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IUP Libraries plan events for National Library Week By CASEY KELLY Lead News Writer C.E.Kelly2@iup.edu
The Indiana University of Pennsylvania Libraries are celebrating National Library Week Friday through Friday, April 17, with a variety of events, games and giveaways to support the national theme for the week, “Unlimited possibilities @ your library.” “National Library Week is a time to pause and ponder the engagement, promotion and awareness of [students’] campus library and its many resources available to them as students,” said organizer Casey Sirochman, member of the Library Marketing, Outreach and Advocacy Committee. To kick things off Friday, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., the library will be offering a writing for publication workshop called Publishing Coffee House across from Java City. Dr. Theresa McDevitt, an IUP librarian and women’s studies professor, said IUP librarians will be available to students writing for publication to help them through individual consultations. “Writing for publication is increasingly important for new and established scholars, but getting started … can be challenging,” McDevitt said in a Wednesday email interview. “The library is here to help.” Coffee and cookies will be provided at the workshop, and everyone is welcome to attend. On Saturday, students will be able to participate in the Tabletop Game-a-thon across from Java City from 11:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Heather Kwolek (sophomore, psychology), president of the Tabletop Gaming Club, said the club is celebrating International Tabletop Day, Saturday. “We always try to have a mix of beginner games and more advanced games, strategy games and more luck-based games and cooperative and competitive games,” Kwolek said. “We also generally try to have some different games there
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every week – ones that people may not have seen before.” Some of the games students can expect to see are Carcassonne, Splendor, Ticket to Ride, Ascension, Coup, Hanabi, Avalon, Resistance, Innovation, Timeline, Istanbul, 7 Wonders, Sushi go and Kind of Tokyo. The first attraction Monday is a cookie giveaway for students who participate in various surveys. There will be a table set up near the front entrance of the library from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Then, from 7:30 to 11 p.m. another Tabletop game event will take place across from Java City. For students who are struggling with keeping their bank accounts at a comfortable dollar amount, a seminar titled “Improving your Financial Health” could be the answer. The seminar will be from 5 to 6 p.m. Wednesday in Stabley Library room 201. After the seminar ends, students can get some homework done while waiting for the third Tabletop game event of the week, which will take place from 7:30 to 11 p.m. across from Java City. On Friday, April 17, the library is hosting “Finish Strong @ IUP Libraries” from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Suites on Maple East lobby. “I will be on hand to offer any research assistance students might need, invite them to play a library game related to academic success and provide information on how the library helps students finish strong during this stressful time of the year,” she said. In addition to providing helpful tips for how to “finish strong” this semester, McDevitt will also provide students in attendance with a short survey to complete to help the library better understand what IUP students want to see from them. Those who complete the survey will be entered into a drawing for library giveaways. In conjunction with Public Relations Student Society of America, the library
National Library Week Schedule - Publishing Coffee House Across from Java City - Table Top Game-a-thon Across from Java City - Student Surveys & Cookie Giveaway Near front entrance - Table Top Game Event Across from Java City - Improving your Financial Health Stabley 201 - Table Top Game Event Across from Java City - Finish Strong @ IUP Libraries Suites on Maple East Lobby - Social Media Sundae: What’s your flavor? HUB Allegheny Room - Music in the Orendorff Music Library Commons Cogswell Music Building, Room 101
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Ongoing weekly events ~ win prizes: Surveys/ Drawings/Giveaways all week TBA via IUP Libraries Twitter& Facebook PowerPoint Poster Contest – Deadline: Wednesday 4/15/15 at 9:00am. Twitter Bingo – Deadline: Friday 3/17/15 by 5pm.
will be hosting “Social Media Sundae: What’s Your Flavor?” from 2 to 4 p.m. Friday, April 17, in the Hadley Union Building Allegheny Room. The event will feature four panelist speakers: Dr. Luis Almeida, communications media professor; Dr. John Lowery, department of student affairs in higher education chairman; Emily Smith, IUP’s assistant director of communications and social media; and Ellen Matis, the Indiana Gazette’s digital media coordinator. The panel portion of the event, with questions about many aspects of social media, will last until 3 or 3:30 p.m., and the remaining time will be dedicated to networking and enjoying ice cream sundaes.
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The last event of the week is “Music in the Orendorff Music Library Commons” at 7 p.m. Friday, April 17, in Cogswell Hall room 101. The event will feature Grist for the Mill, a “back-porch swing” band that has performed at various locations in the Indiana area. The band members are Patti Holmes on lead vocals; Al Craigie, jazz guitar; IUP journalism professor David Loomis, guitar and vocals; Bob Bonnet, guitar, vocals, harmonica, rhythm eggs and djembe; and IUP music professor and music librarian Carl Rahkonen, string bass. In addition to these events, there are many ongoing events throughout the week that give students the opportunity to win prizes. Surveys, drawings and
giveaways will take place all week and can be followed on the library’s social media (Facebook and Twitter). The PowerPoint poster contest requires students to create a PowerPoint slide explaining the possibilities available at IUP Libraries. Prizes are a $50 Co-op Store gift card for first place, a $25 Co-op Store gift card for second place and $25 in Flex dollars for both third and fourth place. The deadline for the contest is Wednesday at 9 a.m. Twitter bingo is a completely online game that will be ongoing throughout the entire NLW. Using the hashtag #NLWIUP15, participants will have the opportunity to learn and express their thoughts about IUPLibraries.
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• Lauren Murphy, 22, of Pittsburgh, was observed stumbling and staggering to the point that she fell off the sidewalk and onto the roadway of Pratt Drive at 2:43 a.m. April 3, according to Indiana University of Pennsylvania Police Department. Murphy was cited for public drunkenness, police said. • James Orr, 19, of Waterford, was driving and then was stopped by borough police for a traffic violation at 7:14 p.m. March 21 in the 100 block of South Sixth Street, according to borough police. Orr was arrested for DUI, underage drinking and several traffic violations, police said.
