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PASSHE Chancellor visits SU Former SU student

turns self in to police

Hannah Pollock Managing Editor

Chancellor Daniel Greenstein faced tough questions and criticisms surrounding the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) System Redesign from faculty members of Shippensburg University as he ended his 14-stop fall campus tour at SU on Wednesday.

Members of the SU and Shippensburg communities were invited to the Open Forum held by Chancellor Dan in a standing-room-only Ceddia Union Building Multipurpose Room.

“I believe profoundly in the power of public higher education,” Greenstein said.

“University is increasingly one of the few places where people can go and engage with people who are unlike themselves and by doing that learn tolerance.”

During the forum, “Chancellor Dan” briefly updated the crowd on the System Redesign before opening up the floor for questions.

Faculty shared questions and concerns surrounding using shared programming by partnering with universities across the system. The chancellor responded, “We

Hannah Pollock Managing Editor

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Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Chancellor Daniel Greenstein speaks during an open forum held during his visit to Shippensburg University. need to empower them to do, not just to think, but to do.

A lot of the work that’s happening right now is putting in place that infrastructure.”

Jordan Windholz, an SU English professor, told the chancellor that he has been keeping up with the information distributed about the System Redesign, but still does not fully understand what is going on.

“What are you talking about? I have no idea what is happening and I have been patiently following all the information,” Windholz said.

“We’re two months away from Phase Three, I have no idea what’s going on and I read things closely and can follow arguments pretty well.”

Windholz told the chancellor that he was using “met-

aphors that aren’t attached to anything” in his explanations to the crowd.

The chancellor opened up the floor to “crowd-source” an answer for Windholz before answering it himself.

Greenstein described the “terminal financial decline” that the system is potentially facing, before turning to the students in attendance.

See “PASSHE,” A3

Pennsylvania State Police have charged a third man in connection with the Oct. 6 shooting during an alleged drug deal near High Street in Shippensburg that resulted in the death of one man and serious injury to another.

Police filed charges Nov. 9 against Quentin Eric Furlow, 20, of Philadelphia, a former Shippensburg University student.

Furlow was charged with the manufacture, delivery or possession of an illegal substance with intent to manufacture or deliver; hindering apprehension; flight to avoid apprehension; criminal use of a communication facility; and tampering with evidence.

According to police, Furlow turned himself in Nov. 15 at Magisterial District Judge H. Anthony Adams’ office.

Furlow was arraigned by Adams and placed in Cumberland County Prison in lieu of $50,000 bail. He posted bail later that day and was released.

Furlow is scheduled for a preliminary hearing Nov. 26 in front of Adams.

Cumberland County Prison

Quentin Eric Furlow Furlow is no longer a student at SU, according to university officials.

Charges relating to the incident previously were filed against two other men, including former SU student Clayton Steve Wilson, 20, of Philadelphia. Wilson was charged with criminal homicide, criminal attempt to commit criminal homicide, two counts of aggravated assault, firearms not to be carried without a license and recklessly endangering another person.

Wilson was bound over for trial in Cumberland County Court Nov. 15 on all charges except reckless endangerment, which was dismissed.

He is being held in the county prison without bond.

See “FURLOW,” A3

Panel discusses use of marijuana on campus Alex Dinh

Guest Contributor

Cannabis is sparking a conversation across the nation, as well as on Shippensburg University’s campus.

Members of SU gathered together for an open conversation with a panel about the use of marijuana on college campuses.

The panelists included Kurt Dunkel, coordinator of the Alcohol and Other Drug connection program at SU, Robin McCann, head of the SU chemistry department and toxicologist for Cumberland Valley and Sarah Shupp, director of the SU Office of Student Conduct.

The series, “Food for Thought,” sponsored by the Residence Hall Association (RHA), prompts the campus community to openly discuss difficult topics. RHA hopes to open the dialogue between students and faculty, with no repercussions, through meaningful discussions to get a better understanding from both perspectives.

“I’m a firm believer in no substance use before 25 just because of what it does to your brain,” Shupp said.

“The National Drug Free School Act governs what we are allowed to have on campus and what we don’t… so even if cannabis

was legal we probably still wouldn’t allow it on campus because we’d lose our federal aid.”

The act ties into federal funding and FAFSA, which means if SU violated the act the school could lose funding.

Throughout the conversation, participants discussed the difference between legalization and decriminalization of the product.

“Just some things to keep in mind from a pragmatic standpoint, we have an elementary school on campus, so it’s something to consider,” Dunkel said.

He later asked a studentif he saw some negative impacts of marijuana being legalized on campus.

“I’ve been around high f-unctioning users and not many bad functioning users, but some cons could be getting high and not going to class and those stereotypes you see,” said SU student Ari Berkovich.

“I want to make it clear that molecules in your lungs are not meant to hold smoke.”

McCann explained that smoking marijuana can create complications, however she still supports the drug’s use in other forms such as pills and edibles.

See “CANNABIS,” A2

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President Carter (right) opens the Nov. 13 power-based violence panel. To her left sits Women’s Center Director Ariel Catron, Senior and SU Homecoming Queen Eliza Eames and Title IX Coordinator Daniel Velez.

Panelists address power-based violence Emma Tennant Asst. News Editor

Four panelists spoke on power-based violence in Shippensburg University’s Old Main Chapel Nov 13.

All four speakers drew from their experience related to power-based violence to help encourage students who suffered from power-based violence.

Power-based violence is when one person uses violence to attempt to assert power over another individual, which is often an intimate partner.

SU President Laurie Carter introduced the panel, consisting of four speakers: Kyra Paules, a volunteer supervisor at the YWCA Sexual Assault and Rape Crisis Center; Corrine Bertram, a SU psychology professor who provides counseling on campus; Daniel Velez, SU’s chief equity, inclusion, and compliance officer and Title IX coordi-

nator; and senior Eliza Eames, who is an RA majoring in psychology. Arielle Catron, the director of the Women’s Center, led the panel discussion.

The speakers talked about how the majority of students who experience power-based violence do not report it.

“The number one reason why students don’t report is because they’re afraid of what he’s going to do,” Velez said.

Paules also mentioned that some students may not report power-based violence due to a lack of trust in the system.

The panel noted that SU takes these issues seriously despite the lack of reporting of power-based violence.

Bertram also spoke on her experience in the classroom.

