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Holocaust survivor discusses ‘danger of hate’ By DESTINY RITTER Staff Writer D.T.Ritter@iup.edu
IUP students and Indiana community members crowded the Hadley Union Building Ohio Room Monday to listen to a Six O’Clock Series speech by Moshe Baran, a Holocaust survivor. “I am very honored by you all being here,” Baran said at the start of his presentation. After speaking about his life before the Holocaust, a documentary about Baran and his late wife, Malka, was shown. “[Malka] emerged from the concentration camps and after a short time she made it her business to fight language,” Baran said. “Hateful language.” In closing, Baran spoke briefly about his experiences once more, and then opened a discussion with the audience. The series impacted at least some in attendance. “During the video, I actually got a little emotional watching it, I’m not gonna lie, but there’s a sense of happiness in the end because he [Baran] is here, he lived through it, he survived,” said Da’Neisha McGeary (junior, dietetics). In addition to the Six O’Clock Series, five more Holocaust-focused events will take place
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Holocaust survivor Moshe Baran shared his story with IUP students at Monday’s Six O’Clock Series in the Hadley Union Building Ohio Room.
from next Tuesday to Thursday. At 7 p.m. Tuesday, the film “Shoah” will be shown, followed by a discussion in the Humani-
ties and Social Sciences Building Room B10. “Making Peace in a Violent World,” an event that will be held in Pratt Hall’s auditorium, will
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consist of a panel of community members as well as IUP students and staff. The panel will highlight global issues and different ways to promote peace. The event will take place at 1:30 p.m. April 13. A series of three different events will happen Thursday. Two of the three events will take place in Room 126 of the Humanities and Social Sciences Building. “The Nazi Universe of Camps” will begin at 2:30 p.m., with Dr. Martin Dean as the guest speaker. Dean will discuss the widespread Nazi camps that were not limited to Germany, but were also found all over the ghettos of Europe. Following the talk from Dean, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., IUP students, faculty members and community members are invited to meet Holocaust survivors and scholars. Lastly, a Holocaust Remembrance Interfaith Service will begin at 5:30 p.m. at Beth Israel Synagogue to remember the tragedy of the Holocaust and focus on creating a brighter, peaceful future. Education professor Dr. Shannon PhillipsShyrock hopes these events will inspire people to “understand the danger of hate.”
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Two prominent IUP organizations will cease to exist after the Student Government Association General Assembly voted unanimously Tuesday to replace The Entertainment Network and the Black Emphasis Committee with the Student Activity Committee (STATIC). The executive boards of TEN and BEC decided to dissolve the two organizations, which were both founded in the 1960s, at the end of the semester, May 6, due to “environmental and organizational factors,” according to a Student Cooperative Association press release. The confirmation comes almost three weeks after STATIC officially submitted recognition materials and its constitution to the Center for Student Life and SGA March 18. TEN is well known for organizing IUP’s annual concerts, which have
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The Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) will be sending a team to IUP’s main campus in an effort to finish the university’s accreditation process. The MSCHE team will hold multiple open sessions around its scheduled private meetings with constituents, according to IUP’s website. IUP students, faculty and staff are encouraged to attend these voluntary meetings to share their voices as active members of the IUP community. The university must go through the reaffirmation of accreditation process once every 10 years, the website reads. Open sessions for students to meet with the MSCHE team will take
place in the Hadley Union Building Monongahela Room on Monday from 2:30 to 4 p.m. and Tuesday from 1:15 to 2:15 p.m. IUP’s accreditation with the MSCHE actually provides students with several benefits, including accredited student financial aid, a wider spectrum of employment opportunities after graduation and easier transfer eligibility for students, according to IUP’s website. The accreditation process has been marked by notable levels of participation from the IUP community for the past two-and-a-half years. Therefore, in an effort to finish the process with the same level of participation and enthusiasm with which it began, IUP is pushing students to attend and participate in these open sessions. Participation is encouraged but not required.
approved by SGA featured the likes of All Time Low, Machine Gun Kelly and Chance the Rapper, as well as for holding film screenings and hosting comedy acts such as Bo Burnham and the All Def Comedy Tour. The BEC is focused on cultural aspects and events pertaining to the equality and history of African Americans. That said, it still holds entertainment events, like field trips, game nights and concerts. STATIC will effectively assume the role of both organizations simultaneously, providing and facilitating large-scale and homegrown events to which IUP students have grown accustomed. STATIC will also support “major programming initiatives, such as homecoming and Welcome Weekend,” the press release said. The association will field its first events during the latter, staging a Drive-In Movie Aug. 26 and Happening at the HUB on Aug. 27. More information can be found
through BEC’s and TEN’s social media accounts and coop.iup.edu/ten and coop.iup.edu/bec. Questions can also be directed toward group adviser and SCA Director of Student Activities and Assessment Zach Clark at z.n.clark@ iup.edu.