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DRUG VIOLATIONS
• Nicholas Liberty, 19, of Beaver Falls, was found to be in possession of drug paraphernalia during a police-conducted traffic stop on a vehicle at 9:12 p.m. March 30 near Wallwork Hall, according to university police. Liberty was the passenger of the vehicle. Liberty was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, police said. • University police reported observing four individuals smoking marijuana at 12:57 a.m. April 7 in front of Memorial Field House. William Holt, 19, of Nellysford, Va., was charged with possession of a small amount of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia, according to university police. Warren Geither, 19, of Butler, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, police said.
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• Connor Joyce, 20, of Gren Moore, and Jonathan Kim, 19, of East Stroudsburg, was observed fighting at 1:09 a.m. April 4 in the 200 block of South Seventh Street by Indiana Borough Police Department officers. Kim resisted arrest and assaulted the officer trying to take him into custody, police said. Kim was subdued with OC spray and was taken into custody. Kim was charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, simple assault, public drunkenness, underage drinking and harassment, according to borough police. Joyce was taken into custody without incident, but was found to have marijuana in his possession, police said. He was charged with possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, underage drinking and harassment, according to police. Police also reported that a bystander watching the fight, Derek Papakie, 25, of Brush Valley, became disorderly and refused to leave the area. Papakie was taken into custody and charged with with failure of a disorderly person to disperse, disorderly conduct and public drunkenness, according to police.
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• Humzah Bashir, 18, of West Chester, was cited with retail theft and underage drinking at 12:19 a.m. April 5 at Sheetz, 768 Wayne Ave., according to borough police. • Zachary Drobeck, 21, of Indiana; Brett Hodge, 20, of Indiana; and Brandon Cassidy, 18, of Indiana, were charged with theft-related offenses after police determined they had stolen items from unlocked vehicles parked in the area of South Third Street and Grant Street at 3:19 a.m. March 20, according to borough police.
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• Jonathan Ward, 20, of Philadelphia; Tyreese Butcher, 18, of Darby; Hassan Edge, 20, of Philadelphia; Jerry Riobe, 19, of Philadelphia; Dervin Buckery, 20, of Philadelphia; and Gimmy Matador, 20, of Philadelphia, were cited with disorderly conduct at 12:55 a.m. April 5 in the Carriage House parking lot, 1300 Oakland Ave., after borough police were called to the scene for a reported disturbance, according to borough police. Ward was also found to be in possession of marijuana and pills that were not prescribed to him, police said. Ward was also charged with possession of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and underage drinking, the report said. • Samuel J. Sarvas, 19, of Bethel Park, was arrested and charged with criminal mischief and disorderly conduct after police determined Sarvas had kicked in his roommate’s door during a verbal altercation at 9:38 a.m. March 27 on the first floor of Delaney Hall, according to university police.
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(Photos by Daniel Kirby/ The Penn) The 2015 Undergraduate Scholars Forum took place in the Hadley Union Building Tuesday. The forum provided students a place to display their scholarly undergraduate work, essays and presentations. Students from all majors were invited to present their accepted works, with a juried art exhibit from both undergraduate as well as graduate students taking place Wednesday.
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Women’s salary negotiation workshop scheduled shops learns the personal consequences of the gender wage gap to a college Contributing Writer graduate, the resources for benchmarkK.J.Ledgard@iup.edu ing the salary and benefits for the parThe Women’s Programs and the ticular job she wants when she graduates President’s Commission on the Status from college, the basic elements of salof Women are hosting the “$tart $mart” ary negotiations Salary Negotiation and the bareWorkshop, from 5 bones budget she to 8 p.m. Wedneswill need to pay day, April 22, in rent,” Drew said. Wallwork G89 The event has training lab. been held for The workshop multiple years on is designed to give campus. college women the The workskills and confishop is typically dence they need to sponsored by the earn equal pay and President’s Combenefits in the workmission on the place. Status of Women Alisia Drew, asin the spring. sistant director of “Our goal is the Health AWAREto hold at least ness and Women’s one workshop a Program, encoursemester,” Drew ages both men and said. women to attend She said that Alisia Drew the workshop. The (Assistant -Director this workshop of Health AWAREness cost of the event is and Women’s Programs) is important to free, but space is hold because limited. “pay equity is “We try to cap each workshop at 30 still a genuine concern for women.” participants so that the workshop can “Pay equity means equal pay for be engaging rather than lecture-style,” work of equal value,” Drew said. Drew said in an email interview. “It is the fundamental human right “$tart $mart” was developed by the of all workers to be paid wages that are American Association of University free of the systematic discrimination Women to address the gender wage gap. that values an individual’s work less than The workshop will teach salary-nego- that of another based on gender or race.” tiation skill building, what the wage gap Any student is permitted to attend means and what the salary and benefits the workshop but must sign up and should be for women in the workplace. confirm their attendance by emailing “Every participant in these work- womens-programs@iup.edu.
