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Patterson welcomes students back to campus President Charles Patterson Guest Contributor

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Charles Patterson began his tenure as interim president this past July.

Dear members of the Shippensburg University family.

Welcome to Fall 2021!

It is great to have everyone return to campus for the start of the 2021-2022 academic year. A special shout out to our new students. Whether this is your first year in college or you come to us from another institution as an undergraduate or graduate student, you have made a great choice in coming to Ship. For our returning students, welcome back to the campus that you know and love…and that loves you back!

While it has only been two short months since I became your interim president, my family and I have loved Shippensburg University since day one.

My many meetings with students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends of the university have affirmed the enthusiasm that everyone has for the universi-

ty. Ship is a truly special place with great students and passionate faculty and staff dedicated to the academic success of our students. As a servant leader for higher education, it is truly an honor to serve with you and I look forward to visiting with and working alongside all of the members of our campus community.

While we are coming back strong after 18 months of ever-changing COVID-19 mitigation measures, the pandemic does not appear ready to relent. To ensure a safe and resilient campus, we all must do our part. Please wear your masks while indoors on campus. If you are not vaccinated, please take advantage of the many vaccination clinics we are offering on campus or one of the many convenient locations in the community. Vaccination is proven to be effective at helping to control the impacts of the virus and is a critical step in preserving the Shippensburg University experience for everyone.

Get more information on campus efforts to combat COVID-19 at RaiderRespect.ship.edu. I look

forward to celebrating the easing of mask requirements once we see vaccination rates go up and positivity rates go down. It takes a caring community working together to accomplish this goal and you are a part of this effort.

And speaking of celebration, this year we will celebrate 150 years of excellence: The 150th anniversary of the founding of Shippensburg University. We have special events planned to commemorate 150 years of Ship, including Homecoming and a spring festival. In addition, we have a full slate of opportunities planned for students and all members of the campus community. We look forward to creating new memories that will carry us into the next 150 years. Together, we join with our 70, 000 alumni as a proud Raider family and setting a course for the university’s future. Thank you for being a part of the celebration.

Here we Raider, Set, Go, friends!

One injured in shooting near campus Noel Miller

Editor-in-Chief

A non-fatal shooting in the 200 block of Queen Street was reported at 2:20 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 22, according to a Pennsylvania State Police report.

An unidentified individual shot at two men who returned fire with multiple shots, the police report said. One man, 20, was shot in the shoulder and taken to University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Pinnacle Hospital in Carlisle, the police report said. He was not a Shippensburg University student, according to police.

A shot fired from the two men hit a residence occupied by SU students and damaged the interior, according to police.

Shippensburg University sent out an email to students at 7:22 a.m. Monday, Aug. 23, which was also the first day of classes for the fall 2021 semester.

The email tilted “incident off campus over the weekend” said bullets struck a house where SU students lived and that they were not harmed. University student affairs staff are in contact with the students, the email said.

The Shippensburg University Police Department is helping the State Police, the email said.

PA State Trooper Megan Ammerman sent out the State Police report in an email in which she said, “This is considered an isolated incident. As of right now, no arrests have been made.”

The shooting occurred around 20 yards from the fatal shooting in October 2019, the police report said.

Anyone with information is encouraged to contact Jon Boardman at 717-249-2121, the police report said.

SU administrators said in the email, “Any event in which our students may be put in harm’s way is of the utmost concern. We are working diligently with law enforcement, local leaders, those who serve our students with housing and all members of our campus community against outside bad actors who threaten our community.”

The email also said, “We will be in conversation with our off-campus students to assist them in ways to be actively engaged in their own personal safety, and in avoiding unnecessary risks to their personal safety.”

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Campus was packed with new students and families moving in last Thursday.

Move in: a glimpse of the familiar

Siobhan Sungenis Asst. News Editor

First year students arrived at Shippensburg University during Welcome Week to start the fall semester. SU provided four days of activities to help first-year students become familiar with campus before the semester started.

The first day, Thursday Aug. 19 was move-in day.

First-year students moved into their respective dorms with help from Resident Life staff and volunteers. Student groups also helped, including the football team, women’s soccer team, the cheerlead-

ing team, and ROTC members.

There were several separate move-in times for new students and they were divided into waves by groups of zip codes. Residence life staff and volunteers handed out cold water bottles at each dorm throughout the day.

Once students were checked in, they could begin their Fall Welcome Week activities. Student ID and parking passes were being given out at the Ceddia Union Building. The CUB had several different events going on including Big Red’s Family Zone, set up in the CUB amphitheater. Welcome Week

packs were handed out in the CUB food court, its entrance graced with a balloon arch.

All students moving in had to get a nasal swab COVID test done at a testing center set up on the second floor of the CUB. In the evening, first-year students went to the “Welcome to Ship” event at which the SU Marching Band performed and keynote speakers Fred Banny and Stephanie Jirard, the chief equity, inclusion and compliance officer and Title IX coordinator, spoke to students, according to the Welcome Week schedule.

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who viewed them moving in the previous day.

Faculty and staff, including the president and provost of the university, and student leaders led a procession down the main aisles onto the stage at the start of the ceremony.

