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Thursday, December 7, 2017

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Religious group clashes with students in protest

Students counter messages of hate outside South Dining Hall

By Kaylee Lindenmuth Assistant News Editor A group from Matthew 24 Ministries gathered at the entrance to South Dining Hall on Nov. 30 to stage a protest.

Much like previous groups to stage protests at KU, they came to spread a message of hate toward specific groups, such as muslims, feminists and the LGBTQ community.

Shortly after their arrival at around 12:00 p.m., an impromptu group of counter-protesters, many of whom were KU students, formed around the group.

One of the protesters, who chose only to identify herself as “Sister Mary,” said the reaction to the group received isn’t unusual.

“It’s normal, it happens all the time,” she said.

According to “Sister Mary,” the group regularly stages protests at universities in the greater Philadelphia area, noting they had visited 15 universities already.

“Our goal is to have people repent of all of their sins so they can go to heaven,” she said.

By 4:00 p.m., the group of KU students surrounding the protesters

grew in size to about 200 people.

KU Public Safety maintained a perimeter around the protesters.

KU Public Safety patrol cars were stationed at Bonner, Dixon and Johnson halls, as well as in front of and in the parking lot of South Dining Hall.

KU students at the protest who spoke with The Keystone generally believed the confrontation between counter-protesters and other protesters weren’t ideal.

Overlooking the scene as counter-protesters came face-toface with the protesters, Caroline Fogarty, a freshman KU student involved with the GLBTQ center, said, “I understand where they’re coming from, but they can’t be this direct with the actual protesters. They’re giving them evidence, because they’re videotaping to use for their base to fire people up more, and that could lead to more violence in the future.”

Fogarty was an eyewitness to the early stages of the protest, explaining that KU Public Safety had maintained the peace well, but counter-protesters incited confrontations, one of whom attempted to grab a protester’s hat, she said.

The protesters included two adult males, one of whom was wearing a police-style body camera, three adult females and three young children. The group also had a digital video camera on a tripod to film the crowd.

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Protesters gathered by South Dining Hall during protests

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KU professor faces death threats after tweet

Right wing media attacks idea of toxic masculinity

A KU professor found herself the target of death threats after a tweet of hers examining “toxic masculinity” as the motive behind a Nov. 5 Texas church shooting that killed 26 people went viral.

Professor Colleen Clemens, an English professor at KU who also heads the university’s women’s

and gender studies program, became a victim of death threats and scorn from right-wing media outlets after sending out a tweet that read: “Toxic masculinity is killing everyone. REPEAT. Toxic masculinity is killing everyone.

REPEAT. Toxic masculinity is killing everyone. REPEAT.” Outlets like Breitbart News, The Daily Wire and Tucker Carlson Tonight were quick to criticize Clemens for her views, with Joseph Curl of The Daily Wire writing in reference to Clemens, “Everyone knows that today’s institutions of higher learning are nothing more than bastions of liberality, where professors with

socialist ideologies coddle precious snowflakes with safe zones lest they be triggered… But it’s even worse than we thought.”

Following the coverage from these outlets, death threats began to be targeted at Clemens on social media and through email.

One Twitter user sent Clemens the following: “Hey guess what libtards? I went out and bought a brand new $1800.00 semi auto AR15 this afternoon just for you!”

Tucker Carlson’s show was the only of the three outlets to reach out to Clemens for comment, Clemens said in an interview with Kutztown University Radio, but Clemens declined after being

bombarded with aggressive messages and death threats the day she planned to appear on his show.

When asked what she meant by the term “toxic masculinity,” Clemens said, “It’s a specific brand of the concept of masculinity that demands of men to find agency in spaces of power. So when a man might feel a lack of agency that desire for power is going to be filled in different ways,” she said. “So what I’ve been trying to talk about is the mental illness/ gun control discussion about these mass shootings isn’t working, and maybe we should be talking about if there’s a gendered component of it.”

Clemens noted that she was not referring to masculinity as a whole when discussing the Texas church shooting.

“The nuanced difference between sex and gender was lost on a lot of the people that were contacting me,” she said.

Clemens was interviewed in-depth on KUR’s campus and community podcast, Kutztown Live, where she discussed her experience as an educator, wife and mother; the feedback she received following the media attention, and her work as a researcher and professor. The entire interview can be heard on Kutztown Live’s official YouTube page.

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World’s largest funnel cake record breaks in Kutztown

Celebrity Chef Steve Mallie makes 30 inch funnel cake

By Jillian Baker News Editor

On Nov. 28, the record for the world’s largest funnel cake was broken in Kutztown at the Kutztown Fairgrounds. Celebrity Chef Steve Mallie and others made the funnel cake, which measured 30 inches in diameter.

Mallie and his assistants had the help of Lester Miller, a Kutztown resident who has family ties to the funnel cake business.

“My grandmother introduced the funnel cake in 1950 and they were sold for twenty-five cents apiece at that time,” said Miller.

“It’s great to see all these people here today. I hope we can get this oil hot enough,” Miller said to the crowd who was growing impatient.

Keith Brintzenhoff and Bill Meck told the crowd some Pennsylvania German jokes and shared some stories. The Miller Brothers entertained the crowd with a couple of songs as the oil was reaching its final temperature of 350 degrees.

“We did it and we did it on the first try,” said Chef Mallie.

“There were definitely a few speed bumps that we ran into and

Chef Steve Mallie measures the 30 inch funnel cake

we just thought our way through it and it actually worked out well. Everything kind of fell into place like a puzzle... We have a great team of people.

We do big food, that’s what we do... I feel great now that we did it. I’m just waiting to get a piece of that funnel cake and enjoy the victory right now,” he said to Berks-Mont.

Paul Taylor works as a producer with an L.A. based TV production company, working to hopefully create a new TV show with the celebrity Lester Miller, Paul Taylor, Steve Mallie and assistants pose for photos before beating the record

Photo by Justin Sweitzer, The Keystone chef to accomplish the in this small town in Pennsylvania According to Taylor, the previgoal of beatand we figured ‘hey why not try ous funnel cake record is twenty ing the former record. to break the record for the biggest inches, which is held by a carnival Because this event is a funnel cake,’” said Paul Taylor, dealer in California. test run, Taylor could the producer behind the possible The crowd anxiously waited as not reveal the name new TV show.

Mallie, Lester and others poured of the company or the “The plan is to go to different the batter into a vat of hot oil. show they are working locations, where food is based on With the help of many, they could to produce. the location, that has a rich history pour the batter, flip the funnel cake “So Steve is the and for the fun of it, trying to and successfully break the world kind of guy that just break a record,” Taylor said. record. loves breaking food “We’ve spent some time with Audience members were invited records and so we were Lester and met a lot of people to cover the fried dough with powthinking about what to learn the history behind the dered sugar. After the production kind of records we funnel cake.

The funnel cake was company got their perfect shots of wanted to break and first served here in 1950 and we the funnel cake, the audience got then learned the story figured what better place to come a taste. about the funnel cake Photo by Justin Sweitzer, The Keystone here and break that record.” and how it started here

Religious group clashes with students in South Campus protest Protest continued from page 1 Many KU students attending the protest took a comedic approach to countering the group, devising signs reading messages like “Bring Back Farmville,” and “Carson Wentz 4 MVP,” while groups chanted references to Spongebob Squarepants, as well as the Philadelphia Eagles victory chant.

Other KU students displayed signs with explicit content, with similar accompanying chants.

However, some came to spread a message of love and counter the message of hatred spread by the protesting group.

“Whenever I come to these things, it’s always less to antag-

onize them, and more to make myself an open ally to other people who made it, so my sign says, ‘You’re not alone here, I’m an ally, I’m gay and trans, and I’ll be your friend,’” said sophomore Damon VanNorman.

