By Gustavo Gonzalez It’s year one without standout NFL draft prospect Hayden Bauserman for the Shenandoah Hornets, but there is still a lot of firepower head coach Scott Yoder can showcase. After a sit down with the associate head coach, Brock McCullough Hornet fans shouldn’t be too concerned about the loss at the QB position, because we have a star-studded
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By Tyler Derrington Last year, SU’s Men’s Tennis team finished with a 7 – 9 record, one of the better seasons in program history. While at first glance a losing record may not seem great, it did mark only the second time that the team made it to conference play, where they lost to Washington & Lee in the ODAC
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By: Annie Hart
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By Jahvon Noray What is the first thing that comes to mind when think of a College Shower Room? Clean? Dirty? Somewhere in the middle? Well from my perspective it’s not too pretty. I am freshman residential student at Shenandoah University in Winchester, Va, and I’ve have had the pleasure to be placed in the lovely residential hall called Funkhouser.
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The Global Citizenship Project (GCP) is a funded program for students and staff to go expierence another country and its culture during spring break. Each year the locations change every year and have included countries like China, Iceland, and Rwanda. This year, students and staff are visiting Cuba, Greece, Mozambique, New Zealand, and Thailand. The GCP program was funded
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By Max Hendrix
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By Kiara Hagan Many students on campus have cars as transportation, but for some students walking and other things (bike, scooter, etc.) are the only options. This winter SU has gotten some of the coldest weather it’s ever seen. With temperatures lower than 20 degrees and snow fall almost each week, these weather conditions make it hard for students who
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By Chris Oates Shenandoah University students call many different places home. Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, and various parts of Virginia are the hotspots for incoming freshmen and transfers. While most of us can make a simple 2 hour drive back home over a long weekend or for christmas break, other students aren’t so lucky. According to Lora Steiner, The
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By Sebastian Lewis Coach Marlena Kotynski won her 250th game as the Hornets’ softball head coach last year. She looks to add to that total this season after going a disappointing 13-25 record in 2018. They kick off their season at the Salem Invitational on February 16-17. Last year they went 2-2 at the same tournament. The young squad lost
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By Nathan Lewando Tough. Difficult. Challenging. That is how Shenandoah University transfer students are describing their first semester. From feeling separated socially to having to make adult decisions for the first time, these students are facing challenges in their lives they haven’t seen before. Chris Oates, a transfer to Shenandoah that’s been here over three years, says it’s definitely
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By Bethany Melvin There are over 553,742 people in America experiencing homelessness. Of those 553,742, only a few are able to live in a shelters. However, others are not so lucky. Some of these people are victims of mental health issues, the opioid epidemic, and addiction. What happens to these people on cold winter nights, when they have nowhere else
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By Andrew Coffman In the inaugural season of E-Sports at Shenandoah University expectations have been blown out of the water. “My expectations for the year were to have 12-15 students and just to complete at 1 or 2 games at a national or regional competition,” said Dr. Joey Gawrysiak, the founder and leader of both the E-Sport major and
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By Kevin Nealon Kim McDonald’s official title is Associate Director of Human Resources, but she’s really SU’s benefits geek and is passionate about helping you make the most of your benefits. So, if you’re benefited faculty or staff, make an appointment with her and have a benefits geek-out. The visit may save or earn you some cash! All full time
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By Annie Hart This past weekend, Feb. 15-17, the university via The (Not Just) Women’s Center put on its annual production of the Vagina Monologues to support the Laurel Center. This year the theme was “Who Would You Harbor”. The show began with the cast singing a song asking who you would harbor, including a Muslim, an
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By Harry Wall Coming hot off the 2018 season, Hornets Men’s Baseball has their expectations set high once again as Shenandoah’s most winningest team in the last 10 years (.724) eyes down back to back ODAC Championships. Despite falling short in the Mid-East Regional Championship last year, Head Coach Kevin Anderson still believes that “first and foremost we attempt to
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Global Game Jam By Jesse Ya Diul Over the weekend of January 25th – 27th, Shenandoah University took part in the Global Game Jam. Headed by Professor Graham Spice along with help from the ESports and the computer science departments, the Global Game Jam gave anyone who was interested the chance to create a video game from scratch. The
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