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Fall weather introduces the changing seasons on campus
(Robert Hinkal/The Penn) As we near the middle of October, weather patterns transition from blistering heat to mildly cool and comfortable temperatures. Leaves and acorns are starting to fall from trees, and students are breaking out flannels to introduce the fall season.
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Mice, robots on discussion board for trip to International Space Station TAMARA DIETRICH Daily Press TNS
Space mice, radiation vests, robotic avatars and recycling polymers for 3D printers are among the science experiments bound for the International Space Station on the next commercial resupply mission from Virginia. Northrop Grumman's 12th robotic mission – and its first under a new NASA contract – is set to launch no earlier than 9:59 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, from the stateowned Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island. Antares rocket launches are visible from Hampton Roads and throughout the mid-Atlantic, weather permitting. This latest cargo run of an uncrewed Cygnus spacecraft has NASA scientists turning nostalgic. "We're a little over a year away from a big milestone for us: 20 years of continuous human presence aboard the International Space Station," Bryan Dansberry, assistant program scientist for the ISS, said to reporters in a phone call Thursday. "Over 19 years ago, the station started out as an orbiting outpost that has really evolved into a robust and surprisingly versatile laboratory." To date, Dansberry said, more than 2,900 investigations have been conducted by nearly 4,000 investigators representing 108 countries. Last month, astronauts set a record: one week of 127 hours of astronaut time devoted
(TNS) NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Andrew Morgan store biological samples in a deep freezer on the U.S. Destiny Laboratory Module.
to research, besting the record set in May. And this year, said Michael Roberts, interim chief scientist for the ISS U.S. National Laboratory, "is the most prolific year of research on the space station by a wide margin." When the next Cygnus spacecraft arrives, station crew will unload groceries, hardware and about 4,600 pounds of science payload. They'll find the latest in a Budweiser investigation into how germinated barley seeds can be processed in a microgravity environment and an alliance of Italian auto-maker Lamborghini
and Houston Methodist Research Institute to test the strength of 3D-printed carbon fibers in space. Other experiments include: Rodent Research-14 marks the first time a life sciences mission using rodents will launch on a Cygnus. The goal is to document the effect of microgravity on the biological circadian rhythm, and specifically the 12-hour "circatidal" clock that's believed to control stress levels and protein responses and coordinate metabolism. "Part of the goal there is to understand how persons in space respond to these stresses in the absence of gravity," said prin-
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Kamden C. Koziak, 18, of Cranberry Township was charged with criminal trespass, criminal mischief and underage consumption of alcohol. Indiana Borough Police responded to a call around 1:15 a.m. Oct. 19 in the 700 block of Locust Street. Koziak kicked in the door to an apartment, breaking the lock of the door, and entered the residence. Koziak then fell asleep in the resident’s bed. He was found to be under the influence of alcohol, according to Indiana Borough Police.
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The Indiana Borough Police Department and the Indiana County Coroners Office responded to a death investigation at 5:33 p.m. Oct. 17 in the 800 block of Wayne Avenue. There is no connection with the university, according to police. There is no additional information for release at this time.
cipal investigator Brian York of the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. "And understanding these mechanisms will hopefully identify pathways that can be pharmacologically targeted in order to manipulate them on station or during travel for long space flight." Here on Earth, the study could lead to new therapies for metabolic diseases that contribute to insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes and cancer. But, like the Russian space dog Laika, the 40 mice used in this experiment won't survive their voyage. According to NASA, they'll eventually be "sacrificed" by the station crew, dissected and their blood and tissue frozen for return to Earth. In a joint effort by NASA and the Israel Space Agency, the AstroRad vest is being developed to shield astronauts from the threat of deep space radiation. On this mission, a prototype will be used to gather ergonomic feedback from astronauts on its fit, form and function. This particular vest is tailored for a female crew member, said Kathleen Coderre, principal investigator with Lockheed Martin in Denver, which built the vest of high-density polyethylene, a thermoplastic polymer. Vests for females will be thicker around sensitive organs, she said, which will make it slightly bulkier. "It may reduce the range of motion a bit more," Coderre said. "Also, females do have a
greater sensitivity to the space radiation environment. So it is a goal to make a comfortable vest to protect both male and female, but the female use case, from an ergonomics perspective, actually will give us a little bit better data." Next year, when an uncrewed Orion space capsule is scheduled to loop around the moon, a medical "phantom," or test dummy, strapped inside will be wearing an AstroRad vest to see if it can properly shield human organs. That phantom – and its twin, which won't be wearing a vest – were built by Norfolk engineers and technicians at CIRS Inc. That experiment was devised by DLR, the German Aerospace Center. The human/robot interface will get a test run in a European Space Agency initiative to see how well an orbiting astronaut can control a robot on the surface of the moon or another planet. "Simply spoken, we want to pick up a rock. So the astronaut will have a robotic avatar on the surface of the moon and can command the robot with an advanced user interface," said Thomas Krueger, team lead of ESA's Human-Robot Interaction Lab. In this case, though, the rock will be on some Earth terrain filling in for the lunar surface. The experiment is considered an analog scenario for future lunar or Martian exploration, NASA said. The Made In Space Recycler heading for the space station is built to break down used polymer parts and materials into feedstock filament. Astronauts can then use that filament to print out new items using the Made In Space 3D printer already operating on the station. "We're trying to improve the sustainability of manufacturing capabilities on the station, so that way we don't have to continue to launch polymer in the form of filament," said Michael Snyder, principal investigator at Made in Space Inc. in Jacksonville, Fla. "This is significant because of the implication for future exploration missions, as well as the commercialization of low-Earth orbit." Recycled filament as well as items made from it will be returned to Earth for testing. Snyder said in-space manufacturing is essential for future exploration missions to the moon or Mars, while the technology also has applications for recycling and conserving resources here on Earth.
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Department hosts annual open house for archaeological research HALEY BROWN Staff Writer H.Brown@iup.edu @ThePennIUP
On Saturday, IUP hosted its yearly Open House for Archaeological Research in the IUP Anthropology Department. This was a free event that was open to the public and offered an array of options for all participants. No matter what your knowledge was on the subject of anthropology and archaeology, there was something for everyone who decided to come and enjoy the open house. There was a children’s section indoors where kids and adults alike could go to learn a bit more playfully about archaeological research and archaeological artifacts. This area boasted the opportunity to participate in prehistoric hand painting and wampum beading, which is beads of polished shells that are strung in strands, belts or sashes. Native Americans used these bead strings as ornaments, ceremonial pieces and as a form of currency. The children’s area also offered the activity of pottery refitting, which involved putting pottery back together and can be likened to a jigsaw puzzle. In archeological pottery refitting, though, the puzzle pieces are the jumble of fragments that come from a broken vase, a clay vessel or any pottery that could be considered an important artifact. The event even offered an array of complimentary archaeological-themed refreshments to all who attended the open house. On the ground floor of McElhaney Hall as well as outdoors on the south lawn, fun archaeology-related activities were offered, such as tool-making demonstrations using stones and other materials that would have been used historically, spear-throwing on the lawn in front of McElhaney and 3-D laser scanning and printing of replicas of archeological artifacts. There was also a display involving historic and prehistoric artifacts from local archaeological dig sites. All the IUP laboratories that are affiliated with anthropological research and archaeological research, including the botanical lab rooms, faunal lab rooms and the geophysical lab rooms, also opened their doors and offered
(Robert Hinkal/The Penn) IUP’s anthropology department hosted its annual Open House for Archaeological Research on Saturday in McElhaney Hall and the south lawn of campus.
tours to give the public a deeper look into some of the processes and methods of studying archaeology. The event was hosted to celebrate Archaeology Month and was hosted on International Archaeology Day to encourage the public to celebrate their fascination with the past and foster open curiosity about ancient
methods, materials and artifact handling. The Archeological Institute of America (AIA) and other archeological research programs across the U.S. and Canada celebrate this day by hosting various archeology-related events for a variety of people, young and old, to allow a closer look at the history of archeology and stress the
importance of the research being done across the globe to get a glimpse of the past. International Archeology Day is on the third Sunday of October every year, and events such as fairs, tours of archeological sites, simulated archeological digs or presentations from archeological professionals are organized by the AIA across the U.S.
The tradition of Archeology Day being celebrated at IUP is specifically designed to offer the opportunity for the public and interested parties to expand their knowledge on archeological history as a whole and the history of the methods used to study artifacts in a way that is friendly to all ages and levels of knowledge and interest.
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Environmental organization forms, focuses on water management ABE ESHELMAN
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Environmental Water Resources Institute (EWRI) opened a chapter at IUP connected to the newly formed environmental engineering club. The club was formed by students in the environmental engineering major, advised by physics professor Sajad Hamidi. Hamidi said the club is for environmental engineering students to expand “their knowledge of new research activities in their field,” and it also gives students “the opportunity to attend conferences and events to make connections with professionals and graduate school professors.” EWRI is a “professional organization in which students and professionals can learn about groundbreaking research in the field of engineering relating to water and the environment,” Hamidi said. It is a branch of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Na-
(IUP Website) The Environmental Water Resources Institute introduced a new chapter at IUP as a part of the new environmental engineering club.
tional conferences and seminars are held multiple times a year. Hamidi said it provides networking and a collaboration opportunity for students. Both EWRI and the environmental engineering club “allow students a chance at networking before they even graduate,” he said. Some of the main areas of interest for
EWRI include stormwater management, watersheds, hydraulics and waterways. “As environmental engineering majors, students are interested in the environment and sustainable development,” Hamidi said. “Much of the ENVE major coursework is focused on water and wastewater treatment.
