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PA Promise rally to push for less student loan debt Hannah Pollock Asst. News Editor Students are invited to attend a rally for funding of Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education colleges at the Harrisburg’s Capitol building to make their voices heard by legislators.

The Pennsylvania Promise rally will be held at 11 a.m. on March 27.

In an email, Kathryn Morton, communications director of the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties (APSCUF), invited students who believe higher education should be affordable to the rally.

“The rally will focus on the burden of student debt, and APSCUF supports

legislation that eases the burden of student debt,” she said.

The Pennsylvania Promise focuses on decreasing the amount of debt with which students are leaving college. The Pennsylvania Promise believes that the threat of student debt is keeping some students from attending college, according to an APSCUF press release.

“Pennsylvania students are leaving college with tens of thousands of dollars of debt, and who knows how many students are simply not going to college because they cannot afford it,” the Pennsylvania Promise website states.

Pennsylvania was ranked 50th out of 50 states in higher education by U.S. News in 2018 due to the amount of stu-

dent debt, as well as the amount of tuition and fees.

The annual advocacy event gives students a platform to interact with legislators to make changes to the current funding of higher education in Pennsylvania, according to an APSCUF press release.

Free transportation and lunch is available for interested students, faculty and coaches through APSCUF. For more information, contact the Shippensburg University APSCUF chapter at (717) 477-1791 or visit Wright Hall Room 103.

For more information about the Pennsylvania Promise, visit papromise. org.

New platform to help students register courses Nick Potter Staff Writer The Shippensburg University registrar’s office recently unveiled a new scheduling system intended to improve students’ experiences while adding or dropping classes, as well as tracking their course progress.

During a preview session of the new platform, assistant registrar Morgan Neuburger described the new system as “a much cleaner and modern interface that is much more intuitive.”

The platform is more mobile-friendly than the previous version and has improved search functionality. According to Neuburger, the platform has received good reviews from other schools where it has already been implemented, and the pilot testing at SU has gone well.

While the scheduling process for fall and spring semesters will remain mostly the same, a new feature of the platform

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is that students will now be able to drop their last summer or winter term classes without having to fill out and submit paperwork to the academic dean’s office.

Another new feature will give students the option to conditionally add wait-listed classes without having to drop classes in which they are currently placed.

The advanced search option will now allow students to search by keywords and class times without selecting specific subjects, as did the previous system.

Neuburger cautioned students to be mindful of clearing advanced search filters, because they are no longer automatically cleared when students begin new searches.

A new change students will notice during the scheduling process will be the ability to filter out classes that are at capacity. Additionally, students will be informed of time conflicts while they are

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scheduling classes. Students will be able to customize the size of windows by simply dragging borders to create optimal viewing for various steps of the enrollment process.

Another improvement of the scheduling platform will be the ease of sharing student schedules. The new platform gives the ability to email or print schedules with the click of a single button.

A popular feature of the previous platform, searching by course reference numbers (CRNs) will still be available on the new platform.

If students experience difficulties while scheduling, Neuburger said they can reference the PDF included in an email sent to students on March 5 regarding the new platform.

Technical issues should be directed to the Shippensburg University Technology Help Desk at (717) 477-HELP or helpdesk@ship.edu.

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Shippensburg University is taking feedback from its UNIV 101: First Year Seminar course to make adjustments to the course to further improve the experience of first-year students and increase retention rates.

The fall to spring first-year retention rate rose 5 percent in the 2018-19 academic year, to 91 percent from 86 percent in the 2017-18 academic year. However, the first-year retention rate is still only at 73 percent.

This could be due to financial reasons, but it could also be because students have not yet found their place in an organization or on campus.

The First Year Seminar course is part of the First Year Experience which provides students with skills they need to succeed in college UNIV 101 is designed to help students find their place and the resources they need on campus, according to First Year Experience faculty co-coordinator Laurie Cella.

“If someone’s accepted to Ship, then we have an obligation to make sure they feel like this is where they belong,” she said.

Last semester, 1,309 first year students were registered for UNIV 101, which had 73

sections taught by 43 faculty members who volunteered to teach the class. Seventy undergraduate peer anchors were also assigned to sections of the classes, according to Cella.

Next fall, an emphasis will be put on maintaining a greater consistency across all UNIV 101 sections. This will be done by using a common checklist for each section.

Student feedback showed that students want to focus on time management, so now it is on the checklist that professors address time management as part of the course.

Cella had her students make to-do lists for themselves every week. She also shared with them her own to-do lists that would include self-care tasks such as watching Netflix.

“I wanted to model for them [that] this is how people manage their time. It doesn’t just happen,” she said.

All faculty will have to complete a draft of their syllabus by May 1 for review and feedback from Cella and Steven Burg, who is also a First Year Experience faculty co-coordinator. They will then meet with faculty members one-on-one to discuss expectations and answer questions.

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SGA ERC election results announced Shannon Long News Editor Shippensburg University’s Student Government Association (SGA) has announced Makayla Glass as the new president, Isaac Dietrich as vice president of internal affairs, Logan Wert as vice president of external affairs, Ramses Ovalles as vice president of finance and Meredith Scarr as vice president of student groups for the 2019-20 Executive Rules Committee (ERC).

Dietrich said his goals as vice president of internal affairs are to make sure SGA is using its resources to make changes on campus, having open communication with students and holding themselves to a higher level of accountability to create a cohesive and productive governing body.

“We are here to represent the students and make sure there is an avenue for our voices to be heard and taken into consideration. So we should all take that seriously, and be proactive in doing so,” he said.

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body for high voter turnout during the Executive Rules Committee election.

• The University Curriculum Committee is in the process of approving the addition of a registered nurse and Bachelor of Science in nursing program. The committee hopes to have the program available in the fall of 2021.

• Dining services is asking for homemade recipes for the chefs at Reisner to replicate.

