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The Center for Student Life gears up for this semester’s Six O’Clock Series By stephanie bachman Staff Writer S.L.Bachman2@iup.edu

The Six O’Clock Series is returning for another semester at Indiana University of Pennsylvania with an all-new set of programs for students to attend.

The program has been a constant at IUP for more than 10 years. It is arranged by the Center for Student Life on campus. However, many of the ideas for programs come from other people or organizations.

Various departments or organizations will often suggest event ideas with the Center for Student Life, which will then organize it and make it possible.

Ideas could come from anyone, such as the Interfaith Council. The other topics come from the staff at the Center for Student Life.

The assistant director for the Center for Student Life, Brianna Drylie, explained some of the benefits students get out of attending.

“We have a great variety of pro-

grams,” Drylie said.

“There is a little bit of something for everybody. They have an educational value and an entertainment value. Also, a lot of professors offer extra credit or require attendance.”

Not all of the this semester’s programs will be held in the Hadley Union Buiding Ohio Room. Last year, the Center for Student Life had a program that was so popular they had to turn people away because the Ohio Room filled to capacity.

In anticipation of large attendance for certain events, the location has been changed for a few topics. These include “Shakespeare, Pimps, Hollywood, and Reality TV: An Evening with Robert Townsend and Blessing Offor” and “Holocaust Survivor and Researcher Discuss Implications,” which will be held in Toretti Auditorium in the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex. Also, “Until Tuesday” will be held in Fisher Auditorium.

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can American Cultural Center, such as the Shakespeare event, are always popular.

Students might recognize the Holocaust Survivor program from last year, which is being brought back due to high demand.

“Until Tuesday” might also sound familiar. It was supposed to be the final event for the Six O’Clock Series in the fall semester, but got cancelled due to inclement weather.

Drylie had some advice for any students who are thinking of attending but might be a little unsure if they should come.

“There really is something for everyone,” Drylie said.

“They are all interesting, and they are free. So if you are interested in coming, you should definitely come and check it out. We have more than enough room to accommodate everyone. We always have great reviews. Come check it out for sure, and we love having people there.”

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Marine pilot from Indiana dies in helicopter crash

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The Impact of Suicide

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An Indiana University of Pennsylvania student was injured early Sunday morning in a hit-and-run accident in the 100 block of South 11th Street.

Alyssa Boxer (senior, music) was walking home from her friend’s house when she was struck by a vehicle from behind while on the sidewalk.

“It all happened so fast … we never heard her coming,” Boxer said in an email interview Monday. “I just remember rolling over after falling back to the ground.”

Boxer did not lose consciousness.

Her roommate, who was walking with her, called 911, and the Indiana Borough Police, Indiana Fire Associaiton and Citizens Ambulance Service responded to the scene at 12:11 a.m. Sunday, according to the Indiana County Emergency Management 911 media report. Boxer said the driver was a woman, and she initially stopped after the accident. “[She] came over to me asking if she hit me and if I was okay,” Boxer said.

“She said that she was going to move her car out of the middle of the road and then took off.”

Boxer could not attest to whether or not the driver appeared to be under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Fortu-

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nately, she and her roommate were able to get the license plate number before the woman sped away.

As of now, Boxer is only suffering one significant injury from the accident.

“I’m very blessed that while I’m sore in multiple places, the only major injury at this point is my right shoulder,” she said. “It’s broken, and I have some follow-up appointments to see exactly how bad it is and what it will take to treat it.”

Boxer is thankful for her friends, family and the IUP and Indiana communities for their timely support.

“There’s been such an outpouring of support … and it’s helping me stay positive,” she said.

Boxer said she feels good knowing the information of her accident is circulating throughout the news and social media, and the police have been keeping in touch with her.

“Last time I was spoken to,” Boxer said, “they thought they might have an idea of who it was, but that’s really all I know at this point. I’m just leaving it to the police and allowing them to do their job.”

Police records described the vehicle as a 1995 Chevrolet work van, and the driver was described as a white female between the ages of 30 and 40 with brownish hair, wearing a black zip-up hoodie.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the borough police.

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Marine Corps pilot and Indiana native Capt. Elizabeth Kealey, 32, died Friday from injuries sustained in a helicopter crash earlier that day.

Capt. Kealey, along with 1st Lt. Adam Satterfield, 25, of Oldham, Ky., were conducting routine flight operations at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in California when their helicopter crashed around 4:40 p.m., according to the Marines. The two were the only Marines on the helicopter. Both were stationed at the Marine Corps Air Station at Camp Pendleton, Calif. Capt. Kealey was commissioned in the Marine Corps on May 27, 2005.

She was deployed twice with the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit and and once in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. She was serving as a helicopter pilot and weapons training instructor. Her awards include the Air Medal with three Strike/Flight awards and the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal.

“Our heartfelt thoughts and prayers go out to the families and loved ones of our fallen Vipers, and we stand poised to support them in this tragedy,” said Lt. Col. James M. Isaacs, commanding officer of HMLA-169, in a news release.

“Capt. Kealey and 1st Lt. Satterfield were both outstanding Marine Corps officers and talented helicopter pilots.”

The crash is being investigated by military authorities.

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Police Blotter Drug Violations

• Abigail A. Silverstein, 18, of Harrisburg, was charged for possession of a small amount of marijuana after university police obtained a search warrant in regard to an odor of marijuana coming from a room in Northern Suites Jan. 19 at 8:15 p.m., according to university police.

•Trenton Mehaffie, 18, of Camp Hill, was charged for possession of a small amount of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia after university police obtained a search warrant after a brief investigation regarding the odor of marijuana coming from his room in Elkin Hall Jan. 22 at 5:09 p.m., according to university police.

• Richard F. Taglang, 18, of Bethlehem, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia after university police searched his room in Ruddock Hall and found a smoking device used for marijuana Jan. 25 at 8:15 p.m., according to a police report.

Harassment

• A female was reportedly punched in the face by an unknown female inside Boomerangs bar, 547 Philadelphia St., Jan. 20 at 11:55 p.m. The suspect had dark hair and was wearing a white hoodie and sweatpants with “INDIANA” written down the leg, according to borough police.

• Sahid Rakim Nasir-Evans, 21, of Baltimore, reportedly became physical with a victim during an altercation in Wallwork Hall Jan. 18 at 7:34 p.m. University police came to the scene in response to a call. Nasir-Evans was arrested for simple, assault, harassment and disorderly conduct and was transported to the county jail, according to university police. Nasir-Evans is not an IUP student.

• An IUP student worker was harassed by a co-worker in G10 Sutton, Office of Annual Giving Jan. 20 at 7:25 p.m., according to university police. The victim requested no charges to be filed against the suspect at the time.

• An identified victim reported that two unidentified white males in a white, four-door sedan threw snowballs at the victim’s residence and yelled obscenities. The suspects then fled westbound in the 500 block of Locust Street. The offense reportedly occurred Jan. 24 at 9:47 p.m. Anyone with information regarding the incident is asked to contact borough police at 724-349-2121.

Criminal Mischief

• The parking gates of the Indiana Borough Parking Garage, located at 650 Water St., were reportedly damaged along Nixon Avenue. The damage was found at 4:05 a.m. on Jan. 24. Borough police ask anyone with information to call borough police.

• Unknown suspects reportedly damaged a silver BMW parked behind a residence in the 400 block of Water Street Jan. 24 sometime between 12:30-1:45 a.m. Anyone with information regarding the criminal mischief is asked to contact borough police.

