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(The Penn archives) Stabley Library will host an art and feminism editing event Wednesday.

Library to sponsor art and feminism editing event

By CARL WELLS

Staff Writer C.J.Wells2@iup.edu

Stabley Library will be hosting the Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Wednesday.

The event, which is in collaboration with Women’s and Gender Studies and the Center for Digital Humanities and Culture, will contribute to the body of national Wikipedia edit-a-thons and give students a chance to participate in the generative process that Wikipedia relies on to keep its information up-to-date and relevant.

“Libraries are the original home

of information and reference sources,” said Dr. Theresa McDevitt, government information/outreach librarian for IUP Libraries.

“We have always been the place where people come together to learn about things. The library is the perfect place for such an event.”

Since 2011, Wikipedia has pushed hard to increase the percentage of women contributing to the archives after the Wikimedia Foundation discovered that fewer than 10 percent of its contributors at that time were female.

This was a startling discovery in today’s increasingly pro-feminine

culture, given that Wikipedia is one of the most expansive repositories of knowledge in the world.

“While women are a numerical majority, they operate as a cultural minority,” said Dr. Lynn Botelho, IUP history professor and member of the Women and Gender Studies department.

“It’s important to have their cultural contributions recognized.”

This event is also meant to open the dialogue for students to discuss gender inequalities as well as gaps in historical knowledge.

“By providing opportunities for participants to improve coverage of women and the arts in Wiki-

pedia, we are also opening up a space for the critical-thinking and questioning,” said Dr. Matt Vetter, IUP assistant professor of English and a facilitator for the event.

“Projects like these, furthermore, demonstrate just how vital literacy, humanities and cultural studies work remains, especially when it is critically applied to digital texts and interfaces.”

The event will coincide with International Women’s Day, imbuing the edit-a-thon with a symbolic importance that goes far beyond its practical utility.

In fact, members of the LGBTQIA+ community are particularly en-

couraged to lend their efforts to the edit-a-thon.

Today, women are no longer the only culturally oppressed minority group, so the event serves as an opportunity for other marginalized individuals to make an impact.

“People of all gender identities and expressions are invited to participate, but we are especially hopeful that transgender and cisgender women will participate,” Dr. Vetter said.

“The idea is that these new editors will diversify Wikipedia’s editor base and continue to be an active contributor to the encyclopedia after the event.”

Sessions to recuse himself from Russia investigation amid growing scrutiny

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions will step aside from any further involvement in the investigation of Russian interference in the U.S. presidential election, he announced at a news conference Thursday.

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mounting calls from fellow Republicans for Sessions to recuse himself from any role in the investigation. Those calls began when news broke that Sessions had failed to disclose his contacts during the campaign year with Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak.

During his confirmation hearing earlier this year, Sessions said he had not had meetings with Russian

officials. In fact, he had at least two conversations with the ambassador. Sessions defended his meeting with Kislyak, saying he had not discussed campaign-related issues.

“I don’t recall any specific political discussions,” he said.

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with career Justice Department officials and had already planned to make a decision Thursday on whether to recuse himself.

“I asked for their candid and honest opinion about what I should do,” he said. “My staff recommended recusal.”

The officials he consulted “said that since I had involvement in the campaign, I should not have any involvement” in any investigation

of campaign-related matters.

“I believe those recommendations are right and just ... therefore I have recused myself,” he said.

President Donald Trump said he has “total” confidence in Sessions but acknowledged that he didn’t know about the meetings before they were reported Wednesday.

At his Senate confirmation hearings in January, however, Sessions did not disclose any meetings.

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Student emphasizes importance of social justice

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

Since coming to IUP, Justin Cobb (junior, communications media/religious studies) has become a socially conscious individual who promotes different causes that are important to him through activism, research and service trips.

Cobb said he came from a small-town, conservative upbringing and that he has undergone major self-growth since leaving his hometown.

“I was always a socially conscious thinker, even if I didn’t always understand certain concepts that I understand now,” Cobb said.

“However, I have come to terms with who I am as an individual and have grown in multiple ways – including being more outgoing, assertive, open-minded, socially conscious and globally aware.

I feel like I’m taking command of my own destiny.

-Justin Cobb “I feel like I am taking command of my own destiny. Or at least making sure it’s something only me and

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the powers that be are negotiating.”

Activism has been important to Cobb during his three years at IUP. He has been raising awareness for different racial and social justice issues such as the Black Lives Matter campaign, the Dakota Access Pipeline, immigration, refugees and women’s rights.

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information. He also used his media skills by volunteering his time to different causes as a photographer and social media liaison.

Cobb is working with the IUP Artistry Movement to create an event about women’s rights and history. It will focus on using different forms of expression such as art, music, poetry and writing to promote these causes.

In addition to rallies and protests, Cobb has focused his research interests on issues related to social justice, including Buddhism and refugees.

He is presenting his research on Buddhism at the Pittsburgh Asia Consortium Undergraduate Student Research Conference, which is taking place April 8 at IUP. His research looks at Buddhism as an active political force and how it influences the cultures where Buddhism is present in areas such as China, Tibet, Japan and Myanmar.

“It surprises me just how misunderstood Buddhism is here in the United States and many Western nations,” Cobb said. “There is this inaccurate narrative portrayed in our media, whether it’s television or movies or other formats, where Buddhism is seen as this passive religion that doesn’t get involved

The amount of corruption that elected officials had in Flint, Mich., unveiled the wool over my eyes.

-Justin Cobb in any sort of political or social affairs.”

As for his research about refugees, Cobb is interested in what role the media plays regarding the narrative and political discussion of the global refugee crisis. He is putting emphasis on refugees from Syria and other Muslim-dominated countries affected by President Donald Trump’s travel ban.

Cobb studies how the media portrays refugees and reinforces preconceived notions about issues such as terrorism.

He is putting an emphasis on how the voices of those impacted are being excluded from the discourse.

This research will be presented at the IUP Undergraduate Scholars Forum.

Cobb has also taken service trips to get involved with these issues firsthand.

He went with the African-Amer-

ican Cultural Center, now the Center for Multicultural Student Leadership and Engagement, in spring 2016 to Flint, Mich.

The group delivered water to the town during the ongoing crisis where lead pollution had infected the local water system.

“The amount of corruption that elected officials had in Flint, Mich., unveiled the wool over my eyes,” Cobb said.

“I remember when I went there and I saw the poverty. It was largely concentrated in predominantly black neighborhoods and those of poor and working-class whites.

“The people of Flint have been dealing with it for two years now.

And it’s very sobering to see. I am unashamed in calling out the corporate negligence in Flint and the role that environmental racism played in it.”

Cobb plans on attending an alternative spring break trip to Paintsville, Ky. The trip is organized through the Catholic Student Association. Students will build houses and help restore the homes of locals in rural Appalachia.

Cobb wants to “learn about the working and rural poverty there,” while helping the people in one of the poorest areas in the country.

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Senators call on Trump to leave pot laws to states

(TNS) Eight states have legalized recreational marijuana, and senators are pushing for President Donald Trump to allow more.

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Eleven senators asked the Trump administration Thursday to allow states to tax and sell recreational marijuana.

The senators wrote a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions, reminding him that President Donald Trump said on the campaign trail that the issue of legalization should be left up to states.

