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Community Involvement Fair promotes student volunteerism By john boddington Staff Writer J.M.Boddington@iup.edu
The Community Involvement Fair will give students a chance to find service opportunities around Indiana tomorrow. The fair will take place in Folger Hall’s Crimson Event Center from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. “There is no registration fee. It is free to students, so they can just stop on by,” said Vanessa Gregorakis, Americorps representative in the Office of Service and Learning. Gregorakis, along with IUP’s Office of Service and Learning, will be stationed on campus tomorrow to get individuals involved in volunteering, work-study, and internships with strictly non-profit groups. Tomorrow’s fair is the second of its kind this year. One fair is hosted each semester for student convenience. “We invite Indiana County members to attend this fair,” said Gregorakis. “Members from the Indiana community register in advance to attend the
event and host a table to advertise their agency.” Agencies wishing to connect with students need to log on to IUP’s website under “Office of Service and Learning,” and register for the next available fair. Anyone willing to volunteer who cannot make it to the fair can simply stop by the Office of Service and Learning in Pratt Hall, room 301. While there, students might want to pick up more information on IUP’s next volunteer event, Into the Streets. This is a special service project scheduled for Saturday, April 16. More information concerning Into the Streets can also be found at the Pratt Hall office. Students who attend will be automatically entered for a chance to win $50 in FLEX. Not to mention those at the fair will also see what goes on in Indiana. “The Office of Service and Learning is here to serve students with volunteer opportunities on and off campus,” Gregorakis said.
Mortar Board to hold literacy event By kat oldrey News Editor K.E.Oldrey@iup.edu
Mortar Board National College Senior Honor Society was founded on Feb. 15, 1918. College seniors are honored for “outstanding achievement in scholarship, leadership and service.”The Sutton chapter of Mortar Board will celebrate Mortar Board Week between Feb. 13 and 19. Students can receive free hot chocolate from Mortar Board members in the Oak Grove on Tuesday and Thursday between 1-3:30 p.m. According to an organization news release, Mortar Board Week is an annual event in honor of the founding of the society.
Mortar Board’s national “Reading is Leading” project supports literacy, academic integrity, ethics and education. According to the Mortar Board website, examples of “Reading is Leading” activities include book drives, literacy workshops, read-a-thons, and readalouds in nursing homes and children’s hospitals. The Sutton chapter of Mortar Board and Kappa Delta Pi will sponsor “Literacy Day” at the Indiana Free Library March 26. Members will organize and run Western-themed reading activities for Indiana’s children. For more information about Mortar Board and “Reading is Leading,” visit www.mortarboard.org.
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Police blotter Alcohol Violations
• At 12:47 a.m. Friday, university police were called to McCarthy Hall for reports of an intoxicated male. Cameron G. Konieczny, 19, Pittsburgh, was found unconscious in the first-floor restroom. Konieczny was taken to Indiana Regional Medical Center for treatment. He was cited for underage drinking and public drunkenness.
• At 12:26 a.m. Friday, university police cited Garrett Ferrese, 19, Bethel Park, for disorderly conduct after an incident in Stephenson Hall. • Casey F. Daily, 18, McKees Rocks, was cited by university police for disorderly conduct at 11:13 p.m. Thursday after an incident inside Stephenson Hall.
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Egypt’s military disbanded the country’s parliament and suspended the constitution on Sunday, saying it will rule for six months or until presidential and parliamentary elections are held, according to a statement by the military council read on state television. The announcement, which came two days after the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak, met some of the demands of anti-government protesters who for nearly three weeks demonstrated against Mubarak and the parliament, demanding constitutional reforms. Parliamentary elections held in November were considered fraudulent and marred by mass arrests, pressure on independent candidates, news-media harassment and a boycott by some opposition groups. Last week, in the final days of Mubarak’s rule, hundreds gathered in front of the parliament building in addition to the thousands in Tahrir Square. The army appeared to have left in place the Cabinet, which is running the country. Earlier Sunday, the army began to clear Tahrir Square, the center of the protests, tearing down tents and opening it to traffic. The dozens of soldiers in olive fatigues and red berets surrounded the one remaining stage for protesters, while cars honked and drove around the city hub for the first time since Jan. 25, when people erupted in rage against Mubarak. It was a further sign of the military’s determination to restore the nation’s capital to normal. The popular uprising shut down Egypt’s economy, sparked fighting and froze activity in downtown Cairo,
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home to the government and major businesses. Scores of soldiers fanned out into the remaining tent cities on the square and tore them down. The families and young people, who had been squatting, largely complied and accepted that Tahrir Square no longer belonged to them. The soldiers dismantled the plastic tarps and walked among papers, trash and a child’s lost teddy bear. One teenager shoved and pushed at the soldiers and cried at having to leave. One protester who was evicted warned that the army will never meet the Egyptians’ demands for more democracy and an end to decadeslong emergency decrees if the demonstrators surrendered Tahrir Square. “We don’t want to leave,” said Mohammed Shaheen. “They’ll never give up the emergency laws. And they’ll use them to put people in jail.” As the campers watched the army clear the square, a parade of police and ordinary Egyptians materialized like a flash flood. The police were raised on people’s shoulders and waved Egyptian flags. “The police and army are one,” they chanted. The policemen pumped their fists and converged with the protesters’ stage. “God is great, God is great,” the two groups roared, while cars beeped and inched forward, as if nothing unusual had happened. Some responded in anger at the police. One young man tried to charge them. “The police killed us! Don’t believe them,” he shouted before a group pulled him back. Others looked on, bemused. Tahrir Square was slowly returning to normal. They believed the people had won. “We are taking our freedom,” said Wael Mustafa. He smiled at the soldiers, protesters, police and cars bumper to bumper. He predicted that if the army didn’t keep its word, “the people will come back.”
