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And the beat goes on! Cogswell Hall’s renovation was completed.

IUP students anticipate change upon President Obama’s inauguration.

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• Borough police reported that at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Kenneth Lobur, 47, Indiana, was observed squealing his tires in the 00 block of South 16th Street. He was found to be intoxicated and charged with DUI, according to police.

• Khalif Dickson, 20, Philadelphia, was cited for underage drinking at 5:30 a.m. Tuesday at 1300 Oakland Ave., according to borough police.

• Campus police reported that Evan W. Crist, 19, Johnstown, was cited for disorderly conduct and underage drinking after he was observed throwing snowballs at Wallwork Suites at 12:50 a.m. Monday. He was released to a sober adult.

• Heather D. Urey, 18, Dillsburg, was cited for underage drinking after she was found with an alcoholic beverage at 12:46 a.m. Monday at Wallwork Suites, campus police reported. She was released to a sober adult.

• Michael Walker, 18, Homer City, was cited for underage drinking and carrying false identification after borough police were called to Uncle Sudsy’s for an ID check at 11:08 p.m. Dec. 22 at 860 Wayne Ave, according to police. He was released from the scene.

• Borough police reported that Brett Miller, 21, North Wales, was cited for public drunkenness after he was observed to be intoxicated at Sheetz at 380 Philadelphia St. and was taken to Indiana Regional Medical Center after vomiting at the police station at 2:45 a.m. Dec. 17.

• Keaton Smith, 20, Gibsonia, and Jordan Nicholson, 20, Jeannette, were cited for underage drinking after they were seen throwing snowballs at vehicles at 1:04 a.m. Dec. 16 at 733 Locust St., according to borough police. They were released from the scene.

• Campus police reported that Eli Wysocki, 19, McMurray, was cited for underage drinking and disorderly conduct at 3 a.m. Dec. 13 at the Suites on Maple East after he tried to elude arrest.

• Tyler Mostek, 19, Bethlehem, was cited for underage drinking at 3 a.m. Dec. 13 at the Suites on Maple East and taken to Indiana Regional Medical Center for treatment from a fall, campus police reported.

• Colby M. McCormick, 18, Williamsport, was seen stumbling and vomiting at 3:17 a.m. Dec. 13 at the Suites on Maple, according to campus police. He was cited for public drunkenness and underage drinking and was released to a sober adult.

• David V. Hautau, 24, Salt Lake City, Utah, was cited for public drunkenness at 2:42 a.m. Dec. 13 at 800 Wayne Ave. after he screamed profanities at a passing police car, borough police reported. He was released to a sober adult.

• Borough police reported that Jay Lyman, Indiana, was arrested for public drunkenness at 11:30 p.m. Dec. 12 after causing a scene at Uncle Sudsy’s and leaving after employees refused to sell him beer. Police found him at Sheetz at 380 Philadelphia St. He was later released to a sober adult.

Disorderly conduct

Audrey Furby, 22, North Versailles, was charged with violation of the Emergency Telephone Act, false reports and false identification to law enforcement and disorderly conduct after she called in a false domestic disturbance complaint at 3:50 a.m. Dec. 16 at 228 N. Clymer Ave, borough police reported.

Harassment

• Borough police reported that Thomas Thompson, 53, and Pamela Thompson, 51, both of Indiana, were arrested for simple assault and harassment after police responded to a possible domestic disturbance complaint at 11:34 a.m. Dec. 25 at 1328 Washington St. Both were lodged in the county jail and later arraigned and released on $5,000 bond, police reported.

• Kristina Long, Armagh, was charged with simple assault and harassment after an altercation between her and her roommate at 2:14 a.m. Dec. 13 at 800 Church St., borough police reported.

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• Borough police reported that Courtney Merceir-Young, 19, Philadelphia, was cited for retail theft after she took items from Giant Eagle, located at 435 S. Seventh St., at 11:03 a.m. Dec. 18.

• Frank J. Tyler, 18, Broomall, was cited for retail theft at 8:28 p.m. Dec. 14 at the Folger Hall Quiznos after he ordered a sub, placed it under his sweatshirt and walked around the register without paying for it, according to campus police. He was released from the scene.

– compiled from police reports

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IUP community responds to Haiti earthquake

By Sean Bracken News Editor S.M.Bracken@iup.edu

Members of the local IUP community are taking matters into their own hands to help the people of Haiti.

According to IUP’s Web site, the campus has planned different fundraising events and other charities to help raise money for Haiti.

In addition, IUP has also sponsored an event before the start of the spring semester to fundraise money.

One of those events was the Region II Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival, which was hosted Jan. 12-16, according to IUP’s Web site. The event was held in Fisher Auditorium.

The festival featured keynote speaker and actor Bill Pullman, who spoke Jan. 14. Brian Jones, theater and dance chairperson, also took part. “We serve our common humanity by using these gifts to create reflections that help mankind view itself on stage,� Jones said. “When a tragedy, such as the earthquakes in Haiti, occurs, we are reminded that our artistic gifts carry with them a responsibility to serve our common humanity worldwide,� he added.

The Web site reported that more than 1,000 students and faculty members from regional theater programs, as well as dozens of professionals from around the country

“We have been touched by the willingness of the festival participants to take time from their celebrations and competitions to give thought and donations to those in desperate need.� — Michael Hood, dean of IUP’s College of Fine Arts came to donate at the festival. and athletic administrators.

The event raised about $1,000, In addition, IUP Athletic Director according to IUP’s Web site.

Frank Condino will return to Haiti Feb. “We have been touched by the 16 to offer service. willingness of the festival participants The Office of Service Learning has to take time from their celebrations created a web site for students about and competitions to give thought how they can help the people of Haiti. and donations to those in desperate Students can donate to the need,� Michael Hood, dean of IUP’s American Red Cross by texting “HAITI�

College of Fine Arts, said. to 90999, according to the Office of “This is a well-established and Service Learning. The Office of Service highly regarded health and human Learning said $10 would be added to services organization with decades the cell phone bill after texting. of sustained humanitarian success The Web site reported that over in Haiti,� festival Chairwoman Juliet $10 million has been collected through Wunsch said about the event. text messaging donations.

Donations for this effort are Donations will also be accepted still being accepted. IUP’s Web site online. All of the different web sites said checks payable to “Partners in students can donate to could be found Health,� can be sent to the theater on IUP’s Office of Service Learning and Dance department, which is in 104 web page.

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In addition, IUP plans to be involved Other donations from IUP have in a state-wide initiative “to adopt a been given to help with the Haitian school� to help rebuild Haiti. relief effort.

SGA President Alyssa Stiles (junior, IUP’s Intercollegiate Athletics pre-dentistry) will be planning to get department has provided support to students involved with this initiative. the children of Haiti as part of the All of the IUP relief efforts to Haiti Hearts for the Hungry program, accord- are in response to the 7.0 earthquake, ing to IUP’s Web site. The site said more which happened Jan. 12 killed thouthan 670 hours of service has been sands of people, left many others donated to this project from athletic homeless and damaged much of the department coaches, student athletes country.

