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(Seth Woolcock/ The Penn) The Pittsburgh Steelers played Indiana community members in a basketball game to benefit the Indiana Basketball Boosters, Hopeful Hearts and the Indiana Drug and Alcohol Commission Thursday night at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex.

Steelers school Indiana community members in charity basketball game

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

On an important night for Steeler Nation, five current players and two Pittsburgh Steelers legends took to the hardwood Thursday at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex (KCAC) to raise money to benefit of three sponsoring organizations, the Indiana Basketball Boosters, Hopeful Hearts and the Indiana Drug and Alcohol Commission.

The Pittsburgh Steelers dominated most of the game and won against the Old Skool Ballerz, a team of local community members who love to play ball.

A local youth basketball coach, Dan Majernik, spawned the idea to bring the black and gold in for an old-fashioned five-on-five game.

After contacting the Steelers and assembling the Old Skool Ballerz vs. the Pittsburgh Steelers was on.

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(Flickr) The Steelers remained in the lead over the Old Skool Ballerz throughout the entire basketball game.

playoff hockey, the KCAC was filled with Steelers fans young and old.

The Old Skool Ballerz, which included Majernik, Pastor Mel Masengale, Stanford Webb, Mark Arbuckle, Scott Homer, Judge Tom Bianco and Rep. Dave Reed, were warming up when the song “Here We Go” signaled their opponents’ entrance.

Charlie Batch, a former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback, led the team to the court. Batch was joined by former Steelers wide receiver and first-round draft pick

Louis Lipps.

Surrounding the veterans were offensive tackles Matt Feiler and Jerald Hawkins, guard B.J. Finney, defensive tackle Lavon Hooks and outside linebacker Anthony Chickillo.

The Steelers won the tipoff, which began the four 8-minute quarters. The beginning of the game was a defensive battle until Batch drained a 3-pointer from way beyond the arc.

After a closely contested first quarter, the score was 16-10 in fa-

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After an IUP water bottle giveaway and a word from the three sponsors/charities, the second quarter got underway.

Entering the half, the Steelers remained on top, 22-18. At halftime, the Steelers players hosted an autograph session, giving kids a chance to meet some of their favorite players.

“It’s just a wonderful event to be here with all the students, the Steelers and people who love basketball and Indiana,” said

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Jack Frank, an Indiana community member. “It’s a really fun time and great for charity.”

The Steelers came out shooting hot in the third quarter, making it 42-27 Pittsburgh going into the fourth.

After some jokes and laughs, Batch pulled the winning 50-50 raffle ticket for $231. That was followed by signed Steelers memorabilia giveaways.

The Old Skool Ballerz tried to mount a comeback in the fourth, but fell short with a score of 57-42.

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Police Blotter Drug Violations • Jeffrey Vance, 37, of Clymer, was charged with possession of a controlled substance at 7:57 p.m. April 14 in the 400 block of North Fourth Street, according to the Indiana Borough Police Department.

• Cameron Culbertson, 21, of Robinson, was

charged with possession of a small amount of marijuana, driving while suspended, duty of driver on approach of emergency vehicle and fleeing or attempting to elude police at 6:37 p.m. April 15 in the 800 block of Water Street, according to borough police.

• Douglas Tantlinger, 31, of Homer City, and Frank Walker, 52, of Shelocta, were charged

Trump: Strategist Bannon isn’t going anywhere

(TNS) Steve Bannon will continue to serve as adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump.

By JENNIFER JACOBS and MARGARET TALOV Bloomberg News TNS

President Donald Trump on Monday dismissed widespread reports that his administration is riven by discord, saying he is sticking by his polarizing chief strategist, Steve Bannon, calling him a “very decent guy” who is getting a “bad rap.”

Trump even revealed his own term for Bannon’s ideology: “altleft,” a play on Bannon’s ties to the nationalist conservative movement sometimes called the alt-right.

Why alt-left?

“Bannon’s more of a libertarian than anything else, if you want to know the truth,” Trump said Monday during an interview with Bloomberg News in the Oval Office.

Trump’s playful approach to the former chief of Breitbart News – perhaps the biggest target of liberal fury – and his other comments about his staff suggest that a wide-

spread shakeup of his inner circle is unlikely in the near future.

He said Bannon and Chief of Staff Reince Priebus both would likely still be in their same roles several months from now, along with two other figures in his administration who have drawn withering fire: counselor Kellyanne Conway and press secretary Sean Spicer.

Trump also said that Bannon and Trump’s senior adviser, son-inlaw Jared Kushner, have managed to repair their relationship.

“Bannon is a very decent guy who feels very strongly about the country. Likewise, Jared. And they’re getting along fine,” Trump said, calling Kushner “a very brilliant young guy.”

But the president did acknowledge past tensions on the staff.

“We have a lot of people that are getting along well,” Trump said. “It’s coming out better now than it was, you know, for a while.

And for a while it was a little testy, I guess for some of them, but I said they’ve got to get their acts together.”

with possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia at 10:56 a.m. April 20 in the 900 block of Wayne Avenue, according to borough police.

Tantlinger was also charged with a traffic offense, and Walker was charged with possession of a small amount of marijuana, according to borough police.

• Two juveniles were cited for use of tobacco in schools at 2 p.m. April 28 at Indiana Junior High School, according to borough police.

• Markeice Goodwine, 22, of Erie, was arrested for felony drug possession with intent to sell at 8:20 a.m. April 29 in the 500 block of South Seventh Street, according to borough police.

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(Facebook) Teacher-s2Teachers is an organization that encourages education in countries throughout Latin America.

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

Chadd McGlone, founder and executive director of Teachers2Teachers-International, will be giving two presentations about teaching science and mathematics in Latin America on Wednesday and Thursday.

Both presentations will run from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the Humanities and Social Sciences Building, Room 126. The Latin American Studies Program is sponsoring the presentations.

McGlone founded Teachers2Teachers in 2013 after a trip he took with his daughter to Guatemala during the summer.

Now, the nonprofit organization funds multiple trips per year to various countries throughout Latin America, and the company is continuing to grow in order to help more students around the world.

Teachers2Teachers “[sends] educators to build meaningful, long-term partnerships in schools around the world,” according to the organization’s website. “We emphasize a culturally relevant approach that encourages studentcentered instruction while respecting each community’s learning goals.”

The organization helps both students and teachers because, in addition to sending teachers abroad, the nonprofit also provides professional development

training to teachers domestically and internationally.

Teachers2Teachers also helps create community centers focused on STEM education in the countries it serves. The organization is also developing an online platform to connect teachers in different regions of the world.

While Teachers2Teachers focuses on all subjects, it has a focus on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education. McGlone will be speaking specifically about STEM. The first presentation, titled “Observations on STEM Education in Latin America,” will focus on how “the exchange of knowledge and cultures creates opportunities not only to foster global citizenship among students but also to change hearts and minds,” according to the event’s flyer.

McGlone will be discussing his own experiences in Latin America and the work that Teachers2Teachers has already done for STEM education in the area.

The second presentation is titled “STEM Education in Latin America – How you can get involved,” and will highlight the work that Teachers2Teachers does as well as how anyone can volunteer with the organization.

McGlone will share volunteers’ stories from their time in countries such as Guatemala, the Galapagos Islands and Ecuador.

The presentations are free and open to the public.

President Donald Trump said he would meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un amid heightened tensions over his country’s nuclear weapons program if the circumstances were right.

