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By sunrise Sunday morning not a creature was stirring in the redSolo-cup- and cigarette-butt-filled streets surrounding IUP, not even a mouse.

What was one of the less controversial and less eventful IUPatty’s celebrations in years came and went without bringing too much harm to both students’ records and the community they call home for eight months of the year.

Maybe it was partially the increased social media presence the authorities had leading up to Friday or the mid-afternoon snow flurries that Indiana saw Friday, but IUP’s executive director of media relations Michelle Fryling reported that there were no significant incidents to report from Friday.

However, IUP police did report an increase in foot and vehicular traffic. Campus police made 25 arrests for alcohol and one drug-related arrest between 7 a.m. Friday and 7 a.m. Saturday. Nine of the arrests were students and 17 were non-students.

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TRAFFIC CITATIONS WRITTEN WARNINGS for service. Eleven people were charged with drug or alcohol offenses, five of who were students, two of them non-student residents and four non-IUP student visitors.

The Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) were also on the scene and reported four drug arrests, two DUI’s, one public drunkenness,

258 84 103 traffic citations and 23 written warnings.

So why did students seem more well-behaved Friday night in comparison to previous years?

“I did not notice a dip in attendance on Friday before the so-called IUPatty’s weekend,” said journalism and public relations professor Dr. Erick Lauber. “Of

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course, half or more of my students have perfect attendance.

They weren’t absent. So, I believe it was just the usual suspects, as they say.”

Saturday, usually the day for large crowds day drinking, or “daging” as some students call it, also seemed rather tame compared to past celebrations.

While there were large gatherings spotted in traditional party places like Frat Row on S. Seventh Street, the Pizza Village parking lot and the Grandview area, they seemed much more controlled and contained than a few years ago.

Fryling also reported Sunday morning that there were no significant incidents of concern in the previous 24 hours.

IUP police, who were visible throughout the entirety of the day, reported a “very busy night” with an increase from a typical Saturday night. University police made 12 alcohol-related arrests, including two students and 10 non-students, and six drug related charges, involving two students and four non-students.

Indiana Borough Police charged 18 total people with drug- or alcohol-related offenses, retail theft, resisting arrest or trespass, four of them students, one non-student resident and 13

non-IUP student visitors.

The state police reported that Saturday evening was “significantly quieter” than in 2018 during the same time period with only one drug arrest, five DUIs, one public drunkenness, 25 traffic citations and 23 written warnings.

The Indiana Police reported several large gatherings throughout the day that were dispersed.

“Activity over the weekend was relatively quiet, with calls down when compared to previous years,” Indiana communications and grants coordinator Kyle Mudry said. “Thank you to all the students who were out to help clean the streets on Sunday as part of the #IUPLeads initiative.”

Indiana Regional Medical Center and EMA reported no spike in activity over the weekend. In fact, EMA reported that for this year’s overall weekend, there were 100 fewer calls compared to last year.

White Township received no complaints from citizens throughout the duration of the weekend.

While there were several large gatherings seen on IUP’s historic Frat Row on Saturday afternoon, mounted police had a close eye on the situation as they remained in the Hadley Union Building parking lot looking over the gatherings for several hours.

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Coming to a new country can be difficult because it means leaving friends and family behind, and many people may find it a struggle to make friends.

However, international students at IUP have the chance to find people going through similar struggles by going to Conversation Corner, an opportunity presented by the International Education Office.

Here, international students get the chance to eat pizza and discuss their days with each other.

Though the target is to get international students together, any IUP student is welcome to come and learn about different cultures.

The meeting held Thursday included several international students and a few American students.

All the international students had come to previous meetings but still spoke about their time coming to the U.S. Rozellah Ajwang (political science) is a graduate student from

(Facebook) Conversation Corner takes place from 5:30 to 7 p.m. every Thursday in Eicher 208.

Kenya. For her, coming to IUP was the first time she left home, which was a huge change for her.

She had come to IUP after learning about it from her uncle who lives in Pittsburgh. While she said she is having a great time, there are many things that she is still getting used to.

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Out of everything she learned about people in the U.S., she said she was most surprised by their lack of dependency on family.

“In my country, we can call our parents for money any time,” she said. “Here, you do not get that as much. People are more independent.”

Before she came to IUP, she had worked in the restaurant that her family owned. She said she misses both her family and the restaurant, and she would like to visit home as soon as she can.

Tasneem Soliman (graduate, adult education) agreed with

Ajwang about the independence of American students.

“You have to work a lot to love a nice life here,” she said. “In my country, you don’t have to do that.”

Soliman has lived in the U.S. since she was 10, originally coming from Egypt. Though she is accustomed to life in the states, she still looks at the differences between the two countries.

She had also previously lived in Saudi Arabia, which she said was much stricter than Egypt. Out of everywhere she has lived, Soliman said she still finds her native country of Egypt the best, though she does love America and the education program at IUP. Sushmitha Mohan (graduate, clinical psychology) came to the U.S. from India three years ago.

She had worked on her graduate degree in New York City before coming to IUP for her doctorate.

She said that she loves being in the U.S. but still has problems with the stereotypes some have given her.

“I have had people tell me that I don’t smell,” she said. “It is because Indian foods have strong smells, but of course I’m not going to smell like curry.”

Even with the stereotypes, Mohan said that she enjoys the people because it gives her a chance to learn about them and their cultures.

According to her, India is still conservative in their ideas even

as they progress towards Western ideas. Growing up, she watched television and film from the U.S. and the U.K. “A lot of what I saw on television about Americans is true, but I do think that some things are exaggerated,” Mohan said.

After she gets her doctorate, she said that she wants to move back to New York for good because there are more opportunities for her there than in India.

While many of the international students were happy with their time in the states, others preferred home.

Prasad Tadi (business) is an Indian international student who said he was very dependent on his parents, so he misses them a lot.