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The Co-op board voted Thursday to allow OnStage to make a decision about the future of discounted student rush tickets. The board moved to allow student rush ticket sales to continue this semester up until the point that OnStage’s debt to the Cop-op is met by the difference between student rush prices and the actual cost of the tickets purchased by I-card holders. However, it was determined by board members that OnStage should have a say in this decision. Last spring, the board and OnStage came to an agreement that allowed I-card holders to purchase one ticket from any price zone for any OnStage show for $12, according to Sam Barker, director of program services for the Co-op. Savings for I-card holders are estimated by Barker to be $34,132. This is based on the difference between the $12 rush price, and the average regular ticket cost, which is $34 for most shows. “It’s a bit of an estimate,” said Barker “We’ll need to close the books at the end of the year on a transaction-by-transaction basis.” The monetary difference between the two prices would be applied to OnStage’s outstanding debt to the Co-op. Barker said that the initial agreement had a cap at 1,500 student rush tickets for the OnStage season, which was reached at the end of the fall semester. Student rush sales were
extended by an executive decision during the semester break because the board could not meet to vote. As of Feb. 7, 1,667 student rush tickets were sold during the academic year thus far, according to Barker. “This has been a far more successful program than any student rush ticket sale in the past,” Barker said. Barker cited this season’s shift towards student-friendly content, specifically comedian Lewis Black, as a contributing factor to the success of the student rush sales. According to I-card ticket counts, Black’s performance sold the most student rush tickets, 369. Following closely behind were Boyz II Men, which sold 348 rush tickets, and Spamalot with 332. All three of these shows eventually sold out. Student rush sales for all other
events this season have been less than 200 tickets per show, but they nevertheless comprise 22 percent of all tickets sold so far, which Barker said is a definite increase from years past. A chance of an uptick in student rush sales this semester does not appear plausible. “My intuition is that perhaps we won’t have quite the same response in the spring selection content-wise, but it’s still perking along,” said Barker. The last four shows of the season are the musicals “Cats” and “Spring Awakening” and the music acts Starship and Little Anthony and the Imperials. Should OnStage decide to end the student rush sales, the Co-op Board has two options, said Chuck Potthast, Co-op CFO: forgive the debt, or send an invoice to The Foundation for IUP for the remaining balance.
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Be the Match Registry looks for bone marrow donors By kat oldrey News Editor K.E.Oldrey@iup.edu
Each year there are 10,000 new cases of diseases that are curable only through a bone marrow transplant, according to Be the Match’s informational pamphlets, and 70 percent of these will not have an eligible donor in their family. Be the Match Registry has helped over 30,000 patients receive transplants; however, only four out of every ten total cases receives a transplant. Be the Match Registry will be on campus today and Wednesday, giving students the opportunity to sign up and save a life. The registry is a list of willing bone marrow donors and some relevant health information. The registration table can be found near the HUB Fitness Center from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Registering for Be the Match does not guarantee that the student will be chosen to donate marrow, only signifies that he or she is willing to. Representatives of Be the Match travel to different events and universities to try to reach more potential donors. “I’m at a new school every week,” said Krystel Rodriguez, a Be the Match representative. “Once the summer comes around, I do health fairs, churches, street fairs.” The representatives came from
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Strange Anatomy — The ear has a “G-spot,” explained the Santa Clara, Calif., ear-nose-andthroat surgeon, and thus the moans of ecstasy that Vietnamese “ear pickers” reportedly elicit from their clients might well be justified. A San Jose Mercury News reporter, dispatched to Ho Chi Minh City in January to check it out, learned that barber shop technicians could sometimes coax “eargasms” (as they removed wax) by tickling a certain spot next to the ear drum served by multiple nerve endings and paperthin skin. Said one female client, “Everybody is afraid the first time, but after, it’s, ‘Oh my God!’” Said one Vietnamese man, returning home after a trip abroad, and who went immediately from the airport to a “hot toc” parlor for a picking, “(This) brings a lot of happiness.” The Continuing Crisis — Two San Francisco-area counselors recently formed Men of Tears — a male support group to encourage crying, according to a January San Francisco Chronicle reporter, who observed as nine men recounted touching events in their lives, accompanied by tears that, according to the counselors, make them emotionally stronger and less hostile. One of the counselors praised the recent public cries by Speaker of the House John Boehner and hoped that President Obama (who stopped
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Oops! — Three men visiting Philadelphia in December were charged with a several-store robbery spree, and perhaps luckily for them, they were quickly arrested. The police report noted that one of the victims (who had a gun waved in her face) was Terri Staino, 38, the owner of John Anthony Hair Styling for Men, who is also the husband of Anthony Staino — reputed to be the No. 2 man in the South Philadelphia mob, according to the Philadelphia Daily News. — Alex Good, 15, practicing tee shots with his high school golf team on a rainy day underneath a golf course awning, had one of his drives hit the metal pole holding the awning up, causing the ball to ricochet into his eye, resulting in likely permanent damage. Despite the fact that the pole was directly in front of the tee, inches away, Good nonetheless charged the Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club (Hillsboro, Ore.) with negligence and filed a $3 million lawsuit in January. — How Not to Do a Laser Bronchoscopy: First, according to a case written up in December in the Massachusetts Medical Law Report, do not let the laser set fire to the patient’s throat. More importantly, if a spark does ignite, do not use the everyday home remedy for a small flame, i.e., try to blow it out — because blowing down the “trach” tube might actually extend the fire, as it did here. (The surgeon and hospital were not named; the lawsuit resulting from the patient’s death was settled out of court.)
