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Tuesday, October 18, 2022

SU Homecoming 2022 Homecoming parade returns royalty announced after 12 years Nicholas Behr Staff Contributor

Shippensburg University’s Homecoming Parade made a triumphant return on Saturday, after a 12-year hiatus.

The parade started in town at 10 a.m. at Fayette and King streets. The parade traveled along King Street, then onto Prince Street and made its way up to Old Main and around the fountain.

There were several clubs and organizations featured in the parade in addition to the Homecoming Court.

The Shippensburg Marching Band gave a performance all through town, and locals in attendance enjoyed the floats and music. The organizations present had vehicles decorated with gear suited to the theme of Viva Las Ship. Big Red made an appearance in an Elvis outfit as well.

“It is great to see that the parade is back after so long.

I really used to enjoy it. I would take my kids out to watch and we would go to the football game afterward.

It really set the mood for the whole weekend,” a Shippensburg local, said. Her grandson said his favorite part of the parade was the big drums.

There was also a viewing party hosted in front of the Clarion Hotel on King Street where there was a panel of judges for the parade. Shippensburg campus buses shuttled people into the town to attend the party. Several students in attendance watched the parade and some followed along onto campus where the parade reached its conclusion at Old Main. The Homecoming Parade was a fun event that kickstarted Saturday’s festivities.

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William Hoffman, Olivia Faenza, and President Patterson after the ceremony.

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Student Ambassadors posing in front of their float.

William “Bill” Hoffman and Olivia “Livv” Faenza are the 2022 Homecoming Royalty for Shippensburg University, as announced at the homecoming football game on Saturday. Both seniors were honored and excited to have been selected.

Hoffman is a senior human communications major with minors in sociology and criminal justice. Outside of classes, he is involved in the Activities Programing Board (APB), is a technology manager at the Ceddia Union Building (CUB) and is on the board for the President’s Watchkeepers.

“It is kind of unbelievable,” Hoffman said when asked how he felt after being crowned. “I am so grateful for everyone supporting me.”

Faenza is a senior communication, journalism and media major, concentrating in public relations. She also has a minor in marketing.

Faenza is the president of the Shippensburg University Marching Band (SUMB) and represented them when running for Homecoming Court. Outside of the band and academics, Faenza is the assistant PR director for The Slate, a member of Kappa Kappa Psi, the National Honors Band Fraternity and a member of Kappa Delta Phi NAS. “I am so thankful for ev-

eryone’s support,” Faenza said.

As part of running for Homecoming Court, all the candidates raised money in support of Big Red’s Cupboard. The program provides free food to anyone on campus who needs it. Together, the candidates gathered 450 donations and raised $6,000 to go toward supplying the pantry. As the 2022 Homecoming Royalty, Hoffman and Faenza will continue to give back to the community in a variety of ways throughout the rest of their time at SU. Congratulations Bill Hoffman and Livv Faenza, and we look forward to seeing you flourish.

Thousands march in Washington in support of keeping abortion rights Paige Shope

Managing Editor

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Women speaking their voices about abortion rights at the Women’s March on Oct. 8 demanded protection for the right.

On Oct. 8, thousands marched through Washington, D.C., to rally against abortion bans and encourage voting in the upcoming November election.

Participants gathered at 11 a.m. in Folger Park and a rally took place at 12 p.m. where actress and comedienne Lea DeLaria and many other speakers, including Rachel Carmona, executive director of Women’s March, spoke to the crowd about the importance of the upcoming election.

There was also a special musical performance from MILCK, Autumn Rowe and BIIANCO who showcased their song “We Won’t go Back.”

After the rally, the group of thousands took to the streets and marched peacefully from Folger Park to Union Square holding many homemade signs and chanting. Participants were instructed to create a “Women’s Wave” after the Supreme Court’s June 2022 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that guaranteed a person’s constitutional right to have an abortion.

Counter protesters were present, but they did not interfere with the march,

and the group continued. The environment of the march included themes of sisterhood, and all were welcome including children, pets and supporters alike.

The Women’s March first began after Donald Trump was elected president in 2016. These marches take place all over the United States, and this year there were hundreds of marches that took place across the country.

The Women’s March organization’s mission is to “harness the political power of diverse women and their communities to create transformative social change,” as stated on the Women’s March website.

The organization is committed to dismantling systems of oppression through nonviolent resistance and building inclusive structures guided by self-determination, dignity and respect.

This year, the Women’s March in Washington focused on the recent abortion bans and the upcoming midterm election, urging everyone who is eligible to vote on Nov. 8. This election is expected to determine the future of abortion access in Pennsylvania and the results will also affect the 2024 presidential election.

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SGA swears in new officers during its fourth meeting Seth Turner

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The Student Government Association (SGA) held its fourth meeting on Thursday, Oct. 13.

Vice President of Finance Chase Slenker called the meeting into action at 4:03 p.m. Slenker lead the meeting in place of President Kennedy Holt, who was absent for the second meeting in a row.

The meeting began with the official swearing-in of all the newly elected senators.

Every senator stood up, put their right hand in the air, and repeated the oath found in the SGA Constitution.

Student Trustee Rangeline DeJesus shared that Shippensburg University will be obtaining the Chockablock Clock from Strawberry Square in Harrisburg.

DeJesus said that the clock

may provide appeal for new students who appreciate local history, and provides a learning opportunity for engineering students, who will maintain and upkeep the clock.

Elizabeth Peters spoke on behalf of the student media groups and offered updates for the various groups.

WSYC held its first meeting, and will also be hosting “2 Spooky 4 Me” radio show from Oct 25-31. SUTV has been discussing new leadership and is planning a Halloween broadcast. The Slate is offering weekly workshops on Wednesday nights. The Slate is also looking to discuss internal officer changes and opening applications for section heads.

Slenker then moved on to appoint the new Vice President of Internal Affairs, and the new Vice President of External Affairs.

Senator

Rashann Henry was unanimously recommended for the position of Internal Affairs. Senator Matheson seconded the motion and with a vote of 15-0, Senator Henry was sworn is as the new Vice President of Internal Affairs.

Sen. Harun Pacavar was then recommended for the position of Vice President of External Affairs, seconded

by Sen. Ethan Rosenberry.

With another unanimous yes vote, Sen. Pacavar became the new Vice President of External Affairs. The two newly elected vice presidents were then sworn in by Slenker.

The meeting closed with final announcements about homecoming and other on campus events. On Oct. 24, “Treat not Tricks” event will be held from 5–7 p.m. at Old Main.

The meeting was adjourned at 4:24 p.m. by a unanimous vote.