“I’m so glad to be here.

I’m glad you’re here. And I’m so glad we’re here,” said SU Provost Tom Ormond.

“It’s been a tough time getting to this particular place.

And that walk down today was such a meaningful walk to me seeing so many people here,” Ormond said.

Convocation held at Luhrs for class of 2025

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The Class of 2025 and other new students sat in the H. Ric Luhrs Perfroming Arts Center for Convocation.

The ceremony is one of two times an entire class will be together, the university website notes. New Raiders took the SU student pledge after listening to factuly, staff and student leaders speak.

Nearly every seat in the H. Ric Luhrs Preforming Arts Center was filled for Convocation last Friday.

The Class of 2025 and other new students filed into the theater for the annual ceremony.

As per university policy, all atendees wore masks.

Residence Life staff handed out blue “Raider Life” T-shirts and led students to their seats. Two dozen chairs sat side-by-side on the stage for faculty and staff. Pictures taken barely 24 hours ago, faded on and off a big screen, showing the same students

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Last year, convocation was held over Zoom like many other important milestones for college students.

Convocation is one of two times students will be with their entire class in the same room, the university welcome week website says.

It marks the beginning of new students’ college journey and their official induction into the Shippensburg University family.

The ceremony is also held to instill the student pledge in new Raiders. An administration, faculty or student leader spoke on each pillar of the pledge: Uphold the highest level of citizenship, Contribute to the SU learning community, Learn from faculty and staff, Participate in academic endeavors, Help foster the climate of SU and Maintain a healthy mind and body.

Charles Patterson, the interim university president, had a surprise for students during his speech — he gave out what he said was his personal cell phone number. “I believe in family. My family is here with us today. But each of you are also part of my extended family,” Patterson said. “And today I want to share with you my personal cell phone number, just put Pres. Patterson in your phone.”

The keynote speaker was Allison Watts, an associate professor of management, marketing and entrepre-

neurship. She spoke to the students about two aspects of the pledge: How to contribute to the learning community and how to maintain a healthy body and mind.

Watts in addition to being a professor, trains future seeing eye dogs from when they are puppies until they are ready to work as full-fledged service dogs. This year, she is training a black lab named Raider, who accompanied her on stage.

As a puppy trainer, Watts introduces Raider to new stimuli in a variety of settings she said.

These new opportunities of learning will prepare him for his life as a guide dog.

Like Raider, students have an opportunity to take-in new experiences and meet new people which will add to their education, Watts said.

Learning doesn’t just take place inside of the classroom but outside of it as well, Watts said. “We often think of going to university to get an education. But while you’re here you can also participate; you can be involved, and you can be present.” Watts said.

Students can learn anywhere, residence halls, the sports field or even the dining hall. For this they need an open mind that will take in new information from a variety of sources, she said.

One way her own students contributed to the academic and SU community was organizing a fundraiser to raise money for the chance to name a future service dog.

The dog’s name is Raider.

Her students learned how to strategize and organize and about policies on campus, she said.

Switching gears in her speech, Watts said, having a healthy mind and body is important to doing well in academics. A healthy foundation will be helpful to students thought their college journey she said.

Watts encouraged students to seek mental health help like they would if they were physically sick or injured. A major difference from high school is that students spend much less time with faculty, so professors may not realize they are struggling, she said.

Faculty can help students, but students first need to reach out and ask for help so they can be pointed in the right direction, Watts said.

Raider’s journey to becoming a seeing eye dog also assists with some student’s mental health. Often when students stop by to pet Raider on campus, they tell Watts “that made my day,” she said.

“While not a substitute for professional help,” even small things like taking a moment out of their day to pet Raider or to stop and smell the flowers can bring joy to their lives, Watts said.

Convocation concluded with faculty singing the SU alma mater and Seth Edwards, student trustee, leading the new student pledge.

August 24, 2021

Your World Today

Commentary: Getting back to “normal”

Noel Miller Editor-in-Chief The class of 2022, which I am a part of, is the only class at Shippensburg University that had a full year of a “normal” college experience.

I was 19 when I left Shippensburg University for spring break my sophomore year. I am 21 now, a student leader and a senior in college. I have changed an incredible amount since that pre-pandemic time.

Whether you had a year of a normal college experience or not you have overcome some of the most intense challenges of the decade and perhaps of your lifetime so far. You are different and you are strong.

On top of the normal struggles of a college student — family, relationships, social life, academics, extracurriculars, car troubles, finance, jobs — we have had to endure the fear and anxiety from the pandemic that has claimed more than 600,000 American lives to date, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

I’m weary, and I bet you are too. Don’t mistake that to mean I’m not excited, I am looking forward to my senior year and a school

year with in-person classes and a full social life.

But it’s important to remember many of us were strained from pushing past our limits time and time again last school year.

No matter if you have spent the last year and a half in high school or at SU, you have grown, changed and struggled. But you are here and still standing.

That means something, it is a testament to your hard work and your determination. Even if you don’t feel like you’ve done something significant or grown, I promise that you have – just by making it through this past year and a half.