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Obama proposes strong new restrictions on banks

By Jim Puzzanghera Tribune Washington Bureau MCT

President Barack Obama Thursday proposed tough new restrictions on the size and activities of the nation’s largest financial institutions, limiting their future growth and the risks they can take with depositors’ money.

“While the financial system is far stronger today than it was one year ago, it is still operating under the exact same rules that led to its near-collapse,” Obama said in remarks released before his appearance at the White House Thursday.

“My resolve to reform the system is only strengthened when I see a return to old practices at some of the very firms fighting reform; and when I see record profits at some of the very firms claiming that they cannot lend more to small business, cannot keep credit card rates low, and cannot refund taxpayers for the bailout. It is exactly this kind of irresponsibility that makes clear reform is necessary.”

Obama essentially is proposing return to the Glass-Steagall restrictions enacted after the Great Depression, which separated commercial banks and investment banks.

Congress repealed those restrictions in 1999, opening an era in which bank holding companies

“While the financial system is far stronger than it was one year ago, it is still operating under the same exact rules that led to its near-collapse”

— President Barack Obama could own not only institutions that accepted customer deposits but also Wall Street investment firms.

“This prohibition says you can choose to engage in proprietary trading or you can choose to own a bank, but you can’t do both,” said a senior administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity before the White House publicly announced the plan.

Some leading economists, led by former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, one of Obama’s advisers, have been calling for months for a reinstatement of those restrictions.

Obama did not include the restrictions in the comprehensive financial regulatory overhaul he proposed last summer.

But the administration has been taking a tougher stance on banks this year.

The new proposals were designed with input from Volcker, who joined Obama at the White House for the announcement.

The proposal also would prevent commercial banks from owning, investing in or advising hedge funds or private equity funds.

The move, which would require

congressional action, would affect large financial institutions such as Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America, which received government bailouts during the financial crisis.

The proposals build on a component of the major overhaul of financial regulations passed by the House late last year that would give regulators the ability to break up large financial firms whose collapse would pose a risk to the economy even if they are not on the brink of failure.

Obama’s plan also would seek to limit the future growth of large institutions, adding to an existing prohibition on any firm holding more than 10 percent of the insured bank deposits in the nation.

The administration wants regulators to impose a new cap on funds other than deposits and a firm’s liabilities.

The specifics of such a cap would have to be worked out by regulators, but administration officials said they were not designed to reduce the market share of any existing firm, but rather “to constrain future growth that leads to excessive concentration.”

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Former IUP student dies in accident, two others die over break

By Sean Bracken News Editor S.M.Bracken@iup.edu A former IUP student died Tuesday when he crashed his car on Route 286 in Center Township, a township outside Indiana Borough.

Indiana County Coroner Michael Baker said Nathaniel P. Stiffler of Bethel Park drove off the roadway at 12:43 p.m. after he missed a curve and struck a tree and utility poll near the Route 286 and Young Road intersection.

He was pronounced dead at the scene at 1:18 p.m, according to Baker.

An autopsy is not planned in determining the cause of death, according to Baker.

He added that a toxicology test is pending.

An investigation is also under way from state police from the Indiana Barracks Stiffler was reportedly returning home after he was visiting a friend in Indiana, according to a family member of the victim.

Stiffler will be laid out today from 2-9 p.m. at Beinhaur’s Funeral Home at 430 Washington Ave. in Pittsburgh.

His funeral will be held 10 a.m.

Saturday at St. Thomas More in Bethel Park.

The death of Stiffler comes just after the deaths of two other IUP students that died over the IUP winter break, according to the IUP Web site.

The web site identified the former students as Scott T. Millar Jr. (sophomore, physical education) from Hellam and Angela Martin (freshman) from Kittanning.

IUP’s Web site said Millar died Dec. 27, 2009, at Memorial Hospital.

A funeral service was held Dec.

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By Kat Oldrey Staff Writer K.E.Oldrey@iup.edu

“The death of any member of the IUP community is tragic and difficult to bear.”

— Dr. Gerald Intemann, Acting IUP President and Provost 31, 2009, according to the IUP Web site.

A cause of death was not given.

The Web site said Martin died Jan. 7, following injuries she suffered in a traffic accident.

A memorial service was held Jan. 10, according to IUP’s Web site.

Acting IUP President and Provost Dr. Gerald Intemann responded to the student deaths that happened during winter break.

“The death of any member of the IUP community is tragic and difficult to bear,” Intemann said.

“I am sure you join me in expressing concern and sympathy for Mr. Millar and Ms. Martin’s friends and family,” he added.

Intemann said students impacted by these deaths could visit the IUP Counseling Center in G-31 at the Maple East Suites during its office hours.

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The start of the new semester brings new classes, books, professors and events.

Students put aside old schedules and habits for ones completely new. Amid this rebirth of the routine returns the ever-reliable Six O’Clock Series.

A long-running fixture of student life, the Six O’Clock Series is a sequence of free lectures that includes a variety of guest speakers.

The Series covers current social and political issues, previous presentations and topics including PostSecret, academic freedom, Road Trip Nation and studying abroad.

The Series takes place every Monday at 6 p.m. in the Hub Ohio Room and usually runs for about 90 minutes, according to the IUP Web site.

The presentations are accompanied by a pre-lecture reception for conversation and light refreshments.

This semester’s lectures cover topics ranging from religion to racism, careers to current events, and several varieties of personal safety.

The Six O’Clock Series begins on Monday, with Don Asher’s “How to Beat 1000: 1 odds and land your dream job.”

Asher will be a returning guest.

He has made this presentation and

others like it multiple times in the last several years.

This will be followed up in the coming weeks by lectures that will run up until April 19.

In Feburary, the series will begin with “Sex Signals.”

Then the next series will be “Question America: The Legacy of Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer.” The sequence continues with “New Muslim Cool: A Conversation with Hamza Perez,” which is a lecture and documentary screening.

Febuary’s series will end with “Table Talks about the Common Freshman Reader.”

In March, the series will continue with more serious topics.

The series starts with “College Scams and Identity Theft: Educate and Protect Yourself,” The series will continue in March with “Rethinking Afghanistan” and will finish with “Revelation of a Redneck,” and “ADVANCE Women in Science.”

This year’s Six O’Clock Series will conclude in April with “Sex Trafficking as Violence Against Women and Girls,” which will be April 5.

“The Paradox of Women in Islam,” which will be April 12 and “Social Networking and Information Security Risks, which is April 19.”

The Six O’Clock Series is run by the Center for Student Life in Pratt Hall.

Students can find further information there.

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Haiti quake brings dose of reality

By Gregory Rodriguez Los Angeles Times MCT

I don’t know about you, but images of the tragedy in Haiti made me feel pretty silly about having paid so much attention recently to Tiger Woods’ sex life, Harry Reid’s gaffes or Conan O’Brien’s future. There’s nothing like real pain and suffering to make us realize that the stuff we tend to obsess about can be pretty meaningless.

I was interviewing a writer in a hotel lobby in Bucharest, Romania, last October, when he glanced at the CNN coverage of the “balloon boy” aftermath and interrupted himself to ask, “Is that what you people in America care about?”

Yes, I confessed, and tried my best to explain the connection between our frenzied response to mostly meaningless, manufactured dramas and bungee jumping.

