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Students hold biannual ceramics sale By john boddington Staff Writer J.M.Boddington@iup.edu
Local artists sold their wares at the biannual ceramics sale. The sale was held at Robertshaw Saturday and Sunday. “This sale is normally held once in the fall and once in the spring of every year,� said IUP ceramics professor Kevin Turner. “It has been happening for quite a few years and has become a traditional event for the ceramics division in the Department of Art.� The sale was organized by Turner
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• At 1:14 a.m. Saturday, borough police stopped a vehicle in the 800 block of Water Street for a traffic violation. Asta Wibowo, 18, Indiana, was driving. Wibowo was found to be intoxicated and underage. Kyle Destefano, 18, and Stefan Petrigac, 18, both of Indiana, were passengers. They were also found to be intoxicated. Wibowo was cited for underage drinking and DUI. Destefano and Petrigac were both cited for underage drinking. All three were released to a sober adult. • Christian L. Newsome, 19, Philadelphia, was cited after he screamed profanity from the front steps of the Sigma Chi Fraternity House at a borough police officer as he drove by in a marked police cruiser. Newsome was found to be intoxicated. He was cited for underage drinking, disorderly conduct and unnecessary noises. • At 3:22 a.m. borough police responded to a large fight in the 500 block of Water Street. Sean Williamson, 20, Philadelphia, was found to be involved. He led officers on a short foot chase and was then apprehended. He was charged with disorderly conduct, public drunkenness and underage drinking. • Christopher J. Buchanan, 26, Indiana, was cited by borough police after the staff of Boomerang’s Bar at 547 Philadelphia St., reported an intoxicated and beligerant male. Police encountered Buchanan outside of the bar. He was cited for public drunkenness. • At 3:09 a.m. Sunday, borough police received a call from a residence in the 300 block of South Fisher Avenue reporting an unknown intoxicated male trying to enter the front door. The male then laid down on the front yard. Upon arrival, police found Mathew W. Dunning highly intoxicated in the front yard. He was cited for public drunkenness and disorderly conduct.
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Business workshop to give financial advice By SCOTT FRECHIONE Staff Writer S.K.Frechione@iup.edu
The First Step: How to Start & Finance Your Business workshop aimed at helping those starting a new business will take place Tuesday at 7 p.m. in room 108 at Eberly Hall. The workshop is a monthly event organized by the IUP Small Business Development Center. Tony Palamone, director of the IUP SBDC said the seminar is to help people on starting and expanding a business. The charge for the seminar is $15 but free for the unemployed and veterans. “We give them the
information they need,” said Palamone. ”We take their ideas and help them turn it into a reality through counsel, ideas, and planning,” Anyone can register online at www. iup.edu/marketplace. Palamone said that they help people start up all types of businesses, from corporations to small mom and pop stores. Business plans, consulting, structures, business fees and licenses are among the many things to be discussed. The meeting, which will take place from 7 to 9 p.m., is financed in part by a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development & the US Small Business Administration.
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Student volunteers go ‘Into the Streets’ By ida arici Senior Staff Writer I.D.Arici@iup.edu
Approximately 223 IUP student volunteers went “Into the Streets” Saturday to aid non-profit organizations. This semester, 11 student organizations and 18 individuals volunteered from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 12 agencies, according to Vanessa Gregorakis, the Office of Service Learning’s AmeriCorps Representative. The non-profits included the Salvation Army, the Indiana County Humane Society and the Indiana Free Library. “Into the Streets” is a biannual, national day of service meant to give university students the opportunity to give back to their community and to challenge negative stereotypes of students. “I’m always willing to help people,” said Shelby Hoffman (sophomore, sociology). “It’s just who I am. I love community service.” Hoffman, an individual volunteer, assisted in the used book sale at the Indiana Free Library. Three members of the Family and Consumer Services Club also volunteered their time to aid the Salvation Army in
sprucing up its yard. They put down mulch, weeded and cleaned out the flowerbeds. “Volunteering is a good way to give back to the community,” said Heather A. Ryan (senior, family and consumer sciences education). “Plus it helps to get our organization name out there.” Some students, such as nine sisters of the Alpha Sigma Tau sorority, walked around Indiana with trash bags and picked up garbage off the street. No task was too large or small for the student volunteers. “We live here, we should help clean it up,” said Sophia Valladares (junior, fashion merchandising). “It was cool, because as we were cleaning the streets, we had a lot of shop owners say ‘Thanks and keep up the good work.’ It felt good.” The sisters of Delta Phi Epsilon helped the YMCA clean the grounds and pool area. They cleaned and moved equipment, cleaned the pool and prepared the grounds and pool for the spring. “I spent two hours raking and sweeping gravel, but I enjoyed spending time with my sisters and helping the Y,” said
Elizabeth Yingling (senior, anthropology). Six sisters of Alpha Sigma Tau volunteered at the Indiana County Child Daycare Program, Inc. (Indi Kids). They cleaned the daycare and swept up the sand and dirt on the playground. Indi Kids also asked the sisters to clean and sort the toys in the outside toy shed. Three Kappa Sigma brothers walked dogs at the Indiana County Humane Society. After a hard day’s work, volunteers were able to unwind in front of the Indiana Courthouse with pizza donated by Romeo’s. The Office of Service Learning and the Center for Civic Engagement and Student Leadership funded the event and provided T-shirts, according to Gregorakis. For more information about past or upcoming Into the Streets events, or on how to get involved in the Indiana community, contact the Office of Service Learning at 724-357-2235, visit their office in Pratt Hall between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., or check out their website at http://www.iup.edu/servicelearning/.
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Election results introduce new leadership By megan guza Managing Editor M.S.Guza@iup.edu
Zachary Stayman (junior, political science/pre-law) beat out Eddie Cervantes (sophomore, international business and finance) to become the new president of the Student Government Association. Stayman, along with his running mate, Vice President Stephen Hyduchak (sophomore, finance and legal studies), gained 52 percent of the vote. “Steve and I are honored and humbled to be elected to represent and advocate for the student body of IUP,� Stayman said via email. Also up for election were four seats to the Student Co-op Board of Directors. Alicia Kotzmoyer (junior, accounting); Alan Kessler (junior, cell/molecular biology); Colin Lindberg (junior, history); and David Bivens (senior, economics) were
voted onto the board. Also elected were four Student Senators At-Large: Stayman, Mike Nelsen (junior, political science), Lindberg, and Steve Mickel (junior, criminology/pre-law). There are projected to be 33 seats, though only four met the 20-vote minimum. That total of 33 could change, however, as it is based on the number of academic departments and the graduate-to-undergraduate ratio. Senators from each of the six colleges were also to be elected, though only two met the 20-vote minimum to be elected. Those elected to a Senate seat by write-in will be considered provisionally elected pending a check of his or her academic record to ensure that academic requirements are met. Gavin Virag (music) was elected to the senate seat from the College of Fine Arts, and Kessler from the College of Natural Science and Mathematics.
