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Movie on Facebook’s founder could torpedo public opinion

By Jessica Guynn and Claudia Eller Los Angeles Times MCT

The company Mark Zuckerberg founded in his Harvard dorm room six years ago was built on the idea that people would want to share personal information - even very personal information - on the Web. Yet the 26-year-old self-made billionaire has managed to keep a low public profile even as Facebook Inc. shot to stardom in Silicon Valley, catapulting Zuckerberg past Apple’s Steve Jobs to become the world’s 35th-richest American on the latest Forbes list.

That is about to change. “The Social Network,” from director David Fincher and writer Aaron Sorkin, about the messy and contentious founding of Facebook, is making its debut at the New York Film Festival on Friday, and the world will soon know a lot more about Zuckerberg - or at least Hollywood’s version of him.

The movie, with the provocative tagline “you don’t get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies,” is an unflattering portrait focusing on the legal clashes between Zuckerberg and Harvard classmates over who should get credit for the social networking phenomenon.

Worried that the film could damage Zuckerberg’s image, Facebook executives pressed the filmmakers for changes they did not get.

Now the company - often criticized for being too cavalier with the intimate details of other people’s lives - is bracing for a movie that casts its chief executive as a scheming backstabber accused of stealing the idea for Facebook.

“If this movie becomes big, a lot of people will be exposed to a side of Mark Zuckerberg that won’t reflect positively on privacy issues on Facebook,” said senior analyst Augie Ray, who follows social networking companies for Forrester Research.

Neither Zuckerberg nor his close associates cooperated with the Sony Pictures film set for wide release Oct. 1. That has raised thorny questions about how much artistic license filmmakers should take in telling the story of an ambitious entrepreneur who gave birth to an Internet sensation while still a teenager.

“The film is at its most fictional in its portrayal of Mark,” Facebook investor and board member Peter Thiel said.

“It’s a pretty good portrayal of how business gets done in Hollywood, but not how business gets done in Silicon Valley.”

The filmmakers say they set out to capture a generation-defining moment, weaving a story from sev-

eral different points of view over the founding of Facebook.

“I would not want a movie made when I am 26 years old about decisions I made when I was a 19-yearold kid. I am very sympathetic. But I didn’t invent Facebook,” producer Scott Rudin said.

“My personal feeling is that Mark Zuckerberg did not steal anything,” added the Oscar-winning producer, whose credits include “No Country for Old Men” and “Julie & Julia.”

“This is the movie, the story of a guy with a remarkable vision.”

A brainy computer geek with a rebellious streak who turned down big bucks and jobs at AOL and Microsoft to go to college, the Harvard sophomore hacked into the university computers in February 2004 to put the “face books” - yearbook-style photos of incoming freshmen - online.

The website was an instant success.

Zuckerberg and his cohorts moved to Silicon Valley, where they tapped into venture capital and opened Facebook to high school students, corporate networks and then to everyone.

Facebook is now the dominant social networking site for most of the globe with about 550 million users.

Zuckerberg has said he has grown up since he was a college student accused of questionable ethics in building Facebook. If Zuckerberg has achieved a level of maturity, so has Facebook. The company has more than 1,700 employees and rising sales expected to hit $2 billion this year.

Zuckerberg, who declined to be interviewed for this story, has said that his personal mission is to make the Internet a more connected place.

That mission could become quite profitable for him and Facebook: The more people share information about themselves online, the more money Facebook stands to make selling highly targeted advertising.

Zuckerberg is already worth $6.9 billion, according to Forbes. Facebook executives say they are committed to giving their users the tools they need to protect their privacy.

But the company, already estimated to be worth $34 billion based on the value of shares on the secondary market, has come under fire from consumer groups, privacy advocates and lawmakers who say it puts its ambitions ahead of its users. Even prominent voices in the technology community have expressed reservations that Facebook keeps pushing users to reveal more personal information than they signed up for.

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FCC sets rules for ‘super Wi-Fi’ MarketWatch MCT

Federal regulators on Thursday approved rules for the use of unlicensed airwaves that could make new Internet service such as “super Wi-Fi” more readily available to consumers and businesses.

Unused airwaves, known as “white spaces,” are inserted between television channels to prevent interference. The spectrum space is especially valuable because it could be used to create stronger wireless Internet signals that easily pass through walls and travel a longer distance than other unlicensed bands.

The Federal Communications Commission voted 5-0 to adopt a series of rules that determine how white spaces can be used and what would be off-limits. The decision frees up the most unlicensed spectrum in 25 years and could spur billions of dollars in economic activity, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said.

“When we unleash American ingenuity, great things happen,” he said.

Unlicensed spectrum is already available for a number of uses. Wi-Fi and Bluetooth technology operate in unlicensed areas, as do many consumer electronic devices, such as remote controls.

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place specific guidelines after several years of contentious negotiations with supporters and opponents. Yet the details of the ruling are unlikely to please everyone.

The nation’s broadcasters, for example, have resisted the FCC’s effort to open up white spaces, arguing it could interfere with their broadcasts, particularly the use of wireless microphones by announcers and producers.

White spaces could supplant weaker Wi-Fi technology to build superior wireless networks on college campuses, hospitals and other large organizations. Wi-Fi signals don’t travel very far or penetrate walls quite as easily and are costlier to build over larger areas.

A Microsoft Corp. study, for example, suggests that the use of white spaces could boost economic activity by several billion dollars a year.

Microsoft and Google Inc. helped lead the fight to make white space available.

“Unlicensed spectrum is no longer just about garage-door openers,” said FCC Commissioner Michael J. Copps, adding that it could spur innovation that boosts the broader U.S. economy.

The agency’s new rules aim to prevent such interference by creating smaller buffers near broadcast channels, protecting the narrow slice of spectrum used by wireless microphones and requiring white-space users to register their plans for using the unlicensed airwaves.

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The Office of International Education (OIE) hosted informational meetings Wednesday for students who were interested in studying abroad.

These meetings took place once every hour from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the HUB Monogahela room. The meetings provided students with information on how to get their study abroad goals into motion.

Jean Wenner, a graduate assistant in the OIE, held the meetings by talking about the program and its options, and she answered any questions students had about the program.

Wenner told students that in order to be eligible for any study abroad program, they had to have at least a 2.5 GPA and, in some cases, a 3.0.

The costs of studying abroad was a subject that peaked everyone’s interest, if a student decides to do a reciprocal exchange through IUP than the student would pay IUP tuition and fees but room and board would vary depending on the place the student chose to go. There are third party study abroad providers that may include housing and food but they tend to be significantly high priced than going through IUP. A student’s financial aid will cover studying abroad costs, but Federal Work Study and the Board of Governor’s Scholarship cannot be used. Wenner said that Leslie Thomas, Assistant Director of the Office of Financial Aid, deals directly with students who want to study abroad but need help getting financial aid.

