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SAI budget approved for 2017-18 school year James Rudolph, Staff Writer The topic on most students minds during the S.A.I Annual Corporation meeting was the budget for the student clubs and organizations for the 2017-18 fiscal year. At 4:15 p.m. on Monday, the student body was presented with the proposed allocated budget, and took a vote to accept it or not.

After nominating candidates for positions on the SAI Board of Directors and passing the motion to sell the property of a hillside wooded lot in Coal Center, Student Government Financial Secretary Jordan Lockhart gave the proposed budget of $2,370,025, which was approved by the Student Cabinet, Senate and S.A.I. This is $55,623 less than the 20162017 fiscal year’s $2,425,648. The requested budget for this fiscal year was $3,137,708. If the

motion to pass the budget carries, it will entail a $30 increase in S.A.I fees from graduate and undergraduate students.

When discussion opened to the floor, one student stood up and expressed her concerns about clubs receiving more funding than others.

She inquired as to why some clubs, such as sports clubs, received drastically more funds compared to other, more academic clubs. The Hockey Club’s allocated budget was brought up as a specific example.

The Cabinet responded with highlighting the various needs of the club, such as how the Hockey Club pays $1,000 in dues and their inability to practice as frequently as other sports due to facility access. Also, they showed how the Hockey Club provides advantages that

some of the other clubs don’t, such advertising, recruitment and success through winning games.

“We sat down for over nine hours, and looked at each individual club’s accounts and expenses,” said Lockhart. Out of all the allocated budgets for this year, the three largest would belong to the Student Activities Board, the Hockey Club and CUTV. SAB’s allocated budget is $200,000; the Hockey Club’s is $155,000 and CUTV’s is $55,000.

After Lockhart’s remarks, the motion was passed to allow the proposed budget. Students voted on clickers that were administered upon arrival, and the budget was approved with a final vote of 215-50. Lockhart motioned to adjourn the meeting, and it was passed at 4:45 p.m.

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NEWS

Campus Talk: President Jones addresses student concerns

By Briana Hendrikson, Staff Writer On Tuesday in the South Wing of the Convocation Center, students gathered at the Campus Talk event presented by California University of Pennsylvania’s President, Geraldine Jones.

Campus Talk is an open meeting that all Cal U students have the opportunity to attend, where President Jones answers questions, and concerns regarding campus life.

Upon entry, a packet was passed out to each student that provided important information regarding Cal U Cupboard, applying for University housing, and PARC the Prevention Awareness Recovery Center on campus.

After opening remarks and announcements about upcoming campus events from Student Government Corresponding Secretary, Jonathan Hershey, President Jones was welcomed to the podium.

President Jones first discussed the concerns about the future of California University of Pennsylvania and other state system schools, after the announcements made by Chancellor Brogan earlier this semester.

“We (California) have a strategic plan in place, and that is the way we are addressing our university.”

Jones said. “We have many faculty, staff, and students who have been participating in the plan for the direction of the University moving forward.”

“There are many good things that are going on at Cal U, and they are making our university stronger,” Jones said.

Moving forward in the open discussion topics ranging from extending library hours on Fridays evenings, extending hours for the Gold Rush and Vulcan Flyer on the weekends, meal plan concerns, and the placement of call boxes on campus were addressed.

The first area of student concern that President Jones address involved extending the hours for the Gold Rush on the weekend.

“If we had student traffic in the Student Union on the weekend, I am sure that we would extend those hours,” Jones said. “But if we could be convinced that extending those hours of operation would have more students there, I am sure that is something we

President Geraldine Jones (Photo: Rachael McKriger) would take a look at.”

Moving forth, another area of concern that was addressed was the working hours of the library on Friday evenings.

“The reason those hours of operation were reduced was because the foot traffic was not there.

There is so many things that some of our individual do online accessing book from the library that may have contributed to the number of students in the library on the weekend,” Jones said. “It did not show that it would have additional students using the library. You want to make sure you are managing your staff and costs to provide the best services to students.”

Other areas of concerns that were addressed throughout the duration of Campus Talk included getting the most value for our meal plans, lack of cellular service on campus depending on your service provider, and the placement and use of the blue call button posts that are to be used in cases of emergencies on campus.

When addressing the many concerns students for extending the hours of operation for the Vulcan Flyer on the weekend, President Jones indicated that there are many factors that go into play when determines hours of operation, such as student traffic.

“We need to know that there are individual in need of that service (transportation). From the information that they have gathered, there has not been that need.” Jones said. “When I say that safety is one of our highest priorities here, it is. Safety matters more than anything else.”

Overall, Campus Talk provided a lot of opportunity for students to address their questions, and concerns to not only President Geraldine Jones, but to Vice President of Student Affairs, Nancy Pinardi, Vice President of Administration, Robert Thorn, Provost Barnhart, and Terry Wigle.

At the end of the day, President Jones wants to ensure that each student of California University of Pennsylvania knows that, “Your voices are heard, and much appreciated.”

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SPJ, Cal Times members take on Detroit for conference

By Rachael McKriger, Editor In Chief Members of the Society of Professional Journalists and the California Times ventured to Detroit, Michigan for the SPJ Region 4 Conference.

The conference, which was held at the Hotel St. Regis, included guest speakers, workshop sessions and an award ceremony titled the Mark of Excellence Awards. California University of Pennsylvania took home the award for best cover design, created by former graphic designer Connor Marshman, a Cal U class of 2016 graduate.

Marshman was also named a finalist in the same category for another cover design.

“The representatives from the companies that came were very well knowledged and easy to talk to. I met a lot of new faces with a lot of new opinions on things.”

— Taylor Barta, Cal Times graphic designer Making the trip on behalf of both clubs were Taylor Barta, Angel Funk, Daniel Beeck and Rachael McKriger. They were also accompanied by Jeff Helsel, multimedia journalism director, and Anthony Carlisle, journalism professor and chair of the English department.

As for the guest speakers, there were journalists and multimedia journalists from the Wall Street Journal, Detroit Free Press and other outlets in Detroit. The keynote lunch speaker was Detroit Police Chief James Craig.