“It’s a weird balance of not antagonizing them but also standing up for who you are and what you believe in, and saying ‘I’m here and I’m not going away,’” said freshman Elliot Moore.

According to Moore and VanNorman, they had witnessed the group make comments which “should never be said by any human to any other human,” Moore said.

“There’s been a lot of incitement of violence from the protesters, which unfortunately has been

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acted upon by a couple of people, but overall, it’s been a big rally of ‘we love each other, we don’t love these guys, so let’s be loud,’” VanNorman said.

In an email to the KU campus community distributed on the day of the protests, Dean of Students Donavan McCargo said that there would be an enhanced law enforcement presence on campus to “protect the Constitutional rights of all persons.”

“While we must keep in mind that all individuals have the right to free speech on our campus, our university rejects all forms of racism, bigotry and discrimination,” McCargo continued in the email.

The protest lasted until roughly 5:00 p.m. when the protesters left campus.

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Kutztown woman killed in domestic incident Man charged with first, third degree murder

By Justin Sweitzer Editor-in-Chief, Kaylee Lindenmuth Assistant News Editor At approximately 2:30 p.m. on Nov. 19, 2017, Kutztown Police were called to the 500 block of East Main Street in Kutztown for a reported domestic incident withpossible gunshots fired.

According to the borough police department, Catherine Kriebel, 39, of Kutztown, was found dead on the side porch of her residence.

Police found Gerald Fusner, 50, also of Kutztown, across the street with a gunshot wound to his neck.

Fusner has since been charged with first degree murder, third degree murder, two counts of aggravated assault, and possessing instruments of crime with intent.

Fusner was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital via medevac,

where he was expected to recover, according to a police department press release.

The police department said an autopsy was conducted to determine Kriebel’s cause of death. The incident is being investigated as a criminal homicide.

Police were assisted on the scene

by KU’s Department of Public Safety, the Kutztown Fire Department, the Berks County District Attorney’s Office Forensic Services Unit and the Berks County Coroner’s Office, according to The Keystone’s Assistant News Editor Kaylee Lindenmuth, who was at the scene.

“KU officials were notified of a domestic dispute in the Borough of Kutztown Sunday afternoon that has resulted in the death of at least one borough resident,” the statement read. “The incident occurred in the east end of the borough about one mile from the university. There is no immediate threat to the KU campus.”

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KU community fears the newest Snapchat feature

KU expects to start new public relations major in fall of 2018 New major to be in English department

By Megan Gallagher Contributing Writer KU is in the process of creating a new public relations major that’s expected to start in the fall of 2018.

The major is 99 percent finished and gathering the required staff is the last step that needs to be taken, said Joseph Harasta, a KU communication studies professor.

There are not many faculty lined up for positions, so KU will be expanding for this major.

Amy O’Brien, a KU English professor, is working on the major with Harasta. She said it will include a mix of classes from the English and communications departments. The PR minor has been offered at KU ever since she was hired to teach PR in 1999, O’Brien said. The English department will be housing the new major since there will be many writing classes, she added.

O’Brien and Harasta are attempting to integrate diversity, where each student will have a course expectation to take three classes in this area along with ten other public relations courses and an internship. Students will complete a senior project where they will work with a PR firm to learn how to plan and execute things for outside clients, Harasta said.

The diversity courses will involve things like the LGBTQ community, African-American history and gender across cultures.

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the PR world since diversity is a huge part of it, O’Brien said. Also, the old writing center in Old Main will soon be turned into a PR lab that will help with websites, printing and technology all in the PR field, according to Harasta.

Harasta said the major has been in the making for the past two years. Students joining the major will receive more content in the field, get more education in general, and will be better trained in the industry than if they only had the minor.

The necessary skills and the focus will be an edge and incoming students will get “practical experience,” O’Brien said. The public relations minor is one of the larger ones on campus with 260-plus students, but it’s hard to say if many of them will switch to the major, O’Brien said. She mentioned that the major will be good because there is a large job market for public relations positions.

Over the past two years of making the major, they have talked to many professionals in public relations about what their ideal hire would know. They have researched surrounding colleges and professional guidelines to get the credentials of having the program in mind, according to O’Brien.

KU sophomore Marykate O’Brien said she is looking forward to what the new major will have to offer.

KU alum Emily Gavin said she wished she could have been in the major to better prepare her for the workplace.

“At my job, I communicate with my coworkers and possible clients about the changes in the program,” Gavin said. “So, having a background in PR could’ve helped me.”

KU students, staff and parents are debating whether or not the popular new location feature on Snapchat could pose privacy and safety concerns.

The feature, which is called Snapmap, allows people to see where other users are simply by zooming out of the app. It opens up a new page, which contains an individual’s bitmoji, including their exact location and the exact time they were there. If the user does not have their privacy settings set up correctly, anyone from anywhere around the world can see the information.

“I think this is an extreme invasion of privacy,” KU sophomore Tanner Hochler said.

Hochler’s boyfriend, Eric Geyer, agreed. “I would say the new feature is doing more bad than good, especially with people being obsessive like if a boy stalks a girl for example,” Geyer said. “It’s just unsafe.”

While some people think this feature is unsafe and invasive, others argue that it could also be used for positive reasons.

“I think it’s unsafe and safe at the same time,” said KU junior Rebecca Bucci. “It is unsafe because random people could see where you are, and safe because, if for example someone gets lost, their friends can easily find where they are. This is especially good for college students.”

Some parents of KU students are also concerned about Snapmap.

“Snapmap seems to be very unsafe,” said Guy Matthews, who is the father of KU senior Ab-

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bey Matthews. “I wouldn’t want random people being able to see where my daughter is that easily whenever they wanted.”

Ben Gilroy, father of KU junior Terry Gilroy, said he had similar concerns.

“I think it’s a cool feature if they have their privacy settings set so only their friends and followers could see it,” Ben Gilroy said.

“But a lot of people probably don’t realize their settings are not set correctly, and that could lead to a scary outcome.”

University officials also expressed concerns about Snapmap.

KU Public Safety directed questions to Josh Leiboff, the assistant director of University Relations in the department of web content, who explained that because of this new feature, people need to be mindful of their personal posts and information they’re putting out there.

“I can see both positive and negative sides of this feature, but certain people may not use it for good reasons,” said Leiboff.

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KU plans to renovate recreational facilities

Upgrades planned for summer 2018

By Anthony Sneska Contributing Writer

KU is in the planning stages of renovating the recreational facilities on campus. Recreational service employees are hopeful that the renovation will take place in the summer of 2018 and be ready for use by the fall semester.

As of right now, officials are working on finding a contractor to do the project.

“The project is looking like it will happen, but getting the floors re-done is up in the air,” said Amy Sandt, the director of KU’s recreational services. “The cable machines, weights and cardio equipment all need to be replaced.”

The cost of the project is yet to be determined. However, “the cost will be covered by the student’s Rec Center fees,” said Sandt.

Students pay a $137.00 fee per semester and the university is hopeful that the fee will be enough to cover the full renovation.

The renovation to the Recreational Center will affect gym-goers as well as intramural sports.

Many students on campus feel the need for new and updated equipment and show enthusiasm for the upcoming change.

“I am hopeful that they will replace all free weights, cables and squat racks,” said Daniel Kelly, an employee at the Rec Center. “A lot of the equipment always needs maintenance and is a lot of work for us who work here.”

The strength equipment is 11 years old and the cardio equipment is six years old, both of which are over warranty and due for an upgrade.

“There are always elliptical machines that have ‘Needs repair’ or ‘Out of order’ signs on it,” said Liam Moughan, a junior at KU and a daily gym-goer. “It is definitely an inconvenience during busy hours when there isn’t enough equipment for everyone.”