Eight states have legalized recreational marijuana. Washington state’s Democratic governor, Jay Inslee, has vowed to go to court if necessary to fight any plans by the Trump administration to shut down the state operations.

In their letter, the senators said states should be allowed to enforce their policies in “thoughtful, sensible” ways without federal interference, following the lead of former President Barack Obama’s Justice Department.

Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska signed the letter, along with 10 Democrats: Washington state’s Patty Murray and Maria

Cantwell; Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey of Massachusetts; Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley of Oregon; Brian Schatz of Hawaii; Catherine Cortez Mastro of Nevada; Cory Booker of New Jersey; and Michael Bennet of Colorado.

Fears of a pending crackdown are growing after Sessions said Tuesday that he was “dubious about marijuana.”

“States, you know, can pass whatever laws they choose, but I’m not sure we’re going to be a better, healthier nation if we have marijuana being sold at every corner grocery store,” he said in a speech at the winter meeting of the National Association of Attorneys General. “We’ll have to work our way through that.”

Sessions made his remarks only days after White House press secretary Sean Spicer told reporters that the Department of Justice would use the federal law banning marijuana to crack down on recreational pot sales while allowing states to regulate the drug for medical use.

“I do believe that you’ll see greater enforcement,” Spicer said.

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Drug official praises cooperation with Mexico

By TRACY WILKINSON

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A top U.S. drug official made a strong case Thursday for continued cooperation with Mexico on fighting drug-trafficking, saying successful law enforcement already has created a virtual wall.

In a subtle dig at the Trump administration, William Brownfield, the State Department’s senior diplomat involved in drug policy, said that despite a crisis drug epidemic, the United States and Mexico were in a better position than ever to combat it.

“In a sense, we have developed a law enforcement cooperative wall at this point without actually having the physical construction of a wall,” Brownfield said.

Brownfield, assistant secretary of state for international narcotics and law enforcement, spoke to reporters as his agency released the 32nd annual narcotics-control strategy report.

Brownfield said the U.S. and Mexico had developed an extended system of intelligence-

(TNS) U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs William Brownfield spoke at a news conference Feb. 10, 2014, in Guatemala City.

sharing and joint operations to counter illegal drug trafficking in the last decade since the beginning of the Merida Initiative, an aid program dedicated to law enforcement and the so-called war on drugs.

Any future efforts, he said, should be coordinated with Mexican authorities. That contrasts with what President Donald Trump often describes as a unilateral approach to stopping drugs from flowing into the country.

Still, Brownfield acknowledged

that the U.S. is suffering its worst heroin and opioid crisis in 60 years. Almost all the heroin consumed in the United States – 90 percent to 94 percent – comes from Mexico, he said.

Brownfield dodged questions about how possible budget cuts at the State Department would hurt his agency’s work. He also had praise for the anti-narcotics trafficking efforts of the United Nations – another potential target of the administration’s budget cutting.

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Study reports LGBTQIA community members feel safer on campus Off-campus is so much scarier than on-campus.

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

IUP’s Campus Climate Study Report, published in December 2016 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.

The Campus Climate Study Report results suggest that members of the LGBTQIA community feel mostly safe on campus, but off campus is another story.

Alice Caughey (sophomore, political science), an LGBTQIA community ally, said she understands why there may be a hesitation for institutional support of safe zones.

“Safe spaces, to me, are a tricky

-Kennedy Spencer (freshman, pre-physical therapy and nutrition)

(TNS) Participants in the Come Out With Pride Orlando Parade carried a massive pride flag up East Robinson Street Nov. 12 in downtown Orlando, Fla.

thing,” she said.

“Yes, they protect people who may be put down for others’ prejudices and discriminatory comments, but they also may limit freedom of speech and make it hard for people to express their own ideologies.”

On the other hand, Kaylee

Winters (freshman, psychology) believes that safe spaces are an important resource for groups on campus.

“It is important for people to have a place to go where they know they will not be belittled or discriminated against,” Winters said.

The study reported issues also arise in the classrooms, where it is much more likely for heterosexual students to think that the classroom climate is comfortable for students based on sexual orientation, and for LGBTQIA students to disagree with this statement.

Winters said she believes that the climate is usually pretty accepting, but that can change depending on the professor.

Caughey said there are many heated discussion topics in her major, some of which include the LGBTQIA community. She acknowledged that any LGBTQIA students could be offended by these comments, but she has never witnessed any students get upset during class. She added that the professors do a good job of “facilitating the conversation and keeping it fair and intelligent,” along with keeping a classroom environment in which everyone feels free to state their opinions.

The study report also said that some students were calling for more sensitivity to terminology and other basic training on the LGBTQIA community. Winters agreed that, as a pansexual white female, she is “not a traditionally noticed part of the LGBTQIA community.”

She added that a lot of the identities in the middle, where she considers herself to be, are not considered an important part of the community.

Outside the classroom, there are many LGBTQIA students who do not feel safe being “out” on campus, according to the study report. However, Winters said she

is welcomed for being who she is within the community. She added that IUP has a lot of LGBTQIA resources, which help make her feel accepted.

Kennedy Spencer (freshman, pre-physical therapy and nutrition) agreed that she feels accepted by most people on campus.

“But I don’t go around telling people about my sexual orientation,” she said.

Spencer has never directly experienced discrimination on campus, but has heard of many cases of discrimination after President Donald Trump was elected. She said she has also overheard offensive slurs on campus and seen students making fun of transgender people. She observed that these comments were usually made by white men.

Caughey recalled an instance when “a girl made a religiously charged comment about my friend who is gay, and was part of the [same] bible study group.”

The girl quickly restated her comment to be politically correct, but Caughey felt her original comment was genuine.

The environment on IUP’s campus may not be the worst for LGBTQIA students. But once these students leave campus, they may face worse discrimination.

“I have noticed that the same students who are mildly disrespectful on campus are far worse when they think they are free of campus restraints in the town,” one anonymous survey respondent said in the study. “For instance, last year, a man who jokingly threatened my friend on campus beat him up on Philadelphia Street for being gay.”

Spencer agreed with this statement, claiming that attitudes are different when one leaves campus.

“Off-campus is so much scarier than on-campus, and I wouldn’t walk down Philly Street holding another girl’s hand,” she said.

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Trump debuted a new Scott Pruitt tries to calm a rattled EPA workforce tone Tuesday night

By JOSEPH TANFANI

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By KATE LINTHICUM and CECILIA SANCHEZ Los Angeles Times TNS

President Donald Trump dumped the gloomy message of his inauguration speech in favor of a more optimistic tone in his address to Congress Tuesday night.

South of the border, many were watching closely.

Mexico, after all, has much at stake as Trump considers major changes on trade and immigration. Just look at the Mexican peso, which fluctuates daily depending on what the U.S. president says.

Mexican political analysts took note of Trump’s more hopeful tone. Gone was his pugnacious vow to put “America first.” And while Trump spoke of creating a “merit-based” immigration system, he did not threaten mass deportations.

But some warned Mexicans not to be fooled by Trump’s more “presidential” presentation.

“The ideas of Trump’s speech are the same, but the tone is different; it is presidential,” said Mexican political analyst Javier Tello in a television interview Wednesday.

He cautioned Mexicans not to trust Trump.

“Trump’s ideology remains nationalistic, both economically and culturally,” Tello said. “It is still closed, it is still nativist.”

