped dancer escaped first, using her strength to bust through the duct-tape and freeing herself from the chair. The dancer in the duffel bag escaped next, emerging from the bag not only untied, but now dressed in pajamas. Using a variety of stripper-esque moves, the two dancers chained to the pole freed themselves.

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Act V presents: The Addams Family musical JUSTIN LEE

Staff Writer Shippensburg University’s Act V student performers are bringing “The Addams Family Musical” to the university and local community.

The musical is based on an original Broadway script.

Last semester’s “Death of a Salesmen” displayed the rich drama skills of several SU students. Now the skills of Tyler Marshall, Gillian Bradshaw, Matt Peck, Tyler Law and others will be brought out in a fun, light-hearted comedy about family, love and Gothicism.

For this story, Wednesday Addams is all grown up and has fallen in love with a boy named Lucas Beineke. But, she begs her father, Gomez, not to tell Morticia out of fear that her mother will ruin the engagement.

“The Addams Family” is known primarily for the ever-binding love between Gomez and Morticia.

They are a couple that lives for each other, and one can bet they are not used to keeping secrets. Keep your eyes pealed for a rare conflict ensuing.

Marshall, who will be playing Gomez, said he is “excited to put on a great show with my fellow students and it should be an amazing experience. Act V is a talented group of people willing to share with the community.”

There will be four showings: April 30, May 1, May 2 and May 3 in the Memorial Auditorium.

The first three shows will be at 8 p.m., and the final will be at 2 p.m.

Admission for SU students is $5, and general admission is $10.

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Beck Metzbower is local ‘Artist to Watch’ Natalie Eastwood

Asst. Ship Life Editor Some artists are inspired by the world around them. Some artists try to recreate the world on canvas or as sculptures. Some artists are not all artists. Everything Beck Metzbower paints comes from her own head.

Metzbower is an abstract artist, and so what she creates is not based on any real-world object. Thickly layering oil paints on canvas, she creates something else entirely; something that is entirely her, Metzbower said.

A Chambersburg resident, Metzbower has featured her work at The Thought Lot and SHAPE Gallery and will have an exhibit in the Edward Day Gallery in Toronto, starting April 23.

Metzbower was asked to be a part

Metzbower in her studio.

of the “Top 40 Artists to Watch” exhibit, which will showcase not only paintings, but also art in print, digital and video formats.

One of Metzbower’s professors from Wilson College, Philip Lindsey, watched his former student grow as an artist, from basic painting and drawing classes, to her final senior project, Lindsey said.

As Metzbower grew, creating art by representing physical objects became unfulfilling, Lindsey said. She began to work more from within and drew from personal exploration to create abstract art.

Although Metzbower does not paint from a model or anything in the physical world, her latest finished paintings, which will be displayed in Toronto’s exhibit, were inspired by her 9-year-old daughter Lillian.

The six paintings that make up her exhibit are each a bold color of the rainbow that come together to create something beautiful, Metzbower said. The exhibit as a whole represents Lillian.

“She inspired me to make something that bold, that colorful,” Metzbower said of her daughter.

“It’s a brave piece.”

It takes bravery to create art that bold, she said, but her daughter has shown her how to be brave.

Lillian has faced a lot of difficulties, but she has handled it with

grace, Metzbower said, her voice full of admiration for her daughter.

The paintings are the first that she has ever dedicated to someone, but Lillian deserves it, Metzbower said.

Most of her paintings are about 5 feet by 5 feet and are piled thick with oil paint, which takes a long time to dry. For one painting, it took three years for the paint to fully harden, Metzbower said.

Even from pictures of Metzbower’s paintings, the paint is three dimensional on the canvas, rising in jagged peaks, rolling in smooth mounds, and delving into deep valleys.

Layering the paint in this way is what gives her work texture and dimension, Metzbower said.

“Every angle shifts the image just a bit and changes the experience for the viewer,” Metzbower said, explaining how when seen from the front or side, it becomes a completely new painting.

