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Students went door-to-door to speak to community members during Hawk Walk 2014.

Hawk Walk: Students to band together for community outreach

By KIMBERLY IMEL Staff Writer K.N.Imel@iup.edu

Indiana community members, IUP students, police officers and other officials from the university and borough are once again coming together to support the annual Hawk Walk from 5:30 to 8 p.m.

Wednesday.

In its seventh year, this event is still holding strongly to its initial purpose of increasing community participation and awareness of problems as well as points of pride

in the Indiana area.

“Our goal is to let the borough and the student population know about the different amenities offered in Indiana,” said David Janusek, director of Downtown Indiana and organizer of the event.

Over the years, information provided during this event has positively affected the connection between students and long-term residents, according to Downtown Indiana’s website.

As a result, neighborhoods are safer and more inviting, according to the website.

Janusek said the measure of the event’s success over time is the steady increase in retail activity.

This demonstrates students’ increased awareness of what is available to them.

Janusek said the event could increase students’ knowledge of the area they live in.

“You can spend several years here and not know just how vibrant the Indiana area is,” Janusek said.

Janusek said believes that this is a chance for IUP students and their families to know more about their area, even if they are locals.

Volunteers will meet for an informative session at 5:30 p.m. in the Hadley Union Building the day of the event.

Thereafter, participants will distribute welcome bags around the community.

These bags contain packets relating to ordinances, community services, useful contacts and other community information.

Along with the distribution of materials, volunteers will have the opportunity to personally interact with other students and residents in the area.

For these volunteers, the Hawk Walk allows them to connect with more individuals in the Indiana area while also providing educational resources in the process.

After the event, participants will be asked to complete a brief survey.

Refreshments will be provided in the HUB immediately following the Hawk Walk.

All those planning on partaking in the event are encouraged to contact Betsy Sarneso at esarneso@iup.edu or 724-3572598 as soon as possible.

Architects reveal preliminary plans for Elkin Hall

By ZANE HARTER Contributing Writer Z.A.Harter@iup.edu

Celli-Flynn Brennan Architects (CFB) and Planners presented an overview of the preliminary redesign of Elkin Hall Wednesday in Wallwork Hall.

CFB accepted feedback from students and faculty after the presentation.

During the past six weeks, CFB has been redesigning what was one of the last traditional dorms on campus. Elkin Hall, which was closed last year, will house the IUP

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CFB unveiled their schematics Wednesday with a heavy interest in feedback from students and faculty.

They expressed this interest by implementing a sticky note system in which anyone could place sticky notes on any of the schematics.

The notes contained the concerns, ideas or questions of students and faculty.

Most of the notes posted dealt with gender-neutral bathrooms, spaces or offices for graduate as-

sistants and group space for student rituals.

The fundamental concern of CFB was how to make the building itself stand out in order to make students want to visit.

CFB provided multiple options for the exterior of the building, as well as options for the student wing.

The exterior is essentially boiled down to three different options.

The first option proposed a pavilion-like structure, sort of like the one that exists in front of Stephenson Hall.

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ered walkway. The final option, in what could be an expression of homage to IUP, would be to install a “hawk wing” on the top side of the building.

With the student wing, students could choose between an open, relaxed environment, a secluded one with many rooms or a median of the two options.

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SGA encourages students to lend their voices

By BECCA RHOADES Contributing Writer B.V.Rhoades@iup.edu

When students hear the words “Student Government Association,” a lot of things could come to mind. Some may think of leadership, as SGA is a mini government that makes decisions for its university.

SGA lets the student voice be heard, whether it be social, educational, recreational or cultural.

It holds weekly meetings that are open to the public. Its first meeting of the semester will be held at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Hadley Union Building Monongahela Room.

“SGA is IUP’s undergraduate Student Government Association,” said Carson Nicholas (sophomore, political science), SGA vice president. We are the voice of the student body, and we work with the university administration to make sure our needs as students are represented.”

President of SGA, Brian Swatt (sophomore, political science) also offered up his opinion of what SGA stands for.

“The Student Government Association serves to provide students and organizations of IUP with a representative voice that promotes and enriches the welfare of the students via avenues including cultural, recreational, educational, social and legislative programs that complement their learning experience at IUP,” Swatt said.

“SGA is essentially the umbrella organization for all recognized organizations on campus and works with these organizations to achieve this mission and purpose,” he added.

Nicholas said that the more active students are around campus, the bigger SGA’s voice can be.

“Our voice varies depending on how active we, as a student body, are within SGA,” he said.

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SGA President Brian Swatt, left, and Vice President Carson Nicholas, right, encouraged students to attend the club’s first meeting Tuesday.

“As senators, we have voting rights within University Senate [the university-wide forum for concerns involving course changes, tuition rates and other policy issues].

“I, as the vice president, am tasked with assigning senators and executive officers to University Senate committees, such as the finance, rules and library committees, where we have the ability to shape university policy.”

Swatt said IUP students have the potential to make tremendous change if they choose.

“The student body actually has a huge and influential voice,” Swatt said, “and it is often underestimated by students.

“The students are represented in countless avenues and areas because they are the constituents of the university.”

According to Swatt, the deciding factor about the strength of SGA is the involvement of students. Students who are willing to be active and engaged on campus, particularly those who are also vocal, will be heard by SGA and other organizations.

He also encourages any interested students to attend Tuesday’s meeting.

“Our first General Assembly meeting will act as an introductory and interest meeting,” he said.

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“I expect to have a decent turnout with incoming students who are interested in joining the organization.

“At the meeting, we will discuss

information about the organization and how you can join.”

“I expect a discussion on boosting membership [and] recruitment,” Nicholas said.

“Our ranks are small, as not too many senators returned from last year. We may or may not have a few clubs on which to vote, but I am not sure on that.”

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Less-than studious students drive costs

By MARY CLARE REIM and JAMIE BRYAN HALL The Heritage Foundation TNS

As college students head back to school, parents and taxpayers – both groups increasingly subsidizing higher education – rightfully expect these students will work hard to make the most of this significant investment.

Unfortunately, data from the American Time Use Survey, conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, indicate otherwise.

During the academic year, the average full-time college student spends only 8.3 hours per week in class and 11 hours per week on

homework and other educationrelated activities.

By contrast, the average high school student spends 23.9 hours per week in class and 6.3 hours per week on homework and other activities.

Considering how little time college students put into their studies, it is no surprise that nationwide, less than 19 percent of full-time students attending non-flagship public universities and 36 percent of full-time students attending flagships earn their bachelor’s degrees within four years.

Many aren’t even trying to finish in a timely fashion. A study by researchers from Northwestern University suggests, “Most full-time

students do not take the credits necessary to graduate on schedule ... opting instead for lighter course loads that put them on five- and six-year plans.”

Many also fall behind by losing credits when transferring and taking remedial coursework.

If college students were spending most of their time in college leisurely, graduating in six years, but financing their education on their own, the repercussions of this trend would be contained to individuals.

However, students are able to borrow up to the “full cost of attendance,” which includes tuition, fees, room and board, books, and other miscellaneous expenses.

And the federal government now controls 93 percent of all student loans, 43 percent of which are either in default or delinquent.

