Cal Times, Nov. 16, 2018

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NOVEMBER 16, 2018 VOL 48, NO. 5

NEWS PAGE 6

CONCERT HIGHLIGHTS: PAGES 12-15

Mike Stud & Skizzy Mars

LEGENDS NEVER DIE: STAN LEE’S PASSING

OPINION PAGE 19

NCAA QUALIFIERS PREPARE FOR SETON HILL

S P O RT S PAGE 22

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Nov 16, 2018

The 2018 Midterm Election Results

Democrats take the House, Republicans maintain Senate control James Rudolph, News Editor rud2588@calu.edu

The 2018 M idterm elec tions turned out as one of the most exciting midterms in recent histor y. The Democrats gained seats in the house, gaining the majorit y, while the Republicans maintained control of the Senate, showing how the chambers swung in opposition direc tions. What underlies the elec tion result was the voter turnout, which saw an 8 percent increase in voter turnout for elec tions that don’t usually see such a high-levels of voter turnouts.

For the 2018 M idterm elec tions, 35 of the 100 seats in the Senate were contested, while all 435 seats in the House of Representatives were contested this year. 39 territorial and state governorships, as well as other state and local positions, were contested.

I n the House of Representatives, Democrats made a gain of 34 seats, with 10 keys races still undecided. There are, now, 225 Democratic seats and 200 Republican seats in the House. This ends the unified control of Congress and the presidenc y that the Republicans established during the 2016 elec tions. I n the still undecided races, Democrats took the lead in three of them, giving them the overall advantage of six out of 10 in the races. The Republicans retained their control of the Senate, with 51 seats in the Senate to the Democrat ’s 47 seats. Since elec tion night, Democrat K r ysten Sinema defeated Republican Mar tha McSally in the Arizona Senate race. Sinema is also the first openly bi-sexual Senator in U.S. histor y. I n Florida, Republican R ick Scott ’s lead narrows against Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson, as votes are being recounted. The elec tion in M ississippi is heading to a runoff on Nov 27, with Republican Cindy H yde -Smith.

For governor ’s elec tions, Democrats picked up seven more seats, giving them control of 23 governorships, while Republicans maintain 25 governor seats. However, t wo more races are still undecided. I n Georgia, Republican Brian Kemp leads Democrat Stacey Abrams.

CNN projec ts a vic tor y for Kemp, but Abram’s campaign believe there are enough uncounted

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ballots to force a runoff on Dec 4. I n Florida, Democrat Andrew Gillum withdrew his elec tion night concession in the governor ’s race, with his challenge against Republican Ron DeSantis forcing a vote recount.

Pennsylvania saw a Democrat vic tor y for the Senate and the Governor races. Senator Bob Casey defeated Republican Lou Barletta by nearly 640,000 votes. Democrat Tom Wolfe defeated Republican Scott Wager by nearly 850,000 votes. For the P.A U.S. House General Elec tions, Democrats and Republicans both control 9 seats in Distric ts 1-18. I n the special general elec tion for U.S House Pennsylvania Distric t 7, Democrat Mar y G ay Scanlon defeated Pearl K im, and Democrat Susan Wild defeated Republican Mar t y Nothstein.

From 1982 to this year, voter turnout, on average, was roughly 40 percent of eligible voters. I n 2018, an estimated 49 percent on the nation’s voting- eligible population cast a ballot, which is about 116 million people, according to a preliminar y analysis by the U.S. Elec tions Projec t. 23 states saw a double - digit percentage increase in voter turnout, compared to voter turnout averages in elec tions bet ween 1982-2014. Georgia saw an estimated 55 percent of eligible voters

casting a ballot; 21 points higher than the previous average. The state of Texas saw a 14 percent increase in its voter turnout.

With the Democrats controlling the House, they can prevent conser vative legislation from being passed in the 116 U.S. Congress and gain control of congressional committees, giving them power to issue subpoenas and conduc t investigations.

President Donald Trump suggested that he looks for ward to a bipar tisan-t ype situation, but promised to heavily oppose any investigation the House Democrats launch on his administration. Senate M inorit y Leader Chuck Schumer believes the Senate Democrats per formed much better than expec ted, while Senate Majorit y Leader M itch McConnel expressed his beliefs that the elec tion day was a good day for his par t y.

The American Conser vative repor ted that the elec tion showed the voters’ preference of a divided control of the federal government. With the new Democratic House and the Republican controlled Senate, and with more elec tions to come, we will see how the divided federal government per forms in the months to come.

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Nov 16, 2018

California’s Inferno

Wildfires in California rage as death toll rises to 42 James Rudolph, News Editor rud2588@calu.edu

With fires that started last Thursday, the state of California is facing the worst wildfire in its history.

The fire, dubbed The Camp Fire, burned through over 125,000 acres of land and is currently only 30 percent contained, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Meanwhile, the Woolsey Fire burned through 96, 314 acres of land, but is 35 percent contained. As of now, the death toll rose to 42 people, while over 200 people remain missing. With winds slowing, the blaze is expected to slow down, but the surrounding area remains dry, creating a high possibility that the fire will spread.

The Camp Fire began in the town of Paradise in Butte County, located in the Sierra Nevada Foothills, about 80 miles north of Sacramento. The fire claimed more than 6,500 homes and 260 commercial buildings, leaving Butte County in a devastated state.

The Woolsey fire originated in first broke out in the Thousand Oaks area, which was already rocked by a mass shooting. It is estimated that the fire destroyed 435 buildings and 83 percent of all National Parks Service land in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire. The fire is responsible for two deaths in the area. While the fire is 35 percent contained, it burned through west of Los Angeles and came through the Malibu area.

A third fire, the Hill Fire in Ventura County, has been maintained to 4,500 acres of land and is 90 percent contained.

According to KQED, more than 50,000 people have fled the Camp Fire’s blaze, as weather conditions were expected to fuel and spread the fires even further. 65mph winds off-shore from Santa Anna and 85-mph winds in San Diego County added to the fires strength.

The winds are expected to decrease by Thursday. Air quality in the Bay Area remains at the “unhealthy zone,” according to federal measurements, but air quality is expected to improve by Friday.

Nearly 8.600 firefighters are combating both fires.

5,000 personnel are fighting the Camp Fire, while 3,600 battle the Woolsey Fire, which involved air-tankers scooping water from the ocean to be dropped into the fire. These firefighters are in recognizable and

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populated areas, as pictures surface of air-tankers dropping water and firefighters with hoses along the Ronald Reagan Highway in Simi Valley.

“This is an unprecedented event,” said Kory Honea, the Butte County Sherriff, on Monday night, “If you’ve been up there, you also know the magnitude of the scene we’re dealing with. I want to recover as many remains as we possibly can, as soon as we can. Because I know the toll it takes on loved ones.”

As parts of Butte County have been deemed safe, search teams and coroners entered the area. In addition to the 13 coroner teams searching the Paradise area, 150 search-and-rescue personnel, cadaver dogs, and two-temporary military-morgue units joined the effort.

The sheriff also requested a machine to help speed-up the process of identifying DNA of human remains. 10 sets of human remains were found in Paradise, and three in the neighboring, unincorporated territory of Concow.

Meanwhile, the nearly half the evacuation centers in in Chico, Oroville and nearby towns are at full-capacity.

Thousands set up camp outside the shelters, setting up tents in the parking-lot outside as they are now homeless as a result of the fires.

President Donald Trump has been “under fire” for his Twitter remarks following the star of the fired.

The president tweeted, “There is no reason for these massive, deadly and costly forest fires in California except that forest management is so poor. Billions of dollars are given each year, with so many lives lost, all because of gross mismanagement of the forests.

Remedy now, or no more Fed payments!”

The following day, he tweeted “With proper Forest Management, we can stop the devastation constantly going on in California. Get Smart!”

This drew the ire of firefighters, leaders of firefighter’s organizations, California public officials, and even celebrities like Katy Perry and Leonardo DiCaprio, who claimed the president is using the fire as a political platform.

