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IUP Scooters, the women’s rugby team, asked Student Congress for monetary help. The team excelled to the Mid-West Final Four Tournament, however they lacked the funds necessary to make it to the tournament at the University of Illinois.
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Robertshaw Control Company gave a gift of 22 acres of land to IUP, worth more than $2.4 million. With the land donation, IUP planned on expanding the parking lot for commuters and reclaiming the warehouse.
Origins of many popular superstitions were revealed. A broken mirror giving you bad luck comes from the Roman belief that a mirror reflects your soul, and breaking it disrupts your good fortune for seven years.
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• At 2:28 a.m. Sunday, Bradley Campbell II, 20, Reynoldsville, was found intoxicated in the passenger seat of a vehicle in the 300 block of South 13th Street, according to borough police. He was cited for underage drinking, police reported. • Borough police reported that at 2:25 a.m. Sunday, Sarah Weiss, 23, Monongahela, was found intoxicated after she was observed passed out on the toilet at Sheetz at 380 Philadelphia St. Weiss was arrested and cited for public drunkenness and was released to a sober adult, police reported. • Campus police reported that between 2:18 and 4 a.m. Sunday, an underage female was cited for DUI following a traffic stop near the HUB. She was released to her parents, police reported. • Campus police reported that between 1:38 and 2:45 a.m. Sunday, Ryan A. Decker, 18, Blairsville, was arrested for DUI following a traffic stop at the intersection of Pratt Drive and Locust Street. • At 1:27 a.m. Sunday, Brett Matson, 20, Wexford, was found intoxicated after he observed shoplifting from Sheetz at 768 Wayne Ave., according to borough police. Matson was arrested and cited for public drunkenness, underage drinking and retail theft, police reported. He was released to a sober adult. • At 1:21 a.m. Sunday, Robert C. Perry, 19, Shickshinny, was found intoxicated after he was observed shoplifting from the Sheetz at 768 Wayne Ave., according to borough police. Perry was cited for underage drinking and retail theft, police reported. • Campus police reported that at 12:56 a.m. Sunday, Kristy Rellick, 18, Blairsville, was found intoxicated along West Avenue at the HUB. Rellick was charged with public drunkenness and purchase, consumption, possession or transportation of alcohol, police reported. She was released to a sober adult. • At 12:34 a.m. Saturday, Nicholas Volpe, 20, Hawley, was found intoxicated after he was observed attempting to climb the outside of a second-story apartment complex at 1243 Oakland Ave., according to borough police. Volpe was cited for underage drinking and released from the scene, police reported.
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• Borough police reported that sometime between 2 and 2:58 a.m. Saturday, Marc Sell and Brian Sell, Indiana, were found in a physical altercation with each other at 522 Philadelphia St. Both were arrested and charged with domestic violence, assault and harassment, police reported. Both were lodged in the county jail. • At 5:34 p.m. Saturday, Meade Sarver, 31, Ernest, was found intoxicated after he was observed harassing a group of trick-or-treaters in the 100 block of Gompers Avenue, according to borough police. Sarver was transported to Indiana Regional Medical Center where he then began threatening to kill officers and their families, police reported. Police reported that several officers from borough, campus and state police had to assist the officer due to Sarver’s violent behavior. Police reported that Sarver continued to shout profanities and disrupted staff and patients in the emergency room. Sarver then reportedly spat on police officers and struck and kicked other officers and hospital security attempting to restrain him. Police reported that Sarver knocked over hospital equipment and continued to disrupt hospital business. Sarver was arrested several minutes later and was charged with assault, terroristic threats, harassment, disorderly conduct, public drunkenness, resisting arrest and violating the borough’s open container ordinance, police reported. He was lodged in the county jail on $25,000 straight cash bond, police reported.
Criminal mischief
• Someone broke the glass of a front entry door of a residence in the 100 block of South Seventh Street at 4 a.m. Sunday, according to borough police. Police reported that the resident woke up to loud pounding at that time and discovered her door to be damaged at 8 a.m. Anyone with information is asked to contact borough police at 724-349-2121. • Someone broke the glass in a fire extinguisher cabinet at Elkin Hall sometime between 3 p.m. Saturday and 12:30 p.m. Sunday, according to campus police. Anyone with information should contact campus police at 724-357-2141.
– compiled from police reports
Correction
IUP Fear Factor was hosted by Shelton Thompson. Incorrect information appeared Friday.
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Author of Common Freshman Reader, Bill Strickland, to visit IUP, students By Amira al-qarqaz Contributing Writer A.Al-Qarqaz@iup.edu
On Nov. 17 at 7 p.m. in Fisher Auditorium, Bill Strickland, author of this year’s Common Freshman Reader “Make the Impossible Possible,” will visit IUP to lecture on his book. This is the fourth year for the Common Freshman Reader, started by IUP President Tony Atwater. The Common Freshman Reader is meant to encourage all incoming freshmen to read the same book and set an established tone for excellence for the upcoming academic year. Strickland was born and raised in Pittsburgh in 1947, graduated from David B. Oliver High School in 1965, and graduated from University of Pittsburgh in 1969 with a bachelor’s in American History and Foreign Relations, according to the IUP Web site. While still attending University of Pittsburgh, Strickland founded the Manchester’s Craftsman’s Guild. Strickland is president and CEO of
Manchester Bidwell Corp., a community establishment that encourages art programs and intensive job training to help those who are struggling financially, according to the site. Strickland’s book describes his life and how he came to start the Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild. It’s not a fairy tale but a story of dedication, hard work and a handful of opportunities – a story of how the seemingly “impossible” might be made possible. In 1996, Strickland was awarded the MacArthur Genius Award, according to IUP’s Web site. Strickland was also awarded the Kilby Award and Coming Up Taller Award in 1998, which was presented by first lady Hillary Clinton in a White House ceremony. In 1999, Strickland was yet again honored with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Arts Leadership and Service Award. In 2007, Strickland was named Pittsburgher of the Year by Pittsburgh Magazine and named Entrepreneur of the Year in Arts and Education by Ernst & Young. Most recently,
Atwater presented Strickland with the Presidential Legacy Award for Civic Service in 2009 at the annual Legacy Gala. In addition to these various awards, Strickland has also served as chairman of the Expansion Arts Panel of the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington, D.C., also having served a six-year presidential position on the council. Strickland has been on the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, the Pennsylvania State Board of Education, a trustee at the Carnegie Museums and a consultant with the British American Arts Association in London. Strickland was sworn in as a member of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities in 2002. In addition to his lecture, Strickland will also visit several classrooms and facilities at the Fine Arts College at IUP. Some 30 faculty have used Strickland’s book in class activities and discussions. The lecture is free and open to the public. There will be a book signing session following the lecture.
University of Maryland proves it is easy being green By Laura Gurfein Capital News Service MCT
Fall foliage may be burning red, orange and yellow these days, but many college campuses are turning green. The University of Maryland, College Park has laid a course for the university to become a national green campus model and carbon neutral by 2050. The plan set a benchmark goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions on campus 15 percent from 2005 levels by 2015.There’s evidence that its efforts are paying off. The university has reduced its annual greenhouse gas emissions by 4.2 percent between 2005 and 2008, to 307,681 metric tons of carbon dioxide, according to a survey for the 2010 College Sustainability Report Card. That figure is equivalent to roughly 7.3 metric tons emitted per fulltime student in 2008, down from 7.8 metric tons three years ago, the survey showed. “The University will take responsibility for the future, with dedication to enhancing the quality of life of all people, sustaining the natural environment, and reinforcing the capacity of Maryland’s citizens to thrive and prosper in a diverse, ever-changing, globally competitive environment,” the plan says.