When the other students asked how much he enjoyed being at IUP, he said he did not care much for America at all.

“I didn’t want to come, but I wanted the experience,” he said.

Tadi had learned about IUP when he heard about a collaboration program taking place in Danville. Though he does not believe his opinions on the country will change too much, he has been willing to give it more chances.

Conversation Corner takes place from 5:30 to 7 p.m. every Thursday in Eicher 208. All students are encouraged to attend and make friends. The program includes dinner and drinks.

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Kacie’s Cause, a nonprofit to help fight drug addiction (with a specific focus on the ongoing opioid epidemic), is starting its first chapter on college campuses at IUP. The chapter is being headed

by Victor Garcia, anthropology professor; Ann Sesti, director of alcohol tobacco and other drugs; and Abby Gerlach, a student.

Kacie’s Cause was founded by the parents of Kacie Rumford, Andrew and Donna, after Kacie suffered a fatal heroin overdose in March 2013.

The Kacie’s Cause website, kaciescause.com, describes the reason behind the organization’s founding as “a way for the family to turn tragedy into a positive in Kacie’s memory.”

“They wanted to make her death matter and to help other people,” Sesti said.

Sesti said that the IUP chapeter came about when the family reached out to Garcia, a family friend, to see if he had any interest in helping to develop a chapter at the university.

(Facebook) Kacie’s Cause is starting its first campuse chapter at IUP.

The goals of the organization include providing education to the public on the dangers of opioids and the laws surrounding illegal substances and helping

with information and referrals to people in need of treatment.

Sesti said that the organization looks to reduce stigma that surrounds addiction.

“If we create stigma around addiction, then that doesn’t allow individuals to get access to the help that they need,” Sesti said. “It’s important that we provide compassion and support, so individuals can get help as opposed to the alternate of what happened to Kacie.”

The IUP chapter is currently in the early stages of development with the only event having occurred Monday, to provide information to those interested.

“Once we pull the individuals together who are interested, we’ll start to really look at what the organization to look like and what

kind of events and activities that they’ll get involved with,” Sesti said. “We’re still in the infancy stages of building the organization.”

The organization still isn’t a recognized student organization, but Gerlach drafted a constitution and bylaws for the organization and will be submitting them to the Student Government Association (SGA) soon.

“What we will try to do is look at what the national organization is doing and seeing what we can mirror here on our campus in terms of what would work on a college campus,” Sesti said.

New college introduces new staff members SAMANTHA SHEEHAN Staff Writer S.S.Sheehan@iup.edu @ThePennIUP

Students who are unsure about the direction they want to head at the university can find help at IUP’s new University College.

In 2014, IUP started looking at student data and noticed that students with undeclared majors weren’t graduating at the same rate as other students. Thus, the University College opened last semester.

The college is currently working on relocating to the ground floor of Stabley Library. The staff is hoping that construction on the library will end in mid-April, and an official ribbon cutting ceremony will be held this fall.

The new college focuses on providing additional development for students who are unsure about their specialties or students who feel unprepared for college after high school. With six different discipline areas in

(IUP Website) Allison Baker (left), Chartice Wyatt (middle) and Jeremy Risinger (right) are support specialists in the University College.

STEM, arts, humanities, healthcare, business and education, students can spend their first semesters at the University College exploring their options.

They are also given the opportunity to connect with other

students struggling to find their places on campus. Michele Norwood, director of the new college and assistant vice provost for undergraduate student success, said she feels that the university’s purpose of commu-

nity building and preparation is vital for these students with undeclared majors.

Many support services are provided in the college, and three support specialists provide help for specific situations. Allison

Baker focuses on academic probation, and Chartice Wyatt works with student athletes for things like time management and maintaining grades. Wyatt also works with dual-enrolling high school students. Jeremy Risinger helps the promising scholars maintain their scholarships, as well as helps the promising scholars with their campus involvement.

Risinger said he feels that everything changes during a student’s college era. He said when he first graduated from high school, he was interested in making video games. Eventually, as he grew and developed like students do during this time, his interests and focus changed. The University College is helpful for situations like his.

Not only does the new university help first year students struggling to declare a major, but it is also there to provide help for any students who wants to use its services. The college will also continue to help its students even after they have declared majors.

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that point,” Kamryn Kenner (sophomore, biology/pre-med) said. “The professors can bump grades, too. So that’s another factor. I calculate what grades I need to get with the things that are already submitted.”

Others like to take a step back and evaluate self-performance by finding the necessary steps to accomplish certain goals.

Tutoring services, like the ones offered in Stabley Library through the university, can help students get extra help in specific courses they’re taking.

“Go over the chapter and study up or find a tutor for the course,” Antonique Warner (junior, psychology) said. “I ask the professor if there’s any available extra credit.”

Talking to professors one-onone during office hours seems to give students an advantage.

Professors can better understand students’ personal standings and aid them toward improving their positions in the class by suggesting additional work to do, extra credit opportunities and possibly even give them second chance opportunities on assignments on which they may have gotten low grades.

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with the professor of the course to see if there is any supplemental instruction or tutoring available to help them with the course content,” said Dr. Michele Papakie, journalism and public relations chairwoman. “Peerto-peer support is always helpful, too.

Don’t be shy about asking someone in class to study with you.

“I’m also proud to say with confidence that IUP offers so much academic support through its Academic Success Center. Students can access so many resources through ASC@IUP.” Visit the ASC@IUP website for more information at https://www. iup.edu/success/.

Planning out goals and assignments and studying are great ways to lay out the remaining semester.

“Midterm is an important time to take stock of where you are and look ahead to opportunities to improve in the second half of the semester,” sociology professor Dr. J. Beth Mabry said.

“Look at remaining ways to get points in a course,, and then making a plan to get them is key,

of course. It gets a little more complicated when you’re juggling multiple courses, as most students are.