Transferring credits back to IUP was a point that was raised at the meetings. Wenner said that credits completed successfully, a C- or better, will transfer from the study abroad university back to IUP. Actual grades, however, won’t transfer back. In other words, students who study abroad get the

credits for the classes they take, but it will not affect their GPA. Applications are due the semester before the planned study abroad semester. There is a $50 application fee, which goes up to $100 if the application is turned in late. The deadline for turning in applications for the spring and summer semesters is Oct 1 and for fall 2011 the deadline is March 15.

If a student decides to do a study abroad program through a third party provider, then the application due date is most likely a little earlier than IUP’s deadline. A student who decides to go the third party route still has to turn in the study abroad application to the OIE. Wenner wrapped up the meeting by telling students to begin to plan now and that being a freshman doesn’t mean it’s too early to start.

She also said students should meet with their academic advisor to arrange what classes they should take while abroad and when they come back so that their graduation date doesn’t get delayed.

Students should also come to an information session to meet with the study abroad advisor.

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Information was also given about returning to IUP after studying abroad. Students should make sure their housing is taken care of for their return and talk to the Transfer Credit Evaluation Office to make sure all of their credits are taken care of.

Wenner mentioned that there is a study abroad re-entry program where everyone who studied abroad during the same period of time is invited to converse about experiences and getting readjusted to home.

“The benefits are lifelong and limitless,” Wenner said. “Students will meet people from different cultures and backgrounds and will be made so much more aware of the world around them.”

The OIE will host its annual Study Abroad Fair on Oct 5 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the HUB Ohio room. Students will be able to learn more about exchanges, third party provider programs and other ways to study abroad.

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Academic plan ushers in future for IUP

By Sean Bracken Senior Staff Writer S.M.Bracken@iup.edu

The beginning stages of IUP’s new strategic plan are underway in hopes of improving the quality and effectiveness of the university’s academic program.

IUP Provost Gerald Intemann announced details of the plan in a Wednesday morning interview at his office in Sutton Hall. He said the Academic Plan Steering Committee and seven different work groups made up of about 80 faculty, staff members and students, created the plan.

The plan includes seven goals they hope to achieve; among them are increasing academic quality and enrollment growth, being innovative and designing a 21st century learning environment for IUP students.

“Each year, we will select specific goals we will focus on in a given year,” he said.

He said plans for enrollment growth will involve employing several strategies, but said there are no immediate plans to increase IUP’s future freshman classes. Intemann said most of the enrollment increase is expected to occur by raising retention rates, increasing the number of transfer students and growing the number of graduate students. He also said there are plans to create more online graduate programs.

He said better advising and enhancing academic support services like the CUSP program are good ways to strengthen IUP’s retention rate.

“We recognize that achieving some goals will require new resources,” he said. “Resources will be needed and in a time of limited resources, it is creating challenges.”

The academic plan also calls for a

study of the possible restructuring of some departments and colleges.

“It is very common and healthy for organizations, including universities, to periodically review their organizational structure,” Intemann said.

Intemann said the study will look for cost savings, but he said the main purpose of any restructuring must be to achieve greater academic coherence, promote a greater synergy among certain disciplines, enhance interdisciplinary opportunities for faculty and students, and strengthen academic quality.

He said the discussion paper on restructuring that was shared with the deans and obtained by faculty was merely intended as a starting point and to initiate the “preliminary stages” of an in depth discussion of any restructuring possibilities.

Intemann said he had a meeting with the deans last week to begin discussing any and all ideas on how Academic Affairs might visualize the organizational makeup of the colleges. He said this study will be ongoing for quite some time.

Intemann said that the paper was not a plan, but simply contained very preliminary ideas that he developed, which he intended the deans to look at.

“The document was to serve as a way of starting very preliminary discussions of the structure of the colleges and departments,” he said.

Intemann said he will rely on the deans for their advice and input to make sure that any proposed plans to restructure are academically sound. He said education and disciplines are changing, which prompted these ideas.

This restructuring study will not be done secretly, according to Intemann, but added that discussions will begin with only the deans until preliminary talks are complete, at which point the rest of the academic community

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will have ample opportunity to weigh in on any restructuring proposals.

Part of the academic strategic plan includes working collaboratively with Facilities Planning in planning and designing the replacement of Keith and Leonard halls with a new humanities building, along with the construction of a new science building, Intemann said. He said these building projects will be part of a 20-year campus master plan, which will focus on the future as to how IUP will look.

Intemann said there will be a new academic building for faculty members currently in Leonard and Keith halls by fall 2013. He said it is likely that both Keith and Leonard halls will remain in place until that point.

All plans beyond that point were “tentative,” but added there was a chance both Keith and Leonard halls would be torn down and possibly replaced with a new academic facility, according to Intemann.

There are plans in place to build a new academic building for the natural science departments.

Intemann said those plans might include tearing down Walsh Hall and renovating Weyandt Hall.

Intemann said there are plans to eventually add to the Stapleton Library as part of the 20-year campus master plan, but said the overall 20-year plan can be modified and changed.

The master plan still is pending approval from the Council of Trustees, which could come as early as December or possibly March when they meet again, according to Intemann.

Intemann said all of these projects will be funded through PASSHE by a capital projects fund. He said the fund was increased this year from $65 to $130 million can be used by all schools in the state system.

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Students donate at blood drive

By John Boddington Staff Writer J.M.Boddington@iup.edu

During the 2009-2010 academic year, IUP’s staff, faculty and students saved 2,991 lives by donating 997 units of blood.

The Office of Service Learning organized iUP’s first blood drive of the semester. It took place on Wednesday in the Ohio Room of the HUB from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

“We have eight blood drives each fall and spring semester,” said IUP Americorps Representative Vanessa Gregorakis.

Two different companies represent the drives consistently: The American Red Cross and The Central Blood Bank.Volunteers come from the local community to aid the employees from both companies in these drives.

They direct individuals giving blood to the right places, help set up and take down the drives and are there to answer questions.

“I love getting a feeling of satisfaction by giving back to the community,” said Skip McGreevy, who has been volunteering for the Red Cross for 12 years. “I choose to volunteer mostly with high school and college students because they are so willing to

give back to those less fortunate.”

Once signed in and registered, one would be directed to one of the stations used for giving blood, and the process would begin.

Afterward, students seemed to feel as sense of accomplishment and satisfaction.

“I wanted to give back,” Kevin Jackson (senior, management information systems) said. “It was my first time ever giving blood and I may do it again.”

As the day progressed, others trekked in to give the gift of life to those in need.

“I will most definitely donate again,” Heather Hansen (junior, human resource management) said.

