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Punxsutawney Phil predicts cold weather for the near future By casey kelly Lead News Writer C.E.Kelly2@iup.edu

Bundle up, folks. Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow Monday morning at 7:25 a.m., despite an overcast sky, predicting six more weeks of winter for the United States.

Groundhog’s Day is based on the legend that if Punxsutawney Phil, Pennsylvania’s most famous groundhog, casts a shadow on Feb. 2 after emerging from his burrow on Gobbler’s Knob, it is likely for the country to experience six more weeks of winter. On the contrary, a cloudy day that results in a lack of Phil’s shadow suggests that one can prepare for the spring season to come early.

Groundhog’s Day has been celebrated in Punxsutawney since 1887. In past years, Phil saw his shadow 101 times, predicting a longer winter. He did not see his shadow 17 times, predicting the end of winter, and a record is unavailable for the remaining nine years.

The groundhog’s official website says that Phil’s predictions are 100 percent accurate. However, the Stormfax Almanac and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Climatic Data both beg to differ.

“The groundhog’s seasonal forecasting accuracy is somewhat low,” according to Stormfax Almanac’s website.

“Phil’s prognostications have been correct only 39 percent of the time.”

Additionally, Phil has received his fair share of criticism throughout the years concerning the accuracy of his yearly predictions, according to the Washington Post.

When winter lingered until March in 2013 – despite the furry rodent’s promise of spring being near – a prosecuting attorney in Butler County, Ohio, actually sought the death penalty for Phil because of a “misrepresentation of early spring.”

A Pennsylvania law firm quickly defended Phil, explaining that “the Ohio attorney had no jurisdiction to pros-

ecute the groundhog.”

While the average groundhog only lives for six to eight years, Punxsutawney Phil is portrayed to be immortal, according to the official groundhog’s website.

“There has been only one Punxsutawney Phil,” the website reads.

“Phil gets his longevity from drinking ‘groundhog punch’ (a secret recipe).

One sip, which is administered every summer at the Groundhog Picnic, gives him seven more years of life.”

Last year, Phil also saw his shadow, adding another successful prediction to the books. The merciless winter carried on through mid-March, with some locations in the country experiencing more than 30 inches of snow.

If Phil’s 2015 prediction is correct, Indiana University of Pennsylvania students can expect six more weeks of gearing up for the grueling walk to class, a few more inches of snow and maybe even some canceled classes. Only time will tell.

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African American Cultural Center plans to celebrate Black History Month

By Mary romeo Staff Writer M.E.Romeo@iup.edu

With January coming to an end, Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s campus is opening doors with new perspectives for Black History Month.

The African American Cultural Center has planned an assortment of events, including exhibits in the Stapleton Library, special-guest events and movies being shown around campus.

This year’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Black History Month exhibit, Living the Dream and Black History: Historical and Contemporary Achievements Exhibit, is currently on the first

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floor of the Stapleton Library and is now open and free for the public until Feb. 29. On Thursday from 12-1:30 p.m. in the Multicultural Suite, 325 Delaney Hall, a Brown Bag Inter Group Discussion will be held in fostering antiblack racism.

Participants are required to bring a bagged lunch if attending.

On Feb. 9 at 4 p.m. in the PNC room at the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex, a student leader’s reception with Robert Townsend and Blessing Offor will be held.

Townsend is a producer, actor, comedian and writer known for “The Five Heartbeats,” “Hollywood Shuffle” and “Black Listed.”

He will be accompanied by singer and reality TV star, Blessing Offor, who recently announced that he will be auditioning for season 7 of “The Voice,” according to his website.

The African American Cultural Center, Six O’Clock Series, The Office of Social Equality, the Black Student League, the Maat Student Organization President’s Council, the sociology department, the Student Co-Op and the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs made this event possible.

A free event open to the public will be a community forum with police Chief William Sutton on Feb. 18 at 7 p.m. in the Chevy Chase Community Center, 640 N. Fifth Avenue.

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• Hunter Raup, 19, of Turbotville, and Frank Dyer, 19, of Montoursville, were cited for underage drinking in the 600 block of Locust Street Jan. 25 at 2 a.m., according to borough police.

• Allyson Leskovic, 21, of Kittanning, was taken into custody and cited for public drunkenness after she was observed by borough police in the 1400 block of Philadelphia Street Jan. 28 at 1:20 a.m, according to borough police.

• Julie Lynn Warren, 23, of Reading, was cited for public drunkenness after borough police responded to Culpeppers Bar, 653 Philadelphia St., for a report of an unresponsive female lying on the floor Jan. 30 at 1:23 a.m., according to borough police.

