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Crimson Common Hour sees low attendance after being moved ANNA MECHLING Staff Writer A.Mechling@iup.edu @ThePennIUP
IUP’s University College held a social event Wednesday in B01 Stabley Library, but the turnout wasn’t as great as the University College staff had hoped. The social was meant for students to join staff and their peers for games and activities. Its original date was two weeks ago, but because of weather, staff decided to postpone it. The original plan was to be outside in the Stabley Plaza area with games and activities like giant Jenga, corn hole and an organized scavenger hunt for students to participate in. The event was moved indoors Wednesday because of the weather. “I believe today’s weather had an impact on the attendance,” said Allison Baker, University College student success specialist. “The hope was that this event would be a way for students to connect outside of class.” The University College offers other events for students to participate in. Crimson Common Hours are offered and scheduled a few Thursdays each month from 6 – 7 p.m. in Stabley 210. A peer mentor who came to support the event attended the event hoping to see some of her fellow mentees. “I am a peer mentor, and know the student success specialists very well,” Stella Jarmulowicz (junior, criminology and psychology) said. “I attended this event because I was hoping some of my mentees would come. “I think the weather was a major influence on the turnout for this event. The David Dobrik show probably influenced it as well. Hopefully in the future, we will have a better turnout, especially since we have fun games and activities like a giant Jenga.” Crimson Common Hours are a series of workshops and events that help promote successful habits as students
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(John Vasas III/The Penn) After switching dates, the University College’s Crimson Common Hours on Wednesday didn’t see much attendance due to poor weather conditions and the David Dobrik show.
transition to college. Crimson Common Hours have been successful with 82 students attending the workshops so far this semester. Most students who attend the hours are students in the University College, but the events are welcome and open to any student at IUP. Each week, there is a new topic discussed and focused on. Some of those topics include things like study skills, finding campus employment and campus registration. “I think Crimson Common Hours are a great way to get students involved on campus and get them the support they need,” Jeremy Risinger, student success specialist, said. “We always look for student feedback so we can improve the events to their needs and present events and topics that they’d actually want to attend. “We do an assessment after every Crimson Common Hour and to see what the students thought was useful, what they liked and what they didn’t like.”
This week’s Crimson Common Hour is centered on registration since registration for students opens this week. Students can come to Stabley 210 to register for classes in the computer lab from Oct. 14 to Oct. 17 and Oct. 20 to Oct. 24 from 4 – 8 p.m. Peer mentors will be present assisting students as they register for classes for next semester. The end of the semester’s Crimson Common Hours will be focused on goal-setting. There will be a vision board, which is a helpful tool meant to help students focus on specific life goals. The vision board exercise will help students display things that represent themselves and what they want to do or have in their lives. The workshop will also have a 16 personalities test, in which students can complete an online survey and explore career options related to their results. This gives the students a better understanding of themselves as individuals and in their roles as
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college students.” The University College provides specialized resources to all majors but is also a great resource and place that students can get help navigating the rigors of college. Students in the college are considered “explorers” and have the unique opportunity to explore majors in an academically safe environment by taking linked courses based on their chosen subject area. All firstyear courses through the college count toward graduation. Students work with college mentors, or faculty members like student success specialists or other staff in the college, to better explore their major options and receive specialized advising. The University College also offers a peer mentoring program. Students can choose to be paired with a peer mentor by selecting “Mentor Me at IUP peer mentor form” under the academic’s tab in MyIUP and can meet with their mentors several times during the semester during one-on-one interactions
and reach out to them for resources and support. Or students are placed in a course to provide additional support and have one who is in the course with them once a week. Students in this option are also required to meet with their mentors for a minimum of three one-on-one interactions throughout the course of the semester. The University College also supports students through other areas throughout the campus community including things like the Promising Scholars program, dual enrollment students and student athletes. There are many more events and activities the University College staff has planned in the future. For more information about the University College, visit universitycollege-inquiry@iup.edu or call (724) 357-2375. The University College is in B01 Stabley Library and is open Monday, Tuesday and Friday from 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. and Wednesday and Thursday from 8 a.m. – 7 p.m.
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(IUP Website) IUP President Michael Driscoll (right, center) and Matthew Hiles (left, center) cut the ceremonial ribbon to the newly renovated Whitmyre Hall.
IUP unveils new additions, renovations to Whitmyre Hall ABE ESHELMAN
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The Cook Honors College celebrated 20 years since its first
graduating class Friday. The college also formally unveiled the renovated “new wing” of Whitmyre Hall, the honors college’s residential and academic building. The ceremony took place Oct.
Police Blotter ALCOHOL Violations
• James Derco, 23, of Hackettstown, New Jersey, was charged for violating the borough code for open containers of alcohol when police observed Derco walking with an open container around 11:57 p.m. Oct. 5 in the 00 block of South Taylor Avenue, according to Indiana Borough Police.
• Gabriel Smead, 20, of Sheffield was charged with underage
drinking and violating the borough code for open containers of alcohol when police saw Smead carrying an open can of beer around 4:51 p.m. Oct. 5 in the 200 block of West Avenue, according to police.
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• Jackson Robert McCloskey, 18, of Venetia was identified to be
the person who stole a sign from a business located at 982 Philadelphia St. at 1:23 a.m. Sept. 27, according to police.
MISCELLANEOUS Violations
• Isaiah Stokes, 22, of Elkridge, Maryland was charged with vio-
lating the borough codes for noise and disorderly gathering. The police responded to a call about loud music around 5:44 p.m. Oct. 5 in the 900 block of Wayne Avenue. Police discovered a party of more than 200 people hosted by Stokes. Indiana Borough Police were assisted by the Pennsylvania State Police Mounted Unit, and the party was cleared without incident, according to police.
• Frank Williams IV, 20, of Philadelphia was charged with terror-
istic threats when the police responded to a report that Williams threaten to take the victim’s life at 1:53 p.m. Oct. 9 in the 400 block of Philadelphia Street, according to police.
14 in front of Whitmyre’s main Driscoll said. entrance on a set of renovatAfter the speeches, Craig ed stairs and hosted a crowd asked all current Cook Honors of more than 150 attendees, College students to stand behind including IUP faculty and staff, her, Matthew Hiles and President honors college Driscoll on students and the Whitmyre alumni. steps, as Hiles Several and Driscoll guest speakers cut the ribbon spoke before to formally the assembled open the new crowd: Dr. wing. Chauna Craig, Cutting the acting director ribbon signiof the Cook fied the formal Honors Colunveiling of lege; Michael the Whitmyre’s Driscoll, presnew wing ident of IUP; cul-Michael Driscoll and Matthew Hiles ture-themed (sophomore, IUP President classrooms. accounting The openand economics), a current honors ing of the new rooms and the college student and a member advancement of the 21st graduof the first class to utilize the new ating class of the honors college, classrooms; David Reed, a distinwas a “new beginning,” accordguished alumnus of the first Cook ing to Driscoll. Honors College graduating class; Inside Whitmyre, the different and Timothy Moreland, provost classrooms were decorated and and vice president for academic catered to fit the theme of that affairs. classroom’s cultural art style. In Craig quoted Winston Churthe Asian art room, vegetable chill, saying, “We shape our egg rolls were served. In the buildings, and afterwards, our African art room, visitors could buildings shape us.” try Moroccan chicken. In the Latin She described the honors colAmerican art room, visitors could lege and the students living and try chorizo on an edible tortilla taking classes within Whitmyre as spoon. In the American art room, a “living-learning community.” hot dogs and potato chips were Driscoll said that community available. and the building it resides in “Our new classrooms celeare a collaboration and that the brate those cultures,” Craig said, students, the honors college, and “who we are now and who we the classes are “growing togethhope to become.” er.” Reed said he was “excited to “IUP has such pride, both for be at Whitmyre again” and see the students who make giant the new parts of the building. As strides for their chosen careers a member of the first graduating and the college that is proclass to live in Whitmyre, Reed ducing such bright students,” said that the building was not
“IUP has such pride, both for the students who make giant strides for their chosen careers and the college that is producing such bright students,”
complete at the time. “We kind of moved into an unfinished building,” Reed said. Reed said that the building’s quirks fit the honors students perfectly, as they were “special from the beginning.” “The first element that makes CHC so special is the people,” Hiles said. “We talk about future jobs and the academics, but we can’t forget the human aspect,” Reed said. Reed said that the honors college can “bring diverse people together.” He said he still fondly remembers his freshman year roommate who would “store slices of pizza in his dresser.” Whitmyre Hall is “a reflection of those who have come through it,” according to Hiles. “Each class, each person leaves a mark,” Hiles said. Reed said that the honors college quality of classes and discussions were comparable to top-tier schools. “The Cook Honors College gives an Ivy-league experience for those who may not be able to afford it,” Reed said, “and the discussions and experience here are at the same level as the top talents in the world.” According to Moreland, the number of applicants applying to the Cook Honors College last year was “record-setting.” There were 352 applications for enrollment in the honors college, and 138 freshmen were successfully enrolled into it. Moreland said that IUP and the Cook Honors College were “celebrating not just refurbishment of the building,” but celebrating “the people, the staff, the vision of directors past and present.”