“So, you really need to lay out the rest of the semester, get a clear sense of what’s coming up and think through a strategy to navigate your way through the upcoming activities and assignments to set yourself up for success. Basically, look ahead, make a plan, write it down and execute it. And don’t sabotage yourself: show up, pay attention and do the work.”

By planning out remaining assignments, goals and studying, it can not only help grades but help create personal organization and allow students to stay on track and know where they stand throughout the semester.

Getting help from tutoring services, other services on campus like the writing center or the Career and Professional Developmental Center and talking to professors can help students better prepare and allow their remaining time in the semester to be organized and less overwhelming.

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Shootings still bring death months, years later One year ago Sunday, more than a million people participated in the March for Our Lives, with hundreds of thousands leading the main march in Washington, D.C., which spawned hundreds of sister marches the same day.

Unfortunately, one of the largest protests in American history, which called for stronger gun reforms, has resulted in no changes and more deaths in a national epidemic of gun violence and mass shootings.

To take a line from a Vox report last updated Sunday, “after Sandy Hook, we said never again. And then we let 1,989 mass shootings happen.”

Those mass shootings have resulted in more than 2,200 deaths, and no matter how much or how many of us march for anyone’s lives, the outlook still looks bleak.

(TNS) Jeremy Richman, right, whose daughter Avielle was killed in the Sandy Hook shooting in 2012, was found dead early Monday at Edmond Town Hall in Newtown, Conn.

The U.S. has more gun deaths per 100,000 people than any other country in the world, and it’s not close. The amount of guns and widespread access to them has resulted in the few people who decide to misuse them in a much more powerful position.

No state or group of people has been immune to mass shootings. From movie theaters to elementary and high schools, synagogues to music festivals, these hateful killings don’t discriminate.

The effects of a mass shooting

do not stop when the final shot is fired, either.

This month, more than a year after the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., two survivors of the shooting, one a 2018 graduate named Sydney Aiello and the other a current student not publicly identified, committed suicide, likely in large part because of the torment and stress of living through such a high-profile killing spree.

Just yesterday, Jeremy Richman, a father of one of the children who died in the Sandy Hook shooting in 2012, was found dead in his office, nearly seven years after the death of his daughter Avielle. Richman and his wife were one of the Sandy Hook families who filed lawsuits against radio show host Alex

Jones after Jones said the Sandy Hook shooting was a hoax, and the Richmans were targeted by conspiracy theorists claiming that Avielle’s daughter was just a scheme to make money.

Regardless of what side of our heavily divided political spectrum you lie on, it’s just horrible to see continuous lives lost over gun violence.

Following a shooting in New Zealand this month, the country’s lawmakers had a ban of assault weapons sorted out within days. While finding a solution in our country will not be easy, it’s time to start doing more than just sending our “thoughts and prayers.”

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Young M.A. leads off IUPatty’s weekend without issue

(Facebook) “Call Northside 777” can be viewed at The Jimmy Stewart Museum on Philadelphia Street at 1 p.m. everyday.

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(Autumn Dorsey/ The Penn) STATIC (The Student Activity Committee) hosted Deej (top left), KorLeone (top right) and Young M.A. (bottom) in the Hadley Union Building Thursday.

“The event went smoothly and without incident,” Michelle Fryling, executive director of media relations, said. “IUP police reported an increase in foot and vehicular traffic, with 10 arrests for drugs or alcohol (eight of them students, two non-students). The Indiana Borough Police had a total of nine people who were charged with drug or alcohol offenses, five of them students, one of them a non-student resident and three non-student visitors.

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The new year brought a new daily event to The Jimmy Stewart Museum on Philadelphia Street for people of all ages.

In 2018, the museum offered a movie matinee weekend. Every weekend, a new Jimmy Stewart movie was shown at 1 p.m. However, with the new year came new ideas to attract customers.

With the movie matinee being a big hit with fans and newcomers alike, it was decided that the movie matinee, instead of every weekend, would be seven days a week. With a certain theme every month, almost all 82 of Stewart’s movies are shown.

The movie lineup is 1 p.m. Sunday through Saturday.

In honor of St. Patrick’s Day in March, every movie this month has a certain “luck” charm to it. With the week of St. Patrick’s being “Pot o’ Gold,” and last week being “Jackpot,” this week is an upcoming film that borders on Stewart’s character counting on luck.

“Call Northside 777,” which was produced in 1948, follows Stewart as he plays P.J. McNeal, a persistent journalist with the Chicago Times.

McNeal’s boss assigns him to an 11-year case in which a police

officer was killed in a speakeasy.

McNeal, at first, believes the two men arrested are “guilty as sin,” but soon comes to realize not everything is as black and white in politically charged Chicago as it seems to be.

“Call Northside 777” is based on the true murder of police officer William D. Lundy. Stewart’s character McNeal is solely based around the real-life journalist who covered the case 11 years later, James McGuire.

“If students – and patrons – go to our website (www.jimmy.org) and click on the tab that says ‘Jimmy,’ and following the ‘Filmography’ option, we have a clip from every movie offered in our gift shop,” Tim Harley, museum director said. “This way, they can watch a clip of the movie to see if they’re interested.”

The clips act as a sort of trailer, showing what the upcoming movie, or any movie, is about. While there, students can check out the online store, as well as different facts about the hometown hero.

While regular price is $9, students who show their I-Cards, seniors over 50 and veterans, both active or retired, are $8. Cost for children 7-17 is $7, and children under 7 and pookas are free.

Though, if you try to convince the clerk you’re a pooka, hopefully you can turn invisible.

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(Facebook) Disney and Marvel Studio announced March 15 that director James Gunn (left) was back in his role in “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3.”

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Fans of Marvel Comic’s Cinematic Universe might remember back in July when Disney announced that, due to old tweets on sexual misconduct, “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1,” “Vol. 2” and the still-in-production “Vol. 3” director James Gunn was fired.