Theft

• A wallet was reportedly taken from the HUB Rock II cafeteria Jan. 24 at approximately 2:30 p.m. Anyone with information is asked to call borough police.

Miscellaneous

• Borough police responded to a report of a group of males prowling in some bushes in the 00 block of North 15th Street Jan. 3 at 1:17 a.m. On scene, an officer encountered and chased on foot three males through several back yards along the 1400 block of Philadelphia Street. The three males got away, but a 17-year-old male juvenile ran back to the original location and was taken to the ground by officers and arrested. The juvenile was found to be in possession of a stolen, loaded handgun and was taken into custody. The juvenile was transported to a detention center where he awaits adjudication for the following offenses: receiving stolen property (stolen firearm), possession of a firearm without a license, possession of a firearm by a minor, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, underage drinking and loitering and prowling at night, according

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Powerful blizzard forces shutdowns, travel restrictions in Northeast

By Tina susman, Joseph tanfani and molly hennessy-fiske Los Angeles Times TNS

NEW YORK – Snow and powerful winds swept into the Northeast on Monday as a storm predicted to grow into a major blizzard prompted mass transit shutdowns, highway closures, thousands of airline flight cancellations and a ban on driving in New York City and on major roads across the region.

The storm began slowly, with light snow falling gently in New York and the surrounding areas. By afternoon, winds had picked up, and the warnings from mayors, governors and emergency officials took on a new urgency. Metal scraped against pavement as plows took to the streets to push fast-accumulating snow off to the side.

“Everything we know so far makes clear you cannot underestimate this storm,” New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said at a news briefing, which came on the heels of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s announcement of transit disruptions.

In addition to announcing the driving ban in New York City, which was taking effect at 11 p.m., de Blasio said city parks would close at 6 p.m. because of the danger of falling trees and branches. Schools, which were open Monday, were to be closed Tuesday.

Cuomo said the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North, which carry tens of thousands of people daily between New York City and its northern and eastern suburbs, probably would be shut down at 11 p.m. New York City’s subways were expected to operate on reduced schedules after about 8 p.m.

“This is going to be a blizzard. It is

a serious blizzard,” said Cuomo, who joined the governors of New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts in declaring at least partial emergencies in their states. Some counties in Pennsylvania also were under emergency declarations.

Across the region, all but essential state employees were being let out of work early to prevent them from being on roads in the evening, when the storm was expected to pick up strength.

“Stay home if you can,” New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said, or only go out in “an absolute emergency or necessity.”

Thousands of flights into and out of Northeastern airports, from Boston to Philadelphia, were canceled through Tuesday. Stores quickly sold out of items including milk and eggs and shovels and rock salt.

“You should have seen the shovels we had lined up there,” said Linda Harris, a store greeter at a Lowe’s in South Philadelphia, as she pointed to a nearly empty wall. “You got to get up early in the morning. They started coming in at 7.”

The only supplies left by late morning were a few oversized shovels, a dwindling pile of salt and one green disc-shaped snow sled. Philadelphia was not expected to get anywhere near the snowfall totals predicted for New York, but forecasters kept people anxious.

“We know we’re going to get something,” said Frank Cassel. “We just don’t know what.”

To the north and east, though, there was no question what was to come: anywhere from 1 to 3 feet of snow, along with wind gusts of 40 to 70 mph. The National Weather Service issued a blizzard warning from southeastern New York and northeastern New Jersey up to northeastern Maine. “It appears many

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of the major metropolitan areas will be affected anywhere from Philadelphia through New York City and into Boston,” the agency said in a statement.

By early afternoon, Penn Station, a major transit hub serving Amtrak, Long Island Rail Road, New Jersey Transit and city subways, was humming with travelers hoping to reach their destinations before the brunt of the storm hit.

One of them was Vincent Yeager, who had put in a morning’s work at his office job before heading home early to Hazlet, N.J. He expected to be back to his normal routine by Wednesday.

“Everyone always overreacts, thinking it’s going to be the end of the world but it’s really just Mother Nature,” said Yeager.

But another traveler, Debbie Corbett, of Buffalo, N.Y., had respect for nature’s wrath. She experienced a storm that dropped 7 feet of snow in Buffalo in November. Corbett and her 15-yearold daughter, Clare, cut short their visit to New York and were waiting to catch a train back to Buffalo, where only light snow was forecast.

“In November, we were trapped in our house for days,” she said, adding that New Yorkers were wise to prepare for a worst-case scenario.

Cuomo said he would decide after a 4 p.m. weather update, whether major highways in New York would be closed to all but emergency vehicles. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy in Connecticut declared a driving ban on highways at 9 p.m.

De Blasio said the driving ban in the city applied to everyone except people traveling for emergencies and emergency vehicles.

“I don’t think it’s draconian,” he said, “I think it’s necessary. This is a common sense thing to do.”

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Obama seeks to mine ‘untapped potential’ in US-India relationship

By Kathleen hennessy Tribune Washington Bureau TNS

President Barack Obama vowed Monday to accelerate U.S. trade and investment in India, saying both nations need to do more to capitalize on the “untapped potential” in a relationship that could define economic and environmental health in both countries.

“In our globalized world, the fortunes of the United States and the fortunes of India are inextricably linked.

We can grow and we can prosper together,” Obama told a group of business leaders on Monday during his second day of a trip to New Delhi.

“We’re moving in the right direction.

The U.S.-India economic relationship is also defined by so much untapped potential. ... I think everybody here will agree we’ve got to do better.”

Obama announced a series of new trade initiatives aimed at boosting defense and technology exports and touted progress on a stalled nuclear power deal and renewable energy investment.

His remarks during his three-day stop in India also included a polite push for Indian officials and the executives gathered at the Taj Palace hotel to ensure the rush to develop is both “environmentally sound” and “inclusive.”

“Growth cannot just be measured by the aggregate. It can’t just be measured

by GDP, it can’t just be measured by the bottom line on a balance sheet,” Obama said. “Growth in the end has to make people’s lives better in real tangible and lasting ways.”

Before the public meeting, Obama and Prime Minister Narendra Modi met privately with nearly 30 chief executives from U.S. and Indian companies. The CEOs in attendance included Robert Iger of Walt Disney Co., PepsiCo’s Indra Nooyi, Sacramento Kings owner Vivek Ranadive, Honeywell’s Dave Cote, Ahmad Chatila of SunEdison and Daniel Roderick of Westinghouse.

Westinghouse is among those that may benefit from what Obama dubbed a “breakthrough understanding” in stalled negotiations over U.S. companies’ push to build nuclear power plants in India. On Sunday, the two sides said they had resolved two key sticking

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points, accounting for the nuclear material produced by U.S. companies and liability in case of an accident.

U.S. officials cast the agreement as a step toward moving India off fossil fuels – a key aim in the Obama administration’s climate change policy – and expanding access to electricity to the 300 million Indians without it.

One summit attendee called the discussion promising.

“The dialogue was comforting, reassuring and genuine,” said Nishith Desai, head of an advisory law firm in Mumbai that represents U.S. and Indian clients.

“It appeared both the U.S. and India need each other and want to do business.”

“The breakthrough in the nuclear deal really made people believe that both parties are more flexible than ever,” he added.

That progress aside, Obama’s trip has largely been a show of grand ceremony and gestures aimed at deepening U.S.India relations under the leadership of the popular new prime minster.

Leaders began the trip by focusing largely on areas of agreement, and Obama had so far avoided commenting on issues of extreme poverty or human rights.