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Students reveal premier places on campus to study ALEXIS LOYA
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All students require their own go-to study environment to help them stay focused on seemingly endless amounts of homework and exams. IUP offers students access to four floors of the library from 8 a.m. to midnight Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday. For students that need a little extra energy, the library also features Java City to grab a coffee or snack while studying. There are other locations on campus for students to study, such as the benches in the Oak Grove, study rooms in the dorms, dining facilities, Starbucks, seating within department buildings or even the comfort of your own bed. Westley Stiffler (freshman, software engineering) likes to study from his dorm room. “There’s less people and noise to contend with,” he said. Brennen Keating (freshman, math education) prefers the second or third floor in the library, but if he’s studying in a group, he pre-
(Tyler Whitfield/The Penn) Outside of Stapleton Library and the Hadley Union Building common area are among the popular places on campus where students like to study.
fers the study rooms in Wallwork. “I like that it’s quiet on the second and third floor of the library,” Keating said. “It gets me out of my room, which I associate with sleeping and watching TV.” Both Jared Swansboro (junior, English and vocal performance) and Meg Ryder (senior, English literature) agree they like studying at the Whitmyre Hall Honors College. “I don’t feel lonely studying there,” Swansboro said. “I’m surrounded by my peers in the honors college.” Ryder believes it feels “homelike” for her.
Vita Vanhausen (senior, psychology and LGBT studies) is another student that enjoys the second floor of the library. She usually sits on the lounge chairs at the entrance to the second floor next to the lamps. “It’s comfy and quiet,” she said. Quintin Helsel (sophomore, Spanish) likes the second floor of the library when he has a heavy course load of work and the first floor of the HSS by the windows in between classes. “I like quiet places and having my own personal space, so I can’t sit inside the HSS if I have some-
thing that requires a lot of focus,” Helsel said. “There’s too much traffic, and that’s why I really like the library.” Helsel believes the campus should have more secluded places to study other than the library and the dorms. “I wish the HSS offered a little more seclusion. It gets noisy, especially at the entrance. I would love to be able to have my own area that doesn’t have so much foot traffic.” There are even places off-campus that students can mingle to for a relaxing place to study while
enjoying a cup of coffee. The Artists Hand Gallery & Espresso Bar has a variety of coffee and espresso drinks while also providing a calming atmosphere surrounded by artwork. Its hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and closed Sunday. Commonplace Coffee also offers coffee and a place to focus, giving students an opportunity to “get in the zone.” Their hours are from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday and 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
As weather changes, follow these tips to save money on heating KATIE MEST
Editor-In-Chief K.A.Mest@iup.edu @katiemest
It’s time to turn on your heaters because the cool fall weather has officially arrived. But before you do, there are a few things you need to know that will save you money and keep you from being wasteful.
1. Get a humidifier. Moisture in the air can actually help retain heat in a home. If it feels warmer, you can save energy by turning down the thermostat a bit. It will keep you warm while also helping with other issues
that come with the changing of the seasons, like dry skin, allergies and cold and flu symptoms. You can purchase small humidifiers online for as little as $15 or larger ones for around $70.
you can set to cool down during the day and warm up in time for you to get home.
3. Turn your thermostat down when you’re sleeping.
2. Turn your thermostat down when you leave for work or class. I get that you want to be able to walk in from the cold, windy Indiana weather into a toasty home, but your thermostat doesn’t have to sit at 72 degrees while you spend eight hours in class with work after. Especially in your rented apartment or house, I know you don’t have programmable thermostats that
a blanket and a hot coffee or tea while your place takes a few minutes to get to a comfortable temperature. Your heating bill will thank you later.
You’re just going to have to suck this one up. Cuddle up with
Really, the only time your heat has to be high is in the morning for a few hours and in between you getting home for the day and you going to sleep. There’s a good chance you’re someone who likes to sleep in a cold room anyway, and doing so is actually better for you than sleeping in a warm room. Your body temperature naturally drops right before bed and
stays low when you sleep, so a cold room just reinforces your body’s want to sleep. You’ll wake up feeling rested and energized.
4. Try a setting slightly lower than your comfort temperature. The less power your home has to use to heat itself, the better. Even going a degree or two cooler than your preferred temperature is an energy-saver. In general, prepare for the cold. Have extra blankets ready at the end of your bed and on the couch. Start wearing layers inside, too, so your body can stay comfortable even if the thermostat is a little low.
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E-sports pushes potential league, discussions begin about IUP rebranding HEATHER BAIR Culture Editor H.Bair@iup.edu @ThePennIUP
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E-sports, disability services and the University College were all on the discussion board for Tuesday’s Student Government Association meeting. The SGA voted Tuesday to recognize the E-Sports Club created by President Desmond Brown and Vice President Tyler Germer. The club will focus on competition centered around video games such as “League of Legends,” “Rocket League,” “Hearthstone,” “Madden” and “Call of Duty.” Teams and team captains will be assigned, with the team captains helping plan practice games. They will compete with other teams and universities. Teams may consist of 32-player tournaments, where the best of each go head-to-head. “We’ve already been in contact with Slippery Rock, Edin-
(Rachel Foor/The Penn) Desmond Brown (left) and Tyler Germer (right) advocated for IUP to form an e-gaming club. Brown has contacted other universities to potentially form a league.
boro, Ashland, WVU and several others have started to reach out to us about the possibility of IUP having an e-sports group,” Brown said. They will also be having watch parties in order to get students out and about, rather than behind a screen all the time. The club will play on their personal consoles until the e-sports arena, which will be created in the computer lab above the
Hadley Union Building food court, is ready. One of the first things the club plans on doing is to raise money for special controllers so students with disabilities can be included. They will also be having watch parties in order to get students out and about, rather than behind a screen all the time. “Students with disabilities, especially those that sit more or less on the spectrum, benefit
greatly from colleges that have e-sports,” said Emily Eckerd, the disability support service senator. Discussions of rebranding IUP’s logo, as well as the University College, came up a few times, as well as changing the table location of the SGA’s table, originally in the library lobby. A member suggested changing up the buildings in which the tables are placed. Changing the buildings once a week can help reach students who may not always use the library. It can also help change the faces that those working the table are so used to seeing. Another suggestion was to reach out on IUP’s Instagram page, rather than using the SGA’s page. IUP’s Instagram page has significantly more followers than the SGA page, so it was suggested to be a better way to reach the IUP campus and community. One of the last topics discussed was that October is Disability Employee Month. A speaker from Distributed Diagnosis and Home Healthcare (D2H2) will be on campus Oct. 24.
“The number of disabled students graduating from IUP are at the lowest levels,” said Millie Eckard, disability support service senator. “We have two people to serve 900 disabled students,” Eckard said. “That’s not very good.” Right now, Edinboro is the most successful college as far as graduates who are, in some way, disabled. “You have to remember: not everyone is going to open the door for you, not everyone is going to offer to push you up a hill or through three feet of snow,” Eckard, who uses a wheelchair, said. “Having advisers who can help students realize that can help them become more independent, as well as help ease some of the hardships.” Other topics discussed at the meeting included Donut Day on Nov. 25, whether to make Green Dot training mandatory for recognized organizations, a campaign for Black History Month in February and a supply drive for stocking stuffers that are given to homeless veterans that include the necessities needed to survive the harsh winters.
Koru sessions kick-off, allows students to destress through meditation
(Ashley Lutz/The Penn) IUP’s Health and Wellness Promotion started Koru Mindfulness classes Wednesday. This was the fourth and final session and gave students the opportunity to destress through a technique named after the Koru plant, which symbolizes strength, peace and growth.
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Warren comes up just $30 million short of her tax plan LAURA DAVISON MISYRLENA EGKOLFOPOULOU Bloomberg News TNS
Elizabeth Warren took a lot of flak at this week's Democratic presidential debate for being evasive about the taxes needed to pay for the $30 trillion Medicare for All plan she champions. There's a reason for being vague: Her team hasn't yet figured out how to pay for it. "Her taxes as they currently exist are not enough yet to cover fully replacing health insurance," University of California, Berkeley economics professor Emmanuel Saez, who advised the Warren campaign when developing the wealth tax, told Bloomberg News on Wednesday. Warren – who campaigns on the theme that she has a plan for everything – is relying on the wealthy and big corporations to pay for her vision of restructuring American society, including funding student debt, free college, universal childcare, green energy and affordable housing plans. She has promised to fully cover those costs with her big ideas – a wealth tax, corporate surtax, an increase in the estate tax and the elimination of President Donald Trump's tax cuts. But she has made the strategic decision to adopt Bernie Sanders' government-run health care plan rather than develop one of her own. Sanders acknowledged in Tuesday's debate that "taxes will go up," but neither of them have detailed how much or who those taxes would hit, prompting the toughest criticism she has faced from her Democratic primary rivals, including Joe Biden, with whom she is tied for the lead in most polls. The Warren campaign said they are continuing to review revenue options to fund Medicare for All and would support payfors that prioritize reducing costs for the middle class. Warren has made it a hallmark of her campaign to demonstrate how she'd pay for her dozens of policy proposals. Her 2 percent wealth tax on America's richest would be one of the biggest sources of revenue, bringing in about $2.75
trillion over a decade. That would finance some of her most ambitious plans: $1.07 trillion for universal childcare, $610 billion for free college, $640 billion for eliminating student debt, and among others, $100 billion to combat the opioid crisis. All told, Warren's wealth tax would pay for her plans with some room – $303 billion – to spare. That's true for the rest of her plans. In total, she's proposed an agenda that she estimates would cost nearly $6 tril(TNS) lion, according to her campaign. She's offset those costs with more than $7.3 trillion in tax increases, according to Warren's estimates and projections from the non-partisan congressional Joint Committee on Taxation. "She is offering a Medicare for All plan and not offering even close to enough to pay for it," said Kyle Pomerleau, the chief economist at the conservative Tax Foundation. "One place she hasn't gone yet is raising the existing individual income tax for top earners." However, he added, even that would only garner a fraction of what she'd need to fully fund a health care plan. Warren has been reluctant to make Sanders' point about taxes going up. Instead, she argues that overall costs for middle class families will go down, but big corporations and the wealthy will pay more. When asked to answer "yes or no" during Tuesday's debate whether taxes would go up, Warren again focused on the overall costs. "Costs will go up for the wealthy, they will go up for big corporations and for middle-class families, they will go down," Warren said on stage in Ohio on Tuesday. "I will not sign a bill into law that does not lower costs for middle-class families." She added later, "We know that they are a lot of different cost estimates for Medicare for All and they vary by trillions and trillions of dollars. We know there a lot of different revenue streams." Even a conservative economist agreed with her costs argument. "I think the statement of costs going down is quite likely be true, said Alan Viard, a resident scholar
at the right-leaning American Enterprise Institute. "But it would nevertheless be true that most people would be paying more in taxes." Warren argues her taxes correct a system in which the wealthy and corporations weren't paying their fair share. Even with what remains after raising those taxes, there wouldn't be enough reve-
nue from top earners and corporations to fund the estimated $30 trillion 10-year cost for Medicare for All. She'd have to find more revenue streams and that would have to include increasing taxes on the middle class, according to public finance experts across the political spectrum. Saez said that eliminating health care premiums for indi-
viduals who are covered through their employers could be transformed into higher wages that would more than cover any tax increase. "It's true that we might have to pay an extra tax but it can be structured in a way that we gain in extra wages, bigger than whatever extra tax will be there," he said.