In relatively strifeless, wealthy, stable democracies, we seek to add an element of excitement to our predictable lives by, say, jumping off Colorado’s Royal Gorge Bridge attached to a rubberized cord. We engage, in other words, in ritualized, controlled risk-taking to make us feel like we are really alive. And taking sides in trumped-up controversies,

or just watching a less-than-earthshaking disaster unfold, is a similar civic phenomenon. In a nation where individual isolation is becoming the order of the day, ritualized contention and alarm over almost anything make us feel like we’re connected, part of something important and in the thick of things.

This is especially true with most political scandals.

You could say that all the moral outrage over a politician’s sex life or slip of the tongue lets us think we make a difference in the halls of power.

As UC Santa Cruz sociologist Andrew Szasz puts it, these recurrent episodes are a little like professional wrestling.

Like a WWE match, scandals demand a suspension of disbelief, “This time in the phoniness of what passes daily for democratic participation. One is rewarded with the feeling of witnessing and being swept up in important political events.

Nonparticipation is replaced for the moment by exciting, spectator participation.”

In other words, fights, scandals and recurrent moral outrage give a fragmented nation the illusion that we’re all involved in something important even while we’re not. In particular, we are suckers for a battle.

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Frame anything as a dispute, as “us versus them,” or as a potential “gotcha,” and you have our attention. If there’s a potential winner or loser, and especially if the mighty can be made to fall in a way that’s advantageous to our side, we’re deeply engaged. However meaningless, corrosive or inauthentic, we’ll choose contention over rational debate any day.

With knee-jerk ease, it allows us to take sides, reaffirm our biases and feel superior to our enemies.

The devolution of media and the rise of the blogosphere are making us even more of a controversy — and outrage-obsessed society.

There is nothing wrong with a good public fight over important issues. But beating any little thing into a froth of disputation — Jay vs.

Conan! Tiger vs. his wedding vows!

— is a criminal waste of our civic energy.

It’s also subject to the law of diminishing returns. You can only bungee jump so many times before the thrill is gone. That means the fights we pick and the scandals we chase are going to have to get a whole lot messier to keep us tuned in.

Except, of course, when a 7.0 earthquake reminds us of what is really important.

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Barring broadcast of same-sex case seemingly signals Court’s views

By Tim Rutten Los Angeles Times MCT

You don’t have to believe in cameras in the courtroom to be troubled by the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision forbidding cameras from recording the constitutional challenge to California’s Proposition 8.

Proponents of marriage equality are suing in a San Francisco federal court, arguing that the state ballot measure deprives gay couples of rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution’s equal-protection clause. The federal trial court planned to stream its proceedings live to several other courtrooms and to post a nightly video record on its Web site.

Proposition 8’s defenders asked the Supreme Court to intervene, and a deeply divided court barred the cameras.

The ruling has attracted much outcry from advocates of greater openness by the judiciary, but what’s troubling about this opinion has less to do with what it tells us concerning the Supreme Court’s thinking on public access than what it signals about the majority’s attitude toward marriage equality and the social milieu surrounding this painfully contentious issue.

Twice in the course of its 17-page opinion, the five-justice majority went out of its way to declare it was not ruling on the propriety of cameras in the courtroom.

In another instance, the opinion digressed to recall that, when the trial of the Oklahoma City bombers was moved to Denver, Congress acted to ensure that the survivors and victims’ families unable to go to Colorado would be able to watch the proceedings on closed-circuit TV. “Reasonable minds,” the majority wrote, can differ over televised court proceedings.

Fair enough, but some significant number of them also will be troubled by the five justices’ blanket adoption of the assertion that televising the testimony of expert witnesses called to defend Proposition 8 — including those being paid — would create “irreparable harm” by exposing them to embarrassment and “harassment.”

If you accept that, you’re on a path whose logical conclusion is secret testimony. It’s easy enough to excerpt trial transcripts and post them on the Web. Doesn’t that “expose” witnesses in

any socially or politically divisive case to potential harassment? Television may accelerate the process, but the way text and photographs ricochet around the Internet these days, it’s just a matter of degree — and a rapidly diminishing one at that.

Moreover, as Justice Stephen G. Breyer pointed out in a 10-page dissent, in this particular case the witnesses “are all experts or advocates who have either already appeared on television or Internet broadcasts, already toured the state advocating a ‘yes’ vote on Proposition 8.”

What is there about these proceedings that will make them more vulnerable to reprisals than they already are?

That brings us squarely to the majority’s troubling subtextual suggestion that there is something uniquely threatening — even sinister — about the activities of gays and lesbians advocating marriage equality.

It’s true that a tiny handful of activists on the movement’s fringe have behaved outrageously toward opponents of same-sex marriage, but that criticism can’t be made against the plaintiffs in this case. They’ve simply sought vindication of their rights through the courts, the very definition of law-abiding.

The five justices, however, went out of their way to incorporate into their ruling citations from newspaper accounts of dubious and abusive behavior associated with the marriage-equality fringe — from “confrontational phone calls and messages” to business boycotts to “vandalism and physical violence” and even “death threats.”

As this column has argued on several occasions, no such conduct can or should be tolerated.

Can it really be the case, though, that expert witnesses testifying against marriage equality are at greater risk of retribution than, say, a doctor testifying against Big Pharma in a multibillion-dollar drug liability case?

So long as the current majority holds, it seems likely that gays and lesbians who wish to marry will be denied the 14th Amendment protections to which they’re entitled.

That makes this trial in some ways more important as a forum for public elucidation than as one likely to establish legal precedent.

The more the pity, then, that this week’s action by the court will deny that opportunity.

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Be mindful of others, responsibilities at start of 2010

Wall Street dodges blame for recession MCT

More than two years after the onset of the economic collapse, some of the nation’s leading bankers remain in denial about their role in bringing about one of the biggest recessions in U.S. history.

That much was evident from the first hearing of the special committee trying to figure out what happened and why.

The first witnesses called last week by the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission featured leaders of four big Wall Street banks, who spoke in numbing, technical detail about the collapse, as if boring their listeners to death might absolve the bankers of any blame.

Lloyd C. Blankfein, chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs, didn’t want to talk about how his institution was fleecing its customers by enthusias-

tically promoting securitized mortgages as good investments even as it made hugely profitable side bets that those investments would fail.

Instead, he suggested that it was just, you know, kind of an act of God, likening the financial crisis to a “hurricane.”

His colleague from JP Morgan Chase, Jamie Dimon, agreed that these things just happen every five to seven years or so. “Why is everyone so surprised?” he asked.

At no time did he or Blankfein or any of the other witnesses suggest that they had a responsibility to ensure that the products their institutions were peddling were worthwhile investments.

“We regret the consequence that people have lost money,” Blankfein said, but he stopped well short of expressing genuine contrition. As a group, the witnesses displayed a

deplorable lack of candor or accountability.

Philip Angelides, a former state treasurer of California who heads the commission, said its principal mission is to gain understanding of the economic debacle and its causes.