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Opioids cause 7 deaths in Kutztown community between 2015, 2017

World wide issue affects KU community

By Rosemarie Naughton Contributing Writer With reports of opioid abuse increasing over the past three years, Frances Cortez Funk, director of health promotion at KU said the university is working to find ways to combat the epidemic.

As part of the effort, Funk is currently undergoing an Opiate Treatment Specialist Certification.

This certification will permit Funk to diagnose opioid dependence and provide substance abusers with a complete treatment plan based off their psychological and medical needs.

Phil Salamone, director of operations for Kutztown Area Transport Service, has reported 90 opioid incidents in the Kutztown community between 2015 and 2017, with seven resulting in

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death. These incidents are caused by prescription painkillers, heroin and other opioids.

Mac Fisher, KU junior, recognizes a problem with opioid use in the Kutztown community. “I see it affect people around me all the time,” Fisher said. “I live with a person who struggles with addiction and he’s been lucky enough to have support from his friends. He admitted himself for help and is now clean.”

Funk explained that introduction of chemicals into the brain at a latent age builds compulsive behavior.

“People ages 14 to 15 who introduce chemicals into their brain before its fully developed places them at higher risk for addiction,” she said. “These individuals never learn coping skills and only learn to numb their emotions when faced with stress or pain. A substance abuser feels trapped by the euphoria they feel from the drug, it is how they trained their brain to cope with problems.”

Opioids trigger a sensor in the

body to relieve physical pain, but people are misusing it for mental pain, she added.

“We are always talking about the drug and its negative effects but not the person with compulsive behavior,” said Funk. “Why is it so bad to feel pain? I want to have a non-judgmental conversation with students suffering from a drug dependence about different coping skills and mindfulness.”

In order to prevent this epidemic from spreading, people must communicate more about ways to deal with stress and pain. Some coping methods include physical activity, a healthy diet, and getting enough sleep.

While trying to combat the epidemic, the KU community also implemented Kutztown Strong, a group of prevention specialists, human service professionals and other volunteers who help raise awareness about chemical dependency. Their mission includes a focus on education, awareness and counseling services to help identify and prevent substance abuse.

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Need to Know: Why this organization needs more exposure

By Samantha Paine Editor-at-Large

KU is home to many Greek organizations, each with different focuses and goals set for their members. Many have heard the names of the top popular fraternities and sororities on a daily basis, have passed the groups out spreading word for recruitment on campus and have seen the shirts proudly worn and emblazoned with their Greek letters. However, there are some organizations that go unrecognized.

Lambda Delta Xi Diaternity is one of these less-celebrated Greek organizations. This group is open to all, but holds a heavy focus on the LGBTQ community and invites all those who wish to be involved in Greek life, but have a hard time finding the right organization for them.

The non-gendered label “diaternity” helps to make students who may not be of a binary or cis gender feel more comfortable in associating with it. It also acts as a guaranteed safe space, something that is not certain in other Greek groups. While some LGBTQ students may wish to be involved in a different sorority or fraternity, the diaternity offers support and inclusiveness to all who wish to seek it.

“I knew I couldn’t join a sorority or fraternity because nobody would take me,” said Isaac Helriegel, current secretary of Lambda Delta Xi. Those who sympathize with this plight now have an open option that goes above and beyond only representing the two far ends of the gender spectrum.

Currently, it is a smaller organization, having been founded in 2014, but it is growing. That being said, many students, including myself until a few months ago, are unaware of Lambda Delta Xi and may not be aware until getting more involved in the LGBTQ community on campus.

“The principles that our organization was founded on are solidarity, education, advocacy and activism, and those are the things that we try to live in our daily lives as well as through the events we plan,” said Caitlin Weber, current president of Lambda Delta Xi. The Greek organization schedules their own events on campus, such as a celebration for National Coming Out Day with informative literature and fun activities, a workshop for World AIDS Day, non-profit poetry events and all-inclusive sex education classes.

They also support philanthropic efforts, such as the Bradbury-Sullivan Center in the Lehigh Valley and The Trevor Project, both geared toward the safety and education of LGBTQ communities.

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By Haley Gibson Contributing Writer With the dropping temperatures, KU students are pulling out their sweaters, sweatshirts and boots to stay warm. This season, many of these fall fashion staples include a lace-up detail.

Many of the sweaters have the lace-up design on the neckline, but some include the detail on the back. Another thing popping up around campus are sweaters that lace-up the side. This design adds an edge factor to these items.

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cation, in an effort to provide their members and the community with a benefit they can carry away from events. “We choose things that are not talked about quite as often or we choose things that people aren’t covering, at least here,” said Kylin Camburn, current vice president of Lambda Delta Xi. As far as the commitment levels of the members go, the organization surely makes up in quality what it may lack in quantity. “I don’t want to disparage any other groups, but [our members] show their commitment through action rather than outfit,” said Weber.

This organization has a lot to be proud of, namely, its status as the first non-specific gendered Greek organization on the East coast, and the first organization to fully drop gendered terminology and use the term diaternity in the country.

Hopefully in the coming years, Lambda Delta Xi will grow and flourish, while gaining the recognition it deserves on campus and in the community. Until then, the community should continue to promote and spread the word about this impressive group.

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Dr. Colleen Lutz Clemens, a professor at KU and director of Women’s and Gender studies, has taken fire recently over a tweet she posted about toxic masculinity.

The tweet read, “Toxic masculinity is killing everyone. REPEAT. Toxic masculinity is killing everyone. REPEAT. Toxic masculinity is killing everyone. REPEAT.” The tweet was written after the Texas church shooting, well before the media released information about the perpetrator in question beating his wife and children.

This tweet received many favorites and retweets from Twitter users, one tweeter being Chuck Wendig, a well-known writer for his Star Wars collection. Once Wendig retweeted this post, the tweet gained more attention and news reporters caught wind of it.

The morning after Dr. Clemens’ tweet, she received a phone call from a woman asking to interview her briefly, and Clemens, being the educator she is, accepted. Weeks of online harassment ensued, including death threats and hate mail; Clemens’ credibility as a professor in higher education was questioned.

Toxic masculinity is not meant to be a target of masculinity itself, but it is a term used to describe what men may feel when society tells them they must not be weak or show their emotions. This is what is toxic, not masculinity itself. It is toxic when fathers, mothers, coaches, teachers, uncles and aunts tell young boys they must be strong. Clemens’ tweet blamed this shooting, along with

many other mass shootings, on toxic masculinity because the men committing these murders may have had mental illnesses. Although they may feel that society considers seeking help as a weakness, these men push their pain and suffering onto others instead of asking for emotional support.

As news of the tweet spread throughout different media outlets, KU’s campus also became aware of the backlash of Clemens’ tweet. Many students and professors have been talking about the situation, seeming to agree and understand where Clemens was coming from when she made her claim. As the educated students wrapped their heads around toxic masculinity, they witnessed the lack of understanding from left wing media and internet trolls.

Hate mail poured in and threats continued when Dr. Clemens was asked to speak with Tucker Carlson. Clemens felt uneasy about speaking with Carlson due to the threats she was already receiving and ultimately declined. Carlson went on to do the segment, but had another woman, Cathy Areu, speak on the topic. What shocked KU’s community the most was the fact that people who didn’t care to learn about toxic masculinity believed Cathy was Colleen Clemens—when clearly, it read on Fox news the woman’s name was Cathy, not Colleen.

Although this was a terrifying time for Clemens, her family, her colleagues and her students, she stood by her tweet and defended herself accordingly. This was a test of dexterity for Clemens and with the support of KU’s English department and many others across campus, she continues her dedicated work of informing younger generations of societal issues and the importance of higher education.

