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Commission wants to ‘break barriers’ with upcoming Action Plan draft

By CANDACE HOWELL Staff Writer C.J.Howell2@iup.edu

Future aspirations for IUP and the six “focuses” on diversity, inclusion and awareness were among the topics discussed at the President’s Commission’s most recent Diversity Action Plan Open Forum on Wednesday in the Humanities and Social Sciences Building Room 225.

The open forum had students, faculty and staff weigh in on six goals that will be presented to IUP’s Council of Trustees in March.

When a guest attending the commission’s open forum questioned the meaning of “diversity,” Dr. Dan Burkete, a professor in IUP’s mathematics department, said the commission aims to get around “predetermined mindsets.” “[The question is] what can we do to break stereotypes,” Burkete said.

His focus is not only to foster and train students more on diversity, but to find better ways to help

(Justin Cobb/ The Penn) The President’s Commission on Diversity and Inclusion held an open forum Wednesday before creating the final draft of the Diversity Action Plan, which will be presented to IUP’s Council of Trustees in March.

students who are falling behind or dropping out of school. As a commission member, Burkete’s objective is to “examine retention, recruitment and support services for students.”

“Intergroup communication” among student organizations is another goal the Diversity Action Plan aims to fulfill, which is under the leadership of co-chairs Asmaa Alshehri (graduate, English) and

Mathematics professor Dr. Rachelle “Shelly” Bouchat and their subcommittee.

Under this goal, Alshehri wants students to recognize that all organizations are open to anyone, regardless of background and ethnicity.

Jevon Graham (senior, biology), a student and commission member for the last two years, said he believes the commission is a step

toward inclusion on campus, using IUP Day as an example of showcasing the diverse groups that exist as a result of the many interests and backgrounds of others.

“It pretty much gives everyone a chance to say ‘this is who I am,’” Graham said.

“And what the commission is trying to do is give students a chance at the diversity … retention is probably one of our core

things and we want to make sure every student wants to stay here.”

Other topics discussed were employee training on diversity, student safety and the incorporation of a new office that will “institutionalize, lead and coordinate all D (diversity) and I (inclusion) policies, implementation, training and intervention.”

Dr. Shirley Johnson, a professor in the college of education and communications, and her subcommittee brainstormed the idea of the human resources office under their mission statement to “examine the financial, spatial and human resources committed to diversity and inclusion.”

Kate Linder, associate vice president for the Division of Student Affairs, said the event was the last forum for feedback before the “fluid” and “final continuing draft” of the Diversity Action Plan is reviewed, then presented to the trustees.

All in-person and online feedback from November 2017 until Wednesday was taken into consideration when the commission met Thursday to review its plan again.

UAI president keeps busy with organization and Haven Project

By JEREMY STOUT Staff Writer J.W.Stout2@iup.edu

Kelsey DeLozier (senior, history and English pre-law) is graduating in only three years and is an incredibly active member of the IUP community.

She’s a founder and the current president of United Against Islamophobia (UAI); an initiate adviser for Phi Sigma Pi, a national honor society; and works at The Haven Project and at the library media desk. She does all this while enrolling in 18 credits at IUP. “During my first semester, when I was taking 15 credits, I didn’t have as much to do, which is what got me really involved on campus,” DeLozier said.

Dr. Christine Baker, UAI’s faculty adviser, said DeLozier was engaged with the idea from the very start.

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(LinkedIn) Kelsey DeLozier (senior, history and English pre-law) is a founder and president of United Against Islamophobia.

“She took it upon herself to write the constitution and get all the paperwork passed,” Baker said. “She did all of the paper

work that was involved.” social studies education major, de- due to her interest in a career in DeLozier said the impetus to cided to change to pre-law after sports law. start UAI came after witnessing writing a paper on a legal case in DeLozier, who joined Phi Sigma a rise in Islamophobia after the her English 101 class.

Pi after receiving the email to recent presidential election. join the fraternity, could not Her desire is to provide be more pleased with the I REALLY THINK IT’S AN support to those affected organization.

by Islamophobia and to AMAZING GROUP OF PEOPLE, “I really think it’s an educate those who mitigate amazing group of people,” AND YOU STILL GET TO FOCUS DeLozier said, “and you still the occurrences.

DeLozier plays an integral ON YOUR SCHOLARSHIP AND get to focus on your scholarpart on the Haven Project’s ship and maintaining your MAINTAINING YOUR GRADES. grades. I’ve met some of my social media. She helps plan events such as Take Back best friends there.”

I’VE MET SOME OF MY BEST the Night, a march to raise DeLozier said she became sexual assault awareness, FRIENDS THERE. an initiate advisor in the and RAINN Day, a day-long organization because it had — KELSEY DELOZIER event to educate campuses, given her so much and she support survivors and take a (SENIOR, HISTORY AND ENGLISH PRE-LAW) wanted to give back to the stand against sexual assault. organization.

When DeLozier first ap“I didn’t want to do criminal DeLozier said that UAI is her plied, she did not get a job at the law,” DeLozier said, “but there are “baby,” but Phi Sigma Pi has beHaven Project, but she stayed on so many niche areas of law that come her “home” on campus. as a volunteer and was eventually you can go into. It was easy to Both of these organizations offered to come on as an emdecide.” mean a great deal to her, and ployee.

This eventually led her to add she said she loves being a part of DeLozier, who entered IUP as a sports management as a minor them.

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Republicans irate, Democrats press after Trump gun control meeting

By GRIFFIN CONNOLLY CQ-Roll Call TNS

As Republican leaders scrambled to address the apparent disconnect between themselves and President Donald Trump on gun control legislation at a bipartisan meeting of lawmakers on Wednesday, Democrats pressured the president to keep his word.

