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Organizations provide free food for students Jenna Wise Editor-in-Chief The life of a college student is busy, to say the least.

Papers, exams, part-time jobs, extra-curricular activities — on top of a social life — can pile up at a dizzying rate.

When financial insecurity is added to the mix, the load only gets heavier.

While common for many people in their college years, financial insecurity can be worse for some over others.

The issue was exacerbated several years ago when a

Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) funding issue caused students not to receive the financial aid they needed, according to the Rev. Jan Bye, Shippensburg University’s campus minister.

“A lot of students were put in a tough bind,” she said.

Not long afterward, students began telling administrators that they were struggling to pay for food, Bye said. The food insecurity these students experienced led her to create the SU food bank.

The bank, which is located in the Cora I. Grove Spiritual Center, consists of non-perishable food items that come from residence hall, church and monetary donations. Select departments also occasionally hold donation drives on behalf of the bank.

The bank is open to students throughout the week.

Over university breaks, the bank can be accessed by making an appointment with Bye. “There’s easy access to food here.” Bye said. “Students just need to come in

and show ID.” Shopping lists are placed next to the shelves, and allow students to let Bye know which items they have taken as well as what they would like to see on the shelves in the future.

United Campus Ministry — which Bye oversees — used to employ student workers who assisted in the bank’s upkeep.

Because of budget cuts, the job now falls to Bye and other SU employees in the Spiritual Center.

“Everyone has been real

supportive,” Bye said. “When we need something, we put out a call and it gets brought.”

The food bank’s usage has ebbed since its opening, and now averages about 10-15 students who regularly use the service each semester, according to Bye. However, whether the decrease is because of a lack of student awareness or need remains to be seen.

“It’s hard to get the word out to people,” Bye said.

According to a Temple University and Wisconsin HOPE Lab study released

last spring, 36 percent of students at 66 studied universities do not get enough to eat.

A similar number of students said they did not have a secure place to live.

PASSHE’s financial troubles began after the 2008 recession, when operational costs skyrocketed and officials were forced to up tuition prices at the 14 state universities, according to a Billy Penn article detailing the system’s funding history.

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Students help package leftover food in Reisner Dining Hall to take to local organizations. The packaged food provides additional meals for people.

Shannon Long News Editor Every week, 40 pounds of food from Reisner Dining Hall is taken to local organizations that help feed the Shippensburg community.

This is made possible by the Shippensburg University Food Recovery Network, which is a chapter of the national Food Recovery Network.

The national organization sends containers, gloves and scales. The SU chapter began in 2014 with an initiative from honors program students, according to junior TJ Dooley.

“You see the same faces, so it really connects the university with the community.

It’s food that will have just been thrown away. It gets students connected with the community, and it also saves the university some money,” Dooley said.

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from Reisner Dining Hall that is left over — usually rice, soup, vegetables and meat — then packs and transports the food to local organizations such as churches.

Most of these organizations have a free meal service. The food collected from SU is set out for people to take home with them for additional meals.

The SU Food Recovery Network is a volunteer-based group and looks for volunteers from student organizations that have service requirements. There are currently about 10 volunteers who show up on a regular basis. Those who volunteer also get a free meal, according to Dooley.

He began volunteering with the network during the second semester of his freshman year.

It started as a food sustainability project for a human communications class, but now he spends about 10

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hours a week volunteering.

“I helped out one time and thought, ‘Oh, this is pretty cool.’ So I helped out every week after that,” he said.

Being a member of the Wood Honors College, Dooley hopes to turn his volunteering into his senior capstone project.

The group is also looking to expand to more dining halls, such as Kriner Dining Hall, in the next month or two. Members would like to collect food from other meal periods such as breakfast and dinner. However, this would require more volunteers to help out, Dooley said.

“It does make you feel good. Honestly, it only takes an hour-and-a-half,” he said.

“It’s very easy. You meet some amazing people.”

Those who are interested in volunteering with the SU Food Recovery Network can contact Dooley at td0893@ ship.edu.

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PASSHE system redesign begins Phase 2 work Hannah Pollock Asst. News Editor The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) has entered “Phase 2” of its multi-year plan to restructure the system and reach long-term stability.

In 2016, PASSHE reviewed its operations and searched for problems in the system. After defining the problems with the current design of the system, PASSHE entered “Phase 1” where policy changes were made, and the new chancellor, Daniel Greenstein, was hired.

“After the review, the Board established three priorities: Ensuring student success, leveraging university strengths and transforming the governance/leadership structure,” according to PASSHE’s website dedicated to the redesign.

PASSHE is working to reduce costs, grow revenues, strengthen governance structures and build on communication.

The system restoration will focus on “analytical and consultative change leadership, supporting of employee development system, support university with ad-

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herence of state and federal laws, regulations, rules and policies, and align strategic communications and advocacy efforts,” according to PASSHE’s website.

Like other public university systems, PASSHE has faced various challenges including cheaper competition, public funding and financial stress. The system overhaul is part of an effort to create a new culture for Pennsylvania state schools, according to PASSHE. The state system redesign process began in June 2016 and will continue through 2021.

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Jenna Wise Editor-in-Chief The longest government shutdown in American history may be over, but the possibility of a giant, spike-topped wall at the Mexican border is not yet totally eliminated.

President Donald Trump announced a surprise deal on Friday that temporarily reopened the government.

Although negotiations between the Democrats and Republicans are ongoing, the three-week deal did not show any sign that wall funding will eventually be offered.

Trump has vowed, meanwhile, to declare a national emergency or “renew the confrontation” if terms cannot be agreed upon by Feb. 15, according to The New York Times.

As the political warfare waged on in Washington, thousands of feder-

Annual march for humanity to empower SU students

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The annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. March for Humanity allows students to remember King, but also have a voice to impact and lead the future. This year’s march will begin on Thursday at 3:30 p.m. in Old Main Chapel.

Shannon Long News Editor The 32nd annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. March for Humanity will honor and remember King’s legacy on Thursday at 3:30 p.m. in the Old Main Chapel.

This year’s march will feature a lecture from state Sen. Vincent J. Hughes, who was elected as the Democratic chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee in 2010.