Wendy’s offers free lunch to local elementary schools KATELIN POMPA
Staff Writer K.G.Pompa@iup.edu @ThePennIUP
The founder of Wendy’s opened his restaurants to celebrate the two things he has cherished most in life: people and food. “Consumed by his love of hamburgers, Dave (Thomas) visited every hamburger stand he could find,” and this had been the start of the very first restaurant owned by Thomas himself in 1969, according to the Wendy’s website. Thomas prided himself in the satisfaction of his customers. “When I started Wendy’s in 1969, ‘Quality is Our Recipe’ was our motto,” he said. “Our focus on quality hasn’t changed, and it never will. Wendy’s offers customers the highest quality food and freshest ingredients, made-to-order sandwiches, and fast, courteous service. “When you like a restaurant’s food and are treated well, you’ll go back again. We have to earn our customers’ loyalty every day and exceed their expectations on every visit. That’s our mission and our focus and, in my opinion, that’s what generates loyal customers.” Thomas had always shared a love for helping children. Thomas himself was an adoptive child and later in life became an adoptive father. He strongly believed in giving back to the communities that support business. Indiana’s Wendy’s has a program that resembles those important qualities Thomas lived by. Wendy’s serves hot lunches for elementary and high school students for Seeds of
(Katelin Pompa/The Penn) Wendy’s started an initiative which will provide area children lunch at school.
Faith schools. According to general manager Adam Deyarmin, Wendy’s does this to give back to the community. Wendy’s hot meals give local students the choice of a plain junior bacon cheeseburger or a crispy chicken BLT 4 for $4 deal. With that, they get a choice of milk or a bottle of water. According to Deyarmin, the parents agree with what Wendy’s is doing because it gives them one fewer day of cooking. In terms of feedback from the community, the parents and teachers agree that this is a good
thing, and the restaurant has been doing this for three years now throughout the academic year. “We do multiple donations for the local football teams, and along with the Red Cross,” Deyarmin said. This program works by charging the students $1.99 for the meal, and that money goes back into the lunch program for food. “Everyone has a responsibility to support their community. My rule of thumb is: support the community that supports you,” Dave’s Legacy says on Wendy’s website.
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Those who want Trump impeached may have more difficulty ahead JENNIFER HABERKORN Los Angeles Times TNS House Democrats' hopes for a short and focused impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump are being put to the test by a string of new leads that could lengthen their investigation, as well as by some moderate Democrats who remain skeptical about whether the case has been made for impeachment. Three weeks into their inquiry, Democrats have managed to break down the White House's attempt to block them from hearing from several current and former administration witnesses. Those officials have provided details on the way the White House sidelined career diplomats in Ukraine in an attempt to install loyalists to lead U.S. foreign policy there, often in ways that would benefit Trump politically. The very fact that government officials are willing to defy the White House directive and testify has some Democrats grappling now with the idea that the impeachment-related House committees may need to continue gathering evidence for several weeks, and that a House floor vote by Thanksgiving – once viewed by some rank-andfile lawmakers as an unofficial goal – is a long shot. The question they're asking themselves is, when is enough enough? "Everyone that I talk to would like this to be done in 2019," said Rep. Jamie Raskin, a Maryland Democrat and member of the House Judiciary Committee, which would have to write and approve articles of impeachment. "The problem is that the president is a one-man crime wave and he has generated a number of arguably impeachable offenses and we have a responsibility" to address them, Raskin said. The depositions have also raised new questions for investigators and drawn in other administration officials and Trump associates, including former national security advisor John Bolton, acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney and Trump lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani. Mulvaney on Thursday confirmed that Trump withheld aid from Ukraine partially to motivate the country's leaders
(TNS) Adam Schiff (left) and Nancy Pelosi (right) held a press conference regarding the impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump on Oct. 2.
to investigate Democrats. The startling statement, issued in the White House briefing room, cuts to the heart of the impeachment inquiry. "There are a lot of witnesses to talk to and a lot of documents to look at. I just think we have to surface as much evidence as possible as quickly as possible," said Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, an Illinois Democrat and member of the House Intelligence Committee. "We have to do this expeditiously, but at the same time it has to be a thorough job." It's created a dilemma for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., who has always voiced caution about proceeding with impeachment and has never publicly committed to a firm timetable on the investigation. Initially some Democrats wanted to focus narrowly on Trump's July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, in which Trump pressed Zelenskiy to investigate Trump's political opponents. At the time of the call, Trump was withholding much-needed aid to Ukraine and resisting Zelenskiy's attempts to have an in-person meeting with Trump. Democrats' thinking was that a quick impeachment based on what some viewed as clear abuse of presidential power might be easier for moderate Democrats to join, and would avoid a long, divisive process that might overshad-
ow the 2020 presidential race. A lengthy inquiry is also troubling to some Democrats who want to ensure that the House doesn't become consumed by the impeachment inquiry and has plenty of time for legislation, such as lowering the cost of prescription drugs. But as additional evidence emerges that Trump used the State Department and American diplomacy for his political gain, Democrats must now decide whether to allow Rep. Adam B. Schiff, D-Calif., who is leading the inquiry in the House Intelligence Committee, to follow the growing number of threads, even if that takes more time. Uncovering additional misconduct could bolster Americans' approval of the process, and polls suggest support is already growing. But it also gives Republicans more time to attack the inquiry's credibility and reverse momentum by accusing Democrats of launching a fishing expedition to damage Trump. And a long, drawn-out impeachment process could backfire if Americans become fatigued. Democrats may have another motivation to slow down: convincing more moderate members that impeachment is warranted. Full details of the committees' depositions remain confidential, even to many members of Congress outside the three key committees on intelligence, oversight
and foreign affairs. But based on what is publicly known so far, a few moderate Democrats say they are nowhere near ready for a vote on articles of impeachment. Those feelings came to a head in a closed-door meeting of House Democrats in the basement of the Capitol on Tuesday after lawmakers were away from Washington for two weeks. According to several people in the room, Schiff told lawmakers the most significant evidence for impeachment has already emerged: the White House's memo of the call between Trump and Zelenskiy. The remark concerned several centrist Democrats because they fear that the investigating committees – which have been working behind closed doors – have not uncovered any more powerful evidence, according to three Democrats who did not want to be named and have not been part of the depositions. "It's not enough," one of the lawmakers said, though the person acknowledged not seeing all the evidence that exists. Schiff's point, he said in a brief interview, was that the "best evidence of what took place on that call is the call record itself. That call record is damning because it goes to the president's conduct directly." He declined to reveal specifics on what further evidence has been uncovered. "That call is the Watergate
tapes of the Ukraine investigation," he said, referring to the secret Oval Office tapes that helped turned public perception against President Richard Nixon. "There may very well be other things that are egregious and significant, but people shouldn't lose sight of the fact that one of the most powerful and damning pieces of evidence has already come out." So far, Republicans have shown little to no appetite for the inquiry. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Wash., who did not support Trump in 2016, said the president has committed acts worth investigating, but she said Democrats have badly fumbled the process by conducting it behind closed doors. "To me, you can't mess around and do this in a partisan way," she said. She tried to obtain a transcript of a deposition conducted last week as part of the inquiry and was denied. "So you're going to put together articles of impeachment behind closed doors without allowing (the public) access to the information that causes you to bring those forward? That's a goat rodeo. That's an easy 'no' from me." Schiff has indicated that transcripts will be released with redactions for classified or sensitive information, but only at a time that won't interrupt the investigation. Democratic leaders have held close details of how many more subpoenas they may have issued or how many more depositions they hope to hold. They have released no specifics on when they might decide to end the investigation and make a potential referral to the House Judiciary Committee. There are no outstanding public document demands or subpoena deadlines beyond Friday, however many individuals have been mentioned as potential witnesses, including William B. Taylor Jr., one of the top American diplomats in Ukraine, who may appear Tuesday. Pelosi and other Democratic leaders have not committed to a public timetable, only suggesting that they would prefer to finish before the end of the year and pledging to follow where the facts may lead. House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer, D-Md., said Tuesday that he hopes it is completed "sooner rather than later."
