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Florida university probes cheating scandal involving hundreds By luis zaragoza The Orlando Sentinel MCT
Close to 600 students in a senior-level business course at University of Central Florida must retake a midterm exam after a professor was tipped off to cheating. Students who admit to cheating will be given the chance to complete the course if they attend an ethics seminar, Professor Richard Quinn told students. Those who don’t step forward will be found out anyway, Quinn promised during an emotional lecture. The incident, Quinn told students, has left him “physically ill, absolutely disgusted” and “completely disillusioned” after 20 years of teaching. All the students — even those who didn’t cheat — must take the rewritten midterm exam by midnight Wednesday. Students who are found not to have cheated will be able to keep the higher score of the two. Cheaters typically risk disciplinary action that could include expulsion, university officials say. But Quinn brokered a deal with the business dean that would allow students to clear their records if they owned up to cheating before the rewritten exam started being administered Monday morning. An investigation is under way to determine how students got their hands on the exam key in advance.
All faculty have been alerted about the apparent security breach, Quinn told students. Someone anonymously dropped off a copy of the exam key at Quinn’s office not long after the exam was given earlier this month. Some students also were starting to complain about classmates who were bragging about acing the exam because they had copies of the exam key. Quinn reviewed exam scores and discovered it is likely that one-third of the students in the strategic management course cheated. He decided not to cancel the course because it would be unfair to students who did not cheat. But he did toss the exam scores for everybody. Faculty members have rewritten the midterm — 200 questions — so the exam key for the original test is useless. The final exam still to be given has also been rewritten, Quinn told students. Quinn was not immediately available for comment. “The days of being able to find a new way to cheat the system are over,” Quinn told students. “This type of behavior cannot, will not be tolerated.” “It’s disappointing these actions took place,” UCF spokesman Grant Heston said of the apparent cheating, but the incident demonstrates policies in place to detect cheating are working. UCF has testing labs that are monitored to deter cheating.
FCC to investigate Google’s data collection, storage By john letzing MarketWatch MCT
The Federal Communications Commission is probing Google Inc.’s collection of personal data including e-mails and passwords through its Street View mapping service, the latest regulator to investigate the matter. Google’s collection of data, done through equipment mounted on cars that take photos and gather other information for the company’s mapping service, has drawn widespread attention both in the U.S. and abroad. Google has said the collection of personal data, which captured via transmissions over wireless networks, was inadvertent. Last month, the Federal Trade Commission concluded its own investigation of Google’s Street View data collection, declaring that the company had sufficiently revamped internal processes, including privacy training for employees. But questions over Google’s data-collection issue also have
triggered separate inquiries by U.S. state attorneys general, and some foreign regulators. Michele Ellison, chief of the FCC’s enforcement bureau, said in a statement, “As the agency charged with overseeing the public airwaves, we are committed to ensuring that the consumers affected by this breach of privacy receive a full and fair accounting.” News of the FCC’s probe was first reported by The Wall Street Journal. A Google representative did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Google first acknowledged its collection of personal data via Street View cars in May, but it described it as a mishap and said that the data had only been collected in fragments. Last month, the company disclosed that following an in-depth examination, the company realized that it had collected not only fragments of data, but also entire e-mails, Web addresses and even some passwords. Google said it would delete the data as soon as possible, and apologized “for the fact that we collected it in the first place.”
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• At 2:09 a.m. Thursday, Anthony Larancuent, Reading, was found passed out in his vehicle in the 600 block of Philadelphia Street. He was arrested for public drunkenness, according to borough police. • Borough police reported that at 2 a.m. Sunday, Justin Galther, Steelton, was cited for public drunkenness and disorderly conduct after borough police were called to Carriage House parking lot for a separate incident. Galther started to yell obscenities while leaving the scene. • According to borough police, Ashley A. Holmes, 20, Upper Darby, and Lache M. Marcus, 20, Philadelphia, were cited for underage drinking and released after they were identified as passengers in a traffic stop where the driver was arrested for DUI in the 400 block of Nixon Avenue at 1:49 a.m. Sunday. • Megan A. Florez, 19, Canonsburg, was cited for underage drinking and public drunkenness after she was found vomiting outside of the Delaney Hall entrance at 5:19 a.m. Saturday, according to borough police. • At 3:17 a.m. Saturday, Samuel G. Altman, Wexford, was observed throwing an open container of Bud Light onto the sidewalk in the 200 block of South Seventh Street. He was cited for underage drinking and the borough code for open container, according to borough police.
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• According to borough police, 11:58 a.m. Tuesday, Zachary Shirk, Mechanicsburg and John Vazquez, Indiana, were involved in an altercation at 793 Maple Street. During the altercation some items were damaged inside the house. Vazquez was charged with disorderly conduct, harassment and simple assault. Shirk was charged with disorderly conduct, harassment, and criminal mischief. • Roland S. Mitchell, 20, Monroeville, and Matthew J. Boarman, 19, Mechanicsburg were charged with disorderly conduct following an incident in Elkin Hall at 12:26 a.m. Monday, according to borough police. • At 1:45 a.m. Sunday, Marcus Ramdhaine, 24, Erie, was observed yelling at pedestrians and passing vehicles in the 800 block of School Street. He was cited for disorderly conduct and public drunkenness, according to borough police. • Borough police reported that at 12:46 a.m. Sunday, Nicholas Milito, Greensburg, was arrested for disorderly conduct and public drunkenness after he was observed fighting another male in the 600 block of Philadelphia Street.
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Haitian cholera outbreak sickens thousands By JACQUELINE CHARLES AND TRENTON DANIEL McClatcy Newspapers MCT
The number of Haitians infected with cholera and cholera-like symptoms continued to mount Saturday as panic spread that the deadly disease could reach the quake-battered capital where thousands of people are living in unsanitary camps. Meanwhile, government officials and international aid workers asked people to remain calm but stay vigilant and be sure to wash their hands with soap and stay out of rivers. As of Friday evening, the Haitian
government reported that 2,364 Haitians have been hospitalized for cholera throughout the affected Artibonite region in central Haiti, and 194 have died. The death toll was expected to rise, and other news outlets were reporting the toll has exceeded 200. PIH also reported that at least 10 cases have been found in Gonaives, a port city in the Artibonite that’s located 34 miles north of St. Marc. The Ministry of Health declared the worst-affected areas were the towns of Drouin, Marchand Dessalines and areas around St. Marc, a port city 55 miles north of the capital.