He had advocated for policy changes such as expanding health care for low-income workers, raising the minimum wage, defending the right to vote, fighting for increased funding for public administration and rebuilding Pennsylvania’s distressed communities.

Tyrome Smith and Crystal White were on the executive board of the African-American Organization and noticed the injustices committed to students of color on campus in the 1980s, and that the campus was still open on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. These two stu-

“FOOD” from A1 Social work professor Michael Lyman serves on the board of Shippensburg Produce and Outreach (SPO), a fresh produce food bank based out of Katie’s Place — a gathering space for local charities, located on South Penn Street.

Every Tuesday, community members go to Katie’s Place and choose produce items for the week, depending on their income levels. SPO serves more than 600 families a month, according to the organization’s website.

A portion of SPO’s food is collected from homeowners or farmers who have extra produce. Other items are obtained from food auctions, the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank and the SU campus farm, among others.

Although SPO is open to them, the bank is not heavily frequented by SU students.

Lyman discussed the common misconception that older people are the ones who suffer most from food insecurity. Through research with his social work students, Lyman found that in Shippensburg, young, working families struggle the most to make ends meet.

Hunger Bites — a hunger database made available through the Central Pennsylva-

dents then created the march, according to Kapri Brown, assistant to the director of the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs.

“The march is a time for the campus to unite and to show that we are stronger and better together,” she said.

People coming together shows it is possible to stand for what is right, and that people have the power to influence where to go, according to Brown.

“Every major movement in history was orchestrated by college students, and it’s the students that will lead this world one day,” she said. “They need to know they have the power to impact the history of our country.

Students are not just the leaders of tomorrow, they are the leaders of today.”

The pre-rally will start at 3:30 p.m. in Old Main Chapel, and the march will follow. Students are encouraged to pledge to march at sign-ups in the Ceddia Union Building. They can also make signs or bring their organization’s banners to the march.

nia Food Bank — reported that one in seven central Pennsylvania residents struggles with hunger. The data also suggested that price increases for rent, and heating oil and gasoline, have caused families’ budgets to become tighter.

Meanwhile, some who receive government aid make more than those who live without it, according to Lyman. “[That is] fairly telling and typical for people dealing with food insecurity,” he said. “Really people do want to work, [but are] still not able to provide enough food for themselves.”

Lyman said he got involved with SPO shortly after the recession, when need was expectedly higher. He said, however, that the need of Shippensburg families has not really decreased since then.

To combat food insecurity, Lyman suggested that people erase the stigma they may have against those who they consider “poor.”

“A good chunk is being aware that people are hungry,” he said. “Recognize there is a problem and seek out ways to do something about it.”

SPO is open to the public on Tuesdays from 4–6 p.m. For more information, visit SPO’s website at shipout.org.

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al workers went without paychecks, forcing them to turn to food banks or emergency funds to get by.

Even worse, Americans’ relief at the shutdown’s end may be short-lived, all because of a campaign promise the president made to his supporters.

Yet what does he have to show for it? Both non- and federal workers struggled with financial strain, all for a wall that they may or may not have supported.

Since his presidential campaign, Trump has railed against illegal immigrants who come into the country and commit crime.

He has fed off the public’s fear of terrorism, and painted Democrats as bleeding hearts that will let every murderer and rapist into the U.S. with open arms.

Most of what we hear in the news about illegal immigrants is seemingly negative, further playing into Trump’s stereotype.

But numerous studies, including one published

by The Washington Post, show that all immigrants — both legal and illegal — are less likely to commit crime than natural-born citizens. In fact, immi-

grants were 56 percent less likely to be convicted of a crime than natural-born citizens in Texas in 2015, the study said.

However, Americans should be used to the president’s inaccuracies by this point. The Washington Post reported last year that the president had already made more than 6,000 false or misleading statements in his, at the time, two-year presidency.

Shouldering a declining approval rating and an investigation that continues to take down his supporters, Trump is in serious trouble of becoming a oneterm president.

It is an ironic possible ending for a man who pledged to “drain the swamp” in Washington.

Instead of getting rid of the corrupt atmosphere, the president has put international security at risk, possibly violated the Constitution and sabotaged the people he is supposed to serve — all for the political gain he once condemned.

If the president sends us into another shutdown, it may be an easy conclusion to make that the walls protecting him will begin to fall in 2020.

Free FAFSA completion workshops offered every Friday in February Financial Aid Office Shippensburg University In order to meet the May 1 PHEAA State Grant deadline, you must file your FAFSA for 2019-2020 as soon as possible. Go to www. fafsa.gov to file this new form necessary for fall 2019, spring 2020 and summer 2020 attendance.

Filing by May 1 could qualify you for a PHEAA State Grant. This is free money that does not have to be repaid. Also, the sooner you file, the better chance you have of possibly obtaining internal federal funding from Shippensburg University.

For the 2019-2020 FAFSA, it will ask you for 2017 income. Please utilize the IRS Data Retrieval Tool to import you and your parent’s 2017 income directly onto the FAFSA form.

The Financial Aid office will be offering FAFSA completion workshops on Fridays in February.

The workshop will be located in Grove

Hall, Room 106 on the following dates and times: • Feb. 1 10 a.m. — noon • Feb. 8 2 p.m. — 4 p.m.

• Feb. 15 10 a.m. — noon • Feb. 22 2 p.m. — 4 p.m.

We will be emailing students with outstanding document requirements early in the spring semester. Please be sure to check your email daily.

Returning students will be packaged with aid awards after the commencement of spring 2019 when final grades have been posted. Packaging should occur in late May or early June for returning students who have a 2019-2020 FAFSA on file and all document requirements satisfied.

If you do not have a 2019-2020 FAFSA on file or you have not complied with our requests for documentation, we will be unable to package you with aid.

If you would like assistance in filing, please come to one of the workshops offered on Friday’s in February.

This Week on Campus Film Festival

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• The International Studies Program will be hosting a film festival on Tuesday from 4—6:30 p.m. in Grove Hall Room 101.

• The Ezra Lehman Memorial Library will be hosting “Library Resources @ Ship Workshop” on Wednesday at 4 p.m. in Room 106.

• APB will be playing “Creed II” on Thursday and Friday at 9 p.m. in the Orndorff Theatre.

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• The Student Involvement and Services Fair will be held on Tuesday from 5—7 p.m. in the CUB MPR.

