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Club to host chili cook-off for National Nutrition Month

By STEPHANIE BACHMAN Lead News Writer S.L.Bachman2@iup.edu

The Student Association of Nutrition and Dietetics (SAND) is hosting a chili cook-off from 3 to 5 p.m. March 7 in the Hadley Union Building Susquehanna Room.

SAND, the professional club for nutrition and dietetics majors, is promoting positive eating habits with a variety of events throughout March, National Nutrition Month, including the chili cook-off.

The event will consist of up to 20 teams of up to five people. Teams, which had to register with SAND

by Monday, will provide a recipe to SAND and bring at least 6 quarts of chili for guests to sample. While teams are allowed to use meat in their chili, SAND also required that they include two plant-based protein sources, such as beans, lentils, quinoa, tofu, peas or nuts.

(Submitted photo) The Student Association of Nutrition and Dietetics will host a chili cook-off in March for National Nutrition Month.

SAND Vice President Bill Patrick (senior, dietetics) explained the reasoning behind this rule.

“We wanted to make it more of a nutrition challenge to showcase National Nutrition Month, proving that you can get protein from sources other than meat,” Patrick said.

The public event costs $1.

Guests will be able to sample as

much chili as they want and vote for their favorites.

Prizes will be awarded to winners based on which recipe gets the most votes, and every guest can vote once. Prizes include donations from local businesses such as Rustic Lodge, Tres Amigos, KFC/Pizza Hut and Mohawk Lanes.

Dr. Pao Ying Hsiao, SAND adviser and food and nutrition pro-

fessor, said the number of prizes will depend on how many donations and entries are received, but SAND will try to honor the top three recipes.

Proceeds from the event will be donated to the Indiana Food CoOp. “Generally speaking,” Hsiao said, “a food co-op is a memberowned organization that is usually focused on providing increased access to local food and goods to community members. [It] usually has a storefront and features locally-grown produce and handmade goods and foods. Some describe it similar to a ‘permanent’ Farmers’ market.”

The Indiana Food Co-Op is in the planning stages and is not yet open. Hsiao said SAND wants to bring awareness to the Co-Op’s mission and support the organization’s opening.

“It’s chili, and it is only $1,” Pat-

rick said. “Everyone loves cheap food. Plus, it’s a great way to mix and mingle. We will have some nutritional displays around the Susquehanna Room, too.”

This is the first time SAND is hosting a chili cook-off, but they hope to make it an annual event.

In addition to the cook-off, SAND is celebrating National Nutrition Month with two guest speakers, Adan Burda and Lisa McDowell.

Burda, class of 2007, will be sharing his “inspirational” weightloss story at 6:30 p.m. March 21 in Humanities and Social Sciences Building Room 126. Burda has lost more than 100 pounds.

McDowell, a sports dietician for the Detroit Red Wings and Olympic athletes, will be driving from Michigan to speak about her experiences working in the field of professional sports March 28 at the same time and place.

Feminist Fridays, Masculinity Mondays shake college norms

By KATIE MEST Staff Writer K.A.Mest@iup.edu

The Haven Project will host “Porn and Pizza,” the latest in its Feminist Friday series, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. March 24 in the Hadley Union Building Monongahela Room.

The event will include free pizza and a discussion of the benefits and disadvantages of porn and how it affects relationships.

Susan Graham, a sexual violence prevention educator with the Haven Project, encourages students to attend these sessions to learn about ways to prevent unhealthy relationships.

“These workshops are meant to be more informal,” Graham said.

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(TNS) The Haven Project sponsored a discussion Feb. 10 on the abusive relationship patterns in “Fifty Shades Darker” and the importance of consent.

“We usually have a peer educator that will take the lead. They’ll do a short presentation and come up with discussion questions. It’s meant to have a discussion about,

typically, very timely topics.”

Peer educators can choose a topic that interests them and thoroughly research it before presenting it to the group. Past Feminist

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Friday topics have discussed human trafficking and the new movie, “Fifty Shades Darker.”

Along with Feminist Fridays comes a series called Masculinity Mondays, which touches on different ways that masculinity influences relationships.

In the past, the sessions have covered “locker room talk” and the impact it has on relationships, as well as the difference between men’s and women’s locker room talk.

Upcoming Masculinity Monday topics include “Masculinity in Relationships” and “Toxic Masculinity.”

The latter will be a part of the Haven Project’s “NO MORE Week of Action,” which is slated for March 5 through 11.

NO MORE is a national campaign that brings attention to sex-

ual assault and domestic violence.

Haven Project Graduate Assistant Katharine McKinney (criminology) helps to inform the IUP community on these subjects, many of which relate to a decent amount of the population.

“We provide education on topics, specifically on bystander intervention and consent,” McKinney said.

“We focus a lot on sexual and domestic violence. We spread education about these topics, and we give resources to people.”

Along with educating, the Haven Project also provides help to those who need it.

“If somebody has experienced domestic or sexual violence, they can go to the counseling center and get services there,” Graham said.

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Sociology course offers opportunity to study at Navajo reservation for credits

By KATIE MEST Staff Writer K.A.Mest@iup.edu

Dr. Melanie Hildebrandt, an IUP sociology professor, will be taking applications for students who wish to be a part of a global service learning program in the Navajo Nation this summer.

