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By ALEXANDRIA MANSFIELD Managing Editor A.M.Mansfield@iup.edu

For some people, gym class all day, every day sounds torturous, but for Paula Lieb, an IUP senior in the kinesiology, health and sport science department, it’s her dream.

Lieb works at IUP’s Special Needs Activity Program, or SNAP, which is described as a “motor development, physical fitness and aquatic program” for individuals with disabilities.

“I have been the director of the IUP SNAP program since I was hired 14 years ago,” said Dr. David Lorenzi, SNAP director and professor in the kinesiology, health and sport science department. “I have known Paula for approximately three years since she has been a student in my class.

“Based on her interest in working with individuals with disabilities and her leadership qualities, she has been a part of the SNAP staff for the past two years and helps to run the programs.”

Lieb said the most rewarding part of her work with SNAP is when she sees clients growing through their services.

“We had a client who wouldn’t leave the shallow end. Now, he

(Alexandria Mansfield/ The Penn) Paula Lieb (senior, kinesiology, health and sport science) has been a part of IUP’s Special Needs Activity Program for two years.

goes halfway to the deep end and circles back,” Lieb said. “Some clients wouldn’t speak, but now they’ll chat with us.”

Lieb started lifeguarding four years ago and is in her second year of being a supervisor in the program.

“I make sure all clients have a

student to work with them – that they have a good time and are safe.”

Before coming to IUP in 2017, Paula attended Westmoreland County Community College after graduating high school in 2012, which was when she also began lifeguarding.

“We have adult groups, kids pus,” Lorenzi said, “and is getting groups and an adapted proinvolved with the sport of goalball, gram. Some clients have autism which is a sport designed speor cerebral palsy – it’s a range of cifically for individuals with visual abilities.” impairments.”

Lorenzi said Lieb has a commitAlong with her aspirations for ment and passion for working with more inclusive schools and her individuals with disabilities. time in SNAP, Lieb hasn’t let her“She assists my graduate stuself slack while in school. dents in running the various SNAP “I work at Diamond Drugs as programs and is always profesa pill packer, and I’m an aquatic sional and dedicated,” Lorenzi coordinator at the Indiana rec said. center.”

“I want to be a gym teacher,” Lieb said she doesn’t struggle Lieb said, to balance “and I want I MAKE SURE ALL CLIENTS her work, to put those school and HAVE A STUDENT TO kids with volunteer WORK WITH THEM – THAT obligations, ‘normal’ students, THEY HAVE A GOOD TIME though. for lack of a “It’s been AND ARE SAFE. better term. a good Inclusion challenge. I —PAULA LIEB is not a want to be (SENIOR, KINESIOLOGY, big thing a teacher HEALTH AND SPORT SCIENCE) right now, and a coach. and they’re So, my busy often in separate class. schedule now should keep me “But, when it comes to gym, focused. they’re just playing so they can “I’ve always worked two or be together. That’s what I want to three jobs. So, this is normal for do.” me.”

Lorenzi said Lieb is also actively Lieb will graduate with her involved in the health and physical bachelor’s degree in health and education student major’s club. physical education in December “[She] is currently leading an and plans to begin working for effort to bring Special Olympics her master’s degree in the spring back to Indiana and the IUP camsemester at IUP.

U.S. demands China cut oil to North Korea after missile launch

By NICK WADHAMS Bloomberg News TNS

The U.S. demanded that China cut off all oil exports to North Korea after the country’s latest intercontinental ballistic missile test, warning that Washington will force action if Beijing fails to do so.

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President Donald Trump called China’s President Xi Jinping “and told him that we have come to the point that China must cut off the oil from North Korea,” U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley said at an emergency session of the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday.

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that China will show leadership and follow through,” Haley issued a warning: “China can do this on its own, or we can take the oil situation into our own hands.”

Pyongyang launched an ICBM early Wednesday North Korea time – its third this year.

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as experts concurred with North Korea’s boast that the test showed its missiles could now reach anywhere in the U.S. Haley didn’t specify how the U.S. would stop oil exports to Kim Jong Un’s regime, saying only that the missile launch “brings the world closer to war, not farther from it.”

While the U.S. doesn’t seek war with North Korea, Haley said, “If war comes, make no mistake: the North Korean regime will be utterly destroyed.”

Earlier Wednesday, Trump said in a tweet that he’d told Xi “additional major sanctions will be imposed on North Korea today.”

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Missile launch prompts oil discussion Continued from page 3.

By the end of the day, no new sanctions had been announced.

Although, Haley’s warning may have conveyed the president’s intended message.

Envoys around the Security Council’s horseshoe-shaped table fell into familiar camps, with the U.S., the U.K. and Japan on one side, placing full blame for tensions on North Korea, while China and Russia spread blame more widely.

China and Russia oppose moves that will lead to regime change in North Korea. Beijing in particular wants to avoid a scenario that could potentially destabilize its economy and put U.S. troops directly on its border.

Vassily Nebenzia, Russia’s ambassador, questioned whether the U.S. really wanted a peaceful solution on the Korean peninsula, saying recently announced military drills had squandered hopes for talks during a lull in North Korean activity.

“The United States and allies seem to have tried the patience of Pyongyang with unplanned and undeclared military maneuvers,” Nebenzia said.

Such moves raise questions “about the sincerity of Washington” when the U.S. says it wants a peaceful solution, he said.

China’s Deputy Ambassador, Wu Haitao, again offered a proposal that the U.S. has repeatedly rejected: that North Korea freeze its nuclear activity in exchange for the U.S. and South Korea suspending military drills.

“The most important lesson is that when the parties adopted a tough stance and misjudged each other, the chances of peace would pass them by,” Wu said.

China remains North Korea’s top trading partner. It exported 53 tons of liquefied gas to North Korea in October, 72 tons of unspecified liquefied gas and other hydrocarbon gas and 14 tons of jet kerosene, according to trade data. Haley said North Korea is illegally getting refined petroleum via ship-to-ship transfers at sea.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told reporters at the State Department on Wednesday that “we have a long list of additional potential sanctions, some of which involve additional financial institutions. The Treasury Department will be announcing those when they’re ready to roll

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• A rock was thrown through a front window of a residence sometime between Nov. 22 and Nov. 25 in the 200 block of South Seventh Street, according to the Indiana Borough Police Department. Anyone with information about the incident should contact borough police at 724349-2121.