“If it would be appropriate for me to meet with him, I would absolutely, I would be honored to do it,” Trump said Monday in an interview with Bloomberg News.

“If it’s under the, again, under the right circumstances. But I would do that.”

North Korea became the most urgent national security threat and foreign policy issue facing Trump as his first 100 days in office passed. Kim’s regime has continued development of its nuclear and intercontinental ballistic missile program in defiance of international condemnation and sanctions. Kim has never met with a

(TNS) North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been testing missiles, but Trump vowed he wouldn’t allow nuclear development.

foreign leader since taking charge after his father’s death in 2011 and hasn’t left his isolated country.

“Most political people would never say that,” Trump said of his willingness to meet with the reclusive Kim, “but I’m telling you under the right circumstances I would meet with him. We have breaking news.”

Tensions have escalated since Trump vowed in January that he wouldn’t let North Korea develop a nuclear weapon capable of reaching the U.S. mainland, and

North Korea has labeled American military moves in the region as acts of “intimidation and blackmail.” North Korea has continued to test missiles this year after carrying out its fourth and fifth nuclear tests in a decade last year.

While dispatching an aircraft carrier group and a submarine to the region, the administration has emphasized the use of economic sanctions and diplomacy to persuade North Korea to dismantle its nuclear weapons and missile programs. Trump has said he’s leaning on Chinese President Xi Jinping to defuse the situation, given China’s economic influence with its neighbor. Trump and Xi met last month at the U.S. president’s private club in Florida and have talked several times since.

Then-Secretary of State Madeleine Albright was the last top U.S. official to meet with a North Korean leader.

She discussed the country’s nuclear program with Kim’s late father, Kim Jong Il, in 2000.

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Immigrants and unions march on May Day

By NIGEL DUARA Los Angeles Times TNS

Thousands of people took to the streets across the nation Monday to march in May Day rallies, calling for immigration reform, workers’ rights and police accountability.

Galvanized by President Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric, diverse crowds of demonstrators held peaceful rallies in cities such as Los Angeles, Chicago, New York City and Miami.

In Atlanta, about 200 rallied under gloomy skies holding “ICE Get Out” banners and “Not One More Deportation” placards to protest recent arrests and deportations of immigrants by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, and to call on Atlanta officials to extend more protections to immigrants.

Not long after Aline Mello – a 28-year-old Brazilian immigrant – arrived at Atlanta’s City Hall for Monday’s May Day rally for immigrants, she texted her mom a photo of herself, huddling under a

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(TNS) More than 10,000 people took to the streets for a May Day rally Monday in Toulouse, France.

pink umbrella and holding a sign saying, “We are Humans.”

“She didn’t want me to come,” she said of her mother, who was at work cleaning houses. “She’s scared. Many older immigrants just keep their heads down, but we want to make our voices heard.”

Mello is a so-called Dreamer who received protection under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

“We grew up here,” said her friend, Diana Chavez, an immigrant from Mexico who moved to the U.S. in 2000. “We belong here. It’s important to let people know we’re part of this nation and

we work hard and pay taxes.”

Like many, Mello and Chavez were motivated to protest Trump’s harsh immigration policies.

“I wasn’t that vocal until Trump started campaigning,” Mello, who works as a magazine editor, said.

“We can’t trust him.”

Outside City Hall, immigrant advocates linked up with a wide range of social justice groups fighting to raise the minimum wage, combat racism and sexism and protect LGBTQ communities.

“We want Atlanta to be a real sanctuary city, not just a welcoming city,” Carlos Medina, a volunteer with the Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights, said.

(TNS) Jessica Kwong, a reporter for The Orange County Register, traveled to Iceland Sunday to capture the Northern Lights.

“One of us had a pro camera, set it up on a tripod and snapped a shot and, sure enough, captured the eerie green light,” she wrote. “Soon, the aurora activity intensified and revealed its colors to the naked eye. With my iPhone incapable of capturing even a faint dash of the phenomenon, I learned to simply enjoy the moment. Many times in life, things aren’t what they seem, and sometimes, well, there they are.”

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IUP community walks to raise money for cancer research

By KATIE MEST

Staff Writer K.A.Mest@iup.edu

The Indiana community gathered together in the fight against cancer April 22 for IUP’s Relay for Life.

From noon Saturday to 6 a.m.

Sunday, student groups and other organizations joined at the Memorial Field House to walk for the fundraiser.

Relay for Life is the American Cancer Society’s main fundraiser.

This event takes place all over the world to celebrate the lives of those who are affected by cancer.

IUP raised $18,969, according to Lydia Shank, Colleges Against Cancer president.

“That money will go toward cancer research, providing information to cancer survivors and families, encouraging people to be screened for cancer and supporting programs that the American Cancer Society funds to provide care and support to cancer survivors,” Shank said in a Friday email.

Approximately 300 people joined on the track.

Indiana community members joined together to walk for a cure to cancer April 22 for Relay for Life in the Memorial Field House.

Among those who walked around the track for 18 hours were the National Student Speech, Language and Hearing Association, Gamma Sigma Sigma Beta Psi, National Residence Hall Honorary, the department of theater and dance, Mini-THON, Student Government Association, Student Philanthropy Council, IUP Masters Swim Club, IUP art department, Delta Tau Sigma, Kappa Sigma and the IUP Panhellenic Association.

CNN: Trump to end Michelle Obama’s ‘Let Girls Learn’ project

By JOY RESMOVITS Los Angeles Times TNS

CNN is reporting that the Trump administration is planning to end “Let Girls Learn,” a signature Michelle Obama program.

Obama started the program in 2015 as “a holistic approach to change the perception of the value of girls at the individual, community and institutional levels,” according to its website. The intergovernmental initiative engaged partners such as the Peace Corps to help girls across the globe access education, healthcare and other resources.

According to CNN, some aspects of the program will still exist, but not under the auspices and name of Let Girls Learn.

CNN posted an email Peace

(TNS) Trump plans to end former First Lady Michelle Obama’s female empowerment program.

Corps acting director Sheila Crowley sent to employees. “We will not continue to use the ‘Let Girls Learn’ brand or maintain a standalone program,” she wrote.

The news comes as the Trump administration announces that it will relax Obama’s school lunch requirements. The White House has not yet responded to our request for comment.

Many groups had themes for teams, such as “Lilo & Stitch,” “Moana” and Disney princesses.

The IUP Panhellenic Association made a team called the “Panhellenic Princesses,” in which some members dressed up as Disney characters and interacted with kids from the community during family time.

Though the event didn’t attract as many people as it has in previous years, Shank said the groups

made up for it.

Along with the many activities the event has to keep participants awake and engaged throughout the night, Relay for Life has a luminaria ceremony.

In this ceremony, luminaria bags, which represent hope for those affected by or battling cancer, are placed around the track.

Each bag can also represent someone who was lost to cancer, which allows people to grieve for

(Photos courtesy of Lydia Shank)

those who were lost and be hopeful for those who are still fighting.

The closing ceremony commemorated the efforts made to put an end to cancer.

Each year, a group of about 15 students begins working in September to fundraise and plan for the event.

The group’s goal is to get as many community members and university members as possible to be engaged.

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North Korean rulers see nuclear capability as way to reunify, analyst says

By JONATHAN KAIMAN Los Angeles Times TNS

In North Korea, missiles and nuclear bombs are more than a means of national defense – they are, for broad segments of the public, objects of near-religious devotion.