Craig spoke about his time in Detroit, as well as Cincinnati and Los Angeles and some of the problems, and potential solutions, facing Detroit.

After Craig spoke, a session was held reviewing the 2016 president election coverage.

Front Row: Angel Funk and Rachael McKriger Back Row: Taylor Barta, Daniel Beeck, Dr. Anthony Carlisle and Jeff Helsel Aaron Pickrell, Lena Epstein, Chad Livengood and Chrissie Thompson spoke on their different viewpoints and answered questions from students about how election coverage can be less biased and better executed during the next election cycle.

Lastly, another panel was held on the good and bad of social media, which was led by Dr. Elizabeth Stoycheff, Brian Manzullo, Bill Emkow and Dr. Stine Eckert. Like the election panelists, the four social media speakers answered questions on how journalists can use social media to their advantage, and what they should not do on social media.

Graphic designer Barta talked about his experience at the conference.

“I didn’t realize how many news articles have emphasis with SPJ,” Barta said. “They’re really well praised for their news based articles. The representatives from the companies that came were very well knowledged and easy to talk to. I met a lot of new faces with a lot of new opinions on things.”

If any student is interested in the events and would like to attend next year’s conference, the Cal U chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists meets every other Thursday in room 231 of Azorsky Hall at 11 a.m.

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Is the Nunes scandal worse than Watergate?

April Pfrogner, Staff Writer This undying devotion to connect the Trump administration to Russia has overshadowed most other stories, for example, the allegations of top Obama officials unmasking and leaking top secret information about Trump and his campaign to The New York Times and The Washington Post. Devin Nunes, (former) Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, opened the can of worms, so to speak, on March 21.

Nunes, while riding in an Uber car, got a phone call from a source, that he has yet to identify, telling him to go to the Eisenhower Building on White House grounds to view documents which allegedly show unmasking of Trump and members of his campaign.

When grilled by the media, Nunes said he went to the Eisenhower building to see the documents because he was being “slow rolled” by the FBI and CIA until that point.

Nunes said he asked to view certain documents but had not received them so the only place left to go was the Eisenhower Building via his anonymous source to see them.

Since March 21, Nunes has been accused of being a flunky for the Trump campaign and on April 6, recused himself from the Russian investigation temporarily. He said he has done nothing wrong and is blaming “several leftwing activist groups” for filing complaints with the Office of Congressional Ethics.

So far, what has been reported about the contents of the materials is that top Obama Administration officials unmasked the names of members of the Trump campaign and possibly Trump’s family before and after the election, allegedly several times spanning over a year. The top- secret information somehow made it to the media.

On April 4, Susan Rice, former National

Security Advisor under the Obama Administration was accused of unmasking and leaking names and information from the Trump campaign during her tenure. Supposedly there is a paper trail to show how many times she did it and who she unmasked. Although it is perfectly legal for the National Security Advisor to unmask people’s names, it must pertain to national security.

If a National Security Advisor were to unmask someone for political purposes, that would be called Espionage and is a felony.

In an interview on PBS on March 22, Rice denied any knowledge of unmasking the identities of Trump officials named in intelligence reports linked to Trump’s transition team. Then, on April 4, she admitted that unmasking occurred, while insisting it wasn’t for political purposes.

Top republicans want a Grand Jury convened into this matter.

Democrats say it’s a smokescreen started by the Trump campaign to take the attention away from the Russian investigation.

According to some political pundits, both investigations could potentially lead to scandals worse than Watergate.

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CAL LIFE

The great escape from California

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By James Rudolph, Staff Writer At 7 p.m. this past Wednesday, over 50 students were locked in the Performance Center. Armed with only their wits and each other, students had to escape from the Performance Center in under an hour.

The Student Activities Board held the event with Escape Room, a company in Pittsburgh that offers a unique experience to its customers. They provide an interactive puzzle game in which a group of individuals must solve various riddles, puzzles, and mind games to escape a confined room in 60 minutes. Roxy Bautista, a representative for Escape Room, said the company is about three years old.

“Our puzzles are designed as teambuilding exercises,” explained Bautista. “They help bring our different qualities in people, like leadership, when working in groups. It encourages community and working together.”

The captive students were presented with nine puzzles to solve, each puzzle producing a number as its answer.

Students formed groups amongst themselves and received a booklet containing riddles, which was used to decipher the answer from the ninw clues. The Escape Room staff explained the music they play will be clues

for the puzzles as well. All the puzzles had to be finished before you could solve the final puzzle to escape. Hints were provided, but at a price: the first hint is free, but any other hint a team uses adds time at the end of the group’s total time. The challenge began with much confusion between the groups. The puzzles consisted of various word and image associations, riddles, and number puzzles. All the groups went to each puzzle at least once before real attempts at solving the puzzles were made. Students ran from puzzle to puzzle as Vivaldi’s “Spring (1st Movement)” played. Many of the students did not expect this set up.

“This really isn’t what I thought it would be,” said Jack Bennett, a freshman. “I thought we would have to be getting out of, like, a confined area.”

A bell rang at 7:52, just minutes before the end of the allotted time and no groups close to solving the final problem, an announcement was made about a “bonus” award for the top three teams. Teams began to trade information espionage style. Students Jaylyn Hammond and Airona Walker were frequently accosted for information by a male student, but refused to give

vital intel.

Several students seemed lost at first, relying on the prowess of some of the more experienced, like Corey Christopher White, another freshman who has done challenges like this before in high school. Other students simply anguished at their plight. One student politely asked, “Can someone hand me a cyanide capsule now?”

By 8:10, overtime, all groups got the hints for all puzzles, and an additional final hint given in the form of the song “Under the Sea.” By 8:26, there was still no winner and some groups simply left without an attempt to win. 8:45 hit, and two winners were announced, as both groups finished at the same time. The two groups were Baker’s Street and Scotland Yard.

Students gave mixed reviews about their Escape Room experience. Bennett, White, Walker and Hammond all shared how this was drastically different from what they thought it would be.

