Looking back at SRU’s first Black professor
Following the first Black student and first Black athlete in 1951, SRU’s first Black professor arrived much later in 1967 when the Rockets needed...
John Fetterman’s hospitalization opens discussion of mental and physical health
Pennsylvania’s newly elected Sen. John Fetterman has been receiving inpatient treatment for clinical depression since checking into Walter Reed National Military Medical Center earlier...
2/23/23 Blotter
CONTENT WARNING: This edition of the police blotter contains mentions of suicidal ideation. Please use caution before reading.
February 16 – Police were requested to...
SRSGA passes funding requests, appoints student trustee search representative
Slippery Rock Student Government Association (SRSGA) held a formal meeting Monday where they passed four motions and appointed a student trustee search representative.
The Association...
Spy balloons or UFOs?
In the last 12 days, four objects have been shot down in North American airspace. Only one of them was a spy balloon.
The shootdowns...
The stigma behind body hair
Many people have acknowledged a gender wage gap of about 18 cents, according to the Government Accountability Office, but fewer have discussed the “pink...
2/16/23 Blotter
February 9 - Police received a call about an audible alarm coming from the basement of the McKay Education Building. All was OK. The...
SR mayor proposes tax credit for first responders
Slippery Rock Mayor JonDavid Longo is proposing a tax credit of up to $250 for first responders living in the Slippery Rock Borough.
Longo is...
2/9/22 Blotter
February 1 - Police responded to an individual who had a seizure. An ambulance was dispatched and transported them to Grove City Medical Center.
February...
Protecting contraceptives post-Roe
United States President Joe Biden's Administration recently proposed a rule that would make free birth control and other contraceptives more accessible under the Affordable...