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Moaning and groaning Feeding on human flesh Students of Elkin Hall paid for more than $600 worth of damages to its residence hall’s game room.

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Digital books not answer for college textbook costs By Susan Snyder Philadelphia Inquirer MCT

As a freshman at Temple University, Gian Hunjan shelled out $500 per semester for textbooks at the bookstore. Now a senior, he buys most of his books used, or forgoes them altogether and looks up material on the Internet instead. He wishes more books were available online. “I think every student would, especially if they’re cheaper,” the finance major said. But most students still prefer print to digital, and even if they didn’t, textbook publishers and authors have made very few titles available online. At the University of Pennsylvania, for example, only 31 of the 1,578 course titles registered with the bookstore were available digitally, eight of which were sold by the bookstore. But that could change with the advent of the tablet-style Apple iPad and with students throughout the region buckling under heavy book expenses on top of pricey tuition. A small but growing number already are buying digital texts, many of which are half the price of books. Experts expect students to have more choices as campuses, professors, and companies look for new ways to make texts available and more affordable.

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Students spend more than $1,100 a year on textbooks and supplies, the College Board said. Textbook publishers and book authors are grappling to find a fair method that makes use of technology and satisfies students. “It’s like the Wild West. “Everybody’s trying something new,” said Steven Bell, associate university librarian at Temple. According to the national Student Public Interest Research Groups, 75 percent of students still prefer print. CourseSmart, founded three years ago as a joint venture of five large college textbook publishers, hopes to change that. It offers about 9,000 book titles online at about 50 percent of the cost of print, said Frank Lyman, executive vice president. Sales grew 400 percent from 2008 to 2009, he said. “It is in the hundreds of thousands of students using it — not yet mil-

lions,” he said. He expects Apple’s iPad to increase that interest. “It will capture the imagination of yet another group of students who will ask, ‘Why aren’t I using digital textbooks?’” he said. Don’t count on La Salle University sophomore Vinny Vella. He prefers holding a book in his hands. “I really don’t enjoy reading on the screen for too long. It hurts my eyes,” said Vella, of Kresgeville, Monroe County. The communication major began renting books this semester as an alternative. He rented a textbook for his art class, priced new at nearly $200, for less than $60. At Princeton University, students this school year were given Kindle devices loaded with all material for three courses in a pilot project to lower paper usage. Some students found the devices difficult to use and slow, according to the Princetonian, the student newspaper. Nicole Allen, textbook advocate for the Student Public Interest Research Groups, believes textbooks should be less expensive for students than the price CourseSmart offers. A 50 percent cut is barely below the cost of rentals or used books, she said. Her group is advocating for professors at campuses nationally to use “open textbooks” — free digital versions whenever possible.

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Alcohol violations

• At 1:41 a.m. Wednesday, Michael D. Pavloski, 25, Pittsburgh, was cited for public drunkenness after he was found intoxicated while lying in the snow in the 900 block of Philadelphia Street, according to borough police. He was transported to Indiana Regional Medical Clinic for treatment, police reported. • Borough police reported that at 1:07 a.m. Wednesday, Dean A. Smith, 38, Pittsburgh, was cited for public drunkenness and pedestrians under the influence after he was found intoxicated while creating a traffic hazard to passing vehicles in the 1300 block of Oakland Avenue. He was transported to IRMC for treatment, police reported. • At 2:29 a.m. Saturday, Ryan J. McDonald, 20, Voorhees, N.J., was cited for underage drinking and public drunkenness after he was found intoxicated at the intersection of Grant Street and Pratt Drive, according to campus police. • Campus police reported that at 7:41 p.m. Feb. 12, Jordan S. Hughes, 19, Middletown; Julie A. Headley, 19, Linesville; Christopher Barrett, 20; Matthew C. Mesko, 19, both of Stroudsburg; and Kyle S. Welker, 19, Conneautville, were cited for underage drinking after they were found with alcohol in their room at the Pratt Suites.

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PASSHE Chancellor John C. Cavanaugh urged all 14 state universities’ Student Government Associations with conducting relief efforts to help rebuild a school in Haiti. Now IUP’s SGA will determine what steps to take. Acting IUP president Gerald Intemann contacted IUP’s SGA President Alyssa Stiles (junior, pre-dentistry) Cavanaugh’s “Chancellor’s Challenge” last month Stiles said. She and the Office of Service Learning are teaming up to find ways to help as a result of the charge. “It’s rebuilding efforts. They want us to help rebuild a school,” said Diane Stipcak, Office of Service Learning coordinator and head of IUP’s Haiti Relief Fund. Stiles, Stipcak and the office’s AmeriCorps representative, Vanessa

Gregorakis, are helping to organize IUP’s effort. Stiles said that the group had not been informed yet as to what school the fund will rebuild or what the effort’s funding goal amount is as of Monday. “We’re still waiting for that information from PASSHE,” she said. Stiles and the SGA have not decided what shape their fundraising will take. She said that one possibility is “A Nite at the Races,” which is a fundraiser where students sponsor horses from pre-taped horse races, and their donations go to the relief fund. Stiles said that another possibility is “Hearts for Haiti,” where students make a monetary donation and write their names or messages on paper hearts to be displayed outside the Co-Op Store. She said the event, which was scheduled for this week, has been postponed until next week because of a lack of volunteers. Another fundraiser was the “Hai-

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Man reportedly offers cash to third-grader for urine By Amina Khan Los Angeles Times MCT

An 18-year-old Manhattan Beach man was arrested at Pacific Elementary School on Monday after reports surfaced that he had offered to pay a third-grader for his urine. Kevin Manuel Duron was taken into custody after reappearing at the elementary school Monday, said Manhattan Beach Police Detective Sgt. Brian Brown. Duron allegedly entered a boys’ bathroom on the campus Friday and offered to pay one boy several dollars to urinate into a cup, Brown said. When he failed to persuade him, police said, he apparently returned for a second try. Brown said he was struck by the man’s persistence: “I would not have anticipated that he would have gone back again.” Duron, a graduate of Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach,

might have been collecting the urine to use to pass a drug test, authorities said. One of the students solicited late last week told a parent, who alerted school officials, who then notified police. When Duron returned to campus Monday, a school employee spotted him and alerted school authorities. Although originally arrested on suspicion of annoying or molesting a child, the Los Angeles district attorney reduced the severity of the charges to two counts of failing to register with a school office before entering school grounds. He was scheduled to be arraigned Feb. 10. “These days, nothing surprises me, but it was very unusual case,” Brown said. “Soliciting (urine) at an elementary school is a new one to me.” A spokeswoman for the Manhattan Beach Unified School District said this had never happened before and that school officials followed protocol to notify authorities.

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Tee Shirt Day,” which is sponsored by IUP’s Society for Human Resources Management Graduate Student Chapter. The Residence Hall Council’s Superbowl Sunday hot dog sale, was another fundraiser, which contributed to the relief fund. Stipcak said she hopes to display a thermometer to track the amount of money raised and to list groups that have contributed once funds start arriving. She said that she had not yet received donations from any of the fundraisers as of Monday. The Office of Service Learning’s Web site details more of the efforts and the steps required to get involved for groups wishing to contribute. Cheyney and Kutztown universities are heading the “system-wide efforts.” The funds raised through the PASSHE universities’ projects will go to the PASSHE Foundation and then to relief agencies that are managing the disaster recovery in Haiti, according to IUP’s Web site.