“With that knowledge, students are likely to pursue a career relating to water. Being part of an organization with so many resources in that field is an excellent opportunity for these students.” The environmental engineering club has not yet been recognized as a student organization as it still needs to be formally approved, but the EWRI chapter has been formally approved. Hamidi said that the club “will require a biweekly meeting space with access to projection equipment and seating.” The club will also require reliable vehicle transport to and from events and financial support in order to plan and attend events and conferences. “The club will attend seminars and conferences around the western Pennsylvania area,” he said, “and have opportunities to travel for conferences in other places in the country. “In meetings, the focus will be on expanding environmental engineering knowledge through reading materials and planning
events at local environmental sites. This organization is something that can be put on a student’s resume to show prospective employers that the student is active on campus and is part of a professional organization.” The club also hopes to spread environmental awareness throughout IUP campus through campaigning, education and fundraising. “By educating campus on some of the local environmental issues,” Hamidi said, “we hope that IUP students and faculty will have a better idea as to how they can make changes at school and in life to focus on environmental sustainability.” The informal club held an interest meeting Sept. 18 to discuss potential plans and activities for the club upon its approval. The club discussed a research symposium in Presque Isle, Erie, an Earth Day environmental education event and a possible future collaboration with the EWRI chapter at Carnegie Mellon at the University of Pittsburgh, according to Hamidi.
Zuckerberg, Facebook under heavy scrutiny for presidential campaigning REX CRUM
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Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg continued with his recent public openness campaign on Monday when he reiterated what he said was the social-media giant's commitment to free expression amid criticism about his company's role in political campaigns. "I get that a lot of people are angry at us," Zuckerberg said in an interview with NBC News. "Part of growing up for me has just been realizing that it is more important to be understood than it is to be liked." Zuckerberg addressed several topics related the concept of free speech, and if Facebook should play a more-active role in determining the degree of truth behind political ads, in particular. Facebook has be taken to task for what some believe is it's allowing of political candidates to run ads with claims that might be false. "I believe that it is important for people to be able to hear
(TNS) Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg explains that he is aware of the digust of his company during presidential races.
and see what politicians are saying," Zuckerberg said. "I think that when they do that, that speech will be heavily scrutinized by other journalists, by other people." Zuckerberg's comments were
from an interview that he did with NBC. Parts of the interview were shown on the "Today" show Monday morning, and the entire interview was scheduled to air on the "NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt" on Monday evening.
Zuckerberg also said that Facebook was caught on its "back foot" with regards to Russia launching its interference campaign in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, but that the company was increasing its
efforts to reduce the chance that such events will take place as the run up to the 2020 election continues. "In the last year, we've disrupted more than 50 different campaigns from different nation states trying to interfere in elections," Zuckerberg said. Zuckerberg's latest public statements come just days after he gave a speech at Georgetown University in which he spoke broadly about free expression. Among his comments at Georgetown, Zuckerberg said, "I don't think it's right for a private company to censor politicians, or the news, in a democracy," and "if content is newsworthy, we won't take it down if it would otherwise conflict with our standards." Zuckerberg is also scheduled to appear before the House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday to talk about the Facebook's plans for the development of its Libra cryptocurrency. Libra has been the subject of widespread controversy due to several matters related to how it would be used within the global financial system.
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Touchdown: Texas residents experience tornado during football game REX CRUM
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Angela Boston crawled to a closet with her daughters when wind and rain started to bear down on their home late Sunday night. "There was no time for a warning," she said Monday morning while surveying the damage to her home just north of Walnut Hill Lane. The back of her house is gone. The fence is in crumbles. Tree limbs cover her front yard. Boston and her family had just gotten home from the Texas State Fair when they decided to heat up some leftovers and sit down to watch the Dallas Cowboys game. That's when a tornado fell from the sky, cutting a 17-mile path of destruction through north Dallas. The tornado struck near Love Field Airport about 9 p.m. Sunday and moved northeast through the city, ending near Sachse, Star-Telegram media partner WFAA reported. Boston said she had to quickly evacuate her home last night because a tree fell on her gas line, cutting it. "You could hear the gas and smell it," she said. Monday morning was the first time she returned to her street, and it was the first time she saw the damage under daylight. "It's unbelievable," she said. "It looks like a war zone." Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson during a Monday morning news conference echoed the words of a lot of residents: "I think we should consider ourselves very fortunate that we did not lose any lives – no fatalities and no serious injuries – in last night's storms," he said. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday issued a disaster declaration for 16 counties, including Collin, Dallas, Ellis, Hunt and Tarrant, that were hard hit by the severe weather. The declaration will help communities with state resources and temporarily waive some regulations and let utility companies bring in resources to help, for instance, with restoring power. Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins issued a local declaration of disaster on Monday morning. "We are asking residents to please stay away from affected areas unless you must be there to protect your own safety and allow first responders to their jobs as
(TNS) Peril struck Sunday night as both Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Amari Cooper and a tornado touched down in Texas.
quickly and safely as possible," he said. Eight blocks south of Boston's house, Alex Juarez and his neighbors were cleaning up what they could before noon on Monday. A tree fell on his house and several cars parked in the street. An uprooted tree filled his neighbor's front yard. He, like Boston, was at home watching the Cowboys. "We heard popping and trees falling and then the windows broke," he said. "The first thing we did was just drop." Boston's and Juarez's neighbors had similar stories: Most were at home watching football when "all of the sudden" the sky fell. They received little warning and hadn't expected the worst. "We got a warning on our cellphones but that was it," Dennis Martinez said. Rocky Vaz, director of Dallas' Office of Emergency Management, said they were notified of a tornado warning at 9:01 p.m. Sunday and all sirens were activated by 9:03 p.m. Across the street from Martinez's house on Kinkaid Drive, power lines wrapped around a black pickup truck and a giant
hole could be seen in the roof of David G. Burnet Elementary. The neighbors all have at least a third thing in common: They're thankful they're OK. "You can replace a house," Boston said. "If you didn't believe in miracles before, believe now," she said. In a neighborhood along Glenrio Lane north of Walnut Hill Lane, roofs were blown off homes and two-story townhouses were reduced to their first floor. Residents dug through what was salvageable while trying to cut through fallen trees. One woman, who didn't give her name, said she feels unsafe digging through her friend's destroyed townhome, but said she's thankful no one was seriously injured. Much of Walnut Lane was been closed, causing traffic snarls. Dallas police blocked off several businesses along the road as fire and rescue crews worked in the area. The Planet Fitness behind a CVS at Walnut Hill and Marsh lanes appeared to be gone. DD's Discount is missing part of its roof. Across the street, boards covered the blown out windows at Velvet Elvis Lounge. In the parking lot, a truck carrying a trailer blew over and landed on a Jeep.
David Finto, who has owned Eagle Cleaners at 3720 Walnut Hill Lane for 30 years, said he arrived to the store early Monday morning. The floors are covered in gravel and water and the windows are boarded up. Finto said he'll be able to reopen when the power is turned back on. But he's not worried about that. "This is my community," he said. "I have customers who are now like friends who live here." Nearby, part of the roof and two air conditioning units were missing from Northway Church. Glass littered the grass and there was water damage inside the building. But, like nearly everyone else in north Dallas, Pastor Jonathan Woodlief's worries are not about the building. "The church is the people," he said. The pastor has been making calls to members to see if they're OK. Many of his members were out in the neighborhoods to the north helping their neighbors clean up. Others were in the church's parking lot handing out bottles of water and Gatorade. Directly across the street, Edward H. Cary Middle School was in shambles. Power lines lay across the chain link fence that surrounds the school. Debris littered the
front lawn and the roof over the front of the school was gone. The fire alarm was still sounding just before 12:30 p.m. There were reports that Thomas Jefferson High School, Walnut Hill Elementary School and Pershing Elementary School also sustained damage. The Dallas Independent School District canceled classes for many of its northwest schools on Monday. Some without damage will reopen when power is restored. However, school leaders were visiting campuses on Monday to develop a plan on how to move forward. Dallas Stars player Tyler Seguin's home near the Dallas North Tollway and Royal Lane was heavily damaged. Photos show the roof was blown off with debris strewn across the lawn. "I am safe," Seguin said on Twitter. "Luckily this is my house for sale and I have moved into a new one. I just left the area and it is an extremely sad sight to see. Prayers to everyone affected by the tornado." By 2 p.m., 59,780 people were without power in Dallas County. In Tarrant County, 3,789 people were without power. Oncor said the company is asking customers to prepare for possible extended outages of more than a day.
