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(Paul Marchwinski/ The Penn) T-shirts hung in the Hadley Union Building (HUB) atrium Wednesday, displaying messages from survivors of sexual violence as a part of the Clothesline Project.

IUP marches through campus to end violence

By ALEXANDRIA MANSFIELD Managing Editor A.M.Mansfield@iup.edu

Hundreds of students, faculty, administrators and community members showed up to The Haven Project’s annual Take Back the Night event Wednesday.

Free T-shirts were distributed in the middle of Putt-Delaney Courtyard prior to the march around campus that began at 8 p.m. and ended with a speak-out, during which sexual assault survivors were given an opportunity to openly talk about their experiences in a safe, public forum in the Hadley Union Building Ohio Room.

The event started in the quad between Ruddock Hall, Delaney Hall, Putt Hall and Suites on Maple East, with crowds gathering as early as 7 p.m. to enjoy giveaways and other engagement opportunities.

At 8 p.m., multiple speakers thanked everyone for attending and led chants as they marched

by Wallwork Hall, through the Oak Grove and around Northern Suites

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(Paul Markwinski/ The Penn) Marchers met in the Putt-Delaney courtyard Wednesday before starting their walk through campus toward the Hadley Union Building, where survivors were given a safe space to share their stories.

before ending at the HUB. The HUB served as the end of the march but not the end of the event.

The open-mic-style speak-out session for survivors, supporters and anyone in attendance offered

people to share their thoughts or experiences with sexual assault in order to show unity among those who shared those experiences and act as a therapeutic period of discussion.

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than a dozen victims shared their stories and offered words of encouragement for others in the room to do the same if they felt so inclined.

Because the subject matter was sensitive, organizers had therapy

dogs available to help anyone who was upset or uncomfortable by what was said and pipe cleaners for people who felt that fidgeting with something could help their anxiety during the event.

Throughout the speak-out, different people and organizations offered emotional support and information to anyone who needed or wanted it.

This included the Alice Paul House and student representatives from ROTC. A few moments went by before the first person came to the podium to speak, and that first survivor said she was “really nervous.”

“We’re here,” an audience member responded to encourage her. “You can do this.”

While the event was emotional, survivors and organizers could not stress enough how happy they were that events like that exist and that people were advocating for and listening to them.

Nearly every person reiterated that it was through their support systems – new and old – that they were and are able to recover from what has happened to them.

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Conservative group founder bares ‘two genders’ shirt during talk

By CODY MINICH and JESSICA TRUBY Staff Writers The-penn@iup.edu

The police presence was heavy Monday night at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex (KCAC) for IUP’s Turning Point USA chapter event.

Charlie Kirk, TPUSA founder and executive director, visited IUP to the disappointment of protesters. Chalk writings in the Oak Grove were in opposition to the event, one of which read “The IUP Way enables bigotry.”

The protesters consisted of students and Indiana residents.

The leader of the student protests, Alaura Johnson (sophomore, criminology), IUP’s NAACP chapter president, said they felt their voices were not being heard, and they do not support the “professor watch list,” which TPUSA has on its website to “advance radical agenda in lecture halls.”

“Defamation is not okay,” Johnson said. “It’s only a matter of time before Dr. Downie is on there.”

Johnson was referring to Dr. Alison Downie, a religious studies professor at IUP who was under criticism for taking disciplinary ac-

(Jessica Truby/ The Penn) Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk gained praise from the crowd during his talk Monday in the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex.

tions against Lake Ingle (senior, religious studies) when he disrupted the class and pushed that there were only two genders.

TPUSA member Mariah Browning (senior, child development) was outside, watching the protestors and occasionally responding to their comments.

“They deserve the right to protest,” Browning said. “We’re just happy it was peaceful.”

The event kicked off with a TPUSA staffer asking everyone to rise for the national anthem.

During a staffer’s rendition of the national anthem, many audience members removed their hats, sang along and cheered at

its finale.

Before Kirk approached the podium, he was introduced by Brandon Uhalik (senior, communications media), IUP’s TPUSA president, as well as two other members of the organization, Jonathan Cintron (senior, criminology and political science) and Maggie McGahen (senior, economics).

Uhalik praised the KCAC and its staff; his chapter members; Kevin Thelen, the director of public safety and university police at IUP; and the police force present at the event.

After his introduction, Kirk approached the podium to loud applause.

He was sporting a blazer with a T-shirt underneath that said “There are only two genders.” Kirk wasted no time once introduced.

“I took high school biology; there’s two genders and you’re done,” Kirk said.

He went on to criticize Bill Nye “The Science Guy,” and said the science didn’t change, Nye had become “a mouthpiece for the liberals.”

