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(IUP website) Caleb King (senior, applied mathematics and economics) will be serving as student trustee for his third and final year in 2019.

The Council of Trustees at IUP is searching for candidates to apply for the student trustee position for next year.

Current holder of this esteemed position, Caleb King (senior, applied mathematics and economics), will be serving as student trustee for his third and final year in 2019.

“In the most general sense, the student trustee is the representation of the student body,” King said.

However, this voluntary opportunity is more multifaceted than just representing the student body of IUP. The main duties of the student trustee include serving on the student board as ex-officio (automatically titled the position), attending quarterly meetings of the Council of Trustees, participating in commencement ceremonies and chairing the search committee for the student trustee

position.

In the simplest of terms, the student trustee provides insight and guidance from a student’s perspective to the Council.

The student trustee position includes other obligations as well, but because of student trustee confidentiality, King said he could not discuss certain topics of the position.

King said that the Council of Trustees is a very complex structure, and with time and a great mentorship, he developed a sense and understanding of the position quickly.

“You don’t know how much you don’t know,” he said.

Because this position is so demanding, the Council of Trustees is looking for someone with integrity inside as well as outside the classroom and a strong academic background.

Caleb said that his academic background and involvement in extracurricular activities, like student government, ensured his spot as student trustee.

This opportunity is certainly a

big-time commitment to the university as well as to the individual.

Time management is key for a student trustee.

King said that even with his social, academic and professional life, he still makes time for himself.

Though being a student trustee is “big-time commitment,” King said it is an amazing opportunity, and he enjoys what he does.

“This is not just a resume booster,” he said. “It’s a way to give back and to experience one of the most unique positions IUP has to offer.”

To apply for the student trustee position, students can pick up an application in the president’s office or apply online at https:// www.iup.edu/trustees/trustee-responsibilities/.

Applicants should also be familiar with https://www.iup.edu/ WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=212046 .

Interested students can also contact patkraus@iup.edu for any questions they may have about this opportunity.

STATIC offers Thanksgiving break bus tickets KATE NEISWENDER

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(James Neuhausel/ The Penn) IUP has Thanksgiving break bus tickets for students looking for a way to get home if they don’t have a car or someone to pick them up.

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It’s almost that time again to pack up and go back home to spend the holiday with friends and family.

If you are looking for a way to get back but don’t have a car or someone to pick you up, don’t panic.

IUP has Thanksgiving break bus tickets, sponsored by the Student Cooperative Association and STATIC (The Student Activity Committee), that are available to IUP students at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex Box Office.

The buses will be traveling to Harrisburg, Allentown, King of

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Prussia and Philadelphia.

Jessica, a sophomore, said it’ll be her fourth time riding the bus.

“It’s too far of a drive for my parents, who live in Harrisburg,” she said. “It’s four hours on the bus, but the driver makes a stop somewhere in the middle, so you can get something to eat and stretch.”

Though the ride is long, she said she tries to make the best of it.

“I watch some Netflix and definitely sleep,” she said.

Depending on the student’s final destination, the cost can vary from $85 to $90.

If interested, you can pick up your ticket at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex Box Office.

Buses depart from the Hadley

Union Building parking lot, near the Co-op Store, on Friday, Nov. 16 at 3:00 p.m.

Students must be at the bus 30 minutes before departure in order to pack their bags into the bus and have their tickets checked.

The buses will return on Sunday, Nov. 25 to IUP at the times indicated on the ticket and on the paper you receive when you get your ticket.

Tickets will be on sale until, Nov. 14 or until they are sold out.

If you are wishing to purchase a ticket, make sure to purchase it ahead of time before they sell out.

For more information, visit the KCAC Box Office or the Co-op’s Break Bus website.

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(Katie Jo Campbell/ The Penn) Art Benjamin’s presentation on Bingo was all about breaking down and explaining the bingo paradox.

(Katie Jo Campbell/ The Penn) Benjamin, a visiting professor from Harvey Mudd College, gave three talks while he was on campus.

(Katie Jo Campbell/ The Penn) Professor Art Benjamin was on IUP campus Thursday and Friday demonstrating his research as well as his “mathemagic” ability.

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Professor Art Benjamin was on IUP’s campus Thursday and Friday providing talks and lectures demonstrating his research as well as his “mathemagic” ability.

Benjamin, a visiting professor from Harvey Mudd College, gave three talks on campus. The talks discussed various topics, such as the “Mathematics of Bingo.”

His presentation on Bingo was all about breaking down and explaining the Bingo paradox, which is that as you expand the number of cards in play during a game of Bingo, the chances of winning vertically go down, while the chances of winning horizontally go up.

In a regular, average-sized game without the free space, it’s about a 40 percent chance each of winning horizontally or vertically. Diagonal only has about a 13 percent chance of winning.

