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Homeless to Homeowner: Veteran ‘pays it forward’ this holiday season

By CHRIS HAYES Editor-in-Chief C.T.Hayes@iup.edu

The holidays are a joyous time for most people. It’s a time to be thankful for what you have and to spend with the people you love most.

But, it’s easy to forget that for some, the holiday season can bring nothing but anxiety and fear.

That was the case about three years ago for current IUP campus security officer Kristin Squires.

She was homeless for nearly six months.

“I was working,” Squires said.

“So, I didn’t qualify for assistance.

I didn’t have enough money to put down on a house. Basically, I was working poor.”

Squires said only seven or eight people knew about her difficulties.

Not even her family was aware.

She worked at a jail while homeless and said she’d shower and eat meals while at work.

“I knew if I worked overtime, I’d have a free meal, even though the food wasn’t the greatest,” she said.

“On nights that I didn’t have a friend’s couch to sleep on, I slept in a Wal-Mart parking lot, and then I’d just go back to work. So, it was pretty much just me, a duffel bag and my dog for six months because my stuff was in storage.”

Squires credits Team Red, White & Blue (Team RWB) for saving her life during that trying time.

Team RWB encouraged Squires to keep working while helping to take care of her dog while she worked double shifts.

Squires said without the support of Team RWB, she would not have gone from homeless to homeowner in a six-month span.

Once Squires was back on her feet, she contacted Team RWB and asked how she could repay them.

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(Photo submitted by Kristin Squires) The Homeless Heroes Stocking Project gathered supplies throughout November and the beginning of December to give to the 400-plus homeless veterans in Western Pennsylvania.

(Photo submitted by Kristin Squires) Many veterans take up shelter in the woods, about a 19-mile hike, where the Veterans Leadership Program of Western Pennsylvania brings them supplies once a month.

Their response? Pay it forward.

And that’s what Squires has done.

She has spearheaded the Homeless Heroes Stocking Project, an effort to provide more than 400 documented homeless military veterans between Indiana and Pittsburgh with stockings that will include items such as shampoo, deodorant, toothpaste, toothbrushes, razors, shaving cream, wash clothes, soap, body wash, socks, gloves and gift cards. The homeless veterans are under the care of the Veterans Leadership Program of Western Pennsylvania (VLP).

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Team RWB and VLP, also asked for help from the IUP Rho Tau Chi military service fraternity and the IUP Military Philanthropic Organization. Squires is an alumna and current staff member of both organizations.

The two groups gladly agreed to help raise funds, collect donations and stuff the stockings. The stocking-stuffing event will take place at 6 p.m. Tuesday in Pierce Hall.

Squires, currently taking classes as a sophomore nursing major at IUP and a part-time employee at Uptown Fitness, said she first thought of the stocking-stuffing

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idea in an unusual place. $720 was raised that night.

“They always say the best A lot of the veterans VLP takes ideas come to you while you’re in care of live in camps in the woods. the bathroom,” she said. “I have One camp is a 19.2-mile rounda female roommate, and I was trip hike, and Squires said VLP laughing cause in our shower, we makes supply drops there once have, like, 20 bottles of shampoo, a month. The Homeless Heroes body wash, soap, just random Stocking Project is taking donagirl junk. When I was homeless, I tions until the second week of would have given anything for a December. bottle of Bath & Body Works body As of now, the project is only wash or nice shampoo. It just kind 25 percent away from its ultimate of popped in my head how much goal. Donations can be sent this would mean to veterans that through PayPal to we take care of with the VLP to VLPHomelessheroes@gmail.com just have something that simple.” and are tax-deductible.

Squires contacted the VLP comAlthough this is the first year of munity outreach coordinator, who the project, Squires hopes it consaid it was a tinues for years great idea.

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“What started as a therapeutic Lewis heard about the stocking- moment for me kind of turned stuffing project and wanted to get into the ‘pay it forward’ that’s involved. hopefully going to impact the He set up a table for donations lives of 408-plus people who are at the concert, and Squires said where I used to be.”

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As tax overhaul looms, Senate has the upper hand

By LINDSEY MCPHERSON CQ-Roll Call TNS

The Senate’s passage of a tax overhaul illustrated a fragile coalition of support that ironically provides the chamber with the upper hand headed into conference committee negotiations with the House.

House Republicans wanted a conference process on the two chambers’ differing tax bills to prevent the House from getting jammed by the Senate, as they acknowledge has happened frequently on major bills.

But some members realize that a conference committee may still result in a final product that tracks more with Senate priorities given the thin margin of support in that chamber.

Senate passage came after days of negotiations in which several Senate Republican holdouts were offered significant concessions to secure their votes, with some changes designed just to appease a single senator.

“You have senators over there negotiating 400 billion things.

That’s why people want to be in the Senate, not in the House,” Pennsylvania GOP Rep. Ryan A. Costello said, acknowledging that the Senate “absolutely” has the upper hand heading into conference.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Friday he expects negotiations to go smoothly.

“We’ve moved our initial thinking on this in the direction of the House bill, for example the property tax deduction, in order to get the bills closer together than they were,” the Kentucky Republican said. “I’m not saying the conference will be a piece of cake, but I don’t think there’s much chance we won’t be able to reconcile our differences and move forward.”

While Costello is not as adamant about the procedural argument for going to conference as other members, he said he supports it “on the basis that we need all members to feel that their opinion matters.”

“And if you’re just going to eat a Senate bill, then the only reason that we passed our first

(TNS) United States Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Republican of Kentucky) made remarks to the media following the weekly US Senate Republican Party luncheon on Nov. 28.

tax bill was to force the Senate to act,” the member of the moderate Tuesday Group added.

Another Pennsylvania Republican from the opposite end of the political spectrum, Freedom Caucus member Scott Perry, also acknowledged the power the Senate holds.

“Could we get jammed? Yes,” he said. “Does this member have confidence that we’re going to get concessions, meaningful concessions, from the Senate?

Likely not.”

Perry also suggested that a conference committee likely won’t be holding a ton of formal meetings to hash out their agreement.

“When you say ‘conference,’ people have in their mind something where everybody sits around the table and talks about different things, works out (differences),” he said. “That could be what it looks like, but I suspect it won’t look like that.”

House Ways and Means ranking member Richard E. Neal also suggested the conference committee will likely only meet for show.

