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Latin American Studies celebrates Day of the Dead

By KIRSTEN SCHLORFF Staff Writer K.B.Schlorff@iup.edu

Contrary to what some may believe, the Day of the Dead celebration is not the Hispanic version of Halloween, but is a Hispanic cultural tradition celebrated in many Latin American countries, Spain and even the U.S from Oct. 31 to Nov. 2.

Death is typically viewed as a taboo topic in American society, which is why people unfamiliar with Hispanic culture find it strange to celebrate death. But Dr. Lydia Rodriguez, a professor from the foreign languages department and the coordinator of the Latin American Studies (LAS) minor program, said LAS will be hosting Day of the Dead events to dispel myths about the holiday.

“Each year, there are different presentations on Latin America, some of which are related directly to Day of the Dead,” Rodriguez said. “And some that are not, like this year’s Dr. Leo Gruber’s presentation on ‘Noriega, Bush and the U.S. Invasion of Panama.’”

LAS is a minor open to the entire university in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Courses that can be applied for credits toward the minor may come from a variety of departments at IUP as part of its cross-curriculum initiative.

LAS will be celebrating Day of the Dead with its free, annual sugar skull face painting event, “Catrinas, Tantawawas and Sugar Skulls: Cultures Beyond Borders & Artistic Sugar Skull Painting,” from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.

Thursday in the Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) Building Room 126.

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(IUP website) The Latin American Studies program will celebrate Día de los Muertos on Thursday.

This event follows another free face painting, which will be held from 3 to 4:15 p.m. Thursday at the picnic tables outside the HSS Building.

The events are open to all IUP students and faculty and community members.

In another free event, Amanda Frantz-Mamani, a Latin American studies professor at Edinboro University, will present on Día de los Difuntos in Perú and the

significant influence of Andean culture to illustrate the similarities and differences with the Día de los Muertos in Mexico and the U.S. The presentation will cover pop culture images related to Day of the Dead and how it is celebrated and interpreted by Mexicans and Mexican Americans, as well.

“I get an exhilaration out of all the events,” Rodriguez said.

“I enjoy meeting different speakers, listening to their expertise and seeing events come to fruition.

“Anyone can put together events, but the question becomes the execution of them,” Rodriguez said. “You have to place your heart and soul into the events because, otherwise, you are dressing a dead corpse and hoping it will dance.”

For additional information and updates about IUP’s Day of the Dead events, follow LAS on Twitter: @IUPLAS.

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(IUP website) Students will paint sugar skulls outside the Humanities and Social Sciences on Thursday.

(Graphic submitted by Dr. Lydia Rodriguez) The Day of the Dead is celebrated from Oct. 31 to Nov. 2.

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Former Trump campaign aides face criminal charges in Mueller probe

By JOSEPH TANFANI Tribune Washington Bureau TNS

The special counsel investigating Russia’s role in the 2016 presidential race announced criminal charges Monday against three former senior campaign aides to Donald Trump, including his former campaign manager, marking an explosive new phase in the FBI probe of the president’s inner circle.

One of the three repeatedly sought to arrange a meeting between then-candidate Trump and senior Russian officials in London or in Moscow, according to court documents. The meeting did not take place, but court documents describe an extensive effort by Russian officials to gain access to Trump’s operation.

Court papers disclosed that George Papadopoulos [PAH’-pahdah-puh-lus], a former foreign policy adviser to the Trump campaign, is cooperating with prosecutors led by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, who is pursuing allegations that Trump’s aides cooperated with Russian officials seeking to influence the U.S. election.

Paul Manafort, who was Trump’s campaign manager, and Richard W. Gates III, who was Manafort’s top deputy and helped run Trump’s inauguration, were separately accused of a total of 12 counts of fraud, conspiracy and money laundering in a financial scheme that ran from 2006 to 2017.

In a court hearing Monday afternoon, Manafort and Gates both pleaded not guilty to the charges. Manafort was released on $10 million bail and Gates was released on $5 million bail. Both surrendered their passports and were ordered under house arrest.

While the case against Manafort and Gates carries the potential of long years of jail time, the case against Papadopoulos may be more significant for the White House. It is the first guilty plea related to dealings with Russia by someone connected with the Trump campaign.

The double-barrelled approach signaled that Mueller, a former FBI director, and his team of veteran organized crime and white collar

(TNS) President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, has surrendered to federal authorities, according to multiple reports.

prosecutors are willing to use a classic hardball approach – trying to pressure lower-level figures into cooperating and providing information – in their investigation of the Trump campaign.

“I think it definitely shows that Mueller is following a strategy of working on the perimeter and then moving to the center by finding people he can indict, and then seeking their cooperation,” said Jens David Ohlin, a Cornell Law School professor and expert in international criminal law. “There might be multiple rounds of this before you reach a smoking gun.”

Court papers revealed that Papadopoulos had pleaded guilty in a closed-door court hearing Oct. 5 to lying to the FBI about his contacts with people who claimed to direct connections with Russian President Vladimir Putin and other senior Russian officials.

