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Son charged as suspect in murder of retired professor geography, and she wanted to pass that on to students,” Benhart said. “She was also demanding. If students had her in class, they were going A retired Indiana University of to be a little fearful, but they would Pennsylvania geography professor was come away with a great respect for her pronounced dead at Indiana Regional knowledge and what they got out of Medical Center after being beaten the courses.” and left unconscious on her bathroom Benhart also said she would still floor Friday morning. come into the department to check Ruth Shirey, 72, taught at IUP for up on how things were 37 years and earned going. emeritus status in She even took time The contributions 2007. to attend commenceShirey has made in Indiana borough ments, Christmas her field have police responded to a parties, other departreported burglary and elevated IUP’s mental functions and assault at her Diaacademic status fundraising events. mond Street home and have enhanced Shirey began her around 3 a.m. Upon time at IUP in 1970 geographic literacy their arrival, they and chaired the dein elementary, found that the victim’s partment of geography secondary and car was missing from and regional planning her garage. post-secondary from 1977 to 1987. The victim’s son, schools. Shirey earned her Todd Royce Walters, bachelor’s degree in 36, was found drivgeography education - 2008 distinguished from IUP in 1965 and ing his mother’s car in Altoona and now alumna award her master’s and docfaces criminal charges toral degrees in Tenfor homicide and agnessee. gravated assault. Officials said that She received numerous campus and Walters was traveling with a number national awards for her contributions of guns from his mother’s house. as a geography professor, such as the At a news conference held Friday many books and journal articles she afternoon, officials said they were un- wrote. She also worked as executive direcsure why the brutal assault happened. The suspect’s father, Royce Walters, tor of the National Council for Geoalso lives in Indiana and told police graphic Education from 1988 to 2002. IUP awarded Shirey with a disthat his son has been suffering from psychological issues and has failed to tinguished alumna award in 2008 for her geographic literacy advancement take the proper medication. Royce also said that he was at the efforts and academic and research victim’s home Thursday evening, but achievements. The announcement of this award he had left after his son threatened to read: “The contributions Shirey has punch him. IUP students and faculty are ap- made in her field have elevated IUP’s palled at the loss of a respected pro- academic status and have enhanced fessor and colleague who remained a geographic literacy in elementary, secvalued member of the community for ondary and post-secondary schools.” Despite her passing, Shirey’s conyears after her retirement. Current geography department tributions to the world of geography Chairman John Benhart Jr. said Shirey live on, both at IUP and the countless was well-respected by both her col- other schools that have improved beleagues and students, according to a cause of her efforts. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article Friday. Robinson-Lytle Inc. in Indiana is “She was hugely passionate about handling her funeral arrangements.
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IUP student running for Democratic seat on the Indiana Borough Council By CASEY KELLY Lead News Writer C.E.Kelly2@iup.edu
An Indiana University of Pennsylvania student is running for a Democratic seat on the Indiana Borough Council in the hopes of becoming the first student to be part of the council. That student is James Smith (senior, political science), of West Mifflin. Smith said he decided to run for council because of his love of politics, IUP and Indiana. After his first visit to IUP the summer before his senior year of high school, he knew that he not only wanted to attend the university, but he also wanted to be an active member of the Indiana community. “A way to bring people in and keep them here is through the university,” Smith said. “We have 15,000 students who come here every year looking for where they’re going in life, and Indiana can be that place. Indiana can be their home.” One major concept that Smith hopes to take advantage of if he is elected is the “Town-Gown” relationship, which is unique to college towns like Indiana. “The Town-Gown relationship is one that can be mutually beneficial to each other and form a symbiont circle,” he said, “where the success of one benefits the success of another. I really believe that the Indiana borough can use the resources that are available to them from the university to benefit the community.” Smith said that in addition to helping him better understand the TownGown relationship that is present in Indiana, being an IUP student has given him relative, hands-on experience in the world of politics, both through his major and through his extracurricular activities.
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(Sarah Bader/ The Penn) IUP senior James Smith will run for the Democratic seat on the Indiana Borough Council. Preliminary elections will begin in May, and the general election will be held Nov. 3.
“A lot of the experience I have comes from doing the university government work through [the Student Government Association], the university senate and the Co-op board,” Smith said. Indiana’s population has decreased by 12 percent over the last several years, while the real estate tax has been increasing by 4 percent, according to Smith. Thus, another goal of his is to “see Indiana grow” rather than watch the population fall even further. “This is the time for students’ voices to be heard,” Smith said. “Indiana borough is made up of 70 percent
students, and, currently, not a single student has a seat on borough council.” The primary election will be May 19. Although this is after graduation, students can still vote via absentee ballots as long as they are registered to vote. The general election will be Nov. 3. Students can get involved with Smith’s campaign by phone banking, going door-to-door or by helping other students to register to vote. To learn more about Smith’s campaign, students can visit his website at jamessmithforcouncil.com or his Facebook page at facebook.com/ jamessmithforboroughcouncil.
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• Braxton Stetler, 20, of Middletown, was charged with possession of a small amount of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia after university police investigated a report of the odor of marijuana coming from his room in Wallwork Hall Feb. 19 at 4:14 p.m., according to university police.
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• An unidentified individual reportedly attempted to use a false identification to gain entry into a bar in the 500 block of Philadelphia Street Feb. 18 at 12:48 a.m., according to borough police. Police report he was last seen running north on Taylor Avenue from the bar. Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact borough police at 724-349-2121.
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• Several sculpted blocks of ice were reportedly damaged in the North Seventh Street and Philadelphia Street areas. The damage occurred sometime after 2 a.m. Feb. 22. Anyone who witnessed the criminal mischief or has information regarding the incidents is asked to contact borough police. • A 2005 Ford Focus parked in the Robertshaw parking lot was reportedly damaged sometime between 8:30 p.m. Feb. 15 and 12:15 p.m. Feb. 20. The front passenger window of the vehicle was broken. Anyone with information is asked to contact university police at 724-357-2141. • A door window in the 500 block of Philadelphia Street was reportedly shattered sometime between 3:30 p.m. Feb. 19 and 9 a.m. Feb. 20. The door was on the side of the building facing North Taylor Avenue. Anyone with information is asked to contact borough police.