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Recent violent crimes upset sense of refuge on college campuses BY MARA ROSE WILLIAMS
“Campus crime is not new. You can’t stop it all. You can’t control everything, search everyone, but you can reduce the risks and strengthen the response. Be prepared.�
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Tuition may not be the most troubling concern for parents sending sons and daughters off to college. A disturbing pattern of violent crime has erupted across the nation’s campuses — from Yale University, where a female graduate student was strangled, to the University of California at Los Angeles, where a chemistry student was stabbed repeatedly in a lab. While saying that campuses almost always are safer than their surrounding communities, Jonathan Kassa of Security On Campus Inc. acknowledged that the headlines can create the opposite impression. “This has been a very uniquely deadly and brutal first semester, so there is concern,� said Kassa, the executive director of the nonprofit organization, which seeks to reduce campus crime. This month at Sacramento State University in California, a student was beaten to death in his dormitory by a bat-wielding roommate. A football player was fatally knifed at the University of Connecticut. In September, a Kansas City woman was killed by a stray bullet on a campus in Atlanta. In May, a student was shot down while working in the bookstore cafe at Wesleyan University in Connecticut. “Those big incidents do worry me, but I worry more about the more regular types of crimes,� said Elise Higgins, a senior at the University of Kansas whose friend was mugged on campus a year ago. “That made me really aware that I can be vulnerable even when I’m on campus around buildings I’m familiar with.� Kassa said that sensational tragedies not only distort the college picture, but can distract students from the bigger problems of theft, assault, stalking, sex offenses and alcohol abuse. Parents and students should be aware of four important points about crimes at colleges: Four
— Jonathan Kassa of Security On Campus Inc. of five cases are student on student. Most victims are men. More offenses occur off campus. Alcohol is involved 90 percent of the time. Kansas universities are dealing with a series of rapes, and athletic teams in Kansas and Missouri have caused coaches nightmares in recent years with fights that have led to stabbings and gunshot wounds. “Students should feel safe at KU,â€? said Jim Marchiony, an associate athletic director, “but like everyone, anywhere, they need to always be cautious, use some common sense and not be lulled into a false sense of security.â€? Deadly crime is rare on campuses, Kassa said, and statistics give no indication it is increasing. Crime reports from area campuses reviewed by The Kansas City Star support that. The number of reported violent crimes — assaults, robberies and rapes — is small. In 2008, the reports showed: • Forty-eight violent crimes were committed on Missouri’s 12 four-year public campuses — an increase of six from the previous year. Ten of those were rapes. • Four cases — one sex offense and three robberies — occurred at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Ten violent crimes — six aggravated assaults, a sex offense and three robberies — were reported at the University of Missouri in Columbia. • Twenty-six such crimes occurred at the eight public colleges in Kansas,
a decrease of three from 2007. They included nine sex offenses. • Five of the sex offenses were committed on or near KU’s campus. Two were at the medical school in Kansas City, Kan., where there also were three aggravated assaults. Both campuses had just one robbery each, but university police in Lawrence reported two aggravated assaults. • At Kansas State University, three violent crimes — a robbery and two aggravated assaults — were reported on campus in 2008. In 2007, 13 violent crimes were reported, including eight sex offenses. In Lawrence and Manhattan, police are hunting a serial rapist who they think has attacked 13 women off campus in the last decade. In August, KU police reported an unrelated attempted rape in a campus dormitory. To put those crime rates in perspective, they occurred in student populations of 136,811 and 67,488, respectively. There have been no murders, on or off campus, at area universities since 2005, when three KU students in an off-campus apartment died at the hands of an arsonist, and an elderly MU professor was found slain in a campus garage. Since 1990, all colleges and universities in federal financial aid programs annually report crimes on and near their campuses to the U.S. Department of Education. The data are passed to the Justice Department. In 2007, the latest year for which national numbers are available, 48 killings occurred on the nation’s four-year campuses. That year, however, a mentally ill student gunned down 32 people at Virginia Tech. The year before, eight people died violently on the nation’s more than 4,000 campuses, down from 11 in 2005. Since the Virginia Tech rampage, all universities have tried to prepare for the rare incident of a
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person on campus with a gun. Robbery is a far more common campus crime. Hundreds occur each year. According to Security On Campus Inc., sexual assault is increasing. The numbers don’t show it, but officials think it often goes unreported. Thieves commit most of the crimes at area schools. Crimes of opportunity are most prevalent, campus police said, because students walk away from a laptop or iPod or leave their cars or dorm rooms unlocked. Whether a school is nestled among cornfields or next to inner-city neighborhoods can affect the amount of crime. The Web site The Daily Beast recently analyzed 4,000 reports from
public and private four-year schools and said the New York Institute of Technology in Old Westbury, Long Island, with 11,831 students, was the safest in the country. The least safe campus on the list was Emerson College, an arts-focused school in Boston. In The Daily Beast’s survey, many urban campuses fared poorly, including Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Maryland at Baltimore and Tufts University in Medford, Mass., outside Boston. “Campus crime is not new,� said Kassa. “You can’t stop it all. You can’t control everything, search everyone, but you can reduce the risks and strengthen the response. Be prepared.�
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Lighten carbon footprint when shipping packages BY Marsha walton Mother Nature Network MCT
As president of HitchSource.com, a company that ships heavy stuff like trailer hitches, bike racks and RV accessories, Ken Whiteman was concerned about the carbon footprint of those shipments. “I wanted to look for a way to check the impact of what we were doing, and there was no easy way to do it,” Whiteman said. “There was a niche that needed to be filled.” So Whiteman launched Green Shipping (greenshipping.com) in April. The company’s Web site lets businesses and individuals measure and offset the CO2 emissions of packages when using UPS, FedEx or the U.S. Postal Service. Green Shipping uses each shipment’s tracking number to determine its route and how it will be transported. It calculates the carbon generated by the shipment. Purchasing a carbon offset, usually just a few pennies per package, turns the shipment “carbon neutral,” with the offset money funding renewable energy. For example: A pair of hiking boots weighing a pound and a half, shipped from Oregon to Arkansas via UPS second day air, would generate 4.77 pounds of CO2 in its 2,338-mile journey. The carbon offset: two cents. Participating companies pay the offset for all their shipments. Individuals can set up an account to pay the offset for purchases from non-Green Shipping businesses. The offsets are wind credits, purchased from Bonneville Environmental Foundation, a Portland, Ore., nonprofit. Green Shipping makes its money
by buying the wind credits at a bulk discount and selling them at BEF’s retail price. One early adopter of Green Shipping is David Gee, owner of Oregon Growers & Shippers, who buys offsets for the 20-25 shipments his company makes each day. “It’s just a few pennies per shipment, that’s a small price to pay and I know it goes to the right people,” Gee said. “I think it’s a start, it is something people should be thinking about.” Like many nebulous environmental topics, carbon offsets can be good, green investments; a virtual way to assuage one’s overzealous consumerism; or scams used to prey on environmental guilt. “You’re actually buying something that is almost a virtual product, so you have to be careful about the sources you buy from,” Whiteman said. There are some safeguards to look for when purchasing offsets. BEF is certified by Green-e, an independent certification program for greenhouse gas emission reduction.The Federal Trade Commission is on the lookout for carbon offset scams. Laura DeMartino, assistant director of the FTC’s division of enforcement, said the explosion in eco-friendly businesses needs special attention, especially with such wispy terms as “carbon offset.” “It’s not like an apple, that you can hold in your hand and say, ‘It’s red; it’s crisp.’ You can’t verify a carbon offset for yourself,” DeMartino said.She said consumers should look for a reputable third party “seal of approval,” like those from Green-e. There’s more information in the FTC’s Green Guides at ftc.gov/green.