“When someone discloses their experience in papers, they’re seeking assistance, not advice,” Bertram said.

Catron asked the panel about inclu-

sivity, especially regarding the LGBTQ+ community. Eames wants to be more inclusive to create a welcoming environment.

Velez reported SU has published a gender-inclusive policy and is looking at creating a gender-inclusive housing policy. Additionally, Velez said the administration is looking at the all-gender restroom map and considering adding more restrooms.

Velez also mentioned on-campus training such as Green Dot training.

According to alteristic.org, a website that provides Green Dot training and information for colleges, the program “approaches all students, staff, administrators, and faculty as allies in order to create a safe campus culture that is intolerant of violence.”

See “VIOLENCE,” A3

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APSCUF votes in favor of agreement Noel Miller

Asst. News Editor

Members of The Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties (APSCUF) voted in favor of a new contract agreement, according to a Nov. 15 APSCUF press release.

APSCUF President Kenneth M. Mash said the members accepted lesser increases than those in other statewide unions for the students they serve.

The agreement comes after months of collective bargaining sessions between APSCUF and the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education’s (PASSHE).

According to APSCUF, 94% of its members

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who voted were in favor of the agreement.

The tentative four-year agreement will expire in 2023.

The full contract will be posted on APSCUF’s website after it is ratified, the press release said.

“They did so in order to keep tuition low for our students and as an act of reaching out to the governor and the legislature,” Mash said.

The agreement will now move on to the PASSHE Board of Governors for approval.

“We have done our part, and now it is time for the governor and the legislature to do their part to properly support our universities at a level that enables us to make public higher education a truly affordable option for working-class Pennsylvanians,” Mash said.

Fulbrighter shares differences in German, American education systems Brian Iatarola

Guest Contributor

Instead of advising students to travel, Shippensburg University’s “study abroad expert” got to experience the program herself.

SU’s Director of International Programs Mary Burnett served as a guest speaker for the International Travel Series on Thursday evening.

She shared about her trip to Germany as part of the Fulbrighter’s Educational Adventure program. Burnett was one of 15 Americans selected out of over 400 who applied.

Burnett talked about the three different cities she traveled to and the cultural differences between Germany and the United States. During her time abroad, she focused on learning how their education system is compared to the United States. As director of international programs she works close with not only students from the U.S. but also students who come from abroad.

The Fulbrighter’s Educational Adventure Program is one of the U.S. cultural exchange programs where individuals can earn scholarships and the opportunity to

travel. Burnett said that the German program alone had around750 people participating.

“The German government and citizens take education extremely serious, and many of the German people think education should be a human right, not a privilege,” Burnett said.

Burnett said she found that many German citizens could not understand the concept of the government not paying for citizens’ education.

She compared the education system to the United States where a college education is often a privilege and has little funding by the government.

Burnett also stressed how the German government values research. She said a German politician told her that the country values education due to not having any natural resources, like coal and oil; they need to invest in their people as their “natural resources.”

They had a hard time wrapping the idea of how much student debt many Americans have after receiving a bachelor’s degree. In Germany the government pays for its primary and sec-

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ondary schools. However, they pick students at a young age for what track they will be on and if they will pursue going to college. If a student does not go to a university, they are likely to go to schools for a trades, although what is commonly thought of as a “trade school” in the U.S. is different than in Germany.

Burnett said for nursing or business school, individuals do not always need to go to university.

Burnett also shared about the architecture and history of Germany. Many cities like Berlin and Bochum were damaged due to the fighting.

Burnett said they are more modern than other cities in Europe.

Burnett found that she gained a lot through learning Germany’s culture and history. Due to WWII many people have an idea of what Germany was and only focuses on that time period. On the contrary, Germany has a rich history before and after the war, according to Burnett.

“Once I submitted my application, that was it. I didn’t have to do anything else. I just had to wait,” Burnett said.

Burnett says for those interested in studying abroad,

Citizens of Berlin present ‘Wall Against Walls’

Sabrina Disney Guest Contributor

The Center for Land Use and Sustainability (CLUS) held its second climate change open forum Nov. 13, where students and the community learned about the effects of climate change on forestry and wildlife in the United States, specifically Pennsylvania.

Benjamin Jones, president and CEO of the Ruffed Grouse Society and American Woodstock Society, spoke on behalf of CLUS. He lead the conversation about sustainability and conservation research.

Jones shared his passion through projects that include habitat management and hunter recruitment.

“Climate change has been a big topic in the media. Many are experiencing the effects of it and we wanted to try to relate it to everyday lives,” Jones said.

Established in 1961, the Ruffed Grouse Society was formed to unite conservationists to improve forest health and wildlife habitats.

Jones said this society’s main focus is not just on the Ruffed Grouse but on other animals that depend on healthy forest habitats to survive.

According to the Audubon Climate Bird Map, the Ruffed Grouse population is projected to lose 34% of breeding range by the year 2080 and has already become endangered in Indiana. This scientific evidence has shown the decrease in breeding directly cor-

relates with climate change.

“Climate change is the biggest issue that will face us conservation-wise,” Jones said.

Cold climates and snow are important factors when it comes to the survival of the Ruffed Grouse and other endangered wildlife.

The Ruffed Grouse typically dive into snowbanks overnight for thermal and protection from predators. With increased temperatures due to climate change, wildlife habitats will continue to be threatened, according to Jones.

“In a group like ours, we have to stay focused. We must make sure there is a push to conserve forests,” Jones said.

Forests balance about 12% of total emissions in the United States, but the annual carbon intake from forests has decreased about 5.6% since 1990 due to single aged forest. A single forest includes tree canopies that are the same height and lack species diversity.

Trees are beginning to die and that removes their ability to intake carbon decreases, Jones said.

“In order to solve a lot of problems going forward, conservation and sustainability will be the key when moving forward,” Jones said.

For more information about CLUS, visit their website www.centerforlanduse.org. The CLUS is located in the Geography and Earth Science Department in Rowland Hall, rooms 201 and 203.

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Benjamin Jones, president and CEO of the Ruffed Grouse Society and American Woodstock Society, spoke in the Orndorff Theatre as part of the Center for Land Use and Sustainability’s second climate change open forum on Nov. 13.

From “PANEL” A1

McCann explained that smoking marijuana can create complications, however she still supports the drug’s use in other forms such as pills and edibles.

