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(James Neuhausel/ The Penn) Students and university staff held a rally Wednesday in support of the Pennsylvania Promise Act. Dr. Susan Boser (at podium), a sociology professor, encouraged the audience to follow up and write to senators to pass the legislation.

Rally for higher education state funding comes to IUP

By KATIE MEST News Editor K.A.Mest@iup.edu

At the traditional age to first enter into college, Cathrine Zerfing, a current freshman in the college of natural science and mathematics, was turned away from her chosen university two weeks before the start of the semester due to her lack of funds.

She took a deep breath before speaking in front of the crowd Wednesday at a rally for Pennsylvania Promise.

Zerfing said when she was younger, she was homeless, and she would be lucky when she had someone’s couch to sleep on.

At 11 years old, she was sitting in Reid Park in Tucson, Ariz., when she heard a woman call to her children that it was time to go home.

“I wished more than anything that my mom could say that to

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(James Neuhausel/ The Penn) Freshman Cathrine Zerfing (right), a chemistry major, shared her story Wednesday of being homeless as a youth and advocated for the Pennsylvania Promise Act. Her two daughters, Selena (left) and Scarlett (top) supported her from the sidelines with her husband, Craig (middle).

me,” Zerfing said, choking back tears. “And she couldn’t. So I

thought to myself that it was OK because I would be an adult, and

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I would find my own home. And this thought, that was supposed to comfort me, rose more questions.”

She said she tried to “plot [her] way out of poverty” while listening to a Janet Jackson album and reading a book on Tutankhamen, both of which her mother bought her from a thrift shop since she could not rent from a library. She then vowed to get an education no matter what.

What started with her being “initially afraid,” led to enthusiastic “educate the state” chants that were echoed by the audience.

Sen. Vincent J. Hughes will introduce the Pa. Promise Act in the near future, according to an April 2 memorandum.

The legislation will “improve college access and affordability for Pennsylvania students,” the memo said.

According to the Pa. Promise

website, the act will: • cover two years of tuition and fees for any recent high school graduate enrolled full-time at one of the Commonwealth’s 14 public community colleges • cover four years of tuition and fees for any recent high school graduate with a family income less than or equal to $110,000 per year accepted into one of the 14 universities in Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education • provide four years of tuition and fees not to exceed the State System tuition rate, depending on family income, for students accepted into a state-related university • finance the expansion of grant assistance to adults seeking in-demand skills and industryrecognized credentials, as well as college credit Continued on page 4.

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Detectives used genealogical websites to identify Golden State Killer suspect

By RICHARD WINTON, JOSEPH SERNA and PAIGE ST. JOHN Los Angeles Times TNS

The break that authorities said led them to the man accused of being the Golden State Killer came when they linked DNA evidence from the slayings to genetic information contained on a consumer genealogical website, authorities said Thursday.

Investigators knew the killer only through a string of DNA recorded in several of the dozen murder scenes. Shaun Hampton, a spokesman for the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department, said officials had struggled for years to figure out who that DNA belonged to. Recently, they tapped genealogical databases that the public uses to search for relatives and ancestors, he said.

Law enforcement sources told the Los Angeles Times that information from that websites dramatically reduced the size of their search. Eventually they narrowed the investigation to several families listed in the database,

with a pool of about 100 men who fit the age profile of the killer, said the sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

Hampton declined to name the site used or provide details about exactly how authorities made the match.

The trail eventually led them to Joseph James DeAngelo, a 72-year-old former police officer living in Citrus Heights, a suburb of Sacramento. The sources said the detectives then retraced his life, looking for connections between the numerous crimes across California and where he was during those times.

Private companies that provide ancestry searches from DNA samples submitted by paying participants usually also guarantee privacy for their users. However, customers are alerted to potential matches and can use the service to connect with possible relatives.

Sacramento County district attorney’s spokeswoman Shelly Orio said more details about the DNA evidence would be laid out Friday during a court hearing.

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• Colton McCullough, 28, of Indiana, was charged with possession of heroin paraphernalia at 4 p.m. April 20 in the 00 block of South Fourth Street, according to borough police.

(James Neuhausel/ The Penn) Dr. Nadene L’Amoreaux (left), IUP Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties chapter president, and Natalie Sharpless (right), a freshman art education major, held signs during the rally Wednesday to support the Pennsylvania Promise Act.

Students, faculty gather for Pa. Promise rally Continued from page 3.

Three other students spoke at the rally, sharing their personal stories and reasons for supporting the legislation.

Kirsten Piatak (graduate, criminology) spoke on behalf of other students “who might not otherwise have their voices heard today.” She wanted those listening to support Pa. Promise as a way to encourage students’ dreams.

Another student, Kennedy Spencer (sophomore, pre-physi-

cal therapy and nutrition), shared a more personal account.

She choked up as she spoke about her mother, a first-generation college student who is still paying off her student debt at 47 years old.

Her mother has eight siblings.

And when her brother developed a heart disease, all the family funds went into medical bills and eventually funeral bills when her brother died at age 4, Spencer said.

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the strongest person I know,” Spencer said, fighting tears.

The Penn’s managing editor, Alexandria Mansfield (senior, journalism and public relations), talked about the struggles many students face once they are stuck with the thousands of dollars tacked onto their student loan bills.

“I know my school work has suffered from the distraction of my expenses on multiple occasions,” Mansfield said. “I know other students who were forced to leave this university when the 2016 tuition change caused out-of-state costs to become unreasonable.”

In fall 2016, IUP changed to a per-credit tuition model. Before that, students could take 12 credits for the same price as taking 17 credits. Now, it is much more.

For the 2017-18 school year, an in-state undergraduate tuition cost $5,030.40 for 12 credits and $6,672.90 for 17 credits. That is not accounting for expenses and fees other than classes.

Aside from IUP, Pa. Promise rallies have taken place at West Chester University and will take place at Lock Haven University.

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Police accuse former officer of serial murders Continued from page 4.

Several popular DNA sites – Ancestry.com, 23andme and MyHeritage – all denied that law enforcement officials formally reached out to them about the Golden State Killer case.

Authorities say the Golden State Killer slipped in through backdoors and windows in the dark. First he struck in the foothills east of Sacramento, raping at least 46 women, before he began killing and headed south.

From 1978 to 1986, he killed 12 people in attacks ranging from the Sacramento County city of Rancho Cordova to the Orange County cities of Irvine and Dana Point. In Ventura, he tied up a couple with a drapery cord and raped the wife before fatally bludgeoning them with a fireplace log. In Goleta, he bound a doctor and his wife, a clinical psychologist, and shot them both.

The unsolved slayings were not linked with one another for years, and not linked to the rapes until 2000.

