Category: Local News
Blue Town Red State Video Episode 2: What does it mean to “Dress like a Woman”?
(The Picket)- Blue Town Red State is a series of videos exploring social and political issues with local opinions from the Students of Shepherd University and Read More
The Picket Presents: Blue Town Red State A Video Series
(The Picket)- The Picket is presenting a series of public opinion question videos on various current issues entitled Blue town Red State. In this initial Read More
ACLU “Know Your Rights” Cards Available at Lost Dog
(The Picket)-Lost Dog Coffee on East German Street has a box of American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) “Know Your Rights” cards with useful answers for Read More
Shepherd students react to campus wide power outage
(THE PICKET) – Monday afternoon classes on the east side of Shepherd University were cancelled when a power pole was damaged and power was out Read More
Women’s March on Washington: A Positive Protest for Change
(The Picket)- After the Inauguration Day Anti- Trump protests featuring vandalism, violence, and a documented 230 arrests, the women’s march on Washington began yesterday morning Read More
Hours Before Trump Inauguration Shepherd University President Responds to Racist Graffiti on Campus
(The Picket) – Shepherd University President Mary Hendrix addressed two recent instances of racist graffiti on campus Friday in an email to campus decrying the Read More
Women’s March on Washington- What to expect
(THE PICKET) – With the Women’s March on Washington mere days away, Shepherd students contemplate what the march stands for and what it would mean Read More
Women Prepare to March on Washington
(The Picket)– Shepherdstown women met Wednesday, Jan. 11, to plan their participation in the Women’s March on Washington to take place on the National Mall Read More
Racist Graffiti Found In Byrd Science Center
(THE PICKET) — Offensive graffiti was found Wednesday in the first-floor men’s bathroom in the Byrd Science Center, according to Shepherd University police. This marks Read More
Shepherd and partners present plans for new swift habitat to public
THE PICKET- Shepherd University officials are proposing to build a roost for over a thousand chimney swifts that will be displaced by the demolition of Read More
Shepherd University faces damaging budget cuts
(THE PICKET) – According to an email sent to Shepherd University employees by President Mary J.C. Hendrix, the University will be allocated $191,040 less than the Read More