• There are paid opportunities for students to be “food ambassadors” at dining halls and campus snow shovelers.

• Senator petitions are now available at the CUB information desk.

• President Laurie Carter and the Council of Trustees are in the process of selecting a new student trustee.

“FYS” from A1 Peer anchors will also be meeting with the faculty member they are working with earlier in order to begin training.

The job description for peer anchors will be rewritten to make responsibilities and time commitments more clear. It is also being required that students visit with their peer anchor.

“Students are naturally sort of shy,” Cella said. “If we require that they meet up with their peer anchor early, we can get rid of that shyness and make sure students feel connected to someone who can help them from the beginning.”

SU senior Kristin Thorpe was the peer anchor in Cella’s class. She said the most beneficial part of the position was forming a relationship with the students.

“I get to see them grow as people and learners,” she said.

Being present during class is the most important part of being a peer anchor, so students can better understand her role in and out of the classroom, Thorpe said.

“SGA” from A1 SGA is in a period of transition and change to create more representation and promote productivity, which Dietrich said he is ready to do.

Wert said she is excited to hold the position of vice president of external affairs.

“I feel anxious and so blessed to be holding such a big, student government leadership role for the upcoming school year,” she said.

Like Dietrich, she hopes to have open communication

There will also be an emphasis on helping students who are struggling mid-semester, and utilizing support from many different people such as faculty and advisers. Next semester will also have five sections dedicated to transfer students who have 45 credits or fewer, according to Cella.

“We feel like transfer students will need support as well, but a different kind of support. You don’t have as much time to sort of feel around and get to know folks,” she said.

At the beginning of the fall semester, students filled out a survey and were asked what they were most nervous about when entering college. A majority of students said they felt like they were lonely, or worried about being successful. At the end of the semester, students reported that they felt less anxious and more connected to campus because of the social and academic support of the UNIV 101 course.

While Cella said it feels simple, faculty members addressing students’ concerns and being a resource for them as a mentor from the beginning are powerful tools.

between SGA and students, and to utilize social media to promote SGA to the university.

She is most eager to learn from her other ERC members, the rest of SGA and the student body.

President-elect Makayla Glass is hopeful for change in the next academic year.

“I believe some things at Ship are the way they are just because no one has dug deep enough to find out why, or pushed hard enough to make a change. We need to start being less complacent and more proactive as students.

This is our university, and it is time for changes to occur — for the students,” she said.

Glass also praised her predecessor, President Logan Wein.

“He has done a phenomenal job at re-branding and reshaping SGA into what we believe the organization should represent,” she said.

SGA representation petitions are currently available for 16 different positions.

Petitions can be picked up at the CUB information desk, and completed petitions are due to the SGA office by March 29 at 4 p.m.

This Week on Campus Meditation Group

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• The Counseling Center is hosting a meditation Group Tuesday from noon to 1 p.m. at the Cora I. Grove Spiritual Center Room 214.

• The Chapel Series will continue with a voice recital featuring Elizabeth Shoenfelt on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in Old Main Chapel.

• The Red Hot Chilli Pipers will perform at the H. Ric Luhrs Performing Arts Center on Thursday at 7:30 p.m.

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• APB is hosting spa night Thursday from 8­­—10 p.m. in the Ceddia Union Building MPR.

• The Shippensburg University Council of Trustees is meeting Friday at 11 a.m. in the Ceddia Union Building Room 100 (MPR).

• GRAMMY-winning artist Gladys Knight will be performing Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the H. Ric Luhrs Performing Arts Center.

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“No, not her. Not Aunt Becky.”

When the college admissions scandal broke last week and news got out that “Full House” actress Lori Loughlin was charged, my first thought was hope that it was all a big misunderstanding.

But then reality sank in, and it was time to come to terms with the fact that one of TV’s most beloved sitcom stars had succumbed to the dark side of Hollywood.

In that world, celebrities are regularly getting access to resources the rest of us don’t have, and being given more than others even though they already have more than others.

Because of what Loughlin and others did, some students who worked hard their whole lives to get into their dream schools may not have been able to — just because they did not have the money to bribe their way in.

We don’t have to worry about people trying to bribe their way into a school like Shippensburg.

There’s more than enough room, but it’s not like people are fighting their way into a Division II school in the middle of nowhere with almost no name recognition.

Truthfully, as a college student here, it was hard not to feel just a bit of shame when hearing about the admissions scandal.

In the back of my mind, I wonder, why didn’t I go to a school like this? (My grades were not near good enough, but that’s beside the point).

Shippensburg has a lot of benefits, and I enjoy being here. But it is hard to see how someone could — or would — ever choose Shippensburg when they could go to a school like the University of Southern California, Stanford or Yale.

There is a hierarchy for colleges, just like anything else. Everyone wants to have the best, and it’s hard to argue that these schools aren’t the best when there’s so much prestige tied to name alone.

Those of us who can’t afford or don’t have the grades for big-name schools are almost automatically prioritized below people who went to a more well-known university.

How are we supposed to measure up to these people? The answer is, we don’t.

Theodore Kim, internship coordinator for The New York Times, essentially said as much in a March 4 tweet that highlighted numerous journalism schools that he thought were the best in the country. Nearly all of the schools are expensive and selective in who they choose to accept into their programs.

While the students at these schools get internships at places like The Times, the rest of us either have to settle for less prestigious jobs or fight as hard as possible to get into the spots that others do so easily.

The biggest victims of the admissions scandal are clearly the high school students who may have been unfairly pushed out of their dream schools. But the publicity of this scandal just adds to the notion that those who go to stateowned universities are worth less than others.

The scandal puts an emphasis on the academic gap between us and them, and tells the rest of the world that value in the workforce depends entirely on whether you went Ivy League.

Debate over nuclear power hits home in Pennsylvania Marc Levy Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — They are talking about nuclear power across rural Pennsylvania.