• The women’s basketball team will be playing Bloomsburg University on Wednesday at 6 p.m. in Heiges Field House.

• Bazzi and Bryce Vine will be performing on Saturday at 7 p.m. in the H. Ric Luhrs Performing Arts Center.

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Prolonged government shutdown comes to close, but cross-party tension remains More than a month after it began, the government shutdown over border security has finally come to an end.

Although the shutdown had to end at some point, it is surprising that it came about without the promise that President Donald Trump has been seeking since before he even won the presidency — funding for a wall between the U.S. and Mexico.

With the wall, the president had vowed to keep out what he claimed were countless numbers of criminals who are currently entering the country with easy access.

Trump waited to request wall funding until just before the Democrats took majority control of the House of Representatives, despite the fact that Republicans had the majority in the legislative branch for the first two years of his presidency.

What followed was a vicious back-and-forth between the president and newly-elected Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). When the Speaker suggested that Trump postpone the State of the Union due to “security concerns” during the shutdown, he responded by canceling Pelosi’s previously scheduled trip to visit the troops in Afghanistan.

Admittedly, Trump’s decision to shut down the gov-

ernment over a campaign promise was a bold political move, but one that inevitably alienated many of the citizens that got him elected.

The end result was nothing more than another obstacle preventing both sides from developing a peaceful coexistence anytime in the near future.

Trump claimed the shutdown as his during a December meeting with Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. He was right — the financial and emotional strain placed on Americans for more than a month was all because of a wall that is not guaranteed to keep immigrants from entering the U.S. illegally.

However, the continuation of the shutdown needs to be owned by both sides.

While the president was on Twitter advocating for a wall, Pelosi and Schumer spent time in Hawaii and New York, respectively — neither in Washington working on negotiations with the president.

The nature of politics in today’s society encourages grandstanding and finger-pointing.

These are not trends that can stand if our politicians are committed to protecting the wants and needs of all Americans — not just those

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The lack of communication between the president and Democratic leaders is a factor in ongoing disagreements over border security. who voted for them.

By seemingly abandoning negotiations out of spite, these leaders are only adding fuel to an already tumultuous relationship.

In the case of the shutdown, both sides cannot get exactly what they want, despite the compromise announced Friday which will keep the government open for at least several weeks.

It seems necessary for a compromise to be made so Americans can live their lives without fear of being out of a

job or working for no pay if another shutdown arises.

We agree that changes could be made to the American immigration system and the measures in place to protect people who already live here. Today’s system is overflowing with both immigrants and refugees, all seeking a better life in the U.S. This system must be expanded to help these people legally immigrate as efficiently as possible, instead of coming into the country illegally because they do not

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To The Editor: Here is the big problem for Democrats: The Republicans are correct when they say that we have not had a new idea for the past 50 years.

They are also right when they say that we have had no real national platform/agenda that we stand for.

I’m not the smartest guy in the world, but at least I have a platform/agenda that I stand for.

I want the federal government to do more and spend more to help our citizens who are poor, near-poor, lower-middle-class, and middle-class who are struggling to survive and to pay their bills. I want the national Democratic Party to be the way that it was in the 1960s when we cared more about all of these people and fought harder to make life better for all of them.

The problem with the national Democrats is that they have offered no way to pay for anything that would help to make life better for us.

So, we are stuck, and have been spinning our wheels for the past 50 years doing virtually nothing to help anyone.

It’s no wonder why people are sick and tired of us. We haven’t offered anything new or different. I’m a Democrat, and I am also sick and tired of us.

The only way to get the revenue to actually do something big to help Americans is something that the national Democrats seem to lack the courage and bravery to advocate for. So I will.

Donald Trump proposed it in 1999. Look it up.

The only way to get the revenue to fund my platform/agenda is to pass a National Wealth Tax. If you want to play “Robin Hood” (as I do) you have to tax WEALTH because that’s where the big bucks are.

So, I advocate for the passage of a National Wealth Tax of 10% on all individuals with a net-wealth and net-worth of $10 million and higher. This will affect less than 1% of our population.

If we want to have a Canadian-style national health insurance program which will cover and help 99% of all Americans, this is the only way to come up with the money to pay for it.

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The Raider Ready Professional Dress Closet offers a variety of clothing items to SU students to prepare them for interviews or meetings for their future careers.

SU career center donates clothing to students through Raider Ready Closet Abby Tiska Staff Writer When students go away to college, the last thing they might think to pack is a suit and tie or a long dress skirt.

Luckily for students at Shippensburg University, the Raider Ready Professional Dress Closet has them covered.

Since late August, the Career, Mentoring and Development Center (CMPD), located inside the Ceddia Union Building, has provided students with free access to professional clothing via the dress closet.

Janet McKeithan, CMPD’s associate director, said that the idea for the closet arose several years ago with the Women Leaders of the College of Business, who operate the closet in conjunction with the CMPD. “They hadn’t been able to get something going,” McKeithan said. “They would do clothing drives and just do a day where students could come and get professional

dress, but it didn’t have permanent housing. It’s something that would go away.”

The professional clothing closet is now here to stay, but would not be possible without donations. The clothing, which is gently worn, has been donated to the closet by local businesses, alumni and even current professors.

McKeithan said the main purpose of the closet is to help students prepare for some type of meeting or occasion that requires a professional presentation, such as an interview, internship meeting or presentation.

Alix Rouby — the director of MBA recruitment, business internships and entrepreneurial outreach at the College of Business who who has assisted with the closet — said the closet addresses two main concerns.

“There’s resource issues where students might not always have the means to be able to afford a professional suit or outfit for an interview, but sometimes there is also the question of ‘What is actu-

ally appropriate?’ and ‘What is actually deemed professional?’” Rouby said.

Students have the option to return any outfit they borrow once they are done with it, but may also keep one outfit a year from the closet free of charge, since affordability is often a problem when it comes to professional attire.

“I definitely have had students in my office telling me, like, ‘Well, I don’t have money to buy a suit.’ And I had to look at that student, and I was like, ‘I don’t have anything that fits you,’” Rouby said. “I couldn’t help and it just shattered my heart.”