Ingle, who recently came into the public spotlight because of the dispute between himself and Downie, was in attendance for the

event but maintained that he was not affiliated with TPUSA. “Free speech is under attack on college campuses,” Kirk said before pointing out Ingle.

“Thank you for what you’re doing,” Kirk told the IUP student who appeared on Fox News to share his side of the dispute. The audience erupted into applause for the student.

The religious studies professor involved in the dispute, Downie, gave her first public response to the event in an April 3 statement.

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• Kerin Bechtel, 19, of Plymouth Meeting; and Maggie Pearce, 18, of North East, were charged with possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia at 10:32 p.m. April 7 at the IUP parking garage, according to the IUP University Police Department.

Alcohol Violations

• Christopher Joswick, 18, of Yardley, was cited with underage drinking at 12:02 a.m. April 6 in Pratt Drive at Folger Hall, according to university police.

• Travis Kendrick, 27, of Indiana, was found under the influence of an alcoholic beverage and was arrested for public drunkenness at 1:26 a.m.

April 7 in the 500 block of Philadelphia Street, according to the Indiana Borough Police Department.

• Bernie Smeak, 25, of Stoystown, reportedly struck a male on the sidewalk and was issued citations for public drunkenness, disorderly conduct and harassment at 2:02 a.m. April 8 in the 500 block of Philadelphia Street, according to borough police.

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• Dacoda Karvaski, 21, of Nazareth, reportedly hit, punched, scratched and grabbed the hair of her roommate during confrontation, blaming her roommate for theft, and was charged with simple assault and harassment at 11:30 a.m. April 8 at 663 Locust St., according to borough police.

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(Jessica Truby/ The Penn) Turning Point USA members Jonathan Cintron (senior, criminology and political science), Catherine Limbert (criminology), Mariah Browning (senior, child development) and President Brandon Uhalik waited Monday outside the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex for founder Charlie Kirk to speak.

(Jessica Truby/ The Penn) Top: Protesters held signs Monday outside the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex, where Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk spoke to the community.

Bottom: Increased police presence watched for large crowds of potential protesters.

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acknowledged.

“Just because someone believes an idea for a long time doesn’t make it right,” Kirk said.

Kirk covered a wide variety of topics from the border wall and immigration to Hillary Clinton and the Democratic party to the First Amendment, hate speech and the press.

“The answer to hate speech is not shutting them up; it’s more speech,” Kirk said on the topic of ending hate speech. He also criticized the press.

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way,” Kirk said, which triggered a loud applause from the audience.

In contrast to the conservative speaker visiting IUP, the university also welcomed Holocaust survivor Moshe Baran to speak about his experience at the Six O’Clock Series: The Dangers of Hate Speech.

Baran also writes an anti-hate blog called “Language Can Kill: Messages of Genocide.”

IUP’s department of journalism and public relations also welcomed Pulitzer Prize winner and IUP alumna Alysia Steele, who gave an optimistic outlook for the

future of journalism at a lecture held in the Humanities and Social Sciences Building the same day.

“Journalism isn’t dying,” Steele said. “It’s evolving.”

One of the main messages of Kirk’s appearance was the need for civil discourse, and the inevitability of disagreeing with people’s ideologies but being able to discuss facts and statistics without being swayed by emotion.

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Judge drops most serious charges against Penn State frat brothers

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A district judge on Tuesday for a second time threw out involuntary manslaughter charges against Pennsylvania State University fraternity brothers related to the February 2017 hazing death of sophomore pledge Tim Piazza.

Ending a three-day preliminary hearing, judge Allen Sinclair also dismissed dozens of other charges against the fraternity members.

For some of the 11 members, all charges have been dismissed.

Members faced more than 300 charges in the death, including reckless endangerment, conspiracy to commit hazing and furnishing alcohol to minors.

It’s the second time that Sinclair heard the case.

Last summer, he threw out the most serious charges, including felony aggravated assault and involuntary manslaughter against eight members, but the former district attorney refiled many of them.

Sinclair’s ruling deals another blow to the prosecution of a case that not only has rocked Penn State’s campus, but also added to the growing national scrutiny of

(TNS) The attorney for the Piazza family, Tom Kline, spoke March 23 about the anti-hazing legislation named after Timothy Piazza outside of the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa.

misconduct and alcohol-soaked hazing by fraternities.

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by Chief Deputy Attorney General Brian Zarallo, argued that fraternity members planned and executed a hazing ritual and deliberately got Piazza drunk and then failed

to get him medical care after he was seriously injured.

