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SU announces school of engineering Hannah Pollock Asst. News Editor Shippensburg University’s College of Arts and Sciences grew this semester with the establishment of the school of engineering.

The engineering programs are the only accredited engineering programs in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education.

Previously known as the department of computer science and engineering, the new school of engineering will be home to the de-

partments of computer science; computer, electrical and software engineering and civil and mechanical engineering.

School of engineering director Carol Wellington is very excited for the new opportunities students will have through the school creation.

As a separate school, more diverse courses can be offered, and the overall efficiency of the program will improve.

“From the creation of our first engineering program in 2012, we have created a total of five new pro-

grams that are growing, gaining respect from the people who hire our graduates and giving our students new options for what they can study,” Wellington said.

The school of engineering will soon find itself a new home. The old steam plant off of North Prince Street near campus will be transformed for the 337 students currently enrolled in the school.

The plant will act as the hub for engineering students. This new space will hold labs and an open area for students to build the proj-

ects that they design.

Funding for the project has already been approved and the conversion of the former steam plant will begin soon.

“The creation of the school is a milestone, and we expect to continue to grow from here,” Wellington said.

Through classroom and hands-on-experience, students are hopeful that this distinction will catch future employer’s eyes, according to an SU press release.

SU spoke of the importance of the

school of engineering’s establishment for students, the university and the community.

“The creation of these programs is a direct response to forecasted needs for engineers in the commonwealth. Ship’s programs prepare students to immediately enter the workforce by blending the teaching of theory with hands-on experience,” an SU press release stated.

For more information, visit www. ship.edu/engineering.

Memorial held in remembrance of 9/11 victims Hannah Pollock Asst. News Editor

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Stephanie Jirard moderates the criminal justice symposium where a panel of professors debated the topic of crime and the media. Panelists from various departments provided different views on the subject.

Symposium discusses crime, media Shannon Long News Editor Crime and the media was the topic of discussion between professors at the 12th annual criminal justice symposium Thursday in Shippensburg University’s Old Main Chapel.

Criminal justice professor Stephanie Jirard served as the moderator and began the symposium by introducing the topic of the Lindbergh kidnapping, which was one of the first crimes heavily sensationalized by the media and which made the cover of Time magazine.

Communication/Journalism professor Michael Drager was the first panelist to speak on the topic. Covering crime began in the 1830s,

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and eventually images were used to enhance these stories, Drager said.

Some images depict police as protectful and ready to serve, but some images also portray intimidation and subjugation. Editors are gatekeepers who filter these images so they portray accuracy and context.

With new technology, however, editors are no longer the only people that can allow these images to be spread to the public.

“With a smartphone anyone can be a citizen journalist. Anyone can report events as they happen,” Drager said.

But context is not always provided in these situations.

In 1991, images of Rodney King being beaten during his arrest in Los Angeles al-

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lowed Americans to realize the impact of a visual message. Some saw the officers doing their jobs, but others saw them using unnecessary force.

The term “perp walk” is an expression of criminality, and it is often the first look that allows people to put a face on the accused.

These images do not go away whether the accused is guilty or not, and they still exist online, Drager said.

The news media releases these images and sometimes allows the public to assess the innocence or guilt of the accused, which they do not mean to.

Media organizations use news values to decide what photos to present and how to present them, Drager said.

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“People in the news media understand there are consequences to what they present to the public because those images can often affect the public’s perception of the accused and in turn affect the outcome of the accused’s fate,” Drager said.

Sociology professor Lawrence Eppard spoke on how media coverage of crime might contribute to Americans’ perception of different racial ethnic groups. Americans tend to associate certain racial groups and criminality, he said.

“Certain crimes in this country are what we call racialized meaning, that some races are overrepresented,” Eppard said.

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Despite light precipitation, members of Shippensburg University’s administration, students, staff, Student Veterans of America and ROTC gathered outside the Ezra Lehman Memorial Library Tuesday morning to commemorate the 17th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Led by ROTC Cadet Darren Fossett, the ceremony was part of the Student Veterans of America and ROTC’s annual remembrance of 9/11.

“This ceremony will become more and more important as the years pass, as members of the student body will be born after 2001,” Fossett said.

Most students in high school have been born after 2001 and are learning about

9/11 as another historical event that occurred before their lifetime.

Fossett proceeded to read each of the names of the 40 members of Flight 93, which crashed in an empty Pennsylvania field near Shanksville, just 89 miles from Shippensburg.

“We are here to never forget,” Fossett said. “We refuse to forget.”

Also honored during the ceremony were Shippensburg University alumni Nathan E. DeTample and Wesley J. Hinkley, who were killed during Operation Iraqi Freedom; and Sean M. Flannery, who was killed in Operation Enduring Freedom.

Following the reading of the names, there was a moment of silence to honor the victims and a playing of taps.

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Administrators stand in the rain during the 9/11 memorial. Those lost in 9/11 were honored during the ceremony as well as SU alumni.

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Police remind students of residence hall safety Shannon Long News Editor In 2017, 11 burglaries were reported to Shippensburg University campus police; 10 were on campus, and seven of those were in on-campus housing, according to an annual university security report.

According to SU police Lt. Thomas Rumberger, the types of crime that occur on campus differ from year to year. Sometimes one particular crime will be more common than others. As an explanation for last year’s theft rates, he said there were thefts that occurred close together last October in Naugle and Seavers halls.

“If you get a situation like that where you have one person getting in and they’re going building to building checking for open rooms you could have an increase just from one individual,” Rumberger said.

The most common cause for these thefts are students leaving their doors unlocked and their rooms unattended.

It is difficult to tell if someone does or does not live in the hall or the building because students do not often know everyone on their floor or in their building.

Commonly stolen items include cash, clothing, jewelry and electronics. Most of these items are hard to track down unless the student has a serial number for them.

“The big thing we’re using now, which applies to the electronics, is any kind of tracking,” Rumberger said.

As far as catching a thief, the options are limited. Security cameras are mostly in common areas such as lounges and lobbies. If a person steals something, puts it in his or her backpack and walks out of the building, it is difficult to distinguish him or her from another student, he said.

Rumberger held a program in the past with residence halls, and a week before the program, residence hall staff put stickers on doors that were unlocked.

On the day of the program, students with stickers on their doors were asked to come to the lounge where Rumberger hosted the program to discuss the importance of locking doors.

He recommends students lock their doors, secure their valuables and mark their property. The SU Police Department has engravers that it lends students to engrave their valuables. He also advised that students do not let people into the residence halls who do not live there.

“Certainly be aware of your surroundings, and without being overly paranoid, I would say be suspicious of people you see in the residence halls that you don’t know. If you do see something, say something.”

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Don McPherson speaks with SU students, faculty and community members about the importance of sexual violence prevention and identifying male privilege. McPherson travels the country speaking with groups of all ages.

Former NFL player offers insight, advice on sexual violence, male privilege Hannah Pollock Asst. News Editor

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SU alumna Ashley Maready shares her career experiences in the historical conservation field. Maready has traveled across the country and worked at museums in Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Kansas and New York.

SU alumna shares historical conservationist experience Jessica Knapp Staff Writer With more than a decade’s worth of experience in the historical conservation field, Shippensburg University alumna Ashley Maready shared her journey during a lecture in the Dauphin Humanities Center on Sept. 11.

Maready’s career transported her across the country, including states she had never visited before. Along with each new location came a handful of unique challenges and opportunities.

Her presentation, “Soldiers, Salt, and a Mule Called Sal: A Museum Curator’s Life,” touched on the highlights of her career so far.

Her journey began when she accepted an internship at the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center in Carlisle.

There, she was finally able

to focus on honing her skills.

“I learned a lot about what I was getting into,” Maready said.

Since then, she has worked for a variety of museums in several different states including Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Kansas and New York.

Ashley currently works as the curator of collections and Exhibitions at the Erie Canal Museum in Syracuse, New York. The state is in the middle of celebrating the canal’s 200th anniversary; the celebration began in 2017 and will continue through 2025.

Although the celebration period may seem odd, it is meant to symbolize the time it took to construct the Erie Canal. Since its creation, the canal has played an important part in the lives of those who surround it.

