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(Richard Loftus/ The Penn) 7th St. Marketry Espresso Bar & Cafe opened Saturday with a ribbon cutting followed by a live performance by Grist for the Mill featuring guitarist Al Craig.

Cafe grand opening brings homemade food and music EMILY LOOSE

Lead News Writer E.D.Loose@iup.edu @ThePennIUP

A college student can never have enough choices for coffee, and with the opening of a new espresso bar downtown, IUP students have another option to add to the list. 7th St. Marketry Espresso Bar & Cafe next to IRMC Park held its grand opening Saturday, featuring a ribbon cutting at 4 p.m., followed by a live performance by Grist for the Mill. There were also giveaways for Winter Warm Up tickets. The marketplace was full of vendors, including local shops selling candles and books. The espresso bar will be a mainstay in the shop. The bar has been open since December, but the owners decided to host a grand opening now as students are back in the area. Christina Nicoll, co-owner and cook behind the bar, said her husband and she had been hoping to open something like this for a while. “My husband and I have intend-

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(Richard Loftus/ The Penn) The Nicoll’s (from left to right) Christina, Scott, Mara, Dale and Myla performed the ribbon cutting ceremony.

ed to have an espresso bar for several years,” she said. “One day, we saw that this space became available, and we decided to get it.” The business is all in the family. Along with her husband, Nicoll’s children help out by serving cus-

tomers as their parents teach them what running a business is like. Customers not only have options in drinks but in food as well. Meals on the menu include pulled-pork sandwiches, soup and banana-split breakfast bowls. Bakery items are also available, usually

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fresh from the oven. According to Nicoll, all the food is made from scratch, and ingredients come from local producers. Their flours and cornmeal come from Leap’s Farm, one of the vendors in the marketplace. “The only thing from a can is

beans when I make chili,” Nicoll said. One thing she recommends on the menu is cinnamon rolls. “There’s a tradition in Indiana called Capitol rolls,” she said. “While I don’t have those, I have a great cinnamon roll recipe that people seem to enjoy.” Reviews on the bar’s Facebook page show only satisfied customers. “I tried Christina’s homemade chili for lunch today, and it tasted as delicious as it smelled,” customer Jessica Rising said. “The coffee is outstanding, and I’ve had a lot of coffees,” another customer Linda Nance said. While they have not been open long, Nicoll said that they do have regulars but are excited for more newcomers as they gain momentum. She said her hope is that the grand opening will be able to help out more. The Espresso Bar & Cafe is open Tuesday through Friday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and weekends 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The soup choices change weekly. For information on the specials, call (724)-541-9880.

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Students can save the earth by composting KATIE WILLIAMS

Social Media Editor K.L.Williams9@iup.edu @ThePennIUP

One of the most underrated, environmentally friendly actions the average household can partake in is composting. Composting changes the way that organic material breaks down. Compared to the two other common waste removal options, landfills and incineration, the greenhouse gas emissions that composting saves are significant. Composting, when done correctly, releases only carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Comparatively, landfills release methane, which according to climatechangeconnection.org, is 25 times as harmful to the environment as carbon dioxide, while incineration techniques release nitrous oxide, which is 298 times as harmful.

Although the limited space that college students endure can make composting difficult, it’s not impossible. My roommate and I made a composting bin by cutting holes into a bin from Walmart and leaving it outside our house. If you live in the dorms or anywhere that placing a bin outside just isn’t possible, there are bins that are made to keep inside, which can be bought for about $20. At the very least, encourage your family back home to make a compost if it’s possible. Composting food scraps and lawn clippings can have a significant difference on the environment if all families took part in the change. Composting also produces fertile soil as a product, which can be used to take care of take care of a garden or any plants you keep at home. If gardening isn’t your thing, you can just spread the dirt around in the backyard.

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Police Blotter Theft from vehicle • An unknown person is believed to have taken a Taurus handgun and a lavender Coach purse with a

Vera Bradley wallet (pink and purple flowers) from a vehicle sometime between 11:20 p.m. Feb. 15 and 12:30 p.m. Feb. 16 in the 00 block of North Seventh Street, according to the Indiana Borough Police. Anyone with information contact borough police at 724-349-2121.

Retail Theft • Heather Shank, 33, of Indiana, was charged with retail theft at 8:45 p.m. at Sheetz, located at 380 Philadelphia St., according to borough police.

• Melissa Erb, of Marion Center, was charged with retail theft, public drunkenness and possession of drug paraphernalia at 9:21 p.m. Feb. 15 at Sheetz, located at 380 Philadelphia St., according to borough police.

Alcohol Violations • Devon Walker, 21, of Vintondale, was charged with public drunkenness and public urination after

Walker was observed urinating in public while highly intoxicated at 11:26 p.m. Feb. 15 100 South 10th St., according to borough police.

• Brittany Basaldua, 33, of Indiana, was charged with trespass with a motor vehicle, DUI and careless

driving after borough police discovered Basaldua in the driver’s seat of her running vehicle at 6:15 p.m. Feb. 8 in the 1500 block of School Street, according to borough police.

Drug Violation • Aaron Indof, 22, of West Newton, was charged with disorderly conduct, possession of a controlled substance, criminal mischief and public drunkenness after fighting with the Coney bar staff at 11:16 p.m. Feb. 14 at 600 Phialdelphia St., according to borough police.

