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February 11, 2016 Staff List Editor-in-Chief Kathleen Ellison Managing Editor Jayson Moyer News Editor Caroline Clayton A&E Editors Mary Jones Sam Shirk Lifestyles Editor Amanda Thomas Opinion Editor Aaron Fleegle Sports Editor Bret Pallotto Design Managers Cierra Cook Grace Harrison Online Editor Joanna Harlow Ads Manager This could be you!

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PASSHE students make themselves heard in Harrisburg Joanna Harlow Online Editor ejh1498@lhup.edu An estimated 500 students attended the rally organized

by APSCUF at the state capitol in Harrisburg Monday to protest cuts to state higher education funding. Students from each of the 14 PASSHE schools gathered on the stairs of the rotunda, chanting “pass the budget” and holding signs which read “united we stand, underfunded we fail.”

Featured speakers included the chancellor of the PASSHE system, Frank Brogan, President of APSCUF, Kenneth M. Mash, and Rep. Mike Hanna of Clinton County.

Students were then given the floor. They spoke in front of the assembly to the cameras about personal experiences with student debt and reiterated the message that higher education is a “human right.”

Funding for higher education was cut by 18 percent in 2011 and has been flatlined since. Several PASSHE schools plan to go to a “per-credit tuition,” which could mean a 25 percent increase in student tuition.

The rally was organized in light of the budget impasse.

Pennsylvania’s budget is 246 days overdue on Thursday.

There is a new budget proposal, which would combine this year and next year’s budget into an 18-month plan.

A group of EE reporters sat down with Hanna after the rally to talk about funding to higher education and the gridlock in the House.

EE: Why did you think it was important to come to this rally?

MH: “Over 50 percent of students in the PASSHE Schools come from the host county or the surrounding areas.

Most of the students at Lock Haven are my constituents.

The state system has a mission statement that we are to provide a quality education at an affordable price. I’m on the PASSHE board of governors and part of our charge is to make sure we carry out that statement. When state appropriations go down, our mission is compromised. The quality of education is challenged because class sizes get bigger, opportunities are lost, programs are cut back or put in moratorium and tuition goes up.”

EE: What is prolonging the impasse?

MH: “It’s really not hard to put your finger on. On Dec. 22nd, we had the opportunity to pass a compromise budget.

And, you know, everybody recognizes that there has to be some compromises. The governor said he wanted an 11 percent increase for higher education because that increase would mean that over a two-year period, we would restore

the cuts that Governor Corbett made. Comprises had to be made because the Senate and the House are controlled by Republicans.

Ultimately we came around to a budget that would have had only a 5 percent increase. So instead of restoring it over two years, we would be restoring cuts over a 4 year period.

Not what I wanted, not my first choice, but clearly it was a compromise and something I was prepared to support.

When you ask ‘who is responsible for it not happening’ on Dec. 22, after we passed it on second consideration, it was the Speaker of the House [Rep. Sam Smith,Punxsutawney] One person out of 253 legislators pulled the plug and said you’re not going to vote on this on third and final consideration. You’re not going to get the opportunity to end this budget impasse and he pulled the plug and said ‘no vote’ and sent everybody home. So there’s clearly the obstacle to getting this done, it’s the Republican leadership in the House.”

EE: Are you supporting the 18 month combined budget plan?

“I can be very supportive of that, depending on what it looks like. But, yes, as long we build on what we had agreed to: the framework that was agreed to last fall that had the 5 percent increase for higher education. As long as we’re close to that, and we’re building on that, and looking forward to next year, and as long as we accept our responsibility to pay for this. What the Republicans keep sending the governor is not paid for. They keep saying ‘well, we don’t need to do anything about taxes’. But everyone who has looked at this- Pennsylvania had been through five credit downgrades because they keep refusing to raise the revenue we need to pay to pay our bills.

Everyone who has evaluated the budgets we are looking at, has concluded that this year alone will have about half a billion dollar deficit. By ‘everyone’ I mean independent agencies, everyone, even the Republican Appropriations Chair said that. And, worse yet, next year, they’re talking about a deficit close to two billions dollars if we don’t do something about this revenue shortfall. So, that’s the number one thing we have to get them to accept, and as long as they’re willing to accept responsibility, we will put up the majority of the votes. The Democrats will put up the majority of the votes and we put up the majority of the votes on Dec. 22. Let’s just get this done, they have to shoulder their share of the responsibility. We can’t keep telling Pennsylvanians that they’ll have a budget that isn’t paid for.”

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EE: What needs to be done to restore funding to higher education?

MH: “In the last three decades it’s gone from a student share of 25 percent and a state share of 75 percent to the exact opposite. Now students’ tuition is paying close to 75 percent of the cost of higher education and the state is only subsidising 25 percent. And that’s just plain wrong. The system is titled the state system of higher education. We are a state-owned public system of higher education and we should at least shoulder half of the cost to justify the fact that we call it the state system.

Our obligation is to make higher education obtainable and affordable for people who ordinarily couldn’t obtain it. That’s what public higher education is about. So we have to reverse the direction it’s been going the last several decades, which has got us to this point where students are shouldering 75 percent of the cost. The first thing we have to do is reverse the 20 percent cut and get back to where we were just five short years ago.

If we can get there, and then continue the reinvestment, there’s actually a bi-partisan study commissioned by the legislature and approved by Gov. Corbett that was done of public higher education that said that we had to

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start reinvesting in higher education.

If you look across the country, all of the states in 2007-2010 got hit very hard by the last recession, and at the time of those hits, all the states cut back their investment in higher education. But here we are in Pennsylvania in 2016 still refusing to reinvest, while other states have already started because they recognize the importance of higher education.

So it is achievable, it’s not a pipe dream to say that we can get back to a point where at least 50 percent of the cost is shouldered by the state government.

What’s becoming very clear it me is that most Pennsylvanians don’t see what a crisis we are in. You are in the PASSHE system, and we need [students] to convey to people in this building that this is a crisis.

Pennsylvanians have to understand that this budget impasse is not acceptable, we can’t go forward with two thirds of a budget, we have to complete this budget and we have to have a full year’s budget and we have to have a reinvestment in education and we have to turn the corner from where we’ve been.”

