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February weather brings new record high in 60s Liquid Precipitation February: 3.97", 13th wettest Water Year to Date (Since Oct. 1): 24.14"; 9.41" (64%) above average
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SGA, PSECU partner to award scholarships
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Climate Summary: February 2019 Average Temperature: 33.6°F, 29th warmest
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Snowfall February: 15.8", 16th snowiest Water Year to Date (Since Oct. 1): 33.7"; 5.5" (20%) above average
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Graphic courtesy of Tim Hawkins
February had a new record high of 67 this month and a low of four at the beginning of the month. The highest snowfall occurred on Feb. 20.
Weekend snow delays classes
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The Student Government Association and Pennsylvania State Employees Credit Union are offering eight student scholarships worth $500 each. Hannah Pollock Asst. News Editor The Shippensburg University Student Government Association (SGA) and Pennsylvania State Employees Credit Union (PSECU) are partnering to offer scholarships to eight students. Applications are now available at the PSECU e-Center. The application process includes submitting an essay of 150 words or fewer on “How do you define student success? How would this scholarship help you achieve it?” SGA Treasurer Raven Francis encourages students
to apply for the scholarship. “It’s a great opportunity, which will help our students,” she said. SGA offers various scholarship opportunities throughout the year, including the bookstore scholarship offered at the beginning of each semester. “It’s a great way to interact with students and give back,” Francis said. Up to eight students have the opportunity to each receive $500. To be eligible for the scholarship, applicants must be SU undergraduate students with an active PSECU mem-
“JASTER,” from A1 In her role as a public speaker, Jaster has popularized the saying, “Delete the adjective.” Jaster hopes for people to be measured by what they bring to the table, and laments the use of backhanded compliments like “strong for a woman” or “smart for my age.”
ber account. The application deadline is March 8. Scholarship applications and essays will only be accepted in person at the PSECU e-Center, Ceddia Union Building Room 22. The PSECU e-Center is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Applications will be reviewed during spring break, and winners will be notified by March 25. Winners will be presented their awards at the March 28 public SGA meeting, which is streamed on The Slate’s Facebook page and held in CUB Room 119 at 4 p.m.
“Maybe these adjectives, maybe these parameters we put on people are limiting what we allow them to do,” she said. “You can’t judge me by those adjectives, you’ve got to go ahead and sit down and look at what I bring to the fight. And the chances are when you do that, you actually grow and build a diverse community.”
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Snow began to fall on Sunday afternoon around 3 p.m. Sidewalks and streets were quickly covered. SU delayed classes until 10 a.m. on Monday morning.
“SPEECH,” from A1 Makayla Glass touted her experience with student government at Kutztown University, and expressed her eagerness to bring elements of its organization to SU’s SGA. Glass has been involved with SGA since she set foot on campus, she said, and has a drive to “strengthen SGA as a whole.” In terms of policy changes, Glass wants to update policies on the sale of food and fundraising. In particular, she wants to eliminate the statute that prevents student groups from fundraising with homemade baked goods. The remaining positions in the election are all new reflections of last week’s restructuring of SGA. As opposed to running for positions of vice president, treasurer and secretary, the candidates are competing for vice president positions subdivided into the specialty fields of finance, internal affairs, external affairs and student groups. The victors of each race will be the first to hold the respective offices under these new titles. Three candidates are running unopposed and only face a threat from potential write-in candidates. The race for vice president of internal affairs features only Isaac Dietrich, a junior international affairs major and public administration minor. Dietrich’s platform followed suit with those of
the presidential candidates and is centered around SGA doing more to advocate for students. Currently serving as the Residence Hall Association’s (RHA) representative in SGA, Dietrich lives among the students he represents and believes Student Government can do more to “impact culture and make [SU] feel like home.” The sole candidate for vice president of finance, Ramses Ovalles, was extremely critical of SGA and SU’s administration as a whole. Ovalles called some of the departmental budgets assigned by SGA shameful, and explained that he believes SGA has done more to advocate for university leadership to students than represent students to the administration. Ovalles currently represents MSA in SGA, and draws upon his background in finance from his tenure as treasurer of the Latino Student Organization (LSO). Logan Wert, junior management and marketing major, hopes to bring her extensive background in social media management to the office of the vice president of external affairs. She emphasized collaboration with different areas of campus to bring in ideas and rebrand SGA to campus. Spending the last year representing the Class of 2020, Wert said she has spent her time watching others and learning from them, and
thinks it will prevent her from making mistakes as she takes on more responsibility. The election for vice president of student groups is the only other race featuring two candidates. The first candidate is current SGA secretary Meredith Scarr. Scarr has “been involved since the beginning [of her college career]” after serving as the class of 2021 representative and the co-chair of the class council committee. As secretary, Scarr has chaired the public relations committee, and sits on the budget and finance committee. Scarr cited her rewriting of the SGA constitution and implementing SHIPLink, SU’s portal for student groups, as an example of the positive impact she can have on Student Government. Taren Swartz, a triple major in French, international business and management, seeks to challenge Scarr for the position. Swartz works at the information desk in the Ceddia Union Building, which she said has allowed her to meet and work with student groups on a daily basis. Like Scarr, Swartz believes she has been vital in helping student groups transition to SHIPLink, and said she “genuinely cares about the activities of student groups on campus.” Officer elections will be held March 4-7. Students can cast their votes through the SHIPLink portal.