Court upholds 2008 Facebook deal By carol j. williams Los Angeles Times MCT
A federal appeals court panel ruled Monday that a 2008 deal between Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and three former Harvard colleagues is valid and enforceable. The decision upheld a negotiated agreement between Zuckerberg and the founders of a rival socialnetworking site, ConnectU, in their dispute over who came up with the Facebook idea by giving Divya Narendra and Olympic rowing twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss a share of the privately held company, deemed to be worth about
$65 million at the time of the settlement three years ago. Because of Facebook’s soaring value, that share is now worth in excess of $160 million. In the opinion from Chief Judge Alex Kozinski, who wrote for the three-judge panel, he said: “The Winklevosses are not the first parties bested by a competitor who then seek to gain through litigation what they were unable to achieve in the marketplace. And the courts might have obliged, had the Winklevosses not settled their dispute and signed a release of all claims against Facebook.� He concluded: “At some point, litigation must come to an end. That point has now been reached.�
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Obama, budget foes move to next phase of spending fight By lisa mascaro Tribune Washington Bureau MCT
As Capitol Hill negotiators fleshed out details of last week’s epic budget deal, Democrats and Republicans prepared for the next set of confrontations over federal spending, including the future of Medicare and Medicaid. White House officials said President Barack Obama will present his long-term debt-reduction strategy Wednesday in a speech that will include his insistence that the nation cannot afford to preserve Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans. And by the end of the week, House Republicans plan to vote on their 2012 budget blueprint, which would slash domestic spending, reduce income tax rates, and start turning Medicare into a private program. The $38 billion agreement that kept the government from shutting down at midnight Friday preserves Head Start preschool funds and the Pell Grant program for college students, the White House said Sunday night, but will reduce housing assistance and other programs in the Labor, Education and Health departments. According to the White House website, Obama saved his signature education program, Race to the Top, but earmarked transportation projects and crop-insurance rebate programs get the ax. The administration characterized cuts at the State Department and Foreign Operations as “significant.” Congressional sources cautioned, however, that final details were in flux as negotiators searched line-by-line to reach the $38 billion reduction. The package covers the remainder of the 2011 fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30. Now, the battle moves to 2012 and whether to raise the federal debt ceiling. The spending debate is expected to dominate Washington in the months ahead and spill into the presidential campaign, with competing outlooks on the appropriate role of the federal government. “It’s going to be a tough fight — how are we going to reduce the deficit, get on a more sustainable fiscal trajectory but in a way that doesn’t compromise” economic progress, White House adviser David Plouffe said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sunday. Republicans have criticized the president for failing to present a comprehensive debt-reduction plan when he outlined his proposed 2012 budget earlier this year. A detailed blueprint from the GOP’s chief budget guru, Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, would drastically reorder the federal government. Aside from lowering the top tax rates for corporations and individuals to 25 percent from the current 35 percent, it would fundamentally shrink the federal role
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in the delivery of health care to the poor, disabled and future generations of seniors. “We want to move from talking about saving billions of dollars to going on and saving trillions of dollars,” Ryan told “Meet the Press” on Sunday. Voters are focusing on the nation’s record deficits and debt, both of which grew during the economic downturn as tax revenues plummeted and Washington spent money to shore up the economy and help the jobless. Now at nearly $14.3 trillion, the national debt will hit its legal limit in the weeks ahead, and Congress will be asked to grant the government additional borrowing authority. The vote has been routine, if politically unpopular, in past years. Under former President George W. Bush, Congress voted seven times to raise the debt limit. If Congress fails to act, the economic fallout would be severe, analysts and business leaders warn. They predict that interest rates would spike, dramatically affecting mortgages, consumer purchases and business lending. Republicans intend to try to extract new budget restraints from the White House in exchange for voting to raise the debt limit. They may fight for statutory spending caps or a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution. “The president just can’t waltz in and say we’re going to have a debt crisis if you don’t raise the debt limit,” Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, the top Republican on the Senate Budget Committee, told CBS’ “Face the Nation.” Congress is set to vote this week on the package of $38 billion in budget cuts. The series of stopgap spending measures included $12.5 billion in cuts, which count toward the total. Those came mainly from programs Obama had planned to terminate this year, as well as earmarked requests
from lawmakers for home-state projects. Of the remaining reductions, nearly $18 billion is expected to come from one-time cuts or accounts with unspent money — a strategy Democrats employed to save domestic programs from deep reductions that would be difficult to undo in future years. Obama’s Wednesday speech will discuss what many budget experts see as the deficit drivers — Medicare, the popular health care program for seniors, and Medicaid, which assists millions of the poor and disabled. “You’re going to have to look at Medicare and Medicaid and see what kind of savings you can get,” Plouffe told “Meet the Press.” Ryan’s 2012 budget proposed major changes to these longstanding federal programs. For Medicare, future seniors would receive a stipend to buy insurance on the private market. Analysts expect it would raise individual out-of-pocket health costs while making federal costs more stable and predictable. For Medicaid, Republicans would shift control and cost of much of the program to the states, giving governors greater say-so in how the services are run and which residents are eligible. In addition to serving the poor and disabled, a large portion of Medicaid recipients are low-income seniors. Ryan’s budget also would make permanent the tax breaks that were extended last year in a compromise between Obama and Congress, rather than allow them to expire in two years. The president wants to terminate the tax cuts for individuals earning more than $200,000 and families earning more than $250,000. “The president’s goal, and he’s been clear about this, is to protect the middle class as we move forward here,” Plouffe said. “So people like him, as he’ll say, who have been very fortunate in life, have the ability to pay a little bit more.”
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Gadhafi forces enter rebel-held town By shashank bengali McClatchy Newspapers MCT
The front line for control of Libya moved to its easternmost point in three weeks on Saturday as forces loyal to Col. Moammar Gadhafi stormed this rebel-held town in a fleet of Toyota pickups. Rebels who swept in to defend Ajdabiya, 100 miles from the opposition capital of Benghazi, were hit by pro-Gadhafi snipers and a rain of artillery shells. Street battles raged for hours in the town, which was largely empty of noncombatants. There was no sign of NATO aircraft, whose strikes on Gadhafi loyalists had been crucial to rebel military successes. Libyan state television showed what it claimed were live images of Gadhafi supporters celebrating in the streets of Ajdabiya, though by nightfall rebels said they had chased most of the loyalists out of town. Fighting continued near the town’s western gate, which Gadhafi’s forces have pummeled since Thursday with missile strikes and mortar rounds. Rebels said they captured three Gadhafi loyalists, including a high-ranking military officer, but that could not be confirmed. Fighters also said that a rebel helicopter had been shot down. The battle appeared to show a rebel movement hanging by a thread, barely able to retain a key gateway to their capital. The opposition forces seemed surprised when Gadhafi’s fighters — riding in about 30 pickups, some equipped with Russian-made Grad missile launchers — attacked Ajdabiya from three directions, including the southern desert
and two western roads. The loyalist attack showed the degree to which the Gadhafi forces have adapted to conditions on the ground, where heavy tanks and artillery have become easy targets for NATO jets enforcing a U.N. resolution intended to protect civilians. Switching to civilian vehicles and light weapons, the Gadhafi forces are now using the same equipmentsas the rebels, confusing NATO air crews and leading to two mistaken NATO airstrikes on rebel positions that killed at least 18 people in the last week. Rebels said they had begun to paint the tops of their trucks peach to distinguish them from the loyalist pickups, but few rebel vehicles moving toward Ajdabiya on Saturday bore the new marking. With street battles raging and the explosions of battle heard in the distance, rebel fighters positioned on the desert highway a few miles outside Ajdabiya complained that reinforcements from Benghazi fled at the first sign of a skirmish. As dusk settled, rebels battling to defend Ajdabiya reportedly couldn’t distinguish between friendly forces and enemy fighters. “You can’t walk in the streets. You have to hold your ground and stay there because it’s not safe,” said Saleh Awad Ali, a 40-year-old rebel. Ahmed Abdul Razaq, an engineer in his 20s, was struck in the neck by a bullet in the middle of the town, according to a cousin, Mohammed al Fakri. While at the small hospital in Ajdabiya, a bullet fired from a distance shattered a window, he said. But Fakri, a rebel supporter, was confident that “Ajdabiya will be protected by its people.”
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Three more reasons for clean energy By phyllis cuttino McClatchy-Tribune News Service MCT
We’ve heard again and again that concerns about the environment, public health and national security are reasons to develop policies that encourage clean energy investment — and we’ve also heard vigorous debate on these issues. But recent data show that three of the biggest — and the most unifying — factors Congress and the Obama administration should consider are right in their sights: jobs, export opportunities and the United States’ descent to third place in a race that’s critical to our future. It’s true that wind, solar and other non-fossil fuel based energy sources can help reduce emissions that impinge on human health and the Earth’s climate, while also lowering our dependence on oil from politically unstable regions. Today, however, the new imperative is investment, which generates the innovation, commercialization, manufacturing and installation of clean energy technologies. New research on private finance
and investment in the 20 largest industrialized economies shows that 2010 was another year of significant growth and increased competition in the clean energy sector. Among G-20 nations, the United States, with $34 billion in clean energy investment, continued its steady decline in leadership — falling to third behind China and Germany. Worldwide, clean energy investments grew by 30 percent to $243 billion in 2010, restoring the rapid pace of growth that characterized the sector prior to the worldwide recession. In the past seven years, clean energy funding has grown by 630 percent, with more than 90 percent invested in G-20 nations. Countries with strong policies in place have positioned themselves to attract substantial domestic investment in the manufacturing and export of wind turbines, solar energy systems and energy efficiency technologies — or a combination of these. The most successful countries have established policies that set ambitious nationwide targets for key clean energy technologies. Most of the fastest growing markets for solar energy are driven by long-term
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contracts that guarantee renewable energy producers a set price for electricity fed into the grid, but few American municipalities provide such pledges. Meanwhile, Germany, China, India and others are attracting investment with strong, predictable policy frameworks that also include renewable energy standards, tax credits and access to low-cost loans. In the absence of such policies, each year the United States falls farther behind. We are at a crossroads. We can continue to watch our manufacturing base erode, or we can put in place the right kind of policies to move capital off the sidelines. With significant growth and opportunity all over the world, the United States can be a promising place to stake a claim on the future — but only if Congress adopts energy policies that create a reasonable climate of stability for investors. In today’s world, strong national clean energy policies in other G-20 countries have helped create jobs, spur manufacturing and grow exports. Now, the United States must take action or risk falling further behind in the global clean energy race.