What Metzbower strives for most in her art is to allow viewers to create their own unique interpretations without any prior conceptions created by her as the artist. This is why she does not label her art, but just puts her name and a number next to each piece.

“The beautiful thing is that viewers will tell me what they think of it,” Metzbower said. “They each come up with something very

Photos courtesy of Beck Metzbower

“Metzbower LXV” shows the artist’s three-dimensional style. unique,” Metzbower said.

“I hear a young woman who is Lindsey is excited for the oppor- discovering herself,” Lindsey said of tunity Metzbower has to show her the voice he hears when he looks at work in Toronto, he said, and is Metzbower’s paintings. also excited to see how his former student will continue to grow and define her voice as an artist.

Marvel and Netflix pair up for yet another hit

Netflix’s ‘Daredevil’ is the kind of dark and gritty adaptation fans have been waiting for Eldon Graham

Multimedia Editor Some call him the Devil of “Hell’s Kitchen.” Others call him Daredevil. What fans call him is another success for the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). “Daredevil” premiered April 10 on Netflix with a 13-episode series. Fans of the beloved comic book character eagerly anticipated how the character would be adapted into the already established and massive world of the MCU. Fans and critics agree, “Daredevil” is a hit. Charlie Cox skillfully portrays Matt Murdock, attorney at law, as well as his superhero alter ego Daredevil. The masked vigilante terrifies the villains at night trying to bring justice to an unjust city.

Vincent D’Onofrio, who plays his nemesis Wilson Fisk aka, the Kingpin of Crime, does so with absolute magnetism. Fisk is a man who will stop at nothing to bring “Hell’s Kitchen” into a “better tomorrow,” no matter how many bodies he has to put into the ground.

One of the biggest accomplishments is the realistic and bloody fight scenes throughout the show.

The show is filled with hard punches and gritty violence. Though Daredevil himself does not use an “iron suit or magic hammer” he does things his own way and I think that is what fans love so much about him as a character. The story telling is brilliant and every episode leaves the audience wanting more from the rooftop-running superhero. Fans come for the Marvel elements but

stay for the excitement the show “Daredevil.” has to offer. Marvel has never done It is Marvel’s way of saying it is something so ambitious and dark as not a one-trick pony and it will do everything in its power to do the characters justice. Marvel was under some speculation of whether or not it could pull off a dark and gritty tone. Like every other challenge, it overcame the odds and succeeded with flying colors. It has set a precedent in outdoing itself when it comes to meeting a challenge.

Many have wondered how this adaption of “Daredevil” would differ from the disappointing 2003 film starring Ben Affleck. The negative reception of “Daredevil,” the movie, was due to the lead actor’s miscast, the plot’s irrelevance, and the tone Photo courtesy of David Shankbone of the movie did not match the true Vincent D’Onofrio plays “Dare- nature of the comic that fans were expecting. The television series outdevil” villian Wilson Fisk.

does the film by staying true to the source material of the comic books.

Marvel has laced elements of the comic book into the television series so naturally it almost goes unnoticed. For instance, characters like Karen Page, Ben Urich and Foggy Nelson played by actors Deborah Ann Woll, Vondie Curtis-Hall and Elden Henson, are more prominently shown in the series. Their characters’ importance in the comics match their importance on screen.

Their characters actually contribute to the plot while also making the audience care about what they go through.

“Daredevil” is a great example of how well Marvel can correctly adapt their comic book characters into the world of the MCU through film or television.

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Lee Shapiro, Gerry Polci, Jimmy Ryan, Larry Gates and Russ Velazquez, were all members of various musical groups from the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s. These bands included Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, Tommy James and the Shondells, The Critters and even more bands and artists.

At Luhrs Performing Arts Center on April 18, these five men came together, under the name, The Hit Men and did what their name implied; they played the hits from these bands and artists.

The theater was filled — barely a seat was open as the lights went down. The night started off with a short video, naming each of the band members and explaining that this was not a tribute band, but artists and musicians coming together to play the music they loved.

After the screen went up, Shapiro took the keyboard to the far left of the stage, Polci walked up to the drums, Ryan and Gates picked up their electric guitars

how he got pranked into thinking he was working with Reggie Dwight.

