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Strike two? SPD uses pepper spray to disperse gathering of SU students
BY PETE HICKS Editor-in-Chief Spring brings warm weather. Warm weather brings out large crowds of Salisbury University students. Large crowds of SU students bring out the Salisbury Police Department, along with their crowd-dispersing sprays. Last spring students at a party in celebration of the War on the Shore lacrosse game were sprayed with mace [...]
Continue reading...SU raises almost $1 million for Relay for Life
7. May 2013
BY JACOB TROXELL Staff Writer Over 1,400 Salisbury University students, staff and community members took part in Relay for Life last Friday. With over 70 different groups taking part, including fraternities, sororities, athletic teams, clubs and other members from the community, the 12-hour event was full of people supporting the same cause. Almost everyone [...]
Continue reading...Guerrieri family donates to Academic Commons
7. May 2013
BY SARAH KRAUSS News Editor The Salisbury University Foundation received an $8 million donation from the Guerrieri Family Foundation that will contribute to the paying for more than half of the $15.8 million price tag of the new Academic Commons. The donation was made in honor of Patricia R. Guerrieri, a Salisbury University alumna, for whom [...]
Continue reading...Nixon aide speaks to students and faculty
7. May 2013
BY JUSTIN MCCLURE Staff Writer The Great Hall of Holloway Hall sat silent as students and faculty trickled in to take their seats. The hall quickly filled to capacity as the man behind the podium introduced himself as Frank Gannon, a former aide of President Richard Nixon. A projector poised an image of three [...]
Continue reading...SPD turns to pepper spray to disperse large crowd of SU students – May 4 2013
6. May 2013
BY PETE HICKS Editor- in- Chief Spring brings warm weather. Warm weather brings out large crowds of Salisbury University students. Large crowds of SU students bring out the Salisbury Police Department, along with their crowd-dispersing sprays. Last spring students at a party in celebration of the War on the Shore lacrosse game were sprayed [...]
Continue reading...EARTH DAY
30. April 2013
BY JUSTIN MCCLURE Staff Writer As winter’s chilling breath lingered in the air, Salisbury University students gathered at Red Square to celebrate Earth Day on April 22. With temperatures hovering in the mid-40s and dark clouds blanketing the sky, the day did not indicate that spring had blossomed. Draped in pants and sweatshirts students [...]
Continue reading...Boston Bombings prompt examination, growth of campus safety protocols
30. April 2013
BY COREY NETHEN Staff Writer When Boston bombing suspect Dzhohkar Tsarnaev left the scene of the crime, he did not flee. He remained on campus at University of Massachusetts- Dartmouth for three days; attending classes, stopping at the gym and partying in dorm rooms. The realization that students and faculty may unknowingly be surrounded [...]
Continue reading...Students present research at SUSRC
30. April 2013
tBY JACOB TROXELL Staff Writer Salisbury University’s Student Research Conference gave students the opportunity to get involved in many different types of professional research projects and present them to the SU community through either an oral presentation or poster session. The research conference, held on Friday April 26, included topics from all academic departments. One of the [...]
Continue reading...Delegate Bohannan drops some knowledge on students
30. April 2013
BY HENOCK ZACHARIAS Staff Writer Delegate John Bohanan (29B – St. Mary’s County) was recent awarded the Hargreaves Fellowship award for stupendous public service. Created by Public Affairs and Civic Engagement organization to honor politicians, Salisbury University President Janet Dudley-Esbach described Bohanan as “an excellent role model for our students as they pursue careers in public [...]
Continue reading...Speakers address North Korean threat to the U.S.
23. April 2013
BY JUSTIN MCCLURE Staff Writer The room was silent as students, professors and community members filed into the Montgomery Room. Sets of chairs were lined up in rows that stretched from front to back. In the middle of the walkway sat a projector flinging its image on a screen, and in bold lettering read [...]
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7. May 2013
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