This spring, the question of whether to rescue Pennsylvania’s nuclear power plants could dominate debate in the state Capitol, and that’s of keen financial interest to hundreds of thousands of rural electric cooperative members who rely heavily on nuclear power.

Cooperatives in the nation’s No. 2 nuclear power state have perhaps the biggest stake in what critics call a bailout, and they are cranking up their efforts to get their message to employees, cooperative members and, ultimately, lawmakers.

“Every opportunity that we have, I encourage our member owners to bring this up. Every opportunity I have, if at a meeting, I bring this up,’’ said Frank Betley, president and CEO of the Pennsylvania Rural Electric Association, which is owned by 14 cooperatives. “I hope that our people are talking to (lawmakers) at every turn to let them know that, `hey, this is important to us.’’’

For two years, Chicago-based Exelon Corp. and other nuclear power plant owners have worked to build support for a rescue in Pennsylvania, warning that the fleet is being driven into unprofitability, primarily by a flood of cheap natural gas plants entering competitive electricity markets.

Nuclear power, they say,

should get the same favorable treatment in Pennsylvania as wind farms, solar installations and other “carbon-free’’ energy sources in the age of global warming.

To accomplish that, the cooperatives and other nuclear plant owners are supporting legislation projected to cost Pennsylvania’s ratepayers around $500 million a year.

That’s about 3 percent of the more than $14 billion that Pennsylvania’s electric customers paid for electricity in 2018, including distribution charges and taxes, according to federal data.

The 14 rural electric cooperatives, 13 in Pennsylvania and one in New Jersey, own 10 percent of the Susquehanna nuclear power plant in northeastern Pennsylvania.

Susquehanna, in turn, supplies roughly 60 percent of the electricity used by the more than 230,000 households, businesses and industrial consumers who are members of the cooperatives and that, they say, has helped them keep their rates well below what for-profit utilities charge ratepayers.

The stakes for the cooperatives are this: If Susquehanna shuts down prematurely, members of the cooperatives can expect a big increase in their electric bills.

However, if lawmakers pass the nuclear-friendly legislation, the cooperatives _ like other nuclear power plant owners _ would bring in more cash. Meanwhile, the bill would shield members of the cooperatives from the rate increases that most of Pennsylvania’s other electric

customers will pay.

Betley wouldn’t provide an estimate for the cost increase should Susquehanna shut down. But Rep. Thomas Mehaffie, R-Dauphin, who introduced the House bill, said it could amount to a 25- to 30-percent hike in members’ bills, or higher if natural gas prices rise.

“They are really concerned,’’ Mehaffie said.

Lawmakers’ immediate deadline is June 1.

That’s when Exelon, the owner of Three Mile Island, has said it will begin the four-month process of shutting down the plant that was the site of a terrifying partial meltdown in 1979, unless Pennsylvania comes to its financial rescue.

Three Mile Island aside, the bill’s opponents question whether Susquehanna and Pennsylvania’s three other nuclear power plants require a subsidy to stay afloat.

By all accounts, Susquehanna is profitable right now, although nuclear power plant owners warn that the same market dynamics that make Three Mile Island unprofitable will eventually sink Pennsylvania’s entire nuclear fleet.

They warn of a future without nuclear power plants.

Carbon emissions will rise, natural gas will become the dominant energy source and Pennsylvania will have no hedge against a price spike, they say.

Passing a complicated, heavily lobbied and politically thorny bill won’t be easy.

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SGA elections demonstrate lack of student involvement Prior to spring break, when thousands of Shippensburg students flooded out of Shippensburg to their respective hometowns or beaches of their choosing, the Shippensburg University Student Government Association (SGA) held its annual elections for the 2019-20 Executive Rules Committee.

The SGA just restructured the ERC resulting in more positions being up for grabs than ever before.

Now, instead of the traditional president, vice president, secretary and treasurer positions, the elections featured a race for president and five vice president positions.

The race could only be described as pitiful. With five positions up for grabs, there were only seven candidates in the race.

This poor turnout left four of the candidates running

unopposed (vice president of finance, vice president of internal affairs and vice president of external affairs), and would have only faced threats from write-in candidates.

The turnout begs the question — Why is it that so few students felt inclined to seek office within the ERC? Is it driven by an overwhelming apathy about the future direction of the university or was a fire for change dulled by the feelings of inability to make a difference?

One question that does not need an answer is how fired up SU students get over the ever-increasing cost of attendance.

It seems unlikely that students simply do not care about the leadership of the university.

Find any students in the quad and ask them about the bevy of fees bombarded onto bills received by students

each semester, and they will have a few choice words to say.

Discounting the theory that the lack of interest in seeking student office is due to apathy, that seemingly leaves one explanation.

Students do not run for office because the fire they feel for having a say in how their money is spent is dampened by the fear that they alone will not be able to make a difference. However, this does not seem to be the answer either.

The SGA wields a tremendous amount of power, with a budget of approximately $4 million. What students fail to realize is that this massive budget is made up largely of the costs and fees paid by students. This informational asymmetry causes a discrepancy.

When asked, students would love to have more of a

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Current leaders of the Student Government Association Makayla Glass, Logan Wein and Meredith Scarr oversee a meeting. say in where the funding for these mandatory fees go, but when they have a direct opportunity to make their voice heard they stay silent.

In this way, the lack of candidates running for office does not reflect apathy amongst the student body, nor a feeling that they alone cannot make a difference.

Rather, students do not run for office because they

are simply unaware of what SGA does and the amount of weight it carries in deciding how the university is run.

Increasing the number of candidates running for office will benefit SGA and all Shippensburg students in more ways than one.

Not only will it ensure that only the most qualified individuals are winning elections and taking over these posi-

tions, but it will also create a more diverse electorate that can better serve its diverse constituents.

In order to do so, SGA must increase and make the election process more accessible and visible to members of the student body who may not be as inclined to seek positions on SGA.