“We’re not ditching any Constitutional protections simply because the last person the President talked to today doesn’t like them,” GOP Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska said in a statement

Wednesday.

Trump raised eyebrows – and apparently Republicans’ blood pressure – at the meeting when he signaled he wanted law enforcement to confiscate guns from the mentally unstable before they received due process in court.

“I don’t want mentally ill people to be having guns,” Trump said.

“You have to do something very decisive. Number one, you can take the guns away immediately from people that you can judge easily are mentally ill, like (the Parkland shooter). You know, the police saw that he was a prob-

lem. They didn’t take any guns away. Now, that could have been policing. I think they should have taken them away anyway, whether they had the right or not. But I’ll tell you this, you have to have very strong provisions for the mentally ill.”

Some GOP lawmakers defended the president as a newcomer to the national debate on gun control and claiming Trump didn’t mean what he said.

“He’s not a legal scholar,” North Carolina GOP Sen. Thom Tillis said. “I know you heard the words. I just don’t believe in my

Melania Trump got green card through program for those with ‘extraordinary ability’

television,” Cornyn told the New York Times. “It was surreal to actually be there.”

As Trump repeatedly bucked Republican leaders on gun measures, Democrats seemed to want to reinforce his statements.

“You saw the president clearly saying not once, not twice, not three times, but like 10 times, that he wanted to see a strong universal background check bill,” Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota told the Times. “He didn’t mince words about it. So I do not understand how then he could back away from that.”

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First Lady Melania Trump reportedly gained permanent residence in the United States with a green card visa designated for people with “extraordinary ability.”

President Donald Trump’s wife, in March 2001, was one of only five people from Slovenia to enter the United States through the EB-1 program, also referred to as the Einstein Visa, according to The Washington Post.

The immigration program is reserved for researchers, business executives, globally recognized artists and entertainers as well as those who have shown “sustained national and international acclaim.”

Oscar winners and Olympic athletes are among those who have gained residence in the United States via the EB-1 visa, according to the Post.

Still Melania Knauss at the time, the Slovenian model arrived in the United States in 1996 – first on a visitor’s visa and then on a work visa. Two years later, she met Trump at a party and the pair began dating, which thrust her further into the public sphere.

By 2000, she had started to petition the government for residence through the elite program.

At that point, she’d walked runway shows in Europe, boasted a Camel Cigarette billboard in Times Square and appeared on the pages of Sports Illustrated’s

heart of hearts that’s exactly what he meant.”

“I don’t ever believe there’s a time in this country where due process can be dismissed, period,” Tillis added.

To some, like Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn of Texas, the meeting, broadcast live on television, encapsulated the feeling of being on one of the reality star-turned-president’s TV shows.

Cornyn is sponsoring legislation intended to make the criminal background check system work better.

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Michael Wildes, the attorney for Melania Trump and her family, defended her selection.

“Mrs. Trump was more than amply qualified and solidly eligible,” he told the Post. “There is no reason to adjudicate her petition publicly when her privacy is so important to her.”

Sarah Pierce, immigration expert at the Migration Policy Institute, said the process to determine who in fact possesses “extraordinary ability” is subjective.

Only the top 2 percent of people in their fields are selected, she said, adding that the “quintessential award you want to put on the application is the Nobel

Prize.”

According to government statistics, only 3,376 of more than 1 million green cards issued in 2001 were through the EB-1 Visa program.

The first lady’s immigration status has been thrust into the spotlight in wake of Trump’s calls to end sponsorship programs for relatives and parents.

“We need a 21st century MERIT-BASED immigration system,” the president tweeted earlier this month. “Chain migration and the visa lottery are outdated programs that hurt our economic and national security.”

Wildes declined to say whether the first lady sponsored her parents for green cards.

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After Parkland shooting, kids tell of anger, loss and hope

By LINDA TRISCHITTA Sun Sentinel TNS

Returning to school two weeks after a gunman took 17 lives at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School raised a mix of emotions and frustrations, surviving students told the South Florida Sun Sentinel.

The student body of 3,300 were greeted by a phalanx of police officers, some heavily armed.

There were homemade signs with hopeful messages, piles of bouquets and therapy dogs waiting for the kids as they arrived for a half day at the Parkland high school.

After classes Wednesday, the teenagers came to the Sun Sentinel’s studio for a Facebook Live talk with Editorial Page Editor Rosemary O’Hara.

The kids have coped with mourning the Feb. 14 massacre by becoming activists, and say they won’t give up until they can have safe schools and stop future shootings with their #NeverAgain movement.

Sophomore Sari Kaufman, 15, said returning to school was “overwhelming,” and described how in math class, students placed flowers on a fallen classmate’s empty desk.

She said that because there have not yet been changes to gun laws, the large presence of law enforcement made entering the wounded campus feel less scary.

Kaufman lost a good friend in the shooting.

“Being able to speak out and writing a letter to the Sun Sentinel really helped me be able to cope

(TNS) Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg joined Rosemary O’Hara on Wednesday in the South Florida Sun Sentinel studio to talk about gun legislation, returning to Stoneman Douglas and spring-break boycotts.

with my feelings,” Kaufman said, referring to a letter to the editor that was published on SunSentinel.com.

David Hogg, a 17-year-old senior, was angry that his hoped-for fortifications of the school, including bulletproof windows and new classroom door locks, were not yet made. He said that left kids as vulnerable as they were before the shooting.

He also described feeling sad for the loss of so many classmates and teachers.

“Seeing all those signs helped me get through the day,” Hogg said. “And the (therapy) dogs were pretty cool, too ... It’s rough.