“The only annoying thing was my team,” said White and Bennett, who were on the same team together.

When asked if they would return, both replies simply with, “Probably, yeah.”

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A Sensational Funny Freaking Friday

By Kena Dunn, Contributor Jersey the Haitian Sensation was the featured Funny Freaking Friday performer on April 7th, and he did not disappoint.

Funny Freaking Friday’s resilient comedian brought nothing but laughter even after a series of technical difficulties started off his show.

Jersey showed his true comedic talent when he improvised his way through the beginning of the show. Once the microphone and the music started working the show “officially” kicked off.

Jersey explained his life growing up in Jersey as well living in Florida with a series of hysterical jokes and he even showed us some of his dance moves.

Jersey was relatable and hilarious; he interacted with students in the crowd and encouraged participation.

The Student Activities Board’s Evenings Chair,

Any questions contact chantel cannon at can4307

Jessica Crosson, gave her thoughts on this performance, “I was really excited to bring Jersey to Cal U because this was his first time performing at a college. It was incredible to see how humble he was about the experience and interesting to see how nervous he was before the show. I think the crowd really enjoyed his performance so that’s very encouraging for him.”

Jersey was a sensation to have at California University of Pennsylvania! If you missed this comedy show, I would not recommend missing the next one.

The Last Funny Freaking Friday of the semester is May 5th and will be featuring local Ray Zawodni outside on the Gold Rush Patio!

Take some stress off of finals week with a little laughter!

Members of the Student Activities Board with Jersey the Haitian Sensation following his Funny Freaking Friday performance.

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Warped Tour Lineup Announced for Fans

By Rachael McKriger, Editor-in-Chief of American Authors, is Andy Black. An entertainer that goes by a number of different names (he’s also known as Andy Biersack), Black was the front man of a punk rock band called Black Veil Brides. However, he will be heading to the Warped Tour stage as a solo artist.

Warped Tour is also providing a rap artist, in the likes of Futuristic.

Given the name Zachary Lewis Beck, Futuristic follows in the footsteps of Ice-T, Eminem and G-Eazy as rappers who have taken the Warped Tour stage.

Even with all the acts listed aboveAnother year of anticipation for the Vans Warped Tour lineup is over.

The tour, which spans across the entire United States during the summer, announced the lineup for their annual “festival concert.” There were some names that surprised many, while others were regular Warped Tour bands.

An act that caught the attention of many was GWAR. The band, which hails from Richmond, Virginia, is a band that wears costumes that resemble the devil. GWAR is particularly a scremo band, which is heavier than the other bands on tour. For GWAR, they will bring a different kind of atmosphere at Warped Tour.

A little softer, American Authors will be on the Warped Tour lineup. American Authors, most notably famous for their song “Best Day of My Life,” have been on Warped Tour before, but did not participate in 2016.

The inclusion of American Authors and GWAR show the diverse different types of music that Warped Tour brings in.

Meeting in the middle, between the heavier style of GWAR and the pop-rock style

and the many more that can be views on the Warped Tour’s official website- many fans were upset to not see regulars like Knuckle Puck, Set It Off, Pierce the Veil, Mayday Parade, Reel Big Fish and We The Kings on the lineup.

However, there are still many bands that will peak the interest of Warped Tour fans. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster, and for a limited time only Journey’s will be selling tickets for $40 while supplies last.

The local date around the Pittsburgh area is July 14 at the Keybank Pavillion in Burgettstown.

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Netflix Spotlight: Thirteen Reasons Why

By Jessica Crosson, Entertainment Editor After a long wait full of advertisements and promotional videos, Netflix released the highly anticipated new show called ‘Thirteen Reasons Why’ on March 31. This Netflix series is based off of the book originally written by Jay Asher in 2007. The series is currently rated a 9.1 out of 10 on IMDb. IMDb provides this story-line for those who have yet to tune in, “Thirteen Reasons Why, based on the bestselling books by Jay Asher, follows teenager Clay Jensen (Dylan Minnette) as he returns home from school to find a mysterious box with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers a group of cassette tapes recorded

by Hannah Baker (Katherine Langford) — his classmate and crush -who tragically committed suicide two weeks earlier.

On tape, Hannah unfolds an emotional

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audio diary, detailing the thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Through Hannah and Clay’s dual narratives, Thirteen Reasons Why weaves an intricate and heartrending story of confusion and desperation that will deeply affect viewers” Since its release, ‘Thirteen Reasons Why’ has gained quite a following and has taken various social media platforms by storm. Many viewers have become attached to the characters resulting in various tweets, Tumblr posts and fan theories being created.

The series is directed and produced by a variety of people, all providing a different perspective on how the episodes would be played. Each episode follows every traumatizing moment that Hannah Baker had to live through in such a short time span.

This series really makes the audience think

about how every action has a ripple effect.

Suicide is never an easy topic and the grieving process that comes after one has occurred is even more challenging. ‘Thirteen Reasons Why’ provides insight to a variety of ways that people cope and grieve, even though for some of the characters it isn’t for the best reasons.

The series is an emotional roller-coaster that makes you want to hear every tape that Hannah Baker recorded. This isn’t easy to watch and it isn’t supposed to be easy as Hannah Baker states when Clay first begins listening to the tapes.

So adjust whatever device you’re going to use to watch this series and listen to every tape, both sides, in order because that is what Hannah Baker wanted and doesn’t she deserve at least that?

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Albums of the

Week

By Eddie Kuntz

Listen To: Do You Remember? (The Other Half of 23)

CAL LIFE The Maine - Lovely, Little, Lonely Lovely, Little, Lonely is the follow up to The Maine’s most successful work to date, American Candy, and pulls together the sound of that album and their album released prior, Forever Halloween. The album opens strong with the second track “Bad Behavior”, a powerhouse single that is the perfect song for a set at Warped Tour. Following “Bad Behavior” is one of the interlude tracks that are sprinkled throughout this album, “Lovely”, which finds itself flowing seamlessly into the album’s second single “Black Butterflies and Deja Vu”, a fast tempo track with slow, ambient choruses that exhibit some of the greatest lyrics on this album. The album’s true standout track is the third single, “Do You Remember?”, a guitar driven, truly catchy song that sounds reminiscent of every album released by The Maine. Lovely, Little, Lonely finds itself without any weak spots and keeps moving throughout the album, but is a little slow in the second half, yet still doesn’t quite live up to American Candy. As a standalone album, Lovely, Little, Lonely exhibits some of the best writing The Maine has released to date, and stays true to what The Maine is without taking too many risks.