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Some eye-popping public salaries were in the news last week and the one that stands out the most is the taxpayer-funded salary of Philadelphia School Superintendent Arlene Ackerman. Dubbed “Queen Arlene” by some, Ackerman is paid $348,000, almost twice Gov. Tom Corbett’s $177,888 salary. It is more than four times as much as a state legislator, who, like the governor, is elected by voters. At first blush, Ackerman’s deal doesn’t come close to the University of Pittsburgh’s cost of employment for Chancellor Mark Nordenberg – $535,000 for salary, deferred compensation and pension plan, according to a survey released by the Chronicle of Higher Education. More on that later. The survey was poor timing for Nordenberg, Penn State University President Graham Spanier and others trying to convince legislators not to cut state funding for higher education by 50 percent, as requested by Corbett. Penn State’s cost of employment for Spanier is $800,592 a year. Temple’s Ann Weaver Hart edged out Nordenberg with $605,000. I’m not saying Spanier, Hart and Nordenberg don’t deserve it. At Pitt and Penn State, they’re responsible in the end for every detail at massive campuses with extensive research capabilities and national sports programs. All three have law schools and the universities generate billions of dollars as economic drivers. So the idea of a school superintendent, even the superintendent of the eighth-largest district in the nation, getting $348,000 boggles the mind. Ackerman could get a $100,000 bonus if she remains as
superintendent through June 30. She can receive performance bonuses of $62,000 a year. She’s also given a $1 million life insurance policy. Ackerman gets a car, home printer/fax machine and a laptop computer, according to Rep. Mike McGeehan, D-Philadelphia. On top of it, the Philadelphia School District, which received $9.9 billion in state aid since 2002-03, is broke. It receives 62.5 percent of its money from the state. So folks in Western Pennsylvania, you’re helping to pay Ackerman’s salary. Ackerman runs a school district with 157,000 kids – the size of many medium-sized cities. It has 23,000 employees. She’s helped raise achievement and has empowered parents, said district spokeswoman Shana Kemp. “I think people forget or don’t know how challenging these jobs are,” she said. Ackerman has deferred her $100,000 bonus because of the budget crunch, Kemp said. Back to McGeehan. He is relevant to this column because he’s filed a bill – House Bill 794 – that would prevent any superintendent from making more than the governor. That would cover Pittsburgh Superintendent Linda Lane, who makes at least $200,000. In the highly partisan state Legislature, a bill filed by a Democrat in the Republican-controlled House would normally be dead on arrival. Not so in this case. “It’s certainly something we will consider,” said Paul Clymer, R-Bucks County, chairman of the House Education Committee. This bill has Republican votes written all over it. Last note: Ackerman’s total compensation package – counting bonuses, pay, vacation payouts, the works – is $791,418 a year, according to McGeehan. Knock off $100,000 for the deferred bonus and her total package still exceeds Nordenberg’s.
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Volunteering: You should do it The sun is shining, the grass is getting greener and it’s warm (at least for now). It’s the perfect time to head outdoors and lend a helping hand to those who might need a little assistance in sprucing up for spring. In to the Streets put IUP students in the local community to volunteer their time to organizations that needed some young people to help – if you missed it, it doesn’t mean you can’t still help out. If you live off campus, maybe you have an elderly neighbor who could use some yard help now that the winter storms are behind us (hopefully). The next time you see them, ask if you could do something to help them. You’ll be a model citizen, and maybe they’ll think twice about calling the cops on you in the future. If you don’t know anyone less-than-able to tackle his or her outdoor mess, there are still plenty of people, places and organizations that always need help. Are you stressed out from schoolwork and the impending doom of finals? Head off to the Humane Society and walk some dogs. You’ll get exercise, the dog will get exercise and everyone gets to play. It’s win-win. Kiss that stress goodbye. Do allergies keep you inside? That doesn’t mean you can’t volunteer, so put the Wiimote down. The same agencies that need outdoor work often need inside help, too. Put those alphabetizing skills to good use. Re-learn the other function of a phone by answering calls. We hate to twist your arms, but for those of you with community service requirements, it’s nearly the end of the school year. If you haven’t met your goal yet, it’s definitely time to get cracking. Just because you have to do something doesn’t mean it won’t be fun or beneficial. Let no organization go unaided. You may not think you have the time, but you certainly have the energy. Taking a break from school stress to help someone else will calm you down in the long run, and you’ll be helping out the community.
Graduation speakers shouldn’t cash in Editorial Los Angeles Times MCT
There are few occasions in life more idyllic than college graduation. Steeped in ceremony, it is the moment of triumph after years of work, a time for parents to beam proudly and gowned students to receive their hard-earned diplomas. However, graduates aren’t the only ones earning something on commencement day. Some colleges and universities are paying exorbitant fees – not just expenses – for graduation speakers. Public speaking has been big business for years, and finding a great speaker for commencement day is a competitive business, particularly for a school burnishing its image and trying to boost fundraising. Rutgers University, which is planning a bigger ceremony this year, recently announced that it will pay Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison $30,000 to be the commencement speaker. “An honorarium was required to attract a stel-
lar speaker of Ms. Morrison’s caliber,” said Rutgers spokesman Ken Branson. Morrison is only one example. In 2006, CBS news star Katie Couric got $115,000 to speak at the University of Oklahoma’s ceremony – although she did donate it to a cancer center at the University of Virginia in honor of her late sister. And Rudy Giuliani’s 2005 address at High Point University in North Carolina reportedly cost the school $75,000 in a contribution to a foundation of his choice. Some speakers who command astronomical fees will discount them for commencement speeches – it’s possible that Morrison usually gets much more than $30,000 – or waive them. Bill Clinton, who was scheduled to speak at UCLA in 2008 before canceling because of the university’s dispute with a union, did not request a fee. Nor would UCLA have offered one. (It never pays.) Neither President Obama nor the first lady are paid for their commencement addresses. This year, the president will deliver the address at Miami Dade College’s
North Campus, the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and the public high school that wins the White House’s Race to the Top Commencement Challenge. Michelle Obama will speak at Spelman College, the University of Northern Iowa and the high school that serves children of members of the military on the Marine Corps base in Quantico, Va. We know it’s a struggle for lesserknown schools to find a speaker a cut above a dreary dean talking in cliches about the challenges to come. But it’s disappointing to see a tradition so wrapped in idealism become yet another vehicle for commercialism. A commencement address is not a gig at a corporate retreat. Even though it takes time and effort to craft a good speech, it is honor enough to be chosen to impart some words of inspiration to newly minted graduates. We’d like to see influential figures go out of their way to speak at smaller institutions for free. Commencement day is one time when accomplished people should share the wealth – not increase their own.