As we turn toward what may very well be another year with masks and social distancing, we will continue to be under pressure from the pandemic.

It will be hard, I won’t deny that, but I think there is more opportunity to recover from burnout this semester. We have in-person classes that will provide easy ways to introduce ourselves to new people. We can meet up (as long as we wear masks) in our favorite hangout spots across campus.

This socialization with reduced fear of spreading the virus (since vaccinations are available) will be one of the most valuable assets to our mental health. Even if you attended therapy regularly, spoke on FaceTime or Zoom every day to friends and family or had the chance to travel in the past year and half, our mental health has

been assaulted.

Trying to better mental well being — reducing anxiety, battling depression, combatting insomnia and many other mental health issues — was incredibly hard in a socially distanced and online world.

So I encourage you reach out to your friends even if it’s just stopping to talk for a few minutes while you pass in the quad. Grab lunch with them or chat up that new classmate who sits next to you in class. Simply being in the presence of others has proven (find statistics) to improve mental health or at least alleviate stress.

Getting out of bed is an incredibly hard task somedays you wake up and you can feel the ache of exhaustion in your bones. But you get up and grind yourself down some more. This year we have the opportunity to socialize and fellowship in person, even if you have to wear a mask. That is far better than the limited (limited to what was safe pre-vaccine) options of last school year.

It might hurt, but try to get yourself outside, the results of spending just half and hour with some friend outside of your dorm might surprise you.

Get yourself outside. Join in new activities and participate in a renewed academic life that has been missing for the past year and a half.

The results of spending time with some friends outside your dormroom or apartment might surprise you.

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SGA president welcomes Ship campus community Riley Brown

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Dear Fellow Ship Raiders, Hello and Welcome to the 2021-2022 academic year. My name is Riley Brown and I am proud to serve as your Student Government president. To the class of 2025, welcome. We are glad you are joining our Ship Family. To our returning upperclassmen, welcome back to what will be an awesome year!

Here at Ship, we live out eight core values, which we have termed “The Raider Way;” a code by which our community lives and works. Those eight values are pride, honesty, belonging, acceptance, integrity, understanding, accountability, and respect. Part of being in the Ship Family means living out these values in all areas of your life – academically, socially, personally, and professionally.

The Student Government Association is the group that advocates for you. We are 29 elected individuals that represent different parts of our campus who “serve as advocates

for the student body and act as liaisons between them and the administration…” among other things. Student Government functions by means of twelve different committees which include but are not limited to: Food Service, Student Life, Diversity and Inclusion, Sustainability and Campus Safety. We also manage a $4 million budget and allocate funds to over 150 student organizations.

My job as the President of Student Government Association is to ensure that your student experience is the best that it can be.

College is an experience that you will remember for the rest of your life and please know there are tremendous administrators, faculty and staff members and student leaders who are working harder than ever to make that possible.

My office is CUB 201 and I encourage you to stop by and say hello or let us know how we can make your Shippensburg experience more enjoyable. Again, welcome to Shippensburg University — I look forward to talking with you soon.

Hydrogen, carbon storage project tapping into all the trends Anya Litvak and Laura Legere Pittsburg Post-Gazzete

For as long as the Marcellus Shale has been pumping out more natural gas than the state knows what to do with, Perry Babb has been hatching schemes to alleviate the glut.

He’s been involved in projects to compress the gas, liquify it, put it on trucks, and make things out of it. He’s the kind of prolific entrepreneur whose bankers have actually pleaded with him to stop launching new companies, Mr. Babb once confessed.

His latest venture is such a collection of hot topics that government and university scientists who’ve spent careers writing “what if’’ papers can hardly believe they might see their work tested in a live experiment.

It’s got hydrogen, carbon capture and storage, shale drilling, chemical production, economically distressed communities, a possible solar tie-in and an elk habitat.

“I don’t have a problem using the word miracle,’’ Mr. Babb, a former pastor, said of the $410 million project that’s slated to be built on a large tract of mostly empty land in Clinton County.

Without a single permit filed or the financing secured, the central Pennsylvania project _ called KeyState to Zero _ sums up a zeitgeist in the energy industry. After years of being the next big thing, hydrogen is having a moment inspired by the tidal wave of corporate and government commitments to reach net zero carbon emissions by various self-imposed deadlines to forestall catastrophic climate change.

“If we were talking about reducing emissions by 20-30-50 percent, I’m not sure we’d

be having a conference about hydrogen,’’ said Capella Festa, COO of Genvia, at S&P Global’s Second Annual Hydrogen Markets Conference in May. The newly established hydrogen venture, Genvia, is backed by the world’s largest oilfield services company, Schlumberger.

The other oil and gas service giants, Baker Hughes and Halliburton, also have announced hydrogen projects.

Here’s why they are all chasing hydrogen: the path to net zero means electrifying as much as possible and churning out that electricity through increasing amounts of carbon-free sources. Hydrogen _ a colorless, odorless, highly flammable gas _ is a leading candidate to power industries that can’t be electrified, at least not easily, like marine transportation, cement and steel production, and long-haul freight. Hydrogen has no carbon and thus emits none when burned or reacted in fuel cells.