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Military Science Department presents Six O’Clock Series guest lecturer By JEFF BRUNERMER Staff Writer J.C.Brunermer@iup.edu
The IUP community joined Haider Ali Hussein Mullick at Monday’s Six O’Clock Series, titled “Counterinsurgency Operations in Afghanistan.” The series was sponsored by the IUP Department of Military Science. Mullick is an alumnus of IUP’s undergraduate and master’s programs. He is currently employed at the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding and the U.S. Joint Special Operations University. He was brought to IUP to discuss how the United States Jesse Smartt/The Penn and its international partners are fighting insurgents in Afghanistan Haider Ali Hussein Mullick discussed international relations at the Six O’Clock Series. and Pakistan. “You fight insurgents in a interesting paradox he found in fighting the Taliban. country,” he said, “but if they keep his research. According to him, the Mullick consults with governrunning into neighboring countries, Pakistanis hate the Taliban and ment organizations and advises on it can be very difficult to capture the United States, but the United security, diplomacy, governance, and them.” States is helping Pakistan by development in South Asia. Mullick discussed how his education from IUP has helped him to reach his current position. He also said how he regularly consults with different organizations in the government. He is noted for being a researcher of Pakistan’s counterinsurgency strategy and training for General David H. Petraeus. “It’s about winning over the people,” Mullick explained. “You help them help themselves. Killing the bad people will only allow new ones to emerge.” Helping Pakistan and Afghanistan was Mullick’s main conclusion. He said the most important part of making the world peaceful is to make harmony with one’s enemies, not one’s friends. “Today’s war is almost all psychological,” he said. “If you convince the people that things can change, it will start to turn around.” Mullick went on to talk about how Pakistan and Afghanistan are different worlds from the United States. The people in Pakistan and Afghanistan do not quite understand why the United For over 19 years; States is the way it is. He explained how, in those countries, the leaders are originally generals. The Senate can often be a confusing idea for people to grasp. “Information is often held back from citizens in Pakistan and Afghanistan,” Mullick said. rsdlawoffice@verison.net “They often perceive Americans as counterproductive.” He went on to talk about an
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Spacecraft provides up-close look at comet By Amina Khan Los Angeles Times MCT
Hours after the Deep Impact space probe flew within about 435 miles of comet Hartley 2 Thursday morning, images beamed back to Earth revealed a body shaped rather like a peanut or an overturned bowling pin, with two bulbous, roughened edges and a smooth band in between. The images coming in were “just amazing,� team scientist Jessica Sunshine of the University of Maryland said in a news conference. The collection of ice and debris
that make up a comet are thought to be leftovers from the solar system’s early development, when the planets were still coalescing, said astronomer Michael A’Hearn of the University of Maryland, the mission’s principal investigator. Thus, learning about their composition could help reveal what our early solar system looked like. The fly-by was only the fifth time a spacecraft has had such an up-close and personal look at a comet. Hartley 2 was not the spacecraft’s original target. The Deep Impact spacecraft, operated by engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Canada Flintridge in Southern
California, shot an 820-pound copper impactor into the comet Tempel 1 five years ago in an effort to determine its composition. After the mission was completed, NASA officials decided to send the intact spacecraft to another comet. Hartley 2 was chosen because its small size — it’s total volume is about 100 times smaller than that of Tempel 1 — and its propensity to shoot out relatively large amounts of gas and dust made it quite different from other closely observed comets. The spacecraft will continue to collect data about Hartley 2 until Thanksgiving. By that time, scientists plan to have taken 120,000 images.
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Criminology panel gives perspective on punishment By john boddington Staff Writer J.M.Boddington@iup.edu
Pratt Auditorium hosted many IUP students and faculty Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. The topic, restorative justice, made quite an impression on attendees. “After attending the meeting, I think it would be interesting to learn more about restorative justice,� Jasmine Abram said (senior, criminology). The presentation began with a short opening given by Dr. Dan Lee of the criminology department on criminal punishment. “Whether you share the same opinions on criminal punishment, one needs to be willing to look at punishment,� Lee said. After his brief talk, a video was shown detailing what restorative justice is all about. In the video, three stories were shared. The three stories were about reunions of criminals with their victims.
These meetings have not been too successful yet; 36 meetings have occurred so far. Victims are the only individuals able to make the choice to confront their attackers. Once the decision is made, an emotional experience awaits the victim as well as the offender. The video, “Beyond Conviction,� shared the story of one case of rape and two cases of murder. Both parties, once reunited, were able to examine the core problems and try and get to the bottom of why the crime happened. After the video, students had gained a new perspective on forgiveness and witnessed the tragic stories of those individuals who changed their lives forever with one big mistake. At the end of the presentation, there was a short question and answer period given by IUP doctoral candidates and masters students. Anyone who attended also had the opportunity to donate money and toys to children in need.
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FDA requires warnings on cigarette packaging By thomas h. maugh ii Los Angeles Times MCT
In the first major change to cigarette packaging in a quartercentury, the Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it will require graphic warning labels that cover half a package’s front and rear and the top 20 percent of all cigarette ads. The labels will feature either drawings or photos illustrating graphically the dangers associated with smoking and will be accompanied by text stating that smoking is addictive or that it kills. The pictures feature such things as a diseased lung, a corpse and a man smoking a cigarette through a tracheotomy tube. They are not quite as grim as some used in other countries, but regulators hope they will be sufficiently frightening to keep young people from beginning to smoke and to strengthen the will of those who are attempting to quit. “We want to make sure every person who picks up a pack of cigarettes knows exactly what the risk is they are taking,” Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said at a news conference. Current regulations require only a written warning on the edge of the cigarette pack and a similar small warning at the bottom of ads. “These are great. I am pleasantly shocked that HHS is doing this,” said Stanton A. Glantz, a tobacco control expert at the University of CaliforniaSan Francisco, echoing the response of most observers. “There is no question but that strong graphic warning labels work” and that, in particular, they influence kids, he said. “Right now we have the weakest warning labels in the world. Now we will be right up there tied for the strongest.” But John F. Banzhaf III, a professor of public interest law at George Washington University and executive director of Action on Smoking and Health, said he was “quite disappointed” in the changes. “Of all the things that they could do, HHS has done nothing more than exactly what Congress told them to do, and not one iota more,” he said. Banzhaf also noted that Canada has had strong package warnings since 2000, and that “other jurisdictions have stronger warnings, more graphic pictures.” The FDA is currently looking at 36 different potential labels, which can be viewed at www.fda.gov/cigarettewarnings. The agency will select nine of them by June 22, 2011, and cigarette manufacturers must begin putting them on packages and advertising by Sept. 22, 2012. By Oct. 22, 2012, manufacturers will no longer be able to distribute cigarettes that do not bear the new warnings.