The Massachusetts Democrat said he has “relatively low expectations” and it’s likely the Republicans will have most everything done before the committee even has its first meeting.

Nonetheless, he said Democrats should still name conferees.

The House is scheduled to vote Monday on a motion to go to conference on the tax bill.

Republican leaders added the

legislative day to the schedule to get the conference process moving.

House Republicans have more votes to spare than Senate Republicans in terms of passing a final measure or conference report.

Assuming all Democrats remain opposed to the measure, the Senate can lose just two GOP votes – with Vice President Mike Pence casting a tie-breaking vote – but the House can lose 22.

Only 13 Republicans voted against the tax bill the House passed Nov. 16. Of those “no” votes, 12 came from members from the high-tax states of New York, New Jersey and California over concerns about the partial elimination of the state and local tax deduction, also known as SALT. GOP leaders are working on a proposal to partially restore the deduction for state and local income taxes, which is fully repealed in both chambers’ bills, to address the concerns of California Republicans. But the Senate would have to agree to that in conference.

That’s just one of many issues the two chambers will have to tackle. Other House priorities include eliminating expiration dates for tax cuts for individuals, fully repealing the estate tax and maintaining the corporate rate at no higher than 20 percent.

“When that conference report comes back, both chambers equally have to be able to support it in a good strong way,” House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady told Roll Call when asked if the Senate has the advantage because they have fewer votes to spare.

The Texas Republican said he’s “not satisfied yet with the House or the Senate version” of the tax overhaul and he’s expecting improvements to be made in conference.

“My goal is, pick the best of both, and in some ways do better than both,” he said. “I think we’ve learned from the process what’s important, what’s really hitting the targets we want from a pro-growth and a simplification standpoint and what not yet has done that.”

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Police Blotter Theft

• Someone reportedly stole a STIHL weed wacker from a back porch at 8:47 a.m. Dec. 4 in the 1300 block of Philadelphia Street, according to the Indiana Borough Police Department. Anyone with information about the incident should contact borough police at 724-349-2121.

• Someone reportedly got into an unlocked vehicle and stole property from the vehicle sometime between 9 p.m. Dec. 3 and 7:30 a.m. Dec. 4 in the 1300 block of Philadelphia Street, according to borough police.

Anyone with information about the incident should contact borough police.

Assault

• Kadeem Meggett, 28, of Indiana, was charged in criminal complaint with simple assault and harassment after reportedly assaulting a female at 8 a.m. Dec. 3 in the 200 block of Washington Street, according to borough police.

Criminal Mischief

• Someone reportedly kicked in the front door to a residence causing damage to the door and the door frame at 2 a.m. Dec. 2 in the 100 block of North Fifth Street, according to borough police. Anyone with information about the incident should contact borough police.

Stolen Vehicle

• A red Ford Expedition SUV with Pennsylvania license plate JTJ3933 with a Steelers sticker on the rear back window at the bottom corner was reportedly stolen while it was parked at 5:23 p.m. Dec. 1 in the 500 block of Philadelphia Street, on the south side of the street by Subway, according to borough police. Anyone with information about the incident should contact borough police.

Trespass

• Someone reportedly broke a gate to a fence and entered property, throwing a chair off a porch, causing damage to the chair, sometime between 10 p.m. Nov. 29 and 8 a.m. Nov. 30 in the 200 block of South Sixth Street, according to borough police. Anyone with information about the incident should contact borough police.

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Dance student serves on executive board for statewide organization

By STEPHANIE BACHMAN Staff Writer S.L.Bachman2@iup.edu

Katherine Gutmann (senior, fine arts/dance) has been proudly dancing since she was 3 years old.

In those 18 years, it became her passion and greatly influenced her life, especially at IUP. Gutmann danced in more than 20 productions during her time at IUP. Additionally, she had the opportunity to perform as the lead in several dance productions and was chosen to dance in concerts of visiting professional artists and composers.

Some of the pieces in which she performed over the years included “A New Genesis,” “Carmina Burana,” “Home Grown,” “Blood Wedding” and “Gabriel’s Dream.”

Gutmann was also one of eight dancers from the IUP Dance Theater to perform in the piece “Santuario” when the Kun-Yang

(Stephanie Bachman/The Penn) Katherine Gutmann (senior, fine arts/dance) was one of three students to be elected on the executive board for the Pennsylvania State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.

Lin Dancers visited IUP from Philadelphia.

Along with 11 of her other

colleagues, she also danced in “Fables” when the RIOULT Dance NY company visited IUP. In addition to her various performances on stage, Gutmann was one of the three college student leaders from across the state elected to serve on the executive board for the Pennsylvania State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (PSAHPERD). She is the first dance major to serve in this position.

The mission of PSAHPERD is to provide leadership, advocacy and professional development to health and physical educators across Pennsylvania, according to its website.

Gutmann serves as the vice president of future professionals, and she is likely to be president following this year’s state convention. Her role is to help plan the annual Student Leadership Conference with the other board members.

She also finds presenters for the State Convention and has the

opportunity to attend Society of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE) America Eastern and National Conventions.

“I went after this position because I was encouraged to by faculty advisers,” Gutmann said.

“I was willing to go after it for the opportunities it presented for me to better myself through the leadership responsibilities, convention activities and networking.”

Overall, Gutmann said she was very grateful for everything the IUP Dance Theater did for her since coming to IUP. “I would not be where I am today if it weren’t for the opportunities that have been presented to me by IUP Dance Theater and my major,” Gutmann said. “I attribute my collegiate achievements to the work I have been offered through these elements of my years at IUP.” After graduation, Gutmann said she would like to get her master’s of fine arts at some point so she can teach in higher education.

“I am so grateful for the education, experience and opportunities my degree has given me, and my goal is to provide that for students in the future,” Gutmann said.

Gutmann added that the best way to get a full college experience is in taking advantage of all opportunities.

“Even the simplest or smallest tasks and activities can help you to grow professionally and personally,” Gutmann said. “Don’t be afraid to try new and unfamiliar things for the experience. I’m not saying every experience will be a positive one, but sometimes we can learn more from our mistakes or failures than we can from our successes.

“Take advantage of the arts opportunities that are presented around campus. You’ll never know if you like theater, dance, music, visual art, etc. if you don’t expose yourself to it, so take advantage of it while it’s all in one place and while you can get a student discount.”