It’s something that will never make school the same again.”

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Though it seems the Parkland massacre may be getting more media coverage than past shootings, “I think it’s just as important as all the other shootings,” Branson said. “I can’t believe it’s taking this long for people to actually be doing something about it.”

The trio wants to see universal background checks of gun buyers, raising the age to buy guns from 18 and not letting those who are mentally ill or have violent pasts buy assault weapons.

And they expressed frustration at the influence of the National Rifle Association upon public policy and over some elected officials.

“We’re not trying to take your guns,” Hogg said, adding that he believes in the Second Amend-

ment. “Seventeen people died.

This is a nonpartisan issue.”

Branson said it was “necessary” for kids to be able to meet with mental health counselors at school, and lamented government cuts to health care funding.

During their first day back to school, Hogg and Kaufman said not all of their classmates agreed with their goals.

A few classmates said there should not be a ban on assault weapons and argued that there are too many loopholes for gun buyers to avoid scrutiny, Kaufman said.

Despite the presence of school resource officers at their respective high schools, Branson said kids don’t always feel safe, even though she said there have been drills and safety precautions at South Broward.

“It’s just become something that we have to constantly hear about and deal with,” Branson said. “I know that people were not feeling safe going to school. I still don’t feel safe. I feel like there’s not going to be a day for the rest of my life when I don’t think about the 17 people that died in Parkland.”

Still, none of the students wanted to see their teachers bringing guns to school, a recent proposal from President Donald Trump that is part of a proposed law being considered by the Florida Legislature.

“Do you think we’re going to feel safe with more guns, more weapons that are going to threaten our lives?” Branson said.

Having an armed teacher who “becomes too aggressive,” Kaufman said, “that takes just away from the innocence from us,

that we’re supposed to learn in these type of classrooms.”

They were excited and passionate about the opportunity to make change, and the feeling that they are being heard by fellow students and citizens and those in power.

“This time, for some reason, people are coming together as Americans,” Hogg said. “We’re having a discussion, not a debate.”

He said Twitter is the medium that will keep the #NeverAgain movement going and in touch with its supporters.

“Those 140 characters are characters that can start a revolution, and one we’re starting to see,” Hogg said.

The kids want their peers to participate in marches, including the one planned for March 24 in Washington, D.C., and above all else, to register and vote.

“Don’t be controlled,” Hogg said. “Be a democracy. Make your voice heard.”

Branson said, “You’ll hear more about prom and homecoming, but not about actually voting.

Even if you disagree with me, it’s necessary that you actually vote in the election.”

During the conversation, the kids often returned to the tragedy that prompted their campaign.

“They can’t speak up anymore,” Hogg said. “And we have to on their behalf.”

On Thursday at 4:30 p.m. ET, O’Hara will host another Facebook Live session about the shooting with four teachers from Broward County schools.

They will discuss whether they should be armed and other aspects of how to keep students and themselves safe in the classroom.

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(Candace Howell/ The Penn) Members of the IUP Artistry Movement hosted “Unsung Heroes” on Monday night to celebrate Black History Month.

Students honor heritage and civil rights heroes at Sprowls Hall

By CANDACE HOWELL Staff Writer C.J.Howell2@iup.edu

Remembering the men and women who helped abolish segregation, the IUP Artistry Movement (IAM) hosted its first solo event, “Unsung Heroes,” commemorating Black History Month. Using art, spoken word, poetry and song, the hour-long presentation took place at 7:30 p.m. Monday in

McVitty Auditorium.

“The IAM has always celebrated Black History Month,” said IAM President Justin Long.

“The majority of our members have always been African American, and as time goes on, even as the group becomes more diverse, we maintain the idea of diversity and advancement for various groups of people.”

Former member Kwame Edwards (senior, accounting) was one of eight performers. He said

civil rights are important because it was a “turning point” in the country.

“It shows the period when black people finally said enough was enough and we are going to stand up to our oppressors,” Edwards said.

The event began with a poetry reading from Edwards followed by brief biographies showcasing civil rights leaders who are not usually mentioned or remembered.

His original poem about

Kwame Nkurma provided more insight into the late Ghanaian prime minister’s legacy.

“The fact that not many people know about [him] and his impact on Africa and many African American activists … inspired me to write it,” Edwards said. “I was named after him, and knowing who he was inspires me to inform others.”

Own Strength,” after speaking to attendees about her past experiences with bullying, relaying that bad times do not last forever.

Long also performed two spoken-word pieces.

One paid tribute to America’s undocumented immigrants, and the other honored the late Black Panther Party chairman and activist Fred Hampton.

I WAS NAMED AFTER [KWAME NKURMA], AND KNOWING WHO HE WAS INSPIRES ME TO INFORM OTHERS. — KWAME EDWARDS (SENIOR, ACCOUNTING) Other featured biographies included the stories of human rights activist Malcolm X, musician Nina Simone, 15-year-old Claudette Calvin and gay rights pacifist Bayard Rustin.

Students Téa Capps (junior, English) and Kadar Lee (junior, communications media) took turns reading the biographies and later read their own poems.

While the event’s theme revolved around heroes and pivotal moments of the Civil Rights Movement, IAM members expressed their personal stories, current observations and tributes using their words and talents: Capps’s poem spoke about African American heritage and taking pride in one’s “roots.”

India Scott sang Whitney Houston’s song, “I Didn’t Know My

Long said the event was a great way to “pay homage to civil rights leaders who often don’t get the credit they deserve.”

The IAM’s first Black History Month tribute took the form of a “Black Lives Matter” event in the fall of 2014, which also featured music and poetry.