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Head lice delays hearing for six charged in woman’s death By SADIE GURMAN Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Scripps Howard News Service

A hearing for six people charged with torturing and killing a mentally disabled woman has been postponed because they have head lice and are being quarantined in prison, where they were already on suicide watch. The outbreak of head lice was the latest challenge the defendants posed for guards who are tasked with keeping them safe. The Westmoreland County Prison in Greensburg opted to put them on suicide watch almost immediately after booking them because of their high-profile status. Ricky Smyrnes, 23, Robert Masters Jr., 36, Melvin Knight, 20, Peggy Miller, 27, Amber Meidinger, 20 and Angela Marinucci, 17, were due to appear Thursday before District Judge James Albert. But that preliminary hearing was pushed back to March 4 due to the lice, according to the judge’s office. Citing privacy concerns, Warden John R. Walton would not confirm the lice, but said the six are “in a contagious state.” They are being held in individual cells that they leave only to shower each day. Guards look in on them every 15 minutes to make sure they don’t try to kill themselves, chronicling their slightest movements in a “suicide log.” They have no contact with each other and are kept out of the jail’s general population, mostly for their own safety, Walton said. “We’ll have to be on our toes to make sure these guys don’t get assaulted,” he said. “Down the road, these six people will be very troublesome for me.” Each is charged with homicide, kidnapping, aggravated assault and conspiracy in the slaying of 30-year-

old Jennifer Daugherty, a crime that drew outrage as it captured headlines last week. Police say the six held her captive, beat her with household objects, fed her urine, oil and spices, painted her face with nail polish and forced her to write a fake suicide note before stabbing her to death and stashing her body in a neighbor’s garbage can. The county jail has seen its share of infamous criminals, Walton said, but never so many charged in the same unusual crime. “It’s a big-time case, and we weren’t familiar with too many of them,” he said. “In those cases, we rely on the fact that we would rather be safe than sorry.” Suicide watch entitles them each to little more than a pair of shorts and a “suicide blanket,” which closes with Velcro “almost like a straitjacket,” Walton said. They take their meals alone in their 8-foot-by-8-foot cells and see minimal recreation time. At some point, the six will likely have contact with other inmates, which could cause problems, Walton said. It’s up to guards to make sure they can safely walk the halls. The six are already well-known behind bars because inmates read the news, Walton said. “Even the inmates have a code of conduct, where they think things aren’t very kosher,” Walton said. Police have not said what roles they believe each person played in Daugherty’s slaying, but jail officials wanted to keep them apart from each other because “they’re all involved, and who knows what is going to happen once things really come out,” Walton said. An attorney for Smyrnes, Scott Avolio, could not be reached for comment. Albert’s office did not know who is representing the other defendants.

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IUP, undead causing lively debate over game

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A game played at several universities is currently banned at IUP, which is causing proponents to take action. The game, Humans VS Zombies, has been banned by IUP, according to the game’s secretary, Erica D. Ritenour (junior, English). “Zombies was recognized and documented as an official IUP student

if you weren’t watching where you were running, but the risk was never beyond that,” she said. But according to Associate Dean of Students and Student Life and Community Engagement Kate Linder, the game could not be played on campus because of several factors. “Given IUP’s current environment with respect to the university grounds as a place of academic study, as well as a heightened focus on students at risk, the university cannot endorse playing the game throughout campus,” she said. Linder added that Humans VS Zombies is allowed to find other options in playing the game. “The challenge inherent in playing the game is to insure that a large number of students play it without disrupting the fundamental right of others to have an environment in

which they can study, work, and move about the campus safely and without disruption,” Linder said. “The university has a responsibility to maintain an environment that is conducive to promoting academic success and safety.” Ritenour felt that the game contributed positively to her student life on campus. “It was by far the best week I have had in my three years at IUP,” she said. “Being able to break down all the walls and social barriers is what makes this game such a great activity on college campuses.” She said they will continue to try to allow the game to be played on campus. “We will continue to push because we want everyone to have the same opportunity we did to make new friends and participate in a truly unique activity,” Ritenour said.

Ritenour said they are currently negotiating with the administration. She said they hope to begin playing sometime after Spring Break. Humans VS Zombies has been banned on campus since last year, according to the group’s president, Brittany Viens (sophomore, psychology). Both Viens and Ritenour said a meeting with the administration is scheduled for Feb. 24. The time and place are still being determined, Viens said.

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organization last semester, but we cannot currently exercise our purpose, which makes this all the more frustrating,” Ritenour said. Humans VS Zombies is a game of moderated tag where human players have to survive a zombie outbreak by outsmarting the zombie players, according to the Web site, HumansVsZombies.org. The game includes NERF guns, which are used to shoot at the zombies, according to the Web site. She said the game does symbolize violence, which people interpret as a threat. “I understand the concerns of the administration and student body, but we are more than happy to educate them, involve them and show them just how much fun they never expected to have,” Ritenour said. “You stood the chance of falling

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Can’t Possibly Be True

A Toronto restaurant, Mildred’s Temple Kitchen, announced that its Valentine’s Day promotion this year would not just be a romantic dinner but would also include an invitation for couples to have sex in the restrooms. Toronto Public Health officials appeared unconcerned, as long as there was no sex in food-preparation areas and as long as the restrooms were clean. “Bodily fluids” were not a concern, said one unruffled health official, because after all, that’s what restrooms are for.

Inexplicable

• Police are still baffled by how Gregory Denny, 37, was able to “deport” Cherrie Belle Hibbard from her home in Hemet, Calif., in January back to her native Philippines.

According to Hemet police, Denny, with a gun and fake U.S. Marshal’s badge and shirt, knocked on Hibbard’s door and convinced her that he was there to escort her to the airport and out of the country and that Hibbard’s husband had to buy her the ticket. Denny then accompanied Hibbard through airport security and put her onto a flight. Upon questioning by police later, Denny apparently remained in character, continuing to insist that he is a Marshal. Denny was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping, impersonating a police officer and several other charges. • Buffalo, N.Y., television meteorologist Mike Cejka was arrested in December after a brief police chase and charged with trespassing after he was spotted at 4 a.m. tinkering with the covering of a motorcycle in a stranger’s yard. Cejka told police he was on his way to work at the station and had merely stopped to admire the motorcycle he had remembered seeing in that yard over

the summer. He was wearing a dress shirt and shoes and leather chaps topped by a pair of sweat shorts.

Unclear on the Concept

• A 27-year-old man was arrested for trespassing in January in Seattle’s Lusty Lady peep-show arcade, whose layout is a strippers’ dance stage surrounded by private viewing stalls for customers. According to police, the man climbed from his stall, through a ceiling panel, and navigated the overhead crawl space, which only allowed him to peep at the strippers from a different angle. • In December, British Columbia’s District of Sechelt Council approved a bylaw making it illegal for licensed dogs to chase squirrels, seagulls and other wild animals. The councillors added a defense of “provocation” but left it undefined, which might be especially problematic in instances in which the dog is the only witness to the alleged provocation.

The Continuing Crisis

In February, the Board of Trustees of Saugatuck Township, Mich., scheduled a May referendum asking voters for an increase in the property tax in order to cover unanticipated new expenses. The budget overrun was due to the mounting costs of defending lawsuits by people and companies complaining that the Township’s property taxes are too high.

Least Competent Criminals

• Travis Copeland, 19, bolting from a courtroom in Waukegan, Ill., in January, ran down a hallway and then lowered his shoulder and thrust himself at a window, intending to crash through it to freedom. Courthouse windows are bulletproof, and Copeland merely bounced off, staggered away and fell to the floor in pain. • Chamil Guadarrama, 30, was arrested in Springfield, Mass., in February after a store security guard spotted him with 75 bottles of lotion stuffed down

his pant legs (which were tied off at the ankles), making him look like a nearly immobile Michelin Man. Said a cop: “[We] could not fit Mr. Guadarrama into the cruiser because ... he could not bend over.”

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Opinion

Texting convenient but not appropriate for every message By Rachael Parker Penn Staff R.M.Parker3@iup.edu

I love texting. I really do. I’m one of those people who will ignore a call, never listen to the voicemail and text you back immediately to see what’s up. It’s convenient, it’s nonconfrontational and I love it. A lot of college-aged people probably don’t go a single day without sending or receiving a text. For the most part, I don’t see anything wrong with that. But a recent trend among my friends, at least, is leaving me wishing that Emily Post would send out a mass text about cell phone manners. And I’m not talking about texting during dinner, either. Fall semester of 2007, I got one of the worst texts of my life. It was only three words: “Mark is dead.” One of my fellow Penn editors, Mark Dushok, had died in a motorcycle accident. I wasn’t best friends with him, but we spent a lot of time together putting out the paper twice a week, and I really liked the guy. I was devastated. I would have chalked it up to one person’s questionable judgment in

text etiquette, but since then, it’s happened twice more. A friend from high school and another old Penn co-worker from back in the day both passed away recently, and I was notified of both via text message. What’s going on here? Since when did text message become an appropriate way to break bad news to people? The military sends someone in person to your door – why can’t I get a call and a friend to console me for a couple minutes? I’ve gotten three text messages telling me one of my friends is dead, so I’m going to go out on a limb here and assume it isn’t just my friends forsaking manners. The first time it happened, I asked my friend why she just didn’t call and tell me. She said she thought I’d be upset. Of course I’m going to be upset. Who wouldn’t? That’s the reason you SHOULD call. You might not want to take part in someone else’s grief, but that’s part of being a human. We get through tough times together, and avoiding someone’s obvious pain with a cold, informal text message is insensitive and rude. I never believed it when older people suggested that e-mail, instant

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messaging and texting were ruining the social skills of younger generations. Now I’m not so sure. I know people who have broken up with their significant others or told their parents they were pregnant via text. Are you kidding me? Where’s the empathy? Buck up, young people. You’re going to cause people grief in your lifetime, regardless of how kind you are. Everyone will at some time be the bearer of bad news. Texting shouldn’t be an out for having to comfort someone, and it will never replace a real conversation in some circumstances. Cell phones aren’t just text machines. They place calls, too. If you’ve ever been in the tough place of having to tell someone he’s going to be a daddy, should get tested for an STD or, god forbid, a friend is gone, put on your big girl pants and do it in person, or at least on the phone. When bad things happen, it’s not the time to wuss out and send a text. It’s time to put on an empathetic face and offer a comforting hug or shoulder to cry on. We all deserve this much, and there’s no app for that.