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“It is the human right of all workers to be paid wages that are free of the systematic discrimination that values an individual’s work less than that of another based on gender or race”
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Art student receives award for club involvement By STEPHANIE BACHMAN Staff Writer S.L.Bachman2@iup.edu
As co-presidents of the Indiana University of Pennsylvania chapter of the National Art Education Association, Kathryn Close (junior, art education) and Andrea Petrillo (senior, studio art) traveled to New Orleans to accept the 2015 Outstanding Student Chapter Award. The Retired Art Educators Affiliate, which is part of NAEA, sponsors and judges the award. IUP’s chapter was chosen by RAEA as the winner of the 2015 award from among applications all across the country. Various chapters are judged on different criteria, such as the organization’s advocacy activities, community service activities, professional development activities and presentations from chapter members. Petrillo described what it was like to win the award after years of applying, but not being recognized. “From providing our members with opportunities for professional development and community outreach,” Petrillo said, “it feels like we qualified every
year but never seemed to get the application just right. “In this application, we were more confident in the activities that we had done and talked about how what we were doing was benefiting our members and community,” she said. “I think that recognizing what we are getting out of these events helped us in earning national recognition.” Close was also able to detail her thoughts on receiving the award and how it felt to be recognized nationally. “It was such an honor receiving the 2015 Outstanding Student Chapter Award,” Close said. “To be recognized nationally for our accomplishments was so rewarding. “It is a reminder that we are on the right track, and our hard work is paying off.” IUP NAEA’s mission is to allow the student chapter members the opportunity to gain experience through teaching and planning art events before graduating and going off to teach. Some activities and community service opportunities the IUP NAEA did that helped them win the award included bringing in guest speakers, volunteering to teach art at the Salvation Army, presenting at the national NAEA
conference, teaching workshops to local schools and the annual Chalk the Walk in the Oak Grove. Petrillo summed up what her experience has been like with IUP NAEA as she moved through the ranks, from being a general member to co-president. “Being president of IUP NAEA has been exciting,” she said. “I’ve been a member since my freshman year, and I had always been active in the organization. “I have always been more interested in planning the events and providing our members with opportunities than actually teaching. All of my experience with NAEA has given me a nice foundation in community development.” As Close prepares for her final year at IUP, she offered advice for other students – especially art and education majors – about making the most of their time at IUP. “Meet new people,” Close said. “Go outside your comfort zone, and introduce yourself to [others]. Don’t be afraid to ask questions: That’s what professors are here for. Sit next to someone who is better than you; you will push yourself so much harder. Most of all, have fun and enjoy your time left at IUP because it will fly by.”
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Meal plan prices announced for 2015-16 academic year By LAUREN KROMER Contributing Writer L.K.Kromer@iup.edu
Whether it is day or night, students are always on a quest to find a meal on campus. The upcoming school year is bringing a fresh update to an old food court. The new Folger Food Court will be completed in time for the approaching fall semester. It will offer a variety of food choices, including a high-end sandwich shop, cultural favorites from the Mongolian Grill and a nostalgic ice cream shop. The retail space will feature Great Wraps, a quick-service restaurant featuring hot wraps, cheesesteaks, bowls and platters. Folger will also feature a produce market so students can grab fresh fruit and vegetables, all conveniently on campus. They will also serve breakfast. Folger’s main point is to prepare the food in front of the customer. The dining stations will all feature the guest being able to view their food, said Richard Iams, Aramark’s resident district manager. The hours for Folger are the same as
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19 meals per week + $200 flex: $1,565 19 meals per week + $300 flex: $1,665 14 meals per week: $1,290 14 meals per week + $300 flex: $1,590 10 meals per week + $300 flex: $1,536 165 meals per semester + $300 flex: $1,585
Foster Dining Hall: Monday to Friday 7 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. The Crimson Café, Foster, the HUB Rock II and Folger will all be open during the 2015-16 school year. The North Dining Hall is currently in the design phase and is set to be completed for the 2017 academic year. It will feature similar innovative display cooking. The bakery from Foster will be moved into the North Dining Hall and will be at the front of house so it can be viewed by guests. Students living on campus are re-
quired to purchase a meal plan, and students living off-campus can purchase one as well. Using the 2013-14 and the 2015-16 academic year prices for both meal plan options involving 19 meals a week with $300 in Flex, prices have increased 7.4 percent, or $115. For the same plan but with $200 in Flex, the $115 increase results in a 7.93 percent change. Using the same years to analyze a plan with 14 meals, prices have increased $109, or 9.23 percent. The cost of 14 meals and $300 Flex also increased $109, or 7.36 percent.
(Photos courtesy of the 1985 Oak) Fraternities and sororities participated in Greek Week, which included tug-ofwar, volleyball and frisbee football. (Top) Phi Mu and Theta Chi were the overall champions of the week. (Middle) Sigma Kappa and Theta Xi posed at the end of their medley performance. (Bottom) Sigma Nu defended their tug-of-war title.
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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev convicted in Boston Marathon bombing By RICHARD A. SERRANO Tribune Washington Bureau TNS
BOSTON – For a city still traumatized by the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil since 9/11, the 30 guilty verdicts announced Wednesday against Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev offered a moment of closure and unity. The next phase of the trial, when a seven-woman, five-man federal jury decides how to punish the young Russian immigrant, could prove more painful and divisive given the stark differences in the community between those who want Tsarnaev put to death and those opposed to capital punishment. But for survivors of that chaotic, bloody day in April 2013 – when twin explosions killed three people and wounded more than 260 others – the government’s victory in winning convictions on all counts against Tsarnaev provided a chance to come together in shared grief and resolve. At the race finish line on Boylston Street on Wednesday, someone left four yellow roses – one for each victim of the blast and another for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer killed during the search for Tsarnaev and his older brother, Tamerlan. “Justice has been served today,” said Dic Donohue, a Boston transit officer who was wounded in the shootout between the Tsarnaevs and police. “We have again shown as a society that terrorism will not prevail.” Tsarnaev, 21, thin, tousle-haired and lightly bearded, stood in the federal courtroom in Boston for a half-hour as the clerk read all 31 pages of the jury’s verdict form in a steady, droning voice, reciting the word “guilty” over and over. But Tsarnaev showed little interest in the proceedings. He sometimes scratched his neck or cracked his knuckles and always looked away from the jury box. A few jurors, by contrast, glared at him. And when U.S. District Judge George A. O’Toole Jr. asked if their verdicts were unanimous, all of the jurors responded in one loud, clear voice: “Yes.” Then a cadre of U.S. marshals in suits and ties surrounded Tsarnaev, who was dressed in a dark sports coat, and ushered him out a side door and back to jail. Bombing survivor Karen Brassard said afterward that she was not surprised by Tsarnaev’s lack of emotion, calling his demeanor during the trial “arrogant” and “disinterested.” If he had expressed remorse during the reading of the verdicts, she said, “I wouldn’t have bought it.”