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La Salle investigates report of lap dances at professor’s symposium
‘From Russia with Laughter’ reveals 19th century humor By imani dillard Senior Staff Writer I.J.Dillard@iup.edu
Sunday, the Indiana Players of Philadelphia Street Playhouse presented “From Russia with Laughter,” three one-act plays written by 19th century playwright Anton Chekhov. According to TheatreHistory.com, Chekhov was also famous for writing “Ivanoff,” which was completed in a total of two and a half weeks and appeared in Moscow in 1889. “From Russia with Laughter” was directed by Mary Jo Bowes and adapted by David Zarko. The first one-act play, “The Barbarian,” also known as The Boor or The Bear, follows a widow, Madam Popova, played by Tami Merrill, who has been holding onto the memory of her late husband to prove her fidelity, even though he was unfaithful. This one-act is filled with hilarity and banter between Madam Popova and Smirnov. The next play, “The Proposal,” is about an extremely nervous landowner, Lomov, played by Brett
Johns. Lomov attempts to ask his neighbor for his daughter Natalia’s hand in marriage. Natalia is portrayed by IUP student Katelyn Winisky (sophomore, pre-chiropractic). But trivial arguments leave the proposal hanging in the balance. The final play, “The Celebration,” it begins with a very ill and perturbed clerk, Hirin, played by Jeremiah Fisher, who doesn’t like his boss, bank manager Shipushin, played by Dr. John Henry Steelman. Hirin is trying to complete a report that he just can’t seem to finished. When Shipushin enters he is happy about the upcoming celebration of the bank’s 15 anniversary and is expecting a delegation of people to present him with an award. This comical play was performed by Brett Johns, as Lomov, Katelyn Winisky (sophomore, prechiropractic), as Natalia, Jeremiah Fisher, as Hirin, Dr. John Henry Steelman, as Shipushin, Alycia King (sophomore, journalism) as Tatyana, and Rachel Smith (graduate student, sociology), as Mrs. Merchutkina.
By stephanie farr Philadelphia Daily News MCT
A La Salle University professor who serves on the school’s committee on academic integrity reportedly hired strippers to attend a symposium at which they gave lap dances to himself and students. La Salle spokesman Joseph Donovan confirmed yesterday that the university has “launched a fullscale investigation” into the March 21 symposium held by Jack Rappaport, an assistant professor of management, at the university’s satellite campus in Plymouth Meeting. Donovan declined to say what the school is investigating, but according to a Philadelphia City Paper blog post by Emily Apisa, a La Salle student who claims to have spoken with two students who were in attendance, participants paid $150 to go to the symposium, where they earned credits in the College of Professional and Continuing Studies or extra credit in Rappaport’s business classes. Three scantily clad strippers gave
lap dances to willing students and to Rappaport during the class, according to the blog, which broke the story on Friday. The nature of the symposium is unclear, although the blog suggests that it was supposed to be about “the application of Platonic and Hegelian ethics to business.” Donovan confirmed that the symposium ended when School of Business Dean Paul Brazina came in and brought it to a halt. Donovan said that students who attended the symposium would be interviewed as part of the school’s investigation. He declined to say whether Rappaport was still a member of the school’s faculty or still teaching classes. “Essentially, it’s an incident which, obviously, administrators felt the need to look into, and they asked the university attorneys to conduct a formal investigation,” he said. Rappaport has taught at La Salle since 1979 and leads courses in production management, statistics and management-information systems, according to his curriculum vitae.
It also says that he serves on the school’s ad-hoc committee on academic integrity. In his online university profile, Rappaport wrote: “I try to enrich my teaching by using real life applications such as the use of the horse race betting market in the teaching of statistics.” On the website RateMyProfessors. com, Rappaport’s students call him everything from “a ZERO” to a “great instructor,” and most say that his classes are “very easy.” Several commenters on the site noted his preoccupation with gambling and other entertainment. One commenter wrote of Rappaport in May 2004: “extremely strange man. loves gambling, horse racing and strip joints. talks about all of the above all the time. doesn’t like to teach. smart man about stats. easy A.” Another wrote in January 2010: “Somehow, I received a B in the class despite having no idea what I was doing on the last test. Did I mention I was the only female blonde in the class?”
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Understanding Where We’ve Been and Envisioning New Possibilities How we think about the concepts of sex, gender, and sexual orientation has a profound influence on our everyday lives. Dr. Crane will discuss each in terms of their history and complexity, and inspire us to consider what it means to envision a broader menu.
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Accordion duo successfully performs, despite visual disabilities By JOHN TORDOFF Contributing Writer J.E.Tordoff@iup.edu
At 3 p.m. Saturday, the Orentdoff hosted a performance of piano, voice and accordion by Grant and Crista Buswell, a husband and wife duo. The duo played a set of songs from a wide range of genres including classical, polka, jazz and cultural music from Sweden and Finland. The Buswells have also played renditions of songs that traditionally do not have accordion accompaniment, such as the Johnny Cash song “Orange Blossom Special,” the Wizard of Oz tune “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” and even a cover of Alvin and the Chipmunks “The Chipmunk Song,” which featured appropriate vocal performances by both members. At age 10, Grant Buswell was taken by an accordion song featured on the Laurence Welk show titled “Dance of the Comedians” “[It was] the one that started it all,” Grant Buswell said. While attending Berkley College of Music, he continued to pursue music during his college career and beyond
Class group promotes radio station through Zumba By ABBEY ZELKO Staff Writer A.M.Zelko@iup.com
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The audience, which filled nearly the entire library, seemed to enjoy the work of the duo, as well as their wonderfully quaint spousal rapport that created a unique and welcoming stage presence. The couple took requests and answered questions from accordion enthusiasts after the show, as well as made their CDs titled “Dancing Fingers” available for purchase. For more information, samples of the album can be heard at BrentBuswell.com.
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Music blared from Stephenson Hall as students and friends came together to promote WIUP-FM 90.1, IUP’s radio station, with a zumba workout Friday from 12 to 2 p.m. Communications media students put on IUP-Umba for a Promotions in Radio and Television class taught by Dr. Gail Wilson. There were five people in the group for the project whose goal was to “promote the radio station, get the name out there and get people to listen” Kara McCaffrey (senior, journalism), co-organizer of the event, said. Two certified zumba instructors from the HUB gym at the HUB led the group in a dance exercise workout while a disc jockey from WIUP-FM played a variety of songs that can be heard on IUP’s radio station. The instructors made it easy for everyone to learn the dance steps. Ashley Kinn (freshman, marketing) said that although she had never done Zumba before, it was “a good first time experience.” There were two 40-minute Zumba sessions at noon and 1 p.m., but people could come and go as they pleased. The event was not limited to IUP students. Anyone who wanted to support WIUP-FM was invited and they were encouraged to bring friends. As part of the project, McCaffrey and her group created a Facebook
“I love it because I love Zumba. It was free and they are giving away cool free things.” —Kalli Vargo (freshman, undecided) group, handed out fliers at the HUB, and made on-air promotions on WIUP-FM to get the word out about IUP-Umba. Keaton Smith (junior, communications media), co-organizer of the event, said they called into the radio station during the event to make a live broadcast informing people about IUP-Umba and to persuade people to come. The organizers of IUP-Umba got Rita’s, The Coney, Cici’s Pizza, Wolfie’s, as well as a few others to sponsor the event. IUP-Umba also offered free water bottles and window clings with the radio station logo on them, free Rita’s, and the chance to win prizes such as gift cards from the sponsors. Those who participated seemed to enjoy IUP-Umba. “I love it because I love Zumba, it was free and they are giving away cool free things,” Kalli Vargo (freshman, undecided) said. Vargo admitted that she does not currently listen to WIUP-FM, but after coming to IUP-Umba, she thinks she will start listening to it. Even a few boys came out and showed off their Zumba dance moves. Bob Claytor (English writing, junior) said he liked the event and he enjoys listening to WIUP-FM.
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Compost company turns food waste into profit By geogina gustin St. Louis Post-Dispatch MCT
Leaves, grass, horse manure. These have been Mike Bacon’s primary ingredients, until now. The scrappy, cigar-smoking 63-year-old has spent the past dozen years turning the trio of components into rich, crumbly compost, the degraded organic matter that gardeners prize for enriching their soils. But in the past six months he has added a magic ingredient: food scraps. “The food waste is a better enhancement to get a better product,” Bacon said this week, standing not far from a house-high pile of steaming horse poop. “We blend it together. We have a recipe.” Bacon has become an evangelist for turning leftovers and scraps into an ingredient for good soil, and last year his Route 66 Organics became the first facility in St. Louis County to get a permit to process food waste. Six months later, several area companies are using his services,
including Monsanto Co., Schlafly and Sappington Market. Route 66, along with another larger company, St. Louis Composting, are at the cusp of a growing effort in the region, one that aims to divert food waste from landfills and turn it into something usable. An estimated 14 percent of municipal trash is food waste — roughly 34 million tons a year — so as landfills become increasingly full, diverting food waste has become a major priority. The city of Clayton became the first area municipality to launch a food waste collection program last fall. “We expect many more to follow,” said Laura Yates, a field services supervisor for the solid waste management program at the St. Louis Department of Public Health. “It’s a growing commodity market for the industry. They actually save money because they’re not having to pay to dispose as much.” Cities typically contract with private haulers to bring trash to landfills. In recent years, those companies have had to develop recycling capabilities as
municipalities and counties required recycling programs. Food waste is the next frontier. “It’s odd to me that we recycle bottles and cans,” said Becca Gilberg, president of Viterra Solutions, the marketing and sales arm of Route 66. “Why wouldn’t you want to recycle food waste?” For Route 66 and St. Louis Composting, and other companies to follow, the movement means more raw material will come their way — and that means more compost for an increasingly garden-focused culture. With food prices climbing, seed and gardening supply companies have reported a surge in sales as people turn to their backyards to grow a little of their own sustenance. Compost makers have seen a similar rise. “We’ve seen an uptick in 2009, 2010 and 2011. There are an awful lot of people growing vegetables, whether it’s because of food prices or because they just want to do it themselves,” said Patrick Geraty, owner of St. Louis Composting. “With fuel prices so high, people are staying at home more, and they want their yards to look nice.”