“I would like to think that if someday I were to need blood, that someone out there would be willing to donate to help others.”

Prospective donors are reminded to eat something before giving blood, they must also weigh more than 110 pounds, and not possess any cold-like symptoms.

If students are interested in volunteering, they can visit the blood drive table at the HUB one week before the next drive takes place. The next drives are scheduled for Oct 6 and 19.

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Six O’Clock Series addresses student finances

By Jeff Brunermer Staff Writer J.C.Brunermer@iup.edu

The second installment of the Six O’Clock Series took place Monday night in the HUB Ohio Room. IUP welcomed Brendan Murray to the stage to discuss “Financial Literacy.”

Murray is a representative from American Education Services/ Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency and He presented information about borrowing and repaying debts as well as ways to maintain a healthy credit history. He explained when students should be worried.

Murray stressed to the crowd to “keep in contact with whoever you take out a loan from.”

He emphasized the importance of staying in contact with the lender for multiple reasons. Lenders are much more sympathetic to someone when they understand a person’s situation.

He said that by staying honest and explaining the situation, many battles can be avoided. He went on to discuss the significance of selectively spending loan money.

Murray discussed how it’s important to separate necessities from desires, especially with money from loans. Many things that students spend the money on is a waste, such as late-night pizza or designer clothes. By avoiding these purchases, the money can go towards school requirements such as books, dining plans, tuition, rent, or utilities.

“Loans are not free money,” said Murray. “They are for schoolrelated expenses and can help you avoid unnecessary debt.”

Ida Arici/The Penn Brendan Murray advised students to budget their loan money carefully.

He said it’s important to separate the loans for different factors. He said to spend 70 percent on living and educational expenses, save 20 percent for emergencies and crises, and spend 10 percent on daily expenses such as food. Murray said having such a budget could be empowering, not restricting.

After the presentation, McCarthy joined Murray to answer questions from students.Patricia McCarthy is the Director of Financial Aid for IUP. Among the many questions, McCarthy discussed how it’s important to use as few loans as possible.

“The fewer loans a student borrows, the better,” McCarthy said. “However, it’s one of the best investments a student can make.”

McCarthy talked about how loans can negatively affect a student’s credit history. If students don’t pay the loan, she said that federal and private loans can hurt their credit, but

if paid on time the loans should not hurt their credit history.

Credit history is sometimes directly correlated with loans. If students default on previous federal loans, they are not eligible for additional federal loans unless they have rehabilitated the defaulted loan.

The credit history is also taken into consideration for parent plus, grad plus, and private/alternative education loans. McCarthy said that credit history can affect the borrower’s ability to obtain these loans.

Overall, the students were warned to keep their credit history at good numbers, and to avoid taking out too many credit cards.

McCarthy and Murray both gave a warning.

“Stay away from the store credit cards,” they said. “Sure you may save 15 percent on your first purchase, but in the long run it’s best to avoid these credit cards.”

Program aims to make campus more civil

By Patricia Alex The Record (Hackensack N.J.) MCT

Next up from the state most recently associated with Snooki and table-flipping housewives: civility.

Rutgers, New Jersey’s state university, is launching a two-year, campus-wide initiative called Project Civility, designed to make “a strong case for good manners, politeness and civility in contemporary society,” the school announced this week.

The project is designed to go beyond the superficialities of good manners, however, and promote more thoughtful and caring interactions - particularly at a campus that is among the most culturally diverse in the nation, school officials said.

“These questions about what counts as civil in different cultures are important,” said Kathleen Hull,

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director of the university’s first-year seminar program.

“It’s needed because Rutgers University, like every other university, is just a microcosm of the culture,” she said, citing the uptick in such uncivil behavior as road rage and bullying. Even the way people generally talk to one another needs closer examination, Hull said.

The so-called civility movement has gained momentum on campuses during the last decade and many, including most in New Jersey, have included statements on civility in student handbooks. Those statements generally express schools’ inclusiveness and tolerance for other viewpoints.

The Rutgers project will encourage small acts of kindness to encourage positive changes in the overall campus atmosphere, reduce hostility and foster communication, the school said.

Project Civility events

scheduled for this academic year include “fireside chats,” a debate, and panel discussions on bullying, hazing, stalking and sportsmanship. The impact of technology on civil behavior also will be explored.

The kickoff event, a public lecture, is at 8 p.m. Sept. 29 at the Rutgers Student Center, 126 College Ave. The following day, Forni will moderate a panel discussion, “What Does Civility Do for Us? Respect, Restraint and Responsibility in Public and Political Life.” The event will take place at the Rutgers Student Center at 3 p.m. Both events are free.

Forni is the author of “Choosing Civility: The Twenty-Five Rules of Considerate Conduct” (2002) and “The Civility Solution: What to Do When People Are Rude” (2008).

For a schedule of events and more information about Project Civility, go to projectcivility.rutgers.edu.

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Into the Streets promotes service

By Amanda Pearson Contributing Writer A.E.Pearson@iup.edu

The Office of Service Learning kicks off Into the Streets, its biannual community service day, Saturday.

A goal of Into the Streets is to pair students with community service organizations from around the area.

Nearly 100 organizations take part each year. Past participants include The Humane Society, Downtown Indiana and Children’s Advocacy Center.

“This event increased the visibility of IUP’s community service and inspired lifelong involvement that will carry with IUP students,” according the Office of Service Learning Web site about last year’s event.

Showcasing student contributions

to the community is another goal of Into the Streets.

Into the Streets also strives to challenge negative stereotypes about students.

“We want more people to become aware of the idealism, ability, and commitment of all people participating in the IUP community,” said a post on the Office of Service Learning website about the event.

Into the Streets offers other opportunities with organizations like The Indiana Free Library, Boy Scouts, Family Behavioral Resources, Beacon Ridge and many more.

Though registration for Into the Streets is closed, students can participate later this year. Those who registered can check in between 8 and 10 a.m. outside of the HUB fitness center.

IUP breaks enrollment record

By Sean Bracken Senior Staff Writer S.M.Bracken@iup.edu

IUP’s enrollment has broken another record, making it the second consecutive year it has done so, according to the IUP website Thursday.

Final enrollment released by IUP stands at 15,126, according to the website. Enrollment includes 3,128 freshman, 2,299 graduate students and 680 transfer students.

This year’s enrollment record broke last year’s recordof 14,638 students.

“We’ve had two years of record breaking enrollment, with academically stronger students,” IUP Interim President David Werner said in a prepared statement. “Everyone at this university should be proud of this achievement.”

These enrollment numbers turned out to be about what Jim Begany, IUP associate vice president for enrollment management, expected. He said he expected enrollment to be around the 15,000 mark, in an interview held Sept. 1 in his office in Sutton Hall.