However, the president tweeted out on Monday evening that he approved a request to declare the wildfires a major disaster, which give those affected by the fires eligible for different types of federal support.

The fires can be seen from NASA satellite photographs, showing the scope of how large these fires are, and how much of California is affected. On the ground, there are scenes that look like they come from a conflict zone as pictures of charred vehicles lining along highways with the air filled with heat and ash. America rallies behind California, as its citizens and firefighters continues to battle the worst inferno in its history.

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Why Grad School is Important Cal U hosts event regarding Grad School Veonna King, Contributing Writer KIN6003@calu.edu

On Nov 6 in the Natali Student Center in rooms 206 and 20,7 there was a new event being hosted. It was called, “why is graduate school is important?” During this program, they take you through a varity of questions and answers you may have about graduate school.

One of the women responsible for this program is Nikki Popielarcheck. For example, did you know that you can take graduate classes and not be a graduate yet? The answer was yes.

It does depend on your GPA and your major as well, but it may be an option for some.

The program had given things for students to take home, such as pamphlets and folders. In the folders they provided, they handed out finical aid information, pens, and a pamphlet listing further opportunities and options on campus.

Opportunities included scholarships, different

majors, billing information, and countless accolades. In this event there, was pizza and other refreshments to accommodate students that attended.

When asked what was purpose of this event, “we wanted to talk to our current students about graduate school. Then was followed up with, what do you think would be the effects of this program? Ms. Popielarcheck had said “hopefully more students talk about the graduate program that we offer, and there other students and friends about what we can offer here at Cal.” The main purpose of this event was to inform students that they have options. The expected amount was supposed to be about 25, and about 20 showed, and over half were required by their teacher to show to up. I think the most important part is to get these kinds of events like more advertised. Things like this are essential to being successful in college and life in general.

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A Life Full of Marvel and Imagination Looking back on the legendary life of Stan Lee James Rudolph, News Editor rud2588@calu.edu

It is amazing to see how one man’s imagination in creating a world, filled with heroes, villains, and everything in-between, become one of the most powerful and inspirational forces of all time. The work of Stan Lee, one of the founders and writers for Marvel comics, has become some of the most recognized and influential creations around the world. Names and characters like Spider-man, Captain America, Black Panther, Thor, Wolverine, The Hulk, The Human Torch, Iron Man, and countless others, are known throughout the world, all thanks to the work of Lee and Marvel Comics. He revolutionized comic books, their stories, and their characters in a way that was unheard of during its inception. Lee has always been considered a giant in his field and a literary visionary that cemented his name in immortality. In the wake of his death, his legacy and work will continue to touch and inspire people for eons to come.

Born on Dec 28, 1922, Stanley Martin Lieber lived in the Bronx with his family of Romanian immigrants. At the age of 10, he read the works of Shakespeare, Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Rice Burroughs, and Mark Twain.

He was heavily inspired by the movies of Errol Flynn as well. When he was 17, he graduated from DeWitt Clinton Highschool in the Bronx and set out in life to become a writer of great literature. After working at various jobs, he was hired at Timely Publications by Martin Goodman, a relative and future co-founder and publisher of Marvel. He wrote and edited stories that were generally in the superhero genre, making eight dollars a week.

While working at Timely, he met and worked with Jack Kirby, the legendary co-writer and artist for Marvel.

At the time, Kirby and his writing partner Joe Simon, another comic writer and artist, created the character, Captain America, who would become a pivotal character in Lee’s future career. When Simon and Kirby left Timely for a rival company, Lee was appointed chief editor. The company eventually became Timely Comics, which would evolve into Marvel Comics.

Lee used multiple pseudonyms to give the impressions that he had a plethora of writers at his disposal, including his first name broken into parts, Stan Lee, which he legally changed from Lieber in the 1970’s.

When WWII broke out, Lee remained stateside in the Army Signal Corps, where he wrote training manuals while continuing his work in comics. In 1947, he

to like, as he was a timid and scrawny teenager.

Lee’s determination proved them wrong, and Spider-man, with his quick-wit and introspective tendencies, became one of the most recognized fictional-characters of all time, creating movies, television shows, video games, and a Broadway musical. These kinds of deep characters with existential outlooks continue with characters like Thor and the Silver Surfer, who offer unique perspectives on mankind’s impact in the universe.

In the 1980’s, Lee moved to Los Angeles to help Marvel appear on the big-screen, but with little success. It wasn’t until the 1990’s did Marvel see a revitalization on screen, with Toy Biz reviving the X-Men animated series, which directly lead to the X-Men franchise that saw success since 2000.

Photo by: Reed Saxon, AP In 2001, he started POW! Entertainment, but married model Joan Clayton Boocock, and the couple received nearly no income from Marvel movies moved to Long Island two years later. Their daughter, and TV series’, until he won a court battle in 2005.

Joan Celia “J.C.” Lee was born in 1950. Their daughter, Walt Disney Company paid 4 billion dollars to acquire Jan Lee was born in 1953, but died three days after her Marvel, and announced it paid 2.5 million to increase delivery. its stakes in PoW! After this, the historic impact, and The golden age of comic books reached a peak during financial rewards, behind Marvel movies became the 1940’s as sales boomed. However, comics began apparent. the target of censorship, as a Senate sub-committee On Nov 12, Stan Lee passed away at Cedars-Sinai held investigations into allegations that comics Medical Center in Los Angeles. His cause of death was promoted immorality and juvenile delinquency. The pneumonia. He was 95 years old.

Comics Code Authority was created, and they removed The world mourns the passing of this literary legend. gore, moral ambiguity, wit, literary influences, and Multiple celebrities who worked with Marvel and attention to social issues, were removed. Comics and appeared in Marvel films, including Ryan Reynolds, their characters became boring, stale, and predictable, Chris Evans, Robert Downey, Jr., Dave Bautista, Scarlett leading to a decline in sales by almost three-quarters Johansson, Chris Pratt, Tom Holland, Patrick Stewart, within a few years. and endless others, have all expressed their sorrow at Lee grew tired of this repetition and “cookie-cutter” the icon’s death. formula seen in comics. He was encouraged by his wife DC Comics, the longtime rival of Lee and Marvel and his boss to continue writing superhero stories. In Comics, issued this statement, “He changed the way 1961, Lee and Kirby, in the now Marvel, produced their we look at heroes, and modern comics will always bear first issue of The Fantastic Four. Filled with elements of his indelible mark. His infectious enthusiasm reminded self-torment, internal strife and non-secret identifies, us why we all fell in love with these stories in the first the comic was a huge success. The Incredible Hulk held place. Excelsior, Stan.” the same success, as it offered a Jekyll/Hyde feel. In During the 2010 documentary, With Great Power: The 1962, along with artist Steve Ditko, the essential and Stan Lee Story, Stan Lee said, “I want to do more movies, most recognizable hero in Marvel (arguably) was born. I want to do more television, more DVD’s, more multiSpider-man received backlash from Lee’s superiors sodes, I want to do more lecturing, I want to do more of and fellow writers. Some felt that “spider” connotation everything I am doing. The only problem is time. I just wouldn’t be popular with people, since people are so wish there were more time.” afraid of spiders. Other felt that the protagonist, Peter As the world assembles for the death of a legend, we all Parker, wasn’t a strong enough character for the public look back of the life of Stan Lee and shout “Excelsior!”

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The First Year Students take stage with ‘Red Horse’

By Jeromy Mackey, Staff Writer MAC3503@calu.edu

The first-year show is a twenty-two-yearold tradition in Cal U’s Theatre department.

It introduces the Freshman and transfer students to the department, Steele Hall, and what performing is like at California University of Pennsylvania. However, the production broke from tradition this year by doing something completely unique to the department. Red Horse is a devised physical theatrical experience based on the Mabou Mines’ The Red Horse Animation.