Cumberland Valley Breast Care Alliance holds fundraiser event

Bailey Cassada Staff Contributor

The Cumberland Valley Breast Care Alliance (CVBCA) partnered with the Downtown Business Council of Chambersburg for “Paint the Town Pink” on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022 from 5:00 p.m.to 8:00 p.m.

Attendees enjoyed live music from Two Mountains Over, a face painting station, a rock wall, crafts and the Fabulous Flamingo Scavenger Hunt.

Participants hunted for plastic flamingos in participating businesses, including Falafel Shack, Brussel’s Cafe, Mattie’s Hair Salon and Keystone Health Outreach. Once the participant wrote down the names on each company’s flamingo, they were entered into a raffle to win a gift basket with gift certificates and products from Milk Bath, Bonfield Collective

and Lotus Moon.

“The CVBCA has an immediate local impact,” Samantha Logsdon, CVBCA President said. “All funds that are raised stay in Franklin, Fulton and Cumberland County to help provide aid to newly diagnosed women”.

Fundraising efforts contribute to programs such as Mammagift, which are free mammograms for uninsured women, care packages, wigs and other forms of financial aid.

Events like this not only fundraise, but they also support local businesses and raise awareness about the disease, exams and mammograms. Many businesses downtown had special deals, giveaways, samples and more.

The CVBCA holds many fundraising events year-round. For more information on events, donations and more, you can visit thecvbca. org.

September 18, 2022

Your World Today

Commentary: Everybody Goin’ Through Tough Times

Elizabeth Peters Managing Editor My time at Shippensburg Univerity has not been all sunshine and rainbows. A lot of the painful lessons I learned in high school have come in handy as I deal with these problems as an adult without my parents’ help.

For example, my parents never let me quit something I committed to. I played volleyball for my high school, and I participated in club volleyball during the offseason. This meant that while it was snowing outside, I practiced in climate-controlled gyms and traveled to tournaments on the weekend. My skills flourished during the club season, and I know I would not have been the varsity captain for my high school team without this experience.

And yet, club volleyball was one of the hardest

things I ever did, and not just physically. I was on a team with another girl from my high school and other girls from the surrounding area. The year I played on that team I was not accepted by them, and it hurt me emotionally.

The other girls got along much better and hung out outside of practices. That is well and fair, but it became super hard to play with them because I was not in on their jokes. Learning they had a group chat without me was the cherry on top of this rough experience, and then hearing that my school teammate said I was not on her team. Ouch.

Still, no matter how much I cried or complained, my mom did not let me back out of the club. For one thing, club volleyball is very expensive. It would have been silly to not have me finish the last two months and lose hundreds of dollars for nothing. But also, this experience taught me so much self-control and restraint. I had to learn to separate my experiences with my teammates during club season and during school season. This is a practice that has helped me so much

in college.

Everyone has people they don’t like, but for a lot of my classes, we have group projects. I have refined my ability to separate work and personal relationships and can function very well with people I dislike in the professional setting.

There are a lot of situations in life in which you cannot back out because of someone else. As a communication, journalism and media major, I study how to best work with others to get something I need. If someone whom I disagree with has access to something that would benefit my client, it would be silly for my personal issues to get in the way.

By toughing out one of the roughest team experiences of my life, I have grown. I know the same idea applies to everyone else. At this point in the semester, burnout is hitting and tensions are rising. It is important to separate work and personal issues and chose what to prioritize every day. You are stronger than you believe and you can weather any storm you encounter.

Edits to The Slate’s October 4, 2022 edition: The article “SU celebrates naming of Milton and Doreen Morgan School of Engineering” was actually written by staff contributor Bailey Cassada, and A&E editor Margaret Sobotta. We apologize for this mistake.

S.U.P.E.R. map launches successfully Katie Huston

Business Manager

The Shippensburg University Pennsylvania Election Research (S.U.P.E.R.) Map launch party took place on Wednesday, Oct. 12, in McFeely’s Cafe. A class of Wood Honors College students spent the first eight weeks of the semester compiling credited voter data from each county, entering it all into their database, creating the Geographic Information System (GIS) and reaching out to reporters to introduce the S.U.P.E.R. Map to them.

Alison Dagnes, an SU political science professor, came up with the idea for the map over the summer. According to Dagnes, she was approached by a reporter from The Philadelphia Inquirer who asked what she wanted to see in the 2022 mid-term election coverage. She explained to the reporter that she wanted a map with which people would be able to see a variety of data for each county of the state. The reporter had explained to her that a map with all of the requirements she had outlined did not exist. Shortly after, Dagnes realized that she might be able to create the system that she described with the students of the honors college.

“It was unforeseen that I had really no idea what I was doing and absolutely no skills with which to do it,” Dagnes said.

“I thought that it was going to be a lot easier than it was.”

Once it became clear that she could not figure it all out on her own, she reached out to Jan Smith, a retired SU geography professor, to help with the GIS. “I really thought I could just figure it out — that she [Smith] could give me a 10 point ‘here you need to do x, y, z’ and it was so much more complicated than that, and these guys [students] figured it out. It was terrific,” Dagnes explained.

With the help of Smith, students were able to use raw data to produce the S.U.P.E.R. Map. “It took a lot of hard work to familiarize ourselves with the [GIS] software,” Wood Honors College student Hannah Moats said. “It was confusing, but fun and rewarding.”

The class that worked on the S.U.P.E.R. Map was split into three main groups — the research team, the public relations team and the graphic design team. Jenna Cornell, a member of the PR team, said that each team “put long and tireless effort into the work.”

At the launch party, Cornell explained to the audience that the research team spent hours sifting through all the sources

to find verified election voting data. The graphic design team then had to figure out how to take all of the data to make the map appealing, easy to read and easy to navigate.

At the same time, the PR team spent the same long hours finding contacts to reach out to at news sources across the state. The team also prepared personalized emails for each contact, leaving emails open for further conversation. At the time of this publication, that work is still ongoing.

Piper Kull, another member of the PR team, spoke at the launch party to explain the importance of the S.U.P.E.R. Map. She explained that the research largely came from the Pennsylvania Department of State to provide factual data about voters in past elections.

“Partisan politics have caused a divide and distrust in voting statistics. With changes in voting practices come criticisms.

As election results are increasingly disputed, our map delivers official data from all counties in Pennsylvania in an effort to provide fact-based information,” Kull explained. “The Honors College has very talented students and this is a showcase of our skills. It is our hope that this research will bring light to the Honors College and its students at Shippensburg.”

The S.U.P.E.R. Map has many maps that show different elections and their data. There is a general map that shows how many people are registered to vote and to which party they are registered.