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Taiwanese students celebrate Lunar New Year, share culture ABE ESHELMAN

Staff Writer A.Eshelman@iup.edu @DukeOfKalos

Most IUP students celebrated the New Year more than a month ago on Jan. 1; however, with IUP’s diverse population, some students are still celebrating. Multiple areas of the world, including China, Vietnam, Laos, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan, celebrate the Lunar New Year, a multi-day festival that began on Feb. 5 and continues anywhere from 14 to 23 days. One of those countries, Taiwan, has a small, but passionate, group of students at IUP. The Taiwanese Student Association (TSA) is dedicated to “uniting the Taiwanese people here together to share our culture with other people,” said the association’s president, Yu Chen Liao (freshman, international business). Liao said he initially joined the club as its president for professional reasons, as “president” looks great on resumes, and he saw the club as a simple way to express and share Taiwanese culture. However, something changed in him after he hosted the first cultural event open to

(Aidan Shaw/The Penn) The Taiwanese Student Association celebrated the Lunar New Year in the HUB’s Susquehanna Room.

(Abe Eshelman/The Penn) Yu Chen Liao (freshman, international business) and Chieh Ting Lin (freshman, English) serve as the the Taiwanese Student Association’s president and secretary respectively.

the public. “I realized some people really liked our culture,” he said. “I saw that happiness on their faces, and I know that sharing our culture is something we can do to make people happier.” Secretary Chieh Ting Lin (freshman, English) also feels passionately about sharing Taiwanese culture. “We want people at IUP to know that we are Taiwanese and

kisses, partying, noise makers and a ball slowly descending several states away, Lunar New Year (Taiwanese New Year specifically) is celebrated in a different way. Liao explained that to celebrate Lunar New Year with the students of IUP, the TSA made dumplings, ordedTaiwanese food from Pittsburgh and wrote on couplets. “We want them to make dumplings, and we will cook dumplings

that it’s important for there to be a Taiwanese Student Association,” she said. Their latest endeavor was a one-day celebration Monday of the Lunar New Year in the HUB’s Susquehanna Room. “It is important for Taiwanese students to celebrate because we are missing our homes and their celebrations currently,” Lin said. While American New Year’s festivities may involve late-night

for them later,” Liao said before the event Monday. “We will have presentations, like how to say Mandarin words. We will teach them how to sing songs, and we will play Mahjong.” For those interested in attending future Taiwanese cultural events hosted by the TSA, there will be a Lantern Festival in March, and Lin said the TSA’s booth will be appearing at Unity Day in April.

Newspaper ads placed by former slaves seeking missing relatives KRISTIN E. HOLMES

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The plea is poignant in its urgency, a time-is-running-out appeal published in a Baltimore newspaper more than 40 years after emancipation. Ann Whaley, 101, is looking for relatives sold away from her. Before she dies, she wants to see them. “I am very anxious to get in direct correspondence with them,” she wrote. “Anything you can do for me, an ex-slave, will be highly appreciated.” Whaley’s beseeching words – which appeared in the Baltimore Sun on Aug. 26, 1911 – are about to reach a new audience. On Monday, they will be read from a stage at Villanova University as a cast of 75 area residents and students bring former slaves’ published petitions to life in “Last Seen: Voices from Slavery’s Lost Families.” The performance will be a compilation of classified ads, letters

(TNS) Jacquie Brodie-Davis, of St. Matthew A.M.E. Church, performed a monologue during a rehearsal for the original Black History Month performance, “Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery,” at Villanova University.

and articles printed in newspapers in the decades following the 1863 signing of the Emancipation Proclamation: mothers searching for their children, husbands for their wives, daughters and sons

for their parents, siblings for each other. “You think of emancipation as this magic wand of freedom,” said director Valerie Joyce, chair of Villanova’s theater and studio art

department. “But 50 years after, (families) are still placing ads for the people they lost” in a “search that reveals the open wounds that were left long after slavery ended.” The production was born of an online database created in 2017 by Judith Giesberg, a history professor and Civil War scholar at Villanova, and Margaret Jerrido, archivist for Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia’s Old City. Their project, “Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery,” has since become a repository for nearly 4,000 ads from hundreds of newspapers, including African-American publications such as the Black Republican in New Orleans, abolitionist papers such as the Liberator, and the Christian Recorder, the official publication of the A.M.E. denomination published at Mother Bethel. The materials include a trove of names of former slaves and long-lost relatives, owners and traders, and plantation locations. The database, which con-

tinues to grow as more ads are transcribed, has been a boon to the keepers of family histories. The Rev. Dr. Mark Kelly Tyler, of Mother Bethel, found a greatgreat-great-great-grandfather, the Rev. J. W. Devine of Pittsburgh, mentioned in an ad as a contact for former slaves seeking their families. Last spring, Giesberg and Jerrido traveled to Yale University for a conference on digitizing African-American history, where they met a faculty member who suggested using the ads as the basis for a theatrical project. Back at Villanova, Giesberg and Joyce set it in motion, with the hope that other schools will be inspired to follow suit. For their production, they put out a call for volunteer readers and wound up with a diverse cast ranging in age from 6 to 78 and including teachers, clergy, students, retirees, professors, and students from a performing arts school in Baltimore. They had one rehearsal before Monday’s performance.

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(Flickr) The Berkeley Fire Department responded to the fire of the Kiwi Campus’ Kiwibot robot and sprayed foam on the robot to prevent any potential re-ignition.

