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Electrical engineering major sent for approval Troy Okum

Asst. News Editor The Shippensburg University council of trustees approved a proposal to add a new Bachelors of Science degree in electrical engineering last Friday.

The Board of Governors for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania must also approve the proposal before SU can officially offer the program to students. The state system staff is expected to review it Oct. 8.

“We anticipate a favorable review,” Barbara Lyman, chief academic officer of SU said, referring to the proposal’s final hurdle as it moves on to the state level.

If the approval process goes according to plan, students can sign up for the new bachelor’s program for the fall semester in 2015.

The electrical engineering program will train students in semiconductor design, mixed-signal embedded systems, industrial controls and communications system engineering.

The program was designed to meet the standards of the Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) and because of that, an array of classes in computer science, com-

puter engineering, mathematics and physics were selected for the major.

To meet the standards of EAC, four new classes will be offered at SU that will fall into the new electrical engineering category.

One of the major reasons for the addition of the program to SU is because of the current shortage of trained electrical engineers in Pennsylvania, Lyman said.

In the 56-page proposal presented to the Council of Trustees it states that “Pennsylvania is expected to see a 9.2 percent increase in the demand for Electrical Engineers” from 2010 to 2020.

Currently, there are 317 open positions for electrical engineers.

Allegheny, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties are the respective top three counties with unfilled positions.

SU would be the only school that is a part of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) that has any engineering programs, if the program is approved.

A computer engineering program was added in the fall of 2011, making it the first engineering program that SU acquired. One year later, software engineering became the second engineering program.

Electrical engineering is expected to be the third.

Forty-five students enrolled in early childhood special education program Mary Grace Keller News Editor

During university open houses many parents and prospective students expressed an interest in a special education and early childhood certification.

“We would go to discussions with parents and that would probably be half the discussion,” said Kent Chrisman, professor of early childhood education.

About two years ago, the special education and early childhood faculty started to meet and plan the dual certification. Their work paid off last winter when the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) approved the program for general education pre-K to fourth grade and special education pre-K to eighth grade.

So far, 45 students are enrolled in the program and the numbers are expected to go up from there.

Before adding the dual certification, education majors at Shippensburg University had to pursue a post-bachelor’s degree program in order to be certified in teaching students with special needs.

“Many school districts have moved toward requiring that all new teachers be dually certified in general education and special education,”

Christopher Schwilk, associate professor of special education, said.

To get the plan off the ground, the pre-K to fourth grade faculty and special education faculty collaborated to create courses that could meet the needs of students and PDE. The curriculum went through multiple university committees before it was approved for this fall.

As a result, the College of Education and Human Services added six new classes to the department of educational leadership and special education. The designated name for the new dual certification is early childhood special education (ECS).

After eight semesters of instruction and observation, education majors spend their final semester student teaching. For the new certification, the time is split between pre-K to fourth grade general education and pre-K to eighth-grade special education.

Before the eight weeks of student teaching begins, students get to spend time with each age group through observation.

Those enrolled in the new dual certification will work in a variety of classrooms: general education, pre-K for students with disabilities and special education in pre-K to eighth grade, Schwilk said.

Marriott hotel being built, campus farm relocated Mary Grace Keller

conferences and give visitors to hoes are gone and the hotel is SU a convenient place to stay. ready for business, there will The construction project is be 26 full-time jobs available. a partnership between the SU The hotel lobby will boast a 52Four stories, 110 rooms, and Foundation and Shaner Hotel inch LCD touch screen that guests $14 million are invested in the Holdings, according to Pennlive. can use to find local attractions, When the bulldozers and track- restaurants and sports information. new hotel being built next to the Shippensburg University Conference Center on Newburg Road, according to Pennlive.com.

The groundbreaking ceremony for the Courtyard by Marriott hotel was held May 20 while most students were away on summer break.

Interim President George “Jody” Harpster, state Rep. Mark Keller and Scott Brown from the Shippensburg Area Chamber of Commerce were present for the groundbreaking ceremony, Heraldmailmedia.com reported.

The hope with the new hotel is that the conference center Photo by Mary Grace Keller will be able to host multi-day The Courtyard by Marriott hotel is expected to be completed by mid-2015.

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Before the foundation of the hotel was laid out, the campus farm was relocated behind the Cora I. Grove Spiritual Center, along Britton Road.

The SU farm club was notified of the upcoming construction in the fall of 2013.

“The Foundation was really supportive of our farm and offered that we could move further back in the field behind where the hotel was being built,” an SU farm club member said.

Instead, the farm club chose a closer location to the main campus. The Shippensburg Township supervisors agreed to let the SU farm club use the land for free along Britton Road.

The farm club grows a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables, many of which are used in cooking at Reisner Hall.

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SVA organizes campus 9/11 memorial

Tuesday, Sept. 9, Reach Out invites you to an informational session to learn about supporting education in the Dominican Republic. The meeting is held in DHC 202 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. All majors and years are welcome. reachout@ship.edu

Ship will continue to help the veterans to whom we owe so much,” interim President George “Jody” Harpster said in a university press release.

Littlejohn agrees that the support system for veterans at SU is very good. He says both faculty and staff

are willing to help veterans and many have served in the armed forces.

Al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four planes and used them to attack buildings on the morning of 9/11, leaving nearly 3,000 dead.

The tragedies of Sept. 11, 2001,

are honored in Manhattan by the 9/11 Memorial and Museum. The museum was opened this May amidst controversy regarding unidentified remains, relations to Arab-Americans and high ticket costs.

Thousands of flags were used to create the shape of the Pentagon building. On 9/11 Flight 77 flew into the side of the building, causing several floors to collapse.

Tuesday, Sept. 9, Entrepreneurial.Action.US (Enactus) is having a meeting at 3:30 p.m. in Grove 203.

All majors are welcome to attend, and friends are invited.

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A large “93” sits on the east end of the quad to remind everyone of Flight 93, the hijacked commercial jet that crashed in Somerset County, Pennsylvania.

Photos by Collin Brackin

Hundreds of small American flags gently move in the afternoon breeze. The two large rectangles in the center of the photo remind on-lookers of the great Twin Towers of the World Trade Center complex that collapsed into their own foundations.

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To honor those who have served and sacrificed for their country, the Student Veterans of America (SVA) on campus placed American flags in the quad in front of Lehman Library.

This Shippensburg University tradition reminds the campus community of the events of Sept.11, 2001. The new design pays respect to the three tragedies that occurred 13 years ago this Thursday. Rather than the folded flag formation of past years, the World Trade Center towers, Pentagon, and “93” for Flight 93 honor the fallen at each of those sites. There are roughly 6,500 flags in this year’s display.

The Student Veterans of America organizes the display each year to support those who served and to remember those who died.

Chris Littlejohn, the SVA public relations officer, explained the importance of showing respect for the sacrifices people made in order to protect and serve the country.

“We want to honor those who gave their lives on 9/11 and since then, but also keep the many service members’ needs and ongoing struggles in mind,” Littlejohn said.

There will be a memorial service held at 9:11 a.m. in the quad on

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Thursday, coordinated by the SVA. The SVA is a group, as Littlejohn says, “Not just an organization of veterans for veterans, but of all people for veterans.” He stressed that anyone can join the group, and that the SVA has members from all walks of life and a diversity of experiences. Many different branches of the military are represented by SVA members, and many non-traditional students as well.

The student group’s website says under the mission heading, “To enhance the educational experience of veterans in higher education by empowering and supporting student veteran groups at Shippensburg University.” The Wounded Warriors Project is the philanthropy that will receive the funds raised from the 9/11 display.

The SVA also provides a variety of other services for student veterans, shown in their motto “Ensuring the Heroes of Yesterday are the Future Leaders of Tomorrow.”

SU has a record of treating veterans well and was selected as a top veteran-friendly school by U.S. Veterans Magazine in September 2013.

“At Ship, we have looked at ways to better deliver our academic programming to veterans, we continue to review our support services for them and we have a veterans resource center in our student union.

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Thursday, Sept. 11, Mindfulness Meditation is hosting “Listening to Sounds” at (FSC) 226, from 11 a.m. to 11:55 a.m. Contact Tomoko Grabosky, Counseling Center, tkgrab@shipedu or Toru Sato, Psychology Dept, tosato@ship.edu for info.

Monday, Sept. 15 the Career Center Clinic is hosting an event in CUB room 108 from 12:10 p.m. to 1 p.m. Free pizza is available. Resume House of Horrors; Correcting the Top 10 Mistakes.