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(TNS) World AIDS Day was created as a way for those suffering with HIV to come together in the fight against HIV/AIDS and honor people who lost their lives.

Speaker shares AIDS experience to end stigma

By JESSICA TRUBY Staff Writer J.L.Truby@iup.edu

The Health and Wellness Promotion peer educators presented the World AIDS Day awareness event Thursday in the atrium of the Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) Building.

World AIDS Day is observed Dec. 1 each year as an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV/AIDS, show support for others living with HIV/ AIDS and remember those who have died due to the virus.

The annual day of recognition started in 1988 as the first-ever global health day. Now, there are approximately 36.7 million people worldwide infected with HIV/AIDS. The virus was officially identified in 1984, causing more than 35 million deaths on record, making it one of the most destructive illnesses in history.

Today, there are treatments for HIV/AIDS, and there are laws protecting people infected due to growth in understanding of the virus.

According to the World AIDS Day website, each year in the UK, around 6,000 people are diagnosed with HIV. According to the website, World AIDS Day is meant to reduce stigmas and

discrimination revolving around the virus and remind the public and government that HIV has not gone away.

Some people raise awareness by wearing red clothing on World AIDS Day. At IUP’s event, Melissa Curry, a speaker at the event, told her story about her personal experience with AIDS. She was diagnosed at age 24 with HIV. A few weeks later, she was told she had AIDS. She had just become pregnant with her second child and was finishing nursing school.

Despite being very weak, and against all odds, she graduated and gave birth to a healthy baby girl. She is now a nurse and health coach. She has since had another daughter and lives a relatively normal life.

She said she likes to spread her story to help end the stigma surrounding the topic and make others with the condition feel as though they are not alone.

There was also a condom fashion show and awareness tables from IUP’s Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs Program; the IUP Haven Project; LGBTQIA; the IUP Health Center; and students from Community Health classes from the department of kinesiology, health and sport science. There were also many educational games and activities at the event.

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Supreme Court grants bid McMaster defends Trump’s promotion of anti-Muslim videos to revive full travel ban

By DAVID G. SAVAGE Tribune Washington Bureau TNS

The Supreme Court gave President Donald Trump a significant victory Monday, ruling he may put his full travel ban into effect while legal appeals are being weighed in lower courts.

The decision, with only two dissents, strongly suggests the justices believe the current version of Trump’s broad travel ban does not exceed his powers under the immigration laws and does not reflect unconstitutional religious discrimination against Muslims.

The justices issued an order Monday afternoon saying they had stayed or blocked lower court decisions that prevented full enforcement of the ban. Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor dissented.

The court’s action vindicates a rather bold procedural move by Trump’s Solicitor General Noel Francisco.

Two weeks ago, he filed an emergency plea with the high court urging the justices to bypass two lower courts that were weighing legal challenges to the third version of Trump’s travel order, which was issued Sept. 24.

The third version of the travel ban blocks visitors and immigrants from Chad, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria, Yemen and North Korea. The addition of North Korea is mostly symbolic, since the government did not expect to see visitors arriving from that country.

The order had gone into partial effect based on a middlecourse position the Supreme Court set out in late June. Then, ruling on an earlier version of the

travel order, the justices ruled the administration could refuse entry for visitors and immigrants from several Muslim nations, but not to families, travelers and others who had a “credible claim of a bona fide relationship with person or entity in the United States.”

In recent weeks, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, based in California, and a federal judge in Maryland adopted that standard and applied it to Trump’s latest order. They agreed the ban could go into effect in part, but not against those who had close personal or professional ties to a person or an entity here. The 9th Circuit and the 4th Circuit, based in Richmond, Va., were still weighing claims that Trump’s order discriminated based on nationality in violation of a 1965 law. The appeals courts are also considering claims that the ban reflected unconstitutional bias against Muslims.

Trump’s lawyers were not satisfied with that partial win in the appeals courts. They filed an emergency appeal Nov. 20 contending that allowing the ban to go into only partial affect “will cause ongoing irreparable harm to the government and the public.” They predicted the court would eventually uphold the order so the justices should permit the order to go into full effect without further delay.

Lawyers for the ACLU and state of Hawaii filed lengthy responses urging the court to maintain the status quo while the legal claims are heard and decided. But Francisco told the justices that to allow that delay would “cause ongoing irreparable harm to the government and the public.”

By LAURA KING Tribune Washington Bureau TNS

H.R. McMaster, President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, on Sunday defended his boss’ retweeting of anti-Muslim videos posted by a far-right British group.

Speaking on “Fox News Sunday,” McMaster said Trump’s intention was “to highlight the importance of creating safe and secure environments for our citizens.”

British Prime Minister Theresa May issued an unusual direct rebuke of Trump’s action last week, saying it was “wrong” for him to retweet content promoted by an extremist group, Britain First, whose aim is to stoke hatred and mistrust.

British parliamentarians across the political spectrum were also highly critical of the president’s decision to use his Twitter account, with nearly 44 million followers, to give a boost to the group.

(TNS) National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster spoke at the Center for a New American Security’s annual conference June 28 in Washington, D.C.

Pressed by interviewer Chris Wallace as to how the sharing of videos accompanied by incendiary anti-Muslim captions helped promote national security, McMaster replied that it was important to combat the “false narrative” that the fight against groups such as Islamic State is a “war of religion.”

Britain First’s characterizations of the videos, which purported to

show Muslims committing acts of violence, were widely criticized as incomplete or outright false. The Dutch Embassy in the U.S. said the group falsely claimed that an assailant shown beating another person in one of the video clips was a “Muslim migrant.” The perpetrator, who was punished, was born and raised in the Netherlands, the embassy said.

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Winter festival takes over Indiana

(Danielle DiAmico/The Penn) The festival spans from the week before Thanksgiving to the week before Christmas in downtown Indiana.

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Trump rejects fake news, spreads falsehoods on Twitter

President Donald Trump retweeted three tweets Nov. 29 depicting videos of “Muslims” committing violent acts.

The tweets were by Jayda Fransen, the deputy leader of Britain First, a political party in the United Kingdom known for being far-right. Among those Trump retweets was a video titled “Muslim migrant beats up Dutch boy on crutches.”

The video showed a teenager attacking a boy on crutches. However, the attacker was verified as neither a Muslim nor a migrant.