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Week in Review: February 4 - February 10 Sports

Around the Globe Many experts have begun to grow weary of China’s economy, citing that it is going to be facing tough times due to its mismanagement of its currency and other factors. The Economist, Wall Street Journal, and Goldman Sachs (the largest investment bank in the US) have produced negative forecasts. However, there is still a lot of confusion because China is in the middle of a shift. There are more than 1.3 billion people in China and it is shifting from an industrial economy to a service based economy.

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The Denver Broncos won the Superbowl by a score of 24 – 10, and giving the Carolina Panthers only their second loss of the season. Von Miller was the MVP recording 2.5 sacks, and 2 forced fumbles one of which resulted in the first touchdown of the game after Malik Jackson recovered it in the endzone for a touchdown. This may also mark the last game for future hall of famer Peyton Manning, who should be making his decision in the upcoming weeks.

Science

On February 11 scientists from around the world will be holding a conference to discuss the latest in their search for gravitational waves.

If detected the findings would open up a whole lot more information and research opportunities on the universe’s most violent, eerie, and confusing phenomena, black holes. These waves were first theorized by Einstein 100 years ago. The waves are produced by disturbances in the fabric of space and time, like when a massive object such as a black hole or neutron star moves. According to circulating rumors in the prior weeks, a team may have observed the collision of two black holes, their subsequent fusion and that led to the detection of gravitational waves.

Entertainment

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Joshua Cenderelli Staff Writer jxc3298@lhup.edu

Disney announced on February 9 that it plans to create a stage adaption of Frozen. The show will utilize many of the people who worked on the movie to recreate it on Broadway. This will be the ninth musical adaption for Broadway from Disney. Frozen was the highest grossing film of 2013 and is the ninth highest grossing film of all time, when adjusted for inflation, and will now look to make it big on Broadway as well.

Politics

With clear victories in both parties this time, Donald Trump (republican) and Bernie Sanders (democrat) have won the New Hampshire primary elections. The results were not as close as they were in Iowa, but John Kasich who finished second to Trump has now been able to establish himself in a position to be a legitimate runner with Cruz, Trump, and Bush. The loss by Clinton, which was more than 20 points, this is more than likely to show that the two competing ideas of progressive with results (Clinton) and a grass roots political revolution (Sanders) is exposing a weakness in Clinton’s campaign, that weakness is the inability to attract young voters.

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Police Reports

February 11, 2016 1/29/16 East Campus Medical call for abdominal pains. Transported via ambulance to lh hospital.

2/1/16 N. Fairview St. Traffic stop initiated for vehicle traveling at high rate of speed. Verbal warning given.

1/29/16 Smith Hall Officer assist with key stuck in door.

2/1/16 Akeley Lane Report of disorderly conduct. Officer spoke to driver about throwing objects and gave him verbal warning of the dangers of his actions and informed him to pick up items thrown.

1/29/16 Zimmerli Gym Medical/ambulance call. Transport via ambulance to jersey shore hospital.

1/30/16 off campus Traffic stop initiated for failure to stop at posted stop sign. Citation issued.

1/30/16 McEntire Hall Report of vandalism in elevator. Officer responded and collected evidence. No leads at this time.

1/31/16 Susquehanna avenue Traffic stop initiated for after market muffler modification. Verbal warning given.

1/31/16 Durrwachter lot Traffic stop initiated for loud muffler and inoperable registration plate light. Citations issued for equipment violations and driver sent on way.

1/31/16 Susquehanna Avenue Traffic stop initiated for vehicle driving in excess of posted 25 mph speed limit and failure to use turn signal. Given verbal warning.

2/1/16 Campus Village Report of missing person. Officers searched campus and surrounding areas. Person located.

Case closed.

2/1/16 Durrwachter Lot Traffic stop initiated for drivers side headlight out. Verbal warning given.

2/1/16 off campus Traffic stop initiated for dim registration plate light. Driver given verbal warning.

2/2/16 Sloan Officer reported possible odor of marijuana emanating from vehicle. Observations not corroborated. Driver sent on way.

2/2/16 Railroad St. Traffic stop initiated for inoperable plate light and partially inoperable brake light. Verbal warning given 2/2/16 off campus Traffic stop initiated for traveling in excess of posted speed limit. Verbal warning given.

2/2/16 Susquehanna Avenue Traffic stop for drivers side headlight out. Verbal warning given.

2/2/16 off campus Traffic citation issued for failure to stop at posted stop sign and verbal warning given for past due inspection.

5 2/3/16 Raub Hall Medical/ ambulance call for anxiety attack. Officer responded until ambulance crew arrived.

2/3/16 Durrwachter lot Traffic stop initiated for tail light lens missing.

Verbal warning given 2/3/16 off campus Officer assisted LHPD with fight in progress.

2/3/16 Susquehanna Avenue Traffic stop for no registration plate light and driving at high rate of speed. Verbal warning given.

2/3/16 Durrwachter lot Traffic stop initiated for expired registration sticker. Verbal warning given 2/3/16 Campus Village Officer dispatched to ambulance call. Medical staff examined person and she refused transport to hospital.

2/4/16 Fairview Suites Officer responded to welfare check of student. Rd reported speaking to student earlier. Ra staff will contact person.

2/4/16 Durrwachter lot Traffic stop for front headlight out. Verbal warning given.

2/4/16 Glennon lot Officer responded to report of fall victim. Victim refused ambulance.

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Arts & Entertainment

February 11, 2016

Experience ‘The Worlds Within’ Tamara English Joanna Harlow Online Editor ejh1498@lhup.edu On Monday night, the Fine Arts Society hosted a gallery opening for Tamara English in Sloan Gallery. Her show “The Worlds Inside” will remain in the gallery until Feb. 19. In English’s words, her work deals with the “personal sense of the divine.” Her oil paintings contain motifs of Indian textiles, botanical shapes and floral patterns re-purposed from illuminated medieval manuscripts all woven together to form fantastic and sensuous scenes.

The palette of the paintings reflect the artist’s idea of the “extraordinary ordinary” in which nature can take on transcendent attributes when viewed in a certain frame of mind. Gold, salmon, lavender and a myriad of soft greens create an olfactory sensation for the viewer, recalling a blooming garden, or some type of confection.

