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Candidates to follow in the midterm election ELLIOT HICKS Sports Editor e.hicks@iup.edu @ehicks39 If you are voting in Indiana during Tuesday’s midterm elections, there are four races to watch out for.

The first race will be on each and every ballot cast in Pennsylvania, as the Keystone State may elect a new governor. Democratic incumbent Tom Wolf will look for another four-year term in office, but with a new lieutenant governor by his side; John Fetterman, mayor of Braddock, Pa., won the position’s Democratic primary in April. Mike Stack became the first incumbent lieutenant governor to lose the following primary, finishing in fourth.

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Scott Wagner and lieutenant governor candidate Jeff Bartos, who campaigned together during the April primaries, will look to unseat Wolf.

A PAC in support of Wagner has had a billboard up near the interchange of Routes 119 and 22 just outside of Indiana for weeks leading up to election day, billing Wagner as having a “pro-Trump agenda.” His campaign has been greatly similar to Trump’s in both agenda and attitude.

Libertarian businessman and freelance writer Ken Krawchuk and Green Party community organizer Paul Glover also appear on the ballot.

The other statewide race will be for the state’s second seat in the Senate to go alongside Pat Toomey, who was re-elected in 2016 to another six-year term, the

same as what the winner of this election will secure. The incumbent is Democrat Bob Casey Jr., who has served as Senator since 2007 following stints in the state’s legislature as its treasurer and auditor general. Casey has generally aligned with the party since his election, which included supporting Barack Obama’s policies as well as endorsing Hillary Clinton in 2016.

Casey’s main challenger is Lou Barletta, a Republican who was part of Donald Trump’s transition team upon his 2016 election, briefly considered for appointment in his cabinet. Barletta has had most of his political experience in Hazleton, Pa., ascending from city council to mayor to the U.S. House of Representatives.

With Barletta named one of the 10 candidates to watch in these

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elections by Politico, this race is likely to come down to the wire.

Pro-life Libertarian Dale Kerns and anti-Citizens United Green Party candidate Neal Gale are also on the ballot.

In 2018, each and every one of the 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives is open. Indiana sits in the newly re-mapped 15th district, where IUP professor and assistant chair of sociology Susan Boser will take on Glenn Thompson, who currently serves in the house after winning three consecutive two-year terms in the old District 5.

The Democrat Boser has run a campaign heavily focused on making rural Pennsylvania relevant and strong again, which includes providing not only jobs but also high-speed internet to rural residents of the state. The Republican

Thompson, who goes by “GT,” is a fiscal conservative who looks to strengthen Social Security and Medicare.

As far as the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, the 62nd district features 2018 IUP graduate Logan Dellafiora running against former journalist and PennDOT employee Jim Struzzi.

Dellafiora describes himself as a “fiscally conservative moderate Democrat” who serves on the Homer-Center School District board of directors. Struzzi’s resume includes many years of public service and proven leadership which he attempts to build on through an election to the state house.

Vote.org includes many features to assist voters, from knowing where your polling place is to previewing your ballot just by typing in your address.

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STOLEN VEHICLE • A suspect, described as a female with blonde hair and pink highlights, wearing a pink-colored PINK brand hoodie and gray sweatpants with black and white shoes, carrying a reddish backpack and brown purse, stole a blue 2004 Ram 1500 pickup truck with a Pennsylvania license plate (ZGD-7480) from the 300 block of Philadelphia Street at 5:14 p.m. Nov. 1. Anyone with information is asked to contact borough police.

BURGLARY • A residence in the 200 block of South 10th Street was burglarized between 2 p.m. Nov. 2 and 7 p.m. Nov. 3. Actor(s) damaged a door inside and took several items from the residence. Anyone with information is asked to call borough police.

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2016. A simpler time.

You’re driving your mother’s Toyota Rav 4 at 5 mph in attempt to hatch your “Pokémon Go” eggs when The Chainsmokers’ “Closer” comes on the radio.

Your friends and you are discussing going to see “Hacksaw Ridge” at the movie theater on Friday.

Meanwhile, your older brother is at IUP, still on a bender celebrating the Chicago Cubs lifting the curse and winning their first World Series since 1908.

His professor told him at the beginning of class that it was a good day because the giant panda was no longer endangered.

So excited about sharing the news of the giant panda, your brother tweets about it in class.

He is soon distracted by “Damn Daniel” videos and Ken Bone and Kermit memes.

With Twitter capturing his attention for the remainder of class,

your brother misses when his professor tells him how important it is to vote tomorrow, and there are several different voting outlets on campus and in Indiana.

Later that night he stays up until 10 a.m. playing “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered” with his friends.

They joke about how Donald Trump might actually become the president of the U.S. “Yeah right,” he says. “And one day Nick Foles will return to the Eagles and win Super Bowl MVP.” “Hahaha.”

Laughs all around.

2016 brought everyone something. Leonardo DiCaprio finally got his Oscar for Best Actor in “The Revenant.” Simone Biles claimed four Olympic gold medals.

The U.S. Senate gained three more women senators, while the Dakota Access Pipeline brought protests. And don’t forget about the more than 5,000 U.S. citizens that reportedly got the Zika virus.

But the one thing that 2016

brought everyone was a presidential election. A presidential election that saw Donald Trump do what some thought was the impossible and defeat Hillary Clinton to become the 45th president.

More than 42 percent of the U.S., including your brother who slept all day after his all-nighter, did not vote on Nov. 8, 2016.

Fast forward to today: election day, Nov. 6, 2018.

In just two years, President Trump has brought us storyline after storyline.

He has brought us FBI investigations, leading some to believe the 2016 election was fixed, a porn star that went public and many questionable quotes and tweets.

But Trump also brought us peace with North Korea and a 4.1 percent unemployment rate, one of the lowest rates in years.

Whatever the remainder of 2018 and the next two years bring us, isn’t it time to at least have a say in what happens? The right is yours. The responsibility is yours.

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(John Vasas/The Penn) Networking with various employers and a Women’s Dessert and Debrief, hosted by the IUP Panhellenic Association, followed the event.

IUP educates students on free speech JESS TRUBY

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IUP began its free speech project in the fall 2018 semester.

The project was created to encourage students to exercise their rights of free speech. As a public university, the right to free speech cannot be limited.

In general, freedom of speech is the right, protected by the First Amendment, of individuals to express their opinions publicly without governmental interference.

Because they are created by state governments, public universities such as IUP are considered government entities, which can’t limit the speech rights of students.

Legally someone can say

something offensive, but freedom of speech goes two ways.

People on all sides of an argument have a right to express their opinions.

In the latest video posted by the university, students shared their experiences about being hurt by what someone said to them on campus.

“It allows us to express our opinion publicly,” said a student in the video. “But it also means we must let others voice their opinions, too, no matter how different they are from ours.”