University dining rooms now resemble trendy restaurants BY DEBORAH S. HARTZ-SEELY Sun Sentinel MCT
There was a time when college cafeteria food was synonymous with mystery meat, gloppy gravies and starch. But today it’s different. In fact, the food provided at university campuses is so good and interesting, you might want to try their recipes at home. And college kids living in their own apartments may find these dishes perfect for preparing in that first kitchen. As you can see from those we offer, they are tasty, economical and easy. The sophisticated palates of today’s college students are the result of them having traveled widely as children and having grown up watching television chefs. And that’s why today’s college cafeterias at large and small, state and private schools are all about fresh food, choices and
entertainment. That and the fact that they have to compete with mainstream restaurants and food stores for their students’ appetites, according to Greg Moran, who is responsible for feeding 22,000 people a day at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton. Among his responsibilities is the Center Market Place, the main student and staff dining room. Here they serve more than a million meals a year. The all-you-can-eat dining room is under the management of Chartwells Food Service. The company oversees the dining at “over a couple 100 colleges” including the University of Miami, Nova Southeastern University, Jacksonville State University, Johnson & Wales and University of Northern Florida, according to resident district manager Moran. The FAU dining room, done in trendy purple and mustard with flatscreen televisions scattered about, looks fresh and bright. Here, depending on the meal, you can make your own Belgian waffles
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or pick up a deli sandwich from the Bocadillo counter where it will be made to order by Paula Byard who has worked here for five years. “The kids think I’m their mother making them a sandwich,” she said. “That’s why a lot of them call me ‘Mom.’” If you are tired of tuna or chicken salad subs, which she said are the two most popular options, visit the Trattoria counter for a slice of pepperoni pizza. Baja Flats has them dishing up chicken provencal or spaghetti and meatballs. The Grille provides flame-broiled burgers, mojo-marinated chicken breasts, corn dogs, Philadelphia cheese steaks and chicken patties. An action station called Wild Greens features Caesar salads, Greek salads, shrimp salads or salmon salads being prepared in front of you. At FAU, nutrition information about the day’s offerings is posted on an easel in the dining room. More information is available on the dineoncampus.com.
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Iran appears ready to agree to ship its enriched uranium to France and Russia for processing into nuclear fuel. This would be a positive step; perhaps the first positive step since the Iranian nuclear program became public earlier this decade. The United States should embrace this Iranian concession. However, it’s only a positive step, not a positive outcome. Taking enriched uranium out of Iran for fuel processing does little more than buy the West time in dealing with what more and more looks to be a covert nuclear weapons program. Processing the enriched uranium outside Iran gives the West a better view of what is going on inside the nation. It means greater access to enrichment facilities. As International Atomic Energy Agency officials point out that the more they know, the better off everyone is. The West’s stonewall diplomatic tack toward the Iranian program from 2004 through this year did little more
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than decrease knowledge of the program, and the rancorous debate gave Iran cover and support at home for further developing a covert program. Inspectors have now visited the worrisome Qom facility, though their findings won’t be reported for a while yet. Oddly, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has used the fight to bolster his stature, is calling the new proposal a change from “confrontation to co-operation.” He may be right, and this may be in the best interests of the United States, Iran and the planet. But, hand in hand with cooperation, we must remain watchful.
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I feel your pain. We’ve heard that phrase so often that it has become political shorthand for the human capacity for empathy. But human beings, it turns out, are hardly the only species capable of sharing another’s emotions. A recent study added to existing evidence that this capability originated more than 6 million years ago — before our species took a different path from our closest living relatives, chimpanzees. As a primatologist, I know that these remarkable animals demonstrate empathy through a variety of behaviors. This study adds to the body of research finding that, like humans, chimpanzees can put themselves in the place of others and identify with them. The findings are especially timely as Congress begins to consider a bill that would protect these complex animals. Researchers found that chimpanzees yawn when shown a computer animation of another chimpanzee yawning. Yawn contagion is one manifestation of empathy. Studies find that the same area of the brain is involved when reacting to a yawn and when considering others. Chimpanzees constantly amaze us. We’re enthralled by their complex emotions, distinct cultural traditions and impressive language abilities. But as a nation, we still struggle to
extend our compassion and empathy to them. We keep these naturally social animals locked up in laboratories and other unnatural environments. We know they feel pain, yet we subject them to invasive procedures and infect them with deadly diseases. From interviews with chimpanzees trained in sign language, we know these animals want to be with their family and friends, but we keep them behind bars and prematurely separate infants from their mothers. The United States is the only nation in the world to continue using chimpanzees in large-scale invasive experiments. Even in America, many chimpanzees in laboratories are essentially warehoused — no longer used in active protocols because they haven’t proved useful as models for human diseases, but still kept in laboratory cages. The Great Ape Protection Act, legislation recently introduced in Congress, could finally phase out this practice. This critical bill would prohibit invasive experiments on chimpanzees and retire approximately 500 federally owned chimpanzees to permanent sanctuaries. My colleague and I are conducting an observational study to better understand how trauma has affected chimpanzees who have survived captivity in laboratories. Based on pilot data, we’ve found that the chimpanzees have a high prevalence of symptoms of depression and post-
traumatic stress disorder, much like human victims of traumatic experiences. During our ongoing study, we met an elderly chimpanzee named Negra. Negra was born in the wild in Africa, but for the vast majority of her life, she was used in hepatitis vaccine experiments and for breeding. And because of a clerical error, she was kept in solitary confinement for two years. When Negra arrived at her sanctuary last year, her new caregivers noticed that she demonstrated limited interest in fellow chimpanzees. She often assumed a hunched posture and covered her head with a blanket. Negra sometimes retreated to places where she could be alone. But sanctuary life is working wonders. Recent follow-up surveys suggest that Negra is exhibiting fewer symptoms and has become closer to caregivers and other chimpanzees. She is now surrounded by chimpanzees and humans who consider her feelings and respond to her emotional cues. They feel empathy toward her. The passage of the Great Ape Protection Act would allow more chimpanzees like Negra to find peace and a chance to live the rest of their lives in a sanctuary. As we learn more about the roots of our own empathy, I hope we use this capacity for thoughtful, compassionate reactions to others’ distress and suffering to help these incredible animals.
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Oscar Wilde once described fox hunting as “the unspeakable in full pursuit of the inedible.” What would he have said about Fox hunting? Perhaps “the ineffectual in full pursuit of the uncredible.” The Obama administration’s campaign to marginalize Fox News seems to us a case of badly misplaced priorities. The feud has been good news for Fox; the cable news network’s viewership is up 8 percent since Oct. 11, when White House Communications Director Anita Dunn told CNN that Fox News operates “almost as either the research arm or the communications arm of the Republican Party.” And since Washington journalists like nothing better than to talk about their own importance, the issue has been bubbling merrily along ever since.