The 1905 song “Low

Bridge, Everybody Down,” also known as “The Erie Canal Song,” gives listeners a glimpse into what life was like during that time.

“I’ve got an old mule and her name is Sal, fifteen years on the Erie Canal. She’s a good old worker and a good old pal, fifteen years on the Erie Canal,” the lyrics state.

The building itself holds a historical purpose as it is the only remaining Weighlock building in the United States.

The Erie Canal Museum also strives to inform attendees about the museum’s historical importance by displaying its preserved materials and creating a deeper appreciation for the canal.

The event was sponsored by the history/philosophy department with support from the College of Arts and Sciences.

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Former NFL player Don McPherson on Sept. 10 lead an engaging and interactive discussion about sexual violence prevention, consensual sex and male privilege giving a lecture hosted by the Shippensburg University Women’s Center.

McPherson, a college football Hall of Famer, former NFL and CFL player, led a candid, open discussion with SU athletes, students and staff members in a packed H Ric Luhrs Performing Arts Center.

“We’re at a really precarious point of conversation during this time,” McPherson said.

After referring to current events such as the #MeToo movement and behavior of many “powerful” men in today’s society, McPherson said, “We need to find a way to have an honest discussion about the things we’ve been taught not to talk about.”

McPherson also shared his family’s experience with alcoholism.

“We didn’t talk about my grandfather’s alcoholism.

We didn’t talk about my uncle’s. My brother is an alcoholic. We saw the signs, but remained silent, allowing the problems to continue to exist.”

The theme of the night was candid, open conversations.

McPherson explained that in today’s society, no one really talks about sex.

“We tell you sex is dirty, awful and you shouldn’t do it.

But in the same sentence we say, ‘save it for the one you love,’” McPherson said.

Later in the evening, McPherson discussed male privilege.

“Let’s use the blue lights around campus for example.

Guys, you probably don’t even know what I’m talking about. Ladies know where they all are because it could be life or death. For us to ignore this problem, it’s male privilege.”

He continued by talking about how a number of problems in today’s society are related to male privilege.

“Baylor, Penn State and Michigan State will pay out more than a billion dollars for the men who made bad decisions.”

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“CRIME,” from A1 When images are shown on news broadcasts without context, the impression is that crime is racialized — not because of race, but because of poverty, unemployment, neighborhood quality and segregation.

Eppard presented a study that found the perception of African-Americans as perpetrators and whites as victims is not representative of actual statistics.

A third issue he raised was racialized framing. This does not only involve the number of people in stories, but the content of the stories.

“In general, in the content of stories you see, African-Americans present as lower status, as more violent, as more threatening and just generally more negative,” Eppard said.

He suggested that media do not provide images without context of why the images are racialized, avoid over representation and pay attention to framing of stories.

Criminal justice professor Laura Beckman began by mentioning that a lot of people have not been exposed to crime, and their main source of information about crime is the media. However, the media is often biased about how they report crime because it’s more sensationalized.

Beckman focused her argument on the points that the media over-report violent crime, choose victims who are particularly innocent, choose crimes where the victim and offender are strangers, do not report the cause of a crime and portray cases where the justice system has failed.

“Based on this, the public concludes that crime is rampant, it’s random, the offender is particularly blame-worthy and the justice system is too lenient,” she said.

of dollars and people could have been saved if we could have open conversations about [sexual violence].”

McPherson spoke directly to the men in the room, giving them dating advice.

“Just because you buy a woman a drink and she drinks it, doesn’t mean that you’re in. You don’t even have to buy her a drink. It’s Shippensburg man, just go talk to her!”

McPherson ended the night by talking about the “box of masculinity.”

“This [box] is a lie. A man should be vulnerable and caring. It’s not a bad thing.”

He shared a situation in college where he made a comment about a woman [which he regrets], to save his “masculinity.”

“By protecting my masculinity, I was hurting the woman I was with by making her seem like ‘that’ kind of person,” he said.

McPherson ended his almost two hour discussion by giving out his email address and Twitter handle so students could have someone to speak with.

“Let’s make a change. Let’s open up the conversation.”

The public’s perception of crime is then beyond the odds of reality. As a result of this, the public believes punishments should be more punitive, according to Beckman.

Political science professor Steven Lichtman focused on how crime in the media affected the federal government. However, crime is usually more of a state and local issue. It often did not have to do with a national election.

In 1968 crime was inserted into the election of Humphrey vs. Nixon. Nixon made the issue of crime part of his campaign and said the disorder in America was a result of the Humphrey Administration.

“It worked. Nixon won,” Lichtman said.

In 1988, the Bush campaign hired Lee Atwater as its campaign manager.

“Lee Atwater’s approach to politics was ‘find something about your opponent that’s going to make them look bad and relentlessly pound it,’” Lichtman said.

Atwater spread stories that Dukakis was lenient on crime; however, the president does not really deal with crime.

“The president of the United States has very little to do with crime policy,” Lichtman said. “To say that Michael Dukakis’s record on crime is relevant to how he will conduct himself as president was a fundamental irrelevancy.”

He believes that something in today’s society has flipped. Today, there is not a focus on a political party’s stance on a topic, instead there is a focus on identity politics, and crime is used to get to that point.

The symposium ended with a question and answer session that allowed students and faculty to ask specific panelist questions about the topic of crime and the media.

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Your World Today Victims quickly forgotten about following disasters shelters in the Carolinas.

For those of us not usuCommentary ally affected by hurricanes, our empathy in situations such as these is the same nearly every time.

News of the hurricane’s Jenna Wise path toward land spreads Editor-in-Chief like wildfire, and Facebook quickly opens its “safe” function to allow users to let family and friends know Hurricane season is now they are out of harm’s way. far underway, and would it Meanwhile, social media really be the season without users flood their followa cataclysmic storm domi- ers’ feeds with messages of nating the news? prayer and concern.

Hurricane Florence — Then the hurricane diswhich has since been re- sipates and with it goes the categorized as a “tropical story from the news. depression” storm — made Take Hurricane Harvey, landfall Friday in North for example. Or Hurricane Carolina, and has thus far Sandy. Or even Hurricane dumped more than 30 inch- Katrina. Puerto Rico, deves of rain in some parts of astated last year by Hurrithe state and in South Car- cane Maria, only within the olina. The storm has killed last months restored power more than a dozen people to the last home affected by and left about 740,000 the storm. But how often homes and businesses with- have you seen stories writout power in the Carolinas, ten on clean-up efforts for according to CBS. these hurricanes?

The hurricane-level A Fortune article estistorms have since passed, mated that Florence would but the storm’s heavy rains cost the U.S. approximately and flooding continue to $18 billion in damages — be a threat. The Federal much less than Katrina’s Emergency Management $71 billion and Harvey’s apAgency (FEMA) braced for proximate $184 billion. the worst by establishing Though Florence will numerous state and local cost much less than others,

time will soon tell how severe its destruction may be.

A FEMA administrator told Fox News that Florence will be a “long, frustrating recovery” because of what is anticipated by the organization as the worst flooding North Carolina has ever seen.

Months from now, however, Florence will be just another historical weather moment and a blip on the media’s radar. The forgotten turmoil of natural disasters and their victims comes too easy to too many of us. It’s great to donate to victims when you are being reminded of devastation by every major news outlet, but where are you when the news outlets have moved on to new stories?

We as journalists owe it to the victims to report on the recovery, but we all, as Americans, owe it to each other to continue donating to the victims.

If you are able, consider donating to the American Red Cross or Salvation Army relief fund. A small donation can go a long way toward rebuilding these areas to what they once were.

You can donate to the Red Cross at redcross.org/ donate.

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Campus Police Briefs Hit-and-run reported in commuter parking lot Megan Forstburg of Macungie, Pennsylvania, reported to university police on Sept. 13 that her 2009 Chevy Trailblazer had been damaged while it was parked in the C-6 commuter parking lot.

The damage reportedly occurred sometime between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. on the prior day. The vehicle sustained a dent and a large scratch on the driver’s side rear bumper.

The investigation is ongoing and no damage estimate has yet been received.