The student was told that if he was a conservative, he must also be racist. He went to see a political speaker and was called a Nazi by a person in the crowd for being there.

Three other students shared their stories of times they felt offended by what people had

said to them on campus. They touched on subjects of religion, sexuality and race.

One student mentioned seeing a peer use an offensive term on social media. Social media allows a message to be spread and seen by a large audience.

Social media is protected in the same way as all other media platforms.

Universities are not allowed to censor content and cannot punish someone who posts an offensive message.

The video is a reminder that just because a person is legally allowed to say something, it does not mean that they should.

Using offensive language is a choice, and the project advises the IUP community to consider how those words affect the people around them and to not say something that they would not be happy to hear from someone else.

IUP President Michael Driscoll closed the video with an aspirational statement to the IUP community.

“Words can hurt,” Driscoll said, “but chosen carefully they can create a community where all are welcome to learn, work and live.”

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Midterm elections vulnerable to cyberattacks, experts fear ALYZA SEBENIUS Bloomberg News (TNS)

U.S. cybersecurity experts are bracing for possible attempts to attack the midterm election

by Russia or another adversary hoping to engineer a disruption that casts doubt on the integrity of the vote.

Interference may range from altering websites used by state and local election authorities, to spreading propaganda through social media, to hacking at polling places intended to complicate the casting of ballots.

“Anything that would drive uncertainty across the voting public – that’s probably the area that we’re going to see some activity, if we were to see anything,” Christopher Krebs, a deputy undersecretary at the Department of Homeland Security, said in October, describing possible threats “a day before or two days before” the election.

He added that there’s no intelligence indicating “a significant campaign afoot,” and that there’s been less activity in the lead-up to the election than there was in 2016 – an assessment that private sector and academic experts share.

Still, West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin’s office announced Thursday that its social media accounts had been compromised, the latest indication that U.S. politicians and the election systems that put them in

(TNS) People cast their vote at a polling station at Watts Towers Arts Center in Los Angeles.

office continue to be a target.

Federal authorities responsible for securing elections, popular social media platforms and private companies that specialize in detecting and preventing hacks face the first real test since 2016 of whether the U.S. can defend against foreign interference in its vote.

Since Russian hackers meddled in the 2016 election with strategic hacking and leaking, as well as a covert social media campaign

aimed at electing President scanning of networks to phishing Donald Trump, social media campaigns. companies, cybersecurity firms “There’s still a variety of and federal and state officials have opportunities for threat actors, sought to enhance U.S. defenses including Russia, to mess with us, against election interference. and I think that we need to remain Threat detection and informavigilant,” Dmitri Alperovitch, chief tion-sharing has been improved, technology officer at the security while social media companies firm CrowdStrike Inc., said at an have cracked event hosted down on disby the New information York Times campaigns. on Oct. 30.

The “I’ll certainly Defense sleep better Department at night the has obtained day after approval to the election support the – but not Department a moment of Homeland sooner.”

Security The softresponse to ware security a “significant firm McAfee incident for Inc. pubelections,” lished a study said Ed in October Wilson, the that examdeputy assisined county tant defense websites in secretary for 20 states. It (TNS) cyber policy, Paul Fraser making his decision at the voting booth found that at an event the majority at the Robert F. Kennedy Elementary School in Los Angeles. last week. were “sorely But the lacking in U.S. election system, spread basic cybersecurity measures that across more than 50 states and could help protect voters from territories that operate autonoelection misinformation cammously, remains vulnerable. And paigns.”

Krebs said in October that there’s Hackers might use phishing been “a consistent and persistent attacks, where internet users are level of activity,” ranging from tricked into handing over their

passwords, to gain login credentials for websites with information on voting or polling places.

“One of the most critical aspects of the election process is how citizens get information on where to vote, how to vote, and what the issues and candidates are,” said Steve Grobman, chief technology officer of McAfee when the study was published.

“This is yet another major avenue that attackers could focus on.”

While Twitter and Facebook have heightened their defenses against the kind of fake information the Russians used them to spread in 2016, their systems are not foolproof. Hackers might try to break into the accounts of election officials to spread false information on Election Day, create fake accounts to impersonate candidates or officials, or spread falsehoods.

To detect activity by malicious bots, social media companies have built political ad archives, hired fact checkers, removed problematic pages, and created algorithms.

Influence activity appearing to emanate from Russia and Iran have nevertheless been found this year on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

Sens. Mark Warner of Virginia and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, both Democrats, wrote to Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg on Nov. 1, urging him to “promptly address” reports “that Facebook’s new security tools allow users to intentionally misidentify who purchase political ads on your platform.”

In that vein, experts believe that any election interference on Tuesday would be aimed at creating the appearance of a tainted election, rather than changing actual vote counts.

“My best guess is that there is not great benefit to Russia in interfering in a major way with the vote tabulation this time,” Ben Buchanan, a cybersecurity expert at Georgetown University, said in an email.

One of the most alarming and damaging attacks – even if it’s small in scope or ineffective – would be attempted hacking of other elements of polling stations, such as voter registration databases.

Adversaries could also interfere with the transfer of data from polling stations to tabulation systems, creating significant delays in calculating results, said Ron Bushar, a vice president of the security firm FireEye Inc.

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Artist discusses role in creating special Mr. Rogers episode MICHAEL ROKNICK

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During a television career spanning six decades, Fred Rogers spoke to millions of children on television through his iconic puppets.

It turned out that he also used the puppets to communicate with those close to him.

Ron Heath, then a struggling artist, worked with Rogers for three months in the fall of 1978 on a two-hour special episode of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.”

Every episode of Rogers’ show featured a segment called “The Neighborhood of Make-Believe,” about a fantasy land populated mostly by puppets such as Henrietta Pussycat, King Friday the XIII, Lady Elaine Fairchild and Daniel Striped Tiger – all voiced

by Rogers himself.

Heath, of Pymatuning Township, said Rogers had a well-developed sense of humor that he often expressed by using the puppets to talk with crew and cast members.

“He would come over to us with one of his puppets and used that character’s voice to say, ‘So what are you guys doing tonight?’ He really made us laugh.

It was a fun place,” Heath said.

A 1972 Sharon High School graduate, Heath spent a couple years in the Army and graduated in 1978 from The Art Institute of Pittsburgh, where he studied to become a commercial artist.

Rogers began working in television in the mid-1950s and is best known for “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” which aired from 1968 to 2001 and was produced at Pittsburgh-based WQED Television. Heath, newly graduated from the Art Institute, was hired in 1978 to work on the special.

The art director for “Mister Rogers Neighborhood” hired Heath to create a set for the episode, which focused on a fundraising effort to repair damage to a business in the neighborhood.

“The business was called Betty’s Little Theater that had a leaky roof,” Heath said. “All of the characters in his regular show pitched in to help.”