KU students sport lace-up fashion this fall

around campus, whether they are in class or casually getting lunch in the Academic Forum. “Pretty much everywhere I look on campus, I see someone wearing them,” said KU junior Katarina Ward.

“I feel like it’s slightly edgy and I need that because I am not edgy at all. It’s also very versatile because it can be dressed up with a pair of jeans and boots, or dressed down with a simple pair of leggings,” said KU senior Skyler Rentz, who was dressed in a pair of black leggings and an American Eagle sweater that laced up the front.

Adding this detail to sweatshirts gives something simple a little extra. “They’re just something easy to wear. You can just jump out of bed, throw it on and still look cute,” said Madison Bellesfield,

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Rentz, who “likes to keep up with fashion trends,” purchased lace-up clothes at American Eagle, Target and Kohl’s but says they can be found in any clothing store.

The average price for a lace-up sweater at Target is around $28.49.

At Kohl’s, the average is $44.67 and American Eagle sweaters average around $50.50.

Retail stores like Target have seen more lace-up style clothes recently. Target team member, Catherine Kluge said that following their transition from summer to fall clothing, she saw a lot of lace-up sweaters and sweatshirts in the brands Mossimo Supply and Knox Rose. According to Kluge, teens and young adults make up the majority of those trying on and purchasing lace-up clothes at

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At Kohl’s, the style has spread out of the junior’s departments and into other parts of the store.

“It really started out in our junior’s department, mostly in the brands SO and Mudd, but it has expanded out into the women’s brand Rock & Republic,” said Kohl’s employee, Natalie Jennings.

Lace-up boots are also seen on campus and are often used to dress up a casual outfit.

“My favorite shoes are my black lace-up booties with a wooden heel,” said KU sophomore, Gina Esposto. She styles them with a pair of black ripped jeans, a tank top, a cardigan and a scarf.

Lace-up clothes were introduced to fashion in the 1970s in the form of lace-up sandals, but lace-up tank tops, crop tops and swim

suits hit the market this spring and summer.

As KU students made the transition into fall, they prepared for the dropping temperatures and purchased boots, sweaters and sweatshirts with the lace-up detail.

The lace-up trend may have become a fashion staple this fall, but some students face issues with this edgy look. “I love wearing my lace-up sweatshirt, but sometimes the strings get tangled up when I wash it and it takes forever to untangle them,” said Bellesfield.

While a large number of students on campus sport lace-up items, there are certainly students who do not. “I don’t wear it because I am not very fashionable and I would prefer to be comfortable than look like everybody else,” said KU senior Kylie Leff.

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Opinion: Reflections on a misunderstood holiday

By Frances Johnston Contributing Writer If you ask the average American what Thanksgiving means to them, they will, with pride and ignorant confidence, tell you that it’s a day meant to give thanks for the blessings of the preceding year and the blessings to come.

Many believe it was a day built on a foundation of family gathering, love, peace and unity. However, they are sadly mistaken.

To the Native American community, Thanksgiving is labeled as a day of mourning. It is a day to remember the lives of their ancestors, family members and friends who had succumbed to and

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are continuously being affected by the disease of colonization.

In November of 1620, discouraged and exhausted European colonizers reached “the new world” they would later give the name Plymouth, Massachusetts. They were greeted by the Wampanoag Indians, who treated them with respect, generosity and equality. In return, the colonists viewed them as inferior beings and categorized them as inhuman, something more akin to animal than man.

The Natives provided these strangers with skills vital to their survival. They taught them how to plant and grow food, how to hunt, build shelter and survive the harsh winters. With this, they established the basis for Thanksgiving.

Although the Natives were rewarded for their generosity with an invitation to the colonizer’s first feast, they would later come

to realize that they would also be repaid with betrayal and a multitude of diseases responsible for wiping out more than half of their population.

The day of Thanksgiving is acknowledged as The National Day of Mourning in the Native community. According to Moonanum James, son of the founder and Wampanoag Leader, “We call it a National Day of Mourning because when the pilgrims and Columbus all landed over here that was the end of our lives as we knew them—out land had been stolen . . . They opened our graves and they grabbed as much as they could take back.”

But the negativity of this day does not stand only for the Natives, “The demonstrators also lend their support to the oppressed and repressed people all over the world. . . It’s no different than

the caption, “PLEASE DO NOT TICKET THIS VEHICLE. MY CAR IS IN THE SHOP. I OWN A PARKING PASS. PLEASE.” I pulled into KU’s parking lot at 9:30 a.m.; two police officers were idling next to each other blocking the route to my systematically chosen hidden spot.

Accepting my exposure as a parking permit counterfeiter, I pulled up in front of the police and got out of the car.

The two looked at me as if I was some deranged sleepless sophomore, surely ready for any reaction.

“Hi guys, do you know if this thing,” I pointed to the now half-taped-on paper clinging to my windshield, “will prevent any unwanted tickets?”

I shuffled between the two police SUVs. My robust physique made this more of a squeeze. I got up to the rear door when the officer said, “That’s close enough pal.”

It was as if he could smell the failure on me and didn’t want any rubbing off on him.

I asked him what I should do about parking as I took a step back. He said, “You have to go to public safety and get a real tem-

porary pass. Just tell them you’re running late for class and that you need it ASAP.” He seemed to assume that I was the type to be late to class. “Well, my class is at 10am, so I should be alright.” I retorted.

I drove up to Old Main and pulled into the 30-minute parking space. The sunroof, which I am utterly unfamiliar with, refused to close. Of course, it started to rain, but I couldn’t park under the overpass area, as it was completely filled with police vehicles and their grimacing drivers.

I couldn’t close the roof, and the painful stares of disapproval became overwhelming. I moved everything important to the backseat, which my dad had left covered with at least 25 cans of Folgers Columbian Coffee.

I had no time to make sense of the stockpile.

With my license and registration in hand, I barreled into Public Safety. The man started to ask if I needed help, but I knew my way around the place at this point and was already halfway to the decal desk.

“Here’s my license and this thing,” I said handing the necessary identification to the secretary, “I’d like a temporary pass please.”

“This registration is expired.” The secretary said, “I’m sorry, but I can’t give you the tag without a valid registration.”

I was baffled. Only hours before, my dad assured me that the registration was “good to go,” but there I stood, much less than good to go.

Once again, I’d been reduced to waste by a parking pass. Crushed, I sat down in the front seat puddle, turned the ignition, and descended into the slum parking of Main Street.

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Public Safety strikes back

By Conway Lynch Contributing Writer After the debacle of buying and attaching a parking pass, I thought I would be done with the parking-prompted drama. However, I was sorely mistaken.

This new encounter began with my car being taken to the shop.

Apparently the transmission was nearing the point of spontaneous explosion. Who knew?

Graciously, my dad allowed me to drive his car to class, but there was one problem. No parking pass. Public Safety Associate Director Anne Reels’ voice echoed in my head, “We changed to a material that would not allow for the unauthorized transfer of the permit.”

It was time to improvise. Armed with a picture of my permit and Microsoft Word, I created a temporary pass of my own.

Now, this wasn’t some brutish counterfeit, I knew the parking police wouldn’t be fooled so easily.

No, my new paper decal was completely self-aware and paired with

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what happened to the Jews in Nazi Germany” says James.

It is a holiday of grievance for all they have endured, and a day to celebrate strength and resilience within their community and society. On this day, thousands of Natives gather in Plymouth to pay homage to the people and history

lost in the tragedy of the time.

When it comes to the definition of Thanksgiving, although many see it as a day to spread love and appreciation for those we hold dear, it is also a day of remembrance of a great sadness, a sadness that will forever stain the heart of the Native community.