At the time he did not know it was Elton John’s real name. Ryan also told how he got to perform with Carly Simon for a time.

From these stories, the songs that followed were, “You’re So Vain” by Simon, “I Think We’re Alone Now” by James and “Saturday Night’s Alright” by Elton John.

After an intermission, another video was played that set the mood for the rest of the night. This video brought a sense of nostalgia to the crowd as the video described what it was like to listen to an old record player while hearing “Let’s Hang On” by The Four Seasons. The band Photo by Amanda Mehall then went into the song, making the The Hit Men performing hit songs suchs as “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown” and “You’re So Vain.” crowd sway once more and several members of the audience could be while Velazquez started playing on The Four Seasons, already making tled, “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown.” heard singing along. the crowd sway.

The show followed this setup for the keyboard to the far right of the Shapiro then said how he and the rest of the night. All members stage.

Shapiro, who would turn out Polci were a part of The Four Sea- would have their own story to tell Follow us on to be the main announcer for the sons and both were extremely excit- before they sang another song.

Twitter The stories ranged from what it band, said they were excited to be ed to play the song. Ryan then said here playing and wished the audi- that through a college buddy of his, was like to perform on “The Ed Sul- @SlateAE he got in touch with Jim Croce and livan Show” with Tommy James to ence to have a good night.

Read the full article on They started off by playing “Who played for Croce for a while. This what it was like to start off a career theslateonline.com Loves You” by the Frankie Valli and led into the next song by Croce, ti- with The Critters. Ryan even said

Coachella brings life and music to the desert JOSH TORZILLO Staff Writer

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival kicked off its first weekend on April 10, bringing nearly 100,000 people to the California desert to party and enjoy the vast array of music, art and fashion.

While music is the main focus, Coachella is known for its celebrity appeal and commercial atmosphere, leading to a melting pot of anti-conformity and commercialization. Basically, there are the hardcore music and art fans who try desperately to take in as much as they can, the girls who are only concerned about the flowers in their hair and the guys who are only concerned about spilling beer on their designer clothes.

All of these people paid at least $375 to get in. Oh, and there are drugs, too. A whole lot of drugs.

If you are an avid social media user, you have probably associated the weekend with one of Coachella’s two massive events: Madonna making out with Drake and Tyler, The

Creator, giving a hearty “F**k you!” may have taken a risk bringing in to Kendall Jenner, who casually re- older acts, like Steely Dan and AC/ turned with a middle-finger salute. DC, but if a person cannot enjoy a Out of all the diversity the biggest live song like “Back in Black,” they music festival on earth has to of- should not even be at Coachella.

Day 2 saw the last great rock fer, these two happenings were the most talked about on social media. star, Jack White, headline. With a Did I mention there were actual set list spanning his entire career and multiple-band history, the musical performances?

Day one belonged to the Auss- “Lazaretto” singer was an electric ies. Rock titans AC/DC headlined finisher to the day. The Weeknd, and brought old school rock riffs to alt-J, Hozier and Father John Misty the mostly younger crowd. Fellow also performed, giving a more eclectic mix to the music throughout the Australian and Coachella veterans, Tame Impaday. la, co-headlined and Tyler, The Creator, was the brought a lot of rock most talked about act of the and psychedelia to day, mostly because of his deal with for the on-stage antics and crowd interaction, particularly first day.

A l a b a m a with the VIP section.

Shakes, Steely He called them out, Dan, Action stating that they Bronson and paid too much Interpol also money to be gave festithere and val-goers could not much to even have a enjoy. The good time. He festival Photo courtesy of Neon Tommy then focused

Photo courtesy of Alan Paone

The sun sets over the festivities at last year’s Coachella. on the main crowd, who he thought were awesome. His insight was perhaps what we all want to say about the music festival, but feel we cannot because we do not want to disrespect a Kardashian royalty (the two are good friends, it was a joke).