Papadopoulos admitted that he had met with an unnamed professor in London who told him that high-level Russian officials had damaging information on Hillary Clinton, including thousands of emails.

“They (the Russians) have dirt on her,” Papadopoulos said he was told during a meeting in London in April 2016, as Trump was gaining steam in the Republican presidential primaries.

After that, Papadopoulos, a 30-year-old think tank researcher who sought to become Trump’s contact with Moscow, communicated with someone who claimed to be Putin’s niece and another official who claimed to work at Russia’s foreign ministry, according to court documents. The woman, according to court documents,

was not Putin’s niece.

Since his arrest at Dulles International Airport in July, Papadopoulos has met with Mueller’s team on “numerous occasions” to provide information as part of his plea deal, according to court filings.

The meeting in London is the second documented instance of someone with claimed connections to the Russian government offering damaging information about Clinton to the Trump campaign.

In June 2016, Manafort joined Donald Trump Jr. in a meeting in Trump Tower with a Russian lawyer and lobbyist, after Trump Jr. was offered damaging information about Clinton.

Manafort and Gates used offshore accounts and shell companies in Cyprus, the Seychelles and the Caribbean to hide $75 million, including payments he received for representing a pro-Kremlin political faction in the Ukraine, to avoid paying U.S. taxes, according to the indictment.

“Manafort used his hidden overseas wealth to enjoy a lavish lifestyle in the United States, without paying taxes on that income,” the charges said.

The indictment says he laundered more than $18 million to buy houses in New York, to pay for home renovations, landscaping, clothes, antique rugs, new cars and other expenses. Gates allegedly used money from the offshore accounts to pay his mortgage, children’s tuition and interior decorating.

Manafort also was charged with filing false reports to conceal the fact that he was acting as an unregistered foreign agent.

The charges state that Manafort and Gates were agents for former Ukraine President Victor Yanukovych and his Party of Regions.

The indictment against Manafort and Gates doesn’t reference their work for the Trump campaign, a point Trump noted on Twitter.

“Sorry, but this is years ago, before Paul Manafort was part of the Trump campaign. But why aren’t Crooked Hillary & the Dems the focus?????” Trump wrote. “ ... Also, there is NO COLLUSION!” he said in another tweet.

Police Blotter Theft

• A brown metal bench was reportedly stolen from a resident’s porch sometime between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. Oct. 28 in the 1100 block of Church Street, according to the Indiana Borough Police Department.

Anyone with information about the incident should contact borough police at 724-349-2121.

Criminal Mischief

• The hood of a red Pontiac G6 was reportedly damaged while parked sometime between 10 p.m. Oct. 25 and 10 a.m. Oct. 26 in the 00 block of North Eighth Street, according to borough police.

Anyone with information about the incident should contact borough police.

Trespass

• Thomas McCarthy, 21, of Freeport, was found to be in an apartment that did not belong to him, after police responded to a report of a burglary, and was charged with criminal trespassing and criminal mischief, according to borough police.

Alcohol violations

• Rebekah Shilala, 21, of DuBois, was found passed out and observed to be highly intoxicated and cited for public drunkenness at 12:48 p.m. Oct. 27 in Boomerang’s Bar and Grill, 547 Philadelphia St., according to borough police.

• Nathan Kamler, 26, of Indiana, was cited for public intoxication at 2:14 a.m. Oct. 22 in the 300 block of Burns Avenue, according to borough police.

• Stephen Panik, 22, of Center Valley, was found to have urinated on the sidewalk while highly intoxicated and was arrested for public drunkenness and public urination, according to borough police.

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University works to retain students beyond enrollment

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

Each fall, IUP welcomes new students to the university to begin their first semester. This year, the number of freshmen saw a 6.3 percent increase, despite universitywide undergraduate decline.

Last fall, undergraduate enrollment totaled 10,618, according to the IUP website.

This semester, however, enrollement for full-time students has dropped by 681, which is a decrease of 6 percent. Graduate enrollment has gone from 2,235 in fall 2016 to 2,173 in fall 2017, a decrease of almost 3 percent.

Michelle Fryling, executive director of communications and media relations, attributes the rise in numbers to the university’s extra effort in reaching out to students.

“We’ve worked hard to bring in new students of quality,” Fryling said. “One of the major initiatives the president has charged us with was retention. It’s important to us to get the right fit of students but to also retain them and have them persist to graduation.”

With new programs, such as public health and environmental

(The Penn archives) Freshmen enrollment numbers are up, giving the university hope for future enrollment numbers.

engineering, IUP became more marketable to a larger variety of students, Fryling said.

According to an Oct. 4 IUP news release, the College of Health and Human Services has the largest total undergraduate and graduate enrollment: 3,598 and 511, respectively. The Eberly College of Business and Information Technology has 1,994 undergraduates and 273 graduate students.

The College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics has 1,835 undergraduate and 148 graduate students.

The College of Education and Educational Technology has 1,133 undergraduates and 675 graduate students.

