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IUP’s marching band, The Legend, performs in the homecoming parade every year.

Mark your calendar for homecoming events EMILY LOOSE

Staff Writer E.D.Loose@iup.edu @ThePennIUP

(IUP Website) IUP holds activities for students, alumni and community members.

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This weekend is homecoming, and to celebrate, IUP is holding many activities for both students and the community to enjoy.

Starting Thursday and going until Saturday, students are welcome to participate in as much as possible as they make memories for the 2018 year.

Thursday kicked off the festivities with the annual homecoming concert. Featuring Playboi Carti, Rich the Kid and Waka Flocka Flame, the concert was held at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex.

Friday features world-famous comedian Jeff Foxworthy performing at the KCAC at 8 p.m.

When asked about performing at the school, Foxworthy joked about being confused on whether he was performing in Indiana or Pennsylvania.

Saturday will be the busiest day

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of the weekend.

The homecoming parade kicks things off at 10 a.m. at eleventh and Philadelphia Streets. Taking part in the parade will be different IUP groups, as well as the school’s Crimson Court. The Crimson Court will feature one student from each college on campus.

For alumni and participating students, the Crimson Huddle will be the next on the route. Taking place at the KCAC, the Huddle is designed for IUP alumni to meet up and see each other again after years of being away.

Along with their families, alumni get to enjoy food, alcohol and music from the school marching band. The Kid Zone is also available for any children that come to the event.

Saturday also features the big event when IUP’s Crimson Hawks football team takes on Slippery Rock in the homecoming game.

Kickoff starts at 2 p.m. with the Crimson Court being announced

by IUP President Michael Driscoll

during halftime.

Tickets to the game are still available online at www.kovalchickcomplex.com/ events-tickets/ However, the football game is not the end of all the fun. Later that night at 8:30 p.m. in the KCAC, the Official Late-Night Homecoming Party will begin.

Sponsored by the Center for Multicultural Student Leadership and Engagement, there will be food, prizes and carnival games for everyone to enjoy. Events, which will include bingo, will continue on through the night until 12:30 a.m.

Tickets are $5 dollars for students and $10 for any guests in Elkin Hall.

With so much going on, it is important to remember to keep safe during any festivities. Homecoming is a time to make memories and to show pride in the college you attend.

For further information regarding events, please visit Elkin Hall Room 128.

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Think smart with lighting alternatives KATIE WILLIAMS

Digital Media Editor K.L.Williams9@iup.edu @ThePennIUP

We’re hitting the age when it’s time we decorate our own houses or apartments. For some, this is extremely exciting, while others could care less about how others see their home.

My roommate and I realized this when the house next to ours looked very similar to our own, so we wanted to differentiate our house and have lights on our porch for anytime we wanted to chill outside. That’s when we realized we didn’t have any exterior outlets to plug regular lights into.

However, we weren’t going to give up on giving our house character. So we started to come up with ideas, like keeping a window wide open and just plugging in the lights inside our house.

Not the brightest idea.

But then we realized that we write an environmental column for the newspaper, and we could do better.

So the obvious answer finally presented itself: solar powered

lights.

Naturally, I went on to Groupon and was able to find solar powered lights in less than five minutes. So we now have lights hanging on our porch that are cute and environmentally smart.

And so far, even though Indiana is not known for being particularly sunny, the lights have turned on and stayed on every night.

The environmentally efficient technology that’s available to us isn’t always on our minds when we’re buying products, even for people like me who pride themselves on looking out for the planet. So when making any purchase, taking a few minutes to consider if there’s a green product available can make a big difference. These may not be the most popular products, but we can change that if we start to make them the popular product.

Companies produce what the consumer demands. So rather than buying the first thing you stumble upon at Walmart, searching the internet for nifty, unconventional items that are better for the environment may make an impact if we all start doing it.

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Every fall, IUP hosts an annual homecoming weekend full of entertaining events. Homecoming is a time for alumni and current Crimson Hawks alike to celebrate their IUP pride.

Though homecoming is an exciting time, it is easy for students to lose focus on the unity it promotes. It is important for IUP students to recognize the weekend is not an excuse to act irrationally.

IUP Homecoming has a reputation of get out of hand, so use these tips to have a safe and fun-filled homecoming weekend.

Tip 1: Don’t touch the horses.

Seriously, don’t do it. Mounted police officers help with crowd control. This is a main reason for the mounted police officer’s attendance at homecoming. As silly as it sounds, when people ask to touch the horses, they are distracting the officer from their job and may startle the horse as well. This small act can even lead to an arrest.

Tip 2: Avoid those large crowds. Large crowds easily get

out of hand, and then police have to intervene. The fewer people there are, the less rowdy the gathering will be and more control the host will have. If you are hosting the party, make sure you know the people that are there. In most leases, the person that signed it is responsible for property damages, so keep an eye on your guests.

Tip 3: Keep it inside. When parties are outside, it entices people passing by to join. This can cause unwanted attention and a larger gathering than planned. Staying inside helps with noise. You don’t want to annoy your neighbors that might get you into trouble.

Staying inside and off the streets will also keep you and everyone around you safe. Stumbling out in the streets can become dangerous not only for you, but for drivers. There is no driving under the influence, and don’t distract sober drivers either.

Tip 4: Attend the events. Two fun activities planned for the weekend are the homecoming parade and the Late-Night Homecoming Party. The Crimson Hawks of IUP work very hard on the performances, routines, floats, and so much more for the parade. It is important to support your college in its extracurricular activities.

There are several notorious acts that are a part of during the

homecoming parade. IUP’s marching band, The Legend, is one of the best in the state, and it is enjoyable to watch them play. Norm, the IUP mascot, also moves down the street and greets people of all ages while cars follow and throw candy. The parade starts at 10 a.m. Saturday.

This year the Center for Multicultural Student Leadership and Engagement is hosting the Late-Night Homecoming Party.

However, this party is a much safer option on homecoming weekend.

The party will consist of carnival games, food, prizes and bingo.

Students can attend this social event for just $5 at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex. The party is Saturday 8:30 to 12:30 p.m. Don’t miss out.

Tip 5: Be adventurous.

Homecoming is a perfect time to explore the town of Indiana. Some of the best places to eat and shop are right under your nose. During homecoming, it is important to experience the small-town vibe that Indiana has to offer. Walking down Philadelphia Street and watching the hustle and bustle of the locals can make for a great evening out.

Each year IUP’s homecomings seem to get bigger and better.

Remember that homecoming is about celebrating school spirit.