This year, out-of-state enrollment was at 1,802, which is 12 percent of the student population, according to the website. Other numbers show IUP has 2,013 minority students, which is 13 percent of IUP and 649

international students, or 4.3 percent.

The release pointed out factors in enrollment growth included a record number of campus visitations from first-year and transfer students, along with 12,755 undergraduate applications, which is 670 more than last year.

Begany said he expects undergraduate applications to be even higher this year.

“We think we will have about 13,000 applications this year, which will be a record,” he said.

Begany said a reason for enrollment was due to higher SAT scores achieved by the current freshmen class, compared to previous freshmen classes. He said the SAT scores were 20 points higher than the 2007-2008 academic year.

Begany also said the increased enrollment comes from the increased size from the 2008 freshmen class, compared to the previous freshmen classes. He said 2008’s freshmen class enrollment size was kept the same the past couple of years, which he said is the reason for the record-breaking enrollment numbers.

“The future goal is to keep the freshman class the same size, which should begin to level off enrollment,” Begany said.

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A Republican-led filibuster on Tuesday blocked efforts to repeal the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on gays in the military, shelving an Obama administration priority at least until after the November election.

The measure repealing the military policy banning gay men and lesbians from serving openly was part of the 2011 defense authorization bill. Democrats tried to bring up the bill for consideration but failed to get the 60 votes necessary to overcome determined GOP-led opposition.

Supporters voted 56-43 in favor of starting debate on the defense bill, short of the 60 needed. Democrats control 59 votes in the Senate.

By blocking the bill, Republicans also held up passage of the so-called DREAM Act, an immigration measure that was to provide a route to citizenship for young people who were in the country illegally but had attended college or served in the military.

Supporters of repealing the ``don’t ask, don’t tell’’ policy vowed to try again.

“This ain’t over,” Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., who authored

the repeal measure, said even before the vote. “It’s long past time to repeal this policy.”

The outcome was all but set earlier Tuesday when Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, a key Republican who supported repealing “don’t ask, don’t tell” signaled her unease with the limited floor schedule for debate.

Collins had been the only Republican to support the repeal in an earlier committee vote. Activists, including musician Lady Gaga, rallied in Collins’ home state of Maine on the eve of the vote to encourage Collins and fellow Maine Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe to vote to advance the bill.

Republicans complained that Democrats were using the bill as a vehicle to tack on election-year issues that would motivate Democratic voters to go to the polls, even though Republicans had similarly added provisions to past defense bills.

“Why are we now trying to jam this thing through?” said Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who led the campaign against the provision. “It is all about the battle effectiveness, the morale, of the men and women who are serving in the military.”

But Democrats argued that Republicans were unwilling to allow the debate to open, even when prom-

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ised a chance to offer an amendment to strike the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy from the bill.

The defense bill includes a 1.4 percent pay raise for the troops as well as funding for the campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan. Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., the Senate Democratic whip, also vowed to bring the DREAM Act back for another vote.

Both political parties have used the authorization bill in years past to advance other legislative goals, so the failure of the military spending plan was seen as unusual. But the process had grown politicized, especially in the limited time remaining before Congress was to adjourn to campaign full time.

The “don’t ask, don’t tell” law, enacted in 1993, has been targeted by President Barack Obama for repeal, and a federal judge in California this month declared it unconstitutional. Under the proposed legislation, repeal would take effect 60 days after completion of a Pentagon report on steps needed to ensure military readiness. The report is due in December. The House passed the repeal in the spring.

More than 13,500 service members have been discharged under the policy, experts say.

Less driving, more walking

By Sean Bracken Senior Staff Writer S.M.Bracken@iup.edu

Different on-campus parking locations will be forbidden this year to students between 2 and 6 a.m., said Gregory Cusimano, who deals with parking services.

Students can expect to see parking restrictions in the following places: The parking garage off of Grant, the HUB Parking Lot, the upper deck of the parking garage, Pratt Drive at Maple and Grant, George P. Miller Stadium, Raschini, Whitmyre and Washington parking lots.

This is likely going to make students unhappy, since parking always appears to be an issue all around campus. It is a problem that is likely going to be worse this semester, since enrollment is sitting at 15,126 students.

In my opinion, the issue of parking is much more complex than students make it out to be, based on my conversation with Cusimano Tuesday morning at his office in University Towers.

When I presented the campus parking restriction concerns to him, he said that this was nothing new, since most of the restrictions had already been in place. He said the reason for these restrictions is to prepare for any safety hazards that might come about, including fires and even possible dangerous criminals.

Cusimano said campus police need to “look at all possible scenarios,” when it comes protecting the student body.

He also said the issue of snow removal played an important role in making this decision. Last year was a bad year for snow. The cars parked in those lots made it hard for crews to find areas to put all of the neverending snow IUP received back in February.

Cusimano thinks parking is an issue every year because of how so many people commute into campus just to find the parking spot right in front of where they need to be. He said he thought students are “afraid

to walk a little bit.”

I agree with Cusimano 100 percent.

This issue was something I was very upset about last year, when I wrote this column about how all of these people were driving through campus and making pedestrians like me miserable because it was so hard to cross the street.

It is also worth noting that I told off-campus people that lived within a reasonable distance to walk instead of drive.

Sadly, it seems very few people took my advice, because traffic through campus is just as bad this year as it was last.

That is exactly why I feel that Cusimano was absolutely correct when he said that students just don’t want to do any walking. I bet that if a lot of students actually did walk a little bit to class, we wouldn’t have these problems with traffic and finding places to park.

Like Cusimano said, IUP has a lot of students, which means not everyone is going to have a place to park. I walk every single day and I feel great just by doing a power walk.

I understand there will be some exceptions. For example, there are students with different disabilities who should not be walking far distances across campus. The university should be open in working with students who have these disabilities. It is hard for those students, and we shouldn’t make it harder for them.

Also, I would argue that the university should consider compromising with students.

For example, the university can lift the 2 to 6 a.m. restrictions in a few of the mentioned lots for people visiting on the weekend, especially Friday and Saturday night, when there are no classes.

It doesn’t have to be all of the lots, but even just a few lots would make a big difference for visitors, instead of having to go to Robertshaw.

Otherwise, after talking with Cusimano, I agree with his points.

The only solution I do see to ending the parking problems is more walking and less driving.

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Academic plan promises change, which we should embrace

Americans need middle ground

By Bonnie Erbe Scripps Howard News Service

Americans are souring on the political system in the good old US of A and it’s easy to understand why.

Former President George W. Bush led the Republican charge to overspend, which, combined with a credit system collapse, landed us in an economic trough. Democrats took over as the economy was crashing and spent even more to resuscitate. Now the stimulus money has been spent, and the economy isn’t holding the charge that supporters of the stimulus package hoped for.