“It was definitely a lot of work but we have something substantial to show for it,” said Ethan Rosenberry, a member of the graphic design team. Rosenberry presented the map and its features at the launch party.

Each county in Pennsylvania can be clicked on and expanded data will appear. Election to election percentage differences are also shown on each map. Dagnes explained at the launch party that these changes align with what is occurring on a national scale.

Other maps included in the S.U.P.E.R. Map track voter data for senate, governor and presidential elections. Each of these three pages of the map include summaries of voting statistics as well as facts about the election years. Each map is also fitted with an overlay to slide across the map to show the differences from race to race.

Honors College students also included a page that shows fundraising statistics for each party so that the public can see what is raised and used yearly in the state of Pennsylvania.

“This [the S.U.P.E.R. Map] is of utmost importance to re-

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fute the idea that the elections have been stolen — using raw data to show our democracy is sound,” Cornell said.

This importance was emphasized throughout the S.U.P.E.R. Map launch. Dagnes explained that all of the numbers and percentages follow a similar trend and that voting data doubt can be refuted with certified research.

“They [students] can do anything,” Dagnes said. “The biggest takeaway, period, is that Shippensburg University is fantastic and nobody should underestimate us. Most importantly, we shouldn’t underestimate ourselves — we’re great.”

Anyone interested in accessing the S.U.P.E.R. Map may direct questions to SUPER@ship.edu. The Honors class is currently working on creating a URL to share the map with the public.

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Professor Alison Dagnes addressing the crowd.

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Are there too many Jokers?

Adam Beam

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I really enjoyed Matt Reeves’ “The Batman.” I thought the action was spectacular, Pattinson is the best live-action Batman to date, the direction was terrific and overall made for a flawed but solid first outing for this new iteration of “The Dark Knight.”

However, one of my major gripes with the film was the runtime. At just shy of three hours, the film definitely could’ve used a trim here and there, and one of the things I feel could have been cut entirely is one of the final scenes in the movie.

Once The Riddler’s plan has been foiled, we find him depressed in Arkham, only to be comforted by an unseen prisoner. Anyone could easily figure out that this John Doe is The Joker, even before he giggles like a madman. From this scene, we also learned that “Eternals” actor Barry Keoghan is this universe’s clown prince of crime. I remember when seeing this scene for the first time, distinctly asking, “Who cares anymore?”

I understand that The Joker is Batman’s most iconic villain, and that Warner Brothers cannot make any kind of Batman adaptation without him in some capacity. However, that’s the problem: they’ve been making Batman movies since the 1940s, and since the Adam West

series, we’ve had over 20 plus interactions with The Joker. This would not be so bad except for the fact that there is nowhere else for this character to go. The Joker has been done to death.

Not counting “Gotham,” how many times have viewers seen villains like Mr. Freeze or Poison Ivy in live action? Once. Additionally, both of them were in arguably the worst Batman movie.

Speaking on “Gotham,” Cameron Monaghan essentially played three different Jokers. That’s three different Jokers in one show, do you start to see the problem here? Don’t get me wrong, apart from Jared Leto, the actors who portray The Joker are incredibly talented and bring their own unique attributes to the character. The problem we now face is — as each actor takes a piece of the Jokers before them — how much of the performance is really their own?

I do not want to blame Heath Ledger, his performance in “The Dark Knight ‘’ is truly remarkable and he stands as the best of the live-action Jokers. However, since Ledger’s performance every other actor has been playing the character in a similar fashion. The Jokers nowadays are not the maniacal madmen like Nicholson or Romero, suddenly The Joker is more of, to quote the worst Joker, “an idea.”

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The importance of school traditions Traditions are a staple of any school, early or higher education.

Whether it’s something simple like homecoming, or more complicated like school rivalries, traditions are an unspoken but fundamental part of institutions. In many ways, the traditions remain to be the most consistent elements of many universities and institutions.

Most of the buildings at Shippensburg University have been greatly altered from their original state and in some instances are new additions entirely. However, weekends like homecoming bring alumni back from decades before, and it’s traditions like homecoming that give that connective tissue between the old and new generations of SU. School traditions provide a link between each generation that passes through the institution.

Parents and relatives who graduated from the same high school or college are able to sing along to the alma mater since it is the same charge that united them all those years ago.

Traditions need to be protected greatly to not only keep older generations connected to their schools, but to also remind younger students that they are continu-

ing a legacy.

Obviously, most schools celebrate homecoming, but how they celebrate homecoming and other yearly traditions is what makes them unique.

Take Texas State University for example. Since 1967, their institution has celebrated homecoming with the time-honored tradition of a Soap Box Derby. It’s as simple as it sounds — students design homemade cars and race them for fun every year. If soap boxes do not work for you, try attending Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. The races are still there, but this time students are traversing the race track in a vehicle made out of mattresses.

Returning to local traditions, high schools have some traditions of their own. Shippensburg Area High School and Big Spring High School have a legendary rivalry, and it’s all over a little brown jug. As the local story goes, the rivalry between the schools has been around since 1956. However, Howard Strawmyre, a former Shippensburg sports trainer and his wife realized that with the schools being so similar, why not create an annual tradition in which both can partake. Thus, the little

brown jug was born.

As mentioned, school traditions are a wonderful thing; however, sometimes there comes a point at which traditions need to be broken. There are a few traditions from high school that were broken because they did not align with the society we are in today, and a lot of people had a problem with it, both parents and students. Even though it is tradition and it has been going on for years, sometimes you need to break away from that to become more accepting of others.

A perfect example of old traditions on the way out is also a traditional part of homecoming celebrations. Homecoming celebrations usually culminated in the crowning of a king and queen.

However, colleges are more diverse, and those gender norms simply do not fit the campus populations of the present day. So many schools, like Shippensburg University, have changed the tradition to Homecoming Royalty. A needed and greatly appreciated update.

College traditions are valuable to all schools, but the ones that truly stand the test of time are those that can evolve to the standards of today, while keeping what makes them sepcial in the first place.

Generational Perceptions: Abridging the gap between the old and new Aaron Milligan Staff Contributor

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Many of Hollywood’s most esteemed actors have taken on the role of the Clown Prince of Crime including the late Heath Ledger, Jared Leto, Joaquin Phoenix and Jack Nicholson.

My father is socially liberal. Recently I asked him to rank the presidents during his lifetime and was surprised by his thoughts, mostly by how he described Ronald Reagan.

Dad is aware of the ins and outs of the economy, which is what many cite as one of Reagan’s greatest strengths. While he did not care for Reagan as a person, he doesn’t have the strong distaste for him that I and many younger liberals do.