Additionally, the Obama administration promulgates legislation that would offer loan forgiveness to students who enter the public sector.

Unfortunately, these misguided policies leave taxpayers on the hook for a student’s college years, only a fraction of which is spent acquiring skills.

Worse, research has shown that increased access to federal aid encourages colleges and universities to raise their tuition prices.

So while access to federal aid increases, so do tuition costs, and

the time spent working in college remains extremely low. This is a bad deal for American taxpayers.

A better option is to restore private lending in the marketplace.

We need to rein in the virtually unrestricted access that students have to federal student aid.

Reversing the incentives for colleges and universities to raise their tuition prices would make it easier for more students to pay for college without government assistance.

Once students, rather than American taxpayers, are held financially responsible for their time spent in college, students may spend less time partying and more time studying.

expand to IUP. “Once we started researching IUP, we found that there were a high number of off-campus searches taking place on Google,” Burns said.

“In speaking with local landlords and students, there’s a very active off-campus population in Indiana.

“In addition, we couldn’t find one resource where students could look to find all of the college rentals in one place, even at the university,” he said.

The company started at Marquette University in 2013, and its current database includes more than 32 campuses throughout the country.

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ly with local landlords in order to create their housing databases.

They get consent from all property owners before creating their listings.

“In the past, we’ve thrived in markets where there is a clear absence in off-campus living support for students,” Burns said.

Burns says together they can get up-to-date information that is important to students, such as whether pets are allowed, furnishing of the living space, utilities are included and parking availability.

“It’s simply not efficient to go to 30 different landlord websites individually or write down phone numbers on yard signs,” Burns said.

“Our site offers students the convenience of comparing hun-

dreds of options in one place from their desktop or the mobile app and contacting landlords directly.”

The company will be having an Open House Day Sept. 23 in order for students to have the opportunity to tour various properties at the same time.

Students can also meet local

landlords and win prizes.

There will be giveaways and promotions available to students who attend, according to RCP. IUP’s Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) is also working with Rent College Pads to promote the company in the community this semester.

Off-campus housing search engine expands to IUP

By STEPHANIE BACHMAN Staff Writer S.L.Bachman2@iup.edu

Rent College Pads, a website designed to help students find off-campus housing, has recently expanded to IUP. The company is an online resource that helps college students find housing options that meet their needs by making the search process easier.

The company aims to consolidate all of the housing options in the area to one website so students do not have to browse numerous websites.

Tom Burns, the market development director for Rent College Pads, explained why they chose to

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Former IUP student acquitted of second rape charge

By JEREMY STOUT Contributing Writer J.W.Stout@iup.edu

Jose Antonio Aponte, 23, a former IUP student, was cleared Aug. 24 of a second set of rape and sexual assault charges in the Indiana Common Pleas Court.

This second acquittal comes five months after an earlier trial in March, during which Aponte was also found not guilty.

The charges from the incident stemmed from a night of drinking at an Indiana bar, after which the victim, a 22-year-old IUP student, and Aponte left together and headed back to the victim’s apartment. Both incidents took place in May 2015, but are otherwise unrelated.

The second incident for which Aponte was on trial Aug. 24 occurred during an off-campus house party where Aponte had again been accused of forcibly raping a 22-year-old woman who is also an IUP student.

The victim alleged that Aponte had engaged in sex with her even though she was highly intoxicated and did not give consent. She asserted that she had blacked out.

Aponte rebutted this claim, asserting that all acts where consensual.

Pierre Latour III, Aponte’s lawyer, told The Indiana Gazette that the victim who claimed to have blacked out was “talked into the fact that something had happened because she was intoxicated and claimed she couldn’t remember

certain things.”

Latour said that the other victim “may have been drunk, she may have been upset.”

“I submit she flat-out lied,” he told the Gazette.

Latour expressed that this case is emblematic of a dangerous path that society is taking.

“I don’t think this is any different than what kids were doing in college 20 years ago,” he said.

“We just now have an atmosphere on college campuses of victimization.”

Indiana County District Attorney Patrick Dougherty rebuts these claims.

“In many cases, a jury comes in with stereotypical beliefs,” Dougherty told the Gazette, “especially when you have alcohol involved.

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“Our society still has the `let’s blame the victims’ mentality. It’s no different in the jury box.”

Michelle Fryling, IUP executive director of communications and media relations, assured that Aponte went through a strenuous process before the expulsion.

“Any student that is charged with a crime goes through a student judicial system which is presided by students and faculty,” Fryling said.

“We have prescribed adjudications for situations and possible punishments available to students.”

Fryling brought up The Source, which is a student guide to IUP policies and procedures, as a good way to find out about the student conduct board and student policy.

She also pressed the importance of sexual violence prevention.

“We work with so many great programs, [such as] the Haven Project and Take Back the Night.

We take these matters very seriously. The university wants to help any student and wants them to come forward.”

IUP also offers the Office of Student Conduct and Police Department as resources for anyone who has experienced sexual assault or harrassment or for anyone who wants to understand IUP’s policy on definitions, reporting and complaint resolution procedures.

“We want any student who has been a victim of sexual violence to come forward and get help,” Fryling said.

LinkedIn’s search engine may reflect a gender-bias

By MATT DAY

The Seattle Times TNS

Search for a female contact on LinkedIn, and you may get a curious result.

The professional networking website asks if you meant to search for a similarlooking man’s name.

A search for “Stephanie Williams,” for example, brings up a prompt asking if the searcher meant to type “Stephen Williams” instead.

It’s not that there aren’t any people by that name about 2,500 profiles included Stephanie Williams.

But similar searches of popular female first names, paired with placeholder last names, bring up

LinkedIn’s suggestion to change “Andrea Jones” to “Andrew Jones,” Danielle to Daniel, Michaela to Michael and Alexa to Alex.

The pattern repeats for at least a dozen of the most common female names in the U.S. Searches for the 100 most common male names in the U.S., on the other hand, bring up no prompts asking if users meant predominantly female names.

LinkedIn says its suggested results are generated automatically by an analysis of the tendencies of past searchers.

“It’s all based on how people are using the platform,” spokeswoman Suzi Owens said.

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View, Calif., company, which Microsoft is buying in a $26.2 billion deal, doesn’t ask users their gender at registration, and doesn’t try to tag users by assumed gender or group results that way, Owens said.

LinkedIn is reviewing ways to improve its predictive technology, she said.

Owens didn’t say whether LinkedIn’s members, which total about 450 million, skewed more male than female.

A Pew Research survey last year didn’t find a large gap in the gender of LinkedIn users in the U.S. About 26 percent of male internet users used LinkedIn, compared with 25 percent of all female internet users, according to Pew.

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Police Blotter Alcohol Violations:

Theft/Criminal Mischief

• Douglas Bush, 47, of Indiana, was charged with DUI and public drunkenness at 1:15 a.m. on July 30 at Sheetz, 380 Philadelphia St., according to borough police.

• Justin Fess, 25, of Homer City, was charged with simple assault, resisting arrest, harassment, disorderly conduct and public drunkenness after police had found he assaulted a female at 2:14 a.m. July 31 in the 500 block of Philadelphia Street, according to borough police.