• Someone reportedly damaged a store sign and threw it in a dumpster sometime between 6 p.m. Nov. 15 and 10:30 a.m. Nov. 16 at the Clara Kate store, 580 Philadelphia St., according to borough police. Anyone with information about the incident should contact borough police.

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• Alyssa Glambin, 26, of Indiana, reportedly had a handgun and was threatening to shoot and assault a victim and was charged with one count of terroristic threats and simple assault at 2:14 p.m. Nov. 15 in the 1300 block of Philadelphia Street, according to borough police.

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(TNS) After North Korea’s missile launch, President Donald Trump (bottom) suggested to China that it cut off oil to North Korea. U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (top) said the Treasury Department has a list of potential sanctions.

those out.”

Interdiction of ships on the high seas “could be a major new pressure point” against North Korea, State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert told reporters. Heightened inspections of sanctioned ships was part of a draft resolution circulated among Security Council nations earlier this year, but the provision was ultimately dropped.

North Korea’s latest test only underscored Trump’s poor options as Kim approaches his ambition to become a nuclear power with global reach, an outcome the U.S. president has vowed to prevent.

Sanctions against North Korea have had limited impact on the regime’s economy. There have been no direct talks on its nuclear weapons for years. And a military strike is an unpalatable option, given the risk of widespread devastation in the region from all-out conflict.

Some Pentagon officials and military analysts have said North Korea may need more time to miniaturize a nuclear warhead to fit atop an intercontinental ballis-

tic missile and to ensure it could withstand the heat of re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere. But few question that Kim is nearing his goal of a nuclear arsenal that could attack the U.S. Trump has authorized the Treasury Department to cut off foreign individuals or entities from the U.S. financial system if they interact with Pyongyang. Treasury has punished several companies in China that do business along its porous land border with North Korea.

But some analysts have said more could be done, including imposing secondary sanctions on major Chinese banks and oil companies that do business with North Korea.

“In a way it’s not so much that we need additional sanctions authority, it’s more fully utilizing what we already have,” said Bruce Klingner, a senior research fellow for Northeast Asia at the Heritage Foundation in Washington.

“What more could we do? It’s all these Chinese entities that we have not imposed secondary sanctions on.”

• Lisa Steffey, 38, of Vintondale, reportedly tried to run over a male with her car and was charged with aggravated assault, recklessly endangering another person, simple assault, disorderly conduct and harassment at 9:25 p.m. Nov. 25 at Rite Aid, 375 Philadelphia St., according to borough police.

• Devaughn Street, 28, of Pittsburgh, reportedly punched and injured a bouncer when asked to leave and was charged with simple assault, harassment and disorderly conduct at 1:05 a.m. Nov. 22 at Boomerang’s Bar and Grill, 547 Philadelphia St., according to borough police.

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National science panel calls for aggressive steps to control drug prices

By NOAM N. LEVEY Tribune Washington Bureau TNS

The U.S. must take urgent steps to rein in the out-of-control cost of prescription drugs, including aggressive government intervention to negotiate lower prices for American patients, a panel of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine recommended Thursday in a sweeping new report on pharmaceutical pricing.

The report – titled “Making Medicines Affordable: A National Imperative” – includes a strongly worded indictment of the nation’s prescription drug market, which it warns is failing millions of sick patients.

And the 201-page report takes aim at several of the pharmaceutical industry’s cherished practices, including direct-to-consumer marketing and efforts by drugmakers to block and delay the introduction of lower-priced generic medicines.

“Simply stated, the current system is not sustainable,” said the panel’s chairman, Norman Augustine, former chief executive of Lockheed Martin Corp., one of the world’s largest defense companies.

“Consumer access to effective and affordable medicines is an imperative for public health, social equity and economic development, and ... this imperative is not being adequately served by the biopharmaceutical enterprise as it functions today.”

The report’s authors, including a mix of academics, current

(TNS) The Food and Drug Administration in October sent criminal investigation agents with search warrants into nine storefronts across Central Florida that help customers order drugs from pharmacies in Canada and overseas at big discounts.

and former health care executives and government health officials, praised the many advances that drugmakers have made in helping to treat patients with complex diseases.

But they noted: “There is little value in new drugs that patients cannot afford.”

While the share of Americans reporting they are delaying care because of cost has declined since passage of the 2010 Affordable Care Act, nearly 1 in 5 people reported that they did not fill a prescription because of cost in a recent national survey by the Commonwealth Fund.

Among the steps recommend-

ed by the panel to bring down costs are: – More aggressive action by federal regulators to curtail drugmakers’ practice of delaying the availability of generic and biosimilar drugs – Use of the federal government’s purchasing power to directly negotiate lower drug prices for patients on government programs such as Medicare – More required public reporting by drugmakers, insurers and other of how medicines are priced – New efforts to determine the “value” of drugs by assessing how well they work relative to how much they cost

– Less direct-to-consumer advertising by drugmakers – New limits on how much patients must pay out of pocket for drugs The report comes amid growing public anxiety about drug prices, an issue that has topped Americans’ health care concerns in many recent polls.

President Donald Trump has repeatedly promised action, and this week Trump’s nominee to take over the Department of Health and Human Services, Alex Azar, told a Senate panel that he would make drug prices a top priority.

To date, however, the Trump administration has not taken any

meaningful steps to address the affordability crisis.

And many patient and consumer advocates are skeptical that Azar, who served as a top executive at Eli Lilly & Co. at a time when the drug giant dramatically raised prices on insulin, will challenge the pharmaceutical industry.

The highly profitable industry, which spends millions on lobbying and political giving in Washington, for years has fought back proposals in Congress to increase pharmaceutical regulation.

Two former drug executives on the panel dissented from the report’s recommendations.

“Several of the report’s recommended actions would produce a decline in research and development investments, ultimately leading to increases in health care costs,” warned Henri Termeer, former CEO of Genzyme Corp., and Michael Rosenblatt, former chief medical officer at Merck & Co. Termeer and Rosenblatt singled out for criticism proposals to allow government programs to negotiate lower prices, to allow the importation of lower-priced medicine from abroad and to limit direct-to-consumer advertising.

By contrast, seven of the panel’s 17 members added a minority report calling for even more aggressive steps to rein in prices.

“We need a more comprehensive approach,” the group of seven noted, recommending tougher transparency requirements on drugmakers and insurers, and more immediate use of existing tools to assess medicines and determine if they are worth the price.

