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This drama series set in 17th-century Salem, Massachusetts, explores what really fueled the town’s infamous witch trials, uncovering some dark truths.
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Local celebraties chased by student ‘zombies’ By Casey Kelly Staff Writer C.E.Kelly2@iup.edu
To promote the upcoming show “MythBusters: Behind the Myths,” the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex challenged the Indiana community to an experiment Wednesday night, “Calling All Zombies!” As seen on the “MythBusters Zombie Special,” the KCAC’s goal was to recreate the “Zombie Horde” to see how local celebrities would handle an apocalypse in Indiana. Volunteer zombies were challenged to “snatch the brains” of the local celebrities. Each celebrity wore a sash with three “brains” attached to it. The zombies followed the celebrities through an obstacle course and attempted to “eat their brains.” Local celebrities brave enough to face the attack of the zombies were: Josh Widdowson, news director of Hometown Magazine on WCCS FM; Sean Howard, director of Downtown Indiana; Seth Benalt, KCAC general manager; Chris Miller, digital media consultant for The Indiana Gazette and Jim Struzzi, president of the Indiana Chamber of Commerce. The volunteers met in the KCAC front parking lot Wednesday at 6 p.m. in their best zombie gear. Four free tickets to the upcoming “MythBusters” show were given away
at the event: two for the most horrifying zombie and two for the zombie who snatched the most brains. KCAC marketing intern, Sara Bischof, worked on the “Calling All Zombies!” event as her project. “On the MythBusters show,” Bischof said, “they had a Zombie Horde experiment to test if movie zombies – who are so slow-moving – really could catch people and infect everyone if an apocalypse came,” Bischof said. “As a promotion, we recreated a fun event on a small scale.” Co-hosts of the Emmy-nominated Discovery TV series, “MythBusters,” Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage, will star in “MythBusters: Behind the Myths.” The show premieres at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4 at the KCAC. The night will offer “on-stage experiments, audience participation, rocking videos and behind-the-scene stories,” according to the KCAC’s website. Regular tickets range from $37 to $57. VIP tickets may be purchased for $152, which include the opportunity to meet Hyneman and Savage after the show, an autographed photo, a VIP Meet and Greet laminate and a photo opportunity with the stars. IUP students will receive discounted tickets for $15 with their I-Card. Tickets can be purchased online at kovalchickcomplex.com, charged by phone at 800-298-4200 or at the KCAC box office.
Alex Robinson/ The Penn Local zombie, Justin Reese, snagged the brain of Josh Widdowson of Hometown Magazine on WCCS FM.
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(Photos by Brittany Persun/ The Penn) The Sociology Club invited Dr. Margee Kerr to speak about haunted houses and her job as a consultant for the ScareHouse in Pittsburgh. Magee works for the ScareHouse, which was recently named as one of America’s scariest haunted houses by the Travel Channel.
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Scare expert shares her stories with students By Jennifer Bush Lead News Writer J.L.Bush@iup.edu
There wasn’t an empty seat in the room Tuesday night in 130 Keith Hall as people packed in to hear the speaker talk about fear and why we like it so much. Dr. Margee Kerr, 34, has a doctorate in sociology and is a “scare expert,” according to thehairpin.com. She has been featured in many different places like Time.com, the Huffington Post, Pittsburgh Magazine, Fox News and the Carnegie Science Center, just to name a few. Kerr teaches courses in sociology for the University of Pittsburgh, and she is known all around the world as an expert in professional haunted houses. Currently, she works at the ScareHouse, located at 118 Locust St. in Etna, 10 minutes from downtown Pittsburgh. It was at the top of the list for the Best Halloween Attraction in the United States for 2014, according to the
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Travel Channel. Kerr said she didn’t want to spend the rest of her life sitting at a desk and wanted a little more excitement out of life. On a whim, Kerr visited the ScareHouse and came out the other side wanting more. “I told the owner, Scott Simmons, that I wanted to be there all the time,” Kerr said. Simmons offered her a position, and that was the start of her study of fear at the ScareHouse. Simmons studies the customers to uncover what their fears are and why that is. “I haven’t looked back since,” Kerr said. Kerr said that she has been to 28 haunted houses internationally this year alone, and that Pennsylvania and East Coast haunted houses are among the top ones in the world. Recently, she took one year to do things that simply scared her. She went skydiving, went to haunted houses in different countries and even spent the night at the Eastern State Penitentiary
in Philadelphia. Members of the audience were impressed by Kerr’s feats. “This is stuff I’ve been interested in, but never had the chance to view it from an academic standpoint like this,” Amanda Dunlop, 25, Ph.D. secretary in the communications media department said. “It was great.” Kerr also mentioned that we have been “self-scaring” for a long time. She said that this mostly brings people together and creates solidarity within groups. She mentioned that there have been four proposals this year at the ScareHouse, and the ScareHouse will host a wedding next year. So what is the “scare expert” afraid of? Skydiving. “Nothing compares,” Kerr said. In the near future, Kerr will be on the show “Monsters, Myths, and Legends.” She will also be compiling her years of experience by coming out with a book in 2015 called “Scream: Adventures in the Upside of Fear.”
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Alcohol Violations
• Angela Rose Sedota, 19, of Pittsburgh, was cited for public drunkenness and purchase, consumption, possession or transportation of alcohol after she was observed staggering down the roadway of Garman Avenue at the Co-Gen Oct. 25 at 2:44 a.m., according to university police.
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DUI
• Teje Hairston, 19, of Indiana, was found to be driving under the influence of alcohol after police conducted a traffic stop in the 800 block of Wayne Avenue after witnessing a traffic violation Oct. 27 at 2:23 a.m., according to borough police. Hairston was taken into custody and charged with DUI and underage drinking, the report said. • Erica Libonati, 21, of Indiana, was found to be driving under the influence of alcohol after police conducted a traffic stop after observing a driving violation in the 100 block of North Fourth Street Sept. 30 at 2:24 a.m., according to borough police. Libonati was taken into custody and charged with DUI, the report said.
Drug Violation
• Gregory Hickman, 19, of Philadelphia, and Frank Manzano 18, of Milton, were cited for possession of drug paraphernalia during an investigation of their room in Northern Suites Oct. 26 at 8:05 p.m., according to university police. Manzano was also cited for possession of a small amount of marijuana, the report said.
Loitering and prowling
• Michael Henry Lawer, 24, of Indiana; Nevin Ross Vanartsdalen, 25, of Gardners, and Michael Carmen Simone, 24, of Indiana, were charged in a criminal complaint for hiding in some shrubbery along an identified victim’s residence in the 200 block of North Sixth Street at 12:04 a.m., according to borough police. Lawer and Vanartsdalen are not IUP students.