Newsweek editor Jon Meacham this week suggested it might even be a back-door ploy “to give otherwise dissatisfied Democrats something to cheer ... [making] the White House seem more progressive than it is.” More news than ever is available to Americans, but the percentage of those who avail themselves of it is smaller than ever. The market for news has been segmented, like the markets for many other products. General-interest media like newspapers, network news and news magazines now compete with niche media targeted to specific market segments. Cable news networks are the largest of the niche media, and, of them, Fox has the largest audience, about 1.2 million viewers across its broadcast day. Fifty-nine percent of Fox’s viewers reported that they believe all or a lot of what they hear on the net-
work. Forty-one percent believe little or nothing of what they hear. CNN scored 70 percent in the top two believability categories. Fox scored just behind MSNBC, the “liberal” niche, and slightly ahead of the PBS NewsHour, the “elite” niche. Go figure. Since that study was published, Barack Obama was elected president and politics has become more polarized. Fox News’ commentators — including Bill O’Reilly, Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity — gleefully have done their part, in some cases inciting the very protests that they then piously “covered” as news. Commentary is different from news and news is different from entertainment; viewers and readers should realize it. So should the president. So should Fox; if their people want to beat up on the president, they shouldn’t expect him to do them favors. Welcome to the NFL.
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4-H: Cruel to animals, children By Jennifer O’Connor MCT
Like most little girls, my stepdaughter loves animals. She joined a local 4-H club when she was 9, solely because “cows are cool.” Now that the fall 4-H animal auctions are upon us, I can’t help but remember Bonnie’s first “assignment” — a beautiful cow named Dana with long lashes and ears as soft as velvet. We all grew to love Dana, but none more so than Bonnie, who spent hours grooming her and walking her on a lead. I had misgivings about Bonnie’s decision to join 4-H: Unlike an unsuspecting 9-year-old, I knew the ultimate fate of the cows and other animals used in this program. My fears were realized a couple years into the program when Bonnie learned that Meredith, another one of “her” cows, who was sick and unable to reproduce, had been sold to slaughter for a mere $75. To see such a deep bond so ruthlessly broken was a painful and eye-opening lesson for Bonnie. Her club leader was genuinely puzzled — and irked — by Bonnie’s tears, dismissing her as “sentimental.” Dana, Meredith, Kath, Elise, Lola. They all had names, personalities
and quirks. None was like the others except in one critical way. Like all cows used to provide milk for human consumption, these cows were treated as breeding machines and were artificially impregnated again and again. Their babies — bellowing and terrified — were removed from them within hours of their births. The mothers were inconsolable, and the babies wide-eyed and quaking. The calves were desperate to latch onto visitors’ fingers — anything to suckle. But instead of being nourished by their mothers’ milk — which went to supermarket dairy cases — the calves were fed a vile powdered nutritional supplement. In a barn full of cows, the frantic calls of mothers and babies became a symphony of suffering. What does it say about society’s mindset when children are encouraged to participate in a program that ultimately means the death of an animal they’ve befriended and whose trust they actively courted — or when we dismiss a child’s heartbreak at losing a beloved animal friend as weakness? The animals in 4-H programs are destined for one of two fates: They are either sold at auction for slaughter or are used as breeders for future “projects.”
Unfortunately, 4-H provides a mere snapshot of how we systematically desensitize ourselves to the origins of the chops, steaks and wings that we put in our mouths. If most kind people actually stopped to think about it, they’d balk at eating the body parts of an animal who has lived and died in misery. But we take great pains to hide what happens in feedlots and on factory farms. We close our eyes and refuse to hear about the cows, pigs and chickens who are jammed into stalls and cages barely bigger than their bodies and who will never breathe fresh air or see the light of day. Bonnie was admonished for taking her PETA water bottle to fairs and was told to stop. Bonnie went vegetarian after making the connection that all cows like Dana and Meredith end up on a plate. She hasn’t eaten meat since. She knows that she can’t save all the cows who are used as milk machines on dairy factory farms, but she continues in 4-H because she wants to make life comfortable for at least one cow every year. But that’s little consolation for the billions of other animals raised for food who will never know a kind word or a gentle touch.
Those of you on campus or in town last year during the election fervor may have gotten the impression that we have a thriving college political presence. On a national level, this may be so. It’s not extremely difficult to persuade someone to participate in an election that is highly public in nature and that will in one way or another affect us nationally for the next four years. For some reason, local political elections seem to get swept under the rug even though they are just as important as the higher-profile events that receive more coverage. This is a grave oversight for those of us who would like to take a hand in shaping the future for the better but don’t pay as much attention to local political offices. It would seem more effective to change what it is we do not like about governmental policies and structures by starting at a small level and working our way up. So how clear can we make it? Educate yourselves! There are those that feel that voting merely leads authority to an inherently corrupt system — even assuming that this were so, would it not behoove us to still fully educate ourselves through non-partisan media and make the best decision we can? Even if you truly believe that your vote won’t matter, (and we have perfectly acceptable reasons to feel disenfranchised by certain elections of yore) why not make the best decision you can and work from there? If we were to simply give up on a system that would at times seem to ignore voices, eventually there will be no voices left to speak civilly against the political machine and in the meantime it will roll on with those who continue to vote. What good will that do? Should you choose to vote today, the League of Women Voters actually provides non-partisan information about the local candidates at palwv.org/ indiana. The Indiana Gazette also provides a comprehensive look into candidates’ platforms which can be found at indianagazette.com. In the past, we at The Penn have stressed the importance of registering to vote in the Indiana community given how much of an influence we could have on the community. Though it is too late to register or send in absentee ballots, we hope that you take heed and contribute to local elections in some way in the future, whether it be through getting involved here or at home.
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Jeff Civillico puts laughter in motion at Fisher Auditorium By Keith Vislay Contributing Writer K.D.Vislay@iup.edu
On Halloween night, a mixture of IUP students and their families gathered in Fisher Auditorium to witness the wonder that is Jeff Civillico, who was brought to IUP through the combined effort of BACCHUS and the Center for Student Life. The evening began when a man dressed as a pumpkin took to the stage. The man, who dubbed himself “The Zach-O-Lantern,” warmed up the audience by performing a rendition of the Black Eyed Peas song, “I Gotta Feeling.” Once the song was complete, he raffled off “nut boxes” and gift certificates to the crowd while spouting off jokes that were influenced by the raffle. After the final prize was given away, the Zach-O-Lantern introduced the night’s headliner: Jeff Civillico. Cheers rang out as the high-energy Civillico ran onto the stage. His opening routine showcased his amazing balancing ability. He started off small by balancing a baseball cap, which he borrowed from an audience member, on the bridge of his nose and worked his way up to balancing a 10-foot steel ladder on his chin. Next, he called two volunteers
up to the stage and brought out a unicycle that stood approximately 6 feet high. After instructing the volunteers on how to hold the unicycle steady, Civillico attempted to mount his one-wheeled chariot. Over the next several minutes, howls of laughter exploded from the audience as Civillico manipulated his body in an effort to sit on the unicycle. After several awkward moments in which Civillico’s legs wrapped around the volunteers’ necks and faces, he finally became upright on his unicycle. With Civillico safely seated on his throne, he instructed the volunteers to let go. A few seconds passed while Civillico gained his balance. He then asked the volunteer on his right to skewer a marshmallow on the tip of a razor-sharp machete and then toss it to him. Civillico screamed comically as the deadly object soared through the air straight toward his head. Harnessing his “ninja abilities,” Civillico skillfully plucked the knife from the air, escaping harm. After nearly being impaled, Civillico asked the other audience member to hand him two juggling pins. Still balancing atop the six-foothigh unicycle, Civillico began to juggle the three objects. Focusing intently, he grabbed the handle of the knife and ate the
marshmallow — never missing a beat. For his big finale, one last participant was called up to the stage to help Civillico into a straight jacket. With Civillico securely restrained, a normal-sized unicycle was brought onto the stage. Using a move he called the “kick-up mount,” Civillico laid the unicycle on the ground and jumped into the air as he used his foot to guide the unicycle underneath him. While balancing on the unicycle, Civillico began to writhe and eventually worked his way free from the straight jacket. Applause rang out from the crowd as Civillico dismounted, took his bow, thanked the audience and left the stage. Civillico’s performance was well received by IUP students. The level at which Civillico included the audience was what sold Kenny Zorak (sophomore, communications media). “The jokes were basically generated by audience participation. It made me feel like I was part of the show,” he said. Others were impressed by Civillico’s ability to be entertaining on multiple levels. “Most comedians I know about are just funny, but Civillico was more than that. Not only was he hilarious, but his tricks left me awestruck,” said Nicole Sozynski (junior, art education).