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• Megan Doody, 19, of Pittsburgh, was cited with underage drinking and public drunkenness after IUP Police observed her on West Avenue by the Hadley Union Building parking lot at 1:25 a.m. April 3, according to police. • IUP Police responded to a report at Wallwork Hall at 1:44 a.m. April 3, police said. When officers conducted an investigation, they determined Charles Shotton, 18, of Leesburg, Va., was under the influence of alcohol. Shotton was cited for underage drinking and possession of a small amount of marijuana and drug paraphernalia, according to police. • At 11:56 p.m. March 30 at Sheetz, 380 Philadelphia St., Indiana Borough Police arrested Leevon Haynie, 20, of Charotte, N.C., and cited him with retail theft and underage drinking, police said. • Nicholas Macia, 19, of Easton, was cited with underage drinking and public drunkenness after IUP Police responded to a report an intoxicated male in Suites on Maple East at 1:26 a.m. March 31, according to police. • Indiana Borough Police conducted a traffic stop of Danielle Greene, 22, of Clymer, in the 1000 block of Oakland Avenue at 12:50 a.m. March 6, police said. After interacting with her, police determined her to be under the influence of alcohol and charged her with DUI, according to police.
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Student organization to host basketball tournament By ALEXANDRIA MANSFIELD Lead News Writer A.M.Mansfield@iup.edu
“We were just trying to come up with a way to fundraise,” Michael Mann (senior, accounting) said. “Honestly, it just came out of nowhere, and then it stuck. We’re going to do it our way and a way no one has ever done it before.” Crimson Madness, IUP’s first March Madness-like basketball tournament, is the event to which Mann is referring. The Agency Program is partnering with the National PanHellenic Council to host the event, which begins Monday. “We wanted to create an event that was campus-wide,” Casey Lemmons (senior, journalism and public relations). “I know a lot of people play basketball on this campus,” Mann said. Mann said Crimson Madness was inspired by the concept of March Madness, the NCAA Division I basketball tournament, to involve students in this way. “We don’t have 64 teams, so we made it double elimination instead of single,” he said. A total of 14 teams will be participating. Teams consist of a minimum of six players. The basketball games will take place three nights a week for three weeks.
The first week, the games will be on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and the subsequent two weeks will include Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday games. Games include two 15-minute halves with a two-minute overtime in the event of a tie, and a second overtime if necessary. Three timeouts are allotted for each team during each game. Scheduled playing times will be updated throughout the week on crimsonmadness.com, and highlight videos from the games will be posted every week. “For an event this big, you would usually spend six months working on it,” Lemmons said. “We’ve spent probably a month and a half.” Various events will take place during some of the games, including an “all-star” competition, which will consist of dunking, a 3-point contest and a DJ battle. People can sign up for the skills, dunk and 3-point contests by emailing crimsonmadness2016@gmail.com by April 22. The Agency found sponsors in OCTO Sport Grip; Holsinger, Clark, & Armstrong, P.C.; and The 700 Shop to help support the tournament and subsequent events. “This gives students here at The Agency the opportunity to put on a huge event like this.
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The captains from each team participating in Crimson Madness, a March Madness-like basketball tournament sponsored by The Agency Program and the National PanHellenic Council, met Wednesday in Eberly 108 to discuss tournament logistics.
There’s a lot of behind-the-scenes work,” Lemmons said. Thirty-five students have averaged 10 hours of work per week to plan, organize and construct this event. “We’re a group of students who are very ambitious,” Mann added. “Nothing was going to stop us from having this event.” Philip Espindola (sophomore, international business) agreed. “Just more of a learning experience for us
than anything else,” Espindola said. Lemmons said all proceeds from the tournament will be used to support future projects and buy equipment for The Agency Program. “We are supporting small business here,” Mann said. “All of our equipment is used so we can be able to promote small business as well as we can.” Each tournament game costs $2 to attend. Due to the DJ battle on April 15, admittance for that date will be $5.
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Indiana library to host annual used book sale
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The Indiana Free Library will host its annual used book sale Friday and Saturday. Patrons can expect to see many different genres for sale, including “great fiction for both children and adults [and] many nonfiction topics such as travel, business, gardening, crafts, comedy, science, his-
tory, religion, health and hobbies of all kinds,” according to Kate Geiger, of the Indiana Free Library. Aside from books, the Indiana Free Library will also be selling book bags, T-shirts, note cards and other items. The book sale kicks off the library’s celebration of National Library Week, which will run from April 10 to 16. The library, located at 845 Philadelphia St., will be hosting more events throughout
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the week. Other than the book sale, its book club will also be hosting discussions on “Divided We Fall” Monday and Wednesday, a program on the art of creating a yard to attract birds, a teenage literature program Thursday and a children’s program with stories and crafts by the IUP Association of Early Childhood Educators. More information can be found on the library’s website at indianafreelibrary.org.
