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IUP supports Japan disaster relief efforts By john boddington Staff Writer J.M.Boddington@iup.edu

Three weeks after the earthquake in Japan, the IUP community is doing its part to help. “As of March 29, the official death toll had been raised to more than 11,000, and more than 17,000 people are listed as missing, although there may be some overlap between the two groups. The final toll is expected to reach nearly 20,000. More than 190,000 people remained housed in temporary shelters,” The New York Times said in an article on Wednesday. JAPASO (Japanese Student Association) began collecting money for disaster relief Saturday and are continuing to accept donations. “It started with the OIE’s International Unity Day this past Saturday, March 26 and will continue through mid-April,” said JAPASO advisor Michele Petrucci. “I think it will end with the OIE’s International Lunch Hour on Tuesday, April 12.” Along with the JAPASO, the Office of Service and Learning, the OIE (Office

of International Education), Religious Studies Club and Asian Studies Club are also coming together to make a difference. The estimated amount raised so far is around $1,000. However, that is not the final figure. Once all of the money raised is gathered together, the Office of Service Learning will send the funds to the American Red Cross Japan Disaster Relief Fund. Tables have been set up all week on campus for students, staff and faculty to make donations. Students can find tables in front of the HUB Fitness Center and in front of the library this afternoon, and in front of Foster Dining Hall this evening. After today, students who still wish to contribute may write out a check, made payable to “IUP,” and note “Japan Disaster Relief Fund” in the memo section. Students can then take the check to Dr. Stuart Chandler, Department of Religious Studies, 452 Sutton Hall. Individuals can also give to this cause online by searching “Japan” on IUP’s website. “At this stage, money is most important thing we can offer Japan,” Petrucci said.

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Police blotter Alcohol Violations

• Shane Lindren, 21, Ridgeway, was cited by borough police for public drunkenness at 2:05 a.m. Thursday after he was found in an intoxicated state in the 200 block of South Seventh Street. • At 5:03 a.m. Saturday, Marcus Ramdhanie, 24, Erie, was observed by university police pounding on the south side door of Elkin Hall. He was found to be intoxicated and taken to Indiana Regional Medical Center after he was unable to ﬁnd a sober adult. He was then taken to Indiana County Jail. • Trevor Boyles, 23, Idaho, was cited after he was observed by borough police arguing with staff at Wolfendale’s in the 500 block of Philadelphia Street. He was found to be intoxicated and struggled with police as they were taking him into custody. He was cited for public drunkenness, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest and was lodged in the Indiana County Jail.

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• Borough police reported that at 2:15 a.m. Wednesday, Zachary Aloiisio, 22, Indiana assaulted a female inside her apartment. Aloisio then stole the female’s cell phone and prevented her from reaching a neighboring apartment to request help. He then ﬂed and was later arrested and charged with criminal trespass, unlawful restraint, simple assault, theft and harassment.

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• Sometime between 9 p.m. Sunday and 10:58 a.m. Tuesday, someone stole four tires from a Plymouth Neon parked in the Robertshaw Parking Lot. Anyone with information is asked to contact university police. • Tarren McConville, 29, Cherry Tree, was cited by borough police after security at the Sheetz at 768 Wayne Ave., after he was observed attempting to steal candy bars. He then pushed the security guard and ran from the scene. McConville was cited for retail theft, harassment and disorderly conduct. • Borough police reported that sometime between noon Sunday and noon Monday, someone stole a black Bridgestone mountain bike from the 500 block of Philadelphia St. Anyone with information is asked to contact borough police.

Correction

• David Piper and Mark Staszkiewicz are members of the Student Co-op Board of Directors. Incorrect information appeared in Tuesday’s issue.

Community gathers at Literacy Day By KAT OLDREY News Editor K.E.Oldrey@iup.edu

Literacy Day brought Indiana students, faculty and residents together at the Indiana Free Library Saturday. Literacy Day is an annual event organized by the Indiana County Reading Council and Newspapers in Education; according to a news release, they were joined by faculty members Dr. Susan Fello, Dr. Paula

Purnell and Dr. Holly Travis. Student organizations also got involved, including Mortar Board’s Sutton Chapter, Kappa Delta Pi’s Beta Gamma Chapter and the National Association for the Education of Young Children. According to the news release, the theme for this year’s Literacy Day was “Wild West.” Children and parents were welcome to take part in various activities based around that theme. Each child received a free book.

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The Penn’s 2011-2012 budget approved By vaughn johnson Editor-in-Chief V.M.Johnson@iup.edu

Following an appeal process, the Finance Committee of the Student Co-op approved The Penn’s 2011-2012 budget. The Penn’s initial request was for $51,777. That budget included the salary of the director of student publications and marketing, Joe Lawley, who oversees The Penn’s operations and also does marketing and other duties for the Co-op. Dennis Hulings, executive director and CEO of the Co-op, suggested moving Lawley’s salary of $47,000 from the budget of The Penn to the budget of the Co-op

overall. Before the discussion of The Penn’s budget began during the meeting yesterday, Hulings noted that Lawley was the only full-time employee of the Co-op whose salary and benefits came out of their respective organization’s budget. Seventy-five percent of Lawley’s salary came out of The Penn’s budget with the other 25 percent coming from the Co-op. The Co-op will now cover all of Lawley’s salary and benefits. When the original budget was denied, the committee asked Lawley to present a better business plan for The Penn. That plan was previously deemed insufficient and was denied. The appeal to that denial included another business plan, which reflect-

ed the salary switch. It also reflected a decrease in circulation from 6,000 to 5,000, and an increase in the number of advertising representatives. With Lawley’s salary transferred and other adjustments, The Penn’s budget request was $4,779. The committee approved this plan and budget unanimously. The Penn was also granted a one-time supplemental request of $15,589 for new computers. The Penn was not the only organization to have its budget approved. Other organizations previously denied were IUP NAACP, African American Cultural Center and the IUP Anime Club. All of the organizations had their appeals heard and were granted their respective requests.

Photographer presents, discusses art By imani dillard Senior Staff Writer I.J.Dillard@iup.edu

Photographer Carlton Wilkinson displayed and discussed decades of art Wednesday at Sprowls Hall. Wilkinson, a Nashville native, presented several of his photo series. The majority of this presentation centered around his “African Male Museum Series.” Wilkinson said that he began this series because he was “tired of media, society and researchers telling him what black men thought.”