Follow these tips to have a memorable homecoming weekend.

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Borough parking could save Red tide confirmed you money this weekend in Miami SETH WOOLCOCK

Editor-in-Chief S.M.Woolcock@iup.edu @Swool15

While homecoming is an IUP-sanctioned event, the Indiana borough is still doing its part to assist with the weekend’s festivities.

“The law enforcement side of the borough is doing their normal routine,” said Kyle Mudry, Indiana borough’s communicator and grants coordinator and 2018 IUP communications media alumnus.

“I believe the quote in the [Indiana] Gazette was, ‘hoping for the best, prepared for the worst.’”

In preparation, the borough has its Public Works Department ready to handle any potential road disasters on the street.

And in the chance of any extreme weather events, Mudry will “contact everyone with a swift reach to handle it.”

The public works will also be doing a street cleaning to get ready for the homecoming parade, happening at 10 a.m.

Saturday.

Throughout the parade, the borough parking garage will offer an event rate from 10:00 am until midnight for only $3.

The parking garage also has non-event parking available for its normal rate which is $1 for one hour, $2 for two hours, $3 for three hours and $4 for four to 10 hours.

Students and others can also find parking over the weekend at the borough’s parking meters.

The normal weekend procedure for parking meters Monday through Saturday is that the parking meters are enforced from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m., meaning that if someone were to park at a meter after 7 p.m. Saturday it would be free to park there until 6 a.m.

(Flickr) The Indiana borough enforces parking and keeps the streets clean.

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But be careful. There is a schedule for when cars are not allowed to park on the street.

Different roads close at 1 a.m., 2 a.m. and 4 a.m.

The other perk about parking with the borough is no fear of being towed. Even if you have outstanding fines owed to the borough, they can only boot your vehicle rather than tow it.

“Pay your meters, and do not test landlords,” Mudry said, offering advice for parking this weekend as a former student himself.

Many landlords around IUP who have permit parking have zero tolerance with unmarked vehicles being in their lots. Most towing companies in the area will

charge you anywhere from $100 to $150 to get your vehicle back.

Throughout all the borough, most people want a safe and fun homecoming weekend for all locals and IUP students.

“Just the classic, be smart be safe,” Mudry said. “I wouldn’t heavily drink to impress people.

Know your limits, kind of just standard stuff. If you’re a student, by all means have fun, but be respectful, because while we do have a giant college campus in our borough, we do have thou-sands of residents who live here every day.”

Check out more information about parking in the borough this weekend and all semester long at the Indiana borough’s parking webite, https: www.indianaboro.com/parking

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HOMECOMING: LIT OR JUST ALL HYPE Truly fun weekend LILY WHORL

Digital Media Editor L.A.Whorl@iup.edu @lollylikeslemon

Ahhh, homecoming, the annual celebration anticipated by many.

The one time of year in which IUP alumni, Indiana locals, IUP students and their random friends from high school all come together to celebrate our beloved university.

Often with a highly-anticipated event comes some form of a letdown. IUP homecoming defies these odds.

You can’t overhype IUP Homecoming, as it satisfies all demographics, with a wide variety of events ranging from a parade to alumni breakfasts. You can’t really be bored.

Students look forward to the annual concert that occurs with homecoming along with the parties, while alumni relive their glory days back on their old stomping grounds.

Professors look forward to

seeing their former students and hearing about their successes, and IUP football players work to represent their school and dominate on the field. Local businesses benefit from the increase in revenue over the weekend. Each person looks forward to homecoming for a different reason.

“My favorite part of homecoming is getting to see all the older people that graduated when they come back because I miss them,” Elizabeth Mullen (senior, management) said.

Similarly, Mikaela Gursky (senior, marketing) said her favorite part of homecoming is spending time with friends who come to visit that she doesn’t get to see often.

Don’t get me wrong, IUP on any weekend is a blast, but homecoming weekend is up there as one of the best. A memorable time for all homecoming never fails to disappoint.

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Homecoming weekend is, like IUPatty’s, full of unsanctioned student activities.

The streets of Indiana will soon be lined with students, their friends and alumni, all looking to have a good time and celebrate the weekend. As it always does during the off-campus events in Indiana, alcohol consumption is expected to increase.

Hannah Brennan (junior, criminology) said she believes that homecoming isn’t entirely overrated.

“I don’t think it is, we don’t have a lot of big stuff besides homecoming and IUPatty’s,” Brennan said. “You get to celebrate the sports teams and members of the community.”

Unlike IUPatty’s, homecoming weekend begins as a school-sanctioned event with the homecoming parade. However, the weekend quickly devolves into an alcohol-driven circus.

“The drinking aspect is glorified, but everyone will find a reason to drink anyway,” Brennan said.

Lauren MacMullen (senior, mathematics) shared a similar sentiment.

“I think some parts of it are [overrated], the non-sanctioned curriculars, but overall it’s pretty cool,” MacMullen said. “The rivalry game, seeing alumni, it’s pretty neat.”

Homecoming has been a point of contention for the police and landlords in Indiana for quite some time. During the last IUPatty’s celebration, a few students shared that their landlords had placed more restrictions on their properties over the course of the weekend.

Others contest that the students and community members who live in Indiana aren’t the ones who cause damage or create issues in the town. It’s a recurring theme that many outsiders come to Indiana for the homecoming celebration.

“I think that’s probably what causes the most trouble over

the weekend,” MacMullen said.

“Those of us who go here have respect for the town and the borough since we live here for six months out of the year.”

While the celebration will certainly have its downsides, MacMullen is keeping a positive attitude for the weekend to come.

“It’s fun,” she said. “It brings the townies and the students together.”

Jaddah O’Neill, a member of the National Guard, 21, also said he believes that homecoming’s reputation can be a little exaggerated.

“Yeah, I think it’s nice to have traditions, but all the outsiders coming in and all the random people coming in, it doesn’t feel very traditional,” O’Neill said.

O’Neill said he believes that students and outsiders are equally responsible for the debauchery that sometimes occurs over homecoming weekend.

“I think it’s a mix, the random people coming in are associated with the students,” O’Neill said.

“I think it’s just people being irresponsible.”

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IUP honors students with Crimson Court JEREMY STOUT

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

With homecoming this weekend, the various colleges of IUP are honoring six students in the ninth annual Crimson Court as part of the weekend-long celebration.