It also might be a lifeline for the oil and gas industry in an increasingly carbon conscious world because hydrogen is most commonly made from natural gas.

When Mr. Babb spoke at the inaugural Appalachian Hydrogen & Carbon Capture Conference at Southpointe in April, he declared: ``Hydrogen is the next chapter.’’

“Thank God, if you’re in the Marcellus industry, that this is not the end of natural gas,’’ he said.

“The best environmental thing we can do on a large scale,’’ Mr. Babb said, “is to have everything running on natural gas.”

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Opinion

The Slate Speaks COVID-19: We each have a part to play to end COVID It has been a year and a half since the world went into lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Until late spring, no one had the comfort of being protected from COVID-19 or the assurance that they had a reduced chance of infecting others until the vaccines were rolled out in 2021.

Yet COVID-19 cases in the local area are rising rapidly and vaccination rates remain low.

Positive cases will not fall until vaccination rates rise. Shippensburg University enjoyed a brief mask-free period in the summer until cases began to rise resulting in a mask mandate being reinstated on campus.

Limiting the spread of COVID-19 is not a task that can be accomplished on an individual basis. It will take a group effort, where each member of the community works with one another to stop the pandemic. Yet the staunch individualism in America has given many people the idea that they are exempt from helping their neighbors.

Instead of engaging in the temporary discomfort of wearing a mask and trusting that the vaccine is effective like the scientist at the forfront of modern medicine say, people are choosing their own comfort and entertainment.

Instead of agreeing to temporary discomfort to help the community they live in and are an active part of, people are falling back on the idea that freedom means comfort.

Freedom has never met comfort. Freedom has never been achieved by complacency and unchanging routine.

For some people being free of COVID-19 means that they get to have a full social life again.

For others being free of COVID-19 means they will no longer potentially be killed by going about their daily lives.

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The immuno compromised, young and elderly are most at risk for contracting and being killed by COVID-19. The actions of an individual can affect many. A classmate might live with his or her elderly grandparent or a colleague might have a newborn child.

And if a person is not vaccinated, does not social distance or refuses to wear a mask, he or she could transmit the virus to that classmate or colleague who in return will unknowingly spread it to their loved ones who are in grave danger.

If local communities remain unvaccinated and unmasked, the pandemic will be fueled because it will easily spread. COVID-19 has brought not just indiscriminate death but financial ruin from the cost of increased demand of healthcare facilities and workers, more hurdles to jump through to access education and unbearable pressure on mental health.

Every aspect of a community is impacted by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Parents, protectors, educators, workers, physicians and leaders are suffering or dying from COVID-19.

As their neighbors, it is up to each individual to make a choice - partake in uncomfortable practices proven to combat the virus or reject prevention measures and keep as much “normal” life, entertainment and comfort as possible.

Research and evidence has been found by the brightest minds in science around the world that shows getting vaccinated and wearing a mask are the most effective ways to end the iron grip the pandemic has on the world. These findings are located on the CDC website.

Americans still have the right to feel as they might and to their individuality. But the induvial comfort and entertainment and ease for one person is not worth it if the price is the loss of life.

Temporary discomfort far outweighs avoidable deaths.

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Ship Life Vaccination Clinic Schedule

Clinic #4: First Dose Sept. 9, Second Dose Sept. 30 Clinic #5: First Dose Oct. 27, Second Dose Nov. 18 Clinic #6: First Dose Nov. 10, Second Dose Dec. 1 To see a the full schedule visit: https://news.ship.edu/2021/08/03/ ship-announces-vaccine-clinic-dates-for-campus-and-local-community/

Pfizer Vaccines offered at vaccination clinics throughout the fall 2021 semester Noel Miller

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“COVID-19 vaccine clinics to be held on campus during fall semester” August through December, vaccination clinics are scheduled for campus community members to get their COVID-19 vaccine for free at.

Six clinics are scheduled in total, two having already passed, according to a press release. Through a partnership with the Park Avenue Pharmacy in Chambersburg, the Pfizer vaccine will be administered at the clinics.

A full schedule of clinics can be found at https://news. ship.edu/2021/08/03/ship-announces-vaccine-clin-

Chick-fil-A to open soon in CUB

ic-dates-for-campus-and-local-community/. A first vaccination date and recommended vaccination date are listed under each clinic.

A vaccination appointment is five minutes long and individuals can sign up for a clinic at https://calendly.com/shipr3testing/covid-19-vaccination-first-shot.

While SU does not require students to be vaccinated, the university highly encourages the vaccine, Kim Garris the SU vice president for external communications said.

In a recent message to the campus community, Charles Patterson, SU interim president, has encouraged all students to get vaccinated citing it as vital to have a “return to normalcy”.

As of Aug. 23, The Food and Drug Administration has approved the Pfizer Vaccine.

The Shippensburg Corn Festival returns for 2021, to be held at local fairgrounds Staff Report The Slate

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The CUB dining hall was renovated over the summer to include a Chick-fil-A in the food court. While it’s opening is delayed a sign outside says it will be coming soon. Chick-fil-A is the most recent brand name food chain to take up residence at Shippensburg University. It has taken the place of Kickin’ Chicken in the CUB food court. A sub shop is now open where Kickin’ Chicken used to be.