White House claims lies on Trump sexual assault allegations

By CATHLEEN DECKER Los Angeles Times TNS

President Donald Trump’s spokeswoman maintained Friday that all of the women who have accused him of unwanted touching or kissing were lying.

“Yeah, we’ve been clear on that from the beginning, and the president has spoken on it,” White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said when asked if Trump’s position on accusations against the president was that “all of these women are lying.”

Accusations against Trump arose during last year’s presidential campaign, when at least 11 women described physical actions by the president that they found offensive.

Trump at the time called the women “horrible liars” and suggested in at least one case that he

was not physically attracted to the woman making the accusation.

The president himself, however, was caught bragging in vulgar language about grabbing and kissing women without their permission on a 2005 video made by the “Access Hollywood” show.

Then the lead character on the “Apprentice” television show, Trump said on the video that he got away with the actions because he was “a star.”

Trump’s actions have received renewed interest since movie producer Harvey Weinstein has been accused by dozens of women of inappropriate sexual acts.

Weinstein lost his post at his family company.

The fallout also has tarnished journalist Mark Halperin, who was suspended from his MSNBC and NBC analyst roles after several women accused him of harassment when he directed political coverage years ago at ABC News.

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences has 953 undergraduates and 453 graduate students.

The College of Fine Arts has 424 undergraduates and 53 graduate students.

In order to attract these students and see if IUP is the school for them, the university has created a variety of programs that allows students to see the campus and dip their feet into classrooms.

IUP holds nine Experience IUP Days annually, during which admitted students can spend a day on campus, learn about what IUP has to offer and meet with the academic departments of their intended majors.

“We see an incredible amount

of students that, after they visit here, say ‘OK, this is the place for me,’” Fryling said.

The admissions staff meets with each college to find out information that would be of interest to prospective students.

From there, the staff works strategically to recruit students that would be a good fit for the university.

“We think that in the next few years,” said President Michael Driscoll in his freshmen convocation speech, “we will settle on an undergraduate population of about 10,000 or so hard-working, motivated students.

“We are working on the exact mix of students we want to see, and then we’re going for it.”

Also, according to the Oct. 4 news release, the number of veteran and military-affiliated students reflects an increase of 77 percent from fall 2013 enrollment of military-affiliated students.

With resources such as the Military and Veterans Resource Center (MVRC), IUP works to assist veterans with their paperwork and provides an atmosphere in which students help other students in their same situation.

IUP is also a yellow ribbon school, meaning it can offer certain financial incentives to military and veteran students.

“We want to continue to grow our population,” Fryling said, “because we believe IUP’s a great fit for so many students.”

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Charges refiled in Penn State fraternity hazing death

By SUSAN SNYDER and

ROBERT MORAN

The Philadelphia Inquirer TNS

Nearly two months after a judge gutted the groundbreaking case against eight Pennsylvania State University fraternity members accused of fatally hazing a pledge, the Centre County district attorney on Friday refiled the most serious charges and asked for the case to be heard by a new judge.

The prosecutor, Stacy Parks Miller, brought back involuntary manslaughter and felony aggravated assault charges against eight members of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity in the February death of Timothy Piazza, 19, a sophomore engineering major from New Jersey. She also refiled reckless endangerment and other charges against three other members of the fraternity.

The charges were among scores of counts dismissed in early September by Centre County Judge Allen Sinclair, following a preliminary hearing that stretched

(TNS) Stacy Parks, Miller Centre County District Attorney, stood with James and Evelyn Piazza, parents of Timothy Piazza, 19, of Readington Township, N.J., May 5 during a news conference at the Bellefonte courthouse.

over several months and at times morphed into a mini-trial.

His ruling amounted to a bombshell in the case and one that infuriated Piazza’s parents and seemed to validate defense claims that prosecutors overreached in bringing the charges.

Parks Miller had vowed at the time to refile the felony charges.

She was not available for comment Friday. Two defense lawyers promised to fight her latest legal move. But in a news release announcing the step, she said an investigation is ongoing “around other outstanding matters and additional new charges may be forthcoming.”

In the 20-page motion, Parks Miller outlined what she said was her legal authority to reinstate the felonies and seek a new judge.

She said she wasn’t required to specify the reasons, but the motion did cite what she called “irreconcilable errors of law” by Sinclair, including that he unevenly applied the law when deciding which fraternity brothers to hold for trial on which charges.

She also contends he failed to properly consider the evidence standard for a preliminary hearing, which doesn’t require prosecutors to prove their case at the same threshold as a trial.

And Parks Miller took the

unusual step of specifically requesting that the case not be transferred to one of the county’s magisterial district justices, Steven Lachman, because of his ties to Penn State.

She notes he was previously employed by the university and refers to it as the “great pride” of his life.

A lawyer for Piazza’s parents welcomed the news of the refiling.

“The Piazzas are pleased and gratified that the charges have been refiled by the prosecutor and fully support her commitment to seeking complete justice for Tim,” said lawyer Tom Kline.