Disorderly Conduct
• Arjune Narain, 28, of Washington, D.C., was charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, tampering with evidence and public drunkenness after Narain yelled profanities toward an officer, refused to provide identification and resisted arrest in the 500 block of Philadelphia Street Oct. 25 at 1:27 a.m., according to borough police. Narain was lodged at the county jail to await arraignment. Narain is a Wyotech student. • Ismail Bitik, 20, of Bushkill, was cited for disorderly conduct after borough received a report of a disorderly male at Giant Eagle Express Oct. 25 at 7:02 p.m., according to borough police. The manager reported that Bitik yelled loudly and threw his hands in her face while arguing with her about a tobacco purchase.
Criminal Mischief
• A rock was reportedly thrown at a second story window of a residence in the 1100 block of Church Street, causing the glass to shatter sometime between Oct. 1 and Oct. 27. Anyone with information is asked to contact borough police at 724-349-2121.
Theft
• $5 and 43 fundraiser candy bars were reportedly stolen the second floor of Ruddock Hall Oct. 18 at 11 p.m. Anyone with information is asked to contact university police at 724-357-2141. • $1,100 in cash was reportedly stolen from an athletics department office in the Memorial Field House Oct. 14 at 11 a.m. Anyone with information is asked to contact university police. • A Pennsylvania registration plate, RC 1784, was reportedly stolen from a vehicle that was parked in the IUP Parking Garage Oct. 12 at 8:31 a.m. Anyone with information is asked to contact university police. • Change and various cellphone chargers were reportedly stolen from a black Jeep Grand Cherokee that was parked in the Robertshaw Lot sometime between Oct. 10 and Oct. 14. Anyone with information is asked to contact university police. • $366 in cash was reportedly stolen from the Cross Country office in the Memorial Field House sometime between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Oct. 13. Anyone with information is asked to contact university police. • A black Sirius Satellite radio was reportedly stolen from a red Subaru Legacy that was parked in the 900 block of Gompers Avenue sometime between 4:30 p.m. Oct. 11 and 1:20 p.m. Oct. 21. Anyone with information is asked to contact borough police. • A victim reported that several males stole her phone in the Stapleton Library Oct. 14 at 10:26 a.m. She also reported that one of the males threatened her when she attempted to retrieve the phone. Anyone with information is asked to contact university police.
Correction
• The Oct. 27 article ‘Ascension Meditation and Yoga offers new ways to exercise’ featured a graph that was incorrectly associated with the article. Ascension Meditation and Yoga is offered every Wednesday, free of charge.
(Photos by Tyler Washington/The Penn) Kevin Freeberg, D-Penn., and Rep. Dave Reed, R-Penn., talked to an audience of IUP students and Indiana locals during a debate with in Eberly Auditorium. The debate, sponsored by the Student Government Association, took place on Wednesday. Students had the opportunity to gain insight on important political matters before choosing a side in the
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Government in Action • Oops: The Rural Municipality of Hanover, Manitoba, has prohibited alcohol sales for more than a century – or at least that’s what everyone in the community believed as recently as 2006 when the last attempt was made to repeal the ban and failed by 30 votes. However, town officials finally decided to research the prohibition examining records back to 1880 – and in July revealed, astonishingly, that no city bylaw exists making the town dry. At least one restaurateur is expected to start serving booze soon. • In August, Katja Kipping, the leader of Germany’s largest opposition party (the liberal Die Linke), proposed to grant all welfare families a cash voucher of the equivalent of about $640 in order to allow each a summer vacation. “For me,” she said, “the holidays of my childhood are among the most beautiful memories,” and she is saddened that “3 million children this summer cannot experience what a holiday means.” Wait, What! • In October in Gresham, Ore., a 21-year-old man openly carrying a handgun he had just bought was robbed, at gunpoint, the same day. According to the police report, the robber apparently thought the victim’s gun was nicer than his own: “I like your gun.
Give it to me.” • New World Order: In September, Dr. Sean Perry of the Marathon (Florida) Veterinary Hospital saved the life of Buttercup, an orange tabby who needed blood – by giving him a transfusion from a West Palm Beach dog blood bank. According to the U.S. National Library of Medicine, 62 cats have been known to receive such “xenotransfusions,” and cats are apparently the only animals, besides dogs, that can safely process dog blood. Legal Technicalities • When a van on official business for the city of St. Paul, Minn., accidentally hit Megan Campbell’s Nissan Pathfinder in August, Campbell, naturally, filed a claim against the city for the $1,900 damage – normally just a cost of business for a city and one of about 400 claims St. Paul has processed this year. However, the van happened to be driven by the same Megan Campbell, an employee of St. Paul Parks and Recreation, who apparently could not avoid hitting her own parked SUV. At press time, the city was investigating but expected to handle the claim as routine. Too Much Information • Pauline Chai and her estranged husband, Khoo Kay Peng (a Laura Ashley executive), are battling in a London courtroom in a very expensive divorce,
with the current issue to determine whether the English judge has jurisdiction instead of courts in the couple’s native Malaysia. In the course of bringing the British judge up to date, Chai casually described how she has supported her husband’s relentless nature – by revealing that he would do copious amounts of work for 4 hours at a time at home while sitting on the toilet. Khoo “got backache there,” she said, “so I got the idea of [a] padded toilet seat” for him. Leading Economic Indicators • The former chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, revealed at an October conference in Chicago that even though his post-government income will be several times what he earned as Fed chairman, he was nonetheless rejected recently when he tried to refinance his Washington, D.C., home. Mortgage-lending is so highly computerized, he was told, dictated by formulas, that he apparently got caught in an algorithm. Despite a probably seven-figure book contract and six-figure public speeches, he is no longer “employed” in a steady job, which apparently caused a computer program to signal him as too risky. Cries for Help • Victor Thompson, 46, arrested in St. Petersburg, Fla., in October for pos-
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session of the synthetic marijuana called Master Kush Spice (which he insisted is legal in his native New Hampshire), is apparently an out-of-control New England Patriots’ fan – having tattooed his entire bald head with a painstaking replica of quarterback Tom Brady’s helmet. The attention to detail on the authentic design and colors is remarkable, including subtle add-ons such as the American flag, NFL logo and helmet manufacturer (“Riddell”). Not only is Brady’s “12” properly placed, so is the green dot identifying the “helmet” as radio-ready for messages from the sideline. • Police in Minneapolis arrested Nicholas Mullenmaster, 38, in October as the man who inexplicably flushed nails and other pieces of metal down toilets of several restaurants since August, causing “thousands of dollars” in damage. In most incidents, two to three pounds of nails clogged the toilets, requiring plumbing repair charges of up to $1,000 each, but at one Starbucks, a wall had to be removed. Although witnesses and surveillance video seemed to identify Mullenmaster as the culprit, he denied any involvement, and thus no motive for the toilet attacks has emerged. • A Duck With Issues: After days of looking weary and walking lopsidedly, “Ducka,” the pet muscovy, finally
gave owner Vicki Hicks, of Sydney, a clue to its behavior by coughing up a nail. Veterinarian Hamish Baron of the Avian Reptile and Exotic Animal Hospital ordered an X-ray, which revealed a small toolbox’s worth of nails, screws and washers in Ducka’s belly. The items had to be removed, one by one, in surgeries totaling 5 hours. Dr. Baron told Sydney’s Daily Telegraph in October that though birds are attracted to shiny objects, Ducka’s case was severe. Least Competent Criminals • Two men ran out the door of a closed-for-the-night Houston Family Dollar store on Oct. 7 – empty-handed, after a failed theft attempt. According to the surveillance video, one man had removed items from a bottom shelf while the store was still open and crawled behind the shelf space just before his partner came by and restocked the shelf, thus hiding his buddy. The partner then made a purchase and left. After the last employee had closed up around 11 p.m., the “hidden” – and extremely patient – man crawled out, surely intending to let his partner in and start snatching things, but the “hidden” man was only able to take a few steps before a motion-detector sounded an alarm, and both men fled on foot, not even bothering to grab an item or two on the way out.