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Tesla, other electronic vehicles poised to enter mainstream By dana hull San Jose Mercury News MCT
After decades of sputtering starts and stalled hopes, the electric vehicle is poised to enter the mainstream. Tesla Roadsters, Nissan Leafs and Chevy Volts are already on the market, and every major automaker has at least one electric model in the pipeline, giving consumers an array of choices in the coming years. The new wave of EVs just beginning to hit American highways is not the first — they were popular a century ago until cheaper, gasolinepowered cars gained dominance after World War I. But experts say the stars now appear to be aligned for an alternative to the internal combustion engine. “This time it feels real,” said Roland Hwang, director of the Natural Resources Defense Council’s transportation programs. “Automakers are serious. There’s oil price shocks. The long-term trends are very positive. There will be potholes in the road as this rolls out, but there aren’t any showstoppers.” Advocates argue that EVs are not simply another type of car but a gamechanger for the country. They say that widespread adoption of electric vehicles will help cut the greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming and enhance national security by
reducing the country’s dependence on foreign oil. The transition to EVs won’t happen overnight, however. Current models have a limited range and are more expensive than most comparable gas-powered cars, making them unappealing to many drivers. But EV prices are expected to decline as high-volume production pushes manufacturing costs down. And Silicon Valley startups are racing to improve battery technology, which should allow the cars to go farther between charges. When that happens, manufacturers and enthusiasts hope electric cars will become a viable option for millions of Americans. OVERCOMING CHALLENGES Tech-savvy early adopters such as Felix Kramer and Rochelle Lefkowitz, of Redwood City, Calif., are already sold. The couple outfitted their Toyota Prius, which operates on electricity as well as gas, with a larger battery pack in 2006. In December, they bought one of the nation’s first Chevy Volts, which
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runs on electricity for about 40 miles before its gas engine kicks in. In January, they added an all-electric Nissan Leaf to their household fleet — making them the only family in the nation known to own three plug-in vehicles. “I drove the Volt to get a haircut the other day, and people on the road were waving at me and giving me the thumbs-up,” said Lefkowitz, who has grown used to strangers stopping her to talk about cars. For EVs to enter the
analysts project sales of 16.3 million in 2015. If EVs can capture even a modest slice of that market, experts say, they could reduce America’s dependence on foreign oil. Sales of EVs are expected to be modest for the next few years because of their limited range, relatively high cost and a shortage of charging stations. There are currently about 120 public electric vehicle chargers in the San Francisco Bay Area, with more than 2,000 more planned in the next five years under a state program. But despite such challenges, many in the indus
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try point to encouraging signs. ‘DEMAND IS OUT THERE’ When General Motors first launched the Volt, plans called for 10,000 to be built by the end of 2011 and 45,000 by the end of 2012.
But GM is accelerating production, in part because some companies are turning to the vehicles to power their corporate fleets. General Electric has already ordered 12,000 Volts. “It appears we’ve underestimated,” said Tony Posawatz, the GM executive in charge of the Volt, adding that GM plans to make at least 15,000 Volts this year. “It’s still early in the launch, but we’re getting more and more feedback that the demand is out there. It’s very much like using a smartphone — once people have the experience of driving electrically, they don’t want to go back.” The Obama administration wants to see 1 million EVs on the road by 2015 and has proposed replacing the existing $7,500 tax credit with a $7,500 rebate at the time of sale to spur demand. Mike Omotoso of JD Power and Associates thinks no more than 700,000 to 750,000 plug-in and pure EVs could be on American roads by 2015. “The cost of the vehicles is too high, and gasoline-engine powered cars are getting more fuel-efficient all the time,” he said. “Almost all new compact cars are getting 40 miles per gallon on the highway now, so why pay twice the money for an electric car that only has a 100-mile range?”
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Parents, students learn about cyberbullying, consequences By adrienne lu The Philadelphia Inquirer MCT
Tina Meier’s eldest daughter, Megan, would have been 18 had she not hanged herself five years ago, when a “boy” she had become friendly with on a social-networking site suddenly turned on her with vicious comments. The boy was a hoax, the creation of a neighborhood mother and daughter and another girl. Megan’s parents did not learn of the fictitious identity until weeks after their daughter’s death. Meier recounted the experience to parents and freshmen and sophomores at Haverford High School in Haverford, Pa., last week as part of a program being held at a number of schools in the region on cyberbullying among young people and its dangerous effects. Meier, of St. Louis, has spoken about the topic across the country. She said parents need to be familiar with the electronic devices their children use so they can help keep them safe. “We need to understand what that technology is,” Meier said in an interview. “We teach our children how to ride a bike, how to read and write, to walk; we teach them how to drive a car. We give them this, they can reach the entire world — we don’t sit them down and teach them the rules. “We have to stop thinking that way,” she said. “We have to start understanding the world that they live in.” After the presentation to parents Monday night, Janet Arey, who has daughters in fifth and second grades and kindergarten, said she hoped to get a leg up on the issue before any problems arose. She has had to teach herself the nuances of the technology that her children use, she said, adding that she had talked to her eldest daughter about the ways she is and is not allowed to use a handheld gaming device. Even when parents or teachers are nearby, Arey said, students can appear to be playing games when they are actually sending each other pictures. In a workshop with about 15 student leaders at the high school last week, several said that bullying was mostly hidden to those who were not the victims. Still, one girl told Meier after her presentation, “You’ve touched me so much. People don’t realize how hard it is. [...] People don’t realize what you’re going through.” The small group of students said
the school could increase support for bullying victims by calling more attention to services available, including peer-support groups. According to a recent survey by the Annenberg Public Policy Center, 14 percent of adolescents and young adults have been victims of cyberbullying via text messaging, e-mail, or online postings. Those who have been cyberbullied report higher rates of thinking seriously about suicide in the last year, according to the survey. Amanda Lenhart, a senior research specialist at the Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project, said cyberbullying was not all that different from the bullying that has taken place in schools, on playgrounds, and on buses for generations. Lenhart said those qualities make cyberbullying more visible to parents. Cyberbullying can also seem particularly invasive, because a computer is in one’s home, which is typically considered a safe place, while a cell phone is also a link to friends, Lenhart said. By her account, Tina Meier, 40, who has one other daughter and used to work in real estate, was an actively involved parent. She reluctantly allowed her daughter to have an account on MySpace after she agreed to give her mother the password and the ability to monitor her activity. Meier also had tracking software installed on her home computer, which allowed her to keep tabs on sites Megan was visiting and everything that she typed. Meier described how her daughter had been teased for years at school by both girls and boys, sometimes about her weight. After transferring to a private school, Meier said, her daughter started to lose weight, and appeared as happy as she had been in many years. In the fall of 2006, she asked her mother for permission to add a boy she did not know to her MySpace account. Meier said she hesitated, but decided she would allow it so she could keep an eye on their Internet interactions. For several weeks, Meier said, her daughter chatted with the boy online. But one night, the boy suddenly told Megan he didn’t want to be friends with her anymore, and that she was not a nice person. The next day, the cruel comments escalated, and Megan told her mother that everyone at her old school and current one knew what was going on, and many were saying mean things about her, Meier said. That night, Megan hanged herself in her bedroom closet with a belt.