Day 3 closed wildly with Drake, who perhaps had a hit-or-miss set list as the headliner. However, he more than made up for it by locking lips with pop queen Madonna, which led to plenty of great Inter-

net memes. Co-headliners Florence and the Machine gave a standout performance, perhaps the best of the weekend. It was so intense that Florence Welch actually broke her foot jumping off the stage. David Guetta, St. Vincent and Marina and the Diamonds also helped to bring the first weekend of Coachella to a close.

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Top 20 Billboard

Artist 1. Wiz Kahlifa/Charlie Puth 2. Mark Renson/Bruno Mars 3. Maroon 5 4. Fetty Wap 5. Ed sheeran 6. The Weeknd 7. Ellie Goulding 8. Flo Rida 9. WALK THE MOON 10. Taylor Swift 11. Natalie La Rose/Jeremih 12. Jason Derulo 13. Rhianna 14. Nick Jonas 15. Ariana Grande 16. Omario 17. Pitbull & Ne-Yo 18. Nicki Minaj 19. Taylor Swift 20. Sam Smith

Song See You Again Uptown Funk Sugar Trap Queen Thinking Out Loud Earned It Love Me Like You Do G.D.F.R. Shut Up And Dance Style Somebody Want To Want Me FourFiveSeconds Chains One Last Time Post To Be Time Of Our Lives Truffle Butter Blank Space Lay Me Down

Top 10 Movies Movie

1. Furious 7 2. Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 3. Unfriended 4. Home 5. The Longest Ride 6. Get Hard 7. Monkey Kingdom 8. Woman in Gold 9. The Divergent Series: Insurgent 10. Cinderella

Weekend Gross $29,056,000 $24,000,000 $16,023,000 $10,300,000 $6,850,000 $4,830,000 $4,715,000 $4,587,000 $4,150,000 $3,871,000

Billboard information from www.billboard.com.

WSYC Top 20 music information from WSYC. Movie information from www.boxofficemojo.com.

Movie schedule from www.carmike.com.

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Artist Album 1. Will Butler Policy 2. San Cisco Gracetown 3. Ryley Walker Primrose Green 4. Bay Uno Catalina 5. Dick Diver Melbourne, Florida 6. Bombadil Hold On Ramseur 7. Champs Vamala 8. Modest Mouse Strangers To Ourselves 9. Houndstooth No News From Home 10. Of Montreal Aureate Gloom 11. Young Buffalo House 12. Lady Lamb The Beekeeper After Reflection 13. Bonson Berner Hi Honey 14. Low Cut Connie So Gone Spunk 15. Bearhug Sometimes I Sit and Think...

16. Courtney Barnett 17. Vetiver Complete Strangers 18. Matthew E. White Fresh Blood Bury Me At Makeout Creek 19. Mitski 20. Nic Hessler Soft Connections

Movie Schedule Movie Showings Evening Showings

The Divergent Series: Insurgent 7:20 p.m.

Furious 7

6:30 p.m., 7:00 p.m., 9:30 p.m., 10:00 p.m.

Get Hard

10:00 p.m.

Home

7:10 p.m., 9:30 p.m.

Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2

7:35 p.m., 9:55 p.m.

The Longest Ride

6:45 p.m., 9:45 p.m.

Unfriended

7:30 p.m., 9:40 p.m.

Movie showtimes are for Tuesday at the Carmike 7 Theatre located inside the Chambersburg Mall on Black Gap Road.

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keys to success for the Raider of- runs, hits and slugging percentage. fense, defense and pitching in this The team ranks second with 158 Sports Editor walks, illustrating patience at the week’s edition of Bleacher Talk. plate, but that is countered by its AND Dave: conference-leading 272 strikeouts.