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Pop Sockets provide fun for idle hands New tool for propping and holding smartphones gains popularity

By Kira Franekic Contributing Writer The Pop Socket has become the new and trendy accessory for the back of a phone. KU students said the gadget, which is circular and sticks on with a suction cup, gives them a better grip and also makes watching videos easier.

David Barnett, the founder of the Pop Socket, said he was trying to keep his ear buds from tangling when he came up with the idea.

After three years of designing it, he built up his company to a 100-plus person office in Boulder, Colorado.

“I’ve had two Pop Sockets so far and I love them,” said KU student Emily Skwirut, adding that she also enjoys holding it and spinning her phone around when she is bored. “It’s just something to do

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to pass the time, I think it’s pretty fun.”

While some KU students think the Pop Socket is a fun gadget, others don’t see the point.

“It’s a stupid thing to waste money on and it can be hard to fit into your pocket,” said KU student Lauren Pera.

There are many places to buy a Pop Socket, whether it be in-store or online. Stores selling them include Best Buy, Walmart, Target, Amazon, Verizon and the original place, popsockets.com.

Another KU Student, Giovanna Citro said she has seen them around on campus everywhere and would be interested in trying one out. The closest place to get one near campus is the Verizon store or ordering them online.

However, not everyone sees this accessory as something they need.

“I’ve seen people with them, I’m not exactly sure what it is supposed to do but I don’t think I’ll have a use for it,” said KU alumnus Tina Dutill.

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Internet users express disdain at obstruction of fair use

By James Bouffard Staff Writer

Net neutrality has become a hot button issue over the past few months, with Trump’s appointed FCC chairman Ajit Pai directly announcing his intention to roll back 2015 regulations solidifying it into law.

The controversy has reached a fever pitch with an upcoming congressional vote on December 14th that will determine if net neutrality is preserved. Pai’s proposal is expected to pass in the Republican dominated Congress.

Supporters of net neutrality, who seem to be in the majority, have fanatically rallied against this move with cries to “Save the

Internet!” and “Keep the Internet Free!”. These alarmist messages simplify a highly complex issue, and we probably won’t be entering an Internet dystopia any time soon.

The proposal is limited to repealing regulations that have only been in place the past couple years. With some exceptions, Internet service providers, or ISPs, did not wantonly throttle or favor particular websites prior to these regulations. They generally complied with net neutrality on a voluntary basis.

In spite of the fear mongering, there is good reason to be concerned about the impending end of net neutrality. There is very little competition among ISPs. The industry is dominated by a handful of companies such as Comcast and Verizon. More importantly, consumer choice is severely restricted by geographic location.

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infrastructure needed to provide Internet access, making it difficult for smaller ISPs to compete. Many local governments also effectively create monopolies by signing contracts with particular companies such as Comcast, subsequently barring other ISPs from competing in that area.

If there was more overall competition, net neutrality would not be necessary. The problem of local monopolies needs to be resolved before it comes to an end, otherwise many Americans will not be free to choose another ISP. Unfortunately, this is not going to happen, considering the upcoming Congressional vote.

Companies will hopefully revert back to their pre-2015 practices and decide not to obstruct access to particular content.

Judging from the past, it will probably not be anywhere near as detrimental as its proponents claim. The next few years should reveal if they are right or not.

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Supporter tells fans to be their best selves

of his life as a transgender man.

Skylar has been making a difference in the LBGTQ community for the past six years. With over

By Gabrielle Smith 100,000 subscribers on YouTube, his vlogs have reached out to Assistant A&E Editor people of all ages, struggling with Late Thursday night on Nov. 30, their gender identity and sexual orientation, looking for a condown on Main Street in Kutztown PA, I sat across from Skylar Kergil nection on what it means to be transgender. in Spuds as he enjoyed his ‘Philly A person who is transgender Fries.’ “These are exactly what I identifies as the opposite gender needed after my 8-hour drive,” he from what they were given at said birth.

Skylar himself is female Skylar, a blonde-haired, brownto male (FTM) transgender who eyed, 26-year-old young man with since 2009 has been a transgender an incredible positive vibe and upactivist.

Outside of his videos, he beat attitude, had journeyed from has spoken at events at universiBoston, Massachusetts, to speak to ties, informing students and their the KU community to tell the story parents of his experiences, hoping to help them better understand themselves and the struggles that they face.

When he first came out when he was 17 years old and first started taking testosterone to help his body develop male features, he wanted to be able to record his voice and be able to see it change over time. He started to record himself on his MacBook until he was out of storage.

That is when he got the idea to upload the videos on YouTube.

He was not thinking that anyone else would see it, he was doing it merely for himself to see and to track his progress. But people Skylar Kergil performing did see it, and soon he Photo by Gabrielle Smith, The Keystone started to grow a fan

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base and numerous followers.

“I began to have a community…so I changed my blogs from MacBook to being like let me talk about how I felt about this and talk about my past and my future,” said Kergil. “More so a big part of it was that I accidently stumbled upon YouTube and people wanted that sort of information and I felt like a must closer connection to the transgender community through the online spirit than I expected.”

When he first started to transition in 2006, Skylar had only found approximately two other transgender people who recorded themselves on YouTube, and since he could not find any resources in his local community, he started his transition completely alone.

Coming out to his family was a rocky experience for him. His parents and older brother were not understanding of the situation.

“My mom was not fully supportive. [She said] ‘It’s going to make your life harder’ and she didn’t understand that I didn’t have a choice about it. It really felt like life or death for me and my dad was the same way. He was like ‘Why don’t you just be a lesbian, that’s easier’ even though it probably wouldn’t have been any easier in today’s world.” His older brother also struggled with drug and alcohol abuse and took his frustration out on Kergil’s transgender identity, being completely against him for six years.

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He had eventually brought his parents with him to one of his sessions since they were all adults and she could relate to them better with informing them. That is when they realized that Skylar’s situation was not a choice.

His mom is now his biggest supporter and years later, his brother has apologized, accepted and respected him.

Kergil is also a musician. He plays acoustic guitar and writes music from the heart. Aside from talking to the Skylar Kergil poses for headshot in Spuds Photo by Gabrielle Smith, The Keystone students of KU, he played them a few transgender if we had a choice. songs that he had written himself, The best thing we can do as a lot about people he once knew human beings is to recognize that and getting through difficult times. some people are a certain way and He also had written his first book some people are a different way. titled, ‘Before I Had the Words,’ And the most important thing is which is a memoir on his life and to love and support them because the emotional struggles he faced otherwise then they might not on his journey to becoming who be there and they’re still going he was meant to be. to give value with their lives and “If I could, I would have been existence. I think that we are so born a boy. But instead, I took much more than the identities we these steps to become comfortable inhabit. We are so much more with myself and become a loving energies than that and to keep kind human being who feels like encouraging people to keep being himself. And I would hope that their best selves.” if we all took a step back and we You can follow Kergil as he look at our own lives and then continues his journey on YouTube the lives of those around us and by searching his username, Skythose of the greater world, that we larkeleven. will recognize that we are all just trying to be our best selves and that no one would choose to be

‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ concludes ninth season

Finale ends with consequences and laughs

By Stephen Lessley Multimedia & Promotions Manager Television legend, Larry David, has released a highly anticipated ninth season of ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ after a six-year hiatus.

In this installment of the series, David reveals his newest work to the audience, Fatwa! The Musical.

Fatwa! is a play centered around the fictional retelling of a controversy surrounding Salman Rushdie, an author whose book landed him a death threat from the Ayatollah. While a fatwa is not always necessarily a ruling of death and simply a ruling given by a recognized Islamic authority,

this ruling was considered a fatwa.

Upon revealing his works to the world, David himself is targeted by the current Ayatollah who has issued a fatwa ordering his assassination.