Hit-and-run reported in commuter parking lot Candace Gerber of Dillsburg, Pennsylvania, reported to university police on Sept. 15 that her 2014 Honda had been damaged while it was parked in the C-6 commuter parking lot sometime during the day.

Gerber did not notice the damage to the vehicle until someone pointed it out to her after she had left campus. The vehicle sustained two large dents to the right side front fender near the wheel well. There was no paint transfer or any other marks on the fender to indicate what might have struck Gerber’s vehicle.

The investigation is ongoing and no damage estimate has yet been received.

Hit-and-run reported in storage parking lot Amanda Forgie of Carlisle, came to the university police department on Sept. 7 to report damage to her 2010 Mazda 3 while it was parked in the L-1 Storage parking lot.

Forgie reported that sometime between approximately 11 a.m. on Sept. 5 and approximately 3 p.m. on Sept. 6, another vehicle struck the front bumper of her vehicle causing damage.

There were several cracked paint lines and some scuff marks on the front bumper of Forgie’s vehicle, but no paint transfer.

The investigation is continuing at this time, however, no suspect vehicles have been identified.

Hit-and-run reported in commuter parking lot Seth Keither of Shippensburg, reported to university police on Sept. 12 that his vehicle had been damaged between the hours of 1:30 p.m. and 2:45p.m. that day while it was parked in the C-7 commuter parking lot.

Keither found a large dent on the passenger side rear quarter panel just in front of the rear wheel well of his 2001 Chevrolet truck.

It is believed that a vehicle parked next to Keither’s truck struck the side of Keither’s truck while attempting to back out of its parking space.

Non-student charged with simple assault and harassment D’Andre M. Moore, 19, a non-student visitor from Greencastle, was charged with simple assault, harassment, false imprisonment, strangulation and unlawful restraint in connection with an incident that occurred on Sept. 10 in Seavers Hall.

University police received a report that a female resident of Seavers Hall was being treated at the Wellness Center for injuries that she received from being assaulted by her boyfriend.

Officers interviewed the victim and documented her injuries. Moore was later taken into custody at an address in Shippensburg borough.

Moore was charged with the above listed offenses and was taken to the Cumberland County Prison Booking Center where he was processed and committed to the prison to await his preliminary hearing.

Student charged with underage drinking, public drunkenness and disorderly conduct

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Hurricane Florence made landfall last week and has killed more than 12 people in its destruction. This storm, like many in the past, has caused billions in damage, but people are soon to forget the storm’s impact.

Jarrod W. Musko,18, of Palmyra, Pennsylvania, was charged with underage drinking, public drunkenness and disorderly conduct in connection with an incident that occurred on Sept. 2.

Musko called university police at approximately 3 a.m. from an emergency phone at the student recreation area near the L-1 storage parking lot to inform them that he was lost.

Officers responded to the call and found Musko to be intoxicated. Musko had scratches on his hand, back and stomach from traveling through the woods and brush prior to entering the recreation area.

EMS was dispatched to the scene and treated Musko for those injuries. Musko was then taken into custody and transported to the Cumberland County Prison Booking Center where he was turned over to staff for processing.

Students charged with possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia

This Week on Campus Movie Night

School Supply Drive

• The Spanish club is hosting a movie night on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in Rowland Hall Room 106.

• Phi Sigma Sigma will be hosting a school supply drive on Wednesday from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. in the Ceddia Union Building Great Hall.

Glow in the Dark Arcade • Residence Life will be hosting a glow in the dark arcade on Friday from 9 p.m.-1 a.m. in the Ceddia Union Building Room 23.

Library Workshop

Library Workshop

Volleyball Game

• The Ezra Lehman Memorial Library will be hosting “Developing a Research Question” on Tuesday from 3:30-4:15 p.m. in Room 106.

• The Ezra Lehman Memorial Library will be hosting “The Learning Cycle” on Wednesday from 12-1 p.m. in Room 106.

• Women’s volleyball will be playing Seton Hill on Friday at 7 p.m. in Heiges Field House.

Donnell Lynch, 18, of Naugle Hall, and Quadir Miller,18, of Lackhove Hall, were both charged with possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia in connection to an incident that occurred on Sept.12 at approximately 7 p.m.

SU police were called to the area outside of McLean Hall at approximately 7 p.m. after receiving a report of three individuals outside of the building possibly smoking marijuana.

As the officer approached the individuals, a strong odor of burnt marijuana could be smelled in the area.

During the investigation, a small amount of marijuana and drug paraphernalia were found on two of the individuals. As a result of the incident, both students were charged with possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

Non-students charged with underage drinking and minors operating a vehicle with alcohol in system An SU police officer on patrol in the area of the G-1 parking lot conducted a traffic stop on Sept. 16 on North Queen Street for a vehicle that was being operated without its headlights turned on.

The vehicle was occupied by two 16-year-old juveniles from New Cumberland, Pennsylvania. Both individuals were found to have been consuming alcohol and alcohol was also found inside the vehicle at approximately 3 a.m.

Both individuals were detained and transported to the university police department to await their parents.

Both were charged with underage drinking and the driver was charged with minors operating a vehicle with any alcohol in system.

The individuals were released to their parents at the police department after receiving citations.

Student charged with possession of a small amount of marijuana

Preamble Reading

Trivia Night

Library Workshop

• President Laurie Carter will be reading the Preamble of the Constitution on Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. in front of the Ezra Lehman Memorial Library.

• APB will be hosting a trivia night on Thursday from 9–11:30 p.m. in the Ceddia Union Building Room 100.

• The Ezra Lehman Memorial Library will be hosting APA Citation Basics on Monday from 2:30–3:15 p.m. in the Library Room 106.

Ahmere T. Ponzo, 21, of Philadelphia, was charged with possession of a small amount of marijuana in connection with a traffic stop that occurred on Sept 2.

Ponzo was stopped in the area of Lancaster Drive and the C-10 parking lot at approximately 11 p.m. for driving without his headlights turned on.

When the officer approached Ponzo’s vehicle they noticed a strong odor of burnt marijuana coming from inside the car.

During a search of the vehicle, a small amount of marijuana was located in a compartment in the driver’s door, and a marijuana blunt was found on the driver’s side floor just under the front seat. These items were confiscated and later tested positive as marijuana.

A criminal complaint was later filed at the local magisterial district judge’s office charging Ponzo with possession of a small amount of marijuana.

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Opinion

The Slate Speaks Serena Williams has brought athlete double standard to light Some will say the behaviors of a professional player should never exceed the level of fury that American professional tennis player Serena Williams displayed on the courts at the U.S. Open final last week.

During the match, Williams was given a warning after her coach Patrick Mouratoglou was seen making hand gestures, with the implication that Williams was being coached during the game. This is considered a game violation under the International Tennis Federation. Williams argued that although she was penalized for her violations on the court, “others,” as in men, rarely receive the same amount of punishments and fines she received after publicly defending herself against chair umpire Carlos Ramos.

Ramos, a seasoned and qualified Portuguese official, was called a “thief’ and a “liar” for giving Williams a point penalty, and he later enforced a game penalty against the American after totaling three code violations, according to USA Today.

In some ways, this is absolutely understandable, since it is a code of conduct for professional sports that athletes should be expected to follow. But in some cases having these rules means emotions are to be discarded and picked back up after such events.

In Williams’s case, is self-defense viewed as being too emotional? Was Williams prejudged as an overly emotional woman and new mother who solely commits her life to a sport she’s loved long before gaining the roll of being a nurturer? Or better yet, could Williams be suffering from judgments of sexism and racism?

It appears that whether or not Williams expressed her internal emotions too quickly for the umpires’ liking, the lasting controversy of self-expression gone too far has risen major concerns for some.

We question whether these acts of punishment made against Williams lacked morality and equality.

While the actions may have been necessary, it seems that Williams disputing the situation was heavily taken out of

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Serena Williams received a $17,000 fine after yelling at umpires during the U.S. Open finals. context — she is now being accused of verbal abuse and has been fined $17,000, CBS News reported.

An advocate for recognition, equal pay and women’s rights, Williams has expressed for years that in a sport historically prevailed by white men, sexism has been an ongoing battle in her sport.