If so, the panel is off to a slow start, thanks to the stonewalling of Wall Street’s leading lights. They refused to make the connection between the risky investments they were offering and the big bonuses the executives stood to gain no matter how the investments turned out.

Fortunately, Angelides didn’t drink the Kool-Aid. “Acts of God we’ll exempt,” he said. “These were acts of men and women.”

His panel faces an uphill fight as it tries to figure out how to prevent another economic meltdown, and it won’t get much help from industry leaders.

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Welcome back IUP students. It’s yet another rainy, dreary start to the a new year here on campus, but spring will be upon us before we know it. This may be welcome news now ­— just make sure you stay on top of your assignments.

For those of you who have made New Year’s resolutions, and for those of you who haven’t, something you may want to consider adding is the effort it would take to be a more charitable and grateful person. It’s tough, but if the tragedy that is happening in Haiti has taught us anything it’s that life is delicate and special.

Every day has meaning and you never know when and where tragedy will strike. Now is the perfect time of year to start setting goals for self-improvement, and volunteering - not just when tragedy strikes, but year round — is a great way to lend a hand to your community. Help out at the local animal shelter, fundraise for the food bank and, if you’re really advantageous, start up a volunteer group on campus to help raise awareness about your favorite charity.

While you’re at it, make a donation to a Haiti relief fund. Everyone can help out.

Everyone can make a difference. Remember as you walk to and from class just how lucky you are to have the privilege to attend college.

Be grateful for education. Millions of people around the world in ong for the comforts, freedoms and education that we consider everyday necessities here in America. So if you’re reading this, realize how lucky you are and that with your freedoms and privileges, you can make a difference in bettering someone else’s life. IUP offers a variety of ways that one can get involved — check The Penn for articles on different charity events organized through clubs or Greek life, and consider joining an Alternative Spring Break for a hands-on experience with disaster relief and othe environmental concerns.

You may even begin accomplishing those daunting New Years resolutions while you’re at it, or at least attempt to get ahead on your classwork before you find yourself struggling to fit an entire semester of assignments into the week of spring break. It will creep up on you faster than you can imagine, and whether you’re looking to end your first year or your fifth, it’d probably best to start tackling it now.

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Royal fashion: First lady Michelle Obama creates fashion trend

By BOOTH MOORE Los Angeles Times MCT

When Michelle Obama took on the role of first lady dressed in a lemon grass-colored lace suit by cult designer Isabel Toledo, fashion observers rejoiced. Obama would be a one-woman stimulus package, able to rescue the industry from financial ruin with her bare biceps.

Or so they hoped.

Last year, she was on the covers of Vogue, Essence, Oprah and Glamour magazines; she was honored by the Council of Fashion Designers of America in New York; and she made the Vanity Fair International best-dressed list.

Books were rushed to market, including Mary Tomer’s “Mrs. O: The Face of Fashion Democracy” and Mandi Norwood’s “Michelle Style: Celebrating the First Lady of Fashion.”

We couldn’t stop talking about her wardrobe, from the one-of-a-kind strapless gold Naeem Khan gown she chose for the first state dinner (the designer appeared on no less than “Larry King Live”) to the quirky Martin Margiela open-toe flats she wore on her recent Hawaiian holiday.

The Mrs. O (mrs-o.org) fashion blog that averaged 500 hits a day when it

launched in summer 2008 now averages more than 10,000 hits a day.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals recognized the power of the first lady’s style too, temporarily turning her into an anti-fur spokeswoman without her permission.

(Last week, the animal rights group was forced to take down billboards picturing her next to Oprah, Carrie Underwood and Tyra Banks, along with the slogan “fur-free and fabulous.”)

And yet, even as we admired her statement necklaces and clusters of brooches, sales of costume jewelry fell.

Her knack for wearing cardigans wasn’t enough to boost sales of knitwear, which also declined in 2009, according to market research firm NPD Group.

But though she may not have been the sartorial superhero retailers had hoped for, the first lady is a fashion force.

By virtue of her wardrobe choices, Obama is an inspiration for experimentation, embraced by designers but not beholden to any. She has made it OK for smart women to care about what they wear, and her realworld physique is challenging the runway’s ideal.

“It has to have an impact on the next generation of fashion shoppers,

model bookers and up-and-coming designers that one of the top style icons in the world is not white, not a 20-year-old and not a rail-thin size 0,” said Cindi Leive, editor in chief of Glamour magazine, which saw newsstand sales increase 11 percent for the December issue (compared with December 2008) featuring Obama on the cover.

As a trendsetter, Obama has helped popularize cardigan sweaters, wide belts and the styling trick of belting an unbuttoned cardigan over a dress or a skirt. She’s challenged the domination of platform shoes with her preference for kitten heels and given new life to brooches as an accessory, which had fallen out of fashion after their “Sex and the City” heyday. These are looks that women can emulate at any price point.

“When Jackie Kennedy was in the White House she was impeccable, but a little bit of a hothouse flower.

You kind of looked up to it but never imagined you could achieve it,” said designer and “Project Runway” regular Michael Kors. “Mrs. Obama is very representative of the way fashion has become more accessible. I see women on the street playing with accessories more, wearing a bold necklace during the day, wearing things that aren’t necessarily matched. She’s given people the confidence to experiment.”

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Young designer gets noticed for good style

By ELIZABETH WELLINGTON The Philadelphia Inquirer MCT

The fabrics Katie Ermilio used in her spring 2010 collection are so soft the pieces appear limp on a rack of hangers in the family’s Haverford, Pa., showroom.

But don’t let the languid pieces fool you.

She shows the same meticulous attention to detail as her dad, Bob, an internationally renowned fixture in the world of equestrian tailoring.

For example, a tomato red, silkfaille Katie Ermilio pencil skirt features a 7-inch, ruffled hem. The matching top is equally exquisite with a seductive open back Ermilio trimmed with the wavy ruffle.

It’s the personal dedication to classic couture that has helped Ermilio begin to gain notice among New York fashion editors and on the red carpet.

She’s also turning into a darling of women on Philadelphia’s Main Line who spend big and take their fashion seriously.

This kind of fashion is a completely different art form,” Ermilio said from her father’s Haverford studio recently.

She’s just 24, but as the fourth generation of a family steeped in fashion, she is sartorially wise beyond her years. “I want to translate it as best as I can to pret-a-porter [ready-to-wear] garments.”

In the post-recession fashion world, boutiques and specialty department stores are slow to stock sales floors with work by young designers. But because of that, it’s an important time for them to continue to build their foundation.

Ermilio is doing just that. In October, she secured a coveted editorial mention in Women’s Wear Daily. Her Spring 2010 presentation — a private showing in her New York studio/apartment in September — was attended by fashion editors from Harper’s Bazaar, Glamour and Vogue magazines. Next month during Fashion Week, she’ll show her fall 2010 collection there as well.

Two of Ermilio’s dresses were photographed on the red carpet during the 2008 awards season: a backless coral sheath for actress Autumn Reeser and a smart cocktail dress donned by Julianne Hough of “Dancing With the Stars.”

Last January, Washington Post fashion columnist Robin Givhan chose Ermilio’s sketch of a sleeveless forest-green gown as the winner of the paper’s competition for Michelle Obama’s Inaugural gown.