Hildebrandt will travel with approximately 10 students to the largest Indian reservation in the United States during the two-week program from May 14 to 25.

The group will visit Tuba City, Ariz., and Crownpoint, N.M., as well as “everything in-between,” Hildebrandt said.

This program is open for any students, and all majors are welcome. This will be the fourth year that Hildebrandt will make the trip out to the reservation with students – the first year was in 2011. She got the idea from a colleague’s affiliation with the organization.

“When [Dr. Melissa Swauger] joined our faculty, she had been working with this group in Pittsburgh called Amizade,” Hildebrandt said.

“They’re a nonprofit global learning service organization and they have programs all over the

(Wikipedia) Students will have the chance to study at a Navajo reservation from May 14 to 25.

world. She had worked with them going to Jamaica.

“I saw they had a program in the Navajo Nation, and I jumped on that.”

Hildebrandt’s area of interest in sociology is racial and ethnic minorities. She said that she’s always been interested in the Native American culture and social inequality.

She will be splitting time between Tuba City and Crownpoint for the upcoming trip. This way, the group will hit both sides of the reservation with some key points in-between.

As a global service learning program, the focus is to have

students learn about people and culture in a different setting than they’re used to through cultural immersion.

“The purpose of the course is to really teach deeply about a culture and spend time reflecting on what it means to be a global citizen and what it means to engage with a community,” Hildebrandt said. “What is the difference between service and charity?”

While there, students will do projects to help the community.

Last time they went, a woman that owned sheep needed help spinning the wool after it had been sheared.

Hildebrandt said that the main focus of the trip is to expand horizons and explore other cultures.

“The actual service that we do is less important than the listening and learning about the Navajo culture,” Hildebrandt said.

“They’re very intent on trying to preserve the language and value the traditions.”

By going into the trip with the perspective that students can learn from this other culture, the group builds relationships with the people there and learn to respect cultural differences.

The submission deadline for applications is March 1.

Two more sought over Kim Jong Nam killing in Malaysia

By HAYLENA KRISHNAMOORTHY DPA TNS

Malaysian police on Wednesday named two more people wanted for questioning over last week’s killing of Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. One suspect is part of North Korea’s embassy staff and the other is a North Korean airline

worker, police chief Khalid Abu Bakar told a news conference.

Both suspects are still believed to be in Malaysia, Khalid said.

The Vietnamese and Indonesian women who allegedly carried out the Feb. 13 attack against Kim Jong Nam at Kuala Lumpur’s international airport had conducted practice sessions in local shopping malls, the police chief said.

Four people have been arrested in connection with the killing,

but one suspect, the boyfriend of the Indonesian woman, was set to be released on Wednesday, Khalid said.

The two female suspects would be remanded for another seven days.

The police chief also said that someone had tried to break into the morgue, prompting additional security measures.

Reports that Kim Jong Nam’s son had arrived in Malaysia to identify the body were rumors, Khalid said.

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• Jaslyn Peterson, 20, of Philadelphia, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and underage drinking at 12:49 a.m. Feb. 19 in the 500 block of Philadelphia Street, according to the Indiana Borough Police Department.

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• Erick Jennings, 22, of Hastings, was charged with disorderly conduct at 2:21 a.m. Feb. 18 in the 500 block of Philadelphia Street, according to borough police.

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• Amber Yingst, 21, of Johnstown, was cited for violating the borough code of disorderly gathering at 4:33 p.m. Feb. 18 at 841 Wayne Ave., according to borough police.

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• Knevin Gouldner, 20, of Middletown, was charged with false ID to law enforcement, underage drinking and misrepresentation of age to secure alcohol at 1:35 a.m. Feb. 18 at 642 Philadelphia St., according to borough police.

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Women address thoughts on sex ed, campus safety, rape culture

By KATIE WILLIAMS Contributing Writer K.L.Williams9@iup.edu

IUP’s Campus Climate Study Report, published in December and available online, aimed to answer questions regarding IUP’s diversity and inclusion. The Penn’s Campus Climate Series will provide a look into some issues raised by the report.

“Both graduate and undergraduate students felt strongly that resources to support women’s health and well-being on campus were, at best, inadequate, and at worst, severely lacking,” the Campus Climate Report summarized.

“The absence of a Women’s Center where sexual assault awareness programs and the handling of sexual violence against women on campus was a major and primary concern for both graduate and undergraduate students at IUP.” Michaela Duez (sophomore, human resource management) said her primary concern is the lack of education on campus. Duez said her interest in campus education and resources arose when another female student asked her about IUP’s services because she did not know where to go.

We definitely need to make an effort to give rape victims the support that they need and to make sure they know it is not their fault.

-Jessica Fleming (junior, human resource management and general management)

“I was interested in the subject my first semester here, but I couldn’t find much information on it,” Duez said.

“After spring and summer orientation, resources are not necessarily advertised as frequently,” Maria Hoge (sophomore, manage-

(Kevin Smith/ The Penn) Students have said the blue lights around campus make them feel safer walking alone.

ment information systems) said.