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University of Akron pitchmen Willy, left, and Chris renew their campaign to help students save money and graduate sooner with new, improved Finish in Time, now with faster-acting graduation results. (MCT)
University uses infomercials to get kids to graduate on time By Rick armon Akron Beacon Journal MCT
AKRON, Ohio – The University of Akron is joining the ranks of the Snuggie, OxiClean and Ronco Spray-on Hair. Yes, UA has entered the fast-talking, quirky world of infomercials. And it’s hoping funny videos urging students to graduate on time are just as effective as selling off-beat products. So far, it is. The cheesy videos, being shared with students via email and crafted like lowbudget infomercials, are part of the university’s larger Finish In Time (F.I.T.) effort. UA is urging students to take at least 15 credit hours each semester, noting that it’s the same price as taking 12 and leads to on-time graduation. On top of that, students save money. In the second UA video hitting campus recently, co-hosts Chris Stimler and William “Willy” Kollman channel their best Billy Mays and Ron Popeil as they dance awkwardly, raise their voices and make goofy comments while drilling home the serious message about the benefits of graduating on time. Or as the infomercial puts it: “You’ll experience, over time, side effects such as ...” says Kollman, UA’s associate director of alumni relations. “More cash in your pocket. Less college debt,” interjects Stimler, assistant director of admissions. “And a craving for an extremely large burrito,” Kollman finishes as a large burrito wrapped in foil magically appears in front of them. “So join the masses and schedule your classes today.” They say all this while standing in front of what look like cereal boxes plastered with the F.I.T. brand and, of course, the phrase “As Seen on TV.” The infomercial lasts a mere 1 minute, 30 seconds. Chelsi King, a senior and president of the Undergraduate Student Government, praised the F.I.T. campaign. “I’m ecstatic that they are pushing it,” she said, adding that students should take at least 15 credit hours if they can handle it. Wayne Hill, UA’s associate vice president of marketing, said the university chose the infomercial approach hoping that it would connect better with students.
“It’s a serious topic, but we wanted to do something to get the attention of the audience we were going to,” he said. “We went for cheeky, not preachy.” There are obvious benefits for the university if the program succeeds because state funding now is linked to sixyear graduation rates. It’s also better for UA’s academic reputation. UA has posted poor graduation rates in recent years, hovering around 40 percent or below. The marketing campaign, which began last school year, includes posters and the videos playing on internal message boards. It’s also backed by advisers who are recommending the same idea with students. “We really pushed that heavily last (school) year,” said Stacey Moore, UA associate vice president for student success. “We presented it at every new student orientation. We talked to all the parents. We showed them very specifically to the penny how much money they will save – both now and at the end. We show them exactly the lost salary potential.” It appears the approach is working. There was a 28 percent increase in first-time, full-time freshmen taking at least 15 credit hours this fall compared to the same period last school year. Today, more than 50 percent of UA freshman are on track to graduate on time. A survey released last year by Complete College America, an Indianapolis nonprofit, concluded that 52 percent of full-time students nationwide were taking fewer than 15 hours, the standard that would lead to graduating in four years. “The University of Akron is on track to be a national leader when it comes to increasing the number of students taking 15-plus credits a semester,” said Blake Johnson, spokesman for Complete College America. “By the progress you’re seeing in your first-time freshmen, you are taking big steps to change culture. Most of your freshman are on track to graduate on time. That’s a big deal.” He added that universities and colleges in about 20 states have some sort of Finish In Time program. But he said the humorous infomercial approach employed at UA is unusual.
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In missing students case, Mexico draws world attention it doesn’t want By Tim Johnson McClatchy Foreign Staff MCT
COCULA, Mexico – The clock ticks. A nation waits. More than a month after 43 student teachers went missing, a frantic search unfolds in the hills of western Mexico’s Guerrero state. By some counts, more than three dozen potential grave sites have been searched. Some have yielded bodies. All have added to anguish. Yet no grave has relinquished a body identified as one of the missing students. As events play out, the pressure is building on President Enrique Pena Nieto to either obtain results with the massive federal search now on or risk having his presidency permanently identified with unpunished violence rather than the economic growth he envisioned with his slogan “Mexico on the move.” The crisis has ricocheted from the green hills of Guerrero state to Mexico City and on to the Vatican, other European capitals and Washington. The clamor has overwhelmed talk of Mexico’s welcome of foreign investment in the oil industry or the rapid expansion of its automotive sector. The attention paid this week to a
hilly garbage dump near this dusty agricultural town exemplifies the growing frustration and anger. For days, forensic experts dressed in white jumpsuits combed the ground, searching for any sign of hidden bodies. They’d been led there, according to Mexico’s attorney general, Jesus Murillo Karam, by information gleaned from interrogating the latest of 56 people arrested in the case, who include an unknown number of municipal police from Iguala and Cocula. But no bodies were reported recovered, and Murillo Karam, who helicoptered in for a brief visit to the site, sounded defensive about whether Pena Nieto’s government was working hard enough. “I don’t remember – and I’m of sufficient age to remember a lot of things – an investigation with so many members involved,” Murillo Karam said Tuesday in Acapulco. “It is an inquiry with thousands of investigators.” After a public audience at the Vatican on Wednesday, Pope Francis told the Roman Catholic faithful that he is afflicted by the problems in Mexico. “Today, I would like to raise a prayer and bring our hearts closer to the Mexi-
can people, who suffer from the disappearance of their students, and for so many other problems,” the pontiff said. “Let our brotherly hearts stay close to them in prayer in this moment.” On Wednesday night, Pena Nieto finally met with relatives of the missing students for the first time since the night of Sept. 26, when municipal police in Iguala, a city of 130,000, who were in cahoots with the United Warriors criminal gang rounded up the students and turned them over to gunmen. Three busloads of relatives arrived at the ornate presidential residence, Los Pinos. After a meeting that lasted more than four hours, the relatives refused to leave unless Pena Nieto signed a statement they provided. He demurred, and it was two more hours before the relatives agreed to leave. Finally, after 9 p.m., Pena Nieto appeared live on television and said he’d agreed on a number of points with the relatives, including setting up a commission to provide better information about search efforts and to offer renewed support for the 17 rural teachers colleges in Mexico, which the relatives have said they fear the government wants to close.