We would like to think that although she could have left out the derogatory terms made toward Ramos, Williams’s anger should not be

treated differently than male athletes.

As Williams continues to face these absurd allegations of having received coaching during the game and angrily voicing her opinions, the reasoning behind her large fines seems somewhat unclear.

No matter the reason, if we choose to penalize Williams for getting heated during a match, then we must do the same to every athlete who has done the same — no matter the gender.

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Yahoo on Sept. 11 released a video on Facebook that advertised the opening of the new Cortlandt Street Subway Station at the World Trade Center in New York City. At 14 seconds into the video, it shows an image accredited to Getty Images, with the caption “Under rubble when the twin towers collapsed in 2011” — which any American knows is false, showing the true definition of media blindness in this generation.

In under one hour this video had 185,000 views and only 36 comments, with only six viewers realizing Yahoo’s mistake.

Now I am here to ask the question to Yahoo, as well as other media sources that have a track record of falsifying information — why? In an era in which the government’s every decision is under scrutiny and every statement made by the president is released on Twitter, why are media outlets still getting the basics wrong?

For those who are unfamiliar with the exact numbers of the tragedy, here are just a few to expand upon: 343 Fire Department of New York (FDNY) firefighters were killed when the towers collapsed, as well as 37 Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department (PAPD), 23 New York police officers and eight emergency medical technicians (EMTs).

As a firefighter in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, I understand the risks of the job.

I can also say that should any other situation like this occur, I would be ready to sacrifice myself in that situation.

Almost 3,000 Americans across the country were killed in these attacks; since that day another 10,000 have died as a result of cancer or

other illnesses received from the toxic dust released after the collapse of the towers.

For 17 years America has remembered this day, and starting next year, this will be the first age-group that is learning about 9/11 as a historical event. So why are we getting known history wrong?

I like to assume that I have good faith in people, but when working for a multimedia giant like Yahoo, you cannot afford to make mistakes. In reality, there were three people who completely dropped the ball with this mistake.

It is sad that the video’s editor, their supervisor and Yahoo’s social media editor, made mistakes in a less than three-minute video. However, if you watched the news on Sept. 11, you will have noticed that no one said a word about it. Yahoo covered it up on their end by removing the video from their Facebook and Instagram accounts.

Asking as a first-responder, a citizen and a journalist, how did we become so blind to getting the facts right?

How did we become so ignorant to even think that the worst attack in American history was less than a decade ago? How did only a handful of people recognize that something was wrong?

I am not asking to boycott Yahoo, I simply ask that Yahoo apologize for either knowingly or unknowingly producing false content, and making it seem like it did not matter. With the approximately 3,000 lives taken, tens of thousands injured, the city destroyed and our country changed forever, we owe it to ourselves and the generations after us to get this right.

In the end, after Yahoo discovered its mistake it took the video down. This was an appropriate response, but a formal apology was never issued. This was still a big move on the company’s part, but in the eyes of many it came too little, too late.

We will never forget the events of Sept. 11, 2001, and we should always remember how they really happened.

(Bill Rollin is a Communication/ Journalism student at SU.)

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Ship Life

SU faculty comfort students during suicide vigil event Hannah McMullan Ship Life Editor Shippensburg University’s faculty honored those lost to suicide through a suicide awareness vigil on World Suicide Awareness and Prevention Day. On Sept. 10, members of the Shippensburg community found themselves in the seats of the Ceddia Union Building multipurpose room with heavy hearts. The faculty outstretched their hands to them and lent their shoulders to be cried upon. The room itself was drowning in the emotion as its occupants released their grief and their reverence for the loved ones they lost.

Alex Karlheim, coordinator of academic initiatives, organized the event to break the stigma about suicide and to offer comfort to the student body.

“I am here to let you know you are never alone at any point in time,” Karlheim said as she spoke about the resources provided on campus.

The vigil featured various speakers such as Student Government Association Vice President Makayla Glass, who reminded her classmates to be kind to strangers and to feel free to talk to someone if they have thoughts of suicide.

The Rev. Jan Bye of the United Campus Ministries also gave a testimony.

“It’s so tragic to me that so many young people feel so hopeless,” Bye said She challenged the audience to work together to make sure we are all OK, and at the end of the day be “life-giving people.”

She passionately reminded the audience that the feelings of helplessness and despair don’t last forever.

“Temporary problems do not need a permanent solution,” Bye said.

She ended her speech with a moment of silence. At this time of remembrance, there was a wave of emotion and sadness as everyone honored the lives that were lost to this epidemic.

Chris Carlton of the SU counseling center offered a powerful aspect to the vigil as he had the audience participate in an exercise where people on each side of the room formed two rows across from the other.

Carlton asked the people on the left side of the room to stare into the eyes of their partner and imagine them contemplating suicide.

“Do they look like someone that could hurt themselves?” he asked.

The students gazed at each other intently as the thought moved through their heads.

As people began to break down in tears, staff appeared by their sides with an arm around their shoulders, letting them know they are not alone.

Carlton then asked the people on the right of the room if they could ask their partners for help and if they looked like a kind face to which they could reach out.

Again, tears broke through.

The exercise forced the audience to understand that anyone can be contemplating taking their own life, and no one could ever realize it. It also gave the reminder to be kind to strangers, because you may never know what is going through someone’s head. Something as small as a smile could save someone’s life.

“We stand for hope. Amen,” Bye said.

Question of the Week:

What events on campus are you excited for?

“The events I’m looking forward to is all of the ‘Free to Be Me’ events on campus.”

Naccir Wadder, freshman

“I have never been to a football game before so just seeing it in person is pretty cool.”

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The vigil honored an SU student who committed suicide, and offered a lot of information on suicide hotlines and how to get help when needed.

Nyisha Rodriguez, junior

Cycling club steers into SU

Photo courtesy of Instagram user @shipcycling

SU cyclists ride together through Shippensburg.

Hannah McMullan Ship Life Editor Shippensburg University’s Cycling Club is here, and they are not messing around.

If you do not already know, SU has an outlet for athletes with a love for cycling. Because it does not qualify as an NCAA sport, SU

created a program to build its own cycling team. In fact, it has been around for several years.

The club is open to anyone at SU, both competitively and just for fun. However, they band together and compete in region-wide races such as the Milton’s Harvest Festival, where SU placed first as

a team this past weekend.

Instead of playing under NCAA, the cycling club participates in its own division known as the Eastern Collegiate Cycling Conference, where they compete against other colleges, including Harvard and Penn State.

Cycling is an individual sport that can earn points as a team when competing in races, just like swimming or cross country.

It is divided into gender and skill levels starting at level “D” and working its way up to level “A”.

Therefore, there is a level for everybody who may be interested in competing.

SU holds its own race called the “Ship Scurry” every year during the spring semester.

It is known as a big race with three different events — road race, a criterium race and a hill climb.

SU’s cycling club meets on Thursdays and Fridays to ride together and are coached by business professor Nathan Goates, however cyclists train mostly on their own time.

This year is a building year for the club, with a record number of people joining thanks to their

A Raider’s View

Raider Muse Staff Columnist

Imagine you are walking across campus and see a half-empty bottle of soda laying just inches away from a trash can.

What do you do? I guarantee you most likely walk past it.

I know, personally, I’m guilty of walking past because “It’s not my mess.”

But that is exactly what leads to travesties such as the trash washing up on the beaches in the wake of Hurricane Florence.

Those attitudes about litter and gar-

bage on the street follows us farther than just on campus. Not only does that trash end up in the streets after a night of littering on Richard Avenue, but all the cups, empty bottles and paper products that could be recycled or — in the very least — put in the trash to be disposed of elsewhere, is just left in yards of neighbors, or find their way into the sewers and drain pipes, which lead into water ways and pollute our town.

Sadly, some of us as college students forget that there is more than a monetary cost for littering — by polluting the community, you are also hurting wildlife.

active social media platforms.

The club’s president, Jake Wible, and vice president, Lydia Westre-Stith, both hope to keep the momentum going with their numbers and to retain the club’s competition level after they graduate.

“I want more people to try the competition aspect. It’s just super fun and a lot of people can benefit from it,” Wible said.