“We don’t want their appearance to be that last hold out thing that, you know, is just nagging at them. And we don’t want them to have to go into debt to try to afford something, you know, if they really can’t,” McKeithan said.

Student Jordan Moreno-Lacalle said he used the closet for an interview after searching for suit jackets for

days, only to find hefty price tags.

“They were all too expensive. I mean, I think every college student knows they really have no money,” Moreno-Lacalle said. “So the career and development center offering that service was really helpful because I was able to go and grab a suit, like, a full suit, to wear to my interview really easily.”

For students who wish to get clothing they receive from the closet professionally cleaned, McKeithan said the closet has also made arrangements with CVR Uniforms in downtown Shippensburg for students to get their clothing cleaned at reduced rates.

Students looking to check out an outfit should stop by the CMPD during business hours on Tuesday, from 4–6 p.m.; Wednesday, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. or by scheduling an appointment.

Students can check in using their student IDs and be assisted by a CMPD staff member or a student in the Women Leaders of the Col-

lege of Business, who will help students find clothing that works for them.

Both McKeithan and Rouby stressed the importance of students looking their best at professional events, and studies show that those who are well-dressed are more likely to succeed.

A 2014 study conducted at Yale University used 128 men, ages 18-32, and had them partake in mock negotiations of buying and selling.

According to the study, “Those dressed poorly (in sweatpants and plastic sandals) averaged a theoretical profit of $680,000, while the group dressed in suits amassed an average profit of $2.1 million.”

“I think that a nice suit or dress probably makes you feel more confident,” Moreno-Lacalle said. “I know being dressed in the suit when I went for both of my interviews gave me a little bit more confidence.”

Rouby also agrees that suits have a tendency of giv-

ing the student “an instant aura of respectability.”

“Do I agree with that?

That’s another debate,” she said.

“But the reality is, that’s how you have to do it. Perception still matters.”

Moving forward after its first semester in operation, McKeithan and Rouby are both excited to see how the closet will help more students as word gets out and donations keep coming in.

McKeithan said she hopes the closet will continue to help students and “alleviate one less concern as part of their professional development.”

“As long as we always keep the outlook of what’s going to help the students, what’s right for the students, and how can we just, you know, go all in and support them 1,000 percent,” Rouby said.

“Then you can never go wrong. If it’s right, it’s right.

You’ll know it.”

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APB hosts party for Super Bowl SU students are invited to watch this year’s Super Bowl in the Red Zone.

Hannah McMullan Ship Life Editor

Are you looking for a place to watch your team score on Super Bowl Sunday? Shippensburg University’s Activities Program Board (APB) is hosting a Superbowl Party with free food and drinks.

APB is inviting students to join them in watching the New England Patriots battle the Los Angeles Rams on Feb. 3.

What better way to celebrate the Super Bowl than

with free wings and pizza?

APB is offering 500 wings from Buffalo Wild Wings with a variety of flavors, as well as 14 large pizzas and plenty of drinks to go around.

APB’s annual Super Bowl party is a popular event, according to APB Treasurer Trent Betham.

About 200 students attended the party for last year’s Super Bowl.

It is usually held in the CUB Multipurpose Room (MPR), but the organization decided the Red Zone was

a better vibe for the occasion.

The party will officially start at 6 p.m. in the Ceddia Union Building (CUB) Room 023.

Students are welcome to play the games usually offered in the Red Zone, such as the ping pong and pool tables. The game will be displayed on the large flat screen TV that is set up on the back wall.

There is no fee to attend the event.

As we stumble into January, this first month of the year was a triumphant one for President Trump, as he, yet again, placed a bill on the table to exclude transgender people from joining and serving in the military.

The bill is now slightly confusing in a way that it does not ban transgender people as a whole, but makes strict guidelines as to who is eligible to serve and who is not, the purpose of this week’s article is to clear some of that up.

In July of 2017, Trump tweeted, “After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military,” shocking those who identify as transgender and angering others.

First off, Trump said it was due to cost: “Our mil-

itary must be focused on decisive and overwhelming victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail,” Trump said. Although, the Supreme Court justified it as ensuring “the most lethal and combat effective fighting force in the world,” according to CNN — as if transgender individuals are biologically incapable of inflicting force to fight for the country in which they have done so for decades.

If completely developed, here is what the bill would entail, according to CNN: “Service members diagnosed with ‘gender dysphoria’ after joining the military can stay in the military if they do not require a change of gender and remain deployable, service members who were diagnosed with ‘gender dysphoria’ before the effective date of the policy can still serve and receive medical treatment and transgender persons without a gender dysphoria di-

agnosis or history can serve in their birth sex.”

This requires waivers signed by the Defense Department on a case-to-case basis. Anyone who “requires” gender affirmation surgery are automatically disqualified from serving in the military until 36 months afterward.

“This is the cruel centerpiece of the Trump administration’s agenda to prevent the full inclusion of transgender people in public life,”said Laura Durso, vice president of the LGBT Research and Communications Project at the Center for American Progress. She claimed it is “dehumanizing,” which, in retrospect, it is.

To halt someone’s affirmation to serve in a country they call home is not only dehumanizing, but it is, in fact, forcing transgender people into the shadows of the public and making sure they are not publicized in a manner that represents Trump’s America.

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Tuesday, January 29, 2019

A&E

Bazzi, Bryce Vine to come to SU for ‘Xperience’ concert Michael Donegan Asst. A&E Editor The Activities Program Board (APB) will bring the “Xperience” of Bazzi and Bryce Vine to the H. Ric Luhrs Performing Arts Center on Saturday, Feb. 2.

When APB initially announced its plans in the latter half of the fall semester and started advertising the event as “The Concert Xperience, Powered by APB,” it kept who would be performing at the monumental event a closely-guarded secret for most of the semester to build interest.

The doors open at 6 p.m., and Bryce Vine will begin the show at 7 p.m. Tickets for the general public cost $35, and Shippensburg University students with a student I.D. can purchase theirs for $15.

Bazzi, whose hit song “Mine” peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 last April, is an increasingly popular name in the worlds of pop and R&B music.

He has been nominated for several prestigious awards, such as Best New Artist at last year’s MTV Video Music Awards.

Meanwhile, Vine is an upand-coming name himself.

