Honors group takes trip to Chicago
April 19, 2013
Filed under Multimedia
One Day Without Shoes leaves footprints of awareness
Amber Cannon, Rocket Contributor
April 18, 2013
Filed under Campus Life, Multimedia
Imagine walking through SRU everyday barefoot or having no way to get shoes. SRU's TOMS club raised global awareness on the health and education of children on their One Day Without Shoes event Tuesday afternoon. The TOMS club originated in August 2012 when junior early and special education major... Read more »
NFL players shine light on LGBT issues in athletics: Athletes team up to “Tackle Homophobia”
Kristin Karam, Assistant Sports Editor
April 18, 2013
Filed under Multimedia, Sports
With the support of Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe, former NFL lineman Esera Tuaolo took Slippery Rock University students through his journey as a closeted homosexual football player in the NFL Monday night. The ‘Tackling Homophobia’ event was brought to SRU by the University Program Board... Read more »
Spring storms cause damage in maintenance building parking lot
The Rocket
April 11, 2013
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Evive stations making their way across campus
Christian Stangroom, Rocket Contributor
April 11, 2013
Filed under Multimedia, News
New water bottle filling and cleaning stations have debuted on campus. These machines, called Evive Stations, are located in the ARC and in the Robert M. Smith Student Center. Tom Patrini, a Pittsburgh inventor, is the creator of the Evive Station, and the purpose of the Evive is to supply students... Read more »
Demolition of site for new Sheetz is under way.
April 9, 2013
Filed under Multimedia, News
Demolition of the current buildings on the site for the new Sheetz gas station began this week. According to the Allied News, construction of the new building is expected to last three months, weather permitting The new Sheetz will be much larger than the establishment's current location, located on... Read more »
SRU’s literary magazine SLAB celebrates its 8th edition
Harmony Kasper
April 6, 2013
Filed under Campus Life, Multimedia, Photo Slideshows
The SLAB literary magazine held its reading release party last Wednesday night at 7:30 p.m. in the Russell Wright Alumni center. SLAB (The Sound and Literary Art Book) is Slippery Rock University's own literary magazine that seeks submissions from anyone local and around the world who is willing... Read more »
Cardboard Village on April 4
The Rocket
April 4, 2013
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Clements named new SGA president: Distance Party takes control after sweeping election results
Jon Janasik, Rocket News Editor
April 4, 2013
Filed under Multimedia, News
“President of the 2013 – 2014 senate is Rogers Clements,” exclaimed Marcie Johnson while standing on top of the rocks in the middle of the quad. Results showed that out of the 1,188 students that voted, 70 percent voted for the Distance Party’s candidate, Rogers (Buddy)Clements, while the... Read more »
In The Quad: Do you recycle or not?
March 28, 2013
Filed under Multimedia, Opinion