Although it is mostly an individual sport, there is a sense of community within the club, where all the members have bonded with their fellow teammates on long rides together, talking about anything from family to personal philosophies.

“Cycling is just a unique sport that can be as competitive or relaxed as you want it to be. You are really going to meet some amazing people and really get to know them on your rides,” Westre-Stith said.

If you are interested in joining the cycling club, email either Jake Wible at jw8350@ship. edu, or Lydia Smith at lw0621@ ship.edu.

“What I’m most excited about on campus events is all the guest speakers coming this semester, from an ex-NFL player to a distinguished comedian.”

Jenea Rentze, junior

“I look most forward to laser tag if it returns and horseback riding. Laser tag is my favorite event on campus.”

Morgan Broomer, senior

Reduce, reuse, recycle – respect!

Personally, I have lost count how many times I have found Sheetz cups and empty wrappers in my yard from people who are simply too inconsiderate to keep their environment clean.

Some smart ways to make sure you are respecting the environment and the people and animals that use it is to be conscientious of what you are leaving on the side of the road.

Next is to make sure you are disposing of things properly to ensure food is not exposed, which cuts down on the amount of wild animals like possums and raccoons that dumpster dive for your left-

overs.

Also, always cut apart the plastic of six-pack rings to ensure they do not become a hazard for wildlife that can get tangled in one of them, resulting in suffocation. That can happen, especially with turtles and sea birds.

We all learn the “Three R’s of Recycling,” in elementary school — reduce, reuse and recycle. Although, due to the littering problem around SU and parts of the community, I believe there should be a fourth “R” — respect. Be respectful of the community in which you live.

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Photo courtesy of Christopher Kovats-Bernat

Kovats-Bernat collects sacred water from a Voodoo shrine in Haiti, where he is conducting fieldwork on local Voodoo, witchcraft and zombification practices.

SU visiting anthropology professor shares heart-wrenching account of his time in Haiti Molly Foster Managing Editor With outstretched arms, Christopher Kovats-Bernat, an American anthropologist and one-year visiting anthropology professor at Shippensburg University, brought to words the tattoos that adorn his skin from elbow to wrist.

The Haitian flag, Voodoo spirits and phrases penned in foreign script are among the eight.

He carries these spirits and symbols on his body much like a soldier who clothes himself or herself with armor before heading to war, as he was told by a Voodoo priest in Haiti that they will protect him from harm.

But internally, Kovats-Bernat carries with him much more than what is visible.

He carries tragedy, altruism, gratitude and persistence, all of which he acquired during his travels to and from Haiti over the past 24 years.

Since his first trip in 1994, Kovats-Bernat has spent nearly six years in Haiti, with some stays as short as a week and others as long as nine months. He most recently traveled to Haiti in the summer of 2017.

Kovats-Bernat spends his time in Haiti studying its people and becoming one with them, so he can understand their cultural phenomena and craft a written record of their customs from an internal point of view.

For the last four years he has been completing fieldwork on Voodoo (or Vodou, as the religion is known in Haiti), witchcraft and zombification practices, but his initial project was with Haitian street kids, a subject of interest that he attributes to his rough upbringing.

Drugs, violence and inescapable poverty lurked the streets of Kensington, a working-class neighborhood in Philadelphia — the place that Kovats-Bernat called home as a child. His house provided minimal protection from the harmful world on the other side of its closed doors, as his abusive father, too, acted with hate rather than love.

In pursuit of a better life for her children where the cycle could not repeat itself, Kovats-Bernat’s mother re-

located him and his siblings to Allentown, Pennsylvania, where he still lives. Kovats-Bernat was among the first in his family to graduate high school, college and eventually, graduate school.

He attended Muhlenberg College during his undergraduate studies, majoring in philosophy and minoring in anthropology, since the college did not have an anthropology major at the time.

While the minor only got his toes wet, Kovats-Bernat knew from the introductory anthropology course he took his freshman year that anthropology was what he wanted to do for the rest of his life.

“Really the only way for me to get over the culture shock was to persist.”

Christopher Kovats-Bernat SU visiting professor “I liked the idea that there was absolutely no restriction on what I could do with anthropology,” Kovats-Bernat said. “I could literally throw a dart on a map and say, ‘I’m going to go there,’ and open up a dictionary on any word and say, ‘I’m going to study that.’”

However, Haiti was not just the luck of the draw for him — he got some guidance. Aware of his interest in violence and children, Kovats-Bernat’s academic adviser at Muhlenberg suggested he read up on Haiti, which was experiencing ongoing political violence since the overthrow of its president in 1991.

After completing the readings, Kovats-Bernat was taken off guard when he asked his adviser, “What now?”

And the response was, “Go.” “I told him, ‘I can’t do that.

I don’t speak the language. I don’t know anyone there. I don’t know what I’m doing.’

He said to me, ‘How do you know if that’s where you’re going to work unless you go?’ So I did what he said. I booked a ticket and I went,” Kovats-Bernat said.

The two-hour flight from Miami, Florida, to Haiti was

not enough time to prepare Kovats-Bernat for the overwhelming sense of unfamiliarity he was met with when he stepped off the plane.

“The first thing that hit me was incredible heat. I had never felt heat like that before,” Kovats-Bernat said.

“Then, I heard this cacophony of voices in a language I didn’t understand, and the only reason I got off the plane was because there were people behind me getting off, so I just kept walking.”

Dodging dead bodies and armed men on the streets, he said he followed the lead of locals flagging down taxis and navigated to where he was staying by piecing together the little bits of Haitian Creole he knew.

When he got there, he made a beeline to the bathroom and vomited in the mosquito-infested toilet.

Sick, defeated and alone, Kovats-Bernat said he ached to talk with his girlfriend, who is now his wife, but his phone did not work. He fell onto his bed and cried.

“Really the only way for me to get over the culture shock was to persist,” Kovats-Bernat said. “I knew that academically in the back of my mind, but in reality it was very hard to do. At any time I could give up, but there was also the fear that if I did give up, maybe I wasn’t fit for anthropology.”

For the rest of the trip he took his days in Haiti one at a time. Once he realized there was little gun violence in the neighborhood he was staying in, he started venturing out of his room to go for short walks — often only around the block — and buying items from artisans on the street.

Kovats-Bernat believes he may be the only anthropologist who has ever completed immersive fieldwork in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, for an extended period of time, because its violence makes it incredibly unsafe, especially for foreigners, and its poverty-stricken conditions are a breeding ground for many illnesses.

“I’ve had malaria three times; dengue; giardia, which is a waterborne parasite; dysentery; was bitten by a Cane spider and went into anaphylactic shock; and have been diagnosed with PTSD

Photo Courtesy of Christopher Kovats-Bernat

Kovats-Bernat’s wife, Dina, has supported Kovats-Bernat through the struggles anthropology brought him, such as culture shock. Pictured with him and his wife is their daughter Ella, who passed away in 2014, and their son Addison.

Meghan Schiereck/The Slate

Christopher Kovats-Bernat was hired by the SU anthropology department this summer as a visiting professor. This semester he is teaching several sections of cultural anthropology and comparative cultures. from my work in Haiti,” Kovats-Bernat said.

With time he recovered from many of the illnesses that infected him and was no longer debilitated with culture shock, but one thing he never fully grew accustomed to was the level of risk that accompanied him during his travels.

An unmarried man in the beginning of his career as an anthropologist, Kovats-Bernat, like many bachelors, said he felt indestructible to the dangers around him, as he had little to lose. However, after he got married he had two lives to consider instead of one, and the eventual births of his son and daughter brought a new level of meaning to the word “risk.”

On Dec. 15, 2014, Kovats-Bernat received a phone call that sent his life as he knew it tumbling down around him like an avalanche.

“My daughter, Ella, had the flu and went into respiratory arrest. She died on the way to the hospital at 10 years old,” Kovats-Bernat said. “That same morning I was notified that I got a grant from National Geographic to do fieldwork in Haiti, and she died. I lost all desire to go back to Haiti, but I knew at some point I had to. When’s a good time to go back to Haiti when you just lost your daughter?”

Knowing a “good” time would most likely never come, he returned a few weeks after Ella’s death.