The series featured many powerful stills of the African-American male. Some portraits had an attached poem. Another series presented was Wilkinson’s “Supernatural Impressions.” In one black-and-white photograph, a nude African-American woman is in the shadow of Venetian blinds. Wilkinson said he sold the photograph to Roseanne Cash, daughter of Johnny Cash. He said that when Cash came in and saw the picture, she said the woman’s body looked like hers. Other series included “Women as

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Objects,” “On the Altar of Liberty” and “Coming Home.” Currently, Wilkinson is concentrating on the presence of African diaspora around the world. Wilkinson has been a photographer for more than 25 years. He received his Master’s of Fine Arts degree at UCLA. Wilkinson has taught at Vanderbilt University, UCLA and the University of Notre Dame. He currently teaches at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Wilkinson is now in the process of becoming an art broker and will soon have a website for his artwork.

Liberal studies program revised for fall 2012 By kat oldrey News Editor K.E.Oldrey@iup.edu

A new, university-wide core curriculum will go into effect in the next few years and will include a heavily revised liberal studies program. One of the changes is the elimination of Senior Synthesis, LBST 499, currently a requirement for each student. Earlier this semester, the sections of LBST 499 had been listed as “on hold” and closed, and, briefly, not listed at all. Students received an email from the provost that the courses were open for registration, advising them to proceed normally with scheduling. “[This semester] They’re open and they’re on,” said Dr. David Pistole, professor of biology and liberal studies. The new curriculum is tentatively projected to take effect in the fall 2012 semester. “That’s really up to the provost and the president,” Pistole said. Students who will be at IUP before and after the change in curriculum can choose to follow one or the other. “Anybody who’s here already can choose to go to the new curriculum

or stay with the old one.” This choice is only available to students whose time at IUP will include both programs; students who will graduate before the new curriculum goes into effect cannot choose it over the old one. All seniors who will graduate before fall 2012 are still required to take LBST 499 as well as the rest of the old liberal studies program. “If you’re graduating in December, we’ll hold seats,” Pistole said. “If you’re graduating in the spring, most likely you’ll have to wait until the spring.” Sections of Senior Synthesis are expected to be offered as normal during the winter and summer sessions. The schedule for summer session classes has been posted on the IUP website. For upperclassmen, this means little or no immediate change. “We still have the same number of sections as before,” Pistole said. “Will it remain that way, that’s not up to me. […] You never know with the budget.” The recently proposed statewide budget cuts did not immediately impact the development of the new curriculum. The first version of the new curriculum was proposed in the spring 2009 semester. It passed in the University Senate, but was not adopted because it failed to win faculty support. The current one is a “compromise curriculum” between that and the original program. “It certainly affects our ability to offer a new curriculum,” Pistole said. “[But] It’s not the only reason.” The main course cuts in the 2009 plan were in English and the natural sciences, as well as Senior Synthesis. Other courses were to be added in the next version of the revision. However, the state-mandated minimum for liberal studies credits changed from 48 to 40 between the two revisions. The new curriculum requires a minimum of 43 liberal studies credits. Students are recommended to contact their advisors with questions. “Really you should be talking to your advisors,” Pistole said. “Nothing’s changed for next year.”

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Pentagon promises withdrawal from Libya By DAVID S. CLOUD Tribune Washington Bureau MCT

The Pentagon said it would soon withdraw fighters and ground attack planes from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization-led air campaign in Libya, a move that U.S. lawmakers warned could make the airstrikes less effective in preventing Col. Moammar’s Gadhafi’s forces from attacking opposition-held areas. But the U.S. is keeping combat aircraft, including AC-130s and A-10 ground attacks planes, on “standby” in case the operation’s Canadian commander, Lt Gen Charles Bouchard, requests U.S. help, said Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the joint chiefs Thursday. He he said the U.S. is not ruling out sending U.S. warplanes back into the air over Libya if NATO proved ineffective at halting Gadhafi’s forces from advancing. The Obama administration has planned since the air campaign began two weeks ago for U.S. forces to shift to a support role, while warplanes from European allies assumed the bulk of the combat sorties. But with Gadhafi’s troops regaining the offensive against beleaguered rebels, it has deepened questions about whether NATO can handle the mission without U.S firepower. “Your timing is exquisite,” a sarcastic Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., warned Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates at an Armed Services Committee hearing. “At a time when the Gadhafi forces have literally, tragically, routed

the anti-Gadhafi forces, that’s when we announced that the United States was abdicating its leadership role and is removing some of the most valuable assets that could be used to great effect.” Gates replied that “it remains to be seen” whether NATO will prove capable of handling the combat mission without U.S. participation and of sustaining the number of strike sorties against Gadhafi’s forces. Gates and Mullen were testifying at daylong hearings on Libya during which lawmakers from both parties complained that the White House had failed to set clear goals for the air operation and could be facing a protracted stalemate if Gadhafi is able to hold on to power. Gates conceded that a stalemate is one possible outcome and he acknowledged under questioning that the U.S. “has no contingency plan” other than “keeping the pressure on” if Gadhafi continues to consolidate his position. In his strongest language since the U.S. deployed warplanes to protect Libyan civilians, Gates ruled out sending any U.S. forces to Libya “as long as I’m in this job” — a viewpoint that he said President Barack Obama shared. A U.S. official confirmed Thursday that Obama signed a secret finding authorizing the CIA to coordinate with and help the rebels. CIA operatives have been on the ground for weeks, gathering intelligence and providing non-lethal aid to the rebels.

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Career colleges’ toxic choices By Bill McKibben Los Angeles Times MCT

For-profit colleges have successfully marketed a compelling story in which they star front and center as benevolent purveyors of the American dream through education and gainful employment. The reality is the complete opposite. Former students testified before a U.S. Senate oversight committee this month about exorbitant tuition costs and unfulfilled promises of good jobs. One student spoke of completing a program in video-game design and ending up in the video games section of a Toys R Us. Solutions include tougher gainful-employment rules crafted by the federal Department of Education. The long-awaited standards would ensure career and vocational programs adequately prepare students for employment. A key part of the rules requires

colleges to consider whether students will actually earn enough to repay their loans. For-profit career colleges enroll about 10 percent of all students but account for 25 percent of federal student aid and 48 percent of all federal student loan defaults. Huge profits are made on federal aid; student success is secondary. The new rules have run into trouble. The House passed a bill prevent-

ing the Education Department from enforcing the rules. Similar legislation is in the Senate. Washington Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell must be part of the effort blocking the legislation, an

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unabashed end run around accountability measures. Federal rules already require career education programs receiving federal student aid to prepare students for “gainful employment in a recognized occupation.” But enforcement was based on an honor system, in which institutions checked a box. The new rules add clarity and structure, but they aren’t as tough as career colleges are proclaiming. They would deem a career program ineligible for federal student aid only if less than 35 percent of students are repaying their loans. Plus, students would have to have a debt burden of at least 12 percent of their total income. Programs falling on the wrong side of these rules deserve to be dinged. For-profit institutions have dispatched scores of lobbyists to Congress to gin up sympathy for their argument that tougher rules decrease educational choices. No, just the toxic ones.