In Pyongyang, the country’s capital, missiles feature constantly in newspapers and on television.

They emerge from flowerpots in floral exhibitions; loom large in public mosaics; and adorn propaganda posters in factories, farms and schools. They’re often depicted in mid-flight, framed by bold militaristic slogans.

North Korea is gradually developing the capability to fit a nuclear device on an intercontinental ballistic missile, a technology that could one day enable it to launch a nuclear strike on the U.S., and any other nation that might threaten the survival of the Kim dynasty.

Yet a close reading of the country’s propaganda suggests that its goals may be more ambitious – and more aggressive in nature

(TNS) A wall poster in the Orphan Primary School in Pyongyang, North Korea, showed a cartoon of joyous-looking children next to an inter-continental ballistic missile launch.

– than foreign observers often assume.

One longtime analyst of the secretive country’s murky ideology says it’s become clear that North Korea’s rulers have come to consider nuclear capability not just a means of defense, but also the only way of achieving their most important goal: to rid South Korea of U.S. troops and reunite the Korean peninsula on their own terms.

“North Korea is a radical nationalist state, and it’s committed to anything that anybody in North Korea’s position would be – which is the reunification of the (Korean) race, and the reunification of the homeland,” said B.R. Myers, a professor at Dongseo University in South Korea who has studied the official ideology of self-reliance, known as juche, that has been a fundamental feature of the North

Korean state since the 1950s.

Tensions on the Korean peninsula are at their highest point in years. North Korea has conducted five nuclear tests since 2006, and could soon conduct its sixth.

Its missile tests have become routine, including another attempted launch Friday. The U.S., in response to North Korean tests and threats, has diverted an aircraft carrier strike group to the Korean peninsula.

North Korea, meanwhile, has responded with a massive artillery exercise and warnings of imminent nuclear war.

Why is this happening? The North’s strategic calculus hasn’t changed in decades, Myers said.

In 1994, President Bill Clinton contemplated a pre-emptive strike on the North’s nuclear weapons program, yet he balked in the face of the potential fallout: North Korea has a devastating array of artillery aimed at Seoul, which sits 35 miles south of the countries’ heavily militarized border, and if a conflict were to erupt, hundreds of thousands of South Koreans could be killed within an hour.

Now, Kim Jong Un, the country’s current leader, has accelerated efforts to enable a strike not just on Seoul, but also on the United States.

“Why is it doing the one thing that could cause the U.S. to strike North Korea, even at the risk of South Korean fatalities?” Myers said. “The only logical answer is that it’s pursuing something greater than mere security, and there’s only one logical conclusion as to what that is.”

North Korea has been demanding the removal of U.S. troops from South Korea since the Korean War, which ended with an armistice in 1953.

In December 1955, Kim Il Sung, the country’s founder-president and Kim Jong Un’s grandfather, said in a speech that “peaceful unification” was the ideal option, and could come about when “we grow stronger” and the “forces of peace, democracy and socialism become more powerful.”

If that fails, “the problem of reunification might also be solved by war,” he said.

Pyongyang is probably confident that it can drive a wedge between Seoul and Washington, Myers said. South Korea will elect a new president on May 9, and both front-runners advocate a relatively lenient North Korea policy.

North Korea is unlikely to get its wish, at least any time soon.

The U.S. has shown no sign of withdrawing its military commitment to South Korea, and South Korea is, economically, light-years ahead of its northern neighbor.

But, “we need to distinguish the feasibility of the strategy from the likelihood that North Korea is pursuing it,” Myers said.

“The world isn’t going to become an Islamic caliphate, but that doesn’t stop the Islamists from pursuing that as a goal. And the North Koreans are pursuing something more feasible than what Islamic State is.”

In North Korea, militant propaganda is ubiquitous and shrill. Often, images of missiles are paired with slogans denouncing “U.S. imperialists” and calling for reunification. “Start a war against us, we strike the American bastards first!” says one poster, showing missiles destroying the Capitol building in Washington.

One mosaic on Pyongyang’s metro depicts Kim Il Sung as the sun, watching over a gleeful scene of reunification under the North Korean flag; another shows the North Korean proletariat, led by Kim, advancing against a backdrop of tanks, planes and, most prominently, flying missiles.

“We want Trump to withdraw the troops of U.S. Army from South Korea,” said Rim Dae Song, 28, a North Korean official, as he stepped onto a train.

“The U.S. government has to change its policies, in order that our country can reunify independently.”

In February, North Korea’s state news agency KCNA called a successful ballistic missile test “a pride of Kim Il Sung’s nation (that) has instilled vitality into the glorious Kim Jong Un’s era,” adding that “getting firmer is the fellow countrymen’s conviction in the final victory of the cause of national reunification.”

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St. Olaf students protest Tomi Lahren, Glenn Beck settle lawsuit latest racial incident

By NAOMI MARTIN Dallas Morning News TNS

(TNS) St. Olaf College students filled Tomson Hall to boycott classes Monday in Northfield, Minn., after numerous incidents of racial hate happened on campus.

By JENNIFER BROOKS and PAUL WALSH Star Tribune (Minneapolis) TNS

Hundreds of students, some wearing pajamas, others carrying pillows and blankets, gathered on the St. Olaf College campus Monday morning to protest a string of racist incidents over the past school year, the latest being a threatening note that was left on the windshield of a black student’s car demanding that she “shut up or I will shut you up.”

The students, who boycotted classes Monday, began gathering at Tomson Hall just before 7 a.m. in preparation for a daylong sit in.

Within a half-hour, scores of students had lined the hallways and corridors of the building, located in the heart of the campus about 45 miles south of the Twin Cities.

Organizers of the sit-in, who asked that students of color sit in the front of the room, later passed out a detailed list of demands of school administrators outlining specific changes they want to see to address the racism they say is “embedded” on the campus.

The demands included calls for strengthening racial and cultural sensitivity sessions for all incoming freshmen and establishing a mandatory “sustained dialogue” for all student athletes, members of the student government association and the student senate for at least

the length of a semester.

School officials said the President’s Leadership Team planned to meet with students Monday morning to discuss the series of incidents that date to October.

No classes were planned for the day, “so that we may have time for faculty, students and staff to continue the discussions about racism and diversity on our campus,” school officials said in a statement.

“These acts are despicable.

They violate every value we hold as a community, and they have absolutely no place at St. Olaf.”

Monday’s sit-in comes after a turbulent weekend that saw students gather in protest of the latest racist incident, which was reported Saturday when the threatening note was left on the windshield of a black student’s car.

Dr. David R. Anderson, president of the private liberal arts college, acknowledged in an email sent to students on April 21 that there have been numerous racist expressions on campus stretching back to last fall, and he likened them to a form of terrorism.

“I am as angry and frustrated as you are at the repeated v­ iolations of our values and community norms by someone who defaces the campus with scrawled racial epithets,” Anderson wrote.

“I would love nothing more than to discover who is responsible for these acts and to remove that person from our community.”

Tomi Lahren settled her lawsuit Monday with her former boss, Glenn Beck, and his conservative media firm The Blaze.

The deal allows the 24-year-old pundit to be freed from her employment contract, which was to expire in September, and pursue new work that competes with The Blaze. She also gets to keep the Facebook page that The Blaze created for her, and on which she has amassed 4.3 million followers.