Republicans need change of strategy in 2020

Nick Sones Asst. Opinion Editor President Donald Trump is supposedly the leader of the Republican Party. However, he continues to attack former prisoner of war, American hero and former-Sen. John McCain. McCain, unlike Trump, had it all.

His record of heroism. Standing up for our country and against the powers that be in his own party.

Trump is perpetuating the lie that the investigation into Russian collusion is a hoax, leaving it perfectly

clear that the Republican Party has no leaders.

True leaders do not send tweets. They act.

The time for tweets full of indignation is over; the time for announcing is upon us.

The closest thing the Republican Party has to a leader at this moment is Bill Weld, who is unlikely to win a primary against Trump.

The reason being is that he is not conservative enough for the Republican Party.

Although traditionally this means that the Republicans would circle back around to other potential candidates, these circumstances may call for a radical solution.

That radical solution would be certain high-profile Republicans leaving their party because of the person

who is in charge.

For example, if former Republican Gov. John Kasich and former presidential candidate, now United States Sen. Mitt Romney left the Republican Party to form a new political party, it could catch fire.

If it did pick up traction, it would allow for a legitimate three-way race in the presidential election.

This party or movement could be called the New Republicans, or pay homage to Teddy Roosevelt’s Bull Moose Party. The hypothetical party could nominate a candidate like Evan McMullin.

McMullin is a former CIA agent who could contrast the ever-approaching populists in the Democratic Party and the growing nihilism of the Repub-

lican Party.

Some would argue this is not the best way forward for America that a moderate Democrat could unite both Republicans and Democrats and then win the White House.

This is an optimistic view and certainly more realistic. However, do we want to take the chance that enough Republicans will vote for a Democrat?

I would rather give voters more choices, even if doing so resulted in Trump’s reelection.

The Democratic Party is fast approaching a soft populism, which is similar to hard populism, or the populism that we see from Trump. Under these circumstances, why not let the voters decide?

The time for Republicans to rise up and

take a stand has come.

Either create a new party or take back their current one.

If they wait until after Trump’s reign of terror, it will be too late. They need to get to work now finding a leader who can stand up and tell the bully his time in the White House has come to an end.

As a staunch Democrat, I long for the day when someone in the Republican Party decides to stand up and take on the populist bully who has no moral compass.

It is time to announce either the formation of a new movement from the right, or the candidacy of one who could defeat Trump from within the Republican Party.

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Geography professor Alison Feeney studies the history and science behind some of Pennsylvania’s oldest local breweries in her book, “For the Love of Beer.”

Professor shares brewing knowledge with former students, community Hannah McMullan Ship Life Editor The beer’s condensation pooled against the dark grain of the wooden table, creating a magnified image of the craftsmanship. The combination of the sour scent of beer against the fading maroon bricked walls brought a comforting earthy quality to the atmosphere.

Their dripping glasses sat on the table between them as they settled onto their bar stools. Both pairs of eyes gleamed with nostalgia from what seemed like another dimension entirely.

They became so enthusiastic from reminiscing, they seemed to forget I was there.

Then he turned to me so abruptly his wild red beard quivered against his shirt, the youth still peering from the newly-formed wrinkles around his eyes.

“Out of everyone, she made an impact on my life,” he said.

“He’s a lot hairier now,” she laughed bashfully.

A Philadelphia Inquirer headline is all it took for him to drop everything, drive two hours to Carlisle and sit at the Burd’s Nest to watch Alison Feeney teach one more time.

“She was definitely my favorite professor in college,” he said.

Once upon a time — 20 years ago, to be exact — Feeney sat before a group of young students during her first year at Shippensburg University. Little did she know, she changed the course of one young man’s life by introducing him to the beauty behind geography.

Now there they sat, two decades later, a teacher and her student walking down memory lane with one dark amber ale and a honey golden lager to join them.

Feeney has dedicated much of her time researching the history and craft behind brews such as these.

Author of “For the Love of Beer,” Feeney has traveled across the state to research the history and geography behind 100 of Pennsylvania’s

Photo courtesy of Alison Feeney Alison Feeney helps establish SU’s brew science course and gives presentations to educate the community on how to brew at home.

thriving craft breweries. the person they want to be,” A geography and earth she said. “I reach some more science professor, Feeney, is than others.” using her research on camMore than anything, she pus and helped establish loves the learning aspect the Introduction to Home of her job and sharing that Brewing Course, which will knowledge as if it was her prepare future employees for duty. She has taken severthe brewed and malt bever- al students under her wing age industry. and helped them sort out the Many of her students may professional world of brew say that she has obtained the science. true essence of an educator, She is currently working as she spends with a gradmuch of her uate student “I want every time assistto help his student to come ing students own brewery away with a skill with personal set that will achieve take off. Toprojects and the job they want to gether, they endeavors. visit conferdo or become the It is not ences across person they uncommon the state want to be.” to see her that discuss former and home brewAlison Feeney current stuing and how SU Geography dents drift to grow the Professor in and out perfect hopps of her office plant. throughout the week, Feeney She continues to inspire said. She welcomes all to her even the local community own personal cave, where with her wealth of knowlthe walls are decorated with edge on the subject of brewbooks upon books. ing during her presentations, The space truly reflects her which are open to the pubsoft and relaxed persona. lic. It is there you can find It is unique, as it is three this future brewer feverishly times the size of an average scribbling notes in the audistaff office at SU. It is com- ence. plete with a large messy desk While her frame is small, with various papers, pens and her voice is soft, the pasand more books overflowing sion behind her research is with Post-it notes marking grand enough to command the pages. the attention of any audiA massive, pink furry car- ence. pet is spread across the cenThe Burd’s Nest was ter of the room, welcoming packed for a Thursday everyone to sprawl across its night. long tendrils of bubblegum Walking in, there was not hairs and stretch out the an empty seat in the house stiff muscles tangled in their and every head was turned necks. in one direction. At the end With the aromatic flavors of their line of vision was a spilling from her coffee pot, short woman with blonde Feeney offers her students hair loosely pulled back into a seat on her plush, angular a relaxed bun. butterfly chair, and together She found a slow, comfortthey set out on their jour- able pace as she ran through ney. the science and advantages “I want every student to of home brewing. She was come away with a skill set completely in her element. that will achieve the job Everyone’s eyes were glued they want to do or become on her when the door burst

open suddenly, disturbing the audience’s trance.