(TNS) Between 1976 and 1986, the violent and elusive individual known as the East Area Rapist, and later as the Original Night Stalker and the Golden State Killer, committed 12 homicides, 45 rapes, and more than 120 residential burglaries in multiple California communities.

When authorities announced DeAngelo’s arrest Wednesday, they said DNA evidence helped solve the case, but they provided few details.

Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones said the task force had been conducting surveillance on DeAngelo and secretly retrieved his DNA from a discarded item.

The DNA matched the samples left by the killer.

California officials have been increasingly turning to so-called familial DNA to solve cold cases by scouring an offender DNA database for a father, son or brother of an elusive crime suspect.

Lab officials look for a relative by scanning genetic profiles in the offender database and looking for DNA samples that match with a suspect’s along several, but not all, markers. From there, California’s testing method focuses on

part of the Y chromosome passed down along the male line, identifying father-son or full brother relationships.

Experts said that as more genetic markers for people’s DNA are entered into offender databases, the technology will become more precise.

The state’s early success using familial DNA searches to identify the so-called Grim Sleeper serial killer has prompted some

police officials to say this could be a game changer in solving old crimes.

But civil liberty groups expressed alarm, saying the searches raised significant ethical and privacy concerns. Some questioned their legality.

In 2008, California became the first state in the nation to adopt a familial DNA policy. Under the policy, familial DNA is only to be used as a “last resort” when all other investigative angles have been exhausted.

In some instances, detectives search the database several times for the same case. In the case of the Grim Sleeper killer, an initial search turned up nothing, but state officials ran another scan in 2010. A partial match came back to a man added to the database after a 2008 arrest for firearm and drug offenses.

Detectives zeroed in on the man’s father, Lonnie Franklin Jr., who lived close to where many of the victims’ bodies were dumped in South L.A.

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Former professor shows dedication to work through expertise

By CODY MINICH Staff Writer C.S.Minich@iup.edu

Dr. Dighton “Mac” Fiddner was an associate political science professor until spring 2017.

According to IUP’s website, Fiddner is an expert in international relations, American foreign policy, national security policy and strategy, and intelligence process and policy. Fiddner has taught world politics, American foreign policy, dimensions of national security and and Intelligence Process and Policy. He was also the adviser for the political science leadership organization.

Fiddner graduated from Davidson College in Davidson, N.C., in the early ‘60s. Davidson was a small liberal arts college of 1,100 male students. The university required ROTC for the first two years of enrollment, and 70 percent of students elected continued past that. Fiddner was a psychology undergraduate.

“My family was not a military family,” Fiddner said. “Dad was in WWII, and I had a lot of uncles who were farmers. One worked on a shipyard.”

But Fiddner’s concern about

(IUP Website) Dr. Dighton Fiddner is a former political science professor who gained praise from his students during his years at IUP.

the draft made him want to work up the ranks.

“The draft is coming,” Fiddner said. “Better to be a second lieutenant than a private.”

Fiddner finished more than 21 years of active duty as a lieutenant colonel and retired in 1988.

“When I retired, I was stationed in Panama City, Republic of Panama,” Fiddner said. “The army was redeploying me to the U.S., and I was offered jobs at the Pentagon that I had absolutely no interest in. My wife said to me, ‘I think it’s time for you to retire.’

We knew getting a job while out about the retired professor. security) said, “Dr. Fiddner is of the country would be hard. She “He spends so much time with almost mind-blowing in his level said, ‘Go get your Ph.D.’ and I students,” said Dr. Sarah Wheeler, of expertise. He’s so clear — so said, ‘I like that idea.’ associate professor and director knowledgeable. Asking him a “I told my wife, ‘you’ve been of graduate studies and internship question is like striking oil; he can following me all around the coordination. “He’s very generjust continue to provide informacountry. So when I retire, you have ous with his time. He has so much tion. He knows so much. the first choice of where to live,’ world experience, being a retired “Without a doubt, his military and she narrowed it down to eslieutenant colonel for, I’d say 20 background gives him an edge sentially either the midwest or the years. His world experience adds over other professors. I have backRocky Mountains. I looked into the to his credibility, and he’s very ground in the military, and they University of Pittsburgh, and teach you to communicate efthe dean had been an assisfectively. I can hear that come tant secretary of defense that ASKING HIM A QUESTION IS out when he speaks. He’s realI worked with in the service. I LIKE STRIKING OIL; HE CAN ly effective at communicating. said, ‘Can you get me into the As far as professors go, he’s JUST CONTINUE TO school?’ and he said, ‘Send me ahead of the heard.” your stuff.’”

PROVIDE INFORMATION. HE Fiddner said he believes As Fiddner finished his that IUP offers a great educaKNOWS SO MUCH. dissertation in 1999, he was tion and enjoyed the school. given the opportunity to begin Fiddner said, “I think −ANDREW WASIELEWSKI teaching a political science you can get a superlative (JUNIOR, CRIMINOLOGY & course at IUP’s Punxsutawney education here. My goal is HOMELAND SECURITY) campus. to provide students with the The only caveats were that opportunity to compete with the class had started three days diplomatic.” anyone. The most satisfying part prior, and he would have to create Many other faculty members is being with the students and the his own syllabus. in the department reflected dialogue that forms.

“So I worked over Labor Day Wheeler’s sentiments. The respect “I try to present the image that weekend, spent the week teachhis peers had for him was not the you don’t have to know it all. You ing the class and continued to extent of his likability on campus. walk in expecting students to teach until a tenure track position Students and administrators exlearn. They’re not taking a foreign opened in 2003,” Fiddner said. pressed their respect and admirapolicy class because they’re Fiddner’s colleagues in the tion for Fiddner. experts on it. You don’t embarrass political science department had Andrew Wasielewski (junior, them when they don’t have the nothing but good things to say criminology and homeland response that you’re looking for.”

Facebook financial results shine amid data privacy scandal

By DAVID PIERSON Los Angeles Times TNS

Facebook Inc. continued to add users and saw revenue soar in the first quarter despite facing its worst crisis in company history over the mishandling of personal data belonging to millions of unsuspecting users.

The social network blew away Wall Street estimates by reporting a nearly 50 percent increase in revenue from the same period a year ago, to $11.97 billion. Analysts had expected a 40 percent increase to $11.4 billion.

Earnings per share reached $1.69, well above estimates of $1.35. Monthly active users totaled 2.2 billion and daily active users 1.45 billion, both meeting analysts’ expectations of a 13 percent increase from a year ago.

Despite the strong results, Facebook shares closed unmoved Wednesday.