The motion also took issue with the format of the hearing, which unfolded in seven days over three months. Parks Miller didn’t specify how long a new hearing would take but asked that it be fasttracked and continuous.

“The previous preliminary hearing and the truncated manner in which it was held did not serve justice for the victims or the case itself,” the motion contends.

But, if and how quickly such a hearing could occur isn’t clear, and Parks Miller is racing a clock. She lost a primary bid for re-election in the spring and leaves office in January.

One of the defense lawyers, Leonard G. Ambrose III, called Friday’s motion a last-ditch effort by a prosecutor who was “literally run out of office and won’t be there at the end of the year.”

Ambrose, who represents Joe Sala, called the refiling “baseless.”

Piazza, prosecutors allege, was forced to consume large amounts of alcohol during a Feb. 2 hazing ritual, known as a drinking “gauntlet,” and later fell down the basement stairs. Prosecutors obtained video from the now-closed fraternity house, which showed Piazza falling several other times.

Fraternity members left him to languish on a couch and didn’t call for emergency help until almost 12 hours later.

Piazza died Feb. 4 of a head injury, ruptured spleen and collapsed lung.

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What was your favorite Halloween costume as a kid? I went as the Crocodile Hunter in elementary school. Everyone loved it. RIP, Steve Irwin.

2. managing editor, alexandria mansfield

Which urban legend scares you the most? Growing up, I visited my grandma in Southern New Jersey a lot on Halloween, and my dad would tell the story of the Jersey Devil every year. He said he was chased by a flying devilhorse hybrid when he was 11, but that he wasn’t afraid of it anymore because it only went after kids. That always scared my sister.

3. COPY editor, NATHAN zisk

Have you ever or would you ever eat a cricket? Crickets are a great source of protein, B12 vitamins and B2 vitamins and are much more sustainable than other protein sources. For IUP ECO Club, I made cricket cookies and cricket candy bars and handed them out for trick-or-treat last October. Everyone who tried the treats enjoyed them. Good stuff, broh.

4. NEWS editor, katie mest

Do you believe in ghosts? Why or why not? I don’t think I’ll ever run into a transparent person in the middle of an abandoned building. But, that’s not to say that I don’t think a spirit was definitely behind my drawers mysteriously opening by themselves.

5. culture editor, seth woolcock

What scares you the most? My biggest fear is that Skip Bayless will still be on sportstalk television by the time I graduate from college because his “hot takes” are “on point.”

6. sports editor, sean fritz

What’s your favorite Halloween movie and why? “Casper.” I saw that when I was a kid, and I like that movie.

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What are you going as this year? I’m wearing plaid on plaid aka “A Walking Mistake.”

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Have you ever pulled any Halloween pranks? When I was about 12, my cousins and I went on a walk, and I brought an egg with me. I threw it at a house, and it landed on the roof. So, I ran away. I haven’t egged a house since.

GOP leaders urge party to heed the warning signs of an unfit president

By ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH TNS

The following editorial appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Thursday: Like canaries in a coal mine, a few brave Republicans are warning of a toxin in Washington that threatens the very core of American democracy. They say that national divisions are widening because of President Donald Trump’s penchant for bullying, juvenile tweeting and vengeful character assassination.

Republicans and Democrats must unite for the cause of civility and dignified discourse. The two parties certainly will

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continue to disagree and fight for their righteous causes. But they must stop tolerating Trump’s hateful antics as the new political norm.

When Trump cannot garner the support he needs in Congress, he retreats to campaign-style meetings with his “base” in the hinterlands, where he typically exaggerates his successes and even inflates crowd sizes to feed his own ego. “I’m president, and you’re not” is one of his favored comeback lines when he can’t win arguments with logic and intellect.

He is destroying our nation’s integrity.

He is trampling on time-honored values.

He will stop at nothing to win an argument or crush an opponent. Mature adults

do not behave this way. Trump might be president, but he is not presidential. He disrespects and denigrates the highest office in the land.

Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., has had enough of it. In a Senate speech Tuesday, he unleashed a full-throated critique of the president’s bizarre behavior. Flake’s words, reprinted on the accompanying op-ed page, echo recent warnings of other prominent Republicans such as Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee, Sen. John McCain of Arizona and former President George W. Bush.

Rarely have Republicans of such stature spoken in harmony against one of their own. But they do so out of a conviction that he’s inflicting serious damage on the

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country they love.

Knowing Trump, he will shrug off their warnings and denounce them as losers and lightweights – standard-bearers of the very power structure he’s trying to overturn. If those voices don’t resonate with Trump, then perhaps the words of his own wife, First Lady Melania Trump, might register.

“I think it’s very important to choose kindness and compassion,” she told schoolchildren in Detroit this week. Turning to the adults in the room, she added, “By our own example, we must teach children to be good stewards of the world they will inherit. We need to remember that they are always watching and listening.”

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IUP Paranormal Society reveals investigation findings

By ELIJAH LYONS Staff Writer E.D.Lyons@iup.edu

The IUP Paranormal Society held a reveal of its two most recent investigations at the Clark House and the old Indiana Township Armory, which today is the Historical and Genealogical Society Building.