Lahren will “promptly” return The Blaze’s “intellectual property” that was posted to the Facebook page, said her lawyer, Brian Lauten.

In court hearings, Lauten had offered to delete all of the videos produced by The Blaze off the Facebook page, which would include some of Lahren’s most popular posts. Some had been watched more than 67 million times.

“Ms. Lahren is relieved to have this litigation behind her,” Lauten

(Wikimedia) Tomi Lahren settled her lawsuit with former employer Glenn Beck Monday after being fired for expressing her views on abortion.

said in a statement.

“She looks forward to connecting with her audience and fan base on the pressing political issues facing our country in the days to come.”

The rest of the details of the settlement remained confidential.

The Blaze, which is based in Irving, Texas, didn’t immediately comment. The settlement comes three weeks after Lahren sued The Blaze to be freed from her contract in Dallas County court, claiming her employer had already violated the terms of the

agreement. She alleged that The Blaze didn’t hold up its end of the contract when it canceled her show, “Tomi,” after she said on ABC’s “The View” that she supported abortion rights and thought it was hypocritical to be for limited government and also government restrictions on abortion.

Her comments prompted a backlash in conservative circles.

Beck was expected to testify Thursday in the case. Now he won’t have to, thanks to the settlement.

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Dogs worshipped in all corners of the world

(TNS) Aleph Henestrosa, 44, walked his three dogs Sunday in Mexico City. Henestrosa acquired his first Xoloitzcuintle when he moved home to Mexico after a stint in Europe. They were an assertion of his pride in his country. “These dogs are amazing,” he said. “And these dogs are Mexican.” With its aloof attitude, squinty eyes and warm, waxy skin, the Xoloitzcuintle is off-putting to many. But in Mexico, where the Aztecs once believed them to be sacred, the Xolo is having a moment.

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Honesty is the best policy, but not to Trump In 100 days, the average person can lose 40 pounds, a pregnant woman would be entering her second trimester, and a little more than four bad habits can be broken, according to the myth that it takes 21 days to break one.

The real question on my mind: How many days would it take to stop compulsively lying?

April 28 marked Donald Trump’s 100th day in office, and people were quick to evaluate what he has – or hasn’t – accomplished in that time.

Trump made a lot of promises during his campaign – 663, according to an April 29 article on ThinkProgress.org.

In just the first 100 days of a 1,461-day term, Donald Trump broke 80 of those promises.

Some of the more notable broken promises include repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act, imposing new Secretary of State ethics rules, conducting a hacking

report, renegotiating trade deals like NAFTA, reforming immigration acts, restarting Trump University, cutting ties to companies, rarely leaving the White House and not taking vacation days.

In a television advertisement released Monday, the Trump re-election campaign declared the first 100 days as a “success.”

The narration cited accomplishments such as “the biggest tax cut plan in history,” which is actually a one-page paper released Wednesday.

The first goal listed on the tax reform is “grow the economy and create millions of jobs;” however, no part of the page indicated a plan to do so.

Additional boasted accomplishments listed in the ad included the confirmation of Justice Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, the elimination of “job-killing” regulations and the approval of the Keystone XL Pipeline.

With critiques and brags coming from both sides of the aisle, it’s difficult to wade through the mess of information to see the root of the country’s supposed rapid changes.

The biggest sign of the administration’s progress – or lack thereof – is its honesty.

The lack of this administration’s transparency in everything from Trump’s still-undisclosed tax returns to his plans, deals and executive orders for the future have contradicted the majority of his campaign promises.

Additionally, the disrespect he has shown to the Ameri-

Obama back in action is good news for Democrats

By ALBERT R. HUNT Bloomberg View TNS

Barack Obama is resurfacing.

That’s good news for Democrats.

The 44th president, after a three-month hiatus relaxing with the rich and famous, spoke last week to students at the University of Chicago, and on Sunday, in what should be a memorable moment, will accept the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award at a Boston dinner commemorating the late president’s 100th birthday.

In the months ahead there will be selective appearances, including a trip to Germany with other foreign trips, some involvement in the political sphere and much attention to building his own foundation and library.

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politician in America. His elegance and decency are a contrast to what we saw in the first 100 days of the Trump presidency. His standing dwarfs that of Democratic congressional and party leaders, and, after the past election, there is pervasive Clinton fatigue. He is the first expresident since Teddy Roosevelt young enough, vibrant enough and credible enough to help shape the public dialogue.

People who know Obama will say there are important caveats. He will not engage in public feuds with Trump. Presidents always blame their predecessors for problems, but Trump has taken this to a new level with vitriol and lies. Obama associates say he won’t rise to that bait.

He also believes that Democrats need to develop new and younger voices and that he

shouldn’t suck up a lot of the political oxygen. He opposed Trump’s Muslim ban earlier this year, and he will speak out on issues that he believes transcend party differences. But he will be very selective.

He can make points against Trump indirectly, as he did on immigration in his chat with Chicago students. The Kennedy Library speech affords an opportunity where, through the prism of President Kennedy, he can extol civic engagement and tolerance and the courage to take on tough issues like civil rights and immigration.

Politically, Obama will help his former attorney general, Eric Holder, in an effort to help Democrats compete in midterm elections with an eye on redressing redistricting imbalances in congressional and state legislatures.

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can people in his divisive speeches and attitudes has affected his likability as a president and as a leader.

Trump has shown an unrivaled amount of contempt for journalists, whose annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner lacked the president’s attendance for the first time in 36 years; the last president who didn’t attend the dinner was Ronald Reagan, who was recovering from a gunshot wound after an attempted assassination in 1981.

Despite all of the animosity and uncertainty surrounding the president and his staff, the White House still claims to be lucrative. In an interview with the Associated Press last week, Trump downplayed the importance of the first 100 days by describing it as “just an artificial barrier.”

Trump also told the Washington Examiner Friday that he didn’t want to set the 100 days “as a standard,” but he would give the administration “an A.” Unlike the biases that led the president to consider 100 days as both unimportant and incredibly fruitful, the American people don’t have the luxury of ignoring facts to fabricate more pleasant, palatable truths. In order to accurately assess the prosperity and reliability of this White House and country, integrity is more important now than ever.

Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem like candor is a habit Trump will instill in the coming days.

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Hoodie Allen performed at IUP Thursday in the Hadley Union Building Ohio Room.

Hoodie Allen kept sweaty promise with ‘one of the best shows’ at IUP

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Early in his performance Thursday night in the Hadley Union Building Ohio Room, Steven Markowitz, also known as Hoodie Allen, made a promise to the crowd to “give everything and sweat through my nice new shirt,” a promise he easily fulfilled less than halfway through what turned out to be a boisterous and energetic performance.

Allen later told the crowd that his goal was to entertain them as much as possible, and he certainly did his best to make the performance personal. While many performers make sure to add some sort of personalization to their performances, very few artists seem to take the steps that Allen did to make his performance at IUP a truly unique experience.

From name-dropping IUP President Michael Driscoll in an off-thecuff, IUP-themed freestyle over the beat of the popular Migos song “T-shirt,” to referencing local

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bars and, of course, making sure to diss rival school Slippery Rock University, Allen clearly did his homework.

In addition to these popular stunts, Allen literally catered to the crowd by throwing out actual pieces of cake during his performance of the song “Cake Boy.” Despite putting out only two official studio albums thus far in his career, Allen has an extensive catalogue of songs to his name, thanks to a multitude of mixtapes and EP releases.