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Retailers now giving perks for patience on Cyber Monday

By LAUREN ZUMBACH Chicago Tribune TNS

Shoppers clicking “buy” on smartphones, tablets and laptops spent almost $20 billion online from Thanksgiving through Monday. Now retailers have to turn that spending spree into a flood of cardboard boxes on their way to shoppers’ doorsteps.

To keep up, both retailers and United Parcel Service are trying to give customers accustomed to quick deliveries a few incentives to be patient.

Monday marked the biggest day of online sales in history, with consumers shelling out $6.59 billion at the top 100 U.S. retailers, according to Adobe. The record comes with a challenge: handling a sudden surge in orders without disappointing customers who expect their packages to arrive on schedule.

Amazon, for a few years, has given customers in its Prime membership program, which includes two-day shipping, the option to accept slower delivery in exchange for credits to spend on videos, music or restaurant orders.

But, this will be the first holiday season Macy’s has offered all

(TNS) Workers oversaw packages as they headed down the conveyor belts at the UPS facility on Tuesday in Hodgkins, Ill.

customers at high-volume times a similar choice, after a test in some markets last fall.

Macy’s “no hurry shipping” lets customers opt for a longer delivery time in exchange for an incentive.

On Cyber Monday, customers willing to wait six to nine business days were offered Macy’s Money that could be used on future purchases, though the reward can vary, said spokeswoman Andrea Schwartz.

By Tuesday, Macy’s was no longer offering the “no hurry” option, but it will be back in the days before Christmas and other

popular gift-giving holidays. That might mean packages arrive after the holiday, but some customers are buying for themselves and don’t have a hard deadline, Schwartz said.

Levi’s, meanwhile, offers economy shipping, which promises delivery within six to eight business days for $4.95, instead of the standard three to six business days for $7.50 within the continental U.S. Sheryl Burritt, of Morton, Ill., shopping at Oakbrook Center on Monday, said she might consider waiting if shopping for herself, but would worry about willingly slow-

ing the arrival of gifts for others.

“I feel like if I don’t get it right away, I might not get it in time for Christmas,” she said.

But Katie Clunk, of Portland, Ore., said she doesn’t mind waiting for Amazon’s no-rush option when the retailer offers an appealing reward. “It depends on how badly I need it and whether the promotion is worth it,” said Clunk, shopping with her mom while visiting family over Thanksgiving.

As stores have turned free or faster shipping into a way to compete for sales, customers’ expectations have risen. Nearly 90 percent of Chicago consumers think “fast shipping” means delivery within two days, compared with just 53 percent in 2016, according to a survey by consultancy Deloitte. But free still beats fast, according to an overwhelming 86 percent of Chicagoans surveyed

by Deloitte.

For retailers, encouraging customers to wait for packages is a no-brainer, said Bobby Stephens, a senior manager in Deloitte Digital’s retail practice.

As the holiday shopping season stretches earlier and earlier into November, most consumers don’t actually need orders to arrive right away. Spreading them out lessens the impact on a retailer’s supply

chain, and offering a store credit could encourage another purchase, he said.

“I think the incentive ends up being worth it to not have to deal with the customer service ramifications of not delivering on time,” he said.

It also could help retailers avoid extra costs that one major package shipper added to help cope with the surging volume of packages.

In June, UPS announced new surcharges for deliveries during the busiest holiday weeks. The fees add 27 cents for residential deliveries between Nov. 19 and Dec. 2 and Dec. 17 to Dec. 23, or up to 97 cents for faster shipping during the latter period.

UPS ships more than 19 million packages on a typical day. But that figure frequently topped 30 million during the 2016 holidays, UPS said.

The company expects to deliver about 750 million packages worldwide between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Eve, roughly 5 percent more than last year.

It’s too soon to say how the peak charges are affecting shipments, but the holiday delivery season is “off to a good start,” said UPS spokesman Matthew O’Connor.

Expel Roy Moore if he wins?

Not so fast, some senators say

By DAVID LAUTER Tribune Washington Bureau TNS

A few weeks ago, when a series of women first stepped forward to accuse Roy Moore of sexual misconduct, Republican senators said confidently that if he won the Senate seat from Alabama for which he is running, they would expel him.

Now, with the Alabama election less than two weeks away, second thoughts have begun setting in.

Republican senators continue to say that they would subject Moore, a fellow Republican, to an Ethics Committee investigation.

But questions are mounting about whether it would be appropriate for the Senate to

oust Moore over allegations that were known to voters before the election.

Thursday, Sen. Susan Collins of Maine became the latest Republican to voice those doubts.

“I never endorsed Roy Moore,” Collins said at a breakfast with reporters sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor.

“She had opposed Moore even before the recent allegations because of his history, which included defying U.S. Supreme Court rulings, she noted.

But “if the voters of a state, fully knowing these allegations ... nevertheless choose to elect Roy Moore, is it appropriate for the Senate to expel him?”

That’s a “very difficult question,” Collins said.

Expulsion would require a two-thirds vote of the Senate.

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Graduate students nationwide protest House tax bill

By TERESA WATANABE and

ROSANNA XIA

Los Angeles Times TNS

Rashad Ahmed left his highpaying job on Wall Street for the University of Southern California, where he’s using economic research to help tackle social problems such as homelessness.

At UCLA, Emily Yen is studying the environmental justice movement in Long Beach and Los Angeles. And at the California Institute of Technology, Celeste Labedz is using seismology to understand glaciers.

But the doctoral students say their work and the important research of graduate students nationwide are in jeopardy if changes in House Republicans’ tax bill become law.

The House version of the tax bill, passed this month, would repeal a decades-old provision that has shielded graduate tuition from taxation, potentially increasing student tax bills by as much as $10,000 a year.

On Wednesday, the three researchers joined thousands of graduate students at nearly 60 campuses in 33 states to protest the tax bill. Hannah Khoddam and a handful of her classmates at USC began organizing the walkout this month and then joined forces with students from six East Coast colleges to sponsor a national day

(TNS) Hannah Khoddam, a Ph.D graduate student, talked to fellow grad students at USC Wednesday morning after she and two of her classmates organized the walkout.

of action.

Universities often waive graduation tuition in exchange for students’ work as teaching assistants and researchers. The House bill views that tuition as income.