Food delivery robot bursts into flames at UC Berkeley KRISTIN E. HOLMES

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Food delivery robots have been rolling around the University of California, Berkeley and the surrounding area for nearly two years. Then one burst into flames. One of Kiwi Campus’ Kiwibot

robots was idling Friday when one of its batteries began to smolder, and then spouted smoke and fire, according to a company blog post. Someone nearby used a fire extinguisher to put out the flames. Kiwi said the incident was “contained” within moments. The Berkeley Fire Department arrived

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that to prevent future fires, it has installed “custom software” that will “rigorously monitor” the state of each battery in its robots. In the throes of finals week, UC Berkeley students expressed grief about the robot’s demise, calling it a “hero” and a “legend,” the Daily Cal campus newspaper reported. Kiwi’s autonomous, knee-high Kiwibot looks like a compact ice chest on wheels. The company, part of UC Berkeley’s Skydeck accelerator, provides food delivery service in the Berkeley area. Its business model relies on a mix of robots and humans. Kiwi uses a cylindrical robot called a RestaurantBot to ferry food from restaurants’ kitchens to the sidewalk, where a rider pedaling one of the company’s semi-autonomous cargo tricycles can pick it up. The rider then opens the tricycle’s storage compartment, which contains Kiwibots, and places the food inside the robot. As shown in a company video, the tricycle can then propel itself toward the food’s destination. About 400 yards from the customer, the Kiwibot is deployed to cover the last bit of ground.

The company said Saturday that it had pulled all of its robots from its operations while investigating the cause of the fire. Kiwi did not respond Monday to questions about whether delivery service had resumed or how many robots it operated. The Daily Cal reported that more than 100 robots deliver food throughout on campus and in the city. It was unclear how many of those robots are Kiwibots. Founded in 2016, Kiwi is based in Berkeley. It has raised as much as $2 million in five rounds of funding, according to Crunchbase, a platform that tracks fundraising. There have been several battery fires in consumer-fac(Facebook) ing products over the past few years. In 2016, U.S. regulators recalled about 1 million Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones because the phone’s lithium-ion battery could overheat and catch fire. More recently, Lime pulled about 2,000 of its electric rental scooters from streets in Los Angeles, Lake Tahoe and San Diego because a battery defect in one model could cause the vehicles to burst into flames.

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You can’t bring us down

So when I originally became a writer for The Penn my first week of my freshman year, I knew the job would bring great experience and some extra spending money for doing something I love, writing. The only thing that writing for the school newspaper didn’t make a student? Cool. You get the occasional, “Oh wow. You work the school newspaper; that’s really interesting.” You normally get weird looks as you’re attempting to take a photo in a crowded place for your story and trying to get quotes from students for a reaction piece. Fast forward two and a half years later, and I’m in the midst of my final semester as The Penn’s editor-in-chief, and it’s still very uncool. But you can’t bring me down. And, yes, even though it is fewer than three months from summer break and most of us here at The Penn have still yet to find summer internships and are consistently being rejected, you can’t bring us down.

And in addition to being overper, would be ending our print tion in the midst of our come up. worked, underpaid and just flat edition and making the shift to an In addition to our new e-edition, out underappreciated, apparently all-digital platform. which is just a trendier and more in addition to being very uncool, Questions and speculation colorful version of our former we also suck at our jobs. began to surface from faculty, print edition, we have an amazing The 2019 Student Keystone The Penn alumni and readers website, paired with a huge social Press Awards announced their all through Indiana about what media presence. winners. The Penn, aside from our would become of one of the lonIn addition to our website, new column “Hot Take Jake,” was not gest running collegiate publicaapp and social media, The Penn chosen for any of the awards. We tions in the state. now has five currently running were beaten podcasts and a out by Division video producI school pation team Today, eight months down the road, we are a media pers like The covering IUP Temple News organization in the midst of our come up. In addition to our sports. of Temple UniLast week versity and the new e-edition, which is just a trendier and more colorful we also reDaily Collegian leased our first of Penn State. version of our former print edition, we have an amazing newsletter for And while The Penn. So some of us, now we can website, paired with a huge social media presence. especially the bring everywriter of this thing we’re editorial, felt extremely let down At that point, The Penn was a doing at The Penn straight to and almost embarrassed, guess newspaper, and strictly a newsyour email. what? paper. We had a social media And even though most of our You can’t bring us down. presence but a small-scale and staff is made up of 19- to 23-yearYou know why you can’t bring not very effective one. We also old’s that don’t have time to “get us down? had a website that was barely the full college experience” like Because eight months ago, functionable. most other students, we don’t news broke that we, The Penn, Today, eight months down the care. IUP’s nearly century old newsparoad, we are a media organizaYeah, sure, we get annoyed

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with one another from time to time, but we have the pleasure of working with not only some of the most talented students IUP has to offer, but probably some of the hardest working. It has been an honor watching everyone from our sales managers to our production manager and audio editor grow so much and become so good at what they do. Sure, maybe us Penn kids still aren’t cool, and I guess we’re still relatively small in comparison to some of the bigger collegiate papers, but we don’t care. We’re a family here. And we will continue to bring our best efforts to work each and every day until we leave The Penn and IUP better places than they were before we got here. We will continue to provide news coverage and entertaining content to Indiana and the IUP community until we pass our roles down to the next generation. You can’t bring us down.

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Culture

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(Facebook) STATIC (The Student Activity Committee) sold out of tickets for its trip to Washington D.C., taking place April 13.

(IUP Facebook) Students would rather be an individual in a small class than a number in a large class as far as university class size.

Students hands down agree smaller classrooms are better ANNA MECHLING Contributing Writer A.Mechling@iup.edu @ThePennIUP

This article contains opinion. In one of the largest Pennsylvania state schools, class sizes vary from a few students to more than a hundred, but most students say they prefer those on the smaller side. IUP classes range from small to large, depending on the type of class and the specific major. General education classes and lower-level major classes are typically larger because more students are required to take them. Major-specific classes are often smaller because there is a more specialized focus to those courses. Most students seem to get a mixture of the two across their three-plus years in college. Luke Strdussnig (senior, criminology and sociology) said he prefers a small, intimate class size.

