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Soda tax issue moves to states By Kim Geiger and Tom Hamburger
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After effectively quashing discussion of a federal tax on soft drinks last year, Coca-Cola, Pepsi and the fast food industry are facing a new battle on the state level, where legislators are beginning to consider their own taxes on sweetened beverages to improve public health and generate revenue. The next showdown could be in California, where legislators last week vowed to pass such a tax in light of new studies linking soft drink consumption to obesity in children and adults. One study suggests that obesity and related problems cost California alone $41 billion a year in medical expenses and reduced productivity. In the past year, proposals to alter the tax treatment of soft drinks have surfaced in 12 states, including a bill that recently passed the Colorado legislature. In Washington, the industry spent $54 million on lobbying and millions more in campaign donations to key officials, effectively derailing any discussion of taxing soft drinks as a means of funding the federal health-care overhaul. Kevin Keane, a senior vice president for the American Beverage
724-349-7310 Association, called the tax idea a “money grab” that will hurt working families. “When it comes to soda taxes, the idea hasn’t gone anywhere for good reasons,” Keane said. Last year, Coke executives contacted Erie Neighborhood House, a venerable settlement house in a Latino section of Chicago, that had received company donations in the past. Erie was one of several community organizations in the Obamas’ home town that joined the campaign. Henley said the AAFP is still considering whether to take a position.
Former secretary of state dies at 85 By James Oliphant Tribune Washington Bureau MCT
Alexander M. Haig’s life threaded through some of the most tumultuous episodes of the second half of the 20th century. An Army officer in Vietnam, a presidential adviser during the Watergate scandal and a key Cabinet member during the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan, he was a combat warrior who found himself a diplomat, a career military man who became the consummate political insider. He died Saturday at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore from a staph infection he had before being admitted, a hospital spokeswoman said. He was 85. Haig is probably best remembered by many Americans as the man who asserted his authority in the White House after Reagan was shot outside a Washington hotel in 1981 — despite the fact that, as secretary of state, he
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was well down the line of presidential succession. The gaffe sparked a small-scale firestorm. But Haig had been a controversial figure in Washington circles for years, chiefly for his role as President Richard M. Nixon’s chief of staff as the administration buckled beneath the weight of the Watergate investigation. Haig was credited by many for holding the White House together as its walls closed in on the president. Haig, who attained the rank of four-star general, was that rare Washington species: a product of the armed forces who adapted seamlessly to the byzantine workings of executive power. Brash, steely, opinionated, he fought on the battlefield and navigated the corridors of the Pentagon and White House with equal aplomb, and his progress became linked with those of other notable figures of the period such as Douglas MacArthur, Robert McNamara, Henry Kissinger and, later, Nixon and Reagan.
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Alcohol violations
• Borough police reported that at 10:59 a.m. Sunday, Tyler A. Johnson, 18, Ashburn, Va., was cited for underage drinking and two summary violations after driving on the wrong side of the road in the 700 block of South Street. • At 12:46 a.m. Saturday, Kyle B. Perelman, of Brookhaven, was arrested and cited for public drunkenness after he was found intoxicated in the 600 block of Philadelphia Street, according to borough police. He was released to a sober adult. • Borough police reported that at 4:30 a.m. Friday, Corey R. Jenkins, 19, Apollo, was arrested and cited for underage drinking and public drunkenness after he was found intoxicated in the snow without shoes on in the 300 block of North Seventh Street. He was released to a sober adult.
Criminal mischief
Borough police reported that several vehicles were tampered with in the 1300 block of Church Street sometime between Jan. 27 and Thursday. Anyone with information is asked to contact borough police at 724-349-2121.
Hit and run
Borough police reported that a vehicle struck a 2004 silver Saab Sedan parked in the 500 block of Gompers Avenue sometime between 8:30 p.m. Friday and 1 p.m. Saturday. Police reported that the driver’s side rear bumper was damaged. Anyone with information is asked to contact borough police.
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Someone stole the fog lights from a Chevy Cobalt parked at the Robertshaw parking lot sometime between 12 a.m. Feb. 15 and 6 p.m. Sunday, according to campus police. Anyone with information is asked to contact campus police at 724-357-2141.
– compiled from police reports
Student shot in leg at Northern Illinois University By Angie Leventis Lourgos, Cynthia Dizikes and Andrew L. Wang Chicago Tribune MCT
Less than a week after Northern Illinois University solemnly marked the second anniversary of a mass shooting on campus that claimed the lives of five students, the DeKalb, Ill., school early Friday morning again was the scene of gun violence. An NIU student was shot in the leg in what university officials called “an isolated incident” during an argument with another student outside of a residence hall. The DeKalb County State’s Attorney’s office on Friday charged
Zachary R. Isaacman, 22, with aggravated battery with a firearm, aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and simple battery. Isaacman is accused of shooting Brian Mulder, 24, who suffered non-life-threatening injuries, school officials said. Isaacman is in jail and expected to appear in court Saturday. School officials said the two undergraduate students were arguing before Isaacman allegedly shot Mulder above the knee with a handgun. Officials did not give a motive for the shooting. Mulder was taken to Kishwaukee Community Hospital in DeKalb, where he remained in good condition Friday night, his mother, Caryn Mulder, said.
Contributing Writer E.E.Eberhart@iup.edu
Students looking for an internship will have the chance to receive advice from an internship expert this week. Lauren Berger, “The Intern Queen,” will present information about careers and internships to students at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Eberly Auditorium. Berger’s program, which is being hosted and sponsored by the Career Development Center, will include information regarding how to get an internship, how to create a resume and cover letter and how employers and interns can both get the most out of an internship experience, according to an IUP news release. “The Intern Queen” received her title after completing 15 internships during her four years of college at the University of Southern Florida-Orlando. After graduation, she founded Intern Queen Inc., with the inten-
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Atwater to test open job market By Sean Bracken News Editor S.M.Bracken@iup.edu
A Florida university is now hiring a new president, which has prompted interest at IUP. IUP President Tony Atwater is now looking for a job, according to a leaked e-mail, which contained an application letter. The e-mail was obtained Friday. The application showed that Atwater applied to Florida Atlantic University on Jan. 20. Florida Atlantic University is located in Boca Raton, Fla. It also has several branch campuses located throughout the state. IUP’s Media Relations Director Michelle Fryling provided no comment about Atwater’s application. “It is Dr. Atwater’s policy not to comment on personnel issues, including personnel issues in which he is involved,” Fryling said Friday. In the application, Atwater highlighted many policy initiatives he was able to complete at IUP. Among those listed were the construction of the KCAC building, the student Residential Revival plan and his work to remodel Fisher
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Auditorium. Atwater also highlighted IUP achieving record enrollment back in the fall with 14,638 students. He also said IUP was a nationally ranked university for 16 consecutive years in the U.S. News & World Report magazine. IUP was also nationally ranked in The Princeton Review for nine consecutive years. Despite Atwater’s acclaimed successes, he has also been the subject of criticism from the university senate and the student body. They said Atwater has demonstrated a lack of transparency with the
budget and a refusal to interact with students through his presidency. Those criticisms led to a no-confidence vote by the university senate, which was held in December. The vote was drafted by APSCUF, IUP’s faculty union, which was overwhelmingly approved by the senate. Attempts to reach Robert Mutchnick, APSCUF’s president and IUP criminology professor, were unsuccessful. Criticism of Atwater also led the SGA to take action. They recorded a list of grievances back in December, which were based on complaints from the student body.