Supreme Court justices wary of expanded rights for new immigrants By DAVID SAVAGE
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WASHINGTON – Supreme Court justices gave a mostly skeptical hearing Monday to a California woman who wants the State Department to explain why it barred her Afghan husband from joining her in this country. The government argued it has an undisputed “power to exclude aliens” from entering the United States, and “there is no right to judicial review” of a decision to deny a visa to such a person, said Deputy Solicitor General Edwin Kneedler. During questions and comments, the court’s conservative justices appeared to agree with the government’s strict position. They said they were wary of establishing new rights that might encourage spouses, parents or children to go to court whenever one of their close relatives is barred from entering the United States. The case of Kerry vs. Din asks whether a U.S. citizen has a right to object after his or her spouse is turned down for a visa. Fauzia Din, an Aghan native and a naturalized U.S. citizen, married an Afghan man in 2006 and sought to have him join her in this country. But the State Department rejected his application for a visa in 2009, citing a provision of the law that bars foreigners connected to “terrorist activities.” She denied her husband had any connection to terrorists, winning
a partial victory from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals last year. Its judges said that as a married woman, she had a right to demand an explanation for the government’s decision to deny a visa to her husband. Her position won some support during Monday’s argument. Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Stephen Breyer said they were troubled by the possibility the government had made a mistake. “That’s what we were told after 9/11,” Sotomayor said. The government said then it had good reasons for arresting and holding foreigners, only to admit later they made a mistake in some instances, she said. Kneedler insisted the State Department double-checked before denying a visa, and that officials need not explain their reasons for excluding someone. “No matter what?” Breyer asked. What if the consular official denied the visa for racist reasons or because he thought husbands and wives should not live together? Kneedler denied such a possibility. But when Los Angel es attorney Mark Haddad rose to argue Din’s case, Chief Justice John Roberts and several of his colleagues said they did not want to extend new rights to relatives to contest immigration decisions. If wives have a constitutional right to go to court in such cases, they may also have a right to object when their imprisoned husbands are sent to a facility that is far away, said Justice Samuel Alito.
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Documentary follows life of recovering drug and alcohol addicts By BRIAN DAVIS Staff Writer B.G.Davisiup.edu
“Together, we are creating a new reality, one where people in recovery don’t want to stay anonymous, where addiction will be treated like the chronic disease it is and not a moral failing.” That quote is the main sentiment of “The Anonymous People,” the documentary shown to Indiana University of Pennsylvania students in the Hadley Union Building Ohio Room about the more than 23 million Americans “living in long-term recovery from alcohol and other drug addiction.” The film, part of a Six O’Clock Series co-sponsored by the IndianaArmstrong-Clarion Drug and Alcohol Commission, was directed by and features Greg Williams, who has been in recovery since a near-fatal car accident when he was 17. “I’m not supposed to tell you about my addiction,” Williams said in the film, referring to the social stigma surrounding addiction. “I’m supposed to be nervous about what you’ll think, how you’ll judge me and how you’ll treat me.” The film features a number of people in recovery talking about the shame and societal assumptions surrounding their illness and the public costs of letting these problems go unresolved. If more people were unafraid to talk openly about their condition,
- “The Anonymous People” the film said, recovery would be treated at the same level as other chronic illnesses, like cancer and AIDs. The film said the reasons people shy away from speaking about their conditions include the War on Drugs, cultural shaming of addiction and an interpretation of the anonymity rules of the recovery organization Alcoholics Anonymous. “Anonymity has endured as one of the hallmark tenets of AA,” Williams said. “Without it, suffering alcoholics might have never attended their first meeting.” “But as important as anonymity has been to the growth of recovery, it has often been misunderstood, misinterpreted and misused by both those in recovery and those on the outside looking in.” According to the film, some AA members interpret the “anonymous” aspect of the organization to mean that all members are prohibited from speaking publicly about their condition, while others believe it exists to protect only those who want to be kept anonymous. Several celebrities in recovery were featured in the film, including Emmy-
Award winning actress Kristen Johnston and former professional basketball player Chris Herren. “When a diabetic goes off their sugar and they show up to the emergency room, they’re treated with great empathy,” Herren, a recovering drug addict since 2008, said in the film. “An addict walks in after a relapse, and he’s thrown back on the road.” “You may think of addiction as a problem people deal with in private,” Williams said, “but the public wreckage is frighteningly quantifiable. Addiction costs the American public $350 billion a year in lost productivity in the workplace, increased healthcare costs and criminal justice expenses, according to the film. Williams said that 98 percent of the costs go to “cleaning up the mess caused by addiction,” and that 2 percent goes to preventing it and treating it. “The idea for getting help and support to overcome alcoholism or drug addiction hasn’t always existed,” Williams said. “Fortunately, for me and millions of others, many pathways to support and long-term recovery are available now.”
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Taiwanese Student Association celebrates Lunar New Year By STEPHANIE BACHMAN Staff Writer S.L.Bachman2@iup.edu
The Taiwanese Student Association celebrated the Lunar New Year Saturday with a Taiwanese Sin-Tshun New Year Celebration in the Hadley Union Building’s Delaware Room at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Taiwan, along with other countries such as China, Vietnam and Korea, all celebrate the Lunar New Year with their own customs and traditions unique to their culture. However, some similarities exist between the celebrations. Chia-Yen Lin (graduate, political science), vice president of the Taiwanese Student Association, explained some of the cultural significance of the festival for the people of Taiwan. “The term ‘Sin-Tshun’ means ‘new spring,” Lin said. “It includes the cultural meaning of Taiwanese. Spring is a valuable season that is not just a beginning of a calendar year but a starting point of everyone’s mind. “In the Taiwanese language,” Lin said, “the meaning of the pronunciation ‘Tshun’ is the same with [the saying] ‘saving some for the future’; and it has been used by our older genera-
tions for teaching us to cherish food, money and the relationship with others.” On Saturday, TSA held a New Year celebration in order to give Taiwanese students a chance to celebrate an important part of their culture while they were away from home and could not celebrate with their families. The night started off with a dinner that consisted of traditional Taiwanese dishes that were cooked by members of TSA. The various meals served foods such as dumplings, cordial shrimp, sesame oil chicken and Taiwanese sausage, which are all dishes that families have as part of their family gatherings. After dinner, students decorated red envelopes with goats and sheep. The envelopes are traditionally given by older family members to the young. The envelopes symbolize good luck and are supposed to ward off evil spirits. Everyone also wrote down what they were thankful for in the past year and their wishes for 2015. These were shared among the group, and envelopes were exchanged with each other. Next, participants put their wishes
in their new envelopes. They will keep them closed for the next year only to open them on the next Lunar New Year, when they see if their wishes come true. One of the participants, Yun Lee (junior, hospitality management), also said what the celebration means to her and why she felt it was important to attend. “I think [the Taiwan Sin-Tshun New Year Celebration] is a time for people to get together,” Lee said. “We had a great year last year and wish for a great New Year for everyone. It is a time to care for each other, be happy and have fun. “Taiwan culture is a little bit different,” she said. “I hope we can share more of our customs with people here and share all of this with IUP.” Lee also talked about what it was like celebrating with her friends and being away from her family during this important time of year in her culture. “I think it’s a little bit lonely because in the past, I usually get together with my family and have fun and see family I can’t see very much,” Lee said. “I can’t be part of this in America. “My family is what I miss most about Taiwan.”