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The annual Shippensburg Corn Festival is making a comeback this year on Saturday Aug. 28 at the Shippensburg Fairgrounds.

After being canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the single-day event has returned but will look a little different from past celebrations.

“Due to restrictions that have been in place for COVID, the committee has been working diligently to find a solution to meet all restrictions. So as a temporary solution, the Shippensburg Corn Festival will be held at the fairgrounds this year.” the Corn Festival website said.

The fairgrounds are located at 10131 Possum Hollow Road and parking costs $5

per car and the money will benefit the Shippensburg Athletic Associations Booster Clubs and the Festival, according to the website.

The festival, which is known for its wide array of food vendors and craft goods, will feature more than 250 vendors.

Festival favorite foods like roasted corn, barbecue, fried foods, ice cream and of course several corn centric dishes will be sold.

As a community-based festival, the Blue Ridge Thunder Cloggers and Shippensburg University Drum Line are among the musical entertainment, the website said.

“We look forward to the 40th year of the Shippensburg Corn Festival being a successful, fun and entertaining event,” the website said.

Breakfast Bingo returns to Reisner Dining Hall

Ingredients - 1 cup (2 sticks) butter - 2/3 cup granulated sugar - 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar - 1 tsp vanilla extract - 2 eggs - 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour - 1 tsp baking powder - 1/2 salt - 2 cups chocolate chips - Preheat oven to 375 degrees Recipe by Carmine Scicchitano

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Instructions

1. Soften butter in a microwave for 30 seconds 2. Mix butter, sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla using an electric mixer until creamy 3. Add eggs and beat well 4. Add flour, baking soda, and salt, beating until all ingredients are fully mixed 5. Add in chocolate chips 6. Bake for 35-40 minutes in an ungreased 13x9 metal pan

Breakfast Bingo is among the many SU traditions to make an in-person return this year. Students play bingo at Reinser Dining Hall from late at night till early morning to win a variety of prizes. Breakfast is also served to students.

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Packets of bingo cards are handed out to students at the event. They mark them with markers and dotters hoping to be the winner of a prize that is up for grabs each round.

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H. Ric Luhrs Center announces fall schedule Austin Trevino Asst. A&E Editor

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The SUMB rehearses a portion of their show “Rise Above” during band camp.

SUMB brings school spirit back to campus

Ryan Cleary A&E Editor

In March of 2020, students and faculty received an email putting a ban on in-person classes due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Fast forward to fall of 2020, students and faculty were back on campus, but in a different and unique way. Masks and social distancing were a part of the new norm. Weekly COVID-19 tests were conducted to ensure the campus community safety.

With the start of the fall 2021 semester just around the corner, the Shippensburg University Red Raider Marching Band (SUMB) is preparing for its return to Seth Grove Stadium after nearly two years.

The SUMB is the center of SU’s school spirit and pride.

The band is at every home football game, travels to local high school competitions to perform in exhibition and performs at the collegiate marching band festival alongside 24 other bands from around the East Coast.

Joining the SUMB as a freshman in 2019, I was excited and eager to continue the traditions the SUMB has.

It wasn’t until the COVID-19 pandemic that brought that eagerness and excitement to a halt. It was hard last season for members to stay involved, especially since we did not have a field show. During

the fall of 2020, the SUMB used its season to work on its fundamentals. This included: technique, music, traditions, bonding as sections and many more. Each week, the band would get together, in small sections socially distanced from each other, and go over the SUMB fundamentals. While this was a great way to stay attached to their instrument, something was missing.

Over the summer, the SUMB held three minicamps

drum and play in the stands and on the field.

The SUMB completed its band camp on Aug. 17. The band worked hard throughout the two weeks; learning coordinates for drill, memorizing music and preforming during the fall welcome week. I am confident that the SUMB will walk into Seth Grove Stadium on Sept. 5 and bring the energy and excitement that rippled through the stadium two years ago.

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The H. Ric Luhrs Performing Arts Center will be hosting several in-person performances in the coming months as it begins to reopen its doors.

“Like other theatres, the Luhrs Performing Arts Center was forced to close its doors to the public over the last 18 months due to the pandemic. This resulted in a number of shows being cancelled, but we were fortunately able to re-schedule them and are excited to provide a preview of those shows now.” Robin Dolbin, Interim Director of the Luhrs Center said.

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band will be playing on Oct. 9. The band is an accomplished American roots band that has toured with Johnny Cash. They have been playing together since the late ’60s, their well-known hits including “Mr. Bojangles” and “Fishing in the Dark.”

The band also recently added a sixth member, “it’s like when you throw a couple of puppies into the pen with a bunch of old dogs, All of a sudden the old dogs start playing” says Jeff Hanna, longtime band member.

On Nov 17. The Luhrs Center will be hosting The State Ballet Theater of Ukraine’s presentation of “The Nutcracker.” It will feature Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s historic score with new choreography and productions by Andrey Litvinov.