FBI uses billboards to find ‘granddad bandit’ Scripps Howard News Service
The FBI has launched a national electronic billboard campaign to try to identify a suspected serial robber — dubbed the “Granddad Bandit” — who has struck at least 18 banks in 12 states. Ten of the billboards are in Knoxville, Tenn., where the suspect is believed to have robbed a First Bank branch on Feb. 11. The FBI is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspect. He is believed to have robbed banks in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Michigan, Mississippi, Oklahoma, New York,
Texas and Virginia, dating back to April 2009. “Working together with Lamar Outdoor Advertising and other electronic billboard owners, we now have the capability to instantly display a wanted suspect’s face to an audience of thousands throughout multiple states,” said Richard Lambert, special agent in charge of the FBI’s Knoxville office. The man is considered armed and dangerous, and anyone with information is asked to call the FBI at 800-CALL-FBI or local law enforcement. He is described as white, approximately 6 feet tall, weighing 210230 pounds, balding and was wearing glasses in some of the robberies.
He usually enters the bank, approaches the counter and hands the teller a note demanding money, according to the FBI. He also has threatened to have a weapon and may be driving a silver sport utility vehicle. Last year the FBI used electronic billboards to help capture a serial robber who had struck 10 banks in four states, including Tennessee.
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IUP a top 100 business By Emily Eberhart Staff Writer E.E.Eberhart@iup.edu
Operation Smoking Gun, targeting South Florida gangs, leads to arrests By Rafael A. Olmeda Sun Sentinel MCT
Dozens of criminals have been arrested and charged with a slew of offenses related to drugs, illegal gun dealing and identity theft, South Florida law enforcement officials said Friday. The arrests and seizures over the past several days were all part of Operation Smoking Gun, a concerted effort by local and federal law enforcement agencies to target gang activity in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., during the past year. Undercover agents recovered 312 firearms ranging from small handguns to military-style weapons, including a machine gun and three sawed-off shotguns, said U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Sloman. Also seized were: more than 13,000 pills of oxycodone, Percocet, Endocet, Vicodin, morphine and Ecstasy; 3 kilograms of
“I think it speaks to the nature and evolution of crime today.” — Jeffrey Sloman, U.S. Attorney powder cocaine, 1.5 kilograms of crack cocaine and 5.1 kilograms of marijuana; $5,100 in counterfeit money; and 61 sets of stolen identification, along with stolen data from another 300 victims. “I think it speaks to the nature and evolution of crime today,” Sloman said of gang members turning to identity theft in addition to the street crimes with which they are normally associated. It’s easier and less dangerous to steal credit card and identity information than it is to rob a convenience store, he said. As Operation Smoking Gun came to a close this week, law enforcement officials moved in on the criminal suspects they’d been
tracking, unsealing 27 federal indictments and filing state charges against an additional 63 suspects, officials said. Most of the arrests related to the illegal sale of weapons and drugs. Fort Lauderdale Police Chief Frank Adderly credited the operation with helping lower the city’s violent crime rate and homicide rate in 2009, while Broward Sheriff Al Lamberti highlighted the role of his agency’s Crime Lab in test firing and cataloguing the information for each gun to help determine whether it had been used in prior crimes. The Crime Lab is not funded in next year’s county budget, he said. Hugo Barrera, special agent in charge of the Miami Field Division of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, said Smoking Gun helped dismantle two international gun-trafficking operations sending weapons to the Bahamas and Central America.
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IUP has achieved what many state organizations and universities have not. Pennsylvania Business Central has selected IUP as part of its annual “Top 100 Organizations” listing. Nominees from 16 counties were considered by the publication’s editorial board. The businesses that made the top 100 list are organizations that have achieved a high level of excellence and have had a positive impact on the region in 2009. IUP has joined the ranks of businesses such as Indiana Regional Medical Center, Sheetz and 1st Summit Bank. IUP is one of two universities in the state system that was placed in the top 100, according to the Web site, pabusinesscentral.com. The other one is Lock Haven. “The recognition further confirms the standard of excellence for which our university community takes pride,” IUP President Tony Atwater said in a news release. “We also are pleased to be honored for IUP’s major contributions to economic development in Western Pennsylvania.” Other universities to make the publication’s top 100 include Bucknell University, Juanita College, Penn College of Technology, Penn
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Obama urges bipartisan support for health care reform By Sue Chang MarketWatch MCT
President Barack Obama on Saturday urged bipartisan cooperation to overhaul the health-care industry in a bid to rejuvenate his most ambitious agenda since taking office. “I ask members of both parties to seek common ground in an effort to solve a problem that’s been with us for generations,” Obama said in his weekly address. The president warned that if politicians do not act, things will get worse, with more Americans living without the coverage that they need. “We’ll see more and more small businesses scale back benefits, drop coverage or close down because they can’t keep up with rising rates,” he said. “And in time, we’ll see these skyrocketing health-care costs become the single largest driver of our federal deficits,” he said. Democrats’ efforts to pass a health-care overhaul have stalled due to, among other things, political wrangling. The Democrats also lost their filibuster-proof majority in the Senate in January when Massachusetts voters elected underdog Republican Scott Brown to complete the term of the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. But despite Obama’s overtures, Republicans appeared pessimistic. “If the starting point for this summit is more of the same backroom deals and partisan bills, then this meeting will likely be a charade,” said Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich., in the Republicans’ weekly address. Camp, who is the lead Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee, called on Democrats to scrap “their massive government takeover of health care” for bipartisan conversation to take place.