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Federal agencies have been concerned that smoking rates, which declined from about 42 percent in 1965 to just under 21 percent in 2004, have remained flat since then. “That’s bad news,” Sebelius said. “Every day, 4,000 young people try cigarettes for the first time, and 1,000 continue to smoke.” Tobacco use causes at least 18 different cancers, not just lung cancer, according to the American Association for Cancer Research. Smoking also plays a major role in the onset of cardiovascular disease. An estimated 450,000 Americans die prematurely as a result of smoking-related disease every year and 8 million suffer chronic diseases at a cost to the economy of nearly $200 billion annually. Most of those deaths and diseases are preventable. The goal of the new actions by the Department of Health and Human Services is to bring the smoking rate down to 12 percent by 2020. A key step was the passage of “historic legislation” in June 2009 that, for the first time, gave the FDA power to regulate tobacco products. Since then, the agency has taken a number of steps, including banning the practice of giving out free samples, halting advertising in youth-oriented magazines, and banning misleading terms like “light,” “low-tar” and “mild” from advertising. Medicare has also changed its rules so that smoking cessation products are available to any beneficiaries who want them, not just those who have lung disease, as was the previous practice. “There is still a long way to go to reduce the enormous burden of death and disability, but we can make progress,” said Dr. Margaret A. Hamburg, FDA commissioner. Other potential actions in the future include further raising taxes on cigarettes and raising the cost of health insurance for smokers. Dr. Howard K. Koh, HHS assistant secretary for health, noted at the news conference that every 10 percent increase in the price of cigarettes has been shown to decrease smoking by 4 percent. Banzhaf also noted that it has been legal for several years to charge smokers more for their health insurance to help offset the extra $12,000 per year in costs they incur, and that the federal health care overhaul specifically calls for the increases to be more widely used beginning in 2014. So far, however, that surcharge has not been applied to any significant extent. Tobacco companies have had little response to the announcement. But R.J. Reynolds has filed suit to block the original law that called for the large warning labels, arguing that the warnings will obscure the companies’ brands, making it hard for consumers to distinguish among them.
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Washington state health agency to ban caffeinated alcohol drinks By Andrew Garber The Seattle Times MCT
Brock Fleeger/The Penn Shannon Kitelinger graduated from the College of Fine Arts in 2000. He is the Director of Bands and a university professor at San Diego State University.
Young alumni awarded
By Shane Craker Staff Writer S.B.Craker@iup.edu
On Monday Nov. 8, five IUP alumni were awarded the Young Alumni Achievers Award. The awards were given by the Office of Alumni Relations. The IUP Ambassadors hosted the event. There were six alumni selected for this award: Mark Selinger, ‘07; Epryl King, ‘01; Howie Fitzgerald, ‘97; Shannon Kitelinger, ‘00; Abid Ali Fakhri, ‘03; and Douglas Bolster, ‘95. Selinger, a graduate of the Eberly College of Business and Information Technology, is now a Business Systems Analyst for Pitt Ohio Express. He spoke of his time at IUP, saying his connection to his professors was essential in his stay. He also spoke of the environment at IUP, claiming that it promoted working together. King, a graduate of the College of Education and Educational Technology, now teaches at Evergreen Elementary in Monroeville. She said that the friendly professors were essential to her growth at IUP. Fitzgerald, a graduate of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, is now the Director of Development in the College of Liberal Arts at California State University. He included in his speech that writing and public speaking are integral in reaching a career after college. Kitelinger, a graduate of the College of Fine Arts, is now the Director
of Bands at San Diego State. He emphasized that IUP is small enough to be personal, but still has a talented enough faculty to be recognized on the academic world stage. Fakhri, a graduate of the College of Natural Science and Mathematics, now works in the Allegheny General Hospital in Monroeville. He reminded students that there are no boundaries, and the key to achievement is to “pave your own path.” Bolster, a graduate of the College of Health and Human Services, is now the Senior Research Scientist at Nestle Health Care. He stressed to students to take advantage of opportunities at IUP. He also stated that IUP taught him self-confidence and promoted professor-student connections. To receive the award, the alumnus must have graduated within the last 15 years. They must have demonstrated outstanding achievement in their field and then are nominated. Each individual college and dean then review each nominee before making their decision. The alumni that returned were pleasantly surprised at the changes to campus. The new suites were all the buzz among them. Kitelinger was especially impressed with what he called the “total facelift of Cogswell [Hall.]” All of the alumni agreed that the changes at IUP: the residential revival, the increasing student enrollment, and addition of opportunities, were all for the better.