According to their general flyer, the IAM is a club that is “dedicated to developing and empowering the voices of artistic individuals.”

IAM welcomes all kinds of writers and performers and holds general meetings at 5 p.m. every Monday in Ackerman 204.

So far this semester, IAM has co-hosted an open mic night with the Latino Student Organization (LASO) and plans to host more solo events this semester.

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As the week before spring break hits IUP, professors and students prepare for midterm exams.

At this point, students generally know how they’re doing in their courses. They’ve already taken the first exam of the semester and know how to better prepare for the following tests and quizzes.

And after spring break comes crunch time.

Craziness ensues as seniors blindly try to find their way to May commencement.

Some students struggle to squeeze by with the minimum grades necessary in tough courses. Others find difficulty in just managing their time while juggling classes, work and extracurricular activities.

College isn’t easy. No one ever claimed it was. And it’s easy to forget that higher education is a place that pushes the boundaries of what you thought you could do.

So, as the year eases into mid-spring se-

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mester, The Penn staff would like to remind each student that you’re not alone, and if you continue to push through the difficulties, you will be rewarded in the long run – most of the time.

Spring break provides students with a chance to step away from their responsibilities, regain some confidence and recuperate strength.

Whether it’s a beach getaway with the pals or sitting at home with the parents, be sure to spend time for yourself.

Mental health is a precious thing to care for, especially during times of high stress and anxiety.

IUP provides services for students to talk to counselors and get advice and information on how to handle challenges and better grasp life.

After break, if you’re still concerned about grades, see your professors.

They are more willing to bump up grades at the end of the semester if they see a student is putting in above-average effort to try to understand the material.

Visit tutoring sessions, form study groups and do the extra problems in the book.

When will NCAA be done exploiting athletes?

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The NCAA makes billions. The conferences and the colleges make billions. The coaches make millions. The agents make millions. The players producing all this money? They get squat, and their eligibility is in danger if they – or their mother – gets so much as a nice meal out.

So who really comes out looking bad in the Yahoo report Friday giving a glimpse into money flowing under the table to college basketball players throughout the country? The players who received relatively tiny rewards? Or the NCAA and the college sports industrial complex, which has ridden those players for decades?

None of the Yahoo report is particularly surprising. Yet it seemed to surprise NCAA President Mark Emmert.

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“These allegations, if true, point to systematic failures that must be fixed and fixed now if we want college sports in America,” Emmert said. “Simply put, people who engage in this kind of behavior have no place in college sports. They are an affront to all those who play by the rules.”

To be sure, the dozens of players named in the leaked FBI documents knew the NCAA rules banning their accepting “impermissible benefits” and all or most of them knew they were breaking them. Even so, the documents primarily spotlight the flaws in the system and in the NCAA’s rules more than the players’ wrongdoing. The report shook the college sports world Friday and its timing couldn’t be worse, with the lucrative men’s basketball tournament tipping off in just a few weeks.

But, if this jars, the NCAA and others into taking a hard look at their flawed system, then it’s a

welcome development.

The NCAA has been running a lucrative scheme for decades now. Teenage superstars act as free labor and generate, these days, billions of dollars for everyone but themselves. The athletic-academic scandal at UNC revealed what a joke that can be, and how the NCAA is content to look the other way when college athletes are mistreated.

Because it’s not about the player. It’s about what he can do for the college, for the conference, for the NCAA’s bottom line.

That exploitation is done above the table for all to see. It’s only when it’s done by an agent, under the table, that the NCAA thinks the exploitation is a problem.

The NCAA needs to reassess all its rules and scrap those that hurt student-athletes. Athletes responsible for generating large revenue should be compensated.

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The semester isn’t over yet. We’re just about to get a break, and then it’s time to pull through and accomplish your goals for the year.

Mother Nature blessed Indiana with a few days of sunshine last week. Although the snow fell again last night, warmer weather is coming soon, and that’s something to which we can all look forward.

Until then, don’t let the dreary days dampen your mood and affect how you perform in the classroom. Remember that you’re here to learn – and you’re paying thousands of dollars to attend this university.

Make the most of it.

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The Maine returns to the US by rocking IUP

By CAITLIN DENNY Staff Writer C.M.Denny@iup.edu

This article contains opinion.

Alternative rock band The Maine hadn’t played a show in the United States since 2017. That is, until it came to IUP. Formed in 2007 in Tempe, Ariz., the band played to a small but enthusiastic crowd Wednesday in the Hadley Union Building (HUB) Ohio Room. The concert was presented by STATIC (Student Activity Comittie).

The band came to IUP to kick off the U.S. “Fry Your Brain With The Maine” tour, which will start again April 3. The band purposefully selected cities it has not performed at so that fans who have not seen the band live would finally get the chance.

The set started with “Black Butterflies and Déjà Vu,” a fastpaced, guitar-driven love song that made the crowd dance around and sing along. Even if audience members did not know the lyrics, that did not stop them from bobbing their heads to the beat of the song.

The Maine is not a typical rock group. Throughout its set, singer John O’Callaghan expressed gratitude for the crowd for not only coming to the show, but for allowing the band to make music for the past 11 years.

The band played songs from its six studio albums. Its most recent album, “Lovely Little Lonely,” which debuted at No. 32 on the Billboard 100 chart upon its release in April 2017, was the album from which The Maine played a majority of its songs.

Older songs, “Like We Did (Windows Down)” and “My Heroine,” from its 2011 album, “Pioneer,” seemed to be crowd favorites due to how loudly the crowd was singing.

“My Heroine” proves that the band is not only talented musically but that The Maine also knew how to make the crowd participant.