“If my tuition waiver were to be taxed, it would make getting this Ph.D. essentially unaffordable,” Labedz said. “I would either have to quit or go into massive debt or go somewhere else in the world if I want to get this degree and

make a difference in this world like I want to.”

The House tax bill would slash $65 billion in tax benefits for higher education over 10 years, according to Steven Bloom of the American Council on Education.

A UC Berkeley analysis found

that if Berkeley’s $13,793 annual tuition benefit became taxable, the university’s graduate students’ taxes would rise by 61 percent, or about $1,400, for a campus teaching assistant, and 31 percent, or about $1,100, for a research assistant. At MIT, a private institu-

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tion that charges about $49,600 in annual tuition, taxes would more than triple to $13,577, said the analyst, Vetri Velan, a doctoral student in physics.

Velan and fellow student Kathy Shield created a calculator to figure out how the change, if it became law, would affect students’ taxes.

Bloom said the longtime provision benefited 145,000 graduate students in 2011-12. About 60 percent of them, he said, were studying science, technology, engineering and math – areas of critical need to drive the nation’s economy.

Some of the nation’s brightest STEM students protested at Caltech in an unusual display of campus political activism. Several said they feared tax increases would cause a brain drain of American researchers fleeing to Europe. Asked how many would consider going abroad, more than half of the roughly 70 Caltech student protesters raised their hands.

The tax hikes could close off graduate education to all but the wealthy, said Emily Yen, a doctoral student in sociology at UCLA, where about 250 graduate students protested Wednesday.

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“The UC system has prized itself on diversity – its first-generation, low-income students – and this is just going to reverse all these gains,” said Yen, president of the UC Student-Workers Union (UAW 2865).

Such worries have meant sleepless nights for Mariel Bello, a USC doctoral student in clinical psychology who hopes her research will improve addiction treatment in low-income communities.

The daughter of Filipino immigrants and the first in her family to attend college, Bello already stretches her $35,000 graduate student stipend to support her parents and younger brother on top of her research and housing costs.

As she started to do the math, tears welled up.

“I would have to drop out,” she said. “If this tax bill passes, I can’t support anyone. I can’t even support myself.”

(TNS) USC graduate students Mariel Bello, Nina Christie and Alyssa Morris, left to right, posed for a “selfie” to post online and forward to their congressman as USC graduate students staged a national rally with more than 40 other schools to protest the GOP tax bill, which they said will significantly boost their taxes.

According to information provided by the University of California, about 23,000 UC graduate students earned $250 million in tuition benefits in 201516. Students protested at all nine

of UC’s undergraduate campuses Wednesday.

At USC, more than 100 graduate students and faculty members rallied at the bronze statue of Tommy Trojan, chanting “Kill this

bill” and waving colorful signs: ences between the two bills would “Graduate students study food need to be resolved. safety,” “Graduate students deThe Senate bill does not consign highways.” tain the changes the students are USC Provost Michael Quick protesting. said the univerAnd stuIF THIS TAX BILL sity was explordents hope to ing legal options keep it that way PASSES,I CAN’T to minimize the by making sure SUPPORT ANYONE. I impact on the senators hear CAN’T EVEN SUPPORT them. school’s 3,100 doctoral stuUSC docMYSELF. dents, whose tax toral student —Mariel Bello bills could triple Marie Gillespie (USC Doctoral Student) or quadruple if stood before the change went the growing into effect. crowd on her campus Wednesday Those forced to take out stuand asked everyone to hold out dent loans to cover higher tax bills their cellphones. would suffer a double whammy if “This is our voice,” she told another change in the House bill them. “Everybody, right now, take also made it into law. a photo, snap a selfie, post it on The bill would repeal the social media. Call your senators. deduction for interest on student Protest the tax reform bill. Are you loans, which 12 million taxpayers with me?” claimed in 2015.

All around her, students and The Senate has yet to pass its faculty raised their phones, tax bill. Once it does, the differsnapped and cheered.

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Fantasy football season throws fans into frenzy

Along with winter, the fantasy football playoffs are coming. This week of the NFL regular season is more critical than any other week for most fantasy football owners. In standard 10-team leagues, Week 13 marks the final week of the regular season for fantasy owners. It’s the week that decides which teams will be moving forward for the chance to compete for the trophy and which owners will be trying to compete for last.

Just like most recent seasons in fantasy, the 2017 season was one filled with unpredictability. Who would’ve thought that top-10 picks like David Johnson and Odell Beckham Jr. would fall so quickly to injury?

Other top performers from the 2016 campaign, such as Jordy Nelson, Demarco Murray, TY Hilton and Terrelle Pryor, have been virtually irrelevant for their teams and fantasy owners.

With every shocking disappointment,

there is an opposite, equally shocking surprise. One of the biggest surprises could be the Los Angeles Rams juggernaut of an offense, producing the top running back in fantasy, Todd Gurley, only one season removed from a subpar sophomore year under Jeff Fisher.

Second-year quarterback Jared Goff has done his part on the field and in the stat sheet, enough to make him a borderline QB1 on the season. Goff has also elevated those around him, such as former USC wide receiver Robert Woods and rookie Cooper Kupp. But, Alvin Kamara, the Saints rookie running back, has probably been the single most surprising player in the NFL this season. Kamara ranks third among all running backs in fantasy this season. He does while also sharing the backfield with another top10 fantasy running back, Mark Ingram.

One of the best stories in the NFL has been Vikings QB Case Keenum. Keenum

was undrafted after setting NCAA records at the University of Houston.

After struggling with the Texans and the Rams, Keenum ended up in Minnesota. After starting QB Sam Bradford went down with a knee injury after Week 1, Keenum has shined in his absence.

Turning Adam Thielen, the Vikings’ quick slot receiver with hands, is now one of the most elite wide receivers in the league.

Thielen is one of the only three receivers in the NFL to eclipse 1,000 receiving yards already. He now trails only Antonio Brown for the receiving title.

The concept that many fantasy football owners seem to miss about the game is that when you draft, add or trade for a player, you aren’t just investing in that player.

You’re investing in that player’s team.

The players on the best teams, sometimes regardless of the players talent, are the ones who win you leagues. In example,

Rex Burkhead, Latavius Murray and Zach Ertz are players who always seemed to have some skill, but because of the system they were in, they could not produce the fantasy numbers they are now. Because teams like the Eagles, Vikings and Patriots are so good, it makes the player that much better, regardless of the talent.