The Red Horse Animation was released in the 1970s, and its devised performance was eventually adapted into a visual script, similar to a graphic novel. Dr. John Paul Staszel, an alumnus and faculty member of California University of Pennsylvania, pursued devised and physical theatre in his own studies, and is now using that knowledge and the adapted script to create something truly unique for students and the community to experience.

Devised theatre is a subgenre of contemporary theatre that focuses less on a text and more on an organic process, highlighting the bodies and movement of the ensemble. It’s often less concerned a linear and clear narrative and more based around abstractedness, surrealism, and thought. The ensemble of cast members has to work in complete synchronization and unity to create images and visual architecture. Design elements can then be incepted and implemented once the cast and director have created the framework of their art.

This production was inspired both by the original The Red Horse Animation, and director Dr. John Paul Staszel’s first reimagining, The

Red Horse Imagination, which he conceived during his post-graduate studies at Bowling Green State University. Red Horse looks at dreams, trauma, and how we as sentient and conscious human beings try to incorporate our own understanding into those things. There is

an event in the show where a rider falls of his horse while delivering a message, and through the movement and architecture, the audience feels similar sensation as that of a dreamer. I had the fortunate privilege of being trained

by Dr. Staszel and assisting in the first few weeks of movement training. This access gave me a glimpse into the process, and what these students had to learn to be able to present this beautiful piece of physical art.

The first tenet of this discipline that they learned was the importance of consent. Before

any physical touch or interaction happened between two actors, they had to first ask specific permission for where they were touching and with what part of their body, they would be touching them. For example, when I had to hold the lower back of one of the transfer students, I had to ask, “May I touch your lower back with my hands?” This idea of consent is a piece of a larger and overarching necessity of this kind of work, which is trust. For these students to be lifting themselves in the air, flipping each other over their backs, and launching them into the arms of other students, trust must be the strong foundation This trust seeped out of the production and into the personal lives of these students. After each of the public performances, a talkback was held with the cast and crew to talk about the show, the process, and the life of being a first-year theatre major. A consistent answer through all of these talkbacks, by many of the student-actors, was that the nature of this production not only changed their expectations of theatre and of their own bodies, but united and bonded the cast in genuine ways. These castmates are true friends, and that kind of bond made the collective experience even more inspiring to watch. In my four viewings of this mesmerizing show, my emotion transitioned from wonder and respect to understanding and inspiration. There was something so special seeing a performance bond, knowing that these actors have created something no one will ever see again, and that led to genuine long-lasting friendships. It is a highlight in an over two decade long tradition.

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Hot Shots: Top photos around the world

Eye-catching images from the Associated Press

Joseph Grado and his wife, Susan Grado, embrace while staying at a shelter for fire victims at East Avenue Church, Monday, Nov. 12, 2018, in Chico, Calif. They lost their Paradise home in the Camp Fire. The shelter is staffed by a doctor and nurses from Feather River Hospital, who are volunteering despite being fire victims themselves.

(Hector Amezcua/The Sacramento Bee via AP)

Pittsburgh Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan, top center, talks with referee Mike Hasenfratz (2) from behind Evgeni Malkin (71), Sidney Crosby (87) and Dominik Simon (12) during the third period of an NHL hockey game against the Arizona Coyotes in Pittsburgh, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018. Penguins assistant coach Mark Recchi, right rear, looks on.

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Juventus’ Cristiano R o n a l d o celebrates after he scored his side’s second goal during a Serie A soccer match between AC Milan and Juventus, at Milan’s San Siro stadium, Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Actor Ezra Miller poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald’, at a central London cinema, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP)

In this handout image provided by Clarence House and taken on Sept.

5, 2018, Britain’s Prince Charles poses for an official portrait to mark his 70th Birthday in the gardens of Clarence House, with Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Prince William, Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, Prince Louis, Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, in London, England. (Chris Jackson/Pool Photo)

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Nov 16, 2018 A man takes a bucket shower in the street with his nephew on his back in the Cite Soleil slum of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018. Most residents in Cite Soleil do not have bathrooms, and bathe outdoors. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

A firefighter battles a fire along the Ronald Reagan Freeway, aka state Highway 118, in Simi Valley, Calif., Monday, Nov. 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

Shown is a donut with with an image of Philadelphia 76ers’ Jimmy Butler ahead of a a news conference introducing him at the NBA basketball team’s practice facility in Camden, N.J., Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

President Donald Trump stands amongst the h e a d s t o n e s during an A m e r i c a n Commemoration C e r e m o n y , Sunday Nov. 11, 2018, at Suresnes A m e r i c a n Cemetery near Paris.

Trump is attending c e n t e n n i a l commemorations in Paris this weekend to mark the Armistice that ended World War I. (AP Photo/ Jacquelyn Martin)

A man is arrested by Georgia state troopers during a protest over election ballot counts in the rotunda of the state Capitol building Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018, in Atlanta. Several protesters, including a state senator, have been arrested during a demonstration at the Georgia state Capitol calling for tallying of uncounted ballots from last week’s election. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

A “Stronger Than Hate” banner is displayed on the sidelines before an NFL Football game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Carolina Panthers, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018, at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh. The logo has become a lasting memorial to the 11 people killed while worshipping at the Tree of Life Synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh on Oct. 27, 2018. (AP Photo/ Gene J. Puskar)

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ALBUM OF THE WEEK

By Evan Peffer, Staff Writer PEF9535@calu.edu

Hopeless Records - Songs That Saved My Life This past weekend, Hopeless Records released a compilation album called “Songs That Saved My Life,” benefitting mental health and suicide prevention organizations. The album features 12 bands that are signed to Hopeless Records, performing a cover of a song that saved their life. The album has some very strong components, opening with a Neck Deep cover of Natalie Imbruglia’s “Torn,” and featuring other staples of the genre such as The Maine, Taking Back Sunday, Against Me!, and more. While there are weak points, the album as a whole gets the job done. Most of the bands chose to take their styles down a notch in terms of aggressiveness, and it lends to a calming tone- much of what you would expect from something like this, and it is appreciated. Some song choices seem odd in regards to the theme of the album, but overall the project was successful in my eyes.

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MACKEY’S MARATHON movie reviews NOVEMBER 16-22

Frozen unfortunately suffers from being so overplayed that the first few notes of “Let It Go,” invoke a collective

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cringe. In reality, it is one of Disney strongest efforts in their animated feature films. The music, scored by Broadway sensation Robert Lopez, is strong and very well written. It also bucks the trend of cliche messaging in some Disney films. Instead of depending on her prince, it highlights the value of family and loyalty in the darkest times. It’s a fun, beautifully animated adventure that is perfect for the holiday season!

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CAL LIFE My experience with SAB’s large-scale concert Nov 16, 2018

From the eyes of first-time volunteer, Doug Glattke

By Doug Glattke, Contributor GLA3478@calu.edu

This week I was blessed with the opportunity to work the Mike Stud and Skizzy Mars concert at the Convocation Center. At first, the plan was for me to shadow the Student Activities Board President, Jessica Crosson, during the post-concert interviews with the artists. I never expected my role to change into being somewhat of a utility man before and during the show.

The night before the concert I had helped house DJ, Trevin Keteles, make his concert setlist of songs he’d play before and between acts. I had made an agreement with him that I would find a place to store his equipment while he was setting up the stage and attending his classes during the day. I also had the honor of being Trevin’s assistant for the day which mostly consisted of helping him during his setup time. Keteles is a freshman at Cal and is a really good disc jockey. My day started off around 8:15am by meeting Trevin in front of the Natali Student Center to help him store his gear in the CUTV/WCAL media suite. I didn’t have classes the day of the show so I was just hanging around campus waiting to go to the concert and complete my shadowing.