O’Callaghan made the crowd sing at the top of its lungs while guitar-

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(James Neuhausel/ The Penn) The Maine performed in its first U.S. show of the year Wednesday night in the Hadley Union Building Ohio Room.

ist Jared Monaco skillfully played a guitar riff for a few minutes.

During “Girls Do What They Want,” a song from the 2008 album “Can’t Stop Won’t Stop,” O’Callaghan picked a member from the audience, Ryan, to sing the chorus of the song.

O’Callaghan made Ryan feel comfortable on stage, even though Ryan said he could not sing. The crowd also made him feel welcome on stage by cheering him on and singing along with him as he sang the chorus.

Julia Amato (junior, communications media) had seen The

Maine live once before in Pittsburgh in April 2017.

“I thought that it was a really great show and with a smaller crowd,” Amato said. “It felt more intimate and personal than it did when I saw them the first time.”

Aidan Shaw (sophomore, communications media) had also seen The Maine, but in May 2017 in Philadelphia.

“The Maine always puts on a fun show,” Shaw said. “My favorite part was definitely when Ryan went up on stage to sing.”

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Donald Glover continues his rise to superstardom

By CHRIS HAYES Editor-in-Chief C.T.Hayes@iup.edu

Maybe you know him as Troy from the cult comedy “Community.” Maybe you know him as the Grammy Award-winning artist Childish Gambino. Maybe you know him from minor roles in recent films like “The Martian” and “Spider-Man: Homecoming.”

Donald Glover may not be a household name just yet. But it is only a matter of time.

The actor, rapper, writer and director reached lofty levels of success in recent years. Glover’s latest project, Season 2 of the FX comedy “Atlanta,” premiered Thursday night. Season 1 was a rousing hit among critics and fans – the series took home two Emmy Awards, one of which went to Glover for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series.

“Atlanta” launched Glover to a level of stardom few would have imagined almost a decade ago.

Under his rapper name, Childish Gambino, Glover released his first studio album, “Camp,” in 2011 to limited buzz. Seven years later, he is slated to appear in two potential blockbuster films: He will portray Lando Calrissian in “Solo: A Star Wars Story” and will star as Simba opposite Beyoncé in the highly anticipated remake of “The Lion King.”

Glover – specifically with “Atlanta” and his most recent album “Awaken, My Love!” – has made it a point to incorporate political and societal themes into his projects. Fellow black actor Jordan Peele, who directed the Academy Award-nominated film “Get Out,” is one of many members of the black community to praise Glover’s work, even including his hit song “Redbone” in the opening scene of “Get Out.” In an article profiling Glover in the March 5 issue of The New Yorker, Peele was quick to commend his fellow actor and director.

“For black people,” Peele said, “’Atlanta’ provides the catharsis of ‘Finally, some elevated black sh*t.”

Glover has always emphasized themes such as race, fame and sex in his music, but his work with “Atlanta” has brought those discussions to the mainstream. The show often features surreal sketches and vignettes touching on sensitive topics like gang violence, police brutality and drug use. In other words, “Atlanta” wants to make you think just as much as it wants

(Facebook) Donald Glover is a popular American actor and artist. His stage name is Childish Gambino.

to make you laugh.

Given Glover’s busy acting schedule moving forward, he has declared he will retire his Childish Gambino persona with the release of his final studio album later this year. And, although his career as a

Hollywood renaissance man seems to have just begun, don’t expect Glover to overstay his welcome.

“In another universe, there might be a doppelganger Donald who wears a cowboy hat,” Glover said with his trademark wit in The

New Yorker article. “I do think I’ll go back to a stasis state at some point, and it might not be that long from now.”

Glover’s work has impacted and inspired the black community in a time of major political unrest in

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Maybe it’s not quite time for Glover to ride off into the sunset.

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After ‘Black Panther’ and ‘The Last Jedi,’ is this the era of the artisanal blockbuster?

By MARK OLSEN Los Angeles Times TNS

The supersized success of “Black Panther” didn’t just smash assumptions about what superheroes are allowed to look like, it has also proved that the best franchise films put the emphasis on the film, rather than the franchise. Following on the heels of Rian Johnson’s “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” Taika Waititi’s “Thor: Ragnarok,” Patty Jenkins’ “Wonder Woman” and James Mangold’s “Logan,” Ryan Coogler’s “Black Panther” is one more example of Hollywood’s most surprising trend – artisanal blockbusters.

Each of these films, in its own way, bears the unmistakable imprint of its director, whether the exploration of identity and representation in “Black Panther,” the genre sleight-of-hand in “Last Jedi,” the liberating optimism of “Wonder Woman,” the absurdist humor of “Ragnarok” or the intense character drama of “Logan.” And that in itself feels like a win for the industry and audiences alike.

Collectively they feel like a triumph over the long-simmering

(Facebook) Mark Hamill starred in “Star Wars: The Last Jedi.”

tension between art and commerce – between personal expression and commercial concerns – that has seen renewed debate in the film industry as artists endeavor to make movies that feel like more than another episode in a series.

The rise of franchise-minder figures such as Marvel’s Kevin Feige and Lucasfilm’s Kathleen Kennedy in roles that are an unusual blend of producer, production chief and showrunner, initially looked to be pointing toward a homogenous sameness from film to film in the name of quality control and brand management.

When director Edgar Wright left Marvel’s “Ant-Man” just before it went into production in

2014, it was interpreted as a blow against allowing for the idiosyncrasies of individual filmmakers within the confines of the current production model. A similar reaction erupted when filmmakers Chris Miller and Phil Lord left the upcoming “Solo: A Star Wars Story” deep into production, citing “creative differences.” And related or not, it was after the disastrous reception to his oddball indie “The Book of Henry” that “Jurassic World” director Colin Trevorrow departed the upcoming “Star Wars: Episode IX” project.

