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Soft open held for IUP food pantry in Suites on Pratt

(Robert Hinkal/The Penn) The pop-up food pantry had a soft open Friday in Suites on Pratt, and will officially open Sept. 23 from 1—5 p.m.

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(Levi Donaldson/The Penn) Urban Legend and the National Society of Minorities and Hospitality, a student organization on campus, hosted a basketball tournament this past weekend in the Memorial Field House.

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Police Blotter Alcohol Violations

• Griffin Elkin, 19, of Indiana was charged with public drunken-

ness and underage drinking after he was discovered by police highly intoxicated in the 400 block of Washington Street at 1:24 a.m. Sept. 14, according to Indiana Borough Police.

• Thomas Calvert, 28, of Indiana was charged with public

drunkenness when police received a complaint of a male passed out in front of a house in the 1200 block of Water Street around 5:57 p.m. Sept. 14, according to borough police.

• James Uber III, 21, of Clymer was arrested for public drunk-

enness in the 900 block of Wayne Avenue at 2:58 a.m. Sept. 15, according to borough police.

• Zachary Davis, 27, of Graceton was arrested for public drunkenness and disorderly conduct for having a physical altercation with another male in the 400 block of Chestnut Street at 12:36 a.m. Sept. 12, according to borough police.

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Brycen Skarbek, 22, of Reynoldsville was charged with public drunkenness after police responded to reports of an intoxicated male in the 600 block of Church Street at 5:05 a.m. Sept. 12, according to borough police.

Vehicular Violations

• An unknown, possibly light blue vehicle struck a parked gray

four-door sedan in the 312 S. 13th Street parking lot and drove away without providing any information between 10 p.m. Sept.

7 and 6 p.m. Sept 8, according to borough police. Anyone with information is asked to contact borough police at (724)-3402121.

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Adarius V. Williams, 19, of Pittsburgh was cited for violating the borough code after he hosted a loud gathering at his residence in the 500 block of S. Seventh Street at 1:15 a.m. Sept.

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Urban Legend, student organization hosts local basketball tournament LEVI DONALDSON

Staff Writer L.Donaldson@iup.edu @ThePennIUP

Urban Legend and the National Society of Minorities and Hospitality (NSMH) organizations sponsored and organized a local basketball tournament.

People registered as teams, and the matches went on from 12-5 p.m. Every team competed for the grand prize of $250.

Urban Legend is a local multimedia organization. This group is “dedicated to entertainment, promotion and making the world a better place,” Myles Davis, one of the co-founders said.

Imani Goolsby is also a founder, and the two had been promoting the event and trying to involve the community as much as possible.

NSMH also sponsored the event. The group is helping students from minority groups to find work and gain experience in the hospitality field.

The goal of the basketball tournament was to promote positivity and a day of fun and community.

Walking in the building, you could feel the energy. There were refreshments on a table in front of the doors and a contagious energy going into the gym. There was a DJ sitting at his setup in between two huge speakers.

An emcee announced and referred the intense, fast-paced games. The sidelines were full of friends, teams waiting to play and spectators. The audience was just as lively as the players at times, and people would follow the action up and down the court to see as best as they could. Some players would practice on the empty courts, shooting hoops or scrimmaging.

“I was just coming to watch,” Hyneef Curtis, a freshman with an undecided major, said. “Someone sent me the poster on Instagram, and when I got here, they recruited me to join a team.”

Curtis said the biggest surprise of the day was his team losing.

“I don’t like losing,” he said.

“I’m determined to win.”

This mindset was certainly apparent throughout the day, and the energy and determined was clear on everybody.

The hype from the crowd and event also motivated it all. DJ Ye, an IUP alumnus mixed the music for the event.

“Basically what I did was go with the vibe, go with the energy,” he said. “Keep people moving. I want to play what people dance to in their room.

“This [event] was kind of fun, real upbeat. [I] never had to slow it down. People are really focused on the game, so I’m more of an accent to it.”

Chucky Humphries communications media senior emceed.

“I talked to my guy Imani,” Humphries said. “We were here over the summer, and we wanted to make events, bring an outcome and have people come together.

The idea is that college is only four years, but the stuff you do in that time brings people together and lasts a lifetime.

“We had to move the game inside, which I like even better.

We had a great turn out, real professional and no fights. It was just a good time.”

Davis, a criminology major, said he saw the event as a success.

“Chuck being the announcer, the host, was cool,” Davis said.

“It was a surprise. He came in and did his thing. Overall, I think it was a success, man. Fun, music, community, good time. Whether its a festival or an event, it’s just nice seeing people coming together.”

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New material accidentally discovered by engineers raises questions KASSIDY VAVRA

New York Daily News TNS

It's a black so dark, some may say it's blacker than their ex's heart.

Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology unveiled the "blackest black" — which is "10 times blacker than anything that has previously been reported."

"The material is made from vertically aligned carbon nanotubes, or CNTs — microscopic filaments of carbon, like a fuzzy forest of tiny trees, that the team grew on a surface of chlorine-etched aluminum foil.

The foil captures at least 99.995 percent of any incoming light, making it the blackest material on record," a statement from MIT said.

A yellow diamond coated in the material appeared to completely disappear — making it look like a dark "void."

When engineers created the material, however, it was com-

(TNS) MIT engineers created a “blackest black” material completely by accident.

pletely by accident.

Brian Wardle, professor of aeronautics and astronautics at MIT, and MIT postdoc Kehang Cui, now a professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, were "experimenting with ways

to grow carbon nanotubes on electrically conducting materials such as aluminum, to boost their electrical and thermal properties" when they were confronted with a problem.

A layer of oxide coats alu-

minum when it is exposed to air, acting as an insulator and blocking electricity and heat. This inhibited the material's ability to act as a conductor.

The team soaked the aluminum in saltwater, removing the

oxide layer. After going through a detailed process that involved placing aluminum in the oven to remove the layer, engineers found the material's ability to conduct heat and electricity were improved — with the surprising color.

"I remember noticing how black it was before growing carbon nanotubes on it, and then after growth, it looked even darker," Cui said in a statement. "So I thought I should measure the optical reflectance of the sample."

The material was found to absorb 99.995 percent of all light — at every angle and with imperfections like bumps or ridges.

Researchers detailed the full results in a study published Thursday in the journal ACS-Applied Materials.

The material could be used in cameras or telescopes to eliminate unwanted glares, astrophysicist and Nobel laureate John Mather, who was not involved in the experiment, said in a statement.

Mather is exploring uses for the material.

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(Allison Goodlin/The Penn) St. Thomas Moore University Parish will host the Newman Book Sale this weekend. The sale features discounted classics, children’s books and more.

Newman book sale sets up shop on Oakland Avenue EMILY LOOSE

Lead News Writer E.D.Loose@iup.edu @ThePennIUP

A community favorite is making its way back into town very soon, bringing all sorts of ways for learning and entertainment with it.

St. Thomas Moore University Parish will be hosting its annual Newman Book Sale Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The book sale takes place every third weekend in September.

While all profits go toward church programs and services, the sale is a way for the church to “actively promote reading for both pleasure and purpose for all age groups,” according to its website.

This will mark the book sale’s 51st year in production.

Book pricing may vary, but hardcovers are mostly $1 and paperbacks are 50 cents. Different rooms and tents have different themes, such as children’s books and antique books.

Some of the books may even include textbooks that students need, also priced around $1.

Though donations are always appreciated, the donations used at the book sale come from donations sent in between the dates of Jan. 1 and Aug. 31.

There are special deals during the book sale weekend to look out for. With an I-Card, students can get $1 off every $10 they spend.

There is also the traditional “Sunday Bag Sale,” where totes can be bought for $6 and are filled with as much as possible.

Grocery bags can be purchased and used for $3. All special items go on a half-off sale Sunday only.

According to the parish’s website, there are more than 100,000 items to choose from in more than 30 different categories.

Books are not the only thing sold. DVDs, music and art prints are also available for purchase.

The parish is still looking for volunteers in areas such as book sorting, traffic control and counting money. A full list and an application can be found at www.stmup.org. Those interested can also call (724)-463-2277​.

A full list of pricings and items available can also be found at the website above.

The times for the book sale on each day are as follows: from 4 to 9 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21 and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.

St. Thomas Moore University Parish is located at 1200 Oakland Avenue, close to Taco Bell and the IUP Parking Garage.

Directions are available online.

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Borough committee looks to include IUP students on 2020 census EMILEE HOWELLS

Staff Writer E.M.Howells@iup.edu @ThePennIUP

Every 10 years, the U.S. Census Bureau counts the population of people located in the country.

April 1 will be the next year that this occurs, and for the first time ever, individuals can respond to the census online.

The data that is collected by the census determines the number of seats each state has in the U.S. House of Representatives. Following the 2010 census, Pennsylvania lost one seat and now has only 18 members.

Another important thing that the census does is help to distribute $675 billion in federal funds to states, local municipalities and community service programs, according to the census website.

This means funding for schools, hospitals, roads, public works and several other important programs.

Despite the large impact that IUP has on the town of Indiana, the campus was virtually inactive during the last census count in 2010.

