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Students march on campus while holding banners and signs from their organizations during the March for Humanity. The march followed a ceremony with speakers including Pennsylvania state Sen. Vincent Hughes. This was the 32nd anniversary of the march, which was created to honor Martin Luther King Jr. Nick Potter Guest Writer Despite frigid single-digit temperatures, Shippensburg University students, faculty and members of the community came together to honor and celebrate the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. Thursday evening at the 32nd annual Martin Luther King Jr. March for Humanity.

The march was preceded by a ceremony in Old Main Chapel, where students and Shippensburg University President Laurie Carter shared why they were marching.

Students from various SU organizations including the Student Government Association (SGA), Office of Multicultural Student Affairs

(MSA) and Ask. Communicate.

Teach Tolerance (ACT) took the stage to tell the audience what the march meant for them.

“We all have a reason to march and that’s why we’re here today.

And that fire, that motivation that we all have is what unites us to make change and to fight for equality and equity in this country and on this campus,” said Ramses Ovalles, SGA senator and MSA member.

President Carter cited the 1947 King essay “The Purpose of Education,” which defines true education as not only intelligence, but character.

“How are you nurturing your education,” Carter asked the students.

“Tonight’s march for humanity is a wonderful reminder of King’s work.

But the dream requires more of us.

Tonight, we march, but tomorrow we must demonstrate that we have the education, the character and the worthy objective that King died for us to have.”

The ceremony culminated with guest speaker, Pennsylvania state Sen. Vincent Hughes giving a powerful speech that not only honored King, but also served as a call to action against the many injustices Americans are still facing today.

During Hughes’ speech, he highlighted the inequitable nature of American society today and what is required to rectify these injustices.

He spoke about issues including discrimination, climate change, rising education costs and voting rights.

Hughes also discussed the disparity in the funding of schools from different areas within his district.

Hughes said that while a $160 million school was built in a suburban area in his district — with a state-of-the-art swimming pool and meteorological center — an urban school he visited lacked water in its science classrooms and had textbooks that were printed in 1998.

Hughes termed this injustice “educational apartheid,” and asked the audience to imagine the missed opportunities people they know have suffered from, not because they are not ambitious or intelligent enough, but because they lack the wealth our current system demands to attend better funded K-12 schools, as

well as higher education.

Hughes then spoke about how change has been accomplished in the past. From African-Americans gaining the right to vote, to the election of the first African-American president, Hughes told the audience that all of these accomplishments began with young people being active and using their power to transform society.

Before leaving the stage to a standing ovation, Hughes said, “We’ve just got to see Dr. King not as someone who was a dreamer, but someone who was fully engaged in every aspect of his life and fought hard each and every day to turn his dream into reality.”

ShipRec upgrades cardio machines, SU student interns adds to group fitness schedule in state lieutenant governor’s office Shannon Long News Editor

The Shippensburg University Recreation Center (ShipRec) recently updated its cardiovascular equipment to further accommodate students’ needs.

The new equipment replaced the original machines from 2008. They are checked twice a year and a report is given on their status. Eventually, the cost of maintenance on the old machines was above the value of the equipment.

The ShipRec previously considered upgrading the machines, and wanted to make sure it had student input about what machines to get, according to ShipRec director Galen Piper.

Piper worked with students from the Student Government Association to look

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at similar institutions’ facilities. They particularly looked at what machines were most popular among students.

The ShipRec now has 45 cardio machines, compared to the 39 they had in the past.

The upgrade cost was about $180,000.

“I think the 45 options are going to take care of our needs when we’re at peak demand,” Piper said.

The machines replaced in the ShipRec include ellipticals, adaptive motion trainers, upright bikes and recumbent bikes. New machines added include two step machines, two row machines and two spin bikes.

The new machines have the ability to connect to WiFi, and users can create an account to customize their workouts.

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Shippensburg University junior Bailey Haines has been selected for an exclusive internship at the capitol in Harrisburg.

For 15 weeks, Haines will serve as an intern in the lieutenant governor’s office, a program sponsored by Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) through The Harrisburg Internship Program (THIS).

THIS, allows students to work in all arenas of the state government while still earning a full semester’s worth of credits. Students have the opportuni-

ty to work with dozens of state agencies and in the offices of the governor, the speaker of the House of Representatives and the attorney general.

Haines, a Hermitage, Pennsylvania native, is majoring in political science with a minor in international development-youth development.

She is just one of 12 students participating in the program this spring.

According to PASSHE, since the implementation of the program in 1989, more than 600 students from the state system have participated in this program.

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Council of Trustees holds first meeting of semester successor is found for Barbara Lyman, who retired from the role at the end of the fall semester.

A number of achievements were shared by Carter and her staff during the meeting.

Donta Truss, vice president of enrollment management and student success, described new initiatives being put into place to improve SU’s retention rate.

This included the hiring of directors of retention and the first generation college students’ programs, respectively. He also announced the implementation of Friday tutoring hours in the Student Success Center.

Student participation numbers are up at SU’s tutoring center, according to Carter. She also said early spring enrollment data sug-

Jenna Wise Editor-In-Chief Dan Greenstein, chancellor of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE), visited Shippensburg University on Thursday for the first Council of Trustees meeting of the new year.

The visit came on the heels of the beginning of the second phase in PASSHE’s redesign process. For the most part, Greenstein stayed silent, but said he sees a future in which the state-owned universities can flourish.

President Laurie Carter also used the meeting as an opportunity to announce former College of Arts & Sciences dean James Mike as the university’s interim provost. Mike will serve in this capacity until a permanent

gests that the First Year Experience program, unveiled in the fall, appears to have been successful.

Carter referred to her own college experience at PASSHE-owned Clarion University when describing a new program SU is creating for first-generation college students and their families. “[This] program will really serve as not just a resource for the students, but for the families who are going through this for the first time,” she said.

The meeting concluded with the council’s recognition of Lyman and SU’s field hockey team, which in November won its fourth national championship in six years.

The Council of Trustees will next meet on March 22.

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PASSHE Chancellor Dan Greenstein visited Shippensburg Thursday for the first Council of Trustees meeting of 2019. During the meeting, former Provost Dr. Barbara Lyman was recognized by the Council of Trustees.

PASSHE promotes international study opportunities in India Hannah Pollock Asst. News Editor

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After flurries began to fall, Shippensburg University canceled its afternoon classes Tuesday afternoon. The university opened on Wednesday but canceled evening classes again Wednesday night because of frigid temperatures.

The Pennsylvania Global and Education Hub, which comprises both public and private colleges and universities in the state, has signed two new international partnership agreements with educational facilities in India.

The program, which began seven years ago, has resulted in the creation of a pair of education facilities in Mumbai and Bangalore, strengthening the partnership between the Pennsylvanian and Indian institutions.

PASSHE spokesman Kenn Marshall wrote in a recent press release, “New agreements have been signed with Jeh and Ness Wadia of the Wadia Group and Neerja Birla of the Aditya Birla Educational Trust. They are described as “purely academic partnerships” intended to create strategic alliances and partnerships among the organizations and the participating colleges and universities that are members of the State System and the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania (AICUP).”

The Wadia Group’s Modern Education Society operates prestigious and recognized colleges and institutes in Pune and Mumbai. The group has also established teaching hospitals that specialize in the care of women and children, according to the PASSHE release.