Piazza consumed 18 drinks in 82 minutes, then fell down the stairs at the fraternity house. No one called for help for nearly 12 hours, and Piazza later died of head, spleen and lung injuries.

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“A failure to act in and of itself is reckless,” Zarallo argued.

If Piazza’s fall that rendered him unconscious had happened anywhere other than a fraternity house, it would have been expected that 911 would be called, he said.

But defense attorneys maintained that their clients didn’t and couldn’t know the severity of Piazza’s injuries and that Piazza’s drinking was voluntary.

Some of the testimony broke new ground, including video shown of drinking that went on in the fraternity basement.

Prosecutors have alleged a fraternity member deleted the video, but the FBI was able to recover it. But much of the evidence also retreaded or expanded on ground covered last summer when the first preliminary hearing was held for 18 members.

That hearing culminated with a surprising Sept. 1 ruling by Sinclair to throw out the most serious felony charges against eight of the

fraternity members and remove all charges against four others.

Then-Centre County Prosecutor Stacy Parks Miller refiled the charges in October and charged 12 additional members of the fraternity in Piazza’s death after recovering footage from a basement video camera, for a total of 26.

After she lost a bid for re-election, new Centre County District Attorney Bernie Cantorna, citing a conflict of interest, asked the Attorney General’s Office to take the case.

Attorney General Josh Shapiro declined this month to press aggravated assault charges against the fraternity members, but charged five of them with involuntary manslaughter.

In addition to the 11 facing the hearing Friday, three others previously waived their right to a preliminary hearing and were held for trial. The 12 others charged could face a preliminary hearing in May.

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Keeping the town clean and green this spring

With temperatures this weekend projected to reach the ’70s for the first time since February, the IUP and Indiana communities can expect the possibility of a busy weekend.

Along with any nice-weather weekend at IUP comes a large amount of day drinking – “dartying” or “daging,” as students like to call it. Many classes will be half-filled Friday, and many students will be out doing “just what college students do.”

And with this partying comes copious amounts of litter thrown into the community. Beer cans, cigarette cartons and fast-food waste are often thrown into the yards and parking areas of Indiana locals or college students’ rental houses.

It is this type of reckless, irresponsible behavior that often gives IUP and IUP-related events, such a homecoming weekend, a bad reputation.

It takes only a few seconds to find

(The Penn archives) Keeping Indiana and IUP clean will make everyone have a better end-of-semester experience.

a garbage can while on campus. And, off-campus party-throwers can take a little bit of time to set up a responsible waste disposal method, like putting a trash can out. Partygoers should still be responsible enough in their drunken days to care about and protect the environment in which they live and

find good recipticles for waste.

Something as simple as properly disposing of garbage could be a huge step in solving the dreadful towniestudent tension.

Indiana locals would also like to enjoy their weekend, but when they wake up to a yard full of litter and a

bush filled with beer cans, tempers can quickly flare.

Most college students like to party and drink, there is no disputing or stopping it. But, maybe if we, as students, just showed a little more respect to the place that we all call home for at least part of the year, we could all benefit from more respectful relationships with each other.

In less than a month, most students will be on their way home, leaving locals and university staff to clean up their messes. Contrary to some students’ beliefs, time still moves forward in Indiana, even when school is not in session.

But, until then, students can do their part to keep Indiana peaceful and clean.

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‘Twelfth Night’ to bring wonder and madness to Waller Hall

(Photos above and right: Danielle DiAmico/The Penn) (Photo below: Pinterest) Devin Marshall (senior, theater) and Shelby Fitcher (senior, theater) star in “Twelfth Night.”

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The IUP Lively Arts and the Department of Theater and Dance will present “Twelfth Night, or What You Will,” a play written by William Shakespeare. The play will run at 8 p.m. April 12-14, 2 p.m.

April 15 and 8 p.m. April 18-21 at the Waller Hall Mainstage.

Frank Kermode, a British literary critic, described “Twelfth Night” as “Comedy of identity, set on the borders of wonder and madness.”

“Twelfth Night” is directed by Michael Hood, fine arts dean.

Hood said it can be a challenge bringing the “Twelfth Night” script to life.

“The most challenging thing about producing Shakespeare is the language,” Hood said. “A great amount of atten-

tion has to be paid to bringing the student actors to a point of understanding that allows them to deliver a fully committed performance.”

“Twelfth Night” is a comedy believed to have been written around 1601–1602. The play centers on Viola and her twin brother, Sebastian, who are separated by a shipwreck. The Lively Arts website uses words such as “Song, dance, romance, separated twins, mistaken identity, cross-dressing, comic pranks, clowns and pirates” to describe the play.

Hood said the script is similar to Shakespeare’s original play.