“They enable you to ask more questions and allow more time for individual students,” Strdussnig said. Smaller classes allow students to feel less like a number and more like an individual. “I prefer small classes because it allows me to develop a relationship with both my professor and classmates, which helps to foster an environment where I can learn more and excel in what is being taught,” Cole Rygalski (junior, theater) said. “Whereas in a larger class, you are just another set of eyes in a large room.” With small classes, professors are more likely to develop personal relationships with their students compared to large classes. “I prefer small classes because large classes are kind of intimidating,” MiJonna Carpenter (sophomore, psychology) said. “Plus, with smaller classes, students can get to know their professors better.”

Manijah Henry (junior, political science) agreed with the majority opinion of preferring smaller classes to bigger classes. Smaller classes often have more of a specific focus on an area of study. “I like smaller because of the professors being able to be more personable to your learning and accommodations for your major (in gen eds),” Juliana Senyk (senior, music education) said. “I think people would prefer smaller classes,” Abraham Villagomez (senior, political science) said. Students want to be appreciated and have a personal connection with their work and efforts. They don’t want to get lost in a sea of like individuals. Ultimately, students want to gain interpersonal relationships with their professors. They want to make the most of their time in school and want professors who want to create solid relationships.

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STATIC’s trip to capital sells out on first day SETH WOOLCOCK

Editor-In-Chief S.M.Woolcock@iup.edu @Swool15

STATIC (The Student Activity Committee) has always been known for providing entertainment for IUP students at a reasonable price. But usually, STATIC members use a heavy mixture of marketing and promotion to attempt to sell out a ticketed event, aside from the homecoming headlining concert, which usually sells out – if not, gets close – on its own. That changed when STATIC announced it would be selling bus tickets to the nation’s capital, Washington D.C., during the National Cherry Blossom Festival on April 13 for $10. Tickets went on sale for the trip 10 a.m. Friday and were sold out by the time the box office closed at 5:30 p.m. According to Mike Corona (senior, communications media), STATIC’s music chair, there were about 100 available tickets for the trip, enough to fill two buses. While discussing events for the semester, Corona had brought up doing a bus trip. His initial suggestion for a destination was Pittsburgh, but since the Steel City is so close to Indiana, STATIC members agreed to plan a trip to

D.C. instead. “I think we decided on a low price because we know college students don’t have a lot of money, and this is a cheap way to spend their day somewhere other than Indiana,” Corona said. Although the low ticket prices were probably a major reason students were so excited in attending the trip, the fact that students were encouraged to explore the festival and city on their own, even though there was a suggested itinerary, also seemed to be a pull factor for some students. “The second I found out about the trip I direct messaged STATIC asking when the tickets were being sold,” Kristy Shearer (senior, journalism and public relations) said. “There was a lot of built-up anticipation around a $10 trip to the Cherry Blossom Festival in D.C., so I think a lot of people got really excited and wanted to go even though they knew spots were limited.” Shearer, who plans to relocate to the D.C. area following graduation in May, said she couldn’t pass up the opportunity to experience the Cherry Blossoms Festival. After some hard work and collaboration from STATIC, it seems like they hit a home run in providing students with another great event opportunity.

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(Facebook) Students are leaning more towards shopping online at Amazon (left) than in a physical store like American Eagle (right).

Amazon reigns supreme in student shopping MEGAN DONNY Staff Writer M.Donny@iup.edu @ThePennIUP

This article contains opinion. The rise of online shopping has given students more accessibility to the products they need, but not all of them choose to utilize it. While students do take advantage of the many online shopping websites like Amazon, some prefer being able to see what they are buying in person rather than onscreen. Olivia Tavoletti (sophomore, marketing) prefers shopping in-store because of the high shipping costs associated with online shopping. “Online stores will always have expensive shipping, and you will still not be able to try on clothes beforehand,” Tavoletti said. Shopping at brick-and-mortar stores has other positive aspects as well. “You can find really good stuff in store on clearance or exclusive in-store sales,” Aaron Hoda (sophomore, criminology) said. Not everyone agrees that instore purchasing is the best route to take. While in-store shopping does give you the ability to see firsthand what you are buying, there’s a certain luxury associated with being able to order what you want from the comfort of your own home. “I feel like it’s so much easier, because when you have to go into

stores and look for something, it takes forever,” Michelle Raymond (freshman, journalism and public relations) said. “But you can just type in Amazon and get exactly what you want.” The ability to order anything you want from wherever you are at any time is something with which brick-and-mortar stores just can't compete. Even the students who prefer shopping in-store admitted that online shopping has dominance over in-store shopping because of how simple it is to obtain what you need. “Accessibility is why online shopping is more common,” Hoda said. Locations to shop at around IUP’s campus are limited as well. For instance, a sorority girl who needs a white skirt for a Panhellenic event would have trouble finding one around town, due to the lack of apparel stores. It would be much easier for her to go to one of the many online clothing stores to order what she needs. College students are busy between studying, homework, extracurricular activities and social events. They don’t always have the time to go out shopping or make the drive to a mall that would have what they are looking for. “People like the convenience of online shopping more so they’ll just want to online shop instead of going to the actual store,” Maran Davis (sophomore, fashion merchandising) said. Amazon is definitely one of the

most popular online shopping websites that students frequent. “Amazon is the shit,” Raymond said. She isn’t the only student who has strong positive feelings about Amazon. “I prefer online because of

Amazon,” Hoda said. “They have Amazon Prime, and I get better deals and good shipping options.” There are clear advantages and disadvantages to both shopping in-store and online. While it’s less convenient to shop in-store, online shopping has

drawbacks, like shipping prices and not being able to see what you are paying for in person. It all depends on personal preference and what each student finds easier for them, whether that be shopping from their couch or going to brick-and-mortar stores.