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anyone outside of those three should stop wasting both their own and their donors’ time and money and drop out of the race. Nineteen “major” candidates are still left in the race, according to most news outlets, most notably The New York Times. Removing the three realistic candidates, that leaves 16 people who can be doing more beneficial things, either to reach their own personal goals or to ultimately help the Democratic Party reverse what happened in 2016, where the Republican Party had control of the White House, Senate and House of Representatives. There are seven candidates who have already dropped out, and they deserve credit for figuring out quickly that this wasn’t for them. Richard Ojeda was the smartest of that bunch, being one of the first to announce but the first to drop out as soon as multiple relevant candidates entered. Bill de Blasio and Kirsten Gillibrand had the advantage of being from New York, but had the disadvantage of being from New York; the intense scrutiny which is brought on by the Big Apple means you’re more well known but also need to do things differently to make yourself worthwhile, like being the First Lady for a pair of terms or being the youngest
and potentially most progressive person in the entire House. The quartet of John Hickenlooper, Jay Inslee, Seth Moulton and Eric Swallwell also have spectacular uses outside of the presidential race: all of them are running for re-election to their current roles, or in Hickenlooper’s case, a spot in the Senate, which is arguably just as important as the seat in the Oval Office in terms of gaining Democratic control. Inslee could probably take things higher than a third term as Washington’s governor, but his vocal stance on climate change could make him fill an easy slot in a Democratic cabinet. Wayne Messam and Joe Sestak are the two easiest names to cut. Neither of them has made a single debate or have come anywhere close to a polling threshold or donor count required to do so. The fact that either of them were in the race at all was a surprise, and they honestly entered too late and without any traction. They’re the equivalent of anyone challenging Trump on the Republican side: so irrelevant they’re not even on the same planet at the top. Almost as irrelevant are four guys and the race’s equivalent of the crazy cat lady who lives down the street from you, none of which have participated in a
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debate since the sun still set after 8 p.m.: Michael Bennet, Steve Bullock, John Delaney, Tim Ryan and Marianne Williamson. The four men all pride themselves on being an option for the “moderate Democrat” who still hasn’t caught up with the times enough to consider voting for a woman.
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The Democratic presidential race, speeding toward the first primaries in the beginning of 2020, has been a hot topic of discussion for months on end. The first round of debates in June featured 20 separate candidates, with four or five other notable names left off that stage. Since then, the standards to make it on the stage have rose multiple times, and it’s starting to get down to the time when voters will need to make their decisions on who to vote for. So why did the latest debate have 12 people all on the same stage? The theme of this race, which featured the most candidates of any race for a party nomination in history, has been the fringe candidates clinging to their lives and quite frankly wasting time still being in the race for president. Based on how almost every poll has looked since we started this process, three candidates have a chance at winning: Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders. Regardless of what anyone thinks about those three, they have consistently been polling in rational percentages, which leave them with a chance at the nomination. And while many of the candidates will get individual analysis, the theme is the same:
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(Danielle DiAmico / The Penn) Students enjoy decorating pumpkins and great food at STATIC’s event Sunday.
Carving, painting, music gets students ready for fall LEVI DONALDSON
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A number of people from the community joined students for STATIC’s (The Student Activity Committee) Fall Fest on Sunday. It was open to all ages and had many fun and free activities. There was pumpkin carving, pumpkin painting, mug painting, a photobooth, games such as bowling with big blowup pins and lots of snacks and drinks. There was a warm, fall atmosphere that hyped everybody up for Halloween and gave people things to do and appreciate about
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the season. “This was fun, and I finally got to carve a pumpkin,” Rhea Simon (sophomore, political science) said. “The food was very sweet-centric. If there were nachos here, that’d slap.” Though, she said she did enjoy the playlist. “The music is actually pretty bopping. It’s a good mix.” A large portion of the floor was covered in plastic tarps, full of pumpkins and the people carving them. There were trash cans at hand for pumpkin guts, and there were many carving tools all around for the artistry. “Fall Fest was actually a little bit
of a step up from last year,” Simon said. “Maybe it was just the high variety of food provided since then though.” “I [also] like the things they set up for us to do, but I still feel like it lacks some social aspects. I feel like many people come to these events to either do things with their friends or to make new ones, but they don’t really set it up for people to talk to one another.” Pumpkin decorating was definitely the biggest draw for most people. “My favorite thing to do was probably the miniature pumpkin painting because now I’ve got the mightiest pumpkin spice army,”
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Simon said, “and it’s not as much of a hassle as getting an entire pumpkin. “Overall, everything was great, though; good food, nice tunes, little activities. It’s what I expected from a fall fest. I just wish there were more opportunities to interact with people.” “It takes a lot of planning for so many activities,” said Joel Eby (sophomore, management and small business entreprenuership), STATIC music chair. “We started brainstorming a month ago at a meeting. We came up with crafts such as the DIY mugs. The cultural events chair does a lot more planning than me, then we
went shopping yesterday and got everything. “It’s going pretty well. There’s a good turnout and it’s pretty consistent.” “I saw the ad on Instagram,” said Alejandra Castaneda (sophomore, bio pre-med) as she and her friends decorated mugs. “It’s fun; I like it.” “We planned this out earlier in the semester,” said Jenise Lewis (senior, biology), STATIC cultural events chair. “We did a lot from last year but also Googled new ideas. This year is pretty good. The numbers got better after noon because you know that college kids like to sleep in.”
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(Megan Donny / The Penn) “Styles of the Rich and Famous” took inspiration from the latest fashion trends by celebrities.
IUP fashion show takes inspiration from rich and famous MEGAN DONNY Culture Editor M.Donny@iup.edu @ThePennIUP
The IUP Fashion Association presented “Styles of the Rich and Famous” Saturday in the Hadley Union Building Ohio Room. “We came up with the theme as a club,” Vice President Thea McCullough said. “We originally had three different themes but then decided on celebrities because we believed it would be the easiest to execute.” The IUP Fashion Association is one of two fashion clubs on campus. The other club is the Visual Merchandising Club. While the Fashion Association focuses more on all aspects of the fashion world, the Visual Merchandising Club works more with displays and eye-catching techniques. The Fashion Association show was composed of four scenes: Wild n’ Out, Classic Americana, School Boy Cool and Femme Fatales. There was a brief intermission between the first two scenes and the last two. Wild n’ Out featured looks and tough fashion inspired by A$AP
(Megan Donny/ The Penn) Models in the Fashion Association’s fashion show Saturday pose for a picture after the show.
Rocky, Teyana Taylor and Miley Cyrus. The scene was full of clothing articles like mesh tops, distressed denim and form-fitting leather pieces. Model Maya Myers wore a look that featured ripped denim jeans and a tight black crop top. While some of the members in the club also modeled in the show, other models were recruited by club members. “We actually had a lot of volunteers for modeling,” McCullough said. “The only problem was that people were
dropping out after we had already planned outfits for them.” Classic Americana was based on vintage and utterly romantic looks inspired by Harry Styles, Jared Leto and Lana Del Rey. Many popular looks were seen in this scene in the show. Some of these looks were skater dresses, bell-sleeve tops and flowy kimonos. “Personally, I liked the Classic Americana scene the best,” McCullough said. “I liked it because we had both guys and
girls modeling, and the styles were very vintage and feminine.” After Classic Americana, there was an intermission that lasted about 15 minutes. This intermission was for the models to have time to set up and change for the second half of the show. Many of them changed their hairstyles during this time. It was also so the audience could get the free refreshments provided by the club. The club was also selling scrunchies, and the proceeds from
both the show and scrunchie sales will go toward the club’s annual trip to New York City this winter. School Boy Cool began shortly after the intermission ended. This scene featured streetwear at its finest inspired by Billie Eilish, Travis Scott and Lil Uzi Vert. Many of the styles in this section were loose-fitting and strategically styles to look messy. Some of the patterns seen included camouflage and tie dye. There was also a color theme that consisted of army green, camel and bright orange. The last scene of the show was Femme Fatale and was inspired by the French term for “dangerous woman.” The celebrities channeled for the styles seen were Rihanna, Zendaya and Ariana Grande. McCullough said that while fashion shows are a lot of work, by the end it is all worth it because they got to see the whole thing come together. IUP Fashion Association is run by President Vicki Janke, Treasurer Jeniece Jervis and Secretary Troi Daniels. The promotions chair is Sophie Palmer and the social media chair is Maggie Prutznal. Caitlin Kutzavich handles all of the fundraising for the club.
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Pennsylvania’s haunted sites offer chills, thrills for those looking for ghosts KATELIN POMPA Staff Writer K.Pompa@iup.edu @ThePennIUP
This article contains opinion. With Halloween right around the corner, check out these spooky places to get into the Halloween spirit. (Facebook) IUP’s Symphony Orchestra members.
French twist to IUP’s symphony orchestra ABE ESHELMAN
Staff Writer A.Eshelman@iup.edu @DukeOfKalos
The IUP Symphony Orchestra performed “French Flair” Wednesday in the Gorell Recital Hall. The orchestra consisted of 10 violins, three violas, six cellos, one bass, two oboes, two clarinets, one saxophone, two bassoons, four horns, four trumpets, three trombones, four percussionists and one piano. Dr. Alexandra Dee conducted the performance, a collection of French music pieces, including selections from an opera, a symphony by Chevalier de Saint-Georges, a song for bidding farewell to the dead and music for a biographical historical play. “I’m not sure why we picked all French music,” violinist Dawn Dilliot (senior, music education) said, “but I personally love going to shows that have a set theme. “It makes it easier to follow the story and music, rather than just listening to random pieces smashed together.” Audience member Asher Rehn (sophomore, English writing studies) appreciated the theme as well. “I thought the French flair was evident throughout the piece,” Rehn said. “I thought the performance was really good. I haven’t listened to a lot of French orchestral music, but I definitely thought about some French imagery during the work.” Dilliot’s favorite piece was “Farandole” by Georges Bizet “It has a special place in my heart,” Dilliot said. “I’ve played it
before in an honors band in high school, but this was the first time playing it on violin, and it was really special for me.” “My favorite part was definitely the last movement of the final piece,” Rehn said. “It just had the super energetic feeling that I love from orchestral music. “I can appreciate the way parts and chords interact with each other during the songs. I can also listen for tuning.” This was Dee’s first concert as conductor, as the department has undergone some changes and reworking. “I think that was the best performance the orchestra has had in a long time,” Dilliot said. “We are in a rebuilding stage, and it was wonderful to have a great first concert with the new director, Dr. Dee.” Dilliot has been in other performances before this concert. “Performing is something I’ve always done,” she said. “Every time I do it, I get less nervous. But a little nerve can be good. Keeps you on edge.” The orchestra’s next performance will be a concert in collaboration with the voice department. “We will be playing with them for the Broadway Extravaganza coming up later this semester,” Dilliot said. “I do plan on seeing future performances of groups from Cogswell,” Rehn said. “I generally like orchestral music. I love when movies have orchestras as a part of their soundtracks. It has a presence and fullness that other ensembles sometimes can’t capture.”