FBI closes 2001 anthrax investigation By Richard A. Serrano Tribune Washington Bureau MCT
In June 2008, just weeks before he turned up dying from an overdose of Tylenol, Bruce E. Ivins was frantically trying to tell a friend about months of pressure in the cross-hairs of the FBI’s anthrax investigation. “It worries me when I wake up in the morning and I’ve got all my clothes and my shoes on, and my car keys are right beside there,” the government scientist said, admitting that things were happening that he was not in control of. On Friday the FBI and Department of Justice officially closed their investigation into the anthrax case that began in the fall of 2001 with contaminated letters sent to Capitol Hill and journalists in New York and Florida, led to five deaths and worried the nation that foreign terrorists might have had struck again so closely after the attacks of Sept. 11 that year. In releasing thousands of pages of summaries, e-mails, search warrants and other evidentiary material, officials said their evidence ‘’established that Ivins, alone, mailed the anthrax letters,” apparently in an all-night drive to New Jersey like the night he described to his friend. Had he not died in an apparent suicide, authorities said, he would have
been charged, likely with the use of a weapon of mass destruction. Ivins, who worked at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases in Ft. Detrick, Md., had protested his innocence, a sentiment echoed Friday by his lawyer, Paul Kemp. “There’s absolutely no evidence he did anything,” the lawyer said. The allegations against Ivins were first reported by The Los Angeles Times. Kemp scoffed at the FBI’s assertion that their investigation was “extraordinarily complex” and turned on new “groundbreaking” scientific evidence. “It was a big screw-up,” the lawyer said of the federal probe. “If they don’t admit that, then they are not facing reality.” But the FBI, working with postal inspectors and federal prosecutors, strongly defended their conclusions. It said Ivins had plenty of opportunity to create and maintain the spore batches of anthrax, noting he often worked late at night alone in the lab where the material was stored, grown and harvested. “In addition,” the report said, ‘’Dr. Ivins was among the very few anthrax researchers nationwide with the knowledge and ability to create the highly purified spores used in the mailings.” His motive, they said, was born out of “intense personal and profes-
MCT U.S. Postal Service trucks sit at a warehouse in Washington, D.C., Nov. 7, 2003, after a sensor detected anthrax at a postal warehouse.
sional pressure.” He had devoted his entire 20-year career to the anthrax vaccine program, and feared that the project was being phased out. But the federal investigation was not without its missteps and false turns. Officials spent the first years running down suspicions that the mailings were the work of al-Qaida, Osama bin Laden’s terrorist network. They devoted blocks of time and resources investigating Steven J. Hatfill, a former researcher at Ft. Detrick, ultimately clearing his name. Yet there remains unresolved whether Ivins actually used the mailbox at Princeton University in New Jersey to send the letters. However, they said, “strong cir-
cumstantial links between Dr. Ivins and the mailbox in question were established.” Their circumstantial evidence, the government said, is that the mailbox is near the offices of the school’s Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, which Ivins reportedly had obsessed over. But even here, the dead scientist’s attorney said the connection was preposterous. “I drove up there to see how long it would take me, and what was there,” Kemp said. “It’s a full block from their office to the mailbox, and it’s not the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority anyway. It’s a mail drop for people interested in that sorority. Just a business drop. There were no girls there.”
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Johnny Weir faces additional challenge during Olympic competition By Sarah Morrow Senior Staff Writer S.E.Morrow@iup.edu
Before the 2010 Winter Olympics, who actually knew the name Johnny Weir? Only the truly hardcore fans of men’s figure skating, it would seem. In the past few weeks, Weir has created quite a media buzz. While his talent is nothing to write home about, his originality is eye catching and perfect for the changing trends on the ice. He has brought a kind of creativity to figure skating that has gone over like a lead weight in some sectors, though. Weir, a Pennsylvania native, has been making waves for years. Ever since his 2003 turn on the ice that ended with him gliding into a wall and injuring his knee, people have noticed. Today, he is proving to be a more competent and composed ice skater. His talents did not impress two of the French language commentators of Canada’s RDS. Alain Goldberg and Claude Mailhot stepped over the line of decency by continually attacking Weir’s gender identity, sexual ori-
entation and the appropriateness of his performance. Goldberg and Mailhot extended their conversation past an accidental slip. They continued to bash Weir for his costume’s colors (pink and black) and question if his stereotypically effeminate manners would lower his score. Accusations were thrown out that Weir’s dress and behavior not only set a “bad example” for young male skaters, but indicated that he should be forced to undergo gender testing like track star Caster Semenya of South Africa. While they seemed to be thoroughly amused with themselves, the backlash has been strong. The Quebec Counsel of Gays and Lesbians has shown great concern over the message that was sent out to viewers. Recently, Weir has also produced quite a stir for his comments and choices of materials in his costume designs. Weir, a budding fashion designer and model, has been noted by the ever vigilante People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals for his use of fur. After a dramatic declaration that PETA was out to get him, Weir allowed the issue to drop. He
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announced that he would be refraining from the use of fur during the Olympic games in an effort to not mar the event. No matter how much decorum Weir showed here, Goldberg and Mailhot still managed to rob him of some dignity, both as a person and athlete. Despite coming in sixth overall, I doubt Weir will forget this competition any time soon. I am not a fan of figure skating any more so than the next person. However, once every couple of years, we all become sports fans. I am a fan of Weir for his uniqueness (though not his fur). Weir is a talented individual who stands out from the crowd for being different. His sexuality and gender identity should not be a factor in his performance. Some have raised the question of what is his orientation anyway? It does not matter. Public figures such as Goldberg and Mailhot took things too far by using Weir as a platform for addressing their own issues. Weir may not be the greatest figure skater in history, but he is a person. Every person deserves to have his or her privacy respected.
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Poor women, widows in Iraq easily recruited by insurgents By uthman al-Mukhtar The Institude for War & Peace Reporting MCT
Activists warn that the large number of destitute women in Anbar province who are susceptible to promises of money, revenge and martyrdom from extremists intent on destabilizing Iraq provide a ready supply of suicide bombers. A sharp increase in the number of war widows, divorcees and women deserted by their husbands means that there are more than 100,000 women in Anbar province without any means of support. Provincial officials and humanitarian groups say these women may resort to committing terrorist acts to escape lives of destitution and shame. “I am concerned about a large number of these women and widows in Anbar,” said Khadija Omar, the women’s rights representative on the Anbar provincial council. “The armed groups exploit their dire financial situation. It is known that women can do anything, even kill, to feed their children and protect them. There are terrorist groups which are using this weakness to recruit women, especially those with husbands who were killed by U.S. forces.” Once a hotbed of the Sunni-led insurgency, Anbar suffered for years as fighting raged between U.S. forces and groups such as al-Qaeda in Iraq. While insurgents no longer control the province, its economy and security remain fragile. Jobs for women are especially scarce. The problem is not just limited to Anbar province. Officials recently reported that Samira Ahmed Jassim, a middle-aged Iraqi woman nicknamed the “Mother of Believers,” lured vulnerable women in Diyala province into becoming suicide bombers. A senior Iraqi police official was quoted as saying that Jassim recruited more than 80 women and confessed to organizing 28 suicide bombings across Iraq. According to the U.S military, female suicide attackers carried out 32 bombings in 2009. “A woman who has her father, brother, son or husband killed or detained would have a desire for
“Frankly, I don’t know how long I can go on like this when the government insists on overlooking our problems, closing every door in our faces and utilizing us as mere slogans in their election campaigns without actually doing anything to help us.” — Majidah Ali, widow and Iraqi citizen revenge against those who did this. The recruiters exploit her desire,” said Hanaa Edward, a prominent women’s right activist in Baghdad. “Or sometimes they use Islam to attract her, by convincing her that she will be a martyr and will be rewarded in heaven,” she added. An annual report released last week by the Al-Birr Organization, a privately-funded Fallujah-based NGO founded in 2005, reveals that there are now 130,000 widows, divorcees and abandoned women in Anbar province. The report claims that almost 80 percent of these women do not receive any government support. “Many of these women are working as dressmakers, blacksmiths, farm workers, wool cleaners, shepherds, junk collectors and street vendors, while others are reduced to begging in the streets in a very humiliating way,” said Al-Birr secretary-general Abed Jabbar al-Alwani. Majidah Ali, a 44-year-old widow living in Fallujah’s Andalus slum, makes a living by gathering used auto parts that she sells to local mechanics. “The last two years have made me forget that I am a woman. My body always smells of motor oil and people now look at me as less than human,” she said. “Despite the extreme difficulties, I am trying to support myself and my six children. Frankly, I don’t know how long I can go on like this when the government insists on overlooking our problems, closing every door in our faces and utilizing us as mere slogans in their election campaigns without actually doing anything to help us,” she said.