Those in attendance experianced exciting stories, electric voice phenomenons (EVPs) and videos firsthand, while also learning the history of the places Paranormal Society has investigated.

The event began with a short introduction from Joanne McQuilkin, the president of the Historical and Genealogical Society, about her group’s purpose.

“Our main function here is just to tell people the history of Indiana County,” McQuilkin said, “enlighten them, let them know what happened. We can tell people what kind of folk lived here and what they did for a living.

We pretty much just operate on volunteer work, and anyone and everyone is welcome to come volunteer.”

McQuilkin told the audience about the history of the Armory.

“Right now, you’re standing in what used to be Indiana County’s National Guard building,” she said. “It was built in 1922, and they occupied this building until the late ’90s. Underneath us, there’s an area for vehicles to be pulled in, as well as an area where guns and ammunition could be stored.”

After McQuilkin’s talk, Dr. Laurel Black, an IUP English professor who founded the Paranormal Society in 2008 and is a member of the Ghost Researcher in Pennsylvania (GRIP), spoke about the equipment used during the group's investigations.

Black said she wanted the audience to understand how the group got its information before it was shown. She showed the group’s main tools of choice.

Then, she showed the audience something different – a K-II EMF meter.

“We use a K-II meter, which is usually used by electricians to

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(Justin Cobb/The Penn) Top left: Willa Black, a Paranormal Society member and IUP alumna.

Right: Laurel Black, the IUP English professor who founded the Paranormal Society in 2008.

detect if an area still has electricity running through it,” Black said.

“We use it because sometimes ghosts give off an electromagnetic signal. We use this to try to find those signals.”

After the audience was given background information, Black made the first reveal.

Although there was no photo evidence, Black said there have been rumors of a tall, blond, male spirit who is aggressive toward those in the area.

“It’s said he’s so angry because while this young man was on trial for murdering his father, his mother told officers that he did it,” Black said. “He found out she told on him right before his hanging.”

The next reveal the society offered was something they found in the basement. The group referred to her as “The Librarian.”

As with the first reveal, there wasn’t any photo evidence, but there was a video of interaction through the K-II meters.

“She’s said to have darker hair that’s usually in a bun,” Black said.

“She’s a very active ghost, as we

just showed you on the screen.”

On screen, the audience was shown a group of Paranormal Society members having their K-II meters go on, then off and back on again, almost in a pace-like fashion.

“We’ve also gotten multiple reports from witnesses that she wears a purple blouse,” Black said.

Moving on to the Clark House, the audience was first given a background on the building.

“The Clark House was built in the 1870’s,” McQuilkin said. “Mr. Clark became one of Indiana County's leading citizens. He was a judge. He was also very prominent in the formation of IUP, as Clark Hall is named after him today.

“After Mr. Clark passed, the rest of the family either died off or married and went off somewhere.

Soon after, the county bought the land, and several different organizations have put it to use since.”

“The Clark House is a really active area,” Black said.

Black then played the first piece of evidence from their investiga-

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tion, which was an audio recording of a group of Paranormal Society members trying to communicate with a ghost.

In the recording, the group members asked, “Can you say something to us?” There was a pause, but a whisper of “help” followed.

In another recording, a Paranormal Society member was repeating a description of what the ghost woman supposedly looked like, and the words “that’d be creepy” could just barely be heard.

The last piece from the investigation was “possibly the strongest presence of ghostly activity,” according to Black. It was a recording that started with a group of students and Black asking a ghost to interact with a lamp.

“We asked it to turn the power up on the lamp, if he or she could understand us, and to my surprise, the lights on the lamp went on max power. They stayed at that level for a while before we asked it to stop, and it did.”

After the reveal ended, a few members shared personal stories

from their investigations.

“I remember one of my first investigations,” said Sharon Layton, a GRIP and Paranormal Society member and IUP alumna. “I was looking down the hall of this building, and I saw a man. Now, keep in mind the build was completely sealed. So, no one can get in. It’s just our group investigating, but I can feel like there’s someone at the end of this hall.

“When I took out my camera and looked through it, I could see a white ball of light. So, I snapped three pictures. I didn’t move a single inch. In the first picture, you saw nothing, in the third picture you saw nothing, but in the second, you can see, clear as day, a man at the end of the hallway, right in the middle of the hall.

“I remember I was so excited because I had proof that I wasn’t crazy.”

Another IUP graduate had her own paranormal story to share.

“Back when I first started investigating, we were at the old Keith building on campus,” said Willa Black, a Paranormal Society member and an IUP alumna. “I was part of a group that had a lot of college students in it. I was really young at the time, and I had a braid in my hair.

“While we were investigating, my braid was actually picked up and placed on the other side of my head. This resulted in a stampede of sorority girls running down that hall screaming ‘Dr. Black, we need an adult!’

Several shoes were lost while they were running. I had to go back and collect the shoes because the girls were too afraid to go back on that floor.”