The Washington State Liquor Control Board Wednesday approved an emergency ban of caffeinated alcohol drinks, the type of beverage that sickened nine Central Washington University students last month during an off-campus party. Board members said they took the action because of public health and safety concerns. The ban will take effect Nov. 18 and remain in place for 120 days while the board goes through rule-making procedures for a permanent ban. The state Legislature also is expected to consider passing a law early next year banning the drinks. “We have been concerned for some time about the dangers posed by alcohol energy drinks. At my request, the board this morning voted to ban this new breed of alcohol drinks in the state of Washington,” Gov. Chris Gregoire said at a news conference after the vote. “The Liquor Control Board has a duty to protect the safety of the people of Washington state. It has fulfilled that duty by banning these drinks.” Gregoire said she had been concerned that caffeinated alcohol drinks were targeting young people. “Reports of inexperienced or underage drinkers consuming them in reckless amounts have given us
cause for concern,” she said. “With hospitalizations and near-lethal blood alcohol levels, many of these young folks were unaware just how drunk they had become. ... Quite simply these drinks are real trouble for our youth.” The six women and three men who became sick at the Oct. 8 house party in Roslyn, Kittitas County, had consumed Four Loko, a product some people have dubbed “blackout in a can.” It is among some two dozen such products on the market that combine a stimulant with alcohol. All of the students who became ill were under 21 and had high bloodalcohol readings. One woman nearly died, officials said, noting that consuming a single, 23.5-ounce can of Four Loko, which is 12 percent alcohol, is considered comparable to drinking five or six beers. Since the incident, various groceries across the state have pulled caffeinated alcohol products from their shelves. Jim Halstrom, a lobbyist for Phusion Projects, the maker of Four Loko, objected to the action during the board meeting. “No one is more upset than we are when our products are abused or consumed illegally by underage drinkers. But we also believe curbing alcohol abuse or underage drinking will not be accomplished by singling out a lone product or beverage category,” he said. “We think the true
answer lies with increased education and awareness by all and with respect for the law.” After the meeting, Halstrom said, “We’re concerned about the haste with which this was addressed. We understand that much of the impetus for this came out of the Roslyn event. What we have seen from the police reports ... our product was not identified as at fault. “I’m not saying our product was not consumed. I’m saying we’re not at all sure that our product was the one that created the significant problems,” he said, referring to the students becoming ill. This month, the Michigan Liquor Control Commission banned Four Loko and dozens of similar drinks. Last year, 25 state attorneys general, including Washington state Attorney General McKenna, asked the Food and Drug Administration to examine the beverages. Washington state liquor stores do not carry the products, but many convenience stores do, according to the state Liquor Control Board. Critics say the hefty dose of caffeine in the drinks masks the effects of the alcohol. Makers of the products counter that combining alcohol and caffeine is not new. Fans of the beverages compare them to cocktails such as Irish coffee, rum-and-cola and vodka-and-Red Bull, all of which combine alcohol and a stimulant.
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Sometimes warnings aren’t enough By Marc Gruber Staff Writer M.W.Gruber@iup.edu
Alcohol on college campuses is a well-documented saga. However, a new trend is taking over, and its consequences couldn’t be more destructive. Not two weeks ago, I was riding on the campus express bus to Robertshaw parking lot, and I heard a student discussing with a friend his experience with Four Loko. The student said that after a night of drinking Four Loko with his friends, someone – he couldn’t remember who – took him home. He said he had a full tank of gas in his vehicle that night. He woke up the next morning, went to his truck and only had roughly a quarter-tank left. The student had no idea where he had driven the night before. It was the worst thing I had ever heard. What if a family had been in his path that evening, as he drove intoxicated? The results could have been grisly. However, this student didn’t seem to mind as he laughed and told the story. Needless to say, I was sick to my stomach upon hearing it. Phusion Projects LLC, of Chicago, Illinois also does business under the name Drink Four Brewing Company, according to phusionprojects.com.
The Four brand produces Four Loko and another drink, MaXed. Four was created by three alumni of Ohio State University: Chris Hunter, Jeff Wright and Jaisen Freeman. The controversy involving the drink has gained attention due to its growing popularity among college students. Its mixture of caffeine and 9-12 percent alcohol has a dangerous ability to mask feelings of being intoxicated. The problem here is excess consumption, as the user is unaware of how drunk he or she really is due to the caffeine stimulant. Once the alertness from the caffeine goes away, all bets are off. At 9.9 percent alcohol, Four Loko measures 3.9 standard alcoholic drinks, according to Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s website for Health and Well-Being, www.iup. edu/chwb. This same website shows that at 11 percent alcohol, the drink measures 4.3 standard drinks per can, and at 12 percent alcohol, 4.7 standard drinks per can. The drink has been aptly nicknamed “blackout in a can,” due to its combination of caffeine and alcohol, and has been banned in Michigan, according to an article on the Los Angeles Times website. Just this week, Washington decided to place an emergency ban on high-alcohol energy drinks due to the hospitalization of nine students within the past month there,
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according to reuters.com. The emergency ban will last 120 days from November 17 and all such drinks will be removed from shelves while a permanent ban is sought. It appears as if these two states have the right idea, and it’s time the other 48 wisen up and do the same. Studies at the University of Florida showed that students who mixed caffeine with alcohol thought they were capable of actually operating a motor vehicle, according to an article in the Chicago Sun Times. Some may think that being able to get wasted for a small price, (Four Loko ranges from $1.99-$2.50 per 23.5 ounce can) is cool. How cool is it when you kill someone or yourself thinking you can drive? Then, the price paid is not so cheap. Many colleges around the nation have either banned or warned students about Four Loko. If anyone wants to really see a change however, warnings are not enough. You can warn someone so many times, but when a tragic event happens as a result of something that can be prevented, then all the warnings in the world mean nothing. How would you feel if someone close to you was injured or killed as a result of a caffeinated alcoholic drink and some idiot who thinks he or she can drive under the influence? Warnings are not enough.
Imagine how frustrating it would be if you could not access your favorite website as quickly as others because it would not pay your Internet service provider extra for preferred or assured access. You’d be ticked. The Internet is supposed to be network neutral, a democracy where all sites are created equal in terms of accessing them. But as Washington Post columnist Rob Pegoraro has reported, telecommunications companies and some networking experts are arguing for the right to charge other sites more for faster delivery of their data or put the brakes on some online uses that they feel clog their networks. The Obama administration wants to prevent that from happening, and the head of the Federal Communications Commission has expressed interest in adopting net-neutrality rules. This is what spurred the telecommunication industry’s TV ads that feature former FCC chairman Michael Powell and former U.S. Rep. Harold E. Ford Jr. issuing dire warnings about government regulation
of the Internet. Actually, the opposite is true. Netneutrality doesn’t impose restrictions on users; it’s there to make sure the ISPs don’t exploit them. A glimpse of what might happen if the telecommunication companies get their way is taking place in the New York City area, albeit with a reversal of roles. (However, the principle is basically the same: users being denied access to a service because of a dispute between the carrier and the content provider.) In this case, cable subscribers in the New York City area haven’t been able to watch Fox programming because the network and Cablevision Systems Corp. can’t agree on how much the cable company will pay to carry Fox. The same could easily happen if ISPs are allowed to pick and choose which websites would receive special treatment. And the ISP’s customers would be in the same position as Cablevision’s subscribers because of, as Pegoraro wrote, “the lack of competition in many local broadband markets.” The FCC has the authority to impose net-neutrality rules and should use that power to protect equal access to the Internet.