“Therefore, I do think that people don’t realize or remember all the resources that IUP offers.”

Jessica Fleming (junior, human resource management and general management) felt that most of the health information is presented as student health in general, rather than with a specific focus on women’s health. However, she also said she “never had a problem finding anything here.”

Rape culture and its impact on college campuses was also an issue raised in the climate study.

“Female students in a focus group spoke of a growing campus culture of victim-blaming, leaving them feeling marginalized and silenced,” according to the climate report.

Danielle McCain (sophomore, philosophy and English), president of the Sexuality, Attraction, Gender and Ethnicity (SAGE) club, said that one mission of SAGE is to provide a safe space for people to talk about any bad experiences they have gone through. She added that victim-blaming is a societal problem and is no worse on campus than anywhere else.

“This concern is definitely a worldwide ongoing issue for women,” Hoge said. “I personally have not been aware of any recently prominent issues here on campus.

Individuals, [whether] they are involved or speculating, in these

situations are often quick to blame the women based on a wide array of things, such as her clothing choices or particular behaviors.

“This is still an apparent problem that needs addressed in order to prevent future injustice to women.”

The climate study also found that “female students in general expressed deep disappointment with the amount and level of attention paid to sexual assault prevention and education on campus.”

“This is a huge issue, and we definitely need to make an effort to give rape victims the support that they need and to make sure they know it is not their fault,” Fleming said.

Duez and Fleming both stated that they feel mostly safe while on campus. Duez also said that, al-

America doesn’t teach sex ed. They teach abstinence, which is a problem.

-Michaela Duez (sophomore, human resourse management)

though she feels safe on campus, off-campus is “sketchy,” so she carries a taser.

“For the most part, I feel comfortable walking alone on campus,” Hoge said. “Generally, I do not prefer to walk long distances alone late at night; however, I personally think that this concept applies to people of any gender wherever they are. With that said, there have been times where I have had to walk across campus at night for meetings, and during

these times I have never felt unsafe. The blue emergency lights placed around campus provide another sense of security.”

SAGE plans to discuss sexual education at its next meeting from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in McElhaney Hall Room 205. The discussion will include safe and consensual sex and contraceptives.

“Part of our club is to try to get sexual health information to students,” McCain said.

She explained that most high schools, even those that provide sex ed classes, do not adequately teach students about all of their options.

Duez agreed that sex ed programs in high schools are subpar.

“America doesn’t teach sex ed.

They teach abstinence, which is definitely a problem,” Duez said.

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Philanthropy Day focuses on giving back to IUP donors, community

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Trump adviser Steve Bannon rails at ‘corporatist, globalist media’

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IUP President Michael Driscoll visited Stapleton Library Thursday morning to give a speech along with students and associate professor of chemistry Dr. Justin Fair in celebration of the annual IUP Philanthropy Day. Philanthropy Day offers the IUP community a chance to give thanks to the many generous alumni who have donated their time and money toward the university and its students. Donations are an incredibly important aspect of financing IUP and directly contribute to students’ education in the form of various scholarships and student-centered projects.

“When our alumni invest their philanthropic dollars in IUP, they’re investing in you,” Driscoll said. “It’s up to you and your generation to work toward solving the world’s problems. Those [alumni] who made a donation to support you, their investment in IUP is an

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(James Neuhausel/ The Penn) IUP Philanthropy Day kicked off with a speech from President Michael Driscoll Thursday at Stapleton Library. Driscoll later posed with Norm and Shauna Huber (junior, criminology/ psychology).

investment in you that will multiply as you go forward in the future.”

Among the attendees to the event were IUP Ambassadors.

One ambassador, Kelly Bollard, also gave a speech.

In her speech, Bollard gave an account of the impact that the generosity of the IUP family had

on her education.

“I applied to eight colleges, three public and five private,” Bollard said. “As a future college student, I had no idea how important philanthropy was. Thanks to all of the generous donations and scholarships that IUP offers to its students, I was able to say yes to IUP.”

The two men with the most heavily dissected relationship in President Donald Trump’s White House held a rare public appearance together Thursday and agreed on one common enemy: the media.

Reince Priebus, the chief of staff who is often described as “embattled,” said he has grown “conditioned” to the media counting Trump out: during the presidential campaign, the transition and the first month of the presidency.

“The biggest misconception is everything that you’re reading,” Priebus said.

Steve Bannon, Trump’s chief strategist, framed his complaint as an ideological war.

He consistently called the media “the opposition party” throughout a 20-minute joint interview on stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference just outside Washington.

“It’s not only not going to get better, it gets worse every day,” Bannon said.

“They’re corporatist, globalist media that are adamantly opposed to an economic nationalist agenda like Donald Trump has.

“If you think they’re going to give you your country back without a fight,” he added, “you are sadly mistaken.”

Bannon, former executive chairman of the far-right Breitbart News, seldom speaks in public.

His nationalist rendering of Republican ideology is often seen in contrast to Priebus, the former chairman of the GOP, who is viewed as the more mainstream conservative advocate within the White House.