The thing that members stressed the most throughout the night was that a person involved in paranormal investigation isn’t crazy for what he or she is doing.

“We’re essentially scientists,” Laurel Black said. “We look for the who, what, when, where and why when investigating. We don’t think every knock at night is a ghost, and to be honest, I believe, probably 90 percent of so-called ghost sightings can be debunked.”

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(Laith Zuraikat/The Penn) The film “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” was released on Nov. 14, 2001, everywhere.

Local cafe celebrates Harry Potter Day

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

With witches, wizards, wands and so much magic in the atmosphere, it’s understandable that some local residents may have thought they stumbled into Diagon Alley when traversing downtown Indiana on Saturday. However, it was actually Caffe Amadeus latest celebration of Harry Potter Day. The cafe was once again transformed into a miniature version of Hogwarts, as visitors of all ages were invited to celebrate J.K. Rowling’s famous series of novels and participate in a variety of different Harry Potter-themed activities.

In addition to the transformation of the cofee shop’s appearance, Caffe Amadeus also stayed open later than usual in order to accommodate the wide range of activities planned for the day.

Highlights of the event included a Harry Potter-themed photo booth, Harry Potter-inspired art for sale, a special wizarding-themed menu and handmade wands for sale,

all while music from the movies’ soundtrack played over speakers throughout the cafe.

While visitors seemed to take delight in the wide range of different activities and attractions, one of the most popular aspects was the movie-inspired food and drinks, which allowed guests to indulge in some of their favorite culinary items from the wizarding world like Butterbeer, Deathly Hallows Truffles, Dementor’s Kiss Cookies and Hogwarts Hot Chocolate.

Elizabeth King (senior, early childhood special education) said that, while she had visited Caffe Amadeus in the past and had heard about its Harry Potter Day before, she never had a chance to actually experience Harry Potter Day until this year.

King said that she was most excited to try the Butterbeer, and that it seemed like a nice atmosphere to hang out. These sentiments seemed to be shared by many in town, as the cafe remained packed for most of the day, and the line for drinks and treats almost stretched out the front door.

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Culture

CRIMSON HOAX

This is a satirical news column

Man goes as “drunk” for Halloween

By DAVID FORADORI Staff Writer A.D.Foradori@iup.edu

Partygoers stood in astonishment as a man showed up to the Halloween party in plain clothes claiming to be “drunk” as his costume.

Saturday nights on Halloweekend are reserved for people who meticulously apply makeup, create costumes or binge watch “Hocus Pocus” to get into the Halloween spirit.

One genius found out how to bend the rules.

Martin Dull (junior, accounting) has been described by his fel-

low partiers as a total genius for showing up as “drunk.”

“I mean, like, yeah, dude,” Dull said. “People were wondering why I didn't dress up, but I totally did, bro. I was drunk for Halloween.”

Partygoers couldn't believe their eyes when Dull arrived.

Some are still wrapping their heads around the event.

“Like, bro, I didn't expect that,” John McFrat (senior, communications media) said. “I dressed up as a werewolf to, like, look badass, bro. But what does being drunk for Halloween really

entail? Did he have to get into character?”

Other students were impressed by Dull’s bravado – impressed so much that it may have changed their minds about how much time they spend on their own Halloween costumes in the future.

“Dude, I totally know what I’m dressing up as next Halloween thanks to Martin,” Anthony McBro (senior, marketing) said. “I’m going as a guy who has been laid because, like, I’ve totally been laid before. That beats the hell out of dressing up as Superman year after year.”

Could this brilliant act end the licentious debauchery for this Halloweekend? No one knows for sure yet.

But, this has shaped how many IUP students see Halloween costume ideas.

(Justin Cobb/The Penn) The word “pumpkin” originates from the greek word “pepon” meaning “large melon.”

IUP parties with pumpkins

By ELIJAH LYONS Staff Writer E.D.Lyons@iup.edu

Dozens of students came out to prove they had the best-decorated pumpkin as the IUP Student Veterans Organization hosted “Pumpkin Palooza” on Thursday.

The seven-hour event was to raise money for Team Rubicon, a non-government organization that has been providing hurricane relief to victims of Hurricane Harvey.

The event allowed students to either submit a carved pumpkin for $5 to be judged for a prize, or

decorate a scarecrow with items brought from home. Students who wanted to only decorate a pumpkin that would not be judged could do so for free. All the pumpkins were donated by Nancy’s Pumpkin Patch.

Some students showed up to paint their own pumpkins to take home rather than enter the contest.

The Student Veterans Association is a mix of a service organization, which raises funds for charitable causes and does charitable work, and a way for veterans to get together and face issues non-veteran students may not go through.

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Keep it spooky with Halloween entertainment

By DYLAN LYLE Staff Writer D.S.Lyle@iup.edu

October is a great time of year to hide from the cold weather by snuggling up with a blanket and friends and enjoying Halloweenrelated movies and TV shows.

But some of those movies and TV shows stand out more than others.

