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IUP student wins Biden courage award EMILY LOOSE

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“Anyone can have courage to step in.”

This is the message junior political science and religious studies major Adrianna Branin wants everyone to know.

Recently, due to her stopping a sexual assault, she won the Biden Courage Award, named after former vice president Joe Biden.

The award is given annually to students who work to stop sexual assault on college campuses.

Last September, she had been walking home from a party in a crowd of about 30 people when she saw a drunk woman with her breast hanging from her shirt.

Several men began to huddle her, taking photos and one even touching her breast.

Branin saw and quickly took action.

“I pushed past the group and tried covering her up,” she said.

“When they saw how I grabbed onto her, they knew I was not there to party.”

After she managed to get the girl to safety, she went after as many men in the group as she could, telling them to delete the photographs and letting them know what they did was wrong.

When it comes to the girl she helped, Branin barely remembers her.

“I would not be able to point her out. I’ve probably walked past her so many times. It might sound like a long story, but this all happened in about three minutes.”

Branin later told the Title IX Office as well as Susan Graham, the director for the Haven Project.

Branin is a peer educator for the program.

After hearing the information, Graham later put Branin’s name in for the Biden award. Branin originally took the nomination lightly; she did not expect to be declared the winner.

“Shocked doesn’t even begin to describe it. The winner from the year before me had been shot when he was stopping an assault, so I didn’t think I would ever win. If

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(IUP Website) Adrianna Branin (junior, political science and religious studies) is the winner of the Biden Courage Award for her work to stop sexual assault on IUP’s campus.

you would have told me two years ago that I’d meet Joe Biden, I’d think you were insane.”

Branin was informed a week before she was supposed to go to New York for the ceremony. In that time, she had to prepare a short speech and make sure she knew what she needed to do.

Branin said she was anxious to meet Biden until she came face to face with him.

“There’s something calming

about him. He is definitely a grandfather type. As soon as he saw me, he took me and introduced me to others.

“He said ‘you’d think with what she did that she was six-footfour and 220 pounds.’”

During her speech, Branin thanked her family, the Biden Foundation, Graham and many others. She also thanked those who were trying to help their communities.

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“In this day more than ever, we need to practice empathy and love toward our neighbors of all faiths, races and backgrounds; no one has to do everything, but everyone must do something,” she said at the event.

Along with meeting Biden, she met other celebrities including Elaine Welteroth, editor-in-chief for Teen Vogue, who she is now friends with through Instagram.

Branin has also helped with the social media and website for It’s On Us, a movement created by former president Barack Obama to stop sexual assault on campuses.

To Branin, the act was not meant to be heroic nor courageous, it was something she thought anyone would do.

“It’s not the first time I’ve done it, and it’s not the last. Sometimes it surprises me to think about how few people would step in.”

For her, Graham had been the reason she was able to do what she did.

“Bystander intervention is big at the Haven Project, and because of [Graham], I’ve put it into my daily life.”

Branin has one message for anyone who comes across a problem, whether or be sexual assault or any other.

“Regardless of your strength or size, you are able to prevent harm in your community, even if it’s just being kind.”

If you witness sexual assault, help out and contact University Police at 724-357-2141 and the Title IX Office at 724-357-3402.

If you have experienced sexual assault or violence, the Haven Project offers support and can be contacted at 724-357-3947.

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• Casey Stern, 29, of Bensalem was arrested at 2:05 a.m. April 5 for shoplifting at the 788 Wayne Ave. Sheetz, according to Indiana Borough Police.

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• Philip Baldini, 21, of Belle Vernon was cited for a violation of the Borough Noise Code for playing loud music at 983 Wayne Ave. at 3:57 a.m. April 5.

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• An unknown person driving a dark colored SUV with damage to the passenger side mirror struck their mirror on a victim’s vehicle at 6:33 a.m. March 2 in the 100 block of N. Ninth Street, according to borough police. Anyone with information should contact borough police at (724) 349-2121.

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• Sashay Poland, of Philadelphia was charged with simple assault, harassment and criminal mischief for assaulting an identified female victim and damaging personal property of said victim April 3 in the area of N. Fifth Street, according to borough police.

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• Damien Dagan, 19, of Monroeville was charged with underage drinking after he was found in possession of alcohol while under the age of 21 at 8 p.m. in the 500 block of Locust Street, according to borough police.

• Conor Pederson, 19 of McMurray was charged with underage drinking at 12:23 p.m. March 23 in the 500 block of S. Seventh Street, according to borough police.

• Curtis Jena, 19, of Monaca and Rashadd Knorr, 19, of Williamsburg were charged with underage drinking at 12:26 a.m. in the 200 block of West Avenue, according to borough police.

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SGA members discuss future plans for organization JEREMY STOUT

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

With Student Government Association (SGA) elections now open on Crimson Connect, Tuesday’s meeting was preempted by a town hall.

The meeting, originally meant to be a debate between candidates, but as all candidates are running unopposed, the format shifted.

The town hall gave candidates Alex Fefolt (history), president; Chris Carrington (political science); chief justice; Jessica Poley (criminology), secretary; and Imani Nelson (communications media), treasurer, the opportunity to outline their visions for the SGA executive board in the coming academic year.