Tuesday, Sept, 16, Circle K is hosting the American Red Cross Blood Drive at the Spiritual Center, room 209, chapel. Doors open at 9:30 a.m. Bring yourself, bring a friend and bring some blood to donate for charity.

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Here and Now The unending War on Terror

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Asst. News Editor “The towers are gone now, reduced to bloody rubble, along with all hopes for peace in our time,” Hunter Thompson, an American journalist, wrote in the days following the 9/11 attack.

He went on to accurately predict the manhunt for Osama bin Laden, the invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan and military involvement in Pakistan.

While Thompson died in 2005, his early predictions live on every day that the U.S. wages its War on Terrorism that began after Sept. 11, 2001, a date that changed the outlook of the 21st century. Since then, this nation has been at war with an ever-changing enemy, with no end in sight.

After the attacks, the U.S., along with coalition forces, made a plan to capture Osama bin Laden and cripple, if not eliminate, the Taliban.

Former President George W. Bush rejected offers from the Tal-

iban to open negotiations, according to the Washington Post. Operation Enduring Freedom already began in Afghanistan on Oct. 7, 2001. Thirteen years later, and after the death of bin Laden, the war efforts are still underway.

Last May, President Barack Obama said that by the end of 2014 just under 10,000 troops will remain in Afghanistan until 2016. Nearly all of the U.S. troops in Afghanistan are scheduled to be withdrawn by 2017, according to the Washington Post.

The plans for withdrawal are now up in the air as the Afghan presidential election results are being disputed. CBS News reported that it is unclear what role U.S. and NATO forces will play over the next year until the disagreement can be worked out.

An expensive war still rages on in Afghanistan, one that claimed the lives of more than 2,300 U.S. troops, according to icasualties. org. But at least the Iraq War already came to an end. Or has it?

In 2003, U.S. and coalition forces invaded Iraq as part of the War on Terrorism. Within three weeks Suddam Hussein, the former Iraqi dictator, was thrown out of power and the initial mission was completed. Eight more years passed before the war came to an end, as it became increasingly hard to stabilize the nation.

U.S. involvement in Iraq, however, did end even after the war was declared to be over in 2011.

President Barack Obama authorized an additional 300 troops to aid local security forces against the problematic Islamic state, commonly called ISIS, several weeks ago,

according to the Washington Post.

This past summer, ISIS began a rapid rampage across northern Iraq and into Syria. CNN points out that ISIS is a terrorist group bent on creating an Islamic state.

They took advantage of the power vacuum created after U.S. troops pulled out of Iraq and during the ongoing Syrian civil war.

To counteract the radical group, the Obama administration ordered more than 120 airstrikes to hinder their operations, especially in Syria.

In response, ISIS executed two American journalists, James Foley and Steven Sotloff, on camera and posted their videos on the Internet.

Police Briefs Underage drinking reported at McCune Hall

University Police cited Austin Brinser, 19, of McCune Hall for underage drinking after finding him highly intoxicated on the evening of Friday, Aug. 29. Brinser had been reportedly vomiting for the past hour before officers arrived and called an ambulance.

He was taken to Chambersburg Hospital for further treatment.

Female cited for underage drinking in G-1 parking lot A University Police officer observed Adasha Barnette, 18, of Shippensburg, Pennsylvania walking through the G-1 parking lot carrying a glass bottle. The officer suspected the bottle contained alcohol. When Barnette saw the officer she dropped the bottle and walked away from the area. The officer stopped Barnette and later found a 12 ounce bottle of Woodchuck Hard Cider, which was nearly full. She received a citation from the officer for underage drinking and was then released.

Female found intoxicated and urinating in G-1 parking lot Nicole Walker, 19, of Schaefferstown, Pennsylvania, admitted to a University Police officer that she consumed alcohol at an off campus party, after officers approached her on Sunday, Aug. 30. The officer was patrolling the G-1 parking lot when he saw a crowd of people around a parked car. Walker was found urinating behind the parked car. The officer released her at the scene, but charges were later filed against her for underage drinking and disorderly conduct.

Kutztown student landed a night at Cumberland County Prison

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Journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff were killed by the terrorist group, ISIS.

ISIS blames President Barack Obama for the deaths because he did stop the deadly airstrikes on their members.

The Obama administration said they are currently working on an international strategy to deal with ISIS, according to the New York Times.

Even if the U.S. were to discontinue its involvement with ISIS it is still planned to take years for troops to leave Afghanistan.

After the inevitable chaos and confusion that followed the 9/11 attacks, it is hard to look back and see how the people we are currently at war with even relate to our attackers. One thing is for sure, Thompson’s “peace in our time” is not coming soon.

In order to end this constant Photo courtesy of The Telegraph cycle of warfare that has haunted the nation everyone must Members of the terrorist group, Islam State of Iraq and Shaam learn how we ended up here to (ISIS), kneel with leader Abu Waheeb in a show of propaganda. prevent conflict in the future.

Jacob Braswell, 20, of Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, a Kutztown University student, got highly intoxicated and was reportedly passed out on a bench in front of Presidents Hall on Sunday, Aug. 31. University Police found Braswell to be highly intoxicated and initially uncooperative. He was later taken into custody and transported to the University Police Department after the officers found a bottle of alcohol in his book bag. Officers arranged for him to stay the night at Cumberland County Prison because he did not have any place to go. He was cited for underage drinking and public drunkenness.

Mclean Hall I resident charged with possession of a small amount of marijuana Residence hall staff of Mclean Hall I reported to the University Police that they smelled an odor of burnt marijuana, on Sunday, Aug. 24. Officers sniffed out the source of the odor, which was coming from one of the dorm rooms, and confronted the occupants.

A small quantity of marijuana and other drug paraphernalia were confiscated after officers searched the room. Andreas Meier, 18, of Mclean Hall I was charged with possession of a small amount of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. A criminal complaint was filed before Magisterial Judge Anthony Adams.

Unknown suspect at large after damaging vehicle in L-1 Storage Parking Lot An unknown suspect reportedly struck a 2012 Ford Focus in the L-1 Storage Parking Lot sometime between Aug. 26 and Aug. 29. The damaged vehicle belongs to Megan Repman of Dover, Pennsylvania, who reported the incident to University Police on Friday, Aug. 29. The left rear bumper and fender area was damaged. No estimate of the damage is available.

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The council of trustees voted Friday, Sept. 5, to demolish Naugle Hall. Naugle Hall was finished in 1964. Its doors closed at the end of spring semester 2014.

Former residents of the hall may still remember the numerous names, slogans and dates carved and penciled into the sides of doors, showing an informal heritage of the building. The hall has since been deemed a security burden, and a financial drain.

In addition to being used as a dorm, Naugle Hall hosted the annual haunted house walk through that took place in the basement.

The basement was also used for storage of various items, but particularly props and costumes for Act V. B. Michael Schaul, chairman of the SU Board of Trustees, was once a fifth-floor resident of Naugle Hall.

During the trustees’ meeting last Friday, Schaul requested that the building be saved, or at least the fifth floor.

Male, 45, beaten to death

NCAA removes Penn State bans

A mother, son and male accomplice were charged with the assault and death of Joseph Mahoney, 45, of Carlisle.

Mahoney was tied up, beaten and whipped on Tuesday, Sept. 2, in the early morning.

Stephanie Vince Scott, 36; Duane Fason Jr., 17; and Kaysean Smith, age unknown, left Mahoney’s body beside the road in the 1100 block of South Spring Garden Street.

The assault was in response to a fight that occurred between Scott and Mahoney the day before. According to Scott, Mahoney choked her and the two fought for hours until Mahoney left around midnight.

The trio attacked Mahoney around 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday while he was drunk.

Mahoney was alive when he was dumped on the side of the road. He died of multiple traumatic injuries, according to the autopsy report.

Source: cumberlink.com

The NCAA removed bans on the Pennsylvania State University football team and restored scholarships, Monday, Sept. 8. The NCAA imposed several sanctions over the summer of 2012 after assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky committed numerous counts of child molestation at the university.

Penn State is now allowed to participate in postseason football games. In 2012, Penn State lost its ability to compete in postseason football games, grant football scholarships, had to pay a $60 million fine and forfeited more than 100 of the football games won in the past years, reported the Associated Press.

“Penn State has made remarkable progress over the past year,” South Carolina President Harris Pastides, a member of the NCAA board of directors, said.