The counts against Tsarnaev included conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction at the annual racing event and murdering four people, including rookie MIT Police Officer Sean Collier. The two pressure-cooker bombs were filled with nails, metal shards and BBs, shrapnel that shredded victims’ flesh. Krystle Campbell, 28, Lingzi Lu, 23, and Martin Richard, 8, were killed in the blast. Seventeen others lost one or both legs. On the streets of Boston, which endured another wicked blast of sleet and ice Wednesday, the verdict was welcome news. One shop window was painted with a sign reading, “B Strong,” a reference to a group of survivors and supporters calling themselves “Boston Strong.” “I may be standing on one fake leg, but I’m standing stronger than ever,” said Rebekah Gregory DiMartino, who lost her left leg in the blasts and testified during the trial. She spoke on television to reporters outside her Texas home. In Boston, U.S. Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz appeared optimistic that the trial would result in the government’s first death sentence in a terrorism case since the 9/11 attack. “We are focused on the work that remains to be done,” she said. Leaving the courtroom, defense lawyers brushed past reporters. Lead attor-
ney Judy Clarke, one of the nation’s top anti-death penalty lawyers, has yet to see one of her clients sent to death row. It is now her job to save Tsarnaev’s life in the penalty phase, when experts expect to see a more robust legal battle. Although the government will push hard for a death sentence, Clarke will argue for a sentence of life in prison without parole, maintaining that Tamerlan was the bombing mastermind and Dzhokhar his acolyte. O’Toole instructed the jury to return to his third-floor courtroom early next week for opening statements. The first part of the trial lasted a month as the prosecution called 92 witnesses, including victims of the attack, and showed jurors surveillance video depicting Tsarnaev placing his bomb near a family with children. The case included a visit by jurors to inspect the boat where Tsarnaev was captured and where he had scribbled notes about his anger toward America and devotion to Islam. The trial moved faster than anticipated, largely because the defense called only four witnesses and Clarke acknowledged in her opening statement that Tsarnaev took part in the bombing. The next phase could end even more quickly, perhaps as soon as two weeks, because there will be less evidence and more emphasis on appealing to jurors’ emotions.
Prosecutors will rely again on victims’ testimony, asking some of the amputees and relatives of the four people killed to describe, in detail, how their lives have changed. But despite the lingering anger in Boston about the attack, prosecutors face widespread ideological opposition to the death penalty in the New England state. This week, a group representing the Roman Catholic bishops of Massachusetts handed out leaflets in front of the harbor-side courthouse saying that Tsarnaev in prison “will never again have the ability to cause harm” and that “society can do better than the death penalty.” Before being selected, all 12 jurors swore to the judge that they would be open to a death sentence and could set aside any sympathy for Tsarnaev if they decided he deserved to die. But to avoid the death penalty, the defense only needs to convince a single juror. An equally daunting challenge confronts the defense. Led by Clarke, they will portray Tsarnaev as a loner, a failure at college and a casualty of a broken family. More significantly, they will argue that he was under the spell of his more radicalized older brother. “Tamerlan led, and he followed,” Clarke told the jury during the trial. Tamerlan was killed during the police shootout.
(TNS) Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was found guilty Wednesday of all 30 counts in the Bostom Marthon bombing case.
Yet shortly before Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was captured, he left a message scrawled in pencil on the inside of the boat where he was hiding in nearby Watertown, Mass. “The U.S. Government is killing our innocent civilians but most of you already know that,” he wrote. “ ... I can’t stand to see such evil go unpunished ... We are promised victory and we will surely get it. Now I don’t like killing innocent people it is forbidden in Islam but ... it is allowed.”
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Police shooting shows need for major changes, advocates say By JOHN MONK
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NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. – The family gathered for an impromptu memorial on the grass where Walter L. Scott had been shot to death by a white police officer the day before. They were still in shock, unable to accept police accounts that Scott had struggled with the officer over his Taser. As they mourned, a stranger approached Anthony Scott, the victim’s brother. “I have something to share with you,” the young man told him. He held out a Samsung cellphone. On the screen, Scott, 52, watched a shaky video of his younger brother running away, unarmed, as an officer shot eight times at his back. Walter, 50, fell next to a tree and was handcuffed as he died. “Oh my God,” Scott said. For decades, African Americans, including those in North Charleston, have complained that police shoot black men with little provocation and then falsely claim the officers did so out of fear for their lives. This time there was video. “The officer lied in his incident report, and his lies were corroborated by the police department,” said Justin Bamberg, an attorney representing the Scott family. “It wasn’t until the video came out
that all that changed completely.” As the nation has struggled to reckon with a string of controversial police shootings in recent months, the nowviral footage of Scott’s shooting offers a rare bit of clarity. Many of the previous cases had varying degrees of ambiguity – a toy gun, conflicting witness statements, chaotic video – that allowed debate to sharply divide along cultural fault lines and let possibly guilty officers go unpunished. But after state investigators received the footage of Scott’s shooting late Monday, Patrolman Michael T. Slager, a five-year-veteran of the force, was arrested and charged with murder the next day. He was fired Tuesday night. The swift action differs sharply from the aftermath of controversial shootings in Ferguson, Mo., Cleveland, Albuquerque and Los Angeles, and a fatal chokehold by an officer in New York. “I have watched the video, and I was sickened by what I saw,” said Eddie Driggers, the North Charleston police chief, at a news conference. “And I have not watched it since.” North Charleston Mayor Keith Summey, speaking at a news conference Wednesday that was often interrupted by protesters, called the shooting a tragedy for both families – the white officer’s and the slain black man’s. The city
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will continue to pay health insurance for the officer’s wife, who is eight months pregnant, he said. “This has been a horrible tragedy within our community,” said Summey, who had prayed earlier with the Scott family. The police officer’s attorney issued a short statement Wednesday saying that he had just begun to look into the cir-