The court this year is recognizing Kelsey Delozier, College of Humanities and Social Sciences; Emily Loose, College of Education and Communications; Heidi Plant, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics; Victory Ivory, College of Fine Arts, Julia Nitchman, Eberly College of Business and Information Technology; and Jaycee Dagney, College of Health and Human Services.

The selected students are set to take part in all of the campus events during the weekend and will be featured during the homecoming parade and football game.

Plant (junior, math education) said she’s was honored when one of her professors, Francisco Alarcon, asked her to apply and represent her college.

Ivory (senior, dance arts and general management) was also encouraged to apply by one of her professors, Holly Boda-Sutton, after she’d been thinking of it herself.

Loose (junior, journalism and public relations and communications media) said she applied because after being really involved with homecoming in high school, she noticed she hadn’t been involved during her time at IUP. “Why not try and see what happens,” said Loose, “if it doesn’t happen, at least I tried, and that’s something to be proud of.”

Each student has her own unique thing that she’s proud of and looking forward to in the lead up to the weekend festivities.

Plant said that she’ll be taking over the university’s Snapchat and that this opportunity helps her connect with all of IUP. She said that what she’s most looking forward to is being able to have one-on-one time with Deanne Snavely, dean of the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. “[Meeting] a dean is very important to me so that I am known

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throughout my college as well as IUP,” said Plant.

She said it means a lot that she was recognized by her college as someone to represent the students and the professors therein.

Ivory said she’s also happy to be representing her college and that is what means the most to her.

She said that the parade and the football game is what she is most excited for.

Ivory said she enjoys the parade because she “loves that the IUP community is able to come together and create a celebration

for the ages.”

She said the football game is something she enjoys because of the band and because the “energy is high and exciting.”

Loose said that the thing she’s excited about is the Crimson Huddle, because it gives a great opportunity to network with alumni.

Loose said that the chance allows her the opportunity to show that everyone can be recognized.

“I’m not that popular,” said Loose, “but it shows that people like or know me enough to want to see me succeed.”

pany uses up such a big chunk of internet bandwidth. When Netflix reported its second-quarter results, in July, it said it had 130.1 million subscribers worldwide, with 57.4 million of those coming from the United States.

In the U.S., Netflix had an even bigger piece of the bandwidth pie, with 19.1 percent of internet traffic. Among leading video streaming, Amazon Prime claimed 7.7 percent of downstream traffic, and YouTube had 7.5 percent.

Sandvine said that of total internet traffic worldwide, video accounts for 57.7 percent of bandwidth usage. Netflix claims the top spot among video streamers, with a 26.6 percent global share, followed by YouTube’s 21.3 percent share, Amazon Prime at 5.7 percent and Amazon-owned gaming site Twitch’s 3.5 percent.

Sandvine said it culled its data from 150 service providers that represent 2.1 billion internet service subscribers worldwide.

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Documentary film celebrates National Coming Out Day EMILY LOOSE

Staff Writer E.D.Loose@iup.edu @ThePennIUP

When it comes to understanding oneself, there can be a lot of obstacles. Whether it be fear or confusion, no one learns exactly who they are at the same time as others.

On Monday, IUP’s Six O’Clock Series explored homosexuality by showing a documentary titled “When I Knew.” The film looks at the lives of various people who are both realizing their homosexuality and coming out to others.

As shown in the film, no one’s story is exactly alike. One man recalls realizing he was gay as a child when he saw the back of a man on a pill box. A few others realized through their love for their best friends.

“She told me that she kissed a boy at a party, and I cried,” one woman said, reflecting on her teenage best friend.

Many discussed finding it a huge relief to finally understand who they were. As one woman put it, it was a scary experience, but it “clicked and felt right.”

Of course, that wasn’t always the case, especially when coming out to their families and loved ones. It was common for many of them to be kicked out of the family.

One woman had been pregnant and married when she realized she was a lesbian. When she divorced her husband and came out to her family, they were not so accepting.

“They told me ‘If we knew you were gay, we would have tried to fix you,’” she said.

They had also hoped her son would not turn out gay, but she says that no matter what, he will never know fear, just love and acceptance.

But not all of them had this problem. Others recalled their parents already knowing and

others simply accepting it.

After one man told his mother he knew he was gay his whole life, she simply said, “Okay,” and the two remained close.

The people in the video all agreed that even if there were struggles, they would not change themselves because they felt at ease knowing they belonged somewhere.

IUP students and professors also held a discussion about when they knew they weren’t heterosexual. At the end of the film, they came up one by one, as pictures of them at the age they discovered their sexuality were projected behind them.

Rachelle Bouchat, a mathematics professor, recalls her high school boyfriend being the one to help her realize her sexuality by explicitly telling her.

“He looked at me one day and said ‘I think you’re gay,’” she said.

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about it. The next day I came up to him and said, ‘I think you are right.’”

The stories from the students were uplifting. One student, simply known as “K,” knew she was not as feminine as other girls her age, but she didn’t think anything of it. It was her obsession with the DC Comics character Lois Lane that brought her sexuality to her attention.

To her, guys were fine, but no one ever stood out as much as Lois Lane. She used to watch the animated “Superman” show with her mother. She recalled wanting to watch three particular episodes all the time, each of which were focused on Lois Lane.

“One day, my mom asked me to watch ‘Superman’ with her. I told her I didn’t even like him, and that I loved it only for Lois Lane,” K said. “To her, it now all made sense.”

Another student discussed not complying to gender roles.

A transgender male, he realized early on in his experience that he did not need to dress in “boy

clothes” all of the time.

“I could wear makeup and heels, but I could still be he/ him,” he said.

Everyone showed different experiences throughout both the film and in the room. People have different journeys, even if not all of them are easy. What mattered, according to those who shared their stories, is that one feels comfortable with their self.

At the close of the program, IUP’s LGBTQIA group reminded everyone that there will be activities involving coming out for the next week, including on National Coming Out Day. Activities include being part of the homecoming parade and Queer Conversations.

Although Coming Out Day may be Oct. 11, one should come out on their own time. It is more important to be ready for oneself than for anyone else.

If you find yourself needing help or support, IUP has a list of different resources on their page at https://www.iup.edu/safezone/ resources/.

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Opinion

IUP loses its street cred over the years

Before our current staff came to IUP, the university was known in this half of the state as a school where you could get a decent education at a fair price, along with the college experience you sought at one of the bigger, more expensive colleges.

A lot has changed since we committed to IUP, more than just tuition prices.

In 2015, videos often surfaced on social media of massive parties at which IUP students were allowed to be just “college kids” for a while.

Like all good things, it came to an end at some point.