It was a tall order.

“We created a set that looked like a barn, which held a flea market,” Heath said. “There were vendors in the barn that were

(Facebook) Fred Rogers spoke to millions of children on television through his iconic puppets, and he also used the puppets to communicate with those close to him.

selling stuff to raise money. We created things like a hay loft and stalls to make it look like a real barn.”

The special also featured the set where Rogers began each of his regular TV program and the Neighborhood of Make-Believe.

“And all the people characters were there, like Handyman Negri, Officer Clemmons and Bob Dog (Robert Trow),” Heath said as he laughed.

In addition to Rogers, the show featured the late Bob Keeshan, better known as Captain Kangaroo. His children’s TV series of the same name ran from 1955 to 1984 on CBS. Along with creating the barn, Heath was given the task of fixing up the other sets.

“The filming for the special took six weeks. There were a lot of people there, so things in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe got a little beat up,” Heath recalls. “I touched up things to make them look good again.

He discovered Rogers, like everyone, had his bad moments.

After one long day, Rogers repeatedly stumbled over lines he was practicing for the TV special.

A frustrated Rogers let loose with an uncharacteristically naughty word.

“I couldn’t believe it,” Heath said. “I told him I had heard it all and could go to heaven now.”

Heath impressed Rogers with his talent and commissioned him to create a Christmas card featuring the Neighborhood of

Make-Believe.

“He paid me $100,” Heath said. “That was a lot of money for me back then.”

When the special was completed, Heath said Rogers offered him a full-time job on his regular show.

“I had to tell him I lined up another job in the Shenango

Valley so I needed to move out of Pittsburgh,” Heath said.

Rogers died in 2003, but his iconic show is still a standard for children’s programming. Rogers, his life and his show was the subject of “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?,” a documentary released this year.

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rical film starring Tom Hanks as Mister Rogers, is being filmed now in Pittsburgh and is scheduled for release in 2019.

As the years passed, Heath said the days of working for such a talented boss still has strong memories.

“Fred was a genuine friend,” he said.

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(TNS) The Sewickley United Methodist Church lit candles and placed white roses in vases for the 11 people who were killed and the six who were injured at the shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue. Ellie and Emmelia Gaebel brought up white roses for the injured police officers. Their father Kurt is a police sergeant and was involved in Saturday’s events but not injured. Their mother, Melanie Gaebel, is behind them.

IUP president reflects on Squirrel Hill shooting On the morning of Saturday, October 27, a gunman walked into the Tree of Life Synagogue and killed 11 Sabbath-morning worshippers. He also wounded two other worshippers and four of the police officers who responded. Now a week has passed, and it is again the Sabbath. The victims are buried. Those who used the massacre to push their own political agenda have come and gone. And the families, friends, congregations, and communities of the slain are struggling to put their lives together and to move forward in the face of their grief, anger, and loss. Personally, I have spent the week in grief, prayer, study, and reflection.

Along with many others, I have asked myself what we can do – what I can do – to put an end to antisemitism and the evil it spawns. I know some think the solution lies in election results, new laws, speech codes, or, perhaps, a strong condemnation from a university president. But antisemitism and all racism and discrimination are deeply rooted, complex problems that will not yield to simple solutions.

Antisemitism did not begin last Saturday or in the Holocaust or with the Spanish In-

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quisition or with the Crusades or with Christianity. Before that, Jews faced discrimination and persecution from the Romans and before that from the Greeks. For millennia, people have portrayed those different from themselves as less-than-human – as animals – or as possessing superhuman powers or as the leaders of vast conspiracies against society. We find this not only in antisemitism but also in the treatment of indigenous peoples around the world, in slavery, and in all forms of racism and discrimination. There is no quick fix for something so deeply ingrained in human cultures.

Being a university president doesn’t grant me special insight or powers in this most difficult of issues, but I do continue to have faith in the transformative powers of education and community. We must find ways to stand together and to learn from each other.

Here are things you can do (and I can do).

Proclaim your beliefs that hate and discrimination have no place in our community, just as our friends and colleagues who are part of the Racial Justice Coalition for Change did last Thursday.

Have the courage to call out as unaccept-

able the racist joke or language that you hear from your friends or your family.

Accept the heartfelt apology from one who has made a mistake and help them learn and grow from it.

Set a new and different standard with your own behavior.

And each week (or each day) get to know a person who is different from you. Fight against the fears that spring from deeply ingrained, learned prejudices – the fears that would have you cross the street or avert your eyes or make fun of or demonize someone who is different. Start by recognizing the new person as someone who is, in fact, very much like you. It doesn’t matter whether they are Jew or Gentile, Muslim or Christian or Buddhist – or whether they are of a different race, ethnic background, sex, or gender or from a different country or have a disability. Just as you do, they want to have enough food to eat and clean water to drink, to live a good life, to love and to be loved, to make their own choices, to find joy, and to be successful. If they are cut, they will bleed blood as red as yours. They will be as hurt by a cruel word and as thankful

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for a kind word as you would be.

Then, go beyond the basic humanity that binds us all. Each person has been shaped and challenged by their life experience – by things like their religion and their race – by their differences from you. The diversity of experience, even challenging and painful experience, is what makes our community strong. It is what makes us learn and grow the most. Share life stories with others and learn from them. Create a community built both on trust and on celebration of differences.

In the last week, I wished for a simple way to make things right for our region and for our university. I grieve for all who have suffered from the evil of last weekend. Amid the pain we have felt, and will likely feel again, I maintain a belief that we are stronger than our weaknesses might suggest.

I believe that the remedy for bad speech is more, louder good speech. I believe that the remedy for intolerance is an even stronger culture of inclusion. And I believe that the only cure for hate is love.

Mike Driscoll

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Though entertaining, let celebrity drama remain private Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson had a whirlwind relationship that had a rocky ending.

Davidson joked about the called-off engagement, pretending to propose to musician Maggie Rogers in a promo for “Saturday Night Live” Tuesday.

Grande has since deleted a tweet she originally posted about the video, saying “for somebody who claims to hate relevancy u sure love clinging to it,” and “thank u, next.”

She is right that Davidson uses his personal life to inappropriately make jokes and is using their break up to stay in the limelight even though he claims to hate attention. He has also received criticism on social media for making jokes about inappropriate things during their relationship.

Yes, comedy can be a tough industry, but when it is taking a toll on personal relationships, is it really worth it? He continuously pushed the boundaries of their relationship and events that occurred in her life, such as Grande’s break up with rapper Mac Miller.

Davidson has also received hate comments and was made fun of when paparazzi shot photos of him looking upset after the break up while Grande went on a shopping spree.

While his comments were insensitive, he is still a person and has his own feelings.