Naugle Hall to be demolished

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National news: World news: Hikers rescued from Yosemite fire

Russia, Ukraine have truce

Approximately 100 hikers were rescued via helicopter from Yosemite National Park when a wildfire erupted Sunday, Sept. 7.

The fire began around noon and spread across nearly 700 acres of land, according to park authorities.

Hikers were lifted from the granite Half Dome peak in Yosemite. It took seven helicopters, a plane and a ground crew to fight the fire.

A hiker who was airlifted to safety claimed that the flames were 200feet high at the time of his rescue.

No injuries or structual damages have been reported from the Yosemite fire.

Another wildfire broke out on Friday in Mariposa County.

California’s dry weather has contributed to the risk of fire this season.

Russia and Ukraine arranged a shaky truce Friday, Sept. 5, but Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko refuses to hand over any contested territory. Poroshenko traveled to Mariupol, a Ukrainian city situated not far from recent battlegrounds, where he told the world the government would not hand over territory that separatists argue belongs to Russia.

Representatives from the Kremlin said Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Poroshenko are working together to maintain the ceasefire. As part of the agreement, Ukrainian separatists released 1,200 prisoners of war back to the pro-Ukrainian territory.

More than 3,000 people are now dead as a result of the Ukrainian conflict.

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Why society should participate the right way in the ice bucket challenge Ana Guenther Editor-in-chief

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (or ALS), have you ever heard of it?

Well, if you have not heard of ALS, then maybe you have heard of the “Ice Bucket Challenge”?

I almost guarantee the majority of people have heard of this challenge. It has dominated our social media news feeds almost all summer and this stunt shows no possibility of slowing down, any time soon.

I have heard people either say it is a great idea or it is just another way for people to get likes on their Facebook. I agree with both opinions to this new trend.

I hate to call it a trend, because of the serious impacts it has created, but it is somewhat of a trend. Long story short, for the few of you who may not know what this is, “The Ice Bucket Challenge” was created to raise awareness for the neurological disease, ALS. If you have never heard of ALS,

then maybe you know of this disease from its nickname, Lou Gehrig’s Disease.

According to The ALS Association’s website, this is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord.

People with ALS eventually lose all muscle movement and control, causing total paralysis and death within two to five years of diagnosis.

There is currently no cure and only one drug has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to prolong survival after diagnosis.

With all of this information in mind, I have to agree that the “Ice Bucket Challenge” (IBC) has certainly done its job to promote awareness for the disease. I would argue that this is one of the best public relation tactics I have ever seen.

As of August, the ALS Association has received around $88.5 million in donations and has garnered 1.9 million new donors to the cause.

With this sudden dramatic influx of

donations, the ALS Association has stated on its website that they need to seriously consider where the donations will be put to good use.

For instance, Carrie Monk, a representative of the association wrote

cide to donate who are participating in the correct way. I am not about to say that people who just participate in the challenge do not care about this disease, but I am suggesting that there are people out there who

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in an article, “We want to move quickly, but decisively, as our ultimate goal is to use this incredible generosity in a way that has the biggest impact on the disease.”

I hope they do. Its people who de-

are participating for the wrong reasons. Recently, I noticed on my Facebook news feed that there is a new challenge surfacing called the Five Day Positive Challenge. This challenge gives Facebook users the

opportunity to state three things they are grateful for, for five days.

Like the IBC, people nominate others to participate.

This is my concern. We had a challenge that actually helped to promote awareness for a disease and now we have a challenge that I do not care about.

One thing that I hate about Facebook is when people openly tell the world about their lives.

I do not care that your boyfriend is super cute.

I feel that society needs to gain some perspective with social media, at times.

The IBC was created to promote awareness for a terminal disease with no cure and little public understanding.

We have now gone from an effort that was raising awareness for something that needs more support to a new movement that people are doing just to receive likes on Facebook.

There are things in the world worth fighting and posting for, then there are things that are just better kept unsaid.

Family Guy vs. The Simpsons: The cartoon battle contintues Brandi Fitch

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I feel as though this question has gone through all of our minds, at some point, growing up: “The Simpsons” or “Family Guy?” Both have grown on us throughout the years, but it is a hard task to sit down and compare the two. They are similar, but very different at the same time.

I am no critic, but coming from someone who is a fan of both shows, it is hard to choose my favorite.

As I watched “The Simpson’s” 12day marathon on FXX last week, I realized that I felt like a little kid again, so excited to sit and watch endless hours of the show. I think that most of us feel a certain loyalty towards “The Simpsons.” After all, it is older than most of us who are graduating this year. We have not

known a time without those loveable, yet odd yellow people.

After 25 seasons and 552 episodes, Matt Groening and his crew are still coming up with ideas of how the Simpsons family will gather on the couch after the theme song.

Then we have “Family Guy,” one of the most ridiculously hilarious shows I have ever seen on television. Though it has not been on TV as long, the show has still seen its share of air time with 12 seasons under its belt. As dark as the show can be, we cannot help but find the different stabs at celebrities and famous cutaways. It is humorous no matter who or what the joke is directed at.

I will admit it, I never get tired of Peter’s offensive or senseless antics, such as him diving into a chair and “forgetting how to sit down”. Plus, how could you not love a smartmouthed British baby hell-bent on

world domination and killing his stings at society. Seth MacFarlane my heart for “The Simpsons” since mommy? Stewie is the most ador- has really impressed and surprised I cannot remember a time without ably evil character I have ever seen, me with his ability to walk on thin it and it always brings me a good laugh. On the other hand, I cannot remember a time that I have cried laughing at “The Simpsons” like I have at “Family Guy,” and that is something that matters to me.

Those who know me know that I love a good laugh.

After talking to 10 people, I found that 7 of them favored “Family Guy” over “The Simpsons.” I believe that Photo by Paul Reynolds Junior Anna Burnhisel, who chose ‘Family Guy”, had a great reason to but can someone please tell me if ice with his crude humor. Especial- choose the show. anyone but Brian can understand ly regarding race and religion. I still “I think that even though I love what he is saying? Speaking of Bri- have no idea how some of his mate- “The Simpsons”, I’ve seen so many an, how often do you see a talking rial ends up making it to television. of them and still have a lot to see dog drinking martinis in a cartoon?

So does one triumph the other? with Family Guy.” Stewie or Bart? Peter or Homer?

Now that is an interesting show.

You decide for yourself, and if you I am fairly new to watching “Fam- Obviously, everyone is going to really want to see the shows battle ily Guy” and am already in love have their own opinions and loy- it out, “The Simpsons Guy” special with its favorable characters and alty towards one or both shows. I premieres September 28 on FOX. “did they seriously just say that?” will always have a special place in

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Hot or Not?

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Carrie Hammer’s Role Models Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week kicked off on Sept. 4 with lots of models, including role models. Fashion designer Carrie Hammer started the campaign “Role Models Not Runway Models” to empower women of all sizes and abilities. At her show on Sept. 5, she sent several role models down the runway, including Karen Crespo, fashion week’s first ever quadruple-amputee and Lindsay Todd Merkle, global account manager at Beats by Dre. Hammer told Fabsugar.com, “I’m a designer of professional clothing for women, so I felt sick sending 18-year-olds down the runway.”

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Oakleaf High School Despite it’s scorching temperatures, Florida has been home to a lot of “not hot” people –Casey Anthony, George Zimmerman and Jeb Bush to name a few. This time school officials at Oakleaf High School in Orange Park, Florida are getting flack for apparently forcing a girl to wear a dress-code violation outfit. The student, 15-year-old Miranda Larkin, was told her skirt was too short because it did not come down to her knees, though it was pretty darn close. According to Larkin, she was sent to the nurse’s office and made to change into a bright yellow shirt and red sweatpants with DRESS CODE VIOLATION written on both. In the words of HBO’s John Oliver “just because [Florida] you’re shaped like some combination of a gun and a dick doesn’t mean you have to act that way.”

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I am so not “All About That Bass” Hannah Wolfe

Ship Life Editor “All About That Bass” begins with a boldface contradiction. “I’m all about that bass, ‘bout that bass, no treble.”

Meghan Trainor condemns treble throughout the whole song, while singing the entire work in treble clef.

The argument that higher pitched rhythms and melodies should be discounted does not make sense.

A song composed of only the lowest sounds could never stand on its own.

Apparently, Trainor thinks she is “bringing booty back,” but seriously? Booty hasn’t gone anywhere since Destiny’s Child’s “Bootylicious” hit the charts in 2001. Has she heard of Sir Mix-ALot? Has she heard of Bubba Sparx? She follows this ludicrous remark with “go ahead and tell them skinny bitches that.”