Bright Ideas — Edward Hall III, 24, a Columbia University researcher, was arrested in January for trespassing at JFK airport in New York City after he disobeyed United Airlines personnel and tried an alternative method to board a plane. He told ticket agents he badly needed to be on the flight to San Francisco even though he had forgotten to bring a photo ID. Frustrated, Hall stepped behind the counter and crawled onto the luggage conveyor, where his next stop, minutes later, was the tarmac where bags were being loaded and where he was arrested. — A suburban Chicago high school health-class instructor’s technique for teaching the names of female reproductive parts caught the ire of the Illinois Family Institute religious organization in January. To some of the kids, teacher Jacqulyn Levin’s “game” was nothing more than a mnemonic to facilitate memorizing the anatomy, but others told the institute that Levin’s play on words was chantable, could be set to the tune of the “Hokey Pokey,” and was referred to by several students as “the vagina dance.” Said a complaining parent, “It is disrespectful to women and removes modesty about the reproductive parts.” Least Competent Criminals — Failed to Think It Through: (1) Kyle Eckman, 22, was charged with theft in Lancaster, Pa., in November after he was stopped leaving a Kohl’s department store, mostly still in his own clothes but also wearing the pair of Elle high-heel shoes he was allegedly
trying to shoplift. (2) Jimmy Honeycutt, 27, was arrested in Pawtucket, R.I., in October and charged with five recent robberies of liquor stores. Among the items found on Honeycutt was a telephone directory listing of liquor stores, with the ones recently robbed marked off. — Recurring Themes: (1) At a traffic stop, once again a passenger climbed into the driver’s seat as the officer approached, trying to save a drug-impaired driver from a citation. However, once again it turned out that the passenger was just as drug-impaired as the driver, and both were cited (Gastonia, N.C., December). (2) Once again a woman tried to conceal drugs by stuffing them down her pants into her most private area, and once again, when police found them, the woman immediately denied that the pills were hers (Manatee, Fla., December). Undignified Deaths — (1) A 26-year-old man died in Chattanooga, Tenn., in January after being accidentally bitten by a copperhead snake. According to police, a friend had caught the snake and taken it to the man’s house because, for some reason, he wanted the man to ascertain the snake’s gender. (2) A 21-year-old man was stabbed to death at a party in Bristol, Conn., in January (and three others wounded), apparently because they had been making derisive comments about another man’s flatulence. The allegedly gaseous Marc Higgins, 21, was charged with the crimes.
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Twitter making a proďŹ t, CEO says By AUDE LAGORCE MarketWatch MCT
Twitter, the world’s most popular micro-blogging site, is already making money and must become even simpler and more unified across platforms in the future, Chief Executive Dick Costolo told the audience at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Monday. Twitter is a service that allows registered users to send posts of up to 140 characters to their followers. It’s available on desktops but also most mobile phones, including very basic ones, where it appears as text messages. About 60 percent of users tweet from desktops and the rest from mobile devices. Costolo said in his keynote presentation at the world’s largest telecoms event that he wants Twitter to look the same across devices so that consumers don’t need to relearn how to use it if they switch from an Android phone to a BlackBerry, for instance. “Users shouldn’t have to think about how to use Twitter,� he said. In order for Twitter to become even more intuitive, Costolo called for deeper integration within software platforms in the latest smartphones. In practice that means users with some of the latest models can tweet a photo by hitting a single dedicated button rather than needing to exit the camera mode, launch the Twitter application and go through various other steps to share the image. Once again Costolo didn’t fully answer questions about the company’s business model and its ability to monetize its fast-growing popularity. “Every time I have an interview I am asked when we’re going to make money. The short answer is we’re already making money,� he said. He also hinted at greater financial
rewards on the horizon. “We believe that when you provide value to your users, that value will be returned to you multi-fold in ways you can’t imagine,� he said. But, he provided no real details on plans to monetize Twitter. “Twitter quoted figures on healthy growth and use, which is good but not surprising. What it didn’t provide was concrete details on was how effective its nascent businesses are proving to be in driving revenues — lots of case studies of cool brands using Twitter but no hard line on the margins this brings to Twitter,� Eden Zoller, analyst at telecoms consultancy Ovum, said in emailed comments after Costolo’s speech. There is almost constant speculation in the press that Twitter will eventually be taken over. Meanwhile, Costolo on Monday pointed to several ways in which Twitter is already useful to companies that understand it, helping them run advertising campaigns or better serve their customers, as airline Virgin Atlantic did during a recent snowstorm in the U.S., re-issuing tickets to passengers who requested changes via Twitter even as phone lines were busy. As for the growth, it is impressive. During the Super Bowl last week, Twitter registered around 4,000 tweets per second towards the end of the game, compared to 27 during the same event in 2008. Twitter is changing the way we behave, Costolo said. For instance, consumers are starting to watch television programs in real time again, instead of taping them, only to participate in the social experience of tweeting around the show. When a new episode of Glee, a U.S. series, starts, the number of related Tweets explodes. Today Twitter gets around 130 million tweets a day compared to 100 million just a few months ago.
