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First-week classes in new building go ‘swimmingly’ Sprinkler leak frees students from Wednesday classes, floods $30-million building

By TORI STROMBERG Contributing Writer T.J.Stromberg@iup.edu

It wasn’t just IUP students who had to endure the frigid, blustery weather walking from class to class in this first week of the semester.

The brand-new Humanities and Social Sciences Building also struggled to withstand the attacks of Old Man Winter.

A break in a sprinkler line Wednesday forced an evacuation, temporarily halting classes.

Students received a brief 911 text message from IUP explaining the situation and later received further details from Michelle Fryling, IUP’s executive director of communications and media relations.

“A portion of the sprinkler line froze and broke around 3:30 (in the afternoon),” Fryling said.

“The flooding affected the first floor and basement of the building. The alarms were triggered

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and police evacuated the building.

Cleanup started right away and the decision was made that classes could resume at 5:20. The sprinkler system is operational in the building.”

The flooding originated above the ceiling near the ground-floor doors facing the parking garage.

Water poured out of the ruptured line and flooded out the doors and onto the pavement as well as the affected portions of the building.

A group of students gathered to observe the situation.

“No point to it now,” one student was heard, speaking loudly to a friend as they walked away.

“Our new building is flooding,” said another with a chuckle.

Jason Daquelente, also a staff member for The Penn, (junior, English) was heading to the building around 3:30 p.m. when the flooding started.

“An alarm was sounding and some guy told me that a pipe had burst,” Daquelente said.

He saw his professor, Dr. John Branscum, standing outside.

Branscum held a brief, informal class meeting outside, informing students of his experience with the leak.

The flooding is a rather inauspicious beginning to the newest building on the IUP campus.

The new structure had been under construction for more than a year and was into only its second day of classes.

However, the damage was apparently minimal, with classes resuming by the end of Wednesday evening.

The six-story building houses numerous department offices, including English, political science and geography, and is to replace Keith and Leonard halls, both of which are currently scheduled for demolition.

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A sprinkler line break in IUP’s newest academic building, which occurred around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, caused many classes to be cut short, and some to be canceled all together. Aside from the leak, many students are enjoying the stateof-the-art building.

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January 22, 2016

Police Blotter ALCOHOL VIOLATIONS • John Potucek, 25, of Pittsburgh, was charged with public drunkenness, loitering and prowling at night and criminal trespass after Indiana Borough Police responded to a report of a male inside a residence in the 400 block of South Fifth Street at 1:55 a.m. Jan. 1, according to police.

• Borough police observed Charles Rudisill, 20, of Bridgeville, and Joshua Duplin, 22, of Johnstown, fighting in the 00 block of South Seventh Street at 2:19 a.m. Jan. 1, police said. Rudisill was cited for underage drinking, public drunkenness, carrying false identification and disorderly conduct, and Duplin was cited with disorderly conduct, according to police.

• Kayla Kehler, 20, of Lebanon, and Shayla Turcheck, 20, of Blairsville, were cited with underage drinking and carrying false identification after police responded to a report at Twisted Jimmy’s, 29 N Seventh St., at 12:52 a.m. Jan. 1, police said.

• Benjamin Balish, 22, of Gibsonia, was cited with public drunkenness after borough police responded to a report of a highly intoxicated male at Sheetz, 768 Wayne Ave., at 6:07 a.m. Jan. 1, according to police.

• University police observed Myles Schmidt, 20, of Moon Township, and Abigail Lucas, 20, of Pittsburgh, on Elkin Drive at 1:13 a.m. Jan. 1, according to police. Both were charged with public drunkenness and underage drinking, while Schmidt was also charged with disorderly conduct, false reports to law enforcement, carrying false identification, criminal mischief and institutional vandalism, police said.

• Richard Walsh, 50, of Indiana, was cited with public drunkenness and disorderly conduct after borough police observed him in the 500 block of Philadelphia Street at 12:19 a.m. Jan. 15, according to police.

DRUG VIOLATIONS • Nicholas Boyer, 22, of Indiana, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia after borough police observed him in the 300 block of South Third Street at 4:11 p.m. Jan. 2, according to police.

• Borough police observed Tyler Batten, 19, of Indiana, and a female juvenile in the 00 block of South Couter Avenue at 4:18 p.m. Jan. 1, according to police. Batten was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, and the female was cited with underage drinking, police said.

• Kenneth Boarts, 21, of Kittanning, was charged with possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia after borough police stopped a vehicle in the 300 block of Philadelphia Street at 9:31 p.m.

Jan. 3, according to police.

• Jordan Hankey, 24, of Shelocta, was charged with possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia after borough police stopped him for a traffic violation in the 100 block of North Ninth Street at 11:20 p.m. Jan. 16, according to police.

• Sara Painter, 29, and Jeffrey Boring, 36, of Johnstown, were stopped for traffic violations by borough police in the 600 block of Philadelphia Street at 6:38 p.m. Jan. 13, according to police. After discovering more than three bricks of heroin, Painter and Boring were both charged with possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia, police said.

DISORDERLY CONDUCT • Jeremy Ruiz, 29, of Johnstown, was cited for disorderly conduct after he initiated a fight in the 500 block of Philadelphia Street at 12:03 a.m.

Jan. 10, according to police.

• Alec Parfitt, 23, of Hellwood, was charged with disorderly conduct, defiant trespass and public drunkenness after he repeatedly refused to leave Culpepper’s, 653 Philadelphia St., at 12:01 a.m. Jan. 9, according to police.

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What You Might Not Have Known about New Year’s Resolutions and Traditions:

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The ancient Babylonians began the tradition. At the start of each year, they promised their gods that they would pay back their debts and return borrowed objects. http://www.ancient-origins.net/ Eight percent of people are successful in achieving their New Year’s resolutions. http://www.statisticbrain.com/ In 2015, the top five UK resolutions were getting fitter and healthier, drinking less alcohol, losing weight, getting out of debt and to stop smoking. The top five U.S. resolutions were losing weight, getting organized, spending less and saving more, enjoying life to the fullest and staying fit and healthy. http://www.cips.org/, http://www.statisticbrain.com/

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Apps are one of the “most treasured resources” in helping people keep track of their New Year’s resolutions. http://www.ibtimes.com/

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Did someone say quirky traditions? In Spain, locals eat 12 grapes in the 12 seconds right before midnight for good luck. In Lebanon, Pa, residents drop bologna at midnight, and in Ireland, residents hit loaves of bread against the walls of their homes to scare away bad spirits. http://www.ibtimes.com/

what resolutions are iup students making this year?

“I’ve made the resolution to spend my money more wisely, and, as an English major, to actually read the assigned reading.” –Ezalie Serrano (senior, English)

“My New Year’s Resolution is to stop thinking so much and to start living more.” -Matt Snyder (senior, communications media)

“My New Year’s resolutions include building muscle, reading more non-college required books and believing in myself more.” –Justin Cobb (sophomore, communications media)

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IUP officials combat fall semester racism issues

By PETE SIRIANNI Staff Writer P.M.Sirianni@iup.edu For administrators and President Michael Driscoll, the 2015 fall semester proved to be one that top IUP officials couldn’t wait to put behind them.

After early-semester incidents, including a melee at Copper Beach Townhomes that left one injured from a gunshot; an accident that left an Indiana man dead on Wayne Avenue near McDonald’s; a student death and at least four alleged sexual assaults on IUP’s campus – with a fifth allegation at IUP’s Punxsutawney branch – bad news seemed to be slowing down.

However, the circulation of a photo, taken Dec. 7, showed a handful of black students talking near the entrance of Stapleton Library with the caption “Monkeys stay in groups.”

The photo originally appeared on Snapchat and then spread throughout IUP students’ Facebook and Twitter feeds, ultimately culminating in Driscoll issuing a second open letter of the semester to the IUP community, this one regarding concern over the university climate.

By Dec. 8, the first day of final exams, the photo had caused uproar among students and groups, with some calling for the student who snapped the photo to be expelled.

“I recognize, as should you, that the issues I raise cannot be resolved simply or quickly,” Driscoll said in his statement, issued Dec. 9.

“I remain confident, however, that we can address them as long as we work together.”

Later that day, Driscoll, along with other members of his cabinet, and some students who were featured in the photograph, convened for a closed-doors meeting.

At the conclusion of the meeting, Driscoll met outside Wallwork Hall with a group of students who organized a march to bring awareness to the issue.

One of the students who was photographed in the picture is Ronald Jones (graduate, sports management).

While on a bowling outing with some Kappa Alpha Psi, Jones received a message containing a screenshot of the photo from his cousin.

The photo illustrated that racism is still prevalent in 2016, and it served as a big piece of tangible evidence to show that IUP is not innocent in regard to having issues centered on race.

“I definitely think there are a lot of issues

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Ronald Jones responded (upper right tweet) in December to a racist Snapchat (left) sent Dec. 7 by an unidentified IUP student. The Penn ran a poll from Wednesday to Thursday posing the question “Is IUP doing enough to combat on-campus racial tensions?” Of the 245 respondents, 49 percent said “yes,” 23 percent said “no” and 28 percent answered, “I’m not sure.”

on campus, and stuff like this happens often,” Jones said.