Nowadays IUP students have to walk on eggshells during homecoming weekend.

Landlords are very clear that they do not want parties to happen in their houses or apartments.

Fair enough. But the local law enforcement makes it nearly impossible to have more than a few friends outside of your home without the fear of getting a fine.

Back in what seems like, to us, IUP’s heyday in the early 2010’s, homecoming highlights included Pittsburgh legend Wiz Khalifa playing the first homecoming concert ever inside the KCAC. Around the same time, a former borough council president lived on Fisher Avenue. The former executive was very unhappy about the amount of huge homecoming parties that were held on her street.

Grandview Avenue, Pizza House Village and rooftops are just a few of the places that were known for some of the best college bashes back in the day.

Today these areas are just local legends to most students.

And no, we’re not saying IUP needs to be that again.

But with tuition raising each year and enrollment falling, maybe IUP should look into an alternative option to the same cat-and-mouse game students play on holiday weekends.

Bloomsburg University, another state school, blocks off an entire block and allows students to “just be students” for a day. The police

(The Penn archives) IUP has challenged its “party school” reputation in the past few years.

rather have news about how awesome it is to go to IUP get out?

News about how not only is it a great place to get an education and break through in the career of your dreams, but also about how IUP allows students to actually be college students and to be young for a few more years.

So with 2015 being full of huge party videos leaking on social media, 2016 being the year mischief took place at social events and 2017 being the year of controversy arising on campus, what will the 2018-19 school year bring to IUP? One can only wait and see.

But one thing is for sure, whatever happens this year at IUP, good or bad, it’ll be one of the most pivotal years for the future of the university.

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But wouldn’t the university Today at IUP, students have to rely on hosting a party themselves, dodging both law enforcement and their landlords. Or they must navigate the busy streets in hope to find an underground gathering.

Following the death of a student in fall 2016 after a party and a few shootings during that spring’s IUPatty’s celebration, IUP and law enforcement came back hard during the 2017-2018 school year in order to protect the university’s reputation.

They must have done a fairly good job, because no stories broke last year involving the party scene here, just a few racist Snapchats and a student-teacher dispute.

So even with (Chandler Bouton) administration trying to “Temperatures remain high despite the recent arrival of fall. The angry sun reigns terror on the monitor students’ social residents of Macabresburg. There have been several melting incidents reported.” lives, news of IUP still

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Playboi Carti, Waka Flocka Flame, Rich the Kid light up KCAC

(Ishaaq Muhammad/ The Penn) Waka Flocka Flame (left) and Rick the Kid (right) opened for Playboi Carti Thursday.

Day in the life of STATIC member during homecoming SETH WOOLCOCK

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(Ishaaq Muhammad/ The Penn) Playboi Carti performed at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex Thursday.

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Hectic.

One word that can describe a STATIC (The Student Activity Committee) member’s homecoming week, according to Nicole Evangelist (senior, management and marketing).

STATIC, renamed in 2016, is a student-run organization that makes most of the on-campus events happen.

Evangelist, who’s been a general member since her freshman year, now serves as the membership chair.

STATIC, unlike many years in the past when tickets would be sold out in a matter of days, was still working to fill the rest of the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex (KCAC) as of Wednesday afternoon.

“For this year, we are really focused on trying to sell more tickets,” Evangelist said. “Because of last year with [Lil Uzi Vert] selling out so fast, we still haven’t

sold out yet.”

The busy week for some members, like Evangelist, began Monday at STATIC’s weekly executive board meeting.

“We really just discussed ways to promote the event last minute, and we also talked about managing the concert as well,” Evangelist said.

Evangelist spent Tuesday and Wednesday trying to sell the remaining tickets, handing out handbills and flyers while also preparing the wristbands for the events.

While it is not easy for Evangelist and the other executive board members, arguably the toughest jobs go to STATIC’s music chair Mike Corona, (senior, communications media) and vice music chair Scott Marlin (sophomore, communications media).

Corona and Marlin work to set up the event and handle the artist’s hospitality.

The artist communicates with STATIC, giving them his or her requests for the night.

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sandwiches and chips,” Evangelist said, “It’s really whatever they ask for specifically. I think Waka [Flocka Flame] asked for organic fruit.”

The remaining STATIC members report to the KCAC by 5:30 p.m. on the night of the concert.

“It’s kind of hectic, kind of stressful at the beginning,” Evangelist said. “They’ll have a security meeting, and then we’ll have a board meeting to just discuss any issues that were all brought up that we need to know about, just so we know what we’re getting ourselves into.”

Some previous issues the committee has been up against was Lil Uzi being late to perform at last year’s homecoming concert.

They also managed to make do last spring when an opener for PnB Rock canceled last minute.

During the board meeting the STATIC members discussed positioning for the event. The committee disperses eight people to distribute wristbands downstairs for the floor admission and four people to distribute wristbands

upstairs for the seat admissions.

They also make sure there are other members within the concert making sure everyone is okay.

Even with Lil Uzi Vert arriving late last year, the STATIC committee was able to maintain a safe environment. The only issue they seemed to encounter was students giving wristbands to other students in the seats section to get them onto the floor.

“I don’t think we had any issues last year during the concerts such as fights or anything,” Evangelist said. “We just leave that up to the security guard. If we see something, we go tell them.”

Following the thousands of students vacating the KCAC, the STATIC members wait until the artists are all good and leave before they clean up and let the KCAC staff do their job.

“We just really want to put on a show that makes people happy,” Evangelist said. “We just want them to have a good experience, not run into any problems and just make sure they have fun and are safe.”

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IUP’s marching band, The Legend, performs before and after home football games as well as at halftime.

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The Legend prepares for homecoming 2018 HEATHER BAIR

Contributing Writer H.Bair@iup.edu @ThePennIUP

Three nights a week, two hours a day, a group of students who differ in years, majors, classes and interests unite as one to practice bringing music to life for stadium-filled nights.

That group is IUP’s marching band, affectionately called The Legend.

In preparation for homecoming weekend, like for other performances, The Legend practices and reviews songs until they are practically cemented into their muscles, making sure that all the players must do is rely on muscle memory.

Sounds easy enough, right?

Well, hours upon hours go into practicing each song that will be performed. And those songs are then performed in front of audiences of fellow students. Nerves, of course, get in the way sometimes.

“You never know who all is going to be there,” said Jessica Green (senior, music education).

"Alumni, parents, new students or members. We’re continuing the legacy and tradition that The Legend has become. Nerves always happen.”