Brock Fleeger/The Penn During a performance Saturday night at Fisher Auditorium, comedian Jeff Civillico combined classic comedy with many physical stunts and tricks. Civillico included the audience in many parts of his act.
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New Facebook profiles to honor memory of passed users that should be displayed.” By Marissa young The main difference between Staff Writer M.E.Young@iup.edu the previous Facebook page and the memorialized page will be that no one Sometimes the most disturbing will be able to log onto the member’s part of losing a friend or family mem- Facebook once it has been memorialber is the constant reminder of an ized. Only people who were already inactive Facebook page. Facebook friends with the deceased Facebook is attempting to memori- member will have access to the alize deceased account holders’ memorialized page. Facebook pages, according Sometimes when to an article on usatoday. someone leaves the world com. By memorializing physically, he or she lives a page it will have the on through the people “suggestions” for the who visit his or her site deceased members even when they’re removed from other gone; those who still users’ pages so write on the person’s there isn’t a conwall to say, “Hi. I stant reminder was thinking about of someone who you. I miss you,” you can’t actually even though he “reconnect” with, or she will not be as the suggestion responding. would say. In order to The memoriactivate a memoalized Facebook rialized Facebook pages will not page for a display the condeceased friend tact information or family memof the deceased ber there will have member, and the to be information status updates will submitted proving also be removed the death, such as from the site. an obituary. “I think it’s a Some IUP stugood idea to have a dents feel Facebook a strictly memorial site should be considering [with a] picture and the who will be memorialability to make posts izing these sites. on their site, but not in a Will it be friends or creepy way,” said Tyler Kelly family of the deceased? Or Ablestock (freshman, criminology). can it be a person who talked It will allow people who are to them one time, and didn’t really already friends of the deceased to know them? still access photographs and post “Facebook should talk to the comments, or to share memories and family,” said Kat Dermer (junior, nursstories with other people who were ing). “Some people could be bothfriends with the person who has left ered and just want their loved one’s this world. In a world where technolo- Facebook gone.” gy advances more and more each day, Through the availability and ease this is the new way to commemorate. of being able to visit a loved one’s “People have the right to grieve,” memorialized Facebook page, is this Kelly said. “I think the date of birth, the new way of paying your respects date of death and a photo are really all and lying flowers on the grave?
Admissions offices reach out via social networking By patricia alex The Record MCT
Social networking tools are fast becoming an integral part of college admissions around the country as students communicate with schools in the way that has become second nature to them. More than 60 percent of schools are now using so-called social media to recruit and contact students – a huge jump in just a few years, according to a survey done for the National Association of College Admissions Counseling. And just about every college and university in New Jersey has recently started or is planning to launch some sort of social media campaign, from “live chats” online to Twitter updates and video campus tours. Applicants to Monmouth University can now use videos submitted via Facebook – in lieu of essays – to tell the school why they should be accepted. Online groups set up by Drew and Seton Hall universities lets those admitted get to know each other before they ever set foot on campus, and Rutgers University freshmen are blogging for prospective students on school-sponsored sites. “It’s the new and best thing, and you have to do it unless you want to look antiquated,” said Peter Nacy, vice president of undergraduate admissions at Seton Hall. Seton Hall’s admissions office last year put up a Facebook page for freshmen enrolling in the class of 2013, offering notices, news and a chance to interact with other students. The site grew quickly and now has nearly 850 members, out of a class of 1,140. A VIRTUAL FEEL Storm Wycke used such connections in making her decision about where to enroll. She corresponded with current and prospective students and got a virtual feel for the half dozen schools to which she’d been accepted. “It actually helped me figure out I wanted to come to Drew,” said Wycke, now a student on the campus in Madison. Schools, and different groups and departments within those schools,
have set up myriad Facebook groups over the last few years. Now, despite some hesitation, admissions offices are getting into the act. Within the past couple of months, Montclair State University’s admissions office has launched a Facebook page and opened a Twitter account, said admissions director Jason Langdon. Maintaining the networks is labor intensive – it often requires additional staff charged with monitoring the sites daily and responding to inquiries and posts. And some admissions staffers have said they feel uncomfortable with the casual nature of conversation the medium engenders. But for the most part, it looks like online social networks are taking their place as a tool in recruiting and admissions. PROFESSIONAL HELP Companies have sprung up on the Web that help students create online profiles suitable for admissions and help colleges reach out to students via social networking sites, some designed specifically for the purpose. “By next year, college admissions officers won’t be able to ignore this anymore,” said Kristen Campbell, a director for Kaplan Test Prep. She said there has been a major shift among students as well. In the past, some were upset that admissions officers might see their personal Facebook pages – often a place for party pictures and off-color banter. Kaplan found that 71 percent of admissions officers surveyed reported that they had been “friended” by prospective students. Prudence remains a good rule of thumb, experts say. “It would be important for students to keep in mind that we do have access to their accounts once they’ve friended us,” said Lauren Vento Cifelli, admissions director at Monmouth. Some local admissions staffers said they likely wouldn’t look at an applicant’s Facebook page, but the prohibition is by no means universal. Nationally, about a quarter of admissions officers reported using search engines and social
networking sites to check out candidates for scholarships or entry into selective programs, the college counseling group found. Only about 13 percent of schools have actual policies on the issue, Campbell said. SOME HOLDOUTS Though Facebook has become the predominant social networking site, some admissions offices are holding off for now. “We haven’t found a huge desire for students to communicate with admissions through Facebook, it’s more that they’re connecting with other students,” said Jon Wexler, admissions director at Fairleigh Dickinson University. But Wexler and admissions officers at Ramapo College and William Paterson University said they are all exploring the use of sites such as Facebook. At Rutgers, there are several Facebook pages for the university but none specifically for admissions. “We are unconvinced that this is the main way our population does college searches,” said Lee Ann Dmochowski, senior admissions officer. The office has opted for other social media, however. Rutgers student bloggers went live last month as members of the class of 2013 talk online with the prospective students in the class of 2014. The blogs now get more than 100 hits a day, Dmochowski said. BIG ONLINE PRESENCE Monmouth admissions has embraced social media in a big way, The school recently announced it would allow students to make the optional video submission via Facebook, although none has yet been received, said Cifelli, the admissions director. “We’re excited to see how a student presents themselves, sells themselves,” she said. “But grades in high school remain the most important factor.” Indeed, the experts say the medium would never supplant the staples of selection: grades and test scores. Said Campbell: “At the end of the day, being a Facebook friend with a college admissions officer is not going to make up for weak academics.”
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Fashion rules you should break By debra d. bass
nights when you want to command a little attention in a sea of dark frocks.