“The script has been cut slightly in areas where the original meaning is so obscure that a modern audience would not understand,” Hood said. “Otherwise, it remains true to the original.”

The cast includes IUP Theater and Dance faculty members, students and community actors.

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production serves as a showcase for the great talents of our faculty, student artists and technicians,” Hood said. “And at the same time, the IUP community will have an opportunity to see one of Shakespeare’s most favorite plays produced locally and affordably.”

Tickets are available online

through the Lively Arts website, by visiting the Lively Arts Ticket Office in Fisher Auditorium or by calling 724-357-1313. Any seats remaining will be sold at the door starting one hour prior to the performance.

Tickets are $15 for regular admission, $12 for seniors and $10 for I-Card users as well as children.

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Shades of the Rising Sun’s album set to debut at The Brown

By CAITLIN DENNY Staff Writer C.M.Denny@iup.edu

Indiana-based rock band Shades of the Rising Sun will have an album release show for its debut album “Days on Jupiter” at 9 p.m. Saturday at The Brown Hotel.

The band is comprised of singer and guitarist Ari Glasser (senior, philosophy/pre-law), drummer Nick Dzuricky (senior, physics) and bassist Addison Imbrie (senior, chemistry) and guitarist Ryan Perrin (graduate, physics).

Glasser described the genre of the band as not just rock, but also progressive rock, rap and alternative.

Shades of the Rising Sun play shows about two to four times a month. The band plays many shows in Indiana and neighboring towns and cities such as Pittsburgh, Latrobe and Homer City.

Glasser said if it weren’t for the support from the Indiana music scene, the album would not have been possible.

“We got many of our first shows thanks to musician friends such as Face of Apes, Herbivore and Liz Masi,” Glasser said. “Steve

(Facebook) Shades of the Rising Sun will have an album release show at The Brown Hotel on Saturday.

Holiday of H.R. Steinhouse and Sean Howard of The Brown Hotel Music Club and Grill have both been immensely supportive and have organized countless shows for local artists, many of which involved us.

“Overall, it’s been a pleasure to watch the music scene here grow into the supportive and creative environment it is now.”

Howard is also the producer of the band’s debut album. All of the recording for the album took place at The Brown Hotel.

Glasser said his biggest musical influences are Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison.

“Their lyrics and style always

stood out to me,” Glasser said.

“Their music takes you somewhere; it’s not just a song, it’s a journey. I always try to keep that concept in mind when writing.”

“Days on Jupiter” touches up on many lyrical themes.

“The lyrics come from personal experience and imagination,” Glasser said. “Our subjects range from all kinds of things, like ‘Timid,’ a hard-rock song about self empowerment and letting go of the past, to ‘Days on Jupiter,’ a metaphoric cosmic ballad, which draws comparison between living a life of alienation inside one’s own head and being alone on the planet Jupiter for years.”

Glasser said the writing process for the album was lengthy.

“In general, our songs start with a loose design of the chord progression for the song,” Glasser said. “The songs featured on our album are basically the first five we wrote. They probably took us about a month and a half to originally write, but the tightening up and adjusting of the tunes took place throughout the year leading up to the album.”

IUP art students contributed to the design of the album. Cicely Murray (senior, art) designed

the band’s logo, and Samantha Schaefer (junior, art) is the graphic designer for the album. Ashlyn Conway, a Pittsburgh artist, painted the initial paintings for the album.

Local artists Elizabeth “Liz” Masi (senior, biology) and Jake Yeomans will play a small set at the album release show. Other artists are to be announced.

Gabriella Everest will be painting at the event. Copies of “Days on Jupiter” will also be for sale.

Tickets are $10 at the door and $6 for those with an I-Card.

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IUP acoustic band to play its first show in the Steel City

(Facebook) Longtime Nevada will perform at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Smiling Moose in Pittsburgh.

By SAMANTHA SHEEHAN Staff Writer S.S.Sheehan@iup.edu

An acoustic-style, three-man band comprised of IUP students will perform at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Smiling Moose in Pittsburgh.

Longtime Nevada is a band of three students originally from Johnstown. The three members are Michael Pellow (junior, graphic design) on guitar, Kyler Himes (sophomore, communications media) as vocals and

Justin Hrabosky (sophomore, disability services) on drums and backup vocals. The bandmates have been friends and played music together for many years. It wasn’t until they regularly started attending IUP’s open mic nights that they really became a fullfledged “band.”

Longtime Nevada has progressed as a band through persistence and connections throughout Indiana.

Hrabosky said they couldn’t have done it without the open-

mic family.

The band takes most of its inspiration from the acoustic band “This Wild Life,” and other bands with similar sound. The trio said they draw inspiration from negative emotions, such as sadness.