Over the summer, Indiana Borough, White Township and IUP have formed a subcommittee from the larger Indiana County Complete Count Committee to

(Indiana Borough) Members of the Indiana County 2020 Complete Count Committee posed for a picture

raise awareness and increase the number of individuals who participate in the 2020 census. One of its main goals is to include IUP in the process and get a better response from the students on campus in the census.

Sometimes students think that they should be counted at their parents’ homes, but it should be where they are living at the moment.

Indiana borough planning and zoning official Stephanie Walters said because IUP students spend the majority of the year living in

Indiana and will be here on April 1, they should submit their census responses with their Indiana housing address.

“Throughout their time at IUP, students utilize local water and sewer services, fire and police protection, transportation networks and healthcare services,” Walters said. “Part of the funding to provide these vital services comes from federally and state allocated funding. This funding is based off of population data collected during the census.”

Starting in March, people

will start to receive letters in the mail with information to take the census online. This will include a code you will type in if you choose to do it online. Another option would be to do it through the phone, should you receive a call asking you to fill out the census that way. Paper surveys will also be mailed out at this time giving options on ways to complete it.

If you still haven’t responded yet, the census will send reminders again before April 1.

Even though the census might

still feel a year away to some, the subcommittee has already been talking about plans to engage the community and IUP into completing the census.

“Events are currently being planned, and advertisements will start to show up around the community as a reminder for everyone living in Indiana County to take part in the census,” Indiana borough communications and grants coordinator Kyle Mudry said.

As well as community outreach, organizations on campus will be talking with students to raise awareness and answer questions regarding census completion in the upcoming months.

More information about these events will be available early next semester.

It is important to note that once you fill out the census, your answers are safe and secure and most importantly, protected by federal law. Under Title 13 of the U.S. Code, the Census Bureau can only use your responses as statistics and nothing else.

With this being such an important role in the community, the Census Bureau is also looking for approximately 800 part-time employees in Indiana County. A salary of $13.50 per hour will be paid. For more information about employment or general questions visit www.2020Census.gov.

Los Angeles man falsifies shooter claim to avoid spending day with parents KIERA FRIEDMAN Los Angeles Times TNS

BRITTNY MEJIA

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A 22-year-old man arrested on suspicion of making false claims about a possible active shooter at the Los Angeles County Fair did so because he was hoping to avoid going to the fair with his parents, police said.

"It was with the intent that it would spark some chaos and commotion," Pomona Police Chief Michael Olivieri said at a news conference Saturday. "It would be captured in the news media. And then he could use it as an excuse to his parents not to go to the fair. Kind of a crazy thing, but that's what we have learned."

Erik Villasenor, who lives with his parents in Los Ange-

(TNS) Families enjoy the Los Angeles County Fair.

les' Sylmar neighborhood, was arrested late Friday on suspicion of emailing the threat to the fair association, Olivieri said.

The chief said that in the email Villasenor told fair officials that "someone was planning on doing a mass shooting Sunday at the fairgrounds," and he just wanted to "inform you guys."

"And that was all that was said," the chief added. "So obviously in today's world a message like that is very concerning."

Detectives, assisted by the FBI, identified three potential suspects who could be connected to the email address and then narrowed it down to Villasenor, Olivieri said. Author-

ities then descended on Sylmar to make the arrest.

"He ultimately admitted it was a hoax," Olivieri said of Villasenor's alleged claims about a shooter. "He was taken into custody and transported to the Pomona City Jail, where he was booked on those threats."

The chief said his department would be seeking reimbursement for the investigative resources devoted to the threat.

Olivieri said the case was quickly resolved in large part because of the safety measures the city and fair organizers had already put in place.

In the wake of recent mass shootings around the country, the L.A. County Fair's operators had beefed up security.

"In light of the environment, we've made significant investment to make sure our guests and employees are safe," Miguel Santana, chief executive of Fairplex, told the Los Angeles Times in early August. The private nonprofit Fairplex operates the fair,

which is underway at its 487-acre facility in Pomona through next Sunday. "We always take security seriously, but we've made a deliberate effort to strengthen our security system."

Fairplex has spent $200,000 to build a command center in the fairgrounds where police, fire officials and other emergency staff can coordinate a response to an emergency, Santana said.

Extra video cameras were added to monitor the perimeter of the grounds, as well as metal detectors, and a badge-scanning system to screen fair employees and contractors before they enter the grounds.

After Friday's incident and the subsequent arrest, Santana said there was a silver lining: "It provided us an opportunity to test the kind of security systems that we have worked so hard to create." And the outcome, he said, was "great."

He had a message for people planning on going to the fair: "We have your back."

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University finding ways to make IUP Warren policy would divide cooperative learning environment lobbyists and policy-makers KATIE MEST

Editor-In-Chief K.A.Mest@iup.edu @katiemest

Administrators and student leaders were busy looking for solutions last week after students voiced their concerns about a racist Snapchat video that circulated on social media Sept. 6. A week and a half after the video was posted, students are wondering how IUP plans to change its campus climate surrounding diversity and inclusion.

Vice president of student affairs Thomas Segar sent out a mass email to the university in response to the video the day it was released, saying administration was aware of the video and that it would be taking appropriate action. Two days later, another email was sent out to students, inviting them to attend a community discussion, “A Community Response to Hate at IUP,” Sept. 10.

“We need all constructive voices working together to make IUP a place where we actively continue to promote diversity, equity and inclusion,” Segar said in the email.

The student who posted the video on Snapchat is no longer a registered student at the university, IUP executive director of media relations Michelle Fryling confirmed Monday.

Close to 150 students, faculty and Indiana community members showed up to the discussion in the Elkin Hall Great Room. But that wasn’t the end of the discussion, and attendees and administration both made sure everyone knew that.

A second discussion was planned that night for the following day, same place, same time.

A student proposed the idea, and Segar agreed to it immediately.

Attendees left from both meetings with the notion that change needs to happen on multiple levels.

“This hurts all of us,” Segar said. “This stuff is personal for all of us because we care about our community, so it was important to come together. We thought it was important for students to know that we care and not to dismiss this and allow time to go one without bringing our community together.”

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(IUP Website) SGA President Alex Fefolt (left) and IUP vice president of student affairs Thomas Segar (right) continue to offer contructive ways on working together to prevent racist actions.

ciation (SGA) President Alex Fefolt said SGA met immediately after the first meeting and brainstormed ways the association, as a large student organization on campus, could facilitate continued discussions.

The group came to an agreement that the Student House of Representatives (SHOR) would have a subsect specifically to work together each month in creating a safe and inclusive environment at IUP. Fefolt said this coalition will also be a way to centralize efforts, since many smaller efforts get overlooked in the many events being held on campus each day.

The first SHOR meeting will be at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 26 in the Elkin Hall Great Room. Future SHOR meetings will be Oct. 31 and Nov. 28.

As of right now, the coalition is open to anyone on campus to join and represent their organizations. Segar said the next steps in the SHOR coalition will be announced once they are solidified.

“The simplest, most informal thing students can do is to be there to help guide [their friends] to make the right decisions, to understand that IUP is an inclusive place,” Fefolt said. “So if you see that your friends are not handling themselves in an appropriate manner, you can say, ‘Hey. What you’re doing isn’t good.

You may not notice it or realize it, but it’s inappropriate and people would find that offensive.’”

On a larger scale, more than just an individual basis, SGA is considering requiring all student

organizations, at least the executive boards, to take diversity and inclusion training to maintain university recognition, Fefolt said.

For new organizations, the idea is that they will not get recognition as a student organization until they take the training.

Another theme discussed in the meetings was that information needs to get directly in front of students in order for them to process it. While some suggested messaging systems to tell students about upcoming meetings and general news, a counterargument suggested that students tend to ignore messaging systems, such as The Beak that goes to student inboxes every morning.

Elise Glenn, the chief diversity and inclusion officer and Title IX coordinator, said she’s looking to get in front of students in places they’re already congregating, since she said tabling reaches only so many people. Residence halls, Folger as a meeting space, Elkin Hall and the library are all places up for consideration in the posting of information.

Glenn said the discussions were important because students could come together and not only voice their concerns but also express their personal emotions and perspectives on the situation.

“We also did truly want to hear what’s on your mind,” Glenn said about the community discussions. “Because, yeah, we do care, but we may not see every aspect of the way it feels to students.”

(TNS) Elizabeth Warren announces her plan that would set lobbyists and policy-makers apart.

SAHIL KAPUR

Bloomberg News TNS

Elizabeth Warren rolled out a sweeping anti-corruption plan Monday that would toughen rules for wealthy and influential figures seeking to influence policy, hours before she intends to pitch it to voters in Wall Street's back yard.

The plan seeks to build a proverbial wall between lobbyists and policy making, the latest plank in the Massachusetts senator's platform of radical change to the U.S. political and economic system.

Warren's proposal would ban all lobbying for foreign entities and prohibit lobbyists from donating to — or fundraising for — political candidates. It would also enhance required disclosures and tax entities that spend $500,000 or more per year on lobbying.

If enacted, the plan would expand the definition of a lobbyist to include "everyone who is paid to influence lawmakers."