Around 11:30am I couldn’t stand waiting anymore and decided to walk down to the Convocation Center and ask if there was anything I could do to help. I immediately started helping set up stage lights and eventually moved on to helping unload stage speakers. Setting up the stage was no simple process, setup went on from about 9:30 to 1:30. It took a group of around 20-30 people about four hours to setup the stage. After the stage got setup Trevin and I stepped out to grab some lunch and prepare ourselves for our roles at the event. We ate our meal in the media suite where his equipment was stored and he pulled out his equipment and he started prepping his music and playing some tunes for everyone in the office. One thing led to another and Trevin asked me to be on stage with him during his set to feel the crowd out and make suggestions on which songs to play at what times.

After I helped Trevin transport his equipment and get it sat up there was a lot of downtime and at that moment the nerves were slowly starting to set in. This was one of the more important moments of my life up to this point and I was absolutely psyched about it. In a few short hours I was going to have the opportunity to interview a national act and someone whose music I’ve been listening to for quite some time. Around

6:30 I went out and helped SAB put bracelets on fans who were rewarded floor access for the show. After that was taken care of it was time for the show. Trevin and I got up on stage and started playing some preshow music. We stuck to our game plan and started out with some slow paced songs and slowly started to build up the energy as it got closer to Showtime. My favorite experience of my night working with Trevin was when right before Mike Stud came out we had decided to play rap songs “Mo Bamba” by Sheck Wes and “No Hands” by Waka Flocka Flame one after another. This got the crowd really amped up and it was a solid transition into Mike Stud’s set.

After the show I met up with Jessica and waited in the media room until Mike Stud was ready for

the meet and greet, along with interviews for CUTV and the Cal Times. Mike entered the room, took a few pics and then sat down and did his interviews. He did his interview with CUTV and then sat down with Jess and I for our interview.

Since I was shadowing Jess, I didn’t get to ask all the questions. Instead, I sat and watched how she conducted the interview and learned a lot from the experience. A lot of the questions Jessica asked were music related and it was pretty interesting to hear the answers Mike gave. Stud dropped the bomb on us that a surprise album is on its way and that a second album was in the works. He explained that this was the first time in his musical career that he has had time to do surprise projects and make multiple albums at once. There were a lot of Marcus Stroman Toronto Blue Jays jerseys spotted at the concert, so I asked Mike what his relationship with him was like and how he actually knew Marcus. He went on to explain that he was one of the key reasons Stroman chose to play baseball at Duke University and that he considers Marcus to be his best friend. He then explained that Marcus will eventually blossom into an MLB star and that the best is yet to come from him.

I wanted to take the time to thank Mike Stud as he put on an awesome show and was really helpful during the interview portion of my night.

He was very generous and relayed the message to believe in yourself and to never give up. I also want to thank the Student Activities Board for booking two of my favorite rappers and creating a top ten life experience for me. Thanks to Trevin Keteles for being generous enough to give me the opportunity to work with him at the show and possibly beyond. Lastly I want to thank Jessica Crosson for giving me the opportunity to shadow her interview with Mike Stud and for being a huge part of bringing Mike and Skizzy Mars to Cal U.

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Rapper Mike Stud on new album, fall concert Interview conducted by Jessica Crosson, Entertainment Editor and Doug Glattke, Contributor CRO8908@calu.edu and GLA3478@calu.edu

Q: How did you get your start in music, especially after having so much involvement in sports?

A: It was just more so the forced free time that I had abruptly hit my life. I used to have practice every day, travel, play so such much of my life opened up. I wish I had a real reason but I talked about it on stage a little bit. You have to follow your own intuition, nobody can hear your intuition internally besides you so I just followed my intuition and that’s all I can really say. That’s what I try to preach to younger people. Follow that voice that’s dragging you to a certain location because it’s for a reason.

was there three or four years because my teammates used to always call me stud.

When I started making music it was for my teammates. I didn’t forsee people listening and I seriously didn’t think I would make it a career. I’m happy I did even though I probably wouldn’t have chosen that [name] because there is kind of a negative presence around the vibe of it and people think I’m a d*uchebag for it but I’m thankful for doing it because it just worked for whatever reason.

Q: You’ve recently launched Mike Space and your new VIP program, Very Q: What’s the story behind your stage name, Important Steves (VIS), what do you want people to know about this new Mike Stud?

A: It’s a funny story. I got to Duke a few years feature?

A: I talked about this on stage but I am after the lacrosse scandal which was a national Mike Stud (left), sits down with Cal Times Entertainment Editor news thing that happened so when I got there dropping a surprise album. This is the Rapper Jessica Crosson (right), backstage at the Cal U Convocation Center after it was a very dicey time for athletes. There was first time in my career that I have been Wednesday night’s concert. (Photo by Dillon Gaudet) a very high intensity to protect student athletes able to take a step back and stop going and we weren’t allowed to have social media crazy and touring and putting out songs every Q: You and Post Malone have been spending or Facebook or anything. We obviously wanted three weeks. I was really hustling for a long time a lot of time together… tell me about that and to have that so we all made fake accounts with so now I’ve built up enough money and a fan your Olive Garden tradition. our real initials. All of the baseball guys tried to base where I can take a step back and prove A: The Garden is a great and magical place. Me come up with funny code names to hide from musically to take a lot of time and make a bunch and Post are so similar and it’s funny because our coach on Facebook. That was Mike Stud, he of music and craft something ... I said on stage looks wise and if you put us on paper you would there are two albums actually coming out, be like these guys are polar opposites but we’re Rapper Mike Stud at the Cal U Convocation center, Wed. Nov. 7 (Photo by the second one is almost done and the just like normal guys. I think he got attracted Dillon Gaudet) first one is actually coming out in a few to that side of our personality and what we do days. I have never done anything like this because that’s hard to find in LA, the people without promotion and I just wanted to who are just genuine and are not needing or do a surprise thing because I have a lot of wanting something from you. It’s kind of the great music I want to share but there is a culture of what happens in Hollywood and it’s bigger plan and I can’t say too much about not to throw shade at Hollywood, I just think it yet but it will make more sense as the that’s why we became so close over the past next six or seven months unfold but the years. We just have a lot of similarities and ‘Very Important Steves’ thing we are doing characteristics the way we were raised and you because tech and music is huge ... I went know the things we enjoy, simple things. He has to school for business so I manage our a far more extravagant lifestyle in the things he decisions more than some other artists do is interested in but we love to go to Olive Garden so I’m very involved in the back end and and have a good time. He will be a bigger part the VIP program is to acquire all the data of the story. It will make sense in seven to eight we need from people who are interested months going forward. in what I do because it helps the business and it helps you take the angles you’re Interview continues on next page... supposed to take in order to elevate the business side of it.

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CAL LIFE

Behind the microphone with Skizzy Mars

By Jessica Crosson, Entertainment Editor

CRO8908@calu.edu

Skizzy Mars hails from the East Coast where he was born in Harlem, New York and grew up in New York City, New York. Growing up in New York City, Mars developed a passion for his local sports teams turning him into an avid Knicks and Yankees fan. However, he shared that he watches a variety of sports but basketball is by far his favorite sport to watch.

He briefly attended Union College where he studied Sports Broadcasting. Mars only attended college for approximately ten weeks before getting a record deal and moving out to Los Angeles, California where he now resides.

At the age of 25, Mars has only been working within the industry for five years but first established himself in 2011 when he was dropping tracks such as “Profound”, “Houdini”, and “Together”. He cites Kid Cudi as one of his biggest mentors and had been looking up to him since he was eight-years-old.

Following an EP titled The Red Balloon Project which

An Interview with Mike Stud Continued from page 13

Q: Where does the phrase YNK stem from??

A: My life. I would find myself saying it all the time because I would just say you never know ( YNK) because none of this I thought would every happen … I had a long journey to get where I was baseball wise. I’m from Rhode Island, a very small place, and it’s hard to make it into the high ranks and the division one programs and I had done that and it was going so well. Everything was pretty much setting me up to hit my dream of becoming a professional baseball player and you get so close and then it’s taken away. It’s a life lesson for me that I wouldn’t trade away for the world, you just never know what the next minute, second, or day will bring so if you can just enjoy and focus on the moments you’re in I think better things happen.