These conflicting viewpoints could be attributed to countless things, but two hold the most weight to me. Being born in the age of the internet, it is painstakingly easy to research things with credible sources and learn of things we did not live through.

I needed to research Ronald Reagan to form an opinion on him, so I absorbed a lot of information that can be easily forgotten or never learned in the first place without a Google search if you experienced it firsthand.

People in the generations before

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us could not do this type of research as they did not have it at the ready. The other line of thinking is that we do not research things that we lived through because we have that firsthand experience. In 30 years am I likely to research the life and policies of Donald Trump?

No, because I lived through his presidency and already have my opinions of him. My father likely has not researched Ronald Reagan since he was a teenager in the ’80s, there’s no reason for him to.

This is not the first conversation we have had where there was a sense of generational disconnect in terms of differing perceptions of reality, and as two passionate people it certainly will not be the last.

In early 2020, I told my dad that I fully expected the precedent set by Roe v. Wade to be overturned and he, a smart man with an eye for patterns in the world, told me that I should not waste my time worrying about that because there was a low chance of it happening.

Meanwhile, I shared these sentiments with my close friend who responded, “Oh yeah, if Republicans get the ninth seat on the Supreme Court, they’ll certainly take a stab at it.” If two college kids, not

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even old enough to buy a beer at the time, could predict this chain of events why was it so outlandish for someone with so much more life lived?

I was less than a year old when 9/11 happened. Many people on this campus were not alive at all.

The War on Terror is what we’ve been accustomed to; an act of extremism followed by an extreme act of our own that is still going on 21 years later. The Republican party has been on a heel turn since Reagan’s presidency in an attempt to develop an identity, and in doing so they have created a political climate that is more polarized than it has ever been.

The older generations may be cynical, but they have faith in the system because it has been run by two groups of people who behaved as if they were in the center of the political spectrum. That is not the case anymore.

Younger generations expect extreme outcomes because for most of our lives we’ve only experienced politics to the extreme. There are stark contrasts between viewpoints through the generations, and abridging these would help facilitate healthy dialogue.

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Shippensburg University Alumni Spotlights

Katie Huston

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Shippensburg University alumni gathered behind Seth Grove Stadium for another year of

Greg Plummer 1986 Graduate

Greg Plummer received his degree in computer science and is now the director of IT for DLL, a financial services company. He was also an SU swimmer during his time at Ship-

pensburg University and used to play gold at the 9-hole course that was located behind Mowry Hall.

“I’ve been on top of the field house dome,” Plummer said. “You are totally not allowed up there. It’s cool up there.”

Many things have changed since Plummer was a student at SU. He explained that he used to live in Seavers Apartments, which no longer exist.

The water tower that can be seen from most everywhere on campus also did not exist when Plummer was a student.

Allan E. Thomas, Ph.D. 1976 Graduate

When he attended Shippensburg University, Allan E. Thomas, Ph.D, was a member of the football team and involved in SU’s radio station, WSYC. Thomas received his bachelor’s degree in chemistry from SU. Afterward, he received a master’s degree in education and a master’s degree in chemistry.

In 1994, Thomas received his doctorate from Temple University and immediately started as a professor at Temple. He was an associate professor of chemistry for 28 years before he retired.

Before he became a professor, Thomas taught high school chemistry after receiving his bachelor’s degree in 1976. He also coached high school football for four years and college football for six years.

“Teaching has always been my ministry — it’s not a job, being with the students, interacting with

the students,” Thomas explained.

The campus has gone over many changes since 1976. Many buildings have been replaced or built up from scratch.

“The nice thing about SU is even though they have the new buildings, the integrity of the buildings have been maintained,” he said. “If you look across the campus, the integrity of the campus remains the same.”

Thomas explained the friends that he made at SU have lasted him a lifetime.

He even served on the Alumni Association Board of Directors.

“I’ve always felt that I owed Shippensburg,” Thomas said.

According to Thomas, he had several points in college where it felt like his “back was against the wall.”

In college, Thomas lost two brothers and a best friend.

Through it, he had to keep his grades up and get at least a B. He explained that many professors supported him through his time at SU. “One of the advantages of going to a small school, all the professors knew me as a person — not as an ID number,” Thomas explained. “I owe Shippensburg because they gave me an opportunity to get it together, and I did.”

Ed Wagner 1977 Graduate

Retired web developer Ed Wagner stayed close to his family at the SU tailgate on Saturday. He graduated from Shippensburg University with a degree in business administration/ accounting. He explained

that he eventually received a second degree in data processing and then spent 25-30 years in computer-based careers.

Many things have changed since 1977, Wagner highlighted that many of the current buildings are new additions since he attended SU. “The performing arts center wasn’t here, and the hotel and the convention center weren’t either,” Wagner said. “They were very smart moves by the foundation to help bring in revenue to the university.”

tailgating befor the homecoming football game on Oct. 15. Alumni and current students gathered near their own cars or organization tents to socialize before the game. The Slate spoke with some of the alumni who attended this year’s SU tailgate to hear the recounts of the generations of SU alumni.

Trisha Tinner 1988 Graduate

Trisha Tinner, Alpha Omicron Pi sister, met her husband at Shippensburg University. Her husband and son both attended SU and were members of the football team. Tinner received her degree from SU in social work and worked as a social worker in Cumberland County for 25 years.

Tinner started as a children and youth social

Sarah Houston 1979 Graduate worker for several years before ending up as a mental health early intervention social worker. She explained that she was an elementary school-based social worker for a few of the school districts in the area for a while.

“It would be nice to see so much more student involvement at these games.

When I went here, people would be in the apartments and watch the games from there and be on the hill.

I’ve noticed that there is way less of that,” Tinner explained. “It is nice to see that a lot of campus organizations have grown and socialize now, it’s not just sports and Greek.”

Liz Kemmery 2004 Graduate

Photo courtesy of Liz Kemmery

Liz Kemmery, a member of the Alumni Association Board of Directors, received two degrees from Shippensburg — communication, journalism and media and art.

“My first job was at the Shippensburg News Chronicle making peanuts, but somehow I made it through,” Kemmery said.

After that, Kemmery went into communications and marketing in higher education, and worked for Shippensburg University for a while. She now works

for the PA Food Merchants Association as the director of communications. During her time at SU, Kemmery was a member of The Slate, writing and taking photographs for the publication.

She also worked in Kriner Diner Hall in a management position.

“Leadership has changed a couple times over the years, so it has been interesting to see the different ideas that come with the new administration,” Kemmery explained.

Kemmery also explained that many of the buildings on campus have been redone since she had attended.