The panel also discusses the lack of control of marijuana smoke, as the user is not the only one exposed to it. On campus, this includes other residence hall members and children at the elementary school on campus.

When smoking in the in the dorms, not only does the smoker smell it but those around also have to deal with the smell also.

It all comes back to common courtesy according to Shupp.

“The smoking thing is extremely disrespectful in the dorms, if you’ve ever had to leave your dorm at night from a fire alarm or walk by a room that just reeks. It’s disturbing coming from a community aspect,” Shupp said.

But are students getting the right amount of education as when it comes to drugs?

“I took a general education course here and it really only focused on alcohol use not much on weed, we should have more education about it so students are more informed,” SU student Lukas Coburn said. “I really think more information would reduce the stigma around it.”

Student Government Updates • All senators attended.

• President Aven Bittinger praised the senators for their hard-work and dedication during his recent absences.

• Mike Lingard is the SGA Senator of the Month.

• Any SGA-recognized organization requesting a budget during the 2020-2021 school year needs to attend budget training, according to Vice President of Finance Ramses Ovalles.

• Sen. Chase Slenker said the New Student Orientation App will return in fall 2020. It will be more monitored during orientation and Fall Welcome Week.

• SGA will host its annual holiday dinner on Dec. 3 from 5-7 p.m.

• The Campus Safety and Facilities Committee is working on providing a 24-hour commuter parking lot near the Dauphin Humanities Center and Ezra Lehman Memorial Library.

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The Open Society Foundation of Berlin presented a piece of the Berlin Wall with a message to President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 8. Shippensburg University students who live in Media Living Learning Community were visiting the Newseum when the piece passed by.

• The Library Committee is continuing to work on making a 24-hour level at the Ezra Lehman Memorial Library.

• The next public SGA meeting is Dec. 5 at 4 p.m. in the CUB MPR A.

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State Police Briefs

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Commentary: Online event calendars fail to meet campus community needs

Man taken into custody for possession Pennsylvania State Police initiated a traffic stop along the 100 block of south Queen Street on Nov. 9 for vehicle violations.

According to the police, a 22-year-old man from Altoona was taken into custody for possession of approximately 135 grams of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

The investigation is ongoing.

From “FURLOW,” A1

Samir Rodney Stevenson, 21, of Philadelphia, who was critically injured in the shooting that killed 21-year-old Shakur Richard Myers, was charged with criminal homicide; manufacture, delivery or possession of an illegal substance with intent to manufacture or deliver; conspiracy; and receiving stolen property. He is being held without bail in the county prison awaiting his Dec. 6 preliminary hearing before Adams.

Police said their investigation remains active, and they anticipate further criminal charges related to the homicide.

From “PASSHE,” A1

“Costs off the table.”, the students in the room responded.

Greenstein referred to PASSHE’s decision to freeze tuition over the summer, the second time in 36 years where tuition was not raised.Jose Ricardo-Osorio, professor and chair of global languages and cultures department, asked if there would be job loss with the “cost-effective” potential changes to the system.

Greenstein said the system is built to serve 120,000 and it currently serves only 96,000, a 20% reduction.

The chancellor could not answer whether or not employees could lose their jobs.

He said PASSHE has asked for a 2% annual operating budget increase and $100 million over five years to “refresh the infrastructure we need to take costs off the table and legislative changes that allow us to escape the regulatory constraint.”

Greenstein said the problems which PASSHE faces today are a result of a metaphorical “can being kicked down the road for 35 years.”

“There’s a real interest in a public education system, but they’ve lost trust in us,” Greenstein said.

“We are at a major pivot point in higher education.”, he said.

The chancellor said he wants to find workable solutions to fix the problems the

system faces.

Greenstein said something needs to be done, otherwise the outcome will be terminal financial decline of at least seven or eight of PASSHE’s 14 universities.

“It [terminal financial decline] means denial of access to mobility for whole sections of this state,” Greenstein said.

“It is not acceptable to me that students don’t have access to the soft-skills career advising that they feel they need,” he said.

“It is not acceptable to me that the state of Pennsylvania is 48 in the nation in terms of its investment in public education,” Greenstein said.

Talks on Pennsylvania’s minimum wage heat up before deadline Marc Levy

Associated Press

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Discussions on raising Pennsylvania’s minimum wage for the first time since 2009 are heating up, in part to get Gov. Tom Wolf to abandon an effort to extend overtime pay eligibility to tens of thousands of additional workers.

Negotiators are up against a Thursday deadline, when a state rule-making board is scheduled to vote on an overtime regulation proposed by Wolf.

If Wolf, a Democrat, is to get the Republican-controlled Legislature to agree to raise Pennsylvania’s minimum wage, he’ll have to make concessions, including rescinding the overtime proposal.

The increase under negotiation is far more modest than what Wolf proposed in January when he pushed for a multi-year increase to $15 an hour in 2025.

The discussion revolves around increasing the minimum wage to around $9.50 an hour in steps over 18 months or so, while Wolf would have to drop elements of his January proposal. Those elements include eliminating Pennsylvania’s tipped wage minimum, now $2.83, and boosting the rate annually starting in 2026 so it keeps pace with inflation.

Such concessions may be tough to swallow for many Democratic lawmakers and labor unions.

“I think workers deserve more, I think that people that work for a living deserve better from our government,” said Wendell Young IV, president of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1776, based in suburban Philadelphia. But, he said, “if you have an unmovable conservative bloc that won’t do much or anything, it’s important to get what we can for those workers. But that doesn’t mean that it’s enough.”

One key player in the discussions is the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, which, like most Republican lawmakers, has long opposed an increase in the minimum wage.

However, it effectively views a minimum wage increase that puts Pennsylvania in the middle of the pack among states as the lesser

of two evils. Wolf’s overtime proposal would impose unsustainable cost increases on businesses, nonprofits and colleges, it says.

Wolf’s office would say only that talks were ongoing Friday, while leaders of the Senate’s Republican majority said negotiators must compromise for a bill to pass the chamber.

“If people want to be reasonable, we can get something done,” said Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati, R-Jefferson.

Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman, R-Centre, said getting Wolf to drop the overtime regulation is a “tradeable item’’ that makes Thursday’s vote on it an important deadline.

Failing to get Wolf to rescind the overtime regulation before Thursday would scuttle negotiations at least for a while, Corman said.