“The silhouette flatters a curvy figure,” Givhan wrote “And the style is both youthful and grand. But it’s the color that makes me applaud.”

But, most importantly, it’s Ermilio’s clean, architectural look and couture

flourishes that have won over the women who can afford to spend thousands of dollars a season on their wardrobe. (An Ermilio piece ranges from $750 to $4,200.)

These women, most of whom define their sense of style as conservative with a twist, are more than stealth shoppers; they have the power to create a mystique around a clothier powerful enough to launch a career _ as long as you get their express permission to mention names.

“Her designs are one-of-a-kind, and that’s really great when you want to go to an event and stand out,” said client Paula Yudenfriend Green of Haverford.

At last count, Ermilio had about 50 clients in New York, Connecticut and Florida, with about 20 in the Philadelphia area. She spent most of the holiday season completing fittings and sketching ballgowns for the crowd.

Ermilio, who originally wanted to be a journalist, can’t deny that fashion is in her blood.

Her great-grandfather Anthony Ermilio ran a bustling tailor shop in Center City Philadelphia from the late 1800s through the 1920s. He was known for his use of European fabrics.

The shop moved to the Main Line after World War II. In the 1950s, her grandfather Arthur Ermilio designed the first Masters golf tournament jacket, creating the iconic green. He also designed President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s World War II bomber jacket and Princess Grace Kelly’s riding pants. Both Arthur Ermilio and Katie’s father, Bob, dressed former President Gerald Ford.

“They never talk about who they dressed,” Ermilio said.

“The only reason we know [my grandfather] designed the Masters jacket is because of a handwritten letter. It just wasn’t polite. We come from a long line of that tradition.”

She spent her Saturdays in the family’s Haverford and Paoli, Pa., locations.

As a child, she dabbled in design.

The first dress she made for herself was a charmeuse baby-doll dress in sea-foam green that she wore to her eighth-grade dance.

In 2006, she snagged an internship with fashion designer Tracy Reese.

She landed a marketing internship at Women’s Wear Daily, and, the following year, she designed a cream wool-crepe sheath with a low-scooped back that she wore to an interview for an internship with Vogue magazine.

She got the job.

She worked for Vogue for a year, Ultimately, Ermilio wants to establish a ready-to-wear line sold in specialty boutiques and high-end department stores as well as offer her clients couture services.

New year, new rules: Five main goals to have successful spring semester

By SEAN CAREY Contributing Writer S.P.Carey@iup.edu

Holiday festivities are over and the new year is in full swing. This is the time when many people make resolutions, or goals, for themselves throughout the year.

Setting lofty goals can often seem overwhelming and will make them harder to reach.

Setting short—term goals will enable you to make a steady progression toward larger ones.

If you have a mind to set goals for yourself this year, consider the following short—term goals.

Healthy eating doesn’t necessarily mean you have to begin a new diet.

One thing to try is to abstain from a certain food or food items. “Monitor your portion size,” said Adam Holtz, who works at the fitness center.

“That’s half the battle.” Speaking with a fitness expert is a good way to get a professional opinion before you begin changing your diet.

Active involvement in school functions is another small goal that can be easily reached.

Keep an eye out for fliers and other advertisements for school— related activities.

Information about campus activities can be found in campus e-mail and these advertisements often

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contain contact information which can be useful if the event is appealing.

Changing poor study habits can be simple to begin as well.

A change in location is one thing to consider. Organizing your study time is another option.

Susannah Rosenberger (sophomore, physics education) said she chooses a time when she is “actually able to focus” and breaks up her study time by taking five—minute breaks every so often.

Everyone makes poor choices sometimes, but that doesn’t mean we have to continue making them.

Taking a moment to think about a decision is okay. “The best advice I can give is adapt to change, keep

your chin up, and know your limits,” said Gina Szepesi (freshman, music education).

Procrastination is often a problem for students. According to The New Webster Dictionary, the word “procrastinate” is derived from Latin words meaning “for tomorrow.”

Overcoming the urge to put work off isn’t always an easy task to accomplish. Finishing assignments shortly after they are received is one way to curb procrastination.

Achieving your goals is not impossible. Take small steps at first, then move on to larger ones. This makes the larger goals easier to achieve.

Whatever goals you have set for this year, remember to set small goals that are within reach.

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Twitter etiquette 101: Tweeting, eating do not mix

By KATHLEEN PURVIS

“No tweeting at the table.

You should digest both your It’s now against the law to text and food and your thoughts drive in many states. Sounds like a before you have anything good start.

Maybe they’ll make me really happy worthwhile to say.”

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and ban chatting on cell phones in the supermarket.

You want to chat, sister? Pull over in the deli and park it.

But as long as we’re making new rules for new technology, I have a social problem that could use attention, or at least some rules for etiquette: The problem is tweeting and eating.

For those of you who don’t have technology in your hand every minute, tweeting is what you call a comment on Twitter, the fast-comment technology of the moment.

When I was in New Orleans recently for a food writers’ conference,

the problem started to become epic.

Every table at every meal was surrounded by food journalists, all of us armed to our well-used teeth with BlackBerries and iPhones.

With the arrival of every plate, we couldn’t just grab our forks. No, we had to wait.

First, all of us would whip out our cell phones and hold them up to shoot pictures.

It was like some bizarre scene from “Star Trek” — “Captain, the tricorder reading says this planet has a heavy concentration of Tabasco.”

Now can we eat?

No, then everyone had to show everyone else their pictures — yes, the picture of the plate that was right in front of us.

Then someone else had to rearrange everything around the plate, carefully adding “props” like salt shakers and forks placed just so, so he could take a better picture.

OK, so now can we eat? No. First, everyone at the table had to go face-down and thumbs-up to Twitter about what had just arrived, in the cleverest 140 characters they could find.

Oh, for heaven’s sake, people.

The food’s getting cold. The life of Samuel Pepys wasn’t documented this thoroughly.

After a couple of days, one colleague was threatening war on anyone who didn’t pocket her phone as soon as she sat down with him.

And I was ready to agree.

Back when the blogging phenomenon first burst onto the Internet, it wasn’t long before every food post was peppered with pictures of plates, usually washed out by the glare of a flash.

And it wasn’t much longer after that before there was a backlash against all that documenting.

At one roadhouse that’s famous for its fried chicken, I saw a sign banning pictures of the waitresses right next to one about no concealed weapons.

I took up Twitter and blogging this

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fall. When I did, I promised to keep all my tweets focused on my food life.

But since I spend more time than most people around food, that hasn’t been enough to protect my dining companions. So I’ve started making myself new rules: • No tweeting at the table. You should digest both your food and your

thoughts before you have anything worthwhile to say.

• No pictures of friends with forks in their faces.

Ditto to pictures of friends holding up wine glasses.

In other words: Maybe it’s not worth a tweet if you if you have to act like a twit.

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‘Tooth Fairy’ leaves nothing exciting under pillows this season

By Roger Moore The Orlando Sentinel MCT

Dwayne Johnson tries to cash in on his “Game Plan”-proven kid appeal and Fox strains to find a little Disney-magic in “Tooth Fairy,” a sugary blend of “Enchanted” and “Monsters, Inc.” that will make you want to brush midway through it.