Marshall also noted the opportunities of the program, “including research, program development and the offering of summer courses and programs; pre-medical/medical training in the health sciences; and professional development opportunities for teachers and administrators, including training in academic governance and leadership.”

PASSHE schools participating in the partnerships include Bloomsburg, California, Indiana, Kutztown, Millersville, Slippery Rock, Shippensburg and West Chester. Other schools participating include Gwynedd Mercy University, Harrisburg University of Science & Technology, Valley Forge Military College, York College, the Community College of Philadelphia and Montgomery County Community College.

Pennsylvania lawmakers dispute claim about non-citizen voters Marc Levy Associated Press

Students had to deal with more snow on Friday morning after an overnight storm blanketed campus. The university did not cancel classes, however.

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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP)— Two Pennsylvania state lawmakers are making a disputed claim in a long-running, and possibly futile, effort by elections officials to determine how many nonU.S. citizens had registered to vote over the years.

On Tuesday, the lawmakers, Republican state Reps.

Daryl Metcalfe and Garth Everett, issued a statement saying there had been confirmation that 11,198 foreign nationals had illegally registered to vote in Pennsylvania.

But that is not what state election officials said.

The Pennsylvania Department of State, which oversees elections, first reported in July that it had identified 11,198 registered voters with some indicator they may not have been a citizen.

The department did not give a specific period of time for when those people registered, but said it searched every record in its database.

All the names turned up in a search of the state driver license database; Pennsylvania allows residents to register to vote while getting their license, and election officials reported a flaw in that system in 2016.

That’s not where it ends.

As a follow-up, the agency reached out to everyone on the list, and 1,915 responded they are eligible to vote, the state said.

That could reflect the fact that some had become citizens after they got a driver’s license, either before or after they registered to vote. About 300 canceled their registration.

The department then forwarded the rest, about 8,700 registrations, to county election offices to track down because they had undeliverable addresses or didn’t respond.

Those registrations came from 64 of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties, according to state data.

Of that number, about 2,550 were in the process of being removed from voter rolls by the counties, a process that is required after someone does not vote for a certain period of time and does not respond to efforts to contact them.

Douglas Hill, the executive director of the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania, said counties have tried since then to contact the rest, but no data are available on what they found.

The total number of questioned registrations represented only a little more than one-tenth of 1 percent of the nearly 8.5 million people reg-

istered to vote in Pennsylvania.

WHAT STARTED THIS LINE OF INQUIRY? In the fall of 2016, during a legislative hearing on the integrity of the state’s voting systems, then-Secretary of State Pedro Cortes, a Democrat, acknowledged someone who is not a citizen “may inadvertently register’’ while getting or updating a driver’s license.

The registration problem stemmed from electronic touch screens in state driver’s license centers that were programmed to give users the option to register to vote while getting new or updated licenses. The system showed noncitizens the voter registration option, even though they had already provided information showing that they were not citizens, officials said.

Election officials said the glitch had existed since the start of the state’s motor voter system, which was first authorized in 1995.

The state Department of Transportation said it had fixed the glitch as of late 2017, installing a new touchscreen system in which a noncitizen would not see the motor voter screens at all.

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February 5, 2019 “SHIPREC,” from A1 They can also compete with other users while working out, and use their Netflix and Hulu accounts or university TV options, according to Piper.

He said he usually sees more people in the ShipRec during the colder months of the year when people do less activity outside.

“My inclination will be to say it’ll be busier in January, February and March,” Piper said.

The ShipRec has also expanded its group

“THIS,” from A1 These include Dave Reed, Majority Leader of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

PASSHE described the THIS program as an opportunity to “learn from Pennsylvania’s policy makers and leaders, enhance your academic experience and prepare for life outside of the classroom.”

In a press release, PASSHE Media Relations Manager Kenn Marshall

“CLAIM,” from A2 Department of State officials told lawmakers in 2017 that noncitizens may have cast 544 ballots illegally out of more than 93 million ballots in elections spanning 18 years in Pennsylvania.

The analysis covered 35 primary and general elections from 2000 through 2017.

The illegal ballots were apparently cast by noncitizens who later reported themselves as having mistakenly registered, the department said. The department had said at the time the figure could drop as it continued to analyze information it received from counties.

It said this week it has no updated figure.

fitness classes. The ShipRec reached out to local organizations to hold classes. These classes include yoga, provided by New Day Yoga, and boot camp taught by Power Train.

As far as student feedback about the new equipment, Piper said, “People have been positive about it.”

For more information about ShipRec hours, students should call the ShipRec hotline at (717) 477-1561 or check the ShipRec Facebook page.

wrote, “She [Haines] and the other students participating in the program also will attend several academic seminars during their spring semester internship. Each of the students will complete an individualized research project as part of the program’s requirements.

Throughout the internship, Haines and her peers will also participate in several academic seminars.

Marshall wrote of the value of this internship,

THE 100,000 CLAIM A Republican election official from Philadelphia told a state Senate committee hearing in December 2017 that the Department of State had found more than 100,000 matches when comparing driver’s license numbers with noncitizens’ designations to voter records with driver’s license numbers.

Pennsylvania election officials deny producing that figure, and disputed it, saying “it is not a credible figure and there is no reason to believe it to be accurate.’’

Still, the figure was repeated in news stories and in a lawsuit in federal court by the conservative Public Interest Legal Foundation, accusing the state of violating the National Voter Reg-

Wolf seeks to fund capital plan with Marcellus Shale tax Marc Levy Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf said Thursday that he will ask Pennsylvania lawmakers to approve a severance tax on Marcellus Shale natural gas production to finance a multibillion-dollar capital plan for a wide range of projects, from controlling floodwaters to fighting blight.

Wolf, a Democrat, is kicking off his second term by floating a Marcellus Shale tax for a fifth straight year. Approval will be up to the Republican-controlled Legislature, which has thus far rejected Wolf’s overtures for a natural gas tax.

This time, Wolf is packaging it with a proposal to use the money to pay down at least $4.5 billion in bonds — and possibly more ­— for projects that might entice lawmakers in the nation’s No. 2 natural-gas producing state.

State government offers a collection of grant and low-interest loan programs, but Wolf said they do not come close to addressing the magnitude of the need.

“These are projects that are outside of the scope of any funding source right now in Pennsylvania and the thought is, in these areas, these are in some cases emergency needs and needs that could actually help create a foundation for some much better quality of life,’’ Wolf said during a news conference in his Capitol offices. The projects would span rural areas and downtowns, and tie together a range of perceived needs, such as economic development, environmental improvements and flood disaster recovery.

House Republican leaders and the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry agreed Thursday that the state’s aging infrastructure needs attention, although they and natural gas trade associations warned that a severance tax would hurt the economy.

“The governor’s proposal includes three of the worst ways to grow an economy: taxing, borrowing and uncontrolled government spending,’’ House Republican leaders said in a statement.

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“each student gains valuable insight into the workings of state government at the policy-making level.”

The THIS program is open to students in any major who wish to learn more about public policy.

Students interested in participating in the THIS program in a future semester can speak with their local campus coordinator or visit www.passhe. edu/this for more information.

istration Act by blocking its access to records of Pennsylvania’s efforts to identify and remove noncitizens from voter registration lists.

The Philadelphia election official, Al Schmidt, went on to tell the committee the actual number of noncitizens registered to vote may be lower, in testimony the lawsuit did not cite.