Uh, whoa, “skinny bitches”? This is a hateful way to refer to women of a particular shape, especially for someone who

seems to be after body acceptance.

Just as it’s unacceptable to shame women for being full-figured, it’s unacceptable to shame them for being thin. At one point in the lyrics, Trainor manages to get out a positive message.

“I see the magazine workin' that Photoshop / We know that shit ain't real / C'mon now, make it stop.” But is the heart of the song’s message about the atrocity of the fake digitally-altered images we see in the media every day?

No. Is it that beauty ideals are bogus, since everyone has his or her own opinion of what it means to be beautiful?

No. Is it that beauty is unimportant compared to the parts of ourselves that are deeper, more interesting and more worthy of our time? No. The song’s argument is that men prefer curvy women, so if you happen to fit that particular beauty ideal, you’re golden.

The song’s hook states that Trainor is reassured about her looks based on

the fact that men like women with her body type.

She sings, “Yeah, my mama she told me don't worry about your size / She says, ‘Boys like a little more booty to hold at night.’” In other words, Trainor is saying “I’m comfortable with how I look, because it’s attractive to men,” which is a shaky way to bolster self-esteem.

On Monday, Caroline Sullivan wrote on TheGuardian.com that “It’s the defiance of a woman who’s been made to feel she’s not the right size (later in the song she allows herself a dig at “skinny bitches”, and their “silicone Barbie doll” looks), but has decided to see her boomboom as an asset rather than a flaw.”

I find it hard to believe that Trainor will be seeing her “boom-boom” as an asset for long, since she seems to be hanging all of her self-confidence on men’s opinion of her appearance.

If no one had a negative opinion of her body, this song wouldn’t exist in the first place.

Disclaimer: The views expressed in the Opinion section do not reflect those of The Slate staff but rather that of the writer.

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Local belly dancing instructor talks body image and confidence

Shippensburg-based Deborah Colley incorporates swords into her belly dancing.

Robyn Woodley

Multimedia Editor With every hip-shake and every step they took to Turkish pop music, the belly dancers shone with confidence in their curves on the dance floor.

Deborah Colley of Shippensburg wants her students to throw their stress out the car window as they drive past the peaceful fields of horses toward her studio.

Colley gives women the key to positive body image that is often hidden behind insecurities and impossible standards.

“I’m not saying people shouldn’t strive to be healthier, but I never make it a focus that to perform you have to lose weight or that you have to do anything like that,” said Colley, 51. “It never comes up here. I want women to come in here and find a sanctuary.”

Students can find themselves lost in the ancient art form of belly dancing that celebrates the human body at Colley’s dance floor.

She began immersing herself in the tight-knit belly dancing community 12 years ago and now teaches the practice in her home at 6521 Molly Pitcher Highway.

“I wanted to try something different,” Colley said. “The fitness center where I worked at was offering a six week belly dance class. So I took it and I fell in love.

I’ve been dancing ever since.”

One of Colley’s students, Elizabeth Reed, 44, always wanted to belly dance. A year and a half ago she watched

Troupe Asherah’s performance and decided to give Colley’s classes a try.

“I saw them perform and I didn’t feel as intimidated [to try belly dancing],” Reed said “but I didn’t come in here with much confidence.”

Since taking classes, along with Sierra Walker, 15, they have performed for several audiences.

Both have performed at Shippensburg’s annual Corn Festival.

“Elizabeth has really changed since I first met her,” Colley said.

“She’s a lot more confident now­— Sierra too in some ways.”

Sierra thoroughly enjoys belly dancing but finds it difficult to instill the same enthusiasm in her peers.

“It’s so fun and it’s so good for you,” she said, only to meet her friends’ typical reactions of fear and reluctance.

“It’s not a dirty thing; that’s how people back in the ’70s viewed it,” said Karen Walker, Sierra’s mother “it’s good for your body. It’s therapeutic.”

Colley directs and choreographs Troupe Asherah (uh-sheer-uh).

She formed it with four other members who began as Colley’s students.

Music and costume choice play a big part in swaying the mood of the dance.

They move to Turkish and Arabic music at haflas (dance parties), festivals, fundraisers and restaurants in Pennsylvania and the surrounding states.

Colley falls toward the traditional Egyptian inspired side of the belly-dancing spectrum while

adding a bit of a modern American twist. “Belly dancing in Egypt isn’t thought of as belly dancers,” she said “it’s just how they dance.

Just like when we would go out to the club and dance or whatever.

Of course there are folkloric styles of dance, like we would think of square dancing as folkloric for us Americans.

So yeah, the guys dance, the women dance, they all dance. It’s very much a family thing and a community thing over there.”

Dance styles range from whimsical to industrial and sassy.

The dancers can flow to low and sensual rhythms, then speed up to lively, drum-enhanced tempos.

Beaded bras, flowing skirts and hip scarves that jingle are often seen on the women of Troupe Asherah.

They make patterns in the air with colorful veils as they skillfully move them back and forth over their shoulders.

Colley uses one of her signature props to add a little spice to her performance; a sword.

The sword is balanced specifically for belly dancing, and some that Colley owns are blunt facing down with a sharp edge facing up.

“Belly dance is about isolation,” said Colley “so if you put something on your head you have to isolate, because if you’re bouncing around it’s not going to stay on your head.”

Isolation means only one part of the body gets attention at a time.

If hips are moving then other parts “should be quiet,” she said.

Balancing props such as swords or electric candles on their

heads is a good way for her stu-

my gift. That I can teach this

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Colley and her students belly dance to Arabic music. dents to practice controlling isolation in their movements.

“I won’t ever be done dancing,” said Colley, “but I feel like that’s

and that I can give them that hour every week.”

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Restaurant Review: Las Palmeras

Las Palmeras, which translates to “The Palms,” is located in the Southgate shopping center in Chambersburg.

Sarah Eyd

Managing Editor

A mere 20 miles away from Shippensburg University is a little slice of Central America called, Las Palmeras.

Tucked away in Chambersburg’s Southgate shopping center, Las Palmeras is a locally owned

and operated restaurant specializing in Salvadoran and Mexican cuisine.

Having gone there at least a dozen times before, I knew exactly what I wanted when I arrived last Thursday with my boyfriend, a fellow Mexican food aficionado.

Soon after being seated, we received our complimentary chips and salsa. The salsa was chunky,

colorful and smelled extremely fresh. We also ordered a side of guacamole for our chips.

I ordered the Taco Palmeras platter, which is an order of three tacos with your choice of meat, along with a side of yellow rice and frijoles churros (pinto beans stewed with onion, spices and bacon).

Since I do not eat pork, I opt-

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ed for a side of refried beans instead, at no additional charge.

My boyfriend ordered one of Las Palmeras crossover dishes, a TexMex burrito.

We did not wait long for our food.

I have been to popular Mexican restaurants in Chambersburg where the food comes out on a sizzling hot plate in five minutes,

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which makes me suspicious of the quality of preparation.

This was not the case at Las Palmeras because Las Palmeras is not fast food in disguise.

It is quality cuisine.

My chicken tacos were amazing per my expectations.

They came on three adorable soft-corn tortilla shells, garnished with a slice of avocado on each, a little bit of onion and cilantro.

According to Cosmopolitan. com, “Authentic tacos come with a little onion, cilantro, and lime — not wilted lettuce and tomato.”

Corn tortillas (not flour) are a staple of authentic Mexican cuisine.

My boyfriend’s Tex-Mex burrito was huge and filling.

Being true to his indecisive nature, he ordered two kinds of meat to fill it, pork and chicken.

The size was on par with one from Chipotle, but more filling.

He can scarf down Chipotle burritos wanting more, however was left stuffed and satisfied from this one.

Las Palmeras is also budget-friendly, making it ideal for college students on a budget.

Many of the appetizers are under $5, including fried plantains, tamales and cheese pupusas (a traditional Salvadoran snack made out of thick soft tortilla shells and filled with lots of cheese).

Many of the entrees are under $10 and almost all are under $20.

My boyfriend and I’s bill totaled $22. This included our meals, side of guacamole and two drinks.

I highly recommend Las Palmeras to anyone looking for an authentic Mexican or Salvadoran dining experience.

Las Palmeras is located at 209 Southgate Mall in Chambersburg.

Your tech fee at work: Help desk offers technical support to students

Hannah Wolfe

Ship Life Editor

Nothing sets teeth on edge quite like a faulty internet connection.

Since technology is a vital component in students’ lives, it is important to have a way to keep glitches to a minimum.