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cumstances of the shooting. “As we focus in on the facts, we will probably have more to say, but it is far too early for us to be saying what we think,” said Andrew Savage, a former prosecutor with the South Carolina attorney general’s office who will serve as Slager’s lead counsel. Like Ferguson, where the shooting of an unarmed black man in August prompted months of protests across the country, North Charleston, population 104,054, is racially mixed – 47.2 percent black and 41.6 percent white, while the police department is about 18 percent black. But unlike in Ferguson and some other cities, demonstrations have been peaceful, even though there have been long-standing tensions between the black community and the police. Civil rights leaders attributed the relative calm to the quick decision by local prosecutors to charge Slager. “Because the truth came out early, it’s been fairly quiet,” said Edward Bryant III, president of the North Charleston NAACP. “It’s only when the truth stays hidden that you get violence.” Anthony Scott said he wanted to see the justice system convict Slager of killing his brother but did not want violent protests. “I hope there will be no confrontations, and that people don’t take this in that direction,” he said. The Justice Department and the FBI are assisting state authorities in the investigation and prosecution. Scott was pulled over for a broken tail light Saturday morning as he approached an Advanced Auto Parts store where he was seeking parts for a 1990 silver Mercedes-Benz he had bought
earlier in the week. A father of four, he phoned his mother as he was being stopped. “Mom, I’m being pulled over,” his brother recalled him saying. That was the last time the family spoke with him. Walter was wary about driving in the neighborhood, his brother said. “In that area,” Anthony Scott said, “they will pull you over for anything. You have to be cautious in North Charleston. It doesn’t matter what race you are.” Walter told his brother several times that he feared being stopped by the police because there was an outstanding warrant for him for failure to pay child support. “I think that’s why he ran ... rather than be confrontational,” Anthony Scott said. “He thought, ‘Let me get out of here.’” Feidin Santana, the man who filmed the shooting, told NBC on Tuesday that he saw Slager and Scott engaged in a physical struggle on the ground before he began recording the incident. Slager was on top of Scott while the two wrestled on the ground, according to Santana, who said the officer “had control of the situation.” As Scott stood up to run away, Santana said he could hear the buzz of Slager’s stun gun. Walking along a low chain link fence, the bystander focused his phone on the two just as Scott appeared to break away from the officer. A small object is flung behind them, and Scott appears in the video to be connected to the wires of a stun gun. Within two seconds, the officer takes aim with his handgun and fires. Eight shots sound off before Scott falls facefirst about 30 feet away.
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Shooting down equality It seems that society cannot escape the racial tension highlighted by Ferguson. South Carolina now faces a similar scenario. On Saturday, white North Charleston police officer Michael T. Slager shot Walter Scott, an unarmed black man, after stopping him for a broken tail light. There is no significant proof to say that the shooting was fueled by racism, but Feiden Santana, a bystander, filmed the altercation, including the deadly shots from Slager. Slager claims he took out his gun because Scott reached for his taser and he “feared for his life,” according to a Tuesday New York Times article. In the video, it is unclear whether the black object falling to the ground behind the two men was a taser or another object. “I heard the sound of a taser,” Santana said, “and it seemed that Scott was trying to get away and avoid being tasered more,” CNN reported. Scott suffered multiple shots to the back and died on the scene. For many, this shooting adds fuel to the fire already ablaze because of recent, similar incidents of excessive force. Unlike some of the riots in Ferguson, the North Charleston demonstrations have been peaceful and respectuful of the Scott family’s wishes. Scott’s mother said she does not want people to riot, and she has forgiveness in her heart for the officer, according to CNN. Slager has since been fired from the North Charleston Police Department and charged with murder, according to Justin Bamberg, the attorney for Scott family. The North Charleston area is racially mixed, with 47.2 percent of the population being African American and 41.6 percent of the population being white. Unrepresentative of the demographics, just 18 percent of the North Charleston Police Department is African American, according to a Thursday The State article. The Penn hopes that after all pertitent information regarding the recent shooting is made public, justice will follow.
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‘Children of alumni’ tuition plan has merit By AMERICAN NEWS TSN
The following editorial appeared in the American News Tuesday, April 7. The South Dakota Board of Regents last week approved an incentive aimed at drawing more college students to the state. The program will offer a tuition discount to out-of-state students who choose to attend the alma matter of one of their parents or guardians. If incoming freshmen or transfer students meet initial and ongoing criteria, they become eligible for in-state tuition and fees, according to the regents. Each university will set specific criteria for its children of alumni program. “We see this program as a way to provide incentives for alumni who have
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moved out of state to send their children back to South Dakota to attend school,” said Jack Warner, the regents’ executive director and CEO. “Donors often ask if such a program exists. Having this establishes goodwill with alumni and donors.” That makes sense and is probably good business. And South Dakota is never shy for ideas aimed at recruiting new people and businesses to the state. Sometimes, though, it seems like those well-intentioned efforts comes at the expense of its citizens. We think the children of alumni program is a fine idea. If it brings a few more students to Northern State University, that’s a good thing for Aberdeen, especially if those young adults stick around, graduate and find a job in town, creating that next “children of alumni” generation.
But there’s a but. Also last week, the regents OK’d what amounts to an average 5.8 percent increase in tuition and fees at South Dakota’s six public universities. That’s an increase of about $456 for on-campus resident students. NSU got off easy with its increase in tuition and fees amounting to 4.3 percent. State funds are tight, so we understand the unfortunate need for the tuition bump. But some folks are bound to be left scratching their heads when the regents raise tuition one day, then approve a plan to benefit out-of-state students the same week. While the timing of the regents’ two moves is less-than-ideal, we hope the end result is that new program functions as the incentive it’s intended to be and brings more students to public universities in South Dakota.
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Women in Mathematics, Science and Technology Expo recognizes IUP women for research, scientific projects By MARAGARET BURRIS Staff Writer M.W.Burris@iup.edu
A group of women gathered in Weyandt Hall April 6 to showcase their research projects and have their posters evaluated in a professional setting. There were posters created from research projects ranging from exploring plant species to the effects of caffeine on circadian rhythm. All students who participated were in competition for a select few prestigious awards. This year marks the 10th annual celebration of the Women in Mathematics, Science, and Technology Expo. Dr. Deanne L. Snavely, the dean of College of Natural Science and Mathematics at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, has been a part of this event for four years. Snavely said that IUP does a “good job of encouraging young women in science.” This scientific poster expo is a way for young women at IUP to learn how to professionally present their findings as well as assemble a research paper for peer review.