Similar processes have played out in several other states, including Texas, in recent days.

In Florida several years ago, state officials initially found 180,000 people suspected of being noncitizens registered to vote, but later produced a revised list of 198 names of possible noncitizens.

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Wolf is working to approve a tax on Marcellus Shale gas to pay for a capital plan with various projects.

Still, Wolf said a capital program that meets various needs in a range of geographical areas could change minds.

“This is something we all recognize we need,’’ Wolf said.

Wolf’s severance tax proposal is based on volume, and floats with the price of natural gas. It would take effect next year and not change a 7-year-old per-well “impact fee’’ that the state imposes.

It rises with the price of natural gas from 9.1 cents per thousand cubic feet when the price is below $3 up to 15.7 cents per thousand cubic feet when the price is $6 or above.

Using estimates of 2018 production and a price of below $3, the tax would yield about $550 million in a year. At a price above $6, the tax would yield about $940 million, based on estimates of 2018 production.

Wolf has argued that Pennsylvania is the only major natural gas state that does not tax the product.

The state imposes permitting fees and the impact fee, which is projected to produce a record $247 million to state programs and local governments, based on 2018 activity.

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Jenna Wise Editor-in-Chief When our parents were growing up, it would not have been uncommon to see teenagers buying cigarettes. Smoking, in those days, was a social event; at one point you could smoke in restaurants, on airplanes and even while pregnant.

Today, it is much more common to see a teenager clutching a vape pen than a cigarette.

But unlike traditional cigarettes, the common perception is that electronic cigarettes are healthier and are a good way to quit smoking.

A new study published this month showed a connection between an increase in traditional cigarette smoking in youths, when combined with an

earlier usage of electronic cigarettes.

These teenagers are just more than 30 percent more likely to begin using traditional cigarettes after starting out using e-cigarettes. Reuters reported that about one in 20 adults are also e-cigarette users.

What is scariest about this smoking fad is that many people truly believe it is healthier for them than traditional smoking. More than half of teenage users think there is nothing more than water in their e-cigarettes, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. In actuality, many e-cigarettes contain nicotine, chemicals and other flavorings.

While vaping does provide less of a risk of lung cancer, according to Penn Medicine, the combination of chemicals can instead cause liver damage, retinal damage and blindness.

This means that in addition to opening themselves up to incurable cancer with traditional smoking, users face long-term struggles with damage to other parts of their body caused by e-cigarettes.

The health concerns are not the only reason why smoking is a waste of time. Buying the supplies needed for cigarettes can add up to a lot of money — money that a lot of college students should not be spending.

Smoking also encourages a life of isolation, since non-smokers do not wish to be around smokers. For those with addictive personalities, smoking could start as a gateway before moving onto drugs or alcohol. That conclusion may seem like a reach, but is not impossible.

I question how long it will take, as well as what it will take, for users to come to the realization that no form of smoking is ever going to be possible without any health risks. Until e-cigarettes become socially taboo like traditional ones are, it is hard to see teenagers voluntarily giving them up.

For many, sadly, this change in opinion may come after years of smoking both kinds of cigarettes have already done their damage.

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

• APB will be hosting black light dodgeball on Friday at 9 p.m. in the ShipRec Court D.

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• The ethnic studies department will be showing “I Am Not Your Negro” on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. in the Orndorff Theatre.

• Residence Life will be hosting “Home@ Ship” on Thursday from 3:30 — 4:30 p.m. on Thursday in the Naugle Hall MPR.

• In-Motion Dance Troupe will be hosting its annual recital on Saturday from 1 — 4 p.m. in Memorial Auditorium.

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Media’s sensationalized portrayal of harmful behavior increases risk, with few rewards

Netflix has established itself as a leader and innovator of the entertainment industry.

Not only does it provide subscribers with the ability to stream their favorite shows from cable television, but have also begun to create extremely popular original content.

Netflix original series like “13 Reasons Why” and “You” have certainly drawn their fair share of attention, and not for all the right reasons.

These shows, and others like them, have been criticized for the portrayal of behaviors that some consider negative or unhealthy.

Most recently, “The Ted Bundy Files” has incited controversy over the sensationalized portrayal of Ted Bundy, one of the most sinister serial killers in American history.

Rather than leaving viewers repulsed by the vile actions of Bundy, the tapes present his crimes as larger than life.

Beyond the moral ques-

tions associated with portraying these actions in any way other than negative, some scientists worry that media exposure of these activities may have larger societal and public health implications.

A 2017 study sought to measure the impact that the release of “13 Reasons Why,” which graphically portrays and follows the aftermath of a teen’s suicide, had on American perceptions of suicide.

Using a quasi-experimental design, drawing Google Trends and search queries, scientists from the American Medical Association were able to conclude two things.

First, the show’s release did, in fact, increase overall suicide awareness. However, what is concerning is the increase in suicidal ideation.

Search queries of “how to commit suicide,” “commit suicide” and “how to kill yourself” also increased significantly following Netflix’s release of the show.

These results beg the

question: Is this increased awareness worth the risk of copy-cat suicides?

Although it is impossible to link these searches to actual suicide attempts, a previous study by the American Medical Association did correlate an increase in suicide search trends with suicide attempts.

There is a fine line between being educational and glamorizing the negative behavior that Netflix has not been able to find.

Despite having the potential to act as a positive force in raising awareness about suicide, the series sensationalized and glamorized the tragedy.

Rather than opting to include the suicide hotline at the conclusion of each episode, producers chose to include a three-minute graphic scene depicting the actual suicide, despite the World Health Organization’s warning. Their media guidelines for preventing suicide warn that media depicting self-harm and suicide has a

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This graph depicts the percentage increase of search queries for suicide and suicide-related terms following the release of “13 Reasons Why.” negative impact on suicide attempts.

It is obvious that sensationalism, glamour and drama is what makes good television. However, the choice to project these elements onto issues that can have such a negative impact on society, simply to create enter-

taining content, is reckless.

However, it is still important to produce content that addresses these issues.

Going forward, Netflix and other content producers like it, will need to change their perspective when approaching sensitive topics such as suicide, murder, stalking and

sexual assault.

Rather than utilizing dramatized perspectives to attract viewers, they should use their platform and massive reach to act as an educational and informative source to increase awareness and reduce stigma.

Mental health deserves validity Abrihet Zegeye Advertising Director Seasonal affective depression (SAD) is an illness that affects many individuals, with about 3 billion people suffering from it, according to the National Institute of Mental Health.

The depression usually starts in the fall months and then carries through winter.

During the spring and summer months is when the depression usually subsides.

So a lot of people find the winter months hard for them because it gets dark outside earlier, it’s colder and somehow the days feel like they’re never going to end. People feel sluggish, have low energy, experience possible weight gain, self-isolate from their usual friends, can’t focus, and more.

Despite the legitimacy of this illness, many people do not treat it as such, simply because it falls under the umbrella of mental health.

However, there are physical side effects that can result from SAD. When someone is depressed, there are neurological/chemical changes in the brain that cause them to feel the way they do.

They can’t control the chemical imbalance that goes on their head. It’s easy to tell someone, “Oh, you’re just in your head. You’ll snap out of it soon.” However, these depressive states can stretch on for months.

Many people would deem it acceptable for someone to take the day off if they have a head cold, but not acceptable if that same person were to stay home because they were

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Why is it acceptable for the person with the cold to stay home because they wouldn’t be able to perform well at work, but unacceptable for the person with SAD to stay home because they also couldn’t perform?