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Turkey, US sign pact to train Syrians, but enemy still unstated By DUYGU GUVENC McClatchy Foreign Staff TNS
ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey and the United States signed an accord Thursday to jointly train and equip thousands of Syrians over the next three years in a rare sign of cooperation between the NATO allies. But the document, which wasn’t made public, apparently doesn’t spell out whom the Syrians will be trained to fight. The two countries couldn’t agree whether the rebels will be trained to fight the Islamic State, the American priority, or the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad, Turkey’s preference, Turkish officials said. Asked about the impasse by reporters, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu had a diplomatic response: “Of course, the Islamic State is the priority, along with the regime.” “It is only a first step,” Feridun Sinirlioglu, the undersecretary at the Turkish Foreign Ministry, said at the
signing ceremony. “There are so many things for us to do,” Sinirlioglu said. “We are experiencing many chaotic situations in our neighborhood and in other parts of the world. When we work together, we believe that we can make a difference.” U.S. Ambassador John Bass echoed Sinirlioglu’s words that the accord was just a beginning and a great deal remained to be done. The Turkish Foreign Ministry later announced that Sinirlioglu would travel to the United States for further discussions. Cavusoglu said details of the agreement would be made public later. U.S. trainers will use a Turkish base in central Anatolia to train 2,000 Syrian rebels a year for the next three years, and a similar number will be trained in bases provided by Saudi Arabia and Jordan. Asked who’ll decide which Syrians are to be trained, another point of contention, Cavusoglu responded that “our experts will decide,” without saying who they are or by what process.
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Student loan delinquency is higher than other borrowing Student prepares to graduate with two majors, two minors and two trips abroad under her belt By STEPHANIE BACHMAN Staff Writer S.L.Bachman2@iup.edu
After taking advantage of numerous opportunities available to students at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Shelby Ledger (senior, Spanish) is getting ready to graduate this May. With her dual baccalaureate in Spanish and Spanish education, minors in French and Latin American studies and two trips abroad, Ledger has accomplished much in her past four years at IUP. Ledger explained that her college experience has been no easy task, but it has been rewarding. “It can be difficult to juggle all of the schoolwork,” she said in an email interview Monday, “but you quickly become responsible and independent, which makes the process much easier. “The best part about pursuing multiple degrees is that it opens avenues for various careers,” she said, “and allows me to learn so many new and different things.”
Ledger’s study-abroad experiences allowed her to study in two different countries during her college career. Her first study abroad was after her freshman year in 2012 to go to Costa Rica in order to fill a major requirement. While there, she took Spanish classes and improved her language skills by immersing herself in the culture and living with a host family. Two years later, Latin America called her back. This time, Ledger went to Peru with a volunteer group called UBELONG in order to teach English and math to local elementary school children in an underdeveloped area. Ledger said she believes studying abroad is an important and great opportunity that college students should take advantage of before graduating. “Studying abroad is just as important as adding another major/minor,” she said. “It is challenging, but extremely enriching. Studying abroad allows us to find out more about the world in which we are living and, moreover, al-
lows us to communicate with individuals of various cultures. It is a beautiful thing.” Ledger said she thinks learning other languages is an important skill and is one that others should practice more. She also said she is aware of the need for bilingual or multilingual people in an ever-expanding world where interacting with people from other countries on a regular basis is becoming the norm, thanks to new technologies. However, language learning has also become her hobby. “One of my most rewarding experiences during my IUP career was during my hike to Machu Picchu,” she said. “I spoke with other tourists in English, Spanish and even French. It was then that I realized that language learning had made a larger impact on me than what my diploma could ever show. “It gave me confidence, allowed me to communicate with people of various cultures and became my hobby rather than a class requirement,” she said.
By DIAN ZHANG
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WASHINGTON – Student loans had a higher delinquency rate than credit cards, auto loans and home mortgages over the past three years, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported recently. Outstanding student loans in the country have reached $1.16 trillion, an increase of $77 billion from a year ago. About 11.3 percent were in default – more than 90 days delinquent – in the last quarter of 2014, compared with 11.1 percent in the previous quarter. By comparison, 3.5 percent of car loans were past due, as were just 3.1 percent of mortgage loans. “Although we’ve seen an overall improvement in delinquency rates since the Great Recession, the increasing trend in student loan balances and delinquencies is concerning,” Donghoon Lee, research officer at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, said in a statement. But even as borrowers struggle to make payments, more continue to jump into the loan pool to help finance their schooling. Moreover, the age of student-loan borrowers is creeping upward. More than a third are older than 40, according to the New York Fed’s Liberty Street Economics blog. Outstanding household debt increased to $11.83 trillion, a 1 percent rise over the previous quarter. Home mortgages and student loans, which increased by $39 billion and $31 billion, respectively, are the biggest contributors to the rise in debt. The student loan delinquency rate – payments missed for fewer than 90
days – may be much bigger than the default rate shown in the report. An earlier report by the New York Fed said the delinquency rate for student loans was 21 percent in 2012. The findings come amid a push by President Barack Obama to boost funding for higher education by promoting two years of free community college tuition. He’s proposed a Pay as You Earn plan that would cap student loan payments at 10 percent of monthly discretionary income, for all student borrowers. For Katie Tamola, a recent Boston University graduate with a master’s degree in journalism, “the whole situation is very stressful and intimidating.” She’s repaying $75,000 in student loans for college and graduate school. That’s after her mother took out $60,000 in parent loans to help pay for her daughter’s education. Tamola will owe monthly payments of nearly $900. Tamola works part-time at a yogurt store and is struggling to find fulltime work. With entry-level salaries in journalism averaging around $30,000, she said, her debt won’t give her much financial leeway if she’s successful finding a job in her field. “I thought about this all the time, actually,” said Tamola. “Sometimes I wish I had a different job that makes more money, but I’m born with the love for writing, and I want to do a job that I love. “I don’t have any regrets on that, and nobody forced me to take a student loan.” But she’s “really scared” of what might happen in the future.
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Criminal profiling lecture scheduled for March By LOGAN HULLINGER Staff Writer L.R.Hullinger@iup.edu
The English department will hold a lecture on criminal profiling March 18 in room 101 of McElhaney Hall at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Beginning at 5:30 p.m., Dr. Jeremy Olson, assistant professor of criminal justice at Seton Hill University and associate editor of Criminal Justice Policy Review, will give the presentation titled “Serial Killers: A Lecture.” The lecture is geared toward “prelaw majors of all disciplines, criminology majors, psychology majors and others,” according to the English department’s website. “We invited Dr. Olson to reinforce the interdisciplinary nature of the English pre-law track program and to stress that the English pre-law track is a vital and lively component of IUP’s pre-law track programs,” said Dr. John Marsden, co-coordinator of English pre-law at IUP over a Thursday email interview. Despite being aimed toward prelaw students and other related majors, the presentation will be open to the public, encouraging all who are interested to attend. “There are a few reasons to attend
this particular presentation,” Olson said. “First, it is a glimpse into the real life/real death world of serial killing from a safe distance. … Second, the presentation will help you understand that what you think about serial killers may not be true.” Olson also plans to strike down some common myths surrounding the complex criminals. “The most common myth about serial killers is that all serial killings are about sex,” Olson said. “This just isn’t true. At the end of the hour, attendees will know at least three other reasons behind serial killing. “[The presentation] will be a discussion about four typologies – reasons, ways and means of killing – serial killers fit into. We will talk about each typology, explore the characteristics that allow killers to fall into these typologies and then give examples of a killer from each typology, including killing and post-death details.” In addition, Olson placed emphasis on the lecture being an easy and fun extra-credit opportunity for some students. A question-and-answer session will follow the lecture, which will allow students and locals to receive additional information relevant to the topic of criminal profiling.