Opinion (Flickr) Whistleblower Edward Snowden found secrets held by CIA in 2013. He is still a wanted criminal in the US.
Whistleblowers do not deserve negative conotation in journalism world
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now these two whistleblowers, the thought of becoming a journalist can be a bit frightening. I’ve always said that I want to be a whistleblower – someone who isn’t afraid to tell the truth, no matter the cost. When someone, especially someone in a position of higher power, abuses that power for their own good, it’s something that the public deserves to know. In 2013, Snowden came forward with intelligence secrets from the CIA and NSA. He is now exiled from America and currently resides in Russia. Since then, he is considered the “Internet’s Conscience.” If he ever steps foot on American soil again, he’ll be arrested on criminal charges. The fight for the truth to be printed, the public’s right to
know and freedom of the press has been an ongoing battle between journalists and officials. Whistleblowers are vital to this battle. There’s no way that half of the information set free to the public would be printed without the help of whistleblowers, anonymous or not. I joined the journalism program with one thought in mind: to always write the truth, no matter the cost. Seeing the current news and following the story of the two whistleblowers both strengthens and concerns me. The fight for the truth has never been greater. The more reporters who aren’t afraid to write the truth, the more information the public will receive about things that shouldn’t be hidden from view. Just think, without journalists, reporters, whistleblowers and people like Snowden, the public would be living in a comfortable bubble, oblivious to what their government is planning or doing, oblivious to the inner workings of what is being decided as far as laws and bills. Journalists have writing in their blood. The last thing we
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When Edward Snowden came forward with sensitive information from the CIA in 2013, the term “whistleblower” became synonymous with his name, and the word has stayed out of the media lights. Until now. On Sept. 26, an anonymous whistleblower complaint was released to the public. The complaint has since thrown the White House and its inhabitants into a whirlwind that caused an impeachment inquiry of President Trump. The whistleblower has yet to be named and was put into protective custody. President Trump refers to them as “spies” and “traitors” and is calling for the arrest of the whistleblower. A second whistleblower has come forward about the same incidents as the first and is also in protective custody. As someone who holds Snowden in high regard, and
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YouTuber David Dobrik brings laughs, amusement to IUP community
(Autumn Dorsey/ The Penn) YouTuber David Dobrik (upper right) with members of his “Vlog Squad,” Jason Nash (bottom right), Nick (Jonah) Antonyan (right center, and Natalie Mariduena (left center)
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(Autumn Dorsey/The Penn) YouTuber David Dobrik appeared at IUP Wednesday evening for laughs, stories and a night of entertainment.
IUP community laughs the night away with YouTuber David Dobrik MEGAN DONNY Staff Writer M.Donny@iup.edu @ThePennIUP
This article contains opinion. YouTuber David Dobrik visited IUP for “David Dobrik: Behind the Scenes,” Wednesday evening. This event was sold out and brought to campus by STATIC (The Student Activity Committee). Before the doors to Fisher Auditorium opened, two lines ran from the auditorium doors all the way through the Oak Grove toward North Dining Hall. Students were excited to see the YouTube star in person. Many fans made signs and brought Dobrik gifts. The doors opened at 7 p.m., and STATIC quickly and efficiently moved the line into the auditorium. The event started at 8 p.m.,
and students could not wait to see Dobrik. STATIC’s two hosts for the evening had trouble making preshow announcements because students screamed for Dobrik to come on stage. Many of the students did not listen to STATIC’s announcements and introductions because they were too excited to see the star. Once he came on stage, the auditorium erupted into cheers, many students rising to their feet. It took a few minutes for the cheering to quiet before they could begin interviewing him. Even when the cheering quieted and STATIC’s hosts began talking to Dobrik, students still yelled explicit words and statements, trying to get Dobrik to notice them. It became hard to enjoy the show when students would randomly scream inappropriate
One student wanted to know about Dobrik’s skincare routine, which prompted a funny response statements every few minutes. Despite the student outbursts, Dobrik answered STATIC’s list of questions with ease and enjoyment. He made lots of jokes about his friends, known as the “Vlog Squad,” and about his personal life.
Dobrik wore an IUP sweatshirt and spoke about how he heard that he needs to visit The Coney, a restaurant and bar on Philadelphia Street. He also said that he heard that Slippery Rock University is not IUP’s favorite place. He joked about how he should stay at IUP and date every one of the fans in the audience. This invoked excitement among the audience, with some students jumping up and down. A question about Dobrik’s immigration to the United States as a child quickly turned political. Students began yelling about President Donald Trump, interrupting Dobrik’s explanation about his struggles to gain citizenship. Halfway through the show, Dobrik brought out three members of his Vlog Squad: Jason Nash, Nick (Jonah) Antonyan and Dobrik’s assistant and high school
friend, Natalie Mariduena. Students were very happy to see these Vlog Squad members, especially Nash. STATIC continued to ask Dobrik, now with his friends, questions from students that it gathered from social media. One student wanted to know about Dobrik’s skin care routine, which prompted a funny response. He said that he does not have any skin care routine except washing his hands. Dobrik spoke a lot about how he feels about his fame and how he gained so much success. He said he felt super lucky to be able to surprise people with gifts, like cars, and make people happy. He also spoke about how you get paid through YouTube. While some people may believe that Dobrik makes a lot through his YouTube vlogs, he made more as a waiter within a month than he
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IUP’s Open Mic Night showcases young talent on Mondays LEVI DONALDSON
Staff Writer L.Donaldson@iup.edu @ThePennIUP
This article contains opinion. IUP open mic nights are truly something special. Free pizza, drinks and entertainment are a good way to spend your Monday, but there is so much more to it. Musicians establish and refine themselves. People try things they’ve always wanted to do, such as comedy or poetry. The open mic environment also serves as a perfect reception for people to experiment and find themselves artistically, either through coming once or every Monday night. Nate Janov, (senior, management information systems) manages the event and also performs. He’s been performing there for years, even longer than he’s been leading the open mic nights. “I feel that going from a performer to a leader was an organic transition for sure,”
(Levi Donaldson/The Penn) Maren Krizner performs for Open Mic Night.
Janov said. “I love creating an open environment for people to come and experiment without feeling judged or uncomforable.” Janov does a lot to cultivate this environment through monitoring the atmosphere and audience to bringing humor and energy that matches an elevates the people
coming each week. This community is really what makes open mic as impactful as it is. People make friends and find inspiration and solidarity. “At first it was obviously nervewracking,” said Davis Kazako (sophomore, music education), a comedian who frequents open mic
nights. “Thoughts in your head that tell you, you ain’t funny, you ain’t cool, that joke was terrible, but those voices went silent when I got on stage. “The community in there is great. People are supportive of every single act, no matter the skill level, ‘cause it takes a mountain of courage to write your name and go up on stage. I’m in there damn near every week.” Open mic night is something to look forward to, both with all of the familiar faces and new people who discover it. It’s true how supportive the community is. Nervousness is met with nothing but encouragement and support. When someone messes up in the middle of the song and gets embarrassed, the crowd will applaud and clap because people appreciate anyone who goes up there. It is a great place to build up experience in doing what you love. “Open mic is the main reason I have any type of musical experience,” said EJ Fabiszewski (sophomore, marketing), local
musician and open mic regular. “Before that, I had minimal live performances under my belt. Without the people and the event itself, I wouldn’t have found my sound or my friends. “The community as a whole is nice to have around. It’s people you get used to seeing and it always feels off when there isn’t an open mic Monday to go to. It becomes as much of an obligation as a class for me. You just go to open mic. It wouldn’t be open mic without the people who attend. It creates a great atmosphere with cool people.” Open mic night is a rewarding experience and one that gives you as much and more as you put into it. Open mic starts at 8 p.m. in the Hadley Union Building’s Ohio Room and goes until the acts are done, around 11 p.m. on fuller nights, but people can come and go. It’s worth checking out, and don’t forget to bring your guitar, your jokes or anything else you have to share.
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‘Zombieland: Double Tap’: Not bad for a sequel MICHAEL PHILLIPS Chicago Tribune TNS
(Facebook) “The Addams Family” premiered Friday.