Topics included how to drive recruitment for SGA membership, filling vacant positions in the senate, getting more people involved on campus, bolstering event attendance and even coming up with a theme song for SGA – “Lean on Me” was the consensus choice.

But one topic brought on a considerable amount of controversy, and that was the discussion of SGA executive board salaries.

Kacy Howard, director of external affairs, brought this up during the audience question-and-answer section.

Howard asked whether there were any plans for this incoming executive board to extend payments to her position, as well as the positions of director of internal affairs (currently vacant) and director of public relations (currently held by Cierra Givner).

Howard said she felt it was unfair that they were asked to do equitable amounts of work as other board members without pay.

Fefolt was the only one to respond to this question.

“What I envision next year is directors are not going to be

(Jeremy Stout/ The Penn) From left to right: Jessica Poley, secretary; Chris Carrington, chief justice; Alex Fefolt, president; and Imani Nelson, treasurer, outlined their plans and the future of the Student Government Association (SGA).

paid,” Fefolt said. “Directors aren’t elected. Really, they’re appointed by the president, and they didn’t have a defined duty.”

Fefolt continued, saying that those in director positions don’t have office hours or “the same amount of responsibilities.” He also said salaries were already creating budget issues for SGA. “About half the budget goes to officer salaries for student government,” Fefolt said. “Unless we increase the budget, which we would like to try, I don’t know if that should be going for other officer payments, but we do appreciate your work.”

This brought a response from Howard.

“I get that we don’t have office hours, but we’re required to have the same amount of time,” Howard said. “All I’m saying is to consider people’s time and their efforts.”

This led someone from the audience asking about the possibility of gift cards as payment.

Adrianna Branin (junior, political science and religious studies), senator for the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, said she was “kind of divisive” and didn’t have a “perfect answer” regarding the possibility the executive board “lowering or donating some of their salaries back to the organization.”

All candidates agreed that they were not taking these positions for the money and that they’d be willing to eliminate or reduce their salaries.

“I would be willing to give up my salary to go to events [in the budget],” Fefolt said.

“I wasn’t focused on the money in order to do this,” Carrington said. “I used to work at Dunkin’ Donuts and got paid a lot more then I would from this.”

Carrington said he was more focused on “making a change around campus.”

Poley and Nelson gave similar responses.

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“Casual day of pickup at the hub.”

That was the caption of a video tweeted by Barstool IUP, a direct affiliate with Barstool Sports, one of today’s most successful sports and pop culture blogs.

The video shows what appears to be a college-aged male running through the IUP Hadley Union Building’s (HUB) gymnasium attempting to and possibly evading police officers.

The original video, tweeted at 5:50 p.m. Monday, has received more than 165,000 views, 331 retweets and 1,911 likes as of Thursday afternoon.

The main Barstool Sports twitter account then tweeted the video on, adding an additional 154 retweets and 1,301 likes.

While the original owner of the

(Twitter, @IUPBarstool) A snapchat video appears to show a college-aged male being chased by police.

video is still unknown, the video looks as if it was recorded within

the Snapchat app.

Barstool IUP did not respond to

an April 17 Twitter direct message.

The person fleeing the authorities is an unknown, former student who had an outstanding arrest warrant, said Michelle Fryling, IUP’s executive director of media relations.

The former student was arrested

by IUP Campus and Indiana Borough Police near the HUB Monday around 5:00 p.m., Fryling said.

Indiana Borough Police did not respond to an April 16 email and voicemail.

IUP Campus Police did not respond to an April 18 email.

“As part of an ongoing investigation, IUP Police were alerted

by Hadley Union Building officials that the wanted man was in the HUB Gymnasium,” said Fryling.

“IUP and Indiana Borough Police went to the scene to find the man, who ran from police and out of the building. The arrest was made in an off-campus parking area near to the HUB.” IUP Student Cooperative Association Campus Recreation made no comment regarding the incident.

Additional charges against the former student may be filed as the investigation is still ongoing, Fryling said.

IUP community holds fundraiser for American Cancer Society ANNA MECHLING Contributing Writer A.Mechling@iup.edu @ThePennIUP

Students and other university community members gathered to help fight against cancer 9 p.m.

Wednesday in the Oak Grove for a fundraiser, memorial and walk to raise money for the American Cancer Society (ACS).

Participants were there to remember, celebrate and support anyone who has or is currently battling cancer. The event was part of Colleges Against Cancer, run through ACS, and all the money raised from T-shirt sales went straight to ACS. The event started with a gathering, followed by several personal speeches and poems and a walk around the Oak Grove in honor of those who have lost their lives to cancer. The two poems read during the memorial were written by cancer survivors: “Every candle has its name” and “Hope.”

The luminarias represented those who have lost their lives to cancer, and the walk was to honor and show support of those who have also lost their battles. Glow

(Ashley Lutz/ The Penn) The IUP community raised money Wednesday for the American Cancer Society in the Oak Grove.

sticks were also used and held a symbolic meaning toward the ceremonial gathering to represent cancer survivors that individuals knew personally.

Mostly everyone at the event had personal ties to ACS or knew someone who had or has cancer.