It works the other way, as well. Highly talented players on subpar teams are not the most consistent fantasy options. T. Y. Hilton, Carlos Hyde and Doug Martin are examples of players who have talent but are on bad teams.

Whatever Week 13 brings you, remember that even though you draft individual players in fantasy football, it is the professional teams that are risking their livelihood that get you those points.

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Letter rotto idTO Ethe eTHE htEditor oEDITOR t retteL LETTER Dear Editor: With finals week coming up, our libraries will be overpacked with students studying for exams – both library regulars and those who only need/want to come during finals week. Our libraries will struggle to fit everyone comfortably. This is inherently unfair.

Our IUP Libraries ought to have enough space to accommodate both the regulars and non-regulars. IUP currently has the opportunity to expand student study spaces in our libraries. How? Library deaccession.

I support library deaccession. You should, too.

What is “deaccession?” IUP Libraries has found that 43.08 percent of the books on the bookshelves in our libraries have not been circulated for the last 20 years or more.

This means that a good portion of our books have not been used. That is a big deal.

The IUP Libraries administration has identified access – either online to PDF files or through interlibrary loan – to about 36 percent of these books, and therefore that 36

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percent is slated for physical removal from our libraries.

Students need access to more study space on campus.

Our libraries are the only academic buildings on campus shared by all 10,000 undergraduate students, not belonging to one single college or department.

IUP Libraries’ administration is charged with serving as good stewards of our IUP Libraries. It is indeed good stewardship to “weed the garden,” so to speak, as these uncirculated books are taking up scarce space that could be used otherwise.

Previous library deans have failed to trim the collection for the last several decades, and the result is this mass of uncirculated books. There is much hubris surrounding deaccession. There won’t be any “bookburning.”

In fact, since access for most of these books slated for deaccession will move online, it will actually increase access to these books – all 10,000 undergraduates could access the same book at the same time, from

anywhere you would have an internet connection.

This will bring your IUP Libraries to you and prevent the hassle of sharing books with other patrons. Plus, it will bring our IUP Libraries from the 20th century into the 21st century.

The dense book stacks create a security liability. Currently, there aren’t any cameras in our libraries, simply because they would prove ineffective at monitoring library spaces because of the stacks.

As a result, study space is reduced to the first floor and rendered quiet during 24/5hour operations. If we reduce the book stacks, effective cameras can be implemented, making the library more secure.

The second floor may be kept open for 24/5 operation.

Prospective undergraduate college students care about student study spaces, not the size of book stacks.

I speak as a recent prospective student.

If IUP wants to compete with other universities for undergraduate enrollment

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– and holistically improve undergraduate retention rates – we must expand student access to study space.

How do I know this? Why should you listen to me? I serve in the IUP Student Government Association (SGA) as your senator for the College of Education and Communications.

Through my role in SGA, I serve on the University Senate Libraries and Educational Services Committee. Therefore, this issue falls under my purview. I am not speaking here on behalf of SGA; however, our General Assembly did pass a resolution in support of the proposed deaccession guidelines.

I support library deaccession because it is a cost-effective way to make the library more secure for the student body and because it poses a great opportunity to expand student access to study spaces on campus.

I encourage you to support it, too.

Bridget Pelosi, SGA College of Education and Communications Senator

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P Culture Editor: Seth Woolcock – S.M.Woolcock@iup.edu

(James Neuhausel/ The Penn) (Facebook) Tony DeLoreto and Jim Panichelli opened Spaghetti Bender’s in 1991.

Spaghetti Bender’s keeps working into music scene

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

This article contains opinion.

Indiana County’s bar scene has really stepped up its entertainment game during the past few years. Twisted Jimmy’s Bar and Lounge offers live trivia every Friday, Wolfendales hosts country night every Wednesday and Spaghetti Bender’s is diversifying its in-house entertainment by hosting live local bands.

Spaghetti Bender’s, located at 563 Philadelphia St., has been

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holding karaoke night every Friday and Saturday for quite some time.

Although it may seem unusual for the restaurant’s event schedule, floor manager Josh Warynovich explained that live music at Spaghetti Bender’s is in no way a new attraction.

Warynovich said that Spaghetti Bender’s has been hosting live music at least as long as he has been employed there.

“We’ve been doing it as long as I can remember,” Warynovich said.

“At least five years. We normally do karaoke on the weekends. Live bands aren’t a frequent thing.”

Grist for the Mill will perform

its “back-porch swing” style music from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday at Spaghetti Bender’s with no cover charge.

Dr. David Loomis, a professor in the department of journalism and public relations at IUP, is the guitarist, vocalist and milinery consultant for the band.

“We go back to the ‘20s, ‘30s and ‘40s,” Loomis said.“A lot of what we do goes back to the jazz era.”

Loomis also said that local bands performing at Spaghetti Bender’s is not a new trend. He said he has a personal history with the restaurant as well as its owner, Tony DeLoreto.

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"We’ve been playing there for years,” Loomis said. “Tony is an IUP journalism alumnus. The restaurant is real friendly, it’s homely and Tony offers us free Miller Lite and Yuengling. They also have really good food.”

Another aspect that gives Spaghetti Bender’s an edge as a live-music venue is its garage door that lifts in the front of the restaurant, opening to passersby on Philadelphia Street.

Loomis said that during one event when the restaurant’s garage door was open, an onlooking couple stopped in the middle of the sidewalk to dance to the mu-

sic that was reverberating through Indiana’s main street.

“I love playing in that setting,” Loomis said. “It’s a really pleasant venue.”

Warynovich said live bands do have an impact on restaurant goers, specifically naming the local jazz group performing on Friday.

“Live bands do bring more people, especially Grist for the Mill,” Warynovich said. “They have a pretty steady following.”

It seems that live music is making a comeback in the Indiana bar scene, which should be an exciting sentiment to local bands and artists looking to book shows.

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10 best foods, beverages to get you in the holiday spirit

By VICTORIA CASSELL

bread houses; poor gingerbread people. They're just so tasty.

Contributing Writer V.V.Cassell@iup.edu

Candy Canes :

So, even though candy canes aren’t necessarily “food,” they are one of the ultimate accessories during the holiday season. Candy canes are the perfect decorative and delicious treats to share with friends, family and loved ones. They’re also a good breath freshener; let’s be real.

This article contains opinion.