“If that is no longer a possibility, something else would have to replace it and I don’t know what that would be,” Corman said.

The federal minimum wage was last increased to $7.25 an hour in 2009. Currently, Pennsylvania is one of 21 states whose minimum wage is set at the federal minimum, while half of the 50 states have authorized an automatic future wage increase of some sort.

About 385,000 people in Pennsylvania hold a job that pays between $7.25 an hour and $9.50 an hour, according to the state Department of Labor and Industry.

Any bill would have to pass the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, where top Republicans have never said they were open to increasing Pennsylvania’s minimum wage.

Wolf began pursuing the new overtime regulation last year after fruitlessly asking Republican lawmakers since 2015 to increase Pennsylvania’s minimum wage.

The proposed overtime rule would expand overtime pay eligibility to 82,000 workers who earn above a new federal threshold that’s rising to almost $36,000 on Jan. 1, Wolf’s administration has said. Pennsylvania’s total nonfarm payrolls are just above 6 million.

It would phase in the increase over three years and require in 2022 that salaried workers earning up to $45,500 a year get timeand-a-half pay for any time they work over 40 hours in a week.

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Galvanized calendars make for galvanized student bodies.

Small towns with college campuses often struggle to engage students who come from larger communities with consistent programming.

Shippensburg is no different—which is why it is essential to have dedicated student organizations that host events. The Activities Programming Board (APB), the Resident Hall Association (RHA) and many other smaller groups support this campus community by making it much livelier with their valuable programming.

However, a problem that used to be insignificant has become exaggerated with the introduction of Campus Groups to the student body.

Campus Groups has allowed every Student Government Association (SGA)-recognized organization on campus to build its own website that is attached to the greater campus community. Students can explore new groups, promote their own and search for fun events to attend with Campus Groups’ calendar feature.

However, the calendar feature does more harm than good.

Before Campus Groups, organizations regularly took to Ship Events, on the ship.edu website, to promote their activities and events. All of last year, the event calendar was packed

with interesting events and activities that breathed life into the campus. And because it was not hidden behind a “My Ship Login” screen, anyone, including the general public outside the university, could access it.

Campus Groups has, admittedly, made it much easier to schedule events. Posting events to the calendar takes all of thirty seconds to fill out the fields in the form and press “Publish”. However, Campus Groups is less accessible because students have to log in using several steps. Outsiders to the university, including external news media, have no access to Campus Groups.

This separation has galvanized event scheduling has torn student groups between the two platforms.

Some groups will place their events on Campus Groups, while others will place them on Ship Events. As of this Monday at noon, 17 unique events were posted on Campus Groups, and 14 unique events were posted on Ship Events. Of those, only two unique events: “Primetime,” hosted by DiscipleMakers Christian Fellowship, and “A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant, and A Prayer Auditions,” hosted by the Women’s Center, appeared on both.

Neither of these services are succeeding in their purpose based on this information alone.

What further frustrates this issue is the fact that some organizations do not post their events to either board, and instead choose to use their own private social media pages to promote themselves. At that, some organizations only advertise their events the day of, or the day before, the event itself. This prevents students from making plans ahead of time to attend with friends.

From “PANEL,” A1

In terms of allies and specifically college-age men, Bertram talked about traditional masculinity and traits, such as aggression, and their link to power-based violence against women.

The panel brought attention to the several services that are offered on campus and locally, including escorting services in response to no-contact orders, counseling and the Rave

Additionally, many emails that circulate ship. edu email inboxes are targeted. Certain on-campus events are not sent to students living off-campus, such as last week’s panel on marijuana, which you can read about on A1 in this week’s edition.

When we spread out where we get our information about events on campus, we galvanize the community and make it harder for students to find events.

It also becomes more difficult for campus organizations to promote events.

To combat this, I suggest that one group, possibly an SGA committee, create a central master calendar that is accessible to the public via Ship Events. We need one location to list all events or else nobody is going to show up to any of them. After their events are posted to this master calendar, of course organizations should be allowed to post to their private social media. But that should be a secondary avenue of promoting their events-This calendar would also make it easier for campus media to provide pre-stories informing students of upcoming events and give them even more insight.

I discussed in an earlier volume of “Your World Today” that students need to get more involved to create the community they want to be a part of. In last week’s Opinion section, staff columnist Chase Slenker asked readers to “Imagine what could be achieved if not just 25% of the campus but 100% or at least 75% purposely and positively contributed to the issues that face us all.”

While I agree with Slenker, the campus cannot do this without adequate notice of upcoming events.

Guardian App. The Rave Guardian App is a personal safety app that, according to the Rave mobile safety website, allows students to “communicate through easy-to-send text messages and discreet anonymous tips” to emergency services.

Students and community members were given an information card that listed the YWCA, SU Womens Center, Etter Counseling Center and several other resources.

This Week on Campus Wednesday:

Wednesday:

“A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant, and A Prayer” auditions will occur in CUB 103 at 5-7 p.m.

“RENT 20th Anniversary Tour” will be performed at the H. Ric Luhrs Performing Arts Center at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets start at $59.

Thursday and Friday:

Friday and Saturday:

APB will host an Escape Room event at 9 p.m. in CUB103 and 104.

Act V Theatre Co. will perform “I Hate Shakespeare” at 8 p.m. on Friday and 8 p.m. on Saturday in Memorial Auditorium.

Saturday:

Sunday:

RHA is hosting a Mocktails Mix Off that will take place starting at 9 p.m. in CUB MPR.

The SU Community Orchestra will perform at the H. Ric Luhrs Performing Arts Center at 3 p.m. Admission is free.

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Opinion

The Slate Speaks

YouTube’s incoming policy change ethically deplorable

YouTube is undeniably the most-popular video streaming website, and has dominated the internet since its launch in 2005. YouTube’s recently announced Terms of Service changes that will undoubtedly harm the rights of its users.

YouTube’s upcoming policy changes will go into effect Dec. 10. Perhaps the boldest statement reads: “YouTube is under no obligation to host or serve content.”

Another section states: “Our Terms now include more details about when we might need to terminate our Agreement with bad actors.

We provide a greater commitment to give notice when we take such action and what you can do to appeal if you think we’ve got it wrong.

We’ve also added instructions for you, if you decide you no longer want to use the Service.”