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Like many of his counterparts in other states, new Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett finds himself between the proverbial rock and a hard place. He is likely facing a mammoth budget deficit of between $4 billion and $5 billion when the state’s fiscal year ends June 30. Taxpayers are clearly in no mood for tax increases, and besides, one of Corbett’s major campaign themes was that he could balance the budget without raising taxes, something even at least one top Republican legislative leader questioned. Unlike many other governors, however, Corbett has a potential new revenue source, and it literally sits between rocks and hard places – huge deposits of natural gas in the Marcellus Shale formation running across the state, including Centre County. The governor initially boxed himself in as being against Marcellus extraction taxes during the campaign, then gave himself some wiggle room by indicating he may be open to certain “fees.”
Forget the semantics, governor, and do what 27 other states with natural gas formations do and levy a modest tax on drilling companies that stand to add handsomely to their bottom lines. Let us stress we are in no way demonizing these companies. Private landowners are gaining royalties for extraction of deposits on their property, and the jobs and economic activity the industry is projected to bring to local communities and the state is a godsend in these difficult economic times. As noted in today’s “Business Matters” section in the Centre Daily Times, landowners in Centre County are fetching up to $5,000 an acre for drilling rights. Meanwhile, studies of similar formations in other states report many of the jobs created aren’t just in the natural gas industry. There are spinoff effects for construction, retail, recreation and fabricated metals, just to name a few. But it is not all milk and honey. Development of the Marcellus Shale brings several environmental concerns, particularly water and air pollution, forest fragmentation, gas spills and even explosions. In just two years, the state
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Department of Environmental Protection has reported 1,600 environmental violations committed by 43 gas companies. There are also going to be some societal changes for many of the rural and small communities within the Marcellus formation -- changes that will stress infrastructure, schools, health care and many other services. Revenues from an extraction tax can be directed to local communities to help mitigate these issues, to offset increased regulatory and oversight responsibility on the part of the state, and to help finance vital programs and services statewide. It also should be noted that the natural gas under the Marcellus Shale is a Pennsylvania treasure, and in cases where drilling sites are being leased in state forests and other state-owned properties, directly under the ownership of the people of Pennsylvania. It’s not like these companies are going to pick up and go elsewhere if a modest and reasonable tax is established. As we’ve asked before, where are they going to go? The answer is where they went in the 27 states that have a drilling tax. Nowhere. They are going to stay where the gas, and in effect, the money, is.
MCT Pittsburgh Penguin Max Talbot (left) fights New York Islander Michael Haley during Friday’s game on Long Island. The game amassed 346 penalty minutes and 10 ejections
‘It was a travesty.’
By Marc Gruber Staff Writer M.W.Gruber@iup.edu
“Hockey is a tough, physical game and it always should be,” said Pittsburgh Penguin’s owner and former star Mario Lemieux. “But what happened Friday night on Long Island wasn’t hockey. It was a travesty.” These words by a clearly frustrated Lemieux came after a 9-3 New York Islanders victory over the Penguins that saw 346 total penalty minutes, 10 ejections, 15 fighting majors and 20 misconducts, according to ESPN.com. Hockey is the only sport, aside from boxing, that sanctions fighting, but a game like this takes it too far, and in my opinion, would have never happened had it not been for Penguin goalie Brent Johnson’s brawl with Islanders net-minder Rick Dipietro Feb. 2. The referees definitely earned their paychecks in this game, and the National Hockey League has handed down suspensions and fines to send a message that a game like this will not be tolerated. The league suspended Islander forwards Trevor Gillies for nine games, Matt Martin for four and dropped the hammer on the team to the tune of a $100,000 fine Saturday night, according to the article at ESPN.com. Pittsburgh forward Eric Godard was the lone Penguin to be punished by the NHL for Friday night’s circus, receiving an automatic 10-game suspension for leaving the bench to assist in a fight between Johnson and the
Islander’s Micheal Haley. Lemieux said the sanctions weren’t nearly enough, stating that if the events following the game were a reflection of the state of the league, he would have to consider whether or not he wants to be a part of it. I have to agree with Lemieux’s stance here. We’ve seen brawls before in sports and they surely don’t do anything to improve the sport or its image. Not to mention, the unnecessary injuries that they can cause. Pittsburgh’s roster is already decimated by injury, including the loss of Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby, who, when it comes to the Penguin offense, is undoubtedly the straw that stirs the drink. In a game that reflects a baseball score as this one did, there is no need for an all-out brawl to take place or for the Penguins to finish a game with a mere six skaters on the bench and the Islanders, nine. I mean, let’s face it, as stated previously, these events would never have occurred had Johnson not broken Dipietro’s face earlier in the month. The Islanders wanted to even the score. But with all of the fighting, a game that was already out of hand was delayed significantly at times, particularly the fight involving Johnson, which stopped play for 15 minutes. An eye for an eye, or in the case of Dipietro, a face, was apparently the Islander motto Friday night. So where does it stop? Hockey lends itself to violence and a fight here and there won’t kill anyone. But the retaliation might.