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The Indiana Free Library, located at 845 Philadelphia St., will host its annual used book sale Friday and Saturday, where students can expect to see a wide variety of genres for sale.
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IUP Libraries prepares for National Library Week By ALEXANDRIA MANSFIELD Lead News Writer A.M.Mansfield@iup.edu
IUP Libraries will join thousands of libraries this week in observance of the annual National Library Week – a celebration of academic, public and special libraries across the country – from April 10 to 16. “It’s an opportunity for students to pause and reflect on the importance of their library,” said Casey Sirochman, student success librarian. “[The week is] chosen by the American Library Association. We follow their week to join the celebration of all the other libraries across the United States.” IUP’s Stapleton and Stabley libraries will be hosting various events and competitions throughout the week. A book cart will be filled with books on sale for $1 on the ground floor of the library near the back stacks from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. all week long. Friday will be the first official event – a time-management seminar for faculty from noon to 1 p.m. in Stabley Room 201. Presenters include Chris Kuipers, Gian Pagnucci, Tanya Heflin and Todd Thompson. After that, there will be a “coffee and collaboration” event from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the same room. IUP’s libraries, Research Institute, Center for Teaching Excellence and College of Health and Human Services will be sponsoring “an informal opportunity to network with other faculty researchers and scholars from across campus.” Next week, a Library Lively Arts concert will be held in the Orendorff Music Library April 14 at noon. April 15 is Patron Appreciation Day. From 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., people can stop by for a free snack and an IUP-themed prize. Details about the PowerPoint, poster and Twitter BINGO competitions can be found on IUP’s website. Prizes for the competitions include Co-op Store gift cards worth up to $100. “Hopefully this will all remind students to be aware of not only your academic library, but also your public library,” Sirochman said. “Say, for example, if you go to the public library and get a card, you can download eBooks for free. A lot of students are unaware of that resource and aren’t taking advantage of that opportunity.” The Indiana Free Library will also be holding events throughout the week.
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IUP Libraries will host a variety of events and competitions in celebration of National Library Week from April 10 to 16.
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Despite inclement weather, IUP’s National Residence Hall Honorary built a cardboard village in the Oak Grove Thursday to raise money for the homeless people of Indiana County. The organization battled rain showers throughout the afternoon while collecting donations from passersby.
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To many in the mainstream Republican hierarchy, Donald Trump has become an embarrassment. Even though his campaign faltered somewhat with the loss in the Wisconsin primary Tuesday, Trump still leads seasoned politicians Ted Cruz and John Kasich in the delegate race, with 743 to second-place Cruz’s 517. He stands an excellent chance to become the Republican Party’s nominee for president in July. The question on the minds of many Americans is, “How exactly did we get to this place?” At least part of the answer dates back more than six years, to Jan. 21, 2010, when the U.S. Supreme Court decided on the Citizens United case. The 5-4 ruling gave unprecedented power to lobbyists, who now lacked a limit on the amount of money they could spend to influence U.S. elections. The ruling had the predictable effect: Politicians began courting special-interest groups far more than they had in the past, and it only made sense for them to do so. Those organizations could now support
them without restriction, throwing mountains of capital behind their preferred candidates and altering the American political environment forever. In the process, the average voter without a seven-figure bank account was left out in the cold by the Washington, D.C., politicians who, theoretically, didn’t need their assistance any longer. They were getting all the money they needed from the special-interest groups. But the political power structure forgot one thing: Money doesn’t win elections, votes win elections. The average voter lost his or her voice in the ensuing commotion, and now they’re coming to correct that. Trump is seen as an outsider in Washington, someone who doesn’t court the special-interest groups because he already has plenty of money of his own. True or not, it really doesn’t matter. What does matter is that the perception of Trump is, right now, of a candidate who will speak for the common man. Trump is not the right person to lead this country for too many ways to list here. However, he isn’t a ridiculous circus act who will fade quickly. Trump is here to stay, and maybe he’ll even end up in the White House, but when the Republican Party elite whine and moan in one year’s time at the woe that has befallen them, they better be speaking to only one person, and that’s the one they see in the mirror.