• Ronnie Cochran, 42, of Indiana, was charged with public drunkenness at approximately 5:19 p.m. July 31 in the 00 block of South Seventh Street, according to borough police.

• Timothy Morris II, 30, of Mill Creek, was charged with DUI and careless driving after he struck a parked vehicle at 12:53 a.m. Aug. 4 in the 100 block of North Sixth Street, according to borough police.

• Matthew Adams, 30, of Indiana, was charged with public drunkenness after he was observed highly intoxicated at 12:20 a.m. Aug. 9 at Sheetz, 380 Philadelphia St., according to borough police.

• Luke Tortorella, 19, of Indiana, was cited for underage drinking when he was found in possession of an alcoholic beverage at 11:59 p.m. Aug. 26 in the 200 block of South Seventh Street, according to Indiana Borough Police.

• Jacob Carey, 21, of Bridgeville, was charged in a criminal complaint with indecent exposure and public drunkenness after he was observed at 1:32 a.m. Aug. 26 in the 100 block of North Ninth Street, according to borough police.

• Michelle Walter, 20, of Philadelphia, was cited for underage drinking and operating a vehicle with alcohol in her system after police stopped her vehicle for a code violation at 12:45 a.m.

Aug. 28 in the 00 block of South Ninth Street, according to borough police.

• Chance Williams, 20, of Bedford, was cited for public drunkenness and underage drinking after he was found passed out on a resident’s property at 1:29 a.m. Aug. 28 in the 500 block of Locust Street, according to borough police.

• Briana Marin, 21, of Philadelphia, was arrested for public drunkenness at 3:08 a.m. Aug. 31 at Sheetz, 768 Wayne Ave., according to borough police.

• Frederick Moran, 25, of Shelocta, and Kevin Craig, 30, of Commodore, were charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia after police observed them at 2:09 p.m. July 14 at the 400 block of North Fourth Street, according to borough police.

• Zachary Drobeck, 22, of Indiana, was charged with possession of a small amount of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia at 12:01 July 28 in the 300 block of Philadelphia Street, according to borough police.

• A wallet was reportedly stolen inside an office building in the 600 block of Water Street between 10:30 a.m. and noon July 26. Anyone with information is asked to contact borough police.

• Chante McCreary, 21, of Beaufort, S.C., was cited for retail theft at 11:08 p.m. July 30 at Sheetz, 380 Philadelphia St., according to borough police.

• A 2008 dark blue Chevrolet 2500 with a dark blue bed cap was reportedly stolen from the 500 block of Philadelphia Street at approximately 5:30 p.m.

Aug. 12, borough police said. Anyone with information is asked to contact borough police.

• Items were reportedly stolen from within a vehicle that was parked on the 100 block of School Street between 9 p.m. Aug. 4 and 3 p.m. Aug. 5, according to borough police. Anyone with information is asked to contact borough police.

Drug Violations • Donald Hodge, 54, of Clymer, was charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession of marijuana after police found several prescription pills and marijuana during a traffic stop at 12:46 a.m. Aug. 11 at the 200 block of North Eighth Street, according to borough police.

• Nicole Whitney, 29, of Clymer, and Katherine Doubt, 28, of Indiana, were charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia at 4:48 p.m. Aug. 11 in the 00 block of South Fourth Street, according to borough police.

Doubt was also charged with driving under suspension, DUI related, police said.

• Ellen Blystone, 40, of Marion Center, was charged with two counts of possession of a controlled substance and a traffic offense at 4:36 p.m. Aug. 12 at

the 200 block of North Eighth Street, according to borough police.

• Kyle Gromley-Gardner, 26, of Clymer, was charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia after police were called to Sheetz, 768 Wayne Ave., at 8:11 p.m. Aug. 12, according to borough police. Frederick Moran, 25, of Shelocta, was also present.

Gromley-Gardner was found with heroin paraphernalia and Moran was under the influence of controlled substances. Moran was charged with public drunkenness, police said.

• Megan Morrow, 21, of Marion Center, was charged with possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and a traffic violation at 4:57 p.m. Aug. 19 in the 200 block of Philadelphia Street, according to borough police.

Harassment/Disorderly Conduct/Assault • Borough police are investigating an assault that reportedly occurred at 2:15 a.m. July 24 in the 00 block of South

Sixth Street. The victim reported that a white male and black male assaulted him as he walked down the sidewalk in this area, causing moderate injuries.

Anyone with information is asked to contact borough police.

• Mallory Atkins, 25, of Altoona, was charged with simple assault and harassment after she reportedly struck her fiancé at 2:18 a.m. Aug. 20 at the 400 block of Church Street, according to borough police.

Accidents • Borough police are investigating a hit-and-run motor vehicle collision that occurred at the intersection of North Ninth Street and Chestnut Street around 7:08 p.m. Aug. 18. Police are looking for a silver four door hatchback sedan with rear bumper damage on the passenger side. Anyone with information should contact borough police at 724-349-2121.

• Borough police reported that an unattended vehicle was damaged at the parking lot for 412 South 13th St. between 4 p.m. Aug. 22 and 1:30 p.m.

Aug. 23. Anyone with information is asked to contact borough police.

• Borough police reported that a white female with blonde hair driving a green Jeep struck the driver side mirror of a parked Ford Ranger at about 11:20 a.m. Aug. 23 in the 600 block of South Fourth Street.

The green Jeep then fled west on Grandview Avenue, police said. Anyone with information regarding this hit and run is asked to contact borough police.

Damages • Borough police are investigating damage caused to a rock retaining wall in the 500 block of Washington Street between 7 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

July 23. Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact borough police at 724-349-2121.

• Borough police are investigating damage caused to a vehicle in the 500 block of Grant Street between 6 p.m.

July 22 and 10:30 a.m. July 23. Anyone with information is asked to contact borough police.

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Stanford rapist set to be released from jail early

By MATT HAMILTON Los Angeles Times TNS

Former Stanford University student Brock Turner, who was convicted of sexually assaulting a woman and sentenced to six months in jail, a penalty criticized for its leniency, is scheduled to be released from jail Friday, according to public records.

If released this week from the Santa Clara County jail, Turner will have completed half the jail term imposed by Superior Court Judge

Aaron Persky, who faces a recall campaign over his handling of Turner’s case.

Early releases are commonly given because of good behavior and because of California’s prison realignment.

In 2014, the Los Angeles Times reported more than 13,500 inmates were being released early each month to relieve crowding in local jails.

Turner was convicted in March of three felony counts: assault with the intent to commit rape of an unconscious person, sexual penetra-

tion of an unconscious person and sexual penetration of an intoxicated person.

Turner attacked an unconscious woman behind a garbage bin on the Palo Alto university’s campus in January 2015.

At his sentencing, the Ohio native faced up to 14 years in prison.

Prosecutors sought a six-year prison term.

Persky opted for the lighter jail term and also sentenced Turner to three years’ probation. At the time, he said a lengthier penalty would have a “severe impact” on Turner.

Public criticism of the sentence escalated after the unidentified victim’s 12-page, single-spaced letter that she read aloud in court went viral after it was published by the media. She excoriated the judge for giving Turner “a soft time-out, a mockery of the [seriousness] of the assaults.”