Posing a delicate question Editorial The Oregonian MCT

Few subjects invite procrastination in quite the same way organ donation does. Yet, at the same time, most people love the idea of saving lives, and transplants from one donor can save a lot of lives. According to Donate Life Northwest, one person’s heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, pancreas and small intestine can save as many as eight lives. That same donor can give sight to two people and enhance the life through tissue donation of another 50 people. Add in the positive consequences for family members and other lives touched, after a transplant, and the ripple effects from one donor are almost limitless. That’s astonishing when you think about it. But most people don’t really like to think about it. No matter how altruistic they are, a powerful drive -survival itself -- is bound up with the desire to put off the question. So a gap tends to linger between intellectual support and actually agreeing to place a “D” for donor on your driver’s license. To help close that gap, state Sen. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Portland/Beaverton, recently introduced Senate Bill 479, and it’s already been approved by the Senate. If approved by the House, and it should be, the new law would require Oregonians to decide whether or not they want to become organ donors every eight years when they renew their driver’s licenses. Bonamici got the idea for the bill after talking to some constituents last summer. The wife had donated a kidney to the husband, but they realized how many people are not so fortunate. (As of 2:19 p.m. Sunday, 110,541 people in the United States were on a waiting list for a transplant.) The couple wondered if Oregon should move to a “presumed consent” model, as some European countries have done. Under that model, people are presumed to give their consent to organ donation unless they opt out. But donor advocates here

believe strongly, based on polling, that this model is too heavy-handed for Americans. They think it could boomerang in more people deciding not to donate. Bonamici, meanwhile, read the book “Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth and Happiness” by Richard H. Thaler and Cass Sunstein. The book advocates a policy of “mandated choice,” which may sound “like an oxymoron,” Sen. Bonamici wrote in an email last week. But the simple act of requiring people to make a decision one way or the other is likely to produce more donors. “It doesn’t require a yes decision,” she points out, “just that a choice be made.” Even that requirement, to choose, could be perceived as heavy-handed. Yet Amy Joyce, legislative liaison for Oregon’s Driver and Motor Vehicle Services Division, said Friday that her agency doesn’t see the proposed legislation as substantially altering the status quo. In effect, she says, it would amount to a procedural tweak. The upshot of SB479: DMV clerks would henceforward be sure to ask whether you want to become a donor, Joyce says. They generally do ask the question now, but in some circumstances they do not and not all renewal forms contain the question either. That means that a few people who are willing to be donors today are likely missed. (The Donate Life Northwest registry offers people a way to refine their choices of which organs they’d be willing to give, but most people choose “D” without reservations.) Donor advocates said Friday that they do not support mandatory choice and had not interpreted SB479 as requiring it. The “nudge” they’re hoping for is a requirement that DMV clerks pose the question, not that Oregonians be forced to answer it. Bonamici said she’d be glad to amend the bill to that effect. The real issue, though, is to close the gap between thought and action. Bonamici is right to work on closing it. Anytime our state misses out on a single Oregonian who was willing to become a donor, but never got around to acting on that preference, we lose the chance to transform many lives.

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The Penn is mightier than the... The Penn lives to publish another year. Unanimously, the Finance Committee of the Co-op Board voted to approve The Penn’s budget for the next calendar year yesterday. We would like to take this opportunity to thank the members of the committee for recognizing the importance of the campus paper, the student voice since 1926. Say what you will about The Penn, but the truth is that behind our doors and on our pages, you see the work of numerous students from various majors. We implore our critics to consider how many times a week they see their work in print for the world to criticize before levying judgment. We are not above constructive criticism, but take a metaphorical walk in our shoes before lobbing figurative red ink in our direction. We at The Penn are editors, photographers, writers, designers and advertising representatives. But above all, we are students. Students who are thankful not only for the opportunity to learn skills vital to our future careers, but also for the chance to put those skills to work in a twice-weekly publication. Because of The Penn, we can hone these skills on-campus, during the year. We don’t have to go far away for an internship and pay for credits and a sketchy apartment to get this experience. We take time out of our lives, aside from our classes, to gain practical experience in our fields. Just as students in many majors rely on department practicums, we depend on The Penn and the jobs it provides to gain real-world experience. Without The Penn, these opportunities would be lost. We can assure you that working under deadline is rarely easy, but we hold sacred the opportunity to practice the craft of journalism. We would not dedicate our time, energy and sanity to this paper if this were not the case. The learning curve is sometimes steep, but that’s why we are here: to learn. Without support from the Co-op, both in spirit and in funding, The Penn as we know it would cease to exist. Thank you again for allowing us to continue our work. Today’s editorial is also brought to you in part by the Co-op Board of Directors and the Finance Committee.

Letter to the editor

Disappointed by denial This letter is in response to Megan Guza’s recent opinion piece concerning the denial of funding for the Penn from the Finance Committee. As both a graduate student as well as a Temporary Faculty member in IUP’s English Department—I wish to express dismay at the university’s decision to deny the campus newspaper funding. According to an article titled, “Why Big City Newspapers are Dying,” by Samuel Blumenfeld, “National Endowment for the Arts issued an alarming report, ‘Reading at Risk,’ in November 2007, reveal-

ing the precipitous decline of literacy in America. According to the report, the number of 17-year-olds who never read for pleasure increased from 9 percent in 1984 to 19 percent in 2004. About half of Americans between the ages of 18 and 24 never read books for pleasure.” While The Penn is not necessarily in and of itself, a tool to increase literacy skills, it can serve as a way to bridge students into a reading routine. The Penn serves the campus and community in very tangible ways. Student workers are gaining valu-

able real-world experience through layout, writing, copy editing, and the selling of advertisements. Students can choose to become careful readers and media critics by perusing several of the weekly editions. Simply put, denying funding to the Penn is more of a hindrance than a help. Jennifer M. Woolston Temporary faculty, English department

Editorial Policy

The Penn editorial opinion is determined by the Editorial Board, with the editor in chief having final responsibility. Opinions expressed in editorials, columns, letters or cartoons are not necessarily that of The Penn, the university, the Student Cooperative Association or the student body. The Penn is completely independent of the university.