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Chipping away at abortion rights Editorial Los Angeles Times MCT
Abortion-rights supporters breathed a sigh of relief last week when a troubling word was removed from a controversial antiabortion bill. They shouldn’t have. This piece of congressional legislation and a related bill are still loaded with harmful provisions that would turn back the clock on women’s rights to make their own medical decisions. Both bills initially sent waves of outrage rippling through abortionrights circles by imposing new restrictions on abortion coverage, with exemptions for rape only when it is “forcible.” The possible effect of the language was unclear, but the understandable concern was that women who had been victims of date rape or statutory rape, as well as women who had been drugged or who were mentally incompetent, would be left unprotected.
The offending word was deleted from the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, carried by Rep. Christopher H. Smith, R-N.J.; it has not yet been erased from the Protect Life Act, although the bill’s sponsor, Rep. Joe Pitts, R-Pa., has agreed to do so. Both bills remain offensive nonetheless. Pitts’ bill would allow hospitals that object to abortion (as some Catholic ones do, for instance) to make the appalling decision to withhold the procedure even in dire emergencies when it is necessary to save a woman’s life — a car accident, say, or a shooting. It also includes an objectionable provision — one that failed to become part of the healthcare reform law passed last year — that would prohibit federal funds from being used toward the purchase of any health insurance that includes abortion coverage. Current law prohibits federal funds from being used for abortion but allows insurance companies to segregate federal money from private funds used for abortion. Smith’s bill would go even fur-
ther. Women would no longer be able to use their tax-saver accounts to pay for abortions because, in Smith’s view, this would constitute a federal subsidy; nor could families with high health insurance expenses deduct those expenses from their taxes if the insurance they buy with their own money includes coverage for abortion — even if they never use the coverage to pay for one. Small businesses, though not large corporations, could no longer deduct the cost of their employee insurance plans if they cover abortion, as 87 percent of health plans now do. Abortion is a legally protected medical procedure. And though the federal government can legitimately limit what it will pay for in the way of healthcare for budgetary reasons, congressional opposition to abortion has nothing to do with its cost; the procedure is less expensive than carrying a pregnancy to term. Congress should not rewrite tax law so as to interfere with private and personal health insurance decisions made by patients, their employers and insurance companies.
It appears that OnStage, which brings many types of entertainment to Fisher Auditorium throughout the year, heard a strong message last year during its negotiations with the Co-op Board concerning funding and the future of the program. The message was: consider the student audience much more in your programming and pricing decisions, or kiss their dollars goodbye. And this was an important message for OnStage to get. While Co-op funding is not the only thing that kept the organization afloat, it was a decent portion of money, and it came from students’ pockets. Why should students monetarily support shows very few of us have any interest in seeing? For those students that go to shows, shouldn’t events be affordable for those on a limited budget without meaning the worst seats? OnStage did bring some really great programming this year. It appears that they kept their 18-25-year-old demographic in mind. But maybe the changes and consideration of the student market came too late. Next year, the university will end OnStage. Lively Arts, a part of the College of Fine Arts, will oversee the arts and entertainment programming on campus. Four shows remain in the season for OnStage. The student rush ticket sale cap of 1,500 tickets set last spring has passed. They now have the choice of extending the student rush ticket agreement, or ending it, which would leave students with the burden of full-price tickets. Ending the student rush ticket program, which allows I-card holders to purchase one $12 ticket from any available seats for any show, would be a major blow to the campus community. Students have limited budgets, but many of them still want to be able to see shows. If this program ends, not all interested students may be able to afford full-price tickets, shutting them out of entertainment opportunities. Extending the program to the end of the year won’t hurt anyone. OnStage’s debt to the Co-op will decrease, and students will be able to get a deal on tickets. It’s a win-win situation, so long as the powers that be make the right call with the campus community in mind.