Apple Cider:

The tangy flavor of apple cider announces with it the arrival of fall and the beginning of winter. Apple cider is the perfect relaxed, but festive, fall and winter beverage. Serve it hot or cold as you welcome guests to your winter events and gatherings. If you’re feeling really adventurous, take a chance and add some whiskey or rum, for a little boost. You could even take it a step further by creating a cinnamon or nutmeg covered rim.

Yule Log:

There is something magical about not only eating but seeing yule logs during the holiday season. They go into hybrid states and don’t usually come out until fall or winter. Aside from its unique look, the soft cream and weightless sponge-like cake keeps so many people excited and awaiting its arrival.

Sugar Cookies:

You know those pale sugar cookies that are usually

Ham:

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covered in a green frosty icing that clog your throat and leave a bitter aftertaste in your mouth? Yes, those. For most people, they either love sugar cookies or hate them.

There isn’t much of an in between.

Sugar cookies might not be everyone’s favorite, but let’s agree that the holiday season can’t be done without them sitting somewhere, possibly isolated, in your kitchen.

Hot Chocolate:

There is nothing quite like warming up with a cup of hot chocolate on a cold winter day. It is a must-have during the

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Turkey:

Turkey can be a good substitute for all the non-pork eaters this season. The meat is not only filling but delicious when paired with gravy, mashed potatoes, stuffing and more. To brine or not to brine is the real question.

Cranberry Irish Mule:

This is a perfect beverage for all of you who need a little something at the

end of the day. Cranberry juice, ginger beer and Irish whiskey create a subtle, but enticing, blend that will undoubtedly leave you wanting more. Fresh, whole cranberries added to the refreshment not only display a sophisticated and exotic look but a festive one.

Gingerbread:

Building gingerbread houses is always a favorite past time during the winter season. But, even better is biting into a soft gingerbread man cookie.

Come to think of it, they never quite make it into their ginger-

Ham is one of the staple meats eaten during the holidays.

Adding pineapple slices and cherries to a honey-glazed ham creates the perfect finishing touches, as well as adds a sense of color and excitement.

Eggnog:

Eggnog is the epitome of holiday drinks. Its silky, smooth taste creates a euphoric wonderland that is unlike any other, especially when consumed during the many festivities of the season. The rich, creamy, dairy-based beverage is widely consumed in most of Canada and the United States, even gaining popularity overseas in countries like Australia. Bourbon and rum can also be added to the beverage to give it a little extra kick. Winter is just not complete without eggnog.

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(Facebook) The Hot Sardines was formed in New York City in 2007.

Jazz duo to swim into Fisher in time for the holidays

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

The band The Hot Sardines is performing from 7 to 9:30 p.m.

Sunday at Fisher Auditorium.

The group is known for mixing classic jazz with some more modern twists, as well as a bit of tap dancing to create a unique

experience for its audience.

The Hot Sardines are fronted by bandleader Evan Palazzo and lead singer Elizabeth Bougerol, whose voice was described by McKendree University, where The Hot Sardines performed Nov. 9, as “able to transport listeners to a different era” on its website.

The duo met a decade ago.

According to the band’s website,

Palazzo and Bougerol met in 2007 after they both answered a Craigslist ad about a jazz jam session above a Manhattan noodle shop.

The two couldn’t have been more mismatched. Bougerol studied at London School of Economics and grew up in France, Canada and the Ivory Coast, while Palazzo was born and raised in New York City, and studied theater at the

University of the Arts in Philadelphia.

Despite these differences, the two eventually bonded over their love of jazz legends like Fats Waller, Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday. Following their initial meeting, the two artists began playing open mic nights and small gigs together for the next several years, steadily building a following and buzz that culminated in 2011. That’s when they headlined Midsummer Night Swing at New York’s Lincoln Center.

Since then, they released two albums. The first was named by iTunes as one of the best jazz albums of 2014, and spent more than a year on the Billboard Jazz Chart, debuting in the top 10.

The ensemble also participated in multiple jazz festivals including the Newport and Montreal jazz festivals, and have also embarked on a world tour that covered more than 150 different venues from Chicago to London.

Evans said that fans of the band span multiple generations.

“We’ll see daughters, mothers and grandmothers coming to our

show together,” Evans said. “In Long Island, a young girl came up to Elizabeth with a can of sardines to sign. She was 7.”

According to Kristin Koehler, the director of the Lively Arts at IUP, the IUP Jazz Ensemble will join the group for a few select pieces during the concert.

Also, IUP’s Lively Arts has partnered with Downtown Indiana on this event. Individuals who shop at participating merchants in downtown Indiana during the It's a Wonderful Life Festival, which runs every weekend until Christmas, will receive a $4 discount code for the concert.

For every ticket that uses the discount code, $2 will be donated to the Lively Collaborations partner for this event – the Delaney Chevrolet Westsylvania Jazz and Blues Festival.

Tickets for the performance are available for purchase online through the Lively Arts website at www.iup.edu/livelyarts or by calling the ticket hotline at 724-3571313. They can also be purchased at the new Performing Arts Center Ticket Office in Fisher Auditorium.

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Russell Simmons steps away from his companies after allegations

By NICOLE BITETTE New York Daily News TNS

Russell Simmons is stepping away from his companies amid allegations he forced screenwriter Jenny Lumet into an unwanted sexual encounter.

The Def Jam co-founder was the subject of a guest column in The Hollywood Reporter by Lumet, who claimed the music producer made her come to his apartment and allegedly had an unwanted sexual encounter with her.

Lumet, who penned the films "Rachel Getting Married" and "The Mummy," said Simmons was an acquaintance since 1987 after having met him through fellow Def Jam co-founder Rick Rubin.

The music business pro reportedly offered Lumet a ride home, but refused to go to her address and instead ordered his driver to take her to his apartment, despite her repeatedly saying "no."

"I couldn't open the doors. I couldn't open the windows. The car was moving. The driver did not stop ... He took me to your apartment," Lumet, daughter of

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the famous director Sidney Lumet wrote in her account. “I simply did what I was told," she recalled. "There was penetration."

Lumet explained that she hurried, got her clothes and left after Simmons ejaculated and never shared the story until Oct. 27 after allegations started coming out about Harvey Weinstein.

Hours after the story emerged, Simmons announced he would step away from all of his businesses.

"I have been informed with great anguish of Jenny Lumet's recollection about our night together in 1991," Simmons said in a statement released by his representatives.