Letter Policy

The Penn encourages its readers to comment on issues and events affecting the IUP community through letters to the editor. Letters must be typed in a sans serif, 12-point font, double-spaced and no more than 350 words long. Letters may not be signed by more than five people, and letters credited to only an organization will not be printed. All writers must provide their signature, university affiliation, address and phone number for verification of the letter. The Penn will not honor requests to withhold names from letters. The Penn reserves the right to limit the number of letters

published from any one person, organization or about a particular issue. The Penn reserves the right to edit or reject any letters submitted. Submitted materials become the property of The Penn and cannot be returned. Deadlines for letters are Sunday and Wednesday at noon for publication in the next issue. Letters can be sent or personally delivered to: Editor in Chief, HUB Room 235 319 Pratt Drive, Indiana, Pa. 15701 Or e-mailed to: the-penn@iup.edu Letters not meeting the above requirements will not be published.

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Research Appreciation Week highlights women in natural science, mathematics By aleda johnson Staff Writer A.K.Johnson2@iup.edu

Ladies, it’s time to break out the lab goggles and periodic tables. The College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics is sponsoring its sixth annual Women in Mathematics Science and Technology program 5-7 p.m. April 4. The event will be held as a part of Research Appreciation Week and aims to highlight the accomplishments of female undergraduate and graduate students as well as female faculty members in the sciences, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. A poster session will be held from 5-6 p.m., on the first floor of Weyandt Hall. Faculty judges will review the students’ research projects and give out congratulatory awards at the Awards Ceremony held at 6:15 p.m. in Weyandt Hall, room 107. Awards will include five undergraduate student posters with two $50, two $75 and one $100 Co-op Bookstore gift certificates as well as two outstanding graduate student posters with one $75 and one

“[This event is] designed to parallel a professional conference where the students go and have their ideas tested.” —Dr. Mary Lou Zanich, Dean of the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics $100 gift certificates. The Hilliard Robertson Memorial Scholarship for Outstanding Female Science student will also be awarded to one participant. Door prizes will also be given out. When presenting their posters, participants are asked to prepare a graphical representation of their research and results. “[This event is] designed to parallel a professional conference where the students go and have their ideas tested,” Dr. Mary Lou Zanich, Dean of the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, said. This allows the students and faculty to talk one on one about each other’s research. Following the Awards ceremony there will be guest speaker Christina Park to speak about her career and

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careers for students in the STEM fields that do not wish to go into academics. “[We are looking for a] role model for people who actually go out and do science in the realest sense of the word,” Zanich said. They are the “bench scientists” who actually sit at a lab bench and work instead of becoming a professor. Park is currently working on a control system for an artificial arm that will attach directly to nerves and muscles. The Women in Mathematics, Science and Technology program was originally started in 2006 after a statement was released by the president at Harvard University suggesting that men were more biologically inclined to succeed in the sciences than women were. The event was then conceived to highlight those misconceptions and prove that they were false. With a little over 1,000 of students enrolled in the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics being female (a little more than half), it has been a huge encouragement for women to continue research in the STEM fields.

Website turns ideas into inventions By eric gwinn

If you’re not feeling inventive, you can earn influence by commenting on others’ ideas and proposing ways to improve the What are you going to do with product. that can’t-miss gadget idea you’ve The more you contribute, the had in your head all these years? more you’ll get out of it. You can continue to let it sit till That’s how Shy made his money, someone else makes it, or you can in what he described as a series of go through the hassle and expense highs and lows. of designing the thing, making a He pitched Quirky the idea prototype, trying to get someone to of Digits, little stubs for the manufacture it and bugging some fingertips of your gloves, so you retailer to buy a bunch and put can easily use your iPhone or other them on the shelves. portable gadget in the Or you can pay $10 Chicago’s frigid and suggest your winters. idea to Quirky, “I submitted which just idea year and a might build half ago,” he it and get it said, “and into stores got a lot — and hand of positive you some feedback cash for your but lost at troubles. first” — even That’s how good ideas can Brian Shy, 29, be outvoted. of Chicago made “Losing it’s a about $3,000 over humbling experithe past 18 months ence.” — “not bad for not He resubmitreally doing anything.” ted and had his idea Quirky accepts ideas picked — “an awefrom anyone with $10 some surprise” — then to spend, and members Digits sat in presale vote on their favorites. for a year because preEvery week, Quirky orders lagged — “That looks at the ideas with sucks.” Just when Shy the highest feedback and thought his project would potential to succeed, and never receive enough holds a wild Friday preorders to be made, Dreamstime afternoon staff meeting where “Quirky, working behind Quirky’s 40 workers plead, cajole the scenes, announced retail partand vote for their favorites. ners had picked it up and it would be Two are picked and analyzed in my hands in a month. Very cool. for their potential success, then But the highs and lows didn’t the product design team makes a stop there. mockup. Next came the roller coaster of Products usually must sell for seeing his invention, his baby, in $150 or less — the higher the value of real life: the idea, the more complexity, and “I can’t explain it. It was amazthe more cost in getting it made. ing. I got the box — looks cool. When The item then goes on presale, I was opening it, I was hoping that when anyone on quirky.com can it’s awesome but worried that it’s commit to ordering it. crappy. If the item gets enough presales, Then I started testing them on it goes into production, the money different phones, trying to find comes in and Quirky shares it with the flaws, but it was really responsive, inventor and any other Quirky better than using my fingertips. I visitors who suggested how to was happy with outcome and felt make it better, so-called influenc- great. A bunch of friends and family ers. bought them.” Sometimes, before the presale Quirky is the invention of Ben concludes, Quirky finds a retailer — Kaufman, a social-network-savsuch as Fry’s Electronics; Bed, Bath vy inventor who wanted to help and Beyond; Amazon; OfficeMax; others by coming up with a process Home Shopping Network and “that’s not left up to luck or others — who’ll order the product at pedigree, but whether or not it was wholesale and sell it at retail. a good idea.” Again, Quirky shares income with “I don’t have to think of inventors and influencers. products anymore,” he says. Quirky is a community of “I get more of a kick helping everyday people who like inventing people become inventors than being everyday problem-solvers. an inventor myself.” Chicago Tribune MCT

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Open house to introduce benefits of yoga By kiersen hoffacker Contributing Writer K.A.Hoffacker@iup.edu