Standout hitters from this year CALE AHEARN Shippensburg definitely has a include sophomore catcher Jake shot at making a run in the 2015 Kennedy, who slammed 16 homers Asst. Sports Editor College Baseball Playoffs, but the on the season while posting a .358 team has to step up in many fac- batting percentage, and Mike MarWith one swing, Raider baseball ets of its game. Defensively, the cinko, who is closing out his 2015 team has been competitive campaign with a team-high .400 avclinched a spot in the 2015 PSAC if not great, but offensive- erage and has totaled six home runs playoffs in a double-header on Satly the Raiders have shown to date. If Kennedy and Marcinko urday, after missing the tournathe ability to keep pace with can continue to lead the team with ment last season. the best teams in the division. power and getting on base, and Cody Sophomore Ryan McMillen The team’s pitching has been Ezolt can improve on his nine home sent a solo shot out of the park solid, but if SU wants to reach runs, the Raider offense should be for a game-winning home run in the next level in the playoffs able to keep pace with some of the the sixth inning, ensuring a win it needs to see some high-scoring offenses like Seton Hill against Bloomsburg and securing good outings from and Millersville universities. a playoff berth. starters Marcus Prior to 2014, Shippensburg The team will still need clutch hitShippey, Gabe ting from the rest of the lineup, but had recorded two consecutive 32Mosser, Mark seven of the starting nine have batwin seasons, winning the DiviCurtis and Rich ting averages over .300 and on-base sion II College World Series Michaud, the lat- percentages over .400 so the hitting in 2013. ter who started the has made its mark for the Raiders The Raidseason on a strong this season. ers look to note this spring. return to Cale: Shippenspost-season burg has been dominance The Red Raiders have mostly known for its and find their groove as been a .500 team all season, currentdefense in recontenders in DII college cent years, and ly standing at 22-20 on the season. baseball. this past season it Yet, they have been good enough The team ranks No. 3 fell off a bit. Three to qualify for a PSAC Tournament in the PSAC with a 22games out, the team berth.

20 record, listed behind Offense has been the team’s ranks second with 58 No. 2 Millersville (32-9, errors, although a strength, as they have been led by 18-6 PSAC East) and No. fielding percentage of Jake Kennedy, who has 16 homer1 West Chester (22-8, 17-5 0.957 achieved it the uns and 43 RBI’s in 2015, which is PSAC East). SU’s record No. 7 spot in PSAC tops for SU in both categories. Othagainst Millersville has er solid contributors include Mike play. been impressive, howevFrom a pitching Marcinko, who is batting .400, and er, as the Raiders have standpoint, the Cody Ezolt, who is second on the earned a season series rotation has al- team with 38 RBI’s. split at two games a The mound has been where the lowed the secpiece. ond-most hits Red Raiders have struggled all Shippensburg has in PSAC play, season, failing to find a single conyet to play West 38 of which sistent starter to rely on. Pitchers Chester Univerwere home Marcus Shippey and Mark Curtis sity in 2015, but runs. That have posted ERA’s north of 5.00 closes out the p l a c e s while pitching the most innings for regular seat h e m the team. son with two If the Red Raiders hope to find third in double headers Photo by Dave Barth the con- success in the playoffs, they are goagainst the divi- McMillen hit a game-winning f e r e n c e ; ing to need to get a consistent persion leaders. The Raiders have a home run on Saturday, qualifying long balls formance from their starting pitchare some- ing, which is something they have chance to make SU for a playoff berth. thing SU not received all season. Otherwise, a statement before they even make the trip to the will have to limit in the post season. the team will have to hit its way to PSAC tournament, and starting The team also placed third in strike- a title, but it is hard to keep scoring this Friday they must get into play- outs with 282, a positive that can runs when you cannot keep the ophelp it in close games. The team’s position from scoring. off mode.

While SU has the offense to make Several players have impressed 143 walks ranks it third; however, throughout the season for Shippens- it is a statistic that can lead to extra some noise in the PSAC Tournaburg, but there are a few more that runs and illustrate that pitchers are ment, I do not believe they will be able to win with the inconsistent must improve their level of play in falling behind in the count.

Shippensburg’s offense has found pitching staff being the Red Raiders’ order for the Raiders to make a run success this season, ranking in the Achilles’ heel. at another College World Series.