“However, this was one of the times this was brought to the forefront. And I think because it brought so much media attention.”

Jones tweeted the picture with a message saying, “FYI, the monkey in the blue jean jacket will have a master’s degree this coming spring. #BlackExcellence” As of Thursday, the tweet has 749 retweets and 603 favorites.

“So because there was so much engagement with that tweet,” Jones said, “I think it brought so much attention to the school, which is why it was hard for the school to not respond to some degree.”

Jones, in the closed-doors meeting, asked Driscoll why he was not meeting with the rest of the black community and instead with leaders on campus.

Jones then contacted his fraternity brothers, who were part of a gathering in the Hadley Union Building Ohio Room, and instructed them to march to Wallwork Hall, where Driscoll then spoke to the crowd.

One place Jones would like to see changes first is in the student code of conduct, as “The Source: A Student Policy Guide” has no outline for student discipline regarding

racism or discrimination, according to Jones.

Jones also believes the alleged student – whose name was circulated on social media in an effort to bring more attention to her actions – is getting off too easily, and he doubts she will face discipline for her actions, but hopes she will face some penalty.

IUP has not released the name of the alleged person behind the Snapchat photo.

Though the caption of the image was racist, Jones doesn’t believe all the blame can be pointed at one singular person.

“I feel as though what she said was blatant,” Jones said. “Whether she is racist or not, if she is, all the blame cannot be on her.

It started somewhere.

“That type of mindset was created somewhere, whether it was peers, family, her parents, how she was raised. It started somewhere. All I would want directly from her is an apology. However her issue with African-Americans runs deeper than just this incident.”

Does Jones think he or any other student in the photo will receive an apology?

“No.”

Racial Justice Coalition forms

While racist issues arose during the last week of school in the fall, the first week of the spring semester – just one day after Martin Luther King Jr. Day – was marked with solutions, both in the short-term and long-term.

A group consisting of faculty, staff and administrators created the Racial Justice Coalition, which demonstrated each day during the first week of class outside of Stapleton Library, holding signs and trying to shed light on a quiet yet important issue.

“We created the Racial Justice Coalition very recently, in the last few weeks, because we were concerned about returning to campus and we were worried that there was a lot of silence on campus,” said sociology professor Melanie Hildebrandt.

“We’ve had some racist incidents, and it just felt like faculty needed to show our students that we care.”

She said that while there have been racist incidents in the past, the Snapchat photo was “the straw that broke the camel’s back.”

“We’re (Racial Justice Coalition) trying to speak out and show students that white, black, Latino, Asian, everyone, that it’s not OK. Racism isn’t OK and we want to promote some change on our campus.”

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TO REPLACE WHAT YOU’RE DROPPING

By LAUREN KROMER Staff Writer L.Kromer@iup.edu Changing classes during the first week of the semester is a common occurrence throughout the student body, but finding interesting classes to switch to might be a challenge. With that being said, here are some unique classes that can appeal to a wide range of interests.

1. HOSP 300: Critiquing Commercial Restaurants “This one-credit elective course provides the students the opportunity to evaluate operational characteristics of commercial restaurants from the perspective of a dining patron,” professor Nicole Buse said.

“Students, as members of dining teams, dine in a variety of restaurant concepts and evaluate the business operation on a battery of performance criteria, including site appearance, menu diversity, service competence, product quality and sanitation.”

It’s important to note that students are required to pay out of pocket for dining expenses. It is offered Fridays at 9:05 a.m. in Ackerman Hall.

2. FDNT 212: Nutrition For students who are serious about their New Year’s resolutions or just have an interest in getting a deeper knowledge of nutrition, this class might be the perfect fit.

“The students’ favorite part about the class is they keep a three-day food journal on themselves and get to analyze their own diet throughout the semester,” said class instructor Dr. Pao Ying Hsiao.

“Some students have really taken the project seriously. I’ve had students tell me they lose significant weight over the semester by just making some small adjustments to their diet and physical activity.”

The class is offered Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 9:05 a.m., 1:25 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. in Ackerman Hall.

3. COMM 481: Creativity and Television “COMM 481 Creativity and Television is a unique class which is based on first-person interviews with 26 of the biggest live event television directors in Hollywood,” said Dr. Mary Beth Leidman, the professor of the course.

“The course will explore how different directors and producers bring different voices and visions to their work.”

Students interested in popular culture should consider taking the class, as there are no prerequisites. The class is offered Tuesdays and Thursdays at 2 p.m. in Stouffer Hall.

4. PSYC 321: Abnormal Psychology “In this class, students will gain an understanding of what these disorders are, the factors that contribute to their development and the research-supported options for treating them,” said Dr. Laura Knight, a professor of psychology.

This class fulfills the Liberal Studies elective requirement. It is offered Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 8 a.m. in Uhler Hall, and Dr. John Mills instructs the class.

5. ENGL 281: Video Games This class compares video games to how storytelling works with different game settings and points of view.

Different game themes will be discussed and compared. Students should prepare to play video games, but it is not required to be a gamer.

It is offered Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8 a.m. in the Humanities and Social Sciences Building with Dr. Michael Sell.

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TO DO WHILE SNOWED IN THIS WEEKEND

By MARY ROMEO Lead Wet Ink Writer M.E.Romeo@iup.edu

IUP students enjoyed the luxury of 60-degree weather in the middle of December. Now, after returning to Indiana from a five-week break, the winter weather has finally caught up.

The Winter Weather Advisory suggests that 3-6 inches of snow will accumulate between 4 p.m. Friday and 7 p.m. Saturday, according to WTAE. Unfortunately, the snow may cause delays to weekend festivities. However, there are still plenty of ways to have fun by being snowed in the comfort of your own home.

1. Surround yourself with good company If the snow causes you to stay locked inside, make sure you are not alone. Being surrounded by good company during a snowstorm will make you forget you’re even snowed in in the first place.

2. Play outside When there’s a snowstorm it doesn’t mean you necessarily have to stay locked inside. If the movies and games are getting old and causing isolation from the real world, bundle up in a pair of boots, snow pants, gloves and a hat and build a snowman, an igloo fort or have a snowball fight. You’re never too old to play in the snow.

3. Play board games A snowstorm if the perfect excuse to break out the oldschool 90’s board games such as Monopoly, Anomia, Pictionary, or Taboo.

No board games? No problem. Play a card game or download free iPhone and Android applications. Heads Up, created by Ellen DeGeneres, is a charades game for $0.99.

Reverse Charades and Evil Apples, which is similar to Cards

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IUP students were welcomed back to campus Tuesday in fitting fashion – with snow.

Against Humanity, are available on the iPhone for free.

You can even make up a game of your own by incorporating the movie or TV show that’s on. When you’re bored, games are the solution.

4. Stock up on food To stay prepared for the winter storm, make sure to stock up on plenty of food before the snowstorm prevents your car from pulling out of the driveway. It’s not necessary to purchase enough food to feed a small army for three months;

the most you’ll be snowed in for is 24 hours. Pizza rolls, chips, and beverages are the essentials to surviving a snowstorm.

3. Watch some movies It’s 2016, if you want to watch a movie you don’t have to rent from RedBox anymore. Thanks to Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime and many other media platforms, you’ll never have to worry about not having a movie. So utilize your sources, and spend the days catching up on your shows, or watching classic movies you’ve never seen before.

January 22, 2016

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By WILLIAM OPLINGER Contributing Writer W.N.Oplinger@iup.edu

(Photo courtesy of The Indiana Gazette)

The Indiana County monopoly game is for sale for $25 at the Historical Society.

By WILLIAM OPLINGER Contributing Writer W.N.Oplinger@iup.edu Monopolizing Indiana.

That is exactly what IUP student Allen Fiechuk (senior, political science/pre-law) and a small group of volunteers have done.

Not in the business sense, of course, but by creating Indiana County’s very own Monopoly game.

The game can be bought at the Indiana County Historical and Genealogical Society for $25, with all the proceeds funding other Historical Society endeavors.

Local businesses’ sponsorships aided in financing the game’s production.

Many local businesses can be found on the game board, with a few being GC Wyant Jewelry, S&T Bank and Bruno’s Restaurant.

Fiechuk said he thinks of this game as “a learning tool for everyone” in the sense that it offers not only historical knowledge of Indiana County, but current knowledge, as well.

Another point of importance to him is that the game is a representation of the good IUP students could do for the Indiana County community.

“I think IUP students should care

about the game because Indiana is their community as well,” he said.

The process of making the game began in May 2014 when former executive director of the Historical Society Coleen Chambers brought the idea to Fiechuk.

He took the idea and proceeded to make it a reality, the first step being to research and select a company that produced custom Monopoly games.

Monopoly has existed since 1903, but the current version has been around since 1935 when Parker Brothers began mass production.

Since then, several iterations spanning many different themes have come to fruition.

Following the selection, Fiechuk and other volunteers advertised the game and gauged public interest.

Two hundred people initially expressed interest in the game before the group made the decision to move forward.

Next, the group worked toward securing local sponsorship.

Finally, they placed an order and began selling when they received it. Fiechuk explained why he decided to pursue this undertaking.

“I have lived locally in Indiana County all my life and history is a hobby for me.”