They should each be respected as they deal

(TNS) Ariana Grande has had her fair share of media mentions in the past two years with the bombing at her concert in Manchester in 2017, her engagement with Pete Davidson and her ex-boyfriend Mac Miller’s death. Now she is seeming to make the most of her situation with the release of her newest song, “thank u, next.”

with the split in their own ways.

Grande has not publicly discussed the break up, but just a released a new song titled “thank u, next” about the split. The song follows the tweet with the same phrase she sent criticizing the SNL cast member for joking about their engagement in the promo.

The song was released 30 minutes before Saturday’s episode of SNL aired.

This was a way to get people talking

about her and take away any attention Davidson would get from the episode. She was smart, and she deserves the praise for the song.

Grande’s song mentions all of her exes even though the song is named after a tweet about Davidson.

“Thought I’d end up with Sean But he wasn’t a match.

Wrote some songs about Ricky, Now I listen and laugh.

Even almost got married, And for Pete, I’m so thankful.

Wish I could say, ‘Thank you’ to Malcolm, ‘Cause he was an angel” The final two lines about Miller are especially heart-wrenching since his passing. The rest of the song is about Grande taking time for herself.

She needs this time. She went from Miller to Davidson quickly and has faced traumatic events like the shooting at her Manchester concert that she has not had sufficient time to heal from.

Davidson cracked a semi-joke about the breakup during Saturday’s SNL episode, saying that he started paying attention to the midterm elections “after I had to move back in with my mom,” referring to leaving the New York penthouse that he shared with Grande.

The split was sad, but not a surprise considering the ups and downs they had in front of the world.

Relationships have their difficulties without others’ opinions, and it is intensified when it is in front of millions of followers.

People should be lifting and supporting both as they go through this tough time.

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(Ashley Lutz/ The Penn) Jesse McCartney performed at Fisher Auditorium before his “Resolution” tour, which will start Jan. 11.

McCartney’s comeback approved by IUP students EMILY LOOSE

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Being a teen idol can be hard, but after a four-year hiatus, Jesse McCartney is back and proving that nothing has changed.

McCartney played at Fisher Auditorium on Thursday in an event sponsored by STATIC (The Student Activity Committee). The crowd that waited for him outside consisted of 1,112 eager fans who remember him from the beginning of his career back in the early 2000s.

McCartney, most famous for his pop song “Beautiful Soul,” had taken some time off from music. As he told Billboard earlier this year, he felt “burnt out” after releasing his last album.

“I knew I wanted to take some time off,” he told Billboard. “I didn’t know how much, and it wasn’t until a few weeks in that I was like, ‘Oh wow. I still haven’t decompressed, I need a lot of time off.’ So I did.”

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After a few years of taking time to visit different places and get back into acting, McCartney realized he missed music and came back to those roots, releasing his single “Better With You” in March.

Since then, fans have hoped that would mean he would tour again, so he started by doing college shows.

Tickets for the IUP show were $10 with an I-Card, $20 for the public and another $40 for a VIP meet-andgreet.

The opening band for the show was Hear Tonight, an indie rock group from Pittsburgh.

According to the band members,

they are heavily inspired by Walk the Moon, Young the Giant and Death Cab for Cutie.

Though the crowd was not as familiar with the band, they still seemed to like what they heard, shouting and dancing along to each of the songs that the band played.

But when McCartney hit the stage, the crowd went even crazier with screams and cries of excitement (Facebook) as he sang “She’s No You.” In between songs, McCartney stopped and talked to the crowd about his excitement to be back in music, saying how he hoped

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that they would like his new songs just as much as his older hits.

The audience members were accepting, dancing and singing along to the newer songs.

During his rendition of the Robin Thicke song “The Stupid Things,” McCartney stopped singing to bring a girl onto the stage. That girl was Katherine Tonelli (sophomore, art studio).

After asking her some questions, McCartney proceeded to finish the song by serenading her.

After the concert, Tonelli said she had been ready to “cry with excitement.”

McCartney also played “Bleeding Love.” Though the song was made popular by Leona Lewis, it was actually written by him. Other songs on the set list included “How Do You Sleep?,” “Leavin’” and “Body Language.”

As he finished the song “Wasted,” the crowd anticipated more.

McCartney was prepared and sang his first-ever hit “Beautiful

Soul,” which the crowd sang along to word for word.

After the concert, girls could be seen sweaty and tear-stained with joy as they enthusiastically talked to their friends about the performance, proving that McCartney had no need to fear if the fans would be happy to have him back.

Remembering him from back when he was on Disney Channel, it is a big deal for many to see how much he has grown and changed since his early years.

Though not as big as some Disney stars, such as Miley Cyrus, he has been able to remain controversy-free all of these years.

McCartney will be playing a few more college shows this year but will have a full-fledged tour starting in January 2019. The tour, called “Resolution,” will start in Dallas and end in Seattle.

He will be back in Pennsylvania for a concert Jan. 19, coming to Philadelphia. Tickets will cost $30 or more, with VIP tickets costing around $150.

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Alyssa Hankey Top Hits

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Alyssa Hankey, who was born in Indiana, has been touring around the U.S. and is set to release a new album in early 2019.

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IUP alumna lives her dream as touring musician CAITLIN DENNY

Staff Writer C.M.Denny@iup.edu @ThePennIUP

One of the most popular musicians in Indiana is singer-songwriter Alyssa Hankey.

Hankey is known in the community for her raspy voice and has been compared to Janis Joplin and Stevie Nicks with a hint of blues and country folk. She graduated from IUP in 2015 with a degree in studio art and a focus in graphic design.

In 2015, the singer released a compilation album of demos titled “Songs From Then and Now,” and in 2016, she released a full-length LP titled “Shadowlands.”

Recently, Hankey traveled on tour to New York, New Jersey, West Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina and Tennessee. In August, she and Pittsburgh singer-songwriter Corey Kurtz went on a co-headlining tour to Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Iowa.

Hankey said her favorite part of touring is seeing new places and

meeting new people.

“I’m always interested in the story of a town and picking up on different vibes in each town,” Hankey said. “Each place is different, yet the same. I also really enjoy seeing people that never heard my music before relate to the lyrics.”

She grew up listening to country music and wanted to be a country singer at a young age. But then her plans changed when she heard the band Led Zeppelin for the first time.

“When I heard Led Zeppelin, I started gravitating toward rock ’n' roll,” Hankey said. “I picked up the guitar at age 12 and never looked back.”

Recently, Hankey invested in a small home studio to record her new album titled “American Spirit,” which is set to be released in early 2019.

“The album is coming along slowly,” Hankey said. “This is the first album that I will be producing and recording on my own. I’m learning the technical side of producing, which takes time and research.

“I am fortunate to be able to

bounce ideas off my friends that have more experience than me when it comes to that. I’m bringing different musicians to play on the album, which I am very excited about.”