"I know Jenny and her family and have seen her several times over the years since the evening she described. While her memory of that evening is very different from mine, it is now clear to me that her feelings of fear and intimidation are real. While I have never been violent, I have been thoughtless and insensitive in some of my relationships over many decades and I sincerely and humbly apologize."

Lumet's account comes after former model Keri Claussen Khalighi claimed Simmons assaulted her that same year while Brett Ratner was in the room.

She told the Los Angeles Times that she was 17 at the time of the alleged encounter and that Simmons sexually assaulted her in the shower after forcinig her to perform oral sex while Ratner watched. Khalighi said Simmons first tried to force her to have sex as he violently pulled off her clothes.

"I fought wildly," she recalled.

Simmons denied that his encounter with Khalighi was nonconsensual.

The 60-year-old founded his empire Rush Communications

in 1991 and created the clothing line Phat Farm the following year.

Under the Rush umbrella are his All Def Digital company, his Def Pictures film company, a jewelry company, the Simmons Design Group, GlobalGrind.com and his yoga studio Tantris, along with several other philanthropic efforts like the Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation and the Diamond Empowerment Fund.

His Def Jam Recording company, which he runs with Rubin, features artists like Nas, Big Sean, Ludacris, Vince Staples, Iggy Azalea and countless others.

He was also the brains behind the popular reality series "Run's House" that followed his brother Joseph "Rev Run" Simmons and his family. The show aired on MTV from 2005 to 2009.

Russell Simmons created the show, along with Sean "Diddy" Combs.

Simmons said he would now be handing over his companies to a "diverse generation of extraordinary executives."

He was previously married to Kimora Lee Simmons from 1998 to 2009. The pair share three children Aoki, 15, and Ming, 17.

S PO R T S IUP sets sights on Assumption Sports Editor: Sean Fritz – S.D.Fritz@iup.edu Lead Sports Writer: Jarrod Browne – J.W.Browne@iup.edu

By SEAN FRITZ Sports Editor

S.D.Fritz@iup.edu

The IUP football team is set for another postseason matchup as the Crimson Hawks will welcome Assumption College for the Super Region One Championship on Saturday at George P. Miller Stadium.

The Crimson Hawks are coming off their postseasonFOOTBALL opening blowout win over West Chester University on Nov. 25 by a score of 44-10.

Quarterback Lenny Williams (redshirt junior, accounting) had a monstrous day for IUP with three touchdowns and 234 yards through the air in the offensive outburst.

Williams also added a rushing touchdown.

The Crimson Hawks remained true to form with Williams and the committee of IUP backs rushing 43 times for 324 yards.

Justice Evans (freshman, management) led the team with 133 rushing yards on just five carries.

IUP’s defense remained stout as well, forcing a fumble and bringing down the quarterback six times on the afternoon.

Linebacker Nick Amendola (sophomore, safety science) was

the leading tackler for the Crimson Hawks with 10.

With the win, the Crimson Hawks will now set their sights on their upcoming opponent, the Assumption Greyhounds.

The Greyhounds come to town with an 11-1 overall record and a similar track record to the Crimson Hawks.

Averaging 45 points per game and allowing just 14.5, the Greyhounds will likely be the biggest test of the season for the Crimson Hawks so far.

Assumption University is coming off two big wins in the NCAA playoffs to get itself into this meeting with the Crimson Hawks.

First, a 40-31 first-round win over California University of Pennsylvania followed by a 45-26 win over Findlay University.

The similarities between the two teams are uncanny.

Both have high-scoring offenses with dominant defenses that force turnovers.

The Crimson Hawks will have to be focused and tuned in for a full four quarters, something IUP has not done much this season with its trend of blowout performances.

If IUP can earn a victory Saturday against Assumption, it will host one of the two national semifinal games Dec. 9.

The winner of that game would head to the Division II NCAA National Championship game Dec. 16.

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(Ishaaq Muhammad/ The Penn) Senior Walt Pegues (communications media) was on the receiving end of a 62-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Lenny Williams in Saturday’s win over West Chester University. The touchdown was Pegues’ second of the year.

(Ishaaq Muhammad/ The Penn) Deandre Easterling (junior, management), right, was one of five Crimson Hawks’ defenders to record the team’s six sacks in the 44-10 win over West Chester University on Saturday.

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Crimson Hawks stay busy over break, rattle off four straight wins

By DARNELL TURNER Staff Writer

D.M.Turner4@iup.edu

(Ishaaq Muhammad/ The Penn) Jacobo Diaz (junior, economics) is one of five Crimson Hawks to average double-digit point totals through the first eight games of the season. Diaz is averaging 15.1 points per game as well as 9.3 rebounds per game.

Lock Haven University came to play IUP in its first conference game of the year Nov. 18. Five players from the Crimson Hawks reached double figures in the scoring column.

Leading all scorers was Jacobo Diaz (junior, economics) with 19 points on 7-for-10 shooting and seven rebounds.

IUP jumped out to an early lead, 43-30, at halftime.

IUP’s 19 turnovers allowed Lock Haven to stay in the game.

Lock Haven cut a 20-point deficit in the second half to just 4 with a little more than two minutes to play.

Ayron Hutton (senior, communications media) clinched the game at the free throw line, holding on for a 90-83 win.

IUP finished the weekend 2-0 after a thriller at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex (KCAC) Nov. 19 against Bloomsburg University. It was a back-andforth contest that resulted in IUP securing the win, 83-81.

The largest lead was held by Bloomsburg University, which took a 7-point lead in the second half before the Crimson Hawks fought back to take a 66-65 lead with a little more than four minutes to play.

The rest of the game was backand-forth, leaving the game tied at 73. IUP went to overtime for the first time this year.

With 30 seconds left to play, and the game tied at 81, Anthony Glover (senior, marketing) forced a turnover after a Bloomsburg rebound.

His layup attempt, with three seconds left, bounced off the rim leaving Diaz at the right place at

the right time to tip it in as time expired, giving IUP the win.

Diaz finished the game with a season-high 30 points on an efficient 9-for-14 shooting, adding 14 rebounds to the cause.

After a pair of home wins, IUP went back on the road for some more out-of-conference play, this time taking on Bowie State University on Nov. 22. IUP defeated Bowie State, 69-62.

Diaz continued his hot shooting, going 7-for-10 from the field to get his 17 points.