Rating: 9.3 out of 10

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M-F: 11 a.m., 7 p.m., and 10 p.m.

S&S: 4 p.m., 7 p.m., and 10 p.m.

Sweet Movie Reviews with Jonathan Hershey!

Comparisons to a film that was released earlier in 2016, Zootopia, are justifiable because of each are filed with various animated animals.

Sing does differentiate itself with a cast of a characters that come from very different backgrounds. Sing is an enjoyable film for all ages and the inclusion of different genres of music will make for a great watch.

I rate this movie 65/100.

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Cal U’s Spring Egg Hunt 2017

By Jessica Crosson, Entertainment Editor Photos by Rachael McKriger On Tuesday morning, the Student Activities Board hosted their annual Egg-streme Egg Hunt in front of Steele Hall, accompanied

by WCAL who played music throughout the event.

Daytime Chair, McKena Dunn, was in charge of the organization and execution of the event this year.

“The egg-streme egg hunt was the biggest event I have done thus far,” explained Dunn.

“It took a lot planning and once students saw the prizes they were so excited it was like they were kids again. The students were literally running to search for eggs. A lot of people left with some awesome prizes. I think they really

enjoyed looking for the eggs and for those who won, enjoyed receiving their prizes. This is something no other campus does and it is unique here at Cal. It is something I am happy to help make happen on this campus!”

Weather was a concern for the egg hunt that morning but despite a few strong wind gusts, the storms held off and students were able to take a shot at finding an egg that would win them a prize.

There were four different quadrants that had eggs hidden in them. The quadrants were next to Steele Hall, in front of Keystone Hall, on the Guesman Hall hill and in front of the Convocation Center.

Inside of each quadrant was a golden egg that could be redeemed for a Polaroid camera, a $100 Wal-Mart gift card, Bluetooth speaker or a printer depending which section the participants chose to hunt in.

Each quadrant also had a specific color of egg that would guarantee a prize for the person who found it. Prizes consisted of Pirates tickets that were donated by SAI, movie baskets, adult coloring books and a variety of gift cards.

This event was open to all students and provided those who participated with a nostalgic and fun way to get in the Easter spirit while being able to win some cool prizes.

Upcoming SAB Events:

Winners from the Keystone quadrant of egg hunt wait to claim their prizes.

April 27th- Campus Feud at 7pm in

the Vulcan Theater May 1st- Free Money Trivia at 7pm in

the Vuclcan Theater May 2nd- Paintball at 11am on the

Turf May 3rd- DIY Stress Relief Goo at

7pm @ Vulcan Village Clubhouse May 4th- Snow Cones at 11am

outside of Natali May 5th- Funny Freaking Friday at

7pm on the Gold Rush Patio

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Members of the Student Activites Board before the Egg-streme Egg Hunt begins.

Egg-streme Egg Hunt participants hope to have a winning egg in their hands.

Senior, Leah Seader, shows off the eggs she collected.

Participants sign up for which quadrant they want to go hunting for eggs in.

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CAL LIFE

Book Review: The Shack Elizabeth Pedder, Contributor “The Shack,” a movie now playing in most theatres, is based upon the novel, “The Shack,” written by William Paul Young. It is a tragic, but inspirational story about one man’s struggle, Mackenzie, coming to terms with the loss of his five-year-old daughter, Missy. She was brutally murdered at the hands of, “the little ladybug,” a serial killer that preys upon young girls. “The Shack,” a remote, disheveled cabin in the mountainous, backwoods of Oregon; becomes the place where tragedy, the death of Missy, and eternity meet.

“Life takes a bit of time and a lot of relationship.”

A few years after Missy’s disappearance and death, Mackenzie, otherwise known as Mack, is lured back to the shack by a mysterious note left in his home mailbox. The note was signed, “Papa.” Mack found the note to be disturbing, especially since, “the great sadness,” is not a topic he likes to think about. The memories and heartache about Missy are suppressed in his heart, in a neat little area labeled, “the great sadness.” The signature on the note is especially interesting, because “Papa” is the term of endearment that his wife Nan uses whenever she refers to God. Could the note be from God himself? The note is the base of the unfolding mysteries throughout the remainder of the book.

Mack follows his heart and heads back to the tiny shack, in the remote Oregon territory, in search of answers. Packing supplies and

Mack is able to ask, and seek answers to all those difficult questions that we as humans ponder during times of trials and tribulations... a handgun, he ventures off to the unknown.

He has a score to settle. Answers, healing, restoration, and forgiveness is what he finds.

Mack embarks on an incredible spiritual journey where he is given the opportunity to meet with God himself, as a female

representation. Jesus and the Holy Spirit are there also, and what a time they have.

Mack is able to ask, and seek answers to all those difficult questions that we as humans ponder during times of trials and tribulations, difficulties, and traumas; Where is God? Why is he allowing this to happen? Mack’s heart wrenching questions are, “Why didn’t God protect and save Missy from the killer? and “Why did God allow this to happen?”

Mack discovers during his encounters with the Holy Trinity, attributes, and qualities about God that he had never known. He learns about relationships and the true intention of God’s plan for them. Mack is nourished physically and spiritually while God gets to the matter of Mack’s heart, bringing healing and renewal.

Mack is taken on a journey to forgiveness, and the discovery of the remains of Missy’s body.

The lack of a found body always tortured Mack’s mind, that he hadn’t been able to provide Missy with a proper burial. Many deep philosophical topics are discussed between Mack, God, Jesus, and Holy Spirit.