The Legend was founded in 1921 by D. O. Slyker. The next year, the very first performance was given by the 66-piece group.

The band has a plan for when nerves try to take over.

“I call the whole band to detail, and we just make ourselves relax,”

Green said. “We know what we need to do, and that we can do it. We just get in the right headspace, look over our music and pump ourselves up. It’s all about being positive that we can – and will – do this right. We’ve got the big sound, we’ve got the positive energy, and we make sure the crowd gets pumped up, too.”

Green, who has been in the marching band since she was a freshman, has had her fair share of performances.

One of her favorite songs she performed was Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” during a pop-style show.

The marching band offers two different performances – a pop show and a classic show.

“I saw once that they did a whole show dedicated to The Beatles,” Green said. "It was a long time ago, so I’ve only seen videos of the performance, but I would love to do something like that. I love The Beatles.”

But everything has its pros and cons.

“I’m sad it’ll have to end soon,” Green said as her tone changed to melancholy. “I’m a senior, so this is my last year being in an actual band. After this, it’s over.

Come graduation, I’m done being in a band. It’s really sad to think about.”

Green said her favorite part about marching band is the fact that they get to travel to different exhibitions and performances.

While they may not compete, they perform in front of high schoolers.

“It’s cool, looking out there and seeing their faces when they realize, ‘Hey, this can be me too,’” she said.

“It’s awesome to see them looking at us and know that we were there once, and now look where we are.”

Marching band is open to new members.

“If anyone wants to sign up, you

just have to google ‘IUP’s marching band’ and go from there,” Green said. “You don’t need any experience – although you do have to be able to play an instrument.”

Sign-ups and tryouts usually happen around the middle of August.

While The Legend is a marching band, they also have uniforms and

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instrumental repairs they have to pay for themselves.

Any donations are appreciated, and support from fellow students not in the marching band means more than you would think.

The band has been practicing all week for this performance, and they’re ready to rock it.

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IUP fans tailgate before the football game against Mercyhurst.

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Would tailgating bring in more football fans?

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As homecoming approaches this weekend, everyone is anticipating the activities that are to come.

Saturday is a busy day, consist-

ing of the parade, the Crimson Huddle, the football game and the homecoming late-night party.

The football game is much anticipated as it is against IUP’s bestknown rival, Slippery Rock. The game starts at 2 p.m. at George P. Miller Stadium, and everyone is

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encouraged to attend.

The Crimson Huddle is an event hosted at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex, and it is a pregame event for alumni, friends and reunion groups. It is the closest thing on campus to a tailgating event for homecoming weekend.

According to the IUP Athletics website, you are allowed to tailgate and picnic prior to home football games. However, IUP is a dry campus, meaning that alcoholic beverages are not permitted.

IUP’s rival, Slippery Rock, is also a dry campus, but before its football games, the attendees are allowed to tailgate with alcoholic beverages if they are of legal age, according to Slippery Rock’s homecoming events website. They are only allowed to drink alcohol, limited to beer and wine, in the designated tailgating area.

Would more people attend and get involved if there were more tailgating events at IUP? Cyrus Lieb (junior, finance) has

attended two homecomings so far as a student at IUP and said he believes “if we were allowed to tailgate, IUP games would double in size,” and it would “increase the fan section and the school spirit.”

Lieb said he has only ever been to one game on campus, but if there were a more involved tailgating experience, he would be there almost every week.

Alcohol being on campus is a tricky situation, since the campus has to follow so many guidelines, but even if there were more organized tailgating events without alcohol, it might bring more students to the stadium.

Erik Hicks (junior, safety sciences) films for the football team, so he attends almost every game.

He said they do have some tailgaters, but it is mostly Indiana area locals and some IUP faculty. “[Organizers are] expecting more people to attend the game Saturday,” Hicks said.

If organizations joined together and got more people involved, it would enhance the hype to get more students to attend the game, sit in the student section and show more school spirit.

Other campuses do it, and there is an increased turnout in their games. If alcohol was included in tailgating at IUP but only in a designated area, that might draw more of the community into the event as well.

But even if alcohol wasn’t included, an organized event like a cookout could also draw people.

It is certainly something to take into consideration when thinking about going to a game on campus.

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IUP students continue tradition of homecoming shirts STEVEN LANGDON JR. Culture Editor S.Langdon@iup.edu @ThePennIUP

has stars scattered across the back.

This article contains opinion.

Welcome, everyone, to homecoming weekend.

What is homecoming without an official t-shirt.

Every year across IUP’s campus, student organizations and departments customize their own shirts.

The designs vary from year to year.

Each t-shirt could be a tribute or could just talk about what the club/organization is about.

Although it was hard to find many designs, there were a few that stood out.

American Marketing Association This is arguably the best shirt this year.

The shirt is a tribute to the late Mac Miller, who is pictured as a cartoon on the front. The shirt also has lettering above the cartoon quoting one of Miller’s biggest hits “Life Couldn’t Get Better” and “This Gon’ Be The Best Day Ever” below the cartoon.

Though the shirt does look rather plain with the gray, it does a solid job of giving tribute to Miller and representing homecoming in words. The shirt can be purchased until Friday in the HUB.

Telltale Games was founded in 2004 and is most known for creating games in which the player chooses the story.

IUP Biology Club The IUP Biology Club puts together a nice design with dinosaurs located inside the IUP lettering on the front. Although not in color, it is a different concept.

On the back is a clever pun, “Good Times Never Go Extinct.”

Friday is the last day to get the shirt, which will be sold in the Oak Grove from 12 to 2 p.m.

Official Keg Stand Shirt The final shirt is the official keg stand shirt. The shirt is either white or maroon, depending on which you choose.

The front has “Homecoming 2018” on the pocket located in the top left. The back shows “Official Keg Stand Shirt Homecoming 2018” upside down.

Phi Kappa Tau Phi Kappa Tau went with the idea of having the homecoming concert as the focal point.

The front features “IUP Homecoming 2018” inside an outline of Pennsylvania on the top left. On the back is “Homecoming” in red.

Pictured below that is Playboi Carti and Rich the Kid in red with Waka Flocka Flame in white. The shirt also

No matter which you wear, be safe and stay out of trouble this weekend. It is not worth ruining your life or being spotted in our police blotter.

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Telltale Games closing much to the dismay of gamers everywhere ABE ESHELMAN

Staff Writer A.Eshelman@iup.edu @DukeOfKalos

On Sept. 21, a little game developer known as Telltale Games sent out a tweet that shocked the industry and its players.