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• Gabriel Aiken, 23, of Philadelphia, was charged with possession of a small amount of marijuana in the 100 block of South Sixth Street Jan. 22 at 11:58 p.m., according to borough police.

• Borough police report that Tianna Deyarmin, 18, of Indiana, Ashley Simms, 22, of Indiana, and Frederick Moran, 24, of Shelocta, were found to be in possession of heroin and drug paraphernalia in the 400 block of Philadelphia Street Jan. 24 at 9:59 p.m. Deyarmin, Simms and Moran were charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia, the report said.

• Jesse Aikens, 19, of McIntyre, was found to be in possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia while operating a motor vehicle with alcohol in his system Jan. 14 at 9:57 p.m., according to borough police. Aikens was charged with possession of a small amount of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, underage drinking, minor prohibited from operating vehicle with alcohol in system and a traffic violation, according to the report.

• Troy Butya, 19, of Moon Township, was charged for possession of a small amount of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia after university police investigated his room in Wallwork Hall after detecting an odor of marijuana coming from the room Jan. 29 at 12:44 a.m., according to university police.

• University police conducted a search of a vehicle driven by Jacob Ciaccia, 20, of Farmington, after police observed the vehicle driving on the sidewalk toward the Hadley Union Building circle Jan. 19 at 2:42 a.m. Upon searching the car, the officer found more than 30 grams of marijuana in the backseat and Xanax pills, according to university police. Ciaccia and passenger Martin Samue Berish, 19, of McClellandtown, were taken into custody and released. Ciaccia and Berish were charged with possession of an unauthorized substance, possession of a small amount of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia, the report said. Ciaccia and Berish are not IUP students.

• Samuel Butler, 21, of Chambersburg, Bryce Stewart, 19, of Chambersburg, and Mitchell Beattie, 21, of Newburg, were found to be in possession of approximately one pound of marijuana in the 00 block of North Eighth Street Jan. 28 at 9:31 p.m., a borough police report said. All three were charged with possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance and possession of a small amount of marijuana and taken to the county jail, according to borough police.

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• Jacob Davis, 19, of Allison Park, was observed to be carrying an open container of alcohol in the 700 block of South Street Jan. 30 at 11:27 p.m, according to borough police. Davis ran from the scene when officers made contact with Davis and punched an officer when the officer grabbed him, the report said. Davis was taken into custody and charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, resisting arrest, escape, underage drinking and open container, according to borough police.

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Geoscience students present research at American Geophysical Union meeting By stephanie bachman Staff Writer S.L.Bachman2@iup.edu

Faculty and former and current students from the geoscience department at Indiana University of Pennsylvania had the honor of presenting their research findings at the American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco in December.

The AGU meeting is the largest of its kind. Presenters at the conference focus on an array of topics, from carbon cycles to the climate of Antarctica, that deal with research related to Earth and space.

Sierra Davis (senior, geoscience) was the only current IUP student to present at the AGU conference. She was presenting the results of a summer’s worth of research that she completed at the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography. Her research focused on the paleoclimate in Antarctica as recorded from offshore sediments that were cored and imaged with reflection seismology.

Davis described what it was like to be able to present at her first major research conference.

“Presenting at the AGU conference was a great experience both professionally and for networking within the geosciences community,” Davis said. “I was able to learn from and communicate with scientists from around the world who have similar research interests to my own. As an undergraduate student intending on applying to graduate school, this conference was a great networking event and helped point me in an exciting direction.”

Davis was one of several researchers present representing the geoscience department.

(Photo courtesy of Sierra Davis) Sierra Davis (senior, geoscience) presented her research at the AGU conference in San Francisco in December.

Various faculty members were also in attendance.

Dr. Gregory Mount was one of these professors. He was presenting on carbon cycling and hydro-geology in the Everglades in Florida.

Mount reflected on this meeting in comparison to others he has attended in the past.

“The main difference was the scale of this conference,” Mount said. “There are literally thousands of people, from all different disciplines at the conference.

Poster sessions are held in a giant hall with thousands on display at a time. You could be talking to someone who studies Mars or someone who works in the depths of the ocean.

“You could spend the whole week and see such a wide variety of research.

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• Emily Kelly, 19, of Gibsonia, was cited for carrying a false identification card in the 00 block of North Seventh Street Jan. 25 at 12:20 a.m., according to borough police.

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In addition to current members of the geoscience department being present at the conference, there were several recent graduates also in attendance. This gave the department an opportunity to see what some of its graduates had been doing. It also was cause for an alumni meet-up in San Francisco.