(Photos by Brittany Persun/ The Penn) The Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex housed the Winter Warm-Up Saturday for students to see all the clubs and organizations on campus. (Bottom left) Mu Sigma Upsilon Sorority Incorporated had information for prospective students to learn more about who they are and what they do. (Top right) Ashley Zuchelli (senior, fashion merchandising) and Katie Waite (junior, fashion merchandising) talk to Stuart Frick (freshman, marketing), a prospective student for the Fashion Visual Merchandising Club.
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The community braces the cold for Downtown Indiana’s first Fire and Ice Festival Psychic medium will return to her alma mater for reading hosted by the Paranormal Society By CASEY KELLY
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(Photos by Brittany Persun and Cal Cary/ The Penn) Philadelphia Street was decorated with professionally carved ice sculptures (right) Saturday at Downtown Indiana’s first Fire and Ice Festival. Don Henry (bottom left) handed out samples of his homemade chili for the Chili Cook-Off. Jared McAlister (top left) carved into an ice sculptor at the Downtown Indiana Fire and Ice Festival.
(Photos by Brittany Persun/ The Penn) The Chinese lion dance (left), performed by a professional group from Pittsburgh, was seen at the Chinese New Year celebration in the HUB Ohio Room Friday. IUP President Michael A. Driscoll (top right) gave some words of encouragement during the celebration, and Nien Jung-Tuan (freshman, political science), Hyein Choi (freshman, political science) and Kyeongnam Lim (freshman, English) (bottom right) enjoyed the performances during the Chinese New Year celebration.
Not many Indiana University of Pennsylvania alumni can say they left Indiana and went on to become psychic mediums – but Kitsy Higgins can. Higgins, a graduate from the communications media department, will return for the second time to her alma mater at 7 p.m. Saturday in Keith 130 for a large group reading that will be hosted by the Paranormal Society of IUP. While the event is free, the PSIUP will be collecting donations for the Indiana County Humane Society. Higgins will be available for questions after the reading is over. While she is a psychic now, she did not leave IUP knowing that her spirituality was what would lead her down her “true path in life.” Her first job after graduation was with Yellow Pages. This was followed by various other jobs in the communications field. Higgins then got her master’s degree in business from Waynesburg University and began volunteering at a hospice where she learned about Reiki, a relaxation and stress-reduction technique. “I was working with people who were within a month or even days of passing away,” she said. “In that experience, I learned that our bodies are meant to hold on to every experience we have. I learned a lot of important insights that I now preach.” Higgins said her time at the hospice helped her find what she was supposed to be doing – teaching others to connect with their spirituality, which she now does through her business, Kitsy Higgins, LLC. She said both her IUP and Waynesburg educations have allowed her to connect with her clients on a much deeper level. Higgins said her business motto is
“to help heal the world one person at a time.” When she first started her business, she learned many ways to remove anything in her life that was no longer serving a purpose, which has proved to be a form of stress relief that she now passes on to her clients. “All of us have a passion,” Higgins said. “It’s at some point in your life where you just say, ‘I’m leaving what makes sense for other people, and I’m going with what my heart says.’” The services that Higgins’ business offers are psychic medium readings, spiritual counseling, Reiki sessions, spirit releasement therapy and holistic business consulting. Higgins said her readings reveal only loving, uplifting messages because she does not allow negative spirits to interact with her. She said her spirit guides protect her during readings by working as a liaison between herself and any negative spirits. “Spirits know the things we are lacking in our life,” she said, “so if they can tell you what you are lacking during a reading, that will allow you to have a more fulfilled life.” Higgins said there are four senses that allow her to connect with spirit: hearing, seeing, feeling and knowing. She said that, primarily, spirits produce images and sounds in her brain that allow her to give readings. The sense of “knowing” refers to spirits that plant small pieces of information in a medium’s mind to help with the reading. She also said that everyone has the ability to communicate with spirits; it is just a matter of practicing the skills and focusing on spirituality. “Everyone has it,” Higgins said. “What this is, is intuition, and I’ve just chosen to sharpen my intuition.” Students interested in attending a free psychic medium group reading are able to attend Higgins’ reading Saturday and can visit her website at revkeh.com or her Facebook page.
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Student risk too great to allow more guns on campus By PALM BEACH POST
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The following editorial appeared in the Palm Beach Post on Friday, February 20. True to form, the Republican-controlled Senate Criminal Justice Committee approved separate disaster evacuations and guns-on-campus bills earlier this week. But it is the latter that raises the most concern, and legislators should once again stop it in its tracks. Perhaps we should feel fortunate that the Legislature is even thinking about schools and higher education. After years of paltry funding for our state universities and rising costs of attendance for many Floridians, legislators appear to be concerned about students on campus. Unfortunately, they seem to think that what our schools really need is not more financial support, but more guns. This push for firearms on campus seems based more on ideology than any studies or evidence. News reports of student carelessness with alcohol are common, as is coverage of violence on campus. State universities focus significant resources and help for many students who suffer from stress and depression during what is often an important transitional time in their lives. It is hard to see the
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wisdom of adding concealed weapons to that environment. Not surprisingly, the people and groups most affected by this proposal – the university system’s Board of Governors, university police chiefs and the 12 public universities – have all come out in opposition to the proposed legislation. The Board of Governors, in a diplomatically worded understatement, noted that the new concealed weapons proposal “could create new challenges in our ability to provide a safe and secure learning environment.” The Legislature seems little moved by studies suggesting problems with guns on campus. A Journal of American College Health study showed that twothirds of college students who own guns engage in binge drinking. Students with firearms at college were more likely to report that they took part in activities that not only put them at risk but others, as well. Moreover, that same study found that there were more gun threats at schools that permitted students to carry guns than those that did not. The National Rifle Association and pro-firearms groups vehemently support the legislation. Their chief argument being that it would deter armed “murderers, rapists, terrorists, crazies”
from targeting college campuses, or perhaps prevent a mass shooting by having students or faculty shoot it out with potential threats. There is, of course, no substantial evidence that allowing people to carry concealed weapons on campus will do either. The last time this legislation was seriously considered in 2011, the bill was blocked successfully by then-senator, now Florida State University President John Thrasher. He was moved to oppose the bill after the tragic death of Ashley Cowie, who was accidentally shot in the chest at an FSU fraternity party. “When it comes to guns on campus,” Thrasher, a Republican, said in a statement, “the consequences far outweigh the positives.” Indeed. Rather than creating “a Wild West on campus,” the Legislature should focus on increasing the resources and faculty at our universities. And if lawmakers are truly concerned about campus safety, they should adequately fund mental health services and help our institutions of higher learning find and counsel students in distress. Our colleges and universities have significant challenges in educating and supporting their students. Putting those students’ lives at risk with more unchecked, armed people on campus does not help.