Telltale Games was starting a majority studio closure after several months of laying off staff, leading to an almost certain death for the company. The studio points its struggling to a year of positive critical reception but poor sales and tight time frames and contracts.

Is this simply a story of a company biting off more than it could chew?

Pairing those poor sales and tight contractual time frames with Konami-level unfair and brutal working conditions, alleged by The Verge’s “TOXIC MANAGEMENT COST AN AWARD-WINNING GAME STUDIO ITS BEST DEVELOPERS,” among other articles, it could be presented that Telltale Games was a story of Icarus, rising too fast for its own limits.

The company is famous for its games’ focus on storytelling, character development, simple immersive action, deep worlds and impactful choices. As well, they primarily focused on third-party contracts, such as the “Walking Dead,” “Wolf Among Us” from the Fables comics series, “Guardians of the Galaxy” from Marvel comics and “Batman” from DC comics.

A fan of Telltale since the original Walking Dead game, Asher Rehn (freshman, English writing studies), was upset by the news of the loss of the developer.

“I saw it right before band practice started,” Rehn said. “I

had to go the whole practice just absolutely bummed out.”

He said he deeply enjoyed the first Walking Dead game and has played a decent percentage of the games in their library.

Rehn said the reason he loved their games was because of the compelling stories.

“It meant a lot that you were in the story,” Rehn said. “It wasn’t just quick-time events. Your choices affected the story. It's one of the reasons why I got into writing.”

“Open-world games were starting to really gain popularity, and it kind of felt like you had so many choices in games to make that it didn’t matter,” he said. “Then the Walking Dead game came along, and characters lived or died on your choices.

“It really changed the game and gave it a sense of permanence.

Their games are so story-driven that at times it feels like you’re playing a movie rather than playing a video game.”

Gamers like Rehn, along with several industry veterans, generally share one opinion about the future of Telltale Games’ games: someone needs to finish them and do it well.

Most fans would be heartbroken if promised and awaited titles like Wolf Among Us 2 never came to be, and most industry experts are critical of Telltales’ strategy of underpaid skeleton crews rushing the final game out before dying.

Telltale is a company that had so much going for it, but it is falling apart before our very eyes.

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Hop into Young Sinatra’s hiphop time machine.

Not only did Logic reunite the entire Wu-Tang Clan, but he sounds like an honorary member.

His in-your-face, New-York-style delivery of his verse on “Wu-Tang Forever” makes him sound like he would fit right in on any Wu-Tang album in their prime.

Logic keeps it New York on “The Stoney Adventures of Bob.” With a beat that sounds like a healthy mix of Joey Bada$$ and A Tribe Called Quest, again, he emulates the style of a classic hip-hop group based in the Big Apple like he’s a member.

“Thank You,” the album’s opening track, has instrumentation reminiscent of a 1940s jazz club.

The phone call recordings of fans praising the “YSIV” MC provide a nice personal touch to the album, even if it drags on a bit.

Organizationally, it may have made more sense to put this track at the end of the album when listeners wouldn’t be anticipating the next song, but its sentimental value is appreciated nonetheless.

Aside from his jazzy instrumentals, Logic embodies his Young Sinatra persona fully when he belts out the chorus of “One Day.” Old Sinatra would be proud.

In this album, he explicitly addresses the clear distinction between his Young Sinatra and Bobby Tarantino split-personality styles,

hinting that the next Logic album, “Ultra 85,” will be trap music, the Bobby Tarantino way.

Ironically, on “The Return,” Logic lets us know exactly how he feels about modern rap/trap music.

“F**k a mumble, let’s make America rap again,” is the way he put it.

Logic’s form of trap music, if you can even call it trap, doesn’t limit his lyrical range. He still writes killer verses over a trap beat – nothing comparable to mumble rap trap music. He still doesn’t use much Auto-Tune, other than for a chorus here and there.

From the time he split his artistic personality in two, one thing has stayed the same: he is the most consistent rapper ever (other than Snoop Dogg, obviously). You can take a song from any of his mixtapes or albums and it could fit on any of his other mixtapes or albums.

Even if I didn’t love each and every one of his songs enough to remember specific titles or verses or beats, if you throw a Logic song on, I wouldn’t tell you to change it.

“YSIV” stayed true to that.

None of the songs automatically became my favorite song, but I wanted to hear every song again. That’s a quality any musician should strive for: playability.

Logic has proven time and time again that being the best rapper alive isn’t as important as making music that people could listen to all the time, a quality that ensures an artist’s longevity.

The perpetually positive, inspirational message makes him even more likely to end up on every kind of music enthusiast’s playlist.

It is music that makes people feel

good about life, which is something not many rappers can say about their music.

He brought the funk with Wale on “100 Miles and Running.”

John Lindahl’s chorus and his little additions during the verses in the background take it back to disco-era funk, another stop through the “YSIV” musical time warp.

“Iconic” is the second to last track on the album. It is really the track that concluded the album for me, though.

It is the definition of Logic in a song. In just a couple verses, he sums up what he really is. A beautiful contradiction: he is the balance of egotistical and humble, he loves and hates hip-hop.

He brags about about his bank account and in the same verse he makes fun of his own receding hairline. He wishes he was the greatest rapper alive in the same verse he talks about the negative environment of the rap industry, in which other artists are selfish and plot against him.

Logic, Bobby Tarantino, Young Sinatra. Whatever he calls himself at the time, he is a breath of fresh air in rap music no matter what he drops.

It is the type of rap music that goes against the mainstream stylistically while also being the kind of rap music that kids could probably listen to. It is the type of rap music that is timeless because it contains influence from almost the entire past century.

In my egotistical, and at the same time, humble opinion, the best music fuses the old and the new, a brand of hip-hop Logic has made in a way that is all his own.

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(Ishaaq Muhammad/The Penn) IUP’s Dwine Walls carried the football against California (Pa.) on Sept. 29.

Homecoming looms large for football’s playoff hopes BRAD O’HARA

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

IUP football will be looking to bounce back this week from its first regular-season loss since 2016.

However, the pressure will be on as it will be taking on its rival Slippery Rock for homecoming weekend.

In 2016, IUP had a great start to the season, blowing out opponents through their first four games on the backs of a powerful offense.

However, traveling to California to play in the Coal Bowl is what gave it its first and only loss in the regular season.

The next week IUP bounced back, powering through Slippery

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Rock in the homecoming game by a score of 48-19.