A makeshift altar includes a tiny skull on the charred esplanade of Iguala City Hall in Mexico Wednesday (MCT).
A Mexican naval commando holds his assault weapon near a hillside garbage dump in Cocula, Mexico, where forensic experts were hunting for buried bodies Tuesday (MCT).
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More college sex assault victims coming forward By HARTFORD COURANT MCT
The following editorial appeared in the Hartford Courant on Thursday, Oct. 30. It may seem cold, clinical and counterintuitive to say that the higher number of sexual assaults reported by colleges and universities in Connecticut from 2012 to 2013 is good. But it is. Each assault is a crime to be regretted, but the higher assault numbers now being reported mean that students and others are less afraid to step forward and let it be known they suffered some form of sexual harassment, rape or assault. That’s critical in tackling a big problem on campuses. One woman out of every five is sexually assaulted in college, according to a White House report in April.
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The survivors often feel “isolated, ashamed or to blame,” the report said. Courant reporter Kathleen Megan wrote Sunday that eight of 11 institutions of higher education in the state showed increases in reports of sexual assaults, with especially sizable jumps at the University of Connecticut, Trinity College and Wesleyan University. Only three colleges reported declines. At UConn, for example, the number of reported sexual assaults increased year over year from 13 to 25. The increases, experts say, are the result of increased awareness about sexual assault, a ramping up of education and treatment programs, and greater willingness of victims to come forward, knowing that they’ll get the help and justice they deserve. Sexual assault has been a vastly underreported crime, on college campuses and off. Colleges and universities may have
Penn EDITORIAL
The Slutty Pumpkin
To a child, Halloween means adult-supervised strolls through the neighborhood in search of candy and crashing into piles of leaves in their freshly purchased Spiderman costumes. It’s the sound of unwrapping that second full-sized candy bar you snuck from that one house with the “Not home, please take one!” sign, or the smell of hot cocoa after choosing just the right pumpkin to carve. To an adult, however, Halloween means having to shell out enough money to purchase groceries for a week for a costume that will only be worn once. Spirit superstores begin popping up around the end of September. By October, it seems like they’re in every mall or shopping center within a 10-mile radius. The men have it easy – choose something with some muscles or whatever action movie character is the most popular at the moment. Women, on the other hand, have it much harder. How sexy do you go, and how sexy is too sexy? The answer? Who cares? It’s your body, do what you want with it. Every Halloween, a plethora of blogs and websites creep up, complaining about the over-sexualization of women’s costumes and how ashamed they should be for walking out of their homes as the sexy school girl with the short skirt or the sexy maid with the low neckline. If “slut-shaming” is frowned upon at any other part of the year, why should Halloween costumes be any different? If a man is entitled to expose his chest all Halloween, why is a woman shamed for wanting to show off her legs or her stomach? The media’s ability to pressure women into feeling forced to purchase sexy Halloween costumes, then lash out at them for doing so is absurd, but it takes place every year. A Google search of the question: “Are women’s Halloween costumes too sexy?” returns approximately 8 million results, with headlines ranging from mild criticism to full-on anger and outrage toward the female gender mixed with concern for the younger generations of too-sexy ladies. At the same time, the girls that choose to leave their homes in authentically scary, classic costumes are shamed for being prudes. At what point does Halloween return to being about the candy and the spectacular feeling of dressing as someone else for a night and become less about attacking the women that choose to expose their bodies and poking fun at the women who choose not to? If men can step out of their homes with next to nothing on and receive no criticism for it, why can’t a woman?
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been slow to react – at least three Connecticut institutions have been sued by victims – but recent responses seem to be working. Colleges and universities are doing more to educate students about sexual assault and to ensure that victims know where and how to report it. Schools are doing better at providing health care and emotional support as well as information about legal rights. As a result, victims of sexual assault are feeling more comfortable about coming forward to report crimes – thus breaking down the culture of silence on campus. As more victims feel protected in reporting assaults, schools will become better able to help them, to understand the extent of the problem, to engage others (especially men) in stepping in when someone’s in danger, and to change the culture.
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Icona Pop concert gave students a chance to dance Tuesday By CASEY KELLY
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Halloween night is upon us, and as the skimpy, sometimes scandalous, outfits that college students die to wear come out, choosing one is not always a priority until the last minute. Quick and simple ideas for costumes are the best fixes for embellishing a character on Halloween. These DIY costumes are inexpensive and easily accessible to students with or without transportation to the nearest mall. • Feeling disorderly this halloween? Become a thief for one night only. Throw on that black-and-white striped top in the back of your closet with a pair of black skinny jeans and black sneakers. • Grab a black face mask, or better yet, paint on a black mask to shield your face from your victims. Finish off your look with a black beanie and some black gloves – you don’t want to be caught red-handed. • Goodwill is the one-stop shop for all of your vintage needs this Halloween. You could become any old TV star, as his or her wardrobe was probably thrown into someone’s Goodwill pile.
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Grab a floral long dress, high socks and flats to become an elderly woman. Embellish your inner 1940s and raid your grandparent’s closet for free. It is never too late to bring back the styles of the elderly for one night only. • Do you want the easiest trick to finding a cheap, yet easily accessible costume on Friday night? Go to Walmart and purchase a masquerade mask. This simple accessory could make any costume a success with a plain black outfit. Or, dress it up with a fancy black dress and heels. If this costume embarrasses you, the trick is that no one will know who you are under the mask. You can be anyone you want to be on Halloween night: Embrace it. • Makeup can make or break a great halloween costume. Face painting can grant you a ticket to be on the bestdressed list. This simple and extremely inexpensive item can transform any college student into anyone, from a cartoon character to a real-life star to a make-believe character in movies. Face paint can be purchased at Walmart for 97 cents per color. • Want to be the life of the party? Tape confetti and streamers over your already bought clothing in your dresser
and be a kid’s-favorite piñata. Be creative with texture and colors to become an innovative party favor for less than $2 at any local convenience store. • Take a trip to your favorite exotic destination this weekend and become a tourist at the costume party. Borrow an embellished floral, tropical shirt from a friend or look around the nearest thrift shop for an outfit costing less than $5. Along with the shirt, don’t forget your sunglasses, camera and hottest destination sun hat. • Are you sick of forgetting your phone or belongings at the party? Easiest solution: Become a bulletin board for the night. Ask your friends to post Sticky Notes all over your outfit, including your face, to exaggerate your forgetfulness and be a one-stop shop for others’ ideas of the night. When the night is over, take off the Sticky Notes, and you will have memories to review with your friends for the next day. Don’t stress out about not having a costume – you still have time. Loot through your closet and make a trip to Goodwill because the best costume ideas this season are the ones right under your nose.