‘The Addams Family’ reboot doesn’t disappoint longtime fans EMILY LOOSE
Lead News Writer E.D.Loose@iup.edu @ThePennIUP
This article contains opinion. I was one of the many people who had been excited to learn that “The Addams Family” was becoming an animated movie. There is so much that they can work with that cannot be replicated in live action. When the film was released, I was surprised to see how it was getting mixed to negative reviews, with critics complaining about the childish nature of the film. Going to see it, I was expecting to have similar views, but found myself conflicting with film critics. “The Addams Family” (2019) to me was a good, yet imperfect, film, just like the family it is about. The plot of the film really is not special. It shows off the hijinks of each of the family members that we are used to, but also shows their reluctance to the outside world. When Wednesday, voiced by Chloë Grace Moretz, becomes curious about it, they try to keep her away but fail. This leads to Wednesday attending public junior high where her oddities do not lessen. She does, however, make friends and even switches up her style to add in more colorful tones, to the dismay of her family. There is a lot I do not want to spoil, specifically with the main antagonist, so I will be brief in my summary. I personally enjoyed the film, but I can see why critics and
adults may not be huge fans of it. It is a sweetened-up version of the Addams and relies on a lot of cheap comedy tactics, but I think people are looking at it the wrong way. This is a children’s movie; it is supposed to be interesting to children. It’s not supposed to be the same morbid film we’ve seen in the past. Because the ‘90s franchise was so popular, I think that is the movie everyone was expecting. I am glad they did not go that route. They tried to be different, though not entirely original. I found it very refreshing to see that Wednesday was a mix of the television series’ Wednesday and the 1991 film’s Wednesday. She is dark and brooding, but she’s still a young girl who wants to have friends and be accepted. I was also very happy to see more focus on Pugsley, voiced by Finn Wolfhard of “Stranger Things,” who I always felt never got much of a spotlight. They don’t dumb him down either; they make him as bratty and mischievous as any boy his age. The antagonist in the film was somewhat bland, but I did not expect a perfectly fleshed out villain. The film has enough going on as it is, and a villain with a difficult storyline would only add confusion. The message in the film is the same that it has been with any version of the Addams Family – everyone is a little odd, and that is OK. I have always found it a fantastic message and thinks it is even more important now with the fact that imperfections are finally being celebrated on social media. Children who see this movie are
going to realize that it is okay that they are different. As someone who grew up with characters who all looked perfect and pretty, this is what was needed. One of my favorite things about this film is the fact that they went with the original art style of the comics by Charles Addams. They are characters with vastly different features and are characters who are not adorable and Disney-esque. They are all somewhat imperfect, which adds to that oddity that their family is supposed to represent. I get critics and audiences might think that it relies too much on its star-studded cast to hold it up – Charlize Theron, Oscar Isaac and Alison Janey just some of the many famous names – but I do not think that is true. I found it to be endearing, even if it was very simplified. It has already been announced that a sequel is in the making, which means there is a lot of time to improve on this plot and flesh out more characters. To be honest, I was a little disappointed on the huge focus on Wednesday, since almost every version does so. Though mostly panned, this film and its sequels have a lot of potential, and I do not rule it out just yet. Even if it is not perfect, I think it can at least because a cult classic, which I think the Addams’ would prefer to be anyway. I still highly recommend this to anyone who wants to get into the Halloween spirit or generally loves the Addams. Just remember to go in knowing this is a children’s movie, and I think you will like it.
In the misty glade and dusky bog of your memories, can you recall a time when zombies weren’t money? The first “Zombieland” came out in 2009, a year before “The Walking Dead” premiered on AMC, back before “World War Z,” back before that lousy “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” movie with Blackbeard’s zombie crew. Back before a lot of things. “Zombieland” didn’t try to change the world; it was just out for a few laughs along those familiar Georgia highways, strewn with apocalyptic set dressing. It had the guts (literally) to proclaim itself a comedy first, rather than an action movie tarted up with a few wisecracks in between hackings. I enjoyed it. Nobody asked for it, really, but “Zombieland: Double Tap” has its moments, too. It arrives 10 years and one Emma Stone Oscar after the first one. You’d think that “La La Land” Oscar might be good for a slightly larger role this time, but this harsh and merry world remains primarily in the control of top-billed Woody Harrelson and second-billed Jesse Eisenberg, with Stone and Abigail Breslin making do with what they have, somewhere between the foreground and the background. Briefly: It’s still the zombie apocalypse, and our makeshift family of uninfected hero-survivors enjoys one day at a time, residing in what’s left of the White House, now tricked out with anti-zombie security measures. Fussy, extraordinarily well-organized Columbus (Eisenberg) and sardonic Wichita (Stone) are now fully a thing, though his proposal of marriage sends her into gotta-go mode. Tallahassee (Harrelson) remains the quasi-father figure, with Little Rock (Breslin) now a young woman and chafing at the quasi-parental oversight. She wants to break out on her own, and screenwriters Dave Callaham, Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick whisk the women away so the men can retrieve them before they’re besieged by a new strain of harder-to-kill zombies. These prove far more lethal than the “Homers” (slow, easily outwitted), “Hawkings” (smart, crafty) and even the ninja-like stealth zombies
(Facebook) “Zombieland: Double Tap” premieres Friday.
who appear out of nowhere. The sequel moves from D.C. to what’s left of Elvis Presley’s Graceland. Rosario Dawson swaggers into frame as a new character, Nevada; Luke Wilson is Albuquerque, fellow survivor and Tallahassee’s virtual doppelganger. Zoey Deutch joins the ensemble as Madison, a dizzy survivor bearing a lot of pink luggage. She scores a surprising number of laughs off a weary “Legally Blonde” stereotype, while Stone must content herself with muttered jealousies in the corner. Everyone on screen is good enough to do this sort of thing in their sleep, which isn’t to say Harrelson, Eisenberg, Stone, Breslin and Deutch laze through the assignment. The first “Zombieland” remains director Fleischer’s best movie by a mile; this one acknowledges, brazenly, the familiarity of it all. Eisenberg’s opening voiceover includes a line about the audience having “a lot of choices” when it comes to the zombie genre. Screenwriters Reese and Wernick wrote the “Deadpool” movies, which trade in a related form of snark. Recently the writers floated the idea of a crossover movie. Call “Double Tap” an act of fan service, no less than “Downton Abbey” or, in an entirely different and inferior grade of glibness, “Joker.”
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(Facebook) “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” premieres Oct. 18 and is the sequel to the 2014 “Maleficent” movie.
‘Maleficent: Mistress of Evil’ sleepy version of original MICHAEL PHILLIPS Chicago Tribune TNS
This article contains opinion. Director Robert Stromberg’s 2014 take on “Sleeping Beauty” with “Maleficent” entertained through a fresh look at the familiar fairy tale and with a story that showed the power of love can be found even with the darkest of hearts. This was all delivered through one of the most endearing performances of Angelina Jolie’s career as she took on Maleficent. Jolie reprises her role in “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil.” But except for an on-target performance by the film’s star and stunning cinematography by Henry Braham (“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2”), the sequel ends up a muddled mess, mostly manifested through melodramatic acting and a mangled script. Jolie and the
production’s look are the only things memorable. At the heart of the original film was the story of how the wicked master of the Moors puts a sleeping spell on young princess Aurora (Elle Fanning). That’s where the production took a left turn, as Maleficent developed motherly feelings for Aurora and her character became a twisted version of what a fairy godmother is supposed to be. The sequel has an older Aurora reigning over all the creatures that live in the forest. She’s found time to fall in love with Prince Phillip (Harris Dickinson), who lives on the more affluent side of the river. The news they plan to wed upsets Maleficent, but she’s willing to let the union happen so Aurora will be happy. All she has to do is get through a meeting with her future in-laws, including the manipulative Queen Ingrith (Michelle Pfeiffer). She sees the wedding as less a matter of love but more of a way to wipe out
(Facebook) Maleficent appeared in “Sleeping Beauty.”
the creatures of the woods. The screenplay by Linda Woolverton, Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster pales in comparison to the original film. Instead of a beautiful story about love and redemption, the sequel is nothing more than a tale about awful in-laws. In this case, awful means someone willing to murder thousands of creatures for personal gain. That’s interesting,
but even with Pfeiffer doing her best evil work since Catwoman, the story never reaches any serious emotional levels. And the script is loaded with sloppy writing. The film establishes that Maleficent isn’t one of a kind, but there is a whole species of fliers who have been living in secrecy to survive. It’s established that no one in the castle was aware of the group, but when it comes time to go to war with them, the entire castle’s defenses have been designed to fight the opponents from the skies. There’s also confused writing as to why Ingrith is so determined to wipe out the creatures. It has something to do with being poor as a child, but she’s living in a castle where things appear to be going extremely well. Even the way the creatures act has to be ignored in an overly melodramatic scene where they are in danger but can’t seem to escape a pretty flimsy trap that includes a mad organ player. And the big moment where justice is
done is played with a corniness that ends the movie on a flat note. All that could have been overlooked if the story had the slightest touch of what made the first film work. Director Joachim Ronning (“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales”) has put together a film that is stunning visually, from the dainty creatures to the massive concluding battle. His use of dazzling colors and dark tones set distinct moods throughout the production. It’s not enough to distract from how only Jolie is able to bring the kind of deep passion to the performance that elevates a fairy tale into a magical tale of fairies. She surrounded by so many average acting efforts there’s no hope for the heart of the work. That leaves the visuals as the only thing that keeps the film from making every beauty watching it very sleepy. “Maleficent” was magnificent. “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” just misses.
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Robert Pattinson in a bamboozler of a tale MICHAEL PHILLIPS Chicago Tribune TNS
This article contains opinion. A terrific filmmaker, especially since there aren’t very many terrific filmmakers, deserves better than to be compared to his previous accomplishments. In other words, I loved director Robert Eggers’ debut feature, “The Witch,” a 2015 tale of 17th century witchcraft and goat mismanagement, while admiring without quite completely getting the hang or the rhythm of Eggers’ new film, “The Lighthouse.” It’s nonetheless well worth seeing and sorting through. Twice, even. I’d see it a second time for any number of reasons, including but not limited to the wee high voice Willem Dafoe uses to wheedle a compliment regarding his cooking (he’s very sensitive about his lobster) out of his fellow “wickie,” or lighthouse keeper, or rather lighthouse prisoner, played by Robert Pattinson. These guys and their facial hair look great in this world, by the way, which goes a long way in itself.
