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ACMO Coffeehouse welcomes creativity and community

Breonna Dull Features Editor On Sept. 13, Millersville University’s All Campus Music Organization (ACMO) held a coffeehouse in Dutcher Studio. ACMO usually meets in Club-de-Ville but has temporarily moved while Chick-fil-A is under construction in the Galley cafeteria. Anyone was welcome to attend and perform a song, a reading, a dance, or any piece of […]

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Millersville D2 Ice Hockey falls to Penn State 7-1

Millersville’s Dylan Schroeder bows his head as he prepares for the third period. DEBORAH PHILLIPS / SNAPPER Katelyn Auty Head Copy Editor Social Media Editor Associate Sports Editor Millersville D2 Ice Hockey lost to Penn State during their Homecoming game on Friday night.  Penn State scored two goals within two minutes early in the first […]

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Millersville drops third straight to open the season, losing 42-14 to IUP on Homecoming

Millersville’s Rob Footman Jr. evades defenders for a small gain. PHOTO COURTESY OF MILLERSVILLE ATHLETICS Ben Staker Sports Editor Jacob Long Associate Opinion Editor On Saturday, Sept. 21, Millersville football kicked off their 2024 Homecoming game against Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP). The Marauders, coming off losses to Clarion and Frostburg State to start their […]

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ComMUnity Fest in full swing at Millersville University

Image courtesy of Millersville News Abigail Manbeck News Editor  On Wednesday, Sept. 11, Millersville University held ComMUnity Fest, which is where a bunch of vendors from around the community come together and talk about their products and services. Vendors that attended this fest included Tropical Smoothie, Sheetz, Giant Food Stores, YWCA, Kona Ice, Dutch Apple […]

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Millersville to hold thirteenth annual Breast-a-Ville event

The annual Breast-a-Ville event brings awareness to breast cancer while empowering survivors and their communities. PHOTO COURTESY OF BREAST-A-VILLE Katelyn Auty Head Copy Editor Social Media Editor Associate Sports Editor October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and Millersville is honoring that with its thirteenth annual Breast-a-Ville event. Breast-a-Ville is set to happen on the SMC […]

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MU club feature: Yoga Club

Members of the Millersville community attend the first Yoga Club meeting. PHOTO COURTESY OF YOGA CLUB Katelyn Auty Head Copy Editor Social Media Editor Associate Sports Editor The new Yoga Club on campus offers students a safe space to stretch their bodies and shake off their worries from the day.  The club started after Brendan […]

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Fact checks galore, the Harris v. Trump debate recapped

Sevan Sinton Associate News Editor Tuesday, Sept. 10 marked the second presidential debate of the 2024 election. Former President Donald Trump faced Vice President Kamala Harris, in what Trump deemed to be the final debate of the year. “… We’ve done two debates and because they were successful, there will be no third debate… the […]

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Trump ‘safe and well’ following near-assassination attempt, suspect arrested

Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons Donald Trump golfing with former Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2019. Sevan Sinton Associate News Editor Around 2 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 15, the Secret Service fired upon a man wielding a rifle on Trump International Golf Course in West Palm Beach, Florida. Trump, who was golfing at the […]

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Opinion: Why I dislike the NFL’s new kickoff rules

Pittsburgh Steelers kicker Jeff Reed kicks the ball off in the old rule format. PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Ben Staker Sports Editor This year’s NFL season brought drastic changes to the kickoff rules and I’m not sure that I like it. To give you some context, the team kicking the ball off used to […]

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Pickleball: Fad or worth the hype?

Justin Staggers Managing Editor It’s like tennis, but also not like tennis. The courts are smaller, the balls are plastic, and it is played much more casually.  Pickleball has taken the mainstream sporting world by storm over the past few years, with participation having grown 51.8% from 2022 to 2023, and an astonishing 224% since […]