On Monday, he addressed the issues delicately in front of the host. He heaped praise on Modi’s economic development plans, which include a push to clean up the street and improve sanitation.

“I know the prime minister has even taken to sweeping the street himself and the CEOs are following his lead,” he said.

“We might have to try that in the United States.”

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The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee, greets First Lady Michelle Obama and U.S. President Barack Obama during the a banquet at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi, India, on Sunday.

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By CHUCK SHEPHERD Big-Tent Mentality • The Project Theater Board at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Mass., decided in January to cancel its upcoming annual presentation of the feminist classic “Vagina Monologues.”

The all-women’s college recently declared it would admit males who lived and “identified” as female (regardless of genitalia), and the basis for cancellation of “Vagina Monologues” was that the unmodifiable script is not “inclusive” of those females – that it covers only experiences of females who actually have vaginas.

No Good Deed Goes Unpunished • Kathi Fedden filed a $30 million wrongful death lawsuit in December against Suffolk County, N.Y., police after her 29-year-old son, driving drunk in 2013, fatally crashed into an office.

She reasons that the son’s death is the fault of the police officer who stopped him earlier that evening and who must have noticed he was already drunk but did not arrest him.

The officer, who knew the son as the owner of a popular-with-police local delicatessen, merely gave the son a lift home, but the son later drove off in his mother’s car, in which he had the fatal crash.

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• A generous resident (name withheld by KDKA-TV) of South Oakland, in seasonal spirit the week before Christmas, invited a pregnant, homeless woman she had met at a Rite Aid store home with her for a hot shower, a change of clothes and a warm bed for the night.

The resident was forced to call police, though, when she went to check up on her guest and discovered her engaging in sexual activity with the resident’s pit bull. The guest, enraged at being caught, vandalized the home before officers arrived to arrest her.

The New Normal • The website/smartphone app Airbnb, launched in 2008, connects travelers seeking lodging with individuals offering private facilities at certain prices.

About a year ago, entrepreneur Travis Laurendine launched a similar smartphone app, “Airpnp,” to connect people walking around select cities and needing access to a toilet, listing residents who make their utilities available, with description and price. Laurendine told the New York Post in January that New York City is a promising market (though his two best cities are New Orleans and Antwerp, Belgium). The prices vary from free to $20, and the facilities range from a sweet-smelling room stocked with reading material to a barely maintained

toilet (with no lavatory), but, said one supplier, sometimes people “really need to go, and this will have to do.”

Government in Action • Kentucky, one of America’s financially worse-off states, annually spends $2 million of taxpayer money on salaries and expenses for 41 “jailers” who have no jails to manage. Research by the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting in January noted that Kentucky’s constitution requires “elected” jailers, notwithstanding that 41 counties have shut down their jails and house detainees elsewhere via contracts with sheriffs. (Though the jailers may be called upon to transport prisoners from time to time, the 41 counties are mostly small ones with few detainees.) Several jailers have full-time “side” jobs, and one jail-less jailer employs five deputies while another has 11 part-timers.

• A.K. Verma was an “assistant executive engineer” working for India’s central public works department in 1990 with 10 years on the job when he went on leave – and had still not returned by the end of 2014, when the government finally fired him. He had submitted numerous requests for extensions during the ensuing 24 years, but all were denied, though no agency or court managed to force him back to work. (India’s bureaucracy is generally acknowledged

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to be among the most dysfunctional in Asia.)

Ironies • Timothy DeFoggi, 56, was sentenced in January to 25 years in prison on child pornography charges – unable to keep his illicit online transactions hidden from law-enforcement authorities. Before his conviction, he was acting director for cyber security in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and, one would assume (wrongly), an accomplished user of security software.

• After a heavy snowstorm in Frankfort, Ky., (the state capital), in November, with many absences reported, the state labor policy agency (called the Labor Cabinet) was among the agencies needing snow removal at its headquarters more promptly than overworked cleanup crews could provide. A call was circulated for volunteers to go outside and shovel snow, but that job was apparently too laborious for the labor agency; there was only one taker.

• The Tampa Bay Times (formerly St. Petersburg Times), reeling financially as many newspapers are, pledged several properties it owns (including its downtown headquarters) to borrow $30 million last year from a distressed-property lender and now announces an intention to pay back that loan by selling

the properties. As reported by the local St. Petersblog website, the sore-thumb loan was almost exactly the amount the Times paid in 2002 for “naming rights” to the Tampa concert-and-hockey venue, the Ice Palace (which became the St. Petersburg Times Forum and is now Amalie Arena). Thus, St. Petersblog wrote, “do the math,” concluding that the Tampa Bay Times was pressured to sell its own headquarters building in order to pay for the 12-year privilege of being able to name someone else’s building.

Least Competent Criminals • Not Well-Thought-Out: (1) Shane Lindsey, 32, allegedly robbed the Citizens Bank in New Kensington, on Jan. 14 and ran off down the street, but was arrested about 15 minutes later a few blocks away, having stopped off at Eazer’s Restaurant and Deli to order chicken and biscuits.

(2) Jeffrey Wood, 19, was arrested in the act of robbing a 7-Eleven in Northeast Washington, D.C., on Jan. 10 – because two plainclothes detectives were in the store at the time (though the police badge of one was hanging from a chain around her neck). As soon as the man announced, “This is a stickup,” the detective drew her gun and yelled, “Stop playing. I got 17” (meaning a gun with 17 bullets).

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Drops in gasoline prices won’t likely last, analysts say

By David conti

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review TNS

The $2 price party taking place at gas stations in about half the country likely will end before it reaches Pittsburgh, analysts say.

“Refineries have been processing less crude oil and thus producing less gasoline, which will contribute to a soft bottoming out of the national average before a small recovery,” Patrick DeHaan, senior petroleum analyst with online price tracker GasBuddy.com, said Monday about seasonal refinery work that usually lifts prices starting in early February.

Gasoline in western Pennsylvania fell another 6 cents to an average of $2.30 per gallon, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 731 stations in the Pittsburgh

region. Motor club AAA put the western Pennsylvania average at $2.28.

The drop in the national average slowed to a decrease of 2 cents to $2.02.

AAA said the price decline slowed because of increases in a few Midwestern states dealing with refinery issues.

Analysts expect the national average to dip below $2 this week – a level drivers are paying in 27 states – “but motorists shouldn’t expect it to last very long,” DeHaan said.

A glut of oil driven by more crude from U.S. shale, a refusal to cut production by major exporters such as the countries in OPEC and flat global demand has contributed to a national decline in gasoline prices of about $1.25 per gallon since last year.

Analysts including GasBuddy predict the price to bounce back by at least 35 cents by early May.

CrimsonConnect successful in first year of operation

By Casey Kelly

Lead News Writer C.E.Kelly2@iup.edu

CrimsonConnect, Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s online tool for students to explore clubs and organizations on campus, was successful after its first year in action.

Student Government Association President Marissa Olean (senior, criminology/pre-law) said that the program has allowed many organizations and clubs to promote themselves and gain new members.

“If organizations are using it for recruitment and keeping an active roster,” Olean said, “it’s going to work wonderful for them. [SGA] recruited about half of our new members through CrimsonConnect.”

Three hundred and fifty-five organizations are registered on CrimsonConnect, and 2,459 students have logged in using their four letters and university passwords, according to Olean.

Upon logging in to CrimsonCon-

nect, students are able to enter their interests into the system to find clubs and organizations that may appeal to them.

They can also update their profiles with details such as their hometowns, demographics or social media links.

