The Shippensburg University Raiders hope to have a busy spring semester — one that will allow them return to some sort of normalcy and perhaps, maybe begin to put the COVID-19 pandemic finally behind them.
Just how busy, and what the spring semester may look like, became a little more clear last week with an important ruling from the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference.
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