Both are illnesses. SAD isn’t treated as an actual illness by society, even though medications are prescribed to people who suffer from it.

Similar to a purely physical ailment, such as the flu, there are pharmacutical and occupation treatments for SAD. There’s a stigma surrounding the topic of mental health that causes a lot of people to keep quiet about their emotions.

Throughout the years, the topic of mental health has become a more common subject as celebrities and public

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For example, Demi Lovato, Ariana Grande, Selena Gomez and many others have used their platform to talk about their own struggles. The results of this has started a lot of conversations and caused many people to comment about their own feelings.

But there’s still a good number of people who do not take mental health seriously, and think people who deal with it are making things up or are just plain lazy.

SAD, along with any mental illness, should be taken more seriously and treated like the sickness it is. It’s not fair to treat the flu as a “real” sickness, but not depression and other mental health diseases.

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Tuesday, February 5, 2019

Ship Life

SU senior returns from gap year teaching ESL in China Molly Foster Managing Editor Some may say we are a species that craves comfort and pursues it in nearly all facets of life — in what we do, the people we associate ourselves with and the environment in which we settle down.

Because of comfort, some people will only live in the realms of what they know.

Maybe they will stay in the same town or work in the same job for their entire life.

Others, however, will grow to feel confined by living life within the limits of com-

fort, and break free from its mold.

Shippensburg University senior Shawn Wolfe grew up in Annville, a township in Central Pennsylvania, where miles of rolling farmlands are a familiar landscape for its nearly 5,000 residents.

After graduating high school in 2014, Wolfe embarked on his first journey out of the country, spending his summer before college in Germany. This experience abroad awakened him to the fruitful world that exists beyond the farm lands of his hometown.

“I think because I am from

a small place, me going to a different country and seeing how drastically different they can be, put this idea in my head that there is so much out there I don’t know, and I don’t want to not see it or not understand it,” Wolfe said.

“It’s almost like a feeling of potential regret.”

Shippensburg, though not much larger than Annville, has given Wolfe an outlet to learn more about cultural differences and the opportunities that exist across the globe, as an international studies major.

On the surface, Wolfe carries himself as calm and

composed, but internally he said he struggles to stay in one place or do one thing for long without itching to try something new. Satisfying the itch, last January Wolfe decided to take a year off from school to go abroad and find work.

“I felt like I wasn’t growing as a person. I was growing stale and losing motivation,” Wolfe said. “I needed to do something to keep my mind active. I didn’t want to fall into this monotonous routine of just going through daily life and doing things again and again without purpose.”

Photo courtesy of Shawn Wolfe

SU senior Shawn Wolfe teaches English to children aged 4 to 12 in his adventure to Guangzhou, China.

Following extensive online research, Wolfe found a temporary job as an English as a second language (ESL) educator in Guangzhou, China, to be his ticket out.

When he arrived in China, Wolfe faced brief culture shock and feelings of isolation, primarily because it was Chinese New Year.

Since a majority of his coworkers went back to their hometowns for the holiday, he was forced to go out and explore on his own, which he thinks was beneficial to him.

After Chinese New Year concluded, Wolfe’s coworkers were resources for him and helped him more swiftly acclimate.

As Wolfe was teaching children a new language in the classroom, he was in the process of learning one himself. In addition to the atmosphere’s push for him to speak Chinese to communicate with people, he leaned into the language, taking an online class with Harrisburg Area Community College (HACC) and receiving guidance from his newfound friends. He is now fluent in Chinese.

Wolfe returned to Shippensburg last month, just a few days before the semester began, and it has been a harsh adjustment for him ­— in more ways than just the winter weather.

A 13-hour time difference and the sudden ability to understand what everyone is clamoring about in public places like Wal-Mart, was difficult to readjust to, he said.

While Wolfe treasures the Chinese culture and language that he was exposed to during his year in China, he has returned home with more than memories. The choice, which temporarily set his education off track, has given him a clearer perspective of what he wants to do and where he wants to go.

“It’s cemented me down a path, that I know I’m going to work in other places of the world. I want to keep traveling and sort of make a living out of it. I saw how possible it is,” Wolfe said. “China is only one place in the world, and I feel as though it opened a lot of doors for me, or at least showed me where the doors are.”

After completing his final semester and graduating in May, Wolfe hopes to build his own brand of international schools to teach children language and culture. Many countries have training centers and schools specific to world culture and language, Wolfe said. He thinks they would also be beneficial in America, so that its people can be more aware of the remarkable worlds that exist beyond their borders and outside of their comfort zones.

“We have a lot of close-minded people here, who are good people, but they are just ignorant,” Wolfe said. “Nobody wants to be ignorant, but being ignorant is not entirely their fault. It’s the fault of their education, upbringing and exposure to different things.”

Students conduct research, plant orchard on campus to support SU community Hannah McMullan Ship Life Editor Shippensburg University will soon have its own orchard developing on campus.

Four SU students plan to plant 40 trees on campus in a research project that will simultaneously feed and educate the community.

Under the advisory of biology professor Nathan Thom-

as, biology students Kaitlin Yealy and Patrick Hadley, as well as education students Sarah Nocito and Minerva Hecker, will be introducing a variety of trees to SU’s campus.

The students plan to begin the project by sending their soil samples to Pennsylvania State University to assess its composition. They will analyze the effects the new trees have on the ecosystem and

A Raider’s View Raider Muse Staff Columnist Throughout the end of last week and over the weekend, temperatures plummeted as low as -65 degrees Fahrenheit in some parts of Minnesota, while temperatures elsewhere dropped well below freezing.

In Chicago, temperatures dropped to 50 below zero, and a good samaritan

named Candice Payne decided to take it upon herself to rent out hotel rooms to more than 100 homeless people, who would have had to endure the frigid temperatures on the streets if not for her kindness.

Payne traveled to a tent city in Chicago, where she met with the tenants and “asked as many people as she could to go with her to the Amber Inn,” accord-

watch how the biodiversity changes within the soil, and find ways to serve Shippensburg’s community.

By partnering with Shippensburg Produce and Outreach, SU will use its orchard to nourish members of the community with the fruit the trees produce.

The students also hope to encourage the community to use this as an opportunity to learn about the land they live

on and the benefits that come from analyzing the soil.

The experiment will also engage elementary students at the Grace B. Luhrs University Elementary School.

Students will receive the opportunity to have a hands-on learning experience, such as learning about simple biology while they touch the soil and watch the trees develop.

California University of

Pennsylvania (CALU) will be conducting its own analysis and will publish its findings representing western Pennsylvania, while SU will represent eastern Pennsylvania.

The two institutions have partnered with the Fruit Tree Planting Foundation in hopes to continue the research in the future.

The students are currently searching for the perfect place to conduct their ex-

periment. They plan to start planting the trees in lateApril or early-May, and are looking for volunteers to get involved with the planting process, according to Yealy.

“Get involved by coming out and seeing the orchard,” Yealy said. “If you’re interested in helping, contact me at ky8425@ship.edu.”

Good samaritan sets high standard for compassion ing to The New York Times (NYT).

Not only did Payne rent hotel rooms, but she bought “toiletries, food, prenatal vitamins, lotions, deodorants and snacks,” to make care packages for the people there, The NYT reported.