Along with listing active clubs and organizations at IUP, CrimsonConnect also informs students of upcoming campus events.

Clubs are able to complete the recognition process – which must be done every three years – through CrimsonConnect. Olean also mentioned that incoming freshmen are introduced to CrimsonConnect during their orientation programs.

“When freshmen go through orientation,” Olean said, “they sign up for it, which is really cool because then they can see all the organizations on campus.

It helps them get involved as a freshman.”

CrimsonConnect can be accessed through the link provided after logging into MyIUP, or by going to https://iup.collegiatelink.net/.

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Student debt grows; financial aid application rates rise

By KAREN HERZOG Milwaukee Journal Sentinel TNS

MILWAUKEE – For the past three years, Teresa Piraino has diligently filled out the federal application for financial aid for her son Anthony, who is studying criminal justice at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

In the next few weeks, the Pirainos will scramble to fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid again – this time for two kids, as daughter Jessica plans to study nursing at Alverno College in the fall.

“I want to get right on it,” Teresa Piraino said of the online form known as FAFSA, which becomes accessible every Jan. 1. “The stakes are high, and I want to get the most we can because I can’t give them the money they’ll need.”

With the cost of college escalating – and with it, student debt – no one wants to leave money on the table.

But for many families, procrastinating on filing FAFSA may mean missing out on thousands of dollars in Federal Work-Study, low-interest Federal Perkins Loans and the Wisconsin Grant for state residents – all need-based aid awarded on a first-come, first-served basis. When the limited pool of money is gone, students who otherwise would qualify are out of luck, and are left with higher-interest federal and private loans

that can pile up debt.

A low-income student potentially could leave more than $6,000 on the table in first-come, first-served money that doesn’t have to be paid back or that can be repaid at a lower interest rate than other available loans, according to financial aid officials at several Wisconsin universities.

Students who don’t file FAFSA at all could also miss out on Federal Pell Grants – scholarships of up to $5,645 that they do not have to pay back.

About 2 million students who would have qualified for a Pell grant missed out a few years ago – the most recent data available – because they didn’t file FAFSA, according to data from the 201112 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study.

Of those students, 1.3 million would have qualified for a full Pell grant valued at $5,730 for the 2014 - 15 academic year, according to Mark Kantrowitz, senior vice president at Edvisors Network and author of “Filing the FAFSA.” FAFSA also is required for middleclass families who may qualify for scholarships or school-based financial aid at colleges that don’t use their own supplemental aid forms.

FAFSA, which must be filed every year financial aid is requested, requires copies of income taxes and asks for information such as the student’s Social Security number, family income, family

size and the number of family members attending college.

Many don’t file the 10-page, 108-question online form early enough – or at all – because they find it intimidating, they’re procrastinators or they assume they earn too much money to qualify for financial aid, according to financial aid directors.

Two key federal lawmakers charged with overseeing the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act in the U.S. Senate last summer proposed simplifying the federal student aid system, including reducing FAFSA to a form the size of a postcard that would ask only about family size and household income from two years ago.

“That’s going overboard,” said David Ehlinger, an accountant who lives in Evansville and has twin daughters in Wisconsin public colleges. “There are other questions that need to be answered,” he said, “such as whether it’s earned or unearned income, and do you pay child support, which is not on tax returns but is taken into consideration

by FAFSA.” For those eager to tackle FAFSA, the form can be filed with estimated 2014 income tax information.

Some schools, including UW-Madison, prefer families wait until after they have filed their tax returns so they don’t have to revise the FAFSA numbers later.

Those not eager to pay the govern-

ment money owed in income taxes can still fill out tax returns early to complete FAFSA. They have until April 15 to pay any tax money owed.

UWM, which awards aid to about 80 percent of its 30,000 students, is among the schools that award on a firstcome, first-served basis.

This year, UWM is trying something new to get more students to file FAFSA

by March 1. A campus call center set up for admissions representatives to reach out to students who have been admitted will also encourage FAFSA filing.

Continuing students who file by March 1 will be eligible for a raffle with prizes such as a financial aid grant. Less than half the university’s continuing students who apply for financial aid do so by March 1, according to Mark Levine, interim director of financial aid.

UWM awarded $2.6 million in Perkins loans to about 1,800 undergrad and graduate students for the current academic year. The maximum award is $2,000 a year, Levine said.

“We could probably give out double that number, in terms of who qualifies,” Levine said.

UWM gave out $1.6 million in work study to about 600 students, averaging $2,500 per student.

“There are a lot of students who are eligible for all three – Perkins, work study and Wisconsin Grant,” Levine said.

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The Wisconsin Grants for state residents are capped at $2,384. UWM this year awarded $12.8 million in Wisconsin Grants to about 6,650 students, Levine said.

Lawrence University contacts families who haven’t filed FAFSA by a certain date to make sure they don’t miss out on aid, said Ken Anselment, dean of admissions and financial aid.

In September, the university announced that it had received an anonymous $25 million matching gift to establish an endowed scholarship to help meet its goal of providing 100 percent of the unmet financial needs of future Lawrence students. It’s the largest gift in the university’s history.

The Zaffiros of Milwaukee aren’t leaving anything to chance in their college search or the quest for the best financial aid.

They planned to tackle FAFSA right after the first of the year to be among the first in line for whatever financial aid Emily Zaffiro, a senior at Pius XI High School, qualifies for at the college she chooses to attend.

“It’s going to play a role in her decision about where she’s going to college,” said Emily’s dad, Jim Zaffiro. “I don’t want her to have a huge amount of debt.”

UW-Madison won’t start awarding financial aid until final income tax information from 2014 is available, typically mid-February through mid-March. The flagship university awards aid in waves so later applicants don’t miss out.

About 60 percent of UW-Madison’s students receive some type of financial aid, according to Susan Fischer, the school’s financial aid director.

Fischer said one way to reduce the pressure for financial aid dependence is to discuss family finances long before a student applies to colleges.

Universities have net price calculators on their websites to offer an estimate of financial aid families can expect.

“Parents need to talk to their high school kids early to be realistic about what they can afford,” Fischer said.

For tips on filling out the college aid application, go to the U.S. Department of Education blog, called Homeroom, at: www.ed.gov/blog/

Opinion

Penn EDITORIAL

As time goes by Time is of the essence.

But, perhaps ironically, we sometimes don’t even take the time to realize such a truth.

Instead of cherishing and focusing on the day at hand, we often find ourselves drifting into a purgatory of thoughts about what has yet to come.

Wishful thinking, especially in regards to the future, is far from dangerous.

How else would dreams be born, aspirations be fueled and goals be established?

But if we allow our desires to overcome our presence “in the now,” then how can we expect to even make strides in accomplishing those goals, demonstrating those aspirations and making those dreams come true?

It’s reasonable to wonder where your degree is going to take you – and that possibility extends well beyond the classroom.

You might be curious as to what kind of job you’ll get, where you’ll live or how you’ll afford, well, anything.

It’s even reasonable to assume some of those curiosities will become worries.

As each question becomes more of a reality, it’s only natural that we might begin to think about potential problems or how we can plan for a successful journey ahead.

But the minute we allow those curiosities or worries to consume our everyday thoughts, we have surrendered our own ability to take one day at a time and embrace the inevitable accompanying highs and lows.

That’s not to say we shouldn’t ever put thought into things down the road, or make either physical or mental preparations for the future.

Those things can be just as essential.

What we must be aware of, however, is the fine line that stands between said preparations and a self-inflicted stress about days which we cannot see.