When she was being interviewed for a job at SU in 2013, they were taking down McCune and putting up the new building. “I wish I had taken a brick,” Kemmery said.

Caryn Earl 1998 Graduate

Caryn Earl, a member of the Alumni Association Board of Directors, essentially grew up at Shippensburg University with her mom working for the university for about 20 years and attending nursery school in Rowland Hall (before GBLUES was installed).

Earl received her degrees from SU in English and communication/journalism. After graduation, she moved to the Washington, D.C., area working for a trade association in communications. She then worked for the Department of Agriculture in public affairs.

She now works in Har-

risburg for the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture as the Bureau of Food Distribution director.

Though she is not actively using either of her degrees in her current position, she notes that she still employs the skills she learned within her job every day.

Earl worked at the University Bookstore while at SU and is an Alpha Phi sister. She was the philanthropy chair for Alpha Phi for one of her years at SU. “We used to do the Turkey Bowl, which was a full contact football game with all the sororities, but they don’t have that anymore,” she explained.

Earl and her husband both attended Shippensburg University at the same time, however, they did not know each other while in school. The two met 12 years ago when her sorority and his fraternity were both in the area at the same time.

Sarah Houston received her degree from SU in communications.

After graduating, she worked for the United States Postal Service in human resources for 35 years before retiring.

Houston is also a sister of Alpha Kappa Alpha and was well-involved in many organizations at SU during her time as a student.

When Houston went to SU, she lived in the original Naugle Hall before it was torn down.

“The campus has expanded a lot and it is still beautiful, we loved it here,” she said.

According to Houston, she and her friends have visited SU every year for the Alumni Weekend for the past 20 years.

“The people we bonded with, we bonded for life,” Houston said.

William “Stretch” Bailey, Ed.D. 1976 Graduate

Even though he graduated in December 1975, William “Stretch” Bailey, Ed.D, is considered a part of the class of 1976. Bailey received his bachelor’s degree in history from Shippensburg University. He also received two master’s degrees, one in education and the other in counseling. In 2007, Bailey received his doctorate from Wilmington University.

Over the years, Bailey has held many jobs within the field of education as a teacher, a school counselor and a principal. He retired in 2013 and is now an educational consultant working with many different school districts.

During his time at SU, Bailey was on the basketball team and was a member of African American

Association. He also served as a member of the Alumni Association Board of Directors for a period of time.

“The location of the school lends itself for a lot of personal growth for individuals that come from urban areas,” he said. “We lived through the transition from when this was a farming community not accustomed to minorities.

The town had to get used to us, we had to get used to the town. We didn’t even have a fast-food joint.”

According to Bailey, because the size of SU has grown significantly since he attended, current students have an advantage over past students. He explained that SU now has the ability to improve and offer more opportunities for students.

Many of Bailey’s lasting friendships began at Shippensburg University.

“Herb Bowers was the chief of campus police,” he explained. “He was very instrumental in keeping me focused, we stayed in contact for a number of years, I always looked forward to seeing him when I came back.”

Matthew Stauch 1992 Graduate

Matthew Stauch is a brother of Sigma Phi, which is a fraternity that is no longer active at Shippensburg University. He also played rugby at SU for a few of his years as a student.

While Stauch received

his degree in government, the previous name for the political science department, he now works in construction management.

Staunch explained that he started in the field the year after he graduated and has been doing it ever since.

“There have been many improvements in terms of architecture as well as overall campus aesthetics,” Stauch said. “It’s beautiful now – not that it wasn’t then – but definitely a more concerted effort at making the buildings more appealing and making the common areas more appealing. Certainly, catering to a higher level of appeal.”

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SUTV takes home another Emmy Madi Shively

Staff Contributor

Shippensburg University’s student media kicked off October in a victorious fashion — specifically Shippensburg’s very own TV station, SUTV News. Members of the student-produced news station traveled to Philadelphia to attend the 40th Annual Mid-Atlantic Emmy Awards ceremony.

The news station had highly anticipated the event for months prior, following their nomination for Best Live Sporting Event/Game in August — their sixth Emmy nomination overall. The piece that had been nominated was for SUTV’s live coverage of Shippensburg’s home football game against West Chester in the 2021 fall semester.

The following individuals were nominated for the award for their corresponding positions during the broadcast: Patrick Ramsdale, director; Jacob Hitz, play-by-play; Jack Ansley, color commentator; Cole McKowen, graphics; Brixx Minguez, audio; Marlee Bulman, replay; Adam Beam, camera; Cullen Maes, camera; Stefan Gergishanov, camera; Carmine Scicchitano, camera;

and Sara Cox, sideline reporter.

When asked how he felt about the event, SUTV’s news director Cullen Maes shared that he felt anxious leading up to the ceremony. “I went in with the knowledge that SUTV had won several Emmys over the years, so that helped ease the tension. Still, it was thrilling to have SUTV represented at such a highend event,” Maes said. Eased tension is right: SUTV News is no stranger to the Mid-Atlantic Emmy awards, with three nominations and two wins in 2018, and two nominations and one win in 2019.

Still, fingernails were bit.

“There were people from several TV stations across the state. That raised the stakes in my mind,” Maes added, recounting the attendees of the event, “but it also allowed me to talk and network with some skilled and talented people within our industry, some of whom are Ship alum.”

I sat down with SUTV’s live sports announcer and sports director Jacob Hitz to ask him about his feelings towards the event. “Without a doubt, the experience that I’ve gathered here at Ship had a direct impact on the work we sent in for the Emmys this year,” Hitz shared.

“After we didn’t get nominated back in 2020, we had to go back to the drawing board to improve the broadcasts to be as good as they could possibly be.” And improve they did, as the station took home the Emmy for Best Live University Sporting Event/Game. “It was a huge victory for all of us,” Maes (’22) stated.

“SUTV is inherently a team effort, and that award represents the collective efforts we’ve made leading up to that point.”

When asked what’s next for SUTV, Hitz (’22) shared that his main intentions are to keep moving forward with a great deal of confidence in SUTV’s newest crew members. “The big thing now is to start working towards next year’s Emmys. We’ve won three out of the last four Live Sports awards that were given out, and I think we’ve got a great crew to continue that tradition,” Hitz says. “I’m proud of this year’s win, and I’m excited for my last two football games for SUTV before I graduate in December.”

SUTV News airs at 7 p.m. EST Thursdays on Comcast Channel 21 and on Facebook Live @SUTVNews.

Residence Life kicks off Homecoming Tyler Hill

Staff Contributor

One of the best times of the semester is finally here — homecoming.