The works are studies of pattern and English used both stencils and freehand elements to create the pieces. The patterns are fractal, branching from one another in a way that creates the illusion of movement, and seems to pulsate on the canvas. This kinetic energy helps unite the canvases and create a cohesive experience as you walk through the gallery.

The artist explained that painting is a spiritual exploration for her. That sentiment is reflected in the art as patterns which ascend vertically, indicating a transcendent experience. English’s work is joyful, creating a reflective space which does not weigh the viewer down.

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February 11, 2016

GUESS THE MOVIE QUOTE “You could always tell what kind of a person a man thinks you are by the earrings he gives you. I must say, the mind reels.”

Last week’s quote “Jaws”

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This Week In Lock Haven Mary Jones A&E Editor mej102@lhup.edu The Haven Activities Council (HAC) will be busy this upcoming week! As always, they strive to provide excellent and fun events for the students on campus. Come check out these cool events!

Friday, Feb. 12 7pm: HAC Night of Comedy! This week, HAC brings us Adam Mamawala and Adam Grabowski. Come check them out in Price Auditorium!

Hailing from New York City, Mamawala is a former winner of the New Jersey Comedy Festival and was selected as one of the Funny or Die’s “Top 30 Under 30: Comedians to Watch.” Colleges seem to be a favorite of his, having headlined over 200 colleges! “Campus Activities” magazine named him “The Fastest

Rising Star” in 2013.

Not to be upstaged by Mamawala, Grabowski is also a young, rising comic star, having already won the title “Comic of the Year” twice in a row! Having performed at over 450 colleges with clean, relatable humor, he’s bound to give us students some much needed stress relief!

If you have any questions, or for more information on this event, please contact the Student Activities Office.

They are located in the upper level of the Parson Union Building (PUB).

The Roxy Movie Theater!

Our local movie theater, located at 308 East Main Street, will have two new, exciting movies coming to their screens starting Friday, usually having showtimes at 7pm every day.

“Deadpool” Directed by Tim Miller and starring Ryan Reynolds (“Green

Lantern”), the next Marvel movie, “Deadpool” is about a former Special Forces operative turned mercenary who is subjected to a rogue experiment that gives him accelerated healing powers. Because of this, he adopts the alter ego of Deadpool.

“How To Be Single” Directed by Christian Ditter and starring Rebel Wilson (“Pitch Perfect”), “How to be Single” is set in New York City, full of lonely hearts seeking the right match. What six people have in common is the need to learn how to be single when the definition of love is always changing.

Remember, the Students Activities office also sends out a weekly email with events happening on and around campus. Keep your inbox clean, your eye on incoming mail and have fun this week!

Did You Know? Prophecies say ‘Elder Scrolls Online’ is expanding In “The Martian,” It’s never addressed in the movie how Watney navigates without a GPS or compass (Mars has no magnetic field, making a compass useless). In the book, he uses the quick passage of the moon Phobos to orient himself.

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Mike Eubanks Staff Writer mae7020@lhup.edu “The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited,” released for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on June 9, 2015, is Bethesda software’s attempt to bring their popular series to the massively multiplayer online market (MMO).

Originally released as a subscription based title, the game has now been converted to the more viable “buy to play” model, where players must purchase the retail version of the game, but are not required to pay a subscription fee to continue playing.

This year will be the year for downloadable content, such as “Thieves Guild,” “Dark Brotherhood” and more. Both DLC packs will feature new areas, new quests and game mechanics. With these new releases

coming soon, let’s take a look at the “The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited” (ESO).

ESO is a hybrid design, which tries to bring the single player RPG play style of the “Elder Scrolls” series (“Oblivion,” “Skyrim” et. al) into the multiplayer, online arena.

This game is mostly successful at straddling the line, although it falls short of completely capturing the appeal of either genre. “The Elder Scrolls” games are known for their depth and flexibility, which has been streamlined in favor of the repetitive game play more common to MMOs. However, fans of online RPGs will find many of the features common to contemporary titles are either missing or less functional in ESO. Graphically, the game looks reasonably good and plays at respectable frame rates on a computer that meets its average specs. The game has had its share of bugs and glitches,

which can still be encountered at times, but the developers have consistently patched and expanded, making the game more now stable and generally free of the more egregious glitches.

In spite of its “Elder Scrolls” label, the game is first and foremost an MMO. Gamers who don’t enjoy this genre are unlikely to be swayed by the label. However, the game is just different enough to provide a change for MMO fans looking for a new diversion.

For “Elder Scrolls” fans looking for a post-“Skyrim” fix, skip this one and wait for the next single player offering.

For MMO fans, ESO may appeal to you but I have trouble recommending it at the full retail price. It is occasionally offer on sale, and, in those cases, it is worth a closer look. It isn’t a bad game, as far as MMOs go, but it doesn’t particularly distinguish itself amongst its abundant competition.

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Super Bowl Halftime show doesn’t disappoint

Caroline Clayton News Editor cec5359@lhup.edu

The super bowl halftime show is one of the most anticipated performances of the year, and like every year, this one wasn’t a let down. The main performer was Coldplay, with guest performers by Bruno Mars and the queen, Beyonce.

Before the Denver Broncos took the Super Bowl 50th Championship, the audience and those watching at home enjoyed an almost show stopping performance. Putting aside the controversy of the song Beyonce decided to perform, I want to stick to the performance itself.

Coldplay opened the show with their song “Viva la Vida,” but there didn’t seem to be too much to their performance; it was mostly Chris Martin singing to the audience and a lot of colors. There were no dancers or dancing sharks, like last years super bowl, and nothing’s wrong with that, but this is the Super Bowl, it’s supposed to be outstanding!

Something else I wasn’t a fan of was the sound quality. You couldn’t really hear or understand them. I’m not sure if it was a technical problem or the crowd was overpowering them by their cheering, which I guess could be a compliment, but I wasn’t paying much attention during their performance because I couldn’t hear them.

Bruno Mars then came out to perform his hit single in 2014, “Uptown Funk.” I don’t think this song will ever get old, especially with Mars and his amazing dancing. As for their costumes, they looked like trash bags, but honestly, if anyone is going to rock trash bags, it is going to be Mars and his gang.