“Facts do matter,” the U.S. Netherlands Embassy said in a Nov. 29 tweet responding to Trump’s retweet of Fransen. “The perpetrator of the violent act in this video was born and raised in the Netherlands. He received and completed his sentence under Dutch law.”

According to a Nov. 30 Tribune article, the Dutch newspaper “De Telegraaf” quoted sources that said the attacker is “not a Muslim, let alone a migrant, but just a Dutchman.”

According to a Nov. 29 Boston Globe article, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House press secretary, said that it did not matter whether or not the video was fake, what mattered was the threat of Islamic terrorism.

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“Whether or not it’s a real video,” Sanders said, “the threat is real, and that is what the president is talking about.”

Mikel Jollett, the singer, guitarist and frontman for the Airborne Toxic Event, an indie rock band, quoted the Boston Globe’s article on Twitter in a Nov. 29 tweet saying “THIS IS LITERALLY THE DEFINITION OF FAKE NEWS,” earning more than 32,000 retweets and 90,000 likes.

Two days earlier, Trump expressed his disdain and frustration toward “fake news,” something he has done frequently on Twitter.

“We should have a contest as to which of the Networks, plus CNN and not including Fox, is the most dishonest, corrupt and/or

distorted in its political coverage of your favorite President (me). They are all bad. Winner to receive the FAKE NEWS TROPHY!” Trump said in a Nov. 27 tweet.

In his very next tweet, he quoted a Breitbart News article titled “Fake News: Morning Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) Caught Pretending Pre-Taped Day After Thanksgiving Show Was Live.”

“The good news is that their ratings are terrible, nobody cares!” Trump said in his Nov. 27 tweet quoting the Breitbart article.

Breitbart News, an alt-right opinion and commentary publication, is known for publishing verifiably false information.

Trump constantly goes on tangents about “fake news,” and then he rededately

spreads information that is verifiably inaccurate, such as Breitbart articles and the video he retweeted Nov. 29.

What Trump shares often pushes an alt-right agenda, and what he calls “fake news” is often anything that goes against that agenda.

Journalism, however, is a practice of verification. According to the American Press Institute, a journalist’s first job is to “get it right” by practicing verification.

Before a news organization presents news, it verifies its information in order to make sure it is accurate. CNN does it, Fox News does it, MSNBC does it, NPR does it.

So, why doesn’t the president do it?

Trump is constantly ranting and throwing tangents about “fake news,” but spreads verifiably false information to his 43 million followers on Twitter, and the world, on a constant basis. The President of the United States should be honest and forthcoming, not just spread “news” that further pushes his alt-right agenda.

Trump should, at the very least, be held to the same standard as journalists when it comes to verification and spreading true, accurate information.

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Mayday Parade reviews its ‘Lesson in Romantics’ for IUP crowd

(Ashley Lutz/ The Penn) Mayday Parade originated in Tallahassee, Fla.

(Ashley Lutz/ The Penn) Derek Mrdjenovich, (top right) the show’s opener, is originally from Pittsburgh.

By CAITLIN DENNY Staff Writer C.M.Denny@iup.edu

Mayday Parade, a Floridabased rock band, performed the entirety of its debut album “A Lesson in Romantics,” at 8 p.m.

Thursday in the Hadley Union Building (HUB) Ohio Room.

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mittee) hosted the band, which played all the album’s songs for a sold-out crowd in honor of the album’s 10-year anniversary. “A Lesson in Romantics” is the band's most commercially successful release with more than 200,000 copies sold.

Danielle Redding (senior, biology), STATIC’s executive chair, said the organizations always researches which artists will be a good fit

for IUP. “We encourage students to tweet or to send us a message on Facebook to give us suggestions on who should perform next,” Redding said.

Based on Thursday’s audience size, it’s no surprise that students were pleased with Mayday Parade’s arrival in Indiana.

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chair, said that Mayday Parade’s management team was great to work with.

“The crew set everything up in three hours, and everything ran smoothly,” Sharp said. “The Ohio Room is a 750-person capacity [room], and it’s the perfect size for alternative and rock shows.”

Mayday Parade singer Derek Sanders gave a shoutout to a crew member named Nick for his birthday.

“I want you all to say ‘Happy birthday’ to Nick,” Sanders said.

“Him and the rest of the crew work so hard so you guys have a great show.”

Mayday Parade has many songs that have heavy guitar riffs, which got a positive responses from the crowd. When the band played “Miserable At Best,” a slower, sad song, Sanders played piano and encouraged the crowd to sing along with him.

The crowd sang the last verses

very loudly, and the band quickly transitioned into “Walk On Water Or Drown,” a more upbeat, livelier song.

“We are currently in the middle of recording our sixth album, but today we are taking a break with you guys tonight,” Sanders told the crowd. “We never would have thought we would be working on a sixth album or be doing a 10– year album tour. Thank you.”

The band also played “Three Cheers for Five Years,” the band’s first song, which was released 12 years ago.

Hannah Holt, a freshman nursing major from Mount Aloysius College, said she had a great time at the show and would like to see the band again.

Sanders asked the crowd if the band could come back to Indiana 10 years from now and do a 20– year album tour.

With how loudly the crowd cheered, that tour could happen.

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(Facebook) Owen Wilson’s trademark crooked nose is the result of two accidents.

New films to dominate month of December

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

This article contains opinion.

Despite December traditionally being the time film industries release and publicize the films they feel have potential to gain critical acclaim, this December’s most anticipated films have very little chance of gaining major honors from The Academy come awards season.

While films like “I, Tonya,” a dark comedy starring Margot Robbie as Tonya Harding, the former Olympic figure skater who was accused of masterminding an attack on her teammate Nancy Kerrigan; or the potentially awkward, yet funny, “The Disaster Artist,” starring brothers Dave and James Franco, will likely gain the most critical acclaim this month, there will probably be only one major winner of the holiday season box office.

“Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” the latest installment of the incredibly popular “Star Wars” series, will enter theaters Dec. 15 as the third “Star Wars” movie created

by Walt Disney. “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” is the eighth in the entire “Star Wars” series and picks up following the events of 2015’s “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”

However, “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” is not the only sequel coming out this month.“Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” will go head-to-head with “Star Wars: The Last Jedi.”