If we can make efforts to establish some sort of balance or – better yet – make efforts to genuinely appreciate each day as its own, then we’ll already be more prepared for the steps that await us.

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Editorial Policy The Penn editorial opinion is determined by the Editorial Board, with the editor-in-chief having final responsibility. Opinions expressed in editorials, columns, letters or cartoons are not necessarily that of The Penn, the university, the Student Cooperative Association or the student body. The Penn is completely independent of the university.

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By JESSIE LIST J.L.List@iup.edu Dear Editor, Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Haven Project Peer Educators are holding a campaign for stalking awareness January 26 through January 30.

The Peer Educators will host a panel on how to work with victims of stalking on Wednesday in Wallwork, G98 and will have an information table at the Center for Health and Well Being’s Health Hut during the week.

One important focal point of this campaign is the depiction and normalization of stalking in popular culture.

Most recently, pop group Maroon 5’s chart-topping hit, “Animals,” has

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raised a few eyebrows.

The lyrics themselves are enough to cause concern, as lead singer Adam Levine compares the woman to an animal, saying he is “preying on [her] tonight” and expressing his desire to “hunt [her] down” and “eat [her] alive.”

But the video is even more unsettling. It features Adam Levine obsessing over a woman that is essentially a stranger. He then proceeds to follow her in secret, photograph her and even watch her as she sleeps.

What the video fails to show is the scary reality that is stalking.

According to VictimsOfCrime.org, 6.6 million people are stalked in the United States each year. In 1 out of 5 of these cases, the stalker uses weapons to threaten or harm the victims. Often,

victims have severe anxiety, insomnia, social dysfunction, or depression as a result of their stalker’s actions.

Stalking is not something should be glamorized by Hollywood or taken lightly. It is not romantic, nor is it flattering.

It is a crime, and it should be reported as such.

Students are encouraged to learn more about stalking by logging onto www.stalkingawarenessmonth.org or www.iup.edu/haven.

If you or someone you know experiences violence, help is available. You’re not alone.

Contact the Haven Project at (724) 357-4799 or the IUP Counseling Center at (724) 357-2621. If you are in immediate danger, call 9-1-1!

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IUP students awarded for theater accomplishments

By jessie list Staff Writer J.L.List@iup.edu

Students of Indiana University of Pennsylvania were recognized for their exceptional work in theater at the 2015 Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Jan. 12-16 at West Chester University.

The KCACTF is a national theater program involving nearly 18,000 students nationwide from 600 different academic institutions.

It is at this festival that college students from around the country are able to showcase their work in theater – from directing to acting, all the way to set design and theater technology.

The event highlighted the wide range of talent at IUP as students received awards in several different categories.

Amos Glass (senior, theater) and Sarah Fabiani (junior, hospitality management) won events in the Tech Olympic competition, which aimed to test students on their knowledge and skills in technical theater.

Kim Siegle (senior, theater) received

a Regional Award in stage management for her presentation of her work on Theater-by-the-Grove’s “Fahrenheit 451,” which was shown at IUP in November.

For the same show, Chelsea Kikel won both the Stagecraft Institute Award in sound design for a week of workshops in Las Vegas this summer and the Kennedy Center Award for a week’s intensive at the Kennedy Center in April.

Shane Malachow (freshman, computer science/theater) was also recognized for achievement in the Design Storm event, in which designers and directors from different schools were teamed up to create their own production of Henrik Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House.”

Kaitlyn McGilvray (senior, theater) was sent forward in the field of six finalists in the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society directing event, a program that featured directing workshops, discussion panels with other student directors and a showcase of a prepared, student-directed scene.

McGilvray presented her cast of Andre Briscoe and Indira LaTouche performing a scene from Katori Hall’s “The Mountaintop.”

When asked how they began their path in dramatics, many of the awardwinning students traced their love for theater all the way back to childhood, though it was made apparent that IUP adequately fostered their interests.

“Because IUP is a liberal arts program,” McGilvray said, “you are encouraged to look at many different areas of the arts and theater. We are required to take classes in every area of theater, from acting, stage management, directing and design.”

IUP’s educators have given these students endless amounts of encouragement for success in their careers within the department and outside as well, Glass said.

“Over the past few years, I have felt supported in almost every area for which I have tried,” McGilvray said.

Students, like McGilvray, feel that they could not have gotten this far without the constant support from others.

“You can’t do theater as just yourself,” McGilvray said. “You need mentors and aids and as much help as you could get.

I love the collaboration that comes with creating art.”

(Tyler Washington/ The Penn) From left: Shane Malachow (freshman, computer science/theater), Kaitlyn McGilvray (senior, theater), Kimberly Siegle (senior, theater), Chelsea Kikel (senior, theater), Sarah Fabiani (junior, hospitality management) and Amos Glass (senior, theater).

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New jungle gym near Stapleton Library to become building?

By samantha Barnhart Copy Editor S.E.Barnhart@iup.edu

This semester, what many students assumed to be a new jungle gym near Stapleton Library is beginning to look suspiciously more like a building than a large playground structure.

Various students have shown confusion and concern over the structure’s new look.

“It looked like a huge, metal jungle gym when I left campus for winter break,” Taylor Manson (senior, hermitage) said. “When I got back to campus last week, I noticed that now it’s beginning to have walls. Jungle gyms aren’t supposed to have those.”

Though the official identity of the structure is unknown, several rumors have circulated campus suggesting that the project’s identity is a building – not the sought-after playground for which students had hoped.

Joseph Brody (sophomore, pelt art) said he heard one such rumor.

“I heard a rumor that it’s actually going to be a $30 million building that’s supposed to house seven departments in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences,” Brody said. “But it’s just a rumor. It’s probably wrong.”

The student body is now divided into three set camps: those who believe the structure will be a building, those who continue to believe it is a jungle gym and those who refused to fill out the survey.

Thomas Moose (junior, pickpocketing) is among the students who believe

the structure will become a building instead of a plaything.

“When some of my friends were arrested for climbing over the gate and swinging from the metalwork last semester,” Moose said, “I thought it was ridiculous. But now that I think it’s a building, and not, in fact, a jungle gym, that totally makes sense.

“I’m not happy about it, though,” Moose added.

Of the jungle gym supporters, Sarah Larkin (freshman, equinox therapy) explained why she remains hopeful.

“I’m still under the impression that it’s part of a massive playground for adults,” Larkin said. “Every time I walk by, the construction workers seem to be having fun. They’re always playing loud country music, and they even get to hang out in trailers.

“If that isn’t the definition of fun, I don’t know what is.”

Though construction continues to make the structure look more and more like a building, students like Larkin and Layla Schmidt (freshman, robot love) aren’t discouraged.

“Even if it turns out to be a structure for learning and not for fun,” Schmidt said, “I’ll still treat it like it’s a jungle gym anyway.”

At this point in time, the structure’s true purpose remains a mystery.

“I’m telling you, it’s a new humanities and social sciences building,” claimed Joe Stamos, one of the construction workers on the project. “It isn’t a mystery at all. I don’t understand why this confusion exists.”

It appears that only time will tell.

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J u d g e m e n t s at 2 4 f r a m e s p e r s e c o n d

THE GIVER By stephanie bachman By samantha french Staff Writer S.M.French@iup.edu

During the spring semester, some students at Indiana University of Pennsylvania are looking to shed the pounds they may have gained over winter break.

Students on campus are hitting the gym, starting to eat healthier and making new goals to help them lose weight.

Courtney Hanchey (sophomore, psychology), who checks people into the gym, has noticed the increase of students attending.