When Hankey isn’t recording or writing music, she works part time as a cook, creates paintings and drawings for commission and does freelance work as a graphic designer. She considers music to be her full-time job.

She is also a host for open mic nights at local coffee shop The Artists Hand.

“We welcome musicians, poets, comedians and any other kind of performer looking to express themselves in an intimate setting,” Hankey said.

“As a host, I usually start out by playing a few tunes, and then I introduce each performer on the sign-up sheet and help them set up. I always like to encourage people, especially when it’s their first time playing in front of an audience.”

Both of Hankey’s albums can be found on iTunes, Spotify, YouTube and Google Play.

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Nintendo adds hype to much anticipated “Smash Brothers Ultimate”

(Facebook) Nintendo’s “Smash Brothers Ultimate” is set for release Dec. 7.

ABE ESHELMAN

Staff Writer A.Eshelman@iup.edu @DukeOfKalos

This article contains opinion.

“Smash Brothers Ultimate” has been a wild journey for fans of the series, from the de-confirmation of fan favorite Waluigi, to the famous “Everyone is Here” reveal, to the inclusion of requested but unlikely characters like Simon Belmont and King K. Rool.

However, the Nintendo Direct that streamed live on Nov. 1 was an experience all its own.

Immediately, the trailer opened with the reveal of the last two characters in the base game. These two characters were Ken, from “Street Fighter,” an echo fighter of Ryu and Incineroar from the seventh generation of “Pokemon,” a grappler and heavy hitter.

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cineroar was somewhat expected but still a bit of an odd choice.

Montao Coleman (sophomore, computer science), a long-time Smash Brothers fan, had mixed feelings on the last two characters revealed.

“When I saw Ken, I wasn’t really surprised since even in his original game he was similar to Ryu, so he would more than likely be in,” Coleman said.

On Incineroar’s inclusion, Coleman explained that the Pokémon representative was “a slight disappointment.”

“There were a few other characters I would have wanted in, but oh well,” he said.

The two characters then were further explained by Sakurai, the lead developer of Smash Brothers and the face of the series, as the other newly revealed characters have been.

Ken is like Ryu, as an echo or clone fighter is expected to be, but differs with the shape of his hadouken move, his much faster movement speed and focus on kicks instead of punches.

Incineroar is a strange new style of fighter, with a focus on wrestling-inspired motifs. Incineroar has very powerful throws, more than almost every other character.

He also has unique moves themed around his move set from the “Pokemon” series, and around professional wrestling, including air dives, grappling,

clotheslines, counters and more.

After the final two characters in the base game were revealed, details were given on most of the lesser-hyped features of the game, including additional language support, private online rooms, matching by rule preferences for online battles, Amiibo support and more.

Eventually, it was confirmed that there will be DLC characters coming after the game’s launch, five currently planned by 2020.

These characters can be bought individually or as a set with the Fighter’s Pass.

None of these characters have been disclosed yet, but Sakurai claims that they’re “not talking about echo fighters.”

The DLC characters have filled many fans with hope, because while some fan requests like Isaac, Rex and Shadow the Hedgehog have been made into assist trophies and Mii costumes, other characters like Banjo and Geno are nowhere to be found.

Coleman, like many other fans, is fully supportive of classic and heavily requested characters being made into the five DLC characters. “[I’m hoping for] Geno from ‘Super Mario RPG,’” Coleman said. “He has been one of my wanted characters since ‘Brawl’ and has apparently almost made the roster a few times.”

However, one character has been confirmed outside of DLC but after the base game’s release. As a limited-time offer, if you pre-order “Super Smash Brothers Ultimate,” you will receive one of the most surprising characters in the game for free.

Pirahna Plant, who can be purchased for the price of a DLC character if you miss the preorder deadline, took the Smash community by surprise, blowing away any expectation of what a Smash character looks like. Pirahna Plant is a wholly unique character, with whacky movement animations, long range bites and grabs, a protective potted plant for midair shielding and countering, throwable projectiles, poisonous spit and an entirely zany and hilarious move set.

The final big announcement was the reveal of spirits. Spirits at first had many fans disappointed, as they seemed to be equippable power-up stickers, the replacement for trophies and a new form of event matches, like the Gordo-themed battle of Dedede throwing Gordos or a giant

orange MegaMan representing Gutsman.

However, at the very end of the direct, it’s revealed why so many characters are floating around as these equippable spirits, floating souls without a physical form.

The new adventure campaign mode was finally revealed, titled “Super Smash Brothers Ultimate: World of Light,” and the reaction was resounding support. A cutscene rivaling "Smash Brothers Brawl’s” story mode revealed an epic battle between the longtime villains of the series “Master and Crazy Hand,” teaming up with some sort of energy monster that could be related to “Brawl’s” villain, Taboo, against the entire cast of playable characters in “Smash Brothers Ultimate.”

However, in an instant, every single playable character is mowed down to dust and spirit by a blast of energy, all except for one single star warrior. Kirby just barely manages to escape the onslaught and is presented re-entering the atmosphere after a massive energy blast covers the entire galaxy to an epic lyrical version of the “Ultimate” theme song.

Then, in a fast-paced montage, the story mode’s content is revealed, as an open-world explorative RPG, with boss battles, unlockable characters, multiple themed-worlds and stages and all of it using the previously-dismissed spirits.

“I’m absolutely ecstatic for it,” Coleman said. “Sub-space emissary from ‘Brawl’ was one of my absolute favorite stories in a game ever. Even though ‘World of Light’ isn’t to the same scale, I’m still super excited.

“I think they are an interesting game mechanics, which I will definitely play for a while. While I did like the trophies, spirits seem just as good and they were able to add way more since they didn’t need to make a trophy model. The way they try to make the other fighters like what they are representing is a very clever idea, such as a bunch of invisible King Dededes throwing Gordos to represent Gordo.”

It's going to be quite difficult to unlock every character in the game, with a starting roster of only eight characters and Kirby being the only starting playable character in the campaign mode.

However, with fans as passionate as Coleman and the online gaming community, it’s likely the game will be a massive success.

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(Facebook) “The Dead House,” “The Enemy” and “A Monster Calls” are just a few books that involve magic and scary characters.

Eight stories that involve magic and scary characters VALERIE KERRIGAN Staff Writer V.A.Kerrigan@iup.edu @ThePennIUP

This article contains opinion.

Even though Halloween is over, it is still spooky season. With daylight fading more quickly, there is no better time to pick up a creepy book. These are just a few good reads for the season.

1. “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children”

by Ransom Riggs Riggs originally intended for this piece to be a picture book, but eventually developed a story about a young boy following his grandfather’s clues. The book has beautiful but eerie photographs sprinkled through its pages, making it perfect to read late at night when you should be studying.