The film is based in part on the popular 1995 movie “Jumanji,” starring Robin Williams, that centers a young boy who gets trapped inside a board game that comes to life before eventually being saved many years later by two siblings.

“Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” updates this idea for the modern viewer, starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Kevin Hart and

Jack Black, among others.

The film sees four teenagers get sucked into a virtual version of the original film’s board game.

Just like in the original, players are forced to complete the game to escape it and regain their freedom.

Beyond the updated game format, “Welcome to the Jungle” modernizes the idea of the film, to some extent, by having the teenagers embody avatars in the game. While this sequel of sorts was initially met with hesitation and low expectations, many of the early screenings have received surprisingly strong reviews.

A substantial amount of praise has been reserved for Jack Black’s embodiment of a stereotypically popular teenage girl who finds herself stuck in the body of a chubby, middle-aged man.

Continuing the theme of sequels and trilogies, December will also see the third installment of the popular musical comedy “Pitch Perfect.” With the Dec. 22 release of “Pitch Perfect 3,” members of the acapella group from the first movies will reunite after several years apart to perform on one last tour.

The film returns all of the main stars from the first two movies, including Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Brittany Snow, Anna Camp and musical artist Hailee Steinfeld.

Other notable releases during this period include the R-rated comedy “Father Figures,” starring Owen Wilson and Ed Helms as brothers who discover that their supposedly dead father is actually alive.

If you are looking for more family style entertainment, the animated film “Ferdinand” features the voice of WWE superstar John Cena as a Spanish bull. If you want to see a critically acclaimed and visually stunning movie, Guillermo Del Toro’s R-rated fairytale "The Shape of Water” will fit that bill.

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Christmas song renditions help bring holiday cheer

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By VICTORIA CASSELL Staff Writer V.V.Cassell@iup.edu

This article contains opinion.

Whether you’re more of a “bah, humbug” type of person or the holiday fanatic who had festive decorations up the day after Halloween, we can all agree that some holiday songs deserve at least a small moment in the limelight once a year.

10. Pentatonix – “O Come, All Ye Faithful” No sound quite compares to that of Pentatonix. Pentatonix have wowed listeners again and again with its harmonious a cappella blend.

So, sit back, grab a cup of hot chocolate and be prepared to have your socks blown off by Kevin’s incredible beatboxing skills, Avi’s bass and Mitch, Scott and Kirsten’s phenomenal vocals.

9. Justin Bieber – “Mistletoe"

Some of you might like Bieber.

But, whether you like him or hate him, “Mistletoe” is definitely one for the books.

Come on, we’ve got to admit that Justin did a pretty good job at creating a Christmas song that appeals to all audiences, both old and young.

Go ahead, give it a try. Don’t be ashamed.

8. Whitney Houston and Bobbi Kristina – “Little Drummer Boy” Whitney’s beautiful soul will undeniably live on through her music.

The singer paired up with her daughter, Bobbi Kristina, to sing

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this classic tune. “Little Drummer Boy” sets a warm and peaceful atmosphere that brings feelings of comfort and joy.

Although both singers have passed on, their music remains unchanged through time.

7. Eartha Kitt – “Santa Baby”

Looking to add a little seduction to the Christmas season? Let Eartha Kitt’s smooth voice and subtle words relax and entice you.

Although this song may not be

one for the kiddies, it’s definitely the perfect song for spending a romantic evening with someone special.

6. Jose Feliciano – “Feliz Navidad”

This has to be one of the catchiest Christmas songs ever.

You can’t be in a department or grocery store for too long until you hear it.

There’s definitely no escaping it

during the holiday season.

5. Gene Autry – “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer”

There's nothing like this classic to get you in the mood for a festive season. Let Rudolph’s glowing nose guide you to a wonderland that will bring you back to your childhood.

4. John Lennon – “And So This is Christmas”

John Lennon outdid himself with this popular hit. Adding children’s vocals to the background was a perfect touch to an astounding classic.

The song traditionally wishes listeners a “very Merry Christmas.”

3. Mariah Carey – “All I Want For Christmas is You”

Of course, Mariah had to be on this list. “All I Want For Christmas Is You” is one of Carey’s biggest hits. Even after its debut in 1994, it continues to be played around the world during the Christmas season. It’s such a perfect singalong song because it’s so catchy and easy to remember.

2. Frank Sinatra – “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" Frank Sinatra is a timeless artist

whose music has gained worldwide popularity, even after his death in 1998.

Some of his most recognized songs include: “Fly Me To the Moon,” “My Way” and “I’ve Got You Under My Skin.” Aside from “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” Sinatra boasts other Christmas classics like “Let it Snow” and “Jingle Bells.” Sinatra’s music will forever stay in our hearts and continue to grace his listeners every Christmas season.

1. Andy Williams – “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year”

This classic was released in 1963 and is still being played on radios today.

The song focuses on spending quality time with the ones you love while you tell stories and roast marshmallows on an “open flame.” Fuzziness and feelings of warmness can almost be felt when this timeless piece plays in the background.

No matter what song you’re cozying up to this holiday season, remember that there are only 20 days left until Christmas – which means only 20 days of Christmas music left for all you Scrooges.

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(Facebook) While at Cornell, Nye took an astronomy class taught by Carl Sagan.

Documentary introduces us to the real Bill Nye

By COLIN COVERT Star Tribune TNS

"Bill Nye: Science Guy" is a surprisingly kaleidoscopic portrait of someone we thought we already knew.

It reveals a man much more intriguing than the Emmy-winning kid show host he played through the 1990s. Directors David Alvarado and Jason Sussberg examine the human side of the television performer, educational comedian and bona fide celebrity in an era when science education is undervalued and entrenched belief systems resist persuasion.

While earning a degree in mechanical engineering at Cornell University, Nye found his love of science deepened after taking a class from Carl Sagan. He was fascinated by the vision of the celebrated astronomer and author who saw our surroundings as galaxies brimming with things waiting to be learned.

An aircraft engineer for Boeing after graduation, Nye explored a calling to comedy, performing in Seattle stand-up clubs. He quit his job to pursue performing after winning a Steve Martin look-alike contest in 1986. Before long, he was starring in his own local TV show with goofy on-screen experiments, adding humor and personality unknown in typical scientific broadcasting. A star was born,

and Nye was soon a public figure drawing financial backing from the National Science Foundation, Disney's TV division and PBS. After almost a decade in that format, he felt it was time to move on. He was still on a mission to make science matter, but increasingly in public forums where some insisted that fact-based research is fantasy.