Many took note of Trump’s emphasis on victims of crimes committed by immigrants in the country illegally. In his speech, Trump highlighted several such crimes, and he encouraged members of Congress to stand and clap for

(TNS) U.S. President Donald J. Trump walked toward Marine One to depart the White House Thursday in Washington, D.C.

several family members of the victims who were seated alongside Trump’s family.

“Trump’s vision is simple: to be an immigrant is to be criminal, period,” tweeted Carlos Bravo Regidor, a professor at Mexico’s Center for Research and Teaching Economics.

Trump’s strategy, Bravo said, is “to criminalize foreigners, and to assume the position as a victim in front of the rest of the world.”

Trump’s announcement that he was creating a “victims of immigration crime engagement office,” or VOICE, also drew criticism in Mexico.

“Remember this,” said political analyst Alberto Serdan. “It will be the vehicle of racism, particularly against Mexicans and Muslims in the United States.”

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Even as the newly installed Environmental Protection Agency chief sought to calm employees anxious about his longtime opposition to the agency, Scott Pruitt managed to rattle them a little more.

Concerns about the direction he will take the EPA grew with publication over the weekend of his first interview as agency chief.

During it, he suggested to The Wall Street Journal that the EPA, which has taken the lead in federal efforts to regulate greenhouse gases, may not even be equipped to be playing much of a role at all.

He left open the possibility that the agency will look for leadership on global warming from the GOP Congress, where there has been a persistent opposition to meaningful climate action and mainstream climate science.

During his first agency-wide address Tuesday, Pruitt focused on his favorite themes of federalism, the need for predictability

(TNS) Scott Pruitt testified before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Jan. 18 in Washington, D.C.

among regulated industries and the dangers of agency overreach.

But he also sought to reassure the staff by remarking repeatedly about how much he values its work.

He expressed admiration for the many employees he met during his first meetings at the headquarters who have been with the agency for decades.

“You can’t lead unless you can listen,” Pruitt said. “I seek to listen, learn and lead with you.

”But he also bemoaned the “toxic” nature of modern politics.

Conservatives have accused the EPA of taking actions outside the rule of law in pursuit of a liberal environmental agenda.

That’s not how many employees of the 15,000-person agency view their work over the last several years.

Their relationship with the new boss is certain to be tense.

Just before Pruitt was confirmed Friday, 773 former employees signed a letter urging the Senate to reject him.

On Monday, Greenwire reported that Pruitt, a frequent target of protesters, is requesting aroundthe-clock security protection from the Secret Service.

The protests may only intensify as Pruitt sets about dismantling the last administration’s work on the environment.

“John Muir is rolling over in his grave at the notion of someone as toxic to the environment as Scott Pruitt taking over the EPA,” Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune said after Tuesday’s speech.

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Kellyanne Conway faces no penalties for advertising Ivanka Trump’s clothing line

(TNS) Kellyanne Conway spoke at the American Conservative Union’s 2017 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Feb. 22 in National Harbor, Md.

By JOSEPH TANFANI

Tribune Washington Bureau TNS

Kellyanne Conway, the adviser to President Donald Trump who made a commercial pitch for Ivanka Trump’s fashion line from the White House, won’t face punishment for the ethics breach.

In a letter to the Office of Government Ethics, deputy White House counsel Stefan Passantino said that Conway “acted inadvertently and is highly unlikely to do so again.

“Ms. Conway made the statement in question in a light, offhand manner while attempting to stand up for a person she believed had been unfairly treated,” Passantino wrote.

During an interview on Fox News’ “Fox & Friends” last month from the White House briefing room, Conway was asked about the controversy over Nordstrom’s decision to drop Ivanka Trump’s clothing and accessories line.

The department store cited slumping sales as the reason for the change.

Conway suggested that viewers

should “go buy Ivanka’s stuff.”

“I’m going to give a free commercial here,” Conway said. “Go buy it today, everybody.”

Democrats and ethics watchdogs immediately criticized her for using the platform to hawk a commercial product.

In the letter, Passantino said he met with Conway and let her know about the prohibition on federal employees using their official position for commercial endorsement.

Although the ethics office serves as a watchdog, the administration is responsible for disciplining its employees.

The decision to not discipline Conway is a “very bad sign,” said Rep. Elijah E. Cummings of Maryland, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee.

Cummings and other congressional Democrats have been pressing for more investigations and disclosure of possible ethics conflicts presented by Trump’s business holdings.

“Other federal employees would likely be suspended for engaging in this conduct, and White House officials should not be held to a different standard,” he said in a statement.

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Student fights for equality, addresses issues of injustice Continued from page 4 In May, Cobb is going on a twoweek global service-learning trip to the Navajo Nation in Arizona.

The trip is sponsored by the IUP department of sociology. He will be doing community work and learning about Navajo culture.

Cobb has four minors in sociology, Pan-African studies, English and sustainability studies. He chose these minors because they

I am always being questioned and thinking critically about the world around me while learning skills that many would deem ‘marketable.’

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complement his dual majors and his interests in social justice.

“I took command of my education and made it my own to not only tailor to my interests, but also to make sure that I am always being questioned and thinking critically about the world around me while learning skills that many would deem ‘marketable,’” Cobb said.

After graduation, Cobb said he will apply for the Peace Corps, but his plans beyond that are still un-

certain since he wants to combine all of his various interests. He did say he would like to get a master’s degree in religion and international relations.

Cobb offered some advice to other students, especially other social activists.

“Be brave; don’t be afraid to be the odd one out in the classroom, especially when it comes to raising awareness or advocating on politi-

cal and social issues,” Cobb said.

“Don’t be afraid to question and be uncomfortable.

“Discomfort is good in the classroom as long as it is because your preconceived notions about the world are being challenged.

It’s the only way any of us are able to grow. Make friends who are different from you and learn from one another. This is more important now than ever before.”

Sandy Hook parents file first argument to Supreme Court in gun case

By DAVE ALTIMARI The Hartford Courant TNS

Attorneys for families of some of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims have filed their first legal brief, seeking to have the state Supreme Court reinstate a lawsuit against gunmaker Remington Arms Co. In a 62-page document, attorney Josh Koskoff highlights the families’ contention that Remington knowingly marketed a military weapon to a high-risk class of young males fascinated with violent video games, knowing before the 2012 school shooting that the AR-15 had become the weapon of choice for mass shooters.

Adam Lanza used a Bushmas-

ter AR-15 to shoot and kill 20 firstgraders and six adults.

“Remington reached its desired demographic: young men like Adam Lanza,” Koskoff wrote.

“Plaintiffs allege that Adam was a devoted player of first-person shooter games and partial to the AR-15 for committing virtual violence. He was obsessed with the military and aspired to join the elite Army Rangers unit. But when Adam turned 18 on April 22, 2010, he did not enlist; rather than submit to rigorous mental health screening he almost certainly would have failed – and in any event uninterested in strict military oversight – Adam Lanza chose a simpler path: unfettered access to the Bushmaster.”

Adam Lanza shot his way into

the Newtown school on Dec. 14, 2012, and fired 154 bullets in about five minutes from the Bushmaster AR-15.

The lawsuit also named Camfour Holding LLP, the gun’s distributor, and Riverview Gun Sales, Inc., the East Windsor gun shop where Nancy Lanza, Adam’s mother, bought the AR-15.