1.“Hocus Pocus” (1993)

“Hocus Pocus” is an American comedy horror fantasy film that was originally unsuccessful.

However, annual airings on the Disney channel and Freeform have helped it become a cult classic and Halloween staple.

The story follows three witch sisters resurrected on Halloween night in Salem, Mass. As a result, a young girl, an immortal cat and

two teenagers have to end the madness.

2.“Stranger Things” (2016)

This Netflix original series was an instant hit last year. Part one left fans with a huge cliffhanger.

After a boy named Will goes missing, his three best friends — Dustin, Lucas and Mike — go on a mission to find him.

While searching for Will, they come across a young girl with psychic powers who calls herself Eleven. The boys keep her a secret, and she helps the boys rescue their friend from a supernatural force.

Alongside Will’s mother and the local sheriff, this unlikely group of heroes infiltrate a secret society researching a phenomenon they call the “Upside Down.”

Part two was just released in full Friday for Halloween-weekend

binging.

3.“Friday The 13th” (19802009)

This American-slasher classic has an entire franchise of content to choose from. The common theme of bad luck and curses, and reoccurring main antagonist Jason Voorhees, make for an intense psychological horror film.

The original film followed a group of teenagers who tried to bring life back to an abandoned campground.

They are then tormented by an unknown killer later to be revealed as Jason, an unstoppable threat to the story’s protagonist.

4.“Halloween” (1978)

Halloween is another American horror franchise

that follows a killer named Michael Myres. When he was a child, Myres was committed to a sanitarium for the murder of his sister.

Fifteen years later, he escapes the sanitarium to kill the people of Haddonfield, Il. This slasher inspired a whole series of slasher films, including a 2007 remake of the original film by Rob Zombie.

5.“A Nightmare on Elm Street” (1984)

This American-slasher franchise takes a more psychological approach than its predecessors. The original film follows a killer who lives inside the dreams of four teenagers.

If he kills them in their dreams, they die in reality.

sports

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

2017 PSAC West Champions

IUP football team 9-0 for first time in 24 years

By JARROD BROWNE Lead Sports Writer

J.W.Browne@iup.edu

(Ishaaq Muhammad/ The Penn) Chris Wuestner (graduate student, business), left, celebrated with teammate Allen Wright (senior, management), right, after catching one of a career-high three touchdown passes in IUP’s win over Gannon University on Saturday. Wuestner was named IUP Male Athlete of the Week.

(Ishaaq Muhammad/ The Penn) The IUP defense forced three turnovers on Saturday afternoon, including Jordan Diven’s (redshirt senior, finance) interception late in the first half, which set up IUP’s fourth touchdown of the game.

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The IUP football team clinched the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) West regularseason title after defeating Gannon University, 42-26.

“The very first goal we talk about is winning the division,” head coach Paul Tortorella said.

“Then, obviously, the next one is winning the conference championship, but now you’re looking at what can happen down the road if you continue to win; you can kind of control your own destiny, so that’s kind of where we’re at.”

IUP opened up the scoring when Samir Bullock (sophomore, management) ran in a 2-yard touchdown to close out a 12-play, 70-yard drive on the opening drive of the game.

The Crimson Hawks furthered their lead with another 2-yard touchdown scamper from Duane Brown (freshman, management) to finish a 10-play, 63-yard drive.

IUP found success in the air as quarterback Lenny Williams (redshirt junior, accounting) connected with Chris Wuestner (graduate student, business) for two touchdowns. The first came on a 24-yard pass to close out an eight-play, 50-yard drive. Wuestner’s second touchdown came on an 8-yard pass from Williams with just 19 seconds remaining in the half to send IUP to halftime with a 28-0 lead.

IUP added to its lead in the third quarter with a 1-yard touchdown run from Malik Anderson (sophomore, kinesiology) to close out an eight-play, 50-yard drive. Gannon responded to the Anderson touchdown with two touchdowns of its

own. The first came on a 1-yard touchdown run from Divison II leading rusher Marc Jones. Then, the Golden Knights added another score on a 29-yard touchdown pass from freshman quarterback Jimmy Keefe to wideout Nico Law. IUP answered with the third WilliamsWuestner touchdown of the day.

“He’s kind of always been the forgotten guy, even last year,” Tortorella said. “When he came back, it took him a week or two to get back into form. Three passes for three touchdowns, they had it going pretty good.”

The Gannon defense kept IUP off the scoreboard for the remainder of the game. Gannon made a push in the fourth quarter, adding two touchdowns on a 22-yard pass from Keefe to receiver Dontae Owens and a 9-yard touchdown run

by Jones, but the Golden Knights were unable to close the gap. With the victory, IUP won its 21st regular-season PSAC West title and its second in three seasons.

Defensively, IUP was led by safety Max Redfield (senior, philosophy) and linebacker Damon Lloyd (sophomore, kinesiology) with 10 tackles each.

“We liked what we did for three quarters,” Tortorella said. “In the fourth quarter, we didn’t finish and keep focus in ‘garbage time,’ so to speak, but it is something we can learn from.”