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New fed rules are step in right direction for farmworkers MCT
In the last days of 2008, President George W. Bush’s administration gave a parting gift to agribusiness: The Labor Department rescinded certain hiring regulations and lowered minimum wages for temporary foreign workers, undoing labor protections that had been in place since 1988. For two decades, growers had maintained that those requirements, attached to H-2A visas for guest workers, had hindered their ability to keep a steady, reliable flow of workers in their fields and orchards. By contrast, labor unions argued that the provisions, passed during the Reagan administration, provided protections against unfair competition for American workers while safeguarding a foreign population subject to exploitation. The pendulum swung back in favor of labor last week when the Obama administration reinstated some of the rules that Bush rescinded, which
will result in higher wages for guest workers and stricter government oversight of employers. Under the Bush rules, foreign farmworkers often found themselves earning less than state and federal minimum wage; under the new regulations, that won’t be the case. Also, growers must once again try to hire American workers by posting vacancies on an electronic list, and must receive certification from the Labor Department; currently, they simply attest that no U.S. citizens want their jobs and they can hire abroad. The United Farm Workers celebrated the changes, citing horror stories about migrant workers who had to use their savings to bribe job recruiters in their countries — an illegal but common practice — then arrived in, say, North Carolina, only to find that the promised job would end one month later. The Western Growers Association deplored the revisions, citing horror stories of farmers unable to hire enough U.S. workers to pick crops
and watching them rot in the fields while bureaucrats fiddled. There is a way forward, however, that appeals to both sides: the Agricultural Job Opportunities, Benefits and Security Act, known as the AgJOBS bill, currently languishing in Congress. Labor likes it and growers like it. The bill would allow legal agricultural guest workers as well as undocumented farmworkers already in the U.S. who have worked 150 days between 2006 and 2008 the opportunity to earn a “blue card” — temporary immigration status with the possibility of permanent legal residency. Democrats like it too. That just leaves the usual suspects — GOP legislators who apparently are disconnected from the realities of farming in America. It’s a shame. If the United Farm Workers and employers in agribusiness — wary opponents on 99 out of 100 issues — can negotiate a compromise, Congress should be able to do the same.
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There have been a number of hassles for students during the first half of this semester. The weather has been terrible. The temperatures have been unbearably low. Classes are difficult by themselves no matter what the weather is. But amongst all of these hassles, there has still been something to look forward to — an escape from the daily grind of classes and trots through the snow. That escape has been the uber-successful men’s basketball team. Expectations were high coming into this season, following an NCAA tournament bid and win in the first round and the addition of Division I transfer Akida McLain. The Crimson Hawks have lived up to those expectations and are considered amongst the best in the nation and are a favorite to win their region and advance to the Elite Eight. With the newfound success of the program, people began to take notice and proceeded to pack Memorial Field House to the rafters to get a glimpse of what the big noise is all about surrounding this team. So far, the fans have not been disappointed. The fans have showed their undying support and have even earned themselves a nickname — the Crimson Crazies. The attention did not stop within the city limits of Indiana, however. The attention has even reached as far as Bristol, Conn. — the headquarters of ESPN. On Feb. 10, IUP forward Darryl Webb had not only one, but two plays on SportCenter’s Top 10 plays. Those two plays put the rest of the country on notice that something special is going here at IUP. All of the hype, attention and praise came to a head Saturday night at Memorial Field House when the Crimson Hawks won its first outright PSAC West division championship since 1995. That was 15 years ago. So much has changed in Indiana let alone the world since then. The nickname of the school and the names of the buildings have changed or don’t exist at all and the people in charge of things here at IUP have changed as well. Although their journey is not done, winning the division is a big step in the right direction from where the program was just a few years ago.
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‘The Vagina Monologues’ express deep feelings to crowds, telling amusing stories By JAZMINN JONES
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As students arrived, the first thing they saw were chocolate vaginas in a variety of flavors — such as dark chocolate, milk chocolate and strawberry — available for purchase along with a free-for-all box of Trojan condoms for students to take advantage of. Students Advocating Gender Equality hosted “The Vagina Monologues” at Pratt Hall Friday and Saturday. A plethora of black, red and purple appeared on the stage once a group of nearly 30 girls walked out with their scripts in red folders ready to begin the show. The event was split into two halves — the first performance, the Introduction, was acted out by Amber Niedomys (art), Leila Giles (communications media) and Mary Rose Cristello (freshman/French). The introduction to the performance, explaining simply the love they had for “vaginas,” created light laughter from the audience, gaining their attention bit by bit. The next performance belonged to Melody Thomas (junior/communications media) in a skit titled “Hair.”
Olympics medals were made from recycled metals By sandy bauers The Philadelphia Inquirer MCT Shane Dreistadt/The Penn Kathryn Rose (junior, journalism) performed her segment in the Vagina Monologues, expressing her own feelings about women loving themselves for who they are.
The humorous saying, “You can’t love your vagina if you don’t love hair,” caused a chuckle or two to fill the room. The saying wasn’t only funny, but was also pushing forward the values of women loving themselves for who they are. “‘Hair’ is less about shaving versus not shaving and more about not trying to make all women into supermodels and porn stars,” Thomas said. “Ideally, everyone should be able [to] judge their sexiness and beauty by their own standards, not those imposed on them by anyone else.” The last skit before the intermission, titled “My Angry Vagina,” was performed by Emily Cashell (senior, criminology/psychology), president of
SAGE. Cashell expressed her anger humorously, causing the audience to laugh hysterically. After screaming the “linguistically” want for her “vagina to be happy,” she calmed down and claimed that it wanted everything — everything that a woman desired. The second half of the show consisted of eight skits, ranging from “I Was Twelve, My Mother Slapped Me,” performed by Sam Settimio (junior/ English education), Kelly Dougherty (senior/English) and Nicole Zalak freshman/theater), to “I Was There In The Room,” performed by Krystina Vazquez (music). For more information on SAGE and its upcoming events, contact Cashell at E.E.Cashell@iup.edu.