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Olbermann gives, but then pays By Tony Norman Pittsburgh Post-Gazette MCT
Perhaps MSNBC anchor Keith Olbermann retired his infamous “Worst Persons in the World” segment a few days too early. It could have easily applied to the folks who sign his checks. After a two-day suspension for making unauthorized campaign donations to three Democratic candidates, the “Countdown with Keith Olbermann” anchor returned to the air Tuesday. Although somewhat ruffled from what was originally described as an indefinite suspension, Mr. Olbermann will emerge from this mini-debacle with his reputation enhanced and his ratings higher than ever. It wouldn’t surprise me if he even manages to wrangle an apology from his short-sighted bosses. The liberal blogosphere percolated with talk of boycotts over Mr. Olbermann’s punishment, evidently convincing MSNBC President Phil Griffin that cutting his most prominent anchor off at the knees was beyond stupid. The contemptuous mockery by conservative pundits, who uncharacteristically rushed to Mr. Olbermann’s defense, must have impressed the
bean-counters at NBC Universal, too. For reasons known only to him, Mr. Olbermann clearly violated MSNBC’s rule prohibiting its reporters, news analysts and anchors from making campaign contributions without prior approval from management. Had he simply asked, the permission most likely would have been given. It wouldn’t have confused the public. It isn’t as if there’s the slightest mystery about Mr. Olbermann’s political leanings. He’s not under the umbrella of NBC’s so-called “objective” journalism like Brian Williams or Andrea Mitchell. While I have suspicions about the political tilt of most journalists at NBC and MSNBC, Mr. Olbermann wears his liberalism on his sleeve. He’s a proud partisan. He’s not faking objectivity or bland disinterestedness. He’s an opinion journalist who broke a rule that shouldn’t apply to opinion journalists, anyway. Still, letting someone such as Mr. Olbermann put his money where his mouth is would be a dangerous thing; it would risk acknowledging reality at the expense of MSNBC’s incoherent policy. Instead of treating the policy like the media anachronism it is, MSNBC chose to punish Mr. Olbermann for
donating a total of $7,200 to three candidates in tough races. Imagine that! A soulless, moneygrubbing media conglomerate soon to be owned by Comcast had the gall to punish a high-profile, civicminded employee for following his conscience. Oh, they even pay him $7 million a year for his “bias.” Even Fox News doesn’t operate with such hypocrisy and disregard for reality. Because MSNBC executives found out about the donations from Politico instead of Mr. Olbermann’s own lips, they were mortified. They felt compelled to put the man long whispered to be their most “difficult” on-air talent in his place. The speed with which Mr. Griffin reinstated Mr. Olbermann leaves no doubt that the original punishment had more to do with saving corporate face than any perception of MSNBC as “biased.” Perhaps Mr. Griffin thought that publicly spanking Mr. Olbermann would prove to critics like Mr. Stewart that the management at MSNBC was capable of reining in its biggest star. So much for that theory. At the first sign of mass revolt, MSNBC caved. It realized it would rather have the profits from Mr. Olbermann’s show than stand by its own opportunistic principles.
Campus might seem like a playground come the weekend, but college is really a trial run of real life and your future career. If you work at a campus job, especially those related to your major and future career plans, you need to treat your employment as practical experience and not as something that gives you a paycheck, but cuts into your napping time. It is in these jobs where you will get hands-on training and important skills in problem solving and professional preparation. For these reasons, it is important to take your employment seriously. The most important thing you can take away from the occasionally frustrating situations one faces in a campus workplace is professionalism. Decorum is of utmost importance in the working world that we will face upon graduation. If you want to compete in a tough economy where jobs may be hard to come by, you’d better start taking notes on proper behavior and procedure for your industry. Being courteous, showing up on time, completing assigned tasks correctly and promptly, and observing professional dress all seem like elementary ideas when it comes to the working world, but sometimes, it can be difficult to uphold these standards while juggling classes, studying, extracurricular activities and a social life on top of your job. If you get into the habit of doing these things now, in all situations, it will be that much easier to uphold these standards once you leave campus. But these things don’t have to be regulated just to employment. It is always good practice to extend these same courtesies to your professors and fellow students. Use respectful language in all situations, send a professor an apologetic e-mail if you have to miss a class – there are many things you can do outside of employment to practice professional courtesy. Such behavior will be highly appreciated by all you interact with. It certainly improves the atmosphere on campus, while preparing you for the working world. Regardless of your current course of study or future career aspirations, professional behavior is always appreciated.
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Service organization pledge class remembers Holocaust victims with project By kayla king-scott Staff Writer K.S.King-Scott@iup.edu
Giving back to the communities that surround them, as well as developing friendship among students of all races and beliefs is what Gamma Sigma Sigma National Service Sorority is all about. “A group of really wonderful girls who aim to give back to the community and became friends with each other at the same time,” Kelly Wroblewski (junior, biology/pre-med) said, as she and her fall 2010 pledge class, titled “Diamonds In The Rough” carried out the vows to serve the IUP, Indiana and national communities. No project is too big or small for these girls, which can be seen in their involvement with the YMCA, Alice Paul House, diabetes and breast cancer. This semester, one girl had the idea to make butterflies, which will be sent to the National Holocaust Museum, in Washington, D.C. As they create each butterfly, the plan is to represent each child killed in the Holocaust. According to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s official website, www.ushmm.org, the museum is “a living memorial to the Holocaust, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum inspires citizens and leaders worldwide to con-
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“[The Butterfly Project is] a fantastic project and a great way to connect to the community. By the project being in a national museum, everyone would be able to see and contribute to this project.” —Kelly Wroblewski (junior, biology/pre-med) front hatred, promote human dignity, and prevent genocide.” According to Houston’s Holocaust Museum’s official website, hmh.org, “[The Butterfly Project] the butterflies will comprise a breath-taking exhibition, currently scheduled for Spring 2013, for all to remember.” The deadline for accepting butterflies for display in the Museum is June 30, 2012. The group of 14 girls plan to get their creativity flowing for the good cause Friday. Their goal is to make 200 butterflies for the museum. “[The Butterfly Project is] a fantastic project and a great way to connect to the community. By the project being in a national museum, everyone would be able to see and contribute to this project,” Wroblewski said.