Osama bin Laden’s son wishes for peace with Western cultures By Emily Franey and Emily Mross Penn Staff The-Penn@iup.edu

His long, dark, curly hair is bound to rustle in the breeze when he rides on his horse from Egypt to Morocco proclaiming a message of peace with his wife. Pacifist Fabio? No, he’s actually a son of Osama bin Laden, one of the world’s most-wanted terrorists. His name is Omar bin Laden, and his wife is Jane Felix-Browne — a British divorcee with six marriages under her belt. Last names aside, it seems that Omar has little in common with Osama, who loves to release videos with gratuitous use of the catchy phrase “Death to America!” Not only does Omar believe in peace, he seems to have an appreciation for the United States and its culture that must disappoint his father. Omar told ABC News about his love for American pop culture. “I love Jim Carrey movies so much, and George Clooney,” Omar said. “I just saw the movie ‘The Men Who Stare At Goats,’ and it has very good message. The message of the movie is be peaceful, even if you have the power to do serious missions. Do it in a peaceful way.” In the same interview, he said he really enjoyed Rambo, but Sylvester Stallone did not want to meet with the son of Osama bin Laden, and since the snub, Omar does not enjoy the film as much. It seems preposterous to not reach out to someone who has decried his father’s terrorism and murder.

This is one opportunity where American culture, often scorned the world over for being low-brow, can help build bridges between two worlds that seem so different. Unlike Kim Jong Il, another notorious name with a penchant for all things American, Omar bin Laden promotes the antithesis of his father’s beliefs. He even wrote a book, “Growing Up bin Laden,” about his experiences and struggles to move away from his father’s image. In it, Omar writes “I often wonder if my father has killed so many times that the act of killing no longer brings him pleasure or pain. I am nothing like my father. While he prays for war, I pray for peace.” Although he grew up with a father who tortured his pets and assumed his sons would follow in his terrorist footsteps, Omar seems to have retained his humanity and will not stop until his message of peace is heard. It seems strange for the son of the most-wanted terrorist in the world to have a pseudo-celebrity status. Some might think that Omar has secret ulterior motives to infiltrate our culture to eventually do his father’s bidding. We do not think that everyone should snub Omar the way Sly Stallone chose to. If someone wants to promote peace, you should not let his last name put up an impenetrable wall between him and the quest for pacifism. Such behavior only serves to promote the idea that all Muslims are terrorists, which is an inaccurate and unfair assumption too often propagated by the American media. We hope George Clooney will take Omar bin Laden’s calls.

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NBC Universal’s online coverage of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver illustrates both the opportunity and the challenge that the Internet presents for traditional media companies. In addition to airing 835 hours of live and tape-delayed events, recaps and highlights on five broadcast and cable networks, the company is offering more than 400 hours of live video and more than 1,000 hours of full-event replays online. That’s a huge advance in volume from the previous Winter Olympics, but a sharp pullback from the breadth of online coverage of the Beijing Summer Games in 2008. Of the 15 sports contested in Vancouver, NBC is providing live streams on the Web of only two: hockey and curling. It doesn’t have to be that way. The network’s cameras are ubiquitous on the Olympic grounds, and it could use the virtually unlimited capacity of the Net to provide blanket coverage. But NBC is holding back largely because it doesn’t want to cut into

its prime-time audience. Like its broadcasting rivals, NBC Universal generates more advertising dollars from the people tuned to its TV networks than the ones watching on the Net. And its underlying assumption is that people who watch something on their office PC won’t watch it again on TV at home. But in trying to guard against the erosion of their prime-time audience, networks may be doing themselves a disservice. For one thing, they miss the chance to reach new viewers who weren’t going to be tuning in on their TVs anyway. And so far, at least, the programmers who’ve been most aggressive online have seen their audience grow, not shrink, on TV. Experience shows that avid viewers online and on mobile networks are also avid viewers of prime-time TV. Ultimately, networks and advertisers will have to find a way to segment the audience better or level the playing field, making viewers on the Web no less valuable than those

tuned to conventional channels. One reason for the gap is that sites offering online video tend to show a fraction of the commercials that TV networks do, fearing that ads drive off viewers. But with a growing number of TVs able to tune in video from the Internet, the disparity is harder to justify. Networks could also give online viewers the option of watching a commercial-free version of an event for a fee. Overall, NBC expects to pull in at least $250 million less from advertisers than it paid to air the Games, so its reluctance to take risks online is understandable. Yet the unusually strong appeal of events as big as the Olympics and the passion of their fans also offer networks a unique chance to experiment with ways to make their viewers on the Web as valuable as the ones they reach through broadcast and cable. The sooner they close the gap between the Web and TV, the fewer opportunities they’ll miss.

Everyone loves a good game, and Humans vs. Zombies is no exception. Getting exercise, making friends and having a great time is always a great combination. But assassin-type public games also require a little bit of common sense. The IUP student handbook forbids possession of look-alike weapons on campus. Period. Just because your NERF gun is neon orange and shoots foam torpedoes doesn’t mean you can run through the Oak Grove with it held above your head. Rules like wearing a bandana help identify players from others, but woe be the stylish lady keeping her hair out of her eyes with a bandana being chased across Folger Dining Hall or pegged with someone’s gym socks. All it takes is a little thought to know when a fun activity could be perceived as a threat. Make players more easily identifiable. Don’t use any type of weapon, be is plastic, padded or otherwise. Keep it non-violent – no tackling, hitting or throwing things. Make the game such that those who might be mistaken as players won’t be frightened or offended. Most importantly, make the game an obvious game. It might be more fun to sneak around in camouflage with a rubber knife, but it’s not worth the risk of scaring other students and getting in trouble yourself. Rules are in place to protect us. Heaven forbid an attacker is written off as a Zombie adversary. IUP isn’t trying to ruin a good time – it’s trying to prevent a tragedy. A game is only fun if everyone’s having a good time. This includes bystanders. What’s the point of a game the university won’t let you play? And furthermore, how is a game still enjoyable when it’s scaring the pants off students who have no idea what’s going on? Changing the rules a bit will make the game less pure, but it’s better than not playing at all.

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Vanna White brings her yarns to fashion runway By BARBARA GIASONE The Orange County Register MCT

Vanna White, America’s favorite alphabet maven, periodically steps away from the “Wheel of Fortune” puzzle board to hook audiences on her favorite off-camera hobbies: crocheting and knitting. White, 52, isn’t the only celebrity closet crafter. But White has taken her pastime to a new level. She’s the spokeswoman for Lion Brand Yarn, a 132-year-old company that has attached White’s name to three of its specialty yarns and featured her on its instructional books. Looking elegant in an onyx knit sweater crafted from her new Vanna’s Glamour acrylic and metallic yarn, White co-hosted the Lion Winter Fashion Show at the 2010 Craft and Hobby Trade Show held recently at the Anaheim Convention Center. Nearly 300 merchants crowded around a portable runway to hear the former model with Lion designer, Karen Tanaka, describe the season’s latest cozy fashions. Most of the models wore turtleneck tops and leggings in muted tones to emphasize the classic, and funky, embellishments fashioned

from a wide variety of textured yarns. Ruffled scarves, cowl collars, leggings with lace-up yarn and wrist warmers headlined the 2010 Lion collection. Vanna’s Choice yarns, available in 23 solid colors and five prints, showed up in a Wind Chime Afghan, Ribbed Thigh Highs, a Metropolis Scarf and Glimmering Thigh Highs. Links to the patterns are available at LionBrand.com. Between shows, White retreated to a refreshment nook to briefly spin her lifetime yarns. Who knew the country’s first female co-host of a game show sits in her dressing room between tapings crocheting blankets? In her first few years on “Wheel,” White kept track of her output — 70 afghans in all. White’s crafting image earned a wider audience many years ago when host Johnny Carson asked about her favorite hobby on “The Tonight Show.” Lion Yarn’s Jack Blumenthal had been watching, and jumped at a chance to sign the popular game show icon to a contract. The next morning Blumenthal contacted his cousin, David, chief executive of Lion Brand, and the two sent a package of products with a letter asking if she would promote their yarns.