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Campus protests and Common Core By MARY CLARE REIM The Heritage Foundation TNS
The following editorial appeared in the Tribune News Service on Thursday, April 7: It’s bad enough that college students today have to juggle academic and social pressures while paying historically high tuition rates that often saddle them with years of debt. But now they’re struggling to retain their First Amendment rights. We’ve seen this all across the country. Students at Yale University last year made headlines when they protested, of all things, a panel emphasizing the importance of free speech. As made obvious by the glaring contradiction here – that students were using their right to free speech to limit speech they did not like – there is a particularly troubling mindset at work today. Campus protests are nothing new, but lately they have
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taken on a more belligerent nature that diminishes the voice of the individual. Melissa Click, the former University of Missouri communications professor who was caught on tape asking for “muscle” to physically remove a student documenting a protest, represents how peaceful demonstrations coupled with a powerful aversion to intellectual debate turn into mob rule. This shouldn’t disturb only conservatives. Even President Barack Obama has expressed dismay at the trend, saying at a 2015 town hall meeting in Des Moines, Iowa: “I don’t agree that you – when you become students at colleges – have to be coddled and protected from different points of view.” The same groups that advocate for diversity and acceptance on campus will go to great lengths to halt meaningful debate. Conservatives on college campuses today are threatened with disciplinary action if they speak their minds or defend free speech, even when
distasteful. Yet the Founding Fathers saw this as a right essential to our freedom – one that should be protected in all places, including college campuses. The idea that colleges and universities should be teaching courses from a uniform perspective, further constrained by a politically correct vocabulary, is anathema in an intellectually free society. Such circumstances cripple a student’s ability to communicate effectively and thoughtfully weigh differences of opinion with colleagues who do not think exactly like them. Surely, society has nothing to benefit from a generation of college graduates who are taught that the only acceptable response to ideas with which they disagree is to protest or to seek refuge in a safe space. Unfortunately, college students are not the only ones who are increasingly made to think inside the box. When states adopted the Common Core national standards, parents, teachers and adminis-
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trators alike became concerned about the impact a uniform set of standards might have on different school curricula throughout the country. Public education already has numerous constraints that box students in, failing to provide options for the diverse intellectual needs, priorities and values of American families. Defenders of Common Core often argue that these standards are not a curriculum. They add that states had the option to adopt Common Core and that it is not a federally mandated program. Much like the Mizzou student who went on a hunger strike until school president Tim Wolfe was fired, the federal government made its request difficult to ignore. With the heavy financial strings tied to Race to the Top funds, and subsequent waivers from No Child Left Behind, states had a very short window of time to figure out if they could afford not to adopt Common Core. Additionally, for states that did adopt
the national standards, the federal government’s heavy emphasis on standardized testing makes a Common Core-free curriculum difficult. Education should be centered on the individual. College, certainly, should be a place where intellectual debate can flourish. Similarly, elementary and high school education should provide opportunities for all learners to come to solve a problem in different ways, thus celebrating students’ unique strengths. Schools for students of all ages should foster intellectual diversity and strive to create options that enable students to use education to make the best of their unique talents. If not, elementary and secondary schools will retain the failed factory model, further constrained by a top-down curriculum, feeding into a higher education system increasingly devaluing free speech and intellectual curiosity.
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McCarthy’s new comedy hits theaters Friday By TORI STROMBERG Staff Writer T.J.Stromberg@iup.com
Melissa McCarthy has been making her rounds on late-night and daytime talk shows this week to promote “The Boss,” her new movie that releases Friday. McCarthy visited “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” and also stopped by to see Jimmy Fallon on “The Tonight Show.” “The Boss” is about Michelle Darnell (McCarthy), a wealthy entrepreneur who always gets what she wants. The film follows Michelle as she gets busted for insider trading and ends up in federal prison. After her release, Michelle realizes she has nowhere to live and has to move in with her former assistant, Claire (Kristen Bell). Claire is willing to help Michelle and even tags along for the ride of a new business venture: creating a Brownie scout empire. Michelle teaches the young Brownies how to sell and reap profits – just not in an ethical way. Helping headline the cast are Peter Dinklage, Kathy Bates and Kristen Schaal.
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friday This film is produced by Will Ferrell and McCarthy’s husband, Ben Falcone, who makes a cameo. In other news, Jake Gyllenhaal is making his way back to the big screen for a new drama filled with romance. “Demolition” is his newest film, and it boasts a pretty interesting backstory. Gyllenhaal plays an investment banker, Davis Mitchell, who is grieving the loss of his wife, who passed away in a car accident. While in the hospital, he becomes incredibly upset when a vending machine does not dispense snacks. He becomes so
distraught that he then files a grievance to a customer service representative and waits for information. A customer service representative, Karen (Naomi Watts), calls Davis back because she has been moved by his honesty. Davis finds himself in a great friendship with Karen and her young son and later begins discovering parts of life he has never seen before. He restarts from the ground up. Another film being released this weekend, “Hardcore Henry,” has large hit-or-miss potential with audiences. This first-person, action-packed film is about a man who finds himself in a laboratory in Moscow. He then discovers he has been brought back from the dead as a cyborg. With no former memory of his life, he encounters a woman who explains she was his wife and that his name is Henry. Before they can discuss any further, his wife is kidnapped. It is then and there Henry figures out all of the abilities he has acquired and begins a bloody rampage to find his missing spouse.