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For the first time in Olympic history, the medals awarded to the athletes contain gold, silver and copper recovered during electronics recycling. The recovered metals make up only a small percentage of the total metals used in the medals, but their use is nevertheless being touted as consistent with the sustainability philosophy of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. A story by the Environment News Service said the recovered gold, silver and copper used in the medals came from 6.8 metric tonnes of electronics circuit boards collected and processed by Teck Resources, a mining and metals company based in Vancouver that supplied all the metals for the medals. The electronic components were shredded, separated and heated to recover the metals, which were then combined with the mined metal from other Teck sources. You can read more about the medals and the processes at the Teck Resources Web site and the Royal Canadian Mint site. Teck said its electronics recycling process meets the exacting environmental standards needed for the
responsible processing of e-waste. That has become an increasingly important issue. According to groups that advocate for safer recycling, too often electronic materials are sent abroad to be dismantled. Unprotected workers can be sickened and local environments contaminated. Even if a recycling event’s sponsors say they do not sell materials to irresponsible recyclers, the middleman that they do sell to might, according to the critics. The Basel Action Network, a global watchdog group on toxic trade, has come up with an e-Stewards certification program, and last week the Natural Resources Defense Council, another prominent advocacy group, announced its endorsement of the certification. “This initiative is sorely needed,” said NRDC Senior Scientist Dr. Allen Hershkowitz in a press release. “Many e-waste recyclers claim to be green, but in reality they rely on unsafe and ecologically damaging methods like dumping millions of tons of toxic waste each year in China, India and Africa. E-Stewards provide businesses and consumers with a first-of-a-kind seal to identify the truly responsible recyclers.” More information is at Stewards. org.
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Kevin Hart performs in front of crowd, talks about his source of humor
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“Don’t judge me” were the words actor/comedian Kevin Hart said before beginning his set in front of a sold-out crowd at the HUB Ohio Room Sunday night. The only thing the crowd judged Hart as was very, very funny. “I thought the show was great,” said Kareem Abdullah (senior, accounting). “[Hart] was very funny and spontaneous.” Hart entertained the crowd while talking about a number of different topics, including his children, relationships, his family members, his fears and even the first time he was allowed to curse. During his performance, Hart talked a good deal about his family, which he said is where he got his sense of humor as a child. “It’s all from my mom, my dad, my element,” Hart said during an interview in his dressing room before the show. “I grew up in [a] funny environment. [When you] grow up in a funny environment, you have no choice but to be funny. It just rubbed off a different way on me. I took mine and honed it into a skill, into a craft to where I can go and mold jokes and tell stories about my past and about my present, things that I go through in life, and people like to hear it.” “All I’m doing is telling people what I do and what I’ve done,” he added. During the interview, Hart still managed to be entertaining, throwing a couple of humorous verbal jabs at his manager and other members of his entourage, including his opening act Spank, for talking too loudly during the interview. Every joke seemed to work for Hart as the crowd was frequently sent into an uproar. Even jokes that weren’t intentional seemed to work.
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For example, Hart said to the crowd that he is not perfect and conveniently tripped and almost fell on the stage — once again getting a good reaction from the crowd. Playing in front of a college crowd is nothing new to Hart, as most of his tour dates are at universities all around the country. “You guys are my audience,” Hart said. “My core audience is from this age group. To give back and come back to colleges is good. It makes you feel good about your university as well. It feels like they’re behind you and bringing good events to your school.” Hart is currently on a tour visiting more than 40 cities all around the country. A hectic travel schedule can be burden to some, but Hart never sees himself being off of the road. Being on a 40-plus city tour, being a part of a number of movies and having a very popular one-hour special on Comedy Central titled “Grown Little Man,” Hart has reached a place far away from being the shoe salesman from 13th and Erie streets in North
Philadelphia where he once was. Despite coming so far, Hart believes he still has a ways to go. “I don’t really look at myself as really making it anywhere yet,” Hart said. “The minute you get content with your position in life is the minute you stop going, so I still look at it as I’m working, I’m trying to get the ultimate goal. Of course, the ultimate goal is becoming a mogul — being a person that can produce, direct and start my own projects. “ “Right now I’m a successful comedian and a successful actor, but I’m nowhere near where I want to be,” he added. Hart has a number of things on his itinerary, including his next show, which is in Baltimore, filming his second hour-long special titled “Seriously Funny” and appearing in cameos in soon-to-be-released films “Death at a Funeral” and “Little Fockers.” Also on that list of things coming for Hart are being a dad and what he calls “being sexy.” “I’m also a sex symbol,” Hart said.
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change, our rating isn’t going to change.” Still, the overall risk factor for girls is rising as evidenced by insurance rates. Twenty years ago, it cost twice as much to insure a male teen driver as a female, said Thomas DeFalco, an actuary at the New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Co. Today, young men pay between 20 percent and 30 percent more than young women. “We’ve seen the difference between young men and young women getting smaller,” DeFalco said. “There is still a gap, but it’s getting smaller all the time.” DeFalco said insurers don’t necessarily look at the reasons teen boys get into more crashes than teen girls, but they do set rates based on that difference. He said he doubted crash statistics of teen girls would surpass that of teen boys, but he added that doesn’t mean it couldn’t happen. According to the Allstate study, one in four teen girls reported frequently reading and writing texts and e-mails while driving, compared with 15 percent of boys. “They’re bored while driving, so they try to find other things to do,” said Kathy Clausen, co-owner of A-Adams School of Driving. “Most of them will tell you their parents do it.” “Texting is so insane,” she said. “I can’t believe people would think for a second they could handle that.” According to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, genderbased insurance rates are a tradition in the insurance world. Higher insurance rates for young male drivers related to the fact that they drove more frequently and, therefore, had a greater risk of getting into a crash than young female drivers, a spokesman said.
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Gamma Sigma Sigma hosts Women’s Appreciation Week By amber grady Staff Writer A.N.Grady@iup.edu
Gamma Sigma Sigma held its first Women’s Appreciation Week Feb. 15 through Feb. 19. The week featured different events that celebrated the women of IUP’s campus. “We felt that the women of IUP needed a week dedicated to us,” said Brittany Isaac (junior, criminology), Gamma Sigma Sigma’s social chairwoman. However, men weren’t excluded and attended several of the week’s events. On Monday, the service sorority had an educational table set up at the HUB featuring trivia about women’s history. It held an open discussion Tuesday night about women who helped revolutionize such subjects as politics, science and sports. Two poems were cited at the discussion night: Sojourner Truth’s “Ain’t I a Woman?” and Maya Angelou’s “Phenomenal Woman.” “In my opinion, men and women
“In my opinion, men and women are lacking in knowledge of women’s history, which is why we had a discussion night.” — Yolonda Mosley (senior/nursing)
are lacking in knowledge of women’s history, which is why we had a discussion night,” said Yolonda Mosley (senior/nursing), a member of Gamma Sigma Sigma. On Wednesday night, Gamma Sigma Sigma hosted a movie night in McElhany Hall. Those in attendance watched “Marie Antoinette” and enjoyed light refreshments. The movie was chosen because it tells the story of France’s King Louis XVI through a woman’s perspective, while it’s usually told through a man’s. The sorority spiced things up Thursday night with an event called “Women Loving Themselves.” Sarah Mack, who is licensed in Pennsylvania for sexology, hosted a Bedroom Diva Party in the basement of Elkin Hall. The women, and men, who were there sampled and smelled scents,
massage oils and candles before playing a very unique game of hot potato. At the end of the party, guests had an opportunity to purchase a variety of goods from Mack. “It was the most interesting, educationally sexy experience,” said Amber Humphries (freshman, accounting). The last event of the week took place Friday night. “Make Me Over” was held in the HUB Delaware Room from 7 to 9 p.m. The sorority had two representatives from cosmetic companies — one from Avon and one from Mary Kay — give free facials, hand scrubs and massages and educate the guests about their products. Isaac said the sorority plans on holding a Women’s Appreciation Week every year. All donations raised by the sorority throughout the week benefit Alice Paul House and March of Dimes.