“Vanna answered the next day with a handwritten letter,” David Blumenthal said. “It turns out she was already using our yarns. She’s been our representative ever since.” Her name hasn’t hurt sales. As recently as last year, Lion Yarn posted an 18 percent spike in sales, David Blumenthal said. And the company has donated $500,000 from its Vanna’s Choice sales to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. “I was more interested in playing outdoors and riding my bicycle,” White said. “I didn’t pick it up again until 27 years ago when my hairdresser was pregnant, and I wanted to make her a baby blanket.” Surprisingly, White, a one-time student at the Atlanta School of Fashion Design, has worn more than 5,100 gowns on “Wheel”, yet has never dressed in one of her knitted or crocheted outfits. As another crowd of conventioneers gathers for the afternoon show, White smoothed her slacks and sweater before perching on a stool to narrate another segment. “I’m flying to the Caribbean tomorrow to tape another ‘Wheel,’” she said, heading toward the stage. “I’m always fearful airport security will confiscate my crochet hook thinking it’s a weapon. I spend most of the trip crocheting.”

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MCT [Northwood High School counselor] Natalie Hamilton, left, gives college advice to senior Bianca Scheteiden in Irvine, Calif.

Students on college waiting lists major in anxiety By LARRY GORDON Los Angeles TImes MCT

As California’s public universities prepare to break with tradition and make broad use of waiting lists in their admissions decisions this spring, high school counselors and even some university officials worry about the emotional toll on students. For an applicant, getting onto a favorite school’s waiting list offers a glimmer of hope that a spot on campus might eventually open up. But because relatively few students ever make the jump from waiting list to enrollment, some experts say the lists merely increase anxiety and extend an already stressful time for college-bound high school seniors. Concern about the lists has been rippling through high schools since the University of California announced in January that for the first time, it will employ waiting lists extensively this spring for fall freshman applicants. Officials specified that at least six of the UC’s nine undergraduate campuses will use the lists. UCLA and UC Merced will not and UC Berkeley has yet to decide. As a result, thousands of students and their counselors will soon have to deal with a practice more commonly associated with selective private colleges. Many are not happy. “It is such a tumultuous year for our kids already, with the budget cuts and announcements that UC and Cal State will be accepting fewer students. So to add the waiting lists right now feels so unstable, so unfair to the kids,” said Natalie Hamilton, a counselor at Northwood High School in Irvine, Calif. Hamilton said she worries that students put on UC or Cal State waiting lists will focus on the slim possibility that a higher-choice school will admit them, ignoring a school that already has. “They need to be able to move on and focus on the positive,” she said. Brandi Bakewell, counselor at the Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies, a magnet school in the

Los Angeles Unified School District, agreed. “The universities are doing the best they can, but I think it is going to create more anxiety for students and families,” she said. She too urged students to “go for the sure thing” and send an enrollment deposit to a school that accepted them even if they are on waiting lists elsewhere. Colleges use waiting lists to achieve an admissions sweet spot: filling every open seat without overcrowding their classrooms and dorms. In general, colleges create three applicant groups. Those in the accepted or rejected categories are notified by early April, or sooner for many public universities. A survey last year by the National Association for College Admission Counseling confirmed that students should not pin too much hope on waiting lists. It found that about a third of all colleges use the lists and that 78 percent of selective colleges — schools that accept fewer than half of applicants — employ them. Of students who decided to stay on such lists, only about 30 percent on average nationally were offered enrollment, the survey showed. At selective schools, that figure was 13 percent. San Diego State University last year offered waiting list spots to 5,564 freshman applicants and 1,368 chose to stay on it. However, not one was offered admission. “We had no room left when all was said and done,” said Sandra Cook, the school’s assistant vice president for academic affairs. To help implement large enrollment reductions when applications are at record highs, Cal State’s central administration has recommended that all its campuses prepare waiting lists this year, although some, including Cal State Northridge, say they don’t plan to use them. If more state money becomes available, more students on waiting lists will be offered enrollment, said Allison G. Jones, the Cal State system’s assistant vice chancellor for student academic support.

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Faux snow has benefitted skiers for decades, years to come By william weir The Hartford Courant MCT

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Win war against winter, snow with handy tips By keith vislay and rachael parker Penn Staff The-Penn@iup.edu

The map calls our little town Indiana, Pa., but between the mounds of snow and frigid temperatures, it sometimes feels more like Anchorage, Alaska. Here are some guidelines to make sure that you stay warm in the belowfreezing temperatures. Keep that head covered You may have heard that most of your body heat is lost through your head, but this is just a myth. Scientists in the 1950s thought this because they studied people wearing full-body snowsuits without hats. Heat primarily escaped through the head because it had nowhere else to escape. If you skiing in your skivvies, however, a mere 10 percent would escape from your head because it’s busy radiating from your arms, legs and torso according to a December 2008 study published in the British Medical Journal. Be that as it may, wearing a beanie or even a pair of earmuffs will significantly increase your overall warmth, especially if you’re also donning a parka and some mittens. Layering is key Ever find the wind creeping up under your jacket and chilling you to the bone? If so, you may want to try adding another layer to your ensemble. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends putting on several light layers, instead of one bulky layer, to keep warm. While wearing a hoodie is fashion-

able, you shouldn’t let looking cool make you cold. Unless your hoodie is super-insulated, chances are you’re going to need something a bit heftier. Wearing a winter jacket will keep your core temperature up, which means you’ll be less likely to get the shivers while you’re outside. Coats should also be waterproof, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. A hoodie damp with snow will chill your skin as the moisture evaporates. Don’t underestimate a warm pair of socks During the summer, it’s OK to wear tiny ankle socks, but they just won’t cut it in the winter. Slipping into a pair of wool crew socks will ensure that your piggies and ankles stay nice and toasty, even if snow sneaks a few inches up your pant leg. It’s important to keep extremities like hands and feet covered, the CDC reports, because it takes longer for blood to circulate to and warm up outliers like fingers and toes. Remember to moisturize Not only will the winter weather chill you out, but it can leave your lips chapped and skin cracked. Before heading outside, protect your lips from the biting wind by applying some lip balm. You can prevent dry, cracked hands by wearing gloves, but if the damage is already done, a little healing hand cream will go a long way. And don’t forget to drink water. Bodies sweat under warm winter clothing, and moisture is lost through breathing, according to the CDC. Just because you don’t feel the sun beating down on you doesn’t mean you won’t get dehydrated.

So it is that skiers the world over can thank a handful of Connecticut residents for 60 years of machinemade snow. It was in January and February of 1950 that Walter Schoenknecht, founder of the Mohawk Mountain ski resort in Cornwall, Conn., poured 750 tons of pulverized ice onto the trails for skiers, creating the first man-made skiing surface. It was a crude way to make snow, and reports at the time indicated that skiers had to be prepared for a very fast run downhill. Around the same time, three other Connecticut entrepreneurs, Wayne Pierce, Dave Richey and Art Hunt of Tey Manufacturing in Milford, were working on a machine they would eventually patent. It used three hoses, one for water and two for compressed air. It was small compared with today’s snow cannons, but the basic idea is still the template for modern snow-making. Impressed by its potential, Schoenknecht brought the machine to Mohawk later in 1950. By the next year, it was a staple of Mohawk Mountain’s operations. His use of the innovation would later

secure Schoenknecht a place in the Skiing Hall of Fame, to which he was inducted in the 1970s. But call it “artificial snow,” and Carol Lugar will quickly correct you. There’s nothing artificial about the snow made at Mohawk, said Lugar, Schoenknecht’s daughter and now owner of Mohawk. Snow made by a machine still goes through the same basic process that occurs in the atmosphere, she said. The crystals don’t go through the cyclical rising and falling within the cloud that creates the seven classic snowflake shapes, so it is not as pretty. But it does measure more reliably. What’s counts as a foot of natural snow might only be a fraction of that, but a foot of machine-made snow stays a foot. Her father’s early snow-making efforts were trial and error, but today, snow-making is pretty much the same wherever you go. Most of the technology comes out of a handful of corporations. The community of ski-resort owners is a fairly tight one, so any new technology gets shared quickly. “Word gets out eventually if someone thinks they’re onto something,” she said. It makes sense Connecticut would

be the birthplace of manufactured snow: It’s cold enough to maintain snow, but its actual snowfall lags behind other northern states considerably. For the first half of the 20th century, skiing was an exotic sport. By the 1950s, though, popularity had surged, and demand outstripped the supply of snow. Today, Mohawk has 50 guns that cover 107 acres and 24 trails. For about 20 years, Gary Keating has been in charge of keeping them running. Some snow guns use two hoses — one that blows compressed air into the stream of water from the other hose. Others use several nozzles that shoot streams of water into a mist, which is then blown out by a fan. Keating stopped skiing when he got into snow making; there’s only so much time you can spend on snowy mountains. But he can tell good snow from bad by how it’s coming out of the cannons and how it looks on the ground. Even when they have plenty of snow, Mohawk continues making it. It’s good insurance against the many variables in running a ski resort. As Lugar pointed out, you can make all the snow you want, but you can’t control the weather.