The women who participated in this event were in competition for a plethora of awards, including poster awards, math and science education awards, the Patricia Hillard Robertson Memorial Scholarship and the Creating Opportunities for Applying Mathematics (SCOAM) MatLab award. Many of the natural science and mathematics professors at IUP volunteered to help judge scientific posters at this event, for which Snavely said she was grateful. Moreover, Snavely said she would like to thank everyone who helped set up the event. The best overall posters and presentation awards were the epitome of the night. Third place for the graduate student project award went to Rachel Applebaum (geography and regional planning), second place went to Anna Mayo (psychology), and Kaitlyn Wyland (chemistry) took first place. Their projects were titled “Spatial Manifestation & Trends of Cremation in PA,” “Laughing Together: The Individual and Interpersonal Functions
of Inside Jokes” and “Development of Light Activated Ru(11) Complexes Applicable in Photodynamic Therapy,” respectively. For the best overall undergraduate project awards, Megan Barlow (senior, geoscience) took third place, Estefania Alba-Rodriguez (senior, biochemistry) came in second, and Daniela Alarcon (senior, biology) came in first. Their projects were titled “Crystal Size Distribution on Submarine Lava Flo At NW Rota-1,” “Mariana Arc, Identifying the Dimerization Domain of the Inxia Protein in Zebrafish Stem Cells” and “The Role of Circadian Timeless Protein In Planarian Regeneration,” respectively. Snavely said she encourages interested students to attend the presentation by Dr. Elizabeth Travis titled “Confidence: Why You Need It, How You Get It” Thursday at 3:30 p.m. in 208 Weyandt Hall. This program seeks to help students build their confidence in order to advance their careers using skills for selfpromotion and overcoming lack of selfconfidence.
By Renée Williamson Staff writer R.A. Williamson@iup.edu
Name: Stephanie Hernandez
Year at IUP: Sophomore
Place of tattoo on body: Left shoulder
What the tattoo is: A circuit board in the shape of a heart
REASON FOR GETTING THIS TATTOO: “My passion for computers and technology,” Hernandez said. “I wanted something that could visually represent the things I love.”
When IT WAS DONE: February 2014
WheRE IT WAS DONE: Golden Lotus Tattoo Sanctuary on Philadelphia Street (Photos by Brittany Pearson/ The Penn) “Women in Mathematics, Science, and Technology Program,” highlighting scholarly accomplishments of female undergraduate/graduate students.
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Pain level on a scale of 1 to 10? “About a six because it was mostly line work.”
Has anyone outright shown disapproval of your tattoo? Hernandez said her dad told her, “When you get old, it’s going to look like your circuit board melted.”
Has it interfered with jobs or the workplace? No.
Are there any funny stories linked with this tattoo? “No, not very many people see it. And when I was getting it done, it was the most dull four and a half hours.”
have a sweet tat? email the-penn@iup.edu and you could be featured in a future issue.
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‘Transgender Dysphoria Blues’ expresses lead singer’s struggle with society By ANDREW MILLIKEN Lead Wet Ink Writer A.P.Milliken@iup.edu
Punk rockers Against Me! have been collectively outing their angst since their formation in 1997. Never, however, have they done so on such a personal, emotional and newsworthy level as on their latest album, “Transgender Dysphoria Blues.” Laura Jane Grace – born Thomas James Gabel – singer and guitarist for Against Me!, publicly came out as a transgender woman in 2012, having dealt with gender identity disorder since her childhood. “Transgender Dysphoria Blues” is a both a heartbreaking exploration of Grace’s own struggles with her identity, marriage and friendships and a red-hot middle finger to a society that is unready or evidently unwilling to accept her. From the album’s first snare drum patterns leading into the chunky electric guitar and bass of the title track, Against Me!’s ear-friendly (by (Photos by Daniel Kirby/ The Penn) “The Museum Goes Downtown,” featuring selections from the University Museum’s permanent collection, is on display at The Artists Hand Gallery on Philadelphia Street.
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punk standards), melodic sound keeps the album from becoming all anger, striking a balance between deep sadness and defiance. “Your tells are so obvious/ Shoulders too broad for a girl,” Grace sings, the first words of the album exploding from her mouth. Grace’s powerful, rough voice and direct, sometimes vulgar lyrics carry each short track, pulling no punches about the album’s subject matter. “Transgender Dysphoria Blues” is a visceral, tragic and moving album, exploring the validation and heartbreak of gender dysphoria. Are Grace’s feelings about her deceased friend (“Dead Friend”) and her own identity (“True Trans Soul Rebel”) any less real because she decided to transition to life as a woman? Who has not felt out of place in a group of people in which society has told them they should belong? Imagine that intense feeling of social dissonance being built into your very structure, magnified by its inescapability.
“The cliché is that you’re a woman trapped in a man’s body, but it’s not that simple,” Grace said in a 2012 Rolling Stone interview. “It’s a feeling of detachment from your body and from yourself.” Members of the LGBT community continue to struggle for recognition and equal rights, with 13 states still outlawing same-sex marriage, and Indiana’s recent foray into citing religious beliefs as grounds for discrimination making national headlines. With “Transgender Dysphoria Blues” reaching No. 23 on the Billboard Top 100 – Against Me!’s highest-charting album to date – the band chose the right time and cultural climate to reach both a wide audience and remain timely and controversial, two essentials for a punk band. If nothing else, “Transgender Dysphoria Blues” forces the listener to confront his or her own feelings about the LGBT community by refusing to be anything less than inyour-face about an issue often discussed in hushed, embarrassed tones.
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Indiana has full-rain eclipse Thursday, causes confusion By SAMANTHA BARNHART Copy Editor S.E.Barnhart@iup.edu
A formal opening reception for the gallery is to be held at 6 p.m. Friday on Philadelphia Street.
Indiana experienced its first full-rain eclipse of the year Thursday. Students in water-logged Uggs and sullen spirits were confused by the severe thunder warning and high winds that seemingly came out of thin air. The dark sky caused several students to miss their evening classes. “I’m really confused about this weather,” James Scooter (freshman, segway studies) said. “It looks so dark outside because of the rain, but it’s not even 7 p.m. yet.