Lastly, the queen came to slay the stage as usual. Whether you are a fan of Beyonce or not she puts on an amazing performance. Her and her dancers were completely in sync the entire time. During their dance, Beyonce lost her balance, but she is the queen for a reason and she recovered, making it seem as though it was worked into the routine.

Personally, my favorite part of the performance was the “sing off” between Mars and Beyonce. It was a fun little twist to the performance and really added something different.

Martin joined the sing off toward the end and finished off the performance by singing the chorus of “Uptown Funk”. The performance ended with Coldplay singing their song “Up and Up” with snippets of previous halftime shows playing in the background. Along with that, everyone in the stands had a different color paper or sign that spelled out ‘Believe in Love’.

Overall, this Super Bowl halftime performance wasn’t a let down. Despite some minor technical problems, I felt it was a great performance. Now the most asked question after the Super Bowl is “I wonder who will be performing next year?”

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Student of the Week: An aspiring author Amanda Thomas Lifestyles Editor act6730@lhup.edu

Name: Tyler Tallmadge Year: Sophomore Major: English Writing There is no grace or order in choosing the student of the week. It’s completely random. I plopped myself down at a random table with random people (okay, I may have known one of them) and bombarded them with my title and the reason a random person invited herself to sit down at their lunch table. Apparently, I didn’t sell it well because the reactions were hesitant but eventually Tyler stepped up to being student of the week.

Surprisingly, Tyler and I have a lot in common and it’s not just our major.

We both love stories. To Tyler Tallmadge, stories are his future. This aspiring author loves to read and, obviously, write but he also has a goal of being a college English professor. His favorite class is his

Creative Nonfiction Workshop because he feels that he finally gets to write the kind of content he wants and do it in a very creative way.

Tyler is partial to fictional stories and loves the Harry Potter series. His awesomeness increases even more because he has a Harry Potter tattoo to match his love for the stories. Obviously, his favorite author is J. K. Rowling.

When Tyler isn’t reading or writing, he’s an avid Netflix watcher and loves to play video games. On campus he’s the secretary of Circle K International club; a club devoted to community service. He also dreams of a vacation is Paris, France and hopes to travel there one day to take in the sights.

Whenever I see Tyler, I see him surrounded by a group of friends and after meeting them and asking, they describe him as funny, sassy, incredibly intelligent and stylish, especially with his Harry Potter scarf. Tyler seems like a fun guy to be around so if you see him around campus say, “Hi!”

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Nerding out: Sea shells by the sea shore Emily Shultz Guest Writer ecs32@lhup.edu

I wouldn’t classify my personal style as gothic. In fact, you can almost always find a bow in my hair and a Lilly Pulitzer planner in my bag. So it could sound surprising that I have an enormous collection of skeletons currently displayed on top of my dresser. Unless I also mentioned that those skeletons use to belong to mollusks, such as snails, clams, oysters and many others. Yeah, I was talking about seashells, scientifically known as the exoskeletons of many marine invertebrates. The hard covering has three distinct layers and are made up of mostly calcium carbonate and 2 percent, or less, protein.

Did you ever wonder where all those seashells that can be found on uncombed beaches, come from? How did they get there? How were they made? When I was a little girl, I was told that the mermaids carved seashells out of rocks found in the bottom of the ocean. I would like to say I didn’t believe it, or that when I reached a capable age I did some research into where seashells actually came from. But that wasn’t the case. It wasn’t until the summer after my freshman year of college as a Marine Biology major, when I was sitting in a lab for a Summer class on Wallops Island, that I found out I was looking at a shell in a egg sack. To be scientifically correct, I wasn’t just looking at a Whelk seashell in a egg sack, it was a marine gastropod mollusk aka a snail. I was

most likely the only student sitting there questioning everything they knew about seashells and marine life in general. I tried my best not to act completely dumbfounded when the professor said, “Yes, all seashells are born.” Now when you actually think about it, it’s not that crazy of a concept, all living things have the ability to reproduce and have to come from reproduction.

However, shells aren’t alive when you find them on the beach and many people never think of shells before they reach the beach. Therefore, I told myself that it wasn’t that silly of me not to know shells were born...

In fact, shells start out as microscopic organisms in an egg sack and grow in conjunction to the invertebrate living inside of them. Because the exoskeleton, the shell, is not shed it gets larger to accommodate the invertebrate’s body growth. Picture this, you are walking along the beach and pick up a pretty large shell. You turn it over in your hand and notice lines or strips on the shell. Those lines or stripes are actually the growth marks. Seashells grow by the invertebrate living inside of it excreting out material, calcium carbonate and a small amount of protein, causing growth outwards at the margins. And why are shells different colors? The color of a shell depends on the diet of the mollusk and the water environment that it lives in. If a mollusk takes in a lot of carotene or ptertodines their shells will often be red, if the shell has brown and black hues the mollusk has taken in melanin.

I was also told that every time a seashell is made a new star is born... I’ll save that topic for another article...

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It’s time to cut the umbilical cord and be an adult Kiersten Beecher Staff Writer klb8371@lhup.edu There is nothing wrong with calling home we all do it, sometimes multiple times a day but at some point you have to grow up and start acting like an adult. By the time you are in college there are certain things you should be able to do for yourself; you can’t constantly rely on your parents to be there for everything.

Making a doctor appointment is not something that is life threatening, it’s a simple phone call that will, at the most, take you five minutes. It is not as scary as it seems and believe it or not it is actually painless.

Crying over something that every adult ever has had to do is not going to make it any easier.

Just rip that Band-aid off and get it over with.

Also if you have your own bank account you DO NOT need to call your parents and ask them if you can take your money out of your account. You don’t need to be calling your parents for their permission on everything you do. That is one of the perks of being an adult. Your parents won’t always be there to budget your

money for you. You need to learn for yourself what is better, spending that money on rent or a new pair of shoes? If you decide to spend your money on something you don’t need, it is not your parent’s fault, it’s yours.