During this trip and the several others that followed, Kovats-Bernat struggled to work with the same passion he once did, as the time away from home haunted him with

guilt. In search of the strength he needed to refocus his life, he recounted a conversation he had with a Haitian woman after a catastrophic earthquake shook the country to rubble in 2010.

“I learned that when everything gets taken away from you, family is what you have.

Every day I am grateful I have my wife and son and I am grateful I had the gift of my daughter Ella for the 10 years I did.”

Christopher Kovats-Bernat SU visiting professor “There was a woman who was squatted down doing laundry and she had five kids running around. One of them was a 12 or 13-year-old girl who was severely mentally disabled. That was her sister’s daughter and her sister died in the earthquake,” Kovats-Bernat said. “I asked her, ‘I guess it must be difficult now, huh?’ Which was a stupid question, because how could it have been easy? But she looked up at me beaming, smiling, and she said, ‘Yes, the earthquake took much from me, but God protected my children, and children are like sugar in my coffee. They make sweet all that is bitter in this life.’”

This interaction reminded him that although the word “loss” may imply a sense of dispossession, it does not mean life after loss has any less value than it did; he still

has a lot to be thankful for.

“I lost my daughter, but I still have my wife and son,” Kovats-Bernat said. “I learned that when everything gets taken away from you, family is what you have. Every day I am grateful I have my wife and son and I am grateful I had the gift of my daughter Ella for the 10 years I did.”

In between his travels to Haiti to complete fieldwork and weekends home with his family in Allentown, Kovats-Bernat makes a weekly commute to Shippensburg — staying locally Monday through Friday — to share his knowledge and experiences with SU students.

He previously taught for 14 years as a tenured faculty member at his alma mater Muhlenberg, but was growing tired of his work at the small liberal arts school.

When his daughter passed he said he saw it as a sign to step away and pursue other passions. He stayed in the education field, but spent the last three years teaching kindergarten.

“With the loss of my daughter, I needed some time, and I took it. It was really nice working with the little kids for three years, but it was time to get back to the university. Like I said before, my whole life from freshman year on, I wanted to be an anthropologist, which means I wanted to work in a university setting, do research and teach,” Kovats-Bernat said. “When I was invited on campus for an interview this summer, it just confirmed for me that Shippensburg could be my home for a year. And I’d love to stay here longer.”

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Student artist ‘NIA’ driven, dedicated to achieving success hungry too.

“My songs are my diary. Whatever I feel, I write.” Primus said. Her style is heavily inLife does not always get handed to you on fluenced by Neo-soul music from the ’90s. “I a silver platter. hate new stuff compared to the old stuff. The You cannot rely on chance, fate and for- new mainstream stuff I do not like,” she said. tune. Sometimes, you have to take charge “I was always the weird kid because everyof your situation. Nia Primus, a local singer, one always likes music, but I was obsessed,” writer and screenplay director who yearns to she said. Primus named a few artists from the make it big, knows this. ’30s that she liked, including Benny GoodPrimus is a 20-year-old first-generation man and Jessie Smith.

American who was born in Queens, New “It tells a story. It tells history. It tells of a York, as one of five children in a single-parent person’s inner thoughts,” she said. household. Her parents were born in TriniPrimus’ music can be found on her Sounddad, where two of her sisters live.

Cloud page, “niamusikindie,” where she Primus is studying English with a writing showcases several of her songs. Her titles concentration and is working on a minor in include “DreamKEEPER,” “F.R.I.E.N.D.S.,” women’s studies. Her passions are the arts. “Shouldnta Fall in Love,” “SELF-CARE,” She writes, sings and produces her own songs. “Trees With Friends” and more.

On top of writing and singing her own songs, Most of the songs revolve around Primus’ Primus writes a lot of poetry, which is often emotions. They are also speckled with refincorporated into her erences to popular work as a musician. songs and artists.

“I’ve got one life. And I’ll be Primus describes Primus is interestdamned if I don’t do what I the childhood version ed in writing plays want with this life.” of herself as a tomboy. and musicals, and “When I started writhopes to be the winNia Primus ing songs, I had a hard ner of an Emmy, time finding my voice as a female within my Grammy, Oscar or Tony. songwriting,” Primus said. Instead, Primus Primus depicts many mental illnesses in wrote for her brother Alphonso. As she grew the movie she is writing. “I’m making it a up, Primus began to find herself and her iden- point to not label any of them and to leave it tity as a bisexual woman. ambiguous, because I feel that is necessary Music is not only an entertaining pastime sometimes,” Primus said. “Also to keep from for Primus, but also a meaningful way for her offending anybody if I misrepresent someto explore herself and cope with her ADHD, thing.” depression and anxiety.

Primus wants to reach people with her “That’s my defense mechanism with my messages. “I want to bring awareness to exmental illnesses. I put it into my art,” Primus periences that people might not have known confessed. about,” Primus said. “I’ve lived in the ghetto, This gives Primus a rare drive for success I’ve lived in white areas, I’ve lived with my in her career as an artist.

Trinidadian family and I’ve also lived with my “Failure is not an option anymore. I have upper-class white family. Every experience I too much drive. I’m too hungry for it,” Primus have, I take note of it and I suck it in.” said.

Read the full story at “Also, growing up poor makes you pretty theslateonline.com.

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Kershaw, Tippin, Raye continue legacy of country music in Luhrs Jonathan Bergmueller A&E Editor Sammy Kershaw, Aaron Tippin and Collin Raye continued the legacy of country music in their “Roots & Boots” tour on Friday in the Shippensburg University H. Ric Luhrs Performing Arts Center.

Roots and Boots brought fans both near and far to the Luhrs Center, where the group performed their own hits as well as songs written by other big country names.

The three began the concert together, backed by a full band including a drummer, an electric guitar and bass, keyboards and violins. The audience teemed with excitement. They yelled, whistled, clapped and hollered along to the show.

Kershaw took the stage solo first while the other two retreated to the wings.

Before his first number, he joked with the audience, saying that he has had bronchitis since he quit smoking in 2011. He also talked about his success as an artist.

“I’m a country singer, and I’ll die a country singer,” Kershaw said.

Kershaw played many of his more popular numbers, including “She Don’t Know She’s Beautiful,” and “Cadillac Style.” At the end of his portion of the concert, Kershaw threw Mardi Gras beads to eager audience members. He then gave the stage to Tippin, whose ener-

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Tippin laid down and reached microphone out to sing with a young girl in the front row. gy throughout the night never failed.

Tippin opened his portion of the concert with “You’ve Got To Stand For Something.” Tippin swayed his hips suggestively to “There Ain’t Nothin Wrong With the Radio,” and later brought out an instrument case that housed a star-spangled guitar. Tippin’s energy flowed through the audience, which stood up and clapped along to the mad powerhouse.

After Tippin left the stage, Collin Raye sauntered on,

slapping his elbow to the beat of his first song. Raye then talked about his excitement for the tour and the people he has been working with.

“It’s been like a brotherhood,” he said of Kershaw and Tippin.

Raye then continued to perform “I Can Still Feel You,” “My Kind of Girl” and finished his selection with the iconic “Love, Me,” the song that he said launched his career.

Read the full story at theslateonline.com.

Photo courtesy of Laura Phillips

Primus considers herself an activist, and has participated in the Women’s March, the Climate Change March and the Equality March in Washington, D.C.

Act V seals auditions for fall show lineup Olivia Riccio Asst. A&E Editor If you are looking for some entertainment this fall semester at Shippensburg University, Act V Theatre Co. has some shows that might pique your interest.

Act V is bringing “21 Chump Street the Musical,” directed by SU senior Bernie Schneider, “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” directed by senior Nick McKim and “Clue,” directed by junior Hannah Famulare to SU. Due to having so many productions this fall, Act V is doing “21 Chump Street” as a “mini-musical” on Sept. 27 and 28 at 6:30 and 8 p.m. They will present “Rocky Horror” on Oct. 29 and 31 at 9:30 p.m., and “Clue” will take place Nov. 15, 16 and 17 at 8 p.m. and Nov. 18 at 2 p.m.