If you have an interest in yoga and are looking for a job that will involve learning lifelong skills, consider attending the Yoga Teacher Training Open House at Sunflower Yoga Studio sponsored by the IUP Religious Studies Club. The open house will be held from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., April 9 at Sunflower Yoga Studio, located at 580 Philadelphia St. Admission is free, however people who plan to attending are asked to RSVP by calling the studio 724-388-6327. The open house will be led by

instructor Joanne Vanden-Hengel, who will give an overview of what the Yoga Teacher Training Program offers. This will be an opportunity to get to know Vanden-Hengel and what to expect. There will also be refreshments provided. “Joanne is very well known and respected in Pittsburgh, so we wanted to bring her here to reach an audience here in Western Pa.,” said Jill Fiore, owner of the studio. The Yoga Teacher Training Program is a 200-hour certification program that will begin this summer. The program satisfies standards outlined by The Yoga Alliance and includes teaching techniques and practices, methodology, anatomy

and physiology, yoga philosophy/ lifestyle and ethics for yoga teachers and practicum. “I really encourage students to come and check it out,” Fiore said. “There’s no commitment at all, and you get a chance to see the studio and meet other people who might have similar interests.” The Sunflower Yoga Studio lets the IUP Religious Studies Club use their space free of charge for events and meetings. Also, a lot of the Religious Studies students attend the free Mindfulness Meditation class at the studio on Sunday evenings. “We work together,” Fiore said. “I let them use the studio, and they promote for me.”

Inner-city girl becomes Ivy League success By colleen mastony Chicago Tribune MCT

When Timeica Bethel flew home to Chicago from her senior year at Yale University this month, she knew she had to pay a visit to LeClaire Courts, the troubled housing project where she grew up. And so on a cold, overcast morning, she stands on an overturned plastic bucket and peers over the green construction fencing. LeClaire, like so many other housing projects, is being knocked down. As the clatter of jackhammers echoes through the complex and backhoes rip huge chunks out of nearby buildings, the 22-year-old in the Yale T-shirt raises her camera phone and takes pictures over the fence. Click. Click. Click. Bethel can’t help but think of the teachers and family members who helped her escape this place and step up to something better. Yale graduation is May 23. Just around the corner. After that, there are no limits. She dreams of becoming a talk show host or a famous writer. Almost anything seems possible. But something deeper tugs, and so she has decided to come home after graduation and teach on the city’s West Side. She wants to do for others what was once done for her. “I want to be the one to say, ‘You think Yale is impossible, but it’s not,’” she says. She was just 3 years old when her mother — a crack addict — dropped off her and three siblings at her grandmother’s house and didn’t come back. With that, the 24 square blocks of LeClaire became Bethel’s world. There were fights on the street. Drug deals in plain sight. A fatal shooting outside her front door. Bethel shrugged off the violence because, she now says, “I thought

that happened everywhere.” But Bethel’s grandmother knew there was much to see beyond 45th Street and Cicero Avenue. She kept her grandchildren inside through the summers and pushed them toward books. Books about the Gold Rush, which prompted, in Bethel, dreams of moving to California and striking it rich. Books about oil workers, which sent Bethel — her grandmother standing sentry — into their backyard to dig for oil. Among the siblings, Bethel was the child who most lost herself in those books. Books led to a love of learning, which led to straight A’s and a rank of first in her class at Phoebe A. Hearst Elementary School. In eighth grade, she landed a full scholarship to any school in the city and ended up at the elite Francis W. Parker School in Lincoln Park. The hour-and-a-half one-way commute between LeClaire and Lincoln Park provided a jarring shift in perspective for the then-14-year-old. LeClaire was nearly 100 percent black, a place where few adults worked, where drug dealers roamed the sidewalks, and where at least one person was killed every year. At Parker, students arrived at school in Porsches and Lexuses. Many wore Birkenstocks and Uggs — shoes that, at first glance, looked odd to Bethel. There were no uniforms. No bells to tell you when to switch classes. Instead, the school played jazz or rock music to signal the end of each period. For the first few weeks, Bethel rarely spoke. She didn’t want to confirm with her imperfect grammar what her fears were telling her: She was from the Southwest Side, and couldn’t compete at a place like Parker. Soon, though, she learned how to blend in (wear jeans and a Parker

T-shirt), how to make small talk with adults (shake hands, smile and keep the conversation moving), how to dress for a job interview (leave the big hoop earrings at home). She developed the polish and poise of her classmates. Within a few months she remembers: “I could turn my Parker self on and off.” She never told anyone that she lived in the projects. She never brought any of her classmates home. Her closest friends remained the girls she grew up with at LeClaire. But academically, Bethel thrived. By senior year, she had earned a 3.9 GPA and applied to Harvard, Yale, Duke, DePauw and Pomona. She was accepted into each. Yale — with its gothic architecture and friendly, down-to-earth students — was her first choice.

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Nintendo 3DS takes handheld gaming to new heights By Game informer magazine MCT

gradually shifting from a dark black or blue to a lighter tone on the back of the unit.

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Announced last March, Nintendoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 3DS has been highly anticipated by gamers the world over. Any new Nintendo handheld is big news; the company has dominated the category since the release of the original Game Boy in 1989. While competitors from Sega to Sony have tried to make a dent in Nintendoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s market share, all have failed. The 3DS, which is the successor to the most lucrative game system in history in the DS, is Nintendoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hope for staying on top of the handheld mountain. The Hardware Priced at $249.99, the 3DS costs $100 more than the DS when it launched in 2004. With such a hefty price tag, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d expect a unit with a more premium look and feel than the ugly, cheap looking original DS hardware. For the most part, we are impressed with the unit. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s comparable to the build quality and size of the DS Lite, the much-improved second iteration of the original DS. The unit comes in two colors: Aqua Blue and Cosmo Black. The finish is high quality, similar to that of the DS Lite or the original PS3, and features a gradient effect,

MCT Nintendo 3DS, priced at $249.99, is a good system with comfortable controls, an impressive 3D display, and cool augmented reality games.