February 24, 2015
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And the Oscar goes to...
The 87th annual Academy Awards premiered Sunday to an audience of only 36.6 million viewers – the lowest viewership since 2009. The spectacle earned a 10.8 rating among adults 18-49, equating to a 17 percent drop from the ratings for the 2014 Academy Awards and the worst the ceremony has done since 2008, according to deadline.com. Has the public tired of the humdrum chatter of the red carpet? It seems that Hollywood, too, has finally tired of the drab “Who are you wearing?” question and spoke up on much more contemporary political and humanitarian issues this Academy Awards. Hollywood starlet Reese Witherspoon was vocal on ditching the tired question all together and took to Instagram to take part in the #AskHerMore movement. Female stars clamored to be asked questions that came from a deeper place than the usual questions about their fancy shoes or designer gown, such as “What’s the biggest risk you’ve taken that you feel has paid off?” or “What potential do filmmakers and characters have to make a change in the world?” Witherspoon was not the only celeb pushing for a more politically aware Academy Awards either – the night was full of them. The evening allowed politically charged celebs to call the American population to action on issues stretching far beyond the red carpet: wage equality, equal rights, immigration and LGBT and veteran suicide rates, among others. After receiving the award for Best Supporting Actress in the film “Boyhood,” Patricia Arquette argued for wage equality for women. “We have fought for everybody else’s equal rights. It’s our time to have wage equality once and for all and women’s rights for everyone in America,” Arquette said. First-time nominee and winner Graham Moore’s (Best Adapted Screenplay, “Imitation Game”) moving acceptance speech discussed his struggles with suicide. “When I was 16, I tried to kill myself because I felt weird and I felt different and I felt like I did not belong,” he said. “I would like this moment to be for the kid out there who feels like she’s weird and different and feels like she doesn’t belong. ... Yes, you do.” Backstage, the actor disclosed that he had decided to use the moment in the spotlight to “say something meaningful.” And that he did. Although these Academy Award ceremonies may have been the lowest viewed since 2009, they deserved to be viewed by the entire country. It was refreshing, to say the least, to watch Hollywood’s best, brightest and richest shed some light on issues that really matter.
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Wet Ink By MARY ROMEO Staff Writer M.E.Romeo@iup.edu
Despite the unusual rain that paid a visit to Los Angeles, the 87th Academy Awards continued on at the Dolby Theater Sunday. The A-list stars rocked the red carpet in shades of red, pink, black, white and, of course, gray. Dakota Johnson, a new actress in Hollywood who played Anastasia Steele from the highly anticipated movie “Fifty Shades of Grey,” was accompanied by her lovely date for the night, her mother, who claimed she probably won’t be going to see her daughter’s film. Johnson wasn’t the only star who brought a parent as a plus-one to the Oscars. Ansel Elgort, Emma Stone and Bradley Cooper were all paired with their mothers. Hosting the event, Neil Patrick Harris commenced the evening with an abnormal, yet entertaining show-tune introduction of the nominees, paired with Anna Kendrick and Jack Black. 2014 was quite a year for movies, with 60 outstanding films up for awards. The Oscars not only recognize the amazing actors of the films, but also the work behind the camera, such as the makeup artists, costume designers, directors, music composers and scriptwriters. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences conducts the voting for the nominees and winners with either an online or paper ballot. The voting starts in December, and is tabulated by PricewaterhouseCoopers. Only two people from the firm know the results until the envelopes are opened during the live telecast, according to the Oscars website. “Birdman,” “Boyhood,” “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” “American Sniper” and “The Imitation Game” swept the show with six or more nominations. J.K. Simmons received the first award of the night for Best Supporting Role in the movie “Whiplash.” “Boyhood,” which took 12 years to film, was nominated for six Oscars but received only one for Patricia Arquette’s
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Black Lives Matter event to give students a voice Wednesday By MARY ROMEO
Staff Writer M.E.Romeo@iup.edu
(TNS) Lady Gaga arrives at the 87th Annual Academy Awards Sunday at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
supporting role. Eddie Redmayne (“The Theory of Everything”) and Julianne Moore (“Still Alice”) received Oscars for Best Lead Actor and Actress. “The Grand Budapest Hotel” won four Oscars in Best Achievement in Costume Design, Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling, Production Design and Best Original Score. Though “The Lego Movie” was not nominated for Best Animated Feature Film, The Lonely Island and Tegan and Sara performed the movie’s theme song “Everything Is Awesome.” Phil Lord, director of “The Lego Movie,” responded to the Oscar snub in January by posting an Oscar award made of Legos on Twitter with the caption, “It’s okay. Made my own!” Several Oscar awards made of Legos were distributed to members of the audience, including Emma Stone, Steve Carell and Oprah, during the song’s performance. “Big Hero Six” walked away with the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film. “How To Train Your Dragon 2,” “The Box Trolls,” “Song of the Sea” and “The Tale of the Princess Kaguya” held the other nominations for the award. Performances by Adam Levine, Rita
Ora, Jennifer Hudson and John Legend and Common were well-recieved at the show, with a standing ovation for Lady Gaga’s “The Hills Are Alive” tribute to Julie Andrews. Lady Gaga was not the only one to awe the crowd and earn a standing ovation. Graham Moore, screenwriter for “The Imitation Game,” gave a heartfelt Oscar award speech of the night. He said: “When I was 16 years old, I tried to kill myself because I felt weird, and I felt different, and I felt like I did not belong. … For that kid out there who feels like she’s weird or she’s different or she doesn’t fit in anywhere: Yes, you do. I promise, you do.” Eight films were nominated for Best Picture: “American Sniper,” “Birdman,” “Boyhood,” “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” “The Imitation Game,” “Selma,” “The Theory of Everything” and “Whiplash.” Best Picture, the last award announced of the night, went to “Birdman,” which also took home Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Cinematography. Based on the awards received Sunday night, “Birdman” and “The Grand Budapest Hotel” are must-see movies of the year.