We match from opposite sides of the color wheel, we don’t wear white after Labor Day and we don’t mix appliance colors in the kitchen. But whereas many rules are great for society and most are great rules of thumb, some rules are not so great for self-expression. Not all rules are made to be broken, but we decided to offer up a few suggestions on the ones in need of revision. Breaking these rules doesn’t make you a rebel, it just makes you an individual. Try it, you might like it. Just don’t forget to brush and floss.
Rule No. 2: Nails should be short and shiny. Matte is the new shine, so hunt up one of those flat grape, green, raspberry and midnight shades to make an impact. It will look oh-sounexpected with your satin outfits and layers of jewels. You can pair this with rich matte lips and dark eyes. If everything sparkles, then you don’t have any contrast. So don’t be afraid to introduce a little subtlety into your ensemble. If you ever feel like a look is too much, swap out some shine for some matte and feel your yin and yang harmonize.
Rule No. 1: The Little Black Dress is best. Black can be wonderful, elegant and forgiving, but it doesn’t have to be the only thing in your special occasion closet. A brilliant monochromatic dress can give you an eye-popping edge. The season of happiness and folly should not be clad exclusively in black. A little jewel-colored dress can be just as versatile. Wear it with minimal or no jewelry for a crisp, effortless chic. Add a wide or skinny belt in a contrasting color, metallic or leopard to mix it up. And you can tone it down with neutrals. A little bright dress should be on reserve for the
Rule No. 3: Don’t mix metals. The best way to make a statement this season is to layer on chunky gold chokers with a couple of slim gunmetal silver chains and perhaps tie them with black ribbon. When it comes to accessories, the only rule is to have fun. For an edgy night look or to jazz up day wear, mix gold and silver, gunmetal and mesh to create sculptural neck looks. This inadvertently subverts another rule: Take one thing off before you leave the house. Now’s the time to pile it on. But make sure you’ve got a simple clean backdrop. If your accessories pop, your outfit should otherwise be tame.
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Rule No. 4: You can’t dress up in flats. The height-challenged among you will scoff and many men will mourn, but this is the season of “black-tie flats.” Vera Wang Lavender Label introduced leather flats embellished with crystals and silver mesh, and Pedro Garcia has a pair that sells at Neiman Marcus adorned in pheasant feathers, grosgrain ribbon and a faux pearl pin. Dressing up is about attitude and posture. If you need heels to remind you not to slouch then go for a kitten heel variety a la Michelle Obama, but you can rock a fabulous pair of flats for the cocktail hour. Just be mindful of your stance. It doesn’t matter what’s on your feet if you slouch, you’ll look sloppy. A little extra height is great for the ego, but realistically, we know you’re not really that tall, so during the party-heavy holiday season, you might want a go-to pair of dazzling flats to call on when your arches need a break. Rule No. 5: Read fashion magazines from front to back. This might work for murder mystery novels, but not if you’re having a time crunch. Start at the back and move forward. You’ll skim the low rent ad space and then quickly flip to actual editorial content. Some magazines even have a quick and easy feature on the back page, but if you start from the front it could take you 50 pages just to get to the table of contents.
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Your eyes are closed, fingers rushing into anything. clenched, heart beating faster. A “Obviously, it hurt – but I wouldn’t surge of pain, pleasure and a whole change a thing about it. It was a very lot of awkwardness is soon special moment.” to ensue. Stephanie (junior) tells a Losing your virginity is very different story. an extremely important part “I lost my virginity when of everyone’s life, and more I was 14. Looking back, that often than not many stuwas way too early and I dents rush through this lifewasn’t ready. But I did it changing experience. anyway … I thought I was Whether you have expein love.” Stephanie finished rienced it yet or not, her story with a By Karah jennings the thought of losing shrug. “No regrets.” Contributing Columnist your virginity may bring Often times the K.D.Jennings@iup.edu a smile to your face word ‘virgin’ and or put a lump in your ‘embarrassment’ go throat. hand in hand. Some college-aged kids will be the However, there is nothing first ones to tell you if they’re having shameful about being a virgin. sex or not: Beer in hand, goofy grins on For those out there who still have their face and all. their virginity intact, you hold onto According to a study conducted by something special and significant in Durex condom company, the average your life. Don’t rush, but don’t wait age for teenagers to lose their virginity too long. is 17. With almost every aspect of sex, Wait for the moment when it feels what is right and wrong differ for every right to you. person and couple. The “how I lost my virginity” story Elizabeth (senior) waited a little is a special one. bit longer. Whether it’s a tale that warms “I had sex for the first time hearts, brings up tears or gives you when I was 20, so I felt very emo- a sick feeling in your stomach, it’s a tionally ready; I didn’t feel like I was story you will never forget.
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Alpha Gamma Delta to host Mr. IUP Contest Friday at HUB By Jessica c. brown Life & Style Editor J.C.Brown5@iup.edu
The Alpha Gamma Delta sorority will host the 30th Annual Mr. IUP contest at 6 p.m. Friday at the HUB Ohio Room. The competition benefits the Alpha Gamma Delta Foundation and the Juvenile Diabetes Association. Members of Alpha Gamma Delta spoke with the presidents of each fraternity in order to find men interested in being contestants. It was narrowed down to six: Justin Johnson (sophomore, criminology) of Sigma Chi, Dan McPherson (junior, criminology) of Alpha Chi Rho, Auston Sexton (sophomore, marketing) of Delta Tau Delta, Brett Dusch (senior, nursing) of Pi Lamda Phi, Jeff Schuckert (sophomore, exercise science) of Sigma Tau Gamma and Brad Curran (sophomore, undecided business) of Phi Kappa Tau. This year’s theme is “The Most
“I think everyone should come out to the show to be dazzled by six of IUP’s finest men, and find out who is “The Most Wanted Man on Campus.” — Jacki Kliber (junior, family and consumer science education) Wanted Man on Campus.” The competition will open with a dance number performed by contestants and choreographed by members of Alpha Gamma Delta. This will be followed by the talent portion of the competition, where contestants choose their own talent to show off. IUP’s Dance Explosion Team will perform before the formalwear portion of the contest. The tuxedos the contestants will be wearing were donated by The 700 Shop. The competition will end with a question and answer session. Judging will be based on all-around performance in each category. “I think everyone should come out to the show to be dazzled by six of
IUP’s finest men, and find out who is ‘The Most Wanted Man on Campus,’” said Alpha Gamma Delta member Jacki Kliber (junior, family and consumer science education). Six IUP sororities have donated money in order to sponsor the six contestants: Alpha Xi Delta, Delta Gamma, Delta Phi Epsilon, Delta Zeta, Sigma Kappa, and Zeta Tau Alpha. Alpha Gamma Delta also received donations from local businesses and will be selling T-shirts. The T-shirts are $10 and can be purchased at the event or preordered by contacting Kliber at J.D.Kliber@iup.edu. Tickets to the competition are $5. They can be purchased by contacting Kliber or be purchased at the door.
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CNN has brand new bag By katie rank lev Mother Nature Network MCT
Ever wonder what happens to a billboard after it’s been taken down? Assumed they just wound up in a landfill? At CNN, the vinyl promotional campaigns are escaping the dump and finding new life as fashion accessories. The vinyl used for CNN’s outdoor billboards is being recycled into tote bags as the company transitions to digital boards.