Danielle Bashore/The Penn Top, from left to right, Jarrett Fant (senior, marketing), Aniya Wise (junior, psychology), Richard Scott (junior, health and human services) and Jen Schneider (junior, health), attended movie night held in McElhany Hall Wednesday night. Below, Sarah Mack, licensed in Pennsylvania for sexology, hosted a Bedroom Diva Party Friday night in the basement of Elkin Hall.
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Money tips urge college students to track spending By DEVVON HORN Contributing Writer D.J.Horn@iup.edu
As college students become more and more independent throughout the years, the importance of managing their money continues to increase. A positive aspect of this is that as the importance of managing money increases, the technology to manage money makes it easier to do. Web sites like Mint.com, a company by Quicken, make managing money and bank accounts simple. Mint.com links all the information from your bank accounts, credit card accounts, investment accounts and loan accounts and collects them in one place. The Web site does your bookkeeping for you and helps you track and manage your overall spending and savings. The site also has easy budgeting tips and helpful graphs that make managing money online user-friendly. In addition to Web sites that help manage money, there are cell phone apps like Pageonce, of Pageonce.com, that are just as effective in helping
A positive aspect of [keeping track of spending] is that as the importance of managing money increases, the technology to manage money makes it easier to do. manage finances. Pageonce is an app that you can download to use on the latest cell phones (iPhone, Blackberry, Android, etc.) that keeps track of all your online accounts, including travel accounts. This makes managing and checking all your bank accounts at once as simple as the press of a button on your phone. For those of us college students who do loads of online shopping, balancing of checkbooks, bill paying and frequent transactions, PNC Bank has come up with a banking account just for this. It’s an online account called Virtual Wallet. The banking account is actually three accounts in one: a checking account, a reserve and a growth account. This type of account allows you to
manage all your money in one place. The checking account is called the “spend account.” The “reserve account” is for short-term savings and helps protect you from overdrawing your spend account. The “growth account” is a savings account. Virtual Wallet by PNC Bank has an online calendar where you can do a lot of things to manage your money. On the calendar you can set pay days, schedule online bill payments, see when and where money was added or deducted from your account, get overdraft alerts and organize all your finances in one place. The account also is useful for managing money because of something called the “Money Bar.” This feature allows you to transfer money between all three accounts just by sliding the money bar from side to side. The account keeps track of all transactions as well. College is stressful enough, especially when we are trying to be independent. Thankfully with these technological “helpers” students don’t have to stress over their banking, too.
USDA clarifies pasture grazing rule for organic dairies By robin shreeves Mother Nature Network MCT
We’d all like to think when we buy organic milk or any organic dairy product that the cows have happily and leisurely grazed in a pasture each day before making their way up to the barn to be milked. Unfortunately, because of the way the United States Department of Agriculture had worded the rules for organically raised cows, that didn’t have to be so. The former rule, which has just been amended, said that livestock must “have access” to pasture. Having access to a pasture doesn’t mean the same thing as actually grazing on pasture. As sales of organic milk increased over the past decade or so, many organic dairy farms began looking more and more like traditional fac-
tory farms. Milk-producing livestock for some of the larger organic dairy companies technically had access to pasture, but they spent less time pasturing and more time in cramped conditions. In 2008, the Cornucopia Institute released a study and rated dairies on their livestock’s living conditions. They found several of the larger dairy producers “ethically deficient.” These dairies included Horizon, one of the most recognizable organic labels, and Aurora, a dairy that packages their Dreamstime milk under private labels for stores like Costco and Safeway. Since the USDA rule on having access to pasture was silent about the amount of time livestock should spend on pasture, many of the larger organic dairy companies could say they were doing nothing wrong. On Feb. 12, the USDA clarified “the use of pasture in raising organic ruminants.”
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Crimson Hawks clinch first outright PSAC West championship in 15 seasons By vince DeANGELO Staff Writer V.A.DeAngelo@iup.edu
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The IUP men’s basketball team won the PSAC West regular season title Saturday at Memorial Field House in a 62-49 come-from-behind victory over Gannon. “Everyone was focused tonight,” guard Thomas Young said. “We didn’t want to worry about winning the title, but just stay focused on beating Gannon.” It’s the first time in 15 years that IUP has claimed the title. “It has been a goal for the program,” Head Coach Joe Lombardi said. “We wanted to put something up on the wall, but to actually win a trophy is pretty special. It was a great effort by a lot of young men that have come together as a team.” The Crimson Hawks will host the first round of the PSAC playoffs March 2. IUP, ranked No. 8 in the nation and second in the Atlantic Region, returned the favor to Gannon from last season by defeating the Golden Knights both times this year. The Crimson Hawks also remain undefeated at home this season with the win and have won 17 consecutive
“It has been a goal for the program. We wanted to put something up on the wall, but to actually win a trophy is pretty special. It was a great effort by a lot of young men that have come together as a team.” — Joe Lombardi, head coach of IUP men’s basketball team games at Memorial Field House, their last loss at home coming from Gannon last season on Jan. 24, 2009. The Crimson Hawks also left Gannon (11-14, 6-6) with its third consecutive loss. Leading scorers for IUP were Young with 22 points and five rebounds, Ashton Smith with 11 points and five assists and Akida McLain with 10 points and nine rebounds. Leaders for Gannon were Steve Piotrowicz with 15 points and Travis Brannen with 10 points. The lead was tossed back and forth six times in the first half. IUP had a 10-point lead with less than eight minutes to play before the break, but Gannon responded by going on a 19-4 run and the Golden Knights took a 34-29 lead into the break. Gannon outshot IUP 48 percent to 41 percent in the first half, but the second half was a different story. “We started off well but lost our focus,” Smith said. “We were angry
at halftime, but we talked about it, regained our focus and knew what we had to do to come back.” IUP came out of the break by going on a 7-2 run, tying the score at 36-36. Smith assisted Young on an IUP basket to make the score 38-36, and the Golden Knights were then silenced. Gannon shot 18 percent from the floor in the second half (4-22) and only scored 15 points after the break. The defense IUP played in the second half Saturday night was considered by many of the players as some of the best defense they had ever played. The Crimson Hawks will finish up the season playing three games in six days, one of which they played last night at Lake Erie in an Atlantic Region battle. The Hawks will next play at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Edinboro, and their final game, Senior Night, will be at home at 7:30 p.m. Saturday against Slippery Rock.