“The seriousness of rape has to be communicated clearly, we should not create a culture that suggests we learn that rape is wrong through trial and error,” she wrote.

“The consequences of sexual

assault needs to be severe enough that people feel enough fear to exercise good judgment even if they are drunk, severe enough to be preventative.”

Persky, who was appointed to the bench by then-California Gov. Gray Davis in 2003, voluntarily moved to civil court, officials announced last week.

The judge had recently recused himself from a case in which he was set to decide whether to reduce the conviction of a plumber for possession of child pornography from a felony to a misdemeanor.

Trump in Mexico: What the heck does he have to lose?

By LESLEY CLARK

McClatchy Washington Bureau TNS

To paraphrase Donald Trump, what the [heck] does he have to lose?

His last-minute decision to visit Mexico, the U.S. neighbor and key

trade ally that he’s spent a year disparaging, left political jaws agape.

But Trump’s turn onstage with President Enrique Pena Nieto could bear benefits for a candidate whose presidential primary steamroller has sputtered in the general election campaign.

The side trip to Mexico City in

advance of a speech on immigration in Phoenix later Wednesday gave the businessman an opportunity to bolster his image as a deal maker and, more importantly, as a potential president.

“He gets to portray himself as someone who is open to talking to people who are, as he sees it, cre-

ating a problem for America,” said Peter Schechter, the director of the Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center, who has served as a political consultant in Latin America.

“He shows he’s solution-oriented, not just a screamer. That he’s going to negotiate, to sit around the table.”

The appearance is unlikely to sway Hispanic voters, who overwhelmingly reject Trump. But it helps him head off criticism, Schechter said.

The decision to accept the invitation from Pena Nieto guaranteed Trump blanket news coverage – a key factor in his ability to mow down a presidential primary field of more than a dozen competitors.

“It’s what has propelled his campaign,” said Scott Jennings, a political veteran who ran Republican nominee Mitt Romney’s 2012 Ohio campaign.

“He figured out a way to dominate media cycles and generate wall-to-wall coverage.”

More crucially for Trump, the visit, and handshake with Pena Nieto, offered him a chance to address one of his biggest challenges: letting voters see him in a setting similar to a presidential meeting.

Addressing the media after an hourlong meeting both men described as cordial and constructive, Trump stuck to prepared remarks and said the meeting was the start

of a dialogue between leaders with differences who wanted the best for their countries.

Trump fuzzed over his more strident calls to cut off remittances to Mexican families if Mexico doesn’t pay for building a wall at the U.S. border.

Details were beside the point, Jennings said.

“He got the picture with him onstage with a foreign leader,” Jennings said.

“This trip is not about policy as much as it is for regular people to visualize Donald Trump as head of state, and that was accomplished.”

Trump made it plain at a speech Wednesday in Phoenix that he has no intention of moderating his tough immigration talk.

Indeed, he broadened his approach, pledging to triple the number of immigration deportation officers and create a new “special deportation task force.”

Anyone who has entered the country illegally, he said, “will be subject to deportation.”

Trump said Wednesday that he and Pena Nieto discussed his call for a wall at the border, but didn’t talk about his insistence that Mexico pay for it.

Pena Nieto, however, contradicted Trump after the meeting, tweeting that he had made it clear to Trump that Mexico won’t pay for the border wall.

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Zika vaccine trials set as research head pleads for more money

By JAMES ROSEN

McClatchy Washington Bureau TNS

Government scientists have identified the most promising Zika vaccine and have started human trials, but a congressional impasse is forcing them to borrow money intended for crucial work on cancer, diabetes, Ebola and other deadly diseases.

In a speech attended by other top Zika experts Aug. 11, Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, trod a thin line between describing progress in the Zika fight and pleading for emergency funding held up for months in Congress.

“We are right now in a race against time to get the best vaccine,” Fauci said.

Scientists at the Vaccine Research Center of Fauci’s institute, which is part of the National Institutes of Health, are enrolling 80 healthy volunteers 18 to 35 years old for the first phase of the trial, with initial results expected by January.

The first person was injected Aug. 3 with the vaccine, which uses a piece of DNA called a plasmid that is engineered to produce Zika proteins that prompt the body to launch an immune response.

The vaccine cannot cause someone to become infected with Zika.

Congress failed to advance the $1.9 billion emergency funding package President Barack Obama requested in February.

As a result, Fauci said, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell transferred money from the NIH and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that was designated for researching other illnesses to the Zika battle.

“All of that is extremely damaging to the biomedical enterprise,” Fauci said.

“We’re taking money away from cancer, diabetes–all those kinds of things.”

Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell notified Congress in a letter Aug. 11 that she had authorized reallocating $81 million from other health programs to pay for the Zika vaccine and preventative research.

“She made a courageous decision to do something that she really did not want to do, [which is] to take money away from other areas,” Fauci said.

The continental United States has 1,962 cases of Zika, and there are another 6,618 cases in Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories.

Almost two-thirds of Americans are concerned about the virus spreading across greater swaths of the country in the coming months, according to poll results released Aug. 11 by Suffolk University in Boston.

Fauci singled out Puerto Rico

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and Florida as epicenters of the virus, which is carried mainly by the Aedes aegypti mosquito but also can be transmitted sexually from an infected partner.

“Florida has a semitropical climate,” he said.

“Right now in August of 2016, they have a considerable case of travel-related cases, and they have the mosquitoes. Right now, as of last count, there are 22 cases in Florida that are locally transmitted.”

The Florida Health Department on Thursday identified three more cases of mosquito-borne Zika, all in Miami-Dade County, bringing the state’s total to 25.

The state also reported 21 new travel-related infections, with 17 in Broward County, two in Hernando County and one in Miami-Dade and Seminole counties.

Overall, Florida has 486 cases of Zika, more than any other state except New York.

The figure includes cases acquired by residents traveling outside the state. The two states each

have some 1 million Puerto Rican residents.

Puerto Rico is facing a looming Zika epidemic with 6,475 cases, only 30 of which weren’t locally acquired, according to the CDC. Today’s action is long overdue, and the Obama administration should do even more to find unspent funds that can be redirected toward fighting Zika in Florida.

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. Most of the locally transmitted Zika cases in Florida have come through mosquitoes in a relatively small area north of downtown Miami, bound by Northwest Fifth Avenue to the west, Northwest/ Northeast 38th Street to the north, U.S. 1 to the east and Northwest/ Northeast 20th Street to the south.

Two locally transmitted Zika cases have been identified in Broward and one in Palm Beach, but it is not clear whether mosquitoes transmitted those infections in the two counties or in Miami-Dade.

Rubio and several GOP members of the House of Representa-

tives have broken ranks with their party by demanding that Congress approve at least a large portion of Obama’s emergency request.

The Senate approved a $1.1 billion funding bill in May and the House passed similar legislation in June, but the appropriations measure got bogged down in partisan politics when lawmakers tried to fuse the two measures into a single bill.

Rubio criticized fellow Republicans for months and more recently directed his ire at the Obama administration for refusing to reallocate previously appropriated money to the Zika fight.