“Despite facing important

(TNS) Facebook blew away Wall Street estimates by reporting a nearly 50 percent increase in revenue in the first quarter from the same period a year ago, to $11.97 billion.

challenges, our community and business are off to a strong start in 2018,” said Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder and CEO. “We are taking a broader view of our responsibility and investing to make sure our services are used for good. But we also need to keep building new tools to help

people connect, strengthen our communities, and bring the world closer together.”

The results marked the company’s first quarterly earnings report since the Cambridge Analytica scandal erupted nearly six weeks ago.

The report was being closely

watched for any signs of harm to Facebook’s bottom line amid a cascading controversy that has galvanized attention over privacy and sparked a backlash against behemoth tech companies.

Facebook said as many as 87 million users could have unwittingly had their data obtained by political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica through a thirdparty app.

The revelation set off a firestorm that resulted in testimony

by Zuckerberg before lawmakers on Capitol Hill and an investigation by the Federal Trade Commission to determine if the company breached a 2011 consent decree over privacy.

Zuckerberg has repeatedly apologized for the breach, which triggered a sell-off in shares.

Despite gains Wednesday, Facebook’s stock has slid 17 percent since an all-time high in February.

A boycott campaign popularized by the hashtag #DeleteFacebook stoked fears of an exodus that could leach to advertisers.

At least three companies, Sonos, Commerzbank and Mozilla, pulled their advertising from the platform in response to the scandal.

Wall Street analysts were dubious the company would pay a heavy price – and its first-quarter results suggest they were right.

Analysts estimated that Facebook would report 1.45 billion daily active users the first three months of this year, compared with 1.4 billion the previous quarter. Analysts also expected monthly active users to rise to 2.19 billion, up from 2.13 billion in the fourth quarter.

The company’s revenue was expected to grow more than 40 percent from the same period a year ago, to $11.4 billion. Its net income was estimated to increase 30 percent from a year ago, to $1.35 a share.

In another sign public anger directed at Silicon Valley hasn’t hurt business, Twitter and Alphabet, Google’s parent company, also reported strong financial results this week.

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Cosby found guilty of sexual assault in first celebrity trial of the #MeToo era

By LAURA KING and DAVID MONTERO Los Angeles Times TNS

Comedian Bill Cosby was found guilty Thursday on charges he drugged and sexually assaulted a former basketball official at Temple University, a woman decades younger than him who said she had once considered the entertainer a mentor and friend.

The verdict in Cosby’s retrial, which came on the second day of deliberations and drew a loud gasp from spectators, came less than a year after a previous jury deadlocked over the innocence or guilt of the 80-year-old comic.

The three counts of aggravated indecent assault lodged against Cosby each carry a penalty of up to 10 years in prison, a sentence that would likely put him behind bars for the rest of his life.

Cosby listened to the verdict stoically, but moments later lashed out loudly at District Attorney Kevin Steele and called him an “asshole” after the prosecutor asked that Cosby be immediately jailed because he was a flight risk.

The judge decided Cosby can remain free on bail while he awaits sentencing, but ordered him to remain confined to his home except for future court appearances.

The judge also ordered Cosby to undergo a sexual predator assessment. No date for sentencing was set.

The accusations against Cosby posed a troubling juxtaposition for a public that grew up with his wholesome image cultivated over decades of putting out landmark family-friendly comedy albums, peddling pudding on TV and receiving the Kennedy Center honor in 1998. One of his most famous roles, however, was playing obstetrician Cliff Huxtable, the kindly and wise patriarch in “The Cosby Show” that ran in the 1980s and early ‘90s.

But in the intervening months, the #MeToo movement erupted, with scores of powerful men brought to account over charges of sexually harassing or assaulting women, often in the context of an implied threat to block victims’ professional advancement unless they submitted.

The movement formed an explosive backdrop to what is viewed as the first criminal case to reach a conclusion in light of the #MeToo movement.

(TNS) Bill Cosby left the courtroom Thursday after he was found guilty following his sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown.

In Cosby’s 2017 criminal trial, just one woman was allowed to testify to an episode similar to the 2004 assault that accuser Andrea Constand described – but that resulted in a hung jury.

Prosecutors were more optimistic with this case as lawyers for Constand, now 45, were allowed to bring in five other women who told similar stories of being manipulated by Cosby into taking pills and then finding themselves immobilized and helpless to fight him off as he molested or raped them.

Cosby’s legal team offered up a blistering portrayal of Constand and the other accusers as opportunistic liars, and sought to undermine her credibility by producing a witness, a onetime roommate, who described hearing Constand muse about falsely accusing a famous man in order to win a big payoff.

Early in the trial, the defense disclosed that Cosby had earlier paid Constand nearly $3.4 million to settle a previously confidential civil claim.

Dennis McAndrews, a Philadelphia-based attorney who has been following the case, said the defense presented a “broader-based attack” than what was offered during the first trial.

He said the strategy appeared to be designed to get at least one juror to hold out on convicting Cosby. To obtain a criminal conviction, decisions must be unanimous.

During the two-week trial, the prosecution denounced what it called the defense’s attempt to shame the victims into silence,

and depicted Cosby as a calculating assailant who believed his celebrity would shield him against lurid accounts of assault and coercion against women who trusted him and believed he could help them in their careers. Dozens of women have come forward to accuse him.

The trial, held in a small suburb of Philadelphia known primarily for being on the edge of Valley Forge, drew national attention

and a handful of Cosby detractors who stood outside the gray Montgomery County Courthouse.

Lawyer and feminist icon Gloria Allred, who represented dozens of Cosby accusers in civil actions, sat in the hall awaiting a verdict and noted the historic nature of the moment.

Leading up to the verdict, she said she was trying to manage expectations.

“In my experience – 42 years as an attorney – that generally in a criminal case involving rape and sexual assault, the testimony of one woman alone without any other accusers against a celebrity or powerful person is often not enough,” Allred said. “So in a hesaid-she-said, generally it’s the hesaid who prevails with his denial.

“Of course, here it’s a she-said, she-said, she-said, she-said, shesaid against a he-said. That’s my feeling about a how a woman’s word – women even under oath – may not be considered to be of as much value. What does it take for women to be believed?”

The retrial jury was made up of seven men and five women.

All but two of the jurors were white.

When the jury got the case Wednesday and began deliberating, they returned to court three

times the first day with questions about what the legal definition of consent was under Pennsylvania law and a request to read back testimony from the defense’s key witness, Marguerite Jackson, during the trial as well as testimony in a deposition from a civil suit by Constand.

Judge Steven O’Neill told the jurors there was no legal definition for consent under Pennsylvania law and they would have to decide what it meant.

O’Neill also read portions of the Cosby deposition in the evening, and the court clerk read the Jackson testimony Thursday morning.