“The Shack,” is a deeply moving, and mysterious novel based upon heartfelt questions that have been debated by theologians and scholars for centuries. Young

provides a beautifully simplistic perspective, into the relationship between God and humans. It is

captivating, providing a constant mystery throughout. The ending is extremely surprising, causing the reader to re-consider everything that they had read and the context of its occurrence.

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The Dakota Pipeline crisis still unfolds James Rudolph, Staff Writer The Dakota Access Pipeline is under way with construction, with President Donald Trump using executive orders allowing the Department of the Army and the U.S Army Core of Engineers to take all necessary and appropriate steps to further allow the construction, and operation, of the pipeline.

President Trump seems like he is protecting the rights of the private property owners, and the rights of Dakota Access, LLC, but he is simply directly attacking former president Barack Obama’s initiatives to rally the Republican Party behind him.

Obama ordered the USACE to follow strict protocols to fully measure the environmental impact the pipeline would have. Native American protestors from the Standing Rock Sioux, and other tribes, staged peaceful protest on the land designated for construction, claiming the construction would harm the water supply on the reservation, and would unearth sacred archaeological sites. Police from across the state responded with force to remove the protestors.

During this time, the USACE found and were exploring another possible route for the pipeline.

Protestors, some who have been there for over two years, had tear gas fired at them by police, and were sprayed by fire hoses in negative ten-degree weather.

The U.N observed the treatment of the protestors by police as violation of human rights.

Despite the USACE’s environmental procedures incompletion, and continuing deliberation between the USACE and Native tribal representatives, President Trump gave the green light to go across the land.

Is this a shining moment for the “working” American, who Trump promises to serve and protect their way of life? Does this protect and further the rights of ALL Americans? Have we fully measured the environmental ramifications the pipeline could have so close to the Missouri River? Is this a move that could be a moment that furthers the prosperity and well-being of Americans everywhere? No way.

Simply put, President Trump put the need for an easier, and cheaper, way to transport crude oil across the United States across the interests and livelihood of other American citizens. Why? To be a champion of

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the energy business, or to generate support from his party?

Trump’s support from the Republican Party has been slipping with his inability to. In fact, his approval rating fell below 35 percent just a mere 68 days after taking office. Without successfully repealing Obama Care, this is a way for him to attack the Obama administration’s legacy to galvanize Republican support. His decision involving the Dakota Access Pipeline is a way for him to save face in the wake of his failures.

President Trump has successfully managed to somewhat keep his promise about immigration and refugees. He managed to implement policy that barred refugees, and immigrants, from countries in the Middle East and Africa. What is ironic is the countries that aren’t banned, all have Fortune 500 companies and a Trump Hotel in them.

Our president has decided that saving Dakota Access, LLC buku bucks serves the interest of the American people better than listening to the concerns

of its citizens and respecting the process required to protect the environment we live in. It is sad that our leader is more concerned with his power, and keeping the support of his party, than the true welfare of American citizens. You cannot claim to be protecting the rights of the American people, and yet repeatedly violate the rights of those very people.

President Trump’s actions regarding the pipeline is just one more act intended to stab at the Obama administration’s legacy. If Trump can’t get the Republicans to like him for his policies, he will remind them of their shared hate for the Obama administration. Yet another example of policy intended to serve his best interest, and not the best interest of the American people.

If you think this isn’t a good example of Trump ignoring the rights and lives of American citizens, wait until “The Wall” is under construction, and Texans have to move out of their homes because the land they have lived on for years is designated as a construction site.

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Dedication of Pike Run Restoration area near Cal U Ceremony opens 22nd annual Pike Run Youth Fishing Festival on April 22 in California One of California’s most popular outdoor events opens this year with a celebration of environmental conservation and town-gown collaboration.

The Pike Run Youth Fishing Festival, which attracts hundreds of area families each year, will begin with a dedication of the newly restored Pike Run stream area at Rotary Park, at Third Street and Route 88 in California Borough.

University and town officials will make brief remarks at 7:30 a.m. April 22, before fishing begins at 8 a.m.

Through a contract from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Partners for Fish and Wildlife, a multi-agency cooperative based at Cal U, carried out the habitat restoration project last fall in collaboration with the California Borough Recreation Authority, Pheasants Forever, the Army Corps of Engineers, the Washington County Conservation District and the state Department of Environmental Protection.

Rock weirs were installed to alter water flow, and log dams were built in the stream to reduce erosion along the bank and create deeper, betteroxygenated pools for fish.

Streamside improvements were made and non-native plant species removed. A trail was constructed so hikers and anglers can walk safely to the stream, which is just a few blocks from the Cal U campus. And Cal U biology student have begun a five-year effort to monitor the stream’s water quality, aquatic life and insect communities — a key part of the project.

“It was encouraging to see so many different departments come together to make this happen,” says Pat Alfano, president of California Borough Council. “It’s something we can be proud of.”

Fishing for Kids Registration for the 22nd annual Pike Run Youth Fishing Festival begins at 7 a.m. The

The newly restored Pike Run stream area at Rotary Park in California Borough.

The 22nd annual Pike Run Youth Fishing Festival begins at 7 a.m. on April 22. event is open to boys and girls ages 15 and younger. An adult must accompany children younger than 13.

Kids may bring their own fishing gear, or they can borrow equipment from a Cal U student volunteer as part of the state Fish and Boat Commission’s Borrow-A-Rod-and-Reel program.

The stream has been stocked with nearly 600 rainbow, brook, brown and golden trout, some as long as 24 inches.

The organizing committee will provide entertainment and many other activities. Vendors will sell bait, tackle, food and beverages at the park.

The festival closes with a weigh-in, prizes and

the awarding of trophies.

Students in the University’s parks and recreation management program organize the event. Faculty member Dr. Candice Riley says planning the festival “gives students a chance to interact with the community and gain important real-life experience.”

The festival is organized and programmed by the University’s parks and recreation management program, the Parks and Recreation Student Society, the Recreation Program Planning class, and the Cal U Eco-Learning Community, in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, California Rotary, the Borough of California and the California Borough Recreation Authority.