Two burley men adorned with muddy boots and camouflage jackets bustle in with the expressions of two guilty children about to get scolded. The first man grins devilishly.

“We just wanted to get some beer,” he said.

Feeney does not miss a beat. Her smile grows warm and her hands went up in a mock surrender.

“Please do!” she said, “I did not want to get in the way of anyone’s drinking tonight.”

The class remained in session, including Feeney’s two new students.

I had to ask, “What is your favorite brew?”

She laughs softly and said, “I have to say I’m not a beer drinker.”

For Feeney, drinking beer is not about simply drinking beer — it is about the people sitting around their glasses and having a human experience with each other.

“The one thing I do love about beer is it does sort of break down barriers when you get people actually sitting and drinking a beer.

You get them talking,” she said. “You know, I study beer but it’s really the people, the

places, the experiences that I find really exciting — more so than the actual product of beer.”

Feeney finds a good brewery to be a magical place — one where cell phones are forgotten, and people dive into conversation over relaxing glasses of their favorite brew. She believes in disconnecting from our lives to reconnect with one other.

The greatest of conversations could be had with a glass of beer dripping with condensation between two people — like a teacher and her student 20 years later.

The man with the red beard poured with excitement as Feeney laughed at a time that once was.

“Do you still have that picture I slipped under your door?” he said.

She gave a great big laugh at the memory.

“Are you kidding?” she said. “It’s hanging right in my office.”

They then simultaneously sipped their beers, divulging in its tangy flavor, the condensation making small pools on the crafted wooden table. The memory of a handdrawn picture from 20 years before suspended in their minds.

Upcoming Events •

Meditation Group: Tuesday, March 19, 12-1 p.m. at the Cora I. Grove Spiritual Center Meditation Room.

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APB Spa Night: Thursday, March 21, 8-10 p.m. at the Ceddia Union Building Multipurpose Room 100.

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Latino Student Organization (LSO) Step Up: Saturday, March 23, 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. at the Ceddia Union Building Multipurpose Room 100 C.

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Meditation Group: Tuesday, March 26, from 12-1 p.m. at the Cora I. Grove Spiritual Center Meditation Room.

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Relay for Life: Friday, March 29, from 6-11:59 p.m. at the ShipRec Track.

D1

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

A&E

Graley shares poems, stories with students Olivia Riccio Asst. A&E Editor Author and University of Louisiana professor Lisa Graley came to Shippensburg University on March 5 to read some of her poetry and short stories from her works in Old Main Chapel.

Graley, a colleague of SU English professor of Neil Connelly, visited SU for the second time to share excerpts from her two works, “Box of Blue Horses” and “The Current That Carries.” The event was sponsored by SU’s College of Arts and Sciences, the Women’s Center and The Reflector, SU’s student-run literary publication.

Connelly introduced Graley and shared stories about their days in graduate school at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He said he always admired how Graley would get up at 5 a.m., commute, teach and go to graduate school every day.

Connelly said Graley told him, “It’s what farmers do.”

Graley was used to that life growing up in Sod, West Virginia, where she lived with her family who raised goats. She later studied journalism at Marshall University and worked at a local newspaper after graduating.

From there, Graley got her Master of Fine Arts at McNeese State University and her doctorate at University of Louisiana.

Graley read some of her poems from her book, “Box of Blue Horses.” The idea for the title stemmed from an old cigar box she kept on her desk. She kept blue glass horses in the box because she did not want to dust them.

Some of Graley’s work features ekphrastic poems, which are poems that focus on art.

She used Franz Marc’s painting, “Big Blue Horses,” as her muse for the book and poetry.

Graley read part of a manuscript she is currently working on called “Root Bound,” and a poem called “Thaw,” which discussed how the world awakens during the coming of springtime.

Graley read “Burying Ground,” which discussed a man’s journey of burying his father.

In an unexpected turn of events, the family discovers a red tractor buried in the man’s father’s burial plot. The short story is a reflection on the main character’s father’s life. It explores the mystery of why a tractor would be buried in the father’s intended resting place.

Lastly, she read part of her novel called “The Current That Carries.” This book was featured in the Flannery O’Connor series, in the volume about death. Sophomore Kaitlyn Johnson enjoyed Graley’s poetry and the style it was written in.

“I liked how her poetry is almost written in short story style, not just a regular narrative style like most poetry,” Johnson said.

Upcoming Events Luhrs: • The Red Hot Chilli Pipers: March 21 at 7:30 p.m.

• Gladys Knight: March 22 at 7:30 p.m.

• The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show: March 23 at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.

• Ballroom Dance Lessons - Beginner: March 25 at 5:30 p.m.

• Ballroom Dance Lessons - Advanced: March 25 at 6:30 p.m.

• In the Mood: 25th Silver Celebration Tour: March 31 at 3 p.m.

Student Arts: • Savannah Manetta - Mixed Media Painting & Drawing: March 4-21 in the Brindle Gallery • Natallia Grinevich - Graphic Design: March 25-April 4 in the Brindle Gallery • Black Experience Tribute: March 28 in the Memorial Auditorium • SU Woodwind Ensemble and String Ensembles Concert: March 31 at 3 p.m.