No wonder Americans are upset with the party in power. But from where I sit, that does not mean voters should boomerang back to the party that got us into this financial mess in the first place.

We need major political reform to offer voters more explicit and more reliable choices. I’m beginning to think that in today’s hyper-hightech world, two parties may not be enough. Hence, the success of the Tea Party, whose supporters send at best a muddled message.

The fact we have two major political parties results in politicians illogically stringing together issues in order to try to build large coalitions of supporters. Why is it, for example, that Republicans, the supposed party of fiscal restraint (which I

support) are also the party of theocracy (with which I firmly disagree?)

Why is it that Democrats, the party of environmental preservation and conservation (with which I firmly agree) are also the party of mass immigration (which to me means environmental desecration?)

It seems as if the way the parties choose their stands on issues, which change over time, are cobbled together in order to win the most votes. But in so doing, they string together sometimes contradictory issues. In the process, they divine platforms that are misaligned with the thought processes of most voters.

That in turn forces them to lie.

That is why, for example, President Obama is proposing yet another stimulus package, but heaven forbid he should refer to it by its true name, a stimulus package.

The Obama administration this week is rolling out a multipart economic, um, development program intended to help fight persistently high unemployment. President Obama talked about one part of this program, a proposed $50 billion investment in upgrades for US roads, rail lines, and runways, on Labor Day in Milwaukee.

In addition, the President’s new program will allow businesses to write off capital investments through next year (in order to try to generate more jobs in the private sector)

and will make permanent research and development tax credits for businesses. It’s a stimulus bill, but please don’t tell anybody, and please don’t call it that.

Why is he going through this folderol?

He is doing this kabuki dance because he is pilfering a Republican approach to economic stimulus (tax cuts for businesses) and trying to claim that issue for the Democrats, in order not to lose Independents and so-called Reagan Democrats at the polls in November. He sees Democratic and more importantly, Independents, deserting his party when it was these same supporters who voted him into office two years ago.

He is doing this because the GOP, salivating over the prospect of taking back one or both chambers of Congress, is accusing him of mismanaging the economy.

But in so doing, he sounds more like a Republican and further mutes the difference between his own party and the GOP. From one perspective, American voting patterns make no sense. Two years ago voters sent a resounding signal to the GOP: Your policies aren’t working. Now they’re saying the same (if you believe the pollsters) to the other major party.

The real problem is there’s no happy medium party out there, when we desperately need one.

The proposed academic plan is poised to change both the way campus functions and the way it appears.

Each year, we have faced changes at IUP in the administration’s attempt to live up to the motto “Beyond Expectations.”

And while we may instinctually resist the forces of change, it is important that we do not shut ourselves off from opportunities for progress. Sometimes, the best thing to do for the future is to make a change now.

The plan “reflects an abiding commitment to our academic core values in service to our students and the citizens of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,” read the statement from Provost Intemann that precedes document.

As we embark on our course in the new school year, we should take the university administration at their word that they are doing what is best for IUP as a whole, to make our community better for everyone.

If the administration is dedicated to being open about their plans and operations, and is willing to address student concerns about what is to occur on campus as a result of this plan, we can move forward from the secrecy and anger that has surrounded changes on campus in the past.

Last year, many students were upset about the proposed demolition of Keith and Leonard halls. While such construction may take place in the future, it is not definite as of yet.

Though it may happen in the future, and it is always sad to lose a beloved feature of campus, we should think of the possibilities for improvement. If our voices are heard in the planning process, the new buildings may recreate the best features of the buildings we like, and be devoid of the problems that presently plague us, like leaky ceilings and lack of climate control.

The restructuring of academic departments is another change that might look threatening, but could really be a method of better serving students.

Don’t become a victim of ignorant anger. The plan is available for everyone to read on the IUP website. Download it and educate yourself. Isn’t that why we’re here, after all?

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Dennis DeYoung asks fans to ‘sail away’

By AMANDA WHITEMAN Contributing Writer A.L.Whiteman@iup.edu

Dennis DeYoung will be performing at IUP as part of the On Stage Arts program on Sept. 24. DeYoung was a founder of the musical group Styx. The Chicago-based group was formed in 1964 in DeYoung’s childhood home. Styx sold over 35 million albums and had 10 top-10 singles worldwide.

Styx was the only group to produce four consecutive triple platinum albums according to the IUP OnStage Arts Website. Since then, DeYoung has added new band members to his solo concert who now recreate all the classic Styx songs like “Mr.Roboto,�

“Lady,� “Babe,� “Come Sail Away,� “Best Of Times� and many more.

DeYoung has seven solo albums, one of which is a two-disc live album and a DVD from the PBS Soundstage program feature, which raised more than $2 million and pledged more than 100 cities.

DeYoung has been on his solo career since 2000, when Tim Orchard offered him a show at the Rosemont Theater, which Orchard gathered an orchestra for.

His band members are Tom Sharpe, August Zadra, Jimmy Leahey, John Blasucci and Craig Carter. Sharpe has played drums with DeYoung since 2007.

Zadra joined DeYoung in 2010 on lead guitar and vocals. Zadra is

often sought out for collaboration recording projects, for which he plays guitar and sings. Leahey joined DeYoung in 2008 on lead guitar and vocals. John Blasucci joined DeYoung in 2008 on piano. He has worked with Celine Dion, Josh Groban and N’Sync.

Carter joined Dennis in 2010 on bass and vocals. He has worked with Cece Winans, Natalie Grant, Melinda Doolittle and Phil Keaggy. He is currently working on a solo CD project, “10ft Tall.�

DeYoung is offering a music education program of where the students can learn from the professional, because he was once a teacher of music education, according to www.dennisdeyoung. com.

Social media helps promote special events

By DENISE NEIL

That’s a whole lot of birthday love for a person over 30, who in the dark ages before Facebook would wake up on a not-so-significant birthday and reasonably be able to expect a call from her mom, flowers from her husband and — if she was lucky — lunch paid for by a co-worker.

With social media, though, the Celebration of You usually starts the night before your birthday, when all of your followers get an electronic notification that the next day is your big day. Someone comments on your wall.

Then someone else does. And pretty soon, the fact that it’s your birthday is the “Top News� of the day, and everyone you’ve ever known is joining in the chorus of congrats.

It’s not just birthdays that are made more meaningful by social media.

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Say what you will about Facebook and Twitter and how social media is ruining our attention spans and destroying our society, 140 characters at a time.

But even the most stubborn social media skeptics (and I know more of them than I should) cannot argue one simple fact: Facebook and Twitter rock when it’s your birthday.

Take my friend Katie, whose birthday was on Thursday.

I already knew that Katie, a cute and bubbly PR girl with an edge, was popular.

But by the end of the day on Thursday, Katie had about 150 birthday greetings on her Facebook wall.