2. “The Dead House”

by Dawn Kurtagich Perfect for Halloween, this novel is centered around a school fire known as the “Johnson Incident.”

It is told through journal entries, videos, emails and interviews. The first page is an excerpt from the town's newspaper on the fire that left three townspeople dead and

one missing. The book’s cover tells readers that this is a story of a deranged alter ego, but is it really?

Read to find out…and to not sleep at night.

3. “The Enemy”

by Charlie Higson If “The Walking Dead” was a young adult series, this would be it. “The Enemy” is the first novel in a fantastic horror series where the only people surviving the zombie virus are younger than 14 years old. There are stories of a safe place, but to get there the characters must fight their way across London’s dangerous streets.

4. “Survive the Night”

by Danielle Vega Vega’s novel starts with an underground rave and ends with a murder.

The main character, Casey, discovers Julie’s body in the dank subway tunnels, and she soon realizes she’s trapped down there.

Casey and her friends run through the tunnels trying to find a way out, but every manhole is sealed shut.

They learn that they are not alone…that someone or something is hunting them. Vega’s sophomore novel reads like a slasher flick and will leave readers on the edge of their seats.

5. “Anna Dressed in Blood”

by Kendare Blake

7. “A Monster Calls”

by Patrick Ness

8. “The May Queen Murders”

by Sarah Jude

Cas and his kitchen-witch mother travel around the country, destroying murderous spirits with their cat, who sniffs them out.

Cas is following in his late father’s footsteps, hunting the dead and protecting the living. When Cas and his mother come across Anna’s story, he expects the usual routine.

Anna still wears the white dress she was killed in during 1958, and she kills anyone who dares to enter her Victorian home. However, when Cas steps into her home… she spares him.

Full of incredibly spooky descriptions, “Anna Dressed in Blood" will make readers leave the lights on.

Every night since his mother fell ill, Conor has the same dream.

One night, the yew monster visits his window and becomes the friend he so desperately needs.

If reader’s have not yet seen the movie, read the book first so you don’t embarrass yourself by sobbing uncontrollably in the theater.

The rules of Rowan’s Glen: stay on the roads, don’t enter the woods and never go out at night.

Ivy and Heather are cousins and best friends. They do everything together – until they don’t. Heather goes missing after a May Day celebration, and it is up to Ivy to solve centuries worth of mysteries.

6. “The Graces”

by Laure Eve The Graces are a very mysterious and incredibly rich family.

Everyone in town, including the main character, River, is obsessed with them.

There is a rumor going around the town that they are witches, and River is determined to discover if that’s true.

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(Aidan Shaw/ The Penn) The IUP Jazz Band held its annual fall performance in Fisher Auditorium Saturday. The band was under the direction of James Flowers and Kevin Eisensmith and featured Joshua Hillard, an alumnus of IUP, as a guest for the performance.

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(Ishaaq Muhammad/The Penn) Obi Anyatonwu (freshman, academic affairs) sealed the victory for IUP with an interception with 17 seconds left.

Football fights through defensive battle for fourth straight win BRAD O’HARA

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

IUP football took on Edinboro in a defensive battle that stifled both offenses and kept the Crimson Hawks under 20 points for the first time all season, but they still walked away with a 13-7 victory over the Fighting Scots.

Edinboro was undefeated at home going into this PSAC matchup and had one of the strongest defenses in the conference.

IUP was coming off a 56-14 win over Seton Hill that saw its defense finally get grounded again.

Both defenses were carrying momentum with them, and within the first quarter alone, we saw the strength of each.

On Edinboro’s first play of the game, Yawn Coleman (graduate,

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communications media) intercepted the pass and took the ball deep into Edinboro’s territory, looking to get the Crimson Hawks an early lead.

However, the Fighting Scots’ defense held tough, giving up only four yards on three plays to the IUP offense before Dillon Sarka (junior, mathematics) missed a 38-yard field goal attempt.

With the Edinboro offense taking over, the Crimson Hawks were not letting up.

After handing over a 15-yard run on Edinboro’s first play, IUP tightened up, only giving up 1 yard on the next three plays and forcing the punt.

This defensive clash held strong, keeping either team from scoring in the first quarter.

With slightly fewer than three minutes left in the first quarter, IUP

blocked an Edinboro field goal attempt and began to make a push down the field.

After a 7-yard pass by Lenny Williams (senior, accounting) and a 31-yard run by Samir Bullock (junior, criminology), IUP was on Edinboro’s side of the field and looking to score.

The Crimson Hawks converted the opportunity and hit the scoreboard first with a field goal early into the second quarter.

IUP was then able to double its lead on its next drive with help from a 43-yard catch by Dom McNeil (junior, kinesiology).

The Crimson Hawks defense only had one blemish in the game, coming off a fumbled punt attempt that gave Edinboro the ball within IUP territory.

The Fighting Scots were then able to chip away at the IUP de-

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fense and eventually score a touchdown.

Seven of the eight plays used by the Edinboro offense on the scoring drive were rushes, including the scoring play.

The game would remain tied when the Fighting Scots missed the extra point.

Early into the fourth quarter, IUP started to put together a drive of its own.

The Crimson Hawks took the ball down the field in 10 plays, using up nearly five minutes of the clock and scoring a touchdown to give them a seven-point lead.

The IUP defense then sealed the deal, getting two interceptions on the last two drives for Edinboro in the game.

The victory marked the fourth straight win for the Crimson Hawks.

“We’re OK if teams drive on us,

but as long as we keep them out of the end zone, the yards don’t matter,” said defensive back Mike Pietropola (senior, kinesiology).

“What does matter is the scoreboard. To hold that team to six points is a pretty good effort because they have a really good offense.”

IUP will now be traveling back home for its final regular season game of the year against Shippensburg at noon Saturday, as the Crimson Hawks look for one last chance at the postseason.

If they’ll do so, however, they will have to do it without a conference championship on their resume.

In the latest Super Region One rankings, PSAC division champions West Chester (9-0) and Slippery Rock (8-1) were ranked, with Kutztown (8-1) being the third squad from the conference in the rankings.

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(IUP Athletics) Jess Marut (senior, marketing) made a number of records during her career at IUP, including hitting the 1,000-dig milestone in 2016 in this photo. Marut finished her career with 2,277 digs.

Marut ends stellar volleyball career racking up milestones and records MIKE COSTA

Staff Writer M.T.Costa@iup.edu @ThePennIUP

While it wasn’t the season that IUP volleyball, nor its captain Jess Marut (senior, marketing), would have wanted following a PSAC

championship in 2017, the libero’s senior season featured some impressive performances on the stat sheet, along with being able to guide the younger members of the team toward a brighter future.

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“I like knowing that I’m helping the future of the program while bonding with my younger teammates at the same time,” Marut said.