Overall, it feels well made and durable, a hallmark of past Nintendo devices. The unit has a physical power button along with the traditional d-pad, face buttons, and left and right shoulders. The select, start, and home buttons

However, it feels much better; the concave pad has a rubberized finish, making it more comfortable than the PSPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s analog nub. Volume, wireless, and 3D functions are assigned to sliders on the side of the unit. The cartridge slot is located in the

same location as it was on the DS Lite. It accommodates both 3DS and DS cartridges. The top screen, which is used for 3D display, is a wider aspect ratio than that of the DS, measuring at 3.53 inches wide by 1.81 inches high and featuring a resolution of 800 x 240 pixels. The lower touchscreen sports a much lower 320 x 240 resolution at the same dimensions as the DSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s screen (though the resolution is slightly higher than the older systemâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 256 x 192 frame). As before, the touch functionality is accurate and responsive. The unit also comes with a charging cradle, which lets you set it on your desktop to charge through a plastic wedge base. This also comes in handy if you want to play at a table or desk, allowing you to keep a steady viewing angle. Like the DS, the unit has stereo speakers and a headphone jack. The audio quality is surprisingly clear; these tiny speakers perform admirably for their size. We wish the volume went a bit

higher; youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll need headphones in a noisy environment. The microphone, which I used for both recording my voice and for commands in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nintendogs,â&#x20AC;? worked well, though the recordings had the tinny, thin sound I associate with early USB computer microphones. The 3DS includes back- and forward-facing cameras. The back-facing array is actually two stereoscopic cameras, which allow you to take 3D pictures and save them to the included 2GB Toshiba SD memory card (which fits into a slot on the side of the unit). With a resolution of 640 x 480 pixels and no flash, the 2D images arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t on par with most cell phone cameras, let alone dedicated digital cameras. By comparison, the iPhone 4â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s highest resolution photos are 2048 x 1536. The included stylus now fits into a slot on the top of the unit, under the hinge. It has a metallic finish, and now telescopes out to make it a bit longer than the stylus on the DS Lite; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a small, but nice improvement for those of us with bigger hands.

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MCT The Kubota SpeedKeys is a little 18-key keypad, which looks like a calculator, but instead of working math problems, it allows you to quickly edit photos in Adobe Lightroom.

Gadget reviews for technology-savvy By gregg ellman MCT

Kubota SpeedKeys Adobe Lightroom editing keypad and software; WD My Book Live home network drive; Wrapsol personal device protective wrap; and the 4i Strap iPad accessory. — The Kubota SpeedKeys is a little 18-key keypad, which looks like a calculator but instead of working math problems it allows you to quickly edit photos in Adobe Lightroom. The Lightroom is designed to increase workflow efficiency for digital photographers; the keypad takes the program a step further. Each key makes a different Lightroom adjustment, such as correcting the brightness or how much images are sharpened. Extra keys allow users to mix and match specific adjustments they make frequently to speed their workflow. Out of the box, the keys have defaults but can be easily customized to do anything Lightroom does. The keys pop off easily with an included tool and new ones snap into place. Included software (MAC and PC) must be loaded on your computer to tell the Keypad what adjustments you want made by each key. The keypad is wireless and connects to your computer through a dongle you can plug into any open USB port. The system takes just a few seconds to set up and connect. www.KubotaImageTools.com/ SpeedKeys, $349 — Just about every family creates large amounts of digital content, which can include digital photos, video and music. To deal with the issues of both the large storage needs and having an easy means of viewing the content, Western Digital (WD) has updated the My Book Live home network drive to

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a 3 Terabyte (TB) capacity; 1 and 2 TB capacities are still available. With the drive, digital content can be stored, shared and streamed at home or to anywhere worldwide using a Mac or PC on the Internet. The 3 TB USB 2.0 unit has the latest and greatest processor to give users incredible transfer speeds up to 100 MBps. With the My Book Live’s builtin media server, along with a DLNA certified multimedia device, such as the WD TV Live Hub media center (sold separately) digital content can be streamed from content stored on any computer on the same network to a TV. www.wdstore.com, $259.99 — Front and center on the Wrapsol website, they claim their protect wraps for portable electronic devices are pretty much the best made today, along with being easy to apply. After applying one, I can confirm the statements. Unlike many competitors, whose products end up having many annoying bubbles after being applied, the Wrapsol did have a few bubbles but they went away after a few days. Wrapsol’s are made with highstrength polyurethane, which is secured on your device in a dry manner, which helps release the air bubbles. Viewing the display on an iPhone with the transparent protection applied showed no difference than before it was on, but now the priceless display can be almost scratch and dirt free. Also, the touch screen was as responsive as before it was applied. Wrapsol even tested devices by dropping them from up to 6 feet, but you’ll have to take their word on this as I’m not inclined to challenge this claim. The prices vary based on the device needing to be covered, which are all listed on their website. www.Wrapsol.com

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Olympic sprinter leads track and field team as head coach athlete of Puma. “Once I got the endorsement deal Contributing Writer with Puma it really solidified my J.T.Carney@iup.edu choice to pursue a career in track,” IUP has a hidden gem on campus Burgher said. “It showed me that all running the track and field program. the hard work I put into it was paying Former Olympic sprinter Michelle off and it was completely worth it.” Even seven years after her last Burgher is in her third year at IUP as a coach, but is only in her first medal, Burgher is still a celebrity in her home country. season as head coach. “I can’t walk outside alone withBorn in Jamaica, Burgher started her track and field career at George out getting mobbed by fans wanting Mason University. After her coaches a picture or an autograph,” Burgher said. “It still amazes me to left following her sophothis day. I feel so humbled more year, she decided to by it.” transfer to the ACC and run Burgher first jumped for Clemson University. into coaching in 2001 at “After my coaches left Williams, a Division III at George Mason,” Burger school. said, “I didn’t feel as com“I jumped in headfirst, fortable anymore.” I wasn’t scared or intimi“Once I visited dated,” Burgher said, “I Clemson, I immediately have a passion for coachfelt at home and relished Burgher ing. It also helped that I was the role as a leader,” Bugher very enthusiastic coming said. “I also transferred to Clemson to give myself more of a right out of college.” Burgher stayed at Williams until push due to the stiffer competition 2004. that I would face in the ACC.” She was named the head coach Not long after her transfer to Clemson, Burgher exploded onto the at IUP in February this year. She was national scene, playing a part in win- an assistant for the previous two ning the NCAA championship in the seasons. As a young coach dealing with a young team, the job comes 4x400 meter relay team. “That 4x400 relay team was an with some rewards. “The reward to me personally amazing team,” she said. “I’ll never forget that team. We were the first is watching the athletes compete hard every time out there and seewomen’s team to win a relay.” The time that they posted is still a ing them improve week to week,” school record at Clemson. Along with Burgher said. “Even though this is a a national championship, Burgher young team, they are very eager to was also a five-time All-American learn and they seem to find inspiraand posted the third fastest indi- tion not only from their coaches but, vidual 400 meter time in Clemson also from their fellow teammates as well.” history. Burgher says her Olympic experiRunning for Jamaica in the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games, Burgher ence helps bring in other athletes.. “My past has some pull with won both silver and bronze medals kids and I use it to my advantage,” in the 4x400 meter relay team. Along with the two medals in Burgher said. “It definitely helps a the Olympics, Burgher was also a lot. Hopefully it will help us become part of the world champion 4x400 a dominate program in two to three meter relay team at the World years.” Championships in 2001 in Edmonton, Alberta. When asked about her medals, Burgher was very humble. “Winning medals was a big deal for me,” Burgher said. “I’m very proud of what I accomplished, but I don’t brag about them. I don’t have them displayed at home. They are packed away. I’m very grateful to have had the opportunity to represent my country in the Olympic Games.” After her success at the World Championships in 2001, Burgher agreed to become an endorsed