“The alumni meet-up was a lot of fun,” Mount said. “It was interesting to get to know some of the prior students and find out what they were up to, in general and with their career or graduate school.

“We look forward to future IUP alumni events as our geology students travel far and wide and have exciting experiences and updates to share,” he said.

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President Obama’s budget proposal nears $4 trillion By anita kumar and william douglas McClatchy Washington Bureau TNS

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama proposed a $3.9 trillion federal budget Monday that would take more than $1 trillion from the wealthy and corporations to finance programs for the poor and middle class – a sweeping shift of wealth and a new approach to politics he hopes will define his legacy and frame the campaign for his successor.

Looking beyond the next year, he also proposed lifting budget caps negotiated earlier with Congress, boosting federal spending subject to annual appropriations by 7 percent in 2016, then increasing overall spending over the coming decade.

The budget couples new proposals such as a tax on offshore corporate accounts with numerous unsuccessful spending and tax proposals recycled from past years.

Together, Obama hopes to use them to build on his recent theme of economic populism.

“Will we accept an economy where only a few of us do spectacularly well?” he asked Monday. “Or are we going to build an economy where everyone who works hard has a chance to get ahead?”

Presidential budgets don’t usually progress very far on Capitol Hill regardless of party. Obama’s plan got even less consideration than usual Monday with Republicans at the helm of both the Senate and the House of Representatives for the first time in his presidency.

Republicans panned the proposal, calling it a document to boost a Democratic Party that just suffered a series of electoral losses last year. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., called Obama’s budget “another top-down, backward-looking document that caters to powerful political bosses on the left and never balances – ever.”

The liberal wing of the Democratic Party, which had criticized Obama’s previous budgets, cheered the document Monday for its focus on income equality, an issue it has been pushing presidential hopefuls to embrace.

“While the Washington chattering class focuses on what the right-wing Congress is willing to pass, the real question for President Obama is why it took so long for his administration to propose reforms with such broad, popu-

lar support,” said Charles Chamberlain, executive director of Democracy for America, a liberal advocacy group.

White House press secretary Josh Earnest insisted the budget proposal is more than a political platform for Democrats, saying the White House hopes lawmakers “will seize on the ideas that are included in this budget ... not for a political end but to actually get something done in Congress that would benefit middle-class families.”

Earnest insisted the budget includes proposals Republicans could agree upon.

“The question is, will they put politics aside and actually try to work to try to find common ground with this administration to do that, or will they not, which has been consistent with their pattern in the last six years, but hope does spring eternal around here,” he said.

Obama made brief remarks on the budget from the Department of Homeland Security, where he urged Congress to fund the agency, which will run out of money at the end of the month.

Republicans refused to include the DHS in a budget deal passed late last year after Obama acted unilaterally to defer deportations for millions of people who came to the United States illegally.

Obama’s fiscal 2016 budget urges Congress to throw out spending caps adopted in 2011 and allow a 7 percent increase in spending that’s not already on autopilot, such as Social Security and Medicare.

Military spending would total $561 billion and non-defense $530 billion; increasing by $38 billion and $37 billion, respectively.

Overall, Obama’s plan would boost spending from $3.7 trillion this year to $5.8 trillion in 2024, also increasing as a share of a growing economy from 20.9 percent to 22.2 percent, higher than post-World War II averages.

His spending proposals include free community college, paid leave and Head Start early childhood programs, as well as programs to fight the Islamic State terrorist group, Russian aggression and cybervandalism.

He also wants to provide new tax breaks for the middle class, such as a tripling of the child care tax credit and creating a second-earner tax credit of up to $500 for families.

Obama asked for $20 million for “democracy planning” in Cuba, includ-

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ing $6.6 million for operational upgrades at U.S. facilities there. The U.S. recently announced it will restore diplomatic relations with Cuba and expand travel and trade.

To help pay for his proposed spending and middle-class tax cuts, Obama proposes billions in taxes over the next decade.

He wants $210 billion from higher taxes on the estates and investment income of the wealthy and $110 billion from fees on finance and Wall Street. He proposed closing what the White House called the “Trust Fund Loophole,” which he said allows wealthy individuals to pass assets tax-free to heirs.

He also wants to impose a new mandatory tax on the roughly $2 trillion in offshore corporate earnings U.S. companies have amassed.

The tax would help pay for an ambitious six-year, $478-billion infrastructure program focused on roads, bridges and transit systems. Companies would pay 14 percent on those existing foreign earnings and 19 percent for future earnings.