(TNS) Reince Priebus (top), President Donald Trump’s chief of staff, and Steve Bannon (bottom), Trump’s chief strategist, attended a listening session Thursday in Washington, D.C.

The two men said the tension between them portrayed in the media is inaccurate.

But as they praised each other, the men made clear that Bannon sees his role as dominant in shaping Trump’s policy.

Bannon praised Priebus for doggedly keeping the trains running “one of the toughest jobs I’ve ever seen in my life.”

Bannon talked about being in “the first inning” of shaping “a new political order” and beginning the “deconstruction of the administrative state.”

Priebus used more prosaic language and spoke of Bannon as the one who pushes Trump to maintain his bold vision.

“He is very dogged in making sure that every day the promises that President Trump made are the promises we’re working on,” Priebus said of Bannon.

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The arts are important, too

What we’re thinking about

As a news publication, it is The Penn’s obligation to provide coverage for all sectors: business, politics, the local community, environment and even the arts.

Each subject is just as important and crucial to a functioning society as the next. But sometimes, when funding becomes scarce, one of the first areas to get put on the back-burner is the arts.

The arts are being threatened once again. As President Trump and his administration search for billions of dollars to fund an expensive border and trips to Florida, they must take the money from somewhere.

Trump’s first budget proposal includes a plan to dramatically cut funding to organizations such as the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Legal Services Corporation, AmeriCorps and the National Endowment for the Arts, according to a Feb. 17 New York Times article.

These budget cuts would affect National Public Radio,

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PBS and other public media outlets.

It’s not surprising that these organizations are under the knife, as they have long been on conservative radars.

But these organizations don’t receive nearly the amount of funding as other federal business ventures. The national endowments receive about .003 percent, which amounts to $143 million per organization, according to a January article from The Hill.

To put that into perspective, Trump spends about $3 million on just one trip to Mar-a-lago, according to a Feb. 17 CNBC article.

So as our new president spends his weekends putting for bogeys and sipping wine with foreign dignitaries, the puppets on “Sesame Street” are reserving their spots in the unemployment line.

The arts aren’t just popsicle sticks and Elmer’s glue – they teach our children creativity. They serve as outlets for individual perspectives of the world. They help make sense of all the chaotic bunk in the world. Without the arts, there’d be no color. We’d see the world in a left-brained, numbered society. Not to say the business world is completely grey and dull, but it is the arts that help keep the balance.

The Public Broadcasting Act was introduced by President Johnson in the ’60s to guarantee local communities access to public content, but since the internet picked

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I want Raven to win this season of “The Bachelor,” but then again, she might be too good for Nick. Also, I can’t wait to see the finale of this season of “Project Runway Jr.” I have a lot of time on my hands this semester.

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up mainstream media, most outlets, such as NPR, had to adapt to keep an audience.

Today, NPR has an audience of about 37 million weekly listeners, and the numbers have been growing for years.

Cutting funding for the CPB might not hurt such a widely reputable source as NPR, but many other broadcasts would feel the blow, such as KRSU-TV, which delivers news to about 1.2 million homes in rural northeastern Oklahoma, according to a Jan. 30 New York Times article.

There it is. Cutting funding to the NEA, NEH and CPB would not just stop funding to “pretentious leftists,” as a Dec. 23 Newsmax article would refer to artists; it halts funding to information and records. It would affect information outlets such as public radio and television, museums, local theaters, unionized public school teachers, professors – retired and active – and college students on their way to be teachers.

Americans need the arts just as much as they need to have trust in their leader. For any American looking to take action to preserve the arts in their country, numerous petitions and organizations have been established to allow them to help take a stand.

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Women’s rights, minorities’ rights and even men’s rights are protected at a federal level because they are important. By saying the states should choose what bathrooms transgender Americans can and cannot use, Trump is saying their rights aren’t important enough to be protected federally like all of the other rights we have had to fight to protect. It’s a shame we’re still talking about this.

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The NHL Stadium Series continues this weekend with cross-state rivals getting in on the act. I can’t be the only one tired of these outdoor NHL games. The Pittsburgh Penguins vs. the Philadelphia Flyers is a good enough matchup as it is. We don’t need the mess of an outdoor game to make it better.

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The assassination of American activist Fred Hampton, who was the Illinois chairman of the Black Panther Party. At 21, he was shot in his sleep by a Chicago Police Department and FBI tactical unit. His main focus as a Panther was providing meals to poor schoolchildren.

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I think it is absolutely absurd that anyone would even consider the notion of cutting funding to important organizations such as NEA, NEH and CPB.

6. sports editor, sean fritz

I’m thinking about recent moves made by the Philadelphia 76ers (dealing Nerlens Noel) and questioning whether or not they got enough value in return. They probably didn’t.

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“The Electriad,” featuring Hannah Misera (left) and Grant Hoogstraten (right), will be performed at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Waller Mainstage Theater.

‘The Electriad’ off to emotionally exhilarating start

By SETH WOOLCOCK Lead Culture Writer S.M.Woolcock@iup.edu

This article contains opinion.

How do we perceive war?

This is the question that “The Electriad” set out to answer, according to Dr. Carrie Cole, the production’s director and IUP assistant professor of theater and dance.