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Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s first spoken word and poetry gallery, Black Lives Matter, will be held in the Hadley Union Building Delaware Room Wednesday at 8 p.m. Hannah Matthews, coordinator of the event, was inspired to host the poetry gallery in November after the verdicts were made for the Michael Brown and Eric Garner cases. “It was Thanksgiving break when the lack of indictment decision came through for the Michael Brown case,” Matthews said, “and I – like a lot of other people – was upset and incredibly disheartened by the result.” She explained that she had reached out to her mentor, and he suggested a gallery as a way to give people an opportunity to speak their minds in a way other than a protest. Matthews said that she had organized a protest in the past, but she believed a poetry and spoken-word event would be a way for students to express themselves positively and peacefully. “I had wanted to give students the opportunity to express themselves about these issues and give them a platform to do that,” Matthews said. In addition to Matthews, IUP NAACP, Alpha Phi Alpha and Floetry will be coordinating the event. “My boss told me about a group on
campus called Floetry and that they were planning an event very similar,” Matthews said. “So, I contacted the group to see if we could put our ideas together, and we’ve been collaborating from then on.” Because Floetry is a student-based group on campus for actors, writers and poets, they were able to contact and arrange many of the participants for Wednesday night. Approximately 20 student acts will perform at the gallery, including poetry, spoken word, two singers and a rapper. “Poetry and spoken word can be interchangeable,” Matthews said. “But I think spoken word is when poetry leaves the page and becomes a performance.” Matthews said she will be performing a poem of her own and will be participating in another act at the event. NAACP will be planning a collaborative march with minority organizations that will represent a stand and response to inequality. “Our event is called Black Lives Matter, but that doesn’t mean it’s limited,” she said. “When we say that, we don’t mean black lives matter more. We just mean they need to be valued as much as everyone else’s.” “We’re trying to insight a response and push for change,” she said. “This event isn’t just a performance, or an open mic or talent show. We want it to serve a purpose on this campus to ignite the fire for change.”
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‘The Money Store’ debuts from Death Grips By ANDREW MILLIKEN Lead Wet Ink Writer A.P.Milliken@iup.edu
Insanity, murder and wearing faces like Yamakas are everyday topics for the noisy, macabre band Death Grips on its major label debut, “The Money Store.” The California-based hip-hop trio, which made waves in 2011 when it released its mixtape “Exmilitary” for free via online streaming sources, has returned with a vengeance to deliver a pulse-pounding, adrenaline-fueled, primal force of an album. From the glitchy, frenetic beat on the album’s opener, “Get Got,” Death Grips makes it clear that the listener is in for a singular trip through the hellish minds of its members, rapper MC Ride (Stefan Burnett), producer Flatlander (Andy Morin) and one of the most aggressive drummers currently making music, Zach Hill. While “Get Got” features the brutal, complex instrumentals fans have come to expect from Death Grips, Burnett’s voice is unusually calm for a rapper whose trademark is his vocal-cordshredding intensity. The rest of the album, however, features Burnett and the rest of Death Grips in full swing. “The Fever (Aye Aye)” provides the second punch to the album’s opener by being bigger, louder and more abrasive. The first seconds resemble a siren growing closer until the sound erupts into Burnett’s verse. “Sprayin’ execution, witch fingernails clawin’ through em/ crawlin’ through them tunnels losing touch with everything I’m doin’/ (yells) mass confusion,” raps Burnett over Flatlander’s heavy beat and drums so harsh you can’t help but feel sorry for the sticks. The chorus of “The Fever” is just devastating, with Hill transitioning into a half-time feel and the ear worm of a hook blasting its way into your brain. On first listen, the hooks and instrumentals are the most memorable parts of “The Money Store.” Death Grips expertly creates drops so satisfying you’ll swear that you’re actually enjoying song after song about violent crimes, sexual deviance and mental dysfunction. The beats also keep changing right in the middle of the tracks, as on “Punk
Weight,” when the first instrumental heard abruptly cuts to the beat used for the rest of the song with no warning or tempo relationship. This manic, unpredictable element to “The Money Store” helps keep one of the most energetic bands ever recorded at full tilt for the album’s entire runtime, a trim 41:08 for 13 tracks. Instrumentally, the album is fast, loud and unforgiving, pairing so well with the vocals that Burnett’s voice sounds more like an extension of the band’s noise rather than a separate instrument. Burnett’s lyrics have always been dense, cryptic and so completely over the top that it borders on ridiculous, and the rest of “The Money Store” is no exception. Mainstream hip-hop lyrics usually focus either on straightforward narrative or self-promotion, but Death Grips is not concerned with either of these approaches or anything mainstream for that matter. Burnett’s words come off more like the ramblings of a violent madman than anything else. Anyone attempting to find narrative structures on “The Money Store” will end up in tears or in Bedlam. Their lyrics are not total nonsense, however. The band’s dark language is intended to paint a picture rather than explain it. That picture, however, is horrifying and divisive. Death Grip’s music is not for everyone, but a genuine outlet for the emotions of its members. “Nothing about the creative or the musical aspects of the group are at all forced or contrived; it’s all very natural,” Hill said in an interview with The Skinny, a cultural magazine based in the United Kingdom. “Empowering music,” Hill said, “I guess is what I would say, for our own benefit, and for our own mental health.” “The Money Store” contains music so polarizing that you’ll either bang your head and revel in the sadistic glee of music that may be destroying your mental health as it improves the band’s or dismiss Death Grips as noisy garbage. However you react to Death Grips, its three cigarette-devouring, angry, gaunt Californians have made a thrill ride of an album that is almost guaranteed to profoundly affect the listener, and this is more than can be said for many current, mainstream artists.
‘Soldier’s Heart’ brings an emotional drama to IUP
Photos by Nick Dampman/ The Penn) Above: Chelsea Kikel (senior, theater) and Katie Leonard (sophomore, theater) performed as Margie and Casey in “Soldier’s Heart” at Waller Hall Sunday. Right: Leonard and Matthew Smith (senior, theater) as Baines dramatically took to the stage Sunday.