It was a good showing from IUP, especially on the defensive side, holding Bowie State to 34 percent shooting.

IUP went on a couple of big runs throughout the game, but Bowie State did not go away.

Despite the shooting struggles, Bowie State was able to dominate on the glass in tune to 23 offensive rebounds that led to 19 secondchance points.

Bowie State cut the lead to two with just under two minutes remaining.

From there, IUP closed the game out at the free-throw line, going 7-for-8 in the final minutes to hold onto the win.

IUP returned home to take on University of the Sciences on Saturday.

Guard Dante Lombardi (junior, finance and legal studies) scored a season-high 20 to help IUP win its fourth straight game, 80-57.

Lombardi’s backcourt partner, Glover, scored 18 points, knocking down four 3-pointers in the process. IUP was sharp offensively and defensively.

IUP held the Sciences to 32 percent shooting and played stifling defense.

IUP also posted a season-low in turnovers with just eight. The Sciences’ turnovers fueled IUP’s offense, leading to 22 points. IUP is now 5-3 after a slow 1-3 start.

IUP will hit the road to take on West Chester and Cheyney universities beginning Saturday.

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IUP women off to red-hot start to season

(IUP Athletics) The IUP women’s basketball team is off to a 5-0 start and is looking to continue its strong play from a season ago, in which it won the PSAC Championship.

By JOHN FORAN Staff Writer

J.N.Foran@iup.edu

Seventh-ranked IUP women’s basketball looks to continue its winning streak after picking up two games at home and one on the road during Thanksgiving break.

IUP played at home against Lock Haven University (1-4) Nov. 18 and then Bloomsburg University (3-4) Nov. 19.

Afterward, IUP traveled to Bowie State University to face off in its first away game of the season against the Lady Bulldogs (4-1) Nov. 22.

The Crimson Hawks defeated Lock Haven, 78-53.

Four Crimson Hawks scored in double digits, including forward Megan Smith (senior, management), who scored a game-high 21 points off a 6-for-13 shooting performance and perfect 6-for-6 at the foul line.

Smith had a game-high nine rebounds, contributing to IUP’s 36-30 rebounding advantage.

Another key factor in the victory was the amount of turnovers in the game, with IUP forcing 15 steals and three blocks against Lock Haven’s 24 turnovers.

The Crimson Hawks continued their trend of late-game dominance, outscoring the Bald Eagles, 24-4, in the fourth quarter.

The Crimson Hawks faced the Bloomsburg Huskies the following day in the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex (KCAC).

Lauren Wolosik (junior, business) and Smith both scored a game-

high 18 points and had five assists in a commanding win against the Huskies, 70-58.

All five starters for IUP scored in the double digits during the matchup.

IUP never gave up its lead, with the biggest being a 36-point advantage late in the fourth quarter.

The Crimson Hawks continued their impressive shooting performance, shooting 45.8 percent from the field and 40 percent from beyond the 3-point line.

IUP shot a perfect 14-for-14 from the foul stripe, as well.

The Crimson Hawks kept the turnovers at a minimum, committing only 12 to the Huskies’ 21.

IUP forced all four opponents to this point to a minimum of 20 turnovers.

In IUP’s first away game of the season on Nov. 22, the Crimson Hawks traveled to Bowie State to play the Lady Bulldogs. IUP picked up the victory, 53-37, to improve to 5-0.

Three Crimson Hawks scored in double digits, including Carolyn Appleby (junior, safety science), Wolosik and Smith, who for the third game in a row scored a game-high 15 points.

IUP also won the rebounding edge, out-rebounding the Lady Bulldogs, 35-32, with Brittany Robinson (junior, education) pulling down nine on her own.

IUP shot 42.6 percent from the field but struggled behind the arc, shooting only 23.5 percent.

The Crimson Hawks will travel to play West Chester University on Saturday and then Cheyney University on Sunday.

(Ishaaq Muhammad/ The Penn) Brittany Robinson (junior, early childhood and special education) leads the undefeated Crimson Hawks in rebounds, averaging 7.4 per game. Robinson is also tied for second on the team in blocked shots.

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IUP bounces back with first-round sweep

By BRAD O’HARA Staff Writer

B.L.Ohara@iup.edu

The IUP volleyball team has kept its season alive. After losing in the first round of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) tournament to Edinboro University, the Crimson Hawks bounced back with a win over West Chester University on Thursday night.

Going into the PSAC playoffs, IUP was seeded No. 1 overall.

The Crimson Hawks hosted the first round against eighth-seeded Edinboro, a team with a much better record than its ranking would suggest.

Going into the match, Edinboro held a 22-9 overall record compared to the 24-9 overall record of IUP. Edinboro came out play-

ing like it had something to prove and caught the Crimson Hawks offguard in the first set.

The Fighting Scots quickly got off to a 10-4 lead and fended off IUP’s advances to close out the first set.

IUP regrouped and came back in the second set ready to go.

However, Edinboro did not back down, either. Edinboro kept the second set close, never allowing IUP to get more than a six-point lead. The lead managed to be enough for the Crimson Hawks to take the second set by a score of 25-21. The rest of the match was just like the first two sets.

The match went back and forth between the two teams before Edinboro scored the final two points of the fifth set to win the match.

With IUP losing in the first round of the PSAC Tournament, its post-

(IUP Athletics) Jess Marut (junior, marketing) and Ellie Burns (graduate student, speech pathology) celebrated during a match earlier this season.

season future was in serious question.

Luckily, the Crimson Hawks landed the fourth seed in the Division II playoffs for the Atlantic Region. IUP came in with a chip on its shoulder in the first-round

Thursday.

The first set went as predicted, considering both teams held the same overall record, similar conference records and were seeded four and five coming into the tournament. The set went back and

forth between the two teams with neither team jumping out to a commanding lead early on.

It came down to IUP getting hot at the right time to pull out the win.

IUP’s motivation and momentum kicked in during the second set as it took an early lead in the second set and never let go. The Crimson Hawks coasted to a 25-11 victory in the second set. With IUP having a 2-0 lead and one set away from advancing, it closed the door on West Chester’s season and continued its dominance to a 25-12 win in the third set.

With a powerful bounce-back match, IUP volleyball picked up the win to move on to the second round of the Division II playoffs.

IUP’s next match will be Friday when it travels to Wheeling, W.Va., to take on the No. 1-ranked Wheeling Jesuit University.

December 1, 2017

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