A co-worker of mine whose brother recently died was overwhelmed, touched and comforted by the outpouring of sympathy that flooded her Facebook page.

Without social media, I wouldn’t hear from many of these people more than once a year, and many more of them I likely never would have heard from again.

But with it, I end my birthday with a fuzzy feeling.

Even though I know that everybody gets The Treatment on Facebook on their big day, the flood of well wishes is still good for the soul. “There is nothing like social media to make you feel like a million bucks on your birthday,� Katie wrote on her wall at the end of her day. “Thanks, friends. Thirty-three is nothing to really celebrate, but you sure know how to make this girl smile.�

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Ida Arici/The Penn An umbrella displayed outside of Sutton Hall in honor of RAINN Day, the nation’s largest anti-sexual assault organization.

RAINN Day gives information on how to prevent sexual abuse

By IDA ARICI Contributing Writer I.D.Arici@iup.edu

According to the Rape Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN), 60 percent of rapists will spend at least a day in prison.

That is because only 40 percent of all rapes or sexual assaults are reported to police, according to RAINN’s website.

This is why The Haven Project, a branch of Health AWAREness at IUP aimed a preventing sexual violence on campus, urges students to “Get the Green Light,� before engaging in sexual activity. But students are still in the Red Zone.

The Red Zone is the time between the start of classes and Thanksgiving break. According to RAINN, there are more sexual assaults on U.S. college campuses during this time than any other.

RAINN, the nation’s largest antisexual assault organization, hosts an annual RAINN Day every September on college campuses throughout the nation.

Sept. 22, the Center for Health and Well-Being and the Haven Project collaborated with RAINN to host RAINN Day in the Oak Grove. “We want students, staff and

faculty to commit to ending sexual violence,� graduate assistant to the Haven Project Darla Barie, said.

Tuesday night, volunteers from student organizations chalked the walk with outlines of handprints and awareness messages. These messages included “These hands are not for hurting� and “Always believe survivors.�

Some wrote information about RAINN, the Haven Project and Alice Paul House.

They were also able to decorate umbrellas with statistics from RAINN. org and their organization’s name.

Wednesday, volunteers handed out “Get Carded� cards, which provided information on sexual assault and how to help survivors, to fellow students.

Other volunteers were handing out candy to those with cards. “We want people to know there is power when they speak out against violence,� Barie said. “This is why we encourage people to chalk the walk, leave handprints and provide messages on umbrellas.�

RAINN reports that in 2003, nine in every 10 rape victims were female.

More information aboutending sexual violence, support hotlines and helping victims can be found at www.rainn.org.

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Video games target female gamers By michelle chan McClatchy-Tribune News Service MCT

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Facebook profile hackers get cops’ attention By sarah lundy The Orlando Sentinel MCT

Orlando, Fla., City Commissioner Patty Sheehan knew something was wrong when people started congratulating her for finally joining Facebook.

There was one problem: She hadn’t joined the social-networking website.

Someone had created a Facebook page by using an old photo, posting information from the city’s website and making it look like it all came from her.

Posing as someone or creating a fake page might seem like fun and games, but, has potential to be a crime. Stories of posers getting busted are popping up across the country, including Central Florida.

The key, Orlando police Detective Joe Barrett said, is determining whether there’s criminal intent, such as someone doing it to stalk or harass another person. “The cases will be motivated by the

content,� he said.

In Sheehan’s case, she alerted Facebook and the city’s technology department and called the police.

The page was quickly removed — too soon for Barrett to get information from the page that was needed to find out who was behind it.

Now, seven months later, another fake Facebook page is back up, and Sheehan’s cyberspace struggle continues. “It’s a lot easier for someone to create a fake me than it is for the real me to take action and take it down,� she said.

Last month, Ocala, Fla., police accused a 39-year-old woman of hacking into another woman’s Facebook page and posing as her as she posted messages. She also redirected the victim’s e-mails.

Michelle Dinkins-Buck was charged with offenses against intellectual property, a felony; unlawful interception of wire communications, a felony; and criminal use of personal identification for harassment, a misdemeanor.

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In a fast-paced changing technological environment, the market for female-oriented video games is growing.

According to the Entertainment Software Association, “women over the age of 18 represent a significantly greater portion of the game-playing population (33 percent) than boys 17 or younger (20 percent).� That may seem startling.

While the days of shelf after shelf of first-person shooter games, role-playing games and games where the entire purpose is to steal a car, are not by any means gone, a new era has dawned; it is one where games for popular female icons are relevant.

Nancy Drew’s mystery video games that Her Interactive produces are one example of these games.

Megan Gaiser, CEO of Her Interactive, said while she knew nothing about video games when she first joined the company, she learned that it was about storytelling and making it into a game.

In the Nancy Drew videogame series, players can interrogate suspects, navigate environments and have interactions with characters, all of which lead to ultimately solving the mystery.

Her Interactive is a pioneer company in the female video game industry, and Gaiser said the rapid growth of a female audience for video games came about because of the changing technology to more accessible game arenas like the Wii and Facebook.

Therefore, the industry has

MCT Her Interactive’s first Nancy Drew game, “Secrets Can Kill,� has been completely reworked for PC and Mac.

attracted a larger audience.

In addition, Gaiser said gaming has “infiltrated� society; businesses now look to incorporate game products in their products and interactivity is popular in school and government work. “Now, everyone’s playing games,�

Gaiser said. “And everyone’s also going after the female market.�

Despite this widespread popularity, Gaiser said video games are still in their early stages; companies are still segmenting the market to address different preferences.

Gaiser said it was dangerous to “pigeonhole� or stereotype what kinds of games girls like to play. “It’s like saying all boys like island games,� Gaiser said. “Some do, but I think that’s dangerous. It’s a limited way of thinking.�

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Hawks hope to rebound against SRU

By Vaughn Johnson Editor in Chief V.M.Johnson@iup.edu

The IUP football team will attempt to bounce back from an embarrassing 47-20 defeat at Bloomsburg when it hosts undefeated Slippery Rock in the PSAC West opener 1 p.m. Saturday at George P. Miller Stadium.

During the loss to Bloomsburg IUP turned the ball over seven times — two of which turned into Bloomsburg touchdowns.

IUP Head Coach Lou Tepper was surprised by his team’s performance given how well it had played during wins over Southern Connecticut State and East Stroudsburg. The team played so poorly the coaches didn’t even hand out an ROTC Player of the Game as it is customary after every game.

Not surprisingly, a lot of the attention was on quarterback Bo Napoleon.

He threw five interceptions in his first start after being thrust into the lineup to replace the injured Pat Smith.

“I know all the focus has been on Bo [Napoleon] and certainly Bo has taken it hard, but I would say of the five interceptions, two of them were not his fault,” Tepper said a press conference Tuesday morning.