Q: How does this show at Cal U size up to other college shows you’ve done?

A: It was good. We [DJ Fader] just talked about this. It has been a while. We have had some hilarious and awkward college shows in the middle of nowhere and it’s only 200 people but this was good. It was a bunch of people who

were fans and actually engaged. A lot of times at a school, obviously we can’t be up there partying and whatnot, but that’s part of our show. If you go to a real show, and you can twist it into a negative thing, but it’s more so in a celebratory thing because we are all celebrating music and life together. It has always been an angle to our show having the party element to bring the fans up on stage so you leave with a memory and it is a whole experience people can leave with. It’s a little hard at college shows because that’s part of it but everyone here was really engaged here and it was good.

Q: There were a lot of baseball jerseys in the crowd tonight but specifically Blue Jay jerseys with Stroman’s name on the back, can you explain the connection for the people who don’t know what your connection to Marcus Stroman is?

A: I was like the reason Marcus came to Duke.

We do official visits at Duke and he came and stayed with me and we just really connected and showed him a good time so he would choose Duke and from there we just became extremely

was released in 2015 and reached #4 on the iTunes hiphop album chart, he dropped his first official album, Alone Together in 2016 and has been creating new music and touring from that moment on.

More recently, Mars released another EP, Are You Okay?, in April of this year, and most recently released a song titled “Come A Little Closer” in October.

Before his performance at Cal U, Mars had just finished a tour where they had 25 performances over the span of a couple of weeks. Mars shared that he prefers touring at venues versus schools because you know that fans are just coming out to see you and not just because their school is putting on a show.

You can follow along to keep up to date with Mars via his Instagram and Twitter, @skizzymars.

close. I got injured as he arrived but I was the star pitcher the year before that and he kind of stepped right into that role. There was a slight mentorship role but it was really more like we just had similar vibes. As our lives have unfolded, we have only gotten closer. We are not together a lot but there are just so many similarities in the industries between the ups and the downs and the grind. There is a lot of relatability that we share that you can’t fake. It is just one of those things and he is my closest friend and a rock-star athlete too. He hasn’t put it together yet completely, and he has had some injuries popped up at weird times, but I think he is going to have an incredible career at the pro-level too.

In due time, these next few seasons, he will put it all together.

Following his performance at Cal U, Stud released a new album called 4THEHOMIES, announced that he would be going on tour, and gave Cal U a shoutout on a live stream earlier this week. He will be performing in Pittsburgh on February 2, 2019. Follow Stud on Instagram, and Twitter, @mike_stud, to keep up to date with his career.

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Mike Stud and Skizzy Mars Concert

Photos by: Dillon Gaudet

Rapper, Mike Stud, encourages Cal U junior, Kate Brady, to sing along to his song as he hands her the microphone.

The Student Activities Board Executive Board and member volunteers with Mike Stud following his perforamnce.

The Student Activities Board Executive Board with Skizzy Mars before his performance.

Rapper, Mike Stud, performs at Cal U for the Student Activities Board’s fall concert.

Hip-Hop artist and rapper, Skizzy Mars, performs at Cal U.

Cal U freshman, TK the DJ, opens the night with his set before Skizzy Mars takes the stage.

Seniors, Emma Rawlings and Danny Beeck, gather footage for the Student Activities Board and CUTV during Mike Stud’s performance.

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Netflix ‘Mindhunter’ Crew Talks Sociology, Holds Open Auditions

By Cal U Public Relations

Cal U students can learn more about the Netflix original series Mindhunter — and audition for roles as extras on the award-winning show — from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27, in the Performance Center inside the Natali Student Center.

Now filming its second season, Mindhunter stars Jonathan Groff and Holt McCallany as FBI agents who attempt to solve cases by exploring the deviant thinking of serial killers In Season 1, set in the 1970s and filmed in the greater Pittsburgh area, Netflix says the agents “expand criminal science by delving into the psychology of murder and getting uneasily close to all-too-real monsters.”

The true-crime drama shines a spotlight on sociology, says Dr. Emily Sweitzer, a sociology professor and director of Cal U’s program in social deviance. At Cal U, a Mindhunter cast member and the show’s casting director will discuss the sociological principles the characters use to build a “profile” that can aid in

understanding – and ultimately apprehending – these sadistic killers.

The show is based on the book Mindhunter by John Douglas, one of the original FBI profilers.

Douglas holds a degree in sociology, Sweitzer says, and class discussions and exercises in Cal U’s deviance program – especially in the course Sociology and the Sociopath – focus on a sociological analysis of many of the actual killers portrayed in the Netflix series.

“This is a fabulous opportunity for students to gain a real-world perspective on how their degree in social deviance can be utilized,” Sweitzer said, “and to see how the principles discussed in class are applied and employed in a popular media series that is based on actual, historical FBI cases.

“For students to be able to interact firsthand with the cast, with their analyses in hand, is a phenomenal opportunity.”

In addition to teaching, Sweitzer consults for television programs such as Lucifer, Rosewood,

The Blacklist, Bones, CSI and Notorious. She has completed training in violent behavior with former and retired members of the FBI’s behavioral science unit.

The program, held during Common Hour, is open to all members of the Cal U community.

Audition for ‘Mindhunter’ After the presentation, the casting director for Mindhunter will hold open auditions for “extras” to appear in the show’s second season, which references events from the 1970s.

People from a wide variety of backgrounds are needed.

Interested applicants can bring recent photos (one forward-facing portrait, from the waist up, and one profile image); and a page with contact information (your name, phone and email) and sizes (height, weight, waist measurement and shirt, pants and shoe sizes).

Successful applicants will be contacted with details about the filming schedule.

TOM CATON

DJ SPOTLIGHT

Our special DJ interviewee this week is a sophomore Radio/T V Communications Major, Tom Caton. After some of the other DJs finding out about Tom’s love for pumpkin spice, they appropriately gave him his DJ name: Spiced T. He was introduced to the station by the station manager Alicia Lackey, since they were both already involved with CUTV. She strongly encouraged him to join the station, and after 12 hours of training and a rigorous board test, he passed! Though he’s been a member of WCAL for only a few weeks, he tells us that his favorite memory of the station is how successful his Halloween show was. DJ Spiced T’s favorite genre is country, though during his show he plays his favorite music from all sorts of genres. His show is called Caton’s Corner, and you can listen every Wednesday from 2-4pm, so be sure to tune in!

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Nov 16, 2018

Howie Mandel Returns to host “Deal or No Deal” on CNBC

By Tom Caton, Staff Writer

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CAT7359@calu.edu

There is one little question consisting of four little words that could potentially change someone’s life forever. Those four little words I am talking about is “deal or no deal.” The iconic, lifechanging game show is returning to television screens on CNBC beginning Wednesday December 5, 2018. A top prize of one million dollars is on the line and contestants and fans everywhere are screaming with excitement.

First airing in December 2005, Deal or No Deal is a game show that deals with luck, guts, and a great sense of timing. There are no tricky stunts or trivia questions, just one simple question that could make someone very rich in a very short amount of time. Comedian Howie Mandel first hosted the show during its first four seasons from 2005-2009. He is returning to host the game show and he could not be more eager to ask contestants that one little question again.

For those who do not how the gameplay works, here is a brief synopsis. Mandel and the contestant will stand before 26 individual briefcases held by identically dressed models.

The cases are holding random amounts of money ranging from one penny all the way up to one million dollars. On the stage is a video wall that displays the amounts still in play at any given moment. The player’s chosen case is brought onto the stage and placed on a podium before him/her and the host. In the first round, the player chooses six cases to eliminate from play, one at a time. Each case is opened as it is chosen and the amount inside is removed from the board. After the sixth pick, a cordless telephone on the podium rings and the host answers it to speak with “The Banker” - a male figure, visible only as a dimly lit silhouette, who sits in a skybox overlooking the studio. The Banker’s face is never seen, and his voice is never heard; after the call ends, Mandel relays the Banker’s offer to buy the player’s case. The player can accept the offer and end the game by saying “deal” and

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pressing a red button on the podium, or reject it by saying “no deal” and closing a hinged cover over the button.