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IUP journalism professor returns after six months of serving her country By vaughn johnson Editor in Chief V.M.Johnson@iup.edu
IUP journalism professor Michele Papakie had a dream. She grew up in a military family, where her grandfather, Henry Hays, served in World War II and her father, Raymond F. Dougherty, served in the Vietnam War. She had the dream of following their footsteps in serving in the military and one day becoming a member of the Veterans of Foreign War club (VFW). To achieve that dream, she became a member of the 171st Air Refueling Wing of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard. During Desert Storm, she was activated, giving her the chance she had always dreamed of — to do a tour of duty and become a member of the VFW. But she was never deployed, not making her eligible for the club. Papakie moved on to other passions. She spent time working in public relations before becoming a journalism professor at IUP. Although the Air National Guard was a part of her life, teaching had become her new passion as she became comfortable with her situation in life. Then she got an e-mail. It was an e-mail from the U.S. Army telling her to prepare to be deployed to Bagram, Afghanistan for six months. Now Lt. Col. Papakie, she had the chance she had dreamed since she was a child, to do a tour of duty and become a member of the VFW, but at this point in her life,
Papakie felt indifferent. “I had mixed emotions,” Papakie said during an interview Nov. 3. “It’s something I always wanted to do, because I have 23 years in the military, and I felt I had been training and training and sitting on the bench. So, it felt good to be a part of the big game finally.” “It was really difficult because I didn’t want to leave my students and I didn’t want to leave my family, but it is an awesome feeling to be included and to use all of my training in a real combat situation,” she added. For her tour, Papakie was given the responsibility of being the Equal Opportunity/Sexual Assault Response Coordinator Program Manager for Regional Command East in Afghanistan. Before she left the United States, however, Papakie bought 180 vitamins, one for each day that she stayed in Afghanistan. On April 5, she started her jar of vitamins. When that jar was still full, Papakie had to get used to some things, such as getting attacked by the enemy. Her base was attacked several times while she was deployed, the worst coming in May when three of the bases’ entry points were breached. Papakie was there only a little more than month when the worst attack occurred on the base. Something that comforted Papakie during the beginning of her tour was when she gave an emotional commencement speech for the journalism department graduation via a pre-recorded video. “That was a real honor,” she said.
“Having been here four years, it was the first time I had really known students for their entire career here at IUP or close to it. That class was really special to me and to not be here was hard on me.” “It was hard to even say the words,” she said about the speech. “I was choking through half of it because it was emotional.” Papakie shipped traditional military coins back to the U.S. to be given to each graduate. As time went on, she was halfway through the vitamin jar, which meant she was halfway through her tour, but times became tougher for Papakie. With the constant attacks and the constant turnover, Papakie began to not have a good outlook on her return to the states. Despite those hardships, Papakie still found a way to continue her passion for teaching. She applied to the University of Maryland and was hired to teach two classes: a public speaking class and a résumé writing class. Papakie didn’t get to teach in the traditional classrooms of IUP, however. She taught in a hangar where a plywood classroom was built inside. The students didn’t sit at desks. They sat on risers or bleachers and love seats. Being that it was in a hangar, the classes were on a flight ramp where F 16 fighter jets took off in pairs.
This played a key role in her public speaking class as she videotaped every speech her students wrote. During the speeches, aircraft flew over, forcing the speaker to take a momentary pause, to let the aircraft fly away and then restart. The students could not stutter or stammer and had to act as if an F 16 fighter jet didn’t just fly over their heads. “I think the students found the same comforts in it that I did because it gave them a diversion,” she added. “They would always do their work. They would always have their homework done. They would always have their reading done. They would always participate, because for those couple of hours, we could escape. We could be somewhere else.” When the jar of vitamins was emptying, it meant Papakie’s days in Afghanistan were numbered, and her return was imminent. On Oct. 13, her father’s birthday, the jar of vitamins was empty, which meant her tour was up, and it was time to make the long-awaited return to the U.S. When she finally made her return to the United States, her father met her at the airport with a present in hand — an application to the VFW. Within 10 days, she finally got her wish and received a lifetime membership.
Contributed photo Michele Papakie returned to the U.S. from Afghanistan Oct. 13.
Her dream had finally come true. “I know it sounds corny, but that’s important to me,” she said. “To be a part of an elite group like that, somewhere you can go and share stories and people understand. A lot of people just think of a smoky bar when you say VFW, but that’s the support that we need.” Since returning home, Papakie has slowly but surely gotten reintegrated back into being a civilian. She is eager to teach again and will do so in spring 2011 in the IUP journalism department.
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IUP Boxing hosts “Fights in the Fieldhouse” By Vaughn Johnson Editor in Chief V.M.Johnson@iup.edu
The IUP Boxing Club presents “Fights in the Fieldhouse” Saturday in Memorial Field House. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. with an opening bell time of 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 for general admission, $15 on the floor and $20 for a ringside seat. With an I-card, a student gets a $3 discount. The club is going up against boxers from schools such as Lock Haven, West Virginia and Penn State and even from gyms from around the area. “It means a lot to these kids,” IUP Boxing Coach Rick Finella said during a practice Wednesday night. “It’s their peers. We’re representing the University against these larger, Division I schools.” Headlining the event is IUP student and two-time Pennsylvania state runner-up Adam Littlejohn. He will square off against Franco Cardenas of 3rd Ave. Gym in Pittsburgh. With usual headliner Lauren Fisher in Florida training to qualify for the US Olympic team, it is now Littlejohn’s turn to step into the spotlight. “I’m just ready to go,” Littlejohn said. This is the first event the club has held since the first annual Johnny Kostas Memorial Invitational last December. Other major bouts on the card include: Pennsylvania state champion Vinnie Macelarro squaring off
against LHU’s Will Gross; Isaiah Wise going up against PSU’s Jay Petraitis; Derek Taylor going up against PSU’s Brad Stauber; and Steve Kimbrough facing Pittsburgh Boxing’s Mike Shook in a rematch. To pick up a win in this fight, Kimbrough intends to change his approach from a passive, counter one, to more aggressive as his lack of it cost him the last fight. Because this event is being held in Memorial Field House as opposed to Indiana Area Senior High School, where the Johnny Kostas Memorial Invitational was, IUP Boxing Coach Rick Finella expects a better student turnout than last time because of the proximity to campus. “There’s no excuses,” Finella said. “Before you had to drive over. There was a little bit of snow. People didn’t know.” Finella is not giving any excuses to his team either as he believes IUP cannot only contend for a national title, but win it. “We’ve got the system, we’ve got the facility and the talent is on campus. It’s just a matter of people becoming aware.” The confidence in the club is not exclusive to Finella. “I feel good, and I think i’m going to win,” Wise said about his bout Saturday. “I’m ready to win.” “I just got to keep a level head and know he still has chance, but I know once I step into the ring it’s over, because I’m going to take over,” he added. As for the Johnny Kostas Memorial Invitational, it is scheduled for Dec. 4.