Through the use of a 3D scanner, IUP’s anthropology department is recreating the remains of old U.S. Navy schooner.

The scanner was the only plausible means of achieving this, as the nearly 241-year-old ship, dubbed Royal Savage, is, for the most part, in pieces.

As Dr. Benjamin L. Ford, IUP anthropology professor, put it, “it’s had a kind of rough life.”

Rough as well as short, as it turns out.

Royal Savage was built during the summer of 1775 by England, only to then be captured by American forces during the fall of that same year.

Nearly one year after its capture, it was destroyed by British forces during the Battle of Valcour Island in 1776.

Yet what transpired during its short life greatly aided America’s fight against the British during the American Revolution.

Ford expanded on the importance of the ties that the Royal

Savage has to the past, as well as the future.

For the past, its greatest contribution was to the American forces.

It was actually Gen. Benedict Arnold’s flagship when he led his fleet against the British on Lake Champlain in Vermont.

His attack stopped the British from coming down Lake Champlain and, in turn, stopped the British from invading the interior colonies, which bought valuable time for America’s forces to make preparations for the coming battles.

Looking to the future, the Royal Savage offers insight into shipbuilding during the 18th century.

Ford, who is working with Jonathan Crise (graduate, anthropology), estimates that the process could take nearly a year since they are working on this strictly as volunteers. He credits Crise with most of the work accomplished so far.

“My role in this project has been to operate the 3D scanning equipment, as well as to process the resulting data,” Crise said.

“Now that the scanning is complete, my goal is to edit, manipulate and merge the data to produce digital models of the individual timbers of the Royal Savage.”

Crise will not be there for the completed digital reconstruction but he is excited to see the final products of this project.

After the digital reconstruction, the plan is to use a 3D printer to piece the ship back together.

Most likely, after the digital reconstruction is complete, the Navy History and Heritage Command (NHHC) nonprofit will physically construct a model of the ship, which most likely will reside in Washington, D.C. Ford advocates for students to seek out such experience, and informs students to “find a professor that is doing what you are interested in and talk to them.”

Crise shares a similar view, speaking out to students who share his career choice.

“For any students interested in this line of work, I would recommend that if they get the chance, scan anything and everything.”

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STUDENT SPOTLIGHT Senior accounting major travels to 12th country during break

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Morgan Hoover (senior, accounting) visited the Taj Mahal and the Amber Fort during her time in India this winter break.

Morgan Hoover (senior, accounting) has visited 12 countries in her lifetime, including Mexico, Aruba, the Bahamas, Dominican

Republic, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Germany and Belgium.

She added India to her travel catalogue this winter.

Hoover, a member of the Eberly College of Business’s Honors Program, shared her 12-day experi-

ence in India.

Eberly sponsored the trip and subsidized it significantly, making it affordable for business students to attend.

While the trip was not solely educational and the students did not take classes, there was a sympo-

sium held for them to learn about the history of India and its culture.

The typical day was busy, full of long flights, an introduction with other international students and lots of hotel hopping.

The adventure began in New Delhi and continued as they journeyed to Jaipur, also known as the Pink City.

In Jaipur, they visited the Amber

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tive as the Taj Mahal.

“I was expecting the poverty, but maybe not the amount of poverty,” she said.

She explained how stray dogs with “mangy hair” that were mostly “skin and bone” were a common sight on the street.

She also commented on the vast cultural differences, such as the lenient traffic laws.

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By MADELINE WILLIAMS Staff Writer M.R.Williams@iup.edu

THERE AREN’T EVEN WORDS TO DESCRIBE HOW BEAUTIFUL THE TAJ MAHAL IS.

Fort and rode an elephant.

They also travelled to Agra, home of the legendary Taj Mahal.

The nearly 400-year-old whitemarble mausoleum proved to be Hoover’s favorite part of the trip.

“There’s so much history about the Taj Mahal that I didn’t know,” she said.

Hoover also said that the building exceeded all expectations she previously had, specifically commenting on the level of craftsmanship.

“The Taj Mahal was gorgeous,” she said. “There aren’t even words to describe how beautiful the Taj Mahal is.”

Oppositely, not everything Hoover experienced was as posi-

Despite the level of poverty present, Hoover sung many praises about the Asian country.

“The Indian people are some of the friendliest people that I’ve ever met,” she said. “They are very hospitable, [and] the country itself is just beautiful.

“I would definitely go back to India again. I feel like I saw a lot, but there are still places that I would love to see. I would love to see Mumbai, and I heard some of the Indian beaches are absolutely stunning.”

In terms of future plans, the senior wants to keep traveling and is looking forward to beginning law school at the University of Pittsburgh in the fall.

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Victim’s sister: No one called for fallen brother’s help

By THOMAS PEELE The Oakland Tribune TNS BERKELEY, Calif. – A 22-year-old man who died after plummeting about 30 feet from the roof of a University of California, Berkeley fraternity house last week had been found alive after his fall, but the people who discovered him didn’t know he’d fallen and didn’t call for an ambulance, his sister said late Dec. 22.

Instead, thinking he was just drunk during a Christmas party, they helped him inside, where he lay down.

The next morning, he was dead.

Jeff Engler was alone when he fell sometime Friday night, Caity Engler told The Oakland Tribune.

While some people attending a party at the Pi Kappa Phi house knew he’d gone to the roof, those who found him on the ground didn’t know what had happened, she said.

“There was a disconnect.”

Sharing information she said

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Jeff Engler, 22, passed away after falling off the roof of University of California, Berkeley’s Pi Kappa Phi house.

Berkeley Police provided her family, Caity Engler said her brother was conscious and spoke with friends after his fall.

Police were called at about 7 a.m. Dec. 19, but Jeff Engler was dead when they arrived.

Jeff Engler was a fraternity member but didn’t live at the house and had not attended classes at

Berkeley since 2012.

“The roof was one of his favorite places,” Caity Engler said.

“Unfortunately on this night, all that love involved too much alcohol.

And a roof.”

A Berkeley Police spokeswoman declined to comment Dec. 22 on Caity Engler’s version of events and only said they were still investi-

gating. There was no answer to repeated phone calls to the fraternity house Tuesday.

A spokesman for Pi Kappa Phi’s national office said prior to Caity Engler’s statement, that members of the Berkeley house had been urged to fully cooperate with the police investigation.

Jeff Engler’s death was the third attributed to alcohol in the past 13 months in a neighborhood near Cal’s Memorial Stadium, dominated by fraternity and sorority houses.

“We are investigating the incident and awaiting autopsy results,” Robert Sanders, a university spokesman, said Dec. 22.

“Obviously, much depends on the cause of death.”

Pi Kappa Phi, the school’s thirdoldest fraternity, has a troubled past.

News reports show it was suspended for a year in 2005 as part of a deal with the university after three members hazed a pledge by shooting him 30 times with a pellet gun.

At the time of the suspension it was also being investigated for

allegedly having served alcohol to minors. Portions of the roof rise in height to about 40 feet, including above where a length of crime scene tape, tied to a pipe, flapped in the morning breeze.

Engler, a graduate of San Leandro High School who was enrolled at Laney College, had been a bioengineering student at Berkeley’s College of Engineering in the fall of 2011 and from June to December 2012, Sanders said.

Two others have died in the same neighborhood in incidents where alcohol was involved since November of last year.

A 20-year-old UC Davis student, Vaibhev Loomba, died of alcohol poisoning on Nov. 9, 2014. His body was found in front of Zeta Psi fraternity.

Apoorve Agarwal, a student from San Ramon, died of head trauma on Dec. 20, 2014, after apparently falling down a brick staircase at a residence on Piedmont Avenue.

An autopsy showed he had a blood alcohol content of .31 percent.

‘Baskets’ on FX weaves a strangely beautiful, weird dark comedy

By ROBERT LLOYD Los Angeles Times TNS In “Baskets,” a dark and strangely beautiful new sitcom on FX, Zach Galifianakis plays Chip Baskets, a man with two apparently impossible dreams.

The first is to be a clown of a particularly artistic, “European” sort. We meet him in Paris, where he is flunking out of the Academie de Clown Francaise and, having run out of money, is about to return to Bakersfield, Calif., where he will find work in a rodeo. Elaborately dressed and carefully made up, he will cast his pearls before swine and his body before bulls.

His second desire is to win the love of Penelope (Sabina Sciubba), a French singer who agrees to marry him only because “I want to go to America. When I find a better guy who is better looking I go with

him and I leave you.” Nevertheless, Chip hopes she might come to love him like “those nice stories about arranged marriages or Stockholm syndrome” and spends on her what little money he has. He’s like a sideways version of Dr. Rath in Von Sternberg’s “The Blue Angel,” a sad clown playing a sad clown.

The series was created by Galifianakis, Louis C.K. and Jonathan Krisel, who directs and co-writes “Portlandia,” and it has something of the quietly eccentric, slightly melancholy, dreamlike naturalism that show shares with C.K.’s “Louis.” It follows also in the steps of other FX/FXX series, including “Wilfred” and “Legit” and “Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll” and “Terriers,” in which men struggle belatedly with maturity: “I’m an adult and I can do whatever I want,” Chip insists, childishly. “I am a grown man.”