In this game, you can even win each way at once. But as you expand the number of cards, it becomes far more in horizontal’s favor for winning.

In fact, with 1,000 bingo cards, it becomes two times more likely for horizontal to win.

Benjamin said that this is where the Bingo Paradox came into play.

So to prove it, he and his team developed “Galactic Bingo.”

“Galactic Bingo” is a game of Bingo in which every living thing in the universe has a card. It’s an unlimited number of cards essentially.

The reasoning behind this is that “one must have all five letters or a series of the same letter to win,” Benjamin said.

It’s far more likely for someone in a large-scale game to get five different letters and get Bingo then for another to get the five of the same letter.

While illustrating that point, Benjamin placed the Fibonacci Sequence as the numbers he drew.

“If I’m going to pick random numbers, they might as well be interesting random numbers,” he said.

He would continue that joke by using Pi on the next card.

Benjamin illustrated that it worked in small games as well when he used a two-by-two grid.

“B.O., not as popular, especially in large auditoriums,” he said.

The same results held true here.

Benjamin then added in the free space and the odds, and then he went into the diagonal’s favor because both people had a start.

Vertical was still the least likely way to win.

Benjamin said that he started this research when one of his students, who worked in casinos, brought this to his attention as their “favorite hustle.”

“This was something I’d never heard before, and knowing it was there is what drove me,” said Benjamin.

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STATIC celebrates the season with Fall Fest ABE ESHELMAN

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The room was brightly lit, decorated with the colored leaves of the season, and “Monster Mash” was blaring from a speaker.

STATIC (The Student Activity Committee) hosted its annual Fall Fest Sunday in the Hadley Union Building Ohio Room.

This year’s Fall Fest, according to a STATIC member, was one of the best they’ve had in a while, and the biggest non-concert event all year.

Issac Lowe (junior, hospitality), the vice cultural chair of STATIC, spoke about the event’s success.

“We were very busy; we even started to run out of things before the event was over,” he said.

“There were students, families, faculty and community members.

I saw little kids here too, it was an awesome family event.”

The event itself consisted of a fall-themed decorated room, with activities at each station throughout the room.

For those who wanted food, there was cookie decorating, a pie eating contest, a custom hot

(Danielle DiAmico/ The Penn) STATIC (The Student Activity Committee) hosted its annual Fall Fest Sunday in the Ohio Room of the Hadley Union Building consisting of a fall-themed decorated room, with activities at each station throughout the room.

cocoa bar, make-your-own caramel apples and s’mores.

The event also boasted a roster of several games and activities, including pumpkin darts, pumpkin bowling, a photo booth and costume bin, pumpkin carving, a mystery box for feeling creepy objects, apple tic tac toe, coloring and painting and some fall– and Halloween-themed music.

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Despite running out of several materials for games or foods, STATIC workers still performed their duties, and visitors kept coming in droves.

Carly Vital (freshman, undecided) was one of these visitors.

She went to the Fall Fest twice at different times, enjoying the food, games and artistic activities.

She said she particularly enjoyed painting pumpkins, decorating cookies and making and eating s’mores, which she said was a “nice touch.”

She described the event overall as “cute” and said she enjoyed the festival thoroughly.

“It was cool,” she said. “They had a lot of stuff to do. A lot of people came out to the event.”

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said she also frequently goes to their Bingo nights and went to one of their movie nights. She said this was “one of their better events.”

Lowe said STATIC has a few more upcoming events up for fall, the most prominent being a Netflix and Chill movie night of “It” (2017) and other fall activities, including a haunted house and a trip to Kennywood’s Halloween event, Phantom Fright Nights.

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The HUB was full of activites this weekend

(Danielle DiAmico/ The Penn) The Canvases with CURE event was held Sunday in the Hadley Union Building Allegheny Room.

(Danielle DiAmico/ The Penn) Students got all the supplies they needed to paint an IUP-themed canvas, and all of the proceeds went to Malawi, Africa, to help the children there get surgery.

(Katie Jo Campbell/ The Penn) Donald Gilliland shared experiences Sunday from his time at The Patriot-News/PennLive to wrap up the journalism department’s Collegiate Media Summit.

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(Katie Jo Campbell/ The Penn) The IUP Journalism Department held the Collegiate Media Summit Saturday and Sunday. Twenty-one-time Emmy Award-winning journalist Wendy Bell and more than 20 IUP Journalism and Public Relations Department alumni, including two Pulitzer Prize winners, gave presentations at the event.

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Anyone with a Twitter has heard of Gun Girl.

The Kent State University grad, Kaitlin Bennett, made a name for herself when she posted her graduation pictures on Twitter, featuring her AR-10 rifle and a decorated graduation cap saying “Come and take it.”

She has been under scrutiny ever since. Republicans and pro-gun activists praise her, and liberals hate her.