Steve Austin is out of ring, but still in front of camera By luaine lee McClatchy-Tribune News Service MCT
Though he doesn’t admit it, “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, the Hall of Fame wrestler from World Wrestling Entertainment, is warming up. He gave up wrestling eight years ago after a mishap in the ring left him with two crushed vertebrae in his neck that had to be fused. As host and drill sergeant from the new USA series, “WWE Tough Enough,” Austin imposes the same rigorous standards he once used on himself. The show pits young WWE hopefuls against each other in the ring, both men and women. “Those first few weeks you’re really judged on your in-ring performance because you’re going to have to weed through those who really don’t belong,” he says in a tony restaurant here. When he was 7 years old he happened to catch wrestling on TV. It was love at first sight. “We call it ‘sports entertainment’ these days but that’s what I know and love. So I can watch somebody get in that ring and within five or 10 minutes tell you whether they belong or don’t belong, whether they have a chance to make it or hit the
road and good luck in your future endeavor.” Austin never wrestled in high school, but was an all-round athlete. “I was a pretty shy kid growing up; I was a regular-size kid. In Edna (Texas), the first year you can play football is the seventh grade [...] Because Edna is a little town with not much going on, the coaches would let me work out as a seventh grader,” he says ordering salmon for lunch. “My whole career from fifth grade on until I was a senior in high school, I didn’t drink, didn’t party — I played athletics. I had a weight bench outside on our cement slab. And when the high school gym wasn’t open, I would be at home on Friday and Saturday nights working on my concrete slab ... I played football, ran track and played baseball.” He earned three football scholarships, chose one to junior college, another to the University of North Texas. “I blew my knee out and rehabbed and played 11 games the next year as weak side defensive end, then I got into the professional wrestling business,” he said. “Over the course of the next 15 years I screwed up some more ligaments in my knees. But my neck is where I ultimately got out
of the business.” So impatient to try wrestling, Austin dropped out of college with 17 hours left to finish his degree in physical education. Avidly he’d watch the matches Friday nights and the workouts the next morning. “For breakfast, lunch and dinner I’d have a can of tuna fish and a potato. I didn’t have anything to cook with, so I peeled the potatoes with my pocket knife. After three or four days of that my tuna fish ran out and I hadn’t got paid yet. So for three and a half days — until my paycheck came in — I’d peel a potato for breakfast, lunch and dinner. That went on for several months. But I was having the time of my life and learning every time I went to the ring.” “If people think you really don’t like each other, it’s going to be a heck of a match. But there’s cooperation going on out there. Now you’re going to be snug and make things look real good, but two guys fighting out there is ugly. It’s not what the fans are there to see. They want to be entertained, they want to see the story unfold, what psychology you’re going to use, how they can get involved. It’s a lesson in psychology which separates the best from the alsorans.”
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Gannon defeats IUP, 20-10 By Chris Galiszewski Staff Writer C.M.Galiszewski@iup.edu
Anthony Shinsler Stefanie Poates was named PSAC Central Player of the Week.
Hawks split doubleheader with Mansfield By Kyle Predmore Sports Editor K.R.Predmore@iup.edu
The IUP women’s softball team split its doubleheader against Mansfield Saturday after losing the first game 6-4, but they reboundied with a 12-5 victory. Mansfield got off to an early start, scoring four runs off of three hits in the first inning. Kate Pratt started the scoring with a two-run RBI single. An error by IUP left fielder Michelle Bivona allowed the third runner to advance. Erin Carroll brought in the final run with a ground ball. Down 4-1 in the top of the fifth inning, the Hawks scored two more runs to make it a one-run game. After an RBI single by Megan McCormick and an RBI double by Stefanie Poates, the Hawks found two runs and turned a three run deficit into a one run game. Down 4-1 in the top of the fifth inning, Megan McCormick and Stefanie Poates both got on base with an RBI which narrowed the deficite to one run. However, the Hawks were only able
to find one more run as Mansfield put two more on the board after two home runs. Stephanie Simmeth and Nicole Yost both hit solo home runs to extend the lead. The Hawks were outhit 8-6 and lost the first game. IUP pitcher Erin Holloway (14-2) lost her second game of the season after pitching six innings. She gave up six runs off of six hits and two home runs. Mansfield pitcher Melissa Baer won her first game of the year after giving up four runs in seven innings. She only recorded three strike outs in comparison to Holloway’s six, but she walked away with the win. Mansfield started the second game 1-0 in the bottom of the first after an RBI single, then added two more runs in the fourth inning to make it a three run game. McCormick got IUP on the board with an RBI single in the fifth inning. Raquel Rugani put up the next two runs with a two-run RBI single. Bivona brought in the inning’s final run when she advanced on a fielder’s choice. Mansfield put four runners on the
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board in the final few innings of the game, but that was not enough as IUP went on to win, 12-5. In the sixth inning, Poates hit a two-run home run. That wasn’t the end of her night, as she was back at the plate in the seventh inning where she hit a grand slam. Ashley Strack put up the innings final two runs with a two run homerun. With two of her three strikeouts coming in the final inning, Kelly King (10-3) won her 10th game of the year, giving up five runs off of ten hits. For Mansfield, pitcher Liz Pieniazek lost her second game of the year, after giving up two runs in the fourth and fifth inning. Mansfield scored four runs between the fourth and fifth innings, but IUP put across all 12 runners in the game’s last three innings, including six runs in the seventh inning. Poates received the honor of being named PSAC Central Player of the Week after going four for 10 at the plate, two home runs and seven RBIs. IUP will stay at home 1 p.m. today to play Clarion.
IUP women’s lacrosse continues its losing ways against Gannon as it suffered a 20-10 defeat on Saturday. The Crimson Hawks started the game with something to prove, and they were able to build an early 3-0 lead. “I think we were pumped for the game,” IUP Head Coach Mindy Richmond said. “We came out strong.” Gannon was able to slow down the fastpaced offense of IUP and score eight of the next nine goals for an 8-4 lead late in the first half. “I don’t think they made any adjustments in particular at that point,” Richmond said. “It was just about us winning draw controls and possesing the ball and that was something we didn’t do.” IUP did, however, manage to get a few more goals before the half to cut the deficit to two goals. The second half saw a reverse of what happened to start the game as this time it was Gannon who took control early and scored the first three goals of the half to build an 11-6 lead. The game seemed out of reach at that point, but the fight in the Hawks led to two goals that found them back
in the game, trailing 11-8. That seemed to be all the fight the Hawks had in them, as the Golden Knights were able to pull away and never look back. “We played with them in the first half,” Richmond said. “But in the seond half as soon as they got a lead, they spread out the field and went into a little stall and we couldn’t really do a whole lot about it. Every time they had the ball they would take time off the clock.” With Gannon taking time off the clock, it prevented the Hawks from sticking to their game and doing what they do best. “We are a faster team than they are, and they knew that we’re good at fast breaking, and they were able to slow us down by controlling the clock and preventing us from doing what we like to do,” Richmond said. Only two players for the Hawks were able to find the net on more than one occasion. Colleen Berlin lead the way with an impressive four goals on nine shots and Stephanie Bianco was able to notch two goals of her own. Corrine Miller, Becca Vogt, Alex Lodovici, and Jessica Beck each had a goal a piece to finish the scoring. IUP faces yet another challenge as they host a tough Slippery Rock team in PSAC action 7 p.m. tonight at George P. Miller stadium.
Track and field athletes have success in Maryland
Along with Liebold, Long and Harris, other notable IUP athletes who placed well at the Maryland Invitational include Senior Leander Toney, who At the Maryland Invitational during recorded a height of 6 feet, 8 inches the weekend, many IUP athletes were in the high jump, good enough for expected to move up in the standings first place. in the PSAC in their respecWith his performance tive events. this weekend, Toney Brianna Liebold, Nafee bumped himself up to first Harris and Jared Long did place in the high jump in just that. Liebold, the the PSAC. reigning PSAC Indoor Field Sophomore Brandon Athlete of the Year, stayed Ford took home first place atop the standings in the in the triple jump with a triple jump with a mark distance of 47 feet, one and of 39 feet, 4 and one-half one-half inches, placing him inches. fourth in the PSAC in his Liebold Liebold is ranked first in event. the PSAC in the triple jump and is curOn the women’s side, Laurie rently seventh nationally. Ajavon placed third in the long jump Harris, the four-time national with a distance of 18 feet, one-fourth champion in the long jump, had a inches. winning distance of 23 feet, 11 inches With her performance at the and is ranked third in the PSAC as well Maryland Invitational, Ajavon moved as 10th nationally. herself up to second in the PSAC. Jared Long, a rising sophomore, ran Alyssa Taddie, a sophomore, away from the field in the 400 meter moved herself into fourth place in the hurdles, finishing with a time of 53.83 PSAC with a second place finish in the seconds. steeplechase with a time of 11:32.91. Long also ranked third in the 400 IUP hosts the Ed Fry Invitational meter hurdles and is currently ranked Saturday, followed by the IUP Open 23rd in the nation. April 23.