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Professors and students come together for faculty recital

(Richard Loftus/ The Penn) Dr. Oliver Lo, director of IUP Opera Theater, and Dr. Evan Englestad joined forces to bring the Faculty Recital. The event took place at the Gorell Recital Hall on the second floor of Sutton Hall. Tanner Jaksa and Tae Ho Choi (top right) get emotional during the performance. Kye-Won Kopko (bottom right) was one of the directors during the performance.

February 19, 2019

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How 'Alita' is paving the way for James Cameron's 'Avatar' sequels

(Facebook) “Alita,” directed by Robert Rodriguez and produced by James Cameron was released Thursday.

JEN YAMATO TNS Los Angeles Times This article contains opinion. The steely gaze of Na'vi warrioress Neytiri welcomes visitors at the entrance to some of Hollywood's most fantastical worlds. Towering in the corner of a hangar, an "Aliens" xenomorph menaces, frozen in place. Upstairs sits the Heart of the Ocean, daring passersby to never let go. No, you're not in Kansas anymore. You're at Lightstorm Entertainment, the solar-powered, eco-friendly Manhattan Beach headquarters of Oscar-winning "Avatar" filmmakers James Cameron and Jon Landau.

Just a skip away on a massive soundstage, visual effects crews piece together top-secret scenes straight out of Pandora for "Avatar 2." Oscar-winning VFX artist Richard Baneham tinkers with a "virtual camera," constructing impossible shots by sending data back and forth to technicians seated at a NASA-like brain trust of computers. Next door in a custom-built tank filled with 500,000 gallons of water, camera operators in flippers float on pool noodles, ready to shoot an aquatic stunt scene for that aforementioned first of four new "Avatar" sequels set to hit theaters in 2020. It was here a few years ago that "Sin City" director Robert Rodriguez got a crash course in

the groundbreaking immersive 3D technology he would need to bring the 26th-century dystopia of Iron City to life in sci-fi epic "Alita: Battle Angel," now playing in wide release and adapted by Cameron and Laeta Kalogridis from Yukito Kishiro's manga series "Gunnm." And it's here today, on a quiet weekday ahead of "Alita's" domestic debut, that "Avatar" producer Landau leads a private tour through the cutting-edge campus occupying a modest stretch of Manhattan Beach Studios – a much homier base than the Hughes Aircraft space where the first "Avatar" was partially filmed a dozen years ago. Landau, Lightstorm's chief operating officer, walks down

hallways lined with "Avatar" crew portraits to the "museum" that houses precious artifacts from the company's mega-blockbusters. Inside, the Alien queen faces off against Ellen Ripley's power loader while Sigourney Weaver's face peers out from a lineup of blue Na'vi busts in the form of her "Avatar" character, Dr. Grace Augustine. Across the room lives the "True Lies" jet; intricately detailed models of the RMS Titanic both pre- and post-iceberg; and the 1912 replica Renault Town Car whose rear window, to this day, bears the steamy hand print that commemorates Rose and Jack's doomed love. As Marie Kondo might say, just about every piece seems to spark joy in Landau. The latest addition to the museum and to the Lightstorm family is also a crucial bridge between the company's past and its future: A life-size model of Alita, the cyborg heroine played under a digital layer of performance-captured VFX by Rosa Salazar, who wakes up with a new mechanical body and no memory of her past life in the futuristic adventure "Alita: Battle Angel." Cameron and Landau had tried to make "Alita" for almost two decades before bringing Rodriguez on to direct. "People say to me, 'Are you glad you waited this long for the technology?'" says Landau. "And I say, 'No – I'm glad we waited this long, because we found Rosa.'" Salazar's vibrant performance beats at the heart of "Alita." But the film boasts a hefty price tag reportedly pegged at $170 million. Although Salazar and "Alita's" VFX have garnered praise, critical reaction has been mixed, and modest opening weekend projections suggest "Alita" could be in for a formidable box office battle. A few days later, Landau says the box office chatter doesn't faze him. "Every movie has to stand on its own. You don't sit there and think every movie is going to be 'Avengers,' but that doesn't mean you don't go make movies." What matters, he says, are the early-screening fans for whom the film has connected strongly. And he's bullish on the international performance, where "Alita" opened to a "promising" $32 million in 11 markets and has yet to hit China. "We are in a global industry. We have recognized that from 'Titanic' on," says Landau, preparing