The 23-year-old was the president of Kent State’s Turning Point USA chapter until an incident in which members protested safe spaces by wearing diapers. This forced her resignation.

She then became a part of Liberty Hangout, a “libertarian media outlet and alternative news source” that seeks to promote “Austrian economics and property rights.”

Since then she surfaces on Twitter timelines because of her excessive posting with her guns and newest catch phrase, “You know I carry, right?”

Quote tweet after quote tweet pops up mocking her and her ideals.

Some Twitter users have responded to tweets with advice telling other users not to keep giving her a platform to spew her hate. By retweeting her or quote tweeting her, this allows her to respond and only adds gas to the fire.

One user suggested screenshotting the tweet and adding your own comments instead of giving her impressions.

No matter what side you stand on, the scenario raises an interesting dilemma in this age of social media. Everything anyone does is for clicks.

Refusing to address the individual no longer gives them a platform to stand on and will ultimately shut them down once they see no one is listening to what they say.

Other users have said they’ve started to block Bennett so she can’t appear on their timelines anymore.

On any social media platform, you will in encounter people whose

(Twitter) Kaitlin Bennett is best known for her Twitter posts in which she poses with guns or interviews Trump protestors.

beliefs don’t align with your own.

When those beliefs are extreme, it sometimes seems as though that’s the only thing on your timeline.

You ultimately control your

attitude surrounding these topics.

If you don’t agree with someone, and even the thought of a Twitter fight gets your blood boiling, the best thing to do it block the person

immediately, or just scroll past their posts.

It’s definitely a lot easier said than done. We want to stand up for our beliefs and speak out against what we believe to be wrongdoings. We want to educate those who might not have the same wealth of knowledge we have.

So if you get enraged by Gun Girl the way some of our staff members do, the best thing you can do is work with others to take away her audience. At this point, she has already attracted her group of supporters. The only thing you can do now is ensure her following doesn’t grow by making sure she doesn’t end up on anyone else’s timeline.

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(James Neuhausel/ The Penn) Theater-by-the-Grove performed “Fabric of the Nation” Thursday through Saturday in Waller Hall.

‘Fabric of the Nation’ addresses real problems, promotes community outreach KAITLYN CIANCIO Contributing Writer K.R.Ciancio@iup.edu @ThePennIUP

IUP’s Theater-by-the-Grove presented “Fabric of the Nation,” directed by Richard Kemp.

“The show is heavy, emotionally dense and unlike anything I have ever done before,” said actor Jeremy Galloza (freshman, musical theater). “We do not apologize. We lay everything out and share stories that need to be told. It’s raw, and it’s there.

“What you’re seeing really happened. Some scenes are more abstract, but they really happened, and people truly went through this.”

This show is three cycles of the actors’ real-life experiences.

The first cycle deals with their homes. The next is a challenge they faced, and the third cycle ends with each of them overcoming a challenge. The staging uses only chairs, and props are limited to items of clothing.

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place the used clothing on top of a pile.

Themes of the scenes include anxiety, attempted suicide, mental health, racism and verbal, emotional and mental abuse.

Because of these topics, there are warnings posted all over the entrances, and a counseling center representative is there during every performance if needed.

“I thought there were powerful moments about the pressure we face in our lives specifically the scenes about family relationships and anxiety,” Tyler Sheets (sophomore, musical theater) said. “But I was left wondering what type of show this is. Is this really what our nation is about?”

Sheets says not all the issues addressed share the same weight, and the show was not what he expected from the advertising. “‘Fabric of the Nation’ is an important piece of art that we created, as college students, from the beginning,” said Madeleine Jones, an actor (senior,

musical theater). “It’s a devised piece, so we started without a script. The show touches on things we don’t normally talk about.”

Eve Urban (sophomore, theater and English) is the lead dramaturg, someone who does research on background information the actors and managers

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need to accurately put on the show. As the dramaturg for this production, she experienced some differences than she would have normally faced, since this is also a devised piece.

Because they did not start with a script, Urban also typed the script as they created it. She also created prompts and assignments for the cast to help develop their characters, or in this case, themselves.

“The talent of the actors in ‘Fabric of the Nation’ was unbelievable,” Dylan Griffith, (freshman, kinesiology health and sports science) said. “Their ability to stay in character and get their feelings into the audience was just absolutely amazing.”

“We spent a lot of time making ‘Fabric of the Nation’ about community outreach,” Urban said.

Inside the inner lobby are large sheets of fabric that invite the audience members to share a time they felt like they did not belong and a time when they did. There are also videos playing of interviews with the actors as well as Pittsburgh community members.

“It was one of the most powerful acts of live theater I have ever seen in my life,” Quinn Smith (sophomore, English) said.

“The actors completely bared their souls to the audience to create an extraordinary performance.” “‘Fabric of the Nation’ is an experience more than a show,” Urban said. “It’s not all just pure entertainment. There are parts that are more difficult and heartfelt. No matter who goes, they will see some of themselves in the show. It’s a reminder you’re not alone.”