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Icona Pop, a Swedish disk jockey duo made up of Caroline Hjelt and Aino Jawo, took to the Ohio Room’s stage Tuesday night. About 350 attended the concert, according to The Entertainment Network’s Director of Student Activities, Zach Clark. Known for their top hit “I Love It,” the band creates music influenced by electronic, punk and indie pop genres. Colleen Bones (junior, sociology) attended the concert after receiving two free tickets and said she would definitely see the band again. “I only knew a couple of their songs going into it, but I still had a really good time,” Bones said. “I also really liked the opening act [Lowell]. I was actually just listening to them on Spotify.” Icona Pop is touring with the Campus Consciousness Tour (CCT) by Reverb, which began eight years ago. CCT project manager Lara Seaver said the tour gives students a way to connect with the band through a common cause that both parties feel passionately about. “When there is a concert coming to campus,” Seaver said, “it’s one of the bigger events of the semester. If we can all make some small changes, that message reverberates through fans and is able to make an impact in a larger way.” Seaver said that the campaign is primarily fueled by fans’ eagerness to connect with issues that are important to the artist they are going to see. Prior to the show, Icona Pop sat down with select Indiana University of Pennsylvania students to discuss women’s empowerment, an issue that the female duo has first-hand experience with in the music business, a male-dominated industry. Representatives from TEN, the Black Emphasis Committee, Students Advocating Gender Equality, the NAACP and IUP Pride were invited to participate at the meeting. “I don’t think all those guys who say stuff do it to be mean,” Hjelt said. “It’s a
(Photos by / The Penn) The ladies of Icona Pop performed an electric show for the crowd on Tuesday night in the HUB Ohio.
lack of knowledge. “It’s how they were brought up. It’s important to dare to say something and question them in the right way to make them think about what they said.” In addition to women’s empowerment and gender issues, the conference also touched on minority issues, media portrayal and educational goals. Being from Sweden, Hjelt and Jawo compared many social issues here in America to those in Sweden. They said that in Sweden, the media does not assign gender roles as much as the media in the United States. Regarding education, the duo said that it is important for students to study what they are passionate about, and that students shouldn’t be afraid to change their minds about a major. “If you don’t dare to try anything new, you’re just going to run around in circles,” Hjelt said. “You don’t always know what you want to be in the future, but what do you want to be right now?” Icona Pop’s tour with CCT ends Saturday at Bates College in Lewistown, ME.
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(Photos by Karen Plate/ The Penn) Lowell sang for the crowd as one of the opening acts for Icona Pop Tuesday night.
Above Left: Anna Worstell, lead singer of Five Knives. Above Right: Aino Jawo of Icona Pop performed for students as part of the Campus Consciousness tour, sponsored by The Entertainment Network.
Anna Worstell, the lead singer of Five Knives, got the crowd warmed up for Icona Pop.
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Halloween candy transition taking a healthy Joe Augustine, famous pianist, turn to trick-or-treating plays for IUP Tuesday By SAMANTHA FRENCH Staff Writer S.M.French@iup.edu
Halloween, the holiday infamously known for cavities and sugary treats, may be taking a healthier turn at Indiana University of Pennsylvania this year. Passing out fruit, drinks or even pencils seems like the thing to do in a society with the new “healthy kids” regulations. Howerver, students and staff members have different views on the healthy movement this Halloween. Kaitlyn Mazzotta (freshman, nursing) disagrees with handing out healthier treats compared to candy on Halloween. “When I went trick-or-treating as a child, I always got a lot of popcorn balls and mostly candy,” Mazzotta said, “but when I went in later years, I received different treats, like hot chocolate and crackers.” The experience Mazzotta had of re-
ceiving healthy items instead of candy has influenced her argument of healthy and non-healthy treats. “It is one day a year: Let the kids enjoy it because they probably will not be eating it every day,” she said. “Instead, it will last a month or be thrown away.” Bonnie Davis, an employee in the electronic department of the Co-op Store, also agrees to pass out candy to trick-or-treaters. “On a daily basis, I say ‘yes’ to healthy foods,” she said. “But it is only once a year that lots of candy is received, and kids need to have fun.” Davis has always passed out candy in various ways to the children of her community. “I walked around with my children and gave treat bags we made up to children,” Davis said, “while back on my porch sat a bowl full of candy bars that said, ‘We are out haunting just like you, so help yourself to a treat or two.’” The front desk receptionist at the Co-op Store, Linda Webb, said she agrees with giving healthier treats to
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children this year. “I am planning on handing out small bags of chips, Nature Valley granola bars and fruit snacks,” Webb said, “because I think that kids get enough sugar as it is during each day.” Whether or not the trick-or-treaters are receiving healthier treats, they will still enjoy the fun times with family and friends. If the idea of passing out healthy or non-healthy treats this Halloween still doesn’t strike an interest, the fund UNICEF is always accepting money during this holiday. UNICEF gives out treat boxes or DIY ideas for children to collect money instead of treats, and the collection will go to helping children in need. The foundation was founded in 1950, and since then have raised more than $170 million dollars. If interested, find out more at unicefusa.org. While enjoying treats of all kinds, kids will continue carrying out the traditions of trick-or-treat night in Indiana and all across the world.