David is not unfamiliar to getting on peoples’ wrong side, but this season takes that plotline to another level— he is on the hook for his life. The finale led the season out on a strong finish. It gave viewers a glimpse at how the musical is shaping up.

Now that David’s case has been reviewed by the tribunal of Muftis in episode eight, he has no worries of official fatwa assassins. However, as Jeff Green (Jeff Garlin) points out in the episode, there could be off-the-grid, devout Muslims who have not received word of these proceedings.

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the final episode off. David is pleased with the performance but of course, his original feud with Miranda, started by David falling asleep during Miranda’s presentation of Hamilton, continues. He initially irritates him, in this episode, by changing David’s original songs into his own.

Miranda is certainly talented in the theater and he plays the role of the jerk well in this episode. “Curb Your Enthusiasm” always seems to get the viewer just as disgruntled as David, while he struggles through the social circumstances of his life. This episode is the epitome of episodes, leaving everyone as uncomfortable as the characters on screen. David’s unscripted world comes to life, with the assistance of great acting and dialogue.

The ensemble of regulars such as Garlin, Susie Essman, Bob Einstein, Richard Lewis, Ted Danson

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and J.B. Smoove gave a moving performance, accompanied by some new guest stars. Among the guest stars was Nick Offerman as Cody, Fatwa!’s stage manager, and F. Murray Abraham as himself acting as the Ayatollah. There was a nice blend of nostalgic moments and new surprises.

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There is no doubt this finale was satisfying and hilarious. The series of plots and subplots come full circle, giving us the pleasure of seeing David’s ultimate consequences unfold. Fans and new viewers alike will find themselves on the edge of their seats or falling off of them in hysteria.

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Ray’s Pizza da Sogno features authentic Italian cuisine K

Bone’s and Uncle Joe’s former location taken over by better pizzeria

By Gabriela Laracca Arts & Entertainment Editor 478 West Main St, the plot of land that curses any Italian joint that happens to establish itself upon its premises, is hosting a new name in the KU pizza game.

As a senior, having seen two pizzerias (Uncle Joe’s and Bones) fall victim to the doomed property’s bad juju since my freshman year, I could only assume Ray’s Pizza da Sogno, the new pizzeria taking Bones place, was going to fall to the same fate. However, I was extremely, yet happily, mistaken.

Being an Italian-American

hailing from Northern New Jersey 30 minutes outside Manhattan, a pizza snob like myself immediately rejected the pizza from both Bones and Uncle Joe’s as it often tasted like thick, soggy, wet cardboard dressed with ketchup for sauce and leathery Kraft mozzarella. After enduring this trauma, I had a hard time walking through those intersection-adjacent double doors. But boy, am I glad I did.

After waiting a short 15 minutes of staring at all the delicious specialty pies displayed on the counter, I was presented with a work of art that I could smell from across the kitchen.

After bringing it home, my boyfriend and I unveiled a plain pie that could bring a Brooklyn-based construction worker to tears.

Possibly the best part of the pizza pie was the sauce. After strug-

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gling to find a pizzeria reminiscent of home for these last four years, I tasted that beloved Jersey/Manhattan taste in Ray’s gravy. Perfectly salty, never cringingly sweet, I could actually taste the tomatoes and spices in this sauce. It also did not drip off or through the doughit perfectly complimented the pie without making it soggy or soupy.

The crust was perfectly thin and crispy on the outermost layer while remaining doughy on what-little-was-there of the inside portion. You could barely taste it even though it brought the entire dish together with a bakery-fresh, homemade bread flavor. For street cred, I will not fail to mention I also grew up in the nirvana of Italian bakeries.

The cheese, although the most average of the trio of food groups that makes a pie, was also perfectly thin. With just the right amount of spice and oil, the mozzarella melted in my mouth. When hot, the stringy, drippy cheese made me nostalgic of those mouth-watering animations of stretchy pizza in childhood cartoon-favorites— particularly The Goofy Movie.

If you need even further persuasion to take a bite for yourself, the atmosphere at this joint is much more than a greasy after-bar stop— even though they are open until 2 a.m. on the weekends.

In their outside dining area, a warm heater stands (as if the pizza did not warm us up enough.) On the windows facing the street, seasonally themed illustrations are painted including an adorable misfit toys scene with a sign that reads, “All misfit toys welcome here.”

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Trust me when I tell you, do not immediately write off Ray’s Pizza da Sogno, because of past grievances you have had with the property’s priors, like I almost did.

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pizza in Kutztown again.

After trying real pizza, do not be too hard on yourself for having thought lots of quirky toppings and cheap prices made a good pie.

‘Riverdale’ debuts on Oct. 11

Show based on Archie comic series returns for second season

By Gabrielle Smith Assistant A&E Editor On Oct. 11, the television series ‘Riverdale’ returned to The CW with its second season.

‘Riverdale’ is about a small town of teenage characters based off the Archie Comics, which began in 1942, but are placed in modern day.

A town that is supposed to be perceived as pleasant, reveals its dark secrets in this series and the young teenagers play a big part in trying to solve the mysteries that lurk around the town.

In this season, there is a mystery murderer who calls himself The Black Hood, who targets and kills people that he

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considers sinners in the town.

Almost two months into the season so far and his identity is still yet to be revealed, but he keeps torturing the town, specifically good girl Betty Cooper.

He sent her notes and phone calls telling her that he is doing all of this for her, since her speech she had given months ago was the inspiration for the killings.

Good guy and high school football star Archie Andrews, starts revolving his whole life around finding the Black Hood, since in the first season’s season finale when the Black Hood shot Archie’s father while robbing the local diner Pop’s.

Archie is out for revenge while his girlfriend Veronica Lodge’s father, a powerfully wealthy man who was recently released from prison, has his own mystery of trying to con-

trol the town with his money and his daughter’s life as she is ignorant to his ways.

Jughead Jones, Betty Cooper’s boyfriend, is the bad boy in the series who once considered a loner has joined Riverdale’s reject gang, the Southside Serpents.

He is getting involved in illegal activities for them, even though he knows it is bad.

He cannot seem to get out of this hole that he has dug for himself.

The series is a good, keepyou-on-the-edge-of-your-seat show. Everybody has their own story to tell and each of their stories end up coming together at the end.

The more havoc that the Black Hood puts on the town, the crazier the episodes and lives of the characters get.

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The arts unite against environmental issues

By Kevin Sninsky Staff Writer A branch of the art-driven environmental awareness movement “Climate Change Theater Action” was recently hosted at Kutztown’s own Eckhaus Gallery on Nov. 7.

The event, titled “The Arts Unite Against Climate Change,” was only one in a series of many across the nation. These exhibitions aim not only to educate, but to inspire change and incite action toward global environmental issues through artistic forms of all kinds.

Kutztown’s event was lovingly organized over the course of several months by KU students Kylin Camburn and Shaun Leisher.

During this time, they were tasked with finding a venue, recruiting performers, promoting the event and other duties.

The night’s presentation was delivered to the packed folding chairs of the Eckhaus Gallery in a wide variety of forms. Student and local entertainers displayed their wide range of skills as they performed pieces of all sorts, including short theatrical pieces, emotional acoustic renditions and eco-friendly prose. Some of the pieces presented were originals, others were covers and adaptations. Each, however, conveyed a

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similar message: “The Earth needs the Marcellus Shale. Feridun used us. Take a stand.” her time in front of the crowd to Near the end of the festivities, speak about some of the environthe performers took a step back mental issues the area is currently from the spotlight as the Eckhaus facing and the best actions citizens Gallery fell silent. The hosts of the can take against them. She then evening proceeded to introduce opened the conversation to the rest the more informative portion of of the room, inviting others to join The Arts Unite Against Climate in on a related Q & A portion. The Change event. It was at this time room filled with chatter once more the guest speakers of the evening, as this portion ended and performLynn Alexander and Karen Feriers and attendees convened in a dun, took center stage. brief intermission. During this Alexander spoke to guests about time, visitors were welcomed to her work at the Nature Nurture a wide selection of snacks and a Center and the goals she and room full of friendly conversation. her team strive for at the facility Artists took to the stage once located in Easton, Pa. Members more following the break as they of the organization aim to aid performed the last few pieces of communities in understanding the night. Those who attended the the environmental issues that can event returned to the world not affect them in their area, as well as just as citizens, but eco-warriors the political and cultural implicaempowered with the tools to make tions of these issues. These efforts a difference. are all done through the use of art, science and dialogue.