“There is no denying that tech-

nology is changing how we live, work and learn. It is a wonderful resource when it works correctly, but an obstacle when it does not.” said Tom Burke, tech fee support specialist at Shippensburg University.

Luckily, Ezra Lehmen Library is home to the student help desk, a technical support service available to all students enrolled at SU. Ac-

cording to the help desk’s webpage, ther goal is to serve the technical support needs of all students at Shippensburg University.

“Funds for the help desk come from technology and residence life fees from tuition,” Burke said.

According to Burke, the student workers can fix most software issues, such as computer optimization, virus and malware removal

and program installations. For hardware problems, however, the help desk refers students to the original manufacturer or local repair services.

The help desk employs approximately 20 students who have a well-rounded knowledge of computers.

“In such an ever-evolving profession, there is always much to learn

and we encourage students who are eager to do so,” Burke said.

The Student Help Desk is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.

It is located in the main lobby of the Lehman Library.

To get in touch with a student technician, call (717) 477-HELP or email helpdesk@ship.edu.

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True Life: I interned in New York City

Sarah Eyd

Managing Editor On March 28, I got an email from an editor at Redbook magazine, offering me a summer internship. After months of sending out cover letters and resumes to every magazine editor whose email address I could find, I finally I got an offer.

Redbook is one of the oldest women’s magazines. It has a national circulation of 2.2 million and is owned by the Hearst Corporation, which owns 20 other U.S. magazines including Cosmopolitan, Esquire and Seventeen. All of the magazines are headquartered in the Hearst Tower in New York City.

Every day I shared elevators and

waited in line for sushi with some of the best editors, photographers, models, artists and writers in the publishing industry.

On my first day I was a hot mess –literally. Afraid of getting lost on the subway, I opted to walk sixteen blocks in the scorching heat to the Hearst tower from my bus stop. I was sweaty, smelly and nervous.

I finally made it to the building and to the Redbook office on the 22nd floor. I mentally prepared for an intimidating Devil Wears Prada monster, but luckily my editor was nothing like that.

I was put to work immediately.

Every month Redbook runs a Home Under $100 spread, featuring affordable home décor items.

My editor had me start working

on September’s Home Under $100 page, calling in high resolution images and samples for photo shoots.

Throughout the summer, I did this for every home spread for September, October and November’s issues.

I built relationships with public relations teams for every store from Urban Outfitters and West Elm to Nordstrom’s and Pier 1.

I also wrote home décor posts for Redbookmag.com. I went to industry events on behalf of my editor, including press previews for Teavana, Tide and an exclusive tour of Fab. com’s showroom.

The perks were amazing. The amount of freebies I accumulated over the summer borders on hoarding. When a company sends an item to be included in a photo shoot they

almost always want it returned. If they don’t want it, we can keep it.

I took home designer lamps, side tables, and rugs, all with a combined retail value probably worth more than my car. There was also a general freebie table where all the editors would put leftover items, including stacks of advanced copies of books, beauty and fashion items.

However, the learning experiences outweighed the material perks.

As an intern I had access to Hearst Master Classes. I attended several classes, including discussions with fashion designer Michael Kors and political commentators and actors Bill Maher and John Oliver.

Marie Claire also hosted a wardrobe workshop for all the interns in the building.

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This was helpful because the typical tips for professional wear are very far from how staffers at a magazine dress. Instead of blazers, slacks and pantsuits, I saw chic sundresses, flowy blouses, skinny jeans and stilettos. It was slightly intimidating.

New York City as a whole is a rat race for best dressed and the media industry is a magnified version of that. However, hard work and confidence take precedent.

I gained so many valuable learning lessons and connections from my summer internship. Though I was hemorrhaging money faster than I could get more, I had an amazing time and have no regrets.

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Shippensburg gets hairy SARAH EYD

Managing Editor The rain, heat and humidity did not keep the beards at bay on Saturday. More than 150 people showed up for Shippensburg’s Bearding Man at The Thought Lot. Bearding Man, Shippensburg’s first facial hair competition was the invention of Shippensburg University alum, Jason Stauffer. Stauffer was inspired to create the event after attending the 2011 National Beard and Mustache Championships in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

the Beards. The contestants for each category were lined up, introduced and then closely examined by a panel of judges. The panel was comprised of: Red Knights Motorcycle Club PA-15 President, Tom Etzle; Jerry “the most famous man in Shippensburg” Kramer; representatives from the Mason-Dixon Roller Vixens and Honey Bee Burlesque Troupe; Christian Alexandersen, president of York Beard & Mustache Club; and facial hair celebrity Incredibeard.

San Francisco based Incredibeard and his wife Angela Webb, trekked to Pennsylvania for the first time just for Bearding Man. “This

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Results of the Bearding Man Competition:

Lord of the Beards Ryan Auxt Partial Beard 1. Scott Hart 2. Seth Zipp 3. Ryan Perrone Moustache Styled 1. Dave Shirer 2. Nate Bowers 3. Pepper Jack Moustache Natural 1. Darren Potts 2. Josh Heindel Incredibeard posing with the beard that made him famous.

3. Jonathan Trice also in attendance. Jewels Reising- were announced, local funk and Fake Moustache er, owner of the Etsy shop Bristles- hip-hop group Mad Men eased the 1. Jin Heindel byJewels, set up shop at Bearding crowd’s suspense while waiting to Man, selling her natural beard and hear who would be crowned Lord of 2. Jess and Jessie 3. Jean Zipagam mustache care products. “It’s a lot the Beards. more than just not shaving. There’s Finally, the winner was an- Spicy Ginger (Reddest a whole care routine that goes into nounced. Ryan Auxt of Ellicott City, facial hair) having a beard,” Reisinger said.

Maryland, was crowned Lord of the Three bands that played were Beards. Auxt had won first place in 1. Ryan Auxt also in attendance. The night start- the Spicy Ginger category. It was 2. Wayne Violet ed with Baltimore-based folk band his first time competing in a compet3. Ben Nefflen Fungus Lucky. While the judges itive facial hair competition. were making their decisions, JoshHis beard took him nearly one Freestyle ua Burnside and his experimental year to grow and he recently had 1. Chris Ondeck folk group entertained guests with thoughts about cutting it off but is 2. Dave Klopp Irish-inspired tunes. now reconsidering. “You can’t shave Honey Bear (lightest After all the first-place winners an award-winning beard,” he said. facial hair) 1. Michael Henry Photos by Robyn Woodley 2. Jay Anderson The “Lord of the Beards”, Ryan Auxt, showing off his mane.

Full beard under 2 “I wanted to create something is amazing,” said Webb, who also inches that supported businesses, bands doubles as her husband’s personal 1. Sean Snowberger and bring people together,” Stauffer beard stylist. said.

Incredibeard, who gained notori2. Donny Reisinger The competition was divided ety online for his unique facial hair 3. Tony Kern into the following categories: par- stylings, currently boasts more than Full Beard from 2-8 tial beard natural (any facial hair 37,000 Instagram followers and that does not qualify as either a full more than 300,000 likes on his Faceinches beard or mustache), partial beard book page.

1. Bradley Hoose freestyle, mustache natural, musHe says he started styling his 2. Robert Kuhn tache freestyle, full beard natural beard about two years ago after be3. Mike Alexanderson under 2 inches, full beard natural ing inspired by the show, “Whisker 2-8 inches, full beard natural 8 inch- Wars.”

Full Beard over 8 inches or more, full beard freestyle, spicy Incredibeard is passionate about es (Lifetime Achieveginger (red-haired beards), honey keeping men’s facial hair healthy ment Award) bear (light-haired beards) and fake and sells grooming products online. beards.

“Someone who has a great beard is 1. Gerald Brehony First-place winners from each someone who keeps it well-main2. Shane Raffa category then went on to duke it tained and healthy,” he said. An- Freestyle winner known as “Spider Beard” attached a Spider3. Matt Walker out for the ultimate title, Lord of other facial hair care business was man figurine to his beard.

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Boyhood

Written and Directed by Richard Linklater Is it a must watch or not?

Sean Fennell

Asst. A&E Editor For those of you not yet aware, “Boyhood”, directed by Richard Linklater, is far from your average movie going experience.

The movie centers around the “coming-of-age” of the main character, Mason. The story follows him as a small boy, documenting the trials and tribulations of his nontraditional family and his navigation through, you guessed it, boyhood.

At this point, you may be wondering what exactly makes this pretty cliché subject matter so unique.