to take "Alita" on an international tour with stops in Japan and China where audiences are more familiar with the source material. "You can't make movies just for North America or just for domestic box office. You have to make them for a global audience." In many ways, all roads at Lightstorm – where even the decor of the state-of-the-art in-house theater is "Avatar"-inspired – lead back to Pandora, and to the lessons and future of Lightstorm's centerpiece franchise. "'Avatar' was the first film that, in my mind, took motion capture and added the 'e' that was always missing – emotion capture," Landau emphasizes, sitting in his office at Lightstorm. "And that's why we call it performance capture now. Because we want the emotion of somebody, and not just the motion." Perched closest to him is a piece, destined for the Motion Picture Academy Museum, that embodies the bottled-lightning moments he strives for: a sculpture of Zoe Saldana as Neytiri wearing her performance-capture rig from "Avatar." Cameron initially co-founded Lightstorm with Lawrence Kasanoff nearly 30 years ago, making it the home for his tentpole films including 1991's "Terminator 2: Judgment Day." When Landau joined the company he and Cameron scored their biggest hits to date, along with matching Academy Awards: Record-smashers "Avatar" (2009, $2.8 billion) and "Titanic" (1997, $2.2 billion) remain the No. 1 and 2 globally top-grossing films of all time, respectively. Eventually Cameron turned his focus to directing "Avatar" sequels and handed the "Alita" reins, along with 600 pages of notes and access to his stable of artists and technicians, to Rodriguez, the genre director with indie roots. Without Cameron at the helm the budget had to come down, says Rodriguez, who shot the film in 57 days combining performance capture with live-action filming on an expansive, practical Iron City set. "He even said, 'If I made this movie it would cost twice as much!'" Rodriguez says with a laugh. "It was a perfect blend for this type of movie to feel like we just went whole hog on a Jim Cameron film, with some of the efficiencies that my movies have, so that we could even get the studio to sign off."

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 (IUP Athletics) Jeff Allen (senior, criminology) pitched 4.1 no-hit innings Friday in a victory against Le Moyne.

Baseball picks up another victory in Tar Heel State JAKE SLEBODNICK

Production Manager J.C.Slebodnick@iup.edu @slebby24

This article contains opinion. The IUP baseball team traveled to North Carolina this weekend to participate in the Weekend at Holly Springs. The invitational was scheduled to be three days, but the final day was canceled due to rain. On Friday, IUP took on Le Moyne in a two-game set, which ended up in a 1-1 split. In game one, the Crimson Hawks fell to the Dolphins 6-5. IUP had a two-run lead going into the fifth inning; however, the Dolphins

tied it up after a sacrifice fly from David DiNorcia. Le Moyne’s senior catcher Camillo Spinoso ended the game with a go-ahead solo homerun in the top of the seventh, putting the Dolphins ahead. IUP catcher Matt Swartz (redshirt senior, business administration) also contributed a two-run homerun in the game. Colin Williams (sophomore, management) and Tyler Adams (junior, criminology) each tallied a hit and a run in the loss to Le Moyne. In game two, RHP Jeff Allen (senior, criminology) took a no-hitter through 4.1 innings pitched, while fanning seven batters in a 3-1 redemption against the Dolphins. The Crimson Hawks carried a

3-0 lead into the bottom of the fifth inning, which was kickstarted by an RBI double by Chris Eisel (junior, pre-physical therapy). Eisel went on to go 2-3 for the remainder of the game. Colin Williams continued his hitting dominance as he drove home a pair of runs after hitting a tworun single in the top of the fifth. Le Moyne scored their lone mark in the bottom of the fifth after a solo homerun from junior Nicholas Jacques. Brian Albert (senior, criminology) closed the door in the final frame to tally his first save of the season. On Saturday, the Crimson Hawks took on Saint Anslem in a nine-inning game that was suspended

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after four innings due to inclement weather. The remainder of the game will not be made up. That leaves IUP with a 2-3 record headed into the 2019 Spring Break Trip from March 9 to March 13, in which they will take on Winston-Salem State University in a two-day, four-game set. The Crimson Hawks will also play doubleheaders against Catawba University and Glenville State. With five games under its belt and a 2-3 record to show, the IUP baseball team is looking strong to start the season. If they can come home with a positive record after the Spring Break Trip, it will be a good sign for what is to come once conference play begins in March.

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Team LeBron takes victory in Charlotte at NBA All-Star Game JAKE ROUSE

Staff Writer J.A.Rouse3@iup.edu @ThePennIUP

All-Star Weekend has come and gone once again in the NBA season. The 2019 festivities were held in Charlotte, N.C., home of the Charlotte Hornets. The weekend means the beginning of a mid-season break for most of the league. The best of the best, however, still showcased their talents over the weekend in many different events. The weekend began Friday night with a celebrity game prior to the Rookie/Sophomore showcase. Viral comedian “FamousLos” Carlos Sanford took home MVP honors of the celebrity game in a tight 8280 victory, amongst former players Ray Allen, Jay Williams and reigning celebrity game MVP Quavo of the group Migos. Afterward, the best rookies and sophomores in the league went head to head. With the rise of international players in the NBA, the format of this event has changed in recent years from Rookies vs. Sophomores, to USA vs. World. The past two years Team World has been victorious, and Lauri Markkanen of the Chicago Bulls predicted a three-peat for Team World in shoot around. The USA team had the last laugh Friday night, coming away with a 161-144 victory over the World. Kyle Kuzma of the Los Angeles Lakers won MVP honors of the game, scoring a game-high 35 points. Saturday night is dedicated to the skills competition during AllStar weekend. The Skills Challenge precedes the Three-Point Shootout before the Slam Dunk Contest ends the night. Jayson Tatum stole a win from rookie Trae Young in the final round. The contest concludes with the first player to come down the court and make a 3-point shot first, after completing various dribbling and passing drills. Young was the first down the court to attempt a 3 from the line; however, the trailing Tatum sent up a half-court prayer that hit the bottom of the net, winning the contest. In a stacked 3-point shootout with names like Steph and Seth Curry, reigning champ Devin Booker and Dirk Nowitzki, a dark horse

(TNS) LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers scored 19 points in the 2019 NBA All-Star Game.