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Microsoft shows a new generation of Windows phones By SHARON PIAN CHAN The Seattle Times MCT

Microsoft has reinvented its mobile phone operating system, showing a new version Monday at Mobile World Congress designed to make the software company a more viable competitor with Apple and Google. The Windows Phone 7 series will integrate message, gaming, music, video and productivity software in a way that brings together Microsoft’s businesses with Outlook, Xbox, Zune, Office and Bing. “This is a phone built for people in motion,” said Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer in a news conference in Barcelona, Spain. He also acknowledged the company’s lack of progress over the past three years. The phones will not be available for sale until the holiday season this year. Microsoft says it plans to release more details about how developers can build applications for Windows Mobile at its Mix conference in March. Here is a hail of bullets on the new features of Windows Mobile 7: • The phone will have capacitive touch screens, meaning screens with

pinch and pull technology, and three buttons for Windows, search and back. The demo phone had a touchscreen keyboard, but Microsoft said device makers can design phones with physical keyboards as well. • The start screen will feature customizable “live tiles,” icons that link to contacts, music, messaging, games and photos. The tiles will pull updates from the Web, such as Facebook status changes and new uploaded photos. They can also be edited — a source of criticism of the Apple iPhone — and users can create a tile for individual contacts, Web sites and photos. • Zune and Xbox Live are integrated on each phone. The phone displays your Xbox avatar as a Live Tile. The design of the phone overall mimics the Zune with its large clean type, square tiles and black background. • The calendar displays Outlook Exchange work items and Web hosted calendar items. • The search refines results, rather than just returning a list of relevant links as you would see in a Web browser. It automatically returns local results and, for instance, displays phone number, directions and

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nearby businesses for a specific restaurant. • The e-mail mirrors many features from Outlook, such as the ability to sort messages based on read and unread, flagged, urgent categories. It also allows multiple deletion of messages. • The Office integration, which is the big differentiator Microsoft has over its competitors, is also redesigned, with a note-taking area, documents screen and Sharepoint integration. • Devices makers that have signed on to make Windows Phones include HTC, LG, Samsung, Garmin, Asus, HP, Dell and Sony Ericsson. • Wireless carriers have signed on, including AT&T, T-Mobile USA, Verizon Wireless and Sprint in the U.S. International carriers include Telefonica, Orange and Vodafone. • Ballmer reiterated Microsoft’s business model to license the operating system, rather than go the free route as Google has. He also remains committed to working with device makers and multiple carriers, rather than doing a soup-to-nuts phone like Apple. • The themes hammered on in the news conference: “A phone is not a PC,” “integrated experiences,” “smart design,” “delight the user.”

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Warm themes were created for New York Fashion Week By booth moore Los Angeles Times MCT

Phillip Lim hit it out of the park at New York Fashion Week by returning to what he became famous for in the first place — elevating classic sportswear pieces to must-haves with the slightest design tweaks. In a season when nearly every designer has shown a cape, Lim — who showed his fall collection Wednesday — had something extra. The first came in a buff-colored check pattern, paired with a hot pink silk blouse with ties at the cuffs and black suede jeans. Lim acknowledged the sweaterdressing trend too, offering an airy gray mohair with a chiffon hem and a gray merino wool poncho with side lacing. Winter shorts are a perennial for the designer, the best of which came in denim with a paper bag waist, worn with a fur-trimmed anorak. If there were any weak link, it was the handkerchief silk dresses, with asymmetrical hems, which didn’t have the heft and polish of the rest of the collection. A better evening option was the gold tweed lame tuxedo, which had a sublime fit. Michael Kors served up stealth luxe in the form of classic American sportswear pared down to its essence — a camel-colored mohair cowl neck sweater as fluffy as a cloud, a camel coat in wrinkly, crushed cashmere with a lived-in, “this old thing?” look, and trousers that casually bunch down over platform sandals. Sweater dressing was on display here as well, with a gold Lurex knit

dress featuring an exaggerated cowl neck, and a loden green cashmere tube skirt worn with a silk marocaine blouse. Other key pieces? A metallic tweed blazer, crushed flannel sweat pants and a camel suede wrap skirt. Furs weren’t of the polished, fulllength mink variety, but rather the wild and woolly coyote vest variety, expressing a new kind of unkempt glamour mirrored in the model’s tangled tresses. The Wild West is a well-worn theme in fashion, but on Tuesday, Rodarte’s Mulleavy sisters, Kate and Laura, and Derek Lam took two decidedly different approaches to it for fall. At Rodarte, the designers said they were inspired by the idea of workers in Mexican maquiladoras walking halfasleep to factories, after dressing in the dark. Although it was refreshing to see them step away from the aggressively dark glamour of the last few seasons and try their hands at something else, the theme translated into too many romantic rag dresses — collages of florals, plaids and lace, tulle and pearls — that felt unfinished. There was a handful of more salable hits: a sweater jacket in a loose crochet weave that is an update of their signature spidery knits; a draped blanket-print and red-checked miniskirt; lacy beaded undershirts and leggings; and four white dresses that hinted at a move into bridal wear. Still, the Mulleavy sisters probably make 1,000 to 1,200 pieces a year, tops. You have to wonder how long this label, which some industry watchers are beginning to describe as a self-indulgent craft project, can go on like this.

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5 tips to ‘save face’ in cold weather Wear ShadowCremes, $17.50 each at department stores, and Benefit Moon Beam liquid highlighter, $24 at benefitcosmetics.com.

By WENDY DONAHUE Chicago Tribune MCT

“Winter” and “beauty” don’t exactly cozy up together around a fireplace like old friends. Yet Allure magazine’s beauty editor Victoria Kirby — who has to think pretty 12 months a year — said that grim weather and good looks don’t have to be natural enemies. She shared some of her tips for glowing in the darkest, coldest season. Exfoliate “Many women believe their skin looks dull in the winter because it’s pale,” Kirby said. “But the real cause of that ashy tone is skin-cell turnover slowing down in cold weather, which allows flakes to pile up.” Her solution? Exfoliate once or twice a week so that your skin can reflect light. She prefers an at-home peel, which works by dissolving dead skin, instead of using grainy scrubs, which can be too abrasive. To try: Bliss Peeling Groovy facial serum to lighten dark spots and lessen the look of lines and pores, $65 for 1 ounce at blissworld.com, or Philosophy Microdelivery Multi-Use Peel pads, $35 for 60 pads at philosophy.com. Update your bronzer “Nothing perks up a sallow complexion like bronzer,” Kirby said, but adjust your color in winter. She likes a matte, powder formula slightly darker than your skin tone. “Swirl a clean blush brush in the bronzer, thenlightly skim it across your fore

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head, cheeks and nose.” Add a rosy blush for a healthy-looking

finish. To try: Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess Soft Duo Bronzer, $31 at department stores, and Revlon Powder Blush in Rose Rapture, $9.79 at drugstore. com. Or all-in-one Nars Multiple Duo in Maui/Palm Beach, $45 at narscosmetics.com. Adjust your eye “Shimmery eye shadow and liquid highlighter imitate the play of light on the face and give your skin a glow,” Kirby said. “When choosing makeup with gleam, avoid silvery-white colors, which make the skin look cooler, not warmer. Stick to shimmer with minuscule particles, not chunks of glitter.” She suggests sweeping a champagne, nude or taupe eye shadow from the lash line to just above the crease of your lid. Then, choose a liquid highlighter that’s close to your skin tone — a champagne shade if you have fair skin, golden for medium skin and a coppery color for dark skin. Dot the top of each cheekbone and blend back toward your temple. To try: Michael Kors Double