This is nothing new. What is, however, is the announcement made March 15, announcing that Gunn was rehired to direct “Guardians Vol. 3,” relieving the tensions of every comic fan concerned for the movie’s production.

This all began in the later half of July, when Disney executives fired Gunn and indefinitely postponed production for the hit series “Guardians of the Galaxy” sequel. During this time, there were sudden, mixed emotions with questions asking who the new director would be, what will the movie be like and if the movie will be anything like what Gunn had imagined it.

Even the cast of the “Guardians” movies released a public letter 10 days after Disney’s initial announcement, defending Gunn and his character but not the tweets he made years ago.

The actor for Drax the Destroyer,

Dave Bautista, announced that unless Disney used the script and screenplay Gunn formed, he would request to leave production and cancel his contract, or recast, saying he would feel he wouldn’t do Gunn any justice if he didn’t.

Gunn, however, accepted the firing announcement and quietly left production on the movie.

In the months following, more news regarding Gunn has surfaced. He was hired to direct “The Suicide Squad,” DC Comic’s follow-up to “Suicide Squad” released in 2016. News also surfaced that Disney would indeed keep Gunn’s script and screenplay, allowing Bautista to return as Drax in “Guardians Vol. 3.”

Fans grew apprehensive, as no new news about “Guardians Vol. 3” surfaced, thinking that the project was given up on because of Gunn’s absence. There were several theories about who could direct an ambitious and lively project that Gunn was well known for in his other movies. The big theory centered around Taika Waititi – the director for “Thor: Ragnarok,” another addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) – a director whom fans also respected.

With Gunn recently welcomed back into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, fans are relieved of the stresses that clung to their minds for these past months. For now, the movie is in good hands, and

the audiences can expect a good, sarcastically funny film to follow, as per Gunn’s style, which has led his “Guardians of the Galaxy” movies to successful box office launches and toy sales for Marvel Studios.

Still, Gunn has remained thankful and humble for his fan’s support and encouragement, tweeting “I am tremendously grateful to every person who has supported me over the past few months”

and that he appreciates Disney’s decision to recast him.

We will look forward to developments with “Guardians Vol. 3” as they come out, waiting for Gunn’s next box office success.

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Students split on Huawei Mate X tablet, phone combination ANNA MECHLING Staff Writer A.Mechling@iup.edu @ThePennIUP

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In a society where technology is embedded into people’s everyday lives, it is not surprising that technology is advancing by the second.

When modern technology was at its beginning, there were flip phones and CD players. Then came more advanced phones that could slide multiple ways and MP3 players that weren’t as bulky as CD players.

Now, there is a new technology device on the market, the Huawei Mate X, which is a phone and tablet combination device.

This 2-in-1 device, according to Huawei, is the “world’s fastest, foldable 5G phone.”

The Huawei Mate X has a total of three screens: a 6.6-inch main daily driver screen (main screen), a smaller 6.4-inch screen on the back and an 8-inch screen when it’s unfolded (tablet). This sleek device has a curved grip on the back to make it easier to hold, and, when it’s folded, it’s completely flat.

With such a new and complex technological design, it is not surprising that the device is pricey to the average person, especially to the average college student. The Huawei Mate X costs $2,600.

“I like it, and the reason is a lot of phones are standard where [the Mate X] is flat,” Samatha Joyce (senior, disability services) said. “I miss the Chocolates and the Razers. I think a lot of companies were stuck in a rut with ‘the skinnier, the better.’

“I like the idea. I think they’re going to have some issues with the phone like battery because it’s such a different type of

(Facebook) Students overwelmingly like cereals such as Lucky Charmes (top) more than soups like Campbell’s soup (bottom).

Students slurping cereal over soup ANNA MECHLING (Facebook) Huawei Mate X (top) competes with the Samsung Fold (bottom) in the market for table and phone 2-in-1.

phone. I think it’s really cool, but it’s really expensive.”

Other concerns by the public about this 2-in-1 device is its convenience, since many people already have a phone and a separate tablet device.

“I think that their O demographic is going to be primarily college/postgraduates, but after college debt and still trying to find a stable job, no one will spend $2,600 on a singular entry de-

“I think this is a

really unique and innovative idea”

vice that everyone owns separately,” Jakob Kamide (freshman, communications media) said.

Some are interested in the brand that the product is coming from, as Samsung came out with a similar concept with a foldable phone, the Galaxy Fold.

“I think this is a really unique and innovative idea,” Sara Keller (sophomore, criminology) said.

“I haven’t seen anything like this. I like the idea of being able to have a phone big, issuing all three screens, but also having the option to use it like a normal phone with one screen.

“If Apple ever made something like this, I’d probably purchase it.”

Whether you like a device for its slim features, its multiple features or because of its brand, technology is becoming even more creative and advanced, but so are the prices.

Staff Writer A.Mechling@iup.edu @ThePennIUP

This article contains opinion.

In a world full of controversial topics, it is not surprising to hear that two very different foods are at war with each other, yet again.

Cereal and soup are on opposite ends of the food spectrum if you view them just at the surface.

One is often referred to as a “breakfast food,” and the other is often served with lunch or dinner.

However, because of a few similarities, it is sometimes a miniature controversial issue whether an individual prefers one over the other.

Both cereal and soup are often served in bowls and comprise a liquid-like substance.

Cereal’s “liquid” is often milk (although there are a few people who eat cereal with orange juice) and a cereal of choice. Soup’s “liquid” is often a variety of things which may include stock, juice or water.

Cereal is also usually served

cold. Soup is often served and eaten warm.

Samatha Golling (senior, sociology) expressed her interest in cereal because it is simple to whip up.

“It’s easier to make and I feel like you can eat it any time of the day,” she said.

Some preferred cereal because it can serve as a meal or snack at any time of the day.