Pennhurst Asylum Pennsylvania’s Pennhurst Asylum was constructed in 1903 in Spring City. The asylum was originally named Eastern Pennsylvania Institution for the Feeble Minded and Epileptic, which included anyone the public deemed “unsafe.” Years of abuse left decades of tortured souls still lingering the halls. Now, Pennhurst Asylum has a partially opened building to the public to seek interactions from those of the other side. Investigations start at 9 p.m. until 5 a.m. Paranormal investigations are ran by a Pennhurst Paranormal Expert. Information for booking is found on its webpage pennhurstasylum.com/ghost-hunt/.
Demon House If you’re looking to visit a property with a local legend, then Demon House in Monongahela will give you the scare of your life. This haunted attraction is deeply rooted in legend about the McCue Family Estate. During construction in 1871, workers uncovered the remains of more than 70 unidentified people. Due to the time period and the lack of organization within the region, the remains of these people were never identified. Among the rumors, one possibility was that the site was an ancient Native American burial ground. From 1894 to 2004, the house remained empty. More information about tours it can be found on the Demon House’s website: demonhouse.com.
Mutter Museum If you have a morbid curiosity, then the Mutter Museum in Philadelphia would be perfect for you. This is home to the “anatomically peculiar.” This museum opened in 1863 and grew to possess more than 20,000 medical oddities that draw
(Facebook) The Pennhurst Asyllum and Mutter Museum offer chilling experiences.
curious visitors in such as body abnormalities, diseased organs and vintage medical equipment. Mutter Museum even has slides of cells from Albert Einstein’s brain. You can find more information about this attraction on the museum’s webpage at www.visitphilly. com/things-to-do/attractions/mutter-museum/#must-see.
Jean Bonnet Tavern If you are looking for a subtle setting to find ghosts, the Jean Bonnet Tavern might be for you. This Tavern was operated in 1779 to 1815 during the Whiskey Rebellion and is a part of The Pennsylvania Ghosts Guide Vol. 2. George Washington and his troops had even passed through when it has served as a trading post. Visitors and employees report seeing and feeling a paranormal presence. Will
you be one of them? To book a room you can visit the tavern’s webpage at jeanbonnettavern.com/lodging.
Gettysburg Another famously haunted place that will be well worth the visit is the spot of the the Battle of Gettysburg. There, you can choose from the one-hour tours to see what remnants of the past still lingers. Major paranormal investigators have found paranormal evidence. If outdoor tours aren’t for you, Gettysburg also has the “Museum of Haunted Objects” where you can walk around the room and feel the hair stand up on the back of your neck with every twist and turn. To visit one or both of these places in Gettysburg, you can book a tour on their website at: gettysburgghosttours.com/.
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Nominees for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame surprise voters LEVI DONALDSON
Staff Writer L.Donaldson@iup.edu @ThePennIUP
The 2019 nominee list of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has a number of interesting choices. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is a museum dedicated to marking the history of rock music and its influences and development. The museum inducts musicians, producers and other figures who have moved forward the genre and left an impact on the music. Each year, about a half dozen acts are inducted into the Hall of Fame. Some of the nominees this year include Whitney Houston, Nine Inch Nails, Soundgarden, The Notorious B.I.G., Pat Benatar, Dave Matthews Band and T. Rex. A selection of around a thousand musicians and people in the music industry vote and fan selection voting is held to decide whom among the nominees should be introduced.
(Facebook) The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland released its list of 2019 nominees.
“I think that the voting system they have in place sounds good to me,” Allyson Donnelly (senior, nursing) said. “It takes into consideration the public knowledge/ ideas and the understanding of the industry.” In terms of the more surprising
nominations, Donnelly said that she’s “biased for how I feel about Biggie Smalls, Whitney and Soundgarden being possible inductees.” “I really like hip hop and rap, obviously,” Donnelly said, “so I feel the most knowledgeable about Biggie Smalls and would probably
want him to be inducted because I like his music. I was, however, under the impression that the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame didn’t induct from all music genres.” Others are excited about the nominees. “I think it’s awesome to see people realizing that the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is more an honor for music in general,” Ian Zimmerman (sophomore, communications media) said. “To see artists like Biggie Smalls getting a nomination only a year after their eligibility began is incredible. “My votes are Dave Matthews Band, Doobie Brothers, Soundgarden, Biggie Smalls and Nine Inch Nails.” Some think the voting process for Hall of Fame inductors needs to be updated. “I think that the musicians should have an impact on nominations, but a smaller impact,” Dennis Patterson (sophomore, small business and entrepreneurship) said. “I think maybe fans
should have around a 70 to 80 percent voting power.” Patterson said that it’s good that the pool of eligible people are selected by other people in the industry. ”I think that it should be partially the industry and part the fans,” EJ Fabiszewski (sophomore, marketing) said. “The only issue I have is whenever they say the fans’ votes matter more than they actually do. I think it is important that we have fan voting for involvement and the industry itself finds the people who deserve it most, more analytically speaking. “I was really glad when I saw that Pat Benatar was on the list of nominees this year. I think that Biggie Smalls deserves to be nominated just as much as the rest of them.” The inducted artists will be announced in January. Until then, you can vote for your favorite artists, stream their albums and prepare your angry Twitter rant when they don’t get selected.
beebadoobee sings in space with new album ‘Space Cadet’ LEVI DONALDSON
Staff Writer L.Donaldson@iup.edu @ThePennIUP
This article contains opinion. Bea Kristi, a Filipino-British indie artist known by her stage name beebadoobee, just dropped her latest project, the EP “Space Cadet.” Her first album, “Patched Up,” has a soft, dreamy, bedroom feel that has almost ghostly vocals. Her second album, “Loveworm,” has a somewhat heavier mood in which she pushes herself a little harder sonically. She considers “Loveworm” to be a bridge of sorts between her projects, and on “Space Cadet,” she rocks out with a heavier sound than her earlier work. However, it still features her beautifully smoky vocal performances. Despite a sea of indie performances, she still stands out because of her unique voice, which is mixed with her instrumentals creatively and her poetically personal lyrical storytelling. She doesn’t have a weak project or song, and “Space Cadet” comes with a new direction and the quality fans of her can expect. The entire project is somewhat
(Facebook) Bea Kristi, whose stage name is beebadoobee, just dropped her latest project.
conceptual and features the aesthetics of space, exploration and isolation throughout the songs. She carries the aesthetic visually as well with an illustrated album cover and music video for her single off of the project. The first track, “Are You Sure,” jumps right in with the lyrics that go head to head with thick instrumentation. This song features additional guitar instrumentation from Matty Healy, frontman of The 1975. The song features heavy reference to outer space imagery and constantly asks if people understand how she feels and thinks. The idea of being in a vacuum is used to carry the astronomical motif as well as be
a metaphor for beebadoobee’s mental loneliness. The second track and single is “I Wish I Was Stephen Malkmus.” This is a direct reference to Malkmus, the lead singer of the ‘90s band Pavement. The song is about her transition into the spotlight and how it feels like she’s coming from outer space. She is constantly changing as a person and as an artist. She is graduating her sound, becoming lonely and dying her hair and relating to her inspirations. The music video for “I Wish I Was Stephen Malkmus” is a colorful and energetic ride and toys with a lot of different
imagery. It features her as a test subject and revolting through music against the scientists studying her. It’s fun and stylized. “Sun More Often” is the third song on this project, and it slows down a little bit, though it ramps up and kicks in with very present guitars. It is a kind song and urges the message of enjoying things and picking oneself out of the storm cloud they may be under. This track features very silky and optimistic vocals that make it as enjoyable as it is. The fourth song is “She Plays Bass,” a cooler song that is a tribute to her friend Eliana who, as you guessed it, plays bass. “Eliana brings out the ADHD
that I have (in a good way), and we get pretty mental sometimes,” beebadoobee said, “and at times I just feel like we’re in a bubble because no one really gets us, and she’s sick at playing bass. If I didn’t tell you already, she plays guitar.” The idea of that bubble aligns with the space aesthetic, and she describes her friendship as this new world. She also expresses the influence Eliana has on her identity and who she wants to be, a theme that runs through the EP. The final and titular song from the EP, “Space Cadet,” finishes off the project by exercising negativity and throwing it out throughout the galaxy, forever faraway. The buildup makes it a satisfying conclusion and it brings a lot of the themes full circle. Despite being only five songs long, “Space Cadet” have an impressive and yet not distracting number of themes and messages that are carried by energetically smooth tracks. It serves in her discography as a shift that compares in quality to her older work and shows her experimentation. Overall, “Space Cadet” is a very positive, interesting and impressive project that I think most people will enjoy.