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IUP splits weekend with Mercyurst By Kyle Predmore Sports Editor K.R.Predmore@iup.edu
The Crimson Hawks broke even with Mercyurst after losing both doubleheaders Saturday in Erie, andthen coming back to IUP Sunday to even out the losses with two victories. Saturday, the Hawks lost the first game 10-2, and were unable to hold on to a slim lead in the second game, losing 5-2. Tied at zero in the bottom of the third, Mercyhurst started puting up some runs. After Kevin McCall was walked, Ethan Santora got on base from an error and Craig Denman was hit by a pitch, things started going down hill for IUP. Mercyhurst put up 10 runs from six hits. Mike Lupia hit a two-run RBI doulbe for the Hawks in the sixth inning, but they were held scoreless in the final inning. IUP pitcher Ben Weimer (0-2) got the loss after giving up six runs in two innings. Mercyhurst pitcher Eric Aschley (4-1) pitched five innings, and gave up three runs. In the second game of the doubleheader, the Hawks got off to an early start with an RBI by Mike Lupia, but two runs by Mercyhurst switched momentum. Frank Sirolli picked up the second RBI on a gound ball, but the two runs were the only runs scored for IUP. Mercyhurst put up three more runs and swept the Hawks, 5-2. Greg Stewart (3-2) lost his second game after giving up three runs in four innings. Ben Rawding (2-0) picked up the win for Mercyhurst pitching all seven innings, giving up only two hits and four runs in the process. On Sunday, the Crimson Hawks were down early but rallied late to win the first game 7-6 in extra innings and ended the afternoon with another rally, sweeping Mercyhurst with a 6-3 win. In the first game, Mercyhurst got off to a good start with two runs in the first inning. Bill Gerstenslage brought in the first runner with an RBI double, followed by an RBI single from Ethan Santora. Mercyhurst added three more runs between the fifth and the sixth innings to bring the lead to five runs. In the bottom of the sixth inning, with two outs and one man on base, The Hawks managed to score five runs to tie the game up at 5. Sirolli and Mike Lupia were both walked. Aaron Lupia followed with an RBI single to bring Sirolli in for the first run. Dylan Songer continued the hitting with an RBI single. Tyler Mroz continued the hitting streak, which allowed Aaron Lupia to score. Andrew Welch put the final two runs
Hawks add three victories over weekend By Mike Wilson Staff Writer M.J.Wilson@iup.edu
Shane Dreistadt/The Penn Andrew Welch batted one for four during the 7-6 victory Sunday.
on the board with an RBI double. The Hawks left one man on base after Brett Quiggle was called out on a line ball, but the four hits in a row for the Hawks, plus the walked batters was enough to tie the game up at five. With the game tied, Gerstenslage hit a home run to increase the led to one run. But IUP was not going to be denied of a victory, as Mike Lupia picked up an RBI on a sacrifice fly. In the bottom of the eighth inning, with two men on base, Sirolli hit an RBI double to bring in the winning run. Stephen Cooke (3-4) got the win after he pitched the final two innings and gave up one run on three hits. Mercyhurst pitcher Matthew Jimenez (1-1) got the loss after coming in a tied game and gave up the winning run. The second game was very familiar as Mercyhurst got off to yet another good start with three runs in the second inning.
In the fourth inning, the hawks closed the gap with two runs. RBI singles by both Vern Powell and Aaron Lupia brought the game within one run, at 3-2. In the bottom of the sixth inning, the Hawks put up four more runs, which proved to be too much for Mercyhurst. The Lupia brothers combined for three RBIs in the sixth inning with Aaron Lupia scoring the fourth run unearned on an error by Mercyhurst first baseman Craig Denman. Aaron Lupia lead the team with three RBIs from two hits and finished the game with one run. IUP pitcher Jared Weed (2-1) picked up his second victory after allowing just one hit in five innings. Mercyhurst pitcher Joe Cochran (0-1) lost his first game of the season after he entered the game in the fourth inning and gave up three runs. IUP will take the road at 1 p.m. today to face Millersville.
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The IUP women’s tennis team indulged in a successful weekend Thursday through Saturday as it came away from competition with three wins in as many games. The Hawks defeated Slippery Rock, West Virginia State and Charleston in sequence all by the score of 6-3. Aiding IUP’s cause against Slippery Rock was sophomore Emilia Osborne, who teamed with Alex Ballard for a 9-8 (7-5) victory at No. 3 doubles and later defeated Lizzie Yetiskul, 6-2, 6-4, at No. 3 singles. This was the first time the Crimson Hawks have played competitively on their home court this season. “More than anything it helps their mentality,” IUP Head Coach Larry Peterson said. “It’s much less stressful on their time management for the day.” Also propelling IUP to victory was Tabtip Louhabanjong. With Katie Eaton, the freshman pulled out an 8-4 win at No. 1 doubles before edging Drmac Dunja at No. 2 singles in a third set tiebreaker, 1-6, 6-4, 7-6 (10-4). IUP then moved from the comfort of the outdoor home court to their indoor home at the Ebensburg Tennis Center to meet regional foe West Virginia State from the WVIAC. Louhabanjong and Eaton ontinued their success indoors as the
doubles team downed West Virginia State’s Brittany Craig/Maria Moreno in addition to recording singles wins for the Crimson Hawks. Eaton rallied from being down 4-6, 2-5 to earn a 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 victory at No. 1 singles. Also a singles standout was No. 4 Ravita Mahto, who posted a second set shutout over Moreno, 6-3, 6 0. Rounding out the week for the Crimson Hawks was Charleston, another member of the WVIAC. Mahto, who according to Peterson, strained her right quadriceps against West Virginia State, and has been battling injury all season, fought through a first set tiebreaker to knock off Laura Smith, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4. “I just ignored it,” Mahto said. “In situations like that you just have to work through it and keep your eye on the finish line.” All four IUP singles victories came in straight sets. “After two tough matches, it’s nice to get it done in straight sets on the third day,” said Peterson. “I was a little worried about how much of a toll it had taken on us physically. So it’s certainly nice to get up a set if you’ve got a little nagging injury that can help motivate you.” The wins for IUP boost itsrecord to 13-5 (1-2) and put the post season within reach. Winning out in the division and a Mercyhurst victory over Slippery Rock April 11 will punch the Crimson Hawks’ playoff ticket. IUP returns to action Tuesday at Clarion.