The rapper snagged the No. 16 spot on the Billboard Pop Songs chart for his single “Drew Barrymore.” A third, unnamed artist is also set to appear.

According to APB concert coordinator Chase Fisher, the setting of the venue will help contribute to concert-goers’ overall experience.

Image courtesy of APB

Bazzi and Bryce Vine are up-and-coming artists in the rap and hip hop scene. APB’s concert coordinator, Chase Fisher, a marketing major who interned with Luhrs last fall, said Luhrs has been helpful in setting up the concert with APB. “We’re trying to have other things incorporated within the Luhrs Center,” Fisher said.

Luhrs will be transformed in a way that will make the center look completely different, Fisher said.

Student feedback led APB to settle on Bazzi and Vine.

“Every year we send out a survey. It has everything on there from concert questions to paint night and bingo, questions like ‘Hey, what do you want to see? What do you want to do?’” Fisher said.

“We have genres on there, and the one that was voted the most was pop and hip

hop.”

“He [Bazzi] has one album out right now as well as some other little singles, but he pretty much debuted in 2018.

From there he’s just expected to go bigger,” Fisher said.

“That’s where we get him this year, but next year could be a whole different story.”

In the years prior, APB concerts were usually held in Heiges Field House.

Although the concert will be at a smaller venue, the change serves as a cost effective one.

Read the full story at theslateonline.com.

New York professional talent shines in SU Kauffman Gallery Jonathan Bergmueller A&E Editor Members of the Shippensburg community witnessed the unveiling of the Nancy Hoffman Gallery’s exhibit of “Earth, Air, Fire, Water” last Wednesday in Shippensburg University’s Kauffman Gallery.

The exhibit included art presented in a variety of different mediums to best portray a diverse interpretation of The Four Elements.

Hoffman first became associated with the university when she judged a national exhibition event almost two decades ago.

About a year and a half ago, Michael Campbell, director of the Kauffman Gallery, proposed a gallery inclusive of Hoffman’s artists.

“We do not have the regular opportunity to bring this kind of work to campus,” Campbell said. “This is very unique.”

The exhibit included 28 pieces in total. Although most are paintings, a few sculptures and even a digital video that presents a dual perspective on the theme of life found their way into the gallery.

Other exhibits include vivid paintings made using airbrushes, vibrant watercolors and digital edits.

Sculptures such as the octopus “Nocturne,” by Mark

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Michael Campbell, director of the Kauffman Gallery (left) and Sique Spence, director of the Nancy Hoffman Gallery, opened the exhibit to the general public last Wednesday. Spence walked the community through the exhibit, explaining the artist, background and significance of each piece.

Calderon, are made from brass. Finally, Michele Pred’s “Travelers,” which dangles from the ceiling, is composed of an umbrella and many scissors that were confiscated at San Francisco’s International Airport.

Sique Spence, director of the Nancy Hoffman Gallery, said everyone involved wanted to display a broad stroke of artists and work that the gallery was host to, while tying it into a central theme.

This paring process defined the exhibit’s tone, and the theme became “the four elements,” according to Spence.

Spence presented the ex-

hibit to the SU community as quality art that is accessible to everyone.

“It doesn’t have to be hanging in the halls of a New York gallery to be what it is,” Spence said.

SU President Laurie Carter attended the opening, and took a picture in front of the pieces with some of the students.

“Earth, Air, Fire, Water” will remain open through Feb. 28 in the Kauffman Gallery. The gallery is open Monday through Thursday, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Wednesday evenings 6:30-8:30 p.m., and Fridays 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

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Tuesday, January 29, 2019

Men’s Basketball, E3

Sports

Coach Zollinger, E2

Women’s basketball extends streak

Photos courtesy of Bill Smith/SU Sports Info.

Ariel Jones plays an important role in the success of the Raiders so far this season. She is currently at the top of the PSAC in points per game with 26.0.

Matthew Gregan Asst. Sports Editor The Shippensburg University women’s basketball team extended its winning streak to four games with two wins against Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) competitors this past week.

The Raiders (10-10, 6-6 PSAC) are playing their best basketball of the season right now, and it showed when they defeated Mansfield University (1-15, 1-12 PSAC) 84–44 on a dominant Wednesday night at Heiges Field House.

The Raiders led the entire game against Mansfield, and really pulled away in the second quarter. SU outscored Mansfield 25–6 in the second quarter, and the game was never really close after that.

It was a good game for the Raiders in terms of controlling the ball. They had their first game with a positive assist-to-turnover ratio, totaling 16 assists to 14 turnovers. On the defensive end, the Raiders flew around the court all game long, totaling 16 steals to help them defeat the Mounties.

On the offensive end, the

Raiders were led by sophomore Ariel Jones. Jones was very efficient from the floor, scoring 25 points on 9-of13 shooting in the win over Mansfield.

Freshman Lauren Mills had one of the best games of her season thus far, totaling 12 points, a career-high nine rebounds, four assists and a career-high four steals.

The Raiders continued to build momentum as they competed against West Chester University on Saturday afternoon and won a hard-fought game that took until the fourth quarter to be decided. SU defeated West Chester (9-11, 5-7 PSAC) 79– 70 behind another dominant effort from Jones.

Jones totaled 31 points and did an excellent job of drawing fouls and getting to the free-throw line. She totaled 18 attempts from the line, and that played a big difference in helping the Raiders get past the Golden Rams. This was the seventh time this season that Jones has scored 30 or more points.

The game was a back-andforth affair in the first three quarters, with the teams being within one point of each

other after the first three quarters. Shippensburg held a two-point lead heading into the final five minutes of the game, when the Raiders went on a 12–5 run to put the game away. Jones accounted for all 12 points during the run, most of them coming from the free-throw line.

Freshman Aunbrielle Green added 17 points and eight rebounds on Saturday.

Sophomore Kryshell Gordy scored eight points while grabbing a career-high 18 rebounds, including seven offensive rebounds, and dishing out seven assists.

The Raiders controlled the ball well once again, totaling 18 assists to 17 turnovers.

Ball control has been a theme of the past couple of games for the Raiders. Jones leads the team in assists per game with 3.6, but she has struggled at times to control the ball. She averages 3.7 turnovers per game.