Tepper also noted that even with just three interceptions, the Crimson Hawks would have still been in a bad situation against a good team in Bloomsburg.

“He really took it on his shoulders,” Tepper said. “It wasn’t just him.”

The IUP defense gave up 33 points to the Bloomsburg offense including a 68-yard bomb from quarterback Pat Carey to receiver Kyle Fisher in the first quarter.

Tepper called the defense’s mistakes “pure mental errors.”

The IUP defense will face a similar team in Slippery Rock (3-0) Saturday,

as The Rock is primarily a running team. Slippery Rock ranks first in the PSAC in rushing (232 yards/game), but is only 14th in passing (170 yards/ game).

The one thing that Tepper put an emphasis on during the press conference was the lack of discipline the team showed during the loss to Bloomsburg.

“I think the effort and toughness was there, but the discipline was really poor,” he said. “With that kind of discipline or lack of discipline, and the turnovers obviously we can’t win very often.”

Bouncing back from a sound defeat like that is easier said than done, even when the team is at full strength. But IUP does not have that luxury.

The workhorse one offense, running back Harvie Tuck, is doubtful to play against Slipper Rock with ankle injury, which means Teddy Blakeman and James Johnson will collectively have to shoulder the load in order to take some pressure off Napoleon. Blakeman is slated to be the starter.

Napoleon’s main receiving target Mychal Skinner is also doubtful to play Saturday, as he was hit with yet another injury in his career at IUP. Skinner’s injury riddled career is “mystifying” to Tepper as he can’t explain how a player with the skill and physique of Skinner can never seem to be 100 percent for long periods of time.

Not only does the team have to bounce back, but Napoleon also has to somehow regain the confidence that impressed the coaching staff so much during the offseason.

One thing that may help his confidence is that Tepper seems to have not waivered on keeping Napoleon as the starter.

Tepper frankly doesn’t have much of a choice. In the event that Napoleon

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Wheeling Jesuit beats Crimson Hawks in three sets Tuesday

By Christina Starr Contributing Writer C.C.Starr@iup.edu

Jesse Smartt/The Penn IUP Head Coach Lou Tepper said Tuesday that team still has confidence in quarterback Bo Napoleon.

struggles again, he would have to turn to true freshman Jared Buck, who according to Tepper, is not ready to play and was not even supposed to play this season as he was slated to receive a redshirt.

The scenario of Napoleon struggling is not one Tepper has mulled over, as he doesn’t think it will happen again.

“I think he’s got very good leadership,” Tepper said. “I think he’s one of those guys that’s got charisma to him.

The players like him. I didn’t see anybody pointing fingers at him. We all know he didn’t have a great day, but I think we all have confidence in him.”

“Hopefully this experience will settle him down and help him,” he added.

“I think [Tuesday] was a little bit of a wake-up call for us”

— Emily Pany, IUP volleyball libero Fans entered Memorial Field House wearing special “black-out” t-shirts to support the Crimson Hawks women’s volleyball team the team with three kills.

Kreinbrook contributed five as they faced off against Wheeling assists and junior Emily Vaughn.

Jesuit 7 p.m. Tuesdsay.

The Crimson Hawks (11-1) went Sophomore Laura McFadden and Kreinbrook had three digs into the game against each.

Wheeling Jesuit after The third set provided a weekend loss to Lock the final defeat and loss of Haven and three wins the match for the Crimson tagged onto their record, Hawks. Bodkin had four but were defeated by kills for the team.

Wheeling Jesuit defeated Sophomore Sara Alman them in sets. had five assists and Pany The team began the had four digs. game with only nine kills, Bodkin Junior Stacey Root also nine assists and 15 digs in contributed four digs to the first set. the Crimson Hawks.

Senior Jessica Bodkin The team was also and junior Danielle defeated in the third set Ostendorf both contribby a score of 25-17. uted three kills to the The team is taking set. Senior co-captain its second loss of the Chelsea Kreinbrook had season as a lesson in prenine assists, while senior paring them for matches co-captain Emily Pany to come. had seven digs for the “It showed us what Crimson Hawks.Wheeling it takes to be one of the Jesuit won the first set Pany top teams in the region 25-20. and now we know what The second set did not bring relief for the Crimson Hawks. to expect in order to reach our With only seven kills, seven assists goals.”Pany said.

IUP will travel to Slippery Rock and and 13 digs, the Crimson Hawks were Clarion this weekend in attempts to defeated 25-17.

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Hawks ready for 2010-2011 season

By Zach Graham Staff Writer Z.Graham@iup.edu

Six months ago the IUP men’s ice hockey team left the ice at Indiana’s S&T Bank Arena for the last time of the 2009-10 season.

Despite being ranked fourth of six teams in the College Hockey MidAmerica (CHMA) playoffs, the Hawks advanced to the championship game.

The final did not turn out the way the team hoped; they lost 8-2 to West Virginia.

“Making the run in the playoffs like we did was a great thing […] I know the loss left a bad taste in the [returning players] mouths, and they, along with myself and the other coaches, would like nothing better than to get back there this year and win,” IUP head coach Dan Hestin said.

The Hawks compete at the ACHA Division I level and will play 33 games through mid-February, including a one-month winter break.

Within the CHMA conference, the Hawks will play each team twice.

CHMA rivals include West Virginia, Pittsburgh, Duquesne, Washington & Jefferson, Slippery Rock, Youngstown State and John Carroll.

In addition to their CHMA schedule, the Crimson Hawks will play a challenging non-conference schedule. These opponents will include Towson and Navy in the opening weekend, and Buffalo, Robert Morris, Kent State, Michigan-Dearborn, and Rutgers twice each, as well as Robert Morris of Illinois, Minot State, and Adrian.

Additionally, the Hawks will attend the two-game Wheeling Mountaineer Invitational. Kent State, Rutgers, Robert Morris (Illinois), and Minot State all participated in the ACHA Division I national championship tournament last spring for the top 16 teams in the nation.

Last season, the team displayed a high-powered, fast-moving offense.

“This year we want to be a puck possession, grind it out offense.”

— Dan Hestin, IUP hockey Head Coach This style allowed them to pour on the scoring, averaging 4.7 goals per game.

However, the system can also allow the opponent multiple chances, which they allowed 4.1 goals per game.

“We are going to try and change our mentality offensively from last year. We had the ability to run and gun so to speak,” Hestin said.

About 70 players took part in training camp prior to the start of the semester.

“As for new players to the team this year, I’m hoping to get good production out of all of them when they are given their chance.”

Newcomers will likely have to work hard to earn that chance, as the team returns many top performers from last season.

Center Joe Ford led the team with 22 goals, 32 assists and 158 penalty minutes.