Feridun, the night’s main speaker, visited from Berks Gas for Truth. BGFT is a community grassroots organization fighting for the protection of clean air and Performance at Eckhaus Gallery

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Chris Brown releases first album since 2015

By Gabrielle Smallwood Staff Writer “Heartbreak on a Full Moon” is Chris Brown’s first release since 2015’s ‘Royalty.’ Released on Halloween morning, the superstar laced this record with nearly three hour’s worth of music. The double album is packed with a blasting forty-five songs, featuring artists from Usher, R. Kelly, Jhené Aiko, Gucci Mane, Future, Young Thug, Lil Yachty and more.

During the album’s announcement, there was backlash from the public about the length, but mouths were shut after HOAFM dropped. HOAFM gained accredited praise, even from people who were not fans of Brown, such as Wendy Williams and Joe Budden.

Within a week, The Recording Industry Association of America confirmed the album went gold, selling the equivalent of 500,000 units. The singer later retweeted a post declaring HOAFM is the “fastest album by a male singer to receive a gold certification by RIAA in 2017.”

During an interview for Complex, Brown said, “I thought ‘Heartbreak on a Full Moon’ was a depiction of what my soul wanted to say. It’s funny because we’re doing a double album. I’ve done so many records, but all the

records, to me, are personal favorites and I feel like it gets what I want to say across. It gives a vibe.

You get nostalgia or you get a sense of individuality.”

Brown has shown artistic growth. Sounds of R&B, hip hop, pop, funk and dancehall are heard throughout, showing his level of versatility. With the double album, the first half caters to hip hop and pop listeners, while the second half slows down with mainly R&B jams.

In “Frustrated,” the electropop beat uses repetition of, “come on, girl,” displaying the frustrations Brown has with a girl, “You’ve got me frustrated like a Taurus in the wild, I will not contain it, got no limits like a charge.” My personal favorite, “Tempo,” offers a certified top-20 banger with lyrics describing his love life’s tempo switch.

Kevin Lyttle’s “Turn Me On” sample used in dancehall-inspired “Questions” will have you dancing for the full two-minutenine-second song. Brown slows it down with “No Exit,” which explains how he played games in the past, but he’s serious now and won’t leave his girlfriend, “So, let me make this clear, my love. I ain’t going nowhere, I ain’t going nowhere. There really ain’t no exit for me.”

If you have not listened to HOAFM yet, take the time to, even if its three hour’s worth.

Basin Street Hotel serves pub fare with a side of friendliness

Local bar hosts community atmosphere and great wings

By Arielle Sniffin Staff Writer

“It doesn’t matter who you are— you come here, and you have a good time,” Basin Street chef of 27 years, Larry Marco, said as he talked about the hotel’s varying clientele. “Whether it’s students, students who have graduated or locals – here, they all mesh pretty well.”

At Basin Street, friendliness goes a long way, and conversation is in plenty. Rachel Ferguson, one of the hotel’s bartenders, said, “Everyone knows each other here and everyone strikes up a conversation with one another. If you don’t know anyone here, and you make a second of eye contact, a conversation is going to be had.”

A big reason customers are always chatting is because of the

large crowd of frequently returning patrons the hotel has. Basin Street takes pride in their loyal customers and a thanks is given to them by mounting a plaque with the customer’s name on it over their favorite seat at the bar.

Ferguson explained how important it is to build relationships with customers. “When a regular customer comes in, I know what they drink. I can have their drink sitting in front of them by the time they sit down, and I think they enjoy that familiarity.”

Marco said, “Returning customers get the same quality and service every time. We’ve had some regular customers coming in here for 40 years.”

The hotel had a handful of names before being coined Basin Street, Larry said. “Before Basin Street, it was called the Tender Trap, like, “love is a tender trap,” now, it’s named after the song, the Basin Street Blues.” Basin Street Blues is a jazz song performed

by Louis Armstrong. During the interview, Larry sang a quick riff

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Local business owner Jeff Slostad, of Global Libations Coffee, and Doug Letterman, owner of Letterman’s Diner, sat at the bar across from me. I purchased some of Jeff’s Blistered Red Skin Peanuts and we got to talk about hotel owner, David (Chino) Huang.

“Chino is awesome. He is one the most benevolent business guys, he really is a great guy,” said Slostad.

Chino began work at the hotel as a KU student, was promoted to manager and become owner of the hotel by 1995. He is described by staff as a family man, a personable person, someone you can always talk to and a go-with-the-flow type of guy who is great to work for.

With the help of his kitchen staff, Chino has put together a menu of tasty modern pub fare with all the works: fried appetizers, sandwiches, wraps and burgers, but flare is added with over 20 different wing flavors, wittily-named menu items, daily dinner specials and southwestern fare.

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I ordered steak fajitas, which came out popping, sizzling and incredibly tasty. Marco and Ferguson recommended I tried their homemade ranch, and now I am hooked on the unique, thick, flavorful dressing.

After visiting the Kutztown Tavern, the K’Town Pub and the Basin Street hotel – while all serve great food and drink, I think the differences are clear. People go to the Tavern for the party, the Pub for the food and the Hotel for Basin Street Hotel booths the people.

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KU women’s soccer players earn postseason accolades K

Head Coach Erik Burstein earns Coach of the Year

By Gregory Brower Staff Writer

The Golden Bears finished their 2017 season with a 16-4-1 record, tied for second most wins in program history. They made their seventh NCAA Tournament appearance in the last nine years.

KU was knocked out of the playoffs in a 2-1 loss to Notre Dame (OH).

This season the team doesn’t go unrecognized as five players earn season accolades. Head coach Erik Burstein was also named PSAC Coach of the year.

Sophomore Forward Emily Zwiercan was named the PSAC Athlete of the Year. On top of this, she was named to the 2017 United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division II All-Atlantic Region first team, the second nomination of her career.

Senior Morgan Staley was named to the 2017 United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division II All-Atlantic Region first team.

The two-year captain was also named to the Division II College Coaches Association All-Atlantic Region first team as well as First Team All-PSAC. Sophomore Maddie Mohr has also been voted onto the AllAtlantic Region First Team twice now, consecutively as well as earning First Team All-PSAC honors. She finished the season tied for the team-lead with 14 goals,

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third in the PSAC. She is currently seventh in program history with 25 career goals.

Freshman Randi Smith was voted freshman of the Year in the PSAC as well as Third Team honors. She wrapped up her season with seven assists, good for second on the team and fifth in the league.

Junior Alyssa Ryan was voted to the All-PSAC Second Team along with a nomination to the United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division II All-Atlantic Region Third Team.

This was Ryan’s first year as a captain and scored four goals with four assists.

Head Coach Erik Burstein wrapped up his 11th season as head coach for the team and is now a three-time Coach of the Year (2014, 2015, 2017).