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CARTOON BY JASON DAQUELENTE

The year 2015 is dead and gone, and 2016 is here.

It’s a time for fresh beginnings as we edge farther and farther into the new millennium. In honor of the sweeping change transforming our culture, our society and ourselves, we at The Penn would like to share our hopes for the semester and year ahead: Cody Benjamin, editor-in-chief: As far as The Penn goes, it’s a goal of ours to deliver a product that each and every one of us college students thoroughly looks forward to picking up every time the paper hits campus. And, of course, 2016 is also a chance for me to soak in just a few more months of life at IUP before embracing the real world. #BlessUp Jake Enders, managing edtior: In 2016, I want to take the next step and make the important, frightening, completely necessary change from college student to college graduate. Also, it wouldn’t hurt to see the Pittsburgh Penguins reclaim their spot at the top of the NHL landscape with a Stanley Cup parade through downtown Pittsburgh #RiseAndGrind Casey Kelly, news editor: In 2016, I’d like to see all the poor abandoned animals in shelters find loving homes. #GetOffMyTVSarahMcLachlan Chris Hayes, Wet Ink editor: I’m looking to take the

GHOSTIE ON FIRST!

By DAN BECHTEL

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I recently read an article in IUP Magazine about the demolition of Keith and Leonard halls that led to a kind of publicity stunt segue for a paranormal investigation team on campus. While I applaud and fervently encourage student participation at any level in college, what grinds my gears was the use of the word “science” when referring to what this organization does.

In fact, I have been a paranormal investigator for 15 years. Never once did I think what I was doing was science. Why? It’s a common cliche among paranormal circles

to call it such because they believe that it gives credibility to the “field” and what they do. To the general public, if you don’t have neat “scientific” gadgetry, you somehow aren’t professional – this a result of the numerous paranormal TV shows that, in my opinion, do nothing for the field except sensationalize and confuse things. Unfortunately, none of it is science. In the same way, if I hop in my Subaru and speed down U.S. Route 119, that doesn’t make me a NASCAR driver – nor does it qualify me to be one because I can drive fast.

To be considered science, it must meet three basic criteria: it must be observable, testable and repeatable. During paranormal

next step professionally in 2016. I also want to rebel against the system because they don’t want me to be successful. #AnotherOne Kyle Kondor, sports editor: By the midway point of 2016 and, more importantly, prior to my graduation, I hope to know what leap I’ll be taking into my future.

Whether it be graduate school, an internship or a fulltime job, I know that I’m going to #KeepPounding.

Mike Kiwak, copy editor: I hope to get through my last semester of college as stress free as possible.

I also look forward to building more puzzles with my GF once we make more table space. Have to get puzzle glue. #TheMissingPiece Samantha Nicholson, photo editor: In 2016, I hope to have as many photoshoots with my new rescue puppy as possible. #RescuePuppies Ailey Clark, new media editor: I really hope people stop taking Donald Trump seriously. #FeelTheBern Alex Salyers, graphic designer: I hope to stay motivated this semester, get a banging job, make enough money to move out of the country in case Trump wins the election and sing a lot of Spaggie Benders karaoke #NewPennNoBorders2016 #HopeLeoWins #FeelTheBern From everyone here at The Penn, we’d like to say congratulations on a successful first week of classes and we wish you luck for a happy, safe and productive semester!

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investigations, a majority of the time, incidents are only observable. There is no real method for testing and results certainly are not repeatable. When an event may be testable, the gadgets come out. However, very few people know what these things actually do, and even fewer how to interpret findings.

One such tool that is a basic necessity is an electromagnetic field detector (EMF). It gives a numerical reading in the presence of an electromagnetic field. This is because paranormal investigators believe that ghosts are simply the leftover energy of humans – in short, life is energy. The problem is so many things give off energy that its impossible to say

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that something is a ghost. One simply cannot account for every variable. And what of the use of sensitives and psychics? Anybody that employs the use of these people and still manages to belt out that they are doing science is a disgrace to both true science and ghost hunting.

None of this is to say I don’t believe in ghosts. I’ve had too many things happen to me that I cannot explain. That doesn’t mean it is not explainable, just that I don’t possess the knowledge to figure it out. But that is why I continue doing what I do. That is why many people do what they do and why many people continue to investigate. Where I draw the line is that I do not believe it is science

and I do not use gizmos in the field. There is no standard by which to measure any event deemed paranormal because it cannot be properly tested nor can results be replicated by someone else.

The methods of finding ghosts “scientifically” are just wrong. The word “paranormal” itself should be a clue that it already can’t be explained by normal means. To attempt to do so and succeed must then mean that it is not paranormal. Let us not confuse paranormal study with science.

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TOP 10

By ANGIE PRENCIPE Staff Writer A.V.Prencipe@iup.edu

Top to bottom: “Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice,” “Finding Dory,” “Ghostbusters,” and “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” all hit theaters in 2016. Top right: “Captain America: Civil War.”

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Every year, audiences of all ages are promised movies that are captivating, exciting and hilarious.

2016 should be no different, as many highly anticipated films will be shown in theaters.

Among the dozens of movies scheduled to be released during this year, there are some that are destined to become instant hits.

Here are the top 10 upcoming movies of 2016: 1. “Deadpool” (Feb. 12): Ryan Reynolds stars in this Marvel film about the eponymous comic book character who undergoes experimentation to cure his cancer.

This action-comedy film is sure to appease fans of the Deadpool comics and those whose sense of humor is as twisted as the “Merc with a Mouth” himself.

2. “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” (March 25): In this action-packed follow-up to “Man of Steel,” Henry Cavill reprises his role as Superman alongside Ben Affleck, who portrays Batman for the first time.

The two heroes battle to decide just what kind of hero is right for the world, but behind this struggle lurks a threat to all humankind.

This movie will also feature portrayals of Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Cyborg and the Flash.

3. “The Jungle Book” (April 15): Disney is on a roll with live-action remakes of beloved films, and audiences are hungry for more.

This year, a live-action “Jungle Book” will be released.

With a star-studded cast including Scarlett Johansson, Lupita Nyong’o and Bill Murray, this movie will thrill fans of the original

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cartoon and excite audiences with every turn.

4. “Captain America: Civil War” (May 6): Iron Man and Captain America battle head-tohead in this sequel to the 2014 film “Captain America: The Winter Soldier.”

T h e s e once-allies feud after disagreement over gover nment issues force the Avengers to divide into two factions – one led

by Steve Rogers, the other by Tony Stark.

5. “X-Men: Apocalypse” (May 22): Fans of the “X-Men” franchise are bound to be excited for the series’ latest installment.

Reprising their roles in previous films are James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender and Jennifer Lawrence as Professor X, Magneto and Mystique, respectively.

They must come together to defeat their most powerful enemy yet, the godlike mutant Apocalypse, from destroying humanity.

6. “Finding Dory” (June 17): Thirteen years after the release of the beloved Pixar film “Finding Nemo” comes its sequel.

Teaming up with Marlin and Nemo, Dory sets off on a quest to find her family in a movie that looks to delight young children and grown-up children alike.

7. “Independence Day: Resurgence” (June 24): Another highly anticipated sequel coming out this year is this epic science fiction film.

Its predecessor, the 1996 movie “Independence Day,” is immensely popular and the 51st highest-

grossing film of all time.

With a variety of actors reprising their roles from the original, this movie looks to replicate the success of the series’ first.

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“Ghostbusters” (July 15): With a cast as full of comedians as the series’ first two installments, one can expect a movie that is hilarious to its core.

Starring Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones and more, this reboot will serve as a great addition to the franchise.

9. “Suicide Squad” (August 5): A contrast to the superhero movies being released this year, this antihero movie features a variety of supervillains from the DC universe as they form an organization of villains.

This film includes Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie and Cara Delevingne, among others.

10. “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” (Nov. 18): This list would not be complete without the movie that Harry Potter fanatics have been anxiously awaiting for more than a year.

Eddie Redmayne stars as Newt Scamander, a naturalist with a specialty in magical creatures.

The film will take the audience on a spellbinding adventure back to the wizarding world and into the heart of New York City in the 1920s.

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Braving the Indiana blizzard

Top 5 Ways to Handle the Cold

By MARY ROMEO Lead Wet Ink Writer M.E.Romeo@iup.edu

One thing is certain: Students who attend IUP did not choose the college for the weather.

Despite the freezing temperatures, frosted windshields and snow-dusted sidewalks that accompany winter time, there are plenty of ways to stay warm.

1. Ski masks The walk to class can be brutal when the wind whips against your bare face, so don’t be afraid to purchase a ski mask or bury your face in a scarf.

If you don’t have a ski mask, consider buying a cheap beanie, pulling it all the way down your face and then cutting holes for your eyes.

Seriously, who cares what you look like?

Staying warm is more important than not looking like a burglar, especially when the temperatures are too low to handle.

2. Heated blankets Heated blankets are essential in winter.

They can be purchased at any department store or superstore such as Walmart and Target, and they can cost anywhere from $20$50.

Unfortunately, they cannot be taken on the walk to class because they require an outlet, but they’re great to come home to and bundle up in.

3. Hot drinks Try heating up with some warm beverages such as coffee, tea or hot chocolate. These are guaranteed to warm your body right up.