It'd restrict their ability to work in government, prohibit elected officials and senior appointees from ever becoming lobbyists and bar large companies and banks from hiring top ex-government officials for at least four years.

The 15-page document is the latest addition to Warren's populist pitch for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. She argues that the U.S. economic system "has been rigged to prop up the rich and powerful and kick

dirt in the face of everyone else," as she said Saturday in Springfield, Massachusetts. In rallies and speeches, she tells voters that everything from tax rules to climate policy are shaped by legalized corruption.

"The goal of these measures is straightforward: to take power away from the wealthy and the well-connected in Washington and put it back where it belongs — in the hands of the people," Warren wrote in a medium.com post Monday.

Warren's message of drastic change mirrors that of Senator Bernie Sanders, with whom she's in a close competition for second place in Democratic polls.

The front-runner, Joe Biden, is running on a more modest center-left platform focused on "restoring the soul" of America and building on the legacy of President Barack Obama.

The Warren plan is packed with jabs at Donald Trump — she calls the president "a walking conflict of interest"— and some of his actions. She'd change campaign finance law involving "in-kind contributions" to bar the solicitation of political assistance like opposition research from foreign countries and making hush-money payments.

Warren's speech Monday evening was held at Manhattan's Washington Square Park.

The Democrat gets more donations from the liberal New York City metropolitan than any other region, according to data compiled by Bloomberg from her FEC filings.

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Opinion (The Penn archives) Students appalled by IUP leaving lights on over night at locations such as North Dining.

Campus lights left on affect our environment negatively

Opinion

Change, CO2 emissions from humans have increased by more than 400 percent since 1950.

CO2 emissions is one of the leading causes of climate change.

It is a naturally occurring greenhouse gas. An increase in CO2 means more greenhouse gases that trap additional heat. This trapped heat is what causes ice caps to melt and ocean levels to rise.

It’s hard to picture the effects leaving one or two lights on may have on the environment. Most people don’t think that leaving a light on or letting a fan run for an extended period of time will do anything besides slightly increase their electricity bill.

Many wonder why people choose to purchase expensive solar panels for their houses, offices and buildings. While the prices for these panels can reach up to $30,000 for a single house, they significantly reduce the amount of CO2 that gets distributed into our environment.

Again, I question why these lights get left on when they are dramatically increasing the amount of greenhouse gases that pollute our environment.

Even buildings that are no longer in use and are vacant (Foster

Dining Hall) on our campus have lights that are still left on.

I think that not only our campus, but also others around the country, need to be more aware of the

amount of energy they use.

Some universities, like the University of Arizona, Colorado State University and the United States Air Force Academy have made

huge strides in attempting to reduce their carbon footprints.

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If you’ve ever walked around campus after dark, you’ve most likely noticed how many lights are left on in various buildings.

All around campus, the lights in buildings that are no longer unlocked are left on.

It is understandable that the campus wishes to have its buildings not looking ominous and dark, but the amount of electricity used to light these buildings most likely takes a large toll on our environment.

Even though some people (President Donald Trump) are not fretting over climate change, it is a real problem that needs attention now.

According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as much as 17 percent of the nation’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are a result of private homes’ extended use of electricity.

While our campus is not a private home, you can imagine the amount of CO2 our electricity output puts into the atmosphere.

Since the Industrial Revolution, humans have increased the atmospheric CO2 levels by more than a third. According to the Committee on Climate

(Chandler Bouton) “Friday the 13th Recovery.”

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(Robert Hinkal/The Penn) Sandy Kowaleski is the Dan Smith Candy Company store manager.

‘Fall in Love with Downtown’ begins Indiana’s ‘Lovin’’ events EMILY LOOSE

Lead News Writer E.D.Loose@iup.edu @ThePennIUP

As the seasons begin to change, so does the town of Indiana. Some businesses are taking it into their own hands to show the community what’s happening this autumn.

The community event “Fall in Love With Indiana” took place Sept. 14 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Philadelphia Street.

Linda Mitchell, the director of Downtown Indiana, said the idea came as a way to show the closeknit ties of the community.

“My job is to help promote our historic downtown,” Mitchell said. “It is to get people down and walk our downtown.”

Downtown Indiana started doing the “Lovin’” series last year but had brought it back for the summer, she said. Its most recent event was in August and was

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called “Lovin’ Our Pets,” which included a pet parade.

During the “Lovin’” events, local businesses in downtown Indiana hold special deals and samplings. This year had many participants. Visitors were asked to first stop at S&T Bank to get brochures and to see the whole list of events taking place.

For food, the community could go to Woody Lodge Winery and try its spiced apple wine.

They could also go to Subway and try samples of honey crisp peach cider and its new apple cookies.

Dan Smith’s Candy & Gifts had deals, including getting half a pound of fudge free with the purchase of one pound.

Clothing stores, such as the 700 Shop and The Finery for Men and Women, held sidewalk sales and even had giveaways.

Humor columnist Lisa Smith Molanari was also in the area, coming to The Artist’s Hand Gal-

lery to be part of a storytelling event. She read from her newly released book, “How Growing Up in Indiana,PA, Made Me Rich and Famous Funny.”

The book contains many stories from her time in Indiana, including the time she was voted class clown in 1984.

She was there from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and said she was happy to be back in her hometown. Molanari now lives in Rhode Island.

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Visitors could also go to the Historical and Genealogical Society to see some of its new exhibits, including “Rising to the Occasion: Featuring the Designs of Louise Welch.”

The exhibit shows off prom and wedding dresses designed and sewn by Welch for her daughter Joan. Joan Welch was Miss Indiana in the 1955 Miss Pennsylvania Pageant.

Each dress comes with a picture and a short story about the dress, including proms and pageants. The exhibit was

put together by Samantha Barna, a fashion merchandise graduate of IUP. The exhibit is still available to be seen for a short time.

While at the Genealogical Society, visitors can look through books and databases to learn more about their families and the history of Indiana. Afterward, they could take a walkway tour of Indiana and see its historic buildings.

“Our walkable downtown has lots of variety,” Mitchell said.

Next month’s event by Downtown Indiana is “Lovin’ IUP,” which will show off the town’s school spirit. Other future events include “Lovin’ Our Veterans” and “Lovin’ It’s a Wonderful Life.”

Events will continue into the new year.

More information on these events coming up and more can be found on Downtown Indiana’s Facebook page.

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Pete Davidson entertains crowd at STATIC event

(Autumn Dorsey/The Penn) Derek Gaines (top) made fun of his upbringing during his set before Pete Davidson (bottom).

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(Autumn Dorsey/The Penn) Ricky Velez (middle) opened up for Pete Davidson (top, bottom), who talked to students about SNL, his UCF scandal and Jimmy Stewart.

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(Wikimedia Commons) Eddie Money leaves his musical legacy behind.

(Wikimedia Commons) Models are seen dressed in fall colors.

NYFW brings back ‘70s trends for spring 2020 MARAN DAVIS

Contributing Writer M.Davis@iup.edu @ThePennIUP

This article contains opinion.

New York Fashion Week (NYFW) took place this past week, which means lots of new trends and styles will be hitting stores in the next couple of months. NYFW is the biggest week of the year for designers, celebrities and public figures.

This fashion week, there have been runway shows in abandoned subway stations, massive choir performances and trips to the infamous Apollo Theater.

Some major highlights of this event have been Rihanna’s Savage Fenty show, tribute to Princess Diana and new TommyXZendaya fall collection. This year, there was a shorter schedule with more shows in offbeat locations than there has ever been before; it was challenging trying to squeeze in all the action.

Though a few brands have always staged their shows in Brooklyn, the calendar was supposedly full of locations there. Some of the designers who held their shows there were Brandon Maxwell, Telfar and Michael Kors. Brooklyn is said to be a major contender for all

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shows moving forward in the fashion industry.

This year, the theme seemed to be all about non-traditional show formats. Tom Ford held his show in a deserted subway station. Susan Alexandra recreated a bar mitzvah complete with food, music and super-sized balloon handbags.

Another designer set up a farmers’ market for her show to emphasize sustainability.

Some new comeback collections were seen this fashion week, which has many excited. Tommy Hilfiger came back to showcase his new TommyXZendaya fall collection, which has some extremely fun pieces in it.

The whole theme of this line is very ‘70s-inspired, which has been a trend this past year. This new collaboration has incorporated “See Now, Buy Now,” in which people can buy the pieces straight off the runway.

Rihanna was a surprising designer with her Savage Fenty show with performances by DJ Khaled and Halsey. This is the first NYFW in which Rihanna has held a show, which is exciting for fans.

Along with Rihanna, there were some newcomers this fashion week that will be worth paying attention to. Rising indie label Puppets and

Puppets combines Romanov-inspired textiles and shapes with bursts of surrealism. Also, Japanese designer Tomo Koizumi dressed transgender model Ariel Nicholson this season.

As always, there are new trends that will be emerging to keep an eye out for these next few weeks in stores. Clean, white blazers are the new trend instead of the normal, go-to black. Also, tie-dye is a new trend for this spring coming up.

This time, it’s brush strokes and paint lines that add pops of color that can easily add an artsy flair to any outfit.