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Crimson Hawks enjoy years of success By Ryan Gaydos Contributing Writer R.T.Gaydos@iup.edu

For the past 20 years, one IUP team has continuously dominated its sport. No, it’s not basketball or football, but the Crimson Hawks golf team. Head Coach Fred Joseph has mentored the team for 20 years, bringing enormous success to the program. Prior to and during his tenure as the coach of IUP golf, Joseph served for 29 years as the financial aid director for IUP, before retiring from that position in 2001. Before coming to IUP, Joseph graduated from the University of Mount Union with a bachelor’s degree in physics and math. He later earned a master’s degree from Kent State in higher education. Clearly, Joseph brought his intelligence to the fairways in coaching his team. Joseph worked under Don White for four seasons before he took the reins as head coach. White coached the team to four -straight conference titles from 19891992. After that, Joseph didn’t win a conference title until 1997, his first as head coach. From 1997-2001, the IUP men’s golf team won four out of five PSAC championships. It then recaptured a spring title in 2004, making Joseph one of the most successful coaches in the game today. IUP is currently riding a streak of four-straight PSAC titles. The team also won a fall title this season. As for Joseph, he has built a report of accolades. Along with being a nine-time PSAC champion, Joseph was also named the Coach of the Year nine times. In Joseph’s time as coach, he led the IUP golf team to 14-straight NCAA Tournament bids. Joseph also produced teams that won

Amanda Rogerson The IUP men’s golf team won the past four PSAC titles.

three regional championships. In 2009, IUP’s Gavin Smith won an individual Division II National Title. Smith became only the fifth golfer from a Northern school to capture the Division II title and is the first IUP student to win since Rick Hrip won the NAIA Title in 1968. Now it is junior Brad Boyle who is manning the reins for the Crimson Hawks. Boyle is a fine golfer and is well respected by Joseph and the rest of the team. “[He is] one of the few players we’ve ever had that could play professional golf,” Boyle said. Boyle has won two tournaments this season. Boyle, along with

sophomore Derek Baker, led the team to a fall PSAC championship. “I hope that the team heads to nationals and that he hopes to participate in the individual tournament as well,” said Boyle. IUP finished first in four events in the fall and finished first in the St. James Plantation Invitational on March 13, with Boyle capturing first in the individual there. The next tournament for IUP is the West Chester Invitational April 3 and 4. The team then plays at the IUP Country Club April 10 and 11. The Super Regionals are in the beginning of May in Hershey, followed by the NCAA Championships in Alabama.

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Hawks defeat Edinboro in close game, 13-10 By Chris Galiszewski Contributing Writer C.M.Galiszewski@iup.edu

With the help of four goals by Alex Lodovici, IUP found a way to bounce back from two tough losses, getting a 13-10 victory over Edinboro. It wasn’t the type of bounce back win the girls were looking for, but they’ll take it. “I don’t think we played up to our potential, we seemed a little bit slow out there,” IUP Head Coach Mindy Richmond said.

It seemed as if both teams were playing a little bit slow, as the first half ended with a 6-3 IUP advantage. The second half opened with a little more excitement than the first half. Both teams found the back of the net every chance they got. It wasn’t 10 minutes in before the score was tied at 8. A little bit of struggle showed as IUP goaltender Kaitlin Sterling surrendered a few goals that made Richmond pull a substitution. “Her head didn’t seem to be in the game and there wasn’t much

communication with the defense,” Richmond said. Despite a few set backs, the Hawks were able to put the game away down the stretch by opening up a four-goal lead with just over six minutes to play. “We played a little bit down,” Richmond said, “but when it came time, we were able to put the ball in the back of the net and put a W on the board and that’s all that matters.” The Hawks (4-3, 3-2) will travel to South Euclid, Ohio, Saturday to take on the College of Notre Dame.

MCT Sidney Crosby scored 66 points during the regular season before being injured.

Crosby expected to return during postseason By alycia king Staff Writer A.L.King@iup.edu

It’s a mild concussion. He will be back in March. We do not expect a return during the regular season. What will it be next? Sidney Crosby will travel with the team and has been cleared to practice but he won’t practice with the team all the time, said General Manager Ray Shero. It looked like the Penguins were ready to go into the playoffs. Five consecutive wins, five losses, as of Wednesday, for the month of March. And two of those losses were overtime. A pretty record, I would say, for a team missing key players. Four more games remain. And as the next 240 or more minutes of hockey are played in the Penguins’ regular season, all against teams ranked lowest in the Eastern Conference, fans should have a good indication of the way the playoffs will go. I am not saying that the Penguins cannot win without Crosby — clearly they can — but play steps up in the

playoffs. Is the team ready to take it up a notch without their leader on the ice? Obviously, the players have been doing a pretty good job. Dan Bylsma is being talked about for the Jack Adams Award. Clearly, his coaching has enabled the Penguins to remain in an excellent playoff position. The team lost Malkin, not once, but twice, ending his season. Losing Crosby at the start of 2011 left Bylsma’s team depleted with scoring. Then the loss of Mark Letestu, Brooks Orpik and now Dustin Jeffrey has gone down with a knee injury. The only two players who have been healthy and dressed all 76 games are Kris Letang and Maxime Talbot. It comes as no shock that the Pens’ coach received a three-year contract extension earlier in March. The memorable Stanley Cup in 2009, I believe, is only the tip of the iceberg for this young coach. If the Penguins can make a good run in the last games of the season and get through the first round of the playoffs, Bylsma’s name will be mentioned even more for coach of the year.