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IUP to host West Chester in final game By Vaughn Johnson Editor in Chief V.M.Johnson@iup.edu
The IUP football team (5-5, 3-4), has one more chance to avoid a second-consecutive losing season 1 p.m. Saturday at George P. Miller Stadium. That last bastion of hope will come against the West Chester Golden Rams (4-6, 4-3) in a PSAC crossover game. A loss against the Golden Rams would mean the first time the Crimson Hawks have had consecutive losing seasons since 1981-82. Surprisingly, the importance of avoiding a second-straight losing season has not been the biggest topic of conversation this week, according to Tepper. Tepper said during his weekly press conference Tuesday morning that winning this game to avoid the losing season is important, but it is not the main focus of the team. “We haven’t used those words,” Tepper said about the importance of beating West Chester. “We’re treating it just as important for our team.” “We want to win November,” he added. “Lock Haven was the first step, and we got to finish it off, and we really respect this team. We know that they’re talented. We know they’ve had some tough losses. But they’re scary.” Actually, West Chester scares Tepper more than the possibility of another losing season on his résumé, as he described West Chester as scaring the “bejabbers” out of him. The player that scares the bejabbers out him the most is West Chester receiver Dan DePalma. DePalma leads the Golden Rams with 46 receptions, 909 yards and nine touchdowns and is second in the PSAC in receiving yards per game. He spearheads the PSAC’s third-best passing attack. What scares Tepper the most is his blocking ability. He called DePalma “the most complete receiver” he has seen this season. DePalma’s numbers are even scarier given the porous performance of the secondary last week against one
Brock Fleeger/The Penn Tobias Robinson (22) has one interception for 75 yards and 30 tackles so far this season.
of the worst offenses in the PSAC, Lock Haven. LHU passed for 280 yards against IUP – the most the Bald Eagles have passed for this season. “We’re just not playing coverage real well,” Tepper said. “There were three very big plays against us,” Tepper said. “We do that against West Chester, we’re in trouble. If we had done that against Cal, we’re in trouble.” The game plan for Saturday will not make things any easier for the secondary against West Chester. “This will be the most challenging mental game plan we’ve given our kids,” Tepper said about the defense. “This will be the most complex game plan we have, which concerns you a little bit.” West Chester’s defense has not played much better, as it ranked 13th in the conference in total defense. WCU runs a 3-3 scheme on defense, which plays right into the hands of IUP’s running game as it is the same scheme LHU used. IUP ran for 278 yards against Lock Haven by using a number double tight-end sets to counter the 3-3. One bright spot out of the IUP secondary has been Terrell Washington, who burst onto the scene after solid
play on special teams during the Cal U game. Washington intercepted two passes, took them both back for touchdowns and earned PSAC Defensive Player of the Week honors. The main reason Washington has seen as much playing time as he has is because the secondary has been ravaged with injuries, especially to safeties Andre Henderson and Rory Marshall, who haven’t played a down this season. The injuries have gotten so bad that Tobias Robinson and Mike Scott, two offensive players, were forced to make the switch to defense earlier in the season. Scott suffered an injury of his own, but since the injury situation at receiver has taken a turn for the worse, he is moving back to receiver, which happens to be his original position. Receivers Javon Rowan and Mychal Skinner have battled injuries all season, but along with Scott, will play against WCU if healthy. “[We will] try to get three injured guys over there If we can,” Tepper said. Skinner’s injury situation became more difficult after he suffered a rib injury against LHU and took a trip to the hospital, where the X-rays were negative.