“Cereal. I just eat it more,” Allaynah Leseman (senior, sociology) said.

“I like cereal better than soup mainly because cereal is widely accepted as a breakfast food,” Keith Stinnette (senior, exercise science) said. “Cereal is quick to make. It’s simple. Its nostalgic.

“There’s such a huge variety. Everybody has a favorite. Personally, mine is Frosted Flakes and Fruity Pebbles.”

But cereal is not for everyone. “[I prefer] soup,” said Michaela West (junior, sociology). “I’m not a real ‘breakfast’ person.”

It seems that the ultimate decision-maker for choosing cereal or soup relates to convenience and social acceptance.

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The Scourge Pit New season means new names to showcase (Facebook) Google announced that their project Stadia will be released sometime in 2019.

Google beta tester weighs in on Stadia SAMUEL CUNNINGHAM Contributing Writer S.Cunningham@iup.edu @ThePennIUP

This article contains opinion.

Google is a large company, spanning across Gmail, YouTube and other Internet platforms; it has announced another that it intends to change the gaming market.

The Google Stadia was announced this past week, and it takes the ideas learned from Google’s Project Stream, a beta test for streaming video games to individuals without the money to buy large and expensive computer setups.

Phil Harrison, a manager and vice president for Google, said that “there was a lot of speculation that we were going to be making a console, but. . . we want to be completely screen agnostic.”

Google’s Project Stream was a project that began in late 2018 and ended in January of this year.

The idea was for Google to put its service out to the public to test the streaming capabilities and reliability of this service. As one of the beta testers for this Project, I played a free copy of “Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey,” and I was pleased with the project and its ideas. “Odyssey” will return later this year for the console, along with other games, with the targeted platforms including televisions with Chromecast, personal computers, and other Google devices, fixing the problems that the original Project had and prob-

ably adding more features to the service as well, including cross-play on the different Google systems.

One of the potential issues I felt going into Project Stream would have been the streaming rate issues, which turned out to be relatively sound. Without using an ethernet cable, my laptop was able to stream with 1080p graphics at maximum potential, with only occasional moments experiencing 360p. The Stadia plans to run smoother and easier than Project Stream, predicting 4K, 60 frames per second and surround sound on a 25 megabit-per-second internet connection. The Stadia also is planned to eventually run on 5G connections, freeing itself from the simple limitations of Wi-Fi connections.

Another product announced along with the Stadia service includes a wireless controller with buttons to clip highlights to YouTube and a Google Assistant styled helper for gamers who might need assistance with their games. This controller will not be mandatory, however, as the service will also process third-party HID controllers.

While the Stadia plans to be released later this year, there will still be time for Google to test and improve its system, as it plans on the Stadia to be a commercial hit in the streaming and video game businesses.

“We know that streaming is the next frontier for the games industry,” Harrison said, who is confident with the team behind Stadia and plans on a successful service for all gamers.

(Facebook) “One Party System” (left) and “Nocebo” (right) are two new albums to check out from the underground genre.

CHANDLER BOUTON Cartoonist C.Bouton@iup.edu @ThePennIUP

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Beautifully ghastly music from the hallowed realms of the underground.

Sinmara “Hvísl Stjarnanna” (2019) The mighty Icelandic band, Sinmara, returns with their sophomore album, “Hvísl Stjarnanna,” a destructive offering of black metal horror.

On this album, the bass guitar whirls underneath the dissonant guitar riffs, and the production truly pushes this album over the edge of quality. The musicianship here is not bare-bones black metal – it’s fairly complex and melodic in many parts, especially the track, “Crimson Stars.” However, the vile sounds of chaos are not lost in the technicality as there is enough atmosphere created by the production to make the album sound claustrophobic with layered guitars that serve to prevent the intake of oxygen.

This is only one album in a recent litany of incredible Icelandic black metal bands, such as Svartidaudi, Mispyrming and Almyrkvi. Sinmara will be performing April 8 in Pittsburgh at the Smiling Moose with Suffering Hour and Veiled.

Banshee “Banshee” (2019) With the days of winter having drawn to a close, I’d like to bring

attention to this Russian black metal specter of a band, Banshee.

Their debut self-titled album is a bitterly cold and desolate project.

The deathly, tortured, witch-like howls and shrieks, which is my favorite black metal vocal style, give justification to the band’s name.

This release is heinously good black metal that sounds evil, cold and bewitching without drawing from too many of the musical tropes of the Norwegian scene.

Venom Prison “Samsara" (2019) The sophomore release from Welsh death metal act, Venom Prison, is a potent and crushing album.

I’m not always one for death metal, but this album scratches an itch for me. It’s got incredibly provocative riffs that are most often a boulder to the temple but at other times evoke a sense of atmosphere.

Vocals are a thing that tend to turn me on or off to a death metal band. I think the really low, guttural death growls are unexciting much of the time. However, Larissa Stupar’s vocals are incredibly powerful and sinister.

It also helps that the band is anti-capitalist, antifascist and other such lovely things.

Terminal Nation / Neckbeard Deathcamp “One Party System” (2019) Leftist, sample-ridden hardcore and black metal.

Terminal Nation out of Arkansas grinds out aggressive hardcore with

spastic vocals that remind me of the mighty Blotter from Austin, Texas.

Neckbeard Deathcamp play their own brand of Nazi-smashing black metal. They made a name for themselves last year with their debut LP, “White Nationalism is for Basement Dwelling Losers,” which mocked the alt-right and other internet edgelords parading as the next Fourth Reich, while not diminishing the genuine threat that neo-Nazi groups currently pose to people of color, women and queer folks.

Misandr / Whitephosphorous “This Cannot Continue” (2019) Speaking of NBDC, Whitephosphorous is a power electronics side-project of their vocalist.

Misandr is an Alaskan harsh noise artist who contributes the first track of this split, “Overtures of Annihilation,” which is a pulsing, desecrating eight-minute dirge.