Despite sticking mostly to his more recent songs throughout the performance, Allen made sure not to neglect his earlier work entirely, much to the delight of the more dedicated long-term fans in the audience.

While pretty much every song played was met with satisfaction by those in attendance, there were a couple of songs that garnered exceptionally strong reactions from the audience. One such standout was “No Interruption,” which was the favorite performance of the night for some.

Other crowd favorites included

the songs “No Faith in Brooklyn” (retitled “No Faith in Indiana” for the night), a cover of Blink-182’s popular throwback song “What’s My Age Again?” and “Are U Having Any Fun?” – the lead single from his latest album, “Happy Camper.”

For many of Thursday night’s attendees, the performance was not only their first time seeing Allen live in concert, but also served as their first concert experience ever at IUP. One such first-timer was Britney Elsbury-Orris (graduate, applied archeology), who said that the concert was “awesome.”

Other, more experienced IUP concert-goers were also impressed.

“It was so much fun. I loved it,” Eleanor Schultz (junior, anthropology) said. “It was actually one of the best shows that I’ve seen here.”

Allen closed out the show by telling those in attendance that he didn’t really know what to expect when coming to IUP, but in his words, “You guys kicked every other college show we’ve played.”

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Josh Turner (center) is set to perform Saturday at the KCAC.

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

Josh Turner, a Nashville country music star, will be bringing his Deep South music to Indiana when he performs at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex (KCAC) Saturday.

Turner got his start in country music when he released his debut album, “Long Black Train,” in 2003. Since then, he has released five more albums: “Your Man” in 2006, “Everything is Fine” in 2007, “Haywire” in 2010 and “Punching Bag” in 2012.

In March, Turner released his sixth studio album, “Deep South.” Unlike many other country artists, he sticks to his original, southern style and stays far from the pop-country genre that is becoming more trendy.

The album featured the singles “Lay Low,” released in 2014, and “Hometown Girl,” which debuted in 2016.

In “Deep South,” Turner mixes sincere love songs, such as “Never Had a Reason,” with

summer jams like “Beach Bums” and “Hawaiian Girl.”

“I think his music is really good,” Kiersten Jacobs (sophomore, fashion merchandising) said. “I think he’s a great choice for the end of the semester concert. A lot of his music is relatable to teenagers and young adults, and that’s why I think he’s so successful.”

Throughout his career, Turner has been nominated and received his fair share of awards.

He has won six Inspirational Country Awards and been nominated for Country Music Association Awards and two Grammy Awards.

“Josh Turner is different than most country artists today,” Steele Henderson (freshman, safety science) said. “He has the same style today that he did years ago. I think that’s what makes him a great choice to close out the semester.”

Doors open for the concert at 6 p.m., and the show begins at 7 p.m.

Tickets start at $28, but ICard-holders can receive $10 off at the IUP box office located in the Hadley Union Building.

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The sun is 5,778 Kelvin.

Who: Hannah Lynn (senior, nutrition) What it is: A Tribal Sun Where:

Outside of the right leg, just above the

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Where it was done: State College Pain level: “It felt like a bee sting,” Lynn said.

Meaning: “It means every day is a new day,” Lynn said. “So the sun comes up every new day.”

Reactions: "People usually just say it's cool,” Lynn said. “It’s usually pretty positive.”

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Michael “Mike” Grego

Acoustic set to rock H.R. Steinhouse

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

H.R. Steinhouse will host a free show at 7 p.m. Thursday featuring two members from The Hawkeyes.

The Hawkeyes are made up of guitarist and vocalist Jay Wiley, drummer Colin Bronnenkant, bassist Brian Chalmers and guitarist and vocalist Michael Grego.

Wiley and Grego will be the only members performing Thursday.

The band members live in different regions and mainly do shows together on the weekends.

“The band does most of its traveling Thursday, Friday and Saturday,” Wiley said. “So when the band is not playing, Mike and I do it. I’d say it’s a very small percentage of Hawkeye shows.”

Wiley and Grego take an acoustic approach for their duo performances.

“The songs are the same,” Wiley said. “We’ll throw in a few more to play that the band doesn’t always play. That’s really the only change: the volume. And maybe we won’t play the songs as fast.”

The Hawkeyes have played with The Clarks and performed at the Penguins Stadium Series game at Heinz Field. The group’s music can be found on Spotify, iTunes and at its website, hawkeyesband.com.

H.R. Steinhouse aims to have more acoustic music Thursday.

“The full show is really energetic, but the acoustic stuff brought

out a lot more of the subtleties and a lot more of the country and blues influences,” said Steve Holliday, H.R. Steinhouse music coordinator.

The Hawkeyes have a classic rock sound with Americana elements.

“I guess the main genre would be rock ’n’ roll, and then it kind of breaks down into these micro pieces, like Americana with a slight touch of those old school ’70s solace,” Wiley said. “We call it honest, Rust Belt rock ’n’ roll.”

The Hawkeyes value playing off an audience’s energy.

“Sometimes we play shows without a set list,” Wiley said. “It’s fun to be spontaneous. It kind of creates an essence that you feed off. That’s everything these days.”

Holliday booked Wiley and Gego to add some diversity to the Indiana music scene.

“I’ve known them for about two years, personally, and I booked them because they also have the acoustic set,” Holliday said. “I wasn’t necessarily wanting to bring out the full band in here because The Hawkeyes were playing as a full band at The Brown later. I wanted to mix it up a little.”

The Hawkeyes enjoy the setup at H.R. Steinhouse.

“We love it there,” Wiley said.

“We’ve only played there once, but it was really cool and intimate.

It has this café/diner feel to it, which is neat because when the band plays, we play at The Brown Hotel, and it’s cool to come in and play acoustic at this little spot

where the audience is right in front of you. I love it.”

The Hawkeyes also enjoy visiting Indiana.

“We’re looking forward to being back,” Wiley said. “We love Indiana. We always feel it’s like a little home away from home.”

The Hawkeyes are currently working on a new album.

“We’re hoping for a February [or] March 2018 release date at the earliest,” Wiley said.

Will Northey of The Keep it Downs, a Clarion-based band, will play for about 35 minutes in between The Hawkeyes’ two sets, Holliday said.

H.R. Steinhouse averages about 35 people per show.

“There’s plenty of room for the musicians, plus 10 kids deep if they really wanted to cram themselves in there, which they do,” Holliday said.

Holliday said he has certain criteria to meet when he books a band.

“Honestly, mostly if they’re original-based music,” Holliday said. “If they write their own music, that’s definitely a plus. And if they’re passionate about playing live shows and getting people together, that’s definitely something I look at.”

Holliday said he enjoys having a place for musicians to perform.

“It’s been pretty successful so far,” Holliday said. “Just to have an available room for groups and performers to play. They really appreciate it.”

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“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” was released in theaters Dec. 16, 2016.

Netflix and Chill to get galactic

By TYLER SCHEFFLER Staff Writer T.R.Scheffler@iup.edu

In the last few weeks of the semester, STATIC (Student Activity Committee) will present several events, including another Netflix and Chill night featuring “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.”

The event will be held at 7 p.m.

Thursday in the Hadley Union Building Ohio Room. Students can come and socialize while watching the newest addition to the “Star Wars” series.