One of the most common complaints against current serialized franchises, and installments such as “Avengers: Age of Ultron” or

(Facebook) Chadwick Boseman and Michael B. Jordan starred in “Black Panther.”

“Justice League,” is that the films do not seem like individual works, but rather episodes in some larger story. The recent films such as “Black Panther” that have gotten around that problem have done so in part because their filmmakers draw outside the lines. There’s a push toward putting a personal imprint on the storytelling rather than conforming to some greater blueprint. The resulting films stand firmly on their own.

One uniting factor among these recent franchise auteurs is that each latched on to the scale of the storytelling the projects afforded them. From more creatively conceived villains to sidestepping the trope of mass destruction as climactic event, this is where a grasp of storytelling beyond mere plot mechanics really comes into play.

The new breed of franchise auteurs are engaging audiences on deeper levels of character and thematic development. All initially emerged with low-budget independent features (many of them made their debut at the Sundance Film Festival). It is likely also noteworthy that these filmmakers all place particular emphasis on collaboration – most work with core colleagues from film to film, opening up their own artistic practice and smashing the dictatorial stereotypes of the director.

Which is another way of saying

that the works they create are just good movies, well-made, engaging and entertaining. The screwball snap between Gal Gadot and Chris Pine in “Wonder Woman,” the zesty verve of Cate Blanchett and Tessa Thompson in “Thor: Ragnarok” or the discovery of young Dafne Keen in “Logan” all bring a human scale of emotion to outsized stories.

Coogler’s arrival sequence is also something of a microcosm for the rest of the film, a surprise world hidden underneath more typical expectations.

With filmmakers such as Coogler and Johnson – alongside Jenkins, Waititi and other creators of handcrafted blockbusters – blazing a trail, hopefully more filmmakers will find a way to satisfy the needs of the system while also building vehicles for personal expression and achievement of craft at the highest levels. And hopefully they will be granted the same leeway to do it.

While franchise films are simply a reality of contemporary Hollywood, filmmakers have shown that the effort that goes into them does not have to be as simplistic nor as cynical as the old adage “one for them.”

Rather, by making movies that smartly and distinctly bridge that eternal art/commerce gap and appeal to inclusive modern audiences, they are working to ensure the franchises are for all of us.

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2018 Academy Awards: What should vs. what will happen she gave a great performance in an interesting movie about the messiness of morality. She’s already won all the other major awards. She might as well take this one, too.

Picture: (Facebook) Jimmy Kimmel will host this year’s Oscars.

By JEREMY STOUT Staff Writer J.W.Stout2@iup.edu

This article contains opinion.

Ah, the Academy Awards.

What is a better better way to celebrate film than for a bunch Hollywood types getting together, play dress-up and pat themselves on the backs.

It’s a night of grandeur hosted by a comedian about whom everyone will probably complain the day after. Instead of waiting until afterward to whine about the show, I’m ahead of the curve – I’m whining before it happens:

Jimmy Kimmel as host What should happen

Adam Carola should fire him out of a canon while Sarah Silverman shucks and jives off to the side.

What will happen

Bad jokes that lightly poke fun at the Hollywood elite. It’s bound to be pretty boring and very uneventful.

Supporting Actor: What should happen

Why in God’s name is Woody Harrelson nominated? He was totally fine in “Three Billboards,” but his “moment” felt fairly contrived and a matter of plot over character. It should’ve been Michael Stuhlberg. Stuhlberg’s performance in “Call Me by Your Name” is so beautiful, and that monologue is one of the greatest ever put to the screen.

Anyway, Willem Dafoe is who my heart wants to win this. He brings so much humanity and heart to that film. It might be my favorite performance of the year.

What will happen

Sam Rockwell. He’s the inevitable. There’s no getting around

it. Rockwell has won every major televised award that I can think of.

It’ll be a well-deserved, if underwhelming, win for a fine actor giving a fine performance.

Supporting Actress: What should happen

Holly Hunter got robbed. She was better than half the nominees in “The Big Sick.”

We’re living in a fallen world.

Laurie Metcalf was so good in “Lady Bird.” She turned a role that could’ve easily come out as shrill and mean-spirited and made it something far more complex and emotionally charged.

She really elevated a film that on its face is a standard comingof-age tale and made it something truly special.

What will happen

Much like Rockwell, Allison Janney feels like the inevitability here, and it would be crazy to bet against her winning. Lesley Manville might pull it out, but I find that unlikely. It must be Janney; she’s the best part of an otherwise forgettable biopic.

Director: What should happen

Other than Christopher Nolan, this is an incredibly strong list of directors and films. Although, this is Guillermo Del Toro’s year.

“The Shape of Water” was my happy place in a pretty crap year, and I’ve seen it so many times in theaters. I love the fish-man sex movie.

What will happen

Del Toro for the win, good people of Indiana. It’s his best film since “Pan’s Labyrinth” and is certainly his best English-language film.

Lead Actor: What should happen

It’s some nonsense that Denzel

Washington got nominated for what might be his worst performance. He plays less a character and more a collection of ticks and a bad suit. It’s a lot like another performance on this list.

Let’s talk about Gary Oldman. Oldman’s Churchill is a ridiculous cartoon character of a man. He’s a fat suit and dumb voice.

It’s downright embarrassing that it’s been getting so much praise.

I hope against hope that Daniel Kaluuya wins. It won’t happen, but I’m going to hope against hope. He’s so good and gives an incredibly understated performance in a movie that has such a high concept.