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California-native Bo Napoleon leads IUP football as starting quarterback By Marc Gruber Staff Writer M.W.Gruber@iup.edu
Some may see the quarterback for the IUP football team as simply a student-athlete, but he’s not just your average Bo. Boneigh “Bo,” Blair Mokila Kanohopono Napoleon was born April 5, 1987, the son of Kevin and Tia Napoleon in Carson City, Calif., about 15 minutes south of downtown Los Angeles. “My dad gave me a ball when I was little,” Napoleon said. “He’s definitely been the biggest influence on my athletic career so far.” If you couldn’t already tell by his name, Napoleon is Hawaiian/Tahitian, which is not the same as Samoan, Napoleon pointed out. “Troy Polamalu, he’s Samoan,” he said. “But Shane Victorino of the Phillies, he’s Hawaiian.” As a quarterback at El Camino Junior College in California, Napoleon shared playing time last fall with Matt Simms, the son of former New York Giants quarterback and Super Bowl XXI MVP Phil Simms. While at El Camino he completed 57.1 percent of his passes for 793 yards and nine touchdowns in eight games. Napoleon was recruited by IUP assistant coach D.K. McDonald and transferred to IUP in the fall of 2010. Aside from recruiting, what makes a guy from sun-soaked California
decide to attend a school in western Pennsylvania, where if you don’t like the weather, just wait five minutes? “I liked the guys here,” Napoleon said. “When I made my trip here, I liked the school, the tradition. I liked the offense they were running with assistant coach [Jim] Smith being the offensive coordinator, and so that’s how I made my choice.” According to IUP Head Coach Lou Tepper, IUP’s field general has a real team attitude, saying Napoleon doesn’t care if he throws the ball 10 times or 40 times, as long as the Hawks can pull out a victory. From backing up the son of a proven leader to taking the reins of the most leadership-demanding position on the gridiron, the junior communications media major has a lot of skills that help his team. “Bo controls the game clock wisely, and in the huddle he is a great leader,” freshman wide receiver Patrick Brewer said. Napoleon found himself thrust into the role of starting quarterback for the Crimson Hawks after sophomore Pat Smith suffered a broken thumb in the second game of the season against East Stroudsburg. “I was really surprised when Pat went down,” Napoleon said. “I never thought Pat would get hurt. I love Pat. He’s a great competitor and friend and I miss competing with him every day in practice.” Napoleon filled that role as best he could from the start, struggling
through a performance at Bloomsburg in which the Hawks turned the ball over seven times, which according to Tepper, would have destroyed a lot of quarterbacks. “I feel like I have underachieved a lot,” Napoleon said. “I put a lot of onus of the team’s success on myself because I am the leader of the team.” A quarterback who is struggling to find his way as a leader and a winner must have a lot on his shoulders, right? Well, when Napoleon looks for an outlet, he looks no further than the six strings on his guitar. “Music is my first love,” Napoleon. “I love my guitar, it’s my escape.” Napoleon found his love for music at the age of 8 with a ukulele, and eventually progressed to guitar by the age of 12. He was heavily influenced by the island/reggae music that is native to Hawaii. “I grew up in L.A. though, so I love all music,” Napoleon said. Some of his favorite artists are guitarists such as John Mayer and Dave Matthews, all the way to hip-hop artists like Drake and Lil’ Wayne. Napoleon composes his own music and even said that he is in the works of getting it signed by a record label. He said it’s something he’ll definitely be pursuing in the near future. From composing his own music to orchestrating an offense each Saturday on the football field, this California kid is definitely not your average Bo.
Kyle Predmore/The Penn Bo Napoleon (10) has thrown for 851 yards passing and eight touchdowns this season.
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Houses for rent 11-12. 3,4,5 bedroom. 724-840-2083. Two story 4 bedroom house. 3 or 4 students for Fall 2011/ Spring 2012. Great location 4 blocks from campus. Free parking. Some free utilities. Call Bob 724-349-3118. Furnished houses and apartments, 2 to 5 students one fourth block from campus. Washer/ Dryer, Parking. 724-388-0352. 1191 Washington St. &1850 per semester. 5 bedroom, 2 bath, w/d. 1,000 feet from campus. Free parking. Call 814-446-5355.
Help Wanted Earn $1000-$3200 a month to drive our cars with ads. www.AdCarDriver.com. One of the largest wholesaler/brokers of fine wine and spirits in Pennsylvania is looking to expand its On-Premise Promotional Team. We are looking for females 21 and over to promote various brands in restaurants, bars and nightclubs. Promotions run approximately 2 hours long and are typically held Thurs-Sun. This is a great job for college students looking to earn extra cash! Pay is $20/hour plus travel time as needed. You will be paid every Friday. Please e-mail Sarah, sb1023@hotmail. com, with resume and headshot if interested.
Roommates Female roommate needed. Spring 2011. Behind Taco Bell. $1,900 some utilities included. 724-840-3370. Roommate for Spring 2011. Price negotiable. South 7th Street, Close to Sheetz. 814-203-3155. 1 or 2 roommates needed for THIS SPRING. Utilities included. 724-8402083. Male roommate needed spring 2011. Close to campus. Cheap. Call 484-6242952. Male seeking one roommate. 888 Wayne Ave. Apt. #1. 2 Bedroom. One bath. 2 closets per room. Need roommate for Spring 2011 semester. No preferences. Call (814) 762-5917.
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Oregon, Auburn, TCU all fighting for top spot 1. Oregon vs. California only going to be offered a colOregon is taking their high- lege scholarship. His father on powered offense on the road the other hand chose Auburn to California, who is trying to because the money was too improve on a 5-4 record. much to give up. Oregon is currently ranked Newton now has to take his fifth in the nation in rushing team and go against a Georgia with 305.4 yards per game and team that is looking for a definis first in the nation ing win this season. in points scored at Newton, who is 54.7 per game. A lot already a Heisman of that has to with candidate, could sophomore runshow a lot of people ning back LaMichael up if he can go out James. and play well under James has 1,331 these accusations. yards rushing and 17 BCS Implications: touchdowns so If this game far this season. By Anthony Scherer was in Georgia, Sports Columnist Those numbers I would conA.J.Scherer@iup.edu have put him sider the upset near the top of pick, but it is at most Heisman lists. If he can home and the crowd will be continue to lead Oregon to an behind Newton as he takes out undefeated season, he could another conference opponent. find himself lifting the hardPrediction: Auburn 35, ware. Georgia 21 Not only does California have to worry about James, but also San Diego State vs. 3.TCU quarterback Darron Thomas, After last week’s victory who has 22 touchdowns so far against Utah, TCU is home to this season. Thomas is also a host the Aztecs. sophomore, which means these TCU’s path to the national two will be playing together championship is easy the rest again next season as well. of the way, but it needs either a BCS Implications: With loss by Auburn or Oregon to see California struggling to put it happen. It could happen given points up this season, it should the schedule that those teams be another blowout for the have left. Oregon Ducks. However, the likelihood is Prediction: Oregon 54, that it will have to settle for California 21 another BCS bowl berth. That should all change next season Georgia vs. 2. Auburn when Boise State will join the Another week, which means Mountain West Conference. another scandal for Auburn With the addition of Boise quarterback Cam Newton. State and two other teams, the Last week, Newton was MWC could become big enough accused of taking money to where they could be added as a play in college, and now those BCS conference. accusations have come with Until that day comes, TCU new details that not only were will just have to beat up on other people involved with this, these bad teams in the MWC. but that his father and Newton BCS Implications: TCU is too himself talked about a pay-for- good to lose to San Diego State play system. at home. It will win and just According to reports on hope that something happens ESPN.com, Newton wanted to to Oregon or Auburn. play for Mississippi State, but Prediction: TCU 45, San according to documents was Diego State 21
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