“Rogue One” takes place between Episodes III and IV, illustrating the struggle the Rebellion undergoes in its effort to steal the

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IUP Choirs performed their last recital Sunday in Gorell Recital Hall. Dr. Ryan Beeken conducted the concert.

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The IUP Jazz Ensemble held an outdoor jazz concert with refreshments at 6 p.m.

Sunday outside of Cogswell Hall.

plans for the Death Star from the infamous Galactic Empire.

This will be STATIC’s final Netflix and Chill event for the spring semester, with “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” preceding “Rogue One.” Being a generally new event, STATIC presents three to four Netflix and Chill events per semester, each of which take place in the Ohio Room.

Movie choices generally reflect what the public is interested in at the time while displaying a seasonal theme depending on whatever month it is. For example, STATIC premiered “Princess and the Frog” on Valentine’s Day to promote love and equality while

displaying a heroine as the protagonist.

The first Netflix and Chill event took place in February, showing “Train Wreck.” Other Netflix and Chill events to follow were “Princess and the Frog,” “Fantastic Beasts” and now “Rogue One.” With Star Wars Day approaching rapidly on May 4, there’s not a movie more fitting to conclude the semester.

STATIC will also present Study Break, an event in the Ohio Room, from 3 to 7 p.m. Friday.

Like Netflix and Chill, students can come and socialize while grabbing snacks before final’s week. And May the fourth be with you.

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This only applies to you if you have melanin in your lineage

By KOFI AMOFA

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This article contains opinion.

There's a silent (if I can even call it that) rift between Africans and blacks that goes unspoken, and neither side seems to acknowledge its importance or admit that we are all at fault.

I speak with Africans on a consistent basis on this matter, and they are too set in their ways to appreciate something such as the burden black-Americans placed on their shoulders for our immigrant parents to come here. I speak with black-Americans, and their thought processes are far too removed from the continent to care about what Africans say, because to them, they're fighting their own fight, and they don’t have time to consider the genocide, hunger or impoverishment of a group of people who don’t recognize them as their own (these two are mild examples of conversations I’ve had with both parties, and again, I hope to dig further into them as we grow in this conversation).

I see these thought processes as very divisive; these mindsets work toward dividing the melanin that keeps our issues tight-knit and nuanced. These forces, if left unchecked, will continue to prevail in

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the severance of those under the domain of black. Are we willing to let something such as that happen? So, one could ask, why would these groups of people want to come together, anyway?

From my perspective (again speaking from my experiences in America), there is a system that has been structured to ensure that blacks aren't the majority decisionmakers of the products consumed in America. Disenfranchisement, marginalization, socialization of the mind by way of slavery and the

media – I could go on, but it has been proven to us consistently that our voices will be heard if and only if the system allows it to be heard; even if a few of us prevail, for the goal of the system that supposedly would be enough to appeal and disarm the masses.

Then you have the latter – the African continent that is being pumped of its resources and distributed to other parts of the world. It baffles me how so many resources are extracted from the richest continent, but its people

are the poorest (in terms of capital) and don't see the fullness of the ripe fruit.

I guess what I'm saying is that it's about time that we at least start considering this thought and really start figuring out why (for the most part) we've left the thought of Pan-Africanism at the back of our minds; because if both parties – meaning those who gather the resources from the root of the continent and those who are on the receiving end of that resource production – aren’t the full beneficiaries of their resources and aren't experiencing the true abundance of that production, it is because of systemic oppression.

Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have a larger issue that extends beyond the designers of this system. That’s why now, more than ever, we need to begin the global discussion, so we can better understand our feelings toward each other. We have learned that blacks in the United States remain unappreciated even if they construct museums or monuments, build street names after our leaders or even give us our first black president. The true test is the freedom to move freely and fully enjoy the resources and backbreaking work that initially originate from us.

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New Found Glory celebrates 20 years with new album

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New Found Glory released its new album, “Makes Me Sick,” Friday.

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To celebrate its 20th anniversary as a band, New Found Glory is rolling out a new album, “Makes Me Sick” (Hopeless), and a new tour, which includes an appearance at the Great South Bay Music Festival.

The sound is familiar catchy pop melodies layered over punkinfluenced guitars, topped with

Jordan Pundik’s ever-youthful vocals. The difference on “Makes Me Sick,” though, is the lyrical perspective.

Time and time again, Pundik sings about changing your outlook on life.

In “Party on Apocalypse,” he chides a selfie-obsessed generation about their priorities while weaving in a bit of “It’s the End of the World As We Know It.” In “Call Me Anti-Social,” he chronicles the idea of being bummed out about

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friends’ social media feeds when you’re too lazy to live your own life.

All these pop-punk anthems champion taking chances and evolving, growing into – gasp! – adults, without growing old.

“I’m not the same fool that I used to be,” he sings in the pop anthem “Your Jokes Aren’t Funny.”

And they do it with a skill that new bands usually can’t quite manage. It’s a skill that generally just comes with age.

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The movie was released Friday and made more than $12 million on opening day, according to a Sunday Forbes article.

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This past Friday, IUP baseball hosted Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference rival California University of Pennsylvania for Games 1 and 2 of the four-game series.

Also celebrating Senior Day, the Crimson Hawks swept Cal at Owen Dougherty Field, winning, 10-7 and 7-3.

In Game 1, Cal jumped to a 2-0 lead in the first inning. IUP answered back with a 10-run bottom of the second.

The 10 runs mark the most runs in a single inning for IUP since recording 13 runs in the sixth inning against Lock Haven University in 2016.

The action started with a solo home run from catcher Matt Eperesi (senior, accounting).

Cory Wheeler (junior, exercise science) gave IUP the lead with a two-run single before Anthony Rigous (redshirt junior, accounting) extended the lead to 8-2 with a two-run double.

An error and a wild pitch from the Vulcans closed the inning, giving the Crimson Hawks two more runs.

Eperesi finished the game with the home run, two runs scored and an RBI. Starting on the mound for IUP was Jeff Allen (sophomore, criminology), who earned the win after

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(IUP Athletics) Cory Wheeler (junior, exercise science) (left) came through with two big hits in the four-game series against California University of Pennsylvania. Wheeler had a two-run single in the team’s Game 1 win over the Vulcans and a two-run triple in Game 4. Mike Klingensmith (junior, exercise science) (right) took the loss in Game 3 of the series after allowing two late unearned runs on an error in the bottom of the fifth inning, which put the Vulcans ahead for good.

tossing five innings and striking out two.

Cal started off hot in Game 2, leading, 2-0, in the first inning on an RBI single.

IUP tied the game in the bottom of the second inning with a tworun single by Nate Dickey (junior, finance).

IUP increased its lead in the fourth, 7-2, on three singles from Chris Eisel (freshman, pre-physical therapy), Dan Sepic (junior, hospitality management) and Wes Carson (junior, criminology).

Pitcher Colin Claus (sophomore, health/physical education) earned the win for the Crimson Hawks, pitching five-and-a-half innings.

Claus struck out one while scattering six hits and allowing three runs.

Pitcher Dillon Swanger (senior,

criminology) was one of four who celebrated their last season as IUP baseball players.

“It was fun, but a bittersweet moment knowing that my time playing baseball is near its end,” Swanger said. “I wouldn’t trade anything in the world for being able to do what I love every day for so long.”

Swanger came in to pitch in Game 2 for the Crimson Hawks, coming in as a reliever and striking out a Vulcan’s batter to end the threat.

On Saturday, IUP traveled to California for the final two games of the series.