“I have personal ties to it,” Courtney Mihalko (junior, nursing) said. “My best friend was diagnosed with leukemia at age 8, and she battled for four years and eventually she was put into hospice.”

The participants hosting the

event had prior involvement with ACS because of family members who’ve had cancer.

“I’m involved with ACS because I’ve lost three grandparents to cancer, family members and others,” Christine Spieler (sophomore, criminology and psychology) said.

“I relayed in honor of them before I came to IUP and now at IUP.” Colleges Against Cancer held the event to create a safe and supportive environment to those who have lost loved ones because of cancer and to the ones who are fighting cancer now.

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IUP student selected for Fulbright research grant JEREMY STOUT

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

Dan Wethli (senior, philosophy and Asian studies) has been awarded a Fulbright research grant to go and study the Xinhai Revolution of 1911 in the city of Wuhan in the Hubei province in China.

“I was pumped,” Wethli said.

“For me, I knew how rare Fulbright was.”

Wethli’s selection marks only the 16th IUP student to receive this honor in the 74-year existence of the Fulbright Program.

“I’m very proud to be one of the 16, because I guess no matter what now I’ll be somewhere in the IUP record,” Wethli said.

He also said he’d really like to meet the other IUP recipients.

The journey to receiving the award was long and required eight months of hard work and planning, he said.

Wethli said that he decided to go after the Fulbright grant April of last year but was struggling to come up with an idea for what his research should focus on.

“I was bouncing ideas around in the spring semester … and throughout the summer, I was meeting with Dr. [Christian] Vacca-

(IUP website) Dan Wethli (senior, philosophy and Asian studies) is one of the 16 IUP students to ever be awarded the a Fulbright research grant.

ro [sociology professor] online,” Wethli said.

He said it took most of the

summer working with Vaccaro to complete the initial statement of grant purpose and the statement

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Vaccaro was instrumental in guiding Wethli through the process and pointing him in the right direction.

“He really kept on top of me,” Wethli said. “It was a lot of just writing a draft, throwing it away.”

He said he had between 10 and 15 drafts of each.

The purpose for Wethli started to come together through working with history professor Alan Baumler on his thesis dealing with the “interpretations of the 1911 Revolution in textbooks.” “[Baumler] ran a few ideas to me; the 1911 Revolution was one of them,” Wethli said.

“He’s been somebody overall that I’ve just gotten to know in the last two years as an adviser to Asian studies, and he also just engages my interests a lot.”

Wethli said the idea clicked with him because he finds the underlying ideas of revolution “neat.”

“It kind of encompasses philosophy … in the sense of identity,” Wethli said. “There’s a lot of economic considerations, which I myself have never been interested in economics, but this fostered that interest. Also, historical processes are cool.”

“To be able to go to Wuhan, I’ll be able to study cultural sites and how they look at the revolution in Wuhan,” Wethli said.

While there, Wethli will be working with an adviser at Jiang-

han University, who had previously come to IUP to do research.

“I actually met him here through my Chinese professor [Shijuan Liu],” Wehtli said. “I kind of kept in contact with him for the last two years.”

This will be Wethli’s fourth trip to China, previously having traveled to the country in 2016 for a summer program at Schuan University.

In fall semester 2017 Wethli returned to China to study at Nanjing University as one of the 30 American students for the China-U.S. (Facebook) Student Leaders Academy in 2018.

“I’ve heard this area has a lot of spicy foods,” Wethli said. “I love spicy food, so I’m excited to see what’s the difference in food here.”

He’s also just excited to see what Wuhan is like, he said.

“It’s not a very big city … for China, it’s pretty small, so I don’t think there will be as many foreigners,” Wethli said.

IUP President Michael Driscoll said in a statement on IUP’s website “awards like this show that our students can compete with the very best scholars and leaders from all over the world.”

Wethli, who’s graduating this semester, plans on continuing his education and going to graduate school, but the Fulbright research will put that on hold for the moment.

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(TNS) Smoke and flames rose from Notre-Dame Cathedral Monday in Paris, France. A fire broke out Monday afternoon and quickly spread across the building, collapsing the spire.

Rebuilding the Notre-Dame Cathedral What can the richest men in the world fix if they tried?

The entire world got to watch – thanks to Twitter – as the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, France, burned Monday.

The building had already been in the process of remodeling, but a fire collapsing the roof of a building of that historical and religious significance in front of the entire world to see called people to action to help rebuild.

No, wait. That sounds like a good thing.

So many eyes are on Paris now billionaires are making it their personal game to see who can donate the most money for the cause.

French businessman Francois-Henri Pinault pledged to donate about 100 million euros, $112 million U.S. dollars, to which his rival Bernard Arnault, CEO of LVMH, said he would double. The Betten-

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court Meyers family, which owns L’Oréal, pledged the same amount as Arnault, and Patrick Pouyanne, Total CEO, said he would donate another $112 million.

Not wanting to be left out, or God forbid face bad press for not donating, companies and corporations began to get in it.

Apple and the Walt Disney Company will both be making donations toward the rebuild.

Also, the U.S. government offered assistance in helping with the rebuild.