The new terms are displayed under the “Terms of Service” section of its website. YouTube defines its service: “The Service allows you to discover, watch and share videos and other content, provides a forum for people to connect, inform, and inspire others across the globe,” the terms says. This sounds pretty bright and cheery, but YouTube later elaborates that these nifty features are not for all: “YouTube may suspend or terminate your access, your Google account, or your Google account’s access to all or part of the Service if... (c) we believe there has been con-

duct that creates (or could create) liability or harm to any user, other third party, YouTube or our Affiliates.”

Liability and harm both seem like very vague concepts. Does YouTube refer to physical harm? Financial harm? Emotional harm? In the absence of specifics, YouTube itself can decide its own rules.

The agreement continues to read, “YouTube may terminate your access, or your Google account’s access to all or part of the Service if YouTube believes, in its sole discretion, that provision of the Service to you is no longer commercially viable.”

“Commercial viability” is an inadequate operative statement to evaluate who may make use of YouTube’s function. Content creators

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do not always do so to make money. They are attempting to connect to others and share happy experiences or educate others completely for free.

According to economist Milton Friedman, the primary role of a business is to maximize profits for its owners. It seems YouTube has doubled-down to commit to this.

But YouTube is not just any business.

YouTube holds a monopoly over the video-sharing industry, and although it has been challenged by smaller apps such as Vine and TikTok, it still holds a great hegemony in video-hosting.

What further solidifies YouTube as the supreme video-sharing program is that it is owned and backed by Goo-

As a 1979 Shippensburg Journalism graduate, I read your recent story headlined, “Religious demonstrators’ tell students to ‘confess their sins.”

As expected, the story contained wild misconceptions, false statements, and strong anti-Christian bias. Hypocritical, double-standard colleges and universities love to babble words like, “inclusion,” “diversity”, “no hate,”, “judgement free”, “tolerance”, “social justice,” etc. However, when an individual or individuals with differing opinions from campus’ rigid left winged orthodoxy enter the college, our two faced liberal administrators, liberal professors and liberal school newspapers scream bloody murder.

All one needs to do is read this front page story to understand this perfectly. In fact, the three men holding signs were never once addressed by their correct title which is “Christian evangelists.” Instead eight times they were falsely given the derogatory label of “protestors” or demonstrators”.

Exactly whom or what were these men “protesting”? There were no events on campus to “protest” that day. The real “protes-

tors” or “demonstrators” were actually the college students.

These students were given ample front page space to heap disdain upon these men and quickly jump onboard the “negativity train”. One student accused the men of “trying to get a rise out of the students”, while another student accused the men of “not preaching the whole gospel.”

However, not one single student was interviewed whom actually approved of the three men. This was amazing. I thought Shippensburg loved “inclusion”, “tolerance”, and “diversity”. Apparently they do not.

The paper also failed to give a detailed interview of the three men themselves. If that interview were indeed conducted, perhaps we could learn that these evangelists’ were compassionate, well-informed citizens whom possessed a “timeless message” applicable to everyone. Of course, that is certainly not the direction that Shippensburg University or The Slate was ever prepared to travel.

David Delp (‘79) Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania ddelpa@yahoo.com

Chase Slenker Staff Columnist

As the fall semester starts to wind down, Shippensburg University student email inboxes are filling with information for not just the spring semester. Information is pouring in about housing selection for fall 2020.

Many students, including myself, were shocked by how quickly the selection process rolled out.

However, the truly shocking surprise for many students was the new housing requirement for sophomores to live on campus for two years.

Students who had been wanting to live off campus may be rattled by the new policy. Wanting to live off-campus to save money or for their convenience, in

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addition to their frustration that they cannot choose where to live as legal adults ages 18-20.

Some exemptions do exist, which actually would entail a sizeable portion of the affected student group population. The exceptions are for students with more than 60 undergraduate credits, those who reside full time with their parents/legal guardians within 35 miles of campus.

More exceptions include those who are 21 years old or older or those who are legally married, and students who lived on campus for their first year and achieved a 3.2 GPA or higher at the end of their first full academic year.

In spite of student frustration, which in my opinion is well-warranted, there are some upsides that students should consider regarding this new policy. Barry McClanahan, executive director for Campus Life shared the university’s main reasoning at Presidents Hour on Nov. 5. “He said the primary motivation behind the policy is to increase retention and academic success of students.

“Numerous studies have shown that living on campus is more beneficial for student’s academic success,”

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In its monopoly over video-sharing, YouTube must not take it upon itself to judge what is worthy and what is not worthy of being placed on the internet, and it should not blatantly disregard the rights of its users in favor of hyper-capitalistic drives.

YouTube set out with admirable goals of connecting others and allowing the free passage of information.

However, in its quest the procurement of greater capital, YouTube has mercilessly betrayed that function and turned to the censorship and regulation of free ideas.

Give it a thought: New housing policy

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gle, an internet behemoth in of itself.

When a single business holds a monopoly over an industry, it means alternatives cannot easily challenge it.

When that happens, it is easily able to determine its own ethics in the free market because users won’t be able to flock to alternatives for video content.

However, the very conditions that allow YouTube to maintain hegemony are those that also call for ethical restraint and protection for the masses against abuse.

And when one entity holds disproportionate power over others, it becomes more and more plausible to invite regulation — in this case, by the government.

When a business works to maximize its profits with-

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McClanahan said.

Increasing the time of students living on campus would keep students closer to their academics and help them genuinely adapt to college responsibilities while reducing non-academic responsibilities like paying rent, dealing with landlords and paying for utilities.

The requirement of more students living on campus would significantly increase the financial standing of SU, and help the university to decrease its debts and budgetary issues.

The university would also likely have higher retention rates among students, which was listed by SU President Laurie Carter as one of the main goals for the year.

More people living on campus would mean a greater community of students and that our residence halls would be stuffed. The weekends might look a lot less bare and instead would be livelier around campus.

Ultimately, whether you approve or disprove of this new SU policy, give the upsides of the policy a thought, before jumping straight to anger. Give it a thought as, this is our campus community.

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Local food pack program changes students lives Stephanie Leader Guest Contributor

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Josh Stromberg asks the Shippensburg community to donate to Hound Packs. If nothing else, Stromberg wants people to volunteer their time.

Question of the Week: What does SU mean to you?

Arianna Floyd, sophomore “There’s so many different people from different places but it feels like we’re one little family.”