“I just want people to be able to listen to something and relate to it,” Himes said.

Himes said when he listens to sad music, it makes him feels better and that it inspires him and the band Out of the band’s many original songs, each member has his own favorite. Pellow said his favorite is either “Sleepless” or “Sunday Mourning.” Himes said his favorite is “Stagnant.”

Hrabosky said his favorite is “Forget the Rest.” Many of these songs can be found on the band’s Facebook page under Longtime Nevada. All its other social media, such as Twitter and Instagram, are also under this name.

The trio is looking forward to their first show and said they hope it goes well. They also hope that this is the opening to many other doors for them.

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Coachella using army of drones, police in wake of Vegas massacre

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A small fleet of drones began to buzz overhead Thursday monitoring traffic and perimeters for the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.

With 125,000 people expected daily and an increased camping area and footprint, the festival dwarfs its host city, Indio. In the wake of the killing of 58 at a Las Vegas music festival, Indio police and 14 other local and federal agencies will have more eyes than ever on the crowd thanks to the undermanned aerial surveillance.

“Drones will be flying over watching the perimeters.

It takes us a few minutes to get an officer to a perimeter breach but a drone takes 45 seconds,” said Indio Police Sgt. Dan Marshall. “The drones will also allow us to monitor traffic better than before.

Marshall said an outside company experienced in flying drones is providing the eyes in the sky for the first time and is cheaper and easier to call in than a police chopper.

In the desert hamlet, the horror of the Las Vegas attack still remains as it came on the hills of concert attacks by terrorists in Manchester, England, and Paris.

“Public safety is the absolute number one priority every year regardless of national and international events,” Marshall said. “We have 15 years of making improvements. We make changes every year.”

The festival’s growth in capacity last year meant the number of officers patrolling the two-day event actually increased considerably last year. “We get officers from all across the Coachella Valley and Banning and Beaumont.”

Marshall said Indio has just over 90,000 people on a normal day and festival attendance over two days is 250,000. He said with the increased size of the Sahara tent venue and an enlarged camping area, officers will have more real estate to keep a watchful eye over.

The increased camp means of-

ficers will be deployed more on a 24/7 basis, he said.

Marshall said Goldenvoice, the festival promoter, is footing the security costs including the addition of drones. But drones won’t be flying over the crowd.

Long before the deadly Vegas shooting in October, when a gunman fired from a hotel down into the crowd, Coachella’s local and national security forces had held training drills for emergencies including natural disasters and a mass shooter.

Part of the reason for increasing the festival footprint was to take away some of the congestion in and around some of the tents and allow for more easy crowd movement.

Escape routes at the Route 91 Harvest Music festival in Las Vegas were a significant issue, as the gunman on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort fired on the crowd below, where there were few gates for fans to flee through.

Coachella may not rank on the Department of Homeland Security’s list of top soft targets, but Indio police say they are working with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, Homeland Security, the FBI and state law enforcement.

Security experts say it is not all about metal detectors and visible presence at Coachella and that undercover officers and electronic eyes on the crowds under the control of experienced observers can spot and prevent not only trouble brewing but a potentially more serious attack like those in Paris.

Marshall said police, fire and medical responders are all under an umbrella command with their incident commanders in the same post ready to react in unison. Over the years, he said, he has seen pretty much everything, even a hard landing by an aircraft on a nearby field. “We haven’t had a birth yet as far I know,” he added.

There is an extensive list of festival rules, but Marshall said police have a list of four top don’ts: Don’t bring drugs, don’t bring drones, don’t bring weapons and don’t bring animals.

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KCAC to combine brew and tunes

By CANDACE HOWELL Staff Writer C.J.Howell2@iup.edu

“Springtoberfest,” presented

by Indiana Printing and Publishing, returns to the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex for the second straight year from 2-6 p.m. Saturday. The event will feature more than 25 vendors as well as a funk and jazz band.

Aside from the various brews, T-shirts and food will be available for purchase as well.

Guests who plan on attending the second annual event can expect to taste-test their favoritebeers and spirits from breweries like Levity Brewing Co., All Saints Brewing Co. and Noble Stein Brewing Co. Other nationally known brands will be present, too.

According to the Springtoberfest website, Blue Moon will provide samples of its Mango and Summer Honey brews, Corona will provide Pacifico Clara for tasting and Leinenkugel will bring its Orange Shandy.

The Funky Fly Project (FFP) is the featured band of the event.

FFP is a Pittsburgh band consist-

ing of four members: Winston Bell, 15; Henry Schultz, 15; Brandon Terry, 12; and Eric Dowdell Jr., 19. Each has an extensive musical background, and at least two members are multi-instrumentalists.