• Senior Art Exhibit I: March 30-April 5 in the Kauffman Gallery

Faculty Presentations: • Chapel Series Voice Recital feat. Elizabeth Shoenfelt: March 20 at 7:30 p.m. in Old

Movie Showtimes

Main Chapel

Showtimes for Tuesday and Wednesday, March 19 and 20 at AMC Classic 7 in Chambersburg

Shows

Times

1. Captain Marvel

7:10 p.m.

2. Wonder Park

7:00 p.m.

3. How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World

6:45 p.m.

4. Five Feet Apart

7:15 p.m.

5. A Madea Family Funeral

7:30 p.m.

6. Green Book

7:20 p.m.

7. Isn’t It Romantic

7:40 p.m.

Billboard Top 10 1. Sucker - Jonas Brothers

6. Shallow - Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper

2. 7 Rings - Ariana Grande

7. Wow. - Post Malone

3. Please Me - Cardi B & Bruno Mars

8. Happier - Marshmello & Bastille

4. Sunflower - Post Malone & Swae Lee

9. Middle Child - J. Cole

5. Without Me - Halsey

10. Sicko Mode - Travis Scott

E1

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Track nationals, E3

Sports

Men’s basketball, E2

Baseball gets on track against UPJ Chris Wurtz Asst. Sports Editor The Shippensburg University baseball team finished a busy week on a positive note, sweeping a doubleheader Saturday against the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown after dropping doubleheaders to Shepherd University and UPJ earlier in the week.

SU (7-9) rallied behind dominant performances from its starting pitchers in both of Saturday’s games at Fairchild Field in Shippensburg, winning 5-3 and 10-2.

The story of Game 1 came in the bottom of the seventh when junior Zack Zoller stepped to the plate with SU down 3–2 with two on and one out. The junior smacked a walk-off, three-run homer to left field to give the Raiders a wild victory in the opener.

Zoller had the best game of his Raiders career, carrying the load for SU’s offense all afternoon. The junior went 4-for-4 with that clutch homer and two doubles, finishing just a triple shy of the cycle. Zoller drove in four runs and scored two.

Shippensburg took an early 1–0 lead when senior Tommy Baggett hit an RBI single that scored Zoller. The Raiders extended their lead to 2–0 in the second when Zoller then knocked an RBI double to left.

Pitt-Johnstown tied the score at two with a pair of RBI singles in the third, before taking a 3–2 lead in the sixth on another RBI basehit. UPJ’s lead vanished in the bottom of the seventh on Zoller’s walk-off homer.

Redshirt-sophomore Noah Inch scattered eight hits over six innings in the opener, allowing just two earned runs. He struck out six and walked two in the outing before handing the ball over to freshman Jared Showalter, who finished with a scoreless seventh.

Shippensburg fed off the energy from Game 1 with an inspired offensive effort in Game 2, racking up 10 runs on the Mountain Cats.

SU fell behind 2–0 after four innings, but erupted at the plate in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings. Sophomore Logan Williamson got the Raiders on the board in the fourth with a two-run double. Shippensburg scored two more runs in the fourth and the fifth on RBI singles from sophomore Chase Zurawski and freshman Anthony Vavaroutsos.

The offense then broke through with a fiverun sixth that included an RBI double from Baggett and an RBI triple from Vavaroutsos.

Not to be overshadowed by the bats, senior Michael Hope put together an outstanding outing on the mound. Hope allowed just three hits and one earned run over six innings, striking out a season-high 11 batters.

Friday — the day prior — Shippensburg dropped a doubleheader against the Mountain Cats, this time at Point Stadium in Johnstown. SU fell by scores of 7–4 and 4–3.

The Raiders took an early 1-0 lead on a solo

Photos courtesy of Bill Smith/SU Sports Info.

Zach Zoller, No. 15, hits a walkoff three-run home run in the first game of the weekend doubleheader against UPJ. home run from Vavaroutsos, but allowed six runs in the middle innings to find themselves trailing 6–1 after the fourth. A sixth-inning solo homer from Baggett, one of his two hits in the game, was not enough to bring the Raiders back.

In Game 2, Shippensburg gave up an error-assisted four-run fourth and failed to put any runs on the board until the seventh. A last-inning rally that included an RBI single from senior Jack Goertzen and an RBI double from Vavaroutsos fell just one run short.

Sophomore Dalton Oates pitched well in Game 2, giving up four runs — all unearned — in six innings of work. He struck out six and did not walk a batter.

On Wednesday, Shippensburg lost both games of a doubleheader against Shepherd at Fairfax Baseball Field in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. SU lost by scores of 12–7 and 12–3.

The Raiders fell behind early and could not climb all the way back in Game 1. Williamson was a spark plug on offense, however, going 2-for-4 with three runs scored and two runs batted in. The sophomore hit a two-run homer in the seventh to bring the Raiders within three.

Showalter was effective in relief, allowing just one earned run in more than three innings of work. He struck out four and walked one.

SU dug itself into a hole early in Game 2, trailing 6–0 after two innings. Sophomore Scout Knotts hit a solo home run in the fifth inning to give the Raiders their first run. They

The Raiders meet Zoller at home plate following his game-winning blast. scored two more in the seventh on an RBI single from Zurawski and a sacrifice fly from Zoller.

Junior Kyle Lysy was effective out of the bullpen, allowing one run over three innings and striking out two.

Shippensburg has nearly a week off before beginning conference play in its schedule.

The Raiders will host a doubleheader against Kutztown University on Friday afternoon.

Lacrosse claims PSAC opener Courtesy of SU Sports Info.

Photo courtesy of Josh Hill/Gannon University

The lacrosse team rebounded after a couple rough games to win its first conference matchup of the season.

The Shippensburg University lacrosse team opened Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) play on Saturday with a road victory at Gannon, posting an 18–13 win over the Golden Knights on a frigid, windy day at McConnell Family Stadium in Erie.