Ashley Buggey, junior “SU is my home away from home. Being from Pittsburgh I was homesick a lot, but I have met friends here who have turned into my family.”

Kellsie Woodward, senior “To me, SU means an exciting and bright future! It is my pathway to success.”

Shippensburg has the potential to make a big difference in the lives of school children.

Eleven million children in the U.S. come from food-insecure homes. Children in such homes might not know where their next meal is coming from and often rely on lunches local public schools provide for their sustenance, according to the Economic Research Service at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Many children in the Shippensburg Area School District (SAMS) are a part of those statistics.

To help solve the hunger issue, the Shippensburg Community Resource Coalition founded Hound Packs, a meal program that provides seven meals over the week-

end for school students.

Hound Packs is fighting for change in student food insecurity and to ensure no child in the district leaves school hungry.

Josh Stromberg, of AmeriCorps Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA), works alongside volunteers and school counselors to guarantee the program’s development. This is the third-year of existence for the Hound Packs’ service and Stromberg’s first year as he completes his 12-month position.

Stromberg coordinates the program from Shippensburg University in the First-Year Experience and Community Engagement Center. This allows them to find volunteers at Shippensburg University to aid college students in getting involved.

Stromberg will ensure that each pack is sent out every

week while he will also accept donations of non-perishable food items. Included in the packs are two breakfasts, two lunches, three dinners and two snacks. Items such as a small box of cereal, soup, granola bars, and mac and cheese can be found in the pack.

While there is an effort to add variety to the items, the program searches for non-perishable food that students could prepare for themselves.

“We get donations from the community — anyone who wants to can donate.

Sometimes from companies, but a lot of times from the public,” Stromberg said. “It is important to the school district but mainly to the families.”

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Drag Queen comes to perform during bingo event, rattles over sexualization Justin Hawbaker Ship Life Editor

Shippensburg University was in for a colorful evening featuring a drag queen, sexual jokes, confetti and rainbow-colored candy to start off the weekend.

Students gathered together for Drag Bingo hosted by the Activities Program Board (APB) with the help of the Pride Center on Nov. 15 in Ceddia Union Building (CUB) Multipurpose Room (MPR). They watched a drag queen show, ate brunch, played bingo and won prizes.

Drag queen Anastasia Diamond, who originates from Chambersburg, spent the night dancing around the

room and throwing around sexual jokes.

Diamond changed outfits three times during the show going through an array of colors, celebrating the overall colorful feeling of the night.

Diamond danced to Lizzo’s “Juice” and Kelly Clarkson’s “Whole Lotta Woman” up and down the aisles during interludes of bingo with the audience clapping along.

Notes on tables warned students to be careful with drag queen pronouns and included information such as telling students not to touch the drag queen.

When not putting on a show, Diamond sat at the front of the room making jokes as numbers were called

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Quitting should be a last resort. If you think quitting is truly your only option, go over the consequences of quitting your job. It can take months to find a new job, especially with gaps on your resume.

If you have landed a new job and are looking to leave your current one, you should write a letter of resignation and put in a twoweeks notice.

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out during the bingo rounds.

If more than one student called bingo at the same time, Diamond made them dance and twerk on stage to see which one was better and more deserving to win the prize. Cheers from the audience chose the ultimate winner.

Prizes included a Nintendo Switch, a flat-screen television, Apple AirPods and a Beats Pill.

As the semester comes to a close, students only have a little time to come to an APB event. The next scheduled event is an escape room that will be held on campus.

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Anastasia Diamond made sexual jokes throughout the event, particulary to the men in the room.

Recipe of the Week: Strawberry Peach Pie Bites

This bite-size dessert is perfect for a fall snack for anyone who wants a quick bite to eat.

Ingredients: - 1 package of refrigerated Crescent Roll Dough - 1 large peach - 4 strawberries - 2 tablespoons of butter - 2 tablespoons of sugar - 1/2 teaspoon of

cinnamon - 1 can of Vanilla

Frosting Meghan Schiereck/The Slate

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.

2. Unroll and separate the dough pieces on a parchment lined baking sheet.

3. Mix together the sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle approximately 1/2 teaspoon evenly over each piece of dough.

4. Melt the butter and cut and stir in the fruit pieces until evenly coated.

Place 1 peach slice and 2 strawberry slices at the long end of each piece of dough.

5. Carefully roll up the dough. Pinch the sides closed to keep the fruit inside. Brush any remaining butter on top of each one and sprinkle with cinnamon.

6. Bake for 12-14 minutes or until golden brown. Drizzle vanilla frosting over the warm pie bites and serve.

Tuesday, November 19, 2019

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Review: Woodwind ensembles perform variety in Old Main Ryan Cleary

Guest Contributor

The Shippensburg University Woodwind Ensembles put on a quality concert full of advanced pieces for its fall recital last Sunday.

The SU Music and Theatre Arts Department presented the recital in Old Main Chapel Nov. 17 at 3 p.m. Three groups performed during the recital: The clarinet choir, saxophone choir and flute choir. Each group had a variety of music from classical pieces to fun holiday mashups.

The saxophone choir performed first. All members of the saxophone family were present, including a soprano saxophone, which is most common in jazz.

One notable highlight from the saxophone choir portion of the performance was the piece “Allerseenlen op. 10 No. 8” by Richard Strauss. Many well-known opera singers have performed this piece. The choir’s warm sound and blending between the lower and higher instruments made audience members feel like they were in a cinematic movie.

After the saxophone choir, the clarinet choir took the stage. Like the saxophone choir, all members of the clarinet family performed, including the contrabass clarinet, which is only used in a clarinet choir and some pieces in concert bands.

“In the Mood,” by Joe Garland, was a highlight of the clarinet portion of the recital.

The Glenn Miller Orchestra made this song famous during the swing and big band eras of the 1930s and 1940s. The arrangement allowed freshman Xavier Pick to improvise lines over the melody of the song. Spontaneously performing a solo is a difficult skill to master, however all soloists did an excellent job of improvising during the number.

To close the concert, the flute choir took the stage. This choir had two notable highlights: The “English Folk Song Suite” by the great composer, Ralph Vaughan Williams; and “Christmas Wars” by renowned composer John Williams.