After two first team all-district and all-conference picks for Marut coming out of Riverside High School in Painesville, Ohio, anyone could have predicted her future success at IUP. Marut has racked up more than 2,000 career digs, becoming the second player in IUP volleyball history to reach this milestone.

Along with being named captain for the third straight year, she was also a co-captain of the 2017 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Southwest Division champion team that also went on to win the conference championship.

Statistically, Marut is second with a career average of 4.94 digs per set and second all-time in total career digs.

She also has three of the 10 highest single-season dig marks in IUP history. She moved into eighth place in career digs in conference history to conclude the 2018 sea-

son.

Her favorite part of her volleyball career, given her attitude toward helping the team, is “contributing to turning the program around while also helping rebuild after the departure of significant starters last year.”

Marut’s career at IUP featured many unexpected lessons from freshman to senior year.

“At the beginning of the season freshman year, it was very intense, and there was a lot more pressure from high school. But that was easy in learning how to deal with it, and I was able to focus on helping the team,” Marut said.

Although Marut had an intense freshman year, she still led the team with 550 digs, averaging 4.78 digs per set.

She had more than 20 digs 11 times that year, along with a season-high of 36 in three sets against Gannon, all as a freshman.

That was statistically one of Marut’s best seasons as a Crimson Hawk.

Marut was a key factor in the team’s success in 2017, placing first in the conference with a 25-10 record.

“My first year, we were 9-23, then 17-15 and finally reached 25-10, placing first in the conference. So, it was cool seeing the turnaround and being a part of that,” Marut said.

The team’s head coach Scott Pennewill served as an important factor in guiding Marut toward success in her career at IUP. “The game teaches the game,” Marut said about Pennewill’s coaching over their last three years together. “His coaching style is different in how he breaks the game down to each individual rather than as a whole.”

Marut said that through her athletic career, she has learned valuable skills that go hand-in-hand with her marketing career: teamwork, dealing with adversity and time management.

Additionally, she said that volleyball is a mental game and is about confidence more than anything.

“I’ll miss competing at this level,” Marut said when reminiscing on her career as a Crimson Hawk.

Overall, when looking back, Marut hopes to have left a positive impact on the team as she steps away from the game that she loves.

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Cross country finds success despite rough weather at PSAC championships STEVEN LANGDON JR. Culture Editor S.Langdon@iup.edu @ThePennIUP

The IUP cross country team competed in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Championships Saturday at the Doug Watts Course at Edinboro University.

The weather played a factor as there were gusting winds and steady rainfall throughout the day.

The women’s team tied for 13th overall with Millersville at the meet.

The team competed on the 6K course that featured almost 200 runners.

Sam Christman (senior, information systems and decision science) led the way, finishing in 34th place with a time of 25:41.

On top of Christman, Tricia Varner (sophomore, nursing and allied health profession) finished second on the team and 69th overall with a time of 26:44.

The third runner on the team was Olivia Hammond (sophomore, natural sciences and mathematics) crossing the line in 81st with a time of 27:03.

The last four runners on the team included: Ala Small (senior,

(IUP Athletics) Sam Lenze (sophomore, natural sciences and mathematics) led IUP with a 14th place finish at the PSAC Championships.

management), 85th with a time of 27:15, Brianna Herr (sophomore, food and nutrition), finishing 94th with a time of 27:33, Jessica Jones (junior, mathmatics) in 103rd with a time of 28:14 and Anna Falvo (se-

nior, social sciences) crossing in 108th with a time of 28:46.

The men’s team ran in the 8k race the same day. The team finished fifth out of the 15 teams running, totaling 127 runners.

Sam Lenze (sophomore, natural sciences and mathematics) had a big day leading the team by finishing in 14th with a time of 27:36. He beat his time from last year’s PSAC Championship by more than a min-

ute.

Also in the top 25 was Michael Dautlick (senior, safety sciences), who finished 21st with a time of 27:57, almost a minute faster than last year.

Both Lenze and Dautlick were named IUP athletes of the week.

It was the first time for both individuals in their careers to receive the honor.

Coming in third on the team was Nathan Skodi (sophomore, geoscience) finishing in 46th place with 28:46 for his time.

Justin Jones (junior, political science) came next in 52nd with a time of 29:06.

Rounding out the top seven were Noah Mandel (senior, kinesiology health and sport science) in 54th with a time of 29:10, Dylan Ruefle (junior, criminology and criminal justice) finishing 66th with a time of 29:41 and Isaac Evans (freshman, history), who came in 72th with a time of 30:05.

The men’s and women’s teams will compete in the ninth annual Go-Fast River Run at Lock Haven Saturday before going to Pittsburgh for the 2018 NCAA Division II Atlantic Region Championships Nov. 17.

Swimming sweeps meet over Saint Vincent with freshman Martin shining JAKE ROUSE

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

The IUP men’s and women’s swim teams came away with victories over Saint Vincent College to sweep the dual meet.

The Crimson Hawks SWIMMING combined for 18 event victories at Pidgeon Natatorium Saturday.

Accruing very similar scores, the men finished with seven individual victories including two relay wins, totaling a 129-69 margin of victory over Saint Vincent.

The women also won seven individual events and two relays, finishing with a 125-70 victory over the Bearcats.

Owen Martin (freshman, safety sciences) had individual victories in the 200 IM and 500 freestyle. He was also a part of the 200 freestyle relay winning team.

Joining Martin on the relay team were two other individual winners for the Crimson Hawks: Noah Brockway (senior, criminology) and Colter Long (senior, computer science). Brockway won the 100 backstroke, and Long won the 100 butterfly.

For the women, All-American Nicole Smith (senior, nutrition) won the 500 freestyle. She was also part of the two women’s relay victories as the anchor leg of the 200 medley relay and the lead leg of the 200 freestyle relay.

“We have been working extremely hard in the pool and the weight room,” Smith said after the meet. “We are pretty sore and tired, but we did very well and swam very hard.”

Jessica Cochran (junior, marketing) was also part of the 200 freestyle relay win with Smith. Cochran took home a victory of her own in the 100 backstroke.

“We had some great times

come out of this meet for our women’s team,” Smith said. “I was very impressed as well with our overall positive attitude and drive to do the best we could.”

Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) qualifying times were also recorded at the meet.

In total, 20 PSAC-qualifying times were marked by IUP swimmers. Eleven women made 11 different qualifying times. The remaining nine qualifying times were recorded by the men with Owen Martin claiming two himself.

“We know that our mid-season meet is coming up in two weeks when we travel to Cleveland, so we’re working our hardest to make sure we are ready for that,” Smith said.

The IUP swim team will hit the road next weekend for the first time this season Friday to face West Virginia Wesleyan.

IUP is hoping to carry its dual meet momentum into next week-

end.

Through three dual meets this

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(TNS) Demaryius Thomas saw a long career with the Broncos end when he was traded to the Texans.