Jones is a special player for the Raiders, and is one of the reasons why they are in prime position to make it to the PSAC tournament at the end of the season. She leads the PSAC in points per game with 26.

The Raiders are a young team, and it has been good to see some players stepping up for the team as the season goes on. Green has been an important addition for the Raiders, averaging 12.3 points and 7.4 rebounds per game so far this season.

Over the last three games, Green has caught fire on the offensive end, averaging 17.7 points per game over that

stretch while helping the team go on this four-game winning streak.

The Raiders are heading into a more difficult part of their schedule, with their next two games being against the top two teams in the PSAC. The Raiders seem to be clicking at the right time.

They currently sit in third place in the PSAC Eastern Division, and are right behind

Kutztown University (10-9, 8-4 PSAC). A win against the Golden Bears in the coming week would pull the Raiders to within one game of second place in the division.

Up next for the Raiders is a big game against Bloomsburg University (13-6, 9-3 PSAC) on Wednesday at 6 p.m. from Heiges Field House, followed by a road game on Saturday afternoon against Kutztown.

Kryshell Gordy grabs 18 rebounds in the team’s win against West Chester.

Bowman’s record highlights indoor meet for split squad over weekend Nate Powles Sports Editor

Photo courtesy of Kyle Ross

Charles Bowman claims the Shippensburg record in the 60-meter hurdles from the Penn State Nation Open. His time of 8.06 surpassed Austin Shupp’s 8.09.

The Shippensburg University men’s track-and-field team performed well in its first competition in more than eight weeks, splitting its squad for competitions at both Penn State University and Bucknell University.

The team had several qualifying finishes for the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC), with 11 athletes reaching the mark on the first day.

Redshirt-junior Charles Bowman highlighted the first night of action from Penn State, breaking Austin Shupp’s school record in the 60-meter hurdles in his semifinal run. Bowman finished his first run in 8.10 seconds, only to surpass that

time with a record 8.06 finish in the semifinal.

Bowman was joined by senior Ori Rinaman as the two NCAA-qualifying finishers for the Raiders. Rinaman had a top mark of 8.21 seconds in his first-round attempt. In the 5K, graduate student Albert Schrimp led SU with a first-place finish in the event.

The first day was rounded out with a strong showing from junior Cam Strohe in the field.

Strohe earned a new personal best in the weight throw, reaching a top mark of 57 feet, 2 inches, on his final throw of the day — an improvement of more than two feet on his previous PR from last season.

In the second and final day of action from Penn State and Bucknell, the Raiders

added 16 more PSAC-qualifying times for a total of 27 for the weekend. Sophomore Austin Padmore placed fifth in his first competition of the season in the 800 meters, with a time of 1:54.89.

Redshirt-freshman Shamar Jenkins made it all the way to the finals in the long jump, placing ninth overall with a top distance of 22 feet, 9 3/4 inches.

The 60-meter dash was arguably the best event of the weekend for the Raiders, as junior Dreux Stamford took second in 6.94 seconds and freshman Roland Miles placed fifth in 7.05 seconds.

Senior Calvin Dennis also had a PSAC-qualifying finish of 7.13 seconds to round out an impressive showing from SU. See “T&F,” E2

SPORTS

January 29, 2019

E2

Field hockey coach finds early success Coach Tara Zollinger has two national titles in her first two seasons in charge of the SU field hockey program Matthew Gregan Asst. Sports Editor Tara Zollinger, head coach of the Shippensburg University field hockey team, went down a long road of coaching and gaining experience to get the opportunity of coaching the Raiders in back-to-back NCAA Division II field hockey championships.

Success has followed Zollinger in her field hockey career, beginning as a player at the University of Maryland. Zollinger won two championships while at Maryland.

She also received Maryland’s Kateri Simon Award in 2012. The award recognizes an athlete who persevered in times of adversity and displayed courage.

After graduation, Zollinger took the next step in her career when she became an assistant coach at Syracuse.

The head coach of Syracuse’s field hockey team was Ange Bradley, an individual who pushed the Syracuse field hockey program to new heights. Bradley’s career record as a coach at Syracuse is 188-47.

Zollinger — while building a long-lasting relationship with Bradley — primarily served in two roles during her four years as an assistant coach at Syracuse.

“I was the recruiting coordinator there,” Zollinger said. “I had full responsibility and it challenged me to be able to recruit both the domestic and the international student athletes. At the beginning stages of me being there, she [Bradley] trained me to know what to look for in athletes and how to recruit and what she wanted in her student athletes there.”

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The field hockey team won its third consecutive national title in November by defeating PSAC rival East Stroudsburg University.

Zollinger’s ability to recruit players has quickly paid dividends during her time at Shippensburg. Perhaps the best example of this is the recruitment of Argentinian sophomore Jazmin Petrantonio. Petrantonio quickly made an impact on the Raiders offensively by totaling 12 goals and 12 assists during

her freshman season.

Petrantonio soared to new heights during her sophomore season while leading the Raiders to another national championship. She totaled 28 goals and six assists — setting both Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) and NCAA records.

She set the record for most

Photo courtesy of Bill Smith/SU Sports Info.

Zollinger is going into her third season with the Raiders with two NCAA titles already under her belt. The team will try to help keep her 100 percent record.

From “T&F,” E1 It was a day of season debuts for some of the veterans on the squad. Senior David Brantley kicked off his final season on a high note, finishing fifth in his first heptathlon of the season, totaling 4,377 points. The performance also slotted Brantley into the Top 5 in the PSAC so far this season.

Brantley excelled in the shot put, earning the top spot in the event with his best throw traveling 38 feet, 11 inches. He also came in third in the 60 meters with a time of 7.34.

Fellow senior Dominic Stroh competed in his first mile of the campaign, taking fifth in 4:24.79 for yet another conference qualifier. In the field, Strohe finished his weekend with another strong

day in the weight, taking eighth overall from Bucknell.

The team of sophomore Austin Howell, freshman Josh Booth, Dennis and freshman Matthew Lenahan ran well in the 4x4 at Bucknell, taking second in the event with a total time of 3:27.96.

At Penn State, the 4x4 was still a strong event for the Raiders, as Bowman, redshirt-freshman Aaron Arp, Jr., senior Johnathon Stiles and sophomore Austin Padmore joined forces to claim fifth for SU. Their total time was 3:17.47.