The “English Folk Song Suite” is considered a standard repertoire piece for any classical group. The audience never experienced such a beautiful, warm tone as what was produced by the flute choir. Before the final song, each member of the choir presented their instrument and gave a demonstration to the au-

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Freshman Morgan Hechler plays the flute during the final portion of the woodwind ensembles’ recital. dience, which allowed rare instruments such as the alto flute and bass flute to be shown off.

“Christmas Wars,” by John Williams, is a medley of notable Star Wars pieces and Christmas carols. Some mashups included “The Throne Room and End Title” mixed up with “Joy to the World” and “Han Solo and the Princess” mixed up with “O Tannenbaum” and many more.

Overall, all the musicians did a fantastic job performing, especially because many performers played multiple instruments in multiple choirs.

The SU Music and Theatre Arts Department will present its next concert, the SU Concert Choir and Madrigal Singers Concert, Nov. 23 at 7:30 p.m. at the Messiah Methodist Church. There is no cost to attend.

Billboard Top 10 Junior Kerri Loy (center) plays an alto saxophone in the saxophone choir’s performance during Sunday’s Woodwind Ensembles Concert in Old Main Chapel.

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Tuesday, November 19, 2019

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RAIDER OF THE WEEK

Name: John Castello Sport: Basketball Position: Forward Class: Senior Major: Marketing Hometown: Mars, Pennsylvania Castello led the Raiders in points with 18 against Bowie State. Against Wilmington, Castello put up a season-high 22 points. It was his ninth career 20-point game.

Photos courtesy of Bill Smith/SU Sports Info.

Jake Biss provides value to the Raiders on both the offensive and defensive end of the floor. After scoring 18 points and notching four assists in the Raiders’ win over Bowie State, Biss racked up a career-high four steals in the win over Wilmington.

Men’s basketball displays versatility in wins Chris Wurtz

Carlos Carter scored a career-high 13 points in SU’s win over Bowie State.

advantage.

The style of play was contrary to the norm for the Raiders, who tend to build their offense around their 3-point shooting precision.

“That’s what we do; we shoot 3-pointers,” Coach Chris Fite said. “We recruit along those lines too. We like to stretch the floor.”

But having the ability to win by playing bully-ball close to the rim is a valuable asset for a team to have, and it bodes well for the Raiders’ hopes in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC).

The Raiders got off to a hot start in the home win over Bowie State. They made each of their first six field goal attempts and led 9-0 after three minutes of action.

Biss and senior John Castello led the Raiders against the Bulldogs with 18 points apiece. Sophomore Carlos Carter scored a career-high 13 points, all of which came in the first half.

Junior Kiyon Hardy — a transfer from Kutztown University — showed his value as an explosive spark plug off the bench. He sprung to nine points and nine rebounds.

ed Luke Moynihan 10-4 to tie the match up at six.

In the 149-pound weight class, SU redshirt junior DeAndre Reed dominated Josh Paisley by seven points to give the Raiders the lead in the match. In the 157-pound weight class, Shippensburg got its fourth straight win from redshirt junior Pat Duggan, who defeated Brian Schneider 10-6 to extend the Raiders’ lead to 12-6.

Elizabethtown would strike back in the 165-pound weight class when Kyle Bythell defeated SU sophomore Drake Brenize 3-0 to cut the Raiders’ lead down to 12-9.

Shippensburg then extended its lead in the 174-

8-6 to put the Raiders back up by eight, 21-13.

The final match of the night was the 285-pound weight class. Derek Berberick scored a 12-1 major decision over Keegan McCord to seal

Sports Editor

During the early stages of an NCAA basketball team’s schedule, when it’s playing only non-conference opponents, it can be a challenge to grasp a team’s makeup.

But one thing is evident through the first two weeks of the Shippensburg University men’s basketball team’s season: it can win games in different ways, and that’s a trait that will pay dividends

in the playoffs in March.

The Raiders (3-1) continued their hot start last week with an 81-68 win over Bowie State University at Heiges Field House and a 77-69 road victory at Wilmington University.

SU was effective from behind the 3-point line against Bowie State, shooting 5-of13 (38.5%). The Raiders also hit several mid-range jump shots against the Bulldogs, led by junior shot-creator Jake Biss.

Against Wilmington, the Raiders were forced to take more of an inside-out approach as they struggled mightily from 3-point range.

SU hit just 4-of-21 3-pointers (19%) against the Wildcats.

SU had to play a physical brand of basketball and dominated inside and on the glass. The Raiders scored a whopping 50 points in the paint, relative to the Wildcats’ 28. SU also nearly doubled up Wilmington in total rebounds. They held a 48-26

Castello is tied for fourth in the PSAC in points with 72. He is fourth in the conference with 19 free throws.

The senior grabbed seven rebounds against Wilmington, including three offensive boards. Castello is sixth in the PSAC with 26 total rebounds.

Wrestling downs Elizabethtown to open regular season schedule Jack Ansley

Guest Contributor

The Shippensburg University wrestling team opened its 2019-20 season with a 25-13 dual meet win against Elizabethtown College.

Things did not start off well for the Raiders, as they had to forfeit the first match in the 125-pound weight class.

This caused an early sixpoint deficit for the Raiders After the forfeit, sophomore Jake Downing defeated Josh McLaughlin at the 133-pound weight class to put Shippensburg on the board and cut the deficit to 3-6. In the 141-pound division, Shippensburg sophomore Matt Milbrand defeat-

“He’s a great piece of the puzzle for us,” Fite said. “He could start on most teams in this conference. He plays a great role for us, and even though he comes off the bench, he’s gonna play 25 or 30 minutes a night. He can play multiple positions, and he can guard multiple positions.”

Against Wilmington, Castello took over as the Raiders’ main scorer. The senior scored a season-high 22 points on 9-of-14 shooting.

Carter came just shy of a double-double and filled up the stat sheet. He finished with nine points, 10 rebounds, four assists, one steal and one block.

Biss struggled to score against the Wildcats, shooting just 4-of-14. But he made his impact felt elsewhere, dishing out six assists, grabbing three rebounds and notching a career-high four steals. Biss is tied for second in the PSAC with nine steals through four games.

The Raiders are set to continue their non-conference schedule on Tuesday with a 3 p.m. home tilt with Dickinson College at Heiges Field House.

Photo courtesy of Bill Smith/SU Sports Info.

Derek Berberick secured the match victory with a 12-1 major decision win in the 285-pound weight class.

pound weight class when sophomore Colton Babcock pinned Hunter Beaudet to give the Raiders six more points and extend the lead to 18-9.