Now in 2018, IUP will be looking for a repeat of 2016, as it is hoping to blast through Slippery Rock again and get its season back on track.

Luckily statistics are in IUP’s favor, as the Crimson Hawks have not lost a homecoming game since 2010 and are outscoring their opponents by an average of 23 points.

Not to mention that IUP has beaten Slippery Rock by a double-digit margin for the past two years.

This includes when Slippery Rock was nationally ranked last season.

Also, IUP has never lost a homecoming game to Slippery Rock in the 2000s.

In every game so far this season, we have seen the Crimson Hawks strike fast and get out to an early lead.

The issue last game was that the defense let up large plays, including a massive 100-yard interception returned for a touchdown, to let California right back in the game and later put it away.

“Once we got a 14-0 lead, we did not play well defensively the rest of the half,” head coach Paul Tortorella said. “Kind of shot ourselves in the foot offensively.”

Penalties were also a major factor in IUP’s loss.

“We had two face masks, two pass interferences. We had two other calls for offensive holding, we had two of everything,” Tortorella

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said. “I mean, you can’t keep grabbing the face mask, you can’t keep pass interference, you can’t keep holding, you can’t get those called on you twice in the same game.”

Now going into homecoming trying to regain control of its season, the IUP team is nothing but optimistic.

“All we lost was a game, you didn’t lose the season,” Tortorella said. “You still have your goals in front of you.”

With only one loss on the season and homecoming as the opportunity to bounce back, IUP will be looking to plow through Slippery Rock and keep its eyes on the postseason.

The game will take place at 2 p.m. Saturday at Miller Stadium.

in the 2010s vs. Slippery Rock 2017

IUP 34-17

2016

IUP 48-19

2015

SRU 40-39

2014

SRU 31-21

2013

SRU 42-16

2012

IUP 33-16

2011

SRU 20-6

2010

IUP 17-0

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Swim team opens season with home split JAKE ROUSE

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

The IUP swim team opened its 2018-19 season with a split finish against Shippensburg University.

Both men’s and women’s teams combined for 13 wins Wednesday at Pidgeon Natatorium on campus.

The women’s team won nine of 11 events, defeating Shippensburg 122-80.

Three girls each won two individual events.

Returning All-American Nicole Smith (senior, food and nutrition) won the 50 freestyle with a time of 25.05, as well as the 100 freestyle in 53.15.

Smith competed in the same events at last year’s NCAA Division II Championships.

Paige Mikesell (freshman, kinesiology) won the 200 freestyle in 1:57.94 and the 100 butterfly in 57.62.

Rachel Johnson (freshman, hospitality management) won the 200 IM in 2:15.90, and also the 100

(Jake Rouse/The Penn) IUP and Shippensburg swimmers prepared to start Wednesday.

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breaststroke in 1:08.73.

“Many of the freshmen already are some of our top swimmers,” Sophie Manges (junior, psychology) said. “For both the women and the men, they add so much more depth to our team that in previous years we didn’t have.”

Also winning events for the lady Crimson Hawks were Gabby Gironda (junior, nursing) in the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:30.65 and Manges in the 1000 freestyle in 11:35.23.

“I feel fantastic,” Long said after winning the event by more than 2.5 seconds. “I wanted to start the year off strong, so I came back from my 50 free and ended our first meet on a high note.”

Long finished third in his first individual event, which was the 50yard freestyle.

Ryan Hartman (freshman, computer science) won the 200 IM with a time of 1:59.60, and Noah Brockway (senior, criminology) won the 100 backstroke in 53.38.

“I feel pretty good about how I swam,” Manges said. “I did a lot better than last year at the first meet. I feel pretty confident that we’ll all have a great year and continue to drop time.”

The men won four of 11 events, losing with a score of 112-93 to Shippensburg.

Three men won individual events for the Crimson Hawks.

Colter Long (senior, computer science) won the 100 butterfly in 52.01.

Both men’s and women’s teams won the 200 medley relays in addition to the individual events.

Women’s relay race winners included Regan Chalk (senior, psychology), Johnson, Mikesell and Nicole Smith.

Men’s 200 medley relay winners included RJ Hammond (senior, nursing), Hartman, Long and Brockway.

IUP’s next swim meet will be at home on Oct. 19 at 6 p.m. as the Crimson Hawks host Edinboro.

Rox, Yankees finalize MLB postseason picture JAKE SLEBODNICK

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

Only one word can describe the MLB Wild Card games: THRILLING! The New York Yankees blowing out their wild card opposition for the second straight year was the easy pick, earning a 7-2 win over the Oakland Athletics.

Aaron Judge declared court in session in the first inning when he put the Bronx Bombers in the lead with a two-run home run.

It was relatively quiet through the next five frames until the home half of the sixth, when cult hero Luke Voit, a rookie first baseman, struck with a two-run triple in what was a four-run inning for New York.

The A’s really had no answer to the juggernaut Yankees bullpen, only putting up a pair of runs in the game, both in the seventh inning.

Manager Bob Melvin had no answer to the stellar 100-win Yankees team.

Even by utilizing his best arms

in relief, it provided no bandage to stop the bleeding.

The Yankees’ victory should make for an interesting series as they travel to Boston for the divisional series.

Now over to the National League game, which seemed to last an eternity.

The Chicago Cubs had an advantage entering the game, since they held a better record than the Colorado Rockies, and skeptics believed their loss to the Brewers in Monday’s tiebreaker was a fluke and that they would annihilate the Rockies.

The team from Colorado wouldn’t go down without a fight, having a few tricks up its sleeve.

The Rox opened the scoring, posting one run in the opening frame, but the Cubs rallied back in the eighth after a game-tying RBI double from All-Star 2B Javier Baez off RHP Adam Ottovino, one of Colorado’s stud arms.

As the game rolled into extra innings, the real hero of the game for the Rockies was backup catcher

Tony Wolters.

He came in as part of a double switch in the 12th inning and sealed his name in postseason history when he delivered a go-ahead RBI single in the 13th.

Scott Oberg closed the game, going 1.1 IP with four strikeouts. He was credited with the win and with sealing the road to Milwaukee for the Rockies.

Now each team must step up to the plate in the divisional round… get it?

Previewing the divisional series matchups, the Yankees-Red Sox rivalry has been heated since the days of the Great Bambino.

It has never gotten nicer or easier for each team, and the two will meet for their first playoff clash since 2004.

The Sox hold the advantage since they come in with the best record in baseball as well as starting the playoffs on their home turf.