The idea came about as CNN developed its outdoor marketing campaign for Planet in Peril; the company did not want to just discard the vinyl once the campaign was finished. An intern (who later landed a full-time staff position) suggested the idea to reuse the boards. As it turns out, the reuse idea is not only hip but financially feasible as well. Each billboard yields about 150 bags, depending on the size of the ad campaign and the condition of the vinyl after the sign has
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been displayed outdoors. So far, every billboard since the Planet campaign has been repurposed, totaling eight billboards to date. CNN plans to continue the project once the billboards for Black in America 2, Nancy Grace and Latino in America signs come down. Because the bags come from different sections of existing billboards, each one is totally unique. The totes cost $19.95 each and are available in the Turner Store or via phone order at 404-878-5308.
Electric cars quiet, maybe too quiet By jim motavalli Mother Nature Network MCT
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“When a piece of heavy equipment backs up, it goes ‘beep, beep, beep,’ and everybody knows what it means.” Thus speaks Nancy Gioia, Ford’s director of global electrification, about a growing controversy over whether electric vehicles should emit sounds to let the blind and other pedestrians know they’re on the scene. She thinks those sounds should be standardized, so you’ll think “something heavy this way comes” when you hear it. Some car companies much prefer the idea of creating their own sound, and samples emulating the Blade Runner cars and the Starship Enterprise have been proposed. I wrote a New York Times piece on this (nytimes.com/2009/10/14/ automobiles/14hybrid.html). If car owners can just get control over the process and customize their sounds, the “cartones” industry will be born, and soon people will be spending tens of millions of dollars on them. There are an amazing number of possible pitfalls. Can you imagine using Rick James’ “Superfreak” as your cartone, and then waking up your neighbor when you get home from a party at 3 a.m.? This is a serious subject, though. Plug-in hybrid cars and battery EVs are super-quiet, and a study at the University of California, Riverside concludes that people listening to recordings on headphones can hear a regular gas car coming from 28 feet away, but a hybrid in battery mode only when it’s seven feet away. Yikes! The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Society of Automotive Engineers are working on standards, and the Pedestrian Safety Enhancement Act, introduced in both Houses of Congress this year, would require a federal safety standard to protect pedestrians from ultra-quiet cars. Jenny Rosenberg, a spokesman for Congressman Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.), said the bill has 140 co-sponsors in the House. Another key question: Should the driver have control of the sound (sort of like a horn, only quieter), should it be on all the time or should it shut off at, say, 20 miles per hour? Versions have been proposed that take all these approaches. I think that, ultimately, there will be safety-related sounds from EVs and plug-in hybrids. My guess is that they will eventually be standardized so your mind will automatically register “electric car” when you hear it. And that’s probably a good thing to reduce the mayhem on the roads.
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MCT Jonathan Toews (center) scored 34 goals in 2008.
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Young captains becoming trend in NHL At 21 years old, Jonathan Toews is backing him up. the next young man to captain a team Assistant captains, Mark Recchi, in the NHL. Sergei Gonchar and Gary Roberts Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby, on May assisted the young captain in leading 31, 2007, became the youngest player the team with Gonchar wearing the to be named captain in the NHL. “A” during home games and Roberts At 19 years and 297 days while the team was away. ,he took over the title from This system seemed to Tampa Bay Lightning’s work well for the Penguins Vincent Lacavalier, who is despite the end of the 27 days older than Crosby. year result of losing to the Every time a young playOttawa Senators in the first er is named captain, a big round of the Stanley Cup deal is always made. Mike Playoffs. Richards last year of the Toews was named Flyers was named captain captain of the Chicago at age 23. According to Blackhawks on Oct. 10, By alycia king Philadelphiaflyers.com, 2008. Being young isn’t a Sports Columnist from the day Richards was problem for him though; A.L.King@iup.edu drafted many claimed he nicknamed “Captain was the “future captain of the club”. Serious,” young Toews is ready to lead The claim was made fact on Sept. 17, his team to the finals this season. 2008. The youngest captain in team history, Almost a month after news of Toews’ teammates and coach think Richards assent to captain, Dustin he will handle the job just fine. Brown was named the captain of the Some teams choose not to have a Los Angeles Kings. captain, like the Canadiens and Maple The same age as Richards, Brown’s Leafs. In Montreal there are three promotion was not nearly as reported. players who wear the “A” instead Born in New York and playing right of having a captain. Gionta, Gill and wing, Brown is the youngest man Markov share the duties of leading to captain the Kings and the only the team. American-born captain in team hisIn Toronto the team is led by a tory. very talented group of defensemen. With the string of young new cap- Beauchemin, Kaberle and Komisarek tains in the NHL, teams are now given are all players who have great talent a choice. They can name a more expe- and leadership. rienced veteran player as captain or Whether choosing a young captain choose a new “young gun” to lead or no captain at all, teams are able the team. The Penguins compromised to make the right decisions that give and included both. Crosby, in his first their team the best chance to win a game as captain, had veteran players championship.
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IUP falls to Gannon, guaranteed first losing season since 1982 By vaughn johnson Sports Editor V.M.Johnson@iup.edu
The year was 1982. Ronald Reagan was president, the No. 1 movie was “E.T.” and Olivia Newton-John was on top of the music charts for 10 weeks. That year also saw IUP football stumble to a losing season. IUP wouldn’t have another one for the next two decades, until now. With its 29-3 defeat at the hands of Gannon Saturday, IUP dropped to 4-6 on the season — with only one game left, is guaranteed to finish with a losing record for the first time since that faithful 1982 season. The feeling in the IUP locker room after the game was unanimous: disappointment. “It doesn’t feel very good,” Head Coach Lou Tepper said. “I don’t appreciate it, but you win some, you lose some. That’s a part of the game. You can’t win them all,” said offensive lineman Nate Tucker. These disappointing feelings came after IUP only amassed 116 yards of total offense and gave the ball away twice on Pat Smith interceptions, both of which were caught by linebacker Parris Williams. “This was our worst offensive performance. I feel like we took a step
backwards,” Tepper said. The ground game didn’t fare much better as IUP’s leading rusher, Tobias Robinson, gained only 33 yards and averaged 1.9 yards per carry. “I thought we would have our issues in the trenches because [Gannon] is so big, but I thought we would be able to move the ball well enough to score two or three times,” Tepper said. The offense didn’t get much help from the defense, which gave up 331 yards of offense, 246 of which came on the ground. Gannon was led on the ground by quarterback Zach Boedicker and running back Tyler Batts. “Their quarterback is a really talented runner. [Boedicker] has got far better speed than people realize,” Tepper said. With the offensive onslaught from Gannon, the game was quickly out of reach for IUP, which left plenty of time to reflect on this season and for the feeling to sink in that it would be a part of the first losing season at IUP in 27 years. “It crossed my mind toward the end, when it started to get ugly,” said defensive back Mike Wells. After the game, a hush fell over George P. Miller Stadium as the shocked players and coaches somberly shook hands with the Golden Knights
and quietly walked off the field and into the history books. “I was at a loss for words,” Tepper said. The loss was all the more painful and shocking because it was Senior Day with those seniors unaccustomed to losing as much as IUP did this season. “We’re frustrated,” said senior linebacker Cosie Spigelmeyer. “We were a part of some good IUP teams and it’s just really frustrating to lose as many as we did this year.” “We all came in with high hopes. Unfortunately it came to this,” Wells said. As for the reasons for this fall from grace, there is an abundance: injuries, a more competitive division and lack of depth, just to name a few. But according to the IUP players, it’s all about one thing: execution. “I think we have the talent. We put in the time, we have great coaches, we just have to execute it on the field, which we haven’t,” Spigelmeyer said. “That’s basically what it comes down to.” Though the players feel that is the case, Tepper believes the contrary as he points to the injuries that the team has been plagued with all season. “I don’t think we’re where we need to be as far as talent. We’ve not only
Brock Fleeger/The Penn Gannon quarterback Zach Boedicker scored two touchdowns during the win over IUP Saturday.
lost some people, but we’re not where we need to be and we understand that,” Tepper said. “Both schemes were trimmed down this week because of not having the full deck of cards there. There’s no reason not to execute a trimmeddown game plan,” he added. IUP has one more game to salvage what little there is left of the 2009
season next week against Kutztown, and for the seniors, it will be their last chance to heal some of the wounds of this historically bad season. “We’ve got to go out with a bang. Just going out and just having another win. As a total record it’s not good, but winning next week, at least it’ll put a positive aspect going into next season,” Spigelmeyer said.