Even though there are some petty undertones in the reasons for all these donations, that’s not even the biggest problem in this scenario.

All the donations shed light on the fact that billionaires have a large capability to

fix some of the country’s – and the world’s – biggest financial problems. They just choose not to.

People took to social media to call out the injustices this posed to Flint, Mich., Puerto Rico and minority and poorer communities in general.

Flint estimated it would take about $55 million to fix its water crisis. That’s only half of what the French billionaires were willing to donate. Instead, they are choosing to spend the money to rebuild a symbol.

Don’t get us wrong, the Notre-Dame Cathedral stood for centuries as a historic, religious and architecture symbol and safe place. It no doubt holds a wealth of importance.

Places of worship all around the world are being burned and destroyed, but for

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whatever reason, they aren’t the ones receiving millions of dollars in support of bringing back their safe places.

If you earn millions or billions of dollars, you probably have the mindset that you can spend your hard-earned money however you please. And, yeah, you can.

You can also help people who are starving, homeless and dying instead of buying those four extra sports cars and three additional vacation homes.

It’s a shame that with money doesn’t come a greater responsibility to those who don’t have anything.

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(Megan Donny/ The Penn) Former Broadway musical “Rock of Ages” performed Tuesday in Fisher Auditorium.

IUP goes back in time with ‘Rock of Ages’ MEGAN DONNY Staff Writer M.Donny@iup.edu @ThePennIUP

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(Megan Donny/ The Penn) The musical featured many bands from the ‘80s, including Journey, Bon Jovi and Twisted Sister.

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Two girls posed together, each holding one arm in the air with the “rock on” hand signal displayed with their fingers, outside Fisher Auditorium Tuesday evening.

The touring cast of the Broadway hit, “Rock of Ages,” sang and danced with vigor, wooing everyone in attendance. The show is based on classic rock music from the ‘80s and, unlike most other Broadway shows, breaks the “fourth wall,” a traditional invisible wall that separates the actors from the audience.

“Rock of Ages” ran on Broadway from 2009-15, before touring throughout America as well as the U.K., Japan, Australia, Canada and other countries.

The narrator of the show, character Lonny Barnett, frequently spoke directly to the audience, using comedic humor to move along the storyline.

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The show is based in Los Angeles during the late ‘80s and focuses on a group of people trying to save the LA strip from being torn down and renovated by antagonist Hertz Klineman and his son, Franz.

Throughout the show, the two main characters, Sherrie Christian and Drew Boley, experience the ups and downs of falling in love.

The entire storyline is built around popular songs from classic rock artists, such as Journey, Bon Jovi, Twisted Sister, Steve Perry and more. Many of the musical numbers contained extensive choreography as well as different costumes that portrayed the style of the ‘80s.

The visuals in the show made it very stimulating to watch. Strobe lights and disco balls were frequently used, drawing the audience's gaze all around the stage.

The bright lights, blaring music and bad-ass leather and denim costumes set the scene, transporting the audience back in time.

Sherrie arrives in LA at the beginning of the show, trying to achieve her dream of becoming

an actress. She uses her looks and wit to gain a job at The Bourbon Room, where Drew, an aspiring rockstar, also works. The bar is located on the strip that Hertz Klineman was attempting to destroy and make a profit off.

Some of the most interesting scenes in the show occurred in the second act, which was set in the Venus Club.

The scenes in the strip club involved gyrating hips, skimpy lingerie and hit ‘80s songs like “Any Way You Want It” and “Heat of the Moment.”

A forbidden friendship-turned-romance occurs between activist Regina and Franz Klineman. The couple ends up embracing their inner-selves, standing up to their oppressors and “living their dreams.”

Many of the scenes in the show were for mature audiences, though most of the humor could be labeled “immature.”

The show closed with Journey’s hit song, “Don’t Stop Believing.” It was a fitting end to a show based upon discovering and living your dreams.

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Students learn, react to legend of 4/20 MALIK ABDULHADI

Contributing Writer M.Abdulhadi@iup.edu @ThePennIUP

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(Facebook) Students reveal they will do things such as eating candy and chocolate on Easter weekend.

Most students hopping home for Easter Sunday ANNA MECHLING Staff Writer A.Mechling@iup.edu @ThePennIUP

Tradition has evolved as society and culture has evolved; however, tradition is still something many individuals and families still cherish.

Cultural continuity in social attitudes and customs can vary depending on religion and individual families. On Easter, a lot of people attend church services and then have an Easter dinner afterward.

“My family and I have our traditional Easter feast,” Mackenzie Morgan (sophomore, nursing) said.

“It’s a tradition we’ve had for years, and everyone in my family brings a dish to share. On Easter Sunday, we plan on going to church.”

For a lot of families, Easter is a time to see and visit extended family.

“We usually go to my grandma’s house on my mom’s side and have an Easter dinner,” Veronica Fallert (junior, journalism and public relations) said. “And my family still does the egg hunt, basket and dying eggs for my little brother.”

Easter is also typically celebrated with activities such as egg dying, chocolate, egg hunts and a visit from the Easter bunny for young children.

“I’m going home for Easter,”

Aubrey Brown (junior, journalism and public relations) said. “We dye eggs for a tradition, and this year we have chickens, and we’ll be able to use their eggs to dye.”