The production faced many hardships and delays when it started production in Ukraine in late 2020 and is now touring the U.S and Canada from November through January.

The Luhrs Center is looking to give guests an unforgettable and immersive experience when coming to see “The Nutcracker”, Konstantin Pinchuk, theater artistic director and production designer, said.

The Luhrs Center requires all guests to wear masks and encourages them to get fully vaccinated for the health of themselves and others.

For more information like ticket prices and times visit www.luhrscenter.com or visit the box office on SU’s campus.

Join the Reflector What is the Reflector?

The Reflector is a student-run undergraduate journal of the arts showcasing poetry, prose and art.

First meeting: Sept. 2, 3:30 p.m.

Photo courtesy from Facebook @ShipUBand

The SUMB rehearses a “company front” for the band. During these minicamps, the band started to work on teaching the incoming rookies the basics of marching. Throughout these rehearsals, my confidence and excitement started to build up again. I was looking forward to grabbing my

is celebrating its 150th anniversary as an institution of higher learning and the SUMB plans to commemorate it by having a “150” on the field during the pregame performance.

Review: “Banana Splits tra la la la terror”horrifically dissapoints viewers Austin Trevino Asst. A&E Editor

Horror walks such a thin line between causing genuine fear and being downright comedic and some movies such as “Evil Dead” are both funny while at times scary and unnerving. “The Banana Splits Movie” from 2019 unapologetically is neither scary nor funny.

The Banana Splits was originally a Hanna Barbara live-action kids show like “Sesame Street” or “Teletubbies,” fusing fun mascot characters singing and dancing. The show itself only ran for about two years, and now after several failed reboots and many years on Boomerang, a young director has decided to reboot the show as a horror film franchise.

The plot centers around a family going to see a live taping of “the Banana Splits”show.

Things escalate when the animatronic charters learn that their show is canceled and begin murdering adults and taking children to be their captive audience.

Now simply saying the movie was terrible would be disrespectful to a lot of really entertainingly bad movies; the “Banana Splits tra la la la terror” is what happens when trends

influence a movie. The best example is the change of the Splits from costumed mascots to deranged animatronics. It feels as though they caught on to the trend of making childhood characters into cold, heartless machines.

The movie visually looks fine, boasting an impressive array of practical effects and sets that at the very least make the film’s one primary location exciting and diverse. Sadly, near the end of the film, these sets are either replaced with drab rooms and hallways or are shot in such low light that while creepy, they lose what made them visually stand out.

Sound design for the film is nearly nonexistent, with most of the soundtrack being the show’s theme at various speeds.

The movie does have some hilarious lines and laughably lousy acting. However, credit is due to the child actors who give excellent performances while keeping the film well grounded. The adults in the movie accomplish this. While trying to survive, they also struggle to prevent the children from being traumatized.

While this movie might not be a piece of film gold, who doesn’t like being able to talk over a bad movie from time to time.

To receive updates on what the Reflector is doing, visit their Instagram @shippensburg.reflector

Billboard Top 10 1. Stay - The Kid LAROI & Justin Bieber

6. Take My Breath - The Weeknd

2. Good 4 U - Olivia Rodrigo

7. Butter - BTS

3. Bad Habits - Ed Sheeran

8. Industry Baby - Lil Nas X

4. Kiss Me More - Doja Cat feat. SZA

9. Montero - Lil Nas X

5. Levitating - Dua Lipa feat. DaBaby

10. Deja Vu - Olivia Rodrigo

The Music Corner What has the A&E Assistant Editor Austin been listening to this past week?

Songs 1. Green Bird 2. heart-Shaped Hologram 3. Moon River

Artists Gabriela Robin Stephanie Mabey Frank Ocean

4. Be Sweet

Japanese Breakfast

5. Cupid’s Chokehold/Breakfast in America

Gym Class Heroes

6. Surrender

Cheap Trick

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Football set to return to field

Photos courtesy of Bill Smith/SU Sports Info.

After the cancellation of the 2020-21 football season the Raiders will return to the field looking to bounce back from their disappointing 2019-20 season.

Isaiah Snead Sports Editor

Sept. 4, 2021, will mark the first game for the Shippensburg University football team in 22 months, as it will take on West Virginia State at Seth Grove Stadium.

Just 27 letter winners from the 2019 season are among the more than 100-player roster reporting for the preseason camp. The Raiders did not play any games in the 202021 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

SU is looking to bounce back from a disappointing 2019 season in which the Raiders went 4-7 and their defense gave up 30 plus points seven times.

The team will also need to overcome the loss of their two veteran receivers: Winston Eubanks (Penn State University) and Charles Headen (Southern Methodist University.)

With so much time off for the team, SU head coach Mark Maciejewski will need to rely on experienced players such as quarterback Brycen Mussina, tight end David Balint III and running back Bill Williams.

Mussina is a former PSAC East Freshman of the Year and is coming off a 2019 campaign where he threw throw 20 touchdowns against eight interceptions for 2,646 yards with a 61% completion percentage.