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1. Name: Daniel Del Grosso 2. Year at IUP: Senior 3. Place of tattoo on body: Left forearm 4. What the tattoo is: A forest scene that goes from dark to light and shows seven birds 5. Reason for getting this tattoo: The birds represent each person in Del Grosso’s family, and the forest represents change in his life. “My life has always been kind of like going from dark to light,” Del Grosso said. “I didn’t always enjoy high school. I didn’t always enjoy middle school. And as I’ve gotten older, I really enjoyed my college years and how everything is branching off, and as I grow older, I started enjoying life a little more.” 6. When it was done: June 2015 7. Where it was done: Empire Tattoo in Pittsburgh by Angel O’Connor 8. Has it interfered with jobs or the workplace? “No,” he said. Del Grosso was working at U.S. Steel when he got his tattoo and asked his boss if his tattoo would be a problem. “I was like, ‘You won’t care if I have this?’ and he’s like, ‘No, that’s awesome!’ and this is a place where you have to wear a tie,” Del Grosso said. 9. Has anyone outright shown disapproval of your tattoo? “My mother, at first,” he said. “And I’ve noticed a lot of older-generation people are, like, kind of disappointed, I guess, in seeing people with tattoos.” 10. Are there any funny stories linked with this tattoo? “I had it wrapped up completely in saran wrap and it was bleeding, and I’m at the bar drinking even more and bleeding on the floor at the bar,” Del Grosso said. He also recalled how he felt after he got the tattoo. “I remember when I got it,” he said. “I was very surprised at myself. I no longer have a bare arm. This is a part of me for my life. That really excited me,” he said.
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More Kevin Hart coming to Comedy Central By MEREDITH BLAKE Los Angeles Times TNS
Weezer’s newest album was released last week.
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‘The White Album’ could be soundtrack of the summer By ALYSSA DEEN Staff Writer A.M.Deen@iup.edu
The following is an opinion: Rock band Weezer has returned with its self-titled 10th studio album, “The White Album,” essentially a record of happy summer anthems. Despite it being released on April Fool’s Day, this new set of songs is no joke. In a music industry focused on singles, Weezer carries on the storytelling appeal of a complete album. The band’s new LP definitely seems to represent the evolution of summer, from the initial exciting freedom of “California Kids” to the inevitable fading of the season with “Endless Bummer.” The former introduces the promise of summer as a way to cure the blues. It flows right into the second song, “Wind In Our Sail,” an op-
timistic tune with references to science in the chorus and Greek mythology in the bridge. “(Girl We Got A) Good Thing” begins with a sweet Beach Boystype vibe, then transitions into happily chugging rhythm guitar and tambourine in the first verse – the perfect sentiment for a rock love song. “The White Album” has plenty of other songs with a catchy chorus and beat to sing along to, such as “King of the World,” “Summer Elaine and Drunk Dori” and “Jacked Up.” “Jacked Up” features a jumpysounding piano and frontman Rivers Cuomo tackling a falsetto in the chorus. This song’s sound creates an uneasy mood to complement the lyrics: “Oh why, why, why do my flowers always die?” “The White Album” may not be classic ’90s Weezer a la “Pinkerton,” but it doesn’t need to be to entertain faithful listeners.
Comedy Central has ordered two series from comedy superstar Kevin Hart, the network announced in late March. “Kevin Hart Presents: Hart of the City” is a travelogue that will follow Hart for eight episodes as he explores the comedy scenes in cities that include Philadelphia; Atlanta; Chicago; Birmingham, Ala.; Washington; and Sacramento. The Viacom-owned network has also ordered an untitled series of stand-up specials from Hart. Each of the six half-hour specials will spotlight an up-and-coming comedian. The shows from Hart were part of an ambitious development slate revealed last month in advance of Comedy Central’s upfront presentation in New York. Also on the horizon is an asyet untitled series of documentaries “that will offer a specific and unique take on compelling stories
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from the world of comedy,” according to Comedy Central. The team behind the series includes Jeremy Konner, executive producer of “Drunk History” and “Another Period,” and Susan Lacy, creator of PBS’s “American Masters” series. The network also ordered two specials with “roastmaster” Jeff Ross. “Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle” will feature comedians
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competing to lob the best insults, while “Jeff Ross Roasts the Police” will follow Ross as he rides along with police and tackles sensitive issues like racial profiling and the use of excessive force. Last but not least, the network has ordered a slew of stand-up specials featuring the likes of “Daily Show” correspondent Jordan Klepper, “SNL” star Pete Davidson and “Conan” writer Deon Cole.