An almost-full audience gathered at the Waller Mainstage Theater Tuesday for opening night. The audience was personally greeted by the leads of the show upon entry.

The leads provided some useful background

information on the show and offered the audience to write a story about war that may be used during the performance.

“The Electriad” uses Greek myths to tell the story of Electra, her brother, Orestes, and their many struggles with war itself. The show was split into three separate scenes, all telling a different perspective on war: the Homefront, the Warrior and the Displaced.

The acting ensemble included three students who acted as leads that compiled the triad. The students included Basil Ferguson (senior, theater and dance) Grant Hoogstraten (senior, theater and dance) and

Hannah Misera (senior, theater and dance).

The trio was then joined on stage by eight other performers who made up the chorus.

The play started in an unusual manner, showing the three leads actually being stripped of their normal civilian clothes by the chorus and then being dressed in their authentic costumes.

The performance also used a shower of papers to change scenes. At the beginning of each new scene, the ensemble read the stories on the papers, some of which came from the audience.

The acting between the breaks could be described as emotional, thrilling and

exhilarating at times. The use of props throughout the performance was unique, as Cole mixed ancient weapons such as spears and swords with newer weapons like highpowered assault rifles and pistols.

Special effects were used early and often in the show. From a noise that rose from the well at the opening and closing of the show, to the alarm sounds and war noises that were present throughout, the special effects helped create a sense of authenticity throughout the performance.

Beyond all else, the audience left the theater Tuesday night feeling as if they had experienced a war firsthand.

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Tattoo Profile Name: Jacob Redmore (sophomore, marketing) Tattoo: Coat of arms of Germany Description: The tattoo features a single-headed eagle complete with the German colors within the body of the creature. Redmore plans on detailing the tattoo more and completing it in the future.

Part of body: Shoulder Pain level: Minimal; but due to the two-hour job, Redmore was annoyed because of the artist’s loud heavy metal music.

Meaning behind tattoo: Redmore got the tattoo as a result of his mother’s heritage. The coat of arms of Germany demonstrates the symbolism of an eagle that represents the power and strength of the German empire.

Murder mystery troupe heads to Rustic Lodge

By LAITH ZURAIKAT Staff Writer L.A.Zuraikat@iup.edu

Looking for something fun and a bit unusual to do on a Saturday night? Are you a person who fancies yourself to be a bit of a modern-day Sherlock Holmes?

Do you enjoy a little intrigue and mystery with your dinner?

The eighth Annual Murder Mystery Dinner, sponsored by the accessAbilities Foundation, will be held at 5 p.m. March 4 at the Rustic Lodge.

The theme for this year’s dinner is “What Stinks on Campus,” and Mystery’s Most Wanted, the murder mystery troupe, will be the host.

The murder mystery troupe has been performing dinner theater for over 20 years, according to its website.

The group of five character actors performs original comedic mysteries at regular venues and is available for private shows for corporations, celebrations and other occasions.

The event’s attendees will participate in an interactive dinner that “promises to be intriguing and exciting for all involved.”

The performance is said to be geared toward a “more

adult” crowd.

Proceeds from the event will go to accessAbilities and its mission to assist disabled people in Pennsylvania.

“We have a wonderful dinner that is prepared by the Rustic Lodge employees,” said Barb Christner, director of development and marketing, “and then the mystery troupe performs Acts 1 and 2.”

There will be a break for dessert following Act 2, and guests will have a chance to guess who the murderer is. The troupe will then return to answer any questions guests may have before revealing the murderer.

Christner said there are several other fun components of the night, including a silent auction and basket raffle. “[Overall], it is a wonderful night,” he said.

Tickets for the event will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis, and online reservations are available.

Group packages for parties of eight or more cost $340, two seats cost $90 and individual tickets are $50.

More information regarding the event is available at www. accessAbilitiesFoundation.org, or 724-465-6042, ext. 1027.

Shop where tattoo was done: Empyre

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Trump wants to ax PBS, but especially PBS Kids

By SAMANTHA BARNHART Editor-in-Chief S.E.Barnhart@iup.edu

Thursday morning, President Donald Trump told his 10-year-old son, Barron Trump, the real reason he plans to end PBS, PBS Kids and NPR. “Of course it’s not because of funding,” Trump told Barron.

“They get almost nothing.

“Some of those programs on PBS Kids haunt me.”

Trump cited the “outrageous diversity” in “Arthur” for his first reason.

“An aardvark hanging out with a rabbit, monkeys, a dog and a moose? I don’t want kids getting the wrong idea.”

With a faraway look in his eyes, Trump told a weeping Barron his main target: “Sesame Street.”

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No one likes to be left out.

Clique segregation affects sports

By KATIE MEST

Staff Writer K.A.Mest@iup.edu

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President Trump

Ernie the Muppet

Trump told Barron that he received some nasty letters from some “6-year-old bullies” that said he looked like Ernie from the show.

Trump referred to his bullies as “orange-ists” because of the comparison.

Trump cited “Bob the Builder” as the only show he enjoyed on

PBS Kids.

“I will be sad to see Bob go,” he said. “That guy knew how to build great walls.”

Barron, who is also a fan of NPR, reportedly asked his father to keep it around.