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Vogt uses talents to assist lacrosse team By Chris Galiszewski Contributing Writer C.M.Galiszewski@iup.edu

Becca Vogt, a junior from Hamburg, New York, is having one of the finest statistical season that IUP women’s lacrosse has seen in quite some time. Only seven games into the season, Vogt has been able to find the back of the net 17 times and has 18 assists to add to that for a season total of 35 points. The 17 goals she has put up have been off of only 33 shots for a remarkable shooting percentage of 52 percent. “She is our leader on the offensive end of the field,” said IUP Head Coach Mindy Richmond. “She is extremely competitive and has great stick skills.” In four games last week Vogt tallied 14 goals and added nine assists earning her the honor of being named Co-PSAC Player of the Week. Along with conference player of the week honors, Vogt was also recognized by Division II lacrosse for her stellar play. “Those are big honors for her and she works hard and understands the game,” Richmond said. “She gets it done.” She sure does know how to get it done. Vogt is on pace to possibly

Kevin Proto/The Penn Becca Vogt leads the team with 35 points during the season.

finish the season with over 50 goals and 50 assists, which are fantastic numbers for the low-attacker position that Vogt plays whose main responsibility is to feed the ball. She is definitely doing her job with 18 assists, but it seems as if she is doing just as much scoring as passing it. Perhaps her teammates look for her as much as she looks for them. “We just work through our plays,” Vogt said. “Coach puts us in different positions and we all look for each other. Knowing the field and knowing where everyone is or where they’re going to be is important.” Vogt acts like a leader, but she doesn’t hesitate to credit the

teammates around her. “I pretty much give all the credit to my teammates, we’re all leaders in our different ways and it’s about all of us,” Vogt said. Lacrosse is a year-round job for Vogt, as she is not only involved with the team at IUP. “I coach high school and middle school over the summer as my job and long-term coaching has definitely been on my mind, I don’t know about college, but definitely a high school team for sure,” Vogt said. If she is half as good at coaching as she is at playing, then there is no doubt she will have any problem finding a job calling the plays from the sidelines.

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Hawks use high-powered offense to outscore Gannon 17-6 in two-game sweep By Kyle Predmore Sports Editor K.R.Predmore@iup.edu

The IUP softball team extended its school-record 13-game winning streak with a sweep over Clarion by taking both games Tuesday and outscoring it by a total of 17-6. The Crimson Hawks (21-2, 4-0) had a lot of success to start the first game, scoring four runs in the first two innings. In the first inning, the Hawks took an early lead with an RBI single by Megan McCormick. Stefanie Poates added two more runs with a home run. The Hawks added another run in the second inning to take a 4-0 lead. IUP had phenomenal pitching, as the first four batters for Clarion were struck out by IUP pitcher Erin Holloway. Holloway gave up four runs on four hits and struck out eight batters. Clarion (5-7, 0-4) put up four runs in the fifth inning to bring it from within one run of tying the game, but it was not enough for the Hawks’ offense. A two-run double by Jen Beaver, an RBI single by McCormick and two unearned runs by Taylor Rozantz and McCormick put five more runs in the sixth inning. Sealing the game for IUP were three more runs in the seventh inning. Marissa Leslie led the Hawks with

three runs off of two hits and an RBI. Beaver finished the game with four RBIs off of two hits and had two runs. The win now puts Holloway at 12-1 in the season, as she beat out Clarion pitcher Megan Daley, who gave up 14 hits and 13 runs and finished the game with eight errors. The second game of the double header didn’t see as many runs as the first, but IUP was able to get out to an early lead and hold it for the rest of the game. Dee Eppinger put three runs on the board for IUP in the second inning with a home run. With a single by Michelle Bivona in the third inning, the Hawks had a 4-0 lead. Clarion cut in on that lead with two runs of their own. Elizabeth Shiring singled to bring in the first runner. Rebecca Lynch scored the second run unearned. Clarion did not find any more points and lost, 4-2. IUP pitcher Kelly King improved her record to 9-1 with the victory, giving up six hits and two runs. The IUP softball team will take the road and travel to Shippensburg 1 p.m. Saturday and then finish up the weekend at 1 p.m. Sunday against Lock Haven. IUP returns home 2:30 p.m. Tuesday to take on Bloomsburg.

Anthony Shinsler Megan McCormick scored two runs and three RBIs during the 13-4 win over Clarion Tuesday.

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The IUP womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tennis team fell to Mercyhurst, its first PSAC West opponent of the season, Wednesday in Erie for its second straight loss. The 7-2 loss at the hands of the Lakers (16-3, 1-0) comes after the news that the Crimson Hawks (10-4, 0-1) climbed to the No. 2 spot in the region and No. 38 in the national rankings. Mercyhurst came into the match as the No. 6 team in the region. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They were able to use the home court advantage a little bit,â&#x20AC;? said IUP Head Coach Larry Peterson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In a tight, tense, close match, that can make a difference.â&#x20AC;? The lone wins for the Crimson Hawks came from Kelly McBryan at No. 5 singles and Emilia Osborne/Alex Ballard at No. 3 doubles. McBryan beat Mercyhurstâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jenna Raynor, 6-4, 6-1, while Osborne/Ballard downed the Lakersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; team of Raynor/ Courtney Thompson, 8-3. IUP freshman Tabtip Louhabanjong dropped her No. 1 singles match to Kim Ezzo, 6-2, 6-0. Ezzo came into Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s match one spot behind Louhabanjong in the regionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s singles rankings. Osborne, Ballard and Ranvita Mahto all forced three sets for the Crimson Hawks in singles play but came up short.

The IUP doubles team of Louhabanjong/Katie Eaton fell 8-4 to Ezzo/Caroline Bristol, the regionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fifth-ranked doubles pair. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These matches couldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve gone either way,â&#x20AC;? McBryan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyone battled out there. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s disappointing to lose but we can take a lot from it and know what we can improve.â&#x20AC;? The road may seem to get a little easier Friday when the Crimson Hawks host Seton Hill and Edinboro at the IUP tennis courts as neither opponent is ranked in the Atlantic regional top 10. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyone is looking forward to getting on the court and having an opportunity to get it going again and develop some confidence,â&#x20AC;? said Peterson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to overlook them. I think weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just going to come out hungry for a couple wins.â&#x20AC;? Should the weather cooperate, this will be the first time IUP plays on home court this season, which could give the Crimson Hawks some much needed comfort. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll make a big difference,â&#x20AC;? McBryan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been practicing on them since fall so weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re very comfortable on them. Especially since the past couple matches weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had have been indoors where weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not as comfortable playing.â&#x20AC;? IUP is scheduled to play Seton Hill at noon on Friday and will follow with Edinboro around 4:30 p.m.

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Who do you want to be? What role (and what costume) do you most want to wear? Who would you most like to impact? Daydream it, and then notice any roadblocks.

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Don’t believe everything you see or hear in your head. Don’t take yourself too seriously. It’s all about fun, remember? Let an idealist lead you.

Don’t allow the work to overwhelm you. There’s always going to be something to do, and that’s great. Take one step at a time, and you’ll go far more quickly than you think.

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