Not only are they soothing against a sore throat, or a cure for headache, but they’ll keep your hands warm while you’re snuggled up in your heated blanket.

4. Gloves on hand With the sporadic Indiana weather, it’s important to keep an umbrella and a pair of gloves in your backpack wherever you go.

One minute it could be raining, and the next it could be snowing. Stay prepared for all types of weather.

And make sure to get your hands on the touchscreen gloves so you can tweet about how cold it is while simultaneously keeping your hands warms.

5. Space heaters Depending on where you live, space heaters may not be acceptable in your house or apartment because they run the electric bill up or present a fire hazard.

However, if your landlord accepts space heaters or you’re willing to pay extra to stay warm, a space heater is a necessity when temperatures reach single digits or worse.

If a space heater is out of your price range, you could also fan yourself with a blow dryer set on high. They’re kind of the same thing.

The winter weather in Indiana can be a shock to some, but there are ways to tolerate it.

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Stealing the spotlight 2016 Oscar predictions: Leo finally strikes

By CHRIS HAYES Wet Ink Editor C.T.Hayes@iup.edu

The 2016 Academy Awards season is upon us, and with that comes plenty of speculation regarding who is worthy of taking home some hardware on Oscar night Feb. 28.

The following are predictions for the six major categories: Best Picture, Best Actor and Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Actress and Best Director.

Picture: “Spotlight” The journalistic drama starring Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo and Rachel McAdams focuses on the Boston Globe’s breaking story about child sex abuse and the ensuing cover-up within the Catholic Church.

The film has received widespread critical acclaim, and although talk of a Best Picture nod seems to have quieted, look for support for this film to pick up as the awards season progresses.

Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio, “The Revenant” It’s finally DiCaprio’s time to grab what has infamously eluded him.

The elephant in the room throughout DiCaprio’s career has been his empty Best Actor trophy case, although he has been nominated on four previous occasions.

Not many can argue his past performances in films like “Inception,” “Titanic,” “Catch Me if You Can,” and “The Wolf of Wall Street” have merited a Best Actor win.

Now, for his work in “The Revenant,” DiCaprio finally gets his moment.

Actress: Brie Larson, “Room” There is no doubt this is Larson’s award to lose.

Critics have praised the lesserknown actress’s performance in “Room,” where she portrays a woman held against her will for several years in an enclosed space with her son.

The plot may sound simple, but Larson’s performance is anything but.

Supporting Actor: Mark Rylance, “Bridge of Spies” Every other name on the Best Supporting Actor nominee list screams A-list: Tom Hardy, Christian Bale, Mark Ruffalo and Sylvester Stallone.

Yet it might be Rylance who

comes out on top here as a darkhorse candidate for his work in Steven Spielberg’s most recent film.

Rylance portrays the convicted spy whom James Donovan (played

by Tom Hanks) defends in court.

Supporting Actress: Alicia Vikander, “The Danish Girl” This race is up for grabs. However, Vikander’s performance in “The Danish Girl” deserves a win.

Attention has been mostly focused toward Eddie Redmayne’s work in the film, and rightly so.

But Vikander’s performance as Gerda, the wife of artist Einar Wegener (Redmayne), who undergoes a sex-change operation, is hard to ignore.

Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu, “The Revenant” Loyal Oscar fans know that Inarritu took home this prize last year for “Birdman.”

He might be the favorite to go back-to-back this year for “The Revenant,” his film about a frontiersman left for dead.

An argument could be made that Iñárritu is the hottest director in Hollywood right now, and another win here could cement that status.

(moviepilot.com and eonline.com) Leonardo DiCaprio, top, and Brie Larson, bottom, could take home Academy Awards for their performances in “The Revenant” and “Room,” respectively.

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Looking for new ways to keep yourself motivated this semester?

Here are five creative ways to keep your spirits up while the temperatures are low.

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REWARD YOURSELF AFTER COMPLETING ASSIGNMENTS Making a list of assignments is a great way to organize and prioritize your work. To take it a step further, try setting benchmarks to divide the tasks and reward yourself once you reach each mark.

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MAKE A ‘HOMEWORK’ PLAYLIST Whether they are a list of relaxing melodies or screaming metal, taking the time to find songs that help keep you focused and motivated you to finish your work. Creating a playlist will also save you time from manually searching for a song.

GET TO KNOW YOUR PROFESSOR In a class of more than 100 students, it is hard to stand out. Therefore, the professor may not remember your name. Try establishing your reputation early by sitting in the front, participating in discussions, visiting office hours and introducing yourself. Doing so will help your professor remember your name, and they may be more willing to write you a letter of recommendation.

WRITE MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES Writing and posting motivational quotes in your workplace can help you push through tough assignments. They can not only help create a more positive ambience, but can also make your workplace more aesthetically pleasing.

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Each day, write down one thing that you accomplished on a piece of paper and save them in a jar. On the days when you are feeling down or feeling like you haven’t accomplished anything, you can read past tasks to lift your self-confidence and good feeling.

Justin Bieber, left, and Drake both made their mark on 2015.

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2015 in pop culture: Ups, downs and Bieber

By SAMANTHA BELL Staff Writer S.M.Bell@iup.edu

Last year featured amazing advances for pop culture.

First, Adele taught everyone to say, “Hello, from the other side.”

She also taught everyone it’s OK to blow up an ex and cry oneself to sleep.

Next, Justin Bieber proved that there is a 14-year-old girl inside everyone. I mean, really, who doesn’t want to know if it’s too late to say sorry? No one.

Kanye West proved it is possible to sell a sweatshirt that resembles a tattered dish rag for $2,000 with the release of his clothing line, Yeezy.

He also announced he’ll be running for president in 2020, leaving us all to ask, how many times would he vote for himself if he could?

The Weeknd came out of the shadows and embraced mainstream media with the release of “Beauty Behind the Madness.”

The words “Netflix” and “chill” took on entirely new meanings.

Drake’s dance moves broke the Internet, and now everyone knows exactly what it means when a hotline “blings.”

Let’s not forget Ariana Grande was scolded by the media for lick-

ing a frosted pastry.

Also, one of the most powerful artists in all of pop culture, Taylor Swift, stood up to one of the most powerful companies in the world, Apple, and won, proving there is nothing she can’t do. Because of Swift’s uproar, Apple is now required to pay artists during the three-month free trial period of Apple Music. Snaps for Swift.

David Letterman said his final goodbye to nightcrawlers everywhere after a long 22-year run as host of “The Late Show.”

Atticus Finch was labeled a racist after the release of Harper Lee’s “Go Set a Watchman,” so basically everything we know about American literature is wrong.

“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” broke the box office before its release, selling more than $100 million in advance tickets.

The right to love openly was granted in the Supreme Court ruling to eliminate the banning of same-sex marriage throughout the county.

And, finally, the rest of the Kardashians were overshadowed by something of actual importance – Caitlyn Jenner’s big reveal.

As the triumphs, shocks and progression of 2015 pop culture passes, there’s only one thing left to ask: was the dress gold or blue?

And, why did anyone ever care?

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Crimson Hoax New marine department spawns from IUP’s humanities building

By JAKE ENDERS

(vam.ac.uk and imdb.com) David Bowie, left, and Alan Rickman, right, both passed away this month.

Bowie, Rickman leave lasting impact

By LAUREN ROSSE Staff Writer L.T.Rosse@iup.edu

At the start of this year, the world lost two men who left a profound impact on the world: David Bowie, on Jan. 10, and Alan Rickman, on Jan. 14.

Both of these beloved men died after battling cancer at the age of 69.

Just days before his death, on his birthday, Bowie released his final album, “Blackstar,” which rounded off his iconic musical career.

Having produced 26 albums during his prolific career from 1967 to 2016, many of those albums are now considered to be classics, including “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars,” “Diamond Dogs,” “Young Americans,” “Heroes” and “Let’s Dance.”

Bowie’s music has influenced many musicians, including Lady Gaga, Jay-Z, Lorde and Lana Del Rey. Bowie’s legacy also extends to film.

Bowie had featured roles in 22 films, most famously, the 1986 Jim Henson film, “Labyrinth.”

Bowie was also a huge advocate for human rights. In 1982, he openly criticized MTV for not representing African American artists.

Bowie also stood up for the rights of indigenous people of Australia in his video for “Let’s Dance” in 1983.

Perhaps aside from all of his accolades, Bowie’s most important impact was inspiring fans to be

themselves.

Throughout his career, Bowie took on several different stage personas, including Ziggy Stardust, the Thin White Duke and Major Tom, but no matter how many masks he wore, he remained true to who he was underneath it all.

He was confident and open, telling the world that it’s okay to break the norms of gender, heterosexuality and fashion through example. Whether in his art or his mentality, that much was clear.

This allowed for his fans to be more comfortable with themselves.

Within the same week of losing Bowie, Rickman also passed away.

Best known for his role as Professor Severus Snape in the “Harry Potter” films, Rickman had a decorated career, appearing in 68 films in various roles.

Some of his better-known movies include “Die Hard,” “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves,” “Sense and Sensibility,” “Galaxy Quest” and “Love Actually.”

Rickman’s portrayal of Snape touched many fans because of his tragic story of love.