Shippensburg (3–2, 1–0 PSAC) scored the first six goals of the game and rode that momentum to victory, establishing a 10–5 halftime lead and a 17–9 lead with 12:00 remaining. Seven different Raiders found the back of the net on the day, while freshman Shaely Gamble made five saves in the win.

Sophomore Alana Cardaci equaled her career high with six goals, giving her hat tricks in three consecutive games.

Cardaci also added an assist.

Senior Madi Newman and ju-

nior Kami Holt each had hat tricks of their own; Newman added a draw control and Holt an assist.

Sophomore Jena MacDonald had two goals and two assists, and freshman Gabby Savarino scored twice on free positions and had two draw controls. Sophomore Maddy Siejk and freshman Harley Mummert added tallies.

Senior Valerie Hertz posted match highs of nine draw controls and four caused turnovers in addition to four groundballs. Freshman Hannah Seifried had five draw controls and a caused turnover, while freshman Sydney Costanza finished with multiple caused turnovers. SU posted a decisive 21–12 edge in draw controls.

Gannon (2–3, 0–1) got five goals from Rachel Tufts; hat tricks from Erin Rotondo and Kayla Shields, and 14 saves from goalkeeper Erin Renwick.

SPORTS

March 19, 2019

E2

Men’s basketball’s season ends

Photo courtesy of Bill Smith/SU Sports Info.

Senior Manny Span was one of the central players in SU’s strong season, playing exceptional defense every game and keeping opposing offenses at bay.

Matthew Gregan Asst. Sports Editor The Shippensburg University men’s basketball team narrowly missed out on a spot in the NCAA Division II Championship tournament after losing in the quarterfinals of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) tournament to West Chester University, 89–72, on March 13 on the Golden Rams’ home court.

After an impressive and highly-contested 91–86 win against their conference rivals near the end of the regular season, the Raiders struggled mightily all game in the playoff rematch.

West Chester began the game with a 14–0 run and held the lead for the rest of the game. The Raiders got blitzed early on and never

seemed to be able to recover. They were outscored in the first half, 49–28, and just were not able to get anything going offensively or defensively in the half.

The Raiders ended Monday’s win against Lock Haven University on a poor note, scoring only two points in the final three minutes of the game. Their poor finish against the Bald Eagles seemed to have continued into the second round against the Golden Rams.

SU seemed to be allergic to winning against LHU from Heiges Field House and had to endure a surge by its conference foes to hold for a onepoint victory.

The Raiders shot 39.3 percent from the field in the first half, and West Chester took advantage to build up a big lead.

Shippensburg began to shoot the

ball better from 3-point range in the second half, shooting 46.7 percent from beyond the arc in the second half. WCU, however, seemed to have a response for every Raider run.

The Raiders’ defense struggled against West Chester, allowing the Golden Rams to shoot 53.3 percent from the field. Senior Jackson Hyland led the Golden Rams in points with 21.

West Chester came into the game as one of the top rebounding teams in the nation, and the Golden Rams dominated the boards against the Raiders. SU was out-rebounded 45–30 and that played a big role in why the team was not able to capture much momentum at any point in the game.

The Golden Rams played press defense through the entire game,

making it difficult for the Raiders to set up any offense. The Raiders turned the ball over 13 times and it was clear that the team was struggling to get anything set up on offense.

Sophomore Jake Biss led the team in scoring with 19 points. Redshirt-freshman Dom Sleva added 18 points off the bench.

SU came into the game desperately needing a win to keep its hopes alive of making it into the national tournament, but the loss proved to be the nail in the coffin at Saturday’s selection show.

The Raiders narrowly missed receiving an at-large bid into the Atlantic Region of the tournament, with West Chester receiving the No. 8 seed in that region.

The loss to West Chester proved to be the final game of the collegiate

careers of senior Antonio Kellem and redshirt-senior Manny Span.

Coach Chris Fite spoke after the game about the importance of Kellem and Span to the team.

“I couldn’t be more proud of those two guys. I just got done telling them that in the locker room.

They leave here the winningest players in the program’s history,” Fite said.

“When I recruited them here four years ago — five years ago in Manny’s case — we had a vision for where we wanted the program to be and, without a doubt, the success that we’ve had has been on their shoulders. I couldn’t ask for better guys to represent my program.

They should be proud of what they have achieved.”

Softball wins two doubleheaders Team moves into first in division after four-game win streak Matthew Gregan Asst. Sports Editor The Shippensburg University softball team (11-7) had a busy spring break, going 6–2 and ending the week on a four-game winning streak.

The week’s lineup began with a doubleheader sweep of Glenville State College. The team’s offense burst onto the scene for a combined 23 runs on 28 hits. Junior Kayla Bonawitz finished the day 6-for-8 with a double, triple, two RBIs, a stolen base and four runs scored. Freshman Hannah Marsteller totaled three doubles, a sacrifice fly, six RBIs and three runs scored.

The Raiders’ pitching in Game 1 of the doubleheader was a mixed performance.

They totaled 16 strikeouts, but also allowed three home runs to keep Glenville State in the game. SU won Game 1, 10–6.

While the first game of the doubleheader was filled with offense, Game 2 began as a pitching duel until Shippensburg exploded for five runs in the sixth inning. The Raiders won the game by a lopsided score of 13–0.

Next up for the Raiders was a pair of one-run losses to Wilmington University.

After showing up in a big way against Glenville State, the team’s bats fell mostly silent against Wilmington. It took until the final inning of the first tie of the doubleheader for the team to wake up. The team rallied for four runs in the final frame, but it was not enough to overcome the 5–0 lead that Wilmington had built up.

Game 2 of the doubleheader against Wilmington finished in a 3–2 loss for the Raiders. Freshman Tressa Kagarise received her first loss of the season, giving up three runs on four hits while tossing a complete game.

Kagarise has performed well for the Raiders this season. She is currently 6-1 with a 2.61 ERA.

After getting swept by Wilmington, Shippensburg rebounded and began a winning streak that currently stands at four games.