We see him at a creationist theme park in Kentucky, where he debates the fundamentalist founder. When the encounter is broadcast online, fundraising for the park skyrockets, and it becomes clear to Nye that making science approachable and exciting to children is easy compared with the challenge of winning over adults.

Now 61, he remains on his mission, trying to push back against climate change deniers and discredit anti-science. He discusses his choice to be unmarried and childless and to leave behind a legacy of educating people to improve the world. A longtime friend notes that Nye "always wanted to be famous," the fact that celebrity is sometimes a shallow reward, and Nye's determination to use his fame to advance causes and projects. When we follow him on a trip to study Greenland's ice cores or oversee the launch of a solar-powered spacecraft as chief executive of the Planetary Society, you feel that he has made valuable choices indeed.

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Album reviews: Jaden Smith, Neil Young and Chris Stapleton

By THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER TNS

Neil Young & the Promise of the Real – “Visitor"

At 72, Neil Young remains a Ariveting live performer. In the studio, though, he's been erratic at best in recent years, as he moves from one experiment to another, such as 2014's low-fi collection "A Letter Home" or 2015's "The Monsanto Years," an assault on agribusiness recorded with the Promise of the Real, the band

(Facebook) Smith and Stapleton are beginning to leave their marks on their respective genres.

that features Willie Nelson's sons Lukas and Micah.

On "The Visitor," Young is back with the young and hungry POTR and sounds more focused and on target than he has in years. Credit for that goes to who else? Donald Trump. Over a steady garage-rock rumble, Young lays out his point of

view: "I'm Canadian, by the way, and I love the U.S.A." he sings at the start of "Already Great," as the band chimes in with chants of "No wall, no hate" and "Whose streets? Our streets!" – Dan DeLuca

Jaden Smith – "Syre"

First, forget that "Syre" is the debut album from one of West Philly-born Will Smith's kids, Jaden: a young actor and singerrapper in his own right who has recorded many a guest feature and mixtape long before this. If you're not paying attention to birthright (or his goofball videos that preceded the album's release, yikes), "Syre" is a deliciously lowkey, exquisitely eccentric, even cinematic, hip-hop nu-soul effort.

Half of "Syre" was coproduced

by Norwegian songwriter Lido (Chance the Rapper, Halsey), and

there's a woozy electronic film to the proceedings, whether it's the slow, filmic four-part suite "B," "L," "U," "E," (featuring haunting female vocals from sister Willow), or the rickety atmospheric rap of "Breakfast" featuring rough soul mouthpiece A$AP Rocky. Whether on the Lido tracks or beyond the spacey, low-slung "Watch Me," the wonky, thumping "Batman" Smith's scattered lyrics are best rendered in his deepest, singsongy manner. His attempt at vocalizing on the caramel jazzy "Fallen" is fine as wine, as his baritone register tickles an electric piano's tinkling. Then there are wrong songs, such as the third-rate Kanye crib "Watch Me" (OK, he samples Yeezy's "Black Skinhead") and the miserably screechy "Icon," which samples "The Hi De Ho Man" and finds Smith's voice and lyrics in a dumb, too-high place.

“Syre” is good, not great, and certainly promising for the 19-year-old Smith. Just keep it low-down and deep. – A.D. Amorosi

Chris Stapleton – "From a Room, Volume 2"

Chris Stapleton's breakthrough has been one of the more hearten-

ing developments out of Nashville in recent years. The success has been well-deserved: He had long been valued by fellow country artists as an all-around talent, but always in the service of others.

"From a Room, Volume 2" follows the format of "Volume 1," which was released this year and was just nominated for a Grammy.

The burly, bearded Stapleton leads a spare guitar-bass-drums combo, with his wife, Morgane, on background vocals. That puts his talents as a singer, writer, and guitar player in stark relief.

Here, Stapleton again cuts loose with the Waylonesque honky-tonk of "Hard Livin'" ("This hard livin' ain't as easy as it used to be") and the blazing, bluesinflected rock of "Midnight Train to Memphis." But he's equally adept at more intimate, acoustictextured numbers that range from the arrestingly dark imagery of "Scarecrow in the Garden" ("There's a Bible in my left hand and a pistol in my right") to the resolute positivity in the face of quotidian struggles found in "A Simple Song" ("I love my life ... the kids and the dogs and you and me"). – Nick Cristiano

S PO R T S IUP survives scare and advances

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

to national semifinals

By JARROD BROWNE Lead Sports Writer

J.W.Browne@iup.edu

The IUP football team defeated Assumption College on Saturday afternoon, 27-22, to win the Super Region One Championship and advance to its first national semifinal since 1999.

“That’s always one of our goals — winning the FOOTBALL region,” head coach Paul Tortarella said.

“And the next one, obviously, the national championship. So, we have three down: the division, the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) and the region. So, we have two games left to win it all.”

The Greyhounds opened up the scoring by closing out a 6:18 drive with a 28-yard field goal to give Assumption a 3-0 lead.

The Crimson Hawks quickly responded with a scoring drive of their own.

Leading rusher Samir Bullock (sophomore, management) punched in a 1-yard touchdown run to finish an 11-play, 78-yard touchdown drive to give IUP a 7-3 lead at the end of the first quarter.

Assumption opened up the second quarter by taking a Lenny Williams (junior, accounting) interception to the end zone for a 35-yard pick-six to give Assumption a 10-7 lead.

Assumption added three more

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points on a 20-yard field goal.

However, IUP reclaimed the lead before halftime after Williams connected with wideout Chris Wuestner (graduate, business) for a 25-yard touchdown to give IUP a 14-13 halftime lead.

IUP opened the second half with an eight-play, 73-yard touchdown drive. Duane Brown (freshman, kinesiology) ran in the 4-yard touchdown to give IUP a 21-13 lead.

Assumption responded with an 80-yard touchdown drive, scoring on a 2-yard touchdown pass as time expired in the third quarter, but failed to convert the two-point conversion, giving IUP a 21-19 lead going into the fourth quarter.

Assumption wasted no time regaining the lead as the Greyhounds went 41 yards on their first possession in the fourth quarter to set up a 25-yard field goal to give Assumption a 22-21 lead with 7:26 remaining.