By the time you are in college, you should be able to cook for yourself. Your parents sending some food back with you is normal, after all nothing beats mom’s cooking. However, being sent back with months worth of precooked meals is a little excessive. Cooking is a necessary life skill and if you have to burn a few things before you get it right, then so be it, but your parents won’t be there to cook for you forever.

It is okay to have a close relationship with your parents but taking that relationship too far can be holding you back from really experiencing adulthood. Your parents will not be there to hold your hand through all of the scary adult things you will go through like, job interviews, renting your first apartment or making your own food.

These are things you need to go through on your own and learn from. You can still lean on your parents for support, after all that’s one of the things they are there for, but they can’t live your life for you.

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Advice from a love expert for the perfect Valentine’s Day Jayson Moyer Managing Editor jpm362@lhup.edu

It is that time of year again, with lots of people scrambling trying to find last-minute, cute and creative gifts for their significant other. Creativity is key because anyone can go out and get the usual flowers, the chocolate and the teddy bears. Not that those aren’t good gift ideas, but thinking outside the box will take your game up to a whole new level.

Here are some proper things one should do and not do when it comes to Valentine’s Day.

Do Research

I don’t necessarily mean research as in going on the internet and trying to find different and cool gifts. I mean taking note of the small things that your significant other appreciates.

It is vastly important to take in small, side comments one would make and store them in your brain. It could be something as small as, “Wow, I’d love this,” in reference to anything in general.

If you are out shopping, take note of something he/she might pick up. The small things go the furthest in life.

Be yourself and know the “type” of your significant other

This goes for every other day of the year besides Valentine’s Day as well. While it may be important to go out of your comfort zone at times, don’t feel the urge to do it on Valentine’s Day. It is also a smart idea to know the “type” of your significant other. By “type” I mean take note of whether they are into fancy or just casual and go with the flow.

If they are casual, don’t need much, and are pleased with very little, then you should not feel the need to drop $200 on a necklace. A nice dinner and a couple of smaller, more meaningful gifts go a much longer way than one very expensive gift. I am of the mind-set that not many girls are into fancy, fancy.

Girls: DON’T expect him to appreciate Valentine’s Day as much as you

I think it is a pretty fair point that girls tend to be more into the lovey-lovey stuff than guys.

You’ll come across the occasional guy who is very emotional, loves the little things as much as you and will spill his heart out on you, too. Unless the guy is a total rockhead, there is undoubtedly

going to be thought that goes into Valentine’s Day. But don’t expect the emotional connection to February 14 from him. There are opportunities for bigger and better dates throughout the year.

Guys: Don’t be bland, think outside the box

It seems easier said than done, but if you put the time and effort into putting something creative together, it will mean that much more in the long run. For example, instead of buying the $40 huge teddy bear, spice it up. Still buy the $40 teddy bear, but put some sort of clothing on it, just make sure it’s something the girl will appreciate.

I failed with this strategy once, but it was a heartfelt effort in order to get my girlfriend of two years to understand my biggest passion in my life. I bought the huge teddy bear and put a Duke jersey and Duke shorts on it. Needless to say, the message wasn’t received clearly because we broke up after two and a half years and she still couldn’t tell me what my favorite college basketball team was.

Little and creative gestures like that will warm her heart, as long as you do it right.

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February 11, 2016

NFL and domestic violence awareness Meghan Mausteller Staff Writer mlm6713@lhup.edu For the second year in a row, the NFL aired a public service announcement for domestic violence awareness during the Super Bowl, but their efforts to actually raise awareness about this issue that affects more than two million people a year in the United States alone remain unimpressive.

This year’s PSA, titled “Text Talk,” showed a text message conversation between an unnamed woman and her friend, “Jess.”

Jess is unable to attend a Super Bowl party because her significant other, Jake, is in a “bad mood.” The conversation ends when Jess stops responding. The ad ends with a warning that “there are many signs of domestic violence and sexual assault.”

Between 2006 and 2014, 34 of the 57 domestic violence-related incidents involving NFL players

went undisciplined by the league, a trend that ended with the now-infamous Ray Rice incident of early 2014.

Since then, the NFL has increased their punishments for players with domestic violence infractions. They have also promised to donate $25 million to the National Domestic Violence Hotline over a five-year period.

However, there are several issues with the amount of effort the NFL has been putting into its stand against domestic violence.

First, by donating $25 million over the course of five years, the NFL is donating less than one percent of their overall yearly profits.

As a multi-billion dollar industry, the NFL could afford to donate much more to such an important cause.

By only running domestic violence PSAs during the Super Bowl, they are also ignoring the fact that domestic violence occurs across households in the United States every single day of the year. These ads place domestic violence at the forefront of the

public consciousness for only a moment before the public mind moves on to other issues.

Finally, by using text messages to show how domestic violence affects ordinary people, they are glossing over the fact that the NFL as an organization has a long history of players involved with domestic violence.

In the 1990s, the league held the stance that domestic violence was a “family issue,” and thankfully that mindset has changed, but confidentiality still prevents the NFL from releasing information on whether team wives and girlfriends are reporting cases domestic violence. This means that the public has no way of determining the effectiveness of the NFL’s internal efforts to stop domestic violence.

While it is nice that the NFL is taking a stand against domestic violence, the organization appears to be doing the bare minimum.

Domestic violence is a national pandemic and organizations, like the NFL, that receive such wide coverage could do much more to stop its spread.

Beyonce’s Super Bowl performance Nicole Creamer Staff Writer nac8638@lhup.edu

Apparently, Beyoncé’s halftime performance at the Super Bowl was inspired by the Black Panthers.

Personally, the only thing I got from Beyoncé’s performance was that her outfit was a tribute to Michael Jackson’s super bowl performance, but then again I was too busy talking to my friends to fully paying attention to the TV. Honestly, even if her performance was inspired by the Black Panthers, I don’t think it was meant to be a dig at police officers. I think it was more about all lives matter, no matter whom you are or where you come from.

However, let me point out that people are afraid to call out the police, making Beyoncé’s performance slightly hard to swallow. In the 21st century, people see the police as a threat and as people society fears.

Obviously, we shouldn’t be living in fear of those who protect us, and yet it has come to that.

As of lately, actions portrayed by police officers do not help the fear to vanish.