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The Clarks will return to Indiana for performance By JAZMINN JONES Life & Style Editor J.V.Jones@iup.edu
The Clarks, an American rock band that has sold more than 300,000 albums between 1988 and 2009, starting from their first album, “I’ll Tell You What,” will return to Indiana to give a performance that is anticipated annually. According to the band’s official website, ClarksOnline.com, the band consists of Scott Blasey (lead vocalist, electric & acoustic guitars), Robert James (vocalist, electric & acoustic guitars), Greg Joseph (vocalist, bass guitar) and Dave Minarik (vocalist, drums). “We have toured the country and seen a lot of great cities and people,” Joseph said, via an e-mail interview. “So, naturally we’ve played some pretty great places across the land from coast to coast. We’ve also had our share of playing in some pretty sketchy places as well.” The Indiana Theater, located at 637 Philadelphia St., will present The Clarks at 8 p.m. Feb. 18-19 with a special performance by Remaining Green, an Indiana rock band popular for its album “Remaining Green,” released March 27, 2008. “The group [The Clarks] formed at IUP in 1986,” Joseph said. “We started playing with the idea of just
“The group [The Clarks] formed at IUP in 1986. We started playing with the idea of just getting out and having fun at [fraternities] and campus events.” — Greg Joseph, vocalist and bass guitarist getting out and having fun at fraternity parties and campus events.” The band that has managed to stay together for 20-plus years and support themselves. They recently released their latest album June 9, 2009, “Restless Days,” their first Pittsburgh-based studio CD in five years. The album consists of 11 songs, from by The Clarks, including a cover of “Wonderful World,” commissioned by the Pittsburgh Penguins and used as part of their 2008-2009 season marketing campaign, according to the website. “We started writing our own songs and got serious about what this band could do and how we could grow,” Joseph said. “It was exciting to play our own material during shows and people really seemed to like it. It became an obsession, certainly much more than the hobby it started as.” “We just celebrated our 2000th Show Anniversary at Stage AE in
Pittsburgh. Coming up this year will be our 25th Year Anniversary together as The Clarks,” Joseph said. “It’s pretty amazing to think it’s been that long. The memories have been wonderful and we’re certainly not done yet.” The four-man rock band was honored at IUP as “Distinguished Alumni” in 2004, according to ScottBlasey. com, the official website of the lead vocalist. The group continued to show support for their alma mater by raising more than $25,000 through a benefit concert for a new recording studio in Cogswell Hall, home to the music department. In addition to the new recording studio, the band was also asked in the fall of 2005 to secure the naming rights to the recording studio in Fisher Hall before renovations took place, according to an excerpt from the Spring 2007 edition of IUP’s Lifestyles Web Exclusive, posted on IUP’s website. The Clarks plan to perform at the Gateway Clipper in Pittsburgh, Pa. March 12 and the Hard Rock Cafe located in Cleveland, March 17. The band previously performed at places, such as Erie, Chicago, Norfolk and New York. Tickets are currently $24. For more information about The Clarks and ticket sales, contact Indiana Theater at 724-464-0116.
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Dec. 18, 2009, marked the day the United Nations General Assembly announced the year beginning January 2011 was the International Year for People of African Descent. IUP’s Pan-African Student Association, also known as PASA, will honor the year, aiming to build a friendship among all students with an African heritage, beginning 6:30 p.m., Feb. 17 in the HUB Knowlton Room. “[PASA] decided that it would be fit to celebrate for the entire year,” Rhema Lewis (senior, natural science), vice president of PASA, said. “We will have a program once a month.” According to the website of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (porta. unesco.org), this year will aim at strengthening national actions and regional and international cooperation for the benefit of people of African descent in relation to their full enjoyment of
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Hawks down Slippery Rock, 64-52 forth affair with the largest lead being the Hawks’ halftime lead 33-28. There were five ties and 10 lead changes in the first half alone. The Rock came out strong in the The Crimson Hawks moved into second half and went on an 8-0 run second place in the PSAC West in the first 4:32 of the second half with a victory against Slippery Rock, until Kevin Stewart hit a shot. The basket by Stewart started a 64-52. It took Darryl Webb’s 11th double- 9-1 run by the Hawks that gave them double of the season to help the the lead, which they never gave up. With the Hawks holding Hawks. He had 18 points onto a 48-45 lead, Renkin and 11 rebounds. Webb made two free throws and was one of three Hawks in then made a three-point double figures in points. play after a layup and was Scooter Renkin, who fouled. That put the lead started for the injured at 53-48. The game was Aston Smith, scored 13 put out of reach in the points. Smith was able to last few minutes when play and scored 12 points the Hawks had a doubleoff the bench. Webb digit lead. The victory for the The victory against Hawks (16-5, 7-2) puts them Slippery Rock was the 20th victory one game behind Mercyhurst. The Hawks have one less game for the Hawks in PSAC West play than the top teams in the division over the last two seasons. In that due to the postponment of the Lock same time span, the Hawks have Haven game, which will be made up only lost three games in PSAC West play. Feb. 21. If the Hawks win four more games Slippery Rock’s Maron Brown had a game-high 24 points and pulled this season, they will reach 20 victodown 16 rebounds. He was one of ries for the third straight season. two players to score in double fig- That accomplishment has only been ures for SRU. Devin Taylor was the reached twice in school history. The Hawks will be back home other player in double figures, with Wednesday when they take on 11 points. The first half was a back-and- Edinboro.