Balint is coming off a record setting 2019

season, catching 64 passes for 755 yards and two touchdowns. Both marks were new Shippensburg single-season school records for a tight end.

Balint was named to the 2019 D2CCAA All-American Second Team and was more recently named to 2021 Lindsy’s Preseason All-America Football First Team.

Earlier this month the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Eastern Division Preseason Coaches’ Poll was released and Shippensburg placed 5th.

Shepherd, West Chester, Kutztown and Bloomsburg all ranked ahead of SU. Shepherd, WCU and KU all received first place votes. East Stroudsburg, Millersville and Lock Haven rounded out the division behind Shippensburg.

This past Saturday, the Raiders held a fan appreciation event at Seth Grove Stadium at which fans had the chance to interact with players and coaches.

Starting Sept. 4, fans will have the chance to show even more support in the stands cheering the Raiders on through their quest for a PSAC championship.

The Raiders begin their PSAC East schedule on Oct. 2 against Shepherd University with homecoming landing on Oct. 23 against Millersville University.

Redshirt-junior David Balint III looks to turn upfield after a catch against IUP.

PSAC announces return to competition policies for fall 2021 season

Photo courtesy of Bill Smith/SU Sports Info.

The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference recently announced its plans for the 2021 return to fall sports after most sports missed the entire 2020 season.

Jack Ansley

Asst. Sports Editor

Last week the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) announced its return to competition plans for the fall 2021 season. The announcement allows the return of fall sports to Shippensburg University. In 2020, all fall sports were canceled because of the COVID- 19 pandemic.

The new policies are based on recommendations from the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA.) The policies are different for vaccinated and unvaccinated athletes. Unvaccinated athletes and coaches are required to get frequent COVID-19 tests.

The testing would occur no later than a week before competition starts. These tests could either be a PCR nasal swab test

once a week or an antigen test three times a week.

“While we are pleased that we are able to return to competition we must remain vigilant in protecting the health of our student-athletes," said PSAC Commissioner Steve Murray.

“These policies and procedures will help us through the Fall season.”

Vaccinated athletes will not be required to be tested unless they are exposed to someone who has tested positive with COVID-19. The PSAC also announced that athletes who test positive for COVID-19 will have to quarantine for 10 days. The conference also announced that athletic competitions will be able to be postponed if an athlete contracts COVID-19.

In a statement about the protocols, Murray said, “We have had policies in place since 2008 regarding postponed or canceled contests due to medical emergencies. Forfeiting con-

tests is not an option. However, we want teams to play even if they may be short some athletes due to quarantine.

“Those will be campus leadership decisions based on sound medical advice and will be supported by the rest of our members should it occur," Murray said.

All fan attendance policies and maskings of athletes, coaches and spectators will be campus-level decisions.

As of Wednesday, Aug. 18, all Shippensburg University students, faculty and staff are required to wear masks when indoors regardless of vaccination status. The university has mandated that athletes who are unvaccinated must wear a mask places where they are not on the field.

All fall sports competition will begin on Thursday, Sep. 2.

SU’s men’s soccer and women’s volleyball teams will play on that date.

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Field hockey chasing championship One player to watch this year is senior forward Jazmin Petrantonio. Petrantonio was the Raiders leading scorer during the 2019 season with 29 goals, eight assists, and 66 points. Petrantonio has stockpiled a lot of awards throughout her three seasons for the Raiders.

Petrantonio was named PSAC Field Hockey Freshman of the year in 2017. Petrantonio is also a 3-time NFHCA All-American First Team.

Another player to watch this season is fellow senior forward Jenna Sluymer. In 2019 Sluymer started 11 games and scored eight goals, three assists and 19 points.

Sluymer averaged 1.27 points per game,

putting her in the Top 10 in the conference.

In 2018, Sluymer led the team in assists.

Sluymer was also named as part of the All PSAC First Team in both the 2018 and 2019 seasons.

The Raiders will have three preseason exhibition dates. The first exhibition match was last Saturday against St. Francis University. The second preseason match is on Thursday, Aug. 26 vs Dickinson. The third preseason game will take place on Sunday, Aug. 29. After the preseason concludes the Raiders will open the regular season on Sunday, Sept. 5, when the Raiders host Coker University at 1 p.m. at Robb Sports Complex.

Photos courtesy of Bill Smith/SU Sports Info.

Senior forward Jenna Sluymer celebrates after scoring against Kutztown.

Jack Ansley

Asst. Sports Editor

After nearly two years, the Shippensburg University field hockey team is returning to the field after having its 2020 fall season canceled because of COVID-19. In the 2019 season, the Raiders went 12-6 and finished third in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC.) They ultimately lost to Millersville in the first round of the PSAC tournament.

The Raiders were recently voted third in the 2021 PSAC Preseason Coaches’ poll released on Aug. 17.

The Raiders also received two of the 11 first-place votes in the poll. The two teams ranked above the Raiders in the poll are West Chester and East Stroudsburg University.

The Raiders have 21 players returning from the 2020 season. Even though the

Raiders were not allowed to compete during the 2021 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they were able to practice in the spring and had one exhibition match.