In her written ruling on the widely watched case, Superior Court Judge Barbara Bellis agreed with attorneys for Remington that the lawsuit “falls squarely within the broad immunity” provided to gun manufacturers and dealers by federal law, specifically the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act. The judge made it clear the families’ claims that the gun company should be held liable for

Adam Lanza’s actions did not meet the narrow exceptions the federal law allows. She dismissed the case against Remington and Camfour.

“Although PLCAA provides a narrow exception under which plaintiffs may maintain an action for negligent entrustment of a firearm, the allegations in the present case do not fit within the commonlaw tort of negligent entrustment under well-established Connecticut law, nor do they come within PLCAA’s definition of negligent entrustment,” Bellis wrote.

The families’ attorneys are hoping a case involving a slingshot injury in Michigan will help them prove that one of the largest gun manufacturers in the world negligently entrusted the AR-15 to Lanza even though he didn’t ac-

tually purchase it and help them overcome PLCAA’s strict language favoring the gun manufacturers.

The case in Michigan was a 1977 lawsuit by the family of a 12-yearold against a company that manufactured slingshots. The boy was injured when he was struck in the eye by a pellet fired from a slingshot that ricocheted off a tree.

The court allowed the case to go before a jury ruling that the company entrusted the slingshot to a class of people, in this case younger children, that made the ultimate accident foreseeable.

In this case, Koskoff argued instead of a slingshot, Remington used marketing and product placement to purposefully target a “younger demographic of users” interested in their weapon.

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He said, she said

What people say is not as important as what they do.

In the aftermath of Trump’s speech Tuesday, media outlets around the world have been focusing on providing descriptions, analysis and predictions based upon his words. However, the emphasis on his words or on his demeanor only distracts the public from the fact that politicians do not write their speeches, and thus these speeches cannot be viewed as a view into the politician’s intentions.

Speeches are made to increase public favorability of the politician and progress their agenda. Perhaps there is information within these speeches that is factual. Perhaps there are parts that are outright false.

However, it is important to note that speeches are not lectures – they are a formulated attempt to sway the public’s opinion to benefit their agenda.

This is why, as a populace, we cannot take any politician at their word and trust that they are being genuine. We must judge politicians by their ac-

tions and base our support for (or criticism against) them by the effectiveness of their actions and how well they are working to improve the daily lives of Americans.

Thus, our attention should not be focused upon Trump’s verbal pledge to protect the environment, but on his actions. In this case, his actions include deregulating high-risk industries, selling off public lands to environmentally harmful industries and attempting to dismantle if not completely eliminate the EPA, which is the governmental body in charge of protecting our environment for the benefit of all citizens.

We do not have to read between the lines to realize that “alternative facts,” lies and false statements have become the norm in today’s political sphere.

However, focusing our attention and political power toward holding politicians accountable for actions that take advantage of our political system to benefit private industry cohorts can help us change the trajectory of our toxic political and real-world climate.

If we continue to have faith in the words of our political leaders and ignore their actions, we may all face challenges, like those in Flint, Mich., who have not had access to clean drinking water since April 25, 2014.

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Trump’s database of crimes by the undocumented is shameless propaganda (TNS) The following editorial appeared in the Los Angeles Times on Wednesday: President Trump declared Tuesday night that “we must support the victims of crime,” which sounds like a sensible and humane notion. But Trump didn’t have all crime victims in mind, just a certain type.

As he explained in his address to Congress, he wants to form a new agency within the Department of Homeland Security called VOICE, for Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement, to provide “a voice to those who have been ignored by our media, and silenced by special interests.”

That follows his recent directive that Homeland Security collect and publish weekly data detailing crimes committed by undocumented immigrants.

That isn’t data collection, that’s propaganda, and a shameless effort to stoke fear and suspicion of our immigrant neighbors

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and co-workers.

Study after study has found that immigrants, with or without legal status, commit crimes at lower rates than native-born Americans. But Trump and his handlers have drawn an alternative conclusion, and

now they want to shamelessly gin up the evidence. A silver lining: They’re likely to fail.

Immigration status isn’t usually gathered at the time of arrest, and researchers say they already have an inordinate amount of trouble getting even basic arrest data in real time. If the administration somehow surmounted the technical challenges, it then would have to grapple with questions of principle. Would it post information based on an arrest, which is merely an accusation, or wait for a conviction? How big a bureaucracy would these small-government politicians create to achieve this?

As part of the effort, Trump wants Homeland Security to identify local law-enforcement agencies that refuse to gather such data – the “sanctuary city” bogeyman – for a separate list of the ostracized, which is further evidence that this is a political ploy rather than a sincere step toward a safer America.

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If Trump were really interested in protecting Americans from violence, he would work with Congress to target the more immediate threat to our public safety: guns, which are used in about 70 percent of the nation’s 15,000 annual homicides. Yet congressionally imposed limits keep the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from studying the public health issues surrounding gun violence.

Some private and state programs pick up a bit of the slack but the lack of robust data collection and analysis at the federal level make it harder to fully grasp what drives the problem and what steps might be taken to solve it.

Instead, we get a federal data-collection program that not only is empirically suspect, but designed to scapegoat the vulnerable by throwing the weight of the government behind an untruth.

That is a crime worth railing against.

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The IUP Brass Ensemble, directed by Christian Dickinson, rehearsed Tuesday in Cogswell Hall.

Wind and brass join to form one ensemble

By RENEÉ WILLIAMSON Staff Writer R.A.Williamson@iup.edu

The IUP Brass Ensemble will come together with the Keystone Wind Ensemble to perform a free concert at 3 p.m. Sunday in Fisher Auditorium.

“This is going to be kind of a group effort,” said Christian Dickinson, IUP music professor and IUP Brass Ensemble director.

“No soloists.”

This concert will feature the Keystone Wind Ensemble and the Brass Ensemble combining to form the Keystone Winds Brass Ensemble. This collaboration will close the show with three pieces.

“I wanted to supplement the program that the IUP Brass Ensemble was doing with members of that [Keystone Wind Ensemble] group,” Dickinson said.

The Keystone Wind Ensemble is made

up of IUP professors, IUP alumni and some students. The group was organized by Jack Stamp, former IUP director of bands, in 1992.

“They’re a group that, if you take what it is as a whole, is a really good alumni band,” Dickinson said. “So, really, all those people who are coming to play are guest artists.”

Many of the alumni-performers live out of town and practice with the group only the day before the concert.

“We go the day before and we rehearse, and then, boom, the next day,” Dickinson said. “All the people that are going to be playing are kind of professionals. They’re either music teachers or they’re still very active in the field.”

Many of the performers are located in the vicinity of Indiana.

“They do quite a little bit of playing around, and they’re all pretty local,” Dickinson said. “They’re all within about 50

miles of Indiana. So we’ve got lots of music teachers and graduates that are very close, so we’re lucky we’ve got those folks that are coming in.”

Some of the alumni performers in this concert were taught by the founder of the IUP Brass Ensemble.

“The IUP Brass Ensemble was founded in the 1960s by William Becker,” Dickinson said. “He was a retired IUP [professor], and he taught several of the students who will be playing in that group on March 5.”

Logan Carnes (sophomore, music education and music performance) is the only student that will be performing in the Keystone Winds Brass Ensemble.