While Easter is celebrated as a religious holiday for some, it’s a social holiday full of traditions for others.

Students will not get an extended weekend because of the holiday, which influences some of their decisions to go home.

“I do not have any plans for Easter,” Morgan Stewart (senior, biology and pre-veterinarian) said.

“I plan on staying in Indiana and studying.”

Others are planning on going home, celebrating Easter and taking part in family traditions.

“I plan on going home Friday after class,” Dallas Ruppenthal (senior, management and human resources) said. “My family isn’t religious, but it’s a family tradition and a Maryland thing that we eat crabs on Easter. We are also going to watch Game of Thrones.”

Some students who have parttime jobs are planning on working over the weekend, despite it being a holiday weekend.

“I’ll probably be in Pittsburgh,” D’Andre Clark (sophomore, communications media) said. “I’ll be working, but also spending time with my family.”

It’s a topic of discussion every year for a certain demographic.

The unofficial holiday of April 20, or 4/20.

For many cannabis enthusiasts, this day is a special time of the year. It’s a time to celebrate the plant of cannabis, the positivity in all its use and the fight for change in the drug policies across the country. Originally widespread due to an internal clock for a single group of smokers, the term has now been associated with various rumors of how it originated.

“Honestly, I don’t know what 4/20 means,” Janelle Berry (senior, interior design) said. "Does it have something to do with relieving stress or just a day for everyone to celebrate weed?”

“I don’t smoke, but I’m familiar with the importance of the holiday with our youth,” said Akinola Olabode, an IUP graduate student.

Some say it splices with the mythical afternoon tea time in Holland, and others have associated the holiday with the number of chemical compounds in the cannabis plant. The legend has also been credited to celebrities such as Bob Marley and his birth date or the deaths of Kurt Cobain or Jimi Hendrix.

Though these are fictitious to say the least, the origin of 4/20 was created from a group of students who attended San Rafael High School, just 30 minutes north of San Francisco. The students, nicknamed “the Waldos” due to the visual of their “deemed” hangout spot close to the school, received a map from a U.S. Coast Guardsman’s brother-in-law. He passed on to the students the map of an abandoned cannabis patch near Point Reyes Lighthouse.

Why would a government official do such a thing, you may ask?

The U.S. Coast Guardsman unofficially left his duties of guarding

(Wikimedia Commons) National Weed Day, 4/20, will be celebrated Saturday.

the cannabis patch in the forest near Point Reyes Peninsula, and due to fear of his commanding officer finding out about this, he passed the map of the patch on to his relative Bill McNulty, who gave it to the Waldos to collect the cannabis and cover-up the Coast Guardsman’s mistake.

“I had no idea about The Waldos,” Kiera Blue (sophomore) said. “I think that’s actually a cool story. Many of my friends smoke, but I bet they don’t even know that story when they celebrate 4/20.”

The Waldos were athletes and planned to meet after school practices to search for the lost cannabis patch and chose the time 4:20 p.m. The students allegedly smoked large amounts of cannabis before going into the forest to search for the patch.

The five friends all lead professional lives but still keep in contact to this day. You can find out more about the group and their recent endeavors on their website 420waldos.com. They are proud of their contribution to the cannabis community and are pleased that their internal clock is celebrated by

so many around the world.

“I think it’s a good holiday for people who smoke,” Ezabella Jioio (sophomore, marketing) said.

“I think it brings unity. I see people become a lot more peaceful and nicer around the time of 4/20.

“I think so many people indulge in marijuana or cannabis that it should have significant holiday, just to highlight the good things about cannabis. Stuff like no one has lost their life or displayed insane behavior due to cannabis.”

But it’s not for everyone.

“I think the holiday is a waste of time kind of,” James Watson, (psychology) said. “Not to offend anyone, but isn’t it a made-up holiday anyway? Like what happens that’s so special?”

Believe it or not, but IUP has a cannabis community, and it will be celebrating the holiday this upcoming Saturday. The holiday has been consequently peaceful, and those who join in to attend a cannabis-themed concert or simply enjoy the plant with friends and family preach about the camaraderie associated with the unofficial holiday.

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Student reacts to first ‘Rise of Skywalker’ trailer SAMUEL CUNNINGHAM Staff Writer S.Cunningham@iup.edu @ThePennIUP

This article contains opinion.

It is once again Star Wars season for mainstream cinemas.

The new teaser trailer for the newly named “Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker” dropped April 12 on the Star Wars official YouTube channel and quickly spread around the internet to those who care about the Star Wars franchise (and some who don’t, discussed later in detail).

The trailer begins with a few things confirmed in the first minute. Rey, the protagonist, will have a fight taking place on a desert against a TIE (Twin Ion Engine) fighter, without any help from friends.

The TIE fighter resembles a model from “A New Hope,” specifically Darth Vader’s personal TIE fighter used in the final battle of the movie.

Luke Skywalker, despite events in the previous film, returns, potentially as a Force ghost, similar to how Ben Kenobi appeared to Luke himself in “The Empire Strikes Back.”

This is only the first minute.