In fact, most actions invoke more fear: police shooting humans, police shooting animals and police not following the rules of the road because they are ‘above the law.’ This is how some people see police officers.

Police should be seen as protection, as persons we can go to for help.

Unfortunately, police just do not get the same reputation as they did in years past.

I’m not saying all police are bad, but rather the few bad eggs in the bunch are giving the whole group a bad reputation. So with different views on the police it is no wonder some people are taking Beyoncé’s performance harder than others.

With all of the above said, I don’t think Beyoncé’s performance was supposed to be anti-police.

Yes, the Black Panthers were a radical group fighting for black rights. However, the word everyone keeps focusing now during the performance is radical. I don’t believe radical is the correct word to focus on though.

The word I would focus on is ‘rights’ and more specifically ‘black rights’. Beyoncé’s performance was what Beyoncé always does which is give a mind blowing and strong performance that makes an impact.

Although, I don’t think this was the impact Beyoncé expected. All Beyoncé wanted from her performance was for people to love themselves and where they come from.

Yes, Beyoncé focused on the celebration of being black, but who cares? What’s so wrong with that? Beyoncé is proud of herself and her heritage and wants everyone to feel proud of whom they are.

Music is an expression of people, let Beyoncé express herself and her thoughts without thinking she hates police officers.

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Cam Newton: Is being a sore loser a bad thing?

Alex Sklar Guest Writer aws1509@lhup.edu To get to the Super Bowl is a great achievement, winning the Super Bowl is even greater. Imagine what it feels like to lose the biggest game of your life.

Cam Newton lost the biggest game of his career this past weekend and is being ridiculed in the media for being a “sore loser” and that he should have finished his press conference.

Are you kidding me? You just lost the biggest game of your life not even 30 minutes prior.

You are in a media room with a half inch thick piece of fabric separating you from the opposing team’s players. Meanwhile, you are hearing every single word they are saying, describing how their

defense made your team look silly, and how they “challenged you to throw the ball and look what happened.”

The best part of this is that this is occurring during your interview on “why you lost the game.”

Tell me how you are supposed to sit there and take that?

He should be angry that he lost; he should feel as if he let down his teammates. They are his brothers. If I were Cam, I’d walk right out of that interview as well.

There’s not a single chance I’d sit there and hear the reporters ask the same questions over and over again. “You lost the game, you didn’t score enough points, and you didn’t make enough plays.”

What more do you want me to say? He obviously feels terrible he lost the biggest game of his career.

I cannot believe people expect an athlete who has dedicated and trained his whole life for the sport he loves to play, and to think that this

athlete is going to be okay with losing. This isn’t the seventh grade recreational football league.

“Oh good try Cam, here is a participation medal, thanks for playing even though you lost.”

He has every right to be a sore loser. He lost a championship that he may never get back to in his career, and the media thinks it’s just another game.

It’s not just another game. I don’t know how it’s that hard to see, it’s what makes you great.

I cannot believe the media is tearing someone apart for caring so much that he couldn’t sit there and listen or think about what happened anymore.

He could have blamed everyone else but he didn’t.

He was a “sore loser” and left instead of ripping his team or damaging his image.

But don’t worry though, they said they are going to mail him his participation trophy. Thanks for playing, Cam.

Misinterpretation of the Sanders/Clinton meme Joanna Harlow Online Editor ejh1498@lhup.edu

There is a meme circulating on social media in which Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton respond to a cultural topic. The message of the meme is that Bernie has more cultural knowledge, or more simply, he’s cooler.

Hillary responds in the meme as someone with very limited cultural knowledge who is trying to look cool, but failing in the way that people who have to try to look cool often do. I’ll admit that the first one I saw, a dig at the chain restaurant Olive Garden, made me chuckle.

But the meme speaks to more than just “Bernie has better taste, Hillary is boring.” It’s a sexist meme, and I’ll tell you why.

Rebecca Traister, in an essay for New York Magazine, examined the challenges of Clinton’s campaign in rousing young voters. Traister states that “the bigger truth is that what Bernie does, to great acclaim, that Hillary Clinton could never do, is make big promises of institutional overthrow…” But what is the obstacle in her way? It’s an old, gendered pattern, that we are all (having been institutionalized into it) liable to fall

into. Traister writes that “women understand that making promises they cannot back up will not get them taken seriously, and they must prove themselves extra competent in order to be understood as basically competent.”

This paradigm can be observed in all levels of our society. Mom is the one that enforces rules, and Dad is the fun one. It is why men get to make speeches of outrage without being accused of being overly dramatic.

In the meme, Bernie knows the back catalogue of Radiohead, while Hillary can only recall the song “Creep”. Hillary regurgitates corporate lines, while Bernie says what’s on his mind.

But is this a realistic depiction of Sanders?

When the New York Times Magazine’s Ana Marie Cox asked Sanders to comment on his hair, he responded by saying: “OK, Ana, I don’t mean to be rude here. I am running for president of the United States on serious issues, OK? Do you have serious questions?” Which is a great answer, and the same answer which Hillary has used to shut down similar questions.

This is another problem with the meme: it interprets Sander’s passion in debates and speeches about serious issues like economic inequality, as

a meaningless stance on a some cultural minutia which he would never address.

The nature of a meme is that it addresses a feeling among a social group, and the feeling here is that Clinton is robotic, while Sanders is genuine. But is comparing how Clinton responds to so-called ‘soft questions’ to how Sanders responds to serious policy questions fair?

I don’t want to play into the pettiness, but if we are going to be empirical, consider this observation

by Amanda Hess of Slate Magazine: “When New York magazine’s Rembert Browne asked Sanders to name his favorite David Bowie song at Fusion’s January Brown and Black Democratic Presidential Forum, Sanders replied, “I know he passed away, and the answer is that I wasn’t much of a follower of his.” Weeks later, Bernie closed an Iowa speech to the tune of “Starman,” and Newsweek raved that the choice “felt sincere.”

Meme Bernie isn’t really reflective of the real Bernie, and even if viewers understand that, they are still being affected by this interpretation.

If you support Bernie, remember that he has continuously discouraged sexism regarding Clinton.

He probably isn’t in on the joke.