As donations flew in, there was enough money available to rent the rooms for eight days instead of the original six.

Recently, “40 pounds of food from Reisner Dining Hall [was] taken to local organizations that help feed the Shippensburg community,” reported The Slate.

Volunteers were able to help with the services, which is the first step to being able to extend help to the Shippensburg community’s (but not limited to) growing poverty and homeless situation.

This act of kindness is something that Shippensburg University students can follow.

Getting involved with the community can be an easy way to improve the lives of those who may have fallen into cyclical poverty and may have lost their homes during the cold winter months.

A little kindness goes a long way. It improves the

lives of those that fall under the radar of people who can receive help from the government, or from food pantries like the Salvation Army that require proof of residency to receive food.

Payne has become a name to remember, and is someone to follow when it comes to interacting in your own community.

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Tuesday, February 5, 2019

A&E

Bazzi brings ‘Beautiful’ concert to Luhrs center Olivia Riccio Asst. A&E Editor

Meghan Schiereck/The Slate

“The Babushkas of Chernobyl” is part of a much larger series. “Manufactured Landscapes,” a movie about how industrialism affects the land, will be shown Tuesday, Feb. 5 at 4:00 p.m. in the John L. Grove Forum.

Film series shows impact, invisible threat of radiation Jonathan Bergmueller A&E Editor The department of international studies hosted “The Babushkas of Chernobyl” in the John L. Grove Forum as yet another installment in its film series last Thursday.

The film told the story of human resilience, and focused on the aftermath of the 1986 environmental disaster that forever changed Chernobyl. The nuclear power plant exploded and released radioactive material into the air, which spread to the surrounding landscape.

The film was presented by Shippensburg University’s Bob Stephens, professor of international business and Ying Yang, professor of sociology.

“It shows the resilience of the human spirit,” Stephens said.

When the power plant exploded, the Soviet government evacuated its residents within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. The people of Chernobyl did not want to leave their homes, and chose to illegally return in spite of the radiation. These stubborn women are called babushkas, or “grandmothers” in Russia.

The babushkas mostly live off farms they maintain. They

raise animals and grow crops, not knowing of the danger the radioactive sponges may possibly present to them after the explosion.

“Radiation doesn’t scare me,” one woman said. “Starvation does.”

These elderly women go about life as normal, and often meet with one another to sing and dance, eat and drink and reminisce about old times. They have lived in the Chernobyl area all their lives, and have suffered through war, famine and other tragedies. They are not about to let radiation evict them.

“I’m still so happy I’m in my own house. I don’t depend on anybody,” a babushka said. “You don’t get sick in your motherland.”

Interjecting the plot of the women living in Russia were clips of young men known as “stalkers.” Inspired by an eponymous video game called “S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl” that takes place in the Chernobyl exclusion zone, they illegally enter the exclusion zone for the fun of it.

The film juxtaposed the babushkas and the stalkers by showing that neither group understands the threat of radiation sickness, or does not care.

The stalkers trekked

throughout the region to the derelict city of Pripyat — a once-populated city — now sitting directly in the exclusion zone. Along the way, they filled bottles with unfiltered water from streams and drank it. To them, Chernobyl was not a danger — it was a novelty.

Part of the problem with underestimating the danger of Chernobyl is that it is difficult to prove that the radiation is affecting people. So far, scientists have only been able to prove an increase in thyroid cancer among individuals exposed to the disaster.

What is worse is that the babushkas do not seek medical help — they prefer to deal with their problems with home remedies made from herbs, and are reluctant to go to hospitals for Western medicine.

Stephens described the babushkas as the ultimate climate deniers. Radiation is an invisible threat, and though the Soviet (and later Ukrainian) governments tried to protect their people from the dangers of Chernobyl, many are still drawn to the location.

“Each person should live where their soul desires,” one babushka said.

Act V completes new One Act Festival auditions Places, please! Shippensburg University’s Act V Theatre Co. is beginning preparations for a semester of productions with auditions for their new one-act festival.

The festival is set to include four one-act shows. Each show is student-written, student-directed and student-performed.

SU junior Michael Bradley is slated to direct “The Interview of a Lifetime,” written by sophomore Emily Sterner. The play surrounds an interview like no other — one to get into heaven.

Sophomore Kaitlyn Niski will be directing “Surviving a Day at the Library,” a play by senior and Act V President Casey Leming where librarians must contend with their patrons.

Niski also wrote “Trivial Highschool Problems,” which is being directed by senior Andrew Houpt. This play is about three students who are preparing — or not — for a test.

Finally, senior Kelsey Kohler is directing “On the Block,” written by Houpt. In this play, several characters gather around a stuffed dog on a stage and attempt to discern what brings them together.

The One Act Festival will be held Feb. 28 through March 2 in Memorial Auditorium.

The long line outside of the H. Ric Luhrs Performing Arts Center reflected the excitement and anticipation of Shippensburg University students on Saturday night for the Bazzi and Bryce Vine concert.

In November, SU’s Activities Program Board (APB) announced the pop singer as the start of their “Xperience: Powered by APB” concert. Students could purchase tickets at a discounted rate and the concert hall was packed.

Ohio native Daydream Masi opened for the main performers, and brought a mix of R&B and rap to the stage. His songs were slow and relaxed, warming up the crowd as he performed in front of a screen that constantly changed between psychedelic colors and images.

Bryce Vine followed Daydream Masi, and was very interactive with the crowd. Vine let fans sing the beginning of a few songs, encouraging their participation. He let himself get into the music with his charismatic dance moves and bright personality.

Vine sang some of his popular songs like “Sour Patch Kids,” “Drew Barrymore,” “Sunflower Seeds,” “La La Land,” “Los Angeles” and “Bang Bang,” which featured a trumpet player that got the crowd cheering and dancing even more.

Vine, who is a rapper from New York City, joked with the audience about how he is not used to a rural town like Shippensburg.

“I saw my first — what do you call it, Amish,” Vine said to a laughing audience.

Finally, Bazzi took the stage singing “Soaring,” and his intro was dark and mysterious.

Bazzi’s music is more of a pop and contemporary R&B mix. He sang most of his songs from his “Cosmic” album.

Bazzi’s performance had three large screens that featured all the elements, from fiery flames to cool drops of rain, and the purple swirls of a galaxy to go with the theme of his album.

Some songs he performed included, “Gone,” “Why,” “Star,” “Alone,” “Honest,” “Fantasy” and “Myself.” Bazzi then got more personal and spoke to the crowd before singing one of his most popular songs, “Beautiful.”

“Shippensburg, you are so beautiful tonight,” Bazzi said as the crowd’s volume grew because they knew what song was coming next.

After “Beautiful,” there was a transition between his last few songs, including covers of Maroon 5’s “Sunday Morning.” Bazzi forgot a couple of the lyrics, but recovered from it in stride. He also covered Drake’s “Hold on, We’re Going Home,” and Usher’s “There Goes My Baby.”

Bazzi also played guitar for a few of his songs. He finished up his set with a few more songs from his album, including “Dreams,” “Myself,” “Changed,” “3:15” and finally, his most popular song that has been featured on the radio, “Mine.”

Bazzi put his all into the final song to which the crowd knew every word. He let the audience sing the last line a cappella to close the concert.