The industrial beats and noises are vengeful and leave a big impression.

Whitephosphorous is responsible for the other three tracks which are great, gurgling sample-based noise and power electronics which also presents a left-wing ethos.

Elizabeth Colour Wheel “Nocebo: (2019) Elizabeth Colour Wheel have been looming figures in the underground scene for a few years, and here on “Nocebo,” they finally make their feral debut on “The Flenser.”

This is a noise rock album, but it’s much more than that. There’s elements of calm here like on the track “Bedrest,” which is a slow and gentle crawl of distorted and clean guitars. Tracks like “The Life of a Flower” and “Hide Behind (Emmett’s Song)” exhibit a gothic crooning, while the latter also summons the scorched textures and noise of Sonic Youth.

ECW has a vocalist who sings with a nocturn drawl, invoking Patti Smith and Lingua Ignota at different points. By the time this is published, I will have seen them in Pittsburgh at Mr. Roboto, and I’m going to preemptively assume they were good.

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(TNS) Zion Williamson and the Duke Blue Devils defeated UCF 77-76 to advance to the Sweet 16.

(TNS) No. 2 seed Tennessee will face No. 3 seed Purdue Thursday in the Sweet 16.

Sweet 16 finalized as many top seeds still alive JAKE ROUSE

Staff Writer J.A.Rouse3@iup.edu @ThePennIUP

The NCAA’s Division I men’s basketball March Madness tournament is in the midst of its most hectic section of the bracket.

This past weekend, the first and second rounds of the 64-team tournament has shrunk the pool to 16 remaining programs, all of which have dreams of cutting down the nets and raising the national championship trophy.

In hindsight, it’s not so hard.

Win four straight games. Alas, the classic case of “it’s not so easy as it seems.”

It’s the same logic that all madness fans have after Selection Sunday, eager to print their brackets with high hopes of completing the first ever perfectly predicted March Madness bracket.

This year however, someone is

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closer to that perfect bracket than ever before. Out of the 10s of millions of brackets completed online, there is one that predicted all 48 games through the first two rounds correctly. Titled “Center Roads,” submitted through the NCAA’s website, it is the first bracket to ever correctly predict how the Sweet 16 will shape up, at least ever since brackets began being printed out and completed at a Brooklyn bar in 1977.

Also a first in this year’s tournament, while the 64-team first round is broken up into four regions (which trickles down to the Final Four), all top 3 seeds in each of the four regions have made it to the Sweet 16.

East region: (1) Duke, (2) Michigan State, (3) LSU; West Region: (1) Gonzaga, (2) Michigan, (3) Texas Tech; South region: (1) Virginia, (2) Tennessee, (3) Purdue; Midwest region: (1) N. Carolina, (2) Kentucky,

(3) Houston. Although, one could argue the No. 1 overall seed Duke was millimeters away from not punching its ticket to the Sweet 16, narrowly defeating UCF 77-76.

Duke has been as highly touted this year as any other with one of the greatest basketball coaches of all time leading the program in coach Mike Krzyzewski and the top 3 high school recruits from the class of 2018 in Zion Williamson, R.J. Barrett and Cam Reddish. Duke has been a popular pick to win this year’s tournament since news broke more than a year ago that the trio committed to play together at Duke.

UCF was as close to eliminating Duke as physically possible.

With less than 30 seconds to play in regulation, Duke trailed 7673 with possession of the ball. They needed to get a quick shot but passed the ball around until there was less than 20 seconds left. The

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ball got into the hands of Williamson, and he made a big move.

He drove the ball straight to the basket, against the contest of his defender and the 7’6” rim-protecting presence of UCF’s Tacko Fall.

Williamson made the basket on an And1 finish, which fouled out Fall.

Williamson then missed his free throw attempt, but it was rebounded by his partner in crime, R.J. Barrett, who put back the miss to give Duke the 77-76 lead.

Had Fall not have fouled out, maybe he would have grabbed the rebound to secure the upset against Duke, though basketball is not a game of hypotheticals.

UCF still had time on the clock to take back the lead. UCF’s B.J. Taylor put up a floater off the glass that bounced off of the rim. Aubrey Dawkins soared into the lane to grab the rebound put back.

Dawkins’ put back touched off the backboard, rolled around the

rim, hung there for a moment and fell out, missing the shot and ending the game.

A heartbreaking moment for one program keeps dreams alive for another.

The remaining field of this tournament is the cream of the crop in college basketball.

As mentioned earlier, outside of the top three seeds remaining in the four regions, the lowest seeds are one No. 5 seed (Auburn) and one No. 12 seed (Oregon).

So as far as Cinderella runs in this year’s tournament, I’d go all in on Oregon. That’s kind of all there is to choose from. Everyone else was expected to be here at this point in the tournament.

Oh yeah, and as for that one perfect bracket remaining, it predicts Gonzaga defeating Kentucky in the National Championship.

We shall see what happens as the tournament rolls on.

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Baseball swept in first PSAC series of season JAKE SLEBODNICK

Production Manager J.C.Slebodnick@iup.edu @slebby24

This weekend, the IUP baseball team dropped each of its four games in the season’s opening PSAC series against the California (Pa.) Vulcans.

The Hawks went into the weekend 6-7 to start the season while their adversary started at 12-3.

Game one was one that IUP would like to forget, only posting one hit and one run, which came from a solo home run from Nick Hess (sophomore, marketing) in the second inning.

Colin Claus (senior, health/physical education) started the game on the right foot, going two full innings before letting up the first two runs to the Vulcans.

Claus finished his line with five innings pitched, three earned runs, five hits and three strikeouts in the 3-1 loss in game one. The only real blemish was five walks allowed.

Claus emphasized that the season is still young and there is plenty of time for improvement.