Despite the ages of its members, FFP has garnered recognition from a KDKA interview and promotes itself via its website, which says that “this urban quartet is unlike any jazz project you have witnessed before.”

The group released its debut album, “Déjà vu,” which covers classic songs with a jazz and funk-infused spin.

All featured breweries are either local or regional. Other represented brands include Conny Creek, Flying Dog, Founders Brewing, Penn Brewery and White Claw, among others.

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Tickets for the event can be bought in advance at the KCAC box office for $35, online at springtoberfest.com for $32 plus fees or at the door for $40. The online option also offers a group discount rate of $27 plus fees for groups of 10 or more. Designated driver tickets are available for $5 and include a voucher

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(TNS) Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby was photographed in a playoff game last season against the Columbus Blue Jackets. This postseason, Crosby recorded a hat-trick in Game 1 of the first round series against the Philadelphia Flyers. The Penguins lead the series, 1-0, following a 7-0 victory over the Flyers on Wednesday night. Game 2 is scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday in Pittsburgh.

(TNS) Marc-Andre Fleury of the Vegas Golden Knights recorded a shutout victory in the team’s first-ever playoff game on Wednesday night. The Knights defeated the Los Angleses Kings, 1-0, to take a one-game lead in the series.

Fleury was photographed making a save against the Carolina Hurricanes in a regular season game in January.

Game 2 of the Vegas and Los Angeles series is scheduled for 10 p.m. EST in Las Vegas.

Stanley Cup Playoffs are underway

By BRAD O’HARA Staff Writer

B.L.Ohara@iup.edu

The NHL regular season has officially come to an end. There are now 16 teams that are fighting for their chance at the Stanley Cup. The Nashville Predators were among the first teams to clinch their spot in the postseason and rode their hot streak all the way to the Presidents’ Trophy, which is awarded to the league’s top pointgetting team.

Although winning in the playoffs is still a different story, the winners of the Presidents’ Trophy have won only once in the last nine years.

The Predators will face off with the Colorado Avalanche.

The Avalanche did not make the playoffs until the last day of the regular season, when they defeated the St. Louis Blues April 7.

The Vegas Golden Knights had

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an unpredictable regular season as they won the Pacific Division, a feat hardly anybody saw them accomplishing. They were the first NHL expansion team to have a winning record, let alone the first expansion team to win their division or make the playoffs.

The Golden Knights will go up against the Los Angeles Kings.

The Kings took the top wild card spot in the Western Conference.

The Kings not only have a star center in Anze Kopitar and an experienced goalie in Jonathan Quick, but they also have a lot of postseason experience.

The Knights defeated the Kings, 1-0, in Game 1 of the series Wednesday night in one of the most physical games fans will see during the postseason.

The Knights and the Kings combined for a total of 127 hits in their intense Game 1 matchup.

Vegas’ defenseman Shea Theodore was the lone goal scorer in

the game.

Other matchups in the West include the No. 2 and No. 3 seed squaring off. In the Pacific Division, the Anaheim Ducks will battle the San Jose Sharks, a matchup fans have been accustomed to seeing in previous seasons as both teams bring a veteran core that they hope will get them to the ultimate goal: a Stanley Cup. The other first-round matchup in the West is the No. 2 Winnipeg Jets against the No. 3 Minnesota Wild.

These two teams squared off in Game 1 on Wednesday night in Winnipeg, where the hometown Jets defeated the Wild, 3-2, to win the organization’s first playoff game.

Also trying to make their way to the Stanley Cup Final are the Washington Capitals. The Capitals won their division in a close race with the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Washington will look to break

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out of their postseason funk and win their first Stanley Cup. The Capitals have made the playoffs eight out of the past nine seasons.

They will also be looking to change the course of history as they have lost to the Penguins in the playoffs each of the past two seasons. To get to the Penguins, they will first have to go through the Columbus Blue Jackets, who are the first wild card team in the Eastern Conference.

The Penguins will be looking for their third straight Stanley Cup championship. The Penguins faced off in the first round against their home-state rivals, the Philadelphia Flyers.

The teams played in Game 1 on Wednesday night, a game which was dominated by Pittsburgh from start to finish in a 7-0 rout of Philadelphia.

Sidney Crosby recorded a hattrick in the blowout win, and the

Pens will look to keep it rolling Friday night in Game 2 against what appeared to be a non-energized Flyers team.

In the Atlantic Division, the topseeded Tampa Bay Lightning hosted the New Jersey Devils in Game 1 Thursday night.