But if the Yankees can come out with the winning mentality like they did against Oakland, another upset is in the making.

The Rockies have been the underdog for years, but they are riding with the momentum and aggression this season, pulling off multiple upsets.

Both the Rox and the Brewers have chips on their shoulders, with the NL Central champs making their first playoff appearance since 2011.

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(Twitter) Conor McGregor performed his signature weigh-in scream before his fight with Nate Diaz.

Conor and Khabib nearing highly anticipated fight BRAD O’HARA

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

Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov are about to face off in a fight that could easily be a candidate for fight of the year.

This fight has been building for 20 months, and it will all come to

fruition this Saturday.

As soon as McGregor was done with his fight against Floyd Mayweather, everyone was looking at who his next opponent was going to be.

They did not have to look far to find an undefeated MMA grappler in Nurmagomedov.

Nurmagomedov spent most of

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his MMA career flying under the radar.

His career started in 2008 when he submitted Vusal Bayramovt with a rear-naked choke two minutes into the fight.

Nurmagomedov continued to plow through opponents and improve his grappling and submissions while rounding out his striking as well.

Nurmagomedov made his UFC debut Jan. 20, 2012, when he burst onto the scene with a third-round submission.

He continued his reign of dominance winning each of the next nine fights, including two by knockout and one by submission.

However, despite his perfect record, and some analysts even going so far as to say that he has never lost a round, he did not headline an event until April of 2018.

McGregor is a complete opposite story.

McGregor struggled early on in his career with his inability to defend submission attempts, losing two of his first six fights by a firstround submission.

However, he was an exciting fighter to watch as each of his first 15 fights ended by a finish.

Out of McGregor’s 21 wins, 18 of

them came by knockout.

On top of that, McGregor has a great microphone presence, drawing attention from all sources. This helped him to rise to fame quickly.

Yet his struggles with submissions were still evident as Nate Diaz was able to finish him off with a rear-naked choke late in the second round of their first fight.

The tensions between Nurmagomedov and McGregor started building right before UFC 223, when one of McGregor’s teammates was said to have been involved in an altercation with Nurmagomedov.

This apparently did not sit right with McGregor, as he quickly took matters into his own hands.

After UFC 223, McGregor approached Nurmagomedov’s bus, yelling at him.

When Nurmagomedov did not come off, McGregor’s temper overflowed, and he threw a dolly through the window of Nurmagomedov’s bus, injuring his teammate and lightweight contender Michael Chiesa.

This incident sparked a number of legal issues for McGregor, but we knew at that moment that when everything was said and done, we would see Nurmagomedov and

McGregor settle things in the octagon.

After months of waiting, the date was officially set for Oct. 6.

Yet, just as we thought the hype surrounding this fight was at a max, the press conference turned everything up a notch.

McGregor came out with his normal antics and the regular trash talk, but what he was saying felt all the more real and intimidating than his usual banter.

McGregor came out with a dark start saying that if Nurmagomedov would’ve gotten off of the bus, he would have killed him.

Following that, the aura of what he said stayed with the room as McGregor returned to his normal press conference behavior of interrupting and calling out his opponent.

UFC President Dana White called Conor McGregor “the master of the mental warfare game.”

All that’s left is the fighting, and on Oct. 6 only one man will stand tall.

The question is whether McGregor will celebrate in his comeback fight or Nurmagomedov will shine in his opportunity to take out McGregor once and for all.

The undercard begins at 10 p.m.

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(IUP Athletics) Paul Tortorella has found great success as IUP football’s head coach...

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(TNS) ...while Mike Tomlin has struggled to help the Steelers reach their full potential.

Could a familiar face provide exactly what the Steelers need?

JAKE TAYLOR

Staff Writer J.M.Taylor8@iup.edu @Jaketaylor8726

This article contains opinion.

The buzz that once was is now a tension-fueled annoyance, not that of disappointment, but of frustration.

The Birds are 2-1, them jagoff Pittsburgh Steelers are dead last in the AFC North and IUP got upset by rival Cal U. There are exceptions for two of these three teams, and they are Doug Pederson and Paul Tortorella.

Both of these men are extraordinary head coaches, and it is apparent through their teams’ success and discipline.

Therefore, the Pittsburgh Steelers have no chance of bouncing back to the success they once had and try so desperately to achieve under Coach Mike “Too Soft” Tomlin.

Let’s recap last year for a start: Doug Pederson coached a team that nobody had in their pre-2017season Super Bowl contenders list, yet finished atop the NFL in the regular season and went on to out coach the G.O.A.T. Bill Belichick in Super Bowl LII with a backup QB. Paul “Torch-em’-by-30-points-or -more” Tortorella took a 10-2 team and turned them into a 13-1 National Championship front runner.

The man means business, and you can clearly see that by the way his players can relate to him and re-

spect him as a coach.

His Crimson Hawk team outscored opponents in 2017, 497-220.

He knows how to work with his coordinators and coaches both sides of the ball better than any human being I have ever seen coach the game of football since Eric Taylor took the East Dillon Lions on to win the National Championship in the TV show “Friday Night Lights.”

Now let’s reluctantly recap the anything-but-surprising disappointment of a Mike Tomlin-coached Steeler season.

Pittsburgh ended the regular season with a 13-3 record, which may seem like a success until you look at its roster and realize a loss is the same thing as going 0-16, especially losing to the Bears and being beaten by the Patriots for only the seventh time under Tomlin.

To start the 2018 season, Doug Pederson already worked with two quarterbacks with a 2-2 record.

Mike Tomlin has coached the loaded Steelers to a 1-2-1 start facing off against four teams with a combined record of 24-40 in 2017 and only one playoff team with a first-year starting QB, which is just something you wouldn’t see under Tortorella.

A Paul Tortorella-coached IUP team was off to a 4-0 start against a No. 15 ranked team and outscored its opponents 155-55 within the first four games.

This is clearly a testament to both the offense and defense and the level of talent on this IUP Crim-

son Hawks football team.

So much talent can only go so far.

Just take a look at the Pittsburgh Steelers, who currently have six offensive Pro Bowlers from last season, yet only have 12 total touch-

downs on the year.

Not to mention the Pittsburgh defense is ranked 30th in the league.

Mike Tomlin allows his players to commit a league-leading 42 penalties allowing 402 total yards. The

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Steelers first four opponents have 39 combined penalties on the season.

Paul Tortorella would never allow this...EVER. The moral of the story is FIRE MIKE TOMLIN AND GIVE THE JOB TO PAUL TORTORELLA.

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