Cosby sat in the courtroom through it all, dressed in a suit and left each time – using a cane as he walked. Cosby recently revealed he’s blind.

Cosby’s legal team was led

by Los Angeles lawyer Tom Mesereau, distinguished by his mane of white hair, who is best known for winning a 2005 acquittal for Michael Jackson on child-molestation charges.

Cosby has acknowledged giving Constand an over-the-counter medication, Benedryl, to help her relax, and has called their encounter consensual. Cosby had referred to the pills as “friends.”

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Pa. promise is the best thing you haven’t heard of

So many college students can attest to the fact we have all been worried about money at one point or another.

Maybe it was something silly, like being unsure if we could go to the bar on a Thursday night when that direct deposit wasn’t going to hit until Friday morning – or maybe it was something like the uncertainty of being able to buy textbooks and the risk of failing a class if finances were too tight. Or, worse, maybe we weren’t sure if we could come back to school for the semester at all.

Sometimes, our schoolwork suffered from the distraction of our expenses. Some students may have been forced to leave this university when 2016 tuition changes made outof-state costs outrageous.

The “Pennsylvania Promise,” proposed by the Keystone Research Center and the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, is a proposal to grant “free tuition to any of the 14 Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education schools and 14 public community colleges for qualifying Pennsylvania students living in households with less

(James Neuhausel/ The Penn) Students rallied Thursday outside Wallwork Hall to show their support for the Pa. Promise campaign.

than $110,000 in income.”

It also would provide discounted tuition rates for state-related universities. Proposals like this are not as farfetched as some people would lead you to believe.

Several states already offer varying types of tuition-free support for higher education, and Pittsburgh has a similar scholarship program, called the Pittsburgh Promise, in which public school students with at least a 2.5 GPA and a 90 percent attendance record are eligible for up to $7,500 per year toward

tuition. Yet, legislators would have you believe that affordable higher education is a pipe dream.

Pennsylvania has been ranked as one of the worst states for higher education funding per capita for years. It goes back and forth – ranking as either 47th or 48th in the entire country.

But, it doesn’t have to be this way.

Why do we act like it is so unreasonable that we could return to a time when we focused on helping students succeed rather than what profit a university turns out?

Many people don’t realize that approximately 72 percent of alumni from state schools find employment in Pennsylvania after graduation. This means the money spent in supporting universities and students is an investment that goes right back into the state’s economy.

If we continue to inadequately fund our universities, we aren’t just hurting students; we are hurting the entire state. We are hurting hospitals that don’t have enough nurses already. We are hurting school districts who need IUP’s talented new teachers. We are hurting society as a whole by not investing in our future leaders studying criminal justice or political science.

We are hurting every field that needs good people who want to do a job – but who can no longer afford the education to get there. We are hurting ourselves.

It’s time for Pennsylvania to invest in its own future. It’s time for Pennsylvania to invest in higher education.

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Fortnite Debate: A guy’s dream or a girl’s nightmare?

By LILY WHORL Contributing Writer L.A.Whorl@iup.edu

Fortnite, a video game that is very popular among men, is perceived in many ways among women.

This wave of feelings women have toward Fortnite usually extends through stages.

The first stage is a lack of knowledge regarding the game.

Olivia J. Kalimon (junior, biochemistry) said, “The only thing I know about Fortnite is that it’s a video game.”

(Aidan Shaw/ The Penn) Larry Crawford (junior, communications media) played Fortnite in his Philidelphia Street apartment.

By CODY MINICH Staff Writer C.S.Minich@iup.edu

Battle Royale is a 100-player play-versus-player (PvP) mode in Fortnite, a popular multiplayer game available on Playstation 4, Xbox One and PC. Developed by Epic Games, the company behind

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the “Gears of War” franchise, Fortnite was originally released as a player-versus-enemy-style game, in which one person or a team of up to four players could fight off hordes of zombies while building and fortifying bases. However, the game blew up when it adopted the PvP, 100-person Battle Royale game mode.

Fortnite Battle Royale became increasingly popular since the new game mode was introduced in September 2017. The game even caught the attention of celebrities such as rappers Drake and Travis Scott, as well as Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver JuJu SmithSchuster. The game is also popular

with less reputable celebrities like Twitch streamers and video game YouTubers.

Fortnite’s popularity also extends to college campuses, including IUP. Aaron Crawford (senior, political science) said, “It’s consistently updated. The experience is different every time. It’s challenging, and it’s rewarding when you win.

It’s much more fun with a team to accomplish a goal, and when you do, it’s a great feeling.”

According to Epic’s website, the last patch notes, which detail the most recent update for the game, were posted Tuesday.

The game also makes cosmetic updates around holidays, putting snow on buildings and converting regular pine trees to Christmas trees with bright, shining lightbulbs.

Dominic Cholak (senior, sports administration) said, “It’s a freeto-play game that has constant updates to keep all players interested. It’s a very age-friendly game that people from all ages can play.”

Fortnite doesn’t seem to be going away anytime soon and is one of the most popular games out right now. As a free-to-play game, there is no downside to giving it a shot and finding out what all the excitement is about.

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This stage is very common in women, and potentially the best phase in which a lady could be.

As Thomas Gray, an 18thcentury English poet, once said, “Ignorance is bliss.”

So for the ladies out there in the same boat as Kalimon, stay away from Fortnite and continue to live your lives in peace.

The second stage falls in the middle. The women here have a deeper knowledge of Fortnite, though the game has yet to bother them.

Jacqueline R. Gillis (sophomore, communications media) said, “I had it on my phone for a week, and I suck.”

Women in this stage also believe that Fortnite is going to lose popularity.

“It’s definitely a fad like Pokémon Go,” Gabrielle J. Martin (junior, nursing) said.

The third stage is rare among women: If you can’t beat them, join them.

Emily I. Miller (sophomore, political science) said, “I love Fortnite, and I have the app, and I play it all the time.”

Sadly, the fourth stage seems to pertain to most women. This stage is defined as extreme hatred.

“Fortnite is taking over my boyfriend’s life, which is taking over my life because I don’t get any attention,” Alesha K. Archie (senior, hospitality management) said, “So I really hate it now.”

Archie has a similar opinion as Miranda M. Soliday (sophomore, communications media).

“I walked into my boyfriend’s room, and he didn’t notice me for an hour because he was playing Fortnite,” Soliday said.

Although some presume that Fortnite is testing relationships, others think it can actually strengthens theirs.

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Sparks Ignite Photography to capture its 1-year anniversary

(Facebook) John Blanchard is the owner of Sparks Ignite Photography.

their branding with professional photographs.