Instead of “The Game Plan” ‘s arrogant football player who must learn sacrifice, humility and teamwork from a child, the former wrestler known as The Rock plays a cynical, washed-up minor league hockey player who has to learn a lesson about encouraging, not discouraging, children’s dreams and fantasies.

Derek (Johnson) already has the nickname The Tooth Fairy thanks to his team enforcer role and his brutish skills on the ice. “You can’t HANDLE the Tooth!”

He wears that has-been’s swagger, complete with a “bonus baby” Corvette now a few years past its last tune-up.

And he loves his puns. “That’s

the tooth, the whole tooth and nothing but the tooth!” He’s popular in Lansing, but he can’t help ruining that by telling kids who want to grow up to be stars the long odds working against their

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But when he disillusions his girlfriend’s daughter about the Tooth Fairy, the Fairy Godmother of Tooth Fairies calls him on the carpet.

She’s Julie Andrews and she’s not keen on Mr. Cynic, especially after he makes fun of her accent.

He’s busted for “first degree

murder of fantasy.”

Derek is sentenced to be a tooth fairy, at her beck and call.

No matter what he is doing, when the fairy Blackberry buzzes, wings pop out, he trots out his magic wand, shrinking cream, amnesia dust and other tricks to go crawl under a kid’s pillow, retrieve a tooth and leave a dollar bill in its place.

Silly screenwriter. Everybody knows the REAL Tooth Fairy leaves Sacagawea dollar coins.

There are many “fairy” gags, a few too many “Let’s get small” references (Billy Crystal shticks it up in a cameo) and “wing envy” jokes, and entirely too many minutes pass before TV actor-turned-director Michael Lembeck teaches ol’ hockey puck-for-brains his lesson.

As “Fred Claus” ham-fisted as this is, the glint of what might have been a cute kids’ comedy still glimmers in random moments.

But that Disney touch (which even Disney has trouble replicating) is missing. Even the hockey is unconvincing. So no dollar under the pillow for this cavity.

Movie Facts “Tooth Fairy” Ratings: 1 stars (out of 4) Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Julie Andrews, Ashley Judd Director: Michael Lembeck Running time: 1 hour, 41 minutes Industry rating: PG for mild language, some rude humor and sports action

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Jeggings: Denim gets new stretch on fashion By melissa magsaysay Los Angeles Times MCT

Bye-bye, sausage casings. Hello, jeggings. The new hybrid has more give than skinny jeans and is dressier than leggings.

For those who love the sleek look of a skinny jean but can’t stand the leg-sucking compression, impossibly small openings at the ankles or rigid denim digging into skin, the skinny jean/legging hybrid known as jeggings could be a worthy alternative — or just one more reason to feel like their thighs will never be toned enough.

“The skinny silhouette is so prevalent in fashion right now,” J Brand creative director Susie Crippen said.

“The big sweaters, high boots and skinny jeans are all a part of the silhouette of the season, and the industry has to jump on that bandwagon.”

Who’s buying them? The same customer who has been wearing the skinny jean for years — celebs such as Jessica Simpson, Ashley Tisdale and Rashida Jones, and 20- and 30somethings who are trend-conscious and comfortable with the popular silhouette of skinny bottom and more voluminous top.

For those who have shunned skinny jeans because they’d rather not squeeze themselves into what feels like sausage casing, trying out denim leggings can be a scary experience.

But the jegging fabric is much more forgiving and the waistbands are higher than in previous skinny jean styles, which can help minimize or even eliminate unsightly muffin tops.

If you are willing to experiment, Crippen has advice on how to make the look work.

“Make sure your shirt comes down to your mid-thigh, and if you feel squat in the look, wear heels or ankle boots,” she said. “It’s just a matter of looking in the mirror and knowing your proportions are right and you’re comfortable.”

Jeggings have the stovepipe shape of a skinny jean plus the wearability and comfort of a legging but without the overtly casual look and gradually saggy bottom of the latter.

One main difference between denim leggings and regular leggings is the jean-like waistband with a proper button closure and zipper, which gives the top more structure and adds flexibility to the way they can be worn.

“Something heavier with a pocket and waistband can be more versatile to wear like you would a jean,” Crippen said. While there may be no change in the daunting silhouette of the denim legging, the stretch and weight factor makes them feel and move better than a rigid pair of denim skinny jeans.

Study finds link between multiple tattoos, piercings, trouble

By STEVE JOHNSON Chicago Tribune MCT

Here’s a new aphorism: “The more body art you have, the more likely you are to be involved in deviance.”

So says Jerome Koch, a sociologist with Texas Tech University’s “Body Art Team” — true moniker — which surveyed 1,753 students at four colleges and found a correlation between multiple tattoos or piercings and “deviant behavior.”

The severally inked or poked at the unnamed Midwestern and Southern colleges said they engaged in, rough-

ly speaking, more promiscuity, more drug use, more binge drinking, more arrests and more cheating on academics than their peers.

The research team has been studying tattoos and piercing since 1999; its latest study will be printed in The Social Science Journal in March and was first reported in Miller-McCune magazine, which tracks academic research.

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parents needn’t freak about a lone dolphin (14 percent of surveyed students had a tattoo) or a belly-button ring (37 percent had a body piercing). “For lowlevel body art, these kids are not any different from anybody else.”

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Koch. Over at Taylor Street Tattoo, close to the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Near West Side campus, owner Timothy Gooding stood up for his clients.

“The people I see on a regular basis that get tattooed are some of the nicest, most well-mannered people,” Gooding said. “I see college kids, screaming, yelling, fighting on a regular basis. Those are not my kids.”

Koch doesn’t necessarily disagree.

He said what the study really demonstrates is how body art going mainstream has upped the ante for those who would treat it as more of a subculture.

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IUP gets five players in double figures, dominates Lock Haven By vaughn johnson Sports Editor V.M.Johnson@iup.edu

Despite all of the changes that have taken place during the off-season and throughout the course of this season for the IUP women’s basketball program, one thing has remained the same: It can still defeat Lock Haven by a sizeable margin.

This was the case Wednesday night when the Crimson Hawks defeated the Bald Eagles 88-59 at Lock Haven’s Thomas Field House.

“I thought it was a great win,” Head Coach Jeff Dow said during an interview Thursday afternoon.

The victory for the Hawks (10-5, 3-0) was their fourth in a row and their third straight to open PSAC West play.

IUP has also not lost a game since the departures of Sylvie Tefan and Jill Perdue, as it seems to have not let the departures be a distraction.

“I think it certainly says a lot about the character of the nine players we’re playing with right now,” Dow said.

“It’s a very confident group, very team-oriented. I will say that the ball movement and the player movement has never been better the last four games.”

Dow admitted that the mood of the team has changed since the departures, but he said it is for the better.

“It’s extremely good right now. It goes without saying our team chemistry and our cohesion has never been better over the course of the entire season,” Dow said.

Despite looking as if IUP dominated the entire game from beginning to end, that is not the case.

Lock Haven jumped out early on the Crimson Hawks, leading by as much as eight at 14-6 with 13:10 left in the first half.