Fans have been grieving the loss of Rickman through posts on social media featuring photos and quotes from the films.

Fans also created a memorial site at Kings Cross station in London.

The memorial site is located at the famous platform 9¾ from the Harry Potter films.

Both Bowie and Rickman will be sorely missed by fans and will live on through the art they have produced.

Managing Editor J.G.Enders@iup.edu

The following is a satirical news column: The spring semester got off to a roaring start for IUP’s newly formed department of marine studies Wednesday afternoon. Several dozen people showed up at the new Humanities and Social Sciences building to watch the department’s students take their first strokes underwater and tend to the fish farm, located on the new structure’s ground floor.

“Did you see how many people were there?”

Dan Flood (senior, marine biology) exulted afterward. “I never thought that our new program would draw such a crowd.”

Indeed, the mixed audience of

students and faculty braved gusty, freezing conditions to observe the marine students through the doors and windows of the new building.

Decked out in full scuba gear, the students swam around for approximately 30 minutes and tended to the fish farm.

Currently, the facility holds several different species of carp, as well as one species of tilapia.

The expedition encountered some minor difficulty when several of the carp attacked, killed and devoured one of the tilapia, but overall the first IUP underwater farmers were happy with the results.

“Just getting used to the new equipment,” said Brian Slapscales (freshman, spelunking).

“I’ve never dived before, so this was a new experience for me.”

IUP announced the creation of the marine studies department

and the accompanying addition of the fish farm only last fall. IUP is located about 150 miles from the nearest major body of water and doesn’t have any reputation in the field of marine studies.

If that weren’t enough, fish farming, or pisciculture, is usually designed for a specialized facility and is rarely the province of student involvement.

All told, the announcement raised more than a few eyebrows.

But the IUP administration remains confident that the program will hold water.

“Pisciculture is one of the fastest-growing sectors of aquaculture,” said IUP Associate Undersecretary to the Deputy Assistant Director of Communications Craig Fisher in a news conference last week.

“We can grow our own fish right here on campus.”

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He’s DJ Khaled, the life coach

By DEXTER THOMAS TNS

DJ Khaled is the Internet philosopher of the moment.

If you’re late to the game, DJ Khaled is a Top 40 hip-hop artist who, until a few months ago, was mostly recognized for yelling his name in songs like “All I Do Is Win.” But now he has attracted an entirely new set of fans thanks to his Snapchat account. Every day you can watch Khaled eat breakfast, water his plants and deliver 10-second sermons on the keys to success.

He’s got an entire set of catchphrases: “another one,” “you played yourself,” “major key.” At this point, he should probably just copyright the “key” emoji.

But the masterpiece of his Snapchat phraseology is “they,” as in “they don’t want you to have breakfast.” He says this every morning.

Khaled never says who “they” is or what “they” have against you eating your egg whites, but that’s what makes the statement so useful. We all have a “they,” don’t we?

“They” is anyone who gets in your path. “They” are the doubters. The naysayers. The people that Notorious B.I.G. was talking about in the intro to “Juicy.”

When he says, “They don’t want you to eat breakfast,” he’s simultaneously telling you: “Eat your breakfast, so that you can have revenge on

your haters,” and: “You’ve worked hard and achieved success, and your breakfast is a reward for that. Enjoy that reward, so that you can have energy to work more.”

Khaled’s anti-”they” mantra is a motivational anthem for late capitalism: Defeat the competition. Make money. And then with that money, go make more money. Rinse and repeat.

They don’t want you to rinse and repeat.

Khaled’s “virality” might seem odd until you realize that Khaled is basically the rap game Tony Robbins.

Robbins is one of the kings of motivational speaking, but he fails in one aspect that Khaled delivers: theatrical range. Only Khaled can merge feel-good American ambition with the macho braggadocio of hip-hop and still temper it with the rawness of the human experience.

Prime example: In October, Khaled sat down for a video interview with the pop culture magazine Complex. When asked if he’d ever caught an “L” – that is, if he’d ever made a big mistake – Khaled looked horrified. “Never in my life,” he said.

“You’ve never, like, missed a highway exit or something?” the interviewer asked, incredulously.

“Nah.” Six weeks later, Khaled caught a very large “L.” On Dec. 15, he got lost at sea while riding his Jet Ski at night.

He started panicking and sent out a flurry of Snapchats, each more desperate than the last. By the end, there was no text – just a “prayer hands” emoji superimposed over video of him driving around, looking for the shore.

Millions of people watched this drama unfold, and many probably came to the inevitable conclusion

time that his “Hotline Bling” video was going to get memed.

Drake’s online persona is too carefully crafted to feel truly welcoming, though. When he started hitting the gym, we didn’t know until he started Instagramming carefully angled pictures of his pectoral muscles. Drake shows us only results, never the process.

DJ Khaled has gone from famed rap producer to social media inspiration.

that DJ Khaled is a hypocrite. He is, but he’s a vulnerable, lovable hypocrite, one who is willing to bare himself to the world during his darkest hour. He won’t admit weakness verbally, but he’s happy to show it to you.

Khaled has joined one of his frequent collaborators, Drake, in the hallowed circle of rap dudes who know how to capitalize on an Internet joke (Xzibit sits far outside this circle). Drake is the king of this stuff: He actively courts Internet funnies, treating them as user-generated content for his brand. He knew ahead of

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DJ Khaled won’t hide the struggle. He invites you into the process of transformation and reminds you that it’s OK to love your body as it is.

He brings us into his gym, sweating and out of breath, as he shouts encouraging mantras – to himself, to you, to the universe.

When we watch DJ Khaled sweating on that elliptical, we’re watching Daniel-san “wax on, wax off.” We’re watching Jackie Chan lift buckets “Drunken Master.” We’re watching Rocky Balboa run up the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. In the best sense of the word,

Khaled is probably the most American thing we’ve got going for us right now. Seriously: He’s a New Orleansborn child of Palestinian immigrants who idolizes Jamaican reggae singers and got his break in a hip-hop crew fronted by a Puerto Rican.

He embraces diversity in every aspect of his life. When he talks about his favorite food, he gives equal respect to Cinnamon Toast Crunch and his mother’s maqluba (an Arabic dish with rice and lamb). He doesn’t talk much about his faith as a Muslim, but he doesn’t hide it, or his own shortcomings. He prays 10 times a day.

When Larry King pressed him on his religion, he said, “I practice it, but I could do a better job.”

He’s a true capitalist and a champion of new media marketing. He works the hustle from both ends, creating viral in-jokes that risk being co-opted by large corporations, then beating them to the punch by co-opting them himself, using his celebrity power to sell merchandise.

But when he tells you to enjoy the sunshine or to listen to the music of bamboo plants in the wind, he’s a much-needed counterweight to hiphop’s tendency to over-glamorize hard work (see Yo Gotti, who told us on “Full-Time” that “real hustlers don’t need no sleep”).

Not all heroes wear capes. Some wear “Another One” sandals, so that we can recognize them as one of our own.

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The crying Michael Jordan face was funny for awhile. Actually, I’m not even sure it ever was that laughable. Either way, it’s time for the MJ memes to be stopped.

Take a look at Adam Schefter’s Twitter mentions and you’ll find better material.

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So Sarah Palin publicly endorsed Donald Trump’s presidential bid. This is the same woman whose most popular moments have come thanks to actress Tina Fey’s portrayal of her. An endorsement from my 14-year-old cat would mean more.

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Electric blanket, here I come. Hot cocoa, you’re next. To be honest, I couldn’t be happier that Indiana is about to be wrecked with snow. In fact, snow is the most socially acceptable excuse for doing absolutely nothing. So I’m ready.

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The Denver Broncos all but called Tom Brady a crybaby this week, and I’m here to tell you that I stand behind “Tom Terrific.” If he’s repeatedly being rewarded 15 yards for his complaints, then why shouldn’t he keep doing it?

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Snapchat has been a social media fixture for years now, but it’s becoming even bigger now thanks to DJ Khaled, the famous record producer and rapper. His daily “Snapchat stories,” which feature him giving his fans “keys to success” in life, have a massive cult following.

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IUP begins semester on eight-game win streak

By VAUGHN DALZELL Lead Sports Writer V.S.Dalzell@iup.edu

The Crimson Hawks stayed hot over winter break, improving their record to 14-5 (11-3). During that span, IUP won its games by an average margin of 15.3 points, and five of those seven victories came by double digits.

Brandon Norfleet (senior, communications media) tied his career high of 31 points, first against Edinboro University Dec. 19 and again against University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown Jan. 13. Norfleet averaged 22.2 points, 5.2 assists and 3.3 rebounds per game over the team’s seven-game winning streak. His efforts netted him PSAC Player of the Week honors.

Jacobo Diaz (freshman, management) took home PSAC West Freshman of the Week accolades on Jan. 11 after averaging 12 points and 6.5 rebounds. Diaz recorded 16 points and eight rebounds in a 78-65 victory over Millersville University.

He now leads the team in rebounds with 6.7 per game.