Tiger Woods’ statement begins repairs on PGA career, life Tiger Woods formally made an is public knowledge. announcement Friday regarding his The announcement deals with accident and his affairs. His state- Woods’ accident that occurred in ment aired on CNN and was replayed November. on ESPN multiple times. The accident was a major Woods apologized to news event and drew lots of the fans for his actions. attention from the press. “It’s now up to me to On Friday, Woods made make amends, and that an official apology for the starts by never repeating whole event and admitthe mistakes I’ve made. It’s ted to having affairs and up to me to start living a denying any truth to the life of integrity,” he said. domestic violence rumors This statement made by regarding his wife allegedly Woods was important in By alycia King beating him with a golf many ways. club. Sports Columnist He is a very public figWoods seemed very A.L.King@iup.edu ure, and many children sincere and said what and even adults look up to him. He needed to be said if he is to start reached fame from his great play on rebuilding his reputation. the golf course and his amazing record Woods is off to a good start with of wins. getting himself back into a positive He has won 71 PGA Tour events, light with the public. 14 majors and PGA Player of the Year He said he plans to return to golf 10 times. and currently is spending time with With his name in the record books, his two children. one would think that Woods would Woods’ statement about living be more inclined to watch his behav- with integrity is exactly what he needs ior. Knowing that with his celebrity to do if he is ever to return to where he status, anything he says and does was before this situation.
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IUP loses to Gannon, drops to third in PSAC West By vaughn Johnson Sports Editor V.M.Johnson@iup.edu
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IUP went into the game knowing it would have to play a near-perfect game to beat the soon to be No. 1 Gannon Golden Knights Saturday night. IUP did not rise to that level and paid the price, losing 69-48. The loss for IUP (15-9, 8-4) drops them to third place in the PSAC West — two games ahead of its next opponent, Edinboro (15-10, 6-6). Despite clinching a playoff spot before the game against Gannon, IUP lost ground on its chances of hosting a first-round match-up in the tournament. Cal U (19-6, 9-3) handed Edinboro an 80-44 loss Saturday as well and moved one game ahead of IUP. The team will be playing against Slippery Rock and Mercyhurst, consideraly easier opponents. With the win, Gannon clinches the PSAC West division title and moves its record to 28-0 on the season. Gannon has won 44 games in a row overall and has won 78 of its last 82 games dating all the way back to the 2005-06 season. The Golden Knights went into the game as one of two undefeated teams in the country, but that all changed when Franklin Pierce lost to Merrimack 71-64 on Feb. 17. With Franklin Pierce falling, Gannon will more than likely take over the top spot in the nation. Although IUP did not play a perfect game, neither did Gannon. Gannon shot only 38 percent from the field and 27 percent from long distance, committed 19 turnovers and scored only 69 points — much lower than its 80 point-per-game average. “I can’t remember the last time
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Dave Biblis/The Penn Guard Eryn Withers (22) scored 12 points during the loss to Gannon Saturday night.
we’ve shot 40 percent for the game,” Gannon Head Coach Cleve Wright said. Given the kind of night Gannon was having, it should have been a closer game, but it wasn’t. “I really felt the score would be much closer than what it was,” Dow said. IUP, however, shot a better percentage from the arc at 31 percent, but that was the only thing it did better than Gannon Saturday night. The Crimson Hawks made only 56 percent of its free throws, got outrebounded 38-29 and most of all committed 23 turnovers — making it the 14th time this season the Hawks have committed more than 20 in a game. After the game, Head Coach Jeff Dow realized the mistakes his team made, but gave credit to the Golden Knights for forcing them. IUP had the lead during this game when it had an 8-6 advantage after a 3-pointer from guard Lacy Claar at the 14:08 mark in the first half. That lead stood for 56 seconds, and Gannon tied the game after a layup from guard
Kristina Freeman and took the lead back a good 21 seconds later after a jumper from Freeman. Freeman led all scorers in the game with 17. She also had six rebounds and four steals. IUP kept Gannon within striking distance for nearly the rest of the game, but it seemed every time IUP was poised to make a run and make things interesting, Gannon made a run of its own and pulled away from the Crimson Hawks. “I think we got a pretty good idea of why they’re the No. 1 team in the country,” Dow said. In double figures for IUP were freshman forward Sarah Pastorek with 14, guard Eryn Withers with 12 and Claar with 11. Gannon posted four players in double figures with Freeman, guard Carrie Nolan with 13 and forwards Brittany Tabron and Kim Vargas with 11 and 10 respectively. IUP will travel to Edinboro to play the Fighting Scots at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at Edinboro’s McComb Fieldhouse.
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Veterans show youngsters the way in USA’s shocking hockey win By Jean-Jacques taylor The Dallas Morning News MCT
Brian Burke, the man who put Team USA’s hockey roster together, wanted a team built around youth and speed and grit. He had no use for players with egos the size of their paychecks or those carrying baggage from an eighthplace finish in the 2006 Turin Winter Games. Burke wanted a team with considerable skill among the top six forwards. Everybody else supplies the intangibles. No way this team has the 23 best American players on it. But it takes more than talent to win a medal. Look, this roster includes only three players — Jamie Langenbrunner, Brian Rafalski and Chris Drury — with previous Olympic experience. But boy did that trio of 30-something geezers show the young boys how to play. Rafalski, Langenbunner and Drury combined to score four goals as the USA shocked — is there any other way to say it? — Canada, 5-3, before a raucous, red-clad, Canadian flag-waving throng. “The three of us are just glad to be here,” Drury said. “We’re just trying to help out any way we can.” Rafalski, a 36-year-old defenseman, is the team’s oldest player. He has four goals this season with Detroit. Now, he has four in the past two games. Rafalski scored the USA’s first two goals, which gave his younger teammates all the confidence they needed to win the game — not just compete. Just 41 seconds into the game, Rafalski scored on a slap shot from just inside the blue line that appeared to ricochet off Sidney Crosby’s stick or skate. “We’ve got a few guys who have played against Canada and been in this atmosphere,” said Rafalski, “and it helped us a little bit. “We told the guys not to waste too much energy in pregame war-
mups because we still had 60 minutes to play.” Rafalski’s first goal shifted all of the pressure onto Canada. After all, their fans expect them to win every game. Handily. After Canada tied the score at 1-1, Rafalski gave the USA the lead less than a minute later. Canada goalie Martin Brodeur tried to clear a puck by batting it out of air, but Rafalski knocked it down, skated into the slot and slid a wrist shot along the ice through a mass of bodies. Drury, the consummate winner, pushed the lead to 3-2 when he stuffed in a rebound. Burke received some criticism over the 33-year-old Drury’s roster spot because he’s a minus-11 with just 10 goals for the New York Rangers this season. But Drury was the star pitcher for a team that won the Little League World Series. He won a national championship at Boston University and he won a Stanley Cup with Colorado. He’s a professional winner with an ego the size of a mustard seed. Every championship team needs and wants a player like Drury. Langenbrunner, a member of the Stars’ 1999 Stanley Cup-winning team, scored the USA’s only power-play goal when a shot deflected off his skate past Brodeur, giving the USA a 4-2 lead with about 10 minutes left. The U.S. won despite getting outshot, 45-23, as Canada put on a display of puck possession that would please any coach. Canada, though, never shook the USA. Twice, Canada tied the score. Each time, the Americans refused to panic. And when it was over, the USA celebrated as it should have. But it was no different than, say, the Stars celebrating a win over the Red Wings the past few years. The players weren’t flopping around on the ice and throwing their sticks and gloves in the air. They understand much work remains. It starts Wednesday, when the medal round begins.