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Prestigious Steinway artist and world-renowned pianist, Joe Augustine, performed a free recital in Sutton Hall Tuesday. Augustine has been playing piano for over 50 years has been teaching for 12. Originally from Warren, Ohio, Augustine is a full-time faculty member at the University of Akron in the jazz studies program. His inspiration for playing the piano began after a high school football incident that left Augustine severely injured. After listening to the keys that a student teacher performed, Augustine was able to recite the chords of the piano verbatim. He had never played the piano a day in his life before that encounter. But because of that experience, he knew the piano was exactly what he wanted to pursue. “God gives you a talent, and He doesn’t tell you what to do with it” Augustine said. “He just gives it to you. It should be an individual’s honor and duty to give it back to the world better than He gave it to you.” Augustine fulfilled his dream as he has recorded more than 47 CDs, and he has traveled to many different universities and countries all over the world. “I had a great deal of fun in South America,” he said. “I was in Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires, and I loved the whole vibe there.” While Augustine mostly performs at concert venues, in the past he took stage at jazz clubs, benefits and receptions, according to the Joe Augustine biography website. “There was one club I played at six nights a week for 30 years,” Augustine
(Photos by Alex Robinson/ The Penn) Steinway artist Joe Augustine performs a selection from “The Great American Songbook.”
said. “It was a wonderful learning experience,” he said. “If I wrote a book about just that gig, it would be like reading ‘War and Peace’ five times because I learned so much on that engagement.” At the concert that took place on Tuesday, Augustine was very energetic and engaging during the performance. Members of the audience had positive remarks to make concerning the concert. “The concert was very enjoyable and relaxing,” Lauren Kromer (sophomore, hospitality management) said, “yet he still personalized his performance by talking in between songs and making the audience laugh.”
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M E AT L O A F B O DY PA RT S By SAMANTHA FRENCH Staff Writer S.M.French@iup.edu
Meatloaf as a main dish is a simple and inexpensive dinner for students at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and it’s also simple to fit the Halloween season. Meatloaf can be made by taking one package of hamburger, a cup of bread crumbs or crackers, 1 egg, 1 cup of milk and a small, chopped onion. These can all be mixed together by hand in a large bowl and formed into a loaf. After a loaf is shaped from the mixture, it can be placed into a greased, sided baking pan. The loaf will bake at 350 degrees and for an hour. The sauce for on top can be made by mixing 2 tablespoons of brown sugar, 2 tablespoons of mustard and 1/3 cup of ketchup. The sauce can be baked on top with the meatloaf or put on after baking. The Halloween fun is the best part about making meatloaf for dinner. The options for the severed body
parts are a hand, fingers or a head. The main difference in making the Halloween meatloaf is shaping each one into the desired body part instead of a loaf. One can be shaped into a hand with distinguished fingers. For extra fun, the fingers can have onion slices for nails and half an onion sticking out the back of the hand to look like a bone. The sauce can be drizzled over all to look like blood. The severed fingers are the same concept as the fingers attached to the hand, except they will be shaped into individual and reasonably sized tubes. The head could also be made to look like a zombie by shaping into a general head shape, using onion slices for the eyes and teeth, wrapping cooked bacon around the whole head to give the fleshlike appearance and adding the bloody sauce. If onions are not an option to be used, other items like baked bread or olives can work as well. When you have guests over this Halloween, be sure to show off the severed body parts you created before hacking into it.
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package of hamburger
cup of milk
cup of bread crumbs or crackers
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Psychic predicts first name of next governor By SAMANTHA BARNHART Copy Editor S.E.Barnhart@iup.edu
With Election Day quickly approaching, local psychic Malory Freeling shared her predictions of the next governor with students waiting in line for Chick-fil-A in the Hadely Union Building food court. Malory Freeling, who earned her degrees in tea-leaf reading and magic ball polishing from an online institute allegedly based in Texas, discussed her predictions. “The next governor’s first name,” she said, “will be Tom.” While some students were weary and disbelieving, others were mystified by Freeling’s ability to predict such a specific detail. “There I was, just waiting for some chicken, maybe a side of fries, when this lady starts telling me about the next governor,” Fred Hearst (junior, freedom) said. “She was really specific – she said the next governor would be a white male, age 65, named Tom,” Hearst said. “It was spooking me out.”
The two main candidates for the election Tuesday are incumbent Gov. Tom Corbett, R-Penn., 65, of Philadelphia, and Tom Wolf, D-Penn., 65, of York. The predictions of Freeling come at a very unsure time. Recent polls show that the margin is quickly shrinking between candidates. “A new survey shows Gov. Tom Corbett (R) trailing Democratic challenger Tom Wolf, 49 percent to 42 percent, the tightest margin between the two candidates in any public poll so far,” an article from the The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Oct. 20. From these, it’s clear which candidate Freeling predicts as the future governor. Only time will tell whether or not Freeling is right. While sipping her lemonade, Freeling started gurgling and hyperventilating. Seemingly possessed, Freeling continued her divination. “The governor will not keep many of his promises and receive lower and lower ratings as his term progresses,” she said. “Now that part of the prediction is
definitely not right,” Courtney Palin (senior, trust) said. “I mean, politicians always keep their promises. The next governor will be no different. “Right?” she asked. “Right?” Though the predictions made Palin uneasy and start to doubt her beliefs, Freeling’s fortellings eased the minds of others on campus. “Oh good, I’m glad it’ll be Tim,” Hank Shepard (freshman, hope) said. “I always loved Tim. He’s a good guy, I can tell.” From these prophesies, it’s clear which candidate Freeling predicts as the future governor. Some seem to have faith in Freeling’s powers. “Of course she’s right,” James Macklemore (sophomore, logic) said. “How could she not be? Think about it. Really, really think about it.” Tuesday night, the rest of the nation will be as certain about the next candidate as he. For the time being, however, the mystery remains for most. Freeling’s next psychic reading will be performed in the Oak Grove Nov. 3, when she will predict the next season.
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Bigler balances baseball with rap career IUP junior produced two albums with his brother By ANDREW MILLIKEN Lead Wet Ink Writer A.P.Milliken@iup.edu
Athletics and music may not instantly strike a chord as being related, but for Hunter Bigler (junior, exercise science), these interests combine to hit a home run. Bigler balances his time between pitching and playing outfield for Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s baseball team, a sport he has played since age five, and the rap group he formed with his brother as a college freshman, Bigler Bros., formerly
The New Generation. Bigler Bros. is made up of Hunter Bigler, who primarily handles writing the lyrics and rapping, and his brother Brent Bigler, who lays the beats. “Sports were something I always did,” Hunter Bigler said. “My brother was really musical. He started making beats when he was a freshman.” Their musical influences include contemporary hip-hop performers like Drake and Pittsburgh native Wiz Khalifa and earlier 2000s rock acts like The Fray. The duo began releasing and performing music, both originals and
remixes of tracks by Mac Miller, Rick Ross and Lil Wayne, in 2011. Since then, they have released two albums and performed at the Altar Bar, a venue located in Pittsburgh’s Strip District. They are currently working on a third album. The latest development in the band’s career is their second live show. Opening for Vancouver-based alternative hip-hop artist SonReal, this performance will occur at another Pittsburgh venue, The Smiling Moose, Nov. 2. Bigler expressed appreciation for the
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gig at the Altar Bar and excitement for the upcoming show. “The Altar Bar is a really nice venue,” he said. “We had a great opportunity doing that.” While the brothers maintain a close friendship and enjoy performing together, they recently recruited their cousin Neal Yakopin to play drumset during live performances. “We think the performance is better with real instruments playing,” Bigler said. “The drums really make it come alive.” Bigler described his and his brother’s
original material as drawing on “anything that happens in life” for inspiration. He also related his athletic background to Bigler Bros. music by creating “pre-game” songs by collaborating with his brother. The band’s website includes their second album, “Revealed,” for free streaming and free download. The full set from their performance at the Altar Bar can be found on YouTube. Anyone interested can learn more by following the band on Twitter @BiglerBros and by liking them on Facebook.