Following Diaz’s performance, for the second week in a row, a Crimson Hawk won PSAC West Freshman of the Week, as Dante Lombardi (freshman, business) earned the honor as well. It’s Lombardi’s third PSAC West Freshman of the Week award on

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the year, this one announced on Jan. 18. Lombardi averaged 10.5 points, 3.5 rebounds and three assists in wins over Pitt-Johnstown and Clarion. He recorded a careerhigh 19 points in the victory over Clarion University.

Meanwhile, head coach Joe Lombardi coached game No. 300 for his career, third most in program history. Lombardi trails only Peck McKnight and Carl Davis, both of whom have 323 games under their belts.

Daddy Ugbede (senior, communications) is averaging a mere 19.4 minutes per game but still putting up 11.3 points and five rebounds. Lately, Ugbede has been on fire, shooting 18 of 22 in his last two games, scoring 22 against Slippery Rock and 18 against Pitt-Johnstown. Ugbede has reached double digits in his last four outings and seven of his last eight.

Ugbede has shot more than 50 percent in 15 of 17 games this season and is at an astounding 69 percent from the field.

Norfleet was named to the Bevo Francis Award Watch. This award is presented annually to the player who has had the finest overall season with Small College Basketball. The included divisions are NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, NAIA Division I, NAIA Division II, USCAA and NCCAA. Norfleet is averaging 21.7 points per game (first in PSAC), 4.3 assists (fifth) and 3.9 rebounds in 36.1 minutes per game (second).

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Devon Cottrell, right, and Jacobo Diaz, left, anticipated a rebound in IUP’s 86-69 win over Urbana University on Nov. 13.

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Crimson Hawks climb atop PSAC standings

By ALEXANDRIA MANSFIELD Staff Writer A.M.Mansfield@iup.edu

While most IUP students enjoyed a relaxing break, the women’s basketball team worked hard to climb to the top of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference.

After a seven-game win streak was snapped in a loss against University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, the team pieced together two straight wins. The Crimson Hawks now lead the conference standings with 11 wins and three losses and a 14-4 overall record.

As last year’s only returning starter, Leslie Stapleton (redshirt senior, biology pre-med) has been a primary contributor on the team, scoring a total of 299 points so far this season. Her score is closely followed by Zhane Brooks’ (senior, chemistry pre-pharmacy) total of 249 points, Megan Smith’s (sophomore, human resources)

208 and a contribution of 189 points by Marina Wareham (senior, exercise science). Forward Alexis Aiken (senior, exercise science) managed a career-high 11 rebounds.

Stapleton also hit the milestone of scoring 1,000 points. She is the 21st player to do so in IUP history.

She reached this momentous landmark in a 80-74 win over Kutztown University on Dec. 5.

The women’s basketball team currently ranks No. 2 in the PSAC West in assist-to-turnover ratio with averages of 16.1 assists to 13.3 turnovers. The 1.21 ratio is close to last year’s mark of 1.3.

The team is currently scoring an average of 73 points per game, which is second in PSAC standings to Shippensburg University’s average of 75.6.

Stapleton, Brooks, Smith and Wareham all rank in the PSAC’s top 50 players for total points scored. They fall at fifth, 16th, 30th and 36th, respectively. Smith is also ranked as the second-best in blocked shots and Wareham is second in 3-point percentage, while Stapleton is first in free-

throw percentage.

According to Stapleton, the team’s biggest goal for the year is to have the “best season possible.”

The players hope to finish at the top of the PSAC standings and qualify for the NCAA Div. II

Regional Tournament again.

Last year, IUP’s women’s basketball team made it to the semifinals of the PSAC Championships and played as the No. 2 seed in the first round of the NCAA tournament. This season’s team has similar goals,

as they want to get back to the championships and contend once again in the NCAA tournament.

The Crimson Hawks will be away for their next match against California University of Pennsylvania at 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday.

Marina Wareham dribbled across the court in IUP’s 89-88 overtime loss against UPJ on Jan. 13 last season.

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Pitt playing quality basketball at midway point

By EVAN McCUE Staff Writer E.M.McCue@iup.edu

After a disappointing ending to the football season, it’s time for Pittsburgh Panther fans to climb aboard the Jamie Dixon train as Pitt treads into its third season as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

While some fans still have been in “college football mode,” the Panthers had a nice beginning to their season, as they posted an impressive 12-1 record before entering conference play.

A few highlights of the early season included their Armed Forces Classic game against Gonzaga University, played on a temporary court on a military base in Okinawa, Japan. The game was suspended at halftime due to a moist, slippery playing surface.

The Panthers were leading 37-35

when the game was called.

Pitt’s lone non-conference loss was respectable, as it came to the hands of the 22nd-ranked Purdue Boilermakers in the Big Ten-ACC Challenge in early December.

The Panthers ripped off a notable 10-game win streak following the loss to Purdue, including an always-satisfying victory over a familiar Big East foe in Syracuse University.

Pitt now finds themselves in the heart of a brutal ACC schedule.

The Panthers have dropped two of their six conference games, including an ugly 18-point loss to the 17th-ranked University of Louisville and an even uglier 17-point loss to an unranked North Carolina State University team on Tuesday.

Pittsburgh has depended upon its veterans, such as the senior facilitating point guard James Robinson. Robinson is averaging

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about 10 points and five assists per game in his final season as a Panther. Junior forward Michael Young is having a monster year, leading the team in scoring with 17.1 points a game and rebounds with 6.8 per contest. The other junior forward, Jamel Artis, is also having a big year, as he is scoring 16.1 points a game while shooting about 50 percent from the field.

Pitt is also getting some quality minutes from their bench, with junior forward Sheldon Jeter averaging about eight points and five rebounds per contest, providing stability and flexibility for Dixon’s minute management strategies.

The Panthers have a crucial stretch of games as the travel to face an electric backcourt against Florida State University, then they will head south again to face a hot opponent in the Clemson University Tigers, and finally they will host Virginia Tech University.

These three games should be considered as “must win” if they would like to remain as a contender in the ACC. To further stress the importance of that three-game stretch, let’s take a look at Pitt’s schedule following Virginia Tech.

First is Feb. 6 at home against the veteran, defensive-minded,

13th-ranked, defending ACC champs in the University of Virginia.

Then, the 15th-ranked University of Miami Hurricanes come on Feb. 9. Then, on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14, the team takes the road to battle on arguably the best team in the country, the University of North Carolina.

Pitt might have a difficult time surviving this painful stretch of games. The lack of legitimate depth could catch up to them as it squares off against some of the most talented teams in the nation.

Finishing the season with a record of 20 wins and 10 losses and a conference record of 9-9 looks realistic.

Unless Pitt picks up a signature win or two, it has the looks of being a “bubble” team in terms of the NCAA Tournament, depending on how they perform in the ACC tournament.

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STEELERS STOCK

By VAUGHN DALZELL Lead Sports Writer V.S.Dalzell@iup.edu

The Pittsburgh Steelers ended their injury-riddled 2015 season with a disappointing 23-16 loss to the Denver Broncos in the AFC Divisional Round.

The Steelers came into the game without star receiver Antonio Brown, who tied for the league lead with 136 receptions and ranked second with 1,834 yards but had to sit out because of the NFL concussion protocol.

Pittsburgh was also without veteran running back DeAngelo Williams, who filled Le’Veon Bell’s shoes exceptionally well this season.

The game marked the first time in NFL history any team has played a playoff game without its receiving leader and rushing leader from the regular season.

Without Brown and Williams, all eyes were settled on one of the NFL’s elite quarterbacks: Ben Roethlisberger.

Roethlisberger battled with a sprained AC joint and torn ligaments in his throwing shoulder before leading a comeback drive against the AFC North champion Cincinnati Bengals. Despite the injury, the Broncos seemed to be confident in who they would be facing.

“He (Roethlisberger) didn’t look hurt,” Broncos Pro Bowl linebacker Von Miller said. “We saw through the bluff and prepared all week for him.”

Roethlisberger completed 24 of 37 passes for 339 yards on the Denver defense, which ranks first in both passing defense, allowing 199.3 yards per game, and total defense, allowing 283.1 yards and 18.5 points per game.

Martavis Bryant was Roethlisberger’s favorite target, catching nine passes for 154 yards and adding two rushes for 40 yards, both the top totals of the afternoon for the Steelers. The receiving corps did its part, making big plays for Roethlisberger by adding four plays of 35 yards or more.

Fitzgerald Toussaint started the game in place of Williams for the second week in a row.

Toussaint rushed for 49 yards on 12 carries, including his first career touchdown in the first quarter on a 1-yard carry.

Steeler fans have been spoiled at running back over time, but one player fans don’t typically remember in such positive light is Rashard Mendenhall.

Known most notoriously for his Super Bowl XLV fumble against the Green Bay Packers at the most inopportune time in the fourth quarter, Toussaint’s fumble

was very similar. The turnover came with the Steelers in striking distance on the Denver 34 leading 13-12 with 10 minutes left in the game.

Bradley Roby punched the ball out, and Demarcus Ware jumped on top of it to gain possession for the Broncos.

Peyton Manning then led the No. 1-seeded Broncos down the field, and C.J. Anderson capped off a 13-play, 65-yard drive to take the lead, 20-13.

Eventually, Manning led them to a late field goal to make it 2313 after Roethlisberger was sacked on fourth down.