“For the brass ensemble, it’s really unique because it’s only brass instruments in addition to some percussion,” Carnes said.

Carnes joined the music department with a desire to teach students.

“Going through school myself, it was always the best part of the day to go to music class,” Carnes said. “And especially in high school, I started spending more time going to music classes, and I just want to be able to do that for students; bring another aspect to their school in addition to all the math and English and science classes that they take.”

The ensemble will be ending the show with three pieces composed by Giovanni Gabrieli.

“He is known as one of the first composers to actually write specifically for brass instruments,” Dickinson said. “And it’s very well-known in the brass world as far as his music.”

The IUP Brass Ensemble typically puts on two shows per semester.

“The next one is going to be April 13,” Dickinson said. “We’re calling it a brass showcase.”

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“Connections” is available at Bottle Works Ethnic Arts Center in Johnstown.

Art students to showcase work in Johnstown

By AGATHA PHILLIPS Staff Writer A.R.Phillips@iup.edu

IUP undergraduates will have their artwork critiqued by highranking artists of the Indiana area in the Undergraduate Art Show starting at 6 p.m. Friday at Bottle Works Ethnic Arts Center in Johnstown.

The art show is an annual event switching between undergraduate and graduate students each year.

The jurors are Ramon Riley, Brian Dumm and Eric Brennan, all regionally recognized artists.

Riley earned a master’s degree in art from IUP in 2013 with a concentration in abstract painting.

He has been an art teacher for more than 17 years.

Dumm holds degrees in fine art and art education from Pennsylvania State University and

IUP, and Brennan holds a master’s degree in painting from IUP. More than 40 original pieces have been submitted for the show by 20 undergraduate students.

“All work that was submitted was accepted for the show, but the show is juried so the winners of first, second and third place – as well as two honorable mentions – will be announced at the opening [Friday],” said Madelyn Barrante (senior, studio art), president of the Student Art Association.

The exhibition will remain open until April 7. There is no entry fee for Bottle Works members, but for anyone else who is interested, there is a $5 donation fee that will go toward the center.

“This exhibition is a great honor for the art department and IUP,” Barrante said. “We are all very humbled to be able to have this opportunity to exhibit student work outside the university.”

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Irish folk band comes to IUP

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The clarinet ensemble rehearsed Tuesday in Cogswell Hall.

Clarinet players unite for Squawk Festival

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Caladh Nua formed in Southern Ireland in 2009.

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

With the upcoming St. Patrick’s Day celebration and the non-IUPaffiliated event known as IUPatty’s on the horizon, it is the perfect time to get into the Irish spirit with the classic Irish folk band Caladh Nua. Caladh Nua will be performing at 7 p.m. Sunday in Gorell Recital Hall. Called “Irish music at its best,” by Danny Matheson of Celtic Music Radio, the band will try its best to put a hop in your step.

The band’s five members come all the way from Ireland as they try

to carry out their heritage. Derek Morrisey shreds on the accordion, while the self-taught Patty Tutty brings more diversity to the band with his fiddle. Caoimhin plays the guitar for the group, while the once-child prodigy Brian Mooney holds it down on the banjo. The group is brought together by lead vocalist Lisa Butler.

The group was influenced by many traditional Irish musicians before them, including Planxty, The Bothy Band and Atlan. They have played at venues in places such as Paris, Vienna, Copenhagen, Berlin and Mumbai. They are now touring across the United States.

The group has also performed on a large number of radio shows

and television broadcasts including American Public Radio, BBC and RTE. The group’s latest album, “Free and Easy,” is available on Apple Music and Spotify.

Following the show, audience members are invited to join the band in a post-concert performance upstairs at The Coney.

The audience is encouraged to bring their own instruments to The Coney to play with band, or just chill out and enjoy Irish food specialties and a cash bar.

Tickets are available at the Hadley Union Building box office.

Regular tickets are $22, Senior tickets are $18 and tickets for I-Card holders, students and children are $12.

Staff Writer T.R.Scheffler@iup.edu

As midterms and spring break approach, the IUP Lively Arts will be hosting events for students and faculty to take part in. One event is the IUP Squawk Festival, taking place from 5 to 7 p.m.

Saturday in Gorell Recital Hall.

The concert will feature an array of clarinet players from Indiana County, ranging from IUP students to middle school players and band directors.

This will be IUP’s first event to honor clarinet players, dubbing the day as the “Squawk Festival,” as clarinets can often be squeaky and comparable to birds.

Directing the ensemble will be Dr. Rosemary Engelstad, an IUP assistant professor of music. Engelstad is currently

in her third year of teaching clarinet at IUP, and this will be only one of many recitals she’s performed throughout her career. She described the concert as an opportunity to bring in people outside of the IUP community.

“As clarinet players, we like to bond together, and it’s a good networking technique,” Engelstad said.

The concert itself will begin with an ensemble of clarinet players from surrounding areas, followed by a performance from Engelstad’s students.

Afterward, guest player Amanda Morrison will play a few pieces. Morrison is a clarinet player from the Pittsburgh area as well as a teacher at West Liberty University.

In addition to playing, she will also be hosting a master class for learning clarinet players in Room 121 of Cogswell Hall.

Following Morrison’s performance, Engelstad will be playing, featuring duets with band director and fellow clarinet player, David Martynuik, and student Anthony McDonald.

The concert is free, with IUP students and all members of the Indiana community invited to come and enjoy the symphony of squawks this Saturday.

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Lorde is back with ‘Green Light’; heartbreak never sounded this great

By GERRICK D. KENNEDY Los Angeles Times TNS

After a week of teasing, Lorde is officially back. On Thursday, the "Royals" singer debuted her single "Green Light," along with its accompanying music video.

The comeback single, which she co-wrote and co-produced with Jack Antonoff, sees Lorde in heartbreak mode but not down and out over losing her lover.

Instead, the 20-year-old is joyously moving on from the drama and dancing away her heartache.

"But I hear sounds in my mind/ Brand-new sounds in my mind...

But honey, I'll be seein' you/ Down every road," she sings on the uptempo stomper.

"Green Light" is the first taste of her forthcoming sophomore album, "Melodrama," the followup to her breakout debut, 2013's

"Pure Heroine." Lorde and Antonoff produced the entire new record together.

During an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music's Beats 1 radio, the singer said the song was about her first major heartbreak.

"It's not something that I really am used to writing about," she said. "It took me a while to be able to figure out how to write about that ... And the song is really about those moments kind of immediately after your life changes and about all the silly little things that you gravitate toward."

Lorde said the last year of transitioning into adulthood had inspired the forthcoming record, which is planned for a summer release.

"I moved out of home and all of a sudden I was kind of figuring out 'Who am I when I'm alone? Who am I when I'm doing things just for myself?' And I feel like you can

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“Flowers in the Attic” by V.C. Andrews was published in 1979.

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Lorde released a new song Thursday.

really hear that on this record," she said. "There's definitely moments where it's like, 'Oh, she really went there.' " Lorde will showcase some of the new material during her gig at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, slated for April 14 through 16 and 21-23 in Indio.

The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac to top new Classic West, East festivals in July

By RANDY LEWIS Los Angeles Times TNS

The Eagles will return for the first time since the death last year of founding member Glenn Frey for what is being widely reported as a new bicoastal music festival. The event will also feature Fleetwood Mac and is billed as Classic West and Classic East for the respective West and East Coast editions.