Within the next year, he plans to continue growing his business and continue growing as an artist. Blanchard is also taking two interns from IUP this May. “Going from a one-man show to having a small staff will be very helpful,” Blanchard said, “and will result in an even better product for my clients.”

To celebrate the 1-year anniver-

(Facebook) Sparks Ignite Photography’s Studio is located at 647 Philadelphia St.

By JESSICA TRUBY Staff Writer J.L.Truby@iup.edu

Jonathan Blanchard moved to Indiana in 2008 with a passion for photography. Photography started as a hobby and turned into an occupation. Blanchard is now getting ready to celebrate his first year in his full-time photography studio.

“I’ve been intrigued by photography for as long as I can remember,” Blanchard said.

His interest began his sophomore year of high school, when he took a film photography class.

Though, at the time, he did not think it was possible to make photography a job.

Digital photography was just starting back then. So he came to Indiana to pursue an education degree. After facing some set-

backs, Blanchard ended up out of school and back in the workforce.

He continued photography on the side. In 2013, he began to take the passion he had more seriously when he was invited to shoot a friend’s wedding, who already had a successful photography business.

That wedding shoot was the turning point where Blanchard decided “I love this and have to do it again.” The beginning was slow, and he worked a full-time job while operating his own photography business. He has been making a living purely from photography since January 2017.

Blanchard’s photography business started in a small studio space, but once he left his day job, he realized he needed a bigger space to allow his business to grow. He discovered the space he is currently in while out and about in Indiana. Blanchard convinced

the owner of the building to allow him to make to renovations to the space to make it his ideal studio, in exchange for a few months of free rent.

One of the biggest challenges that Blanchard faced when creating this new space was trying to get his business to grow, and he took off six weeks with virtually no income to prepare the new space.

“I was working 12-hour days almost every day painting, sanding floors, ripping apart pallets for my wood wall and pallet-wood furniture, etc.,” Blanchard said.

All of this happened while not earning a regular paycheck.

This past year, Blanchard built a business where he receives a steady revenue, serves many clients in the area and provides high quality portraits. Another thing he has grown to do is work commercially with local businesses directly to help build

sary, a party will be held at the studio with Blanchard’s friends, past clients and people in the community. Blanchard wanted a way to say thank you to the people who helped make his passion for a photography into a full-time occupation and to meet some new people in the community.

“This is my way to say ‘thank you’ and to simply have a fun night with people that are important to me,” Blanchard said.

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New Prince album of unreleased music to be released in September

By KATE FELDMAN New York Daily News TNS

Prince’s vault will be opened again.

A new album of previously unreleased music from the legendary singer will be released in September, Troy Carter, whose Atom Factory oversees Prince’s estate, told Variety.

“Michael Howe, who’s been working with us on the archive, has done a tremendous job of finding some special pieces of work, and one of the pieces that he found, all of us fell in love with it and decided this was special enough for fans to hear,” Carter said, calling the album “timespecific.”

Last week, Prince’s estate released a never-before-heard version of “Nothing Compares 2 U,” timed to the second anniversary of his death.

Two new websites also launched: Prince2Me, where fans can share their own memories of the “Purple Rain” singer, and an annotated discography.

“Prince recorded and re-

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hearsed and performed constantly, and he taped everything, so once you think you’ve gotten close (to finding everything), you find new things,” Carter told Variety.

“The vault was just one room and that room ran over into multiple rooms, and this was (mostly) before digitization so you have hard drives, and tapes and things like that.”

Among the hidden treasures, Carter said, are tape notes,

demos and rehearsal tapes.

“We have a very specific plan around the music, because we don’t want to just dump things into the marketplace and have things out just to have them out,” he said.

“Prince was very thoughtful in the way he released music and toured, and being able to preserve and protect that is important as well.”

The album is expected to be released Sept. 28.

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

The RBG Bar and Grill, located inside The Park Inn by Radisson, is becoming a popular spot to see live music in Indiana.

The restaurant officially opened in February 2016 after an interior remodel. Ever since then, the restaurant began to feature live music, according to Ashlee Mondi, the Director of Operations at the Park Inn. “We attempt to regularly schedule bands that play music that our local patrons and inhouse guests love,” Mondi said.

“Our biggest crowd pleasers here are classic rock, country, acoustic and jazz. We try to book local bands whenever possible. We do, however, always appreciate groups that are willing to travel and perform here as well.”

The restaurant’s most popular live music event is the annual New Year’s Party with 13 Stories, an Indiana-based band that plays music from the 1980s. The band plays covers of both ‘80s pop and classic rock songs.

“We have consistently sold approximately 300 tickets annually for this event,” Mondi said. “A large stage is constructed in the open courtyard area of the hotel itself. This provides our guests with an indoor concert type feel. As all of our bands traditionally play in our bar and lounge area, the

concert-type feel to the New Year’s Eve event lends a unique once-ayear celebration unlike any other.”

RBG offered package deals for the for the event that included a dinner buffet, midnight snack buffet, champagne toast at midnight, admission to the private concert event, a room for the night and a breakfast buffet the following morning.

“It’s a really exciting event for us to be able to provide to not only locals but also others who have traveled in from out of town for a fun and safe New Year’s Eye event option,” Mondi said.

RBG Bar and Grill strives to be an authentic, local Pennsylvania restaurant. The restaurant prides itself for using locally obtained ingredients, premium Pennsylvania craft beer that includes Indiana-based brewing companies Levity and Noble Stein and the bar’s own Pennsylvania distilled house liquors.

RBG doesn’t only host events inside the restaurant.

“We are involved with many local music events in town such as the Westlyvania Jazz & Blues Festival, The Folk Fest and local high school jazz events,” Mondi said.

There is live music at RBG from 8-11 p.m. every Friday and Saturday night. Upcoming acts include That’s What She Said, a country rock group on Saturday; Somebody to Love, a classic rock group on May 5; and Last Chance, a classic rock group on May 18. More events can be found on the RBG website or Facebook page.

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Meek Mill, freed from prison, has his biggest audience ever

By DAN DELUCA The Philadelphia Inquirer TNS

It’s not hard to find examples of rappers who have spent time behind bars and emerged with their careers intact.

In fact, it’s a time-honored tradition in a genre in which authentic experience on the streets is prized. Tupac Shakur released the most popular albums of his career after serving eight months for sexual assault in 1995, and Gucci Mane topped the charts this year after spending five months in lockup in 2017.

But no rapper has ever gone to jail and come out transformed like Meek Mill.

The Philadelphia street rhymer, born Robert Rihmeek Williams, was released on bail on Tuesday afternoon when the Pennsylvania Supreme Court offered him “extraordinary relief” because of questions about the credibility of a witness in Mill’s drugs and firearms case, which dates back to 2008.