Many students are eager to participate in the many events taking place across campus. This year’s theme for homecoming was Viva Las Ship, inspired by the city of Las Vegas.

SU brought the sinful city to the rural campus with decorated buildings and events that students can spot around campus.

Residence Life hosted its homecoming kickoff on the west side and east side quads on Wednesday, Oct. 12, at 8 p.m. Students were able to step out of their rooms and join the fun of singing, playing lawn games and eating snacks.

On the west side, Residence Hall Association President Adam Beam took students on a classical ride to Vegas with a 1940s jazz performance.

One of the songs that he sang was “That’s Life” by Frank Sinatra, while students

gathered around and began to sing with him.

While the jazz ensemble was taking place, students were also able to enjoy many snacks like s’mores, roasted marshmallows, hot dogs and popcorn. Plenty of lawn games were set out for everyone to enjoy like Connect 4, bean bag toss and frisbees.

President Charles Patterson and First Lady Colleen Patterson, along with their dogs Oliver and Sweetie, stepped out to enjoy the festivities with students.

They socialized and cheered on the entertainment of the evening and smiled with glee as other students danced the night away to Beyoncé’s “Break My Soul.”

The night was appreciated by many students due to midterms ending and a stressful second half of the semester beginning for some.

“This was something that everyone needed, a chill night to start such a big homecoming,” graduate student Brianna Webb said.

Photo courtesy of CJM Instagram

SUTV members receiving the Emmy: (From left to right) Jack Ansley, Stefan Gergishanov, Jacob Hitz, Culten Maes, Brixx Minguez, Patrick Ramsdale, Marlee Bullman, Sara Cox and Cole McKowen

SU hosts a night on the ship Carmine Scicchitano Multimedia Director

As the crowning of the 2022 Shippensburg Homecoming Court came closer, students enjoyed a “Night on the Ship” in a Vegas-style trivia match.

About 300 students attended the event in the Ceddia Union Building’s multipurpose room and took part in the trivia game that was held.

The game was split into five rounds with each round having 10 questions worth one point and one bonus question worth five

points. The topics for the five rounds were facts about Shippensburg University, Las Vegas, “adulting,” fun facts and slogans.

As a way to keep the competition fair, students were forced to place their phones in the middle of the table so no Google searches were allowed. This encouraged group members to work with each other and talk out their answers.

The team that placed first would split a $200 reward, second place would split $100 and third place would split $50.

Students were not limited

in the creativity in their group names. Some notable group names were Grandma’s Kisses, #WeWillWin, The Bean Team, and Farm Show Milkshakes.

Members of the Homecoming Court were also in attendance, with some even taking part in the game.

When speaking with them, they expressed excitement and support for their fellow members of the court.

“This is a team effort and having that sense of community is what’s making this experience truly special for me,” Brixx Minguez said.

In the end, it was a

close game as two teams tied for third place. “The Homecümmers” and the “Patterson Fan Club” tied for third, the United Nations came in second and the group named “The Pretzels Ran Out” came in first.

In addition to the game, and as a way to keep the Vegas theme, playing cards with the words “Viva Las Ship” on the cases were placed on the tables for students to grab.

Students were also able to grab mocktails with Vegasinspired names. The drink options included Blue Suede Shoes, Cashout, The House and Royal Flush.

Photo by Carmine Scicchitano

SU students enjoy photo-op outside CUB MPR.

MSA Step Show Gallery Spirit rally brings the hype for 2022 Homecoming Monika B. Lewis Staff Contributor

On Friday before homecoming weekend, Shippensburg University’s student section, the Red Sea, hosted a spirit rally to get students, faculty and alumni all pumped for homecoming weekend and the football game.

Fans were able to enjoy food trucks with a variety of food and games, as well as a DJ playing all kinds of great music. The main goal of the night was to get the Shippensburg school spirit pride going.

The rally was hosted by The Red Sea’s Riley Kendall and President Tyler Olsen who said he “had a lot of fun hosting the event and getting everyone ready for football.”

There were some performances by the cheerleaders who pumped

Photos by Shamere Briggs

Some of the performers engaging with the crowd on Saturday.

the crowd up with stuns, cheers and band dances. To keep the spirit going, we got to see the dance troupe give a hip-hop performance.

Fans were also given the opportunity to participate in the contest. The first was an air guitar contest where eight people in the crowd were chosen, picked a song and gave their best air guitar performance. The winner of that contest was a young man whose stage name was “Tank.” The next contest consisted of a large crowd of people divided into pairs to see who can snatch the cup up faster. Once the contest started and the number of people started to go down there were only two people left, and the winner was Michael, who won a twentyfive-dollar gift card to Amazon.

During the spirit rally, there were opportunities for

dance breaks. Free t-shirts were thrown into the crowd.

Kendall and Olsen sparked some competition amongst the crowd to spell out “Ship” and see who could be the loudest.

The event was filled with various sports teams, including football, who were amped up and ready to keep the spirit up for Saturday’s Football game.

Senior offensive lineman Markes Cruz said “he’s excited to see his peers come out and show the spirit they have for our school and team.”

Senior cheerleader Naila Mendez shared that “she enjoys being able to get the crowd excited and feeling the energy they give off”.

Overall, the event set the tone for the events that followed later that night as well as the rest of the Homecoming Weekend.

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Nore Davis brings the laughs to APB’s Comedy Night Adam Beam

Asst. Opinion Editor

Shippensburg University has seen many comedians entertain students throughout the years. 2021’s ShipFest brought Karlous Miller and Darren Brand of “MTV’s Wild N’ Out” to campus. Years prior the campus has seen Dave Chapelle and “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” alumnus Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood, just to name a few. Now another comedian has made his debut on campus just in time for homecoming.

It should be noted that there was a period in which those in attendance and APB themselves were unsure if the event was even going to happen. The Comedy Night was originally advertised with two comedians set to

perform, Nore Davis and Shannon Bauchus; however, by 8:50 p.m. neither act could be located. While Nore Davis would eventually arrive last minute to save the day, Bauchus was nowhere to be found. It was revealed by APB staff that she regrettably was stuck in Chicago. However, Bauchus did tell APB that she promised to return for the spring semester.

Despite a slightly delayed start, Nore Davis still delivered a solid set. When his routine first started, I was worried by the lack of energy, but he quickly started to leap off the stage with highly entertaining insights on parts of his life. Davis gave students his thoughts on parenthood, his love life, the current political state of the country and more. I felt that Davis also had quite the interesting point of view on these certain aspects of life given that he is demisexual (someone who can only feel

sexual attraction with another if there is an emotional connection) as well as being the father of a transgender son.