“There has been an increase of students since the new semester,” Hanchey said, “and the most popular equipment seems to be the full-body machine and the treadmill.”

Hanchey herself has always worked out, but she wants to improve her methods this semester.

“I started more cardio to burn belly fat,” Hanchey said. “I want to get back into three meals a day with small snacks in between and only drink water.”

Richard Ront (freshman, mid-level education: social sciences) has a new plan in order to help him lose his freshman 15.

“My new plan is to do more cardio,” he said, “since I have never done it before, and I want to cut out soda.”

Ront likes to work out at the campus gym.

“I like to have the ability to do something else while exercising,” Ront said, “and the television on the machines helps me do that.”

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To help other students with their own goals, Ront has a few suggestions.

“Lifting to build mass instead of strength by using low weight and high reps could help,” he said, “and it is important to drink just water to help you shed pounds.”

Kaitlyn Mazzotta (freshman, nursing) would also like to exercise more but has a main goal to eat healthier.

“I would like to not buy food from on campus more and try to eat more fruits and vegetables and definitely eat less bread products,” Mazzotta said.

Other options on campus are also available for students who would prefer to exercise in groups.

The Hadley Union Building Fitness Center offers group fitness with classes for $5 for a daily pass, $20 for a monthly pass or a semester pass for only $40.

The classes start soon for this semester and include all kinds of workouts, including cardio, dance, karate, stepping and biking, all with trainers.

For more information on the classes, times and dates, students can contact the gym or go to www.coop.iup.edu/Co-op_Fitness If this kind of exercising doesn’t sound appealing to students looking to lose weight, other campus activities are available as well.

These activities include tubing and tobogganing at the golf driving range. I-Cards can be used to rent equipment and participate for a small fee.

Staff Writer S.L.Bachman@iup.edu

“The Giver,” a 1993 NewberyMedal-winning novel by Lois Lowry for young adults and depicting a dystopian society, finally made it onto the big screen last year.

The movie takes place in a community where emphasis is put on “sameness” and things such as emotion, color, pets and weather do not exist; they were eradicated to create a supposedly utopian society devoid of pain and strife.

Jonas, portrayed by Brenton Thwaites, is the main character, and after his graduation is given the job as receiver of memory.

As the receiver, he alone knows the truth of the world and can help those in charge make informed decisions.

He receives these memories from Jeff Bridges’ character, who is only known as The Giver.

The challenges of this unique job play heavily on the 16-year-old boy – four years older than the original novel’s protagonist’s age – and create the main plot of the story.

The movie has received heavy criticism since its October 2 release, especially in regards to its differences with the novel. No movie adaption will be perfect, and some changes are necessary;

but movies can also go too far from the inspiration for a fan’s taste.

That is partly what happened with this film.

The age difference is understandable because it helps the director appeal to his target audience.

However, in this case, it also lets Phillip Noyce create an on-screen romance between Thwaites and his costar, Odeya Rush, who portrays one of Jonas’ best friends, Fiona.

Their characters’ romance never really existed in the novel outside a few thoughts and dreams that Jonas experienced.

It is clear this was done for dramatic and cinematic effect, but it also just does not feel right – especially compared to the original plot.

However, it is not as big an issue as the one surrounding Meryl Streep’s character.

Streep portrays the role as Chief Elder and main antagonist in the film.

Yet her character’s role was, once again, seemingly created for the movie adaption.

Her character plays a far bigger – and more sinister – role than that which appears in the novel.

The main problem with this is that the new character does not even seem to know whether she is supposed to be

a prime example of authoritarianism or an evil mastermind.

The Chief Elder goes from appearing to be out of the loop on what is happening during Jonas’ training to understanding exactly what is going on and what freedoms the community has relinquished.

Lowry’s novel is simple. It presents big ideas about society without overcomplicating things for the young readers.

The story is one about nonconformity and the importance of both positive and negative aspects of the world.

Yet in Noyce’s desire to create a captivating and action-filled movie, he loses a lot of what makes the story as great as it is, simply by overdoing a lot of the beautiful simplicity Lowry originally conveyed in her book.

For some fans, it will be difficult to move past the differences between the movie and the book when watching the film.

For others, the movie presents a great opportunity to see a part of one’s childhood on the silver screen.

Though the film deviates from the novel somewhat and can come off as loud and overly complicated at times, the film has its heart in the right place and can be a great watch.

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Sports Editor: Cody Benjamin – C.J.Benjamin@iup.edu Lead Sports Writer: Michael Kiwak – M.T.Kiwak@iup.edu

Second-half surge propels IUP over Clarion Chance, Crimson Hawks outscore Golden Eagles 53-37 after halftime for 17th win of season

By VAUGHN DALZELL Staff Writer V.S.Dalzell@iup.edu

Finishing the game strong, the Indiana University of Pennsylvania men’s basketball team enjoyed a victory over Clarion University Saturday.

The Crimson Hawks went into halftime down one point but outscored Clarion 53-37 in the second half alone to improve to 17-3 (11-3).

Coach Joe Lombardi had a lot to say about the second half swing for the No. 25-ranked Crimson Hawks.

“Coming into the game, Clarion was quoted as saying they were excited to play a ranked team,” he said, “and they came out and put some fear into our team.”

The second half, however, was a different story.

“We took it to another level,” Lombardi said. “We hit the glass hard and got a lot of second-possession shots. We played our best basketball in the second half.”

Senior point guard Devante Chance (communications media) explained the difference in IUP’s performance.

“We were able to get first rebounds when the shots went up on defense,” he said.

“And some guys were in foul trouble, including myself, and it kind of took our edge away in the first half.”

Chance, who’s been called an iron man for playing his fourth 40-minute game of the season, has appeared in at least 38 minutes of action in 10 games this year.

“Playing 40 minutes a night is always a challenge that I love to face,” he said, “because my brothers need me out there, and I continue to work on my body and prepare for games where I don’t come out.”

It was a team effort that drove the Crimson Hawks’ victory, though, as six IUP players scored double digits. The high man was Shawn Dyer (graduate, criminology), who had 20 points and was 7 for 11 from the floor.

Meanwhile, Daddy Ugbede (junior, communications media) had another strong performance in the box score.

He stepped into the starting lineup yet again and finished with 10 points and 4 rebounds in just 22 minutes.

Devante Chance (senior, communications media), prepares to drive the ball for the Crimson Hawks.

Brandon Norfleet (junior, communications media) also had himself a day, finishing with 18 points on a hot 7 for 9 shooting.

Devon Cottrel (redshirt junior, communications media) sat out this game

against Clarion with a hamstring injury that he suffered Wednesday against the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown.

Coach Lombardi expects him to get some treatment and come back for their next game.

(Dan Kirby/ The Penn)

The No. 25-ranked Crimson Hawks will try to capture another Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference win on Saturday against Seton Hill University in a 7:30 p.m. matchup in the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex.

Stoner hits 1,000 career points, IUP moves to 17-1

By MICHAEL GOSNELL Staff Writer M.J.Gosnell@iup.edu

A mainstay in the Indiana University of Pennsylvania women’s basketball team’s lineup reached a historic milestone Saturday night against Clarion University.

Ashley Stoner (senior, English) recorded her 1,000th point as a Crimson Hawk and helped her

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team improve to a 17-1 record with an impressive 85-56 victory over the Golden Eagles.

Clarion falls to a 1-18 overall record, which is the second worst mark in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference.

The Golden Eagles are also 0-14 in division play and have lost 14-straight contests.