Give your hair its do “Winter hair can often be described in three words: limp, lifeless and static-y,” Kirby said. If your hair looks dull and dry, shampoo with a moisturizing formula twice a week and follow with a rich conditioner. “If limpness is a problem, take the opposite approach: apply a lightweight conditioner only from ear-level to the ends. Then, once hair is dry, apply a little dry shampoo at your roots. The powder adds texture to strands and helps plump them up.” And unless you have very fine hair, do a deep-conditioning mask once a week. To tame static, apply a touch of hairspray on a natural-bristle brush and smooth it through from roots to ends. To try: Redken All Soft Shampoo, $13, matching conditioner for dry/ brittle hair, $14 at redken.com; John Frieda Collection Luxurious Volume Conditioner, $5.99 at drugstore. com, for a lightweight conditioner; and Frederic Fekkai Au Naturel Dry Shampoo, $23 at sephora.com. Spread the lotion “Your face isn’t the only body part that needs a boost of radiance in the winter,” Kirby said. If you plan to wear something revealing on a night out, she suggests applying a body moisturizer with a hint of glimmer on arms and legs. “Or just use a rich body cream, which will give skin luster.” To try: Lubriderm Triple Smoothing Body Lotion, $6.99 at drugstores.

Skiers howling for Wolf Creek, preparing for experience By R. SCOTT RAPPOLD The Gazette MCT

“It’s all powder! Come on!” Karla Yahn, atop the Knife Ridge on a sheer chute lined with jagged rocks, hesitated, while below, Ian Melcker urged her on. Her hesitation was understandable. The two snowboarders from Denver usually ride the resorts along Colorado’s Interstate 70 corridor — a region that an El Nino weather pattern has kept brutally dry this year. “It’s pretty bad [in] Copper, Winter Park ... ” said Melcker, his voice trailing off, as if discussing some calamity. Yahn plunged down the gap between the crags, crashing halfway down with a burst of white spray. She emerged from the tumble laughing. “It’s way better,” she said of the powder that cushioned her fall. “Summit County has no snow this year.” Welcome to the happiest place in the Rockies. “We’re always happy when we get snow,” said Rosanne HaidorferPitcher, vice president of marketing and sales for this southwest Colorado resort, last week. “Because we get a lot of it, we’re always pretty happy.” At Wolf Creek, four hours’ drive from Colorado Springs, as of late January, skier visits were up 23 percent over last season. From Colorado Springs, Denver and Boulder, from towns with their own ski hills like Breckenridge and Keystone, skiers are flocking to Wolf Creek this season. While the resort

has long catered to locals in Pagosa Springs and the San Luis Valley, tourists from Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma, and savvy powder hounds from across the country, its remote location has kept it off the map for most Front Range skiers. Except for in the one category that matters most: snow. Tons of it. On a horseshoe-shaped ridge on the eastern side of the San Juan Mountains, Wolf Creek usually benefits from copious snowfall, 465 inches a year, thanks to a mix of geography and meteorology. The San Juans are the first obstacle tropical storms from the Pacific Ocean hit, forcing the warm air up, where it cools and dumps. The shape of the Wolf Creek Pass area can grip the storms, so it may still be snowing on the mountain when the storm is causing interstate pile-ups in Oklahoma. While Breckenridge had received 119 inches of snow by Jan. 29, Wolf Creek had 273. Its 114-inch base was better than any other resort in Colorado. Or New Mexico. Or Utah. Or Montana. Or Wyoming. Or Idaho. The storms have been colossal, five feet over several days in mid-December, 5.5 more feet in one storm two weeks ago. They love El Nino down here, though they take a long view. “There are years when southern Colorado doesn’t have any snow and northern Colorado does. I think, unfortunately, everybody’s got to take their turns,” said HaidorferPitcher. As she spoke, the first flakes were falling in a storm that brought another 17 inches of powder.

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Training for a triathlon: Get in shape for spring By Emilie Le Beau McClatchy-Tribune MCT

Libby Hurley was in “absolute tears” when she crossed the Escape from Alcatraz triathlon finish line in San Francisco. She hadn’t swam in 10 years and rarely ran, intimidated by her experience as an asthmatic child. But she watched the race the year prior and was inspired by the other participants. “There were all shapes and sizes, all athletic ability, ages. I realized they aren’t super human athletes, I figured if they could do it, I could do it,” said Hurley, founder of Together We Tri, a triathlon training group in Chicago. Hurley trained independently for her first triathlon and began coaching beginners in 2001. She’s advanced to the Ironman level and said even coach potatoes can train for a triathlon. Most beginners start with a sprint distance triathlon which requires about 12 weeks of training. The sprint is a 750 meter swim, 15 mile bike ride, and 5K run, said Linda Cleveland, coach development manager for USA Triathlon in Colorado Springs.

The longest option is the IronMan which is 2.4 miles of swimming, 112 miles of biking and 26.2 miles of running, according to USA Triathlon. Distances may vary due to course length and availability. Indoor triathlons are also an option and are typically sponsored by fitness clubs. (Usually non-members can participate and pay a fee to compete.) Beginners concerned about swimming in open water can build confidence by starting with an indoor triathlon. “It’s far less intimidating,” Hurley said. Adjusting to open water is an important part of the training process. “It’s a totally different sensation not being able to see,” Hurly said. “You’re used to seeing that line at the bottom of the pool.” Training programs help beginners learn how to balance and readjust in the water. For those participating in an official program, Hurley recommends taking a few swim classes with a trainer in order to build up confidence. Training programs will teach you how to adjust to the mass start. During the swim portion, participants crowd

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together, treading water. Hurley’s group practices crowding each other in the water so the feeling is recognizable on race day. While building up confidence, participants can expect to lose weight. Hurley said her average participant loses 10 pounds during the 12 week training process. Training requires a minimum of three days or five hours per week. Training schedules alternate between swimming, running, and cycling as participants build their endurance. “For a beginner, focus on the swim first, then get through the bike, then go out on a run,” Cleveland said. While training, participants are advised to build up their endurance past the distance they will be completing on race day. Cleveland said this is part of mentally preparing for the race. “Practice swimming 750 meters so on race day you know you can swim past that,” Cleveland said. Race day usually begins in the early morning at the transition area – a closed space where athletes change and stash their gear. Athletes are usu-

ally assigned a bike rack based on their wave or race number, Hurley said. Athletes find a spot and put down their towel, fuel, running and biking shoes. The athlete then heads to the water for the swimming portion. “There’s always mass starts, you jump in, tread, gun goes off, you do your swim,” Hurley said. After swimming, participants head back to their transition area to prepare for the next event. “You run back to transition, take off your wet suit, put on your bike shoes, go out and bike,” Hurley said. Nudity is not allowed in the transition room so athletes must plan on wearing gear that works for swimming, cycling and running. Hurly wears a trisuit, a specially designed suit which can be worn for all three events. Beginners can invest in a tri suit or simply dress in layers. Once the bike race is finished, participants return their bike to the transition area and change into running shoes. Special bike shoes or pedals aren’t required and participants can use the same shoes for the biking and running portion, Hurley said.

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Paul Maholm: during the season or might leave after this season. Maholm will be the No. 1 starter for the Pirates and he would have to be a If he doesn’t improve his record, Bullpen CY Young-like pitcher for this team to he might be traded during the D.J. Carrasco: make the playoffs. season or might leave after this Picked up from the Chicago White He might have the potential to be season. Sox, Carrasco had a 5-1 record from an All-Star pitcher, but he would need Charlie Morton: last season. If he does well in spring to bring down his ERA a bit and would Morton was one of the players that training, he will be the long-reliever. have to use his off-speed pitches more the Pirates received back from the Javier Lopez: effectively. Nate McClouth trade. A player that the Pirates picked Ross Ohlendorf: He played pretty bad last season up from the Boston Red Sox. He and Ohlendorf will have to and the only reason that he Carrasco are players who won’t be make the biggest leap out of is on the staff for this sea- around for a long period of time. They the five pitchers due to his son is because that none of might be out of Pittsbirgh by the trade place in the rotation. Most the other pitchers are ready deadline or might not even make the teams around the league for the majors. I think he team out of spring training. expect their No. 2 starters to will do better this season, Evan Meek: win at least 15 to 16 wins. but if he doesn’t improve, He will be the youngest guy Last season, he was 11-10. he might have to go to the in the bullpen and could have a If he improves both on that bullpen. chance to be the closer later in the and his ERA from last Kevin Hart: season. He will either be the set-up By anthony scherer season, then he might Hart will be the last guy for the closer or the seventhSports Columnist stay where he is in the player in the rotation. inning guy. A.J.Scherer@iup.edu rotation. If he reaches his Octavio Dotel and Joel Zack Duke: potential, he might Hanrahan: Duke has been in the Pirates become the No. 2 guy in a rotation. These are the two guys who will organization since 2005. Even though He will improve on the numbers compete for the closer role. Since the he had a losing record last season, he from last season, because he will have Pirates let go of Matt Capps during the was able to win 10 games for the first a chance to work with the pitching offseason, they were forced to pick time since 2006. coach. up Dotel.