Davis’s best jokes of the night easily came at the expense of the older generation, mainly the baby boomers. Even if some of these jokes fell flat, they were made funny by the awkward tension in the room given that the event was open to alumni as well. Many of those who were in attendance are a part of that generation. While older guests may not have appreciated some of his routine, the students who were present clearly enjoyed themselves. Davis even ran his set longer than initially planned since he enjoyed the audience’s energy so much.

If you were unable to attend the Comedy Night never fear; while events for the spring semester have yet to be announced, the Luhrs

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Nore Davis entertained the SU crowd during homecoming weekend.

Performing Art Center will be welcoming former “Saturday Night Live” cast member Jim Breuer on Nov. 12 at 7:30 p.m.

Review: ZZ Top Rocks Shippensburg

Mason Flowers Staff Contributor

ZZ Top performed at the Luhrs Performing Arts Center on Oct. 7 as part of their Raw Whisky Tour, which has been running since April and wraps up in December.

They had an incredible show, with 72-year-old vocalist/ guitarist Billy Gibbons putting on a very solid, energetic performance. He was joined by long-time drummer Frank Beard and vocalist/bassist Elwood Francis, who took over last year after long-time bassist Dusty Hill passed away. Francis was a guitar tech for the band for over 30 years. He was a perfect fit, even sporting his own long beard.

The show began with an opening set from The Sedonas, a southern rock group based out of Knoxville, Tennessee. About half of the set was unreleased material, likely to appear on their upcoming album, “The ’79 Session,” releasing in December. They played for about 45 minutes and had a good performance, especially considering it was their first time opening for ZZ Top. ZZ Top took the stage at about 8:30, starting their performance with a bang by opening with “Got Me Under Pressure,”

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ZZ Top played many of their hits as well as some surprises at their Luhrs performance.

making sure to get the crowd energized right away. They continued to tear through their hits, including “Gimme All Your Lovin,” “Pearl Necklace” and “I’m Bad, I’m Nationwide.”

After this sequence, Gibbons talked to the crowd about how ZZ Top has been touring for five decades, and then he grabbed a sign from a young fan in the front row. He read off the sign, which was a completed checklist of “First Concert,”

“First Row” and “First time seeing ZZ Top.” This led to a large burst of applause from the crowd along with Gibbons giving the fan and their sibling a pair of guitar picks he used, which was a heartwarming moment for everyone.

They then continued with their set, including a cover of Merle Travis’ “Sixteen Tons” to add a hint of blues to the show. They finished off their initial set with a great back-toback performance of “Sharp Dressed Man” and “Legs,” swapping out their guitars in between for fuzzy, all-white guitars for the final song. They then came back on stage about five minutes later for a three-song encore, featuring “Brown Sugar” and “Tube Snake Boogie” before closing the show with “La Grange.”

ZZ Top absolutely crushed their performance in Shippensburg. It was the same exact setlist they had been playing for the entire tour, so they were clearly comfortable with their flow. They kept the audience entertained for the entire 16song performance and pulled out a few surprises with the guitar pick handouts and the guitar switches. It’s just impressive to see a trio of artists in their 70s putting on a powerful show like they did, and they made sure to tell the audience they don’t plan on stopping anytime soon.

Images coutesy of Stone Lampley

Stone Lampley and Professor Steve Doblin with Stone’s sculptures “Anxiety” (top) and “Gluttony” (bottom).

Student Artist Spotlight: Stone Lampley Joel DeFilippo Staff Contributor

Stone Lampley is a senior art education major with a minor in disability studies.

Working as an intern for professors on campus, he aims to become a teacher who is better equipped with the skills to advise students with disabilities.

“There’s a weird fear among teachers that they’re scared to teach kids with disabilities, and I didn’t want to fit into that little box,” Lampley said. “I want to be able to teach blind kids how to paint if they want or be autistic support if I needed to be.”

However, Lampley’s passion for art doesn’t stop at teaching, as he has redefined what one may think of as a sculpture by using cardboard as a material. Using a common material to create sculpture pushes the boundaries of what is fine art. The idea was brought to Stone by professor Steve Dolbin.

Lampley said he felt that a

lot of artists get hung up on themes to their work rather than creating. He said that by making what he felt like making, he could identify the ideas within his pieces afterward.

“Texture was a big factor to these pieces. When you have a lone piece of cardboard, you don’t see much texture. But when you laminate multiple together and cut into them, you start seeing different layers of the corrugation, which allows more texture,” Lampley said.

Recent works of Lampley’s have been both academic pieces and personal projects. For school, he is working on a piece inspired

by Pablo Picasso, using balloons and multiple faces to represent his signature style. In addition to this, he is working on a large painting of a woman with a skyline in her head as a personal project.

“I would think memories and family, life really, inspire me a lot, sometimes,

depending on how I’m feeling, I guess. I don’t know, it just kind of comes to you,” Lampley said about his inspiration.

For a while, Lampley did not expect that he would go to college.

“I’m dyslexic so I always thought, ‘Oh, I’m not gonna be smart enough for college or whatever,’” Lampley said.

Now, he serves as both inspiration and a guide to his fellow college students as they navigate academic life.

Lampley continues to pursue his passion while working toward teaching future generations of artists.

“I really love doing sculpture, but I do everything to keep myself well-rounded; not just for my own personal benefit but also for the kids I want to teach in the future,” Lampley said. He recognizes that students come from all kinds of backgrounds and have a variety of interests.

By staying well-rounded and open minded, Lampley will teach others the joys of creating in their own ways.

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Football falls to Kutztown 29-10 on Homecoming Saturday

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The raucous Shippensburg University homecoming crowd was disappointed on Saturday as the home team fell to Kutztown University by three scores.

Isaiah Snead Sports Editor

Shippensburg University’s football team disappointed a large homecoming crowd on Saturday afternoon with its 29-10 loss to Kutztown University at Seth Grove Stadium.

SU was down just six points at the half, but its offense went mute in the second half, scoring zero points and totaling just 16 yards of offense in the final two quarters.

The Raider’s only touchdown of the game came in the first quarter on a 49-yard flea-flicker toss from redshirt-freshman quarterback Sam Johnson III to sophomore receiver Ian Sheehan.

That touchdown made the score 7-7 heading into the second quarter, and in the second frame SU sophomore kicker Jaxson Montross nailed a 39-yard field goal.

Kutztown kicker Dawson

Evitts made three field goals in the quarter however, giving the Golden Bears a 16-10 lead at the half.

Evitts picked right back up where he left off in the third quarter, nailing two more field goals from 36 and 39 yards out, stretching the KU lead to 22-10 heading into the final frame.