After an impressive weekend of competition, the Raiders return home but will be back in action on Saturday at the Susquehanna University Invitational. Events kick off at 9 a.m.

goals by one player in NCAA tournament history (nine) in only her sophomore season, when she scored four goals in the team’s semifinal win over West Chester.

“I think for her first season, it’s a big transition.

There is an even bigger transition for her because she is coming to an entirely different country,” Zollinger said.

“The Argentinians play a very different style than here, so I think that the first year was a bit of a transition, and then the second year going into it, she knew what it was all about. She completely bought into the culture.”

Zollinger credited Bradley’s support as the reason why the transition from being an assistant to a head coach was so smooth.

“I was very fortunate to have a very strong mentor in Ange Bradley,” Zollinger said. “She really took the time to develop me as a coach and a mentor for young athletes. It was critical and enabled me to be able to make the jump from being an assistant coach to a head coach.

She instilled a lot of confidence in myself and it was a very great experience that definitely shaped my coaching style, my leadership style

and my mentorship style, all resulting in being able to be a successful head coach.”

Zollinger said Bradley went out of her way to help mentor and teach her to become a head coach.

One of the takeaways that Zollinger had from being an assistant under Bradley was that it helped her become a well-rounded coach in all aspects of the game.

“Being under her tutelage, I saw the game in a much different way,” Zollinger said.

“I was always a very — and I still am — attack-minded coach, and she’s a very defensive-minded coach so I took away a lot from learning under her, and just learning about different technical components of defending and different tactical ways that you can kind of shape your team on the field in order to be a better defensive unit.”

Zollinger was helped on the defensive side of the field by having an excellent goalie in redshirt-senior Ally Mooney. Mooney wrapped up her career at Shippensburg with a third national championship, totaling a 1.20 goals against average and a 0.790 save percentage in her final season at Ship-

pensburg.

Mooney played a big role both on and off the field for the Raiders. She was the team’s only senior — which meant being the leader of the team and helping set an example for the younger players. The team will be taking steps to help replace the leadership that was lost with Mooney’s graduation.

“Really it will be telling to see who emerges as the leader for us moving into the fall,” Zollinger said. “We spend time with all of our athletes developing their leadership skills throughout the spring. Last year for example, Mooney had a leadership counsel underneath her that helped her with decisions and helped guide her and helped her keep the boat afloat. We will take the time in the spring to really continue to develop their leadership skills.”

Mooney’s leadership — combined with the mindset of focusing on the here and now that was instilled by Zollinger — helped the Raiders overcome an immense lack of experience to bring home the championship.

See “ZOLLINGER,” E4

Photo courtesy of Kyle Ross

Junior Cam Strohe sets a new personal best in the weight throw at Bucknell, reaching 57 feet, 2 inches.

SPORTS

E3

January 29, 2019

Men’s basketball splits against PSAC competition

Photos courtesy of Bill Smith/SU Sports Info.

Jake Biss does an excellent job this season controlling the ball for the Raiders. He has also become a more aggressive scorer, averaging 13.1 points per game.

Noah Shatzer Staff Writer The Shippensburg University men’s basketball team split its two-game slate against Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) competition this week, picking up a home win against Mansfield University on Wednesday and falling to West Chester University on the road on Saturday.

The Raiders continued their success on the glass against Mansfield (1-16, 0-12 PSAC) on Wednesday, out-rebounding the Mountaineers 51–28 and posting a season-high 31 second-chance points. Additionally, Shippensburg grabbed 24 offensive rebounds — the most in a game since the Raiders grabbed 26 against Bloomsburg in 2009. SU has been hitting the glass hard this season. They are third in the PSAC in rebounds per game with 41.4 and third in the conference in offensive rebounds per game with 15.7.

Junior forward John Castello led the Raiders in scoring, tallying 20 points along with 10 rebounds. With those 20 points, Castello became the 33rd Shippensburg men’s basketball player to reach 1,000 career points. He reached that plateau by hitting a corner three with around nine minutes remaining in the game.

Red-shirt freshman forward Dom Sleva also grabbed a double-double of 10 points and 10 rebounds in his first career start.

Guards Antonio Kellem and Jake Biss scored

14 and 15 points respectively, while freshman guard Carlos Carter tallied a career-high 12 points and eight rebounds off the bench. The game ended in a convincing 91–65 victory for the Raiders, but their following matchup with their rival West Chester proved to be a much more evenly-matched contest.

In a foul-heavy game that saw a combined 67 free-throw attempts between the Raiders and Golden Rams, West Chester (14-5, 10-2 PSAC) managed to hold on to defeat Shippensburg, knocking SU down to second in the PSAC Eastern Division. It was a battle between two nationally-ranked squads in the Top 6 in terms of offensive rebounds (WCU – No. 1; SU – No. 6), with the Raiders coming out on top in total offensive rebounds, 21–13.

The Raiders went to the line a season-high 38 times, converting a season-high 29.

After taking a five-point lead in the opening minutes of the second half, the Raiders were hit with a brutal counter run by West Chester, as the Golden Rams ripped off a 22-4 run to take a 13-point lead. SU whittled the deficit down to seven points with 8:46 remaining, but WCU eventually pulled away again with an 8-1 run of its own.

Sleva led the Raiders in scoring while coming off the bench, tallying 18 points and pulling down a game-high 12 rebounds. It was the sixth time this season that Sleva contributed double-digit points, despite only starting in the game against Mansfield. Castello produced 16 points and grabbed eight rebounds

before fouling out after playing 27 minutes.

Kellem — one of Shippensburg’s top players this season — had a bad game against West Chester, shooting only 2-for-17 from the field and 1-of-9 from three-point range.

The loss dropped the Raiders to 15–5 overall on the season and 9–3 in the PSAC. SU is in second place in the PSAC Eastern Division and is still in prime position for the PSAC tournament at the end of the season, but will

need to regain some of the dominance the team showed earlier in the season to potentially reach the NCAA tournament for the third straight season.

Up next for SU is a showdown with Bloomsburg University (5-12, 2-10 PSAC) when the Huskies travel to Heiges Field House. Tipoff is at 8 p.m. on Wednesday night as the Raiders look to gain some momentum heading into the season’s final weeks.