It must be recognized that Hillary does have to work harder to succeed

in the face of critics who talk about the “shrillness” of her voice as if it is a personality trait which will cause diplomatic disasters.

Houston Press writer Jef Rouner points out that the Bernie vs. Hillary meme bears an uncanny resemblance to the old “Idiot Nerd Girl” meme, where the message is “women are interested in traditional nerdy things like Star Wars or video games simply because they are now trendy, and that their interest is superficial.”

It’s the same sexist message as it always is, with the substitution of the most famous woman in America instead of some anonymous girl.

The meme puts Hillary into the categories of nagging mom/wife or prudish know-it-all. Some of the nastier incarnations of this meme have stooped as low as making fun of Clinton for her husband’s infidelities.

Memes are not going to decide the election, but they do perpetuate certain attitudes.

The sexist implications of this meme are casting a negative light on progressives who might not have put critical thought into what they are posting as a joke.

If you’re not a sexist, and I assume that many people who post the meme would not identify as such, find another platform on which to criticize the opposing candidate.

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February 11, 2016

Softball picked third in PSAC Central Division Bret Pallotto Sports Editor bmp6070@lhup.edu

The third spot in the 2016 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Central Division Preseason Coaches’ Poll belongs to the Lock Haven University softball team.

The Bald Eagles sit behind Bloomsburg, who picked up five of the six firstplace votes, and Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP). The remaining first place vote went to Lock Haven, despite being picked to finish third.

Head coach Kelly Shannon and her team will look to improve upon last season’s 15-27 (11-17 in PSAC) overall record.

Junior 1B/C McKenna Garlock, who was an All-PSAC performer last season, will return after leading the Bald Eagles in several offensive categories.

Garlock started in all 42 games and had a .336 AVG (.413 in PSAC) with a .370 OBP (.444 in PSAC). Both marks lead the team, minimum 10 at-bats.

She was also first on the team in doubles (12), second in RBI (15) and in runs scored (15). She wasn’t too bad with the glove either, posting a .989 fielding percentage.

On the mound, Rachel Mouillesseaux enters her third season in a Bald Eagle uniform. Like Garlock, she was an All-PSAC player last season.

Mouillesseaux made appearances in 31 games with 21 of them being starts.

She tossed a team-high 158 innings due in large part to her 15 complete games.

In those 158 innings, she struck out 136 batters. Her eight wins were enough to lead the team and she also recorded a 2.61 ERA. The Bald Eagles will open their season on Feb. 19 against New Haven in the Snowbird Softball Freeze Out at noon. Following that matchup, they will

then take on Molloy at 2 p.m.

Over the course of the next two days they will take on Wilmington University, Felician College, Merrimack College and Lemoyne College.

Those games, which will be played in Myrtle Beach, S.C., are a precursor for the 2016 Spring Games which will be held in Clermont, Fla. from March 4-12. A game with Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Fla. is mixed in on March 8.

The Warriors of East Stroudsburg travel to Lock Haven to take on the Bald Eagles at Lawrence Field on March 19 to open conference play.

2015 Leaders

Batting: AVG: McKenna Garlock (.336) OBP: McKenna Garlock (.370) Runs scored: Sarah Schwalm (19) 2B: McKenna Garlock (12)

HR: Nicole Smith (7) RBI: Nicole Smith (20) SB: Paige Stuppy (7) 3B: Nicole Smith (2)

Pitching: ERA: Jessie Probst (2.38) IP: Rachel Mouillesseaux (158.0) CG: Rachel Mouillesseaux (15) AVG: Rachel Mouillesseaux (.250)

W: Rachel Mouillesseaux (8) SO: Rachel Mouillesseaux (136) SHO: Jessie Probst (5) BB/9: Rachel Mouillesseaux (2.73) Photo courtesy: Robert McCool

Men’s basketball poised for third straight PSAC playoff berth Bret Pallotto Sports Editor bmp6070@lhup.edu Heading into their matchup against the Cheyney Wolves, the Lock Haven University men’s basketball team is sixth in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) East Division.

West Chester (18-3, 14-3 PSAC), Kutztown (17-4, 14-3 PSAC), East Stroudsburg (16-5, 12-5 PSAC), Bloomsburg (13-8, 11-6 PSAC) and Shippensburg (14-8, 11-7 PSAC) have all clinched PSAC Tournament berths.

Lock Haven (11-11, 7-11 PSAC) currently holds the final playoff spot as they are ahead of Mansfield, Millersville and Cheyney with four games to play.

Head coach Mike Nestor has his team positioned to claim their third PSAC playoff birth in as many seasons. His team has relied on its depth throughout the season, rather than one standout performer.

To illustrate this point, Cole Renninger is the only player to start all 22 games this season, but is seventh in minutes per game. Twelve players average more than 10 minutes per game and seven average 19.9 minutes or more.

Additionally, nine separate players have lead the team in points in any specific game this season.

Brahieme Jackson (right), who leads the team in minutes, in points (10.0) and in rebounds (6.7). Jackson has provided a steady inside presence for Lock Haven after he missed all of last season with an eye injury.

Jackson will look to lead Lock Haven to a victory over Cheyney and while they are not able to clinch a PSAC tournament berth with a win, it would certainly go a long way.

Photo courtesy: Robert McCool

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Wrestling falls short to tough Edinboro squad Alex Wahl Staff Writer ajw7885@lhup.edu The Lock Haven University wrestling team (7-9 Overall, 2-3 EWL) lost a tough match to Eastern Wrestling League (EWL) rival Edinboro (8-6 Overall, 6-0 EWL) 21-13 at the Thomas Field House last Thursday night.

Despite the loss, 149-pound redshirt-senior Dan Neff upset Patricio Lugo of Edinboro, who was ranked No. 15 in Division I at the time. Dan Neff was ranked No. 24 at the time. The victory moved Neff up to No. 17 in the nation according to Intermat and No. 12 by Wrestling Report.

Since returning to 149 pounds, Neff has won 14 consecutive matches.

Other wrestlers that won their match were Cody Wheeler, Tyler Wood and Phil Sprenkle. The match started with Edinboro winning the first two matches thanks to No. 24 Sean Russell over Jake Field and Anthony Rivera over Lewis Williams in sudden victory (OT). Wheeler got LHU on the board by defeating Tyler Vath with a 5-3 score.