(TNS) Giannis Antetokounmpo was the leading scorer in the 2019 NBA All-Star Game with 38 points.

came out victorious. Joe Harris shot first in the first round and the championship round after qualifying. Harris set the bar high with 26 in the final round. Steph Curry started his championship round on fire, making his first nine shots. Then he ran out of gas a bit, and it came down to the final rack of all moneyball shots, which are worth two points, compared to one for non-moneyball shots. If Curry made all five money ball shots, he’d win the competition. On the third of his final five shots, Steph Curry missed, handing the victory to Harris of the Brooklyn Nets. The Dunk Contest has yet to live up to the showdown that took place in 2016 between Aaron Gordon and Zach LaVine.

To wrap up festivities for the All-Star weekend on Sunday, Team LeBron went head to head against Team Giannis in what is considered the greatest pickup game in basketball each year. Despite the talk prior to the game about how stacked Team LeBron was, Team Giannis came out hot putting up 95 points in the first half and leading by 13 at the break. In the first half, contributions to Team Giannis came from deep 3-point shots swished by Dirk Nowitzki, an impressive 360 dunk by Paul George and an incredible bouncing alley-oop from Steph Curry to Giannis Antetokunmpo that bounced as high as the shot clock before Antetokunmpo soared to the ball.

In 2019, John Collins and Miles Bridges did not make the championship round of the Dunk Contest, leaving Dennis Smith Jr. and Hamidou Diallo to battle it out for the crown. Smith Jr. jumped over sitting fellow North Carolina native, J. Cole, who bounced the ball off the floor before Smith flew over him to throw it down. As impressive as it was for the 6’3” guard, Hamidou Diallo of the OKC Thunder secured the win in the championship round by soaring over Shaq standing in front of the basket. Barely touching Shaq in flight, Diallo paid homage to dunk contest legend Vince Carter by finishing the dunk with his forearm in the rim, hanging from his elbow and exposing the superman logo on his chest under his jersey.

The teams went back to the locker rooms to discuss and regroup, while J. Cole rocked the halftime show in his home state. In the second half, Damian Lillard began the push to get Team LeBron back in the game with a couple 3-pointers made from the logo at center court. LeBron and former teammate Dwayne Wade were able to reconnect on a couple of lobs, making many fans reminisce their Miami days together. Down the stretch, Kevin Durant had the hot hand for Team LeBron’s comeback, finishing with 31 points, the All-Star MVP award, and the win. Team LeBron won 178-164 over Team Giannis. The teams will now resume their push to the postseason with games resuming Thursday night.

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(TNS) 2018 Heisman Trophy winner Kyler Murray will enter the 2019 NFL Draft following a successful 2018 season as Oklahoma’s quarterback.

O’Hara: Murray makes right choice heading to NFL BRAD O’HARA

Lead Sports Writer B.L.Ohara@iup.edu @ThePennIUP

This article contains opinion. Bo Jackson played for the Los Angeles Raiders as a star running back while also playing for the Kansas City Royals as an all-star outfielder. Deion Sanders was a twotime Super Bowl champion and an eight-time pro bowl participant while also being a nine-year MLB veteran. Is Kyler Murray the next two-way all-star? I sincerely hope not. Murray is viewed as a top prospect in both football and baseball as he was drafted ninth overall in

the 2018 MLB draft and is projected to be one of the highest drafted quarterbacks in the 2019 NFL draft. However, if Murray is looking for the guaranteed money, then the NFL is his landing spot. Although Murray would be offered a high signing bonus by the Oakland Athletics, there is little to no guarantee that he would ever make it to the MLB. The baseball farm systems that are currently in place have often been the stopping point for other two-way stars. Michael Jordan barely made it to the AA level, while Tim Tebow is looking to start at the AA level in his third year playing professional baseball. The feats of Jackson and Sand-

ers are rarities and are not something to be viewed as probable. Also, Murray is a quarterback, which means that he will be responsible for leading his offense. With Jackson and Sanders, a small arm injury or sore shoulders would make little difference to their plays in football. However, one pitch to the throwing arm of a quarterback could completely hinder his ability to throw the ball. The risk that Murray would be taking is much greater than the risk that Sanders or Jackson would have faced. Lastly, baseball could still be a backup plan for Murray. Many of the top quarterback prospects have not panned out.

Johnny Manziel was the 2012 Heisman Trophy winner and barely made it anywhere in the NFL before he was forced to move and play in the Canadian Football League. Robert Griffin III won the Heisman in 2011 and has spent the past three years either unsigned or signed to minor backup roles. This shows that success in the NFL is not guaranteed, even for a Heisman winner like Murray. Yet, if the NFL does not work out, he can follow the same path as Tebow. Tebow was a Heisman winner and a top prospect going into the 2010 NFL draft. Tebow was drafted in the first round by the Denver Broncos but had little success in

the NFL. He spent only three years in the league as a starter, earning one playoff win but not a lot of other success, leaving him in a tough position. However, Tebow was also recruited as a baseball player and multiple MLB teams had shown interest in him before he made the decision to go with football. So when Tebow realized his career was done in football, he was able to make a transition to baseball and start in the New York Mets farm system. If Murray goes to the NFL, he will be able to get the largest payday with a guaranteed opportunity to play at a professional level, while still being able to keep his baseball career on the backburner.

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(TNS) Aaron Nola signed a four-year, $45 million contract extension with the Philadelphia Phillies Thursday.