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IUP winning streak at nine, beats SRU 63-47 half with a deficit as little as three with 5:08 left in the first half, down only 33-25 at halftime. “[We were] maybe a little lethargic at times, but I think that’s probably a The Crimson Hawks were flying combination of coming off of a tough, high after their big win against Cal physical, emotional win against Cal, U Feb. 9. They were flying so high, possibly looking ahead a little bit to they could have looked past last-place the Edinboro game, and I think also sometimes it’s tough to get as motiSlippery Rock Saturday afternoon. Instead of getting knocked off its vated as you want them to be as perch, IUP (16-5, 8-1) came out and coach because they’ve already played soundly defeated The Rock (3-19, 1-9) Slippery Rock and beat them pretty handily the first time we played for the ninth straight time, 63-47. “We did what we needed to do,” them,” Dow said. But IUP opened the second half on IUP Head Coach Jeff Dow said. The win for IUP was its sixth in a a 12-5 run and the lead never dipped row and 14th in its last 15 games. It below double digits. IUP defeated Slippery Rock withalso sets up a game for sole possession of first place in the PSAC West out one of its best players in Sarah against Edinboro (19-3, 9-1) 5:30 p.m. Pastorek, who missed the game due to an illness. IUP had only eight playWednesday at Memorial Field House. ers in uniform. Against The Rock Being that it was last-place Saturday, IUP won with Slippery Rock, the coaching what it prides itself on – staff felt as though it could defense. afford to sit Pastorek. IUP held Slippery Rock “Not to overlook anybody, to 38 percent from the but we felt like this probably field and forced it to comwould be smart just to go mit 20 turnovers. ahead and sit her this game,” IUP committed only 11 Dow said of Pastorek. turnovers of its own and marshall Dow said even if it was Cal has been plus in the turnor Edinboro, he’s not sure she over column in every win this would have played. season except one. Guard Alex Vega also sat out Another thing IUP prides itself on is its balanced scoring where any player Saturday’s game with an injured back. She hurt it during practice and tried to can produce a big game. Saturday was guard Katelyn warm up before the game Saturday, Marshall’s turn, as she led the Crimson but the coaches and trainers thought Hawks with 22 points, shooting 50 she would have struggled with the percent from the field. Two more injury during the game and decided to Crimson Hawks followed Marshall sit her as well. Dow hopes for both to be in uniin double figures, with Claar scoring 13 and forward Brianna Johnson fol- form Wednesday night. As for Wednesday night, IUP is curlowing up her standout performance against Cal U with a solid 10 points rently a half game behind the Fighting Scots because it has played one less against The Rock. Marshall averages 9.8 points per game due to the Lock Haven game, game overall this season, but in con- postponed to Feb. 21. If these teams were tied, IUP ference play she averages 11.8. All five starters for IUP average double figures would hold the tiebreaker, as it handily defeated Edinboro, 69-56 Jan. 26. in points in conference play. The Rock only mustered one play- IUP was up by as much as 28 during er in double figures, with forward the game. “I’m sure they’re going to be plenty Danielle Smith contributing 12. The Rock held it close in the first motivated for this game obviously
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with what’s at stake,” Dow said. At stake: the inside track for clinching the top spot in the PSAC West. The top spot in the PSAC West, however, will also come with homecourt advantage in the PSAC tournament as home court rotates from east to west on a year-to-year basis. The Fighting Scots are not the pushover IUP may have made them look to be Jan. 26. They own two victories over Cal U, with the second coming in relative easy fashion, 84-71. Dow described Edinboro as a “very physical team, but also a very athletic team.” Three Edinboro players average double figures, with guard Kiara Brown leading the team averaging 12 points per game. On defense, Edinboro will come with a full-court press as it has done time and time again under Head Coach Stan Swank. “Their big thing is to force as many turnovers as they can and try to speed up the game in that regard and for the most part we did a pretty good job of handling the first time around,” he said. The first time around IUP posted five players in double figures and attempted 38 free throws. Although Dow expects another physical contest, he does not expect a repeat of the altercation that occurred at the end of the Jan. 26 meeting that ended up in the ejections and suspensions of IUP’s Eryn Withers and Edinboro’s Renee Brown. “We addressed it immediately after it happened,” Dow said. “You got to keep your poise in a situation like that. I’m sure coach Swank has addressed that with his team as well so I wouldn’t anticipate anything.” IUP owns 10 straight victories, including the postseason against Edinboro. The last time the Fighting Scots handed the Crimson Hawks a loss was Feb. 28, 2006, when they defeated the Hawks, 65-54. Dow said he does hope for a big crowd in Memorial Field House as he believes it plays a factor during IUP’s home games.