Here is the kicker — “Boyhood” was shot in real-time.

As we follow Mason from age 5 to 18-years-old, we are also watching a movie that took 12 years to film.

This meant getting a group of actors who were willing to commit to a project that would take a good portion of their lives to make.

The casting process was one of the most essential parts of the production for writer/director Richard Linklater. The part of Mason and his sister Samantha are played by Ellar Coltrane and Linklater’s own daughter, Lorelei, both of

whom are relatively unknown actors.

Linklater was lucky enough to get Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette to sign on to play Mason’s estranged parents, rounding out the only cast members that would appear throughout the film. Aside from getting a studio (ultimately IFC) to sign on for such an ambitious project, acquiring a solid nucleus of actors was perhaps the most important factor in getting this movie made.

This groundbreaking approach to filmmaking made it impossible, and frankly unfair, to view the film in the same lens as any other.

As I said before, the story is unlike anything that audiences have seen before.

That being said, it is not a boring plot by any means.

Arquette plays the part of Mason’s single mother who is raising her two children on her own, as well as working to become a psychology professor. On the flip side, Hawke perfectly portrays the part of the “fun” father, although inherently immature and absent.

Although the movie is undoubtedly about Mason, it is the relationships with his mother and, in a smaller sense, his father that drives much of the changes in his life and the movie.

The plot also includes one of two stepfathers who turn out to be an alcohol-dependent abuser,

another cliché plot twist.

This unique film demands a critical look. Despite the fact that I viewed the movie only a short time ago, very little of the plot comes to mind.

The film is nearly three hours long, but this does not mean that I was bored. Actually, the way the plot is structured might be one of the greatest accomplishments of the film.

Big plot twists may have made it a little more exciting, but it would not have been real, and being real is the driving force behind this movie.

There are key points in the plot that come and go without being fully realized at the time. In other movies, this would seem frustrating, but it works in this very unique movie that is trying to capture life in its truest form like no other film has ever accomplished. After all, life is not like movies. We do not know what events will truly matter in our lives until years after they have passed.

“Boyhood” is a film with skilled actors, led by a talented and visionary director.

Linklater, who earned his chops directing films like “School Of Rock,” was able to find a team of excellent actors to pull off something that, although not perfect, has surely never been accomplished in cinematic history.

For that alone, this film is most definitely worth a watch.

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Izzy’s View Isabella Angelone Staff Writer

It has been a few years since Maroon 5 made an album that was worth listening to the whole way through. Sadly, their 2014 record “V” does not break the streak.

While the beats are catchy, the lyrics fall flat and have no feeling.

Lead singer Adam Levine spends every track trying to sell the lyrics to the listener, giving them more power and passion than they are worth.

Nine out of the 11 tracks sound like the band is desperately trying to recreate their 2011 smash hit “Moves Like Jagger.” One of the slower tracks, “Leaving California,” was co-written by Fun’s lead singer, Nate Ruess and obviously so.

The song sounds like Maroon 5, with Ruess’ help, and tries to produce a hit equivalent to Fun.’s “We Are Young” or “Some Nights”.

The closing track “My Heart is Open” is a piano duet with Levine’s “The Voice” co-star, Gwen Stefani.

Her vocal style gives a nice touch to the ballad and it thankfully sounds like the band’s old music, giving hope that they are still in touch with their 1994 roots.

This record is possibly a product of the band trying (and failing) to keep up with the rapidly changing sounds, but after 10 years of making music, they seem to be simply running out of ideas.

It might be that Maroon 5 has lost its creative minds, trying to produce sugared-down pop alternative rock that teenagers seem to like.

This latest attempt might get Maroon 5 a spot on the charts, but it is not really working for them.

SHAPE Gallery brings the abstract and surreal to Shippensburg Amanda Mehall Staff Writer

Shippensburg Arts Programming and Education, or SHAPE, is an art studio located in downtown Shippensburg that exhibits pieces from local artists of all mediums and skill levels.

On Saturday, Sept. 6, the studio kicked off its 12th annual abstract, surreal and non-objective art exhibit called “Spectral Vibrations.”

The work was done by local art-

ists that included paintings, watercolors, photographs and exhibits.

Exhibits included numerous works of art like a cube sculpture with black light bulbs and a 5-foot tall chair with a mirror.

The more famous works of art, such as “Escaped Convict(ion)” by Alex Pardee, were also shown.

Rebecca Pollard Myers, a retired Shippensburg Area School District art teacher, created “Time Train.”

This was a mixed-media painting on canvas containing pieces of an old clock, cardboard, and Elmer’s glue to add texture.

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Sign leading to the gallery.

She also revealed details of another painting of hers, saying how she painted on a plastic piece of a wall.

Her inspiration for this new piece came from her son as she watched him pose behind it.

The “Spectral Vibrations” exhibit will be running until Oct. 27 at the SHAPE Gallery, which is located at 20 W. King St. Vice president and membership coordinator, Mark Wojciechowski, says SHAPE is a non-profit arts organization that promotes cultural development within the communi-

ty. Art classes are offered for both children and adults teaching various types of arts.

SHAPE’s 15th birthday celebration, will be held during Shippensburg University’s Homecoming weekend and Give the Gift of Art event in November.

SHAPE is also welcoming any artists to submit their work for display in the gallery.

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Top 20 Billboard

Artist Song 1. Taylor Swift Shake It Off 2. Meghan Trainor All About That Bass 3. Nicki Minaj Anaconda 4. Jessie J, Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj Bang Bang 5. Sam Smith Stay With Me 6. Iggy Azalea feat. Rita Ora Black Widow 7. Ariana Grande feat. Zedd Break Free 8. MAGIC! Rude 9. Sia Chandelier 10. Charli XCX Boom Clap 11. Maroon 5 Maps 12. Ariana Grande feat. Iggy Azalea Problem 13. Iggy Azalea feat. Charli XCX Fancy 14. Nico & Vinz Am I Wrong 15. Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne Rather Be 16. Enrique Iglesias Bailando 17. Jeremih feat. YG Don’t Tell ‘Em 18. Disclosure feat. Sam Smith Latch 19. John Legend All Of Me 20. Tove Lo Habits (Stay High)

Top 10 Movies

Movie 1. Guardians of the Galaxy 2. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) 3. If I Stay 4. Let’s Be Cops 5. The November Man 6. As Above/So Below 7. When the Game Stands Tall 8. The Giver 9. The Hundred-Foot Journey 10. Lucy

Weekend Gross $106,160,000 $6,500,000 $5,750,000 $5,400,000 $4,200,000 $3,723,000 $3,700,000 $3,591,000 $3,200,000 $1,950,000

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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Top 20 on WSYC Artist

1. EDJ 2. Spoon 3. Bishop Allen 4. T. Nile 5. Bear In Heaven 6. Alvvays 7. Raveonettes 8. Alison May 9. PS I Love You 10.Dry The River 11.J Mascis 12. Twin Brother 13.Freedom Fry 14.Hooray For Earth 15.Mighty Stef 16.White Fence 17.Monomyth 18.Ark Life 19.Mirel Wagner 20.Sarah Jaffe

Album EDJ They Want My Soul Lost In The Dream Tingle And Spark Time Is Over One Day Old Alvvays Pe’ahi Loved/Dark

For Those Who Stay Alarms In The Heart Tied To A Star Swallow The Anchor

The Wilder Mile Racy Iveagh Flats EP For The Recently Found Innocent

Saturnalia Regalia!

The Dream Of You And Me When The Cellar Children See The Light Of Day

Don’t Disconnect

Movie Schedule Movie Showings

As Above So Below

7:25 p.m., 9:50 p.m.

Guardians Of The Galaxy 2D 7:05 p.m., 9:50 p.m.

If I Stay

7:20 p.m., 9:55 p.m.

Let’s Be Cops

7:15 p.m., 9:45 p.m.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 7:30 p.m., 10:00 p.m.

The Identical

7:00 p.m., 9:35 p.m.

The November Man

6:50 p.m., 9:30 p.m.

*Movie showtimes are for Carmike 7 Theatre located inside the Chambersburg Mall on Tuesday

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FX turns vampire genre on its head Brandi Fitch

Asst. Web Director We are all too familiar with vampires and zombies in movies and on TV these days. Many people grow weary of these topics, believing they are too cliché.

This is what some, including myself, were afraid of when TV spots for “The Strain” started appearing at the beginning of the summer. Though it caught my interest and I was excited to watch it, I was also unsure if it could distance itself from the monotonous direction these types of shows tend to lean toward. After watching the first episode, I immediately realized I was wrong.