Phillies’ Nola extension could be sign of new free agency patterns SCOTT LAUBER

The Philadelphia Inquirer TNS

Aaron Nola could’ve waited. Until this week, in fact, he preferred to wait. And, for decades, most players in his position – 25 years old, coming off one of the best seasons ever by a Phillies pitcher and eligible for salary arbitration with the allure of free agency two offseasons away – would’ve waited, too. But the rules of engagement have changed. Back-to-back winters of historically lethargic free-agent markets have turned baseball economics on its ear. Players used to look forward to being up for auction among 30 teams. Then came last winter, when Eric Hosmer, Yu Darvish, J.D. Martinez and Jake Arrieta – the four biggest free-agent stars – didn’t sign until February and March. And if that market moved in super slo-mo, this year’s barely flinched. Only four deals have been longer than four years in length, and only one (Patrick Corbin) is worth nine figures. A former Cy Young Award winner (Dallas Keuchel)

and an elite closer (Craig Kimbrel) are still at home after pitchers and catchers reported for spring training. And when Bryce Harper and Manny Machado – 26-year-old equivalents of soon-to-be NBA free agents Kawhi Leonard and Kyrie Irving – draw interest from only a handful of teams, it can’t possibly bode well for the rest of the player population. “I know guys are frustrated,” Rhys Hoskins, the Phillies’ representative in the players’ union, said Thursday. “It’s not fun to watch. Some guys may be a little bit wary of what’s going on.” And some guys, given the chance, might choose to kick free agency down the road. Nola made that decision this week. Rather than sitting through an arbitration hearing Thursday, the right-handed ace sat at a news conference at Spectrum Field and basked in a fouryear, $45-million extension that could be worth $56.75 million if the Phillies pick up an option for 2023. “This is pretty surreal and special for me,” Nola said. “I love it here. I love the city of Philadelphia. I want to be a part of this organization – a

winning organization.” It’s true, Stacie Nola said, that her laid-back Louisiana boy has fallen hard for Philly since making his major-league debut in 2015. It helps, too, that the Phillies are done rebuilding and are committed this season to ending a seven-year playoff drought. But Nola wasn’t interested in a mulityear deal last winter, when the Phillies broached the topic with agent Joe Longo. He brushed it off again in July, during the AllStar break. When Longo boarded a plane Tuesday, he figured he would be representing Nola in an arbitration hearing. “I think he’s a player who talked it over with his parents and told me, ‘I want you to focus on this,’“ Longo said. “It was within the last two days that it started to come together.” Nola and Longo rejected the suggestion that baseball’s economic landscape was a factor. Other than once bringing up the fiveyear, $51 million contract signed in 2017 by St. Louis Cardinals righthander Carlos Martinez as an example of a pre-free-agency exten-

sion, Longo couldn’t recall talking to Nola about an economic climate in which the players agreed to a luxury-tax threshold that the owners have treated like a soft cap as a way of keeping salaries in check. “It just felt right for me at this time for myself and my family,” Nola said. “I’m not a free agent, so it’s really not too much of my worry.” But that’s the point. By pushing back free agency by one year, possibly two, he won’t have to worry about it until at least the 2022-23 offseason. By then, Nola will be 29, still in his prime, and the owners and players will have negotiated a new collective bargaining agreement. In the meantime, the sides could be headed for a confrontation when the current contract expires after the 2021 season. Asked whether the union’s resolve is being tested, Arrieta replied, “Absolutely.” Last month, he tweeted that pre-arbitration players should pay attention to what’s happening in free agency, because they will have the power to change it. As much as anyone, Arrieta can

relate to Harper, Machado, and the other unsigned players. Last year, he didn’t agree to a three-year, $75 million contract with the Phillies until March 11. “From the outside looking in, from the fan perspective, people think we’re just not signing, or guys are turning deals down,” Arrieta said. “The truth is, the right deal for those guys might not be there. Those guys, I promise you, want to be in a camp with a team today, if that’s a possibility. “We have two or three more years under the current bargaining agreement, so it’s going to be tough. Last thing anyone wants to see is a strike. It just seems like the structure of free agency and even arbitration are operating differently the last few years. If that’s the way it’s going to be in the future, we have to adapt and figure out a way to make it work.” After making $573,000 last season, Nola achieved financial security without grinding through free agency. And when his time comes, maybe he’ll find the experience to be more pleasant than his peers during the last two years.

February 19, 2019

Crimson Hawks Roundup

(IUP Athletics) DJ Horton (senior, kinesiology) set the IUP record for highest pole vault Saturday.

(IUP Athletics) Laura Dunarova (freshman, accounting) picked up singles and doubles victories Sunday.

ELLIOT HICKS

Sports Editor e.hicks@iup.edu @ehicks39

Track and Field: The indoor season has ended for the IUP track and field team, as it competed in the Kent State TuneUp Saturday to prepare for the season championships. The highlight of the event for the Crimson Hawks came from pole vaulter DJ Horton (senior, kinesiology), who not only broke his own personal record but eclipsed his past school record as well, as he cleared 5.21 meters in the event. The vault, which was the best at the meet, was the fifth-best in all of Division II this season. The two-day PSAC Championships will take place Saturday and Sunday in Edinboro and will be followed up by the NCAA Indoor Championships March 8 and 9 in Pittsburg, Kan.

Tennis: The IUP womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tennis team suffered its first loss of the young season Sunday, as the Crimson Hawks fell to Division III school Denison. After doubles play, IUP had a 2-1 lead, with Julia Newman (sophomore, management) and Mariana Valenzuela (junior, biology) earning an 8-4 win, followed by Laura Dunarova (freshman, accounting) pairing up with Flavia Flandoli (sophomore, kinesiology) for an 8-7 victory. From there, however, Dunarova was the only other IUP player to pick up a victory, as Denison dominated the latter stages of the day, including picking up three consecutive singles victories to end the day. The Crimson Hawks will return to Ohio for a pair of matches Saturday and Sunday as they face off against Case Western Reserve and Oberlin University.