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Celtics hold off late charge, 85-82 By Ira Winderman Sun Sentinel MCT
The Miami Heat could not have looked more out of their league in the third quarter. In the fourth, they created hope for true competition against the Boston Celtics. Securing a victory, however, remains an abstract. Storming back from a 13-point deficit at the start of the final period, the Heat ultimately fell short in an 85-82 loss Sunday at TD Garden. “We’re disappointed. We did not play to our potential,� coach Erik Spoelstra said. “We still had an opportunity there at the end, with a possession here, a possession there. We had a chance.� But this wasn’t about a chance, this was about a breakthrough. And on that count, the Heat failed. Entering on an eight-game winning streak, the Heat exited amid the reality of an 0-3 record against the Celtics in a four-game season series that concludes the final Sunday of the regular season at AmericanAirlines Arena. “You’ve got to get over the hump,� guard Dwyane Wade said after his third uneven performance of the season against the Celtics, “and we’re close.� The Heat, in fact, were right there twice in the final seconds. First, forward LeBron James missed the first of two free throws with 12.5 seconds to play before making the second, leaving the Heat down 83-82. “I shot the first one and the second one the same way,� said James, who finished with 22 points, seven assists and seven rebounds. “If I were to shoot the first one short, I would have been highly upset with myself.� Then, with the Heat down by the final margin, forward Mike Miller was off on a wide-open 3-point look at the buzzer, dropping the Heat to 3 of 16 from beyond the arc for the game. “That’s as open as you will get
MCT Dwyane Wade (3) scored 16 points during the 85-52 loss to the Celtics.
against a good defensive team,� Spoelstra said, with Wade burying Celtics forward Glen Davis with a screen on the play. More physical in the power rotation and simply at another level at point guard, the Celtics clamped down in the third quarter, when they outscored the Heat 35-18. While the Heat continue to masquerade with Mario Chalmers as their starting point guard, the Celtics got the best of just about everything at the position from Rajon Rondo, who closed with 11 points, 10 assists and 10 rebounds. Chalmers was so inefficient that he was limited to 13 minutes, with James and Wade force to handle the heavy lifting at point guard. Wade, who shot 6 of 17 and committed six turnovers, insisted the extra work against Rondo did not take a toll on himself or James. “It didn’t bother us that much,� he said. But it now is difficult to say the
Celtics aren’t in the Heat’s heads, especially when they can win with a depleted bench and on an afternoon Boston forward Paul Pierce shoots 0 for 10, with just one point. Wade said it merely is a rite of passage, similar to what he and James endured early in their careers against the Detroit Pistons and even what Michael Jordan endured early in his career. “I’ve been through it before, LeBron’s been through it before, with the Pistons,� Wade said. “You look down the line, everyone has been through it M.J. went through it with the Pistons back in the day. Several times during Sunday’s game push came to shove, including a Wade flagrant foul against Celtics power forward Kevin Garnett. But Boston simply shoved back more, getting the better of the inside game even with Heat power forward Chris Bosh closing with 24 points and 10 rebounds.
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Pens, Isles receive fines after feud By Kyle Predmore Sports Editor K.R.Predmore@iup.edu
Three suspensions were handed out after Friday’s Penguins/Islander game, along with 346 penalty minutes, 15 fighting majors and 21 misconducts. Penguins forward Eric Godard received an automatic 10-game suspension for jumping off of the bench to help defend Brent Johnson when Michael Haley skated into the Penguins zone to start a fight. Islander Trevor Gillies was suspended for nine games after hitting Penguin forward Eric Tangradi with his elbow and punching Tangradi in the head. Martin was suspended after hitting Max Talbot several times from behind. For the suspensions, Godard will lose $40,322.25, Gillies will lose $24,193.53 and Martin will lose $40,322.25. Along with the loss of pay, the Islanders were also fined $100,000. “The actions by the Islanders’ Gillies and martin were deliberate attempts to injure by delivering blows to the head of players who were unsuspecting and unable to defend themselves,� NHL Senior Executive Vice President of Hockey Operations Colin Campbell said in a statement issued by the NHL.
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“What snow removal?” -Brandon Barton (junior, criminology)
“It sucks. The roads are really icy. They need to put more salt down or something.” -JC Boetger (sophomore, special education)
It sucks. The sidewalks are always icy. I saw two people fall the other day.” -Mark Kroll (senior, accounting)
223 Medlar Dr. Indiana Pa 15701 “Life’s always better at the Beech…
Copper Beech
That Is”
9 Spacious 1 Bedroom Apartments or 2, 3, 4 Bedroom Townhomes 9 Only minutes from IUP campus 9 A bathroom for every bedroom 9 A Washer & Dryer in every unit NOW 9 FREE Comcast Cable & Internet LEASING 9 Furnished and Unfurnished Available
For more information call 724-349-8025 or visit us on the web at www.CopperBeechTownhomes.com
OPEN HOUSE Wednesday February 16th 9am – 6pm Location: Leasing Office 223 Medlar Dr. Indiana Pa 15701 February 16th only: o Free Application Fees ($30 value) o Free Administration Fees ($40 value) o Only $100 due at signing to reserve a unit!* *Remaining deposit due within 2 weeks. Redecoration fees due at move in.
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