IUP athletic director to return from Haiti tomorrow “He’s very anxious to help in the cause.” Sports Editor Condino and McMillen are involved V.M.Johnson@iup.edu with Hearts for the Hungry, a IUP Athletic Director Frank Condino non-profit organization that provides traveled to Haiti on Feb. 16. to help food for hungry children in schools with the relief efforts after the earth- throughout Haiti, and have traveled quake that devastated the places before to help out the country a month ago. less fortunate. Condino has He is scheduled to return traveled to the Dominican, tomorrow night.By this but had yet to make the trip time Condino has already to Haiti. been there long enough to McMillen, however, has know how much help the made many trips to Haiti. poverty-stricken country Condino’s other motive really needs. was to bring a glimpse of Haiti “There are very few back to IUP. He hopes that things you can do in by screening the DVD his son Condino community service where you created he will show IUP literally save lives and that’s what will athletes what is really going and create happen here,” Condino said Monday awareness and concern that extends during an interview in his office. further than the earthquake afterCondino traveled to Haiti with his math in Haiti. son Shane, who is going to make a “Coming back should be a decent non-profit DVD showing the devasta- motivation for our student athletes tion that lies in Haiti, and the pastor to even accomplish our goal and then of the Old Mahoning Baptist Church, some,” he said. Rev. Micah McMillen. Surprisingly enough, the trip “We’re very excited to be able to to Haiti had already been planned make this trip together,” Condino said in November of 2009 — two months about his son. before the earthquake occurred — as a

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general aid effort because Haiti is one of the poorest countries in the world. “You do what you can. You can’t help all of them, but you can help some. To do nothing is wrong. You have to try,.” McMillen said during a Feb. 6 interview in Condino’s office. “Their problems escalated probably tenfold over this earthquake at least,” he added. “I can’t imagine how many years it’ll take to rebuild, because they have no equipment.” McMillen, who has been to Haiti many times, describes the Haitian people as good people who have been struck by an unfortunate circumstance. “The people are respectful and kind,” McMillen said. “[The media] will show the footage of them being aggressive for food and angry. [The media] can’t blame them. They have truck-loads of stuff sitting and they’re seeing their famiies die because they couldn’t get a drink.” Condino knew even before leaving that whatever he saw during his time in Haiti will change him for the rest of his life. “It will change you and it will change you for the better,” he said.

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Cleveland Cavaliers get help for LeBron James with addition of former Wizard Antwan Jamison By jonh smallword Philadelphia Daily News MCT

It might be hard to believe, but this isn’t the type of deal that is usually consummated at the NBA trade deadline. Every year, as the contenders begin to position themselves for the stretch drive, there is talk about this big-name player moving here or that superstar going there. But the reality has been that game-altering trades rarely have been made. That’s why Wednesday night’s three-team deal between the Cleveland Cavaliers, Washington Wizards and Los Angeles Clippers is such a blockbuster. With Cleveland acquiring Wizards All-Star forward Antawn Jamison to pair with LeBron James and Shaquille O’Neal, the Cavaliers are no less than the co-favorites with the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers for the NBA title. The move puts the Cavs far ahead of the Boston Celtics and Orlando Magic in the Eastern Conference and

could very well be the one that leads to James finally winning that elusive title. King James needed a legitimate wingman, and an aged O’Neal wasn’t going to be enough. In Jamison, who averages 20.5 points and 8.8 rebounds, Cleveland now has a consistent second threat who can punish teams if they concentrate solely on containing James. As spectacular as James is, last season proved that he is not capable of winning a championship by himself. Cavaliers general manager Danny Ferry had to be thinking about that as he desperately tried to put together a move to get James help. Last season, Cleveland posted the best record in the league, but the Magic slowed James slightly in the Eastern Conference finals and the Cavaliers didn’t have someone to pick up the slack. They were bounced from the playoffs in six games. Considering the Cavs have the best record in the league and have swept the season series with the Lakers, the desire not to have a repeat of last season had to be the impetus for this move.

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Crimson Hawks rack up achievements at two meets this week By a.j. Pagano Staff Writer A.J.Pagano@iup.edu

The IUP track has caught fire as of late. Head Coach Ralph White believes so, saying that yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team is better than last years. That is saying a lot considering the

â&#x20AC;&#x2122;09 track team was the best in IUP history. The puzzle really seems to be put together with key pieces like sophomore Nafee Harris, juniors Leander Toney, Kevin Raymond, Brianna Liebold and freshman Laurie Ajavon leading the team. Last weekend, the Crimson Hawks captured 12 first-place finishes at the

Baldwin-Wallace Mid-February Meet. In the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 4 x 200-meter relay, Liebold, sophomore Tamika Taylor, sophomore Jhana Jones and junior Liz Tepsic set a school record with a time of 1:47.41. Freshman Laurie Ajavon met and NCAA qualifying mark of 38 feet, 1 Â˝ inches in the triple jump and also finished first in the long jump topping

teammate Tamika Jones. Toney received an NCAA automatic Raymond won the 200-meter and qualifying mark in the high jump. the 400-meter races. He jumped an impresHarris only had one jump sive 6 feet, 11 inches, which in the long jump, but was tied him for fourth in the still good enough for first nation. place. He also received a proOther first place finishes visional mark in the 400 by the IUP men were turned meters. in by sophomore Tristan Toney also took first Taylor, 55 meters: freshman place in the 200-meters, in Clint Keller, 3,000 meters, which he had already postfreshman Hillary Mugun, ed a provisional mark. Toney 5,000: meters and senior Matt The womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team Celestin, triple jump. was well represented with sophThis week was a busy one for the omore Venessa Boyd taking Crimson Hawks. They also went to second place in the 400-meters, postthe Lake Erie Mid-Week Invitational ing a time of 1:00.39. Coming in a Thursday, where a lot of good things close third was Jones, with a time of happened. 1:00.49.

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He has cool nicknames â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;?The Flying Tomatoâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Animal.â&#x20AC;? He has his own private halfpipe â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Project X â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in Silverton Mountain in Colorado. He has his own video game â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;?Shaun White Snowboarding.â&#x20AC;? He has his own DVD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;?The White Adventures.â&#x20AC;? He has endorsement deals that have made him a multimillionaire. Now, snowboarder Shaun White has something else â&#x20AC;&#x201D; another Olympic gold medal. White, 23, repeated in the halfpipe, scoring a 46.8 out of 50 on his first run in the final Wednesday night. He did even better on his throwaway second run with a 48.4.

American Scott Lago took the bronze, with Finlandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Peetu Piiroinen preventing a 1-2 finish by the U.S. with a 45.0 on his last run for the silver. American Louie Vito finished fifth. White was so much better than the rest of the field that he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even need his signature trick, the Double McTwist 1260, to win. The dangerous maneuver â&#x20AC;&#x201D; three horizontal rotations inside two vertical flips â&#x20AC;&#x201D; was replaced by a conservative backside 900 on his first run. White screamed and pumped his fists when his score was announced, knowing as the raucous crowd of 4,400 at Cypress Mountain did, that he had lived up to the hype and the expectations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It felt good,â&#x20AC;? White said, smiling. The gap has only grown since White won in Turin four years ago.

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“They have great spirit and they enjoy being a team themselves. They work hard as a spirit unit, and our team takes energy of that.”