Obama said his plan would cut projected annual deficits by $1.8 trillion over 10 years, but only by relying on tax increases and legislation that are unlikely to get past Congress.

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Spending and revenue sources in President Obama’s proposed budget proposed Monday.

billion by curbing tax breaks for the wealthy, $400 billion from savings in government health programs, such as Medicare, and $160 billion from an overhaul of immigration laws.

“President Obama laid out a plan for more taxes, more spending and more of the Washington gridlock that has

failed middle-class families,” said House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio.

“This budget blueprint shamelessly panders to the Democratic base and does nothing to put our nation back on sound fiscal footing,” said Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee.

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‘No More’ domestic violence Super Bowl ad receives mixed reactions By mary mcnamara Los Angeles Times TNS

A few years ago, my husband, wanting to call 411, accidentally dialed 911.

“Oh, sorry,” he said when the dispatcher answered, and he hung up.

Five minutes later, a police officer arrived at our door. Richard explained what had happened and the officer nodded and asked to come in.

“Is your wife here?” he asked.

I had no idea any of this was happening; I was reading in our bedroom, and suddenly, there was a police officer standing in the doorway asking if everything was all right.

“Yes,” I answered, startled. He asked if we had children, and when we called them, he asked them the same question. He was calm and friendly, but he scanned our faces carefully before wishing us a good night. The whole thing took less than five minutes.

Richard was impressed; he thought the officer was making sure we all weren’t being held captive by an intruder.

“No,” I said. “He thought it might have been a domestic violence call.”

For a few minutes, my husband was speechless. “Me?” he said finally. “Us?” Overshadowed by the cute puppies, conflicted dads and grumbling about the grim Nationwide ads, the “No More” public service ad that ran Sunday

during the Super Bowl may be the single most important thing to air on television this year.

For a few short and highly disturbing moments at the beginning of halftime, the year’s largest single television audience in America was reminded that domestic violence continues to be an enormous problem and that it occurs in all sorts of homes, among all sorts of people.

There is no actual abuse shown in the ad; indeed, there is no action at all.

While a camera pans through a seemingly empty and very comfortable home, an exchange is heard between an emergency dispatcher and a woman who also seems to have made a mistake.

When the male dispatcher asks her the nature of the emergency, she proceeds to order a pizza.

Her voice is fairly calm as she details the toppings, but when he becomes a bit impatient, she asks, “How soon can you get here?”

Based on an actual exchange reported by an emergency dispatcher, the conversation turns.

The man catches on and begins asking her questions to which she can answer “yes” or “no,” including, “Are there any weapons in the house?”

Her tone remains mostly conversational, but when he asks if she can stay on the line, she says no and “see you

soon,” then hangs up.

The camera, meanwhile, continues to move, now capturing the dented wall, the broken glass, the overturned furniture.

This is clearly a woman in crisis, afraid to openly call the police but still thinking clearly enough to reach out for help under the guise of ordering a pizza.

This is obviously a woman who has been abused before.

Domestic violence, like most violent crime, has declined in recent years, and that is not accidental.

Since the late ’60s, feminists and others, including many men, have fought to end domestic battery by increasing awareness, funding shelters and educational programs and demanding prosecution and new legislation – including the Violence Against Women Act of 1994.

Law enforcement officers, like the one who came to our door, have grown increasingly sensitive to the crime. Men too have spoken out, including those who have perpetrated and, in many cases, experienced abuse.

Beginning in the 1970s, a collective rejection of battering entered the popular culture. It became the center of films as diverse as “Fried Green Tomatoes,” “Sleeping With the Enemy” and an array of television movies and series.

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opened with Walter getting drunk and giving Maude a black eye. “The Burning Bed” turned Farrah Fawcett into a serious actress. I still remember the 1978 film “Battered,” which followed three women suffering at the hands of their partners, mainly because one of the women was played by “Little House on the Prairie’s” Karen Grassle, her abusive husband by “MASH’s” Mike Farrell.

Lately, however, the issue seems to have become sidelined in our narratives.

HBO recently ran the excellent documentary “Private Violence,” but while violence, against women and in general, increases on our screens, it is mostly nondomestic sexual assault, serial killing and the barbaric acts of war. Even historical dramas shy away from depicting the kind of marital abuse that was, depending on the time period, legal and common.

Even the reaction after the ad’s debut at halftime was mixed. While many applauded the power and the message of the spot, others, already upset by Nationwide ads that featured a fictional dead child and Mindy Kaling as an “invisible” woman, lumped it in with this year’s “sad ads.”

It’s as if we think the problem no longer exists.