Instead of revolving around a

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presumed group of murderous blood-sucking vampires, “The Strain” focuses more on how a contagious virus begins and causes the possibility of spreading all over the world. The show takes a more scientific and logical approach to the outbreak, mainly because the central characters are skilled epidemiologists dealing with the causes and effects of health and disease conditions.

Dr. Ephraim “Eph” Goodweather, head of the Center for Disease Control Canary Team in New York City, is ordered to investigate a mysterious Boeing 767 airliner that lands at JFK International Airport with quiet communication channels, window shades pulled down and lights turned out on the plane.

As his team investigates the plane,

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they find all but four passengers on board dead. However, these four are exhibiting strange symptoms. Autopsies are done on those from the airliner, leading them to discover horrific biological changes to the bodies. As if this outbreak is not creepy enough, those who were pronounced dead on the plane begin waking up to make their way back to loved ones. Let us just say the results are not “happily ever after” material.

While Eph and his team are investigating this virus, they meet mysterious pawnshop owner Abraham Setrakian, whom they discover to be very knowledgeable about the occurrence.

He informs them that this ancient and malicious strain has happened once before and needs to be stopped before it spreads any further.

The series is based off of a trilogy of books written by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan in 2009. “The Fall” followed in 2010 and “The Night Eternal” completed the series in 2011.

Initially, Toro envisioned the story to be a TV series, but the idea was not picked up by a network until FX agreed to a pilot episode in 2012. Toro and Hogan both created the TV series and hoped to make three to five more seasons. “The Strain” has already been renewed for a second season.

“The Strain” is filled with an impressive, experienced cast that pushes you further into the story every week.

Leading man Corey Stoll from “House of Cards” plays Eph, Mia Maestro from “Alias” plays Eph’s second in command, Dr. Nora Martinez and David Bradley from “Harry Potter” and

“Game of Thrones” plays Abraham.

As one can imagine, this show is full of gore and violence, promising to get more bloody and intense as the series goes on. So, it is no surprise that the show is rated “MA” for mature audiences and airs at 10 p.m. on FX after youngsters are in bed.

Though I would not recommend this show to the squeamish, the gore and scary faces are some of the things that draw me to the show, because of how it differs from the classic vampire horror we are used to. Instead of fangs, nice hair and pale skin, you get loss of hair, worms under the skin, and a strange tentacle that emerges from the mouth to suck blood. If that does not get you curious enough to watch the show, I do not know what will.

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Friday & Sunday Men’s Soccer starts season 2-0, E6

Football pounds Seton Hill for 715 yards in 55-30 opening victory, E4

Saturday & Sunday Field Hockey starts season strong, E3

Sunday Baseball fans celebrate Derek Jeter Day, E2

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Baseball fans around the world celebrate Derek Jeter day Jeter gives thank-you speech before Sunday’s home game vs. Royals Dave Barth

Sports Editor Yankees fans and baseball fans from around the world watched with respect as one of baseball’s greats addressed the people he has lived to entertain for 20 long and historical seasons.

In celebration of Derek Jeter Day the Yankee captain

tipped his cap as he gave his thanks to the people he feels have pushed him to become the player he is today: the fans.

In remembrance of one of the classiest gentlemen in the game, here is the speech that the captain gave before he took the field against the Royals on September 7 at Yankees Stadium.

Derek Jeter’s Speech

“Thank you. It’s kind of hard to believe that 20 seasons has gone by so quickly. They are so many people I want to thank, and I’ll get that opportunity to do that over the next few weeks, both publicly and privately. I want to take a brief moment to thank the Steinbrenner family, Mr. George Steinbrenner, for giving me the opportunity to play my entire career for the only organization I’ve ever wanted to play for.

I want to thank my family and friends who are all over.

Thanks for all the love and support throughout the years, through the good times and more importantly through the tough times. Thank you very much.

My managers, coaches, trainers, teammates, both current and former, I’ve been blessed to play with the best, and I wouldn’t want to compete without any of you guys, so thank you very much.

And lastly, most importantly, I want to thank you the fans. Everyone that’s here today, anyone’s that at home watching, anyone that’s ever been here over the course or watched during the last 20 seasons, thank you very much. You guys have all watched me grow up over the last 20 years. I’ve watched you, too. Some of you guys getting old, too. But I want to thank you for helping me feel like a kid for the last 20 years.

In my opinion, I’ve had the greatest job in the world. I got a chance to be the shortstop for the New York Yankees and there’s only one of those. And I always felt as though it was my job, was to try to provide joy and entertainment for you guys, but it can’t compare to what you brought me. So for that, thank you very much.

I’ve loved what I’ve done. I love what I do. More importantly, I’ve loved doing it for you. So from the bottom of my heart, thank you very much.

We’ve got a game to play.”

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-Derek Jeter

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Field Hockey wins first 2 games, out shoots opponents 63-0

Game 1

The No. 2 Shippensburg Uni- vantage in penalty corners but versity field hockey out-lasted only found the back of the cage Saint Michael’s on Saturday, one time against the Purple battling to a 1-0 victory in the Knights. SMC goalkeeper Sarah first match of the Dora Metrelis Healey made 11 saves, while deClassic from Jess Dow Field on fenders Shannon Rice and Hanthe campus of Southern Con- nah Beardsley were each creditnecticut State University. ed with two defensive saves.

Shippensburg (1-0) and Saint Freshman goalkeeper Ally Michael’s (0-1) were scoreless Mooney (Spring City, Pa./Owen until the 52:29 mark, when soph- J. Roberts) finished with a shutomore Cassie Rawa (Elizabeth- out in her first collegiate contest. town, Pa./Elizabethtown Area) She did not face a shot. deposited the game’s only goal.

SU will take the field against Rawa slammed home a rebound tournament host Southern Conoff a shot by senior Tori Ricker necticut State on Sunday at 10 (Chambersburg, Pa./Chambers- a.m. burg Area).

The Raiders managed a 25-0 advantage in shots and 17-0 ad- -courtesy of SU sports information

Men’s Soccer rallies late, beats Chestnut Hill in OT 2-1

Alex Wahl Staff Writer

The men’s soccer team couldn’t wait for its first win of the year last Friday night against the Griffins of Chestnut Hill College at a packed David See Field.

The raiders (1-0) were down 0-1 after the first thirty minutes after a goal from Juan Amaya.

Chestnut Hill (0-1) looked like they were on their way to a huge victory to start the season, but raider nation wasn’t ready to give up.

Shippensburg came back to tie the game with a big goal from Junior Brooke Moyer with 16 seconds left in regulation, forcing the game to go into overtime.

“It felt awesome,” said Moyer. “I never had a goal like that before

Game 2

The Shippensburg Universi- three times, marking her first ty field hockey team defeated career hat trick, and contributed Southern Connecticut State on an assist, while freshmen Emily Sunday morning, 6-0, in its final Barnard (Vestal, N.Y./Vestal) game of the Dora Metrelis Clas- and Madison Scarr (Lewisburg, sic from Jess Dow Field.

Pa./Lewisburg Area) each added The Raiders (2-0) did not al- one goal and one assist. low an opposing shot attempt for Freshman Lizzie Frombach the second straight game as they (Lancaster, Pa./Penn Manor) out-shot Southern Connecticut contributed a goal, and seniors 38-0 and held a 14-1 advantage Lucy Kauffman (Dillsburg, Pa./ in penalty corners. SU now has a Northern) and Ari Saytar (Eno63-0 advantage in shots through la, Pa./East Pennsboro) had one its first two games of the 2014 assist. season.

SU hosts No. 1 Millersville on For the Owls (1-1), goalkeeper Tuesday at 4 p.m. in its home Audrey Dolloff made 23 saves. opener from Robb Sports Com Senior Tori Ricker plex.

(Chambersburg, Pa./ -courtesy of SU sports information Chambersburg Area) scored

in my whole career. To get a goal on opening night is definitely an awesome feeling.”

During the first overtime period, it was nothing but great defense from both teams until the two minutes when the Men’s soccer celebrates after wild win graduate stuloose it and go crazy.” dent Renaldo Garcia scored the Head coach Jeremy Spering was golden goal to give the raiders full of excitement along with his their first win of the season. team.