(Facebook) “The Lighthouse” offers a new look into the human psyche.
“The Lighthouse” establishes a simple, straightforward premise and then proceeds to mess with it, and us. Somewhere in New England in the 1890s, around the time the first filmmakers were discovering a new way to disorient the public, wizened old Thomas Wake (Dafoe, chewing himself a new realm of expressive and weirdly subtle hamming) takes on a short-time assistant wickie for an estimated four-week job.
The last assistant went madsome “enchantment in the light,” Wake mutters, cryptically, referring to the Fresnel beauties creating wondrous, hypnotic patterns inside the top of the lighthouse. (Eggers and cinematographer Jarin Blaschke shot the movie in Nova Scotia, where the wind really, really blows.) The new man (Pattinson), who goes by Ephraim Winslow, harbors a dark secret. Wake, too, knows
more than he’s telling. Flattering his taciturn second-in-command one minute, berating and humiliating him (while forcing drunken revels) the next, “The Lighthouse” perches right on the edge of a terrifying unknown, while offering a compact lesson in the art of passive-aggressive mentoring. Wake’s superstitious to an elaborate degree, and when Winslow exhibits his first glaring loss of control, beating a seagull to death in a scarily well-faked scene, Wake takes it as a curse and the beginning of the end. But of what? Sanity? Sobriety? Eggers treats much of “The Lighthouse” as pitch-black comedy; a writing student of mine called the movie the world’s starkest version of “The Odd Couple.” Parts of it, visions of mermaid sex or dead men, floating, bubble up as dream sequences from Winslow’s subconscious. Other flashes represent different, ambiguous supernatural doings. Shooting on gorgeous, monochromatic 35 millimeter film, Eggers and company confine the storytelling to a boxlike 1.19:1 aspect ratio. The frame size and shape evokes early sound film-
making aspect ratios favored particularly by Fox in those days. At its finest, and creepiest, “The Lighthouse” courts comparison (at least in ambition) to F.W. Murnau’s fantasies of temptation, desire and striking imagery. The writing, it must be said, settles for more prosaic achievements. As the two men devolve into drink, “spilled beans” and escalating violence, the actors strain at times to activate scenes which are variations on scenes we’ve recently seen. But then, near the end ... well, those who already know they’re going to take a chance on this strange, fascinating picture deserve a relatively spoiler-free experience. That’s not to say the story operates as any sort of conventional ghost story, or thriller, or anything. But on its own terms, thanks to two fine, committed performances and a coastline made for this tall tale, “The Lighthouse” works its own stubborn form of black magic, pulling ideas and dynamics from silent and early sound cinema, from early Harold Pinter plays such as “The Dumb Waiter,” and from the recesses of the Eggers brothers’ fertile imagination.
On Lifetime, a down-home musical biopic about sisterhood MICHAEL PHILLIPS Chicago Tribune TNS
This article contains opinion. Sisterhood strong enough to last a Lifetime, the new TV movie “Patsy & Loretta” compresses 18 months of a tragically brief friendship between two country music legends into one pretty good biopic. But the performers lift it up to a higher level. Megan Hilty (who plays and sings Patsy Cline) and Chicago stage alum Jessie Mueller (who plays and sings Loretta Lynn) tell an inspiring parallel story: that of a couple of Broadway pros with the chops to finesse 90 minutes of dramatic shorthand. Director Callie Khouri’s project, with a script by Angelina Burnett, borrows the title’s ampersand from Khouri’s Oscar-winning “Thelma & Louise” screenplay. The Lifetime network’s promotional campaign for “Patsy & Loretta” features Hilty and Mueller in tough, defiant, hitthe-road poses evoking Khouri’s 1991 film.
(Facebook) “Patsy & Loretta” premieres Sunday on Lifetime.
That was a long time ago; #MeToo and #TimesUp took an entire generation longer to find a culture receptive and chagrined enough to listen. The new movie plays it cannily down the middle. It’s neither “Feminism for Dummies” nor a feature-length rendition of “Stand By Your Man,” to name a country hit introduced by someone not depicted here. The movie covers the years 1957 through 1963, introducing Cline and Lynn separately, four years prior to their meeting in 1961. Hilty warms up the story with a hearty rendition of “Come On In,” as Cline takes the stage at a
Winchester, Virginia, honkytonk. She’s about to embark on her second marriage. (Kyle Schmid plays Charlie Dick, equal parts supportive husband and simmering pot of resentment.) “There are two things I want in this world,” Cline tells Dick early on. “Babies, and hit records.” Out in Blaine, Washington, meantime, Lynn and husband Doolittle (Joe Tippett) scrape by with a house full of boisterous kids. Shy by nature and a wife since either 13 or 15 (accounts vary), Lynn contents herself with singing at the kitchen sink. Mueller, who won a Tony Award as Carole King in “Beautiful,” has a way of doing a scene like
this so that if feels overheard. With the support of her mother (Janine Turner), Cline kills it at Arthur Godfrey’s talent show, while Lynn makes her way forward as a singer-songwriter with surly input from her husband about how makeup will make her look like a “prostitute.” “Patsy & Loretta” brings the star and the star-to-be together after Cline’s near-fatal 1961 car accident. Though it sounds like biopic fraudulence, it actually happened: Laid up in the hospital, Cline heard Lynn sing a Cline tribute on the radio and wanted to meet her. The movie’s story beats and rhythms at times feel mighty rushed. (There’s easily enough material in this friendship, cut short by Cline’s fatal 1963 airplane crash.) Hilty more easily suggests the aura, swagger and vocal timbre of the real Cline than Mueller evokes the look, feel and sound of the coal miner’s daughter from Butcher Holler, Kentucky. Mueller’s edge is softer than the real Lynn’s. But there’s steel underneath the surface, always, and director Khouri nudges Hilty and Mueller toward realism whenever possible. The roughest domestic
scenes in “Patsy & Loretta,” in both women’s lives, forego melodrama for vivid, unsettling slices of life. We’ve visited these lives before: Lynn had the good fortune to have Sissy Spacek play her in “Coal Miner’s Daughter” (1980), and in the lip-synch biopic realm, Jessica Lange valiantly explored Cline’s life in “Sweet Dreams” (1985). “Patsy & Loretta” boasts one hit after another, giving prominence to Cline’s wondrous crossover hits: “Crazy,” “I Fall to Pieces,” “Walkin’ After Midnight.” The arduous touring schedules, the bruised feelings, the very real physical bruises: It’s all there, plus a misjudged trio of ghostly Cline appearances in the final scenes. There’s one weird shot in particular, a middle-distance image of Cline, waving from the afterlife, letting Lynn know she’ll always be there in her heart. We don’t need stuff like that. Not when “Patsy & Loretta” makes time, and room, for some fine, extended hanging-out scenes allowing Hilty and Mueller to take charge both musically and dramatically.
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(IUP and Clarion Athletics) The IUP football team will travel to Clarion for its next game Saturday.
Hawks hope to get back on track at Clarion JEFF HART
Staff Writer J.R.Hart2@iup.edu @ThePennIUP
The road to recovery starts now, Hawk Nation. The No. 22 IUP Crimson Hawks are coming off their first loss of the season. The Hawks’ first defeat came at the hands of PSAC rival Slippery Rock. IUP comes into this matchup having dropped six spots in the AFCA Coaches’ Poll. The Hawks are hoping to have more success in the first half this week as they strug-
gled heavily in the first two quarters of the last game. The Hawks mounted a second-half comeback that ultimately fell short. “We did a great job showing resiliency in adverse conditions,” head coach Paul Tortorella said in his Oct. 14 edition of the Coach Tortorella Show. The Hawks are looking to rebound from this loss and take advantage of a struggling Clarion team. The 3–3 Golden Eagles are coming into this divisional matchup off
a 35–20 loss against the California (Pa.) Vulcans. In contrast to IUP, Clarion led the Vulcans 10–7 in the first half. Though, the Golden Eagles could not hold it together and allowed the Vulcans to put up 28 points in the second half of their heated matchup. This game has the potential of being a trap game for the nationally ranked Crimson Hawks. The Golden Eagles’ record may not look menacing, but this squad is not to be taken lightly. “The team that plays the best against us is Clarion,” Tortorella
said in his show. “If they played everyone like they played us, they would have a chance to win the conference. They play hard. They play to win. They take chances.” The Hawks have won their past eight matchups against Clarion dating back to 2011; however, their last two matchups were close games as the Golden Eagles led in the first half. IUP could easily make the playoffs this season and have plenty of time to climb the national ranks. Every game now has added pressure as the Hawks will have to re-
cover and mount their comeback. Last season, IUP never quite recovered from their first loss and dropped two more games that ultimately cost them the chance for a title run. This year is a different story. This is an entirely different Crimson Hawks squad, and it has the roster depth to compete with any team in Division II. With their next three games against unranked opponents, the Hawks will have the opportunity to regain their confidence and catch stride in time for a deep playoff run.
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(IUP Athletics) Mahogany Willis (sophomore, communications media) leads the Crimson Hawks with 12 goals.