Both acts are managed by Azoff MSG Entertainment, but a spokesman for veteran superstar manager Irving Azoff said Thursday that "we are not prepared to release anything officially; this caught us by surprise," in reference to Billboard's initial report of the shows.

The magazine said the events are expected to take place in July at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles and at Citi Field in New York.

Multiple sources have confirmed

to The Times that the two shows will indeed take place.

They follow on the heels of the runaway success in October of L.A.based promoter Goldenvoice's classic-rock mega-concert in Indio with Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, the Who, Neil Young and Pink Floyd's Roger Waters.

Those shows, held over backto-back weekends at the same Empire Polo field site that hosts the annual Coachella and Stagecoach festivals, quickly became the highest-grossing concerts of all time, pulling in $160 million for six days of performances.

For the Classic West and East festivals, numerous other acts are expected to be added to the lineups. The return of the Eagles puts an end to speculation about whether the group would continue without Frey, long considered the band's leader and the chief architect of its signature sound and

Tattoo Profile Who: Charis Franco (senior, dance) What:

A quote tattoo which reads, “We lived in the attic.” The quote is an excerpt taken from the book “Flowers in the Attic,” by V.C. Andrews.

Why: “‘Flowers in the Attic’ is one of my favorite books of all time,” Franco said. “It’s just written so beautifully and is able to connect all the stories it tells into one novel.”

Where:

Big Mojo Tattoo and Body Piercing Studio, 112 S. 7th St., Indiana

Pain level: The tattoo stung, but wasn’t that painful on her ribs.

Other tattoos: Franco plans to get more tattoos in the future, including a flower and a portrait of Eddie the Head, the mascot for the band Iron Maiden.

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Christine McVie and Lindsey Buckingham

cofounder with Don Henley.

Since Frey's death at 67 from a combination of rheumatoid arthritics, ulcerative colitis and pneumonia, pop music pundits have speculated on whether and how the Eagles might continue.

Some have suggested that Jackson Browne – coauthor of the group's first hit, "Take It Easy" – might step in for some performances (as he did with the other band members during their 2016 Grammy Awards tribute to Frey) or that the band might draft Frey's pre-Eagles employer, fellow Detroit rocker Bob Seger.

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‘Logan’ poised to shred its rivals at the box office

By RYAN FAUGHNDER Los Angeles Times TNS

Twentieth-Century Fox and Hugh Jackman are finally giving X-Men fans what they've wanted for years: an R-rated Wolverine movie. The latest installment of the tortured, claw-fisted mutant should tear up the box office, thanks to heightened anticipation from followers of the series and rave reviews from film critics.

"Logan," Jackman's final film as the iconic self-healing mutant he's now played nine times in 17 years, will easily become the No. 1 movie in the U.S. and Canada this weekend, replacing Universal Pictures' surprise horror hit "Get Out." Here's why:

ANTICIPATION IS HIGH Wolverine is arguably the most popular of the X-Men characters, and the role is certainly Jackman's best known, so the "Logan" farewell tour has understandably excited fans, especially since the first trailer in November.

"Logan," directed by James Mangold, is expected to gross more than $70 million in ticket sales in the U.S. and Canada from Friday through Sunday, according to people who have seen prerelease audience surveys. The most optimistic industry observers privately say the $127 million film

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Hugh Jackman and Dafne Keen star in “Logan.”

could go as high as $80 million, which would place it among the biggest R-rated openings ever.

R-rated superheroes are still relatively untested at the box office. But "Deadpool," the irreverent 2016 anti-hero action comedy starring Ryan Reynolds, proved there was a major market by opening with $132 million, a record for an R-rated movie.

Wolverine has long proved to be the most bankable core character of the X-Men franchise, with his own hit stand-alone movies "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" in 2009 ($85-million opening), followed by "The Wolverine" in 2013 ($53-million debut). Previous Wolverine and X-Men movies have all been rated PG-13.

CRITICS LOVE IT "Logan" premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival on Feb. 17 to overwhelmingly positive

reviews. The film, based on the "Old Man Logan" comic, follows an aged and weary Wolverine caring for an ailing Professor X (Patrick Stewart) in hiding, but their world is changed when they encounter a young mutant girl.

The picture has a 93 percent positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes, the review aggregation website, with critics praising its dark twist on the superhero genre that echoes gritty westerns such as Clint Eastwood's "Unforgiven."

Sensing a hit, Fox is not holding back on distribution. "Logan" is poised to be the widest R-rated release ever, hitting 4,100 domestic theaters this weekend. That tops the 3,885 locations that carried Warner Bros.' "American Sniper" in 2015. The movie will also get a wide international release this weekend, including China, the second-biggest box-office market.

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Lady Gaga will reportedly replace Beyoncé at Coachella

By GERRICK D. KENNEDY Los Angeles Times TNS

After Beyoncé was forced to sit out Coachella per doctor's orders, festival organizers have apparently found a replacement: Lady Gaga.

Gaga will headline both weekends of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival slated for April 14 through 16 and 21 through 23 in Indio, Calif., according to a Billboard report Tuesday afternoon.

Festival promoter Goldenvoice has yet to officially announce the booking, but the report said the organizers are working to bring Gaga's large-scale production to the desert.

Representatives for Golden-

voice and Gaga did not return requests for comment.

Last week, Beyoncé, who is pregnant with twins, announced she had to pull out of the festival "following the advice of her doctors to keep a less rigorous schedule in the coming months."

She will instead headline Coachella next year.

Gaga recently appeared at Super Bowl LI in Houston, an event she followed with a performance at the Grammys alongside Metallica.

The pop star will launch her Joanne World Tour in August.

The Coachella booking would make Gaga the first female artist to top the bill since Björk in 2007.

Radiohead and Kendrick Lamar will also headline.

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New ‘Beauty and the Beast’ to feature Disney’s first ‘exclusively gay moment’ in film

By LIBBY HILL

Los Angeles Times TNS

There's more going on in Disney's new "Beauty and the Beast" adaptation than meets the eye in the trailers.

In an interview with Attitude magazine, director Bill Condon spoke a little about the character of LeFou (Josh Gad) and his complicated feelings toward his best pal, Gaston (Luke Evans).

"LeFou is somebody who on one day wants to be Gaston and on another day wants to kiss Gaston," Condon said of the relationship.

"He's confused about what he wants," Condon continued. "It's somebody who's just realizing that he has these feelings. And Josh makes something really subtle and delicious out of it. And that's what has its payoff at the end, which I don't want to give away. But it is a nice, exclusively gay moment in a Disney movie."

Condon's reveal is the second

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IUP alumnus Miles Henderson, the founder of True Culture University, a Pan-African online collegiate platform, hosted the platform’s launch event Thursday in the Humanities and Social Sciences Building.

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Actor Josh Gad attended Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” UK launch event Feb. 23 at Spencer House in London.

bit of recent news to suggest Disney is becoming more inclusive of LGBT representation.

On Feb. 23, Disney XD aired an episode of "Star vs. the Forces of Evil" titled " Just Friends," which featured the main characters attending a concert. When the

charismatic boy band performs a romantic song, the venue full of concert-goers starts smooching, including several same-sex couples in the background.

The episode marked the firstever same-sex kiss in a Disney cartoon.