Your sports editors discuss the Top 5 in batting average, home runs,

upcoming psac games: Lacrosse (W): April 22 vs. Millersville April 25 at Mercyhurst

Outdoor Track (M&W):

April 23 at Penn Relays April 24 at Penn Relays April 25 vs. Paul Kaiser Classic

Softball:

April 22 at East Stroudsburg April 24 vs. Kutztown (Senior Day) April 25 at Mansfield

Baseball:

April 21 vs. Shepherd April 24 vs. West Chester (Senior Day) April 25 at West Chester

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Nolan Mcgraw is a communication/journalism major at Shippensburg University. He is a freshman and plans to enter the sports journalism field when he graduates. Mcgraw boasts three years of experience with fantasy baseball, placing within the Top 3 in his 10-team leagues each season.

It is a new week in the world of fantasy baseball, and that means we are starting to see which players could be legitimate producers.

With more at bats, players are showing us whether or not they are worthy of being picked up. Last week I presented some good picks and some not so good picks, but that is what makes fantasy baseball so exciting. Jonathan Schoop is heading to the disabled list while Aaron Harang continues to dominate on the mound. Here are this week’s target free agents.

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Ryan McMillen finishes the series against the Huskies with six hits and six RBI’s.

Baseball splits double-header, makes playoffs CALE AHEARN Asst. Sports Editor The SU baseball team clinched a PSAC Tournament berth on Saturday by splitting a double header with rival Bloomsburg University (11-17).

SU (22-20) took the opener by a score of 8-5 before dropping the nightcap to the Huskies, 18-9.

The Red Raiders fell behind early in Game 1, but were able to bring the score to 5-5 in the fifth inning.

In the sixth inning, sophomore Ryan McMillen hit a solo home run that ended up being the game-winning tally for the Red Raiders.

Sophomore pitcher Mark Curtis was able to keep Bloomsburg at bay, pitching a complete game while scattering six hits and striking out seven.

In Game 2, the Red Raiders opened the game with a four-run first inning before the Huskies were able to answer with 10-run home half of the inning. Bloomsburg never looked back, adding eight more runs over the games’ final innings.

McMillen finished Saturday going 6-8 with three home runs and six RBI’s over the two games.

Freshman Nick Spangler and junior Austin Allison were each able to add four hits, as SU’s offense remained hot against Bloomsburg in 2015.

In four games against the Huskies,

Dexter Fowler, OF – After starting the season a little slow, Fowler has exploded onto the scene with more than 30 fantasy points last week. A great weekend series against the Rockies in which he batted .307 with four RBI’s started it. As the week progressed, Fowler hit well against the Reds and the Padres, adding five more hits and three runs to his stat line.

Travis Wood, SP – Last week, the Cubs’ starting pitcher rebounded from a bad first start with a 20-point performance. Wood shut down the Reds over seven innings giving up just three hits. The outing gave him his first win of the season. Wood is only owned in 3 percent of all leagues according to Yahoo, so there is no need to worry about his availability.

Ender Inciarte, OF – This Diamondbacks’ outfielder started last week with a three-hit game against the Padres, knocking in four RBI’s and scoring two runs himself. This performance was good for 12.5 fantasy points in one night. Incairte didn’t stop there, scoring five more runs by the week’s end.

Caleb Joseph, C – Here is a player who may be out of the starting lineup a month from now, but in the meantime Joseph is seeing the ball very well.

Catchers are not consistently great hitters, and when one gets on a hot streak you should give them a look.

In the last week he has batted over .500 with a homerun and four RBI’s.

Pitcher Kyle McClintock winds up for the pitch.

SU batters hit .439 with 11 doubles and eight home runs, carrying them to three victories.

Despite the loss in the second game, the Red Raiders are still able to celebrate clinching a postseason berth, with their seed in the tournament still to be determined.

SU returns to action on Tuesday, when the Shepherd Rams visit for a non-conference doubleheader, as the Red Raiders aim to improve their seeding for the upcoming PSAC tournament.

Kevin Pillar, OF – With a BA of .279, one home run and only four RBI’s on the year, no one is looking at Pillar from a fantasy standpoint. These average numbers do not indicate that he is going to put up 30plus points next week, but it does tell us that he can be a consistent offensive player. Fifteen points a week for the rest of the season could be Pillar’s story. If you are looking for a longterm replacement in the outfield, go after Pillar.