Soccer stays in playoff hunt with Cal U win BRAD O’HARA
Staff Writer B.L.Ohara@iup.edu @ThePennIUP
After picking up a 3–1 victory against California (Pa.) on the road, the Crimson Hawks lost a hardfought home game against Edinboro 2–3 in double overtime. Looking to rebound from starting its season 1–3 on the road, IUP was trying to build some momentum against Cal U. The game started with the Vulcans taking control early on. However, their early flurry was short-lived and was stopped by goalkeeper Madeline Smakulski (junior, communications media). At the five-minute mark, the momentum flipped. IUP took control and was not letting it go to waste. The IUP offense was on full display as the teams pressured the Cal
U defense with a bombardment of shots. Eventually, the Crimson Hawks’ shooting display got them on the board. A shot by Mahogany Willis (sophomore, communications media) was saved by Vulcan goalkeeper Gianna Sinatra, but the rebound went perfectly to Taylor Karan (senior, special education and disability services). Karan’s timing gave IUP its first goal of the game and Karan her first goal of the season. IUP kept the pressure on the Vulcan defense for the remainder of the first half but failed to add to its lead. However, a slow start at the beginning of the second half cost IUP the lead. After two quick shots by Cal U to open the half, one finally went through six minutes into the second period. This functioned as a
wake-up call for the Crimson Hawk team as they quickly bounced back and regained the lead six minutes later. Finally, with a little more than a minute left in regulation, Karan sealed the win for IUP, scoring her second goal of the game, giving IUP the 3–1 lead and the win. The Crimson Hawks hoped to carry this momentum back home as they prepared for their game against Edinboro. However, the momentum was just not there. Instead, we saw an IUP team that spent most of the game playing catch-up. The first period started well for the Crimson Hawks, outshooting Edinboro 3–1 in the first 20 minutes of the game. Yet, none of the three were able to get past the Fighting Scots’ goalkeeper, keeping the game scoreless until
Edinboro snuck one by Smakulski to take the lead. In a fight to keep from falling too far behind, IUP took four of the final five shots of the period with a shot by Willis finding the back of the net. The second half was more than rough for the Crimson Hawks. In the first 20 minutes of the second period, Edinboro took seven shots and a one-goal lead. Bouncing back, IUP scored just six minutes later, but this proved to be the only good part of the half for the Crimson Hawks. IUP was outshot 7–3 for the remainder of the half. Smakulski was able to keep the score tied and took the game into overtime. The first overtime saw little action with only three shots total and none of them sealing the game. In-
stead, it was 3:56 into the second overtime when Edinboro scored and travelled home with the win. As the team continues going through its ups and downs, they have a positive outlook on the growth of their team. “I believe that finding our rhythm on the field is what is going to be the best for not only me, but for the team as a whole,” Willis said. “We continue to improve as well as tweak all aspects of the game whether it’s offense or defense. “It all comes down to us finding those passing lanes as well as being able to move the ball fluidly down the field in order to find the net. We’ve been working diligently in order to compensate for certain flaws that we have noticed in our game and are determined to increase our scoring abilities.”
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Lubarsky leads field hockey to win over Seton Hill JEFF HART
Staff Writer J.R.Hart2@iup.edu @ThePennIUP
The IUP Crimson Hawks field hockey team is coming off a strong 3–0 victory against Seton Hill on Wednesday. The Hawks dominated on both sides of the field and put together a strong performance against the struggling Griffins. Senior midfielder Brianna Lubarsky (biology) led the way for IUP with two of IUP’s three goals. Those two goals put Lubarsky at eight goals on the season, which leads her team. The third goal coming from Lizzi Clemmer (junior, undecided). The Crimson Hawks have etched their second straight win and have moved to sixth place within the PSAC. This winning streak could not have come at a better time for the Hawks as playoffs are fast approaching. Their victory will be short lived, however, because they are about to face their hardest competition of the year Saturday. For the second time this season, the Crimson Hawks will have to face the No. 1 team in the nation.
Earlier in the season, the Hawks played the No. 1 ranked Millersville Marauders and fell short in their matchup 1–0. This time, they will be facing off against an undefeated West Chester Golden Rams squad that has appeared unstoppable this season. This will be IUP’s senior day, and the tensions will be high for the Hawks. The Crimson Hawks have plenty of experience facing the Golden Rams as they have already faced them this season. IUP was shut out 5–0 in their early-season matchup. This squad is geared up and excited for this big matchup with potentially big playoff implications. “West Chester has been consistent all season,” head coach Gary Agard said. “They have risen their game and are playing with a lot of confidence. In order to be competitive, we must play disciplined and composed. West Chester makes you pay if you make mistakes. If we play our game, it should be fun.” Agard and this squad are giving this team the respect it deserves, and they are excited to have the potential opportunity to upset the best team in the country among Di-
vision II schools. This squad has gone through many trials and tribulations throughout the season. At one
point, this squad had lost its identity and lost four consecutive games ; however, they have displayed great resilience in the eyes of adversity.
The road to prosperity and a potential PSAC tournament appearance isn’t always easy, but it is plenty rewarding.
This Week In Sports: Pirates win ‘71, ‘79 World Series
(Facebook) On Oct. 17, in 1971 and 1979, the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Baltimore Orioles in Game 7 of each respective year’s World Series to become the Major League Baseball champions. Steve Blass (left) pitched a pair of complete games in the 1971 series, accruing a 1.00 earned run average and striking out 13 batters. Kent Tekulve (right) pitched in five games during the 1979 series, striking out 10 in 9.1 innings. The 1979 appearance was the most recent by a Pirates team, which is now the longest active drought in the league.
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Start, Sit & Why We Play the Game SETH WOOLCOCK
So, the moral of the story is not that I’m an idiot or that I’m a genius. But it is simply that fantasy football is a game of trying to predict the seemingly unpredictable. And while I will continue to work even harder to get it right moving forward, I’m not always going to. But that’s why we play the game. Now, let’s get to it.
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Here we are already… Week 7 of the NFL and fantasy football regular season. It’s hard to believe that this column will already be the eighth installment of the season. Last season, due to time restraints and some off-the-field circumstances, I inked only eight columns for the entire season. Yet, here we are, 16 columns later, and some people still have no idea what “Start, Sit & Seth” is truly about. Yes, it is meant to tell stories. Stories that, because of today’s journalism landscape, often go untold. These anecdotes I begin most columns with are often filled with inspiration, redemption and sometimes just growing up. But to me, that’s really what fantasy football is about. Underdogs. Comebacks. And learning from your previous mistakes. But then below the anecdote, there’s the other half of the column. The fantasy football analysis – the part where most non-fantasy football fans skip, and my editors probably can’t wait to get the conclusion of. And while often I seem to spend more time writing the introduction than my start/sits, don’t think they’re not equally as important to me. Every day, I constantly take in stats, trends and commentary to help make these decisions. However, fantasy football isn’t exactly the most predictable game, so unfortunately sometimes my start/sits are wrong. Let me break it down for you. Typically, my quarterback starts each week are aimed to get readers to start a QB that I believe will finish the week as a QB1. For those unfamiliar with fantasy terms, a QB1 is a quarterback that finishes the week with a score that is top-12 at the position.
(TNS) Philip Rivers moves to the sit column after a rough game against Pittsburgh last week.
For my receivers and running back starts, we’re often just looking for double-digit fantasy points and a chance to go off for more. So, as the inverse of that, my sits are quarterbacks I don’t expect to finish in the top-20 for the week and running backs and receivers I don’t expect to reach double-digit fantasy points. With that being said, this week’s column is all about owning my picks. Seeing where I was right, wrong and brutally wrong. After going back and calculating my picks from last season, I learned that I was correct on my QB start/ sits 79 percent of the time last year, while I hit on my RB and WR start/ sits 64 and 77 percent of the time, respectively. Looking at those numbers, other than an occasional big whiff at RB, you’d think I actually know what I’m talking about. Well, lucky for your amusement, all you have to do is fast forward to this season’s stats to make you rethink that previous statement. This season I’ve hit on only 33 percent of my QB start/sits. While my RB and WR starts haven’t been much better – 42 percent correct at RB and 58 percent at WR. Yeah…that’s not great. And after
a 2–4 Week 6, I can only promise that I will try to do better. By going back and calculating where I’ve been right and wrong, I’ve discovered some strengths and weaknesses. I also discovered some very bad calls on my parts. In two years of writing this column, I’ve told readers to bench Tampa Bay Buccaneers QB Jameis Winston only twice. The result both those weeks? Winston finishes the week as the lead-scoring fantasy quarterback. Brutal. Just brutal. However, for every bad call I’ve had, there’s usually a good call that counteracts and makes me believe I do in fact know what I’m talking about. Take my preseason start/sit column for example. I was all-in on players like Phillip Lindsay, Marlon Mack and Tyler Boyd that have certainly out-performed their average draft positions so far this season. I was also out on some players, specifically Antonio Brown. I wasn’t paying such a high price for a guy that had so much off-the-field baggage. And we all know how that one turned out.
Quarterback I’d Start This Week: Jared Goff (Los Angeles Rams): In Week 6, Jared Goff had by far his worst performance under head coach Sean McVay. However, he’s a start for me this week as I once again anticipate a big comeback game for the California kid. As noted in an earlier column this season, Goff, before Week 6’s stinker, had only ever thrown fewer than 200 yards in a game twice. Both times he’s rebounded tremendously. His opponent this week, the Atlanta Falcons, have allowed the second-most points to opposing quarterbacks and should help Goff and my QB picks get back on track. Quarterback I’d Sit This Week: Phillip Rivers (Los Angeles Chargers): Phillip Rivers, scoring only 18.9 fantasy points in the last two weeks combined, and the Chargers have both struggled offensively as of late. And the road won’t get much easier this week as they face a Tennessee Titans team that has a pretty good defense (eighth against opposing QBs) and is going to attempt to run the ball and keep the ball out of Rivers’ hands. If the Titans can sustain drives under new-staring quarterback Ryan Tannehill, Rivers is better left on waivers this week. Running Back I’d Start This Week: Devin Singletary (Buffalo): Singletary, who has been battling a hamstring injury, has been inactive since Week 2. When the rookie was active, he scored double-digit fantasy points in both of his first two career games.