The Lightning were one of the hottest teams in the league for much of the season but cooled off in the second half a bit, whereas New Jersey went on a run in the second half to propel themselves to a wild card berth.

The Boston Bruins are matched up with the Toronto Maple Leafs in the final first-round matchup. Both teams have been solid for much of the year, and this series is anticipated to be one of the top matchups of the first round.

All Game 1’s were completed as of late Thursday night. Results and updates will follow accordingly in The Penn throughout the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

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(IUP Athletics) Adriana Greco (junior, child development) scored four goals and had two assists in the IUP lacrosse team’s Wednesday win against Gannon University.

IUP lacrosse picks up win over Gannon

By SARAH MOLTZ Staff Writer

S.J.Moltz@iup.edu

The 21st-ranked IUP lacrosse team dominated Gannon University, 20-7, Wednesday evening in Erie at McConnell Family Stadium.

Juniors Adriana Greco (child development) and Ally Burrows (biology and zoology) each scored four goals and assisted on two or more for the Crimson Hawks, as the team improved to 7-3 overall and 4-3 in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC).

IUP remains No. 6 in the conference, trailing behind rival Slippery Rock University, 5-3.

“A common theme this season has been playing a full 60 minutes of our team’s full potential,” Burrows said.

The Crimson Hawks scored early, tallying their first six goals within 10 minutes of play in the first half.

They outshot Gannon, 25-12, in the first half and 36-21 by the end of the game.

“We wanted to have a strong start and keep the lead going and continue to really work together,” Burrows said. “In the first 5 minutes, we came out and won draw control, after draw control, possessed the ball and had a goal each minute by five different people. That was really special to show that we have depth and can be

dominant from anywhere on the field.”

Greco and Burrows weren’t the only players who added points to the total score. Junior Katie Martyn (child development) had two goals and five draw controls, along with Victoria Kerkovich (freshman, anthropology) and Kendall Loviscky (junior, nursing), who also scored two goals. IUP added five more goals to extend its lead in the second half, with Gianna Piocquido (freshman, management) scoring her first career goal. Burrows and Greco continue to lead the Crimson Hawks in scoring.

After Wednesday, Burrows now has 47 goals and Greco 41, which rank them second and third in the conference, respectively.

“I didn’t anticipate anything from this season, regarding my scoring,” Burrows said. “My last goal at Gannon was when I scored my career 150th goal, and it felt amazing. I am less than 20 from beating the career goals here at IUP, which was recently pointed out to me. So that’s the other goal I’m working toward.”

IUP had a total of 29 shots on goal, compared to Gannon, which had 17. The Crimson Hawks will host Shippensburg University at 1 p.m. Saturday at George P. Miller Stadium The Shippensburg Raiders roll into Saturday’s game 6-6 overall and 2-5 in the conference.

(IUP Athletics) The IUP tennis program honored seniors Luise von Agris (management), left, and Jarka Petercakova (management), right, during the team’s Senior Day ceremony prior to the team’s home match against California University of Pennsylvania on Tuesday afternoon.

Crimson Hawks prepare for busy weekend

By JOHN FORAN Staff Writer

J.N.Foran@iup.edu

The IUP tennis team won its Senior Day match, delivering the sixth shutout win of the season.

With the 9-0 victory over California University TENNIS of Pennsylvania on Tuesday, the team’s record improved to 13-5 overall and 4-0 in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC).

Jarka Petercakova (senior, management), Luise von Agris (senior, management) and Nicole Beidacki (freshman, kinesiology and sports science) all won their singles matches without dropping a game. Katya Minchenkova (sophomore, management) won her match by a score of 6-1.

The pairing of Petercakova and von Agris, along with the duo of Minchenkova and Beidacki, won their doubles matches, 8-0.

The Crimson Hawks are preparing for a stretch of three more matches over the weekend against opponents from University of Charleston, West Virginia State University and regional rival Mercyhurst University.

Friday’s match against No. 3 Mercyhurst will likely decide if IUP remains No.1 in the Atlantic Division. The game was originally to be played April 4 but was postponed to Friday, the last official home game. Beidacki explained how much anticipation is behind the match.

“They have a strong team, and I personally played against some of them during the fall, so I am excited to see our team battling to get the win,” Beidacki said.

Von Agris spoke on the importance of ending the regular season on a high note.“These last matches are always very competitive and very important for our regional rankings,” she said.

“We have developed rivalries with those teams over the years, which makes it even more fun when we beat them.”

Looking back on the 2018 season, the Crimson Hawks were candid while talking about how this season went for them personally.