Elizabethtown’s Dayne

Ross defeated freshman Alex Fouse in a major decision 14-3 to cut the Raiders’ lead to 18-13. Then, in the 197-pound weight class, redshirt sophomore Austin Klucker beat Tyler Phenegar

the victory for the Raiders.

With the win, the Raiders are 1-0 on the year. Up next for the Raiders is a match against Waynesburg University on Nov. 20 at Heiges Field House.

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Volleyball earns PSAC No. 2 seed with win over West Chester

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Running back Luke Durkin was one of 11 graduating players honored before Saturday’s Senior Day game.

Red Raiders honor 11 seniors on Senior Day, fall 54-24 to IUP Isaiah Snead

Asst. Sports Editor

The Shippensburg University football team ended its season on a sour note Saturday afternoon, losing to No. 18 Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) 54-24 on Senior Day. IUP averaged 9.8 yards per play and totaled 580 yards of offense as they took advantage of a lackluster defensive showing by the Red Raider defense. Six of IUP’s eight touchdowns came on plays of 30 or more yards.

Shippensburg totaled 364

yards of total offense against a tough IUP defense with redshirt sophomore quarterback Brycen Mussina going 20-of-32 for 268 yards and three touchdowns. Mussina finished the season fourth in the PSAC in passing yards (2,629) and third in completions (209).

Redshirt junior wide receiver Winston Eubanks finished the game with seven receptions, 74 yards and two touchdowns while redshirt junior Charles Headen III finished with five catches, 72 yards and a score.

Eubanks finished the sea-

son fifth in the PSAC with 879 receiving yards and sixth in the PSAC with eight touchdowns. Through his three seasons, Eubanks is fourth in SU history in receiving yards (2,836), sixth in receptions (148) and third in touchdowns (28).

Redshirt sophomore David Balint III had three receptions in the game. He finished the season with the single-season school record for receptions by a tight end with 64 and receiving yards with 755.

Graduate running back Luke Durkin finished his ca-

Image courtesy of Bill Smith/Su Sports Info.

Destiny Jefferson scored 16 points on 7-of-17 shooting in the close loss.

Women’s basketball drops road game at West Virginia Wesleyan Matthew Gregan Asst. Sports Editor

The Shippensburg University women’s basketball team could not overcome a poor second half as it lost, 67-64, to West Virginia Wesleyan on Saturday afternoon.

The Raiders (2-1) began the game on an 8-0 run, including four points by sophomore Lauren Mills. However, West Virginia Wesleyan weathered its bad start and tied the game at 26-26 midway through the second quarter.

Shippensburg got the lead back and went into halftime up 32-26. The team got off to a hot start again in the second half, building up the lead to as many as 13 points.

However, the Bobcats battled back into the game, taking the lead with 5:31 remaining

in the third quarter.

West Virginia Wesleyan exploded in the final quarter of play for 27 points and the Raiders could not keep up.

Turnovers and poor shooting in the second half doomed the Raiders and led to the team’s first loss of the season. SU shot just 25% overall in the second half and committed 20 turnovers in the whole game.

Junior Ariel Jones struggled to get her shot going on Saturday, shooting a meager 1-of-10 from 3-point range.

However, she still led the team in points with 17. Junior Destiny Jefferson finished with 16 points, three rebounds and three assists, but she struggled to control the ball, committing six turnovers.

Shippensburg head coach Kristy Trn decided to mix

things up on Saturday, inserting sophomore Lauren Pettis into the starting lineup for sophomore Aunbrielle Green.

Pettis finished the game with five points and eight rebounds while Green finished with six points, four rebounds and two assists. Both players played around the same number of minutes (21 for Pettis and 22 for Green).

One thing the Raiders will have to work on improving throughout the season is their free-throw shooting.

The team shot just 15-of-24 from the line against West Virginia Wesleyan.

The Raiders next take on Lincoln University in a non-conference matchup on the road on Thursday night.

reer with a 21 carry-effort, totaling 91 yards. He totaled the most rushing yards in a season for the Red Raiders since Blair Brooks in 2014.

SU honored 11 seniors before the game Saturday: Durkin, Tim Bradley, Eric Dzieniszewski, Jailen Harmon, Drew Jones, Shea O’Donnell, Dennis Robinson, Tig Spinelli, Kyle Haines, Zach Warren and Deionte Wilson.

Shippensburg finished the season 4-7, marking its first losing season since the 2010 season when the Red Raiders went 5-6.

The Shippensburg University volleyball team concluded the regular season Saturday by sneaking past Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Southeast Division opponent West Chester on the road in straight sets by scores of 28-26, 25-19 and 25-23 from Hollinger Field House.

Shippensburg (25-5, 17-2 PSAC) earns the No. 2 seed for the upcoming PSAC Tournament and will host No. 7 seed Clarion at 7 p.m.

Tuesday from Heiges Field House.

SU’s two conference losses in the regular season are its fewest since the conference began counting crossover matches as league contests in 2009.

West Chester (17-15, 5-14) had three set points in the opening frame but the Raiders defended all three. SU needed its third set point of the opening frame to take a 1-0 lead, using blocks on each of the last two points to take the first set.

The third set was tied 1818 before a 3-0 SU run gave the Raiders just enough room to pull away.

Senior Megan Forstburg became just the second Raider in school history to achieve 2,000 career digs — her match-high 21 digs

brings her career total to exactly 2,000. She also had three assists in the match.

Senior Gabriella Johnson posted her third consecutive double-double and 18th of the season with kills and digs, slamming a match-high 13 kills, swinging .222 and recording 10 digs.

Senior Samantha Webber had 10 kills, three blocks and hit .421.

Webber hit .385 over three matches this week — crunching 46 kills and just nine errors over 96 attempts.

Senior Kendall Johnson totaled seven kills, two solo blocks and hit .316. Kendall Johnson hit .382 over three matches this week.

Junior Emily Hangen had 38 assists and eight digs, and has directed the Raider offense to an attack percentage of .230 or better in six of the last seven matches.

Junior Alana Pergine was excellent on the outside, slamming 10 kills on just one error and hitting .474. Junior Gianna Sigado had six kills and 19 digs.

Shippensburg and Clarion met this season on Oct. 12, with the Raiders winning in four sets at Clarion.

The Golden Eagles won the first set before SU took the last three.