“My brain’s telling me it’s party time, but my alarm is telling me I’m about to be late to English,” he said. Kayla Cosmos (junior, sleep pathology) had a slightly different reason for missing her class, though the rain eclipse was still to blame. “I was reading my history book in bed when it got completely dark all of the sudden,” Cosmos said. “and because I was in bed, I fell asleep.” Susan B. Antonio, professor in the women’s studies department, missed her night classes as well.
“There’s supposed to be a tornado out there,” Antonio said. “Of course, I’m missing class, even though classes weren’t canceled by the university.” While this was the first full-rain eclipse many students of Indiana University of Pennsylvania have experienced, residents of Indiana are used to the likes of rain. Taylor Carlisle, who has lived in Indiana for 30 years, said she was never bothered by the rain. “Weather in Indiana, am I right?” Carlisle joked, casually raking the hail from her sidewalk. “To me, this is just a typical Thursday.”
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2015 iup baseball leaders Crimson Hawks AVG HR RBI
Rick Jones (.371) Ryan Uhl (14) Ryan Uhl (35)
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Austin Mock (16) Ryan Uhl (26)
split series with Cal By MICHAEL KIWAK Lead Sports Writer M.T.Kiwak@iup.edu
Ryan Uhl (senior, finance) continued his record-setting ways, as Indiana University of Pennsylvania baseball split its doubleheader against California University of Pennsylvania Monday. Just two days after becoming IUP’s career leader in home runs, Uhl broke Kyle Stryker’s sinBASEBALL gle-season home run record after notching one round-tripper in each game. The first baseman now has 14 home runs this season and 26 in his career. The record-tying homer helped the Crimson Hawks to a victory in Game 1. IUP opened strong with a three-run first inning and maintained a two-run lead through three innings of play. An offensive surge by IUP in the fourth gave the team a comfortable lead, 9-2. Cal managed three more runs between the fifth and sixth innings, but it could not overcome the deficit. Starting pitcher Matt Douglas (junior, marketing) picked up the win for the Crimson Hawks, allowing four hits, five earned runs and six walks while fanning four batters in 5.1 innings of work. Christian McClure (freshman, criminology) pitched the final 1.2 innings, striking out three batters and holding Cal scoreless. Game 2 featured a reversal of fortunes, as Cal rode a late-game offensive explosion to claim the win. Up until that point, it was a tightly contested matchup that saw IUP exchange blows with the Vulcans through five innings, which resulted in a 7-7 tie. Cal landed the knockout blow in the sixth, however, in the form of a six-run scoring spree.
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That put the game out of reach for the Crimson Hawks as they lost, 13-7. Austin Mock (senior, exercise science) took the loss for IUP, allowing two hits and four earned runs. Mock was one of five pitchers to see time on the mound. Despite the less-than-stellar throwing session, Mock did go two for three at bat, driving in a run and crossing the plate himself twice. As a whole, IUP split the series with Cal, 2-2. The team is now 11-15 overall and 7-9 in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference, which is good for fifth place in the West Division. Head coach Jeff Ditch provided his thoughts on the team’s latest outing. “The Cal series was a super competitive, intense series,” he said. “Both teams battled inning by inning in all four games.” IUP’s next endeavor will be a fourgame series against the University of Pittsburh at Johnstown, which will begin this weekend. While the first game is scheduled to be at home Friday, Ditch believes the game might be moved to Sunday due to rain. Regardless, the team will travel to Johnstown Saturday for the other doubleheader. Weather delays or not, Ditch’s squad is prepped for another conference matchup. “This coming weekend, Pitt-Johnstown will be another PSAC battle,” Ditch said, “and we are eager to get back on the field. Our players have a great sense of team-first attitude and are playing for each other.” The Crimson Hawks currently sit behind Cal, Mercyhurst University, Seton Hill University and Slippery Rock University in the PSAC West. Mercyhurst sits atop the standings with a 25-1 overall record, while Seton Hill holds the No. 2 spot with a 28-4 record. Cal holds a third place spot with a 14-14 record.
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IUP logs 24 hits in doubleheader sweep of Mercyhurst By CASSIE PUTT Staff Writer C.L.Putt@iup.edu
Indiana University of Pennsylvania overpowered Mercyhurst University in a doubleheader with a total of 24 hits, 20 runs and five home runs, Monday. The Crimson Hawks won 10-3 and 10-0, while only SOFTBALL allowing eight hits. The victory allowed IUP to move forward to 6-2 overall and 4-4 in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference West division. The four-game winning streak was exactly what the women needed to gain assurance and drive going forward into the rest of the season, Hannah Mercer (sophomore, marketing) said. “That momentum and confidence is what we lacked in the beginning of the season,” Mercer said. “The talent and ability was always there, and after these last four games, we’re all starting to realize and believe in ourselves.” In Game 1, Mercer, Meghan Carney (senior, early childhood: special education), Lauren Hogue (junior, early childhood: special education) and Allison Viguers (junior, marketing) all slammed home runs. Mercer’s round-tripper came in the second inning, driving in three runs, which helped the Hawks advance to a 5-0 lead. It also allowed IUP’s pitching and defense to play loose and relaxed, according to Mercer. Carney used her knowledge of the opposing pitcher to her advantage. “I hit my home run off of a friend I played with in high school ball, so I had an advantage and knew what she threw,” Carney said. “I was just focusing on seeing the ball well and making great contact.” Taylor Mercurio (freshman, nursing) and Stefanie McCoy (senior, exercise science) smashed RBI base hits in the second inning. Mercurio brought in another run on a bunt single in the third followed by Viguers’, Hogue’s and Carney’s home runs in the sixth and seventh innings, as the Crimson Hawks tallied eight runs. Alexa Campbell (senior, exercise science) struck out two and allowed six hits and two earned runs in seven in-
nings, leading to her third victory on the mound. In Game 2, IUP had a complete shutout by the fifth inning, cutting the game short. Rachel Francis (junior, psychology) hit a homer as part of a three-run second inning. Carney had an RBI single in the fourth inning. Also in the fourth, a six-run domination scored the Hawks to a 9-0 lead. And simply for reassurance, another was added in the fifth. “Softball is a game that definitely has a domino effect,” Mercer said, “because whenever we play well on offense, it usually transcends into our defense, too.” IUP’s production against Mercyhurst from the plate served as a boon for the defense, too. Amanda Spindler (sophomore, criminology) allowed two hits and one walk in her five innings of shutout ball. Looking forward to the busy week ahead, the women have confidence and trust in one another, Carney said. “We will focus on doing the fundamentals correctly and playing with each other the way we know how,” Carney said. IUP is set to play California University of Pennsylvania Wednesday and Gannon University Friday, both in away games.