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Coach changes show winners, losers By Mark Story McClatchy Newspapers MCT
For a college basketball fan, Selection Sunday is Christmas Eve. The Thursday and Friday of the first week of the NCAA Tournament are (usually) the two best basketball game days of each year. Yet for multi-million-dollar deal making and back-stage intrigue, nothing beats the post-season coaching carousel. With most of the major coaching vacancies now filled, here are my winners and losers from the annual college hoops musical chairs. Winner: Billy Gillispie. Due to the idiosyncrasies of his contrarian personality, I believe that to succeed the ex-Kentucky head man needs to be in Texas and needs to work at a university where the football coach is the public-relations face of the school. With the polished Tommy Tuberville coaching the pigskin in Lubbock, Texas Tech supplies Billy G. with both. Loser: Grumpy Old Men. Both Bob Knight, 70, and Larry Brown, 70, are rumored to have made overtures into the UNLV job after Lon Kruger gave it up to move to Oklahoma. Instead, the Runnin’ Rebels went with 42-yearold BYU assistant (and former UNLV player) Dave Rice. Winner: Tennessee. Given the NCAA infractions mess that Bruce Pearl left behind in Knoxville, it’s a minor miracle that embattled UT AD Mike Hamilton was able to land a solid, up-and-coming coach the caliber of Cuonzo Martin. Loser: Cuonzo Martin. Had the former Purdue forward and Missouri State head coach put the Volunteers off for a couple of days, he probably would have been Mike Anderson’s replacement as head man at the University of Missouri. Unlike Tennessee, Mizzou has both an NCAA Tournament-ready roster in place for next season and no impending NCAA probation for a coach to survive. Winner: Matt Painter. The Purdue head coach turned a flirtation with Missouri into a cool $1 million a year (from $1.3 to $2.3 million) raise. Loser: Missouri. While making googly eyes with Painter, the Tigers lost out on their second choice (Martin) and wound up going with the unexceptional Frank Haith, whose seven years leading the Miami Hurricanes yielded a 43-69 ACC record and a whopping one NCAA Tournament appearance. Winner: North Carolina State. After
whiffing on luring a big-name (Rick Barnes of Texas) and the hot up-andcomer (VCU’s Shaka Smart), the perception is that NC State “settled” by tabbing former Alabama and Murray State head man Mark Gottfried. If so, the Wolfpack got lucky. Gottfried won an SEC overall title (2002) with the Crimson Tide and went to five consecutive NCAA tournaments (2001-02 through 05-06), including one elite eight (2004). True, Alabama went stale (49-35 in his final three seasons) at the end of Gottfried’s tenure, but the 47-year-old has both enough ego and feistiness to go to Tobacco Road and battle Coach K and Cryin’ Roy. Loser: North Carolina State AD Debbie Yow. Maybe Gary Williams was sabotaging the N.C. State search being run by Yow, his former boss, by spreading word that the ex-Maryland Athletics Director is a “difficult” person for whom to work. However, by publicly making that allegation against Williams without supplying any proof, she diminished herself more than Williams. Winner: Arkansas. I think Mike Anderson is a good, not great, coach, but he was the must-get hire for the Razorbacks. In bringing the former, long-time Nolan Richardson assistant back to Fayetteville, the Hogs have reconnected with the greatest era of their basketball history and have a coach who will re-install the 40-minutes-of-hell style that was once the Arkansas calling card. Loser: Georgia Tech. Brian Gregory did a solid job at Dayton, but in his eight years he didn’t exactly make the Flyers (two NCAA tourney trips, the 2010 NIT championship) into Butler. Even allowing for the budget drain caused by the $7 million Tech had to pay former coach Paul Hewitt to go away, the Rambling Wreck should have been able to do better. Winner: The Gene Keady coaching tree. The ex-Purdue (and Western Kentucky) head coach never made a Final Four, but his line of coaching disciples, including Painter (Purdue), Martin (Tennessee), Steve Lavin (St. John’s) and Bruce Weber (Illinois), is one of college basketball’s best. Loser: The Mike Krzyzewski coaching tree. When former Duke player Jeff Capel was fired at Oklahoma, it continued a trend of many Coach K proteges, Quinn Snyder (fired at Missouri); Tommy Amaker (fired at Michigan); David Henderson (fired at Delaware), finding less than Krzyzewski-like success when they strike out on their own.
MCT Maya Moore was selected by the Minnesota Lynx as the No. 1 draft pick.
Maya Moore selected first in 2011 WNBA draft By John Altavilla The Hartford Coourant MCT
Maya Moore, the first threetime winner of the Wade Trophy and UConn’s first four-time AllAmerican, was selected by the Minnesota Lynx with the first overall pick of the 2011 WNBA Draft Monday at ESPN. Moore, who finished her career with 3,036 points, fourth all-time in NCAA Division I history, is the fourth UConn player selected with the first overall pick, joining Tina Charles (2010), Diana Taurasi (2004) and Sue Bird (2002). She is the 12th UConn player to be a first-round pick, joining
Renee Montgomery, Ketia Swanier, Barbara Turner, Swin Cash, Asjha Jones, Tamika Williams, Svetlana Abrosimova and Kelly Schumacher. Moore will be expected to help lead the Lynx back into the playoffs. She joins a team stocked with many stars, including former Connecticut Sun standouts Lindsay Whalen and Taj McWilliams. Prior to the opening of training camp, Moore will travel to Las Vegas to train with her USA Basketball teammates preparing for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Moore was the only college player in the 2010 World Championship team, which also was coached by UConn’s Geno Auriemma.
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Werth not worried about Phillies fans By Sam Donnellon Philadelphia Daily News MCT
He knows you are coming, Philadelphia. Jayson Werth has seen it before, seen the fans of a successful team invade the ballpark of one much less successful, the way Mets fans used to infest Citizens Bank Park when he first arrived in Philly. What he doesn’t know, has just begun to ponder, in fact, is what he will hear when he steps to the plate for the first time against his old team Tuesday at Nationals Park. A smattering of boos? The lungs of Philly pilgrims drowning out hometown cheers? Or will it be combined approval, cheers from the Philly folk who will forever appreciate his part in four consecutive postseason appearances blending with Nationals fans who see his seven-year, $126 million contract as an unprecedented commitment to winning? “I’m confident that they won’t forget what I did or what we did the last few years,� Werth was saying before the Nationals rallied for a 7-3, 11-inning victory over the Mets on Sunday at Citi Field. “But that’s about as far as it goes. Cheer or boo, that’s not going to take away what was accomplished there.� Four division championships in a row. Two National League pennants. A World Series championship and the lasting image of Werth riding a parade float wearing a big red fist. Someone joked that the Phillies haven’t won a thing without him. He smiled. “Will it be good to see my old friends and teammates?� he said. “Of course. “And Charlie [...] I can’t wait to see Charlie, you know? He’s a smack talker. And I know he’s going to be ready. And I’m going to be ready for him. I got something for him.� Six spring-training weeks and nine regular-season games into his new role as The Man, Werth appears, externally at least, unchanged. The beard is trimmer than his Geico look of last summer, but the hair still flops all over the place, still asserts an image that played a part in the Nationals’ sizable and controversial offseason investment. Werth is hitting .200 after four outs and a walk Sunday.
MCT Jayson Werth went zero for four during the Nationals 7-3 win over the Mets.
His one home run is also his one RBI, and his glove betrayed him and his new team in a painful extra-inning loss to Florida last week. So his effect, for now, is mostly an intangible one, described several times as “energy� by another former Phillie now with the Nationals, outfielder Matt Stairs; described often as “effort� by Washington manager Jim Riggleman. That might sound like gobbledygook to some, but when a team has lost as much as the Nats have over the last few years, the game’s grind can drain the emotions. Werth has managed a .333 on-base percentage despite his early struggles, and has reached base in all nine of the Nats’ games so far. “I’m still running 3-2 (counts) every at-bat,� he said before the game, then on cue ran the count to at least six pitches in four of the five plate appearances. “Still looking for my pitch, you know?� Zimmerman missed Sunday’s game with an abdominal strain suffered in Saturday’s 8-4 loss, but when the pair bat simultaneously, they have a combined on-base percentage of .419 with five runs batted in. Still, the Nationals had struggled mightily with situational hitting until the four-run 11th inning, when Pudge Rodriguez’ seeing-eye single plated the winning run and Laynce Nix followed with a three-run bomb off Mets reliever Blaine Boyer. That made them 14-for-79 (.177) with runners in scoring position this season, a percentage that Riggleman predicted
before the game would improve as the season progresses. Presuming, of course, that Zimmerman’s injury, which first appeared during spring training, doesn’t limit his games or effectiveness. Or that LaRoche is OK after tweaking his left groin running the bases Sunday. Presuming, too, that Werth doesn’t have a spell like he did last summer when, from May 17 through Sept. 14, he was 1-for43 with runners in scoring position and two outs, when signs that had read “Werth It� during his torrid April and May start were replaced by “Werth-less� ones. Stairs praises Philly fans, telling a Washington reporter that he wasn’t booed once during his awful 2009 season, even over the two months he failed to get a hit. Werth, he said, also “had a great relationship with the fans. The long hair, the goatee, the Jesus look, whatever. They loved all that. But, really, they loved the way he played the game.� It’s why Werth is odds-on to get Option 3 on Tuesday night, at least for the intros and until he hurts his old team. “Look at Pat Burrell,� Stairs said, referring to Burrell’s first game in Philadelphia as a San Francisco Giant. “Standing ovation first at-bat. Hits a home run, second at-bat he gets booed.� “Fine with me,� Werth said, then laughed. “I think the bonds that I made there are everlasting,� he said. “When I’m 60, I expect to be back in Philly for alumni weekend and stuff like that.�
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