In the five months since Mill was put back in prison for parole violations, Mill has become an international cause celebre and a symbol in the fight for criminal justice reform and against unequal justice for African Americans and other minorities.

To say that the hip-hop community has rallied around him would be an understatement, from entertainment kingpin Jay-Z, whose Roc Nation company manages Mill, to Canadian superstar Drake, who famously beefed with the Philadelphia rapper in 2015.

Since November, there have been three hashtagged words everyone in the usually contentious hiphop community could agree on: #FreeMeekMill.

And of course, Mill’s status as a symbol of injustice grew far beyond the longtime loyalists whom he gratefully shouted out as “Day Ones” during last July’s show intimate show at the Fillmore in Philadelphia when he couldn’t have imagined the troubles that lie ahead.

While he was serving time in the State Correctional Institute in Chester, Mill was beneficiary of the unflagging support of Sixers co-owner Michael Rubin, who along with Jay-Z’s Roc Nation, funded the Stand with Meek Mill campaign, whose message was

(Facebook) Rapper Meek Mill was ready to ring the Liberty Bell replica as comedian Kevin Hart bowed down Tuesday before him before the playoff game between the 76ers and the Heat at the Wells Fargo Center. Mill, who had been incarcerated since November, was released on bail.

emblazoned on buses and newsstands throughout the city.

Mill’s incarceration and the movement to work toward his release has also, fortunately for him, coincided with the rise of the Philadelphia sports teams on the national stage.

The Eagles made their entrance to “Dreams & Nightmares,” Mill’s defiant going-into-battle song that’s the title cut to his 2012 album, as they went on the field on their way to winning the Super Bowl in Minnesota in February. The ascendant Philadelphia 76ers, whose pregame

faux Liberty Bell Mill was expected to ring on Wednesday during Game 5 of their playoff series against the Miami Heat on Tuesday, take the court to the fired-up strains of “Dreams & Nightmares” at all their home games. And perhaps the best example of how worldwide Mill’s fame has become during his incarceration came in February, when Slovenian snowboarder Tit Stante while competing in the Winter Olympics in South Korea, revealed a message to the world scrawled on the bottom of his board: #FreeMeekMill.

What all this means is that Meek Mill potentially has a much bigger audience waiting for him now that he’s out than he did when he went in. In a million years, no one would have planned getting a 2- to 4-year sentence as a career strategy, but it’s potentially worked wonders for the rapper’s relevance.

Last year, Mill released “Wins & Losses,” his third official fulllength album (he’s also released many mixtapes); its gritty raps and trademark seriousness saved his career. After losing out in his

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aforementioned battle of insults with Drake and breaking up with his rap star girlfriend, Nicki Minaj, Mill was in danger of being seen as a defeated sad sack.

But not long after he got that W, Mill was dealt the much more severe L when he was sentenced to prison.

While his supporters were rallying behind him, Mill, who records for Atlantic Records, tended to his career as best they could. In February, a vocal recorded before he went in prison was featured on a remix Detroit emcee Tee Grizzley’s song “First Day Out.” And earlier this month, a Spike Jordan-directed video for “Wins & Losses”’ “1942 Flows” came out showing Mill in a reflective mood interspersed with clips from “Free Meek Mill” rallies.

And now, he has been freed, on bail at least, and presumably a new trial awaiting him. Other than the potentially enormous new audience, he’s also presented with an enormous new opportunity.

What Mill’s advocates, including Jay-Z in a piece he wrote for the New York Times’ op-ed page, stressed throughout Mill’s incarceration, was that the rapper’s cause was being championed not just because he was a talented celebrity, but because his case was illustrative of a deeply flawed justice system.

Mill alluded to that himself in one of his initial tweets upon the announcement of his release, when he thanked the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office and wrote: “I’m grateful for your commitment to justice. I understand that many people of color across the country don’t have that luxury and I plan to use my platform to shine a light on those issues.”

Mill is a much more significant cultural figure now than he was 5 months ago. And now that he’s out, he’ll need something to do with himself and a platform to do it on. Last year, one of the highlights of the annual Made in America festival on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway was when Mill came out as a surprise guest at the close of festival head Jay-Z’s closing set.

The lineup for this year’s Made in America has not yet been announced. But surely there couldn’t be a more ideally suited headliner than the hometown hero rapper with a story to tell and message to convey to his people gathered on the streets where he grew up.

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‘The Avengers’ tops list of best MCU films

By LAITH ZURAIKAT Staff Writer Laith.Zuraikat@iup.edu

This article contains opinion.

In 2008, Marvel Studios took what was, at the time, considered to be a major gamble and attempted to reintroduce its comic book superheroes back onto the silver screen. Since previous attempts by the company to adapt its comic book characters into film produced mixed results. The decision to make a movie about Iron Man, starring Robert Downey Jr.,

was met with general skepticism and doubt.

However, Marvel knew what it was doing, as “Iron Man” became the breakout hit of the year and helped launch what is now referred to as “Phase One” of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, or MCU. In the decade following the release of “Iron Man,” the MCU expanded to include 19 films, spanning three phases, and has grossed billions of dollars in ticket sales worldwide. On Friday, Marvel brings a close to “Phase Three” of the MCU with its latest and big-

gest offering to date, “Avengers: Infinity War.” In anticipation for Friday’s release, I compiled a list of what I consider the best movies to come from MCU.

10. “Iron Man 3”

While not the weakest of the Iron Man trilogy, the third entry in the series ultimately failed to live up to the standards of the first Iron Man movie.

9. “Ant Man”

Marvel’s version of a heist movie actually worked pretty well.

It’s by no means the best film in the MCU, but it is still enjoyable, overall.

8. “Captain America: Civil War”

While marketed as a Captain America movie, this was really just Avengers 2.5, and despite the joy that came with the introduction of Spider-Man to the MCU, the film ultimately suffers from its dark tone.

7. “Spider-Man: Homecoming” The reboot that no one

seemed to want actually turned out to be one of the best Spider-Man movies in a long time. The decision to skip over the well-known origin story in favor of a more humorous plot that focused on a young Peter Parker’s attempts to find his place in the super hero world produced one of the funniest and flat-out most enjoyable Marvel movies to date.

6. “Thor: Ragnarok”

After the disappointing

sequel “Thor: The Dark World,” many people wondered if the God of Thunder’s time was possibly up.

However, director Taika Waititi had other ideas.

By taking Thor away from Earth and Asgard, cutting off his signature golden locks, introducing a variety of outlandish characters and embracing a sense of wackiness that was not previously associated with the series, “Thor: Ragnarok” helped breathe life back into this particular hero’s story arc and potential future on screen.