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Halloween 2018 Reviews

IMDb: 7.5/10 Metacritic: 69% Rotten Tomatoes: 80%

“Halloween” returned for the 11th movie in the series Friday.

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Michael Myers returns to haunt just in time for Halloween JEREMY STOUT

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

This article contains opinion.

David Gordon Green’s new “Halloween” movie is far too beholden to the John Carpenter original to make much of an impact.

Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) is back. It’s been 40 years since Michael Myers (played once again by Nick Castle, a man in his 70s) killed her friends on Halloween night, but she’s paranoid that Michael is coming back. She’s spent the last four decades becoming the ultimate killing machine at the expense of spending time with her daughter, Karen (Judy Greer), or her granddaughter, Allyson (Andi Matichak).

It doesn’t make much of an impression through any of the kills or the minimal thrills. It’s a fairly empty and forgettable film that brings nothing of interest to the table.

It’s a movie that sets itself up well enough and introduces a group of teens that you can’t wait to see murdered but becomes just a tired retread.

The teens that you want to see

butchered in increasingly brutal ways get picked off in such uninteresting and drab ways that it’s hard not to tune out.

Slashers often work on a basis of murdering teens viciously for the most mortal of sins: *clutches pearls* doing drugs and having sex.

Here one group of teens is killed because they’re going to “dry f#ck” because one of them got a tattoo reading “10-31-18.”

Far be it from me to question Michael’s method, but killing teens for dry humping seems like a serious step down from actual sex. Sure, it’s a dumb tattoo, and the guy’s a tool, but is any of this really worth the wrath of a superpowered serial killer? I guess Michael has become more evangelical in his old age.

When the kill does come – and you definitely want to see these characters butchered (who says “dry f#cking?)” – they land with a thud. It’s a lot of boring, mindless slashing. There’s no real inventiveness to the proceeding, which makes the whole thing feel like a colossal waste of time and money.

The only kind of fun idea is that they essentially make Laurie into Sarah Conner from “Terminator 2: Judgement Day.” But other than

that, they have nothing.

The scripting from Green, Danny McBride (yes, Kenny Powers) and Jeff Fradley must have gone, like, *takes hit* “what if SHE was the Michael Myers now, man?”

There’s some comedy in that premise, but it’s squandered on a hacky view of dealing with trauma. A view that, at its core, seems to be supporting the idea that living in paranoid delusion for 40 years is in the end healthy, and it’ll all turn out that you (Laurie) were right all along.

Green’s one idea to differentiate his film from Carpenter’s is to do the exact opposite of the originals twists. I won’t spoil here, but if you just zig where the other one zagged, it becomes predictable and tired.

It weirdly plays out a lot like Bryan Singer’s “Superman Returns.” Like Singer, Green can’t get out of the way of his own reverence to the original film it’s imitating to offer anything new or all that fun.

Sure, with both there are bits that work when taken in isolation. Superman has the plane sequence, and this has the clever, albeit somewhat tired, inversion of the original dynamic between Laurie and Michael.

The biggest problem with both is that they feature an unwillingness to progress or do anything new with the material.

They both play as though they’re afraid that they could replace what the original films were.

The movie isn’t bad enough to be laughed at or reviled, nor is it good enough to be remembered. It fits somewhere in the uncomfortable middle. It’s toothless, forgettable and not worth the cost of admission.

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Thrift Life

(submitted by Laura Scott) Goodwill, located on Oakland Avenue in Indiana, offers many discounts for students and citizens.

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Goodwill offers unique thrifting experience close to campus LAURA SCOTT

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This article contains opinion.

Join me as we begin our quest around the Indiana thrift store scene.

The closest thrift store to cam-

pus is Goodwill, located at 1407 Oakland Ave. Goodwill is an independent, nonprofit organization that began in 1962 with a mission to empower individuals and families with barriers to employment to achieve their fullest potential in the community through work services, according to their website.

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The company’s motto is “Donate stuff. Shop Often. Create Jobs.”

Goodwill not only gives job opportunities to locals, but it also offers affordable prices on pre-owned clothing, furniture, housewares and more.

On top of this, the store has special deals throughout the week.

Wednesdays are Student Discount Day, in which students who show their I-Cards can receive a 20 percent discount.

Two other discount days are Tuesdays, or Senior Discount Day, which also gives seniors a 20 percent discount, and Mondays, or Military Discount Day, in which members of the military who show their military ID receive 20 percent off.

This discount works for veterans and active military.

Throughout the month, different tag colors also offer special deals on clothes.

The calendar, which shows when all these deals take place, is available on Goodwill’s website.