IUP then went on a long drive to close out the game.

The Crimson Hawks punched in a 1-yard Brown run for the goahead score. Brown closed out a 6:10, 13-play, 76-yard drive that gave IUP a 27-22 lead that turned out to be the final score.

IUP was led on offense by Justice Evans (freshman, management) with 167 yards rushing.

Brown contributed from the backfield with two touchdowns, while Bullock added a touchdown of his own.

“They couldn’t handle our run game,” Tortorella said. “We really controlled the game in regards to running the game if you take away the five turnovers. Obviously, you can’t take away the four turnovers, but our running game allowed us

(Vincent Marino/ The Penn) IUP quarterback Lenny Williams (junior, accounting) struggled to protect the football in Saturday’s win over Assumption College. Williams threw a season-high three interceptions and just one touchdown in the team’s win. IUP’s focus will have to be protecting the football in its semifinal matchup against a tough turnover-forcing defense from the University of West Florida on Saturday.

to overcome those turnovers.”

Although the Crimson Hawks secured the win, IUP did struggle to protect the ball with three of the turnovers coming from interceptions. IUP also allowed Assumption to recover an onside kick in the second quarter.

Damon Lloyd (sophomore, kinesiology) led the defense with 11 tackles.

Moving forward, the Crimson Hawks will have to adjust defensively after losing safety Max Redfield (senior, philosophy) to a hip injury.

“It’s a big loss — tough to replace [Redfield],” Tortorella said. “[Eric] Doe (senior, biology) went in there and did a good job, and now we have a week to prepare and a

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week to get some other guys back there to help out.”

The Crimson Hawks will host the University of West Florida in the national semifinals at George P. Miller Stadium on at noon Saturday.

West Florida comes into its matchup with the Crimson Hawks holding an overall record of 10-3.

The Argonauts offense averages 28 points per game while their defense allows just 20 points per game.

West Florida’s offense is led by quarterback Mike Beaudry, who has thrown for more than 2,800 yards this season to go along with 26 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. The Crimson Hawks’ secondary will have to pay close attention

to wide receiver Antoine Griffin, who leads the Argonauts with 52 receptions for 732 yards on the season.

The rushing attack is similar to that of IUP with the Argonauts’ committee approach. West Florida has a trio of backs who have each carried for more than 300 total yards on the season.

Defensively, the Argonauts have had success in forcing turnovers, something IUP will have to sure up following its four-turnover performance in Saturday’s win.

West Florida’s defense has forced a total of 24 turnovers this season against its opponents.

The game will be available for streaming on ESPN3.com and the watchESPN app.

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Crimson Hawks men’s basketball splits pair of PSAC games

By DARNELL TURNER Staff Writer

D.M.Turner4@iup.edu

(Ishaaq Muhammad/ The Penn) Guard Anthony Glover (senior, marketing) led the Crimson Hawks in scoring in the team’s loss at West Chester University on Saturday.

Glover scored a career-high 25 points and was 10-for-17 from the floor.

The IUP men’s basketball team’s winning streak was halted at four games after a 93-78 road loss to West Chester University on Saturday.

Anthony Glover (senior, marketing) led all scorers with a careerhigh 25 points. Glover shot 10-for17 from the field, knocking down four of his eight 3-point attempts.

IUP trailed by just six points at halftime, 40-34, before West Chester opened things up to pull away in the second half.

Missed opportunities for IUP at the line were one of the biggest takeaways as they shot just 9-for-18. On the other hand, West Chester converted at the stripe often, getting to the line 26 times and converting on 24 of those attempts.

West Chester shot 50 percent from the field and 50 percent from the 3-point line. West Chester was led by junior Jackson Hyland and senior Tyrell Long, who both led the Rams in scoring with 26 points apiece.

This comes as IUP's first road loss of the season and first conference loss, as well.

IUP got back on track the next day with a 92-67 win over

Cheyney University.

Ayron Hutton (senior, communication media) scored a careerhigh 21 points. He shot 7-for-12 from the field. All seven field goals came from behind the 3-point line, where he was 7-for-10 on the day.

The Crimson Hawks had five players hit double figures in the scoring column, including Blake Danielak (graduate, business), who scored 17 points, and Jacobo Diaz (senior, economics), who continued his double-double streak with 15 points and 15 rebounds in 31 minutes of action.

Diaz added six assists and two steals to go along with his fourth double-double of the season.

The Crimson Hawks shot almost 48 percent from the field and made 13 of the team’s 30 attempts from 3-point range. This marks the third straight game that IUP has made at least 10 3-pointers. IUP led, 51-26, at halftime and led by as many as 31.

IUP got after it defensively, forcing Cheyney into numerous difficult shots. Cheyney shot just under 34 percent and lost the rebounding battle to IUP, 46-36.

IUP is now 6-4 and 3-1 in conference play after splitting the two games. The Crimson Hawks hit the road again this weekend for more cross-divisional play, as they take on Mansfield University at 3 p.m.

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IUP’s red-hot start continues with pair of conference wins

By JOHN FORAN Staff Writer

J.N.Foran@iup.edu

The IUP women’s basketball team remains undefeated as it picked up another two wins over the weekend.

The Crimson Hawks traveled east to West Chester University on Saturday to face the Golden Rams.

Point guard Carolyn Appleby (junior, safety science) scored a gamehigh 28 points in the 86-75 IUP victory.

Appleby was 8-for-16 from the floor, including 6-for-7 beyond the 3-point line.

Forward Brittany Robinson (junior, early childhood and special education) also contributed to the win with her 20-point, 11-rebound performance.

It was Robinson’s first doubledouble of the season.

Megan Smith (senior, management) continued her hot-handed scoring streak, dropping 15 points against the Rams.

Despite the team’s high-scoring offensive outburst, IUP struggled at the foul line for the first time this year, making just 16 out of 27 free throws.

While it made 2-for-4 in the first half, it struggled in the second half, going just 14-for-23.

Four players – Appleby, Robinson, Smith and sophomore guard Maura D’Anna (kinesiology) – all scored in the double digits for IUP. As a team, it shot 30-for-62 from the field and 10-for-19 from 3-point range.

Following the win on Saturday, the Crimson Hawks traveled just five miles down the road to compete against the one-win Cheyney University Wolves on Sunday.