What should happen

It’s pretty clear that “The Shape of Water” should win.

Every time I’ve seen the movie, I’ve left crying (not that this is impressive; I cry at the end of “Robocop” every time I see it).

It’s a film about the narrative, not

including individuals scratching and clawing to demand that you and your experiences are just as valid as everyone else’s.

What will happen

This is incredibly close to call.

Almost all of the films have some element of controversy about them, and that makes this Best Picture race incredibly exciting.

The frontrunner seems to be “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” so I guess that’s my official pick.

I can’t wait to be completely wrong about all of this.

What will happen

Oldman and his fat suit. I get that they want to give the dude a statue, but not like this.

They should’ve pulled the trigger on Oldman for Best Supporting Actor in 2006 for his performance as Jim Gordon in “Batman Begins.”

Lead Actress: What should happen Giving the complexity of the performance, Sally Hawkins in “The Shape of Water” – without the use of her voice – is so insanely impressive. She has to convey so many things using just her body language. It’s easily my favorite performance of the year and should win all the awards.

What will happen

Meryl Streep has been nominated 21 times and is about to take her 19th loss.

Saoirse Ronan is great in “Lady Bird,” but she doesn’t have a path. Margot Robbie?

Sorry, I fell asleep. As much as I love Hawkins, I don’t see it happening.

It’s going to Frances McDormand. It’ll be well-deserved;

Tuesday’s Puzzle Solved

S PO R T S Crimson Hawks fall in quarterfinals P

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without Glover, Lombardi

By DARNELL TURNER Staff Writer

D.M.Turner4@iup.edu

The IUP men’s basketball team, without its starting backcourt, lost to Edinboro University on Wednesday night, 79-63, in the quarterfinals of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference tournament.

Star guards Anthony Glover (senior, marketing) and Dante Lombardi (junior, finance and legal studies) were missing in action due to a suspension and an injury, respectively.

Glover earned technical fouls that led to an ejection in the season finale at Seton Hill University.

Lombardi sustained an injury to his hand in the same game.

The IUP offense clearly suffered, as they could muster up only 63 points.

The team missed Lombardi’s playmaking and sorely missed Glover’s scoring ability and range from beyond the 3-point arc.

IUP knocked down only seven 3-point shots, while Edinboro was red hot and drilled 13 from beyond the arc at a 45 percent clip.

Edinboro took a 40-37 lead into

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halftime thanks to its efficiency from 3-point range and ability to generate second-chance opportunities, collecting six offensive rebounds and converting those into 12 second-chance points.

IUP made several attempts to make a run, led by Jacobo Diaz (junior, economics) and Willem Brandwijk (redshirt junior, marketing), both of whom scored 16 points.

Seemingly every time IUP made a run, Edinboro connected on a 3-point shot to keep the Crimson Hawks at bay.

Malik Miller (sophomore, communications media) and Blake Danielak (junior, business) got the starts in place of Lombardi and Glover and contributed as much as they could.

Danielak hit three of the seven IUP 3-pointers on the night, and Miller scored 14 points.

This was also the last game at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex (KCAC) for seniors Ayron Hutton (communications media), Danielak and Glover, who did not suit up for the last home game of the season.

It was a tough loss for the topseeded Crimson Hawks, but the season is not over just yet.

The Crimson Hawks will now wait for the announcement of the NCAA Division II Tournament braket, which will be revealed Sunday night.

(Vincent Marino/ The Penn) Forward Jacobo Diaz (junior, economics) was one of the team leaders in points with 16 in the IUP men’s basketball team’s loss to Edinboro University in the PSAC quarterfinals Wednesday night. Diaz also added nine rebounds to his stat line in the loss.

(Vincent Marino/ The Penn) Forward Willem Brandwijk (redshirt junior, marketing) tied his season-high of 16 points in IUP’s quarterfinal loss to Edinboro University on Wednesday night at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex.

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IUP advances to PSAC semifinals

By JARROD BROWNE Lead Sports Writer

J.W.Browne@iup.edu

The IUP women’s basketball team defeated Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) foe Seton Hill University on Wednesday night by a score of 67-52 to advance to the PSAC semifinals.

Forward Megan Smith (senior, management) led the way for the Crimson Hawks, finishing with 16 points.

Guard Carolyn Appleby (junior, safety sciences) and forward Brittany Robinson (junior, education) each finished with 14 points.

Guard Lauren Wolosik had an impressive night across the stat sheet herself, finishing with 10 points, seven assists, five rebounds, five steals and a block in her 39 minutes of action.

The Crimson Hawks achieved an individual milestone during the quarterfinal victory, as Appleby crossed the 1,000-point mark when she hit a 3-pointer late in the second quarter.

Appleby reached the milestone in 87 games and became the 25th player to reach 1,000 points.

Appleby joined Smith as the second player for the Crimson Hawks this season to reach 1,000

(IUP Athletics) Carolyn Appleby (junior, safety science)

points.

IUP’s defense had a strong night, limiting the Griffins to a 29.3 field goal percentage.

The Crimson Hawks kept the Griffins quiet from 3-point range, as Seton Hill hit only eight of 29 3-pointers.

IUP forced 19 turnovers, with 15 of those turnovers coming from steals. Wolosik led the defense with five steals, while Robinson and guard Halle Denman (senior, food and nutrition) each had three.

Moving forward, the Crimson Hawks will be in the PSAC Final Four.

The Crimson Hawks will tip off at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex (KCAC) against the No. 3 seed from the East, Millersville University.

In the other semifinal game, No. 2 Edinboro University will be taking on No.1 West Chester University.