Each time the player rejects an offer, he/ she must play another round, eliminating progressively fewer cases: five in the second round, four in the third, three in the fourth, two in the fifth. Beyond the fifth round, the player eliminates one case at a time, receiving a new offer from the Banker after each. The ninth and final offer comes when there are only two cases left in play, the one originally chosen by the player and one other. If the player rejects this final offer, he/she may either keep the chosen case or trade it for the other one, and receives the amount in the case he/she decides to take.

The exact same gameplay will be used for the new season.

Along with a new season of Deal or No Deal comes new models! Some of the show’s original models will not be returning for various reasons.

Meghan Markle, who once held case number 24 during season 2, is now living the life of a royal family member. Claudia Jordan, who held case number 1 for four consecutive seasons, will not return since she is featured on “The Real Housewives of Atlanta.”

The brand new season of Deal or No Deal will premiere on Wednesday December 5, 2018. If you are a fan of the show, you will not want to miss it!

Plan ahead Don’t arrive starving, and always skip the bread basket, sugared beverages, and alcohol Follow My-Plate: When is the last time you saw a 9-inch plate at a restaurant???

Fill up on fruits and vegetables Look for “light items” Practice portion control Take half your meal home or share with a friend.

Know key terms Choose steamed, broiled, grilled, or baked foods.

Avoid fried, sautéed, or crispy items.

Have all dressings, sauces, and condiments served on the side and use them sparingly.

Substitute a side salad for fries or whole wheat for white products.

Eat slowly and stop when satisfied, not stuffed.

Skip dessert, or choose fruit for something sweet.

“Re-think that drink.”

Studies suggest that calories from beverages have more than doubled since the 1960’s.

Here are some tips for making better beverage choices: Drink plenty of water Choose low fat milk Keep 100% juice to 4-6oz/ day Beware of all other caloric beverages, by checking out their nutrition facts label. Steer clear of high caloric drinks or choose the smallest size available. Don’t “supersize”!

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NHL broadcaster Phil Bourque reflects on career

By Reilly McGlumphy, Contributor MCG8250@calu.edu

Two -time Stanley Cup champion, Phil Bourque, shared the ups and the downs he had in his storied career at “Faceoff for Your Future”, an event hosted by the O ffice of Academic Success this past Friday in the Convocation Center.

Born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, Bourque made it clear from the star t that like most of the audience, he is not a Patriots or Tom Brady fan.

“I am here to say that I am a Pittsburgher,” said Bourque. “I feel like I was born here.”

At the age of three, Bourque found his love for hockey when he went to a public sk ate with a family friend.

“He put me on the ice with a pair of double runners and I took to it like a duck to water,” said Bourque.

Bourque’s family friend told his dad that he was a natural and that he should let him tr y to play hockey.

“I was that craz y k id. I f you have that passion, go for it. That was my passion.

Sk ating and hockey,” said Bourque.

Bourque shed a light on forgiveness and mental/physical abuse as well, that was just as power ful as his overall message to the audience. During his youth days, his father verbally and physically abused him depending on how good or bad he played.

The abuse became so bad that Bourque did not speak to his father for 10 years when he was playing in the NHL. “As much bad as he did with the abuse, he did a lot of good too,” Bourque said. “Because of our falling out, he didn’t get to experience those special moments with his son.”

He explained that forgiving his father was one of the most cleansing things he has ever done in his life. H is advice to the audience was to call that person up and have a conversation.

“Don’t go through life having those regrets,” said Bourque.

Sophomore, Kellie Lynch said it made her stop and think when Bourque told the stor y of rek indling the relationship with his father.

“M y favorite stor y was about him reconnec ting with his father and the positive

impac t it had on him,” said Lynch.

Even though he has forgiven his father, the abuse once became so bad that Bourque almost ended his hockey career forever. “ When I turned 15, I quit hockey and said that ’s it. I can’t take this anymore,” said Bourque.

“Luck ily, I had some really good friends around me that said ‘we need you’.”

Af ter graduating high school, Bourque’s dad wanted him to go to college, but he had a different plan in mind.

“All I wanted to do was the play in the NHL,” said Bourque.

I n 1980, he made his first steps to get into the NHL by tr ying out for an amateur hockey team in Ontario. The draf t came and went, and Bourque had not been draf ted by a team.

“I thought about what I should do now.

Then, I got t wo phone calls, one from my hometown Boston Bruins and the other was from the Pittsburgh Penguins,” said Bourque.

Af ter a few tr youts, he was offered a three year contrac t by Baz Bastien, the Penguins general manager at the time. “ There was a long pause and I thought he was going to change his mind,” said Bourque.

“He said because I really like you, I am going to give you a 5,000 dollar signing bonus.”

Af ter his signing, Bourque continued his professional career for 18 years and won t wo Stanley Cup rings during Penguins’ 1991 and 1992 season. During his time as a radio broadcaster, Bourque has also earned three more rings.

“I have lived a craz y, craz y life as a hockey player and now as broadcaster,” said Bourque.

Photo by : Jeff Helsel, SAI

Bourque showed off his rings to the audience, letting them take pic tures and tr y them on.

This is not the first time that Bourque as spoken on the California campus. I n 2010, Bourque spoke in Morgan Hall about leadership and last fall was a par t of the food donation drive.

“I have been telling ever yone since I have been here that I love this campus,” said Bourque. “ When I came to this campus, I came through that front gate and I said, ‘I wish I went to school here’. This place is amazing.”

Bourque explained that one of his goals was to motivate and inspire the audience. One of the biggest messages Bourque wanted to put an emphasis on was dedication. “ This school is behind you,” said Bourque.

“However you need to make it happen, this school has the options to make it happen for you.”

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Pass the Turkey Before the Ham Enjoy Thanksgiving before Christmas Morgan Buckwalter BUC7568@calu.edu

I t ’s the day af ter Halloween, and the inflated Santa Claus is already set up in the front yard of my neighbor ’s house. Santa appears incredibly joyful as he is surrounded by a herd of plastic reindeer and hundreds of tiny garden gnomes that resemble elves.

An appearance of confusion and terror arises on my face as a tear runs down my cheek . The repeating question in my head is: what happened to Thanksgiving?

The holidays are stressful for many people; Christmas being one of the most stressful times of the year. The decorating process is so intense, I can’t imagine the strenuous hours spent tr ying to place lights and decorative items out on display.

I nstead, people should not rush into the decorating, and they should relax and focus on what k ind of food they ’re going to eat on Thanksgiving Day. The food. When you hear the word “ Thanksgiving,” your mouth waters. You already think about how you’re going to dive into those mashed potatoes and grav y and you don’t listen when your mom tells you “six helpings of mashed potatoes is just TOO much.” I nstead, you thrive in the environment surrounded by food because it is where you are meant to be in that moment.

Af ter your stomach has had enough, it ’s time for a long nap cuddled up on your grandma’s couch. This is the day I’ve been waiting for.

Once November begins, Hallmark Christmas movies are the only thing on television. We all k now how the Hallmark movies are going to end.

First, a woman falls in love with a man af ter just meeting him, but neither of them will admit how they feel toward each other. Then, the climax of the stor y occurs, and somehow brings the t wo lovers together. Each Hallmark movie ends with the t wo charac ters k issing as it begins to snow.

These movies are all the same, and they replay over and over again with the same plot. Why is this something we want to rush

into?

The holidays are of ten labeled as “the best time of the year.” Because of this, shouldn’t we take the time to appreciate each holiday instead of rushing into the nex t one?

As soon as Halloween is over, people seem to forget about the excitement of Thanksgiving.

There are just as many fun things to do over Thanksgiving as there are for Christmas.