The Crimson Hawks came out strong, scoring 34 points in the first quarter alone. IUP did not lose the lead in the 85-55 win for the Crimson Hawks, which extended the win streak to seven games.

Every player who entered the game for IUP scored at least one basket.

Smith scored a game-high 19 points on a 7-for-11 shooting performance in only 15 minutes of action.

Smith has scored fewer than 12 points only once so far this year, averaging 15.3 points per game.

The rebounding edge was dominated by the Crimson Hawks, who brought down 39 rebounds to the Wolves 24.

D’Anna and Jennifer Oduho (sophomore, communications) both brought down a game-high six rebounds.

The Crimson Hawks shot slightly more efficiently on Sunday, totaling 31-for-59 from the floor and 10for-22 on the 3-point line.

The team improved its freethrow shooting percentage, as well, converting 14-for-19 at the foul stripe.

After the back-to-back wins over the weekend, the Crimson Hawks improved to 4-0 in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) and 7-0 overall.

Through the first seven games, IUP has had four of its scorers average double-digit point totals including Smith, Appleby, Robinson and Lauren Wolosik (redshirt junior, business).

The team will look to continue its stellar start to the season and build off the momentum it has carried over from last season, in which the team won the PSAC championship.

IUP will get a chance to keep building when it hosts Bowie State University on Thursday at the Kovalchik Convention and Athletic Complex (KCAC).

The Crimson Hawks previously beat the Lady Bulldogs, 53-37, in an early season matchup Nov. 22.

(Ishaaq Muhammad/ The Penn) Point guard Carolyn Appleby (junior, safety science) led the Crimson Hawks with 28 points in the team’s 86-75 road win over West Chester University on Saturday. Appleby’s 28 points included six 3-point field goals, as she shot 85 percent from the 3-point line in the game.

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IUP falls to Wheeling Jesuit

By BRAD O’HARA Staff Writer

B.L.Ohara@iup.edu

The IUP volleyball season came to an end Friday after a loss to Wheeling Jesuit University in the second round of the Division II playoffs.

Coming off a 3-0 sweep against West Chester University, the Crimson Hawks were riding into Wheeling with momentum.

The first set was neck-andneck with five lead changes and seven ties culminating with a tied set at 16-16.

The Cardinals pulled away with the rest of the set, scoring nine of the next 12 points to win the first set and take a 1-0 lead.

The second set went almost identically to the first set. Three lead changes and 10 ties led to a 20-19 score in favor of the Cardinals.

Within reach of a second-set victory and the tying point, IUP allowed five straight points to give Wheeling the victory.

The third set showed a desperate Crimson Hawks team fighting to keep their season alive. IUP continued to push the Cardinals, taking the lead, 21-20. Yet, just like the past two sets, Wheeling Jesuit showed why it was ranked No. 1 and took the last five points to win the set and match. IUP kept the match close, holding the lead multiple times throughout each set. The problem for the Crimson Hawks was that they were not able to finish off the Cardinals.

In all three sets, Wheeling Jesuit won by sweeping the final points of the set.

The Crimson Hawks finished the season with a 25-3 overall record and were 15-3 in the conference.

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College Football Playoff sets New Year’s Day matchups

By ELLIOT HICKS

Contributing Writer E.Hicks@iup.edu

The weekend in college football was jam-packed with conference championship games.

For some teams, winning their conferences just means having the prestige of being a conference champion and maybe a slightly better bowl game. But for others, the conference championship games determined whether or not their teams earned a spot in the College Football Playoff.

The first game was Friday night, as No. 10 University of Southern California, led by a strong performance by star quarterback Sam Darnold (17-for-24, 325 yards, 2 touchdowns), defeated No. 12 Stanford University in the Pac-12 championship, 31-28.

Even though USC did not have the start it was expecting this season, the Trojans ended with an 11-2 record and a berth in the Cotton Bowl against Ohio State University on Dec. 29.

The Buckeyes were successful in knocking off undefeated Wisconsin, 27-21, in the Big Ten championship on Saturday night.

Quarterback J.T. Barrett had another inconsistent game, completing just 12 passes for 211 yards and having just as many touchdowns as interceptions. The inconsistency from Barrett and the Ohio State team this season likely contributed to the playoff committee selecting University of Alabama as the fourth team into the playoff.

The Crimson Tide did not play in the SEC championship thanks to a loss against Auburn University in the Iron Bowl the week prior, but the Georgia Bulldogs took care of business, defeating the Tigers by a score of 28-7.

The victory earned the Bulldogs the No. 3 spot in the playoff, and they will face No. 2-ranked University of Oklahoma in the Rose Bowl semifinal. The Sooners clinched their playoff spot by defeating Texas Christian University in the Big 12 championship game, 4117.

Heisman Trophy finalist Baker Mayfield had another strong performance, throwing four touchdowns against the Horned Frogs’ defense.

The No. 1 spot in the playoff went to reigning national champions, Clemson University, which rebounded well from a midseason loss to Syracuse University to end up dominating University of Miami (Fla.) in the ACC championship game, 38-3.

The Tigers have been a national power the past few seasons and hope to become the first No. 1-ranked team to win a national championship in the College Football Playoff era.

In conference championships outside of the Power 5, the American Athletic Conference (AAC) had a high-scoring affair in its game, as the University of Central Florida completed an undefeated season by defeating Memphis University in two overtimes by a score of 6255.

The Knights’ strong season re-

sulted in receiving a New Year’s Six bowl bid, as they will face Southeastern Conference (SEC) runnerup Auburn in the Peach Bowl.

The Mountain West Conference featured a nail-biting finish, as well, as the Boise State University Broncos rebounded from a 28-17 loss to Fresno State University the week before to defeat the Bulldogs in the conference championship, 1714, earning the 10-3 Broncos a bid in the Las Vegas Bowl to face University of Oregon.

Florida Atlantic University won the C-USA in its first season under Lane Kiffin, defeating University of North Texas, 41-17, and Toledo University took the Mid-American Conference (MAC) championship by virtue of defeating University of Akron, 45-28.

If conference championship weekend was any indication of how bowl season will go, it will be a hectic and exciting stretch for college football fans to look forward to.

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(TNS) Quarterback Kelly Bryant of the reigning national champion Clemson Tigers ran for one and threw for another touchdown in the team’s 38-3 win over Miami in the ACC title game.

December 5, 2017

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