Act V has other oppor-

tunities for people who do not want to be on stage, including stage and tech crew positions.

“We have so many opportunities for stage crew and technical crew this year so we’re definitely looking for students who may want to get involved,” Act V’s president, Casey Leming said. “Our Production Manager, Doris Hartung, oversees the technical crew for Act V. If anyone is looking to work behindthe-scenes, they can come to one of our meetings on Mondays or send us an email to actvproductions@ ship.edu. Experience is not required.”

Act V’s vice president, Tyler Rock is looking forward to all the new faces that will be joining Act V this year and being involved in some of the productions.

Act V also can be a place of inclusivity and oppor-

tunities to learn new skills besides acting.

“The executive board works very hard to make sure everyone has a chance to try new things such as directing, stage management, technical crew, event planning and even creating promotional materials for productions, among other opportunities,” Leming said.

To learn more and get involved with Act V this semester, students should come to the weekly meetings on Mondays at 9:30 p.m. in Orndorff Theatre in the Ceddia Union Building.

For more information about the organization and shows, visit Act V’s Facebook page (Act V Theatre Company) and Instagram page (@actv_theatreco.)

Read the full story at theslateonline.com.

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Several members of the 2017 cast of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” finish acting out a scene from the well-known movie. Every year, a cast mimes along to the Rocky Horror movie around Halloween for a fun show.

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Looking for a creative outlet?

The Slate is seeking student work to be published in the Arts and Entertainment section, including: Comics Poetry Short stories Drawings Illustrations Photography

Email submissions to slateae@gmail.com for a chance to be featured on this page!

Billboard Top 10 1. In My Feelings - Drake

6. Lucky You- Eminem feat. Joyner Lucas

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

7. Lucid Dreams - Juice WRLD

3. I Like It - Cardi B, Bad Bunny and J Balvin

8. The Ringer- Eminem

4. FEFE - 6ix9ine feat. Nicki Minaj and Murda Beatz

9. Sicko Mode - Travis Scott

5. Better Now - Post Malone

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Movie Showtimes

Showtimes for Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 18 and 19 at AMC Classic 7 in Chambersburg

Show

Times

1. The Predator

7:30 p.m.

2. The Meg

7:25 p.m.

3. Crazy Rich Asians

7:05 p.m.

4. The Nun

7:15 p.m.

5. A Simple Favor

7:20 p.m.

6. Searching

7:40 p.m.

7. The Happytime Murders

7:00 p.m.

Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Women’s soccer, E2

Sports

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Men’s soccer, E4

Football drops game to Vulcans, 57–14 Nate Powles Sports Editor

The Shippensburg University football team went back to action after riding the high of an intense, last-minute victory against Slippery Rock University in its previous outing, only to fall flat on both offense and defense in a big loss to Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) West squad California University of Pennsylvania (CALU), 57–14.

The Red Raiders struggled to contain the Vulcans on offense all day, giving up 20 points in the opening quarter as CALU’s true freshman quarterback Noah Mitchell had his way with the SU defense. The opening drive of the game did not end as the Red Raiders may have hoped, as the Vulcans charged down the field at will. Each of Mitchell’s completed passes on the drive resulted in a gain of at least 15 yards, including a 16-yard touchdown pass with less than three minutes gone in the game.

SU did not get off to a comparable start on its first offensive drive, as redshirt-freshman quarterback Brycen Mussina struggled in his third collegiate start. He had two short completions followed by two incompletions to end the short drive.

The SU run game was not much of a force in the afternoon, as redshirt-senior running back Marcus Lominy finished 24 yards on eight carries. Redshirt-sophomore Raleigh Sirb had a bit more success, totaling 58 yards on 14 carries.

The Red Raider defense settled down on CALU’s second drive of the day, allowing a deep 31-yard completion by Mitchell but following with an interception by redshirt-junior defensive back John Chaney III to give possession back to the offense.

In what would become a trend, SU moved slowly down the field and broke into Vulcan territory. Mussina took control of the offense and looked poised, but forced a ball into tight coverage and was picked off at CALU’s 29-yard line by defensive back Jimmy Pierce, who returned the ball the length of the field for another Vulcans score.

SU took over and picked up right where it left off. The team moved into Cal territory on a roughing the passer penalty and Mussina forced the ball downfield once again, resulting in another interception for the Vulcans. Two consecutive drives ended in turnovers for the Red Raiders, squandering good field positioning on possible scoring drives.

The Vulcans again turned the interception into points, driving down the field and bullying the SU defense on their way to the end zone for the 20–0 lead to end the first quarter. The

score came on an accurate deep pass for 71 yards from Mitchell, who could not be contained in the quarter. The first drive of the second quarter for the Red Raiders did not go well, as Mussina was sacked for a big loss on second down and SU was forced to punt.

After two more consecutive scoring drives for CALU, SU put together an impressive drive as Mussina drew the Vulcan defense offside on two snaps in a row. Several quick short-yardage plays later, the Red Raiders were down at the CALU 28-yard line and looking like they had the momentum to grab their first points of the game. Another inopportune

turnover, however, ended those hopes and the Red Raiders entered halftime scoreless and down 34 points.

In what has been a sort of pattern with the team so far this season, coach Mark “Mac” Maciejewski came out more aggressive to start the second half and the Red Raiders moved efficiently down the field, including a 33-yard pass to redshirt-junior receiver Josh Gontarek. This drive ended much differently than the previous red zone chances, as Mussina hit Gontarek again for the 9-yard touchdown for SU’s first points of the game.

See “FOOTBALL,” E2

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Running back Marcus Lominy started off the game hot by racking up a couple strong runs. The defense had more success against the run in the second half, limiting the Red Raiders to just 43 yards on the ground.

Volleyball’s impressive winning streak continues over weekend The team claimed wins against Clarion and IUP in its first PSAC contests of the season

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Samantha Webber (No. 12) and Morgan DeFloria (No. 11) have been two of the driving forces behind the Raiders’ early-season success and the 12-game win streak.

Nolan Hoffman Asst. Sports Editor The Shippensburg University volleyball team has been on a hot streak since the first week of the season and has now won 11 matches in a row after its last two victories against Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) and Clarion University.

The Raiders opened Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) play on Friday with another dominating performance against IUP. The win was one of the most impressive showings by the team in recent seasons, as the Raiders won the match with set scores of 25–9, 25–13 and 25–18 on their way to a straight sweep.

The attack percentage for SU — .356 — was its highest mark of the year so far and the best mark against a PSAC opponent in almost a year. On the other hand, IUP was limited to a minus .066 percentage, which was another milestone as it was the lowest number posted by a Raider opponent in two years.

The attack and finishing efforts were efficient and executed well all match, as junior Samantha Webber led the team with nine kills, throwing in two blocks and a .438 hitting percentage.

Fellow junior Kendall Johnson also had a big match, contributing eight kills, six blocks as well as a .467 hitting percentage. Sophomore Emily Hangen had a team-high 32 assists along with three blocks and seven digs.

In the following match, the Raiders — who were on the road — defeated Clarion by set scores of 25–19, 25–20 and 25–15. Morgan DeFloria — one of the standout seniors for this team — had another great performance. DeFloria had a team-high 15 kills, to go along with a .224 hitting percentage; she also had 49 attempts and added eight digs.

Johnson had an effective game to say the least. She had a hitting percentage of .353 to go along with eight kills and four block assists, which was a team-high on the day. Hangen had a rock-solid day on the court with 33 assists and 12 digs on the day.

Webber and fellow junior Faith Loehle came up with solid performances on the day as well, as Webber recorded eight kills on the day and Loehle had two service aces and two digs.

Another junior, Gabriella Johnson, had 19 digs during the match, and was one of only three people to record double digits in digs, the other two being Hangen (12) and Megan Forstburg (11).

The Raiders are now 12–2 overall and 2–0 in PSAC play and will look to extend their winning streak to 12 matches for the first time since 2013 when they get set to play the Seton Hill Griffins on Friday at 7 p.m.

SU has now logged a win streak of at least 10 games for the second consecutive season.

The match will be the home opener for the Raiders at Heiges Field House and they will look to continue the momentum in PSAC play on a weekend in which the California University of Pennsylvania will also make the trip to SU for a match on Saturday.