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Let’s talk about what happened in St. Petersburg Rachael McKriger, Editor-In-Chief

Many citizens of the United States are wary about the country of Russia.

There’s a good reason for that. Russia has been in the news a lot, due to connections with President Donald Trump, and members of Trump’s inner circle. There was also talk of Russia hacking the 2016 presidential election.

Russia seems to be the big, bad brother of the modern world. However, the vulnerability of the country was shown on April 3, when a bomb went off in the metro station of St. Petersburg killing 14 people.

There were also more than 45 people that were wounded in the attacks, according to Reuters.

It hurt tremendously to see the country of my birth being attacked.

Even worse, it hurtto know that just days later, there were attacks in Stocholm, Sweden and Cario, Egypt.

At first, the Russian media branded a man dressed in traditional Muslim garments as the attacker. However, the attacker has now been named as Akbarzhon Jalilov, a Russian citizen that was born in the country of Kyrgyzstan.

A second bomb was also found at a nearby station in St. Petersburg. However, Russian officers were able to dismantle the explosive before it went off.

During the night, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin laid down flowers at a memorial site for the victims. Putin and the Russian government offered assistance to the families of those injured and killed in the attacks, while also launching a full investigation on the incident.

As a proud Russian-American, it hurt tremendously to see the country of my birth

Photo: Wikimedia Commons being attacked. Even worse, it hurt to know that just days later, there were attacks in Stockholm, Sweden and Cairo, Egypt. The world we live in now is one that we live in fear. Even more, now we live under the impression that another war could start in the blink of an eye.

What also hurt was the comments I saw on CNN and Fox News’ Facebook pages. No matter what, no matter how bad someone might not like Russia’s political stances and politicians, no country should ever have to lose their citizens to a terrorist attack. I say that for every single country, not just Russia.

St. Petersburg is an event that should have never happened, just like every other

terrorist attack. However, if anything can be learned from the events, it’s that false blame can ruin a person (i.e. the person that was falsely identified by the Russian media) and that it doesn’t matter about politics.

Everyone should stand by a country that had a terrorist attack committed against them.

Despite political differences, Russia is going through a horrible tradgey.

Stockholm, Cairo are going through the same exact thing. No matter what the beliefs of a country are, the whole world should show their support to any country that has dealt with a tradegy and terror attack.

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How Donald Trump’s budget could affect you

By Angel Funk, Staff Writer

In the final weeks of negotiations, many are worried about the fate of programs and departments that President Donald Trump has purposed to cut funding dramatically. The 2018 budget focuses on increasing funding for defense and public safety. However, President Trump is raising these funds without increasing spending, meaning deep cuts elsewhere outlined in the “America First” budget blueprint.

Several of the significant cuts with affect higher education and financial aid. The Federal Supplemental Education Opportunity Grant program is going to be hit with a $732 million decrease. This will reduce the number of students who receive the Pell Grant considerably. The work-study program will also we reduced substantially, to filter what the

budget blueprint repeatedly refers to as poorallocated funds.

In the K-12 sector perhaps the biggest blow is Supporting Effective Instruction Effective State Grants program who will lose all $2.4 billion dollars in funding. This program commonly referred to as SEED, which in 2015 had 13 awardees including Teach For America. This program reaches many projects including projects that help intercity or disadvantaged youth. The reasoning behind cutting this program is the poorly targeted use of funds with the lack of evidence to support usefulness.

The budget would also cut after school, before school, and summer programs at $1.2 billion under the 21st Century Community

Learning Centers program. Another money saving expenditure includes cutting funding for 20 other programs altogether. The reason is cited as not suiting “national” needs that could be used with the state, local, or other private funds.

However, with all of these cuts privatized education will be given a $1.4 billion dollar increase. The reasoning cited in the blueprint to give choices to students in the district.

Overall education is seeing a $9 billion or 13% overall decrease in funding if passed while defense will see a $54 billion increase. From kindergarden to the collegiate level these cuts, if passed are going to be deeply affected.

Submitted on March 16th, the budget is in negotiations will no set date yet to be voted on.

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Portia McBride on transfer and senior season

Rachael McKriger, Editor-in-Chief Portia McBride, despite her year in school, is basically a freshman on the campus of California University of Pennsylvania.

McBride, a senior, transferred from Mercyhurst University, another Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) school, for her senior softball season. However, McBride notes that just because she’s new to the team, she still has responsibilities that other senior members of the team have.

“I definitely have responsibilities as a senior in the way of caring myself, trying to set a good example for the freshman and everyone around me,” McBride said. “Everyone on the team knows I have three other colleges years of playing softball under my belt so they aren’t expecting me to be maybe as timid as a freshman would be. I’ve made mistakes but I try my best because I want the absolute best for the team.”

Coached under Rick Bertagnolli, McBride is a pitcher for the California University of Pennsylvania softball team. She credits the program that Cal U’s softball team has, for her reason to transfer.

“This program is amazing with the competitiveness and the high level of intensity I saw in all of the girls,” McBride said. “I didn’t really find what I was looking for in softball at Mercyhurst main campus and just wanted to be a part of something bigger and greater. I wanted to finish my career with a bang.”

McBride has appeared in 13 games this season for the Vulcans. She has posted an ERA of 2.39 and has a line score of 46-48.

However, there’s much more to McBride than just numbers. She began playing softball under her first official coach, Jason Lewis, when she was around 10 years old. According to McBride, Lewis was the first coach that believed in her pitching and, “always pushed me to be my best when other coaches doubted my ability.”

As for her high school career, McBride attended Elizabeth Forward, which helped her prepare for her college career.

“I believe there’s multiple reasons on how playing at Elizabeth Forward prepared me for my college career, I could probably write a book about it,” McBride said. “But playing softball at Elizabeth

Forward prepared me for college by the challenges I had to face, the coaching staff, the amazing fans supporting me through it all, the teammates I had, and can’t forget about my dad being my #1 fan through it all with never missing one game all four years.”

Her dad, and her family in general, continued to be fans of hers when she elected to attend Mercyhurst University. However, her freshman and sophomore seasons had her attending Mercyhurst North East, before heading to the main campus for the 2015-16 school year.