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New sounds from indie bands to listen to this week LEVI DONALDSON
Staff Writer L.Donaldson@iup.edu @ThePennIUP
This article contains opinion. Death, taxes, laundry and the constant stream of music are all constants in life. As for the first three, good luck, but in terms of music, here’s some of what you may have missed.
“95” by BEAM BEAM has been somewhat of an underground asset. He has worked with some big names, and yet he still hasn’t broken out on his own. He released his full-length debut album, “95,” and it’s not going to be on any top 10 lists. It isn’t bad; it’s just somewhat unfocused and lacks the style or originality to break out. The highlights of the record are when BEAM leans into African-accented vocals. The deeper and more unique vocal performances really sets those songs apart and makes me wish the entire album was more like that. Most of the songs just fall in the mix of loud, upbeat, trap rap, though, and it feels like his potential is wasted here. But if you’re looking for some hard beats and energetic songs to refill on, then here would be good. I would say the best part of this album is the great guitar, heavy beat and interesting vocal performance on the title track “95.”
“The Decalogue” by Sufjan Stevens and Timo Andres Sufjan Stevens is a unique, soft-spoken indie artist that has a cult following. His music can be very hit or miss with classic albums like “Carrie & Lowell” and “Illinois” contrasted by the more forgettable parts of his discography. This project is a somewhat niche experiment with Tom Andres, that consists of 10 songs, all wordless, and devoid of titles beyond their roman numeral listing. It is certainly not bad and quite enjoyable to throw on while doing homework or something around the house. They are comfortable and calming piano-heavy songs that are well composed but can be somewhat underwhelming.
(Facebook) Everyone’s favorite childhood dinosaur is coming to theaters.
Barney coming to theaters
thanks to ‘Get Out’ actor MIKAEL WOOD Los Angeles Times TNS
(Facebook) Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds’ newest album “Ghosteen” gives new indie sound.
“Ghosteen” by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds “Ghosteen” is easily one of the best records this year. It is somewhat of an oddity, though, and won’t appeal to mainstream audiences. The low vocalization of Nick Cave is eerie, timeless and ancient. The songs are slow paced and have an almost abstract storytelling that is intense and haunting. The second song is called “Bright Horses” and creates an otherworldly story of beautiful horses who run in ultimate pastures. The second verse contrasts this with a painful reminder of the cruelty of the world, and it dials back the fantastical elements to view the horses as they are. The ending portion of the song
turns from this to a personal vignette about how he is waiting for the train where his baby will soon come from. The creativity of every song on this album is intense, and Nick Cave’s lyricism and vocal performance over the stylized instrumentation takes you into his world. He feels like an original soul. There is full story through this album that is both bursting with beauty and full of overwhelming grief. A ghosteen is a beautiful, haunting image, one invented to explain the death of his son. The object of his love and ultimate gravity of the music makes “Ghosteen” one of a kind and an important listen. I would heavily recommend this album.
Barney the Dinosaur is coming to the big screen, thanks in part to “Black Panther” star Daniel Kaluuya. Mattel on Friday announced a partnership with Kaluuya’s production company 59 percent and Valparaiso Pictures to create a film based on the anthropomorphic purple T-Rex, who became known in the classic 1990s children’s show, “Barney & Friends.” In a statement, Mattel Film’s head Robbie Brenner noted that the movie will “surprise audiences and subvert expectations” and provide a hit of nostalgia for adults who grew up with the character. Kaluuya heaped a little drama on the deal, saying that Barney was a “ubiquitous figure on many of our childhoods” who then “disappeared into the shadows, left misunderstood.” “We’re excited to explore this compelling modern-day hero and see if his message of ‘I love you, you love me’ can stand the test of time,” Kaluuya added. The original “Barney & Friends” series started in 1992 and ceased production on new episodes in 2009, but reruns of the program do still appear on
television via Universal Kids. The show began as a series of home videos under the title “Barney and the Backyard Gang” in the late 1980s. Mattel and Kaluuya’s project, however, will serve as the character’s second time in theaters, following the 1998 release of “Barney’s Great Adventure.” That film, perhaps not surprisingly, was panned by critics, and has a rating of 26 percent on movie review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes. “To those of us on the greying side of five years old, Barney looks like an eggplant and has a rigor-mortis smile, no shoulders, a huge rear end and the sort of nervous giggle that makes you think he has something to hide,” Globe and Mail critic Liam Lacey wrote following the last film’s release. Social media, meanwhile, had a field day with the announcement of the new movie. Some wondered if Barney would get a gritty reboot, while others took issue with Kaluuya’s description of the project. A production date for the upcoming Barney movie has not yet been announced. It is, however, one of several nostalgic properties making their way to the movies via Mattel, which is also working on film versions of Hot Wheels, Masters of the Universe, and Barbie.
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(Facebook) Ingrid Michaelson’s new album, “Stranger Songs” was inspired by Netflix’s hit series “Stranger Things.”
‘Stranger Things’ inspired Ingrid Michaelson’s new album CHRISSIE DICKINSON Chicago Tribune TNS
The hit Netflix series “Stranger Things” has captured the imagination of viewers, among them Ingrid Michaelson, whose new album “Stranger Songs” was inspired by the show. The singer-songwriter was instantly drawn to the look and feel of the sci-fi drama, which debuted in 2016 and is now in its third season. It’s a period piece that begins in 1983 in the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana. The show is packed with retro props that re-create a pre-internet era of rotary dial telephones, tube socks, banana-seat bikes, boomboxes and Dungeons & Dragons. “’Stranger Things’ made me feel like I was little again,” says Michaelson, 39. “For me, it was specifically the very ‘nostalgic-ness’ of the show. There was a comfort in that.” Michaelson is calling from the road en route from LA to San Diego for the first date of her new tour. She’ll be backed by a full band and promises a set list that includes new material, fan favorites and a few ‘80s covers including Madonna’s “Material Girl.” She’ll also debut a new
song from her current work-inprogress, a musical adaptation of Nicholas Sparks’ 1996 best-selling novel “The Notebook.” “Stranger Songs” (Cabin 24 Records) is a smart and emotionally resonant addition to Michaelson’s body of work which includes a string of well-received releases. Although the new album is independent of the Netflix series, it easily serves as an unofficial soundtrack that maps the emotional arcs of the show’s main characters. The project first took root in 2017 when Michaelson was moved to write a poem about a central moment in the show. “There’s a scene where one of the characters is trying to communicate with her son,” she explains. “The son is in another realm and the mother speaks to him through electricity – specifically through Christmas lights.” The scene features the actress Winona Ryder as Joyce Byers, a heartbroken mom desperate to find her young son Will (Noah Schnapp), who has gone missing in another dimension called “the Upside Down.” Joyce discovers that she can make contact with her lost son through strands of blinking holiday bulbs strung across an alphabet painted on the living room wall. “That was a beautiful
storyline,” Michaelson recalls. “I started out writing a poem about that scene, but it turned out to be more about me. The holidays made me think about the people who aren’t with me anymore. I’ve lost both of my parents. I thought to myself, If I’m writing poems about this show, there’s something there.” Her poem quickly blossomed into the haunting “Christmas Lights,” a bittersweet ‘80s synthpop song that percolates with an otherworldly beat. The lyrics achieve a fine balance, serving as a literal reflection of a specific scene, as well as a stand-alone song that captures the longing for family and old friends at the holidays. Michaelson sings: “So it’s Christmas time again / Apart but yet together / You know I’ll always look for you / from now until forever / And I promise I’ll make things right / but until then / I will talk to you through the Christmas lights.” What began as a small, heartfelt piece of fan fiction soon evolved into a full-blown album of eleven songs. Michaelson consciously decided on that number in honor of “Stranger Things” character Eleven, the hyperkinetic tomboy played by actress Millie Bobby Brown. Several of
the album’s songs revolve around Eleven’s experiences, including the sultry blues ballad “Pretty,” a gritty salute to female empowerment: “I’m not afraid of the dirt/ I’m not afraid of the world / I’m gonna fight like a girl.” The song references a scene where the boys disguise the androgynous Eleven by dressing her in a blonde wig and pink dress. One of the characters tells Eleven that she looks “pretty.” Suddenly embarrassed by his admission, he quickly qualifies it as, “Good. You look pretty good.” Eleven looks at her reflection in the mirror and repeats, “Pretty. Good.” “That just exploded in my mind,” says Michaelson. “Why does long blonde hair and a pink dress equate to something ‘pretty’? That was the seed for that song. Eleven is the most bad-ass character on the whole show and she’s this small, physically slight female.” The dance number “Missing You” is a nod toward the show’s classic love triangle involving the characters Nancy, Steve and Jonathan. It’s a number about being with one person while dreaming of another. Michaelson sings: “He’s got his hands in all the right places / But the wrong face is in front of me.” Her imaginative music vid-
eos are art projects in their own right and often feature multiple treatments for the same song. One of the videos for “Missing You” features Michaelson and 10 dancers in an elaborate piece of choreography filmed in one seamless take. Like the Netflix series, the numbers on “Stranger Songs” champion the underdogs and outsiders in life. “Freak Show” turns the ugly taunt of a schoolyard bully into a term of pride. “There’s a general movement now that ‘weird is good,’” notes Michaelson. “It’s the idea that it’s okay to be different. Back when I was growing up in the ‘80s, you didn’t want to be different. You wanted to blend in or else you’d get picked on. That’s what these characters are going through.” The last song on “Stranger Songs” is the rueful ballad “Take Me Home.” It’s a song that serves as both a statement of purpose and a wistful yearning for the people and places of the past. Michaelson sings: ‘Oh, it breaks my heart to know / I can’t go back in time / And feel those feelings for forever.” “I truly feel that on so many levels,” she says. “That’s why ‘Stranger Things’ resonates with me. It transports me back, even if just for a moment.”