Jonathan Bergmueller/The Slate

“Anthem” featured many gameplay-interrupting bugs in its open demo last weekend. Among them was one where the player model did not properly transition between flying and walking, and remained suspended in the air.

Commentary: BioWare sounds the ‘Anthem’ of bugs, poor game design Jonathan Bergmueller A&E Editor Picture this: A video game where you fly around a mystical expanse fighting bad guys in a futuristic and highly-customizable exosuit that would leave Tony Stark in awe.

Everything about that sentence sounds cool, except somehow, BioWare and their helicopter parent of a publisher Electronic Arts (EA) got it wrong.

After vetting “Anthem” through a closed VIP demo last weekend, EA opened the floodgates for us peons to access the servers of their anticipated 2019 title only three weeks before its Feb. 22 launch. During the three day-long demonstration, players could pick and customize their own “javelin” exo-suit, go on a few missions to experience the gameplay and interact with some of the non-player characters (NPCs).

One of “Anthem’s” strongest suits is its soundtrack, composed by Sarah Schachner.

One certainly gets used to listening to it while sitting through the obscenely long loading screens. If the year was 1999 or 2009, this would be forgivable. If there were several short and sweet loading screens, or one very long one, that would be fine. But it is 2019, and with that comes the expectation that huge names like BioWare and EA will have their acts together when it comes to making the best use of the technology available.

The game is accompanied by many more technology problems, such as enemies disappearing, flags flapping around without a regard for gravity and audio cutting out for entire segments at random. The recoil of some weapons were so unrefined that the camera would glitch out.

Rest assured that most of the issues will be patched in the first few weeks after it’s launch.

Unfortunately, underneath these problems is a broken game.

It is very clear that EA is trying to introduce their own spin on Bungie and Activision’s 2014 “Destiny,” which pairs players together to go on episodic missions against copy and pasted bullet-sponge villains. “Anthem” runs into the classic problem of trying to emulate something else while forging its own identity.

As a result, it feels as if “Anthem” is too afraid to capitalize on its strengths, while spending time trying to be something it is not.

As a freelancer, you pilot your own “javelin” suit, an exoskeleton with cool guns, customizable paint jobs and flight capabilities.

And that is awesome. This is the high point of gameplay: Flying around and exploring the beautiful landscape. Sadly, BioWare rips you from this mechanic as often as possible.

It feels like your suit’s jump jets overheat too quickly before you are forced to land and hoof it to your next objective.

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A&E

February 5, 2019 From “Anthem,” D1 Additionally, the game teleports you to your teammates if it thinks you are lagging behind. This means you experience the game at the pace of the fastest teammate you have been paired with by a matchmaking algorithm. This is true for the story objectives and combat in the game.

“Anthem’s” combat is heavily reminiscent of BioWare’s last title, “Mass Effect: Andromeda.” It is interesting, but can be boring when you are pouring seemingly harmless bullets into enemies.

The fights with nameless and faceless enemies always seem to boil down to a race against your teammates to see who can kill the bad guys first. This might be appealing for groups of friends playing in multiplayer mode, but there seems to be very little accommodation for solo players like me. Even though BioWare has said the game will let

you play alone, the demo either did not contain this or did a poor job of directing me to this option.

Furthermore, difficulty boils down to how much health the enemies have and how much damage they do, as opposed to the strategy players need to adopt to fight them. This means that enemies are most optimized to be fought in groups. It is unclear if the health and damage of enemies would be modified in a hypothetical single-player mode.

“Anthem” is a beautiful game with a unique and interesting core concept, but suffers from being unable to establish its own identity among the other games out there and is, in its current state, unenjoyable.

Hopefully the first few weeks after launch see extensive bug-fixing on the part of BioWare to at least bring the game up to a state of playability.

“Anthem” launches Feb. 22, and is only available on EA’s launcher, Origin.

Billboard Top 10

Movie Showtimes Showtimes for Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 5 and 6 at AMC Classic 7 in Chambersburg

Show

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Times

1. Glass

7:40 p.m.

2. The Kid Who Would be King

7:15 p.m.

3. The Upside

7:25 p.m.

4. A Dog’s Way Home

7:20 p.m.

5. Aquaman

7:00 p.m.

6. Bumblebee

7:30 p.m.

7. Escape Room

7:45 p.m.

1. Without Me - Halsey

6. High Hopes - Panic! at the Disco

2. Sunflower - Post Malone & Swae Lee

7. Happier - Marshmello & Bastille

3. Thank U, Next - Ariana Grande

8. Wow. - Post Malone

4. High Hopes - Panic! At The Disco

9. Girls Like You - Maroon 5 feat. Cardi B

5. Sicko Mode - Travis Scott

10. Drip Too Hard - Lil Baby & Gunna

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Tuesday, February 5, 2019

Sports

Softball, E3

Women’s basketball, E2

Men’s basketball takes down rivals

Photo courtesy of Bill Smith/SU Sports Info.

Antonio Kellem has a career night for the Raiders in their win over Kutztown on Saturday afternoon. He poured in a career-high 31 points on 9-of 16 shooting.

Isaiah Snead Asst. Sports Editor Five players on the Shippensburg University basketball team posted double figures in the scoring column as they routed Bloomsburg University, 93–60, in a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) contest on a chilly Wednesday night at Heiges Field House.

SU clinched a PSAC tournament berth for the fifth season in a row with its victory Wednesday night.

The Raiders came out of the gate hot on a 10–0 run, and started the second half on a 9-2 run to build a 20-point lead early in the second frame.

SU crashed the boards well, winning the rebound battle 51–30, including 17 offensive rebounds leading to 20 second-chance buckets.

Sophomore Jake Biss led

the team with 18 points and senior Antonio Kellem followed closely with 17 points.

Both hit three three-pointers near the beginning of the first half to give the Raiders the commanding lead.

Junior John Castello recorded his ninth double-double of the year with 15 points and a new career-high 19 rebounds. His 19 boards are the most a Raider has posted since Dustin Sleva had 21 in the 2015 season.

Freshman Dion Harris II posted 11 points off the bench and contributed six rebounds, an assist and one block in just 13 minutes of action.

Redshirt-freshman Dom Sleva finished in double figures for the third-straight game with 10 points. He also added three rebounds. Fellow freshman Carlos Carter tallied nine points off the bench. The Raider bench

outscored the Bloomsburg bench 34-9.

Junior Lamar Talley and redshirt-senior Manny Span combined for nine points.

Span added six rebounds and Talley recorded four assists.

Redshirt-sophomore Derek Ford scored two points in the game and has yet to miss a field goal this season, moving to 9-for-9 from the field on the year in his seven games of action.

As a team, SU shot an impressive 50 percent from the field and 31 percent from beyond the arc. Kellem shot .636 from the field in one of his best shooting performances of the season to lead the way in the dominant showing for the Raiders.

Bloomsburg (5-13, 2-10 PSAC) got 23 points from Sekou Fofana and 10 points from Travis Elmore. The Huskies shot just 19 percent from the three-point line

compared to 31 percent for the Raiders.

In their next game, the Raiders rallied in the second half behind Kellem’s career-high 31 points, including 23 in the second half, to defeat PSAC rivals Kutztown University (12-10, 6-8 PSAC) in enemy territory, 87–77.

SU (17-5, 11-3 PSAC) followed up its big win against the Huskies with another impressive showing in another crucial matchup. The Raiders used a 23–11 run with 15:53 left in the second half to come back from a 10-point deficit. SU shot 58 percent from the floor in the second half and took care of the ball, only committing two turnovers. They also took care of business at the line going 14of-18 in the second half.