One of the most popular things people like to do over Thanksgiving is go Black Friday shopping at their local stores. The ac t of being trampled while fighting t welve different people for one produc t can be a great ac tivit y to do.

I nstead of going to the gym for a workout, you can easily do cardio by racing someone to a cer tain isle to get your desired produc t.

To add to the fun, this could be an excellent time for people to bond while waiting in line for hours.

Another exciting ac tivit y would be to create a “Friendsgiving” which is similar to Thanksgiving, but is with your friends instead of family.

G athering all of your friends together af ter being away for college can be a great time to catch up on each other ’s lives. Also, if you and your friends enjoy cook ing, you can make dinner together which can be a fun ac tivit y to do.

Thanksgiving is also a great time to enjoy the fall season before it gets too cold. Most people rush into the Christmas ac tivities when they should focus on enjoying the cool, autumn weather.

There are several places to go such as tak ing a walk through a park or forest. This gives you a chance to appreciate nature and take notice to how the leaves change. I t is also an excellent time to get out of the house instead of staying in to watch those Hallmark movies.

Conclusively, we should all make an effor t to relax over the holidays. Rushing into holiday af ter holiday will only make this time of year stressful when it should be fun.

So, take down the inflatable Santa Claus and save it for December 1st. Save the stress, and don’t let the Thanksgiving turkey fly by!

Preordering your Bojangles’ Seasoned Fried Turkey should be at the top of your to do list for Thanksgiving.

Photo by : Bojangles’

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Decorating before Thanksgiving is Okay It ’s okay to deck the halls before stuffing the turkey Angel Hart Funk, Opinion Editor FUN8385@calu.edu

O f ten before Halloween is even over, stores are rolling out Christmas decorations into aisles. Even in the past decade, Christmas shopping has seemingly taken over Thanksgiving as a holiday with Black Friday hours creeping into the Thursday af ternoon.

The first day of November for some is a day of wak ing up from the night before and regretting how much candy you ate. For others, it is the star t of the Christmas holiday season. There is a serious debate around the early celebrating because Thanksgiving is before Christmas.

However, I see no problem in deck ing the halls before stuffing the turkey.

H istorically Thanksgiving isn’t my favorite holiday, I love the food but hate the histor y behind the holiday.

Like many young people, I was taught the lie that the Pilgrims and Native Americans shared a bountiful har vest then went on to live happily ever af ter. Which is not exac tly the case, not that Christmas or the Christian faith has a cr ystal clear reputation but at least its historical ties involve less genocide.

The first Thanksgiving was speculated to have been celebrated on M ichaelmas, a Christian obser vation that takes place on September 29th. By November 22nd, we’re already in Pennsylvania in the depths of winter and have probably experienced freezing temperatures.

I n fac t, I believe the reason most people choose to go straight to Christmas and look at Thanksgiving as an af ter thought is that some climates don’t have a har vest c ycle as we do in Pennsylvania.

With the marketing of Christmas over the years to condition all of us to think of the winter wonderland as the backdrop for Santa, hot cocoa and peppermint, it makes sense that people would want to star t celebrating earlier in the colder weather.

I believe that Thanksgiving gets lost in the bravado of Christmas that has become the dominant holiday in the eyes of Americans.

With Thanksgiving, there is no gif t giving

Children look at the newly unveiled Hamleys toy store Christmas window display which features Ty cuddly plush toys, on Regent Street in London, Friday, Nov. 2, 2018.

only NFL Football and turkey.

Additionally, Christmas is the one holiday of the year that some militar y members, far away from family, and students will ac tually get to spend with their families. For some families decorating early is more about the excitement of seeing loved ones than about what ’s on the table or under the tree.

Holiday sessions around the winter time of the year bring out a magic in the air. Maybe it ’s that fac t that most Americans are taught that a big man sneaks into around 2 billion homes. Or maybe its because for a little while each year we’re surrounded by the people we love.

For those that star t to celebrate Christmas early, they aren’t ignoring the fac t that Thanksgiving exists. I t ’s a time to give thanks and to eat good food with your family or friends or alone.

Photo by : (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

However, for those who do star t to sing Christmas songs and watch movies before Thanksgiving is celebrated it ’s all apar t of the magical holiday season in which there are dozens of celebrations for people of all backgrounds.

From Dia de los Muer tos to Kwanza the months of November and December give way to a time of togetherness that I believe if it ’s something you want to do you should celebrate at the highest ex tent.

I f that means drink ing apple cider and eating turkey or if it means putting up your Christmas lights on November 1st, the holidays are meant to spent spreading joy and happiness. There’s no room to be upset or bothered by someone else’s traditions.

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Football closes out season with a victory Nine seniors honored at Adamson Stadium Danny Beeck, Editor-In-Chief BEE1558@calu.edu

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The 2018 Vulcans Football Team Entering Adamson Stadium

The California Universit y of Pennsylvania Vulcans took on the Bloomsburg Husk ies this past weekend in the confines of Adamson Stadium on Senior Day for the football team.

I n a game that had no implications for playoff positioning, both teams were look ing to cap their season off in the winning column. For the Vulcans, a win against Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC ) opponent Seton H ill last week helped them regain confidence af ter losing the week prior to Slipper y Rock .

The Husk ies were riding the high of a four game win streak before mak ing the trek to southwestern Pennsylvania, most recently defeating West Liber t y Universit y on the road by a score of 34-31.

The game began with Noah M itchell and the California offense star ting with the football, but af ter Bloomsburg locked down on defense, the special teams unit made an early appearance. The Husk ies took advantage of their first oppor tunit y with the football, and capped off a 11 play, 92 yard drive, with a four yard sprint that found paydir t. A drive for the Husk ies that was led by t wo backs

(Hakeem Sillman and Alex Gooden) was soon answered by Nelson Brown and the Vulcans with a 16 yard rush into the end zone that would k not the contest up at 7.

On the ensuing possession, redshir tsophomore quar terback Erik Benjamin stepped up in the pocket and chucked the ball into the awaiting arms of Jermal Mar tin Jr., who registered his four th interception on the season for the California defense. Nelson Brown once again got into the end zone mak ing the score 14-7, and recorded the 20th score for him on the ground. A pair of empt y possessions for the Vulcans towards the end of the second quar ter would keep the score at 14-7 going into half time.

A penalt y riddled drive for the Husk ies resulted in an empt y possession, with the Vulcans tak ing over. The wind worked in favor of California, as the Bloomsburg punt travelled a total of 27 yards to the Vulcans 41 yard line. A pair of Nelson Brown runs allowed Noah M itchell to etch his name in the box score, with a 31 yard toss to Tyson H ill who danced his way into the end zone.

With another drive for the Husk ies that led to a punt, California got back on the board with another rush from Nelson Brown. The special teams unit for the Husk ies ramped up the energy on the following k ickoff, tak ing the ball 86 yards to the house, mak ing the score 28-13 af ter a missed ex tra point.

California and Bloomsburg would not get on the board for the remainder of the game, mak ing the final score 28-13. Nelson Brown finished the contest with 214 rushing yards and three touchdowns (the second consecutive game with three touchdowns).

Tyson H ill lead the receiving core for California with five catches for 70 yards and one score. London Cloud continued his domination on defense with 17 total tack les (7 solo), while Jermal Mar tin Jr. secured the lone interception for the Vulcans defense. As a team, California finished with 398 yards of total offense, along with possessing the ball for just over 30 minutes. The Vulcans finished off the season with a record of 7-4, with a 5-2 record in the PSAC.

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Vulcans collect victory over UPJ

Despite losing in semis of the PSAC, still earn an NCAA berth Alex King, Assistant Sports Information Director

I n a highly- competitive match, the California Universit y of Pennsylvania volleyball team advanced in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC ) Tournament af ter rallying to a 3-2 vic tor y (25-18, 16-25, 23-25, 25-23, 15-8) to upset four th-seeded Pitt-Johnstown in the quar ter finals on Tuesday night.