Half-and-half is the new trend for those who cannot commit to a single color. It is quite literally a garment split down the middle with two different colors or prints.

This will be very interesting for the upcoming fall and spring.

Head-to-toe monochromatic looks is also a new movement that is happening in the fashion industry.

This look entails either one color or wearing items in varying shades to really stand out.

This year’s fashion week seemed to be one for the books, all the fashionistas and beauty bloggers are now patiently awaiting next year.

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Eddie Money’s passing upsets music community MEGAN DONNY Culture Editor M.Donny@iup.edu @ThePennIUP

Eddie Money, an ‘80s performer, passed away Friday, leaving behind a legacy people will never forget.

He died due to complications with a recent heart valve replacement. A month ago, Money announced that he was suffering from stage 4 esophageal cancer.

Money will live on through the music he created. His songs like “Two Tickets to Paradise” will not be forgotten.

“I thought I was just going in to get a checkup and [the doctor] told me that I got cancer,” Money said in an episode of his reality show “Real Money.”

“Real Money” focused on the lives of Eddie Money, his wife Laurie and their five children (Zach, Joe, Jesse, Desmond and Julian). The show was on AXS TV and has been on the air for two seasons.

The show follows the family as they are on the road, touring with their father.

AXS plans to release the final five episodes of Season 2. A special tribute aired Sunday following his death.

Money cancelled the rest of his 2019 tour dates after developing pneumonia in July.

Money’s most famous songs include, “Take Me Home Tonight,” “Two Tickets to Paradise,” “Baby Hold On” and “Think I’m In Love.”

He was born Edward Joseph Mahoney, before changing his name

to something that suited his love for rock ‘n’ roll. Tabloids used to make fun of his name, but he understood that with a name like “Eddie Money” people are going to taunt him.

Before becoming a full-time musician, Money wanted to be an NYPD police officer like his father.

He eventually quit the training program and moved out to California.

Throughout Money’s career, he had 11 songs on the Top 30 hits on Billboard’s Hot 100. He was also nominated for a Grammy Award for his hit “Take Me Home Tonight.”

Money hit a low point in his life when he overdosed on fentanyl in 1981. He was in physical therapy for a year and recounted the experience as one of the scariest he’s ever been through.

He ended up joining a 12-step program and marrying his wife, Laurie, in 1989.

Money also worked with Congress to try to update copyright laws for the digital age. He became an activist who fought for the rights of musicians in his later years.

Musicians like Richard Marx and Ronnie Spector posted on social media over the weekend, recapping their favorite memories from their experiences with Money.

“I loved his voice; he loved mine,” said Spector in her post about Money. “Eddie brought joy to a lot of people with his music and performing, and he never stopped.”

So far, $2,570 have been raised for the Eddie Money Cancer Research Fund. The family set up the fund with USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center to try to support finding a cure for cancer.

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‘Invader Zim’ satisfies fans of original cartoon ABE ESHELMAN

Staff Writer A.Eshelman@iup.edu @DukeOfKalos

This article contains opinion.

“Invader Zim” was a Nickelodeon cartoon that first aired on Nickelodeon March 30, 2001.

The show was a dark, whacky and dry action-horror-comedy about the adventures of an arrogant, yet incompetent alien invader, Zim, his dim-witted robot assistant, GIR, and his battles against a young, unpopular paranormal investigator, Dib. The show was created by Jhonen Vasquez, famous for his work on his even darker graphic novel, “Johnny the Homicidal Maniac,” which gave the show its uncomfortable and unique sense of humor and its role as one of Nickelodeon’s more controversial shows.

Despite this, after the series ended, “Invader Zim” gained a cult following, and a movement began to bring the show back. The movement had some success, when Nickelodeon began airing reruns of the series for the first time. Despite

(Facebook) “Invader Zim” was originally a Nickelodeon cartoon.

the success of nostalgic reboots in 2019, with another Nickelodeon cartoon, “Rocko’s Modern Life,” recently being given a Netflix sequel film, viewers were still shocked when the first teaser for “Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus” was revealed.

“Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus” was released on Netflix Aug.16.

“Enter the Florpus” achieves what few reboots, spin-offs and sequels can accurately do. It feels like a long episode of “Invader Zim,” and that’s exactly what it set out to be.

The film is satisfying to “Invader Zim” fans for several reasons. Not only does it perfectly capture the art

and writing style of the original series, while updating the animation to look cleaner and sharper than ever and answered important questions and ideas fans have had for years (such as seeing Membrane and Dib finally connect or Zim realizing the Tallest don’t care about him), but it also was an entertaining and self-contained adventure.

My only major complaint was the lack of the more disturbing jokes that some Invader Zim episodes were known for. The movie hinted at darker jokes, but very rarely had the haunting atmosphere that the show had. My best guess is that the film toned down its predecessor’s darkness because it was originally going to be aired on Nickelodeon, which was confirmed by Vasquez but was eventually shifted to Netflix late in production. The film still preserves its perfect balance of whacky, absurdist ideas, political satire and critical perspective and fun, sci-fi action.

The film opens with a “Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure”-esque animation recapping the many battles between Dib and Zim, from Dib’s self-promoting perspective. Shortly

after, it is shown that Zim suddenly vanished one day, and Dib’s physical health and quality of life have deteriorated as he sat watching a camera screen for the day Zim returned.

Zim, on cue, returns and reveals he was purposely hiding (in the toilet) for the last several months so that Dib would become out of shape and a washed-up loser.

Zim has forgotten Phase 2 of the plan, and, during a montage of Dib working out, tries to remember the plan and embarrasses himself in front of his people’s leaders. Zim falls into a depressive state and is only revived out of it whenever Dib accidentally reveals to Zim a powerful technology that would force the leaders of the Zim’s people to come to Earth, regardless of their feelings on Zim. Chaos ensues as Zim moves Earth far out of its normal position, conquers Earth with an army of robots and threatens the world with the titular Florpus hole. For those who loved “Invader Zim, Enter the Florpus” is one last great adventure with Zim, Dib, Gir, Gaz, Membran, and all the other weirdos from Vasquez’ imagination.

Video Games Club hosts ‘Super Smash Bros.’ tournament ABE ESHELMAN

Staff Writer A.Eshelman@iup.edu @DukeOfKalos

Gaming is one of the fastest-growing hobbies in the world, becoming more ingrained in society everyday with esports, live-streamers, movie adaptations and gamer characters becoming more mainstream.

IUP is no exception, as many students are passionate about playing video games. One of the main hubs of IUP’s gaming community is the IUP Video Games Club.

“We meet together and play video games as a way to connect with different people around campus,” club president Michael Urbahns (junior, communications media) said.

The club has a focus on multiplayer games so players can directly interact with each other in-game.

“There have been people who brought in fighting games like ‘Street Fighter V’ and ‘Dragon Ball Fighters Z’ and basic competition games like ‘Mario Kart’ and ‘Mario Party,’” Urbahns said.

They’ve even played virtual “Monopoly.” According to Urbahns, the most popular game within the club is “Super Smash Bros.”

(Abe Eshelman/The Penn) The IUP Video Games Club biggest promotional event is a “Super Smash Bros.” tournament.

“Ever since I first joined the club, everyone seems to bring ‘Super Smash Bros.’ Whether it is ‘Melee,’ ‘Smash 4’ or ‘Ultimate,’ that was the biggest reason people came.”

Due to this high interest in “Smash Bros.,” the club’s biggest promotional event is its “Smash Bros.” tournaments, which are open to all IUP students.

“A good collection of people came to it, and while I know probably half wouldn’t stay in the club, it still got our names out there, so

if someone got curious, they know who we are.”

The tournaments have been going for the past three years, and Urbahns doesn’t “remember any incidences of people showing terrible sportsmanship.”

The club’s mission is to promote friendship and positive bonding experiences through gaming.

Urbahns said he loves video games because of “the connection it can make with people no matter the category.”

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“People will connect with different people around the world and create true friendships even though that don’t know who they are or what they look like,” he said.

Video games, like his favorite game, “Kingdom Hearts 2,” can be more than just entertainment and can be a way to “explore deeper concepts like friendship, loss, and other fascinating concepts,” he said.

Urbahns hopes the “Smash” tournaments will be successful in both bringing together players from

a variety of backgrounds and bringing new members to the club for its more regular game nights.

Urbahns sees gaming as an important way to connect people.

He said, “You search on any social media platform and find a large variety of groups and fan pages on which people can discuss concepts about the games they play and find help when they struggle at it,” He said he hopes to create that same community energy within IUP’s Video Games Club.

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Netflix acquires the global streaming rights to ‘Seinfeld’ STEPHEN BATTAGILO TNS Los Angeles Times

(Tyler Whitfield) IUP Skate Club invites all levels of skaters to join.

Skate Club gives students opportunity to learn to skate JEREMY STOUT

Staff Writer J.W.Stout2@iup.edu @ThePennIUP

IUP is now home to a skateboard and BMX club that looks to provide those with interest a place to learn and connect with other members of the community.

The club currently meets at the Mack Park Skatepark. The members have been going daily to the park, but formal meetings are every other Monday, the next being Sept. 23. Dues are $10 per semester.