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IUP football aims for turnaround against Clarion By JOSH HILL Staff Writer J.M.Hill5@iup.edu
The Indiana University of Pennsylvania football team currently finds itself in relatively uncharted waters under head coach Curt Cignetti. The Crimson Hawks, while still mathematically alive for postseason play, are currently on the outside of the FOOTBALL Division II playoff race with three games remaining this season. “We had two tough games where our team played really hard and came up short,” Cignetti said. Those two games were against the top teams in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Western division, and IUP lost to both: California University of Pennsylvania (21-13) and Slippery Rock University (31-21). IUP is looking for a turnaround, and perhaps a Saturday afternoon showdown on their home field is just what the doctor ordered. IUP, now 5-3, will battle Clarion Univeristy (2-6) for the 87th time at 1 p.m. It’s a game in which the Crimson
Hawks will have to mind their due diligence, especially on offense. The team surrendered eight sacks last week at the hands of Slippery Rock and may face similar problems with a Clarion defensive line that is as ferocious and talented as IUP has seen all year. Returning PSAC West Defensive Player of the Year Julian Howsare, despite rotating and at times playing at linebacker this year, is an absolute force and could wreak havoc on quarterback Chase Haslett (graduate, sports management). Kwame Bell is another player who has the potential to change the game from his defensive line position – an area that could draw attention from IUP’s offensive front. The Golden Eagles are an active unit up front and are not afraid to throw multiple looks at their opponents on game day. Connor Simmons is Clarion’s dualthreat signal caller that is coming off a career high in passing last week. He has a myriad of weapons around him, including Delrece Williams, Matt Lehman, Mike Deitrick and Zach Deitrick. Cignetti won’t make a change at the quarterback position, but will instead give Eddie Stockett (freshman, business)
Jordan Batts (44) and Kevin Clarke (25) prepare for the snap for the Crimson Hawks.
an increased workload in practice. “Eddie is going to get a few reps in practice with the ‘ones’ this week,” he said. “But Chase is the starter, and Eddie’s the backup.” Despite two shaky performances, including a four-interception outing against Slippery Rock last week, Has-
lett has battled back and is ready to lead IUP to victory. It’s arguable that two of his four picks vs. Slippery Rock weren’t entirely his fault, either. “He’s rebounded really well,” Cignetti said. “He’s a stand-up guy. He takes too much blame, but that’s the nature
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of the quarterback position.” Despite all of the current issues, November has been a favorable month for the Crimson Hawks, as they boast a dazzling 9-0 record the past three years. “And I’d like to keep it that way,” Cignetti said.
IUP men’s golf falls short in comeback in season finale By MICHAEL KIWAK Lead Sports Writer M.T.Kiwak@iup.edu
After falling short in their comeback attempt last week during the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Championships, the Indiana University of Pennsylvania golf team repeated the GOLF feat this week. The Crimson Hawks found themselves in 10th place with a score of 310 following round one of the Rock Barn
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Intercollegiate, hosted by Lenoir Rhyne in Conover, N.C. But, thanks to a 14-stroke improvement, the team ascended the ranks to finish in fifth place out of 21 teams with a total of 606. IUP finished 15 strokes behind tournament winner Chico State, the fifth ranked team in the nation. Jack Owen (senior, sports administration) led the resurgence, as he himself rebounded from a seven-over 79 outing in round one to shoot a two-under 70 on the second day. That score left Owen, a 2014 PING All-Atlantic Region Team honoree, tied for the lowest score of the afternoon’s events.
His total score of five-over 149 tied him for 10th overall. Owen was satisfied with his performance. “Personally, I’m happy with my second round performance,” he said, “and it was a nice way to finish off the semester personally.” Max Kirsch (sophomore, business) followed Owen, as he too shot subpar in round one but later recovered in round two. He first shot a six-over 78 but improved by six strokes on Tuesday to finish with an even 153, placing him in a tie for 14th place. Kenny Sames (junior, business) fin-
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ished third for IUP, as he shot a nineover 153 and tied for 30th. Brett Geiser (junior, management) followed with a 14-over 158 to finish in a tie for 65th. Michael Hoare (freshman, marketing) rounded out the list of IUP golfers, tallying a 19-over 163 to place in a tie for 87th. With the conclusion of this tournament, the fall season has also come to a close. Overall, the team placed in the top five in five of its six competitions, including two wins and a second-place finish at the PSAC Championships. With a 12-over 296 in the second
round of the championships, IUP fell short of first place by just three strokes. Despite the successes, Owen said the season did not live up to expectations. “As a whole, I’d say it was a disappointing semester for the team,” he said. Geiser offered a more optimistic look, however. “I think we had a great fall season,” he said. “And even though we didn’t win [the] PSAC, we do have a lot of potential, and I like where the team is at moving forward into the spring season.” The schedule for the 2015 spring season has yet to be announced, but competition can be expected to resume in March.