In net, goaltender Padraig Carey appeared in 19 games last season, and stopped 86 percent of the shots he faced. Carey looks to see most of the time between the pipes, as no other goaltender on the roster saw time in Division I last season.

In addition to the Division I team, the Hawks also have a team competing in ACHA Division II. The Division II Hawks will compete in the brand new Tri-States Collegiate Hockey League.

Last year the Division II Hawks completed their first season at the Division II level after moving up from Division III. Both teams kick off the season this weekend on the road.

The Division II Hawks visit Towson on Friday and Navy on Saturday, while the Division II team will play twice at Toledo.

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Kentucky is the only team in the country to have played three games without a turnover.

Florida is tied for the national lead in turnovers forced with 12.

You figure something’s got to give when the two teams hook up on Saturday night.

“It’s a great matchup,” Kentucky Coach Joker Phillips said. “I was looking at the conference stats, and we’re second in the league in turnover margin. You would think a team that hasn’t turned it over in three games would be top in the conference, but we’re not because they’ve created a lot of turnovers.”

Kentucky’s ball security can be attributed to several factors. Number one, the Cats have an experienced fifth-year quarterback in Mike Hartline.

The coaches also put a renewed emphasis on it during fall camp.

Phillips conducted a “turnover circuit” in which the defense had to try to force turnovers while the offense had to protect the ball.

and Jeremy Brown.

“It’s funny how the big, fast physical teams always create turnovers,” Sanders said.

Black picked off Hartline and scored from 40 yards out two years ago as a true freshman during Florida’s 63-5 win over UK at The Swamp. Hartline is a different quarterback now and says he has no plans of pulling back.

“You still have to be aggressive and try and make plays down the field,” he said. “But you have to recognize where those guys are at. They move faster, they play better position, and you’ve just got to be more aware of what you see and what play is called.”

Locke said he is eager to see how Kentucky’s offense handles the step up in competition.

“It’ll show whether we can compete or not,” Locke said.

“Everybody wants to know how good our offense can be against an SEC opponent, so we’ll see how it goes.”

While the Cats have been extremely careful with the ball, they haven’t been as good at avoiding flags. They’re ninth in the league in penalty yards (52.0), and Locke said that

MCT Florida quarterback John Brantley threw for 167 yards and a touchdown in last week’s victory over Tennessee.

needs to be cleaned up to have a chance to win at Florida.

“With this game, our margin for error goes down this much,” Locke said. “A pick or a turnover or a blocked punt, a false start, that’ll get you beat real quick.

We can’t have wasted plays.

Every play has to be a positive one. If we do that, we’ve got a chance.”

So if the Cats plan to end their 23-game losing streak against the Gators, extending their turnover-free streak will go a long way.

“I’ve never been on a team that hasn’t put the ball on the ground in three straight games,” Phillips said. “I’d like to be on one that hasn’t done it in four, too.”

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“Good fortune has also been a big part of it,” UK offensive coordinator Randy Sanders said. “We haven’t had any balls pop out on the ground or thrown any tipped balls for picks.”

Hartline has always been good about throwing the ball away when nothing is available, and he hasn’t tried to force many balls into tight coverage this year. The UK running backs haven’t put the ball on the ground yet, either. Phillips said the lack of tipped passes comes from the offensive line forcing defensive linemen to keep their hands down.

UK has some gaudy offensive statistics: They’re second in the Southeastern Conference in scoring offense (44.3) and total offense (497.3), and Derrick Locke leads the league in rushing (124.0).

But the Wildcats haven’t faced a team like the Gators.

Florida put five players from last year’s defense into the first three rounds of the NFL Draft but has continued its ball-hawking ways. Senior safety Ahmad Black leads the SEC in picks with three, and two other players have two: Janoris Jenkins, Jonathan Bostic

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With an extra day to prepare for Monday night’s meeting with the Packers, there are sure to be some new wrinkles from the Bears.

It will be interesting to see if one of them involves a change of pace in the return game. Devin Hester hasn’t hit his stride and the Bears have several options for special teams coordinator Dave Toub to consider.

Hester has gained 12 yards on six returns through the first two games, and he lost five yards on a return in the fourth quarter Sunday at Dallas that

backed the Bears up on their 9-yard line.

The record setter from his first two seasons in the league has gone 30 games without a special teams touchdown, a span that includes 62 punt returns.

Consider that he had seven touchdowns on the first 89 punt returns of his career and you can see that much has changed, including the blockers around him. He has had two punt returns of more than 25 yards, 33 and 32 last season, since a 64-yard touchdown in the 2007 season finale against the Saints at Soldier Field.

There has been this recurring idea floated that the team

should remove the 27-year-old from receiver duties and let him focus on being a return man, but that’s never going to happen. In fact, maybe the Bears will do the opposite. Letting him share punt return chores with someone else might make more sense now.

Toub worked to prepare Johnny Knox as a potential punt returner in the offseason although he didn’t get any tries in exhibitions.

Hester averaged 7.8 yards on 24 returns last season.

There were several where he was one block away from going the distance, and just one would have pushed his average to double-digits. Then no one

would have complained he had lost his mojo.

The Packers have been solid covering punts through two games, but were among the worst in the NFL at it last season.

The good news is the Bears are sixth in the league in kickoff returns, averaging 25.8 yards.

If you bear in mind coach Lovie Smith used the word “significant” initially to describe Chris Williams’ pulled right hamstring on Monday, you have to believe the Bears are preparing for the Packers without him. In that scenario, Frank Omiyale will start at left tackle with Kevin Shaffer on the right side.

Webb would be one snap away from having to protect quarterback Jay Cutler. It might make sense for the team to promote tackle James Marten from the practice squad later this week.

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Don’t deviate. Willpower is the single most valuable quality in your toolkit.

Use all your intellectual talents and skills to manage a power struggle at work. Avoid getting in the middle between two emotional volcanos.

Other people’s comments are not as straightforward as they first appeared. Utilize research tools to clarify questionable points.

As you learn secrets, bring them into the open and request others to explain. That way each person presents their side and gets heard. Listen.

Take your happiness out and show it off at a social event. Reveal an engagement or other steps towards personal commitment.

To finish work on time, follow your intuition. A shortcut saves everyone a lot of energy. Spend a little extra to save days of work.

To make this the best day so far this week, spend time in an exotic location, even if it’s just around the corner. Your partner helps you discover balance.

Today you arrive at a point where your responsibilities overtake your optimism. Don’t lose faith. You’ll get through this just fine.

Today’s luck comes in the form of awareness.

Balanced between magic and logic, you choose whichever satisfies your heartsong. Then do the practical work.

Your personal sense of responsibility seems to interfere with the desires of others. Reconsider your intentions before drawing a line in the sand.

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