“The reason we have them (dues) is for gas,” Tyler Whitfield, the club vice president said.

“Whenever the winter kicks we have other places we can go.”

Those places being the Peach Plaza in Greensburg, Sk8 1-4 in Altoona and Switch and Signal in Swissvale.

Whitfield said that as someone new to the sport (having been involved for only a year,) the club is very beginner friendly.

“Half the people who signed up, myself included, and even some of the other officers… know how to stay balanced on a skateboard,” Whitfield said. “As long as you’re trying to have a good time and you give good

vibes only, then you’re more then welcome to come.”

The club is growing quickly.

Twenty people are official members and more than 50 signed up on IUP day.

They only have one person in BMX, but Whitfield said he wants more to sign up and join.

“We want as many as we can get,” he said.

The impetus for the club came from Whitfield’s experience as a transfer student. He wanted a place for people with common interests to meet and connect with one another.

“I see a lot of people with skateboards around campus, but I never see them at the skate park, so, I figured, why not start a club or something social, just to get people to get to know each other.”

He recruited his current roommate and club president Alexa Hershberger to get the club off the ground.

Hershberger was also able to get the club a sponsorship from a skate company owned by a former IUP student.

For students looking for more information, Whitfield said that the club can be found on Crimson Connect as “The Skateboard and BMX Club.”

Netflix has fired back in the battle for popular network sitcoms by landing the global streaming rights to “Seinfeld.”

The deal struck with Sony Pictures Television, which controls the distribution of “Seinfeld,” will be announced Monday, according to the companies.

Netflix will offer all 180 episodes of “Seinfeld” in the U.S. and to its 151 million subscribers throughout the world when the five-year pact takes effect in 2021. “’Seinfeld’ is a one-of-a-kind, iconic, culture-defining show,” Sony Pictures Television Chairman Mike Hopkins said in a statement to the Los Angeles Times. “Now, 30 years after its premiere, ‘Seinfeld’ remains center stage. We’re thrilled to be partnering with Netflix to bring this beloved series to current fans and new audiences around the globe.”

Landing “Seinfeld” is a major comeback statement for Netflix, which recently lost the streaming rights to “The Office” and “Friends” to the media conglomerates that own those shows. “The Office” will be part of NBCUniversal’s new streaming service, while “Friends” will be offered on WarnerMedia’s upcoming HBO Max platform.

Terms of the transaction were not disclosed, but since the rights are for worldwide distribution, Netflix paid far more than the $500 million NBCUniversal paid for “The Office,” and the $425 million WarnerMedia shelled out for “Friends,” people familiar with the deal said.

Both of those five-year deals were for streaming rights in the U.S. only.

Hulu, which is majority owned

by Walt Disney Co., has the current domestic streaming rights to “Seinfeld,” paying $150 million annually in a five-year deal that expires in 2021. Amazon had the streaming rights in most of the foreign territories that will be picked up by Netfilx.

‘Seinfeld’ is the television comedy that all television comedy is measured against,” Ted Sarandos, Netflix’s chief content officer, said in a statement. “It is as fresh and funny as ever and will be available to the world in 4K for the first time.”

The $400-million-plus reason your favorite TV shows are exiting Netflix and maybe Hulu.

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period, Netflix topped bids from Hulu, Amazon, WarnerMedia, NBCUniversal and Viacom, which controls the CBS All Access streaming service since its merger with CBS Corp., according to people familiar with the discussions who were not authorized to comment.

The move was a blow to NBCUniversal, which had a long association with “Seinfeld” and could have used the iconic show to help lure viewers to its upcoming streaming service.

But Netflix is said to have been particularly aggressive in pursuing “Seinfeld,” which is one of a handful of durable, long-running comedy series that appeal to several generations of viewers.

“Seinfeld,” which stars comedian Jerry Seinfeld as himself going through single life in Manhattan with his solipsistic pals, ran from 1989 to 1998 on NBC and ended its original run while still ranking as the No. 1 show in prime time, according to Nielsen.

The other broad-appeal sitcoms available on the steaming market – Warner Bros. Televison’s “The Big Bang Theory” and “Two and a Half Men” – are both expected to go to parent company WarnerMedia’s HBO Max. Some TV producers believe it has become futile for Netflix to bid against companies that are pursuing the rights for their own shows and essentially paying themselves.

The ownership of “Seinfeld,” produced by the defunct studio Castle Rock, is spread among several entities, including WarnerMedia, CBS, Seinfeld and his co-creator, Larry David. All will share in the revenue from the Netflix deal after Sony receives a significant percentage as the show’s distributor.

Even 20 years after “Seinfeld” left NBC, the show’s repeats remain a popular attraction on local TV stations and cable network TBS and have generated billions of dollars in revenue worldwide.

Neflix is already the streaming home for Seinfeld’s current series, “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee,” and his stand-up comedy specials. The relationship was not a determining factor in “Seinfeld” going to the service, sources said.

In its recent earnings call for investors, Netflix executives downplayed the significance of losing “Friends” and “The Office.” The Los Gatos-based company has said it would have to eventually wean itself from outside program suppliers – a major reason why it invested $12 billion on content in 2018 and is investing $15 billion this year.

The “Seinfeld” deal should not be seen as a departure from that strategy, according to an executive familiar with the matter. But the company will continue to license other shows from outside suppliers when it’s seen as making sense for its business.

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Jennifer Lopez shines in ‘Hustlers,’ a tale of strippers turned grifters JUSTIN CHANG TNS Los Angeles Times

This article contains opinion.

The movies have rarely done right by Jennifer Lopez, but the brashly entertaining “Hustlers” isn’t just the exception that proves the rule; it reconfigures her cinematic image with such brazen intelligence and purpose that it seems determined to make up for lost time. As Ramona, a one-woman supernova who reigns over a New York strip club, Lopez gives her most electrifying screen performance since “Out of Sight,” slipping the movie into her nonexistent pocket from the moment she strides out onto a neon-lighted stage in a rhinestone bodysuit.

Ramona seizes hold of the pole and proceeds to run through a series of gravity-resistant acrobatics that reportedly took the actress months to master but will have your jaw on the floor in seconds. You might recognize the song in the background as Fiona Apple’s “Criminal,” whose opening lyrics (“I’ve been a bad, bad girl/I’ve been careless with a delicate man”) cheekily sum up the premise and the allure of this feel-good-feel-bad movie.

Written and directed by Lorene Scafaria (“The Meddler”), adapting a 2015 New York Magazine article by Jessica Pressler, “Hustlers” tells the loosely fictionalized story of a group of strippers who decide to go rogue in wake of the 2008 financial crisis.

Led by Ramona and her quick-study protegee, Destiny (Constance Wu), they con their wealthy clients each night, teasing and drugging them and blithely stealing thousands of dollars they (probably) won’t miss the next morning.

As a movie about the seductions of the flesh and the satisfactions of a well-executed con, “Hustlers” is brassy and invigorating, its pleasures obvious and right there on the surface. As a portrait of women at work, bickering and bonding and doing whatever it takes to get some measure of their own back, it’s smarter and more grounded than Hollywood has given us reason to expect, and told with a welcome matter-of-factness that can melt without warning into tenderness.

Ramona may enter the movie in a shower of dollar bills, but in the next scene, she’s on a rooftop folding Destiny in an enormous fur coat, pulling her close and shielding her from the cold night air.

A few beats later, she’s showing Destiny the ropes, giving her an im-

(TNS) Jennifer Lopez (left) stars in “Hustlers” alongside actress Constance Wu (right).

promptu pole-dancing lesson while another stripper (Cardi B) coaches her on her lap-dancing techniques.

It’s 2007, and Destiny, the designated naive-outsider protagonist, is still finding her footing, never an easy thing to do in stiletto heels. In one arresting early shot, the camera follows Destiny as she wobbles onto the club floor on a busy night: We can sense her excitement as well as her discomfort as she slinks past her more experienced rivals onstage, and also her eagerness to please when a client beckons her over with a “Hey, Lucy Liu!” In its you-arethere physicality, the tracking shot feels like a tip of the hat to Martin Scorsese’s “Goodfellas,” the granddaddy of all gleefully amoral rise-and-fall true-crime narratives.

(It’s also an early demonstration of the dynamism of Todd Banhazl’s cinematography and the hot-hued vividness of Jane Musky’s produc-

tion design.) As Scafaria has noted in interviews, Scorsese was one of several filmmakers who passed on her “Hustlers” script before she was given a crack at directing it herself, a behind-the-scenes footnote that can’t help but play like a wry commentary on the movie’s own hardluck parable of female ascendancy.

Things get worse before they get better and then worse again. Destiny leaves the club, gives birth to a daughter and tries unsuccessfully to land a job in retail, but then the recession hits and she finds herself back at the club.

Once crawling with Wall Street movers and shakers, the place has almost emptied out. Desperate times call for desperate measures, and Destiny is soon taking part in one of Ramona’s fishing schemes, serving their clients a memory-addling cocktail of ketamine and MDMA and then stealthily palming and maxing out their credit cards.