This is the first 9-0 start for the Crimson Hawks since the 1993 season.

Moving forward, IUP will close out the regular season in Erie as the Crimson Hawks take on PSAC opponent Mercyhurst University at noon Saturday. The 2017 PSAC Championship game will be held Nov. 11, with the time and location to be determined.

Sports

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Sports

IUP volleyball extends win streak

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(IUP Athletics) The Crimson Hawks have rattled off three straight wins against conference opponents as they enter the final stretch of the regular season, which will include five straight home games.

By BRAD O’HARA Staff Writer

B.L.Ohara@iup.edu

The IUP volleyball team is on a three-game winning streak after dominating its matches against Millersville University and Shippensburg University over the weekend.

The Crimson Hawks took to the court in Millersville on Friday, starting strong but losing the first set, giving up 11 points from errors.

However, IUP fired back in the next set, pulling ahead to a 21-15 lead, but four errors in the next six serves tied up the set at 21.

The issues continued to pile up for the Crimson Hawks as they let up three of the next four points, giving Millersville its first lead in the set.

With IUP starting to realize that it was on the verge of losing the opening two sets, the team bounced back and scored four straight points, powered by three kills from Natalie Cignetti (senior, natural science/pre-med) to win the second set. With the match tied at one set apiece, IUP took over, winning the final two sets to win the match, 3-1.

When IUP traveled to Shippensburg on Saturday, its momentum traveled with it.

The Crimson Hawks defeated Raiders, 3-0. IUP came out on fire

and ready to play, scoring the first five points of the match and starting off with an early lead.

The Crimson Hawks continued to play with energy as they swept Shippensburg.

The win came with help from Cignetti and her 17 kills, but it came mostly from IUP’s strong defensive performance.

In the victory, IUP gave up only one ace against a Shippensburg team that is No. 1 in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC).

“We were successful this weekend by winning the serve/serve receive game and keeping the opponent out of system,” head coach Scott Pennewill said. “We also were able to have a little better offensive balance within each rotation. We had a solid blocking presence for both matches.”

After playing the past four matches on the road, IUP will close out its regular season with five home matches.

The Crimson Hawks will take on Lock Haven University on Friday and will play a doubleheader against the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown and Point Park University on Saturday.

Friday’s match against Lock Haven will be played at 7 p.m. at the Memorial Field House. Saturday’s doubleheader will take place at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex.

(IUP Athletics) Gabby Egler, front, (senior, psychology) and Natalie Cignetti, middle, (senior, natural science/ pre-med) combined for 46 kills in the team’s comeback win over Millersville University. Katie Miller, back, (senior, anthropology) was named IUP Female Athlete of the Week.

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(IUP Athletics) From left to right: Brittany Thornton (sports administration), Maddie Mullen (marketing), Liz Gagliano (nutrition) and Alyssa Lerda (earth/space science) were the four seniors honored prior to IUP’s season-finale loss to West Chester University on Saturday afternoon.

Disappointing loss ends IUP’s season

By SARAH MOLTZ Staff Writer

S.J.Moltz@iup.edu

The IUP field hockey team fell to the No. 7-ranked West Chester University Golden Rams on Saturday evening at Miller Stadium, 7-1.

The Golden Rams were too much for the CrimFIELD HOCKEY son Hawks, outshooting IUP, 23-5, and scoring five of their goals in the second half.

Senior midfielder Maddie Mullen (marketing) scored IUP’s only goal, which was scored in the 24th minute in the first half. Mullen scored on a penalty stroke.

Senior goaltender Alyssa Lerda (earth/space science) tallied nine saves, compared to West Chester’s Marissa Elizardo, who had only one. Junior defender Emma Smiley picked up two defensive saves for IUP. Junior midfielders Kalista Gioglio (sports administration) and Matti Reightler (political science/ pre-law) both made one attempt at scoring but couldn’t finish their shots on goal.

“It never feels good losing,” Gioglio said. “Our team gave it all

they had, but we weren’t able to take advantage of our opportunities.”

IUP ended its season with a 5-12 overall record and a 2-8 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) record.

“Anytime you don’t have a winning season, it’s extremely disappointing,” Gioglio said. “We played with heart and determination all year, but things just didn’t go our way. We didn’t meet our team goals; however, we did upset two nationally ranked teams, which is something to be proud of.”

The Crimson Hawks finished second-to-last in the PSAC standings, with the Shippensburg University Raiders standing at number one in the conference with a 9-1 conference record.

As a team, IUP collected 27 goals all season. Reightler led the Crimson Hawks in goals, assists and points for the season. Reightler had a total of seven goals, seven assists and 21 points.

Mullen collected the most shots to end the season, with a total of 45. She also had the most shots on goal, with 26.

Not only was Saturday IUP’s final day of the season, but it was also Senior Day. Prior to the game, the Crimson Hawks celebrated the collegiate careers of its four seniors: Mullen, Lerda, Brittany Thornton (sports administration) and Liz Gagliano (nutrition).

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