“What do we need NPR for?”

Trump asked. “I already have a tiny desk.”

This is a satirical news column.

With the new semester came significant changes in leadership amongst campus clubs, notably the men’s rugby team.

Christopher Schilling (senior, biology) accepted the role as team captain after his peers elected him.

Usually very open to new members, the team decided to crack down on who it allowed to join.

Andrew Manning (freshman, theater) attempted to join the team.

Manning went to every practice. He considered himself a part of the team until Schilling told him that rugby “wasn’t for him.”

Manning had played rugby for four years, starting his freshman year of high school. He was a part of a team that ranked first in its division.

“His reasoning? I’m a theater major,” Manning said. “I think he just doesn’t believe that jocks and theater kids can peacefully coexist in one another’s world.

And that’s messed up.”

Schilling said Manning was only cut from the team was to preserve the team’s ranking.

“In order to be the best, we need to have the best,” Schilling said. “As captain, I want to finetune this team, and, inevitably, that means people will be cut.”

Manning wasn’t the only person who believes he was cut due to a biased opinion.

“I’m an art major,” Aaron Teel

(sophomore) said. “Schilling really seemed to like me until he found out that I create art in my free time. He seemed shocked that someone could be interested in both art and sports.”

The team seems divided on the issue. Some believe that the cuts were decided unfairly, while others think Schilling did what had to be done.

A teammate, who wishes to remain anonymous, overhead a remark by Schilling after the practice when Schilling announced the cuts.

“He was talking to his friends and said, ‘I don’t understand why they don’t just stick to their own hobbies. Leave rugby to the real men.’”

Schilling denied saying this, but he said that he does believe in sticking to the “status quo.”

“Sports aren’t for everyone,” Schilling said. “It takes the right kind of person. You either have what it takes or you don’t. That’s not my fault.”

Manning said he’ll continue to play rugby. He’ll just take his abilities elsewhere.

“The only thing he can take away from me is a spot on that specific team,” Manning said.

“He can’t change who I am or what I want to be. I’m going to be a theater performer and a rugby player. And I’m going to be darn good at both.”

The university said that while it is against rules to discriminate in clubs, there was not enough evidence to prove that this incidence was such.

As of Wednesday, the cuts remain in effect, along with Schilling’s role of authority.

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Culture

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Skewed perception: Defining the culture

By JULIAN LEE

True Culture University J.D.Lee2@iup.edu

This article contains opinion.

“Do you carry spears?” “Do you all live in huts?” “Everyone in Africa is rich, right?” “Is everyone in Africa a skinny, hungry black boy?”

“Africa is a beautiful country.” “For 10 cents a day…”

Any of these phrases sound familiar? If so, you may have caught them in passing. You might have heard them and believed them at one point in time. You might even still believe them.

Ignorance is a simple flame, yet, once ignited, can influence entire populations. The process to ignorance of this scale begins with 1) Not having access or ability to learn the truth 2) Believing what you want or have been told instead of the truth 3) Convincing

people that your beliefs are true, and 4) Repeating the process daily until your entire family, city, state, country, continent and planet speak as unknowingly as you do.

After steps 1 through 4, enjoy a cup of herbal tea with a hint of honey as your world dips into a dark, delusional ditch.

Beyond color and the system of race, there are intra-racial differences that divide black people across our diaspora.

The most pervasive and divisive difference being ethnicity, nationality and culture, combined.

An American-born black man does not typically view himself as African. I've heard so many American-born black people say, “I'm not African.” True as it is, it almost seems as though blacks in America see Africans as another race completely. I rarely hear

“African Americans” add Africans to the “black struggle” narrative, even though there are Ghanaians, Nigerians, Egyptians, etc. in America.

There may be an assumption that Africans are removed from the violence, classism and colorism that American-born blacks experience. There is a misconception that a black man from the motherland can trace his ancestry back to before the 1800s, while blacks born in America cannot. Whites (I don’t see whiteness as race, but a poisonous mentality associated with complexion, though that’s a topic for a separate article) colonized half the world, erasing and rewriting history.

This legacy of colonial domination still affects African nations and

populations today, mentally and economically.

When it comes to African Americans’ views of Africans, we view them as an “us” and “them.” This is because society has adopted a mentality that if America is not attached to the end of an ethnicity, then

they are aliens African-Americans view their intersections as completely different based on demographics, therefore they look at African as a completely separate entity instead of a part of their own group.

To read the rest of this story visit TrueCultureUniversity.com

S PO R T S IUP’s win streak reaches 16 games; THE PENN

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

Lombardi earns 250th win

By JARROD BROWNE Lead Sports Writer

J.W.Browne@iup.edu

The IUP men’s basketball team defeated the Clarion University Golden Eagles, 74-58, Wednesday night in what was Joe Lombardi’s 250th career win as a head coach.

Leading the way for the Crimson Hawks was junior guard Anthony Glover (marketing), who tallied 21 points on seven 3-pointers. “ A n thony shot the ball extremely well,” Lombardi said. “I think his teammates did an excellent job of passing and getting him open shots.”

But it wasn’t just Glover who nailed open shots. His teammates got in on the act, also.