Now that the Steelers’ season is over, management will start deciding how the team can regain dominance in the AFC North and contend for a title. Taking a look at the final numbers, the Steelers can improve in a couple aspects of their game.

The most obvious adjustment is the need to draft or sign secondary players. Ranking 30th out of 32 teams in pass defense by allowing 271.9 yards a game and 4,350 yards, the secondary is far worse than in recent years.

In Keith Butler’s first season as defensive coordinator, he did his best job forcing pressure on opposing quarterbacks and forcing turnovers.

Pittsburgh tied for third in the

NFL with 30 takeaways, nine more than last year, and had its second straight 33-sack season.

Mel Kiper Jr. has a late first-early second round grades on corners Kendall Fuller (Virginia Tech), Eli Apple (Ohio State) and nose tackle Jarran Reed (Alabama). All three players could instantly improve the defense.

The Steelers were 0-5 this season when losing the turnover battle and 11-2 when winning it.

No. 7 threw 16 interceptions in 12 games this season, which is normally alarming given the past season Roethlisberger had, but take a look at how often he had his starting offense together.

You can almost count on two hands the amount of plays that Roethlisberger, Bell, Brown and Bryant were on the field together.

The more time together, the more rhythm these weapons on offense will have and the less the ball will be turned over.

The Super Bowl will again feature either quarterbacks Tom Brady, Peyton Manning or Ben Roethlisberger to represent the AFC for the 12th time out of 13 seasons.

Joe Flacco of the Baltimore Ravens was the lone standout quarterback to break this streak.

He won the Super Bowl in 2012, topping the San Francisco 49ers.

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By JOSH HILL

Staff Writer J.M.Hill5@iup.edu

Opening Day will be here soon enough, Pirates fans.

After making the playoffs for the third consecutive year, many fans clad in black and gold are looking for the Pirates to take the next step this season while making another run at a World Series crown.

After 20 years of losing, Pittsburgh fans have experienced a new kind of heartbreak with the recent losses in the one-game Wild Card. Fans are yearning for the team to finally break through.

So that leaves one question: Is 2016 the year?

With no news to discuss on the field, the attention turns to different things happening within the organization. In simple terms, fans care about who has come and who has gone.

In an era of multibilliondollar television deals, the Pittsburgh Pirates find themselves approaching a typical offseason much differently than several other teams in the league.

To put it in perspective, the Cubs have spent $276.25 million on free agents this year; the Pirates have spent $13 million.

It doesn’t take a mathematician to see the distinct disadvantage the Pirates have been placed in because of their small-market status.

Pittsburgh has been busy this offseason, completing a large amount of trades, signings and other transactions.

Many of these moves look to have minimal impact on the actual major league squad, but the notable ones will shape the team going into the season and for years to come.

No move created more of a stir than the swapping of Neil Walker for Jon Niese. Walker, 30, graduated from Pine Richland

High School and was dubbed the “Pittsburgh Kid.” With an expiring contract, the Pirates decided to move the second baseman, much to the chagrin of many within the fanbase.

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The Pirates also non-tendered first baseman Pedro Alvarez, allowing him to become a free agent. In a corresponding move, the Pirates acquired infielder Jason Rodgers from Milwaukee.

He is expected to play first base along with Michael Morse.

Many of the arms the Pirates relied upon last year are no longer with the team because Joe Blanton, Antonio Bastardo, J.A. Happ and Charlie Morton have all departed.

A recent transaction saw the Pirates avoid arbitration with five key players: Catcher Fransisco Cervelli, pitcher Jared Hughes, pitcher Mark Melancon and infielder Jordy Mercer all signed one-year deals.

In an ultra-competitive NL Central where three teams made the playoffs last season, the Pirates will have to rely on their elite outfield of Andrew McCutchen, Starling Marte and Gregory Polanco.

It will be a challenge, but with an excellent minor league system, the Pirates have made sure that they will be in contention for many years to come.

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Pens thriving with new coach

By JAKE ENDERS Managing Editor J.G.Enders@iup.edu

The Pittsburgh Penguins are beginning to put it all together, and that should be a frightening development for the rest of the National Hockey League.

Certainly, their record doesn’t reflect that. Pittsburgh is 2117-7 heading into Thursday’s tilt with archrival Philadelphia, a record that might impress in Columbus or Buffalo but is vastly underwhelming in the Steel City.

The Penguins have mastered taking one step forward, then one step back. A blowout win over the division rival New York Islanders, and then a clunker in Chicago just four nights later. Two dominant periods in St. Louis, then a near-total collapse in the third. Pittsburgh isn’t on many radar screens as a potential Stanley Cup contender. However, if you look at the way they are playing rather than the crude statistics, their vast improvement over the past month is striking. And most of it

has everything to do with the new man behind the bench.

Mike Sullivan stepped into the role as Penguins’ coach on Dec. 12 following a brief but extremely successful tenure as the bench boss for the team’s American Hockey League affiliate in Wilkes-Barre / Scranton and a lengthy stretch as a top NHL assistant coach. He promptly lost each of his first four games by an aggregate score of 15-4. But then it started coming along.

Since that initial losing streak, Sullivan’s Penguins are 6-3-4.

That record would undoubtedly be more superior if the team’s top scorers weren’t struggling through a historic run of bad luck.

Pittsburgh has out-shot the opposing team in 14 of 17 games under Sullivan, and many of those shots have been high-quality chances. Their goaltender, MarcAndre Fleury, is possibly playing even better now than he did during his sparkling 2014-15 campaign. All of that should add up to a bushel of goals and, by extension, wins.

But the Penguins are having trouble burying those scoring chances. Phil Kessel has only 12 goals in 45 games despite almost always playing with one of the best playmaking centers in the world.

Patric Hornqvist is starting to return to form, but his production over the season’s first four months has been below expectations.

The much-discussed secondary scoring that was such a focus of general manager Jim Rutherford’s offseason has been all but nonexistent. But still, these Penguins will make the playoffs and will be one of the top contenders for the Stanley Cup once spring rolls around.

Watching the games, it’s obvious. Under Sullivan, they’re playing fast. They’re playing aggressive. Their penalty kill is once again outstanding, and their power play has become as dangerous as everyone predicted it would be. With Sidney Crosby once again looking like one of the premier players in the league and the team staying healthy, these Penguins can be downright scary.

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Stakes high for remaining NFL teams Pats, Broncos, Cards, Panthers await Sunday with a chip on their shoulders

By ARI OHAION Staff Writer A.D.Ohaion@iup.edu

And then there were four.

The two remaining teams from both the AFC and the NFC will face each other to determine who will meet in the Super Bowl. Tom Brady and the New England Patriots will face Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos’ top defense in the Mile High City.

This will be Peyton Manning and Tom Brady’s 17th meeting since 2001.

For the first time in NFL playoff history, the NFC Championship Game will feature a clash of two Heisman Trophy-winning quarterbacks as Carson Palmer and the Arizona Cardinals attempt to dethrone Cam Newton and the top-seeded Panthers in Charlotte, N.C. Aside from an opportunity to participate in Super Bowl 50 and a chance to hoist the Lombardi Trophy, there is much more at stake for each franchise this Sunday.

Arizona Cardinals: Ceasing Championship Drought and Second Super Bowl Appearance The Cardinals haven’t won a championship since 1947, but a victory over the Panthers would propel them one step closer to playing in their second Super Bowl in seven seasons. At 35, this may be Carson Palmer’s last shot at getting a Super Bowl ring. It also may be the last chance for future Hall-of-Famer Larry Fitzgerald as well. If Arizona fails to deliver in the upcoming NFC title game, its championship drought will extend to 68 years and will remain without a Lombardi Trophy in the trophy case.

Carolina Panthers: Second Super Bowl Appearance, Cam Newton’s Legacy Just like Arizona, the Panthers have only one Super Bowl appearance.

However, the Panthers have played only 20 seasons compared to Arizona,

which has played in all seasons since the Super Bowl was inaugurated back in 1967.

If Carolina overcomes Arizona’s fifth-ranked defense and secondranked scoring offense, its phenomenal one-loss season will continue with a Super Bowl berth and Cam Newton can start his legacy.

Denver Broncos: Tied Record, Final Super Bowl for Manning, Partial Bragging Rights Brady and Manning will be meeting for the 17th time, an NFL record. While Brady holds an 11-5 advantage in the regular season, they each have won twice in the postseason.

If Denver finds a way to slow down New England’s up-tempo offense, the Broncos will advance to their eighth Super Bowl, which would put them in a four-way tie with Dallas, Pittsburgh and New England for most Super Bowl appearances. A victory will also give Manning a chance to go out on top.

New England Patriots: Broken/ Extended Records, Milestones, Solidified Legacy, tiebreaker over Brady-Manning playoff record While this game has high stakes for Manning and the Broncos, New England can achieve many accolades by defeating them in Denver.

If Brady takes a winning record against Manning in both the regular season and postseason, It would give Brady the edge in future debates over the superior player.

Not only would Brady have a better playoff record against Manning, it will also extend his record of starts by a quarterback in a Super Bowl with seven.

The seven starts would also give him a record he currently shares with defensive tackle Mike Lodish, who also played in six Super Bowls.

A win also gives the Patriots a sole lead in Super Bowl appearances with nine.

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