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(Facebook) Lewis Capaldi is best known for his heart-breaking song “Someone You Loved.”
Is British singer Lewis Capaldi the new Adele? MIKAEL WOOD Los Angeles Times TNS
Lewis Capaldi is the ugly-cry balladeer of 2019. Standing onstage recently at the Royale nightclub here, the singer from Glasgow with the rough-edged voice delivered only a few lines of his chart-topping “Someone You Loved” before nearly every member of the capacity crowd took up the song, hungry for the catharsis to be found in bellowing Capaldi’s words about the emotional cost of a loved one’s departure. “Now the day bleeds / Into nightfall,” hundreds of them roared, all but drowning out the 23-year-old behind the microphone, “And you’re not here / To get me through it all.” When he finished the stately, methodically paced tune virtually inescapable on U.S. pop radio over the past few months Capaldi took a minute to let the energy settle in the room. He seemed to know that he’d unleashed something powerful that when you close a show like that, people need to reacclimate to the here and now before you disappear from in front of them. Over breakfast in Boston that morning, he’d said there’s a section in the middle of his live show in which he does three slow songs right in a row; the third, “Headspace,” has a lyric that pleads, “Sing me a song and send me to sleep.” “And every night I always look
around at that point hoping no one heckles me: ‘You’re doing a good job of it!’” mock-hollered the singer, who looks like a slightly doughier Paul McCartney circa “Rubber Soul.” Dressed in a T-shirt and rumpled windbreaker, he ran a hand through his tousled hair and grinned. “I’m like, I need to get Trippie Redd on this just to spice it up.” An unvarnished confessional with a yearning sing-along melody, “Someone You Loved” spent seven weeks at No. 1 in the U.K. Here, it’s reached No. 3 on Billboard’s Hot 100, propelled by countless radio spins and more than 750 million streams on YouTube and Spotify highly unusual numbers for a stripped-down ballad at a moment when the Top 40 is crowded with busy hip-hop tracks by the likes of Post Malone and Travis Scott. “Look at the records around it on Spotify, globally or in the U.S.,” said Capitol Records Group chairman and CEO Steve Barnett, who traveled to Boston from L.A. to present Capaldi with a plaque commemorating the song’s latest sales achievement. “There’s nothing like it.” Now “Someone You Loved” the key track from Capaldi’s debut album, “Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent” is in the running for January’s Grammy Awards, with music-industry insiders speculating about its chances of being nominated for song and record of the year. Capaldi himself is tipped for a best new artist nod. The Recording Academy, which will announce nominations on
Nov. 20, has a proven historical weakness for this type of nakedly sentimental material, particularly when it comes from young Brits with show-stopping voices see Ed Sheeran, Adele and Sam Smith, all of whom have won song of the year with tunes that might have been composed decades ago. (Worth noting: Barnett ran Columbia Records during Adele’s breakout, then moved to Capitol just in time to shepherd Smith to stardom.) Yet the ascent of such an old-fashioned tune feels especially remarkable today given how quickly pop has been moving of late; 17-year-old Billie Eilish was virtually unknown when Adele cleaned up at the 2017 Grammys, and now she’s even more of an awards frontrunner than Capaldi is thanks to songs that pull freely from rap. Like many in his generation, Capaldi, whose aspiring rock star of an older brother led him to start playing music in grade school, was discovered by a manager after he posted homemade recordings online. His meal ticket of an instrument, though, sets him apart as much as his attraction to classic arrangements does. Where artists like Eilish and Khalid do “this super-cool kind of mumbly, vibey thing,” as one of his producers, Malay, put it, Capaldi uses his powerful chest voice to reach the cheap seats. In the weathered grain of his singing rich with echoes of Otis Redding and Daryl Hall you can hear a performer capable of turning pain into beauty. “There’s just not that many
people out there who can do that right now,” said Malay, who’s also worked with Smith and Frank Ocean. What’s striking about “Someone You Loved” and about the rest of Capaldi’s impressive album, which he made quickly after an early single took off on streaming services is that his stories often resist the type of emotional grandstanding for which his voice sets you up. Yes, the feelings are big and often raw. But Capaldi describes breakups the way they happen in real life not necessarily “an explosion of trauma,” he said, but the sad, relatable experience of two people slowly drifting apart. Indeed, Capaldi is on sufficiently good terms with the ex-girlfriend about whom he wrote most of his songs that, as he worked on them, he’d send them to her to see what she thought. “She’s one of the only people who could tell me if they felt true or not,” said the singer, who now jokes frequently on social media about his hit-or-miss use of Tinder. Backstage at the Boston show, which Capaldi’s parents had also flown in for, he faced some more fact-checking from his mom regarding his usefulness as anything but a musician. “Couldn’t even do a dish,” she said, to which he shot back, “I f- washed dishes!” At that his dad laughed heartily while his mother winced at the sound of yet another F-bomb. “The swearing’s his fault,” she said, gesturing toward her husband. “He thought it was funny when Lewis was young.”
“Get your 8-year-old to say ‘Foff’ in front of your whole family,” Mr. Capaldi advised in a thick Scottish accent. “It’s funny, you’ll see.” These days the singer’s father isn’t the only one laughing at the foul-mouthed antics that provide an intriguing counterpoint to Capaldi’s ultra-sincere songs. On Instagram he’s become something of a sensation among his nearly 4 million followers with hilarious videos about Noel Gallagher’s harsh opinion of his music and about the time he, uh, clogged a toilet in a Los Angeles hotel room. (“I’ve got someone coming here to put makeup on my face later on,” he says in the clip with perfectly pitched alarm. “I’ve been told it’s a lady.”) If all the wisecracking seems at odds with his tortured-romantic persona, Capaldi insists it’s no less a product of his real life than his music. The other day his publicist got a call from a reporter who’d heard that he employed a comedy writer, which blew Capaldi’s mind since he doesn’t consider himself all that funny definitely no funnier than his family or his old pals from home. “It’s just where I’m from,” he said. “If I’m sat having dinner with my mom and dad, we’re all taking the piss out of each other. It’s how we show affection.” In 2019, he pointed out, “People like to know where they’re getting their meat and their fruit and their coffee.” It’s the same with pop songs. “You hear something you like, you want to know where it came from.”
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(IUP Athletics) Justice Evans (junior, business management) rushed for a career-high 142 rushing yards in a victory against Clarion.
Momentum back in Hawks’ hands following Clarion win JEFF HART
Lead Sports Writer J.R.Hart2@iup.edu @ThePennIUP
The IUP Crimson Hawks are back with a vengeance, coming off an impressive 59–21 win against Clarion on Saturday. Contrary to the past few games, the Hawks came out of the gates swinging. They opened with four touchdowns in their first five drives. The Crimson Hawks simply could not be stopped on either side of the ball. Offensively, IUP put up 602 total yards Saturday. Most notably, the Hawks rushed for a season-high 370 yards on the ground. The awe-inspiring rushing attack came from six different players with star running back Justice Evans (ju-
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nior, business management) rushing for a season-high 142 yards. Along with the dominant rushing attack, IUP got it done in the air as well with senior quarterback Quinton Maxwell (senior, business) passing for 219 yards and three touchdowns. Two of IUP’s passing touchdowns came from sophomore wideout Duane Brown (sport administration), who has crushed this season with 12 receiving touchdowns in seven games. Brown continued his streak of stellar performances with seven straight games with at least one touchdown. This Crimson Hawks’ offense wasn’t the only unit feeling it Saturday. IUP’s defense looked unstoppable against Clarion.
They limited Clarion to an anemic 58 rushing yards, which was a far cry from the Hawk’s ground attack. This defense caused seven turnovers, the second-highest for this squad since 2008 when they forced nine turnovers against Gannon. The Crimson Hawks secondary were all over the place and three different players tallied an interception. The front seven were just as dominant, with three other defensive players contributing to IUP’s four forced fumbles on the day. It was as though the entire team had a fire in their bellies as the Hawks saw production from just about every player from each side of the ball. Most importantly, the Hawks
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re-asserted themselves as one of the top contenders in Division II after coming off their heartbreaking 45–42 loss against Slippery Rock the week prior. The Hawks have progressed to 6–1 on the year and 3–1 in the PSAC. Hawk Nation will finally be able to see its squad for the first time in three weeks. IUP’s next game will be at home against a struggling 2–5 Gannon squad. The Hawks have started the road to recovery well. They will look to continue their new streak of dominance in order to achieve their ultimate goal of attaining a national title. Making the postseason is a very realistic opportunity for the Crimson Hawks, sitting with just one
loss and a very winnable last four games. The current AFCA Coaches’ Poll has IUP at No. 19, behind three teams in Super Region One: No. 6 Notre Dame (Ohio), No. 9 Slippery Rock and No. 17 Kutztown, the latter two slated to face off in the PSAC Championship game. The loss to The Rock may actually help IUP’s postseason chances; facing a Shippensburg team currently 2-5 is much less of a challenge than the eventual winner of the PSAC East. The Crimson Hawks would host a game in the first week of the playoffs if they are ranked as one of the top four seeds, assuming they will not earn the bye that the No. 1-seed earns.
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(IUP Athletics) IUP’s men’s golf team won the PSAC Championship for the 29th time in program history.