I often go to Goodwill and buy items that coordinate with the tag deal at the time, which saves me money. Although this takes time to find the items you want with the tag color you’re looking for, the experience and time is worth the triumph.

When I go to Goodwill, I often go with an intention, such as a Halloween costume, a need for sweaters, a need for pants or maybe I’m just going with a friend who wants to go.

Goodwill’s clothing is separated into sections of shirts, pants,

skirts, jackets, vests and more, making it easier throughout your search.

Unlike most thrift stores, Goodwill separates the clothing by size. Furniture, housewares and other household objects are easy to look through, as it is all out in the open and on shelving toward the back of the store.

Thrifting can be time consuming, but that is all part of the process.

The best items are found by the people who truly look for them.

To eliminate some of your searching during holidays and special occasions, Goodwill brings relevant items on racks to the front of the store for your convenience. These often are slightly increased in price due to demand.

The dressing rooms allow you to try everything on before you purchase. I appreciate this, as I normally find many funky pieces, but after trying them on, end up buying less than half of what I found.

Goodwill offers a unique thrifting experience that I will always go back to.

The business is open 9 a.m. to to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday and 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.

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Drug DUIs remain controversal in Pennsylvania

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Audio Editor Nate.Miller@iup.edu @N8BM

This article contains opinion.

Flying While Driving in Pennsylvania Marijuana undoubtedly alters depth perception, decision-making and motor skills.

For some, it is extreme to the point that operating a vehicle would be damn near impossible.

Others claim that marijuana actually alters them in a good way, giving them better focus when doing things like driving (i.e. the speculative research surrounding marijuana as an effective ADHD treatment option).

There is evidence that driving high is nowhere near as bad as driving drunk, mostly because marijuana doesn’t destroy your inhibitions the way alcohol does.

Someone who is drunk is more likely to be reckless in whatever they are doing.

Regardless, no medical professional would advise taking a puff

before you get behind the wheel.

In a state like Pennsylvania, which is still very strict even with its medical weed policies, it would be especially idiotic to take the chance of getting pulled over under the influence of marijuana.

Zero Tolerance A routine stop for a traffic violation can be a tense situation.

With all of the altercations between citizens and police that have turned violent in recent years, it is natural for both the officer and the driver to feel nervous even if they have nothing to be nervous about. Adding suspicion of marijuana use into the equation makes things even worse.

Pennsylvania is home to many old school, rural communities where the stoner stigma is still alive and well.

Part of that stigma is the preconception that police officers have about marijuana users. Marijuana users might be marijuana dealers. Marijuana dealers might have weapons, and when they’re

high, who knows what they’ll do?

If the officer holds these personal biases against weed smokers, he or she may be more likely to act more harshly toward you if they think you have been smoking.

So, let’s say you get pulled over. A friend of yours was in your car earlier who absolutely reeked of marijuana. Hypothetically, we’ll assume you are just a casual user, and the last time you smoked was two weeks ago.

Officer comes up, smells the weed. Maybe your eyes look red from seasonal allergies. They ask to search the vehicle, and you vehemently deny being under the influence of anything, because right now, you actually aren’t.

They search the car and find nothing because you’re a good little casual pothead and refuse to ride around with the stuff, ever.

Then, things take a turn for the worst.

“Let’s take you in to get a blood test, just to be sure,” the imaginary officer says. “If you’re telling the truth, I’m sure you’ll comply.”

Out of your fear of initiating an altercation with the police and your unconvincing confidence that you’re innocent, you reluctantly go to the hospital with the officer.

When they test you, they find THC in your blood. They inform you that you are being charged with driving under the influence of marijuana.

It doesn’t seem fair, but this is where we’re at in Pennsylvania.

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The Dräger Drug Test 5000 is a mouth swab test that detects active THC in a person’s saliva.

Inactive THC, as the unsuspecting, hypothetical driver from the previous section learned the hard way, can stay in your system for weeks or months.

The mouth swab, which Los Angeles and San Diego police departments use to enforce marijuana-related driving infractions, lets the officer know if a

(Flickr) Blood testing is the way police officers test drivers to see if they are driving while under the influence of marijuana.

driver has used marijuana within the past few hours. They carry a portable device that detects the presence of marijuana, cocaine or methamphetamine in the swabbed spit.

Blood tests allow for a delay that could lead to inaccurate results.

The Dräger provides quick results, and although it doesn’t show exactly how much THC is in person’s system, it is an effective tool to inform the officers whether or not a

blood test would be necessary.

Eventually, a tool with the convenience of the Dräger and the precision of a blood test (if potential inaccuracies can be avoided) would be the ideal technology for the enforcement of marijuana DUIs. The goal, after all, is to weed out irresponsible automobile pilots putting others at risk while also keeping the innocent free of any unsolicited charges.