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Ugbede’s double-double thrusts IUP over UPJ By CODY BENJAMIN and VAUGHN DALZELL The Penn Staff the-penn@iup.edu
Devante Chance (senior, communications media) and Daddy Ugbede (junior, communications media) combined to score more than 40 points for the Crimson Hawks Saturday, and the Indiana University of Pennsylvania men’s basketball team powered past the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown in a 78-65 win. Chance, who had 21 points and four assists in a full 40 minutes of action, said Ugbede’s first career double-double came at an opportune time, helping lift IUP to its second consecutive victory and sweep Pitt-Johnstown on the year. “Daddy and I were able to put some shots up,” Chance said, “and he was just scoring and rebounding so well that he made a huge difference in the game.” Ugbede, who had 10 rebounds in 21 minutes and reached the 20-point mark
for the second time in three games, helped make up for IUP’s lack of success beyond the arc, as the Crimson Hawks converted just three of 17 3-point shots, but notched 40 points in the paint. “I just try to be aggressive and play our team-type of game and go with the flow of the game,” Ugbede said. Shawn Dyer (graduate, criminology), who had nine points for IUP in the team’s second-to-last game of the regular season, said it will be important for the Crimson Hawks to keep Ugbede involved in offensive strategies moving forward. “We have to make it an emphasis to feed him the ball,” Dyer said. “Especially in tourney time. He is a beast, and I don’t think anyone can stop him.” Ugbede and IUP did have some trouble, however, when it came to defending Pitt-Johnstown’s Ian Vescovi, whose numbers have ranked atop the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference for much of the season. Vescovi had 28 points in a losing effort for UPJ. The Crimson Hawks did have several scoring streaks to help limit Vescovi’s impact. Runs of 10-0 and 8-2 in the
second half put IUP on track for its 13-point victory. Foul-shooting success didn’t hurt, either. While Pitt-Johnstown hit on 13 of 20 shots from the charity stripe, the Crimson Hawks converted all but two of 21 free throws, adding to a 47.5-percent shooting percentage from the field. In contrast, UPJ managed to connect on 39 percent of its shots. Also contributing to IUP’s win was Jeremy Jeffers (senior, communications media), who added 10 points and went 3-of-4 from the free-throw line. With one regular-season game remaining, IUP (22-5, 16-5 in the PSAC) sits in third place in the PSAC West, behind Gannon University (19-8, 174) and Mercyhurst University (20-7, 17-5), both of which have defeated the Crimson Hawks this season. IUP will close its season Wednesday in a 7:30 p.m. matchup with Clarion University (9-15, 6-14) at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex. The game will serve not only as a precursor to the impending PSAC tournament but also as senior night for the Crimson Hawks’ veteran players.
Daddy Ugbede, left, powers ahead for IUP.
(Daniel Kirby/ The Penn)
IUP swimming garners top-five finishes at PSAC Championships Crimson Hawks men post 663 total points, the best total for IUP in 15 years By MICHAEL KIWAK Lead Sports Writer M.T.Kiwak@iup.edu
On the final day of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Championships, Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s men’s and women’s swimming secured themselves top-five finishes, thanks to some standout individual performances. The men claimed second place with 663 total points, SWIMMING making it the best finish the team has seen in the last 15 years. It just trumps last year’s performance,
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when the team finished third. The women fell behind Bloomsburg and West Chester universities to finish in third place with 511.5 points. Both of West Chester’s teams maintained their leads throughout the entire four-day duration of the competition. All in all, the Crimson Hawks recorded two first-place finishes, three school records and 34 total NCAA BCut qualifying times. The two first-place finishes came courtesy of Brandon Hopkins (senior, exercise science) and Yuri Fernandes (junior, computer science). Hopkins recorded a 15:40.28, a qualifying time, in the 1,650-yard freestyle to secure his placing, which was
seven seconds faster than the secondplace finisher. Hopkins also broke IUP’s 1,000 freestyle record earlier in the competition. Fernandes, a Brazil native who is in his first year at IUP, earned his placing in the 100-yard freestyle with a qualifying time of 45.69. He also walked away from the weekend with two new school records in the 200 and 400 individual medleys. Other performances on the men’s side included those of Alex Plimpton (junior, accounting), Rudy Da Costa (graduate, accounting), Andrew Richey (sophomore, applied mathematics) and Paul Singerman (junior, physics). Plimpton finished with a qualifying
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time and a fourth-place finish the 1,650 free, completing the event in 16:00.64. Da Costa qualified for the 200-yard backstroke with a 1:50.94, which also got him a third-place finish. Richey and Singerman, in cohesion with Da Costa and Fernandes, formed the 400-freestyle relay team that finished third in the race. The team finished one second shy of a qualifying time. For the women, Paige Spradling (sophomore, biology) recorded the best finish during the competition. She finished second in the 200yard breaststroke with a B-Cut worthy 2:19.51. Laura Silva (senior, operational management) finished third in the 200 back-
stroke with a qualifying time of 2:03.33, and Taylor Snyder (senior, family and consumer science) recorded seventh place in the 100-yard free style. Barcelona, Spain, native Beatriz Gonzalez (freshman, business) qualified in the 1,650 free with a 17:38.74, which was good for 10th place. Finally, the 400-yard free team of Synder, Aniella Janosky (sophomore, accounting), Gabriella Guttman (senior, exercise) and Allie Humphries (senior, disability services) finished third in the event with a qualifying time of 3:31.75. Those who qualified will return to the pool one last time this season to compete in the NCAA Championships March 11 in Indianapolis.
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IUP’s Stamp values success on and off the court By JED JOHNSON Contributing Writer J.N.Johnson3@iup.edu
Few athletes would deny that teamwork is one of the most important aspects of sports. Basketball is no exception to this rule, as evidenced by the Indiana University of Pennsylvania women’s squad. IUP leads the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference in assists-pergame with 18.95. They also have the PSAC’s second highest scoring offense at 77 points-pergame and boast the top-ranked defense at 57.2 points-pergame. Many players figure into a team’s overall success on the court; however, Lindsay Stamp (senior, criminology) stands out as a dynamic player who has carried the team both statistically and motivationally this season. Stamp said that this year’s squad has been “better than any other year [she’s]
been a part of,” and she has certainly made her fair share of contributions to a nationally ranked unit. Stamp leads the squad and the entire PSAC in points per game at 19.6. Holding a top-five spot in IUP’s alltime record books for scoring average and 3-point percentage. Stamp could have integral implications in the Crimson Hawks’ potential playoff run in the coming weeks. Stamp has an imposing presence inside the paint, as well, leading the squad in rebounds with 192. Stamp has also mentioned that her versatility is undoubtedly the highlight of her game. She said she is comfortable doing nearly everything on offense – whether it is filling in a role as a guard or a small forward, going inside or attacking from the perimeter. When Stamp graduates from IUP, she plans to attend graduate school so she will have more options in the criminology field. Earlier this month, Stamp was named a Capitol One Academic AllDistrict recipient, which is an award
No. 46 Crimson Hawks top Oberlin in 8-1 victory By JAKE ENDERS Staff Writer J.G.Enders@iup.edu
The Indiana University of Pennsylvania women’s tennis team continued its strong start to the regular season Saturday afternoon in northern Ohio, defeating Oberlin College by an 8-1 score. Oberlin, currently ranked 32nd nationally in NCAA Division III, proved TENNIS to be a somewhat stiffer test for the Crimson Hawks than their last opponent, Seton Hill. However, IUP still encountered little resistance in rolling to eight-straight victories to crush the Yeowomen. Tanya Timko (senior, psychology) once again led the charge, winning 6-4, 6-1 in the No. 1 singles spot. Timko’s singles victory, the 73rd of
her career, pushed her into a tie with 2013 graduate and former teammate Emilia Osborne for second all-time in program history. She needs just nine more wins to pass Katie Eaton – also a 2013 graduate – and become IUP’s career leader in singles victories. IUP dropped the first game, as Timko and Abby McCormick (senior) fell in the No. 1 doubles spot. The Crimson Hawks rebounded in fine style, though. Jarmila Petercakova (sophomore, human development and environmental studies) and Raquel Gonzalez (sophomore, management) winning 8-4 in the No. 2 doubles spot.