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Fairman leaving her mark on IUP athletics By VAUGHN DALZELL Lead Sports Writer V.S.Dalzell@iup.edu
Not often does a college athlete make a difference in two sports, but IUP senior Amy Fairman has done that for her school’s basketball and softball teams. NCAA athletes are allowed five years of athletic eligibility, but only if the athlete plays two sports. After Fairman’s four years of basketball under Crimson Hawks head coach Tom McConnell, she decided to use her remaining eligibility to play softball under coach Bill Graham. As a basketball player, Fairman (sports administration) holds IUP’s single-season 3-point-percentage record, as she shot 43.3 percent during the 2012-13 season. That was arguably her best season, when she finished with career highs in points per game (8.3), minutes per game (27), free throws made (47) and free-throw percentage (83.9). Her career averages are 7.7 points, 4.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2.1 steals. Fairman is third alltime in free-throw percentage (81)
(Kyle Kondor/ The Penn) Amy Fairman has compiled a .275 batting average in 54 games as an IUP softball player, hitting two home runs and driving in 19 runs after four seasons of climbing to the top of the IUP basketball record books.
and 3-point percentage (35.5). Also known for her defense, Fairman’s 247 career steals rank fifth all time at IUP. “[Amy] meant so much to IUP women’s basketball over her career here,” assistant coach Kelly Mazzante said. “She was a crowd favorite and played with so much heart and energy. She always gave her best and left quite a legacy.” Fairman’s consistency proved key to her success, as she finished with at least 200 points, 70 rebounds, 65 assists and 57 steals in
all four seasons. She started 107 of 116 games in four years and averaged 25.5 minutes per game. IUP went 89-30 with Fairman on the team. Her 107 starts rank seventh all-time. The Crimson Hawks, in their first season without Fairman, finished 21-9, fell in the PSAC Championship game and were eliminated in the first round of the NCAA tournament. “It was definitely hard sitting in the bleachers instead of being on the floor playing,” Fairman said. “I really enjoyed playing with
these players and would have loved being with them one more year.” Her intense defense on the basketball court seems to have transitioned to the softball diamond. Through 30 games as an outfielder, she leads the team with a perfect fielding percentage, having not committed a single error all season. “Basketball is more intense, demanding and physical,” Fairman said. “On the other hand, softball can require more focus. But both are alike because they are very mentally challenging sports.” In 2015, Fairman batted a career-best .306 in her first collegiate softball season, good enough for sixth best on the team. She started 28 of 30 games in the outfield, logging 19 hits, 12 runs, 12 RBIs, eight walks and a home run on the year. IUP finished 19-24, but the team is off to an 18-12 start in 2016. “When Amy started playing more, especially last year, our season started to turn around,” Graham said.
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In 24 starts this season, Fairman is batting .246 with seven RBIs, eight walks and a home run. “Amy is a winner on and off the field,” Graham said. “She has been great in the dugout, helping out other players using her experience as a guide. I know we will miss her contributions both on and off the field after this season.” Fairman won’t be remembered only for her ability to make a soldout IUP crowd stand on its feet, according to Mazzante. “Amy always had a smile on her face,” Mazzante said. “People were drawn to that. IUP will never forget the impact she made.”
Sames, Crimson Hawks take home first place Monday By WILLIAM GOSHAY Staff Writer W.Goshay@iup.edu
Since the beginning of the season, IUP golfer Brett Geiser has said the team has had one goal in mind: just win. They did just that despite damp course conditions at the 2016 Oglebay Resort Intercollegiate in Wheeling, W.Va., Sunday and Monday. GOLF On Day 1, IUP captain Kenneth Sames (senior, busi-
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ness) shot a four-under 67 in the first round and held a two-stroke lead heading into the tournament’s final day. The rest of the team played its part in the opening round. Geiser (senior, marketing) was tied for 31st with Michael Hoare (sophomore, marketing), as both shot six-over 77 in their first day of action. Josh Bartley (sophomore, business) and Tyler Erb (sophomore, business) tied for 50th, each shooting eight-over 79. In spite of Sunday’s openinground snow delay on the Palmer
Course at the Speidel Golf Club, IUP found itself tied for fifth place out of 16 teams. As a team, the Crimson Hawks shot a 16-over 300, seven shots behind firstplace Mercyhurst. IUP shot nine-over 293 Monday, the day’s top score. Bartley shot one-under 70, while Sames and Geiser shot one-over 72. Sames tied for first at the tournament, shooting three-under 139 and losing in a playoff to West Chester University’s Drew Patterson. In the playoff, Patterson and Sames both parred the first hole.