The winners of the two semifinal games will play in the PSAC Championship at 3 p.m. Sunday at the KCAC.

(Vincent Marino/ The Penn) Carolyn Appleby (junior, safety science) reached the 1,000-point career milestone in the team’s postseason win over Seton Hill University on Wednesday night.

(Vincent Marino/The Penn) Forward Megan Smith (senior, management) led the team in scoring with 16 points against the Griffins on Wednesday night at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex.

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(TNS) One of the newest faces in the New York Yankees’ clubhouse is last season’s National League home run leader Giancarlo Stanton. Stanton will join a powerful lineup with last season’s American League home run leader, Aaron Judge, as well as a power-hitting catcher in Gary Sanchez. The Yankees have some of the highest expectations in the league, heading into the 2018 regular season with new manager Aaron Boone at the helm in the Bronx.

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Teams add pieces for home stretch

By BRAD O’HARA Staff Writer

B.L.Ohara@iup.edu

With the NHL trade deadline coming and going, many teams built themselves up for a Stanley Cup run.

Others accepted their fates and relinquished their seasons in hopes of making a better team in years to come.

The New York Rangers were probably the largest sellers of the trade deadline.

Before the deadline rolled around, the Rangers shipped out Ryan McDonagh, Rick Nash and Michael Grabner while getting prospects and draft picks in return to help them build for the future.

Stemming from the Rangers’ hard sell came the bolstering of the Tampa Bay Lightning.

The Lightning have held the top spot in the Eastern Conference for almost the entirety of the season.

However, they were truly lacking on the defensive side of their game.

By trading away Vladimir Namestnikov, two prospects and two draft picks, the Lightning filled that hole with one of the top defenseman in the league, Ryan McDonagh.

As a part of that same trade, they also landed a solid offensive piece with forward J.T. Miller.

The Pittsburgh Penguins also made a necessary move at the trade deadline to keep them set up to make a run for their thirdstraight Stanley Cup by acquiring Derek Brassard from the Ottawa Senators in a crazy three-team trade.

In order, for the Penguins to fit Brassard’s contract under their salary cap, they needed to add the Vegas Golden Knights into the trade talks.

In the end, the Senators basically traded Brassard to Vegas and Vegas then traded him to the Penguins.

In return, the Golden Knights got Ryan Reaves and a first-round

draft pick.

The catch is that Vegas also had to pay 40 percent of Brassard’s contract.

As a trade for Pittsburgh, this was an overall win. The Penguins gave up very little for what they were receiving.

Losing a draft pick and Ryan Reaves while picking up three prospects as well as a second-line center in Brassard while only paying 60 percent of his contract is a win for the Penguins’ front office.

However, the Ottawa Senators were not the sellers that people expected to be or that they needed to be.

While trading away Brassard was a step in the right direction for the Senators, it would take more than one move for a selling team to help set themselves up for another chance in 2019.

This is all happening as the Senators captain, Eric Karlsson, is playing in his final season of his contract with the Senators and is up in the air as to whether Ottawa is where he will stay.

With the star of their team in the midst of possibly walking away, Ottawa did very little to try to keep him there in what seems like a lost season.

If anything, they pushed him further out the door as Karlsson’s name had been heavily involved in trade talks closer to the deadline while no moves were made.

Aside from those moves, some other notable veterans were shipped to perennial contenders in order to add depth to lineups.

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(TNS) One of the top prospects in the 2018 NFL Draft, Sam Darnold of USC, fumbled during a game in 2017 against archrival UCLA in their annual rivalry game. Darnold and UCLA quarterback Josh Rosen are two of the top quarterback prospects in this year’s draft.

Rosen or Darnold is decision for Browns

By DAN WOIKE

Los Angeles Times TNS

The decision is squarely in front of the organization that might be the least equipped to make it.

As a reward for finishing last season without a single victory, the Cleveland Browns own the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft. Via a trade last year, they also own the No. 4 pick.

And so, they'll get to settle the argument that was held at tailgate parties and on message boards since 2015. Who's better: Josh Rosen or Sam Darnold?

It has to be a question the Browns are asking (among others) as they begin to ramp up their evaluations at the NFL combine.

History says whether they go with one or the other, it might not work out.

There are a lot of "answers" to the Browns' annual quarterback questions in there, and the team almost comically always gets them wrong.

In 2016, the team owned the No. 2 pick – a perfect spot to land either Jared Goff or Carson Wentz.

Instead, they traded down and took Cody Kessler, the former USC quarterback, in the third round.

"You have to trust me on this one," Browns coach Hue Jackson said at the time.

Kessler went 0-8 as a rookie and

threw only 23 passes in his second season.

On Wednesday, Jackson said the team is still early in its evaluation of the top quarterback prospects, a group headlined by USC's Darnold, UCLA's Rosen, Wyoming's Josh Allen and Oklahoma's Baker Mayfield.

"I've seen them all," Jackson said. "But obviously this is another opportunity, starting now at the combine, to get a chance to talk to them, to get a feel for them a little bit more.”

Over the course of the past year, rumors have surfaced that neither Darnold nor Rosen would prefer to play in Cleveland. Darnold denied the rumor during the season, and in the past week, Rosen told the NFL Network's Mike Silver it wasn't true.

Darnold won’t make things quite as easy on the NFL top decision-makers either after announcing he won’t be throwing in drills at the combine.

What could most hinder Rosen or Darnold’s landing with the Browns is a unique quarterback market, with players available via free agency and on the trade market in addition to a highly thoughtof crop in the draft.

It just still seems like the best and most likely one would have them using either the No. 1 or No. 4 pick on the next savior for the franchise. And the process really begins now.

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