“Overall, my performance was mediocre,” Claus said. “There are things I am working on everyday to be better for this team. This week we will get back to work, and I’ll get ready to prepare for UPJ.” Cal U’s Nick Riggle held IUP to only one hit, while posting six strikeouts and no walks. This was what set the tone for the rest of the weekend.

Game two saw the Crimson Hawks rally back but ultimately fall short 4-2.

Senior pitcher Jeff Allen (senior, criminology) suffered his first loss on the season after giving up a four-run inning to the Vulcans in the fifth. Up until then, he held them to a shutout.

Catcher Matt Swartz (redshirt senior, business administration) put IUP on the board in the first inning after an RBI double that drove home Chris Eisel (junior, pre-physical therapy). Swartz, Hess and Ben Teplin (sophomore, business) each tallied two hits, combining for six out of IUP’s eight total hits in the game.

Their final run came off the bat of Nick DiAndreth (freshman, exercise science) after a ground-out brought home a run in the sixth

(IUP Athletics) Nick Hess (sophomore, marketing) had six hits in a weekend series against California (Pa.) .

inning.

Cal U took advantage of an error and a wild pitch in the latter part of the fifth inning to go ahead of the Crimson Hawks and ultimately take the second game and the opening part of the series.

Both teams traveled to IUP’s Owen Dougherty Field Sunday to wrap up the conference opener.

While students enjoyed IUPatty’s festivities, the Crimson Hawks baseball team looked to either split or take one away from the leading team in the PSAC West.

IUP jumped on Cal U early in the first inning after Hess drove in Eisel on a single to right field, and Teplin traded an out for a run after a 5-4 fielder’s choice drove in Swartz.

The Vulcans looked to fight back early on as Anthony Venezia singled to right in the second to bring them within one.

Action picked back up in the fifth inning as Cal U tied the game off a single from Thomas Chisam. Hess

dialed long distance to put IUP back in front in the sixth, giving him his fifth home run on the season and the Hawks a 3-2 lead. However, that lead was quickly eradicated after the Vulcans produced a four-run seventh inning, giving them a 6-3 comeback victory.

IUP tried replicating Cal U’s comeback in the seventh inning of game four.

After an RBI double by Hess in the first inning, the Crimson Hawks yet again had momentum early on, which yielded in a strong start.

Austin Vigliotti (freshman, sports administration) drove Swartz home on a groundout to shortstop. Which was then followed by a Teplin RBI triple to center and an infield RBI single by DiAndreth, giving IUP an early 4-0 lead.

However, Cal did not let the early lead bring them down as Thomas Chisam and Jacob McCaskey drove two home in the third inning. Nico Marchetti drove in the tying run af-

ter a single to right field brought in two runs in the sixth.

The Vulcans took a commanding lead after Eric Fairman blasted a three-run home run to center field, giving his squad a 7-4 lead.

IUP wouldn’t go down without a fight, however, as Vigliotti brought home a run on a fielder’s choice and Alex Thornberry (freshman, graphic design) scored on a wild pitch, bringing the team within one.

Dylan Brosky put a stop to the Crimson Hawk comeback as he shut the door in the seventh, earning his first victory, but also giving his team a 7-6 win, the series sweep and a 4-0 conference record.

Swartz said he is eager to get back to work, realizing that time is on their side early on.

“I thought we played four competitive games this weekend,” Swartz said. “In every game, there was that one inning that Cal U had our number. We responded well, but it was usually too late.

“We were lacking that cutthroat mentality and we became complacent when we had an early lead. We left a lot of runners in scoring position and didn’t execute hitting-wise at the right times.”

Realizing the mistakes made and finding ways to correct them are on the agenda as well as staying tough mentally and focusing on the long road ahead.

“Our lineup is strong 1-9,” Swartz said. “Our pitching staff is experienced and put us in position to win some ball games this weekend. If our pitchers keep us in ball games and our lineup keeps the hitting success alive, we’re going to win some games going forward.”

The Crimson Hawks will next face off against the University of Pitt-Johnstown Mountain Cats on Friday in another four-game series, beginning with a home doubleheader. UPJ has started the season 13-9. but lost 3 of 4 to Mercyhurst in their most recent series.

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(IUP Athletics) Kassie Kesneck (junior, English) had seven hits in a doubleheader against Shippensburg.

Softball struggles during four-game weekend sweep BRAD O’HARA

Lead Sports Writer B.L.Ohara@iup.edu @ThePennIUP

The IUP softball team continues to struggle as it was swept in its first homestand of the season.

The Crimson Hawks dropped two games apiece to Shippensburg and Mercyhurst this weekend and are now on a seven-game winless streak.

The first game of the weekend was an afternoon game against Shippensburg. The Raiders struck first and struck fast.

In the first at-bat of the game, Shippensburg tripled to right, and on the very next at-bat, a ground ball drove the runner in, giving the Raiders the lead. One out later, Shippensburg struck again, this

time with a home run to put them up 2-0.

IUP was unable to even the score in the bottom of the first as the inning ended in four batters. The Crimson Hawks defense was able to solidify for the top of the second as it sent the Raiders’ batters down in order. However, that was the only inning in which Shippensburg did not score.

The Raiders scored seven runs in the third, one in the fourth and five in the fifth inning. The only offense for the Crimson Hawks came in the third inning when IUP scored four runs, with three of them coming from a home run by Brooklyn Kotula (sophomore, computer science).

The Crimson Hawks dropped game one 15-4.

The second game against Ship-

pensburg was a completely different story. This time, IUP took the early lead scoring a run in the bottom of the first off an error by the second baseman.

This game was much more defensive as the Crimson Hawks were able to hold the Raiders scoreless in the first four innings, but a threerun top of the fifth gave Shippensburg the lead and put the pressure on IUP. In the bottom of the inning, the Crimson Hawks stepped up, scoring two runs from a home run by Kaitlyn Beers (junior, criminology) and a double to right center. The Raiders then scored six runs in the next two innings to sweep IUP with a 9-3 win.