“I chose to go to Mercyhurst North East because the coach offered me a great scholarship and the program was absolutely amazing,” McBride said. “After my two years there, I had to transfer since it was a junior college so I just decided to go to Mercyhurst main campus. I chose to go there because I felt at home in Erie. I had made so many friends along the way that I didn’t want to lose those friendships. Also, the school itself is such a great school. My professors there were unbelievably caring and made sure each student was on the right track.”

Now, her journey has taken her to Cal U. McBride notes that she has a good relationship with both

her fellow seniors and coach Bertagnolli.

“I love the relationship I have with the other seniors,” McBride said. “With them being here at Cal all four years, I am sure it wasn’t easy accepting a transfer senior into their class but they definitely made me feel accepted like I was one of them. Kaity Davis is the other senior pitcher and we support each other, push each other to be the greatest we can be on the pitching mound. We want to see each other succeed.”

“Megan Jahoda is the senior catcher and she’s amazing at it,” McBride continued. “Not only the talent but just the support and the excited fist pump she gives us pitchers when she’s behind the plate and we strike someone out. And Kaity Finley is one of the nicest people you’ll meet. Me and her are always laughing at one another and I love having her behind me as my right fielder because I trust her with any ball that’s hit her way.”

“Coach Bertagnolli is not only a great coach, but he is a great person all around,” McBride said.

“You can tell he cares for each and every one of his players deeply and wants the best for them.

I love the relationship we have because it is very laid back, easy going, and extremely comical. He is super funny and we make jokes to each other all the time. I feel comfortable about going to him about anything, especially because he gives such great advice.”

“I also love the communication we have with each other during games and practices,” McBride continued. “Like if there’s something I need to work on he makes sure he tells me right away so it can be fixed. He just doesn’t let it go and watch me struggle. Having him for a coach my last year of playing competitive softball ever is something that I am truly grateful for and blessed to have. I can never thank him enough for making this one of the best seasons of my whole softball career.”

McBride, Bertagnolli and the rest of the softball team are in the home stretch of their season, and will travel to Erie to face Gannon University on Friday at 3 and 5 p.m. The next day, the team will head to Slippery Rock University for a 1 and 3 p.m. matchup.

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Steven Shrenkel, Staff Writer

The California University of Pennsylvania Vulcans softball team hosted a doubleheader against the Mercyhurst Lakers on Sunday, April 9 from Lilley Field. In both of these games, the Vulcans were victorious nearly shutting out the opposition in each game.

With this sweep, Cal U improves to 12-10 this season with a 3-3 record in their division.

Mercyhurst sits at 8-20-1. The Vulcans started their first game at 1 p.m. They won the game 3-1. The second game took place at 3 p.m. with Cal U winning 8-1.

In game 1, Cal U struck first in the bottom of the second leading to one unearned run.

Catcher Kaylyn Rose led off with a single before advancing to second by a sacrifice bunt. Left fielder Logan Blake eventually delivered and

RBI single to send Rose in for their first run.

Mercyhurst would end up tying the Vulcans in the top of the fourth. The Lakers third baseman blasted a solo shot to left field and would give Mercyhurst their only earned run of the game.

Cal U was able to break the 1-1 tie by scoring two runs in the bottom of the sixth. Two errors by the Lakers led to the Vulcans increasing their lead 3-1.

Relief pitcher Kaity Davis earned the win for the Vulcans after pitching a scoreless three innings. In these innings, she didn’t allow a single hit and retired eleven out of the twelve batters that she faced. Only one Lakers player was able to reach base on a fielding error.

In game 2, Cal U defeated Mercyhurst 8-1.

The Lakers struck first this time in the top of

the second. The Vulcans would retaliate when shortstop Emily Price got a base loaded walk in the bottom of the second to even up the score.

Price would follow up with a two-run dinger in the bottom of the fifth.

The game continued to break open for the Vulcans when they went on to score five runs.

Logan Blake started the scoring off with an RBI single. Price would continue this with her own RBI single. Courtney Sinclair would also get an RBI single along with third baseman Paige Wilson and Megan Jahoda to push the Vulcans to an 8-1 lead.

Relief pitcher Davis again earned the win for the Vulcans. In the process, she posted another three-shutout innings. She would only give up four hits total in these innings.

NHL Playoff “Sneak Peek” Danny Beeck, Sports Editor

It goes without saying that this NHL season has been dominated by the new faces in the league. The likes of Auston Matthews, Connor McDavid, and Johnny Gaudreau have been slicing and dicing the entire league with their stick handling and sharp shooting abilities.

With that being said, you can’t leave the big names of the NHL out either. Alex Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby have been the top names in the league for a few years now, helping their teams to yet another successful season, along with a bid to the playoffs.

The pressure of performing in the playoffs has been amplified quite a bit when it comes to the Washington Capitals, as they won their second straight Presidents’ Trophy, although their 4-2 series loss to the eventual Stanley Cup Champion Pittsburgh Penguins puts a slight chip on their shoulder. Even though Alex Ovechkin has seen his goal scoring ability falter slightly, (33 goals this season, compared to 50 plus from the previous year) he is just as

much a threat with the puck on his stick.

The playoff field this season will also give quite a few teams an opportunity to snap some streaks that they would like to push aside. With the Blue Jackets faced up against a tough Pittsburgh Penguins team, they have a shot at winning their first ever playoff round, which would seem like a daunting task if the Penguins were healthy. The Nashville Predators will also attempt to skate past the Chicago Blackhawks, towards the second round, a streak that has never seen a Predators win.

As for the first-round games for the lucky 16 teams in the league, buckle up for some intense action. Match-ups that will feature the Canadiens vs. Rangers, or even the Maple Leafs vs. Capitals will pit some of the most explosive teams in the East against each other, which means the goalies will get their money’s worth.

Many would say that the young players who

made their mark in the regular season will find out what playoff hockey is, but I believe the opposite. With the dominance of the young stars this season, I can honestly see the older teams shaking in their boots. It will come down to the endurance of teams, and how healthy they are going into the first-round games.