5. “Iron Man”

The one that started it all also happens to remain one of the best Marvel films to date.

The greatest strength of the movie lies in its perfect casting of Robert Downey Jr. as the playboy billionaire Tony Stark, and despite its age, the special effects and technology of the film don’t feel dated in the slightest.

benefit of the movie.

3. “Black Panther”

The most recent entry into the MCU also happens to be one of strongest, as the movie does a fantastic job of embracing and showcasing the culture that inspired the film, while at the same time bringing all the action and humor for which the MCU films have become known.

2. “Guardians of the Galaxy”

Another gamble by Marvel saw the studio take a C-list group of characters to produce a fantastic space action-comedy. The main strength of the movie is that at the heart of the film is a story of how a band of misfits come together to form a dysfunctional family and save the galaxy.

4. “Captain America: The Winter Soldier”

There are a lot of great superhero movies in the MCU, but “The Winter Soldier” is just a great movie overall. More of an espionage spy thriller than traditional superhero movie, “The Winter Soldier” has one of the more complex and politically inspired plots in the MCU, much to the

1. “The Avengers”

While Iron Man may have served as the starting point for the MCU, “The Avengers” finally brought together all the pieces and characters that Marvel built during Phase One, much to the delight of fans. Seeing all these superheroes on the same screen for the first time was a truly iconic moment, and the joy and wonder that the final 30-minute “Battle of New York” scene still inspires is a testament to the strength of the movie.

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at Shippensburg

By ELLIOT HICKS Staff Writer

E.Hicks@iup.edu

The IUP baseball team split its first mid-week doubleheader of the season Wednesday afternoon at Shippensburg University.

The Raiders took the victory in the first game,127, with the Crimson Hawks taking a 7-3 win in Game 2.

“It was a different vibe for the team,” said IUP infielder Ted DeSanti (senior, criminology). “Sometimes you can tell people are pressing during games, but we played loose, had fun, and I think that’s why we played well.”

IUP got off to a quick start offensively in Game 1, scoring the first four runs of the game, including a two-run homer from Dan Sepic (senior, hospitality management) heading into the third inning. But Shippensburg clawed back, taking the lead, 5-4, going into the fifth inning.

The Crimson Hawks regained the lead in the top half of the fifth, but couldn’t contain a seven-run burst by the Raiders’ offense in the bottom half of the inning, which blew the game open.

In the second game’s second inning, DeSanti hit a home run to tie the game at 1, a scoreline that held until a four-run inning by the Crimson Hawks gave IUP a lead of 5-1, which it did not relinquish.

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“We put a full game together from hitting, pitching and defense,” Sepic said.

Ben Hudock (sophomore, computer science) got the win on the mound.

Hudock gave up three earned runs on seven hits.

Hudock struck out six in his six innings to pick up his first win of the season.

Dan Roan (graduate, employment and labor relations) earned the save by throwing a scoreless seventh inning.

“We just played loose [and] went out and played baseball,” Roan said. “It was fun for sure.”

Shippensburg plays in the Eastern division of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC), so this doubleheader didn’t affect playoff implications for IUP, which sits with a 7-13 conference record.

There are three scheduled series left in the Crimson Hawks’ season, the first of which is against Seton Hill University, with games on Friday in Greensburg and Saturday at Owen Dougherty Field in Indiana.

The Griffins have a conference record of 12-8 and are in fourth place in the PSAC Western division.

Five teams from each division make the postseason, and the Crimson Hawks currently sit in sixth.

The victory on Wednesday could serve as momentum heading into this weekend’s series.

“Hopefully, we can keep it rolling into the biggest series of the year for us this weekend,” DeSanti said.

(IUP Athletics) Chris Eisel (sophomore, natural sciences) had a big offensive day for the Crimson Hawks in the team’s doubleheader against Shippensburg University on Wednesday. Eisel went a combined 4-for-8 with two RBIs in the two games.

(IUP Athletics) Ben Hudock (sophomore, computer science) won his first game of the season in Game 2 of Wednesday’s doubleheader at Shippensburg University. Hudock went six innings and struck out six while allowing just three earned runs.

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(TNS) Jonathan Marchessault, left, and Brayden McNabb, right, celebrated a Golden Knights goal in the second period of Game 4 against the Los Angeles Kings in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs on April 17.

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(TNS) Washington Capitals captain Alexander Ovechkin celebrated with teammates along the bench after his secondperiod goal in the Caps’ series-clinching win in Game 6 against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday night.

Stanley Cup Playoffs heating up as second round begins

By SEAN FRITZ Sports Editor

S.D.Fritz@iup.edu

The Stanley Cup Playoffs have moved on, as the second round is officially underway with the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Washington Capitals kicking off their series last night along with the Vegas Golden Knights and the San Jose Sharks series.

For the Pens and Caps, this has become sort of a tradition since the reshaping of the NHL divisions and Stanley Cup Playoff seedings took place a few years back.

This is the third straight season the two teams have met in the second round, with Pittsburgh taking both of the prior series as well as nine of the last 10 playoff meetings between the two.

The biggest storyline for this series is the same as it’s been in the past: Can Alexander Ovechkin and his Capitals get over the hump and defeat Sidney Crosby and the Penguins in the postseason, a feat Ovechkin has not accomplished in his career?

In the West, the Pacific Division’s top-seeded Golden Knights will take on yet another divisional rival who has some playoff experience to draw upon.

Although the Knights swept their first-round opponent, the Los Angeles Kings, the Sharks will likely be more of a challenge for an inexperienced Knights team.

Elsewhere in the second round, the NHL’s top regular season team in the Nashville Predators will host the Winnipeg Jets in the Western Conference. This is anticipated

to be one of the top series of the postseason.

Nashville is many people’s favorite to win the Cup, or at least represent the Western Conference in the final, going up against a tough, physical and hungry Jets team that never experienced much success in the postseason to date.

Game 1 of this series is 8 p.m.

Friday at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn.

Saturday, the remaining Game 1 matchup will take place at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Fla., when the Eastern Conference’s top seed in the Tampa Bay Lightning will host the Boston Bruins, fresh off their Game 7 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday night in Boston.

These two teams had a highly contested series in the regular season, and many analysts predicted

the pair would run into each other in the postseason.

Tampa Bay will come into Game 1 fully rested, having to wait a full week since winning its first-round series over the New Jersey Devils in five games.

The rest of the postseason should certainly be exciting, as fans can look at any of the eight remaining teams and see a potential Stanley Cup winner, something that can’t always be said when looking at the first-round matchups.