The following day, IUP took on Mercyhurst in a doubleheader.

In game one, IUP never held a lead, and it struggled to get outs in the first two innings. IUP saw eight batters in the first inning and eight batters in the second as it gave up five runs. After the first two innings, the Crimson Hawks held Mercyhurst to just one run, but they were able to bring home only three total, giving the Lakers the 6-3 win.

The final game of the homestand was all about big shots and costly mistakes. The Crimson Hawks did not have the same issues with at-bats in game two. Instead, poorly placed pitches were IUP’s kryptonite.

Three of Mercyhurst’s four runs came from long balls. IUP also took part in the home run battle with Sara Hull (sophomore, sociology) hitting one to score the Crimson

Hawks’ sole run as they fell to Mercyhurst 4-1.

“We practice hard and going into this week we’re going to change our mindsets and focus on the mental side of the game to get our offense and defense to connect,” outfielder Kassie Kesneck (junior, English) said. “Each game we learn a different way to improve for the next, and that’s all you can do.

“My mindset is to keep things simple. The more we all focus on getting back to basics and focusing on the positive the better, it will be for us.”

IUP will now travel to take on Wheeling-Jesuit and Clarion as they look to turn the tide before returning home Saturday to take on Mansfield.

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Stanley Cup playoffs beginning to take shape TYLER COMO

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

Each NHL club always fights for a huge two points per game, and what a thrilling season it’s been.

With ranks as close as they are, the final standings will come down to the last few games, with each team having fewer than eight to go. Looking back to earlier in the season, there were some teams we thought would have done better.

The Buffalo Sabres and the New Jersey Devils were looking great beginning the season with strong records and solid lineups.

But throughout the season, they’ve found themselves not being able to withstand the competition.

In the Western Conference, the team with the lowest amount of points that technically still has a

(TNS) Boston Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara has reached the 200-goal plateau.

chance to make the playoffs, is the Anaheim Ducks. They sit on the bottom with eight points away from the Colorado Avalanche, who hold the final wild card spot in their conference. But they still have a long way to climb before they can think about playoffs, especially with so

few games left.

But you can’t mention those teams without bringing up those that are thriving and have been from the beginning.

The Tampa Bay Lightning hit the trifecta in their win last week against the Arizona Coyotes. The Lightning

clinched their playoff spot, took the Atlantic Division title and reeled in the President’s Trophy for the first time in club history.

Though, with all their previous success, including star goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy and powerhouse winger Nikita Kucherov, can they make it to the final? Only two teams that claimed the President’s Trophy since 2005 have gone on to win the Stanley Cup. Tampa may have been the first, but it surely isn’t the only one to begin looking into the postseason.

The next to follow for the long haul through summer are the Calgary Flames. With a three-game winning streak, Johnny Gaudreau and the Flames are ready for the playoffs.

The other team in the Pacific Division shooting for the finals are the San Jose Sharks. After the 2016 loss to Pittsburgh in the cup final, then

losing to the Vegas Golden Knights last season, San Jose is in for the fight.

The Boston Bruins sit among the five already in a sturdy playoff position. The Bruins played a killer game against the Florida Panthers, defeating them 7-3 and celebrating Zdeno Chara’s 200th NHL goal.

The Winnipeg Jets sit alone in their division as they clinched their playoff spot in a spectacular fashion.

For the Jets, their 5-0 win against the Nashville Predators was a very special occasion, not only because Kyle Connor recorded his first career hat trick, but also because they assured themselves a comfortable playoff spot.

Round One will be here soon enough, scheduled to begin in mid-April. Who has what it takes to fight towards the Stanley Cup final?

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No. 1 seeds the favorites heading into Sweet 16 ANDREW PIERSON Staff Writer A.W.Pierson@iup.edu @AndrewPierson23

This article contains opinion.

As of Sunday evening, most of the Sweet 16 teams have been determined for this year’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament.

With most of the favorites still alive, it’s hard to make a call on who is the clear frontrunner.

Taking a closer look, the pre-tournament favorite, the Duke Blue Devils, just escaped with a one-point victory against UCF Sunday evening. During the regular season, the Blue Devils were shooting a terrible 30.5 percent from the 3-point line, which put a lot of doubt in fans eyes.

Through their first two games, the Blue Devils are shooting 40.9

(Facebook) The 2019 NCAA March Madness tournament is down to its final 16 teams.

percent from the 3-point line. Although they saw this increase, they had the closest game yet out of the top teams, and if it weren’t for an unlucky roll of the basketball on the rim, they would be knocked out of this year’s tournament by a ninth-seeded UCF team.

Duke will look to play better in

the next round of the tournament by letting Zion Williamson, who is averaging 28.5 PPG so far in the tourney and doesn’t seem to be willing to lose, lead the charge.

Another top team, the North Carolina Tar Heels, have been having a much more dominant tournament run so far. They have won

each of their first two matchups by an average margin of 18.5 points per matchup.

UNC is averaging more than 84 points per game in the tournament and are doing it with several players, including Cam Johnson (17 PPG), Coby White (13.5 PPG) and Luke Maye (18 PPG). The Tar Heels

will look to keep their dominant run rolling in the next round, where they face off against a solid Auburn team.

The final top team to look at is the Gonzaga Bulldogs, who have yet to be tested so far in the tournament, with an average margin of victory set at 25 points per game so far in the tourney.

Gonzaga is averaging 85 PPG while shooting just shy of 54 percent from the field, and still 39 percent from the 3-point line. With efficiency like this, and with one of their top players, Brandon Clarke, already having a 36-point game in the tournament, it looks like the Bulldogs may be in for a deep run and another shot at a national title.

Things will start to get very interesting in the next two rounds, and we’ll see who will be left standing in the final four.