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On the second, a par-5, Patterson was on the green in two and two-putted for a birdie. Sames’ second shot landed in the bunker, and he could not Kenneth Sames recover to match Patterson’s birdie. Sames and two other Crimson Hawks finished in the top 10. Bartley and Geiser tied for ninth, both shooting seven-under 149. Michael Hoare finished the tournament tied for 35th, shooting a 14-over 156. Tyler Erb finished
tied for 55th with a 19-over 161. IUP finished three strokes better than the University of Charleston and six strokes ahead of California University of Pennsylvania. This is IUP’s first team win since Sept. 16, 2014, when it won the Glade Springs Intercollegiate in Daniels, W. Va. The Crimson Hawks will take the course Sunday and Monday as they travel to West Chester University for the Dr. Edwin B. Cottrell Invitational at the Whitford Country Club in Exton, Pa.
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Win against ranked Mercyhurst helps IUP improve to 13-0 By PAT CROSSAN Staff Writer P.J.Crossan@iup.edu
No. 46 Mercyhurst University, Seton Hill University and GoldeyBeacom College didn’t have what it took to end No. 36 IUP’s perfect season. The Crimson Hawks, now 13-0, are off to the best TENNIS start in program history. Mercyhurst, ranked one spot behind IUP for third in the Atlantic Region by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, fell to IUP Tuesday in a 5-4 match. IUP took a 2-1 lead after doubles as Jarka Petercakova (junior, management) and Luise von Agris (sophomore, management) won 8-2 at the No. 1 spot while Alanna McFail (senior, biology) and Rachel Wood (junior, criminology) teamed up for a 9-7 comeback victory at the No. 2 spot. In singles, Von Agris moved up to the No. 2 spot for the second time this season and won 6-1, 6-0. The team took a 4-3 lead after Wood won 6-2, 6-4 at No. 5. At the No. 4 spot, freshman Claudia Menes (kinesiology, heath
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& sports science) earned the game-clinching victory, winning 6-4, 6-7 (5-7) 6-4. IUP faced Goldey-Beacom Friday and won 6-3 after falling behind 3-0. The Crimson Hawks were swept in doubles and reeled off six straight singles wins to improve to 11-0. It was the first time since 2009-10 that IUP came back from a 3-0 deficit. Wood started at the No. 6 spot with a 6-0, 6-0 win. At No. 1, Petercakova came away with the 6-0, 6-4 victory. Also getting the victories for the Hawks were von Agris, 6-2, 6-2; Sophie Butland (junior, kinesiology, health & sports science), 7-6 (7-5), 6-4; and Raquel Gonzalez (junior, management), 7-5, 6-3.
The Crimson Hawks dominated Seton Hill 9-0 Saturday. Petercakova and von Agris won 8-3 at the No. 1 doubles spot, and Gonzalez and Wood won 8-5 at the No. 2 spot. In singles, Petercakova, Butland, Gonzalez, Menes, von Agris and Menes were all victorious. The match against Mercyhurst started a five-game homestand that ends Wednesday. The Crimson Hawks will face two ranked opponents in that span. IUP faces No. 30 Grand Valley State University at 10 a.m. Saturday and unranked Wayne State University at 1 p.m. Sunday. It then takes on No. 18 California University of Pennsylvania in a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference matchup at 4 p.m. Tuesday. IUP is 0-5 against Cal U in regular season matches since 2010-2011. The Vulcans have won nine consecutive PSAC titles. IUP’s final scheduled home game is at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday versus unranked Walsh University.
(Sara Bertram/ The Penn) Luise von Agris and the Crimson Hawks are undefeated with two games remaining against ranked teams.
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Team effort helps IUP earn close win over Slippery Rock By MATT STAUB Staff Writer M.A.Staub@iup.edu
The IUP women’s lacrosse team defeated Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference rival Slippery Rock University 12-11 in a close back-andforth game Wednesday. The game got off to a quick start with Slippery Rock scoring LACROSSE first. But IUP responded with goals from Kim Hooven (junior, elementary and special education) and Ally Burrows (freshman, exercise science). Carissa Smith (junior, sports administration) scored the final goal of the half for the Crimson Hawks, and the two teams went into halftime tied 8-8. Slippery Rock scored the first two goals of the second half to go up 10-8. The Crimson Hawks struck back and went on a 4-0 run that put them up 12-10. Smith, Burrows, Adriana Grecco (freshman, biology) and Maddie Poehlman (senior, food and nutrition) each contributed goals to the scoring run. The Rock narrowed the IUP lead to one when it scored with 15:45 left in
(Sara Bertram/ The Penn) Brittney Palardy’s assist in Wednesday’s win over Slippery Rock came on Ally Burrows’ goal that tied the game at 10.