A perfect example of one beat up team entering the playoffs, is the Pittsburgh Penguins. Going into a match-up against a tough Blue Jackets team may seem like good series on paper, however, the injury prone Penguins might be limping into their second round series.

When it comes to different sports and their playoff teams, you truly have the best teams against each other in the 2017 NHL playoffs.

With competitive games beginning right away, fans and sports lovers alike will be glued to their TV’s waiting to see who will make it out on top.

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Cal U remains fifth in Dixon Trophy standings

By Matthew Kifer, Sports Information In the second edition of the 2016-17 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Dixon Trophy standings, California University of Pennsylvania remains fifth among the 18 league schools announced the league office on Tuesday afternoon.

The Dixon Trophy standings are based on an average score for every PSAC Championship sport that an institution sponsors. Equal to its total membership, each conference sport champion is awarded 18 points and a descending point value is given for respective place finishes.

The second- through last-place values vary depending on the number of teams that sponsor the sport.

The Vulcans have averaged 11.27 overall points through the winter season, which includes 13 of the school’s 18 intercollegiate sports. Women’s basketball led the winter sports with 17 points after advancing to the PSAC Championship, while women’s indoor track & field (15) also received double-digit points.

The women’s basketball team advanced to the

finals of the league tournament for the thirdstraight year and the women’s indoor track & field team finished in fourth place at the PSAC Championships. Swimming rounded out the women’s winter sports with seven points after placing eighth overall at the league meet.

On the men’s side, the indoor track & field team totaled eight points after finishing in eighth place at the league championships. The men’s basketball team accounted for 5.5 points during the winter.

Shippensburg moved into first place in the Dixon Trophy standings with an average of 12.82 points after receiving at least 15 points in five winter sports, highlighted by three conference titles. IUP jumped one spot to second with 12.42 points and West Chester vaulted up four positions to fourth place with 12.27 points. Bloomsburg now sits fourth with 11.88 points and Cal U rounds out the top five in the standings with 11.27 points.

Eight different institutions have won the Dixon Trophy, led by Shippensburg with seven titles.

The other schools are: Bloomsburg (three), Lock Haven (three), West Chester (three), Cal U (two), Kutztown (one), Millersville (one) and Slippery Rock (one).

The PSAC Dixon Trophy has been awarded annually since the 1995-96 academic year by the PSAC to a member institution whose athletic department earns the best overall finish in conference championship and/or regular-season play. During the course of the academic year, points are awarded based on an institution’s finish in 23 conference sports.

Seven PSAC Championships will be contested in the 2017 spring season: baseball, women’s lacrosse, softball, men’s and women’s tennis and men’s and women’s outdoor track & field. The announcement of the 2016-17 Dixon Trophy winner is scheduled for May 23 at the PSAC Awards Luncheon in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

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Vulcans split doubleheader at West Liberty Matt Hagy, Sports Information

Junior Neil Dudley (Odenton, Md./ Chesapeake) tossed a complete-game shutout in Game 1, as the California University of Pennsylvania baseball team split a nonconference doubleheader at West Liberty on Tuesday afternoon, posting a 6-0 win before suffering a 6-5 loss in Game 2.

With the split, the Vulcans move to 1315 overall while playing their first road doubleheader of the year. Meanwhile, the Hilltoppers, which are one of the top teams in the Mountain East Conference (MEC) standings, stand at 19-10 this season.

In Game 1, Dudley allowed just three hits in the shutout and Cal U belted a pair of homers in the 6-0 victory. Junior second baseman Garrett Brooks (Connellsville, Pa./Greensburg Central Catholic) and sophomore catcher Kristian Webb (Whitby, Ontario/Sinclair) both posted two hits with a solo homer.

Webb led off the top of the second with a solo homer, his third of the year, before Cal U extended the lead to 2-0 when redshirt senior first baseman David Marcus (Whitby, Ontario/ Father Leo J. Austin) recorded a two-out RBI

double. The Vulcans added two runs in the fourth inning, as junior third baseman Andrew Grace (Moon Twp.,Pa./Moon) collected an RBI double and later score on a passed ball.

Brooks started the seventh with a home run, his third of the year, before Cal U scored the last run of the game on a ground-out.

Dudley retired the last 11 Hilltopper batters to preserve the shutout.

In Game 2, the Vulcans moved the tying run in scoring position with two outs in the top of the seventh before a fly-out ended the game. West Liberty rallied from a 4-0 deficit with two runs in the fourth, three in the fifth and one in the sixth inning. Marcus gave Cal U 1-0 lead in the top of the first with an RBI double that scored Brooks, who opened the game with a single.

The Vulcans left the bases loaded in the top of the second before tallying two runs in the third on bases-loaded walks.

The Hilltoppers cut into the deficit in the bottom of the fourth with a two-run homer and claimed the lead an inning later with three runs. West Liberty tied the score at 3-3 on an RBI single before Cal U nearly ended the inning

with back-to-back strikeouts. However, an error on a strikeout allowed the Hilltoppers to load the bases. West Liberty capitalized on the error with a two-run single with two outs before adding an insurance run in the sixth.

The Vulcans scored on a sacrifice fly in the top of the seventh before leaving the game-tying run on second.

Marcus and Brooks each finished the game with two hits. Senior Caleb Catherine (South Williamsport, Pa./South Williamsport) was saddled with the loss after retiring two batters in the relief, allowing one run (unearned) on two hits. West Liberty reliever Mitchell Viakley earned the win after working 1.0 shutout inning.

Cal U returns to action on Friday, April 14, when it hosts a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) West doubleheader against Gannon in Washington, Pennsylvania, at 1 p.m.

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Kaity Davis

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Major: Elementary Education Hometown: Massillon, Ohio High School: Jackson Kaity Davis recieved PSAC Western Division Pitcher of the week, as she helped her team secure three victories over 21.2 innings. Most recently, Davis tabbed over seven innings of shutout relief in the doubleheader sweep against Mercyhurst University.

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