“Today’s action is long overdue, and the Obama administration should do even more to find unspent funds that can be redirected toward fighting Zika in Florida,” Rubio said of Burwell’s decision to transfer $81 million.

Rubio added: “As I’ve said repeatedly, we never should have gotten to this point. Congress should have passed additional funding months ago.”

OPINION

EDITORIAL

A friendly reminder to stay classy this weekend

the moment you step into the oak grove

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Friday kicks off the first weekend of fall semester, and many of us are excited to experience the parties and active nightlife this entails. Stop by the Sheetz on Wayne Avenue around midnight, and you’ll probably come across some of the friendliest drunks and stoners you’ll ever meet. Go on – walk with a group of girls past frat row Saturday night: You’ll be sure to feel either indignant or flattered by all the cat calls and attention you’ll receive.

Let’s be real: most of IUP’s student body is going to consume alcohol this year.

About four in five college students drink nationally, according to the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence. Whether or not you personally choose to partake in the festivities this weekend, alco-

hol usage is an undeniable part of the culture.

But the act of consuming alcohol isn’t the problem.

Fact: You can drink socially and stay safe at the same time. Unfortunately, not everyone does. Five thousand people under the age of 21 die each year in alcoholrelated incidents, the NCADD reported, and 599,000 college students ranging from ages 18 to 24 receive unintentional, alcohol-related injuries each year.

Another thing to consider before trying to drink that whole bottle of Jameson in one sitting – here’s looking at you, 20-year-old me – IUP Police and Indiana Borough Police don’t mess around. If you stumble on your way home from Culps, they will not hesitate to give you a citation for public drunkenness. They don’t care if you’re a business major, an elementary ed major or a criminology major. Neither does The Penn, for the record – you’ll be in our Police Blotter.

Enjoy the energy of the first weekend, but keep in mind Uncle Ben’s famous words to Peter Parker: “With great power comes great responsibility.”

We’re not asking you to stay away from booze; we’re just asking you to be smart about it.

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Letter to the Editor

PASSHE statement: ‘Gross misuse of data?’

To the Editor: Ken Marshall, speaking for the Chancellor in a letter to students and their parents, said “the current salaries of State System faculty are among the highest in the nation ranking near the top 10 to 15 percent among their peers at similar public institutions.”

As professors, we encourage our students to prefer data-driven decisions when possible.

How pathetic it is that the spokesperson for a multi-billion dollar organization like PASSHE makes statements that are contrary to the best data available and contrary to the published data he cites.

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Marshall’s misinformation, inexplicably unchallenged by the faculty union, APSCUF Inc., errs in several crucial specifics: 1) IUP is a doctoral university while the rest of the PASSHE universities are primarily master’s level institutions.

Using AAUP data for 2015-16, IUP is in the 16th percentile at professor rank; the 27th percentile at the associate professor rank; off-the-scale at less than the 5th percentile for assistant professors (meaning 95 percent of doctoral universities exceed IUP’s salaries); the 25th percentile for instructors; and at the 25th percentile for all ranks combined.

2) More informative than “salary” is “total compensation,” since the latter includes health and retirement benefits. As a doctoral university, IUP faculty compensation is at the 12th percentile for professors; at the 16th percentile for associates; at less than the 5th percentile for assistants; at the 16th percentile for instructors; and at the 15th percentile for all ranks combined.

3) Even if we use a master’s level PASSHE school, like Kutztown University, Marshall’s statement does not square with the actual data. Total compensation – which includes health and retirement benefits – at Kutztown, compared

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to other masters level schools, is at the 75th percentile for professors; at the 59th percentile for associates; at the 17th percentile for assistants; at the 9th percentile for instructors; and at the 50th percentile for all ranks combined.

Doctoral universities like IUP recruit at the assistant professor level, where, according to the AAUP annual pay survey, we are in the bottom 5 percent in faculty compensation.

So, not only are we not “near the top 10 to 15 percent” as Ken Marshall asserts, we are not even “near” the top 50 percent among doctoral universities.

If we were Kutztown, compar-

ing ourselves to masters universities, we would be in the bottom 20 percent at the Assistant Professor level and at no rank would we be “near the top 10 to 15 percent.”

It is difficult to decide which is worse – the PASSHE management’s use of bogus numbers, or APSCUF’s complicity in leaving the bogus numbers unchallenged.

Willard W. Radell, Ph.D. Professor of Economics 724-357-2640 724-349-7189 Data sources: AAUP, The Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession, April 2016, Appendix 1 and Tables 13 & 14.

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Culture

Culture Editor: Jason Daquelente J.E.Daquelente@iup.edu

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‘Nufonia Must Fall’ on IUP Kid Koala will perform in Fisher Auditorium Sept. 27.

By SAMANTHA BELL Staff Writer S.M.Bell@iup.edu

IUP Lively Arts’ Ovations! series is set to present the theatrical experience “Nufonia Must Fall” at 8 p.m. Sept. 27 in Fisher Auditorium.

Performed by scratch DJ artist Kid Koala, who has toured with artists such as Radiohead, A Tribe Called Quest and Arcade Fire, “Nufonia Must Fall” hopes to be a night full of candid creativity and entertainment.

The plot of the performance focuses on a robot who gradually falls in love with a charming office drone.

The storyline is expanded and fleshed out through 14 small-scale sets and electronic instruments performed by Kid Koala.

The show will also feature a performance by the Afirara Quartet, with puppeteers and videographers projecting the performance on a large screen.

Based on Kid Koala’s graphic novel, the show intends to guide audience members into whimsical, fine-crafted melodies and

real-time action.

Hank Knerr, executive director of Lively Arts, said he expects audiences to be blown away by the performance.

“I think it’s probably the most unique theatrical experience we’ve ever presented here at IUP,” Knerr said.

In addition to his own albums and performances, Kid Koala has also worked on film scores for popular movies such as “The Great Gatsby” and “Looper.”

The show is directed by Keith “K.K.” Barrett, who has worked on numerous music

videos and has also been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Production Design for the 2013 film “Her.” After the show, audience members will have an opportunity to explore the technology that makes a live-action experience such as this possible.

“I think all audiences will really get a lot out of this light-hearted, touching story,” Knerr said.

Tickets are available now at the Hadley Union Building box office and through the Lively Arts website.

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Slide on over to see ‘Liebeslieder’

By JASON DAQUELENTE and ANGIE PRENCIPE the-penn@iup.edu

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Top to bottom: Mary Logan-Hastings, Raquel Winnica Young, Oliver Lo, Joseph Banouch and Henry Wong Doe

The IUP Department of Music will be hosting its Sound Choices series with “Liebeslieder” at 8 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 9.

The recital will take place in Gorell Recital Hall, located on the second floor of Sutton Hall.

Faculty from the voice and piano staff of the IUP Department of Music will be performing love and art songs, along with piano solos and selections from Johannes Brahms’ Liebeslieder Waltzes, opus 52.

Featured performers for the event include soprano Mary Logan-Hastings, mezzo-sopranos Raquel Winnica Young and Maria Fenty, tenors Ryan Beeken and Oliver Lo, and basses Joseph Baunoch and Craig Denison.