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S PO R T S Top-seeded Crimson Hawks to host THE PENN

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

PSAC semifinal game

By JARROD BROWNE Lead Sports Writer

J.W.Browne@iup.edu

(Ishaaq Muhammad/ The Penn) Sophomore guard Dante Lombardi (business) led the Crimson Hawks in scoring Wednesday with 20 points while the team knocked off Mercyhurst University in its PSAC quarterfinal matchup.

(Ishaaq Muhammad/ The Penn) Blake Danielak (junior, finance and legal studies) (left) and Jacobo Diaz (sophomore, economics) (right) tried to execute a trap of a Mercyhurst guard. IUP brought a strong defensive effort to its game Wednesday, forcing 16 turnovers.

With a 69-53 win Wednesday over the Mercyhurst University Lakers, the second-ranked IUP men’s basketball team advanced to the semifinals of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Confrence (PSAC) Tournament.

Leading the way for the Crimson Hawks was sophomore Dante Lombardi (business), recording 20 points for IUP while shooting 7-of-13 from the floor.

Also recording double digits for IUP was senior Devon Cottrell (communications media) with 16 points, and sophomore Jacobo Diaz (economics) tallied 11.

The defense played a major role in the Crimson Hawks’ success in the quarterfinal matchup.

“I thought our defense set the tone with our aggressiveness,” IUP head coach Joe Lombardi said.

IUP’s defense forced 16 turnovers, gathered 11 steals and tallied five blocks.

The Crimson Hawks also received a boost from their bench.

Three bench players recorded points as Blake Danielak (junior, finance and legal studies), Brandon Spain (senior, communications media) and Malik Miller (freshman, communications media) totaled 15 points.

“I think our bench gives us great

minutes,” Lombardi said. “In a lot of ways, I feel like we have eight starters. That’s one of the biggest reasons we’ve had success, because our depth is greater than most.”

Moving forward, the Crimson Hawks will look to avenge one of their two losses this season as they will welcome Shippensburg University to the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex at 3:30 p.m. Saturday.

Shippensburg defeated IUP, 8780, Dec. 3. Although Shippensburg was one of the only two teams to hand IUP a loss (Fairmont State University was the other), this game should be another close one, Lombardi said.

“I think that both teams have gotten better as time has gone on,” he said. “Both teams have proved to be top 25 in the country.”

There is also some familiarity amongst the two head coaches, which could add to the game’s storyline.

From 2006 to 2013, Shippensburg head coach Chris Fite served as Lombardi’s top assistant coach.

Given Shippensburg’s victory earlier in the season, IUP will have to overcome the only team in the PSAC who has had an answer for the Crimson Hawks.

“It’s a matter of who can play harder longer,” Lombardi said.

For ticket information, visit IUPathletics.com. Students will continue to receive free admission with a valid I-Card.

The KCAC will host both PSAC men’s semifinal games as well as the PSAC men’s final on Sunday.

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IUP women’s team advances, set to square off with top-seeded Shippensburg

(Ishaaq Muhammad/ The Penn) Brittany Robinson (sophomore, early childhood and special education) shot 100 percent from the floor in Wednesday’s victory while recording 14 points and seven boards.

By SARAH MOLTZ Staff Writer

S.J.Moltz@iup.edu

The IUP women’s basketball team took a victory over Mercyhurst University in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Tournament quarterfinals, 78-61, Wednesday evening at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex.

Sophomore guard Carolyn Appleby (safety sciences) recorded her second career doubledouble as she tallied 13 points and 10 assists in the Crimson Hawks’ win.

Appleby also added four rebounds and four steals to her double-double.

Sophomore forward Brittany Robinson (early childhood and special education) picked up 14 points and seven rebounds on 7-of-7 shooting while adding three blocks and two steals.

Junior forward Megan Smith (management) and redshirt sophomore guard Lauren Wolosik (economics) played well, too, as each added 11 points.

“Last night, we all went into the game feeling confident,” Smith said. “We had already beaten

them twice before and were playing them on our home court.”

With the win over Mercyhurst, the Crimson Hawks improved to 21-6 overall and will travel to face the East’s top seed, Shippensburg University, in the semifinals.

This marks IUP’s 12th all-time appearance in the PSAC semifinals. The Mercyhurst Lakers fell to 23-7 and will await word on a potential at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.

“We are so grateful for the firstround win and are so excited to go to Shippensburg this weekend for the semifinals,” Smith said.

“I have a lot of confidence in the team because we play so well together, and I know we will be a tough matchup for any team we face from here on out. We are just really enjoying playing the game right now, and that makes it easy to play well as a team.”

The Crimson Hawks also had a total of 16 steals in the contest compared to the Lakers, who had 10.

The semifinal game against Shippensburg will take place at 3:30 p.m. Saturday.

Shippensburg advanced to the semifinals with a 60-44 win over Bloomsburg University at home.

IUP has already played Shippensburg once, back in December.

IUP won, 69-59, at home. Shippensburg has an overall record of 24-5 and an 18-4 conference record.

(Ishaaq Muhammad/ The Penn) Guard Carolyn Appleby (sophomore, safety sciences) recorded a double-double with 13 points and 10 assists in the team’s playoff win over Mercyhurst University Wednesday night.

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NHL trade deadline passes; teams build for stretch run

Kevin Shattenkirk (left) was dealt by the St. Louis Blues to the Washington Capitals Wednesday in Washington’s attempt to add some depth to its blue line.

By BRAD O’HARA Staff Writer

B.L.Ohara@iup.edu

(TNS) Ben Bishop was one of the biggest names moved at the NHL trade deadline. Bishop was sent to the Los Angeles Kings from the Tampa Bay Lightning for backup goaltender Peter Budaj, another player and a draft pick.

The NHL trade deadline came and went Wednesday, leaving some teams looking to next season and others looking at the final playoff spots hoping they’re in contention for the Stanley Cup. Franchises were forced to make the tough decision to buy, sell or not make any deals at the deadline and then rely on hope and hard work to make their decisions viable.

Kevin Shattenkirk is a 23rdranked defenseman in his seventh year in the league. With the St. Louis Blues this season, he was second on the team in points and led the team in assists and powerplay points. On Feb. 27, his time with the Blues came to an end.

Shattenkirk was traded to the league-leading Washington Capitals for Zach Sanford, a first-round draft pick and a conditional second-round draft pick.

Washington is currently in pursuit of its second straight Presidents’ Trophy and its first ever Stanley Cup championship.

The Los Angeles Kings were buyers at the trade deadline despite currently ranking fifth in the Pacific Division, ninth in the Western Conference and 19th overall in the NHL. The Kings acquired goalie Ben

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Bishop from the Tampa Bay Lightning in exchange for Peter Budaj, Erik Cernak and a seventh-round pick.

Bishop was an All-Star in 2016 and a two-time Vezina Trophy finalist. Bishop will now be playing on the same team as goalie Jonathan Quick, who is a two-time AllStar, Conn Smythe Trophy winner, two-time Stanley Cup champion and Olympic silver medalist.

The Kings also traded for Jarome Iginla from the last-place Colorado Avalanche in exchange for a conditional fourth-round pick.

Other teams that got involved at the deadline were the Florida Panthers.

The Panthers acquired Thomas Vanek from the Detroit Wings for Dylan Mcllrath and a conditional third-round pick.