Three other players totaled double-digits for the Crimson Hawks: sophomore Jacobo Diaz (economics) had 12, junior Blake Danielak (finance and legal studies) had 11 and senior Devon Cottrell (communications media) tallied 15.

“We have great balance,” Lombardi said. “Out of all the guys in the rotation, it’s not a surprise when one of them gets double figures.”

IUP has worked with the committee approach throughout the season, and it has proven to be a game-changer for the red-hot Crimson Hawks.

Getting valued minutes from

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their role players coming off the bench is when IUP is at the peak of its game, and is also why they are so difficult for teams to prepare for.

Prior to the game, the Crimson Hawks celebrated the careers of two seniors who have both made major contributions to the men’s basketball program.

IUP thanked seniors Brandon Spain (communications media) and Cottrell during the Senior Day celebrations before tipoff.

Spain averaged 6.2 points per game this year for the Crimson Hawks while averaging 3.3 rebounds and 2.6 assist per game.

Cottrell averaged 11 points per game, 4.6 rebounds per game, 1.2 assists per game and blocked 48 shots this year.

Cottrell also broke Darryl Webb’s school block record, and currently has 199 career blocks.

The duo’s talent won’t be the only thing missed next year, according to Lombardi.

“They have been tremendous leaders the entire year,” he said.

“I couldn’t have asked for better seniors.”

Moving forward, the Crimson Hawks will be traveling to California University of Pennsylvania to take on the Vulcans at 5 p.m. Saturday.

IUP played Cal Jan. 18 and defeated them, 78-65.

After Saturday, the Crimson Hawks will host a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Tournament game at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex.

Ticket information is available on IUPathletics.com, but students will continue to get free admission with their I-Card.

(IUP Athletics) Guard Anthony Glover (junior, marketing) led the Crimson Hawks in scoring with 21 points. The team also had three other players in double-digit scoring figures.

(IUP Athletics) Brandon Spain (senior, communications media) was one of two seniors honored on Senior Night prior to Wednesday’s game against Clarion University.

February 24, 2017

Sports

February 24, 2017

Sports

IUP women defeat Clarion; focus shifts to season finale

By SARAH MOLTZ Staff Writer

S.J.Moltz@iup.edu

The IUP women’s basketball team won its eighth straight game, 68-57, over Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference rival Clarion University Wednesday evening at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex.

Junior Megan Smith (management) led the Crimson Hawks by scoring a game-high 22 points and grabbing 10 rebounds against the Golden Eagles.

Smith was 8-of-15 from the floor, adding one assist and one block.

She also currently leads the team in points this season with 14.5 per game.

Wednesday’s performance was Smith’s second double-double of the season; her first came in a loss to Edinboro University in midJanuary.

Sophomore Brittany Robinson (early childhood and special education) added 18 points on 7-of12 shooting. Robinson had four rebounds, three blocks and three assists.

Redshirt sophomore Lauren Wolosik (economics) also shined, scoring 17 points with nine rebounds, three steals and one assist.

“We didn’t take this game lightly,” Wolosik said. “We had a little chip on our shoulder because last time we played Clarion, we lost, so we went out there and did what we do best: competed until the very end.”

As a team, the Crimson Hawks shot at 42 percent (25-of-59) compared to their opponent, who shot 37 percent (23-of-62) from the floor.

The Golden Eagles, however, held a slim 37-35 rebounding margin. Clarion also turned the ball over 15 times, 11 of which were IUP steals.

“Winning this game was super important to us because in the beginning of the season, we lost to them, and this time it was all about showing everyone what IUP women’s basketball is all about,” Robinson said.

With Wednesday’s win, the Crimson Hawks secured a firstround bye into next week’s conference tournament quarterfinals and improved to 20-5 overall and 18-3 in the PSAC West.

The win gave IUP its third consecutive 20-win season under head coach Tom McConnell and 10th 20-win season since 1998-99.

The Crimson Hawks travel to California University of Pennsylvania Saturday for their last regularseason game.

IUP lost to Cal back in January, 75-52, at home. With an overall record of 25-2 and 19-2 in the conference.

The Vulcans remain in the No. 1 spot in the PSAC West standings with IUP sitting right behind them.

However, due to Cal’s loss to Mercyhurst University, IUP will have its chance to tie for first place in the PSAC West division conference with Cal. “We’re going to work hard in practice by going over sets and preparing our own offense,” Robinson said about the upcoming game.

“We have more confidence, composure and heart from the last time we played them in the beginning of the season.”

Saturday’s game against Cal will mark the biggest game of the season for the Crimson Hawks due to its seeding implications moving forward into the PSAC playoffs. A No. 1 seed would certainly be an advantage for the Crimson Hawks.

Tipoff is set for 3 p.m.

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(Ishaaq Muhammad/ The Penn) Megan Smith (junior, management) led the way for the Crimson Hawks with her second double-double of the season in Wednesday’s victory over Clarion University.

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February 24, 2017

Classifieds

IUP tennis back in action for the spring season

By BRAD O’HARA Contributing Writer B.L.Ohara@iup.edu

The IUP women’s tennis team is just getting started as it begins the spring season ranked No. 28 nationally in Division II and looking for its seventh straight regional championship.