IUP lost, 5-4, in Game 3, but came back to grab the win in Game 4, 6-2.

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Cal. The game remained 4-3 until the bottom of the fifth inning, when the Vulcans scored two unearned runs on an error to get the win.

Starting on the mound in Game 3 for IUP was Mike Klingensmith (junior, exercise science), who took the loss after pitching six innings.

Klingensmith allowed seven hits and three earned runs.

In the final game, IUP held a 1-0 lead until the fourth inning.

Scoring three runs in the seventh, the Crimson Hawks took the win with a Wheeler triple to right center, driving in two Crimson Hawks.

“The games went really well,” Swanger said. “Taking three games out of four from a really tough team goes a long way. With this win, it helps us continue our

goal in reaching a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) playoff berth.

“We will have to play our best this upcoming weekend to make sure that we stay in contention for playoffs.”

With an 18-22 overall and 14-10 PSAC West conference record, IUP currently ranks No. 4 in the PSAC West standings.

Mercyhurst University is in first with a 21-3 conference record and 34-4 overall mark.

The Crimson Hawks will host the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown at 1 and 3 p.m. Friday at Owen Dougherty Field for a doubleheader contest.

Pitt-Johnstown ranks seventh in the PSAC West standings with an 8-16 conference and 18-26 overall record.

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IUP drops season finale, but sets sights on playoff matchup with Slippery Rock

(IUP Athletics) Hannah Bertolo (senior, marketing) was named last week’s PSAC women’s lacrosse co-athlete of the week. Bertolo led the Crimson Hawks in the regular season in groundballs, with 58.

By BRAD O’HARA Staff Writer

B.L.Ohara@iup.edu

The IUP lacrosse regular season wrapped up Saturday with a game against the No. 1 team in the conference, the East Stroudsburg University Warriors.

The Warriors defeated the Crimson Hawks by a score of 16LACROSSE 8, solidifying East Stroudsburg’s No. 1 seed going into the postseason.

Ally Burrows (sophomore, biology), who scored three goals, led the offensive drive for the Hawks, and Kim Hooven (senior, elementary and special education), Adriana Greco (sophomore, undecided) and Katie Martyn (sophomore, criminology) each added a goal and an assist.

Burrows’ third goal of the game marked her 100th career goal for IUP. The milestone goal also pushed her up to ninth in IUP history for career goals and fifth for goals in a season as a sophomore.

Going into the playoffs, Burrows is only four goals back from the second-most goals scored in a season and 12 back from the top spot.

However, Burrows isn’t focused on breaking these records at all.

She was actually unaware of how

close she was to breaking the marks altogether.

“Honestly, I had no idea about how close I was to those records,” Burrows said. “I try to only compare myself to my own personal records to improve my own game. It's so amazing I have had the opportunity to be breaking these sorts of numbers as just a sophomore.

“I mainly just want to keep winning. It would be awesome to win and help lead the team, but everyone has their days, and as long as we win, I'm happy.”

Burrows will try to continue her offensive dominance when IUP takes on Slippery Rock University in the first round of the playoffs Tuesday. IUP has already faced Slippery Rock once in the regular season, picking up a 10-7 victory back on April 12.

The team feels prepared and ready to win again, but they are training as if this is the first time they’re playing The Rock.

“Since we have already faced Slippery Rock, we know what we have to do,” Burrows said. “It is going to be a very tough game now that we are in playoffs, and each game could be seasonending. I think as long as we play 100 percent and are on top of our game, everything should play out to our favor.”

The game Tuesday will be played at 4 p.m. at Miller Stadium.

The winner will advance to take on East Stroudsburg Friday.

(IUP Athletics) Ally Burrows (sophomore, biology) led the Crimson Hawks in goals, with 51, and points, with 56, in 2017. Burrows scored her 100th career goal for IUP Saturday in the team’s loss to East Stroudsburg University.

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Crimson Hawks secure playoff berth in series split with Pitt-Johnstown

By JARROD BROWNE Lead Sports Writer

J.W.Browne@iup.edu

The IUP softball team played two doubleheaders on the road this past weekend.

The Crimson Hawks opened up the weekend at Mansfield University Friday, and then traveled to the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown (UPJ) Saturday. IUP began the weekend by sweeping Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) rival Mansfield.

In Game 1, the Crimson Hawks sent Lauren Zola (sophomore, hospitality management) to the mound. Zola gave the Crimson Hawks a strong performance, pitching a complete game while allowing no earned runs and recording five strikeouts in the 2-1 victory.

Leading the way for IUP on offense were Hannah Mercer (senior, marketing) and Mackenna Miller (junior, kinesiology), who both had two hits for the Crimson Hawks.

Mercer also batted in a run, and Miller scored a run.

In Game 2, IUP turned to Megan Risinger (sophomore, nursing), who pitched five innings with four strikeouts without allowing a run. On the offensive side of the ball, the Crimson Hawks produced a season-high 14 runs in the 14-2 victory.

Mercer, Zola, Lauren Goetz (sophomore, kinesiology) and Amanda Parrish (junior, accounting) all had a multi-hit games while recording RBIs in the 14-run effort.

The Game 2 win clinched IUP a playoff berth for the PSAC Championships.

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“Clinching the playoffs was such a relief to the whole squad,” Mercer said. “With the huge turnaround that we had halfway through the season, we felt that we really deserved to be in the playoffs and show the PSAC how much we’ve improved as a whole.”

On Saturday, the Crimson Hawks split the doubleheader with UPJ. IUP once again turned to Zola to pitch the first game. Despite a strong outing, IUP still fell, 3-1.

The Crimson Hawks’ struggles came on the offensive side of the ball, where IUP recorded only two hits. Goetz and Kaitlyn Beers (freshman, criminology) were the lone Crimson Hawks to record hits.

In Game 2, Risinger pitched a complete game shutout while recording three strikeouts. The Crimson Hawks reclaimed their success offensively in the 6-0 victory.

Leading the way for the Crimson Hawks were Mercer and Zola, who both had multi-hit games.

Not only did Mercer collect three hits, but she also crossed the plate two times, allowing her to set the program record in hits and runs scored.

“It was an awesome feeling,” Mercer said. “It definitely wasn’t my main focus, since we were in such a tough playoff run. I was really just trying to contribute to my team and trying to attain playoffs, so it was really just an added bonus.”

The UPJ series wraps up the regular season for the Crimson Hawks.

The team finished with an overall record of 24-17 and 13-7 in the conference, a mark good enough to secure the team a seed in the PSAC playoffs.

Moving forward, IUP will travel to Quakertown Wednesday to take on Shippensburg University in the first round of the PSAC Championships.

(IUP Athletics) Hannah Mercer (senior, marketing) reached a milestone in the final regular season series of her collegiate career Saturday when she set the program record for career hits and runs scored.

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Steelers draft recap: T.J. Watt selected with 30th overall pick

By SEAN FRITZ Sports Editor

S.D.Fritz@iup.edu

The Pittsburgh Steelers concluded their weekend in Philadelphia at the 2017 NFL Draft by securing eight players through seven rounds.

Among the selections are some potential contributors in 2017 and in the future.

The first selection the organization made came late Thursday night, when they drafted outside linebacker T.J. Watt from the University of Wisconsin with the 30th overall pick in the first round.

Watt is the younger brother of All-Pro defensive lineman for the Houston Texans, J.J. Watt.