Pianists Henry Wong Doe and Sun Min Kim will also be present and performing at the event.

“Johannes Brahms’ Liebeslieder Waltzes are a collection of love songs for voices and four-hands piano,” according to an IUP press release. “The lyrics for this work come from Georg Friedrich Daumer’s Polydora collection of folk songs and love poems.

“While there is no concrete record indicating the exact inspiration for the waltzes, there is speculation that Brahms’ motivation for the songs was his frustrated love for pianist Clara Schumann, composer Robert Schumann’s wife,” the press release stated.

Tickets are available for purchase online at IUPtickets.com or iup.edu/livelyarts.

Patrons can also visit the Hadley Union Building box office or purchase the tickets at the door in Sutton Hall one hour before the event begins.

Regular tickets are priced at $11.

Senior citizen tickets are priced at $9, and tickets for I-Card holders are $7.

For more information on Sound Choices or “Liebeslieder,” contact the Lively Arts at lively-arts@iup. edu or call 724-357-2787.

SAVE THESE DATES:

Oct. 4: The Crimson Hawk Invitational Choral Conference will take place at 7:30 p.m. in Fisher Auditorium. It will feature an assortment of high school choral groups from around the region performing for clinicians, who will then provide feedback and rehearsal time with the groups.

Tickets for both the fall IUP Symphony Orchestra concert and the fall IUP choral concert can be purchased starting Sept. 6. Both of these concerts will take place in early October and will mark the first official performances of the year for both groups.

Oct. 16: The IUP Bands Homecoming Concert will be held at 3 p.m. in Fisher Auditorium. It will include performances by the IUP Wind Ensemble, Symphony Band and Indiana Symphonic Winds.

Tickets for the concert can be purchased starting Sept. 13.

All tickets can be purchased at the Hadley Union Building box office, over the phone or online.

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Clockwise from left: Sun Min Kim,Ryan Beeken, Maria Fenty Denison and Craig Denison

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New Sheetz ready for the year

Culture

Tattoo Profile

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Sheetz was remodeled over the summer while students were away.

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Josh Kuzmyak got a tattoo to represent his mother.

By TORI STROMBERG Staff Writer T.J.Stromberg@iup.edu

Who: Josh Kuzmyak (junior, English) Tattoo: A robin perched on a cherry blossom branch Part of body: Right forearm Reason for tattoo: “I got this robin for my mom because her name is Robin,” Kuzmyak said. “She’s the mamma bird. My sister and I have left the nest into adulthood, and I got this as an appreciation tattoo for all she has done to raise us.”

Artwork by: Tyler Yakicic (Big Mojos)

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Bancroft exhibition to open in museum

By JASON DAQUELENTE Culture Editor J.E.Daquelente@iup.edu

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the IUP University Museum, the museum will be hosting a Milton Bancroft exhibition running from Sept. 10 to Oct. 29, which will display works of Bancroft created in the late 19th century and early 20th century.

Admission to “Gilded Age to Great War: Milton Bancroft and His Art” is free. A reception with refreshments will be held in the University Museum from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Sept.

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The museum will also be available to visit during its open hours Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 2 to 6:30 p.m., Thursday from noon to 7:30 p.m. and Saturday from noon to 4 p.m.

Bancroft studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the nation’s oldest museum and art school, which still teaches emerging artists in Philadelphia.

After attending school in Philadelphia, Bancroft studied in Paris and later established a career as a painter in New York City.

Bancroft also had an important role during World War I, where he designed posters to support the war to recruit nurses and en-

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“Gilded Age to the Great War: Milton Bancroft and His Art” will open Sept. 10.

courage Navy enlistment.

In 1918, Bancroft worked in France to prepare relief stations for American troops and design posters to promote the work the YMCA was doing for the troops.

Much of the work Bancroft created in France will be displayed in the exhibition curated by Donna Cashdollar and Harrison Wick.

Cashdollar and Wick started the process

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Milton Bancroft painted during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

of putting this exhibition together two years ago, writing the applications for funding, selecting, organizing and conserving the art and personal memorabilia and producing a video program to be aired in the museum and on IUP-TV the week of the exhibition.

The Special Collections and University Archives in the IUP Libraries has supplied much of the research that has gone into putting this exhibition together.

The University Museum has displayed some of Bancroft’s works before, despite this exhibition being the first Bancroft-focused exhibition.

“The University Museum has spent the past four years having 11 paintings and nine drawings by Bancroft conserved so that they are in better physical condition and can now be displayed,” Cashdollar said.

Accompanying the works will be text panels giving information on Bancroft’s personal and career story.

Cashdollar hopes patrons will see connections between their lives with Bancroft’s in respects to struggles, perseverance, risk taking and evolution as a creator.

The exhibition has been nationally recognized and will be featured in the American Art Review Magazine in October.

The exhibition also has support in part from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Support by the organization has been known to be a competitive process to apply for and be awarded the support.

“We hope that visitors will enjoy the art and be interested in the story of a person living through times – a century ago – that were as disruptive, as unsettled and as dynamic as our time today,” Cashdollar concluded.

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Off to the world of pure imagination: A tribute to Gene Wilder

By TORI STROMBERG Staff Writer T.J.Stromberg@iup.edu

Gene Wilder has done what he taught fans of “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory” to always do: Go to a world of pure imagination and enjoy paradise.

Wilder died Monday morning at the age of 83. Filmmaker Jordan Walker-Pearlman, Wilder’s nephew, said Wilder passed due to complications stemming from Alzheimer’s disease, according to an Aug. 29 article published in The New York Times.

“There were times we would go out to dinner as a family and children would light up at the sight of him and smile,” WalkerPearlman told NPR’s Robert Siegel.

“And because he never lost his instinct or sensibility, it occurred to him that if he made [his disease] public … that then after that smile, some parent may then say something about disease or sadness. And he was such that he could not bear to be responsible for one less smile in the world.”

Wilder was best known for his eccentric and comedic role as the title character in

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Gene Wilder starred in roles such as Willy Wonka and Dr. Fredrick Frankenstien.

“Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.”

Like Willy Wonka, Wilder left a stamp on the hearts of his fans any time a Wonka bar was seen in a grocery store.

The impact of Wilder’s death reached all the way to Indiana, as IUP students expressed their thoughts on the actor’s death.

Kelly Evangelista (senior, nursing) was

involved in theater performances in high school. She said that Wilder was an actor whom she admired from a young age.

“As a former theater kid, I always looked up to actors of all ages,” she said. “Gene Wilder was a dynamic actor whose multiple performances helped to shape modern performance in theater and film. He helped set the stage for a ‘world of pure imagination.’”

Grant Hoogstraten (senior, theater) echoed Evangelista’s sentiments.

“I was actually in the middle of a theater class when I heard about Gene Wilder’s death,” Hoogstraten said. “It just felt kind of wrong. As a kid he was this bright, bubbly figure who played Willy Wonka and showed this bright, vibrant side of acting that I just loved.”

Wilder’s genius was celebrated on Twitter by those who worked with him, including actor and director Mel Brooks, who had worked with Wilder on such films like “Blazing Saddles” and “Young Frankenstein.”