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Sports Editor: Elliot Hicks – E.Hicks@iup.edu Lead Sports Writer: Brad O’Hara – B.L.Ohara@iup.edu

(IUP Athletics) Lenny Williams performed efficiently in both the passing and running game in a victory against Gannon Saturday.

Lightning strikes again as football defeats Gannon to build playoff push BRAD O’HARA

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

IUP football finally got its offense on track for an entire game as it rolled through Gannon by a score of 43-34.

The Crimson Hawk offense has struggled over the past few weeks to get its offense going in the first half. Instead, it relied fully on a comeback in the second half for any chance of adding a win to its record.

This week against Gannon, the offense was finally able to break through scoring on two of its first three drives of the game.

Lenny Williams (senior, accounting) threw for 70 yards in the first quarter alone. However, Williams was still inconsistent, completing only two of the five passes he threw in the first quarter.

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Williams was able to turn it around for the rest of the game, completing 16 of his final 23 passes for another 162 yards.

Although Williams was successful in his passing, the offense mainly relied on its run game.

Justice Evans (sophomore, management) rushed for 140 yards, and Williams ran for another 120 yards.

Both Evans and Williams also ran for a touchdown, and Williams threw for three more.

The Crimson Hawk defense was another large factor in IUP’s win.

Gannon’s running back, Marcus Jones, rushed for more than 200 yards in each of the last two games prior to IUP. Meanwhile, IUP has struggled with defending the rush, letting up more than 100 yards in all but one of their games this season. Going into the game against Gannon, IUP was focusing on just limiting the

damage from Gannon’s run game.

“We need to be better at our run defense no matter who we play, but especially versus Gannon that will run the ball 70 percent of the time,” said IUP head coach Paul Tortorella. “Hopefully our offense will do a good job of controlling the ball and limit the amount of series we play on defense.”

Tortorella’s hopes came true.

IUP was able to control the ball for the majority of the game.

In the second quarter alone, the Crimson Hawks possessed the ball for more than 10 minutes, or twothirds of the quarter.

By the end of the game, IUP had controlled the ball for eight minutes longer than Gannon.

That being said, credit has to be given to the defense for holding a powerful Gannon offense to under 300 yards of total offense. This includes holding the Gannon rush to

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153 yards and less than five yards per carry for the first time in three weeks.

IUP will now be looking for some help in both the PSAC conference as well as all of Division II as they look to try and get into good position for the postseason.

Although they defeated Gannon, the win barely moved them anywhere in either ranking. They are still ranked third in the PSAC West, trailing Slippery Rock and California (Pa.), while only gaining one spot in the AFCA Coaches’ Poll, moving from No. 23 to No. 22.

The Crimson Hawks are currently sitting in a position that will put them into the Division II playoffs, but they will have their lowest seeding since missing the playoff in 2014.

With only three regular season games left to play, the pressure is on for the Crimson Hawks.

Remaining Schedule (all games at 12 p.m.)

Date

Team

Record

Oct. 27

Seton Hill

1-7

Nov. 3

Edinboro

5-3

Nov. 10 Shippensburg

3-5

*Nov. 10 game flexed to PSAC Championship Game if IUP wins the PSAC West

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(TNS) Andrew Benintendi and the Boston Red Sox defeated the Yankees and Astros to take the AL Pennant.

(TNS) Yasiel Puig’s home run in Game 7 of the NLCS ensured their victory over the Milwaukee Brewers.

World Series matchup set as Red Sox take on Dodgers JAKE SLEBODNICK

Staff Writer J.C.Slebodnick@iup.edu @slebby24

Well, folks, after a long season, we finally have our two competitors who will square off in baseball’s most exciting series.

The Los Angeles Dodgers are back in the Fall Classic just one year after falling to the team the Boston Red Sox beat in order to reserve the American League’s slot, the Houston Astros.

Let’s break down how these teams look against each other.

The Dodgers overcame the Milwaukee Brewers in Game 7 of the NLCS 5-1. We saw Clayton Kershaw enter to close out the game and relief pitchers starting the game in this intense matchup.

Yasiel Puig sealed the Dodgers’ ticket to the World Series with a sixth-inning three-run home run to put them up by four.

Rookie starting pitcher Walker Buehler went 4.2 innings, giving up the Brewers’ only run in the first and gathering seven strikeouts as well.

The Brewers only showed life when left fielder Christian Yelich slammed a solo home run in the first inning.

In the other series, the Boston Red Sox obliterated the Astros’ hopes for a repeat championship season, taking the ALCS 4-1 against

the defending champs.

Rookie manager Alex Cora is looking to make a statement in the American League as he looks to become the first manager from Puerto Rico to lead a team to a World Series victory.

The Sox have a lot of advantages heading into Tuesday’s matchup.

Fenway Park will host Games 1 and 2, while All-Star left-hander Chris Sale gets the call to start Game 1.

Sale, who has been known to struggle in the postseason, has proven skeptics wrong by only allowing one hit in each series.