Stoner, going into the game, was only 19 points away from 1,000 points.

The forward from Pittsburgh tallied her milestone early in the second half and joins fellow senior Lindsay Stamp (se-

nior, criminology) in the 1,000-point club.

Stamp reached her milestone earlier in the season against Ohio Valley University.

The Crimson Hawks started strong in the first half with an early 11-4 run to start, and by the time the first half came to a close, the Crimson Hawks built a sturdy 47-23 lead.

Head coach Tom McConnell used a sizable portion of his bench during the first half. Stoner raced out to a 17-point performance at halftime, and Stamp fin-

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ished the half with 13 points.

Clarion looked for a response and generated more offense. The Golden Eagles posted 33 points in the second half, but their offense, minus the departed Hannah Heeter, could not make up for poor shooting in the first stanza.

IUP posted 38 points in the second half to capture its 17th win of the season. Moreover, the team moved into the top spot in the PSAC West after the previous leader, California University of Pennsylvania, fell to Gannon University.

Stoner finished with a double-dou-

ble and her second 20-point game of the season. She was an efficient 8-of-13 from the field and 83 percent from the charity stripe.

In addition to Stoner’s performance, Stamp also managed to have a solid game, finishing with 19 points, nine rebounds and two steals.

Perhaps the most glaring statistic was IUP’s advantage on the glass, as it collected 52 boards to Clarion’s 26.

The Crimson Hawks will return to action Saturday at 5:30 p.m. against the Seton Hill Griffins.

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For the Flyers, it’s time to either adapt or perish

By MICHAEL GOSNELL Staff Writer M.J.Gosnell@iup.edu

1975.

Gas was 57 cents per gallon and milk only set you back $1.40.

1975 also symbolizes the pinnacle of the greatest period of hockey in Philadelphia Flyers history.

It marks the last time the Flyers captured a Stanley Cup. Flyers fans will undoubtedly recall the ’70s as being the era of the “Broad Street Bullies,” an era of an in-yourface, win-at-all-costs brand of hockey.

It served the Flyers well, delivering two Stanley Cups in the ’70s and a myriad of memorable moments and players.

That era was highlighted by two important players in Philadelphia hockey history: Bobby Clarke and David “The Hammer” Schultz.

Clarke, a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, was the heart and soul of Broad Street during his 1,144 games played in Flyers orange and black.

He was the embodiment, one could say, of what was right about the National Hockey League in the ’70s.

Conversely, Schultz personified what was wrong with the NHL during the ’70s. He holds the record for penalty minutes in a single season with 472.

Schultz and his teammates terrorized the league.

The year 1975 is the pinnacle of greatness for an otherwise goon squad.

Unfortunately, Flyers management, a portion of the Philadelphia fan base and certain players are stuck in 1975.

Tuesday was another example of what is wrong with hockey.

For a game that is struggling to gain national attention by ESPN and other media outlets, the disgusting performance displayed by the Pittsburgh Penguins and Flyers brought the game back to the ’70s.

It should not happen. Not in today’s game.

Everything evolves, and that includes how a sport is played.

The NHL and its players have adapted their style of play and the way they do business.

The game is a finesse game now, which would make players like Schultz an endangered species. The role of the

enforcer is a dying breed in hockey because players are now called upon to do more than fight or check.

Don’t tell that secret to Flyers management.

The powers in Philadelphia have routinely hired what can only be described as Neanderthals on skates. Their current caveman?

Zac Rinaldo.

For those who did not catch the game on Jan. 20, Rinaldo maliciously and intentionally delivered a check from behind to Penguins defenseman Kris Letang during the first period.

The game was marred with fights, checks and cheap shots, the usual menu for the Flyers and a portion of their fan base.

Rinaldo was ejected for boarding and will undoubtedly receive a suspension from the NHL Department of Player Safety.

But at issue here is not the hit itself but the comments made by the caveman.

“I changed the whole game, man,” Rinaldo told a scrum of reporters.

“Who knows what would’ve happened if I didn’t do what I did?”

How many different kinds of gutless do you have to be to make comments like that?

Rinaldo also commented that since Letang was a star player, he would be hearing from the NHL. Are you feeling queasy yet? If not, there’s more.

The embarrassment of the Flyers organization continued his diatribe, calling for the league to ignore the important pieces of the film showing the illegal check to Letang.

“I don’t think they should slow it down and dissect every little thing,” Rinaldo said.

Because they’ll find something damning, right?

What a joke the Flyers franchise is for keeping this guy on payroll.

Those comments, filled with disrespect and a lack of common sense, are an indication of where the Flyers franchise is in 2015.

That begs the question: Who is to blame for the state of the Flyers?

Everyone involved is, from fans to management to the players themselves.

Let’s start from the top:

Chairman Ed Snider employs three individuals that have played a hands-on role in the continued lack of success of the Flyers franchise.

Those three individuals are President and former General Manager Paul Holmgren, current GM Ron Hextall and head coach Craig Berube.

Holmgren almost single-handedly prevented Philadelphia from taking a necessary step forward in their identity by electing to trade away key players in exchange for players with toughness and some skill.

The Flyers elected to trade team captain Mike Richards to Los Angeles in 2011, where he has since won two Stanley Cups along with former Philadelphia teammate Jeff Carter.

Both trades netted quality players in Brayden Schenn, Wayne Simmonds and Jakub Voracek (who is leading the NHL in points with 56), but Holmgren elected to free up cap space for a goaltender.

You remember him, right?

Ilya Bryzgalov ring a bell?

Holmgren signed the eccentric goalie to a nine-year, $51 million deal in the

summer of 2011.

Bryzgalov lasted two seasons with Philadelphia, as his sporadic play in net saw the remaining seven years of his contract bought out by Holmgren.

But perhaps the most egregious transaction to date was the trading of James van Riemsdyk in June 2012 to the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for defenseman Luke Schenn.

This trade is, was and will forever be a boondoggle by Holmgren.

Schenn has provided next to nothing to rave about during his tenure in Philadelphia.

Schenn has nine goals in three seasons with the Flyers, and a minus-3 in orange and black.

Toronto has benefited with van Riemsdyk’s addition, and he has become a key piece to the Maple Leafs’ future.

The comedy of errors continued for Holmgren.

Just three games into the 2013-14 season, Holmgren fired Peter Laviolette as head coach and replaced him with Berube, the current head coach.

Berube is a former Flyers player who

spent seven seasons in Philadelphia.

During his career, Berube amassed 3,149 penalty minutes.

Therefore a perfect fit in the culture of the Flyers. The culture of the “Broad Street Bullies.”

Players like Rinaldo will continue to tarnish the Flyers’ image as long as his own image still gets to represent the city of Philadelphia, its fan base and the organization.

Current General Manager Hextall has the unenviable task of deal with the fallout from Jan. 20. All I can say is: Good luck.

The culture change is inevitable, Flyers fans. Truthfully, the fan base must be the ones calling for changes.

Changes in the way their team plays, conducts itself and changes in personnel, if need be. It will be a slow process, but a necessary one.

In order for the Philadelphia Flyers to maintain the level of success for which they were known – instead of the cheap and dirty style of play they are now – they must evolve.

Adapt or perish.

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Men, women qualify for IUP at YSU Invitational

By JASON JARVIS Staff Writer J.Jarvis@iup.edu

The Indiana University of Pennsylvania indoor track and field team competed in their second meet of the season at the Youngstown State Invitational Friday.

For the men’s team, Austin Cooper (freshman, TRACK & FIELD accounting) won the 800 meter with a time of 1:56.