“Words can not describe it,” said “Renaldo is a great addition to Garcia. “When you see the ball the team,” said Spering. “I was hit the back of the net, you just very happy for him and the team

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SU Upcoming Sports Schedule Sept. 9 Field Hockey vs. Millersville Sept. 10 Men’s Soccer at Wilmington Sept. 11 Tennis vs. Philadelphia Sept. 12 Volleyball at Davis & Elkins Sept. 13 Tennis at WCU Football vs. Edinboro Volleyball vs. Concord

photo courtesy of Alex Wahl battled hard, so it was a well-deserved win.”

Shippensburg men’s soccer returns home on September 24 to battle against California (PA) at 4:00 p.m.

Sept. 14 Tennis at WCU

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Raiders take down Seton Hill 55-30 in opening game Young quarterbacks showcase talent, guide offense to 713 total yards Dave Barth

Sports Editor It’s that magical time of the year called football season.

Shippensburg found a whole lot of that magic on Thursday night at Seton Hill as they pounded the Griffins for 713 yards of offense on 102 plays, the second most in school history.

The Raiders (1-0) controlled the clock for the majority of the game, producing 34 first downs to the Griffin’s 17.

Shippensburg’s Blair Brooks led the rushing attack, putting up 133 yards and two touchdowns. The team rushed for a total of 302 yards on the night.

Of the Raiders total yards, 411 came through the air, a positive sign from the team’s new gunslingers Ryan Zapoticky and Chris Lawshe. Zapoticky, a redshirt freshman, completed 9 of 18 for 101 yards and a touchdown. Lawshe, a junior, finished 23 of 34 for 310 yards and two touchdowns. He is the 15th Raider’s quarterback to exceed 300 yards in a regular-season game.

Sheldon Mayer and Trevor Harman, who combined for 21 catches, led the team’s receiving corps. Mayer had 194 yards on nine receptions. He had an 88yard touchdown late in the first quarter as well, the fifth-longest pass play in school history. Harman picked up 120 yards on 12 plays, with a touchdown pass from each quarterback.

Lawshe tossed two touchdowns in the first quarter. The first, a 10-yard strike to Harman, was followed by a safety by the Griffins on the extra point.

The 88-yarder by Mayer put the Raiders up 13-2 at the end of the quarter.

Lawshe added a rushing touch-

down early in the second quarter, and after a 65-yard Griffin touchdown pass, a Zapoticky-Harman connection with 4:36 left in the half had the Raiders up 27-9.

Seton Hill quarterback Andrew Jackson did his best to keep up, hitting his wide out Erik Kerns for a 53-yard touchdown less than a minute later.

But Blair Brooks put the Raiders up 34-16 at the end of the half with a brilliant 49-yard six-point dash.

Jackson came out and threw a touchdown on the first play of the second half, a 23-yard connection with F.J. Williams. But a Brooks rushing score near the end of the quarter put the Raiders back up 41-23.

The fourth quarter featured another Lawshe rushing touchdown that put the game out of reach for the Griffins. Another Raider run after a 97-yard drive had Shippensburg up 55-23, and a Griffin 42-yard passing touchdown with 1:12 in the game brought the final score to 55-30.

This is the Griffin football program’s 11th season; they have had one winning season, when they went 10-3 in 2008. Shippensburg won last year’s matchup 73-27.

“That is a much better team than we played last year,” said Shippensburg Head Coach Mark Maciejewski after the game.

“They have some athletes on the field. This was a fight. I knew going into this game they were going to be a better football team.”

The Raiders host their first home game this Saturday against Edinboro at 12 p.m. Edinboro (0-1) lost its first game 3824 to 16th-ranked Carson-Newman.

Sheldon Mayer picked up 194 yards Thursday night vs. the Griffins

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Men and women’s Cross country teams off to the races in 2014 Men run to win at 2014 Piper Alumni Open

The Shippensburg University men’s cross country team, ranked No. 9 in Division II, positioned nine runners among the Top 16 finishers on a sticky, humid Friday night to claim first place in the 2014 Galen E. Piper Alumni Open/Cross Country Challenge and the snap the three-year winning streak of the Raider alumni.

SU’s men scored 33 points to re-take possession of the team trophy -- a wooden owl sculpture.

The Alumni finished second with 54 points. Dickinson, ranked No. 15 in the NCAA Division III poll, took third place with a solid 67-point showing.

More than 140 runners took to the course that now loops around the campus’s recreation fields.

The conditions were not ideal, however, as warm temperatures and rampant humidity slowed the field.

Matt Gillette ’13 claimed his second individual title in three years, winning by six seconds in 19:06. He previously won as an SU runner in 2012. Two other alumni cracked the Top 10, as Stephen “Go-Go” Schelander ’12 finished third in 19:16 and Sean Stetler ’11 ran 19:34 in seventh place.

Heading into 2014, one of the endearing qualities of the SU men’s squad was its capability of featuring a top runner and a very strong pack right behind him. After one race, the likelihood seems strong that such a formula could play out again this season.

Senior Brayden Burleigh crossed the finish line in second place for the second straight year, posting a sturdy time of19:12 to once again pace his team. Burleigh was SU’s No. 1 runner in all six of the races he completed last season.

Junior Chris Mullin ran a 34-second 6K PR to make a state-

ment Friday night, claiming fifth place overall while serving as SU’s No. 2 runner. Mullin, fresh off an All-PSAC performance in the steeplechase during the outdoor track season, was SU’s No. 7 runner at the national championships last season.

Save for a Dickinson runner’s 14th-place time, Shippensburg had seven consecutive runners cross the finish line: sophomore Kieran Sutton (ninth), sophomore Braden Bruning (10th), sophomore Harrison Schettler (11th), freshman Cole Nissley (12th), sophomore Alec Brand (13th), junior Austin McGinley (15th) and freshman JD Groff (16th). It was an impressive feat, as all seven men finished within 10 seconds of one another.

Sutton, SU’s No. 5 runner at last year’s regional championships, improved 17 seconds from his 18th-place finish last season.

Bruning returned after a year away from cross country with a 72-second improvement from his 2012 debut 6K. Schettler, SU’s No. 5 runner at nationals last year, improved his 6K PR by 12 seconds. Brand knocked 23 seconds off his 2013 6K cross country time, while McGinley ran 75 seconds faster than his inaugural 2012 race.

Nissley and Groff paced the Raider newcomers. Nissley was the second-fastest freshman in the field, while Groff was just five second behind as the third-fastest freshman. Calvin Conrad-Kline, who debuted after redshirting in 2013, ran19:55 in 18th place.

SU returns to action Saturday, Sept. 20 at Dickinson for the Long/Short Invitational.

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Women win at Piper Alumni Open with freshmen and sophomores The Shippensburg University women’s cross country team placed six runners in the Top 20 Friday night at the 2014 Galen Piper Open/Cross Country Challenge, with freshmen and sophomores comprising the team’s five scorers as it posted a narrow victory over Don Nichter’s Dickinson squad for the team title.

Shippensburg won the women’s team title for the sixth time in seven years by posting 47 points. Dickinson, ranked No. 12 in NCAA Division III, totaled 54 points. Elizabethtown, the 2013 women’s team champion, finished fourth with 86 points.

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The SU Alumni took third place with 75 points. The incomparable Mary Dell ’10 claimed the individual title for the second time in three years, running 4K in 14:30 for a 13-second victory.

Lara Crofford finished in second place, while Emily Dubs ’11 finished sixth in 15:02.

Sophomore Casey Norton (Troy/ Troy) paced the Raiders with a fourth-place time of 14:49, marking a 17-second improvement from her sixth-place finish last year. Her time is a three-second cross country PR at 4K. Fellow sophomore Erika Huffman (Sugar Run/Wyalusing) made the statement of the night, running fifth place overall in 15:00.

Huffman improved 41 seconds off her 4K cross country personal best of her freshman season to serve as SU’s No. 2 runner.

Three freshmen rounded out the Raider scorers. Lizzie Manickas (New Castle/ Neshannock) jumped right into the mix by placing eighth overall, running 15:09. Emily Kachik (Sykesville, Md./Century) dropped a 14th-place run of 15:31, while Bryanna Dissinger (Dallas/Dallas) was two seconds and two places behind to round out the SU Top 5.

Junior Jessica Collins (Apollo/ Kiski Area) matched her finish of a year ago despite running four seconds faster, claiming 20th place in 15:43. Sophomore Natalie Eastwood (Westminster, Md./Westminster) took 23rd place in 15:51and redshirtfreshman Sarah Latch (Doylestown/Central Bucks East) also broke the 16-minute mark, finishing 27th in15:59.

Shippensburg returns to action Saturday, September 20 when it travels to Big Spring High School for the Dickinson Long/Short Invitational.

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