They swept Seton Hill University, winning a pair of close games 5-3 and 3-2. Both of the wins involved some grit from the Raiders, coming back from deficits in both games.

The Raiders were patient at the plate, drawing out long at-bats, resulting in nine walks against Seton Hill. Junior Meghan Klee reached base seven times against Seton Hill, going 5-for-6 with two walks, an RBI, a stolen base and a run scored. Freshmen Hannah Johnson and Morgan DeFeo each grabbed two RBIs in the sweep of the Griffins.

Shippensburg rounded out the week with two convincing wins over Holy Family University. The Raiders won Game 1, 8–0, behind a strong performance on the mound by Kagarise. The freshman pitched a complete game — her sixth of the season — while allowing only one hit and striking out six. The Raiders put some runs up on the board early and never looked back.

The Raiders won the second matchup of the doubleheader against Holy Family, 8–1.

Senior Taryn Wilson tossed a complete game, giving up only one run on four hits. Freshman Grace Palmieri had a good pair of games against Holy Family, totaling four RBIs to help lead the way for the Raiders.

Sophomore Courtney Coy had an excellent week at the plate for the Raiders. In eight games, she went 16-for-30 with five doubles, one home run and six RBIs. Coy has been the team’s best hitter so far this season, hitting .500 with three homers and 18 RBIs. The Raiders currently sit in first place in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Eastern Division, although they have yet to play a conference game.

They next take on Indiana University of Pennsylvania (4-11-1) in a doubleheader on the road on Saturday.

Photos courtesy of Bill Smith/SU Sports Info.

The team celebrates No. 29 Kendall Geis’ home run against Holy Family.

Taryn Wilson tags a Holy Family runner out in Sunday’s sweep at home.

SPORTS

E3

March 19, 2019

Raiders represent at indoor nationals

Photo courtesy of Bill Smith/SU Sports Info.

Bowman, Williams, Wagner and Jenkins all put on strong displays at nationals, with each athlete placing in the Top 12 of their events and as high as fourth.

Nate Powles Sports Editor It was a tournament to remember for the members of the Shippensburg University indoor trackand-field team who made the trip to Kansas’ Pittsburg State University for the NCAA Division II championships the weekend of March 8 and 9.

Junior Zarria Williams, redshirt-senior Abby Wagner, redshirt-junior Charles Bowman and redshirt-freshman Shamar Jenkins all finished in the Top 12 in their respective events to each earn All-American honors.

Williams took ninth in the long jump for the Raiders, with a top mark of 19 feet flat in her first attempt of the finals. She did well right from the start, beginning with a strong jump of 18 feet, 10 1/2

inches, to kick off her weekend.

Williams’ performance earned her a spot on the All-American Second Team, becoming SU’s second women’s indoor athlete to claim the honor in the long jump, following alumna Sarah Hunt in 2017.

Teammate Wagner followed up Williams’ big day with one of her own the next day, as she went on to break her own recent school record in the triple jump.

Fresh off a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) victory and meet-record performance, Wagner took sixth in the event, grabbing a PR on her top mark of 41 feet, 3 inches.

Wagner had gotten close on several occasions to breaking the 41-foot mark this season, but never could break the threshold. Her season-best sat at 40 feet, 10 1/2 inches.

Going into the championships, she said that finally reaching the mark was one of her main goals, and she crushed it. She broke 41 feet not once, but twice, reaching 41 feet, 1 1/2 inches, on her second jump of the preliminary round before hitting 41 feet, 3 inches, on her next attempt.

Talking about Wagner’s performance, Coach David Osanitsch said, “Abby was confident and came into the meet with the right attitude for success. The field was extremely competitive and she fought hard to be on the podium. I could not be more proud of the way she finished out her indoor career.”

It is a new lifetime best for Wagner and a new school record in the triple jump. Her showing placed her on the All-America First Team — the first Raider to do so in the triple jump.

Jenkins started out the competition for the Raider men in the triple jump, placing 12th with a top jump of 48 feet, 2 3/4 inches. The top mark came on his final attempt of the event, earning his final spot.

His performance was good enough to earn a spot on the All-America Second Team, following a strong showing at the PSAC Championships in which he was named the competition’s Outstanding Field Athlete and earned his PR. Bowman rounded out an impressive weekend for SU, joining Wagner in the school-record club, breaking his own record in the 60-meter hurdles at the championships.

Bowman became one of only a handful of athletes in PSAC history to break the eight-second mark, claiming a top time of 7.95 seconds to place fourth overall.

Osanitsch was extremely proud of Bowman’s performance.

“Charles came in the 14th seed to the meet and absolutely was ready to go,” Osanitsch said. “He had a pre-race routine and he stuck to it perfectly. He was ready physically and mentally. The final was one of the most exciting races of the meet.”

He started out with a strong time of 8.03 seconds, improving his PR right from the beginning by .02 seconds to move into the finals.

Bowman then capped off his competition with his 7.95-second performance. He was also named to the All-America First Team to put an exclamation mark on an impressive debut season for the Raiders.

The indoor season is now closed, and the outdoor season will kick off next week.

Raiders’ Corner Baseball wins UPJ doubleheader • Zack Zoller: 5-for-8, three-run home run • Jack Goertzen: 3-for-7, three runs, two RBIs • Michael Hope: six innings, 11 K’s, three hits

Lacrosse wins shootout opener over Gannon, 18–13 • Alana Cardaci: six goals, one assist

Deadline to turn in brackets will be March 27

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March Madness Bracket Challenge Starts in the Sweet Sixteen

• Kami Holt: three goals, one assist

Softball downs Holy Family in Sunday nightstand

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Prize for top-ranked bracket at the end of the tournament

• Courtney Coy: 6-for-9, five RBIs, two runs • Morgan DeFeo: 3-for-7, three RBIs, four runs • Taryn Wilson: complete game, nine K’s, four hits