Manny Span (43), one of the Raiders’ usual starters, was out of the lineup for Wednesday’s win over Mansfield. He was replaced by Dom Sleva, who recorded a double-double of 10 points and 10 rebounds in his first career start.

Women’s track and field performs well in return to competition Nate Powles Sports Editor Both the men and women of the Shippensburg University track-and-field team returned to competition this weekend. It had been eight weeks since both squads had participated in a meet.

The women performed

well, splitting their squad between the Penn State National Open and the Bison Open and Multi at Bucknell University.

There were several impressive finishes for the Raiders, as they earned 18 times across both days of competition that qualified for the Pennsylvania State

Athletic Conference (PSAC) standards.

Senior Tatiana Purcell stood tall among her opponents in the 60-meter hurdles, clinching second with arguably the best night of her collegiate career on Friday.

She smashed her previous career best with a qualifying time of 9.13 seconds in

the preliminary round, only to surpass that mark with a 9.03 time to earn second place.

In the distance runs, senior Jackie Kinkead led the charge with a third-place finish in the 5K. She had an impressive time of 18:17.54. The 200 meter was full of SU representation, with three Raid-

ers claiming PSAC-qualifying times. Sophomore Ali Wyland led the way with a 26.37 finish for eighth, followed immediately by fellow sophomore Rachel Bruno with a PR of 26.38. Junior Zarria Williams was not far behind, finishing in 26.59 seconds.

Sophomore Ashley Kerr impressed in the field, grab-

Photo courtesy of David Bracetty

Bella Marchini (left) put together a good performance on Saturday for the Raiders. She earned sixth in the mile with a PSACqualifying time of 5:27:51 and third in the 1,000 meters. Marchini was the second finisher for SU in the NCAA cross-country finals.

bing a new PR in the weight throw with a top mark of 48 feet, 4 3/4 inches, on her first throw of the event. The throw put her into the Top 10 for the conference. Kerr followed up her PR in the weight with another PR in the shot put on Saturday. She once again reached the mark on her first throw of the day, reaching 41 feet, 4 1/2 inches, to move into the PSAC’s Top 5.

Kate Matrisciano — another promising sophomore — claimed fourth in the shot put on Friday from the Bison Open. Her top throw traveled 42 feet, 9 3/4 inches, for another PSAC qualifier.

Sophomore Bella Marchini had a great Saturday, capturing sixth in the mile with a PSAC-qualifying time of 5:27.51. She also took third in the 1,000 meters with a time of 3:12.77.

For the jumpers, seniors Kali Dawson and Olivia Lee posted top marks in the long jump and triple jump. Dawson had a PSAC-qualifying jump of 16 feet, 10 1/2 inches, in the long jump, while Lee captured fourth (34 feet, 11 3/4 inches) in the triple jump — another PSAC mark.

A strong weekend for the squad should set the tone for a productive season.

The Raiders will be back in action on Saturday at the Susquehanna University Invitational.

SPORTS

January 29, 2019

E4

Green earns award

Second week in a row that a Raider has claimed the freshman award after Lauren Mills last week Courtesy of SU Sports Info.

Shippensburg University’s Aunbrielle Green was named the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Eastern Division Women’s Basketball Freshman of the Week on Monday afternoon by the league office after posting double figures in a pair of Raider victories.

In a 2-0 week for the Raiders, Green averaged 18.0 points and 5.5 rebounds per game while blocking two shots. Green shot 41 percent

from the field, and exceeded her season average at the free-throw line by making 8-of-9 (88.9 percent) attempts.

Against Mansfield, Green finished just two points shy of her career high, scoring 19 points on the night. Green scored 15 of her 19 points in the first half. She added three rebounds and was 5-of-5 at the free-throw line. It was her 11th game in double figures.

At West Chester, Green was strong in the post with 17 points and eight rebounds,

From “ZOLLINGER,” E2 “I think the biggest thing that we did as a unit, staff and players alike, is just staying focused on the game that we were in and getting

including a 3-of-4 rate at the free-throw line. She scored 11 of her 16 points in the first half, and it was her 12th game in double figures. It was also Green’s ninth game of the season with at least eight rebounds.

Green earns her third PSAC East Freshman of the Week award this season (Dec. 3, Dec. 20). It is the second straight week that a Raider has been honored, as Lauren Mills was last week’s award recipient.

better,” Zollinger said.

“Everything was about growth, and it’s really cool to go back and see our first game to our last game and just the immense amount of growth that the team was able to accom-

Photo courtest of Bill Smith/SU Sports Info.

Green is averaging 12.3 points per game and seven rebounds in her debut year. plish. We obviously had a goal to win the national championship, I think that’s going to be our goal every single year. The game in front of us is always the most important game of the season; that’s what we always say, so I

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The SU field hockey team consistently proves that it is a fearsome opponent and one of the best in the country.

think it’s just the commitment, the authentic, true commitment to growth.”

Throughout the season, the Raiders struggled to overcome setbacks. Part of the adversity that the team went through was its previously mentioned lack of experience. A combination of Zollinger and the team’s leadership structure helped the team to persevere.

“Persistence through adversity and belief,” Zollinger said when asked about the two things that helped the team win another national championship.

“Every team is going to have a lot of ups and downs and face a lot of adversity through their season and I think the team that can persevere through that and be persistent through the adversity that they’re seeing all the while believing in themselves and the program as a whole. I think those are the teams that are really the last ones standing at the end.”

Zollinger also highly values her role on the coaches’ board of WeCOACH (formerly the Alliance of Women Coaches). Thanks to her hard work for the Raiders and in her previous post at Syracuse, she is one of just 15 coaches from all divisions of collegiate athletics who serves on the council.

“I’m very grateful for the opportunity to be on the coaches’ board of WeCOACH, because it’s a great way to be able to continue to advocate for creating opportunities for female coaches and also keeping women in coaching,” Zollinger said.

“Also, it’s a great opportunity for me with professional development, because that coaches’ counsel has access to numerous coaches across the country from different divisions and different sports. Being able to have that accessibility to them to be able to bounce ideas off them and have conversations just about coaching in general is really phenomenal, and I think it’s really important that we continue to create opportunities for females to lead. It’s a very powerful thing for women to lead women.”