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Top: Fans cheer on IUP at Frank Cignetti Field at George P. Miller Stadium. (Photo by Kristina Kurelja/ The Penn) Bottom: The Hawk’s Nest waves a flag at IUP’s football game vs. Mercyhurst Sept. 30. (Photo by Nick Dampman/ The Penn)
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By DEMETRI GEORGE Staff Writer D.George@iup.edu
Coming into Sunday’s matchup against the Colts, the Pittsburgh Steelers knew they had to score a lot of points to beat the Andrew Luck led Colts. The Steelers did just that and more. They defeated the Colts 51-34 behind Ben Roethlisberger’s career day. It’s time for another edition of Steelers Stock. If I didn’t have Ben Roethlisberger in my section on players on the rise, there would be something wrong with me. Against the Colts, who have their own star quarterback in Andrew Luck, Roethlisberger completed 40 of 49 passes for 522 yards and six touchdowns. At least three of those incompletions were drops. The numbers don’t tell the whole story, either. Roethlisberger was on another planet on Sunday; some say it was the best quarterback performance in NFL history. His 500 yards were enough to make him the first player in league history to have that many in two different games. In order for this team to return to the playoffs, they need Roethlisberger to carry them. No one expects him to throw six touchdowns every week, but he has to play well for this team to have any chance. Antonio Brown has solidified himself as a top-five receiver, if not the best receiver in the game. He currently has a streak of 24 games
with at least five catches and 50 yards. Brown, week in and week out, goes up against the best cornerback from each – and sometimes even double teams – and still puts up great numbers. Brown brought his reception totals to 60 on the season for 852 yards and seven touchdowns. Brown was dominant again on Sunday and continues to plead his case for the best receiver in the game. Cortez Allen – who was recently demoted to the nickel back – may have been demoted even further down the depth chart. Allen was picked on repeatedly by Luck. Head coach Mike Tomlin, in his weekly press conference, said that Allen will compete for a role in this week’s divisional game against Baltimore. Allen signed a pretty big contract extension just before the season and has struggled thus far. Maybe the best thing for Allen is to sit for a game or two and clear his mind. Dri Archer has struggled finding a role for himself this season on offense, and he was supposed to take over the return duties. Archer – who struggled with kickoff returns this year – saw LeGarrette Blount take over the kickoff return duties. Archer also hoped to take over the punt return duties from Antonio Brown but has failed to accomplish this. Through eight games this season, many – including myself – are questioning why they took him in the third round.
Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger threw six touchdowns against the Colts Sunday.
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Sports
19 NOTES, PREDICTIONS AND OPINIONS ON THE WORLD OF SPORTS
By MICHAEL KIWAK Lead Sports Writer M.T.Kiwak@iup.edu
The Quips The NCAA’s first-ever College Football Playoff top 25 was revealed on Tuesday, and I have to give props to the selection committee. When the NCAA comes up in the news, it seems it’s negative 99.5 percent of the time. But this is a case of the 0.5 percent. The new playoff system, which replaces the much-maligned BCS rankings, will feature the top four teams playing in two semifinal games, where the winners will face each other in the College Football Championship Game. The first rankings feature Mississippi State as No. 1, Florida State as No. 2, Auburn as No. 3 and Mississippi as No. 4. I think that is a solid initial four. Mississippi State undoubtedly has been the best team in the country this year. Florida State isn’t far behind. Auburn has been playing great as well, save for its loss to Mississippi State. I’ve been seeing a lot of complaining about Alabama not being in the top four. That’s a load. Ole Miss beat Alabama, so the Rebels deserve to be ranked over the Crimson Tide. End of story. Boy, San Francisco Giants pitcher Jake Peavy sure gave his best James Shields impression Tuesday night in Game 6 of the World Series. Perhaps it was too good of an impression, as Peavy pitched 1.1 innings while allowing six hits, five earned runs and a walk while striking out only two batters. I think we should all actually be thanking Peavy
though. His terrible performance, as well as that of the rest of the San Francisco bullpen, sowed the seeds for an epic Game 7 matchup between these two evenly matched squads. Speaking of which, Madison Bumgarner is the antithesis of Peavy and Shields. His superhuman pitching performance is the main reason the San Francisco Giants were able to hoist the Commissioner’s Trophy Wednesday night, winning 3-2 in Game 7. More about him later. That being said, the Royals have absolutely nothing to be ashamed of. What a run. An improbable wild card victory over the Oakland Athletics set into motion an improbable eight-game winning streak going into the Fall Classic. As if that weren’t enough, taking the Giants to the absolute brink and fighting until the very end should earn everyone’s respect. Their fans should be immensely proud of them. I don’t think Kansas City will have to wait another 29 years to taste playoff victory. During the fourth quarter of the Houston Rockets-Los Angeles Lakers game Tuesday, Kobe Bryant got into a confrontation with former teammate and Rockets center Dwight Howard. Howard appeared to accidentally elbow Bryant, which riled up Bryant and caused some jawing between the two, which earned them both technical fouls. I can understand being upset about being elbowed, but when your team is down by more than 20 points, you don’t really have the right to spit much venom, Black Mamba. The exciting Monday Night Football game between the Washington Redskins
and Dallas Cowboys was a duel between former Cleveland Browns quarterbacks Colt McCoy and Brandon Weeden at one point. Isn’t the NFL fun? In honor of Halloween, I’ve decided that I’m going to dress up as a Tampa Bay Buccaneers fan that still has hope. *** On a more somber note, St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Oscar Tavares was killed in the Dominican Republic Sunday. The 22-year-old was heralded by many to be a bright young star in the league. It’s an absolute shame when someone that young is taken from the world. It’s also a good reminder that no matter what kind of person you are (famous, rich, poor etc.), we’re all human in the end. My thoughts are with his family and loved ones. This Week’s MVP Bumgarner: Could it be anyone else? He pitched 21 innings during the World Series for the Giants, allowing nine hits, one run and earning three victories. That’s so hard to fathom it makes my brain hurt. In Game 7, he pitched five shutout
innings coming out of the bullpen after pitching a complete game shutout just two nights prior. Naturally, he earned World Series MVP honors. Oh, and if that wasn’t enough, he got a free Chevy truck. Not bad, Mad Bum, not bad at all. This goes without saying, but we all just witnessed quite possibly the greatest pitching performance in World Series history. I think this is just the beginning of a legendary career for him. It’s also setting up a Tom Brady-Peyton Manning-esque rivalry between him and Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw. It’s going to be fun watching those two go at it for years to come. Some quick predictions Results from last week: 3-2. My NFL Picks: LOCK: Cincinnati Bengals over the Jacksonville Jaguars. Pennsylvanian Teams: Both lose. The Eagles will fall to the Texans in Houston. This is also my upset pick. The Steelers have proven to be unpredictable this season, but I think the Baltimore Ravens come into Pittsburgh and steal one. What will my team do this week? Lose. Surprise, surprise. The
Tampa Bay Buccaneers suffered a heartwrenching loss – and that might be putting it lightly – against the Minnesota Vikings at home in overtime, 19-13, last week. I could go into detail, but I don’t think that would be very good for my health. The point is knocking off the surprisingly good Browns seems unlikely. I think that Cleveland’s trio of talented running backs – Ben Tate, Terrence West and Isaiah Crowell, – will rush for more than 200 combined yards and three touchdowns as the Browns take out the miserable Bucs, 24-14. Twitter Follow of the Week: Jon Gruden (@Faux_Gruden) If there is one thing on Twitter that never fails to entertain, it’s parody accounts. This one in particular is hilarious, as it sensationalizes the already hyperactive and colorful Jon Gruden, who is a MNF commentator and a former head coach. “Man, if only DeMarco Murray’s last name was Polo. It would be DeMarco Polo, like the pool game. I’ll tell ya what man, I love swimming pools,” the account posted during the Cowboys-Redskins MNF game.