With the win, the Vulcans improve to 2011 overall and have now posted at least 20 vic tories in a season 13 times over the last 15 years. Cal U advances to face top seeded G annon in the semifinals of the PSAC Tournament on Friday, Nov. 9. Meanwhile, Pitt-Johnstown finishes the season with an 18-13 record.

Junior R achel Priore (Bar tlett, I ll./South Elgin) tallied a team-leading 17 k ills on a .318 hitting percentage and added 11 digs for her 12th k ill/dig double - doulbe of the season. Senior Lois van Schaik (Naarden, Netherlands/St. Vituscollege) totaled 14 k ills on a .345 clip, while sophomore Maddie McGee (New Concord, Ohio/John Glenn) registered a career-high 14 k ills and added seven digs. Senior Tina Bellhy (McDonald,Pa./ For t Cherr y) notched nine k ills on a .333 hitting percentage in the vic tor y. Freshman Sarah Benson (Canton, Ohio/Jackson) guided the offense with a career-high 54 assist and totaled 11 digs for her 12th assist/dig double - double of the year.

Sophomore Jensen Silbaugh ( Warren, Ohio/ Lakeview) recorded her eighth match with at least 20 digs af ter registering 21 digs against Pitt-Johnstown. Benson posted 16 digs, while Priore and Bellhy both recorded 11 digs. The Vulcans recorded nine team blocks with Bellhy and van Schaik each posting seven blocks.

Cal U posted a .435 hitting percentage with 13 k ills to claim the first set by a 25-18 margin. The Vulcans established a 5-2 lead in the opening set af ter a pair of the k ills from van Schaik . Pitt-Johnstown responded by scoring four of the nex t six points to cut the deficit to lead to 7-5. The teams split the nex t four points before Cal U posted a 4-1 run to take a 13-8 advantage. The Lady Cats

Sophomore #20 Jensen Silbaugh and Freshman #1 Shelby Alloway in ac tion earlier in the season at the Convocation Center.

closed the gap by tallying three of the nex t four points before the Vulcans countered with three -straight points, 17-11. Following a Pitt-Johnstown timeout, Cal U scored four of the nex t six points to hold a 21-14 lead until the Lady Cats notched a 3-1 run. The Vulcans tallied three of final four points to secure the first set by a 25-18 count.

Pitt-Johnstown took a 9-5 lead in the four th set af ter five -straight points and forced Cal U to burn an early timeout. The Vulcans tallied six of the nex t eight points to tie the match at 11-11 before the Lady Cats countered with three - consecutive points to take a 14-11 advantage. Following a second Cal U timeout, the Vulcans responded with the 7-2 run to claim an 18-17 lead and force a Pitt-Johnstown timeout. Cal U recorded five of the nex t seven points to ex tend the advantage to 23-20 before the Lady Cats totaled three -unanswered points to tie the match at 23-23. The Vulcans tallied back-to back points to take the four th set by a 25-23 margin.

Cal U sealed the match vic tor y by a 15-8 count in the fif th set. The Vulcans established

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a 5-3 lead before scoring three of the nex t five points to take an 8-5 advantage. Af ter the teams switched sides, Pitt-Johnstown cut the deficit to 9-8 to force a timeout from the Vulcans. Cal U answered with six-straight points to claim the match vic tor y, 15-8. The Vulcans would later fall to G annon 3-0 in the semifinals of the PSAC tournament.

However, the Vulcans will be mak ing their 16th appearance in the NCAA Tournament in the last 19 years and will face third-seeded Seton H ill (24-8) in the first round. The Griffins received the automatic qualifier for winning the PSAC Championship in a five -set thriller over G annon on Saturday night. Under eighth-year head coach Peter Letourneau, Cal U enters the NCAA Tournament with a 20-12 overall record af ter advancing to the semifinals of the PSAC Tournament last weekend.

The winner from the Atlantic Region advances to the national quar ter finals in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, at the A.J. Palumbo Center, as par t of the 2018 NCAA Division II Festival. Teams advancing to the final site will be reseeded before the quar ter finals.

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Bet the Bettor: Chiefs vs Rams Predictions for the Monday night NFL game By: “The Football Guy” EGE8764@calu.edu

Week 11 Primetime football features the most exciting game of the season thus far.

The K ansas Cit y Chiefs matchup up against the Los Angeles R ams. Two of the most dominant offensive teams the NFL has ever seen. Let ’s begin.

K ansas Cit y, led by the young gunslinger Patrick Mahomes, have been an absolute wagon. K ansas Cit y was the best possible place for Patrick Mahomes to ignite his career. Absolute juggernaut of an offensive.

Side bar, I am, like most football enthusiasts, growing tired of the relentless pursuit of the nick name Patrick “Showtime” Mahomes. This is a grown man in the NFL, not some peewee tailback playing Pop Warner football. A N ick name has to come organically. I t cannot be forced down the viewer ’s throat by the likes of Jason Witten and Booger McFarland.

Any ways, as I was saying, the K ansas Cit y offense is loaded with offensive weapons.

There are no identifiable weak nesses in the system. They have multiple top -5 caliber players ready to score on opposing defensives on ever y snap. For that reason, the Chiefs lead the league in points per game and are top ten in nearly all offensive categories.

However, The Los Angeles R ams are essentially the doppelganger of the K ansas Cit y Chiefs. Led by the lesser talent, but still

equally as produc tive quar terback Jared Goff, the R ams are off to their hottest star t since the year of The Greatest Show on Tur f. Like the Chiefs, the R ams offense is seemingly unstoppable. Star running back Todd Gurley leads the league in rushing yards and has accounted for 17 total touchdowns this year (maybe slightly inaccurate but I am not going to take the time to “get it right for the sake of professionalism.”). The man is a scoring machine. Barring any injuries, or hiccups in the final stretch of the season, Gurley will be a legitimate MVP finalist. On the outside, Brandon Cooks and Rober t Woods have been produc tive and will have to continue to fire on all c ylinders with the injur y of breakout wide receiver, Cooper Kupp.

Now, Both the K ansas Cit y Chiefs and the Los Angeles R ams allow a lot of points. I think this is mostly impac ted by time of possession since both teams essentially score at will.

Either way I do not think either offense stops one another. Also, despite the elite rosters of each team, the most critical component of this game will be coaching. Andy Reid versus Sean McVay. Old versus new. Experience versus innovation. Reid’s track record as a head coach has been established. Meanwhile, Mc vay is on the way to greatness of his own. Executing the game plan and mak ing adaptation at half time will be, in my opinion,

what determines the outcomes of this game.

Who will bring the best out of their young stars?

On to the fun/stressful sec tion of this column, the picks. Now, if you have been riding with me this season, you may have noticed that my picks have been slightly in the dumpster over the last 3 weeks. Well, no more losing. Call it stupid, but I have a new sense of confidence about me that will manifest itself as sure -lock-bet-the - entire bank roll picks for the remainder of the season.

Surprisingly, the Chiefs are going into week 11 as 2.5-point underdogs. But a 2.5-point spread is nothing. Literally a field goals difference covers this week . The venue for the game was switched to Los Angeles from Mexico Cit y, which swings the momentum back into the favor of the R ams. Plus, the Chiefs have been a much better team this year in the betting world. So lock it in on the Chiefs and pray Aaron Donald doesn’t break Mahomes in t wo before the end of the game.

Or at least till a decent lead is established.

4th Down “Picks Under Pressure” Game

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Eagles vs Saints

Saints

Syracuse vs Notre Dame

ND

Chiefs vs Rams

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WVU vs OSU

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Steelers vs Jaguars

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USC vs UCLA

USC

Cowboys vs Falcons

Falcons

UCF vs Cincinnati

UCF

You can play along with the Sports Editor by emailing KIR6942@calu. edu and your picks might appear on the next weeks issue. Stay tuned and tweet @caltimes with your responses to my picks!

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