KU took advantage of the Raiders struggles in the first half as the Raiders shot 0-for-7 from deep in the first

half and Castello was limited to just five first-half minutes after he committed two early fouls. The Golden Bears got 13 points from Anthony Lee in the first half and he finished with 22.

The second half was a different story, as Kellem came alive and led the Raiders back into the game. His alley-oop dunk from junior Daylon Carter with 4:44 left to play gave SU an eight-point lead and the squad never looked back.

Sleva recorded his third career double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds off the bench. Sleva has played an important part on offense as of late off the bench for the Raiders, contributing 10 points or more in the last four games. Kellem, Sleva and Biss were the only Raiders to score double figures.

Biss recorded 11 points, five rebounds and four assists.

Kellem’s 31 points are the most by a Raider this season.

Span and Castello combined for 16 points and 11 rebounds. With Castello and Span in foul trouble, Carter and Harris II played important minutes off the bench and combined for nine points.

SU remains a game behind West Chester University for first place in the PSAC East with the victory. The Raiders will next travel to East Stroudsburg University tomorrow to take on the Warriors at 8 p.m.

Playoff positioning is at stake as every game down the stretch is critical to each team in the final weeks of the regular season. With the PSAC playoffs right around the corner, coach Chris Fite will look to get his side on a streak and build momentum on the quest for another PSAC title.

Track-and-field strong in split weekend Abigail Lee Staff Writer The Shippensburg University men’s and women’s track-and-field teams competed this Saturday, grabbing a couple more qualifying times for the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) championship meet. The squad was split competing at Susquehanna University and Pennsylvania State University facilities.

There were several stand out performances including redshirt-senior Abby Wagner earning her NCAA-provisional mark in the triple jump with a 40 foot, 10 1/2-inch mark. The distance was a new school record as well as a personal best in the event for Wagner.

All three of Wagner’s jumps at PSU surpassed her original PR (39 feet, 2 1/2 inches) — 40 feet, 6 inches; 39 feet, 8 1/2 inches; 40 feet, 10 1/2 inches).

Freshman Shamar Jenkins also performed well in the triple jump with a 47 foot, 10-inch jump for the men — another NCAA qualifier, good enough for first in the event from PSU. Shippensburg’s long jump was strong this weekend as Jenkins also jumped 22 feet, 3 inches, placing fourth with another PSAC qualifier and freshman EJ Dorwil was close behind with a sixth-place finish on a jump of 21 feet, 8 inches.

At Susquehanna, freshman Nate

Reed finished the long jump with a mark of 6.78 meters for second place.

In the women’s long jump, junior Zarria Williams jumped 5.82 meters, placing second at PSU. Freshman Jordan Winslow did well in the high jump clearing a height of 6 feet, 5 1/2 inches, for a new collegiate best.

The SU men’s squad at Penn State had two teams in the 4x400 meter relay — both astoundingly running the same time of 3:22.58. Team A included freshmen Josh Booth and Aaron Arp, senior Johnathan Stiles and sophomore Austin Padmore. Team B finished in the same time with freshmen Matthew Lenahan, seniors Ori Rinaman and Calvin Dennis and sophomore Austin Howell.

Shippensburg was strong this weekend in the 60-meter hurdles with highlights from senior Tatiana Purnell who continues to shine every week. Purnell ran 9.11 seconds for a sixth-place finish.

For the men, junior Charles Bowman followed up his school-record performance last time out with a second-place finish in 8.15 seconds. He was immediately followed by Rinaman in third with a time of 8.21 seconds. Both grabbed NCAA-provisional marks.

The Raiders’ 60-meter runners remained strong with performances from freshman Ali Wyland running a 7.82, Dorwil running a 6.89, senior Dreux

Stamford running a 6.93 and freshman Roland Miles with a time of 6.98.

Sophomore Isabella Marchini took first in the women’s 3,000-meter race at Susquehanna, smashing the qualifying time by more than 13 seconds with a time of 10:37.97. Freshman Josh Jackson grabbed his qualifier in the 3,000-meter race, running in 9:09.01 for a fifth-place finish.

There were many PSAC-qualifying times in the 400-meter dash. Sophomore Rachel Bruno ran 1:00:06 and sophomore Dior Alston ran 1:00:24.

Bruno also did well in the 200-meters with a 25.76 second split and another qualifying time. Freshman Matthew Lenahan finished in 50.85 and Howell ran in 51.80 seconds.

At Susquehanna, the women did well in the shot-put circle. Sophomore Ashley Kerr took first place with a 40 foot, 11-inch throw followed by freshman Kate Matrisciano taking second with a 38 foot, 9 1/2-inch throw. Kerr also took second in the weight throw with a final distance of 50 feet, 10 1/4 inches. Freshman Madisen Kling took 4th with a 48 foot, 3 1/4-inch throw.

This weekend the teams will be split again at Bucknell University and at the Virginia Military Institute as they continue to compete and prepare for the PSAC meet at Edinboro University on Feb. 23.

Photo courtesy of David Bracetty

Freshman Jenna Lytle notches a PSAC mark of 10.43 meters in the triple jump on Saturday.

Photo courtesy of Kyle Ross

EJ Dorwil finishes first in the 60-meter on Saturday.

SPORTS

February 5, 2019

E2

Women stumble in PSAC

Photos courtesy of Bill Smith/SU Sports Info.

Jeff Beyer celebrates earning a PSAC-qualifier time of 22.04 seconds in the 50-yard freestyle.

Photos courtesy of SU Sports Info.

Ariel Jones (left) scores a career-high 38 points in the team’s 78-71 loss to Bloomsburg Wednesday night.

Matthew Gregan Asst. Sports Editor

Women’s swimming has a strong performance on Saturday at Bucknell University’s Bison Open.

Swimming closes out regular season Chris Wurtz Asst. Sports Editor The Shippensburg University men’s and women’s swimming teams wrapped up their regular season competition on Saturday with strong performances at Bucknell University’s Bison Open.

Shippensburg posted a total of 28 performances — 19 for the men and nine for the women — that met the qualifying standard for the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC).

Among those 28 qualifying performances, six men’s swims represented new qualifications in specific events, while three women’s swims qualified for specific events.

The men finished with seven athletes placing in the Top 6.

Two Raider freshmen men performed particularly well on Saturday, recording two new conference qualifiers apiece. Andrew Hale hit PSAC qualifying marks in the 500-yard freestyle (4:56.30) and the 400-yard individual medley (4:25.94). Fellow freshman Trevor Woolwine qualified for the 1,650-yard freestyle in 17:31.17 and the 200-yard backstroke in 2:04.24.

Freshman Vin Salvatore claimed a conference qualifier in the 1,650-yard freestyle too, finishing fifth with a time of 17:10.78.

Senior Wendell Banks swam a personal collegiate-best time of 22.66 seconds in the 50-yard freestyle to earn a PSAC qualifier.

Banks joined junior Jeff Bey-

er and sophomore Hunter Keck as the PSAC qualifiers for the Raiders in the event.

Beyer finished 11th (22.04) and Keck took 15th (22.32).