QB Chris Kane (top), LB TwyNique Chisholm-Wilkerson (bottom)

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KU football defeats Slippery Rock to finish season

QB Chris Kane finishes career with huge game

By Kyle Krajewski Sports Editor

From top left to bottom right: #24 Zwiercan, #4 Staley, #12 Smith, #9 Mohr, #5 Ryan & HC Burstein

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In their first victory over Slippery Rock since 2012, QB Chris Kane threw for 469 yards in a 4234 win for KU on senior day.

The Golden Bears wrap up their season with an 8-3 record and went 5-2 in the PSAC East Division.

KU honored seven seniors before the game. QB Chris Kane, TE Andrew Garbarino, OL Skylar Panchar, long snapper Tristan Shoopack, DE Steve Plousis, DE Ronny Tomasetti and safety Jalen Nieves have all played their final game as a Golden Bear.

The game started off with both teams going back-and-forth in scoring touchdowns in the first quarter. In the second, after Slippery Rock settled for a field goal, KU piled on the points by scoring three unanswered touchdowns before halftime.

Scoring for the Golden Bears slowed down in the second half, being outscored by Slippery Rock 17-7. The comeback attempt was stopped and KU eventually ran out the clock to end the game earning the win.

In his second and final career start, the redshirt-senior quarterback Chris Kane threw for a career-high 469 yards and five

touchdowns. This puts Kane in the record books as having the thirdmost passing yards in a game in KU history.

On top of joining the record books, Chris Kane was also named the PSAC Eastern Division Offensive Player of the Week following his performance against Slippery Rock.

Kane connected with five different receivers for each of his touchdowns. Jack Pilkerton, Abdul-Hassan Neblett, Evan Culver, Conor Sullivan and Josh Lee each had touchdown grabs. Pilkerton led all receivers with 135 yards on seven receptions.

Neblett rushed for 71 yards and a touchdown to add on to his 106 receiving yards and receiving touchdown.

Jake Perry made his 10th career interception in the third quarter, tying him for eighth in KU history as a redshirt-junior.

Shawn Turber-Ortiz snagged his sixth interception of the season which sets the freshman record for KU and makes him second in the PSAC in interceptions.

TwyNique Chisholm-Wilkerson recorded two sacks and a fumble recovery.

Tajier Jefferson led the team in tackles with 10, two of them for a loss. Senior Jalen Nieves made eight tackles to finish his career with 255, good for 11th in program history.

Ronny Tomasetti finished his career with 19.5 sacks and ties him for fifth in program history.

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Seven inductees celebrated for their achievements

By Kyle Krajewski Sports Editor

The KU Athletics Hall of Fame recently grew to 206 with the addition of seven new members.

The 39th annual class members were inducted on Nov. 11 during a ceremony held in the Georgian Room of Old Main. They were also honored before the KU football game against Slippery Rock later that day.

Stephen T. Dennis is the all-time leading scorer in men’s basketball history at KU. His 2,406 career points are good for third in PSAC history at 20.4 points per game. In his time as a Golden Bear he set school career records in points, field goals (850), assists (447) and free throws (621).

He broke the school record for points in a season with 710 in his junior year, just to beat it again his senior year with 817. Dennis averaged a career-high 26 pointsper-game his senior year and went on to earn All-American honors, PSAC East Player of the Year award and the Division II National Player of the Year award.

Steve Hahn held the position as assistant coach for both the men’s and women’s basketball teams for 27 years. He spent 17 years with the women’s team and 10 years with the men’s. Hahn was first hired in 1986 as an assistant to the men’s basketball head coach Rick Binder, then he became the first ever full-time assistant coach for

the entire KU athletic department in 1987. It wasn’t until 1995 that he became the women’s assistant coach. He remained there until the end of the 2011-12 season.

He helped lead the women’s team to the program’s first and only NCAA Tournament appearance and qualified for the PSAC Tournament in 14 of his 17 years with them. Hahn finished his career with the men’s basketball team for the 2012-13 season.

Kelley Healey Krater was a four-time All-PSAC and All-American selection in her time playing on the KU field hockey team. Starting her career by being named the 2005 PSAC Rookie of the Year, she never looked back.

Healey graduated with the second-most points (161) and goals (61) in program history, while still holding the records for career assists and assists in a season.

Stephanie Jeppesen was selected as an All-American all four years swimming for the Golden Bears and holds eight school-record times, four individual and four relays. At the 2010 NCAA Championships, Jeppesen broke the school and PSAC record in the 200-breast event and finished as the national runner-up. Her times helped lead the women’s swim team to their best season in school history in 2009-10 as they finished fourth at the PSAC Championships and 16th at nationals.

Michael McCardell was a first-baseman and right-handed pitcher for the Golden Bear baseball team from 2004-07. McCardell was selected as the 2006 PSAC East Pitcher of the Year, and was named the ABCA North

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Mukundan Nandakumar became the first men’s tennis player to be inducted into the KU Athletics Hall of Fame this year. In his time as a Golden Bear, he won 78 doubles matches for the most in program history, and lands at fourth in singles victories with 63.

Nandakumar started his career off by being named the 2002 PSAC and NCAA East Region Rookie of the Year. He went on to be the 2004 PSAC Singles and Doubles champion as well as being an All-PSAC first team selection in 2002, 2003 and 2004.

To cap off his career at KU he was named the PSAC Player of the Year and the ITA Senior Athlete of the Year for his senior season.

Joseph Scheks was a two-time PSAC champion in the triple jump and was the PSAC’s first ever champion in the event in 1963.

Scheks was a jack-of-all-trades when it came to track & field.

Not only could he compete in many events, he could win them.

In one meet Schecks entered 12 events, 10 individual and two relays. Throughout his career he earned first place at least once in 10 separate events. At his time of graduation, Scheck held nine school records—six individual and three relays.

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KU senior Ethan Ridgeway is already breaking records and earning accolades early this season.

Right off the bat Ridgeway broke his own school record with 16 assists in the season-opener against Penn State Schuylkill.

Following that performance, in a three-game week Ridgeway averaged 31 points-per-game, 5.3 assists-per-game and shot 61.5 percent from beyond the three-

Ethan Ridgeway (top), Dan Cuevas (bottom)

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The KU senior scored a career-high 40 points against California on Nov. 18 becoming the third player in KU history to score 40 points in a game. The following day, Nov. 19, Ridgeway continued to dominate by putting up 30 points and nine assists against Slippery Rock.

These performances earned Ridgeway the PSAC East Co-Athlete of the Week award, sharing the award with Tyrell Long of West Chester.

On top of the Co-Athlete of the Week award, Ridgeway was also named the U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) Division II Men’s Basketball Player of the Week, the first of the season.

The KU Golden Bears men’s basketball team was voted 10th in the latest Division II Sports Information Directors of America Atlantic Region poll (D2SIDA).

They fell four spots this week, placing sixth in the last week’s poll.

The Golden Bears dropped their first game, a conference opener at California University, 89-87.

The following day, they fired back against Slippery Rock, taking the game 86-72. Senior Ethan Ridgeway scored a career high 40 points against California University, and then 30 points against Slippery Rock for the win.

Juniors Anthony Lee and Dan Cuevas both scored double digits

in the two consecutive games. Lee leads the PSAC with an average of four steals per game.

The freshmen are showing up for the Golden Bears. Moe Williams is currently averaging 8.8 rebounds per game and 9.0 pointsper-game in his career start.

The entire team is averaging 99.0 points-per-game, which is second in the PSAC league behind East Stroudsburg, who are averaging 106.0.

The regional poll is showing Wheeling Jesuit at the top, followed by Virginia State and West Liberty tied for second place. And, of course, KU is currently sitting at 10th.

There are six PSAC teams on the regional poll list Shippensburg leads the charge at fifth, followed

by Edinboro, East Stroudsburg, West Chester, IUP and KU rounding up the ranks.

KU looks to climb the ranks as the season continues.

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