The New York Rangers picked up Brendan Smith, giving the Red Wings a third-round pick in the upcoming draft and a secondround pick in the 2018 draft.

The Vancouver Canucks traded forward Alex Burrows to the Ottawa Senators in exchange for Jonathan Dahlen.

The trade deadline this year provided multiple teams with the possibility for playoff runs, and other teams with draft picks for the possibility of playoff runs in years to come. All fans can do now is wait and see how the regular season plays out.

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Warriors experience speed bump; Durant ruled out ‘indefinitely’

By MATT STAUB Staff Writer

M.A.Staub@iup.edu

There were some big moves made this year during the NBA trade deadline.

The biggest move was the unexpected trade of center DeMarcus Cousins from the Sacramento Kings to the New Orleans Pelicans.

The addition gives the Pelicans two of the best young players in the league in Cousins and Anthony Davis.

Pairing two of the league’s premier big men has proven to be troublesome so far, though, as the Pelicans have gone 0-3 since adding Cousins.

This does not mean that the two can’t play together; they just need more time to adapt and learn how to do so.

Earlier this season, we saw how the Golden State Warriors had some struggles adapting to their new superstar, Kevin Durant.

The Pelicans will need to find some success with Cousins and Davis this season if they want to re-sign Cousins in the future.

Cousins previously stated that he would not sign an extension with a team if he were traded from the Kings.

On Tuesday night, Durant suffered a knee injury that left his team and the crowd in silence.

Durant sprained his left MCL and bruised the bone in his left leg.

He is listed as out indefinitely, but he should be able to return in time for the playoffs.

Durant is leading his team in scoring with 25.3 points per game.

The Warriors’ other stars will need to pick up the slack in Durant’s absence.

Both Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson are averaging more than 21 points per game this season.

However, Curry has been in somewhat of a shooting slump of

late. The main player needed to step up for the Warriors is Draymond Green.

Green has not been asked to score as much this season with the addition of Durant.

Green, as evidenced by last season’s NBA Finals, is more than capable of being an effective scorer.

The Warriors should be able to hold off the San Antonio Spurs and Houston Rockets to retain the No. 1 seed heading into the playoffs.

Durant was added to give the Warriors an edge over the Cleveland Cavaliers, who pulled off one of the biggest comebacks in NBA history last season after finding themselves in a 3-1 series deficit in the NBA Finals.

The Cavaliers were able to add some solid veterans at the trade deadline, as well.

They signed former All-Star point guard Deron Williams after the Dallas Mavericks waived him.

Andrew Bogut, also formerly of Dallas, has committed to signing with the Cavaliers once he clears waivers. Bogut was an important part of the Warriors team that went 73-9 last season.

Williams will provide a solid veteran presence off the bench and could be the type of playmaker LeBron James has been asking for.

It is important to watch how all these new acquisitions fit in with their new teams. It’s good to be playing well near the end of the regular season, as that momentum can be carried into the playoffs.

Chasing the Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference standings are the Boston Celtics, led by point guard Isaiah Thomas.

Thomas and the Celtics played host to Cleveland on Wednesday night and came out on top, 10399.

Look for the race between these two to heat up down the stretch.

Kevin Durant (right) of the Golden State Warriors has been ruled out indefinitely after being injured in Tuesday’s game against the Washington Wizards. Durant suffered an MCL sprain and a bone bruise and will be re-evaluated in four weeks.

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(TNS) Left to right: Frank Robinson, Sweet Lou Johnson, Tommy Davis and Kareem-Abdul Jabbar were a part of the celebration of Jackie Robinson Day at Dodger Stadium in April 2010. The 2017 season marks the 70th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking baseball’s color barrier.

By STEVEN MARCUS Newsday TNS

As the 70th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking baseball's color barrier nears, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said he is committed to increasing the participation of African Americans in the sport.

Black players accounted for 8.3 percent of rosters in 2016, according to MLB. The highest percentage was 19.0 in 1986, MLB said, citing researcher Mark Armour of the Society for American Baseball Research.

In 2016, 74.3 percent of NBA players and 69.7 percent of NFL players were African American, according to The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sports in Orlando, Fla. The 2016 MLB draft con-

tained the highest percentage of black players (25 percent) since 1992.

The Institute gave MLB an "A" for its racial hiring practices.

"Major League Baseball is proud to honor Jackie's legacy and is committed to engaging all groups of young people, especially African-American youth, in our sport," Manfred said in a statement to Newsday. "We are particularly focused on growing our grass roots and development programs and, most importantly, making sure kids have fun playing our game through the Play Ball initiative.

“Over the past few years, there has been real growth in both participation numbers and diversity percentages in the draft. Engaging youth from all backgrounds has been one of my top priorities as commissioner."

Combining the percentage of black players (8.3 percent) and foreign-born players (27.5 percent), the game is reaching unprecedented levels of diversity (35.8 percent), MLB said.

Sharon Robinson, 67, Jackie's daughter, is the educational consultant for MLB. "I think we have to work to keep their interest," she said of minority athletes.

"We have basketball in their face, it's readily accessible, you don't need space, you don't need the money it requires.

“So much of what majorleague baseball is doing is leveling that field and offering it to urban youth and youth in general so they can afford it, have quality coaching, have a place to play and develop their talents and also keep their interest in the sport."

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Kane’s hat-trick keys Blackhawks’ 4-1 victory over Penguins

(TNS) Patrick Kane (center) celebrated with teammates after recording a hat-trick in the Blackhawks’ 4-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins Wednesday night at the United Center in Chicago.

By CHRIS HINE Chicago Tribune TNS

It was hard not to look at Wednesday's matchup between the Penguins and Blackhawks, the last two Stanley Cup winners, and wonder what it would look like in June.

It helped those daydreams that the game lived up to its billing as a potential Stanley Cup preview.

The Hawks came away with a 4-1 victory thanks to another hattrick from Patrick Kane, who scored three goals in a game for the second time in three outings.

Kane continued his tear as one of the hottest players in the NHL. He now has 12 goals in his last 11 games. Goaltender Scott Darling had a sterling night in net with 36 saves.

The only drawback for the Hawks was that they lost center Artem Anisimov to an apparent right leg injury in the second period.

There was no immediate word

on Anisimov's status.

Kane snapped a wrist shot that beat Penguins goaltender MarcAndre Fluery in the five-hole from the left circle 8 minutes, 49 seconds into the second period for his first goal of the night.

After Anisimov's injury, coach Joel Quenneville blended his lines with Nick Schmaltz playing center on Kane's line with Artemi Panarin. The move worked. Schmaltz helped set up Kane's goal with a skilled defensive play to strip the puck from a Penguin and get a pass over to Kane for the goal.

In the third period, Kane iced the game at 16:52 with another goal off another effective pass from Schmaltz.

Kane then added an empty netter with 40.7 seconds remaining to complete the hat trick.

The Hawks got their second goal with 23.9 seconds remaining in the second period when Richard Panik executed a pretty toe drag to get around Evgeni Malkin and send a shot top left corner on Fleury for a 2-1 lead.

(TNS) Blackhawks’ backup goaltender Scott Darling recording 36 saves on 37 shots on goal in the Blackhawks’ rout of the Penguins Wednesday night. One of those saves was on a rebound chance from Penguins’ forward Carter Rowney.

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