The logistics of this table-turning operation, in which the exploiters becoming the exploited, are nearly as irresistible as they are revealing about this world and its interlocking dynamics of gender and sex, class and power. The women’s strategy depends on the men’s presumption of their docility, weakness and lack of ambition or know-how. It also depends on strength in numbers; a man can probably hold his liquor with just one stripper, but he’ll have trouble keeping up with three or four. (Destiny and Ramona’s posse is played by a terrifically diverse supporting cast that includes Lizzo, Keke Palmer, Lili Reinhart, Mette Towley, Trace Lysette and Madeline Brewer.)

It helps too that most of the men are too humiliated, too married and too stinking rich to even bother reporting the robberies to the police.

Up to a point, Ramona and Destiny convince themselves that they are committing victimless crimes, avenging their profession and their sex against a bunch of boors and swindlers in a modern-day Robin Hood saga.

They are and they aren’t, and it’s Scafaria’s clear-eyed grasp of that distinction that makes “Hustlers” more than just a girls-gone-wild cautionary tale, a peekaboo parade or a hypocritical amalgam of the two.

The movie’s empathy for its leads

and its wholly justified rage against the architects of financial collapse is held in check by the knowledge that every hustle has its collateral damage. The story’s inevitable devolution into chaos is handled with a level of control that eludes the characters as their operation quickly unravels.

In a shrewd touch, Scafaria toggles swiftly between past and present: The story is framed around a 2015 interview between Destiny, her stripping and scheming days clearly well behind her, and a journalist named Elizabeth (a fine Julia Stiles), a stand-in for Pressley. It’s a deft way to convey reams of exposition, but it also allows the movie to assess the emotional fallout of Destiny’s actions, to show the elasticity, intensity and, eventually, the boundaries of female friendship.

Wu, sporting Cleopatra bangs, hoop earrings and an expression that toggles effortlessly between resourcefulness and panic, has much more to do here than in her bigscreen breakthrough, “Crazy Rich Asians.” If you can see the actress straining at times, that’s very much to the point of a character who’s initially out of her depth and who struggles to be taken seriously by her more seasoned collaborators.

Ramona and Destiny’s dynamic recalls countless other master-novice relationships, and as much as we may gravitate emotionally toward the promising outsider, it is invariably the master who has us in their grip. You can’t take your eyes off Lopez, not just because she’s beautiful but also because her beauty has so many bittersweet dimensions: This is a part that required a diva, a movie star, but one who’d seen her share of frustration and failure. The role of Ramona especially resonates in the hands of a mega-watt celebrity whose own physical attributes have been mocked and exaggerated in gross disproportion to her talent.

In that respect, perhaps the drollest of “Hustlers’” own tricks is the way it complicates and even weaponizes the audience’s gaze, turning a blatantly sexualized spectacle into a kind of strategic reclamation. It’s not a seamless or foolproof strategy, or one without its contradictions. Scafaria neither soft-pedals nor denies the basic, primal appeal of what her characters do for a living; she would hardly be giving them her full consideration if she did. Her strippers and sex workers may get ogled like all the others, but in this movie, they are also clearly and defiantly seen.

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(IUP Athletics) Wide receiver Dom McNeil (redshirt senior, kinesiology) had five catches for 80 yards and a touchdown Saturday.

Football dominates Millersville in shutout victory JEFF HART

Staff Writer J.R.Hart2@iup.edu @ThePennIUP

The No. 24 IUP Crimson Hawks traveled to Millersville to take on the Marauders Saturday. Both teams were coming off promising Week 1 wins, and only one of these teams would come out of this matchup undefeated.

History was on IUP’s side as the Hawks handled their business, winning 54–0. The Crimson Hawks shutout their opponent and put an exclamation point on this week’s win. This victory signaled to the rest

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of Division II that the Hawks are a deadly force that is not to be taken lightly.

Their stellar play Saturday was evidence of that. Week 2 started almost identically to Week 1 for IUP, as quarterback Quinton Maxwell (senior, business) connected on a 46-yard pass for a touchdown to Duane Brown (sophomore, kinesiology).

This would be the first of many connections between this dynamic duo, and it was only the first of four first-quarter touchdowns for IUP. The Crimson Hawks were quite simply on fire Saturday. Their of-

fense looked unstoppable. Maxwell passed for nearly 250 yards and threw three touchdowns.

Along with the killer passing attack, IUP combined for 161 yards on the ground and rushed for two touchdowns. The Crimson Hawks were a formidable force on both sides of the ball in this matchup as they did not allow Millersville to score a single point during the game.

This defense unit was unrelenting and did not want to allow Millersville a chance at being able to come back. They combined for seven sacks, an interception, and

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allowed only a measly 26 total yards for the Marauders.

Five Crimson Hawks defenders contributed to the team’s seven sacks, and they all played a crucial role in defending against the run.

IUP completely took away the run game and kept their opponents in the negative with -22 yards on the ground.

After a truly dominant first half in which the Hawks were up by 40, they decided to put redshirt senior QB Jalen Reese (business) in to finish the game. Reese showcased his superb playmaking ability and threw for 151 yards and threw two

touchdowns of his own.

When all was said and done, IUP finished the game with 399 passing yards and 161 rushing yards.

This truly dominant victory continues the Hawks’ seven-game win streak against the Marauders.

IUP could not have asked for a better start to its season and is heading into Week 3 undefeated.

Coming up next week, the Crimson Hawks are going up against Lock Haven at home. After coming off a Week 2 loss against Clarion, Lock Haven will look for redemption against this hot Indiana squad starting at 4 p.m. Saturday.

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Sports Editor E.Hicks@iup.edu @ehicks39

VOLLEYBALL:

FIELD HOCKEY: IUP field hockey is off to a blazing-hot start in 2019, shutting out its opponent for a second consecutive game in a 2-0 home win against Bloomsburg.

Both of the Crimson Hawks’ goals came in the third quarter and were scored by Georgiana Chiavacci (junior, HR management) and Blaise Cugini (freshman, education).

Cugini is the team leader in goals, assists and shots on goal through the team’s opening trio of games.

IUP has outscored opponents 8–1 in 2019 and continued its impressive defensive performance Saturday, limiting the Huskies to three shots for the game, all coming in the opening quarter.

The Crimson Hawks will host

(IUP Athletics) Kimberly Kelly (senior, college of natural sciences and mathematics) had a shot on goal Saturday in an IUP victory.

winless Seton Hill Wednesday.

SOCCER: The IUP soccer team lost to Edinboro 2–1 Saturday, giving the Fighting Scots their first victory of the year and putting the Crimson Hawks behind in the PSAC West

standings.

IUP registered its shots on goal early and often, but were mostly limited by the Edinboro defense, being outshot 22–6 in the contest.

The Fighting Scots took a 2–0 lead into halftime, but Mahogany Willis (sophomore, communica-

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tions media) was able to end the shutout in the 87th minute, too late in the game for the Crimson Hawks to build significant momentum.

Despite being tied for the PSAC West’s second-best overall record, IUP sits fifth in the division with a 1–1 record in-division and will host

IUP volleyball picked up its first win of the season during the Vulcan Invitational over the weekend, defeating Lake Erie in the second of four games played during the two days.

Game 1 saw the Crimson Hawks take Davis & Elkins to a fifth set before losing, while it took five sets for IUP to earn its victory against the Storm Friday night.

IUP was able to take just one set win in two losses Saturday to West Liberty and Daemen.

Nicole Peterson (freshman, biology) continued her strong start to the season, putting up 22 kills in the IUP victory and a team-high 10 digs and 11 kills in the loss to West Liberty.

The Crimson Hawks’ next match will take place Sept. 24 at Wheeling Jesuit, and conference play will begin following that contest.

(Wikimedia Commons) IUP alumnus Mike Taylor led the Poland national men’s basketball team to an eighth-place finish in the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) World Cup. Poland fell out of the running for the gold medal after losing to the eventual tournament champions from Spain and narrowly lost to the United States in the tournament’s seventh-place game. Taylor graduated from IUP in 1995 and was a member of the basketball team throughout his time at the university, including as a member of the 1994-95 PSAC Champion squad. He was an assistant coach at IUP from 1997 to 2000. Taylor primarily serves as head coach of the Hamburg Towers in Germany, promoted to the first tier of German basketball for the first time in team history following Taylor’s first season in 2018-19.

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Steelers drop to 0-2, lose Roethlisberger for season NICK DADOWSKI

Staff Writer N.J.Dadowski@iup.edu @ThePennIUP

This article contains opinion.

For the first time since the 2015 season, the Steelers are 0–2.

Last week after a 33–3 spanking from the New England Patriots, the Steelers had a Super Bowl XL rematch versus the Seattle Seahawks. Unfortunately, in backto-back weeks, the team came up short.

Usually after a loss, I am absolutely fuming, let out all of my aggression on social media or through articles. But this week is different. Instead of being mad at the Steelers, I kind of feel neutralized by the loss.

Let’s start with the biggest question mark coming out of the game: How will this Steelers organization run without Ben Roethlisberger go-

(TNS) Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger will miss the remainder of the 2019 season.

ing forward?