The Red Sox also had more rest and time to prepare for the Fall Classic than the Dodgers.

Let’s take a look at what each team needs to do in order to overcome the other this week.

Los Angeles Dodgers: The Dodgers come into Tuesday in the same position they were in last year, so they are no stranger to the Fall Classic.

However, they were unable to overcome the 2017 AL champions from Houston. Adding salt to the wound, they gave up the world title in their own stadium.

With this being said, they need to come out firing on all cylinders in the opening games. They won the majority of games last year at their

opponents’ ballparks.

Next, they need to make sure they focus on each bat in the Red Sox lineup.

Mookie Betts has not had the postseason he expected, only tallying a batting average of .217. However, this doesn’t mean he can’t snap out of his slump and take advantage of the L.A. rotation.

The real fear is within J.D. Martinez and Rafael Devers. They can drive runs in with any mistake pitch thrown.

Both add up to .663 BA, and they both have the power to hit the longball.

Boston Red Sox: There are a few things the Sox need to keep in mind this week.

They need to flash the leather.

The Dodgers hit the gaps fairly well and can take extra bases without hesitation, and if Andrew Benintendi can give motivation for the other fielders around him to stop anything no matter what, run production will cease to exist.

Secondly, they need to take down Clayton Kershaw. Like Sale, Kershaw has had an exceptional postseason, defying what critics were saying before they entered October.

If they can stop his hot streak, the rest of the rotation will crumble since they view him as the ultimate

arm on the pitching chart.

Sure, they have other stud arms, but Kershaw’s is the most elusive seen since the days of Nolan Ryan.

They can bring his performance down by being careful at the plate.

Taking extra pitches and not chasing pitches will come in handy in the series.

Finally, umpire Joe West was credited for helping Boston’s success, after some of his calls during the ALCS.

With West being a veteran in the game, it is likely we will see him in the officiating crew during the week. If this is the case, be ready for controversial calls, and pray he isn’t behind the plate.

It’s not over until the fat lady sings. However, she may look to pay tribute to Neil Diamond by singing “Sweet Caroline” all throughout Boston.

It’s time for the season’s final series. Who’s your pick to win it all?

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Impressive statistical performances abundant in NHL’s opening month TYLER COMO

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

After almost one month, we’ve witnessed a grudge match of the best unadulterated hockey.

This season started a few weeks ago, and already we’re seeing astonishing turnouts.

We have until next summer to endlessly witness these teams battle it out, each matchup different from the next. And every game will prove a different strength and weakness to teammates, as well as opponents.

The past couple weeks have been filled with surprising wins, major upsets and a few oddities.

Shutouts don’t happen often, but when they do, it’s one of the purest celebrations for a team’s fans and the goalies and proves that the strength of a team’s defense can uphold the score to a goose egg towards the opposing team.

After having been out due to injury and the success of backup goaltender Casey DeSmith for Mike Sullivan and the Pittsburgh Penguins (3-1-2), Matt Murray made his returning game against the Toronto Maple Leafs (6-3-0) one to look positively ahead at the Penguins’ upcoming road trip.

Core veterans in Pittsburgh’s squad, like center Evgeni Malkin and defensemen Kris Letang, led the Pens to a 3-0 victory over the

(TNS) Matt Murray came back from injury to shutout the Toronto Maple Leafs Thursday.

Maple Leafs.

But to say Murray’s shutout was the only impressive display of goaltending is inconceivable. A shutout is always a celebration – for the winning team, that is.

The Buffalo Sabres (5-4-0) defeated the Arizona Coyotes (2-5-0) 3-0 after an upsetting loss to Colorado 6-1. With his first start, Linus Ullmark found himself with the first shutout of his career.

The New Jersey Devils’ (4-2-0) undefeated streak continued with a

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shutout against the Dallas Stars (34-0). The performance was the second career shutout for goalie Keith Kinkaid, the first being against the Capitals on Oct. 11 in a 6-0 victory.

After their first shutout against the Winnipeg Jets (5-2-1) on Oct. 11, the Nashville Predators extend their winning streak to five games.

Pekka Rinne and Juuse Saros are looking to be confident goaltenders, as well as leaders on the team, helping to improve the Predators’ record to 7-1, also adding shutouts to each of their records.

You know the saying “three is a magic number?” Clearly, we saw that with the surplus of 3-0 shutouts, but this time around, I’m talking about hat tricks.

Star players like Jonathan Toews, John Tavares, Jeff Skinner, Phil Kessel and six others brought themselves to an outstanding start when scoring three to attain victories for each team.

The Boston Bruins (4-2-2) had two of their players bring home the win and a hat trick, Patrice Bergeron and David Pastrnak.

The opening month of this season seems to be anyone’s game.

The hockey gods aren’t picking any favorites yet, though there are a few teams pulling ahead against the rest.