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Road to No. 1 seed is going to be tough one for these teams With two weeks left until Villanova. It would have to take the start of conference tourna- a lot of losses by other teams ments, it is time to look at the for the Mountaineers to move teams trying to position them- to a No. 1 seed. Its schedule selves as No. 1 seeds. is tough, with games against The past few seasons, Villanova and Georgetown left, reaching a No. 1 standing seed but if the Mountaineers win has propelled a lot of teams both and win the conference to the Final Four. In tournament, they will 2008, all four No. 1 have a good case to seeds made the Final move up. Four. Also, 1980 and Purdue - I admit 2006 are the only might have been two years since 1979 wrong when I picked that at least one No. Michigan State out of 1 seed didn’t make the Big Ten. the Final Four. Purdue has proven Below is the to be the best list of teams that By anthony scherer team in that Sports Columnist are fighting for conference and A.J.Scherer@iup.edu those four spots. would be a tough Kansas - It is out in the tourbetween Kansas and Kentucky nament. It is a uncertain if the to achieve the No. 1 overall seed Boilermakers can stay on the in the tournament. one line. The rest of the schedule is The only tough regular seamanageable. The only tough son game left is a home game game they will play will be Sunday against Michigan State. against Kansas State March 3. If Purdue wins that game and If they win out and get at least at least makes it to the finals two wins in the conference of its conference tournament, tournament, the Jayhawks will I think that would lock up a No. lock up a No. 1 seed. 1 seed. West Virginia – West Kansas State - This team Virginia has been playing well is the only other team out of recently, but it did lose back- the Big 12 that could challenge to-back games against Pitt and for a No. 1 seed. It could really
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If you bring all your powers of persuasion to the table, you’ll find that others defer without objection. Argue angrily and you’ll lose your audience.
Put pen to paper or fingers to keyboard and let the ideas flow. Take extra care with medicines and monitor dosages diligently.
As the Moon enters the sign of Cancer, you find yourself freed up to pursue more than one great opportunity. Power is yours to wield.
Every ache and pain you wake up with can be relieved with a hot shower. Sing your way to relaxation. Then take charge of the day and do as you wish.
It’s time to bring your ideas to the table. Words flow smoothly as you express yourself to team members or family. Wait for the final result. It’s worth it.
You need imagination to penetrate a tangled web of concepts and feelings. Free your words, but don’t etch them in stone. There’s room for different points of view.
Rein in early-morning enthusiasm. Others aren’t quite ready. You’ll convince them later. Celebrate with ethnic food. Try something new.
Uncork all of your persuasive powers. You can use them at home, in social settings or in a confrontation over money. Dial down your opinion.
Focus on written work. You make headway on a paper or report. Include unusual tidbits of information to make the material more interesting.
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Expect a lot of conversation today. A future goal doesn’t require immediate completion. Exercise patience in these early stages. The magic happens in the aging process.
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UC, San Diego condemns student party held mocking Black History Month By Larry Gordon Los Angeles Times MCT
University of California, San Diego leaders and civil rights activists have condemned a student party that mocked Black History Month with a ghetto-themed “Compton Cookout.” Campus administrators said Wednesday that they were investigating whether the off-campus party, held Monday, and its Facebook invitation violated the university’s code of conduct and whether its sponsors should be disciplined. Members of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity were identified as among the organizers, but the fraternity president has criticized the event and said his club did not sponsor it. In an e-mail to students and staff, UC, San Diego Chancellor Marye Anne Fox said the party showed “blatant disregard of our campus values.” She said the university would hold a teach-in next Wednesday “to discuss the importance of mutual respect and civility.”
Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Penny Rue said the probe would examine whether the fraternity was involved and whether it should face sanctions. She said it was premature to discuss discipline for individual students but said she wanted partygoers to understand how much pain they had caused, especially to black students. Rue said she did not know how many people attended the event. Promising a taste of “life in the ghetto,” the Facebook invitation contained many racist stereotypes. For example, it urged women to dress as “ghetto chicks” who “usually have gold teeth, start fights and drama, and wear cheap clothes.” It said the menu would include chicken and watermelon. In an e-mail Wednesday, Garron Engstrom, president of Pi Kappa Alpha, emphasized that the party was neither planned nor endorsed by the social club. “The fraternity regrets the display of ignorance and error-of-judgment made by any individual members
who may have attended or were associated via social-media with the racially-offensive party,” he wrote. “These actions are in direct violation of Pike’s code of conduct, and appropriate disciplinary actions will be taken.” History professor Danny Widener, who directs the university’s African American studies program, said he was outraged but not surprised by the party. He said black students comprise less than 2 percent of undergraduates at UC, San Diego, which he described as inhospitable to them. “The campus climate is one in which you are constantly regarded as a statistical anomaly at best,” he said. Widener also criticized Fox’s response as “tepid” and urged strong action against the party organizers, including expulsion if they are found to have used UC computers or facilities to send the invitation. Chris Strudwick-Turner, vice president of the Los Angeles Urban League, also urged a tough response.
UC Berkeley to expand diversity programs By larry gordon Los Angeles Times MCT
“If campus climate is important, a message needs to be sent that this is not acceptable,” she said. In Sacramento, Democratic Assemblyman Isadore Hall II said leaders of the Legislature’s black, Latino, Asian Pacific Islander, gay and women’s caucuses would gather outside the Capitol on Thursday to condemn the party.
The University of California, Berkeley, has received a $16-million donation from the Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund to expand academic programs in various aspects of ethnic, religious and sexual diversity and to fund scholarships for low-income community college students who transfer to the campus, officials announced Thursday. Among other things, the donation will fund five new faculty chairs in diversity-related research, including one of the nation’s first endowed chairs on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equity issues. It will also be used to add more American Cultures courses, which are required of all UC Berkeley undergraduates, and to revise some courses to emphasize community service outside the classroom. And $1.5 million will be set aside to match donations for financial aid for transfer students.
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