The Golden Bears would put the game away in the final quarter with a 14-play 80-yard drive capped off by a 1-yard Daryl Davis-McNeil touchdown run, creating the final 29-10 score.

Davis Mcneil and Jordan Davis combined for 191 yards rushing on 43 carries for Kutztown.

The Raider defense had some bright spots in the loss, including redshirt-sophomore linebacker Terrance Peterson Jr. setting a career-high with 12 tackles in his first career start.

Fellow redshirt-sophomore linebacker Matt Feeney

was right behind him with 10 tackles in the game.

Redshirt-freshman defensive back Rynell Gantt made his season debut in the game after suffering an injury in preseason, and he totaled six tackles with two pass breakups.

Johnson III led the struggling Shippensburg offense with 113 yards on 13-25 passing attempts and a touchdown.

Sheehan caught six passes for 68 total yards and senior running back Khalid Dorsey rushed nine times for 46 yards.

With the loss, SU falls to 3-4 on the season and 2-2 in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Eastern Division.

The Raiders will be back on the road next week as they travel to Millersville to take on the Marauders at 2 p.m. on Saturday at Biemesderfer Stadium.

Sophomore wideout Ian Sheehan caught six passes for 68 yards and a TD.

No. 2 field hockey drops first home game since 2019; then gets win over Mansfield

Photo courtesy of Andrew Miller/SU Sports Info.

The Raiders were defeated at home by No. 4 Kutztown, marking the first time they have lost at home since Nov. 5, 2019, against Millersville University.

Isaiah Snead Sports Editor

Shippensburg University’s No. 2 field hockey team was defeated 4-1 by No. 4 Kutztown University, ending the Raiders school record winning streak.

SU lost its first home game since Nov. 5, 2019, against Millersville University in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) quarterfinals in double overtime.

The Raiders outshot the Golden Bears 18-8 and had an 8-4 penalty corner advantage, but were still only able to muster one goal in the

contest.

KU scored two from penalty corners and got a third goal with just five seconds remaining in the second period to take a 3-0 lead into halftime.

Early in the third period the Golden Bears scored again to make it 4-0. Senior Merel Hoekstra scored a goal with just under two minutes remaining in the game to create the final 4-1 scoring margin.

The Raiders returned to their winning ways on Saturday, defeating No. 9 Mansfield University 3-1.

SU had to play from behind for the second

game in a row, as MU got on the board first with two minutes left in the first half.

However, 30 seconds into the second half sophomore Tess Jedeloo tied the game on a tight reverse hit thanks to an assist from fellow sophomore Mya Kemp.

Shippensburg took control in the final frame, getting a goal from sophomore Chloe Prettyman and freshman Lilly Cantabene to put the game away.

Prettyman’s goal came first and came off an assist from Cantabene, who drew MU goalkeeper August Lewis away from the net.

Cantabene was rewarded for her unselfish-

ness five minutes later when she was able to sneak a shot past Lewis into the right side.

The Raiders turned up the heat on defense in the second half, not allowing Mansfield to attempt a shot after they took 13 in the first half. Mansfield still had a 7-4 penalty corner advantage but Shippensburg finished with a 12-11 shots on goal advantage.

The Raiders will travel to No. 1 West Chester University on Wednesday for a battle between the top two ranked teams in the PSAC, starting at 4 p.m.

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Maya Thompson: Flying High

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Local 10-year-old Maya Thompson was able to perform with the Shippensburg University cheerleaders at the homecoming football game on Saturday afternoon.

Elizabeth Peters Managing Editor

Maya Thompson, a local 10-year-old, performed with the Shippensburg University cheerleaders at the homecoming football game on Saturday.

Thompson was drafted onto the SU cheer team by Team IMPACT, an organization that matches children facing serious illnesses and disabilities with college teams. According to its website, Team IMPACT fosters “long-term, life-changing

experiences for everyone involved.”

Thompson has been receiving chemotherapy to treat a lymphatic malformation, said Martina Thompson, Maya’s mother.

During the game, Thompson followed the SU routines alongside junior Caitlin Delaney. She stood next to Delaney during cheers, performed cartwheels and back bends and was top of the pyramid for a few stunts.

Thompson has been cheering since she was 6 years old and has been with the SU

cheerleading team for a year.

“She is really great, and we are happy to have her,” said Crystal Collier-Walker, head coach of SU cheerleading.

When she was drafted onto the team, Collier-Walker said she was sent videos of the SU routines so she can practice from home. Now, Maya performs with the SU cheerleaders at as many events as possible, including games and pep rallies.

“She cannot wait to be an SU cheerleader. They all inspire her,” Martina Thompson said.

Maya Thompson was able to perform on Saturday thanks to Team IMPACT.

Women’s soccer picks up 1-0 win over Shepherd Nicola Pugge Staff Contributor

Photo couresy of Andrew Miller/SU Sports Info.

SU senior Alyse Caffrey’s goal was all the Raiders needed to get past Shepherd University on Wednesday.

The Shippensburg University women´s soccer team defeated Shepherd University 1-0 in a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) matchup at David See Field on Wednesday.

The Raiders scored early in the first half and held onto the lead until the end.

Senior Alyse Caffrey scored her first goal of the season 11 minutes into the game, after graduate Alexis Worley intercepted the ball in the midfield and found Caffrey with her pass.

Heading into the second half, Shepherd attempted to start a comeback with strong offensive play, but sophomore goalkeeper Morgan Molyneaux had some important saves for the Raiders. Molyneaux totaled eight saves in the match.

Statistically, the Raiders had seven shots on goal to Shepherd´s eight shots on the goal and both teams had five corner kicks each.

Shippensburg’s women’s soccer will look to extend its winning streak against Saint Thomas Aquinas at home on Monday at 3 p.m.

THIS WEEK IN RAIDER SPORTS Football

Field Hockey

Men’s Soccer

Women’s Soccer

Saturday at Millersville 2 P.M.

Wednesday at West Chester 4 P.M.

Wednesday at West Chester 2 P.M.

Saturday at Frostburg State 7:30 P.M.

Saturday vs Lock Haven 2 P.M.

Wednesday at East Stroudsburg 7 P.M. Saturday vs Lock Haven 4:30 P.M.

Volleyball

Swimming

Friday at Kutztown 7 P.M.

Friday at.

Fairmount State 5 P.M.

Saturday at East Stroudsburg 4 P.M.

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SU Homecoming 2022

Spirits remained high for homecoming crowning, despite football losing 29-10 Photos by Carmine Scicchitano

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SU Homecoming 2022 Shippensburg University revives homecoming parade after 12-year break Photos by Austin Trevino