Like his brother, Watt has a great work ethic that the Steelers have been intrigued by since before the draft.

Heading into the 2017 season, Watt will be looked upon to complement the play of James Harrison, the aging veteran outside linebacker who the Steelers have depended upon for years now.

With Harrison’s career dwindling at 38 years old, it is projected that Watt will eventually become one of the team’s top pass rushers for the future.

In the second round, Pittsburgh selected wideout JuJu SmithSchuster from the University of Southern California with the 62nd overall pick. Smith-Schuster was a top target in the Trojans’ offense the past two seasons.

The Steelers hope he will give them some depth at the position in the short term.

As far as the long term, the 6-foot-2, 220-pound receiver is as aggressive as they come and works hard to get open.

He caught 89 passes for more than 1,000 yards in his sophomore year at USC, and added 25 touchdown receptions in his three

seasons. With inconsistency at the receiver position, Smith-Schuster will add some depth to the receiving corps that players like Sammie Coates and Martavis Bryant, who was suspended all of 2016, have struggled to provide for the Steelers offense.

The third round consisted of two selections for the Steelers.

The first was cornerback Cameron Sutton as the 94th overall pick.

Sutton, who played his college ball at the University of Tennessee, has got loads of talent, potential and athleticism along with being a playmaker in the secondary.

Although he has been bitten by the injury bug a series of times throughout his collegiate career, Sutton does have some upside if he can stay healthy, and may also be used in the return game at some point, as well.

The second pick of the third round was Erie native and former University of Pittsburgh running back James Conner.

After fighting off cancer last year, Conner came back this past season with a stellar performance.

He can add some versatility to the Steelers’ backfield alongside Le’Veon Bell and veteran DeAngelo Williams.

Conner adds a rough and tough downhill style to the Steelers’ running game, and spelling Bell will only help him in the long run with his history of injuries.

One final notable pick was quarterback Joshua Dobbs out of Tennessee, who was selected in the fourth round.

Dobbs put up some good numbers in his time with the Volunteers and played in some big-time games, as well.

He could be the potential replacement for quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. Selecting Dobbs adds some depth behind the aging franchise quarterback, who has also had a past of injury-ridden seasons.

(TNS) The Pittsburgh Steelers selected former Pitt Panthers running back James Conner with the 105th overall pick in the third round of the 2017 NFL Draft.

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IUP’s Cooper signs with Pittsburgh Steelers

By DENNIS CANIZ Staff Writer

D.M.Caniz@iup.edu

IUP offensive lineman Ethan Cooper (senior, finance) has signed as an undrafted free agent with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Cooper spent the weekend in his hometown of Steelton, where he rented out Rookie’s Sports Bar & Grille Saturday in Harrisburg to watch the NFL Draft's final rounds with family and friends.

Shortly after the draft ended, Cooper tweeted “Officially A Pittsburgh Steeler!”

Cooper was one of just nine rookie free agents to sign with the Steelers after the draft.

Pittsburgh did not draft another offensive lineman; Cooper is the only rookie at his position who the Steelers will be bringing in.

Come this summer, Cooper will participate in the Steelers’ training camp in hopes of making the 53-man roster.

Cooper joins a small fraternity of IUP alumni to enter the NFL. He is trying to become the first player since corner-

(IUP Athletics) Ethan Cooper (senior, finance) signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers as an undrafted free agent.

back Akwasi Owusu-Ansah to come from IUP and make a starting roster.

Owusu-Ansah was drafted in 2010 in the fourth round, 126th overall by the Dallas Cowboys.

The first player to be drafted from IUP was Dave Smith in 1970; he was taken by the Steelers in the eighth round with the 184th overall pick.

Since Smith in 1970, only seven players have been drafted from IUP. Cooper has praised the IUP staff for helping him reach the next level, and the feelings are mutual from the staff on Cooper.

“I think he stands for

what IUP football really is,” said Jim Smith, IUP’s defensive coordiantor. “I had high expectations from him.

His work ethic on and off the field is great, and it has shown. As an alumnus, I am proud to have him represent IUP.” While at IUP, Cooper played all four years as a starter and did not miss a game. Cooper also never redshirted while at IUP. “He does everything the right way,” IUP head coach Paul Tortorella said. “Cooper has never missed a game, even when he was injured. He is a very motivated individual and has done IUP proud.”

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Sports

Paul Pierce calls it a career with Clippers’ Game 7 loss to Jazz

By DAN WOIKE

Los Angeles Times TNS

Paul Pierce's heart was absolutely broken.

His eyes were red. His voice was shaky. Depression was in every word he said and in every movement he made.

This, he said, is how you're supposed to feel when a season ends, when the playoffs don't finish with the trophy in your hand, a cigar in your mouth and your jersey soaked with champagne.

The Clippers had just been defeated by the Trail Blazers to end their 2015 season, Pierce's first with the team, and he wasn't sure about his future.

"It's a tough pill to swallow," Pierce said in Portland. "If you're any type of competitor, if you have any type of dream, you're always thinking about winning that championship. I don't want to make an emotional decision.”

Sunday, Pierce and the Clippers had their hearts broken again, losing Game 7, 104-91, to the Utah Jazz at Staples Center. Again, he spoke of it being "a tough pill to swallow."

But instead of rubbing the corner of his eyes to fight back the pain, he filled two clear garbage bags with his sneakers.

He asked if someone could throw them in his trunk. He thanked the locker room attendants for their hard work. He said goodbye.

And, most importantly, he was able to smile.

"I really enjoyed myself with this group this year. Regardless of what happened today with the basketball, I'm happy. What I've been able to accomplish, what I've been able to do with my career, I gave every ounce I could. I have no regrets."

Pierce signed with the Clippers as a free agent before the 2015 season, reuniting with Doc Rivers

and trying to recapture the magic they had in Boston, where the Celtics were able to win one championship and compete in the Finals for another. On the court, it never came together.

Pierce's game matched his age.

He struggled to adapt to the inconsistent minutes necessary to keep him healthy. He never got the championship parade in Los Angeles he dreamed about while growing up in Inglewood.

Still, he walked out of the Clippers' locker room Sunday at peace.

He leaves the game with 26,397 points, 18th-most all time and two more than Celtics great John Havilcek.

In his final game in Boston, Pierce stepped into a last-second 3-pointer and drilled it, sending the crowd into hysterics.

In Los Angeles, he was able to play in front of his mother, Lorraine.

Friends from the old neighborhood, family members who never could make it to Boston, Pierce would look up from his seat on the Clippers' bench, see them and smile.

Late this summer, Pierce knows things will feel different. He won't pick up the ball the same way. He won't try to get his slowing body back up to speed for another NBA season.

"Maybe in those months, when I get up and I don't have practice, it'll hit me more," he said.

But there won't be any itch to try and win one more ring, to hit one more contested step-back, to hit another late-game shot.

He gave Staples Center a couple of those moments Sunday, rebounding from a badly missed first 3-point attempt to score 6 points on a made 3-pointer and vintagelooking drive and free throw.

He walked off the court, hand in the air, waving to the fans in his hometown.

The ending destination wasn't where he planned, but he was good with it.

(TNS) Paul Pierce of the Los Angeles Clippers played the final game of his career Sunday in the Clippers’ Game 7 loss to the Utah Jazz in the first round of the NBA Playoffs. Pierce, who made his name with the Boston Celtics, is one of the best players in recent NBA history.

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