the game. However, this would be the last goal of the game, as IUP controlled the pace of the game and limited SRU’s possessions. “We were really picking up our hustle in the ride in the second half because we wanted to control the ball on our attack side to control the pace of the game,” Amy Weinberg (senior, special education) said. With 42 seconds left in the game, Slippery Rock gained possession and attempted to clear the ball, but IUP forced a turnover. The Crimson Hawks successfully ran out the clock and held on for the 12-11 win. “We put high pressure outside the eight to make
them force bad passes,” Maggie Malane (junior, nursing) said. “The whole team worked well together and hard in the end to control the game and keep possession.” Malane contributed to the team’s defensive effort with two caused turnovers and one groundball. With the win, the No. 19 Crimson Hawks improved their record to 8-4 overall and 6-1 in the PSAC. “The win is definitely important to us because both teams always play hard because of how big the rivalry is,” Malane said. The team is back in action 1 p.m. Saturday at home against No. 7 West Chester University.
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‘Twas a wonderful March
Upsets, surprises and a Villanova title helped this year’s tournament live up to the hype By PAT CROSSAN Staff Writer P.J.Crossan@iup.edu
Every kid dreams of making a last-second shot to win a championship game. Even Villanova University’s Ryan Arcidiacono, named most outstanding player of the NCAA tournament after winning the national championship Monday, likely had that dream as a kid. He didn’t do that this March. Instead, he passed to an open Kris Jenkins for a game-winning three. Jenkins shot the ball from NBA 3-point range in front of 74,340 fans at NRG Stadium in Houston. The clock hit zero, and the ball hit nothing but net. Villanova had defeated the University of North Carolina, 77-74. But before Jenkins, there was UNC senior Marcus Paige. Paige finished with 21 points for the Tar Heels and hit a game-tying trey during what ended up being the second-to-last possession of the game. On that play, Paige fumbled a pass with time ticking away, leaped into the air and made a double-clutch three to tie the game. Paige’s shot will go down in history as one of best shots that led to a loss. Akin to Ali versus Frazier, this game was a heavyweight fight between two experienced foes who left nothing on the court.
(TNS) The Wildcats defeated the Tar Heels in the national championship, but Marcus Paige’s shot will go down as one of the tournament’s most memorable moments.
Syracuse was a team many thought should not have been in the tournament, but it became the first No. 10 seed in history to make the Final Four. Its 13 regular-season losses tied with the 2000 UNC and University of Wisconsin teams for the most by a team that reached the Final Four. After beating the University of Dayton, 71-50, Syracuse was bound to play Michigan State University. But March Madness happened, and the Orange took on Middle Tennessee State University with its 2-3 zone defense, causing the Blue Raiders to shoot only 28 percent from the field. In the Elite Eight, the Orange took on a familiar ACC opponent in University of Virginia. In the final six minutes, Syracuse went on a 25-4 run to win the game, 68-62. A year after Duke University’s roster full of freshmen won the title, seniors showed up to ball in
this year’s tournament. In the Final Four, North Carolina, Syracuse, Villanova and the University of Oklahoma each had at least two senior starters. The University of Northern Iowa was a No. 11 seed, but many had them as a dark-horse contender. In their first game, the Panthers
upset No. 6 Texas. Tied at 72-72, senior guard Paul Jesperson banked in a shot from half court with time winding down. UNI moved on to the Round of 32 to face Texas A&M University. UNI led at halftime. With 44.3 seconds to go, the Panthers held a 69-57 lead over the Aggies. One probability calculator gave Northern Iowa a greater than 99 percent chance to win. But the Aggies pressed UNI and caused it to turn the ball over four times. The Aggies hit six field goals in the last 40 seconds of the game, one of which was a game-tying layup with two seconds left. The Aggies eventually won, 92-88, in double overtime. It was the largest final-minute comeback
in NCAA Division I history. There were no perfect brackets again this year. Michigan State’s loss to Middle Tennessee was one of the biggest reasons for that. On ESPN.com, 13 million brackets were filled out, and 22.3 percent of them picked MSU to win it all. Other notable upsets in the tournament were No. 12 University of Arkansas-Little Rock over No. 5 Purdue University, No. 13 University of Hawaii over No. 4 California University, No. 11 Wichita State University over No. 6 University of Arizona, No. 12 Yale University over No. 5 Baylor University, No. 14 Stephen F. Austin University over No. 3 West Virginia University and No. 10 Syracuse over No. 1 Virginia.
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