After Dan Neff beat Lugo at 149, Edinboro’s No. 13, Austin Matthews won a hard-fought match 6-1 over Aaron McKinney. McKinney currently has 99 career victories.

No. 24 Casey Fuller of Edinboro earned a close 3-0 victory over Cody Cordes at 165 pounds. Lock Haven’s Tyler Wood made the score 13-10 with a 15-6 major decision victory over Ty Schoffstall.

In one of the most anticipated matches of the night, Tristan Sponseller lost a tough match with a score of 11-6 to Edinboro’s Vic Avery, who is currently ranked third in the nation at 184 pounds.

Phil Sprenkle beat Vince Pickett with a 2-1 decision that made the team score in favor of Edinboro 16-13 with one match left. Edinboro’s Billy Miller, who is ranked No. 25 at 285, earned a 15-0 technical fall victory of LHU’s Adam Mackie to give Edinboro the 21-13 victory. The victory gave Edinboro a third straight perfect season in EWL action and 14 consecutive wins over LHU. The Lock Haven University wrestling team will celebrate senior night tomorrow night (Feb. 12) at 7:00 p.m. at the Thomas Field House when they take on the Michigan State Spartans of the Big Ten Conference (1-12 Overall, 1-7 Big Ten). The Spartans are coming to the Field House after beating Northwestern University for its first win of the season. LHU will be honoring its six seniors before the match, including Cody Wheeler, Phil Sprenkle, Bobby Rehm, Dan Neff, Travis Moyer and Aaron McKinney.

Photo courtesy: Robert McCool

Arnold, Hepburn pace strong Lock Haven effort Doug Spatafore Sports Information Director dspatafo@lhup.edu Alexis Arnold (right) turned in a strong 3K-mile double and Lindsay Hepburn won the weight throw to lead the Lock Haven University women’s indoor track & field team at the two-day Youngstown State National Invite.

On Friday, Hepburn won the weight throw with a NCAA Division II provisional qualifying mark of 54-02.75. The mark was just shy of her Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) leading throw of 57-03.75 from earlier this season.

Arnold was eighth out of 36 in the 3,000 meter run with a PSAC qualifying time of 10:20.60. It’s the third-best time in school history and ranks as eighth-best so far this season in the PSAC. She came back to clock at 5:22.39 in the mile, which was good enough for 13th (out of 26) and ranks as the eighth best in LHU history.

Samantha Szewczak made her indoor 800-meter run debut one to remember. She clocked a PSAC qualifying time of 2:23.45, which is the 13th best in LHU history. Szewczak was 26th out of 60 and the time ranks No. 20 in the PSAC this season.

Rashana Tompkins turned in another strong effort in the 60-meter hurdles. She bettered her personal-best with a time of 9:42 (LHU #3 alltime; #PSAC).

The Bald Eagles return to action on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 12-13 at Boston University’s St. Valentine Invitational.

Photo courtesy: www.golhu.com

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February 11, 2016

For Bissnette, LHU: eyes are on ultimate goal Jayson Moyer Managing Editor jpm362@lhup.edu Losing in the National Championship Game two years in a row wouldn’t sit well with any athlete in college. Rightfully so, it doesn’t sit well with Lock Haven Lacrosse player, Shannon Bissnette.

Bissnette, entering her junior season at Lock Haven, is on a mission with the rest of her team to prove that the third time is indeed the charm.

“Knowing what it feels like to lose in a National Championship game makes you want to win that much more,” said Bissnette, who enters much more of a prominent leadership role with this year’s group as Lock Haven lost the likes of Jessica Pandolf and Rachel Ward to graduation after last season.

But the leadership does not come without experience, as a life full of lacrosse has Bissnette ready to shine this season. It started in elementary school with a best friend and a game that looked like fun.

“I started playing when I was in fourth grade with my best friend because I thought it looked fun,” said Bissnette, a native of Rochester, NY. “In my area, lacrosse is very popular. It is a very big youth lacrosse community.”

While Bissnette was not heavily recruited, she felt right at home when choosing Lock Haven.

“The campus was small,” she said. “I liked that the team had a familylike atmosphere.”

“I liked being in the mountains because I’m not used to that.”

Bissnette wasted no time leaving her mark on the Lock Haven and PSAC Lacrosse scene. In her freshman campaign, she racked up nine goals, 33 assists and 42 points in 22 games.

She followed that up with an even more impressive sophomore season, with seven goals, 49 assists and 56 points in three fewer games played.

Bissnette earned third-team All-America honors following her sophomore season.

Even with a vast improvement in numbers from her freshman to sophomore years, there is always room for improvement, as Bissnette remarked she has to become more of a scorer.

Following last season, there was a coaching change for the Lock Haven lacrosse team, as Lindsay Reese has taken over as Lock Haven’s new head coach.

Bissnette, who is now a captain this season, stressed that even a coaching change would not bring much change to the program itself.

“We still have the same philosophy regardless of what coach we have. We still have the same ultimate goal.”

The biggest difference personally for Bissnette was trying to figure out the leadership role of being a captain.

Bissnette joins upperclassmen Leah Peppelman, a redshirtsenior, Kelly Close (senior), Hope Thomas (senior), Jenna Dingler (senior), Sarah Houde (senior) and

Hannah Houde (senior) on a rather youthful Lock Haven team. The Bald Eagles are ranked eighth in the nation in the preseason poll and were just recently picked to finish third in the PSAC. The “Road to Denver,” as many of the Lock Haven lacrosse players will say, does not come without commitment. “[College] is much more of a time commitment,” said Bissnette. “Getting in shape is essential in college.”

The love that Bissnette once saw in fourth grade for a game that looked fun has now turned into a driving force for herself and her teammates to make it to the Final Four, being held in Denver, CO. this year, for a third straight year. The “Road to Denver” begins on Sat., March 5, when Lock Haven hosts Shepherd University at 2p.m. at Charlotte Smith Field to begin the regular season.

“Every practice, every lift, every sprint, I’m thinking about the goal of winning a National Championship.”

Photos courtesy: Robert McCool