ELLIOT HICKS
Sports Editor E.Hicks@iup.edu @ehicks39
GOLF: IUP golf closed out its fall season by winning the PSAC Championship for the 29th time in program history. The tournament was highlighted further by Shaun Fedor (freshman, marketing) winning the individual title in a playoff. The Crimson Hawks led wire-towire, never surrendering the top spot in the competition. Their 53over 905 was 13 strokes higher than West Chester’s second-place score and secured the team’s third victory in five fall tournaments. The Crimson Hawks have won three titles in the last four years, 12
in total since 2000, and the 29 titles rank as the highest in PSAC history. The closest team to IUP is Slippery Rock with 14, and The Rock no longer has a men’s golf team. Behind them is Clarion with eight total men’s titles. “(Our) strong team from top to bottom was key to our success,” Jack Buccigross (sophomore, marketing) said. “The conditions were tough (in Hershey), but we battled as a team and were very unselfish as a whole.” Fedor took home the individual title, earning medalist honors after defeating Shepherd’s Owen Elliott and West Chester’s Chris Warner in a playoff after the trio tied with a 10-over 223. “We’re all really happy for him,” Buccigross said.
Jeremy Eckenrode (senior, finance) was just two strokes back of the lead, and two other Crimson Hawks also finished in the top 10.
SOCCER: IUP soccer had its highest offensive output since 2010 in an 8–0 victory against Salem on Sunday. Eight different Crimson Hawks scored in the victory, and surprisingly, none of the goals were scored by striker Mahogany Willis (sophomore, communications media). Matching up against the Tigers, now 1–10 on the season, gave IUP an opportunity to start backup goalkeeper Maria Tunney (sophomore, criminology), who made three saves in the victory. Multiple other Crimson Hawks backups and young players were
able to get valuable in-game experience as well. IUP totaled 25 shots in the game, 17 being on goal. IUP currently sits one point outside of a postseason spot, fifth in the PSAC West at 5–5 in the conference (7–5 overall). Six games remain for the Crimson Hawks, with the next matchup coming Wednesday against Gannon.
SWIMMING: Seven individual victories highlighted IUP swimming’s dual meet Friday at Edinboro. The Fighting Scots took home the victory in both the men’s and women’s competitions, defeating the Crimson Hawks by scores of 102–91 and 110–95, respectively.
Gerard Morato (senior, kinesiology) won in the 200 breaststroke and 500 freestyle competitions, winning the former in dominant fashion with nearly a five-second margin of victory. Luke Emmerling (freshman, biology) won the 1000 freestyle, and Jackson Woolard (freshman, kinesiology) won in the 200 IM. The IUP women took home the top three spots in the 1000 freestyle, led by Olivia Santee (freshman, criminology). Gabrielle Gironda (junior, nursing) took home a victory in the 200 butterfly, while Paige Mikesell (sophomore, kinesiology) won the 100 freestyle. The first home meet of the season will take place Nov. 2 as the Crimson Hawks host Saint Vincent.
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Volleyball builds first winning streak of season JAKE SLEBODNICK
News Editor J.C.Slebodnick@iup.edu @Jake_WIUP
Bust out the brooms, Hawk Nation. The IUP women’s volleyball team hit the road this weekend for two conference matches against the Lock Haven Bald Eagles, who entered the day 6–12 (0–8 in the conference), and the Bloomsburg Huskies, who started 7–13 (2–6 in the conference), both of which IUP came out victories. IUP faced Lock Haven on Friday and took the match rather easily, as they bested the Bald Eagles in three sets 25–21, 25–19 and 25–11. Jasmine Raudys (junior, pre– med) led the campaign as she not only forced the Bald Eagles into 23 errors, but 10 kills on offense. She also hit more than 50 percent in the contest, while limiting the Bald Eagles to a –.035 hitting percentage, the lowest hitting percentage by any opponent this season. Leah Henderson (freshman,
(IUP Athletics) IUP volleyball defeated Lock Haven and Bloomsburg over the weekend, winning six of seven sets.
nursing) and Lizzie Virgin (freshman, academic affairs) capitalized on a weak defensive showcase by Lock Haven as they tallied four total serve aces and nine kills on offense. The biggest factors from this match came from smart hitting, tallying a .213 hitting percentage, minimalizing the total number of errors, as they let only 13 mishaps occur and not letting Lock Haven take a lead in the game. Another hidden factor was striking quickly on offense, as they accrued nine serve aces in the statis-
tic column. This straight–set victory gave IUP lots of momentum heading into Saturday. The Crimson Hawks picked up two straight set victories against Bloomsburg (25–15, 25–18), but struggled in the third set, losing 25–14. This wouldn’t hinder IUP’s performance as they rebounded in set four, taking it 25–21 and concluding the road sweep. Nicole Peterson (freshman, biology) had the hot hand in this
match, as she tallied 16 kills on the day. Along with that, she had a .418 hitting percentage through the first two sets. Lizzie Virgin continued her strong weekend performance as she also contributed 10 kills. Jaden Fuller (sophomore, pre– physician assistant) and Jessie Ignace (senior, psychology/criminology) had a balanced game, as they combined for 14 kills and three blocks. Once again, minimal errors and a high team hitting percentage
played a key factor in this win. IUP outkilled Bloomsburg 46 to 38 while maintaining a .229 hitting percentage as opposed to the Huskies’ .117. Another important role was IUP outnumbering them in blocks 6.0 to 4.0. This statistic shows the importance of strong defensive work, as it leads to victories. IUP will look to extend their winning streak this weekend as they return home to face the Seton Hill Griffins (9–8; 5–4) and the California (Pa.) Vulcans (9–8; 4–5).
Field hockey still in playoff hunt despite loss to No. 1 Golden Rams JEFF HART
Lead Sports Writer J.R.Hart2@iup.edu @ThePennIUP
The IUP Crimson Hawks field hockey team lost 3–0 against No.1 West Chester on Senior Day Saturday. This loss ended the Crimson Hawks’ two-game winning streak and put their record back to .500 at 7–7 this season. The Golden Rams got going early and put up a goal in the first quarter. The Hawks did not falter and held WCU scoreless in the second quarter. The Golden Rams quickly responded after the half and put up two goals in the third quarter. IUP was stout defensively and limited the best team in the country to three goals. This was an improvement from their earlier 5–0 loss against WCU this season. Senior captain Camen Weber voiced her pleasure with her teammates’ improvement. “I knew Saturday’s game would be a tough one,” she said. “After the game, we were all very proud of
(IUP Athletics) IUP field hockey is seventh in the PSAC standings.
how hard we worked. Everyone put in 110 percent effort. What made me the proudest was our improvement from the first time we played them.” While this game may have been a loss in the record column, there were small victories for the Crimson Hawks. This is the second time this
season they have faced a team that has been ranked the best in the nation and played with defensive grit and resilience. The Hawks’ season is far from over. They have their last non-conference matchup against an 8–5 Lindenwood squad. After this non-conference matchup, the
Hawks will end their season with three in-conference games against Shippensburg, Mercyhurst and Kutztown, looking to break into the top six and the postseason spot that comes with it. IUP currently sits at seventh in the PSAC with a 3–4 league record and could easily climb the rankings
if it can win the season’s last three matchups. The Hawks are aware of what is at stake and are fully prepared for the tough weeks ahead. “Knowing these matchups are important for our chances to make playoffs adds a level of pressure,” Weber said. “I think if we continue to play with consistency and tempo we played with against West Chester, then we can put ourselves in a good position to make the playoffs.” With all of this in mind, IUP must remain focused on the matchup ahead against Lindenwood. This game has potential to be a trap game for the Hawks if they are looking too far ahead into the schedule. Team leaders are all too aware of this and are emphasizing this week’s focus. “This week’s practices will be all about keeping energy and carrying it into our game against Lindenwood,” Weber said. This squad is primed and ready to go and will fight to keep its postseason hopes alive as the regular season winds down.
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(TNS) Jose Altuve and the Houston Astros are set to take on Stephen Strasburg and the Washington Nationals in the World Series.