Toronto leads the Atlantic Division, with the Tampa Bay Lightning (5-1-1) following close behind.

As for the Metropolitan Division, the leading lady is the Carolina Hurricanes (4-3-1), followed by the New Jersey Devils.

The Central Division is being blown away by the Predators. The closest team behind them are the Avalanche (5-1-2).

For the Pacific Division, the Anaheim Ducks’ record of 5-3-1 stands tall, but one mistake and they could find themselves behind the Calgary Flames.

While I say there is no picking of favorites, one day from the past week stuck out to be something special.

On Oct. 13, six Canadian native teams faced off against their opponents; all six of those teams won.

The Oilers defeated the Rangers 2-1, Vancouver beat out Florida 3-2, the Penguins lost to Montreal in a shootout 4-3, Toronto took on the Caps at home and won 4-2, and the Calgary Flames powered through in overtime to triumph over the Colorado Avalanche 3-2.

Although there is a Stanley Cup drought that the Canadian teams are in, a lot of the teams look to be impressive competitors early in the season.

The Toronto Maple Leafs and Winnipeg Jets were the only two Canadian teams to make the playoffs last year. Both have what it takes to compete again for the Cup.

With the same stroke of luck to certain teams, it seems the underdogs ruled the weekend.

The winless Panthers prevailed over the Stanley Cup champions, the Washington Capitals (3-2-2). It may have taken a shootout to do it, but Florida reigned supreme in a 6-5 victory, as Jonathan Huberdeau scored the winner.

The Capitals weren’t the only hot team taken down a level. The Maple Leafs were going strong with a five-game winning streak.

What seemed to be a dynamic duo of Auston Matthews and John Tavares was relatively quiet against Pittsburgh’s two-headed monster of Malkin and Sidney Crosby. The Penguins and Oilers both beat Toronto by a three-goal difference.

The Devils had similar circumstances, winning five in a row then being defeated by two surprising teams. Following a 5-3 loss to the Colorado Avalanche, they played the Flyers and fell short to them 5-2.

Speaking of the Flyers, after a back and forth couple of games, Philly found their footing against some relatively strong competition.

Their current record is 4-4-0, and they are ranked just under the Washington Capitals, so it looks like the team isn’t as bad as their mascot.

As the season rolls on, the search for the next Cup holder continues.

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Golf falls two strokes short of third consecutive PSAC Championship

(IUP Athletics) Coach Fred Joseph held the runner-up trophy standing with members of his team.

ELLIOT HICKS

Sports Editor e.hicks@iup.edu @ehicks39

The IUP golf team fell just two strokes short of a third consecutive PSAC championship this past weekend in Hershey, finishing behind only West Chester after the Crimson Hawks led heading into the final day Sunday.

The weather greatly affected competition at the end of the tournament, with windy conditions matching with frigid temperatures to make the conditions less than ideal for the golfers.

Individually, the Crimson Hawks took three of the top eight spots, which was the most out of any school.

Matt Cocorikis (senior, accounting) was the best golfer not from West Chester and placed third overall with a 15-over 228.

Jack Buccigross (freshman, marketing) capped off his stellar debut season as a Crimson Hawk in fourth place with a 16-over 229, and Nicholas Ward (freshman, finance) had IUP’s best score Sunday at 7-over 78 to finish the weekend tied for fifth at 17-over 230.

Jeremy Eckenrode (junior, finance) finished tied for 24th with a 24-over 237, while Jack Steve (freshman, finance) tied for 32nd with a 32-over 245.

Despite coming up just short of the title, the runner-up finish is the 12th top-two finish in the PSAC championships in the last 14 years.

(IUP Athletics) Matt Cocorikis finished third at the PSAC Championships in Hershey.

That statistic is one of many impressive ones from the career of head coach Fred Joseph, as his career comes to an end with the fall season at its conclusion.

While the tournament did feature some impressive scores from the Crimson Hawks, “it was tough not to get the job done” and bring home another title, Buccigross said, “but we had a pretty good fall season.”

In four tournaments, IUP never finished a day outside of the top

three teams, which included team victories at Clarion’s Hal Hansen Invitational (which also saw Cocorikis walk away with a medal by finishing first) and the Mercyhurst Fall Invitational.

Having Joseph’s career end without one last title “stings a lot, but it’s fuel to work hard and get ready for a big spring season,” Buccigross said.

Joseph accrued 86 tournament wins, including 13 PSAC titles, in a 26-year career.

Although losing the leadership of Joseph in the spring season won’t be easy, the Crimson Hawks have a very young team with Cocorikis and Eckenrode as the only non-freshman golfers left on the team.

Strong performances throughout the fall should be a good sign for IUP come springtime.

“I think we’ll do well in the spring,” Buccigross said.

IUP golf’s spring schedule will be released in the near future.

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