They started off the season picking up three wins in their first three contests against West Chester University, Oberlin College and Carnegie Mellon University.

Leading the team in the first three matches, as well as the first three tournaments of the season, was Jarka Petercakova (senior, interior design) from Slovakia.

Petercakova was the only member of the team to pick up a singles win against a nationally ranked opponent, and also won the doubles championship at the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference’s Individual Championships with her partner, Luise von Agris (junior, international business).

“We have high expectations for ourselves,” head coach Larry Peterson said.

“Our win this past weekend at Carnegie Mellon was

(IUP Athletics) Jarka Petercakova (senior, interior design) returned a serve during last weekend’s match at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.

a good win for the team.”

“It came down to the last set. Carnegie Mellon is ranked No. 12 in the country in Division III, so that not only was a very solid start for us for the season, a good early test, but also sort of validates some of the expectations we have for this season.”

Katya Minchenkova (freshman, undeclared business) said that a main goal is to make it to the NCAA National Tournament and try to maintain a perfect record.

“The goal is to win all matches,” Minchenkova

said. “No losses, only wins.”

When asked about the upcoming tests the team will face, Minchenkova focused on matches the team will play during its trip to Orlando over spring break.

“Florida is very strong in tennis,” she said. “We are going to play some really strong universities, and I think that it will be a really good test for us. It’s the top teams in all of Division II.” The team’s next six matches will be on the road, with four of those six taking place in Orlando against Oklaho-

ma Baptist University, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, University of North Georgia and Palm Beach Atlantic University, in that order.

The other two away matches are at Denison University and Seton Hill University.

Seton Hill will be the team’s first PSAC match of the spring season.

The team will not have a home match until after spring break, March 22, when they will return to take on PSAC rival Slippery Rock University.

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Sports

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NBA trade deadline has come and gone; teams begin to set their eyes on finish line

By BRAD O’HARA Contributing Writer B.L.Ohara@iup.edu

Every year, with the coming and going of the NBA trade deadline, you get a glimpse of which teams are trying to make a run in the playoffs and the teams that are already looking for more luck next season.

Franchises are taking turns away from players and looking to rising stars or future draft picks to make them contenders in the future.

DeMarcus Cousins is a threetime All-Star, a FIBA Basketball World Cup gold medalist and an Olympic gold medalist.

After spending his entire career in Sacramento, he was traded away to the New Orleans Pelicans for Buddy Hield, who was the sixth overall pick in the 2016 NBA Draft, Tyreke Evans, Langston Galloway and two picks in this year’s NBA Draft.

The Pelicans are looking to make a push for a playoff spot; right now, they are 2.5 games out of the eighth seed, but the Sacramento Kings are also close to a postseason appearance, being a mere 1.5 games out of the final playoff spot.

Is Sacramento giving up on the season by trading away their leader in Cousins, who was leading the team in points, rebounds and assists, or do they believe that they can make a push with the additions they have made? Only time will tell.

The Kings and the Pelicans aren’t the only teams testing their luck at the trade deadline.

The Brooklyn Nets, Dallas Mavericks, Philadelphia 76ers, Houston Rockets, Denver Nuggets, Milwaukee Bucks, Chicago Bulls and Oklahoma City Thunder have also made moves prior to the deadline to try to boost their chances at winning.

The 76ers gave away their 2013 first round draft pick, Nerlens Noel, in return for Andrew Bogut, Justin

Anderson and a future draft pick from the Dallas Mavericks.

Noel is a young player that has shown promise from time to time, but injuries have plagued his young career.

His first season as a professional never got underway after he was ruled out due to a knee surgery.

He was also out for a significant amount of time this season due to both a knee injury and an ankle injury.

Bogut is expected to be bought out by Philadelphia, making him able to be signed by any team in the league.

There is a lot of confusion and frustration going on in Philadelphia stemmed by the front office and its lack of transparency with the fan base.

Fans were under the impression that Sixers’ big man Jahlil Okafor would be on the move before the deadline because of his lack of ability to play with Joel Embiid, but instead the Sixers moved on from Noel, which was a shot out of left field to many fans of the team.

In other news around the league, the Rockets dealt K.J. McDaniels to the Nets and Tyler Ennis to the Los Angeles Lakers in an attempt to clear cap space.

The Nuggets acquired Roy Hibbert in exchange for a secondround draft pick from the Bucks, this coming after Hibbert had been acquired by Milwaukee just a few weeks back.

The Thunder tried to give Russell Westbrook some offensive support by trading for forwards Taj Gibson and Doug McDermott from the Chicago Bulls.

In return, the Bulls received Cameron Payne, Anthony Morrow and Joffrey Lauvergne.

With all of the roster moves out of the way, every team’s focus is on the postseason and whether they did enough to make it.

Only time will tell whether the deals made at the trade deadline will end up being bargains or busts.

(TNS) The most monumental deal of this season’s trade deadline occurred just after the All-Star Game Sunday night. The Sacramento Kings sent DeMarcus Cousins (above) to the New Orleans Pelicans for three players and two draft picks.

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