T h i s time earned Cooper a Pennsylvania State Athletics Conference qualifying spot. Also for the men’s team, Jeremy Claypoole (junior, exercise science) finished third in the triple jump with a jump of 13.96 meters.

Claypoole also qualified for the PSAC championships in February.

The IUP women’s team had

three PSAC qualifiers from Friday’s meet.

Rachel Magliane (junior, dietetics) finished fourth in the 3000-meter distance race at 10:47.

Brooke Smay (sophomore, safety science) finished fifth in the triple jump with a jump of 11:02 meters.

Right behind Smay in sixth place for the triple jump was Kiah Walton (freshman, fashion merchandising) with a jump of 10.89 meters.

The indoor track and field season continues next week for IUP as they travel to Lewisburg for the Bucknell Bison Open.

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College basketball needs some help, starting from the top

By SAM MELLINGER The Kansas City Star TSN

The conversations are like hearing a mother talk about her son’s bad decisions. She loves him, always will, but hanging out on the corner late at night is nothing but trouble. She sees the dark road and hopes her dear boy makes the right changes before it’s too late.

This is the picture you get talking to people inside college basketball about their sport. They love the game, but hope it gets help.

In an age of growing value for sports properties, ratings are going down, and it’s easy to see why. Scoring is at historic lows. Possessions are longer ... and longer. Attacks on the rim are replaced by hip bumps on drives, providing incentive to shoot more and more guarded 3-pointers.

Four assistant coaches talked for this story – two from the Big 12, one each from the Southeastern Conference and Atlantic Coast Conference – and at a minimum advocated for a shorter shot clock.

They were granted anonymity for various reasons, including honesty, but also because the smartest man of the bunch – no offense to those coaches – is speaking loudly and clearly.

“I will fight for college basketball until the death,” said Jay Bilas, the former Duke player and assistant coach, and current ESPN broadcaster. “But sitting by and watching this ship sink is not good enough. Who could defend what we’re seeing right now?”

The sport’s problems are coming out of the shadows in what is largely an ugly season. This will almost certainly be the slowest season since college basketball adopted the – then 45 seconds – shot clock. This is a season of hopeless shots and streams of timeouts slaughtering any flow.

One game was 17-14 at halftime and

tied at 55-55 after overtime. Nine teams from power conferences have won games without breaking 50 points. Temple won a game scoring 40 points, on 11of-48 shooting. On Thursday, Georgia Tech – an ACC program that gives out scholarships – scored 28 points.

In a full, 40-minute game. No wonder fewer people are watching.

The sport must change. It tried a year ago, when “freedom of movement” became a buzz phrase, and the changes worked. Scoring and possessions jumped. But officials didn’t have the stomach for it, and by conference play, with games taking on more importance and coaches continuing to pressure referees, the game basically reverted to its old ways.

It’s frustrating because, especially in private, so many people inside the sport know the game must evolve. That much is obvious. There are several simple shifts that could make the sport cleaner, faster, and better to watch – and play, for that matter.

But the thing is, the best way to make those smaller changes is to address one outdated, self-destructive and fundamental fact about college basketball: The game has no leader.

What kind of multibillion-dollar business operates without a CEO? “There’s nobody in charge, and that has become abundantly clear,” Bilas said. “We deserve the game we’ve got now. We earned this.”

Jim Haney, executive director of the National Association of Basketball Coaches, acknowledges that there is a growing conversation from within the game to have a more centralized leader.

“I do think there is interest in trying to figure out how to manage it more effectively, and what would that look like,” Haney said.

That’s a start, at least.

This is hardly the first time a major sport has needed to adapt in a faster

culture. In somewhat recent history, the NBA and NFL have each faced similar problems.

The NFL is the most obvious place to start. Football is a tough-guy culture, of course, and for decades the NFL glorified its nastiest and most bone-jarring – often bone-breaking – hits.

But at some point in the late 1990s or early 2000s, that culture began to cause problems. First, it was too many injuries to too many quarterbacks – affecting not only scoring and strategy, but interest from fans wanting to see stars. Then, a growing acknowledgment and acceptance of what the violence of football does to the brains and bodies of the men who play it.

In very different ways, both factors were affecting the attraction and in turn profits of the sport. The NFL responded with a series of rules changes – from the so-called strike zone on quarterbacks to how defenders can touch receivers – to increase scoring and reduce injuries.

The result?

In the last 25 years, the top four seasons in touchdowns-per-game are the last four seasons. There have been criticisms about the “wussification” of a tough-guy sport, but even through all of the NFL’s other mistakes, the sport has never been more watched or more profitable.

The NBA’s moment –“Hi, I’m David Stern, and my league is boring” – came in the late 1990s. The “Jordan Rules” had morphed from How To Defend The Game’s Best Player to How To Defend Everyone. Anthony Mason was a star, and Pat Riley’s Heat was largely blamed for mucking up an entire league.

By the strike-shortened 1997-98 season, points and field-goal percentage were each at 30-year lows. The league responded by cracking down on handchecks, low-post contact and isolated dribbling, among other changes. Immediately, scoring went up 6 percent, and

pace increased by 5 percent.

The league has continued to shape rules and officiating in a way to influence scoring, ball movement and drives to the basket. Many observers say the NBA’s product has never been better.

This could be college basketball’s story, too.

By definition, players in college will never be as good as those in the NBA. But the environments are better, the passion bigger, and the platform enough that it is the world’s first look at the game’s biggest stars.

College basketball could be a better product, in other words. If not in comparison to the NBA – that’s entirely subjective – then certainly when compared with what it is at the moment.

“I love this game, and it’s become unwatchable,” Bilas said. “It’s hard for me to argue with people I know and respect those who don’t want to watch our game. It’s hard to build a case why they’re wrong.”

The easiest way to quicken college basketball is to shorten the shot clock, most reasonably from 35 seconds to 30.

That’s the pace of both the women’s college game and the WNBA. The NBA and international game use 24 seconds.

This would cut down on coaches’ ability to micromanage every dribble.

The NBA did a data study when the WNBA reduced its shot clock and found no increase in bad shots.

At the very least, this one change should be done as soon as possible.

“You’ll get kickback from some coaches,” one of the Big 12 assistants said, “because that means we’re giving up control. If my team isn’t as good as yours, I want to decrease possessions as much as I can. But it would make for a better game.”

Beyond that, the sport should actually commit to the “freedom of movement” changes it began last season with.

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Cutting down on hand checks, cleaning up the wrestling that goes on in the post and freeing offensive players to go to the basket both with and without the ball would make for a more open, higherscoring and generally more enjoyable product to watch.

But that’s only a start.

The lane should be widened, providing more space for the drives to the basket that result in so many highlights.

The 3-point line could be moved back, opening the floor. Our ACC assistant even suggested widening the court – an acknowledgment of the increasing size and athleticism of players – to free up play, but admitted this was a logistical nightmare and probably a non-starter.

The college game could learn a lot from the international game.

International games are the same 40 minutes of playing time as college ball, but generally take about 10 minutes fewer to complete.

Some of this is with reduced timeouts and stricter substitution rules.

Some of it is in playing 10-minute quarters instead of 20-minute halves. Team fouls reset at the quarter, meaning fewer free throws on common fouls.

All of these changes would make college basketball easier to watch, but arguing over the details without a higher-level change in how the sport is governed is like arguing what color to paint your new house without a construction company to build it.

Because the sport showed last year that it didn’t have the fortitude for changes that demonstrably increased scoring and possessions.

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