From there, a myriad of confirmations was made, such as the revealing of a new location to be visited, Kylo Ren – the main antagonist similar to Darth Vader, played by Adam Driver – is seen fighting on a battlefield, with his helmet being fixed from his and Rey’s fight from “The Force Awakens.”

Other characters are returning, such as Oscar Isaac and John Boyega for their roles as Poe Dameron and Finn, while another original trilogy actor, Billy Dee Williams, returns to reprise Lando Calrissian, one of Han Solo’s friends from the series.

A new droid has been introduced as a small companion

(Facebook) Singer Prince passed away three years ago Sunday.

Three years after his death, Prince remains an inspiration EMILY LOOSE

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

This article contains opinion.

(TNS) The new “Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker” trailer was released April 12.

to BB-8, the poster-boy droid owned by Poe Dameron, and its name has been confirmed as Dio. Poe and Finn are seen on a speeder fighting some New Order Stormtroopers with C-3PO on board as well. The teaser also reveals a scene of Princess Leia and Rey together, plus a golden medallion resembling the award that Han Solo and Luke Skywalker were given at the end of “A New Hope.”

The cast also goes to the crash site of one of the Death Stars. But, perhaps the biggest surprise reveal for this movie, however, is the return of a character (Facebook) many fans were not expecting (as per Star Wars

tradition, it seems).

Toward the end of the teaser trailer, after the shot of the Death Star wreckage, an ominous, obviously evil cackling fills the darkness presented in the trailer. Fans have immediately identified the laugh as Darth Sidious’ (The Emporer) iconic laugh from the original trilogy, though how he returns isn’t yet clear.

This may be a hinge on which the movie swings in its success with fans, however. Star Wars fans were not particularly happy with the appearance Darth Maul made at the end of “Solo: A Star Wars Story,” and this character revival could mean financial loss on the series as a whole.

There is still more than 200 days before the film releases around Christmas. There will be plenty of time for new trailer footage to be released, as well as new cast news and director confirmations. Until then, Star Wars fans will have plenty of time on their hands to predict new theories for the end of the saga.

“We are gathered here today to get through this thing called life,” said Prince, whose own life was cut short April 21 three years ago at the age of 57.

His death left fans shocked and devastated.

Born Prince Rogers Nelson, he was a prominent singer and songwriter for more than 40 years.

Some of his most popular work had been in the 1980s with his band, The Revolution.

Prince was known for his controversial lyrics and for blurring the lines on gender conformity through his music and wardrobe. Songs such as “Controversy” and “If I Was Your Girlfriend” further pushed these boundaries.

One of his most famous stints was when he changed his name to an unpronounceable symbol, leaving the press to call him “The Artist Formerly Known as Prince” in 1993 until he changed his name back in 2000.

Along with music, Prince had been able to break into acting with the commercially successful film “Purple Rain.”

Claire Tudor (junior, music) is a fan of Prince and said that he continues

to be an inspiration for the people that do not fit the norm of society.

“He’s the perfect example of ‘it doesn’t matter who you are, how you act, or how you look. You can be an amazing musician. Just be yourself and do what you want,’” Tudor said.

Tudor cited Prince and David Bowie, who also died three years ago, for being powerful androgynous figures in the music world.

“They weren’t afraid to be who they were,” she said. “I think that makes them geniuses.”

Prince himself once stated how he had been uncomfortable with the way masculinity was defined and portrayed. Even the symbol he changed his name to mended the male and female symbols together.

After three years, Prince’s cause of death is still being debated, much like most parts of his life had been when he was alive.

Fans continue to mourn his death. Hundreds visit his estate, Paisley Park Studios in Minnesota, which has been open to the public to tour since October 2016, six months after his death.

Prince had been a versatile performer who recorded hundreds of songs while also writing hits for other artists. The skills he possessed has some label him as one of music’s biggest and most influential artists of all time.

“If long life is what we all live for, then long life will come to pass.”

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Sports

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

(IUP Athletics) Adriana Greco (senior, fashion) scored eight goals Tuesday in a victory against Lock Haven.

(IUP Athletics) Katie Martyn (senior, criminology) has scored 35 points this season for the Crimson Hawks.

Greco’s 10 points lead No. 25 lacrosse to fifth straight win BRAD O’HARA

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

IUP lacrosse picked up another win Tuesday as it extends its winning streak to five games after beating Lock Haven 19-10.

Lock Haven came into the game on a losing streak. After starting the season 3-4, the Bald Eagles lost six in a row to slip to 3-10. Over that stretch, Lock Haven’s offense all but disappeared as it has been held to 9.33 goals per game.

Going into Tuesday, the Crimson Hawks were looking to extend the Bald Eagles’ losing streak even

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further.

IUP took the lead early in the game as it looked to take away any momentum that Lock Haven had.

Adriana Greco (senior, fashion) scored the first goal of the game three minutes into the first half.

That goal jumpstarted a scoring frenzy.

Just 48 seconds after IUP’s goal, the Bald Eagles bounced back with a goal of their own. However, 30 seconds after Lock Haven’s goal, Kathryn Zeiler (sophomore, kinesiology) got the lead back for the Crimson Hawks.