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Eagles, Brett Favre have good showings during Week 8 of NFL season I hope everyone had fun dressing up (or dressing down, in most cases) this year for Halloween. Although Week 8 of the NFL season took place the day after Halloween, a lot of teams were still playing dress up. Some teams finally took their losing costumes off, and others exposed opposing clubs for who they really are. Week 8 shaped up something like this: Eagles Flying High Never mind the fact that Bryan Westbrook sat out Sunday due to lingering effects he suffered from a concussion last week. Never mind the fact that the New York Giants were on a two-game losing streak, and certaintly they wouldn’t fall to 5-3? Never mind the fact that the city’s passion was really reserved for the Phillies, who played the New York Yankees later Sunday in Game 4 of the World Series. None of that mattered when Donovan McNabb and the Philadelphia Eagles took the field Sunday and completely dominated the New York Giants, winning 40-17. Two weeks after losing to the lowly MCT Raiders, the Eagles looked sharp. Donovan McNabb threw three touchdowns during the Eagles’ win over the Giants None sharper than McNabb, who Sunday. threw zero interceptions and only six to rely on. the Ugly of Week 8: incompletions. Harvin has stretched the field for The Good And what can I say about DeSean Favre, and is probably the Week 8 was the week of wide Jackson? second-most explosive receivers, apparently, or so says Ted The kid is probably the player in the league behind Ginn Jr. The Miami Dolphins’ wide most dynamic player in the Jackson. receiver took two kickoff returns back NFL right now. Are Those Champagne for touchdowns – one for 100 yards, He has six touchdowns this Bottles I Hear? and the other for 101 yards. These season, and all six have been Sunday marked the plays came after the Dolphins’ coach50 yards or more. first time that both the ing staff had benched Ginn Jr. for He has stepped up and Tennessee Titans and Sunday. If benching a player results become the big-play receiver the St. Louis Rams have in stats like these, then what’s the that McNabb has so desperately needed throughout By maurice johnson chalked a tally in the excuse for the two Cleveland quarterSports Columnist win column this sea- backs? Which leads me to … his career. M.D.Johnson@iup.edu son. The Bad If they can keep this For Tennessee, Derek Anderson threw for 76 yards up, the Eagles may a change in quarterback has done Sunday as the Browns’ starting quarbecome the head of the NFC class. wonders for a team that lost 59-0 terback. In six games this season, Favre Owns Green Bay Amidst the cheers, jeers and, earlier this season. Vince Young Anderson has thrown for fewer than according to Favre, “a few fingers,” looked like he provided a spark for this 100 yards four times. The Browns are the Minnesota Vikings beat the Green team, keeping good care of the ball also 30th in the league in scoring, as they have only amassed 78 points Bay Packers for the second time this and not making any turnovers. It also didn’t hurt that Chris total this season. I could go on and on, season, winning 38-26 in Green Bay. As a self-reported “Favre hater,” I Johnson ran for 228 yards and two but quite frankly, the Browns’ offense is downright offensive. can even admit that Favre is playing touchdowns. In St. Louis, they were helped by The Ugly his best football since his glory days in Steven Jackson, one of the hardest After the Titans and Rams both the late ’90s. getting their first win of the season, But he has played especially well runners in the NFL right now. Jackson had 149 yards and one the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are the against his former team, the Packers. In their two games this season (since touchdown, en route to a 17-10 win only winless team left in the league. After looking at their schedule, a win Favre made sure he gets an encore over the Lions. Don’t expect either of these teams seems to be more elusive than that of this game every year), Favre has thrown for seven touchdowns and to even sniff playoff territory, but the vital piece you lost to your costume Titans may prove to be a spoiler team Saturday night. (Don’t worry, you zero interceptions. weren’t going to repeat that costume And just as the case in Philly, Favre down the stretch. Now onto the Good, the Bad, and next year anyway, right?) has a big-play receiver in Percy Harvin
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Crimson Hawks trounce Maryland Terrapins, improve to 6-1 on season By zach graham Contributing Writer Z.S.Graham@iup.edu
Joel Schriver’s trick was surely sweeter than any treat he would have Friday night, as IUP put forth an all-around team effort in a 10-3 rout of the Maryland Terrapins. Eight different Crimson Hawks scored and Schriver had a hat trick as the team improved to 6-1 on the season. IUP started off the scoring just over six minutes into the game when defenseman Seth Feldman fired a long pass to captain Ben Robertson. Robertson took the pass just outside the offensive zone, ahead of the Maryland defense, and fired a shot past goalie Chris Rij for a 1-0 lead. Two minutes later, winger Chris Ondek scored to double the lead. With 4:23 left in the first period, the Crimson Hawks scored their first of four powerplay goals on the night when Schriver stuffed in a rebounded shot from JeffJoe Regula. The Crimson Hawks were able to continue to dominate in the second, as Chase Keibler scored to give the team a 4-0 lead 1:19 into the period. A scuffle two minutes later sent two Crimson Hawks and two Terrapins to the penalty box, and an additional hooking penalty to Maryland after another 20 seconds gave IUP a four-on-three man advantage. The Crimson Hawks were able to capitalize as Schriver scored his second goal of the night on an assist from Jesse Kunkle, and the team increased its lead to 5-0. Feldman got in on the action
with 9:58 left in the second with assists from Robertson and Regula to put the Crimson Hawks up by six. It did not take long for IUP to add another, as Corey Beers scored his first of the season on assists from Charles Plinke and Lance Lewandowski at the 8:46 mark in the second period. The seventh goal on 27 shots for the Crimson Hawks chased Rij from the game, and Marshall Fahey would finish for the Terrapins. Following a hooking penalty to Crimson Hawk David Moore, Maryland managed to score its first goal as Brett Kiliyanski beat IUP goalie Padraig Carey with 5:30 left in the second. After back-and-forth penalties, the Crimson Hawks found themselves with another fouron-three advantage, and with 49 seconds left in the second period, Schriver completed his hat trick, scoring his third of the game with assists from Robertson and Joe Ford. The third period opened with more of the same, as Jeff Cupelli found himself on a oneon-one breakaway from center ice. Cupelli buried a shot behind the Fahey and the Crimson Hawks went up 9-1. While IUP was able to kill two penalties about halfway through the period, including a five-minute major to Robertson for slashing, Maryland continued to struggle on the penalty kill. With 5:49 left in the game, David Moore knocked in the Crimson Hawks’ 10th and final goal. Maryland was able to add on two more in the last three minutes from Chris Puderbaugh and Michael Flashenberg, but the effort was about 30
minutes too late. Robertson led all players with four points (one goal, three assists). Fifteen different Crimson Hawks figured into the scoring, including goals from eight different players. Carey made his first appearance of the season in net. The Crimson Hawks play again at 7 p.m. Friday at Youngstown State before hosting Robert Morris at 6 p.m. Saturday.
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“I don’t vote.” — David John (freshman, physics/English)
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