On the women’s side, junior Gabriella Johnson won the 200-meter breaststroke in a time of 2:28.29. She also completed the 50-yard freestyle in 26.39 and notched a PSAC qualifying time of 55.93 in the 100-yard freestyle — her first time competing in the event.

Freshman Bri Joll continued SU’s day of strong freshman performances when she swam the 400-yard individual medley in 4:49.84 for fifth in the race. Her time was the second-best mark of the season in the event for the Raiders.

Junior Gracee Tothero posted a conference-qualifying time of 19:14.09 in the 1,650-yard freestyle, SU’s final new PSAC qualifier of the day. Senior Kara Killion finished just behind Tothero in the event, placing fifth with a time of 20:39.94.

The mile was only one of three events for Killion on the day, also competing in the 100- and 200-yard breaststroke. She took sixth in the 100 with a time of 1:10.39 and second in the 200 in just 2:34.23.

Both swim teams now set their sights on the PSAC Championships, which are set to begin Feb. 20 in York, Pennsylvania. The Raiders have two weeks to prepare both mentally and physically for championship season.

The Shippensburg University women’s basketball team (10-12, 6-8 PSAC) dropped both of their games this week against Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) competition.

The Raiders were defeated

by Bloomsburg University (15-6, 11-3 PSAC) 78-71 in what was a close game all the way. Sophomore Ariel Jones set a new career-high with 38 points, but her strong effort was not enough to get past the No. 1 team in the PSAC Eastern Division.

Jones did most of her work in the fourth quarter, scoring 26 points on near-perfect shooting in the quarter while trying to get her team the win. SU was not able to give Jones much support, with only two other players scoring more than five points.

One of the big reasons that the Raiders were not able to complete their comeback was Bloomsburg’s free-throw shooting in the fourth quarter. The Huskies shot 17-of19 from the line in the final quarter, 28-of-35 overall.

While Bloomsburg was taking advantage of their trips to the free-throw line, SU struggled, shooting only 57.7 percent from the line.

The Huskies were more efficient than the Raiders on Wednesday night, shooting 49 percent from the field compared to the Raiders 40.6 percent.

Sophomore Kryshell Gordy narrowly missed a double-double, tallying nine points and 11 rebounds to go with five steals in the loss to Bloomsburg.

The Raiders came into Saturday’s contest against the

second place Kutztown University (12-9, 10-4 PSAC), looking to bounce back from the loss earlier in the week to Bloomsburg. However, Kutztown used a strong second quarter to defeat the Raiders, 97–62.

SU had a two-point lead after the first quarter, but things fell apart in the second.

The team’s starting unit got into foul trouble early in the game, resulting in the bench being forced to play most of the second quarter.

KU took advantage, outscoring the Raiders 24–3 in the quarter to get themselves a massive lead that was never overcome.

The Golden Bears were efficient in all aspects of Saturday’s game, shooting 56 percent from the field, 14-of28 (50 percent) from three-

point range, and 81 percent from the free-throw line.

Jones led SU in points with 17, converting on 10of-12 shooting from the freethrow line. It was the eighth time this season that she has made 10 or more free throws in a single game. She now moves up to fifth on the PSAC’s single-season made free throws list, making 195 this season.

Jones leads the PSAC in points per game this season with 26.1. She is also averaging 5.0 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game. The Raiders have a player who can dominate on the court, but they need to surround her with more pieces who can help take the team deep into the PSAC tournament.

Freshman Aunbrielle Green is the only other player on the team who is averaging

double-digit points. She is averaging 12.1 points and 7.0 rebounds per game. Her addition has been a boost to the squad, but other key players will need to perform well down the stretch to have a chance at the PSAC playoffs.

The Raiders currently sit in third place in the PSAC Eastern Division, but they lost ground this week when they lost to both the first-place Huskies and second-place Golden Bears.

SU will need to rebound quickly; the Raiders are tied with two other teams at 6-8 in the PSAC and cannot afford to lose their lone game next week.

Up next for the Raiders is a road game against the Warriors of East Stroudsburg University (8-12, 5-8 PSAC) on Wednesday at 6 p.m.

Kryshell Gordy grabs 11 rebounds in the loss to the Huskies at Heiges.

Aunbrielle Green, No. 23, is second on the team in points per game with 12.1.

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February 5, 2019

Softball kicks off season in North Carolina SU drops three of its first four games of the season in Pembroke Invitational Matthew Gregan Asst. Sports Editor The Shippensburg University softball team lost three of its four games on a season-opening weekend from Pembroke, North Carolina.

The Raiders began their season with a 10–5 win over the University of North Carolina at Pembroke (UNC Pembroke) on Saturday afternoon. The Braves got off to a 3-0 lead in the second inning before SU freshman starting pitcher Tressa Kagarise settled down.

Shippensburg broke open the game in the fourth inning, scoring eight runs that helped propel them to its first win of the season.

The big inning featured two home runs by freshman catcher Hannah Marsteller and a two-run triple by junior Kayla Bonawitz.

Kagarise rebounded after giving up three runs in the second inning, pitching a complete game and giving up five runs (four earned) on nine hits.

The Raiders totaled 11 hits in their victory to begin Saturday’s game, but their opponent in the night cap Saturday night — West Virginia State — held them to only one hit, while shutting them out 2–0. Senior Taryn Wilson picked up the loss for the Raiders, pitching a complete game while allowing just two runs (one earned) on four hits.

While Wilson was stellar on the mound, the offense could not find the spark that kicked off a 10-run outburst in its first showing of the season earlier that day.

SU continued its opening weekend on Sunday afternoon with a rematch against West Virginia State.

After exploding for 10 runs in their opening game Saturday afternoon, the Raiders’ bats failed to show up in both games against the Yellow Jackets.

WVS defeated the Raiders 8–0 behind a good performance on the mound from Kasey Murphy, who gave up only four hits in the shutout win. Shippensburg freshman infielder Grace Palmieri went 2-for 2 against Murphy, proving to be the lone bright spot in the game for the Raiders.

Freshman Hannah Johnson began the game on the mound for the Raiders, but she did not last long.

Johnson gave up five runs in 2 1/3 innings before being pulled from the game. Kagarise came into the game in relief and gave up three

runs (two earned) in two innings of work.

In the Raiders’ final game of the weekend, they fell behind UNC Pembroke 7–0 before plating four runs in the game’s final two innings and falling 8-4.

Wilson, after pitching a gem on Saturday night against WVS, got hit around Sunday night against UNC Pembroke. She made it through 4 2/3 innings, giving up seven runs (six earned) in the loss.

The Raiders rallied at the plate on Sunday night, but it was a case of too little, too late. Bonawitz began the rally in the sixth inning, knocking in her third run of the weekend on a single. Freshman infielder Morgan DeFeo plated one of the team’s runs in the seventh inning.

DeFeo finished opening weekend hitting .300 with three RBIs. Shippensburg (1-3) continues its season on Feb. 15, when they begin the Snowbird Softball Freeze Out in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

Photos courtesy of Bill Smith/SU Sports Info.

The seniors from last year’s team were celebrated before a game late last season. This year’s team contains 10 freshmen — nearly half of the team. Freshman catcher Hannah Marsteller made her presence felt quickly, hitting two home runs in the team’s first game of the season.

Kayla Bonawitz hit a two-run triple as part of the team’s eight-run fourth inning in their 10-5 win over UNC Pembroke on the first half of their Saturday double-header. She finished the weekend with three RBIs and a .214 batting average.