(TNS) The Rams’ Dante Fowler Jr. was unable to put much pressure on Drew Brees in a loss to the Saints.

NFL trade deadline brings frenzy of last-second impact moves JEFF HART

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This past week was the last chance for many NFL teams to make a final shift to complete a competitive roster in order to push for a deep run in the playoffs, as the league’s trade deadline has passed.

This year’s trade deadline was filled with many crazy transactions and storylines, and here is what you need to know about the results of this frenzied time as we are nearing the NFL’s 10th week.

Ha Ha Joke’s on Who? Former first round pick Ha Ha Clinton-Dix was one of the many last-second trades this past week.

In this seemingly straightforward trade, Green Bay sent Clinton-Dix to Washington for a fourth-round pick.

On paper, the Redskins were going to receive a solid, developing young safety; however, it seems that might not end up being the case.

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cons.

There were a variety of reasons as to why the Redskins were absolutely demoralized by the Falcons, and Clinton-Dix was one of those reasons.

Even though he had seven tackles in the game, he had a blown coverage against Julio Jones that allowed an easy touchdown for the Birds.

With a large chunk of the season already over, and a rapidly improving NFC North division, the Redskins can only hope that Clinton-Dix will be able to move on and help improve this lackadaisical secondary.

Fowl Play After Jacksonville’s disappointing start to this season, it is no surprise to see that the Jags were in the mix of last second trades.

However, many were surprised to see former third overall pick Dante Fowler Jr. go to the Los Angeles Rams.

Fowler was a key part of the Jaguars’ defensive front, and many were shocked to see him traded to L.A. for a mere third-and-fifth round pick.

This trade seemed too good for an already seemingly perfect team in the Rams. However, this trade may not be as perfect as it appears.

The Rams suffered their first loss to Drew Brees and the Saints on Sunday.

If the heart-breaking 45-35 loss

wasn’t bad enough, Fowler and the rest of the defense seemed unable to affect Brees in any way, as he threw for 346 yards and four touchdowns.

This loss may be crucial when it comes to determining playoff seeding.

If Fowler and the rest of the defensive front can learn to work together before playoff time, however, they may be a force to be reckoned with.

Houston, We Have Thomas The Denver Broncos seemed to buck into the headlines this week out of nowhere.

With an already strong defense and elite receiving corps, many were shocked to see Denver in the trade mix-up.

All-Pro receiver Demaryius Thomas was sent to Houston in return for a fourth-round pick and a swapping of seventh-round picks.

Unlike many of the previous trades, Thomas’ presence was felt on Sunday.

Ironically enough, Thomas’ first game as a Texan was against his now-former team.

Thomas played a key role in helping the Texans overcome the Broncos in a nail-biting 19-17 win.

He racked up more than 60 receiving yards in his first game with his new regime.

With Houston now sitting comfortably at 6-3, many believe that the addition of Thomas can push

the team to new heights for the playoffs.

With a little less than half the season left, the future looks bright for the former All-Pro. Golden Boy The NFL trade deadline has the Philadelphia Eagles seeing gold.

Among the chaos of last second trades, the Eagles managed to acquire Golden Tate from the Lions for a third-round pick.

With an anemic 3-5 record and a new head coach, it’s no surprise to see that Detroit has a rebuilding mindset.

The reigning Super Bowl champions have not been able to spread their wings this season.

With a mediocre 4-4 record, Philly needed something to spark the team going into the second half of the season.

Many are thinking that Tate’s elite ability to run after the catch can make him deadly in the slot position, as he can still keep up with almost any corner in the league, with three 1,000-yard seasons in Detroit.

Combined with the talent of Alshon Jeffery and Nelson Agholor, many believe that Tate can really set these caged birds free going into the latter part of year.

Coming off a bye and an anticipated matchup with the divisional rival Dallas, hopefully this trade doesn’t turn out to be fool’s gold for the Eagles.

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Crimson Hawks Roundup

(IUP Athletics) Five seniors were recognized Saturday during IUP field hockey’s Senior Day.

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Field Hockey: The No. 5 ranked team in Division II put a damper on IUP field hockey’s Senior Day festivities Saturday, as Shippensburg defeated the Crimson Hawks 4-1.

The careers of Selena Gonzales West (kinesiology), Emma Smiley (natural sciences and mathematics), Matti Reightler (political science), Kalista Gioglio (kinesiology) and Olivia Accardi (communications media) were recognized and celebrated.

After being held scoreless through the game’s first 20 minutes, the Raiders scored twice in the 21st minute.

Brianna Lubarsky (junior, biology) cut the lead in half 10 minutes later with her first goal of the season, but two second-half goals from Shippensburg would put the game away.

A 23-4 shot advantage and 19-1 advantage in penalty corners in favor of the Raiders would help lead them to victory.

IUP (3-13, 2-7 PSAC) will travel to No. 2 West Chester Saturday looking for revenge after a 7-0 Golden Rams victory Sept. 15.

Men’s Basketball: The IUP men’s basketball team

did not let the nation’s No. 2 team walk all over them, as the Crimson Hawks were there to compete in an 86-64 exhibition loss to perennial contender Kentucky.

IUP would keep things relatively close most of the night, coming within nine points of the Wildcats on multiple occasions.

Four Crimson Hawks would score double-digits in points, led by preseason All-American Jacobo Diaz (senior, economics), who scored 17.

Malik Miller (junior, communications media) put up 16 points, with seniors Willem Brandwijk (marketing) and Dante Lombardi (finance) not far behind, scoring 14 and 13 respectively.

IUP forced 14 turnovers by Kentucky and shot 14-of-18 on free throws.

The regular season begins for the Crimson Hawks this coming weekend at the KCAC as IUP hosts the IRMC/Hilton Garden Inn Classic.

No. 8 IUP will take on Concord Friday night and No. 16 Virginia State Saturday night.

The Penn will feature a full season preview in the Nov. 13 special basketball issue.

Volleyball: It was a season which left a lot to be desired for IUP volleyball, as the Crimson Hawks ended their sea-

(IUP Athletics) Dante Lombardi (senior, finance) scored 13 points Friday in a loss to Kentucky.

son falling victim to another pair of sweeps, this time to California (Pa.) Friday and Seton Hill Saturday.

Jess Marut (senior, marketing) moved into second place all-time at IUP and eighth all-time in the PSAC in career digs, finishing her

career with 2,277, including her final 17 against the Griffins.

Madi Burns (sophomore, kinesiology) led the team with 11 kills against the Vulcans.

IUP finished its season 7-24 overall and 3-15 in the conference, its

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worst season since 2014.

With this season’s team featuring six freshman and six sophomores, head coach Scott Pennewill hopes that the Crimson Hawks can benefit from a year of experience to improve on in 2019.

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