As for why the Crimson Hawks fell behind so early, Dow said, “turnovers.”

During Lock Haven’s run, IUP turned the ball over seven times.

After taking Lock Haven’s best shot in the first seven minutes, IUP got its bearings and a little more than four minutes later took the lead from Lock Haven behind the momentum of a 13-2 run. The Crimson Hawks did not look back.

After bouncing back from the early deficit, IUP turned the ball over 14 times the rest of the game.

“When we stopped turning it over we got really good shots,” Dow said.

“Sometimes it’s just that simple: don’t turn it over and we got good shots and we got them in a variety of ways,” he added.

By halftime, the Crimson Hawks had built a lead of 21 and the lead dipped below 20 only twice in the second half.

Three things fueled the Crimson Hawks: balance on offense, strong shooting from all over the floor and a +10 rebounding advantage.

IUP had five players score double figures, with Hillary Shope leading the way with 18.

The other four were Withers (14), Claar (13), reigning PSAC Freshman of the Week Sarah Pasrorek (13) and Katelyn Marshall (11).

Kierstin Filla and Vianca Tejada were major contributors as well, scoring eight and nine respectively.

“We wanted to get a lift from our bench in terms of production and energy, and that’s exactly what we got,” Dow said.

“Ideally, you always want to have three, four, five people on a regular basis getting double figures,” he added.

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with our outside scoring.”

The Crimson Hawks shot 56 percent from the field against Lock Haven and an astounding 58 percent from beyond the arc.

Shope hit eight of her 11 shots from the field and guards Lacy Claar and Erin Withers combined to hit seven of 13 attempts from downtown.

Claar’s three 3-pointers moved her into second place in school history for 3-pointers made with 129, moving past Jess Conner.

Filla contributed with five assists and only needs six more to move into second place in school history in that category.

Despite the promise of IUP’s recent four-game win streak, it has not come against the best opponents, in which the teams have a combined record of 28-31. Their combined conference records are a lackluster 3-9.

IUP’s true test will be over the course of the next five days. During those five days, IUP will travel to Erie to take on the No. 4-ranked, undefeated Gannon Golden Knights (5:30 p.m. Saturday).

The last time IUP played Gannon was in the second round of the NCAA tournament a year ago, a game in which Gannon won in overtime. “[Gannon] is not just talented, but it’s experienced talent,” Dow said.

“They can hurt you in a number of ways.”

“I think we’re a very loose and confident bunch right now, and I think that’s the approach you got to take going into the game,” Dow said.

Four days later, the Crimson Hawks will come back home to host the No. 21-ranked Cal U Vulcans (5:30 p.m.

Wednesday).

IUP has not won a regular season meeting with the Vulcans since 2007 when the Hawks won 65-57 on the road.

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Crimson Hawks move into first place in PSAC West after 77-53 victory over Lock Haven Bald Eagles By vince DeANGELO Staff Writer V.A.DeAngelo@iup.edu

The IUP men’s basketball team hasn’t lost its rhythm since classes started for the spring semester.

The Crimson Hawks, now ranked No. 9 in the country by the National Association of Basketball Coaches Division II Poll, played seven games over winter break and picked up six wins, losing only to Cheney University 88-84 in double overtime.

During that span, the Crimson Hawks also defeated both Clarion and Mercyhurst, getting them off to a good start in PSAC West competition.

The Crimson Hawks continued their hot streak, defeating Lock Haven 77-53 Wednesday night, and improved their record to 14-1 and 3-0 in PSAC West conference play.

Lock Haven fell to 5-9 and 2-1 in the PSAC West.

Both teams entered Wednesday night’s matchup with undefeated records in conference play, but the Crimson Hawks left the Bald Eagles with a blemish, and grasped hold of

first place in the PSAC West.

Lock Haven, Clarion (10-6, 2-1) and Gannon (7-8, 2-1) are now in a threeway tie for second place.

Darryl Webb led the Crimson Hawks with 23 points and 10 rebounds against the Bald Eagles, and Thomas Young followed closely behind with 20 points, seven rebounds and three steals.

Akida McLain put up 13 points and snagged nine rebounds.

Leading scorers for Lock Haven were Warren Christian with 15 points and Eric Brennan with 12 points.

The Crimson Hawks had no problem setting an immediate tone on the court at Lock Haven.

The Crimson Hawks shot over 50 percent from the floor in the first half and went into the break with an 18-point lead.

IUP next plays Gannon at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday at Hammermill Center.

Leading scorers for Gannon are George Johnson, averaging 18 points per game, and Travis Brannen, averaging 12 points per game.

The Crimson Hawks will aim to seek vengeance against the Golden Knights since falling to them twice last season.

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Crimson Hawks drop two straight to Liberty last weekend

By Zach Graham Staff Writer Z.S.Graham@iup.edu

The IUP Crimson Hawks returned to the ice on Jan. 8 against John Carroll University in Cleveland in the first weekend of their spring schedule.

IUP and John Carroll scheduled a two-game weekend Jan. 8-9, with only the Friday match-up counting toward conference standings. The technicalities did not matter, as the Crimson Hawks soundly defeated the Blue Streaks both nights.

Friday night, the Crimson Hawks amassed a 6-0 lead after just 24 minutes before going on to win 7-2. Joel Shriver scored twice, while Joe Ford and Jeff Regula led with three points on a goal and two assists each.

The Saturday match-up proved a tougher battle, but IUP managed to secure a 7-4 victory.

The team jumped out to a 3-0 lead only to see the Blue Streaks battle back and tie.

With help from two power play goals, the Crimson Hawks managed to reclaim and hold the lead.

Phil Trombetta scored his first career goal and two assists, and Ford scored twice and added an assist.

Casey Stern led all players with two goals.

Last weekend, the Crimson Hawks travelled to Lynchburg, Va. for two games against the No. 4 Liberty Flames.

The Flames were the highestranked team the Crimson Hawks have matched up against this season, but IUP was unable to take advantage of the opportunity, dropping both games.

On Friday, the teams remained scoreless after the first period, but Liberty opened a 2-0 lead in the second.

Ben Robertson scored for the Crimson Hawks to make it 2-1, but the Flames shortly went up 3-1. With 13:47 left, Robertson added another, his 100th career point, but the Flames would add two more to win 5-2.

The Flames dominated Saturday night, easily earning a 10-0 win. After gaining a 2-0 advantage in the first period, Liberty exploded in the second, adding five more.

They went on to add three in the final period. Brent Boschman scored four goals and added an assist for the Flames, while Kyle Dodgson scored twice with three helpers. Nathan Kammler made his first appearance

in goal for the Crimson Hawks, playing the final 13:58 and allowing two goals.

After their first two weekends back, the Crimson Hawks’ record stands at 15-7-2. They sit at fifth in the CHMA with 20 points.

The Crimson Hawks will play their remaining seven games against conference opponents, as they attempt to win the CHMA for the first time since the league was founded in 2006. A conference title would earn an automatic berth to the ACHA National Tournament, which would be the team’s first since moving to Division I in 2006.