Early Monday morning, it was reported that the 37-year-old gunslinger will need elbow surgery and will miss the remainder of the season, as much as he said he’d like to avoid that surgery. This is an absolutely devastating injury for the franchise QB and organization.

The season is now in the hands of second-year scrambler, Mason Rudolph.

Rudolph looked great in his first NFL game, throwing two touchdowns. The offense was actually a lot more fluid when Rudolph was under center, as opposed to Roethlisberger. You hate to see Ro-

ethlisberger miss this season, but the Steelers might not be in terrible hands with Rudolph.

I’d love to be optimistic about the Steelers’ season and would adore seeing Rudolph light it up, but I’m not ready to see Roethlisberger go. I know for a fact he would never want to end his career like this, but if he’s unable to ever come back, it’s been one hell of a ride, No. 7.

There is one person that Steeler Nation is angry at today: Donte Moncrief. After having four drops in Week 1, he completely whiffed on his lone target in yesterday’s affair, leading to an interception. This interception would prove to be costly, as the Seahawks ended up scoring on the drive.

On the other side of the ball, yinzers might be calling for the benching of Terrell Edmunds. He gave up a big touchdown late in the game and was on the field when Russell Wilson scrambled for 15 yards and essentially won the game for Seattle. Edmunds’ most

notable play, though, may be the pass interference call on the same drive.

The brand new PI challenge was installed so that blatant missed calls can be overturned. There was no clear evidence that this was pass interference, but the referees still gave Seattle the call on Pete Carroll’s challenge. It was a very controversial call, and it will be interesting seeing how the NFL answers to the cry outs of how definitive this rule can be.

The Steelers have a decisive game this upcoming Sunday in the Bay Area against the 49ers. The 49ers are now 2–0, and with two young quarterbacks under center, it will be an interesting game. I’ll be watching with a Terrible Towel over my head and Big Ben in my heart.

Mason Rudolph certainly will full send it as the new starting quarterback.

Would my fellow yinzers please do me a favor and pour an Iron City out for Big Ben prior to kickoff Sunday?

Same old story at top of college football rankings BRAD O’HARA

Staff Writer B.L.Ohara@iup.edu @ThePennIUP

We are now three weeks into the college football season, and some teams are already showing signs of struggling.

Clemson and Alabama are still holding strong at the top of the national rankings.

The Tigers are standing firm at the No. 1 spot, winning two of their first three games by more than 30 points. Clemson also already beat a ranked opponent this season when they defeated No. 12 Texas A&M in the second week of the season.

Alabama has stayed strong in the No. 2 spot as the Crimson Tide made easy work of their first three opponents.

Auburn and LSU have already picked up quality wins in the first couple weeks of the season, validating their spots near the top of the rankings.

In the first week of the season, Auburn pulled off a comeback victory to hand the No. 11 ranked Oregon Ducks, their first loss of the

season. Going into the fourth quarter, the Tigers were trailing by eight points. After scoring a touchdown early in the fourth quarter, Auburn went on a game-winning drive, ending with a 26-yard touchdown to put them over Oregon 27–21.

LSU was involved in a much higher scoring affair that ended in a similar way. In the second week of the season, LSU defeated No. 9 Texas by a score of 45–38. LSU quarterback Joe Burrow threw for 471 yards and four touchdowns, including a 61-yard pass for a touchdown right before the two-minute warning to seal the win.

However, there have also been a lot of top 25 teams that struggled to stay in the rankings to start the season.

Iowa State has had a very rough start to its year. After starting off ranked at No. 21, the Cyclones quickly fell out of the rankings after Northern Iowa took them to three overtimes in their first game.

Then in their second game of the year, they had a strong chance of making their way back into the rankings with a win against No. 19

(TNS) Trevor Lawrence and the No. 1 Clemson Tigers have started the season unbeaten.

ranked Iowa. However, Iowa slightly edged them out as Iowa State needed 10 more yards to get into field goal range and lost 18–17.

Michigan and Michigan State have both had their fair share of

struggles.

Michigan started strong in Week 1, but were taken into double overtime by Army in just its second game of the season. Michigan completely stopped Army’s pass game

but could not stop the rushing attack. Army ran for 200 yards on the Wolverines for three touchdowns.

The overtime win pushed Michigan back four spots in the rankings.

Michigan State looked strong in their first two weeks, but the Spartans failed to convert on opportunities in their game against Arizona State this past week. Although the Spartans had more than 400 yards of total offense, they failed to convert on all but one of their drives.

The only scoring drive Michigan State pulled together was a touchdown drive halfway through the fourth quarter.

On the other hand, the Spartans’ defense was standing strong the entire game, holding the Sun Devils to 216 total yards and 10 points.

However, if you cannot score, you cannot win, and seven points were not enough as Michigan State lost 10–7 and fell completely out of the rankings.

With more tough matchups coming in Week 4 and the stakes continuing to grow, college football continues to become more exciting to watch.

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(TNS) Julio Jones scored the game-winning touchdown for Atlanta.

Eagles narrowly drop battle of the birds AUSTIN SMITH

Staff Writer A.S.Smith7@iup.edu @ThePennIUP

This article contains opinion.

The Atlanta Falcons hosted the Philadelphia Eagles at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in a battle of the birds on Sunday Night Football.

If you didn’t tune in, you sure missed out on a wild game, won by the Falcons 24–20.

These two teams had very close games in their past several meetings, and Philadelphia ended up getting the victory in the last three prior to Sunday.

Quarterback Matt Ryan and the Falcons were looking to change that after getting beat up in Minnesota the week before.

Ryan looked solid in his first of-

fensive drive with some throws to the tight end Austin Hooper and some solid runs by Devonta Freeman. The Eagles defense did hold up enough to just allow a field goal to Atlanta early on.

Carson Wentz and the Eagles got to start their offensive drive soon after, and it was mediocre. He made some plays to his TE Zach Ertz and had Jordan Howard run, but it was nothing special early on as Wentz could not find any rhythm.

The Eagles would eventually get a field goal to tie it up.

Near the end of the second quarter, Ryan would throw a bomb to Calvin Ridley, who got the Falcons’ first touchdown of the game.

Wait, first touchdown? Yes, both the Eagles and Falcons had trouble getting into the end zone after being in the redzone multiple times, which really answers why the past previous games have been so close between these two teams.

It ended up being 10–6 Falcons at halftime. Would Philadelphia have another second half comeback like they did against Washington?

The Eagles received the second half kickoff, but Corey Clement fumbled the ball during his kickoff return. The Falcons eventually added on to their score, and the Eagles were down 17–12, but then Carson Wentz leaped over the pack and gave Philadelphia its first lead of the game, and Ertz would convert for two points.

The Eagles would not hold on to the lead too long as Ryan found Julio Jones for a quick slant pass, and he took off running for his second touchdown of the game.

The game came down to an Eagles fourth down try to Ertz who was only a half a yard short, if that, from keeping the chains moving.

If you review this game between the two teams, you will notice that

it was not perfect by any means.

The Eagles could not really get their offense sparking like they did against Washington because they lost a lot of key players to different injuries in this game.

DeSean Jackson, Alshon Jeffery, Dallas Goedert, Tim Jernigan...the list goes on. These were key players that were a must to have in the game if they wanted a win over Atlanta.

Even Carson Wentz came out of the game for a bit because of a heavy shot he took to the ribs.

Josh McCown did pretty good in replacement for Wentz.

Ryan wasn’t even having a stellar game, but good enough to get the win thanks to his all star receiver Jones and younger receiver Calvin Ridley who played great in the game.

Why do I say Ryan didn’t have a stellar game? It might have to do with the fact that he threw three

interceptions. With Philly, it seems to me that since Wentz only had his tight end Ertz and Nelson Agholor to throw to, that may have caused him some scrambling to do which lead to the pair of interceptions he threw.

The Falcons came out in this great game with a 24–20 win, but it was not the prettiest. Turnovers were happening left and right for both teams as well as both Atlanta and Philadelphia not being able to put the ball in the end zone when they were in the red zone.

Well, the Eagles will drop to 1–1 on the year which still has them second in their division right behind Dallas. The Falcons improved to 1–1, which puts them in a fair spot.

The Eagles will look to rebound against the Detroit Lions 1–0–1.

For next week, we must hope that Wentz and star players are healthy for a chance at beating the tricky Lions.

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Former linebacker asks current players to contemplate future CHILDS WALKER The Baltimore Sun TNS

Jameel McClain needn’t reach deep into his past to find common ground with current members of the Ravens.

Just five years ago, McClain spent his weeks preparing to play middle linebacker for the New York Giants. He made a career-high 116 tackles that autumn of 2014. He’d recently celebrated his 29th birthday and already, he felt the end of his football life breathing down on him.

As the Ravens director of player engagement, McClain helps recent draft picks learn the ways of the NFL, but just as importantly, he asks them to contemplate life beyond football.

You don’t have to chat with him for long to understand why the 34-year-old former Raven is well-suited to help players through these delicate times in their lives.

“I just believe I have so much talent in me. I believe people have so much talent,” McClain said on a recent morning, munching from a bowl of pineapple slices as he sat on a plush purple chair in his office. “I’m the one who just believes, ‘This guy is here to do great things in this world.’ If somebody doesn’t see the positivity in themselves, I see it.”