“My favorite match this season was when we played Slippery Rock,” von Agris said. “It was great to see all the younger girls on the team play really well against another rival of ours. The pressure in those matches is quite big, and they did a great job of handling it. It makes me very proud to see them get better every day. And beating a high-ranked team and direct competitor in our conference, 9-0, is always amazing and exactly what we want.”

Following the four-game stretch, the Crimson Hawks will prepare for the PSAC Championships in Bloomsburg, taking place April 17-21.

IUP won the PSAC Championships for the first time in program history last year, defeating Mercyhurst in a 5-2 finals match.

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NBA first-round playoff matchups are set will try to do something no Eastern Conference team has pulled off: Beat a LeBron James-led team in the first round. LeBron has been to the finals seven straight years and will try to make it eight with a roster not many people have faith in.

But if there is somebody that everybody has faith will perform, it’s LeBron James.

By DARNELL TURNER Staff Writer

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The NBA playoff matchups are set, and with how the regular season ended, fans are hopeful for a competitive and exciting postseason. Here is a series-by-series breakdown of the NBA playoffs’ first-round matchups.

Western Conference 1. Houston Rockets vs.

8. Minnesota Timberwolves

Eastern Conference 1. Toronto Raptors vs.

8. Washington Wizards The Toronto Raptors enter the postseason after winning a franchise-record 59 games in the regular season.

The backcourt of Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan will take on John Wall, Bradley Beal and the Washington Wizards. The Wizards season ended with a lot of ups and downs. Wall and Beal are going to be relied on heavily if they want to upset a Toronto team that is deep and talented.

2. Boston Celtics vs.

7. Milwaukee Bucks The Boston Celtics head into the postseason battered and bruised. Already without top scorer Kyrie Irving and sixth man Marcus Smart, the Celtics probably go in with the best possible matchup without two of its top players.

The Milwaukee Bucks have been up and down all season and are coming off a loss to Philadelphia where they trailed by as many as 41, in a game with playoff im-

(TNS) LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers will look to take his team to the NBA Finals for a fourth straight season.

plications. Boston’s defense will look to stifle a Bucks team that can struggle on offense without a ton of serious threats from 3-point range.

3. Philadelphia 76ers vs.

6. Miami Heat The Philadelphia 76ers ended their five-year playoff drought and enter the postseason on a 16-game winning streak, the longest ever entering the playoffs. The Miami Heat are back in the postseason after an impressive end to the sea-

son. Miami and Philadelphia split their four regular season meetings, with the home team winning every game. No team is hotter than Philadelphia right now, but the Heat are a well-coached team, and if Joel Embiid has to miss more than Game 1 of this series, it won’t be as easy for the 76ers as people think.

4. Cleveland Cavaliers vs.

5. Indiana Pacers The Indiana Pacers had an incredible year thanks to Victor Oladipo’s breakout season. The Pacers

The Houston Rockets will now put everything on the table and try to prove the regular season was no fluke. Chris Paul and MVPfavorite James Harden will host a hungry Minnesota Timberwolves team that ended a 13-year playoff drought by beating the Denver Nuggets on the last day of the regular season. With Jimmy Butler back, the Wolves could cause some trouble, but only if they commit to the defensive side. The Rockets offense is too high-powered for defensive lapses.

2. Golden State Warriors vs. 7. San Antonio Spurs The Golden State Warriors ended the season on a not-so-high note. Good thing for them is that the regular season is over and they can start taking games seriously again.

The bad news is the team will be without Steph Curry for round one against Gregg Popovich and the San Antonio Spurs, who will give the Warriors all they can handle. If Kawhi Leonard was healthy,

we could be talking about a legit first-round upset for the defending NBA champions.

3. Portland Trail Blazers vs 6. New Orleans Pelicans The Portland Trail Blazers took a lot of people by surprise this year, jumping to the No. 3 seed.

That’s because the backcourt of Damian Lillard and C.J. McCollum looks, at times, downright unguardable. It should be a good matchup against the New Orleans Pelicans, whose two defensiveminded guards in Jrue Holiday and Rajon Rondo could have a big impact on how this series goes.

The question for the Blazers is who is going to stop Anthony Davis, who has been on a tear since DeMarcus Cousins went down for the season.

4. Oklahoma City Thunder vs.

5. Utah Jazz This could be the most exciting first-round matchup in either conference. You have the reigning MVP in Russell Westbrook, who is coming off his second season in a row of averaging a triple-double.

On the other side, you have a rookie in Donovan Mitchell who has been lighting up the scoreboard so much this year that, at one stretch in the season, he led the Jazz to wins in 25 of 33 games.

Defensive Player of the Year candidate Rudy Gobert has anchored Utah’s defense, which has been tops in the league since Gobert’s return.

Expect a lot of these games to come down to the final possession.

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