Each of the remaining teams were favored in their first-round matchups, with the exception of the San Jose Sharks, which easily could have been the higher seed in the series against Anaheim, if not for an end-of-season flip flop in the standings.

Pittsburgh’s offense is riding

high, after an outburst in round one, while Washington has already been battle tested after going down, 2-0, to Columbus.

San Jose is back with that nowor-never feeling and has another run at a Stanley Cup on its mind as its opponent in Vegas is looking to keep riding its unpredictable season-long high.

Nashville wants another stab at the Cup after falling short last season in the final but will have to go through a brick wall of maybe the most physical team in the Winnipeg Jets to do it.

Tampa Bay is looking to finish the strong season it started, while the Bruins will look to come up clutch in back-to-back series.

It should be a lot of fun for hockey fans around the world as the Stanley Cup Playoffs are now going full throttle.

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Crimson Hawks sweep Mercyhurst

By JARROD BROWNE Lead Sports Writer

J.W.Browne@iup.edu

The IUP softball team swept Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) foe Mercyhurst University in a doubleheader Monday afternoon in Erie.

IUP opened up Game 1 with some offense SOFTBALL early when Kaitlyn Beers (sophomore, criminology) drove in two runs with a single.

IUP added another run in the second inning, which ended up being the deciding run due to a strong performance by pitcher Lauren Zola (junior, hospitality management) in the circle.

Zola pitched a complete game while allowing one earned run and an unearned run.

During the complete-game effort, Zola set a season-high with 11 strikeouts.

“Being able to pitch with an early lead with the help of the offense is amazing,” Zola said. “It makes it a lot easier on the staff when we can go out there and know our offense is behind us.”

Leading the offense for the Crimson Hawks was Alaina Montgomery (senior, information systems) with a three-hit, one RBI performance. Beers and Megan Little (sophomore, art) both finished with two hits, while Beers drove in two runs. IUP added three more runs to take Game 1, 6-2.

In Game 2, IUP sent Megan Risinger (junior, nursing) to the circle.

(IUP Athletics) Lauren Zola (junior, hospitality management)

Risinger pitched a completegame shutout while allowing only two hits.

The IUP offense once again had a strong performance, recording 12 hits in the 8-0 victory.

Beers led the offense, going 3-for-3 with two RBIs. Beers also extended her hitting streak to 12 games.

Lauren Goetz (junior, kinesiology) also had a multi-hit game, going 2-for-2 while scoring a run.

Heading into a busy weekend, IUP will host three doubleheaders, with the first beginning at 3 p.m.

Thursday against the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown (UPJ).

On Friday, IUP will host Bloomsburg University at 2:30 p.m. for the second of the doubleheaders at Podbielski Field.

The Crimson Hawks will then finish the busy weekend on the road starting at 5 p.m. Saturday at UPJ for the final doubleheader.

“We knew a busy weekend like this was coming because of the rain and even snow we’ve had this spring,” Zola said. “It’s nothing we haven’t had to deal with before. So we will just go out there and give it our all like we always do. If we go out there and do what we are capable of doing, we will come out with a good record on the weekend.”

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(IUP Athletics) Megan Risinger (junior, nursing) threw a complete-game shutout in which she allowed just two hits. Risinger threw five innings and recorded two strikeouts and three walks in the outing.

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(TNS) Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Gregory Polanco made a catch after climbing the wall in a game against the Miami Marlins in mid-April at Marlins Park. The Pirates are heading into a weekend series with the St. Louis Cardinals at PNC Park in Pittsburgh. The Cardinals are currently sitting just ahead of the Pirates in the National League Central division. The Pirates record is 13-11 overall after defeating the Detroit Tigers on Thursday afternoon.

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Donovan may regret leaving Florida for NBA job

By MIKE BIANCHI Orlando Sentinel TNS One of my close friends who is an avid Florida Gators fan stated emphatically the other day that legendary former UF basketball coach Billy Donovan is now undeniably sorry he left college basketball for the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder.

I just shook my head and told my Orange and Blue-blinded buddy that his school pride is obviously interfering with normal brain activity.

Don't get me wrong, I understand how college fans often overinflate the value of their coaching positions and I understand that UF fans will always love Donovan and he will always love UF. When the Gators, under Donovan successor Mike White, were making a run to the NCAA's Elite 8 two seasons ago, nobody was rooting harder for UF than Billy D. But if you ask me, Donovan, even though his disappointing Thunder are on the verge of being ousted in the first round of the playoffs by the surprising Utah Jazz, has absolutely no regrets about leaving UF for an NBA job.

Especially the Oklahoma City job, which in its original form (when Kevin Durant was still on the team) was one of the elite jobs in the NBA. Granted, Donovan, who won two national titles and played for another during his 19 remarkable seasons in Gainesville, could have had job security for life at UF. He could have gone down as not only the greatest college basketball coach in UF history, but the greatest college basketball coach in State of Florida history.

Well, guess what? Donovan, who nearly doubled his college salary when he took the $6 milliona-year Thunder job, is still going to have job security for life and is still going to go down as the greatest

college basketball coach in UF and state history.

I don't think anybody is blaming Donovan for what has happened to the Thunder since he arrived.

When he took the job, he thought he was going to be coaching Durant and Russell Westbrook for years to come.

Let's not forget, in his first season with Durant and Westbrook both on the team in 2015-16, Donovan took the Thunder to the Western Conference Finals where they lost to the record-breaking Warriors.

That was the year the Warriors set an NBA record with 73 wins and the Thunder actually held a 3-1 lead in the conference finals before Golden State came storming back and rallied from behind in Game 7 to oust OKC. The Thunder, of course, haven't been the same since.

In the offseason after Donovan's first year on the job, Durant bolted OKC to gravy train championships in Golden State.

Even if Donovan ends up eventually getting fired as most NBA coaches do, he can then parachute back into college basketball and get a job better than the one he left behind at Florida.

He would become one of the most sought coaching free agents in college hoops history and would be a prime candidate for just about any big-time job that came open.

If Roy Williams retires at North Carolina or Mike Krzyzewski retires at Duke, Donovan immediately would and should become the No. 1 candidate.

Not only that, but I believe Donovan would get another opportunity to coach in the NBA, even if he parts ways with Oklahoma City.

Who knows, maybe the Orlando Magic can re-hire him for another one-day coaching stint before he makes his triumphant return to college basketball.

Donovan’s Thunder will look to tie the series with Utah at three games a piece at 10:30 p.m. Friday.

(TNS) Billy Donovan’s Oklahoma City Thunder are on the verge of elimination as they trail the Utah Jazz, 3-2, in their first-round series matchup.

The Thunder will look to tie the series Friday night at 10:30 p.m. in Utah.

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