This back-and-forth battle continued until IUP was able to score

three unanswered goals with 20 minutes left in the half. The Crimson Hawks then went back to trading blows as they rolled to the end of the half with a 10-6 lead.

The second half started much better for the Bald Eagles as they outscored IUP 3-2 in the first seven minutes of the half. The Crimson Hawks retaliated as they looked to wrap this game up early.

IUP scored five unanswered goals in 15 minutes as it took a large lead and ate up time. With a 17-9 lead, the Crimson Hawks started to play more defensively, looking to ride out their lead to a victory.

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To close out the last seven minutes of the game, Lock Haven scored only one goal, and IUP added another two as the Crimson Hawks pulled off the 19-10 win.

IUP utilized its offensive efficiency and strong defensive pressure to overpower the Lock Haven team.

Greco was a large factor offensively for IUP as she picked up 10 points in the game with eight goals and two assists. However, the offensive success was largely a team effort as seven different players scored for IUP, and five of them scored more than once.

“I think our offensive success has come from an overall team ef-

fort from the attack and midfield,” Katie Martyn (senior, criminology) said. “We have multiple threats on the attack end which makes it extremely difficult for other teams to defend. Because we started the season pretty slow, we have embodied the statement that we have nothing to lose when we play.”

The Crimson Hawks will now look to continue their winning streak as they take on Bloomsburg 2 p.m. Saturday at Miller Stadium.

The Huskies have the third-best overall record in the PSAC at 10-4 and has the same record as IUP in conference play, two of five teams sitting at 6-3.

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(IUP Athletics) Chris Eisel (junior, pre-physical therapy) has hit a home run in five of his last seven games.

Baseball looks for momentum in weekend Clarion series JAKE SLEBODNICK

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

This article contains opinion.

This weekend, IUP will take on the Clarion Golden Eagles in a fourgame, two-day conference series.

The home-and-home will be a “golden” opportunity for the Crimson Hawks to improve their 9-23 overall record and 3-13 conference record, especially considering IUP holds the all-time winningest record against the Golden Eagles.

IUP is 28-6 against Clarion in the teams’ histories, including victories in each of the past 12 series.

This will be the first and only time that these two squads will square off against each other this season. Their most recent meeting last April saw the Crimson Hawks winning via a walk-off home run.

Although this hasn’t been the season that they had hoped for thus far, they have some time to rekindle the flame they had at the beginning of the season.

And since their series against West Liberty scheduled for Tuesday was postponed, they have some extra time to prepare for their PSAC rival.

Players to Watch:

Chris Eisel (junior, pre-physical therapy) is riding a hot streak at the plate, as he has tallied a home run in five of his last seven games played. Along with the home runs, he has earned a .440 batting average and had a game in which he went 4-for-4 with four RBIs in the comeback win against the Gannon Golden Knights.

Ben Teplin (sophomore, business) now has a six-game hitting streak after a late-game double to center against Gannon on Monday.

This hitting streak brings Teplin to a .286 batting average on the season as well as a .337 on-base percentage. While Teplin has become a dominant force for contact hitting, he will look to improve his run production during this series as he has eight RBIs total for the season.

One final name to look out for is Nick DiAndreth (freshman, exercise science) as he now holds the title for IUP’s best hitter on the season with a .339 batting average. He is second on the team in on-base percentage (.400), second in stolen bases (four) and has the team’s best batting average against right-handed pitchers on the season (.360).

The speedy freshman has had a

multi-hit appearance in two of his last three games played, and with a Clarion pitching staff allowing more than six runs per game and allow-

ing a .288 batting average to opposing teams, it should come as no surprise if DiAndreth can keep this wave of momentum on his side.

If this trio of players, along with the rest of the Crimson Hawks’ lineup, can perform well, they’ll have a great shot at a momentum boost.

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First-round sweeps telling the story in Eastern Conference TYLER COMO

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

This article contains opinion. All stats current as of April 18.

I’m sure I don’t sit alone with this comment, but my bracket is officially busted.

The Tampa Bay Lightning, winners of 62 games in the regular season, were basically swept of their skates, and swept out of the playoffs, by a Columbus team that barely made the postseason.

The Blue Jackets won their first playoff series in franchise history against the best team in the league, and they did it in the minimum of four games.

Going all in at the end of the season seemed to help the Jackets and coach John Tortorella when it really mattered.

The Lightning managed to score only eight goals in the series against Columbus’ netminder Sergei Bobrovsky.

The final score of game four was 7-4 after the Blue Jackets managed to score three empty net goals.

The Lightning put out a somber statement on Twitter following the game, saying in part “this isn’t the ending we imagined, and certainly not the one we wanted.”

Game four brought the best out of Columbus, and they were the first team to push into the second round.

Elsewhere in an Eastern Conference game four was a make-it-orbreak-it moment for the Pittsburgh Penguins, who hoped to rescue their season, down 3-0 to the New York Islanders.

Jake Guentzel scored quickly in the first period, but it was a deja vu moment when the Islanders’ Jordan Eberle scored moments after the Penguins got the first goal.

In the last three games of the series, the Penguins would find themselves down to the Islanders and end up losing each game regardless of having scored the first goal.