“Gene Wilder – one of the truly great talents of our time,” Brooks tweeted. “He blessed every film we did with his magic and he blessed me with his friendship.”

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Registration open for Student Leadership Series

By STEPHANIE BACHMAN Staff Writer S.L.Bachman@iup.edu

Registration is currently open for the Emerging Leader Series, which gives students a chance to learn how to become more effective leaders.

The Emerging Leaders Series is an opportunity to provide leadership training to students in order to help them learn the tools and concepts they need to be better leaders.

The program is designed to increase students’ knowledge and help them learn skills that they can use both at IUP and after they graduate.

The free six-week program starts at noon Wednesday in the Hadley Union Building Monongahela Room, and runs through Oct. 12.

Registration is open to all IUP students through 4:30 p.m. Sept. 2.

The program was started in fall 2015 by Kevin Foster, assistant director for Student Leadership and

New Student Success in the new Center for Multicultural Student Leadership and Engagement (MCSLE).

Some of the topics to be covered throughout the course include individual development, diversity and inclusion, campus resources and service and engagement.

Foster explained why students should register for the program.

“I believe that students who participate in this program are about to better identify and cultivate their leadership skills,” Foster said.

“It provides an opportunity to develop a greater sense of how to be successful in groups settings.

It is also a good way to meet students from all over campus.”

The end goal of the program is to hopefully see participants become student leaders on campus.

The MCSLE also hosts a Coffee and Conversations program at the end of the semester for students, as well as encouraging participants to sign up for the Executive Lead-

ers Series, which is a follow-up program to the Emerging Leaders Series program.

Foster explained why the program is being offered and why it is important to students.

“This program is being offered to meet student needs,” Foster said. “Individuals and groups have expressed the desire to have more opportunities, to grow as leaders, and this is just one of the many opportunities on campus.”

Foster also offered advice to students who showed enthusiasm in becoming at IUP, as well as offering advice useful for after they graduate.

“I think for any individual who wants to be a leader it is important that they are aware,” Foster said.

“Aware of their own skills and limitations and the impact they have on those around them; and aware of the skills and talents of those they are leading.

“In my opinion, the best leaders are able to raise up those around them, and let them shine,” Foster said.

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September 2, 2016

Sports Editor: Sean Fritz – S.D.Fritz@iup.edu Lead Sports Writer: Jarrod Browne – J.W.Browne@iup.edu

College football returns

By EVAN MCCUE Staff Writer E.M.McCue@iup.edu

The 2016 college football season is officially upon us, and before you know it, you will be at somebody’s house on a Saturday afternoon watching the games.

Here are a few essential things to know to properly prepare you for this season.

It seems that things in college football will essentially pick up where they left off, as three of the four teams in the 2015 College Football Playoff come into this season as the top ranked teams in the AP Top 25 poll.

No surprises at the top, as the newest chapter of the University of Alabama dynasty enters the season as the top ranked team in the nation and will look to create a spot for themselves in the Alabama history books.

The Crimson Tide’s opponent in the 2015 National Championship game, the Clemson University Tigers, come into the season with great expectations, hoping to avenge their heartbreaking loss in last year’s title game with a championship victory of their own.

They will enter the season as the second ranked team in the country, though many feel they could very well be the best team in the nation as they were for much of last season.

The Sooners of Oklahoma University will also enter this year with high expectations as they are ranked third, after losing in what Oklahoma fans considered to be in embarrassing fashion in last year’s Orange Bowl against Clemson.

Some other teams to look out for this season include Florida State University, who did not meet their usual expectations a year ago, as they were upset by the

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odds-on favorite to win the award this year is Clemson junior quarterback Deshaun Watson, who was the runner-up for the award just a season ago while throwing for over 4,000 yards and 35 touchdowns, and rushing for 1,105 yards and 12 touchdowns.

Another player looking to get another shot at the award is Stanford University junior running back Christian McCaffrey, who rushed for 2,019 yards and eight touchdowns and also had 45 receptions for 645 yards and five touchdowns.

McCaffrey also led all of college football last season in all-purpose (Wikipedia) yards, breaking Barry Sanders’ sinAlabama coach Nick Saban looked gle season record. on from the sideline at the reigning Oklahoma junior quarterback National Champions’ fall camp.

Baker Mayfield will also look to be invited to the Heisman Trophy University of Houston in the Peach presentation after his breakout 2015 season, in which he threw for Bowl.

Jimbo Fisher and the Seminoles 3,700 yards and 36 touchdowns wish to reclaim their spot in the and added 405 rushing yards and College Football Playoff, where seven scores.

A pair of junior running backs they found themselves in the are also expected to light up the 2014-15 season.

Another intriguing duo of teams stat sheet after breakout seasons, in the top 10 include archrivals, as Louisiana State University’s No. 6 Ohio State University and Leonard Fournette and Florida State’s Dalvin Cook look to domiNo. 7 University of Michigan.

Urban Meyer’s 2016 Buckeye nate their way to Heisman certeam will have to fill some big emony invitations come mid-Deshoes, as they lost 12 players to cember.

Another thing to take note of the NFL draft. They bring back an FBS-low six starters and will face this season will be some familsome more experienced teams in iar faces in different places. Mark the Big Ten when they square off Richt, formerly of Georgia is now against Michigan State University coaching Miami. Former Alabama defensive coordinator Kirby Smart and Michigan.

Speaking of Michigan, coach takes over for Richt at Georgia.

Former Florida Gators coach Jim Harbaugh has now had a full offseason to prepare and install his Will Muschamp returns to the beliefs and systems and will look SEC East to coach the University to improve on an impressive 2015 of South Carolina, a program left in disarray after the departure of that exceeded expectations.

As far as the Heisman Trophy Steve Spurrier. These coaching race goes, there will likely be a few changes, among many others, will familiar faces receiving an invite to certainly make for interesting stoNew York City in December. The rylines, and it all starts Saturday.

IUP names familiar face as new baseball coach

By Kevin Cooley Contributing Writer K.M.Cooley@iup.edu

The IUP baseball team has made a call to the bullpen, but they won’t be asking for a new pitcher.

After 11 seasons with the Crimson Hawks, former head coach Jeff Ditch has decided to hang BASEBALL up his coaching cleats.

Over his 11 seasons, Ditch accumulated more than 250 wins for the Crimson Hawks (most in school history), which is remarkable considering the competitive character that the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference holds. Of course, with competitive play, any team that plans to be successful in this conference needs a strong captain of their ship, and IUP baseball knows their new captain has some big shoes to fill.

IUP baseball knew they needed a leader that understood the traditions of the school and program in order to follow in the footsteps of the beloved coach Ditch. They knew that their new coach had to be someone that could bring the baseball community of Indiana plenty of seasons filled with victories and extended playoff runs.

For those reasons, along with many others, who better than 2006 IUP graduate Anthony Rebyanski, a former player and coach under Ditch.

Rebyanski, an Indiana native, seems like the ideal choice for the team. He played for the Crimson Hawk baseball team and now resides in the town with his own family.

He understands the culture of

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Anthony Rebyanski played and coached at IUP until 2013.

IUP and is excited to enhance the talents of his new players. Rebyanski should have no trouble fitting into Jeff Ditch’s old shoes on campus.