The Raiders will play 16 games this season with eight of those games being at Robb Sports Complex. The team's schedule includes a mixture of PSAC rivals such as West Chester and Millersville. The Raiders will also face off against non-conference opponents Coker, Belmont Abbey and Frostburg State.

Behind the bench for the Raiders this season is head coach Tara Zollinger. Zollinger is entering her fifth season with the team. In her five years with the team, Zollinger has led it to consecutive national championships in 2017 and 2018. In addition to Zollinger, the Raiders are led by assistant coach Jordan Page and newly acquired assistant coach Alexandra Pennington.

The Raiders look to return to winning ways after a year off due to COVID-19.

110 Raiders recognized with 2020-21 D2ADA Academic Achievement Awards

Students maintained a 3.5 GPA or higher while participating as a veteran in their sport

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Oyinda Agbale, volleyball Valen Alonso, field hockey Aaron Alphee, football John Bachar, wrestling Zach Bailey, men’s soccer Jacquelynne Baker, women’s basketball Casey Bell, women’s soccer Jake Biss, men’s basketball Josh Booth, men’s track & field Jody Boyer, field hockey Madison Breiner, women’s swimming Rachel Bruno, women’s track & field Alyse Caffrey, women’s soccer Julianne Capozzoli, lacrosse Clairanne Chairs, lacrosse Alexandra Cottingham, women’s soccer Julia Dalton, women’s soccer Justin Darden, baseball Morgan DeFeo, softball Kelli Dunagan, women’s soccer Erika Ebersole, women’s track & field Laura Fazzini, women’s soccer Matt Feeney, football Andrew Feldman, men’s cross country/track & field Ava Franklin, women’s cross country/track & field Jade Fry, women’s cross country/track & field

Kyra Gerber, women’s cross country/track & field Riley Good, football Leah Graybill, women’s track & field Aunbrielle Green, women’s basketball Olivia Gregory, women’s basketball Anna Gruber, field hockey Emily Hangen, volleyball Nathan Harding, men’s cross country/track & field Cole Harris, men’s cross country/track & field Andrew Haynes, baseball Molly Herigan, field hockey Kiernan Higgins, baseball Phylicia Hockman, women’s cross country/ track & field Lacey Hunter, softball Owen Iacobelli, men’s soccer Josh Jackson, men’s cross country/track & field Madi Jones, lacrosse Tressa Kagarise, softball Addie Kalama, lacrosse Hunter Keck, men’s swimming McKenna Keller, lacrosse Ellie Kuhn, women’s track & field Austen Labarre, baseball Amanda LaVana, women’s cross country/ track & field Bret Legath, football Kallie Lyle, women’s swimming

Chayce Macknair, men’s cross country/track & field Shannan Maher, women’s swimming Hannah Marsteller, softball Shane McGarry, football Sara McKean, women’s track & field Sydney Miller, women’s soccer Mackenzie Mitchell, women’s soccer Leah Moffitt, women’s cross country/track & field Terrence Moore, men’s basketball Sydney Morgan, women’s track & field/cross country Brycen Mussina, football Alyssa Nehlen, softball Ashlee Newton, women’s track & field Emma Oberholtzer, women’s soccer K.K. O’Donnell, women’s soccer Hannah Palinkas, softball Grace Palmieri, softball Trey Paul, football Carson Pennings, women’s track & field Alana Pergine, volleyball Tyler Petucci, football Mckenzie Pope, lacrosse Hannah Raines, lacrosse Sydney Reffner, softball Mari Reott, women’s swimming Maddie Reuther, field hockey Jenna Robbins, women’s cross country/track & field Malayna Rowe, women’s track & field

Erika Rundquist, women’s swimming JJ Saukko, men’s soccer Gabby Savarino, lacrosse Kasey Schuchardt, lacrosse Hannah Seifried, lacrosse Ilari Seunavaara, men’s soccer Bridget Sharkey, softball Gianna Sigado, volleyball Sydney Sirois, women’s cross country/track & field Jordan Skoff, volleyball Dontae Slocum, football Jenna Sluymer, field hockey/tennis Olivia Sommers, women’s cross country/ track & field Alec Stimson, men’s track & field Kayla Sudbrink, women’s swimming Mallory Sunderland, women’s track & field Carly Switala, lacrosse Eva Tice, women’s swimming Kaitlyn Townsend, volleyball Kayla Tryanski, tennis Riley Weller, women’s swimming Ben Werkheiser, baseball Brenna White, women’s swimming Kyle Willwerth, men’s soccer Trevor Woolwine, men’s swimming Morgan Wyatt, baseball Nick Zanic, baseball Kristen Zellner, field hockey Eric Zimmerman, men’s swimming Elijah Zinn, men’s swimming

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Back-to-School Gallery

Excited students moved into their dorms last week in preparation for the fall 2021 semes-

ter. Peer anchors and Shippensburg ROTC members greeted students and helped them move belongings into their dorms. Students are preparing for a somewhat “normal” semester this year. While students are fully back on campus for the first time since Spring 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, masks are still required inside buildings aside from private dorm rooms.

Photos by Noel Miller/The Slate