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outdid itself this past Wednesday from Seth Grove Stadium at its first home meet of the season.

Sophomore Sarah Hunt broke a 12-year-old school record in the long jump and senior Liz Smith eclipsed her own school record in shot put to highlight the women’s team performances. The men’s 4x400-meter re-

lay recorded the fastest time in the history of Seth Grove Stadium on Sports Editor the day as well, and now ranks No. 3 in Division II. Hunt recorded her record-setting There is not much more the Shipjump of 20 feet, 1/4 inches, which pensburg University outdoor track earned her third place on the NCAA & field team can do that would be a DII rankings and improved her persurprise. Consistently one of the top sonal record by more than 10 inches. schools in the area, the Raider squad Smith improved the school record for the second time this season, recording a personal record throw of 45 feet, 3 inches, good for No. 2 on the PSAC performance list.

The 4x400 team, consisting of seniors Eric Bologa, Andrew Kujawski and Robert Bales and sophomore Tim Usher, posted a time of 3:11.75 one year removed from setting the previous record of 3:12.05 at last year’s PSAC Championships.

Senior Grant Smith broke his own school record in shot put on the day, landing a PR of 58 feet, 8 inches. He also threw the hammer 160 feet, 4 inches and hurled the discus 145 feet, 10 inches on the day.

Photo by Dave Barth Shippensburg returns to action on Freshman Austin Shupp won the triple jump, 400-meter Saturday, April 25 in the Paul Kaiand 110-meter hurdles in impressive fashion. ser Classic at Seth Grove Stadium.

Photo by Kyle Keevill

Hunt flies down the track toward the long jump pit, breaking a 12-year-old school record on Wednesday.

Athlete spotlight: Senior track star Ashley Nicola Anna Burnhisel Staff Writer “I love the way that running makes me feel. I love the accomplishments and life skills I gain from being on the team. I love my teammates, who have become like family to me,” said senior track star Ashley Nicola.

Nicola has been participating in track and field since her freshman year at Shippensburg University. She has many impressive accomplishments under her belt, including a time of 12.71 seconds in the 100-meter dash, 26.27 in the 200-meter dash and 18 feet, 1/4 inch in the long jump.

Nicola’s favorite thing about the women’s track and field team is her teammates. She has created close bonds with many of these young women and she views them as if they were a “bunch of sisters.”

“We feed off of each other’s energy and it motivates us. We are there for one another on and off the track,” she said.

Nicola grew to have a love for track as a result of hearing how much her mother and aunt enjoyed

Photo courtesy of Bill Smith.

Nicola graduates in May. participating in the sport when they were in high school. Not surprisingly, Nicola was eager to be involved in sports when she reached high school. During her time at Jim Thorpe High School, she ran track and field for four years and ran cross country for one year. Nicola also played high school volleyball for a year. She is the first member of her family to have the opportunity to compete in a college sport.

According to Nicola, the most challenging aspect of playing a college sport is balancing responsibilities on a tight schedule. For many

students, college is tough and a new layer of difficulty is added to the mix when one has to balancing sports and all of the other associated tasks.

This is not easy for Ashley, but she does it all for her three younger siblings. She firmly believes that school is No. 1 priority because if you do not succeed in the classroom, you cannot participate on the track.

For these reasons, she advises every student athlete to master time management.

“School can be especially stressful if you are in a sport so I think setting some time aside for yourself and your friends is very important,” Nicola said.

In these free moments, Nicola enjoys spending time with her girlfriend, hiking, being outside, crafts and doing art projects and cooking. Upon graduation, she wants to maintain her healthy lifestyle through working out and eating right.

She is going to chase the warm weather with her girlfriend Sam Beckerleg, and embark on her creative destiny. Whether she becomes a professional athlete, cosmetologist, or entrepreneur, she will always be shooting for the stars.

Photo by Dave Barth

Smith hurled a school record shot put of 45 feet, 3 inches. Here, he throws the hammer earlier in the day.