Amy Fairman (senior, kinesiology, health & sport science) eyes a pitch for Crimson Hawks.
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Eligibility a concern in NCAA By MICHAEL KIWAK Lead Sports Writer M.T.Kiwak@iup.edu
Boy, the NCAA can’t seem to go very long without doing something to enrage anyone with a soul. Before getting into the bulk of things, I’ll provide some backdrop on the NCAA rulebook. As a college athlete that participates in any program under its discretion, the NCAA forbids the reception of any form of benefits or compensation. In principle, this isn’t outrageous. An important aspect that should be recognized when dealing with this rule is the context in which it is being applied. In the case of former Baylor running back Silas Nacita, the application of this rule has resulted in a firestorm of outrage, and rightfully so. Due to this stipulation, Nacita was kicked off Baylor’s football team. The “illegal” benefits he received? Food and shelter. Nacita was homeless when he walked on with the Bears’ football program in June. His story, outlined by Sports Illustrated, is an incredible one. After being informed about Baylor, he set off on a journey that would test his faith and resolve. After being turned down from walking on in 2013, Nacita bided his time before he could attempt again. He enrolled at a community college and waited tables 40 hours a week. He slept anywhere he could, from the apartment floors of friends to outside. Eventually, his academic prowess led to scholarships and eligibility for federal loans. More than a year after being turned down, Nacita was welcomed back to Baylor football with open arms. He became beloved by coaches, teammates and fans alike. This is just a synopsis of Nacita’s
journey. Quite the movie-worthy tale, but then that incredible script was tossed into the raging, merciless fire pit that is the NCAA rulebook. In February, a school official informed Nacita that he was off of the team. The fruits of an investigation were revealed in March. He was removed from the football program and ruled permanently ineligible. Just like that, all that Nacita worked so hard to achieve has been torn away from him. With this news, the NCAA acronym has taken on new meaning: No Compassion At All. I understand the need for rules. I think we all do. Be that as it may, I think we also need to understand that sometimes rules can and should be broken based on the situation. We’re not talking about some spoiled brat who was given a car or large sums of money. We’re talking about a humble, hard-working young man whose family members wanted to make sure he could eat and have a steady place to call home. There was nothing shady about these practices. This is a prime example of human thoughtfulness and compassion, something the world sorely lacks today. In what should be a case looked upon and treated with such qualities, it instead falls into the ever-grinding gears of a cold, unforgiving system; one that does not differentiate between the money-laden spoiled brat and the humble hard worker. Nacita should appeal this decision. I believe he has a strong case and could get the ruling overturned. Even if the ruling stands, this should serve as impetus for a review of the rule and discussion of change. Whatever might happen, if history has shown anything, it’s that Nacita will continue to fight on.
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By JAKE ENDERS Staff Writer J.G.Enders@iup.edu
It’s human nature to take things for granted. Sometimes, the realization that good times don’t last forever strikes like a thunderbolt without warning. Pittsburgh Penguins fans have grown accustomed to cheering on a legitimate championship contender, year in and year out, ever since Sidney Crosby arrived back in 2005. Those days may soon be in the past. The evidence of such a breakdown has played out over the past few months right in front of our eyes. Since starting the regular season on a 22-6-4 tear, the Penguins are a spectacularly mediocre 20-20-8. But their record isn’t the most compelling sign. It’s the way they’re losing. Look no further than Tuesday night’s crushing loss to the Ottawa Senators for the perfect example. Pittsburgh entered the game needing a regulation victory to clinch a
ninth straight playoff berth. After an up-and-down season, simply securing the postseason would take the weight off the players’ backs for at least a little while. At the beginning, it looked like no contest. Sidney Crosby scored only 10 seconds into the game, and at the end of the first period it was Penguins 3, Senators 0. Then, the roof caved in. Ottawa pushed back and slowly gained complete control of the game. For Pittsburgh, there were all the same problems: zero desperation, old age, a lack of secondary scoring, poor fundamentals, suspect coaching. The fingers can be pointed everywhere. At Mike Johnston, for not having his best face-off man on the ice in the final moments, an oversight that contributed to the Senators’ tying goal. At Sidney Crosby, the team captain who only plays hard in certain games. At Evgeni Malkin, who couldn’t elevate his intensity to the level required. Even at Mario Lemieux, who allowed former general manager Ray Shero to hand out terrible contracts that have
hamstrung the Penguins and prevented them from acquiring the supporting cast necessary to compete for a Cup. Names like Chris Kunitz – $3.85 million for two goals in his last 31 games – and Rob Scuderi – $3.375 million for a bottom-pairing defenseman – immediately spring to mind. Not to worry, though, for perhaps both players can rediscover themselves sometime in the future. They’ll have plenty of time, since both are signed through 2017, when Scuderi will be 38 and Kunitz, 37. Looking at the Senators, you see a vision of how the Penguins used to be, at least in certain respects. Ottawa is blindingly fast and has an entire roster full of young players who don’t know the meaning of the word “quit.” The Penguins currently still sit in a playoff spot, but making the postseason is no longer a certainty. Even if they do reach the playoffs, this team shouldn’t be anyone’s favorites to advance very far – and for good reason.