This week, playing the Miami Dolphins, the worst team against opposing running backs, both Singletary and the age-less Frank Gore should have a welcome back party in Buffalo. Running Back I’d Sit This Week: Adrian Peterson (Washington): One week after being my start of the week, Peterson, facing San Francisco, who are the best run defense in football, finds himself on the sit list. Unless truly desperate for a running back play, you can’t start AP on Sunday. However, in a world lacking of startable fantasy RBs, Peterson continues to have value moving forward – just not here in Week 7. Wide Receiver I’d Start This Week: Michael Gallup (Dallas): With fellow starting Dallas receivers Amari Cooper and Randall Cobb expected to miss Sundays’ game, look for QB Dak Prescott to look Gallup’s way against an Eagles secondary that’s allowed the most fantasy points to opposing wide receivers. Gallup, who actually averages more than 17 fantasy points per game, could produce solid WR2 numbers in this divisional matchup on Sunday Night Football as Dallas tries to take hold of the NFC East. Wide Receiver I’d Sit This Week: Dede Westbrook (Jacksonville): Now truly the No. 2 pass-catching option in Jacksonville, Westbrook now has a shoulder injury that has kept him out of practice so far this week. With the Jaguars travelling to Cincinnati Sunday, I don’t expect QB Gardner Minshew to air it out much with banged-up receivers and facing a Bengals’ defense that has been atrocious against the run this season, allowing more than 125 yards per game. I see a big game coming for Leonard Fournette on Sunday, but not so much for Wetbrook and fellow Jacksonville pass-catchers.
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Some start hot, others cold in opening weeks of NHL season TYLER COMO
Staff Writer T.D.Como@iup.edu @ThePennIUP
All stats current as of Oct.16. It’s been only two weeks since the 2019 NHL season began, and the games are already getting intense. The Edmonton Oilers (5–1) and Buffalo Sabres (5–0–1) both lead their divisions and missed the playoffs last year. The other teams ranked in first are the Carolina Hurricanes (6–1) and the Colorado Avalanche (5–0). The Avalanche is the last undefeated team in the league. The Edmonton Oilers were one of the final two but were defeated by the
Blackhawks on Wednesday, which gave the Blackhawks their first win. Colorado headed to Pittsburgh on Wednesday to meet the Penguins after their three-game road trip, and Pittsburgh brought Anaheim’s undefeated streak to an end. On the other hand, the only team to not have a win yet is the New Jersey Devils (0–4–2). There are four teams with only one win: the Ottawa Senators (1–4), the Chicago Blackhawks (1–2–1), the Dallas Stars (1–5–1) and the Minnesota Wild (1–5). The rest are doing slightly better but are a long way from calling themselves cup contenders. The Florida Panthers (2–2–2) looked to be a fan favorite, though it may take some time to see these
lines find their chemistry. The Panthers brought in coach Joel Quenneville, a former Stanley Cup-winning coach in Chicago. They also lost their star goaltender Roberto Luongo to retirement but couldn’t have found a better replacement than Sergei Bobrovsky after his exit from the Columbus Blue Jackets. Bobrovksy has started five games for Florida, accruing a 3.89 goals against average. Before the season started, the Devils were also considered a dangerous team but are having a slow start showing off their skill. They’ve lost two games when they were up by three goals or more. The league is led in points by the two stars from the Edmonton Oilers, Connor McDavid and Leon
Draisaitl. McDavid holds first place with 17 points, and, at second, Draisaitl has 15 points. Some of Edmonton’s success may be coming from the pickup of winger James Neal, who scored four goals against the New York Islanders on Oct. 8. Neal has managed to score more goals in seven games with the Oilers than he scored all season with the Calgary Flames last year. They’re followed closely by Capitals defenseman, John Carlson with 15. And there’s a three-way tie for fourth at 12 points with Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby and Mark Scheifele and Patrik Laine, both from Winnipeg. Last week, both Crosby and Laine were named NHL stars of the
week, the first place star being McDavid. The first two draft picks face off against each other for the first time this week, as the Rangers’ No. 2-overall pick Kaapo Kakko and New Jersey’s No. 1-overall selection, Jack Hughes, head-to-head matchup in the Big Apple. The Devils and Rangers already had a pretty heated rivalry, and adding some of the league’s best young talent should make that all the more intense. Both rookies are surely excited to be part of such an intense rivalry. But the two seem to be developing differently. Kakko scored his first goal in his first game against the Edmonton Oilers while Hughes is still looking for his first NHL point.
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Phillies likely to hire experienced candidate as next manager SCOTT LAUBER The Philadelphia Inquirer TNS Say this about the Phillies: For as long as they deliberated about the future of the previous manager, they are expediting the search for the next one. Over the last few days, general manager Matt Klentak met with Buck Showalter, Joe Girardi and Dusty Baker, all experienced candidates with strong track records. Over the next few days, each will have longer, follow-up interviews with a broader range of people, presumably including managing partner John Middleton. A choice – from that managerial trio, in all likelihood – could come next week, with an announcement possible next Thursday, a day off between Games 2 and 3 of the World Series. That’s it. No muss, no fuss. And exactly the opposite of that news conference at Citizens Bank Park last Friday. Speaking of that 57-minute head-spinner, it was notable that it all began with team president Andy MacPhail’s outline of the process by which the Phillies came to dismiss Gabe Kapler. With Klentak pushing to retain Kapler and Middleton ultimately deciding to make a change, MacPhail viewed it as his role to get them back in sync privately and stage-manage the situation publicly. “I have John. I’ve got Matt. They’re on different sides here. I gave them my opinion,” said MacPhail, who shared only that he urged Middleton to get more points of view before moving on from Kapler. “But then my chief responsibility came when we’ve got to find a process here to get everybody back together and unified and all get on the same page going forward. Now we just go back again and we retool and we find the next manager.” MacPhail appears to be having a big impact on the search, too. If Showalter, Girardi and Baker have anything in common beyond their long managerial resumes, it’s their associations with MacPhail, who figures to have unique perspective on their respective qualifications, including their literacy in analytics, a factor important to
(TNS) From left to right, Buck Showalter, Joe Girardi and Dusty Baker are the presumed finalists for the Philadelphia Phillies’ managerial opening.
both Middleton and Klentak. Managerial candidates (from left) Dusty Baker, Joe Girardi and Buck Showalter. MacPhail worked as the Chicago Cubs’ president from the end of the 1994 season through 2006. Girardi, a former catcher and native of Peoria, Ill., spent three seasons with his hometown Cubs (2000-02) late in his career and was highly regarded by MacPhail, who tried to hire him to manage the Baltimore Orioles in 2007. Although Girardi declined the job, citing a desire to stay closer to his family, he also acknowledged having “the utmost respect for Andy.” After the 2002 season, MacPhail and then-general manager Jim Hendry hired Baker to manage the Cubs. At the time, MacPhail described Baker to the Chicago Tribune as “an enormously popular manager with his players.” The Cubs made the playoffs in Baker’s
first season and came within one victory of the World Series (hello, Steve Bartman!), then missed the postseason in the next three years before Baker and MacPhail were broomed out of town. MacPhail went to Baltimore in 2007, and his first order of business was replacing deposed manager Sam Perlozzo. After getting turned down by Girardi, he stuck with interim manager Dave Trembley. By 2010, though, the Orioles were ready for a bigger change. MacPhail’s solution: Showalter. “We have a young core of players that are struggling, taking a step backwards,” MacPhail told the Baltimore Sun. “They haven’t been exposed to winning-type environments. We, for the last couple of months, have been trying to find somebody that has had some experience in creating that environment, that has been exposed to young rosters before and knows
how to prepare young players to be as good as they possibly can be.” Sound familiar? You can almost hear MacPhail saying those words at a news conference next week. Phillies president Andy MacPhail has worked with each of the finalists for the team’s managerial vacancy: Buck Showalter, Joe Girardi and Dusty Baker. The point is, MacPhail has familiarity with – and admiration for – all three finalists. Last week, he noted the importance of the relationship between a manager and general manager. If Klentak has questions about working with Showalter, Girardi or Baker, MacPhail figures to be able to advise him. Moreover, Middleton could turn to MacPhail for expertise on which candidate would fit best at a stage in the Phillies’ rebuilding where anything less than a winning season and their first playoff
appearance since 2011 is cause for people to lose their jobs. This time around, Kapler took the fall. A year from now, it could be Klentak or MacPhail. “It’s John’s and my goal that Matt go out, start the search,” MacPhail said last week. “At the end, he’s going to have to have the approval of John and I, just like with Gabe (two years ago). John or I could have vetoed Gabe. We chose not to. But I can’t imagine hiring someone that Matt is not fully on board with. There might be a variety of guys that fit that criteria, and then maybe John and I will have some influence on who we think might be the best fit.” Given MacPhail’s history with each candidate, his influence over the decision should be well-informed. It might be necessary, too, to ensure that the Phillies get a manager with whom everyone will be satisfied.