The CHMA title is the best chance the Crimson Hawks have at the national tournament, a competition of 16 teams, unless they can move far enough into the top 16 to avoid being bumped by a conference winner ranked lower. They currently sit at No. 21, and have either held or improved their rank in each poll this season.

The Crimson Hawks will return to the S&T Bank Arena Friday night for the first time since Dec. 11 to host Washington & Jefferson. They then visit Duquesne on Saturday. In previous games this season, the Crimson Hawks were defeated by both teams.

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Penn columnist Anthony Scherer recaps major sports stories during winter break While we were all enjoying a muchdeserved break from our academics and spending the holidays with our family and friends, some interesting stories in sports took place.

and said that former Cardinal Mark McGwire would be the new hitting coach.

This would be the first time any of us would see McGwire since his 2005 Supreme Court hearing on steroids on Gilbert and his bag of guns Capitol Hill.

While I was listening to the “Tony McGwire was asked then if he knew Kornheiser Show” some time ago, anything about steroids in baseball I heard about Washington Wizards and said, “I am not here to talk about guard Gilbert Arenas pulling a gun on the past.” teammate Javaris Crittenton because If you’re not there to talk about Crittenton came to him about a gam- the past and steroid use, why go at bling debt that Arenas had owed him. all and embarrass yourself like that?

Arenas came out and said the rea- After that, McGwire went into hiding son that he had four guns at the facil- and the only time his name was menity was to keep them away from his tioned the next few years was when newborn child, which sounds he was passed over for the like something any responHall of Fame. sible father would do.

What happened next is However, Arenas didn’t up for debate, but here is have licenses for any of his how I think it went. four guns and makes more LaRussa called up than $10 million a year; with McGwire and told him that that amount he can’t buy he really wants him to do a safe? this job, but if he is he has This made me think why to come out and tell everyhe would do someBy anthony scherer body that he took stething so stupid to roids or he wouldn’t Sports Columnist transport unlicensed have it.

A.J.Scherer@iup.edu weapons over state McGwire said lines and brandish one on a team- that he would think about and a few mate. months went by and he decided to Arenas came out and said that tell. he was going to hand them over to He comes out and tells people that team security, but the situation with he took steroids for a decade, but Crittenton happened before he could it wasn’t for enhancing his perfordo it. mance, it was for the purpose of stayThe funny part about this was even ing healthy. though he broke a law by having the So, when McGwire admitted to guns at the facility, the NBA didn’t steroid use, it wasn’t breaking news, punish him and let him play a few it was just admittance to something more games while they were doing its we all suspected happened. own investigation.

I also think that there are a lot One, during pre-game warm-ups, more powerful people in baseball who Arenas started making pistol-like knew about the steroid use. hand gestures.

After the hand gestures, the NBA Who knew sex addiction was finally put him on suspension and wrong since then Arenas has pleaded guilty to We all know what happened to carrying a pistol without a license and Tiger Woods on Thanksgiving evening made a plea deal. and the insanity that has become his The reason I titled this section life since then.

“Gilbert and his bag of guns” was It seemed that everyday somebody due to the fact that he had his guns was coming out saying they had sex in a bag and put them in Crittenton’s with Woods (my favorite part was locker with a note that said he could when we finally had the porn star have one. (Might be the dumbest idea come out, that is when you know it hit in basketball history.) the fan) and then his wife leaves and This whole incident could cost spends time away with the kids and Arenas over $80 million.

Woods is off in hiding.

It goes to show that playing with A few days ago we found out that guns is just plain wrong.

Woods was allegedly spotted in a treatment center in Mississippi for Big Mac and his little confession sex addiction.

After the St. Louis Cardinals were I hope for Woods sake it works out, done playing baseball in 2009, their but I still can’t figure how sex can be manager Tony LaRussa came out an addiction like drugs or alcohol.

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conference championship games this weekend The AFC and the NFC back after the break like they Championship games are this hadn’t missed a beat.

Sunday, and the road that led Peyton Manning threw all us here has been a long and over the field, completing 30 surprising one. passes for 246 yards and a pair In the AFC, we have the New of touchdowns. Addai ran only York Jets, who, with the help of for 23 rushing yards. quarterback Mark Sanchez and Ravens quarterback Joe running back Shonn Greene, Flacco was unable to get into have been able to push away any sort of rhythm, throwing the Cincinnati Bengals and the two interceptions.

San Diego Chargers.

Ravens running back Ray The Jets won these games Rice had 67 yards, with nothing by keeping the oppoto show for it. nents’ key players out The Colts shut of the game as much down the run game, as possible. and Flacco made bad The Jets held Chad decisions under presOchocinco to just 28 sure. yards on two recepIn the AFC tions, but did manage Championship to allow 169 rushing Game, look for the yards.

Jets to put up some They managed By Kyle predmore numbers on the to hold Chargers ground and for the Sports Columnist running back defense to shut K.R.Predmore@iup.edu Darren Sproles to down the Colts’ 33 rushing yards, and Ladainian rushing game, just like the Tomlinson to only 24 yards.

Ravens were able to. However, Rushing for 135 yards continue to see rookie-like against the Bengals and 128 behavior out of Mark Sanchez. yards against the Chargers, The Colts’ defense is going Shonn Green has been a huge to put pressure on Sanchez, asset to this offense. and is going to try to get him to Sanchez put up 182 yards make bad decisions. against the Bengals, but only But it’s not the Colts’ managed to get 100 yards out defense that’s going to be the of the Chargers defense. hot part of this game.

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Clark and Austin Collie. While the Jets’ defense has been playing well, don’t look at them to be able to make the plays in this game. The Colts will win 24-13.

In the NFC, both teams had a bye in the divisional round, which gave them both a week to prepare for their opponents. The Vikings’ strong defense allowed only three points. Dallas quarterback Tony Romo was not able to throw any touchdowns and threw an interception. The Cowboys’ offense was held in check with no one getting more than 100 yards. For the Vikings’ offense, ageless quarterback Brett Favre had 234 yards passing and four touchdowns. His favorite target was receiver Sidney Rice, who had had 141 yards.

The Saints played just as well, as they were able to convincingly beat the Cardinals 45-14. Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner had more than 200 yards, but nothing but an interception to show for it. Although Tim Hightower had 87 yards on the ground, the Cardinals were unable to complete anything against the Saints’ defense. The Saints’ offense proved to be well in this game with quarterback

Drew Brees getting 247 passing yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions. Running back Reggie Bush had 84 rushing yards on five attempts and a touchdown, but it was his special-teams play that made him very efficient. He had an amazing 83-yard punt return for a touchdown, where he has started to make heads turn his way, proving that he is a playmaker for this team.

In the NFC Championship Game, look for the Vikings’ defense to attempt to stop Brees and the Saints’ passing attack. This game is going to be all about the passing game, Bush and Vikings’ running back Adrian Peterson will both be held under 100 yards.

The question on this game is which defense is going to be able to make the big plays and which defense is going to have more trouble with these two great quarterbacks. Without the luxury of the home crowd, look for Favre to perform not as well as he did against the Cowboys. Brees should be able to pass efficiently against this tough Vikings’ defense. Look for Brees to step up this Sunday and lead his team to a close victory, 24-21.

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