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Weigel’s game-winner helps down Clarion, 1-0

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Other members of the soccer team crowd around forward Izzy Weigel after her 80th-minute game-winner. Weigel leads the team with four goals this season.

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Midfielder Kiersten Pierce was involved in a handful of attacks against Clarion.

SU is off to its best start since 2015, when it made the PSAC quarterfinals.

From “FOOTBALL,” E1 Unfortunately, the joy was short-lived as the Vulcans did not slow down on offense and immediately brought the deficit back to 33 points after CALU running back Nelson Brown broke off a big run for a 43-yard score. SU did not let that break slow it down on offense, as the unit put together a few big plays to quickly cross the field and score.

Tight end Shea O’Donnell caught two passes for 75 yards on the drive, including a 27-yard catch for the touchdown. The score narrowed the deficit to 40–14 at this point in the third quarter.

The fourth quarter did not go as well for the Red Raiders as the third had, as the Vulcans went to the run game early and often. Outside of

one pass at the beginning of the drive, CALU used its running backs effectively all the way down the field to score and increase the Vulcans’ lead.

The Red Raiders could not get going on offense again as the Vulcans went on to score one more time before the end of the game. Mitchell finished the game with just over 300 passing yards and two touchdowns to go with Chaney’s interception.

Mussina could not repeat his early-season success against a stout CALU defense, throwing for just more than 200 yards and two touchdowns, but also four interceptions. Gontarek was the leading receiver for the Red Raiders during the afternoon, reeling in eight catches for 109 yards with a score.

The Red Raiders gave

up 207 total rushing yards against CALU, including 139 and three touchdowns to Brown alone, along with five total scores.

Up next for SU is a trip to Bloomsburg University as the team begins its PSAC East matchups against the Huskies.

The rush defense will need to tighten up against Bloomsburg and lead back Hakeem Sillman, who has 304 yards on the ground across three games so far this season. The game kicks off at 6 p.m. on Saturday.

The Bloomsburg contest is the second game in a stretch of tough matchups on tap for the Red Raiders, as they then travel to West Chester University and host LIU Post at Seth Grove Stadium to round off the series.

The Shippensburg University women’s soccer team defeated Clarion University with a final score of 1-0 on Saturday afternoon at David See Field.

The Raiders needed to show they had the ability to bounce back after experiencing a tough loss last weekend to Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) rival Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) 1-0, and that is exactly what the team did.

SU battled Clarion the whole game and exchanged scoring chances. However, it was a goal by junior Izzy Weigel in the 80th minute that proved to be the difference on Saturday.

The junior midfielder led the SU offense with five shots, three shots on goal and the game-winning goal. It was Weigel’s team-leading fourth goal of the season. She is currently tied for fourth in the PSAC in goals.

One goal was all that it took to support another strong effort in goal from sophomore goalkeeper Delaney Shifflett.

Shifflett struggled in her freshman season, but she made drastic improvements during the offseason and has come back a much better player. The sophomore totaled eight saves in the win over Clarion. Saturday’s win represented her third shutout of the season. Shifflett is tied for second in the PSAC in shutouts and fifth in the conference in goals against average (.600).

The Raiders have taken advantage of Shifflett’s improved performance in goal to go 4-1 so far this season. The team’s confidence in

its goalkeeper can go a long way toward helping to take some pressure away from the offense. The SU offense has struggled over the last three games, scoring only three goals in that stretch. Due to Shifflett’s fantastic play in goal, the Raiders went 2-1 over those three games.

The Raiders are currently 4-1, and they hold a record of 3-1 in the PSAC. The team is going to need to receive more offensive contribution throughout the lineup if it wants its success to continue. Only Weigel and Taylor Moore (three goals) have tallied more than one goal this season.

On Saturday, Weigel’s goal was enough to get the team the victory over Clarion University. The Raiders’ lack of success during the loss against IUP last weekend showed itself in the first half of Saturday’s game, as Clarion outshot SU 10-5 in the first half, but Shifflett’s strong efforts in net kept the game scoreless.

In the second half, the SU offense caught on fire and outshot Clarion 9-3 and outscored them 1-0.

Saturday’s game against Clarion had an interesting start, as the Clarion team traveled to SU without their jerseys. They were forced to wear SU navy blue jerseys, and it got a bit confusing for the fans at the game watching two teams both wearing SU jerseys battling back and forth.

The Raiders next take on Gannon University (4-2, 3-2 PSAC) on Friday at David See Field. This game is of note in the standings, as Gannon sits right behind SU and are tied with them in points with nine.

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Saturday’s contest against California was the second game of a grueling stretch of PSAC matchups for the Red Raiders. They will travel to Bloomsburg to take on the Huskies, followed by a rivalry showdown with West Chester University’s Golden Rams. The series will end with a home game against LIU Post on Oct. 6.

September 18, 2018

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Football family day art gallery

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The 2018 edition of the Red Raider Pack made its entrance before the family day matchup between the Red Raiders and the Vulcans. The Red Raider Pack is a group of more than 100 students from elementary schools in the Shippensburg district. The students get to run through the marching band tunnel, immediately following the players to kick off the game. Pack members get special privileges to meet SU players, the cheerleaders and the team mascot, Big Red.

More than 5,000 fans made it to Seth Grove Stadium on Saturday for the Parents and Family Day Celebration. The stands were practically full and the fans were engaged for almost the entirety of the game against California (Pa.).

The Vulcans defense played tough all day, giving up only 321 total yards on offense to the Red Raiders. The SU defense struggled, on the other hand, allowing the Vulcans almost 520 offensive yards in an uncharacteristic showing.

The SU offense struggled to get much momentum going on offense throughout the game. The unit tried a balanced attack with passing and the run game, but neither could give the Red Raiders a foothold in the game. The ground attack could not reach 100 yards and the SU quarterbacks threw for just 229 yards.

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September 18, 2018

Men’s soccer impresses again, downs Salem, 1–0

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Midfielder Patrick Luebben was abnormally quiet against Salem, only registering one shot on goal. Salem’s defense was airtight for the majority of the match.

Nate Powles Sports Editor The Shippensburg University men’s soccer team continued its strong start to the new season, picking up its third win in a row against Salem University on Tuesday afternoon, 1–0.

The game was a defensive showdown for the entire first half and the majority of the second half until a phenomenal breakthrough came for the Raiders in the final 10 minutes.

Defender Devlin Mettee’s throw went over two Salem players in the box and fell to Kropnick, who unleashed a powerful bicycle kick to fire the ball into the top corner of the net for the deciding goal.

The tally was Kropnick’s fifth of the season and he is now on pace for about 19 goals — nearly double the 10 goals he scored in his breakout 2017 season. The goal came on Kropnick’s fourth shot on goal of the afternoon and his fifth overall.

Although the game was not a conference matchup, the contest was crucial for the Raiders in terms of building momentum going into the stretch of Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) East contests. After SU’s game against Goldey-Beacom, the team will face divisional opponents for the remainder of the season, starting with Gannon.

The offensive firepower that had been on

display in the team’s previous two victories against Shepherd and Nyack — contests in which SU scored a combined 12 goals — but the offense came through when needed to clinch another impressive win. Both teams combined for only 10 shots on goal — seven of which belonged to the Raiders — but eight of those came in the second half of the dreary, rainy matchup.

Goalkeeper Garret Watson had another strong showing in net, only called into action on a few specific occasions, but he made all three saves during the game to preserve the win and another clean sheet — the seventh of his career.

After dropping its first contest against Chestnut Hill University, SU has tightened up defensively and has discovered an offensive prowess that had been absent in seasons past.

Three consecutive wins against Shepherd, Nyack and Salem seem to have given the team a renewed confidence. The overall margin of victory in those three wins was 13–1.

In Monday afternoon’s matchup against Goldey-Beacom College, the Raiders snuck by with a 3–2 win. Kropnick bagged two more goals to increase his PSAC-leading total to seven in five games.

The Raiders will next welcome Gannon to David See Field on Friday for a PSAC showdown at 2 p.m.

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Cole Kropnick (No. 11) scored the winning goal in the match against Salem.