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— Joe Lombardi, head coach of IUP men’s basketball about the Crimson Crazies The match-up looked like it was going to be a tough battle in the PSAC and finish off plays, especially on the West, but it ended up being an easy belongs in the Atlantic Region. Against Cal, the Hawks had four road,” Lombardi said. victory for the Crimson Hawks. “Sometimes buckets are harder to It took about five minutes, like pre- players in double digits: Darryl Webb with 17, Akida McLain with come by, and making shots may be vious games, to acquire and 16, Thomas Young with 14 tougher. We have to rebound the ball hold up a double-digit lead. and Ashton Smith with 12. and then score after the rebound. The “We settled in more on Webb also led IUP in last time we were on the road, we the offensive end,” Head rebounding with eight, and didn’t do that.” Coach Joe Lombardi said. McLain and Young each In the first half, momentum shift“We had a nice run with grabbed six boards. ed back and forth until seven minutes execution, making shots “Our opponents have remained. The Crimson Hawks went and running a couple sets. a hard time scouting us,” on a 17-3 run to end the half, leading That really energized us and Young said. “They can’t 34-18. deflated them.” just focus on one of us. We The Crimson Crazies also created a IUP’s 74-52 victory over Webb have multiple players that lot of noise behind the IUP bench and Cal-U clinched the Hawks a first-place tie for the PSAC-West, can score 15 or 20 points any given gave the Hawks a lot of enthusiasm and energy to thrive off of. meaning that if IUP loses their remain- night.” Leading scorers for Cal were Andrew “I don’t know if anybody is having ing four games and Clarion wins out, they will have a tie-breaker for first Young with 14 points and Jerial Nixon more fun at IUP before 10 p.m. than with 11. those guys,” Lombardi said. place. IUP shot 53 percent on the game “They have great spirit and they The Crimson Hawks, now ranked enjoy being a team themselves. They No. 8 in the country (NABC Division II and outrebounded Cal 39-27. Cal only shot 30 percent in the first work hard as a spirit unit, and our Poll) and No. 2 in the Atlantic Region, are 21-2 and 10-1 with three confer- half and ended the game shooting 36 team takes energy off that.” IUP next hosts Gannon (11-13, 6-5) ence games left to play, plus a make- percent. “It was important for us to rebound at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. up against Lake Erie College, who also

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IUP’s winning streak snapped by Cal U, falls into tie for second place By vaughn johnson Sports Editor V.M.Johnson@iup.edu

For the second time this season, IUP had its winning streak stopped by Cal-U, this time by a score of 75-56. The loss for IUP (15-8, 8-3) drops it into a tie with Cal-U for second place in the PSAC West, which is essentially a game behind because of the Vulcans holding the tiebreaker. Bouncing back from this defeat will not be an easy task, because IUP has to host undefeated Gannon at 5:30 p.m. Saturday. IUP finally made an appearance in the Atlantic Regional Rankings sitting at No. 10, but it might be short-lived with the loss to Cal-U and a tough test in Gannon coming up. Head Coach Jeff Dow realizes that time is running out to make a big splash to the pollsters and improve its position in the regional rankings. “As I told the girls after the game in the locker room, ‘The fact remains, we’re two spots away. We got to get into the top eight. You got to do something special. Whether it’s beat Gannon on Saturday night, or make a run in the PSAC tournament and win a couple of

games in the tournament. You got to do something. ,’” Dow said. In the first match-up against Cal-U, IUP fell behind early, but found a way to climb back in it and make things interesting down the stretch. Wednesday night, however, IUP hung tough with the Vulcans the entire half, only trailing by two at halftime, and even held a six-point lead at the 12:43 mark in the second half after two free throws by guard Eryn Withers. “I felt pretty good for about the first 28 minutes of the game,” Dow said. “We were in pretty good shape, we were up six. Unfortunately, we just had a complete collapse both offensively and defensively the last 12 minutes of the game.” After that, Cal-U heated up from the field and IUP turned as cold as the temperatures outside. Cal-U went on a 17-2 run to give itself a nine-point advantage at 58-59 and never looked back. After shooting 51 percent in the first half, Cal-U increased its percentage to 55 percent in the second half. IUP, on the other hand, shot a respectable 48 percent in the first half, but only 6 of 32 shots in the second — totaling 18 percent.

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IUP also hit 1 of 10 3-pointers in the second half. One thing that IUP improved from its previous match-hup against Cal-U is rebounding as it outrebounded the Vulcans 38-31 including dominating Cal-U on the offensive boards 19-8. But one thing that plagued IUP once again, as it had done all season, was turnovers. IUP committed 23 turnovers making it the 13th game that it has turned the ball over more than 20 times. “It’s pretty tough to beat Cal in any situation, but when you turn [the ball] over 23 times on the road, you’re not helping your cause and you’re making it that much more difficult,” Dow said. Cal-U had four players in: double figures with versatile guard Brooque Williams leading the way with 27 and surpassed the 2,000-point plateau. Guard Amy Johns was once again a thorn in IUP’s side as she scored 12.

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“Brooque [Williams] did her thing, as she always does and goes over the 2,000-point mark last night, but it was some of the other players that you don’t hear being talked about much that hurt us,” Dow said. “They’re solid players, but we let them become more of a factor than they needed to be,” he added. Freshman-forward Sarah Pastorek led the way for IUP scoring 19 and was the only Crimson Hawk with a good shooting night. Pastorek shot 8 of 12 from the field. Besides Pastorek, the only other player in double figures for IUP was Withers with 11. Freshman guard Katelyn Marshall took advantage of her increased a role on the floor and scored eight points. “It certainly was encouraging the fact that we had two freshman step up in a game of this magnitude,” Dow said. “Outside of that, there’s not really a whole lot to be said besides those three,” Dow said.

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House bill aims to set standards to make ocean fish farming eco-friendly By Rosamond L. Naylor and George H. Leonard Los Angeles Times MCT

While Americans’ appetite for seafood continues to grow, most of us know little about where our fish comes from or how it was produced. In California, more than half of our seafood comes from aquaculture, often imported from fish farms in other countries. Just as most chickens, pigs and cows are raised in tightly confined, intensive operations, so too are many farm-raised fish. But raising fish in tight quarters carries some serious risks. Disease and parasites can be transmitted from farmed to wild fish. Effluents, antibiotics and other chemicals can be discharged into surrounding waters. Nonnative farmed fish can escape into wild fish habitat. And a reliance on wild-caught fish in aquaculture feed can deplete food supplies for other marine life. These environmental impacts have been evident in many other countries with intensive marine fish farming. In Chile, where industry expansion was prioritized over environmental protection, salmon aquaculture has

collapsed, causing a major blow to what had been one of Chile’s leading exports. Tens of thousands of people are now jobless in southern Chile, where the salmon farming industry once boomed. If aquaculture is to play a responsible role in the future of seafood here at home, we must ensure that the “blue revolution” in ocean fish farming does not cause harm to the oceans and the marine life they support. In December, Rep. Lois Capps, D-Calif., introduced in the House the National Sustainable Offshore Aquaculture Act, a bill that addresses the potential threats of poorly regulated fish farming in U.S. ocean waters. Her bill shares many of the features of a California state law, the Sustainable Oceans Act, which was signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2006. That legislation regulates fish farming in state waters, which extend three miles off the California coast. At present, all aquaculture operations in California and the United States are located just a few miles offshore. If the United States follows California’s lead, we may be able to reward innovation and responsibility in aquaculture and at the same time prevent the kind of boom-and-bust

development that happened in Chile. Unlike previous attempts to legislate fish farming at the national level, the Capps bill would ensure that U.S. aquaculture in federal waters, which extend from three to 200 miles offshore, establishes as a priority the protection of wild fish and functional ecosystems. It would ensure that industry expansion occurs only under the oversight of strong, performancebased environmental, socioeconomic and liability standards. The bill also would pre-empt ecologically risky, piecemeal regulation of ocean fish farming in different regions of the United States. Indeed, regulation efforts are already underway in many states, with no consistent standards to govern the industry’s environmental or social performance. If these piecemeal regional initiatives move forward, it will get much more difficult to create a sustainable national policy for open-ocean aquaculture. Previous federal bills introduced in 2005 and 2007 were fundamentally flawed — and ultimately did not pass — because they put the goal of aquaculture expansion far above that of environmental protection. Now, for the first time, a bill has been introduced that would demonstrably

protect marine ecosystems, fishing communities and seafood consumers from the risks of poorly regulated open-ocean aquaculture. The Obama administration is currently developing a national policy to guide the development of U.S. aquaculture. The administration would do well to embrace the vision articulated by Capps for a science-based and precautionary approach to help ensure a responsible future for U.S. ocean fish farming.

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