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reserved for student-athletes starting on a varsity level who have maintained a GPA of 3.30, have acquired sophomore athletic and academic standing and have been nominated by the athlete’s sports information director. Her mantra is to focus on basketball when she’s at team functions, yet focus solely on academics when she’s away from the court. In regard to losses, Stamp said, “You don’t learn when it’s easy; you have to learn from the hard times.” This attitude, she said, emanates throughout the locker room, which is a key aspect of the team’s resiliency. Stamp believes her most memorable moment is one that will happen in the future. She expects the NCAA tournament this year to be something that she will remember for the rest of her life. Regardless of how this season concludes for IUP, Lindsay Stamp could – and likely will – be revered in the IUP community for her dedication to academics and athletics, something that is not easily attainable without a strong sense of drive or the sense of teamwork that often goes overlooked.
Lindsay Stamp (senior, criminology) takes the court.
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February 24, 2015
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Trade talks heating IUP qualifies at Kent State Tune-Up up at NHL deadline By JED JOHNSON
By DANIEL KIRBY Contributing Writer D.J.Kirby@iup.edu
Only one week before the NHL trade deadline, trade rumors are starting to heat up. With a couple of major trades already completed this season, the trade market looks to become very busy in the next two weeks. With several teams still in the middle of a playoff race, a few have surfaced as buyers and sellers at the trade deadline. Teams like Toronto, Carolina, Edmonton, New Jersey, Buffalo and a few others have become involved at the deadline. With recent trades like David Perron going to the Penguins, Mike Santorelli and Cody Franson going to the Predators and the Sabres and Jets swapping Evander Kane and Tyler Myers, the prices have been set for players that are on the block. Some of the most talked about players left are still waiting to hear if they will be moved before the deadline. Forwards Daniel Winnik (Toronto), Jaromir Jagr (New Jersey) and Antoine Vermette (Arizona) and defensemen Zbynek Michalek (Arizona), Andrej Sekera (Carolina) and Jeff Petry (Edmonton) seem to be gaining the most attention around the league. For most teams, with the exception of the Predators, one of the biggest problems is the salary cap space that is available to be able to acquire players before the deadline hits March 2. Teams like Pittsburgh, which doesn’t have much cap space at all, are looking for both forwards and defensemen, and they will have to give up something in order to get quality players in return. In cases like Winnik, the price has been raised and is still rising. The Maple Leafs are looking for a second-round draft pick and a prospect to acquire his talents. Although teams are sometimes hesitant to pull the trigger on deals such as the proposed Winnik move, there are assuredly still plenty of teams calling and making inquiries. On a more interesting note, Phil Kessel has been gaining plenty of attention from areas around the league. The Maple Leafs are looking to trade
him either before the deadline or before the upcoming draft to get assets, get draft picks and remove his $8-million cap hit from the books in Toronto. Sekera is probably the most soughtafter defensemen since Franson was traded. The thing about Sekera is that it’s still a little unclear if he will be available. Since his name first hit the rumor mill, the Hurricanes have been trying to sign him to a contract extension. And with two weeks left before the trade deadline, it looks like he will be dealt. A deal could be even more likely because of how Carolina would benefit from it. By making a trade, the club would be able to obtain some form of compensation for Sekra. Calgary Flames forward Curtis Glencross has been in contract negotiations for some time now, but it doesn’t look like a deal will be made any time soon, and the Flames are looking to move him before the deadline. Glencross and a couple other players have no trade clauses within their contract and can waive them. He recently submitted a list of teams for which he would waive his clause. On another note, the Pittsburgh Penguins are making some news with their reported recent interest in bringing back former player Jordan Staal. Staal was part of the Stanley Cup team in 2009 and was later traded in 2012 to the Hurricanes for Brandon Sutter, Brian Dumoulin and first-round draft-pick Derrick Pouliot after rejecting a 10-year deal from Pittsburgh.
Contributing Writer J.N.Johnson3@iup.edu
The indoor track regular season concluded Saturday for Indiana University of Pennsylvania at the Kent State TuneUp with the Crimson Hawks participating against a multitude of universities from Division I, II and III athletics. A number of rivals from the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference participated alongside IUP in this contest, TRACK & FIELD including Slippery Rock University, California University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro University and Clarion University. Unlike some of the other schools at the competition, IUP did not win any given event outright. However, eight Crimson Hawks athletes performed well enough to qualify for PSAC times. As was the case last week, IUP tended to place better in the field events as opposed to the track events. Elizabeth Coppella (freshman, kine-
siology health & sport science) placed second in the women’s unseeded pole vault. With her performance, Coppella built on her third-place finish for IUP at the Division II Team Challenge hosted by SPIRE Sports Academy two weeks ago. Jennifer Dibert (sophomore, human development and environmental studies) followed suit with a strong thirdplace performance. Jumper Brooke Smay (sophomore, safety sciences) had a strong showing for the women’s program, as well, with a fourth-place showing in the women’s long jump and a PSAC-qualifying standard of roughly 37 feet. On the men’s side, Charles WilsonAdams (freshman) had the highest placing with a fourth-place result in the high jump, surpassing the PSAC standard with a roughly 6-foot-6 jump. Demetrius Timmons (freshman, computer science) and Jeremy Claypoole (junior, kinesiology health & sport science) also performed relatively well in the long jump events, finishing fifth and eighth, respectively. Only two athletes placed in the
track events. Troy Zangaro (senior, marketing) placed seventh in the men’s 200-meter event with a PSAC-qualifying time of 22.4. Austin Cooper (freshman, accounting) also performed above the PSAC standard with a seventh-place showing in the mile run, finishing with a qualifying time of 4:18.57. Raymond Ofman (redshirt junior, kinesiology health & sport science) also recorded a PSAC-qualifying time of 4:20.45. The IUP men’s A and B relay squads placed ninth and 16th, respectively, in the only relay for men on the schedule, the 4x400-meter relay. The IUP women’s program did not participate in any relay events at the competition. The men’s and women’s programs will participate in the PSAC Championships from Feb. 28 to March 1 at the Mike Zafirovski Dome in Edinboro. If IUP qualifies, it will then compete at the three-day NCAA Indoor Championships competition, which will be held in Birmingham, Ala., from March 12-14.
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