New York swept the Penguins

(Twitter/@Benstonium) Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins likely didn’t feel so good after being swept by the New York Islanders.

and, therefore, became the second team to claim a spot for the second round.

Over in the Western Conference, there wasn’t much in terms of scoring in game four played by the Winnipeg Jets and St. Louis Blues, but sometimes the low-scoring affairs create a more intense atmosphere.

Prior to the loss in game four, Blues goaltender Jake Binnington had never lost back-to-back games. Regardless of that, the game remained scoreless until the third period.

The first goal of the game came from St. Louis’ Vladimir Tarasenko on a power play goal. Later in the period, Mark Scheifele evened the score for the Jets, and Kyle Connor scored the game-winning goal in overtime. The series is now headed back to Winnipeg with a series tied 2-2 and neither team having yet

won a game at home.

Moving back out East, Boston bounced back from its game three loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs, scoring six goals against its playoff rival. They scored two goals each period, taking an early lead scoring the first two in the first seven minutes of the period.

David Pastrnak and Brad Marchand helped the Bruins claim victory in Scotiabank Arena, and now, they head back to Boston with a rising momentum and a tied series, but the back-and-forth games could result in this series going all the way.

Back in the wild West, where the Dallas Stars bounced back hard after the Nashville Predators won two games in a row. They managed to put four goals past Pekka Rinne and forced Nashville to make a goalie change to Juuse Saros in the first period.

Three of the four goals scored

were power play goals, and Ben Bishop and the Stars nearly shut them out. But Roman Josi managed to sneak one past Bishop early in the third.

The final score was 5-1 Dallas, making this the third series that’s even at 2.

After a Calgary win in game one, the Colorado Avalanche have managed to go on a three-game winning streak against the Flames, but that’s not to say Calgary wasn’t putting up a fight in its game four loss.

The Flames scored a goal in the second and added another in the third, but when it looked like they had the win in the bag, Colorado scored two in the third and the game winner in OT. The Avalanche now head back to Calgary to see if it can make

game 5 its fourth and final win.

After the Sharks win in game one, they’ve had a tough time trying to get to that second win in an attempt to beat Vegas – the Golden Knights are also on a threegame winning streak.

The Knights made NHL history with their ability to score within the first 90 seconds in four consecutive postseason periods.

Marc-Andre Fleury recorded his eighth career playoff shutout.

Their star power is shining brightly in Vegas as they take a 3-1 lead against the Sharks.

More series could come to an end before the weekend ends, and that means we’re getting ever closer to the second round.

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(TNS) Patrick Beverly and the Los Angeles Clippers are facing the No. 1-seeded Golden State in the first round.

Potential upsets looming in first round of NBA playoffs JEFF HART

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

This article contains opinion. All stats current as of April 18.

The NBA playoffs are now in full swing, and it’s can’t-miss action folks.

There have been upsets, unexpected outcomes and outrageous outbursts. If you’ve missed any of it, here are some early upset alerts.

One of the most interesting stories of the 2019 NBA playoffs has been the ongoing beef between Patrick Beverly and Kevin Durant.

The Clippers have exceeded all expectations this season. No one

expected Clip City to make the playoffs this season after losing Chris Paul, Blake Griffin and Deandre Jordan, not to mention dealing one of its best remaining players, Tobias Harris, midseason.

One of the biggest reasons for LA’s success this season has been due to maximum effort from its players. Championship-winning coach Doc Rivers has a way of getting the most out of his players, and point guard Patrick Beverly is a prime example of this team’s mentality.

Beverly is known around the NBA as a defensive player extraordinaire. Kevin Durant has learned this first-hand in this playoff series. Beverly played tight defense

against a myriad of Warriors players, and Durant was on the receiving end of much of it.

After being forced out-ofbounds in game one, Beverly got into Durant’s face, and the players had a verbal altercation that resulted in both players being ejected.

Many thought this would be the end of it and Durant would be more level-headed in game two.

This was not the case.

After taking game one, Beverly and his squad managed to get under Durant’s skin again in game two as he received a technical from engaging Beverly verbally. Luckily, for the Warriors, they were still able to come away with the victory.

With the series currently tied at 1-1,

it is going to be interesting to see whether the Warriors can remain cool and collected.

In the Eastern Conference, one series has stuck out above the rest.

The highly touted Philadelphia 76ers have been struggling against the Brooklyn Nets.

Brooklyn seems to have put it together this season, as it has tallied 42 wins in the regular season.

The Nets have surged behind allstar D’Angelo Russell. Many experts had them losing against the third-seeded 76ers.

Apparently, Brooklyn didn’t get the message, as the Nets took game one from Philadelphia 111102. Russell put up 26 points and led his squad to victory in their first

playoff series in four years.

After this demoralizing defeat, Philly responded to Brooklyn’s fiery start swiftly. The 76ers took game two in a high-scoring affair. The 76ers had six players that put up points in the double digits in their 145-123 victory.

With both teams taking a victory, it appears that it is going to be a long series between to teams that have a lot to prove.

Will Brooklyn overcome the odds? Or will Philadelphia take its place as one of the best in the NBA? Every year, there are series that have unexpected outcomes. These matchups could very well be one of the upsets.