Gender Studies codirector ‘making no decisions’ about retirement
CONTENT WARNING: This article contains mentions of suicide. Please use caution before reading.
After leading the Gender Studies Department for 12 years, Cindy LaCom (they/them)...
Nearly 90 years of The Rocket
More than 104 years after the first edition of the Slippery Rocket, The Rocket is still standing strong with 14 staff members and a...
Zink files lawsuit against SRU, PASSHE, President Behre
Former SRU Provost Abbey Zink filed a five-count lawsuit against SRU President William Behre, the university and the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education...
Blotter 9/22/22
September 15 - Police received a call from Butler 911 to inform them they were dispatching an ambulance for an individual having a seizure at...
Fall assembly addresses financial situation and university affairs
Enrollment and finances dominated the fall assembly on Thursday where faculty and students discussed concerns about university affairs with administration.
SRU President William Behre and...
Happy bus, happy drivers, happy riders
Even in college, students need bus drivers to get to and from school quickly.
The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) and PennDOT surveyed last October...
Food workers vs. Aramark
With school back in session, students are working overtime to complete their assignments, but not as much overtime as the SRU food workers.
In the...
Accommodating allergies on campus
With students’ dietary needs always changing, university food management giants like Aramark and AVI Foodsystems are constantly fighting for the healthiest menus.
“Slippery Rock seems...
Something smells rotten in Old Main
In an exclusive statement to The Rocket, former Slippery Rock University Provost Abbey Zink said she was fired in retaliation for taking multiple university...
To Slippery Rock, Vietnam and back
John Ligato was the first person in his family to attend college.
In 1966, he was enrolled at then named Slippery Rock State College.
He was...