Nats defy odds to face Astros in 2019 World Series JAKE SLEBODNICK
News Editor J.C.Slebodnick@iup.edu @Jake_WIUP
This article contains opinion. The stage is set for the 2019 MLB World Series. It will be the Houston Astros representing the American League taking on the underdog and Wild Card champion Washington Nationals representing the National League. Many, including myself, did not picture the final series of the year to feature these two teams, but that’s what makes this matchup great. With that being said, let’s break down the World Series, which will begin Tuesday. Starting with the American League champs, the Astros have shown us time and time again that they should be known as a perennial champion and a major threat to their competition. With a three-headed monster of Gerrit Cole, Justin Verlander and Zack Greinke scheduled to pitch games one to three, it presents a
major challenge to the Washington lineup. Cole currently has a 3–0 record with a 0.40 ERA and 32 strikeouts in the 2019 postseason and is a potential candidate for the postseason MVP award should he dominate in the Fall Classic. On the other hand, Verlander has held his opponents batting average to .205 and can go late into a ballgame, even if he gets into trouble, as he did against New York in the ALCS. Switching to the offensive side, second baseman Jose Altuve has a huge wave of momentum carrying over into the series considering he is the reason the Astros made it to the World Series after all. Additionally, the 5-foot-six middle infielder currently sits at a .347 batting average this postseason, but he has a slugging percentage of more than 70 percent. While he may not have been the catalyst during the regular season, Altuve should be the offensive player to watch for the Astros during this series. One other thing to look out for
is how Houston utilizes its bullpen/ rotation. While the first three starters can carry a hefty workload, that puts them able to rest their bullpen (other than closer Roberto Osuna) for a long period of time. To some, this may be a great thing, but if you’re A.J. Hinch and you leave your bullpen dormant for three days (four if you count travel day), you’re putting your team at risk for games four and five. If you plan on recycling Cole, Verlander and Greinke after their first rotation, make sure your bullpen is able to come in when needed. If all units stay connected like they were in the ALCS, Houston could easily get their second championship in three years. On the other side, the Nationals are a Cinderella story in the making. Not only did they defy the odds in the Wild Card game against a hot Brewers team, but they topped the best team in the NL on paper in the Los Angeles Dodgers. Howie Kendrick rose from the ashes with a go–ahead home run
on the road which clinched the NLCS for the Nationals. But was it a one-time thing? In his career, he has a .231 batting average in the postseason and only reached base 26 percent of the time. But at the same time, history doesn’t matter in a do–or–die situation. While Kendrick’s had a few days off, his ceiling this year remains extremely high. It all depends on his game one performance. I’m interested to see how Washington’s bullpen attacks the Houston lineup. Daniel Hudson and Sean Doolittle are the go–to relievers in high intensity situations. Not the first names that come to mind, especially with who they’re facing. However, Hudson has shown something different this year. In the 2019 postseason, he has a 0.00 ERA with a 1–0 record and four saves in just six appearances. Lifetime, he has an ERA above four. The 32-year-old reliever obviously changed his form, and it’s shown this year. He’s a player to keep an eye on as he’ll get the call in clutch
situations. The lineup itself isn’t the brightest, but that means Houston may play down to their competition, thinking it will be a breeze. Should this be the case, Washington could put up a strong fight. While my analysis shows Houston as the heavy favorite, I want to give my prediction to the Nationals. Houston may have been a juggernaut all postseason long, but this is too good of a matchup to pass up on. The Astros aren’t favored to win the World Series, and they’ve been caught in situations that had them clinging to each series by the skin of their teeth. Not to mention, Washington has a pitching rotation that limited the St. Louis Cardinals to little offensive production in the NLCS. My overall prediction: Washington wins the series in six, Patrick Corbin defies the odds and throws a no–hitter in game three, the first of the series in D.C. and Howie Kendrick wins it in game six on a walk–off double. Let the games begin.
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(TNS) Marc-Andre Fleury defeated his former team Saturday night as Vegas defeated Pittsburgh 3–0.
Injured Penguins coming closer to return TYLER COMO
Staff Writer T.D.Como@iup.edu @ThePennIUP
This article contains opinion. All stats accurate as of Oct. 20. The Pittsburgh Penguins have begun a tirade without some of their most veteran players in the lineup. Their five-game winning streak led the NHL at the time, but an old friend found himself defeating the streak in a spectacular way. Injury has caused problems with Pittsburgh before, so they’ve learned to adapt and overcome the challenges that come with losing parts of the core. Vets like defenseman Kris Letang and center/potential GOAT Sidney Crosby seemed to have found themselves commanding their positions and commanding their team to keep on winning. Pittsburgh has taken in a lot of younger talent, but
the team bares some close similarities to their 2016-17 playoff runs and sequential cup runs. The Pens staff has changed this broken team into one that unexpectedly brings home wins. There have been 11 players with at least four points, Crosby and Letang among them. Through nine games, they stack up an impressive record (6–3–0), losing to the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday night. Former Penguins goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury, now the face of the Golden Knights franchise, made his first debut in Pittsburgh this season and was welcomed back with open arms, despite the fact of him shutting out the Pens at home and snapping their streak. Matt Murray, Pittsburgh’s starting netminder, played during the first matchup of the back-to-back games over the weekend and secured a win. Even though two pucks managed to slip by, he finished the night against the Dallas
Stars with a .917 save percentage, which helped get Pittsburgh its fifth-straight win. It was fitting for backup goaltender Tristan Jarry to get between the pipes and play in the second weekend game. Jarry has started in only two games for the season so far, holding a record of 1–1. The win came against the Winnipeg Jets, final score being 7–2, and his loss came when facing off against Vegas. The final score of that game was 3–0, even though two of those three goals were empty netters late in the game. Letang was prominent in the limelight after scoring big against the Stars goaltender Anton Khudobin. In addition to Murray’s net minding, Letang tallied a pair of goals to keep the Pens ahead against their opponents, plus a little help from his teammates. Clearly these young guys are excited to perform at such a competitive level and actually are playing
great. There’s recently been good and bad news on the injury front for the Penguins. Good news is a lot of the injured players are slowly making their way back to practicing with the team. Bad news, injury strikes again. Bryan Rust has been out since the beginning of October, but will be making the road trip with the team. He’s eligible to play within the next few games. Nick Bjugstad, Rust and Zach Trotman all participated in practice but sported grey non-contact jerseys. In addition to Rust being possible to play this week, Jared McCann joined for practice as well. Fortunately, he was in a regular contact jersey in practice over the weekend. Both Malkin and Galchenyuk will still be sitting out going into this week but were able to practice on their own. Considering the stats being tallied by Pittsburgh and where some of the players rank, there is little rush toward their returns to
the ice. Which makes sense, make sure they’re as recovered as possible; it’s better to heal now than have the same injury pop up sometime in the future. Start with the good and end with the bad. Coach Mike Sullivan stated Brian Dumolin is out with a lower body injury. His availability for these next to games is almost certainly out, but the staff will keep the fanbase updated as far as his recovery. I’m hoping it’s nothing too serious. These injuries are sweeping through the team, but the wins keep on coming. Pittsburgh handles adversity like this very well, but it’s important to remember there are 30 other teams in the league going through similar or better circumstances. There’s only one goal for all of them, to etch their names in hockey stardom, some even multiple times. The Penguins’ next games come in a back-to-back against Florida and Tampa Bay this week.
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(TNS) Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz was hit by a Dallas defender during Sunday’s game.
Playoff chances looking scarce in Philly after loss to Cowboys AUSTIN SMITH
Staff Writer A.S.Smith7@iup.edu @ThePennIUP
Sunday night football was a big one to watch this week, because both the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles collided for an NFC East battle, both tied going in with the same record at 3–3. If you were a Cowboys fan, this was a good game to watch. If you were a big Eagles fan...well, let’s just say, I don’t know what is going to happen next following a 37–10 Dallas victory. This game was far from a close one. The Eagles won the toss and finally decided to receive first. If any of you guys know Doug Pederson, he elects to always take the kickoff in the second half. This time, though, he thought it was more crucial to get off to that better start. The birds did just that, and it was rough from the beginning. The Eagles were looking pretty good
down the field until Dallas Goedert had the ball stripped, giving the Cowboys the football. This was a bad way for the offense to start off against Dak Prescott and the Dallas offense. The Cowboys went on and put the first two scores up and led 14–0. The Eagles looked they were going to be in trouble again on a third and long, and they were, but a penalty did save them. A roughing the passer penalty on Dallas benefitted Philadelphia heavily as they went to score on that drive. That was probably one of the best drives that Carson Wentz had out of the whole game because Jordan Howard had some good runs and Wentz threw a great pass to Dallas Goedert for the only touchdown for Philadelphia in the game. Yes, the Eagles were down by only one touchdown at one point, but that was even too much for the birds to climb out of. The Eagles
rush defense was not playing like it usually does. The Eagles coming into the game had one of the best rush defenses, but Ezekiel Elliott, one of the best running backs in the NFL, was too powerful to stop. Being one of the highest paid running backs in the NFL, you would expect to see him putting up as many yards as he can night in and night out. He did just that against the Eagles. Elliott managed to put up a rushing touchdown and 111 yards up rushing on the ground. Not being able to stop the run nor the passing game and wide receiver Amari Cooper isn’t a strategy for success. Cooper had a great game against the Eagles and was a big part in the success of the Dallas offense. The score just kept getting higher and higher, and each time, the Eagles seemed to have no response at all, especially right before halftime when Dallas kicker Brett Maher nailed a 63-yard
field goal that really kept the Cowboys’ momentum up. The Eagles’ defense has been banged up all season, so that was still obviously a problem in this game. Not only that, but they really missed Desean Jackson in this game. Jackson has played only two games this season and has two touchdowns and more than 150 yards in receptions, which isn’t much less compared to the other Eagles receivers who have played 7 games where Jackson has played only two. With the Eagles’ defense struggling, so was the offense. We don’t know when Jackson is returning, along with other players, but his return will make a big difference for Wentz. Jackson will give Wentz way more options to throw down field. Alshon Jeffrey, Zach Ertz and Nelson Agholor did not made a huge presence during the loss which is also a problem. Goedert ended up being the star receiver for Philadelphia in this
game, even though he is the second-string tight end. I also thought Boston Scott didn’t look too bad when had a few rushes during the game. My problem is trying to figure out why Wentz doesn’t spread the ball out more to his receivers. If you are launching a couple of bombs to the endzone, you would expect some your receivers to lay out for that ball, but we didn’t see that from any of the Eagles. It’s almost as if they are giving themselves up and just overall playing inconsistent and very sloppy with the ball. Eagles fans, we must hope that something good comes to us, even if it’s the return of Jackson and some of our defensive players that were missed most the season. Our season is not over if we get things back on track starting, with a must win over the Buffalo Bills. We have a tough road ahead of us, and we’ll have to see if the birds are up to the challenge.