Rebyanski might have graduated from IUP with a bachelor’s degree, but his love for the game would stay in Indiana.

After graduating, he decided he wanted to express his passion for the school by joining the coaching staff under the control of Ditch.

After a successful season and PSAC playoff appearance in 2008, Rebyanski and Ditch eventually reached the PSAC playoffs once again three years later in 2011.

Rebyanski also served as a pitching coach for the team, where he worked with Stephen Cooke, IUP baseball’s record holder for most innings pitched and most strikeouts recorded.

After spending his last two years at California University of Pennsylvania as their top assistant coach, Rebyanski is excited to pick up where he left off and start working towards his big goals here at IUP.

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Getting to know IUP women’s tennis coach Larry Peterson Q&A with IUP women’s tennis coach Larry Peterson

By SARAH MOLTZ Contributing Writer S.J.Moltz@iup.edu

Larry Peterson, a 1990 DePauw University graduate, never had plans of becoming a head coach.

He graduated with a degree in economics, and then he TENNIS went to Texas A&M University for his master’s in 1991.

Soon after, Peterson traveled overseas to the Czech Republic to teach English and economics.

He furthered his education at Ohio University in 2000, graduating with a master’s degree in photo communications.

It wasn’t until a State College high school tennis coach offered him a job as an assistant coach that he realized coaching tennis was his passion.

“I took that opportunity to help him out, and ever since then I’ve never really looked back,” said Peterson, now the IUP women’s tennis coach.

From the moment he was hired in 2008, Peterson knew IUP was where he wanted to be. He wanted to turn the program around, challenge it and “build it from the ground up.”

He was ready to take all that he had learned at his previous coaching stops as an assistant and transform it into something of his own, creating even better opportunities for his own college athletes and the future of the women’s tennis program at IUP. “I thought the position at IUP was very interesting to me,” Peterson said, “because just the idea of starting from the ground up, building the program, was a challenge that I thought sounded really cool.”

Prior to IUP, Peterson worked at Bucknell University, where he was

an assistant coach for the men’s and women’s tennis teams until 2006. Two years later, he accepted his current position at IUP and has been stabilizing the women’s tennis program ever since.

He has guided the team to six straight NCAA Division II Championship appearances and six Atlantic Regional tournaments.

“Fortunately for me, for the girls in the program and for IUP, we’ve been lucky enough to develop a program that’s done quite well,” he said.

For the past four years, because of their success, IUP has been able to host the first few rounds of the Atlantic Regional tournament.

They’ve earned the right to host by having one of the best regular season records and regional rankings.

Since Peterson’s second year as head coach, the IUP women’s tennis team has been able to qualify every year for the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Tournament and have advanced to championship matches.

Even with IUP’s domination in the conference and region, California University of Pennsylvania has always seemed to be a road block, as the Vulcans have won 10 straight PSAC championships.

“We’ve had a team in our conference who’s been a hurdle that we haven’t been able to get over yet,” Peterson said. “We’ve had a couple of incredibly close games with them. Although we were making the finals, we weren’t ready for Cal yet.

“We have, however, closed that gap and are hopeful that this is the year that we become the strongest team in the PSAC and the Atlantic Region.”

Peterson believes that it doesn’t matter whether his player wins or loses a match; instead, it matters if they perform up to their own potential.

When asked about what his goals were for the upcoming sea-

son, Peterson said it’s about allowing the team to reach their full potential and continue to always improve.

“If we can do that as not only individuals but as a team, I think the results are going to take care of themselves,” he said.

“We have a really good team environment. That makes it easier for them to work hard and become successful.”

Q: Who is your all-time favorite tennis player?

A: I’ve always really liked Rodger Federer. He looks effortless when he plays and has an unbelievable amount of God-given talent. His domination of the game of tennis for such a long time made it easy for me to be a fan. I also really like Gustavo Kuerten from Brazil. He was incredibly fun to watch.

Q: Besides tennis, do you enjoy watching any other sports?

A: I’m more of a college basketball and football fan. Whenever I’m coaching, I’m most likely watching college football.

Q: Do you have a favorite college football team you root for?

A: I love the Big Ten. When the Big Ten is playing, I’m always rooting for those teams. I like Penn State and Purdue a lot, as well as Ohio State and Michigan, even though I’d probably say I’m more of an Ohio State fan.

Q: Who has inspired and impacted you the most throughout your coaching career?

A: I have learned a lot as a coach from watching pro tennis on TV. There have been various tennis commentators, like Patrick and John McEnroe, that have taught me a ton throughout the years just from listening to them on TV. Brad Gilbert is also someone who knows the game, making it easy to learn from him.

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Larry Peterson

Larry Peterson talked to one of his players in a match last season.

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Pitt football set for opener with Villanova

By Jarrod browne Lead Sports Writer J.W.Browne@iup.edu

As the 2016 college football season kicks off this weekend, many University of Pittsburgh fans are beginning to show excitement over their competitive Atlantic Coast Conference schedule, with key games against Clemson University, University of Miami and Virginia Tech.

Although many Pitt fans are excited for ACC play, one game is particularly exciting.

In the second week of the season, the Panthers will welcome interstate rivals Penn State University to Heinz Field in what will be the first meeting between the two schools in 16 years.

Leading the way for Pitt is second-year head coach Pat Narduzzi, who is coming off an 8-5 rookie season with the Panthers.

For most Pitt fans, an 8-5 record seemed to be a great season, since it was the most wins they have recorded since 2010. But for Narduzzi, the standard is higher.

“I guess it’s how you look at it,” Narduzzi said during ACC media days last month.

“We don't feel like we won as many games as we wanted to win. We wanted to win them all. If you don't win them all, you're not happy and you don't sit there and say, 'Hey, we won eight.’”

With Narduzzi raising the standard in the Pitt locker room, there is little doubt about the attitude of the Panthers this season.

However, there is still doubt about the Panthers’ talent at some skill positions, especially losing star

wide receiver Tyler Boyd to the Cincinnati Bengals.

Even without Boyd, the Panthers still have to overcome many obstacles in order to achieve the lofty goals they have set.

For starters, they are going to start a relatively inexperienced quarterback in Nate Peterman.

Peterman enters his second year as the starter after taking control of the job in the middle of last season.

Peterman did have a quality season last year, producing 2,287 passing yards and 20 touchdowns, but he has lost his favorite target in Boyd, and ended the season with a very forgettable bowl game, throwing three interceptions and passing for only 137 yards.

The running game should be a strong spot, as redshirt junior running back James Conner returns after defeating cancer.

Although Conner did defeat the life-threatening disease, he still had to deal with a tremendous amount of trauma to his body and has not been tested on the gridiron since the first game of last season.

“I’m going to be alongside my brothers, and we are going to play as a team on [Saturday],” Conner said.

There are still many question marks on the defensive side of the ball for Pitt, particularly after graduating three defensive starters.

The Panthers plan to move more veteran starters around – such as Jalen Williams and Oluwaseun Idowu – to fill these roles, but no move is official until the season begins, according to Narduzzi.

Pitt will open up their season against Villanova University at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Heinz Field.

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