His work might come in the form of financial education classes for second- and third-year Ravens, internships arranged with local tech companies or bonding events with girlfriends and wives.

In all these endeavors, McClain commands attention from players because he so recently walked in their shoes. As he moves through the locker room in shorts and a sweatshirt, stopping for brief check-ins, he feels like anything but an outsider. He has a sixth sense for where each player feels most comfortable talking.

“Jameel, he’s like a big influence to me,” third-year linebacker Tyus Bowser said. “I’m around him all the time, whether it’s in the facility or not, just learning how he goes about his business. I take all that stuff and use that to apply it to my everyday life.”

He could have been describing a big brother or an uncle.

(TNS) Jameel McClain played six seasons with Baltimore.

“I feel like a lot of guys lean more toward him because he understands where we’re coming from in certain situations,” fourth-year linebacker Patrick Onwuasor said. “He can feel your vibe. If he feels like you’re kind of low, he’ll come over and try to figure out what’s going on. I feel like that’s what he’s here for. He understands a player mentality and how to lift us up.”

No sport forces athletes to confront their career mortality harder or faster than professional football. It requires tunnel-vision commitment from young men who’ve toiled half their lives to reach the NFL. Yet the statistics say an average player is lucky to hold a job for four years.

That means some of the secondand third-year players McClain counsels will face the end sooner rather than later.

“It’s always going to be a challenge to tell someone, ‘The moment you get in, you should be thinking about getting out of it,’ “ he said. “I feel like it has to come from someone who’s walked in those shoes, so what you’re saying feels realistic. And it can’t come from a negative place of, ‘You’re going be out in two years because that’s what the NFL is.’ That shuts

everybody off automatically. I don’t want to doubt anybody’s drive or ability, but I want to give them the reality and make it a little less harsh.”

By the time McClain played his first game for the Ravens in 2008, he’d already hired a financial adviser and created a pyramid of investment and entrepreneurial goals.

McClain was homeless for stretches of his youth in North Philadelphia, and those difficult years bred in him a hunger for stability.

He wanted nothing more than to be like his uncle and aunt, Greg and Gloria Smith, who held steady government jobs.

“Knowing that feeling, being able to envision what it felt like to have so little, I never wanted to go back, and it really shaped my perspective,” he said.

He went into his NFL career determined to make the most of whatever money and platform he earned. He succeeded more than most, playing seven years and signing a three-year, $10.5 million contract going into the 2012 season.

But he also dealt with the dispiriting turns endemic to NFL life, from a spinal-cord injury to a $1.5 million pay cut he accepted going

into the 2013 season.

The injury, which cost him parts of the 2012 and 2013 seasons, taught him that as much as he’d thought about his long-term future, he really wasn’t ready to walk away from football. It was the jolt he needed to begin planning a realistic future in business.

What he recognized, and what he tells younger players now, is that many of the traits required for football are prized in the corporate world. If you can wake up at 5:30 every morning to work out, you’re already living on a CEO clock.

By the time McClain retired at age 29, he and his future wife, Keisha (the couple married in 2016), had clear plans that began with buying up Philadelphia real estate and opening the Retro Fitness gym in Catonsville. He also found himself hanging around the Ravens’ facility, dispensing advice to younger players. The team offered to formalize his role in 2017, and for McClain, the fit felt natural.

“Before I even got this position, I was doing this position,” he said.

After two years apprenticing to the Ravens’ longtime director of player engagement, Harry Swayne, McClain took over the job this year.

On Tuesday morning, less than 48 hours after the Ravens had stomped the Miami Dolphins in their season opener, 25 secondand third-year players ambled into the auditorium at the team’s headquarters in Owings Mills. McClain had asked them to fill out surveys pinpointing information they’d be interested in receiving, and many players suggested financial education. So this was the first of six planned sessions led by Edyoucore Sports & Entertainment.

Former Ravens linebacker Bart Scott took the stage as part of the presentation.

“I was sitting in these seats maybe 10 years ago,” he said. “With a pocketful of money – young, stupid and didn’t really have a financial game plan. I could have left myself vulnerable, but I was lucky I played long enough that I was able to recover from some of the bad financial decisions I made.

“Jameel was my little road dog, and now he’s here trying to give you guys the education that we wished we could have had. What could I say to my 25-year-old self, when I was walking these halls, wilding out in D.C. and all that stuff?”

The players laughed.

The $645,000 minimum salary for a second-year player might sound like a kingly sum, Scott continued.

But most of that would go to taxes and essential expenses.

Beyond that, a player should save 25 percent, or $161,250, leaving a mere $64,500 a year for indulgences such as fine clothing, family trips and nights on the town.

Then he laid out, step by ugly step, how former NBA star Antoine Walker squandered a $112 million fortune, far greater than most NFL players are likely to make in a career. That raised a few eyebrows.

McClain watched from the side, wearing a businessman’s button-down that might get him ribbed by the few remaining Ravens who played with him back in the day.

But he felt gratified to see so many players file in for the voluntary session.

“I think that’s how I’m going to able to be judge that, ‘OK, you guys want to hear this stuff,’ “ he said.

“As long as they’re engaged and asking me questions.”

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(TNS) Goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky signed with the Florida Panthers...

(TNS) ...while winger Phil Kessel was traded to Arizona.

Teams working on improvement heading into new season TYLER COMO

Staff Writer T.D.Como@iup.edu @ThePennIUP

Whether a team brought younger talent from the minor leagues or decided to open up some cap space by getting rid of players, there were plenty of events that occurred over the NHL offseason.

All 31 teams are looking into the next season on how they can become the best or better than the year(s) prior.

Two of the most active teams were the Colorado Avalanche and the Chicago Blackhawks. Even though the Avalanche made it to the second round, it never hurts to want to add some diverse talent.

Colorado added to its lineup a few minors and attained some players from around the league. Interestingly, every team the Avalanche traded with made it to the playoffs: Nazem Kadri from Toronto, Andre Burakovsky from Washington, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare from Ve-

gas and Joonas Donskoi from San Jose.

Their ultimate goal with acquiring talent from other NHL teams is to see if a little outside help could push them to the cup finals, considering the last time they won it all was 2001.

The Chicago Blackhawks have missed the playoffs the past two years and are ready to get into the competition for cup contention.

Their old coach, Joel Quenneville, was fired and is now head coach for the Florida Panthers. Chicago was looking for something more than coaching staff to give the team that extra boost in the coming season.

They drafted the young talent Kirby Dach from Saskatoon third, following Hughes by the Devils and Kakko by the Rangers. The rest they added to their team from competition among the league: Robin Lehner from New York (Isles), Olli Maatta from Pittsburgh, Zack Smith from Ottawa, Andrew Shaw from Montreal and Calvin de Haan also

from New York (Isles).

The Florida Panthers not only brought in a new head coach but also a new goalie after Robert Luongo announced his retirement.

Their acquisitions could put one leg in the door into making a playoff run next season. Without sacrificing much, they’ve added a lot of talent to their lineup: Sergei Bobrovsky from Columbus, Noel Acciari from Boston, Brett Connoly from Washington, Anton Stralman from Tampa Bay and Spencer Knight from Boston College.

The spark the Vancouver Canucks wanted could be coming this year. Some of the talent they already have, including Elias Petterson, are looking to be a growing threat if they manage to pull it together with some new line mates: Micheal Ferland from Carolina, J.T. Miller from Tampa Bay, Jordie Benn from Montreal, Tyler Myers from Winnipeg and Vasily Podkolzin from the Russian Juniors.

The New York Rangers are look-

ing to find their place back in the playoff arena. Their last trip was in 2017 where they made it to the Conference Semi-finals.

In total, they’ve been playoff-bound 59 out of 92 seasons.

The Rangers drafted Kaapo Kakko second in the first round. New York managed to acquire Artemi Panarin from the Columbus Blue Jackets and Jacob Trouba from Winnipeg.

New Jersey managed to stack their team with high-caliber veterans over the offseason. With getting the first-round pick, drafting Jack Hughes, then managing to obtain P.K. Subban, the two should create a dynamic duo. But Subban didn’t come alone from Nashville.

He was followed by long time Flyers player, Wayne Simmonds.

Whereas some teams may have gotten more players overall, the stats seem to be in New Jersey’s favor with their acquisitions, in addition to the talent in a Devils uniform.

Arizona was not far from play-

off contention last season. Maybe it wouldn’t take very much to give them that extra hand to actually get a chance to fight for the cup.

The Coyotes have a young and talented group but needed a little more leadership on the team.

During the offseason they brought to the team Phil Kessel from Pittsburgh and Carl Soderberg from Colorado.

The Dallas Stars were another team that made playoffs and did a little more movement over the offseason. Their ability to gain Joe Pavelski and Corey Perry are great second liners and bring some more talent to an already great hockey club.

There are still a few weeks until the new season begins, but it’s useful to get to know some new faces on teams.

Safe to say it was an impressive series, regular season and post, but given some of the roster changes we may see a rise in new cup contenders this year.