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Are they a PR move by an organization beset by image problems, including domestic violence? Of course they are, but who cares? The rates of abuse may have declined, but they are still unacceptable: One in four women will experience violence at the hands of an intimate partner.

How many women do you know?

How many female friends does your daughter or son have?

A year after I graduated college, I worked as a volunteer on a domestic abuse hotline. The women I spoke with were mostly seeking information for themselves or a “friend.” The only real-time crisis I dealt with involved a woman who had locked herself in the bathroom; the sound of yelling and pounding frightened me way more than it seemed to frighten her.

Listening to the woman in the Super Bowl ad ask for help by ordering a pizza, I remembered what we had been told in training: No one calls a hotline the first time they are hit. So no matter how bad the situation might seem, we volunteers were not to panic.

“These women know better than you how to survive the situation,” our adviser told us, “because they’ve probably been surviving it for a long time.

“The call,” she said, “is just the first step.”

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Fired-up millennials become political, labor and community organizers

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CHICAGO – On a snowy evening, Brianna Tong gathered more than 50 students in a classroom at the University of Chicago to meet and dine with aldermanic candidates. The smell of curry filled the air as Tong told the audience that before becoming a campaign volunteer, she didn’t connect with public officials. “[They] did not look like me ... did not represent people who looked like me,” said Tong, 20, whose father is Asian and mother is African-American.

Now she’s spreading the word about candidates who share her views. Jobs, she said, should pay wages that at least keep up with the cost of living, and tax breaks should not be given to corporations that pay low wages.

“Does that sound exciting to y’all?”

Tong asked at the end of a six-minute speech.

“Yeah,” students exclaimed, cheering and clapping.

The faces of political, labor and community organizing campaigns in Chicago are getting younger.

The groups are gaining the support of more millennials, who now are roughly ages 15-35, who are increasingly frustrated with everything from police profiling to the state’s budget deficit to the lack of well-paying jobs, especially in fields that match their college educations.

Last year, the average student-loan debt of a college graduate rose 6 percent to $33,000.

And while the unemployment rate for college graduates is the lowest since the recession, many are squeaking by in jobs that historically have been filled by high school students.

In December, there were more than 1.4 million unemployed people in the U.S. older than 25 with a bachelor’s degree.

“Everyone tells you, work hard, go to college, do well, and get a job and your life will be great, and that’s clearly not how it is for a lot of people,” said Tong,

a college senior set to graduate this year with a bachelor’s degree in English and comparative race and ethnic studies.

Tong’s organizing work has been unpaid, but now she’s looking for entry-level positions with nonprofits and community groups, which pay about $30,000 a year. She committed herself to organizing when she realized its similarity to the civil rights movement.

“That’s something I heard about growing up from my mom,” said Tong, whose grandmother participated in the 1963 march in Washington at which Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I have a dream” speech.

Youth involvement in community organizing gained national attention during the 2008 presidential campaign of Barack Obama, himself a former community organizer in Chicago. Now millennials are a force in efforts to increase the minimum wage, transform immigration policy and improve economic conditions for some.

Ed Shurna, executive director for the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, said millennials’ engagement is reminiscent of the rallies and protests of the 1960s.

“It’s really exciting when I go to meetings and meet people who are doing this who have the same spirit that attracted me [to organizing],” said Shurna, 69. “It’s exciting because it didn’t happen for like 20 years.”

As recently as six years ago David Hatch, director of The People’s Lobby, a political advocacy group, recalls looking around a room filled with organizers and realizing that, while in his 50s, he was the youngest person in attendance.

“Here is where I think bad [economic] conditions helped,” said Hatch, noting his group now has vibrant campus organizations.

Since The People’s Lobby began organizing students in 2011, it has sent about 100 to a weeklong training program.

Those who have become organizers say the work gives them a sense of purpose.

Wayne Hayer, 22, who says organiz-

ing saved him from a life of drugs and crime, was 19 when he met an organizer who offered him a job working with atrisk youth in a summer program. He said he took the job only because it offered a little money, but then organizers began mentoring him and sent him to the Midwest Academy, a Chicago-based organizing school.

Hayer said he attended workshops with college graduates and, to his surprise, kept up with them.

“It was pretty amazing,” he said.

The experience helped him gain self-confidence, and he later became an organizer for a community group. He quit because he grew tired of knocking on doors and making phone calls, but after another job and some time off, Hayer said, he realized how much he missed organizing. Now he’s in school and wants to expand on the organizing skills he learned.

“The goal is to save the world. If you can save one life, it’s a life well-lived,” Hayer said.

Jennifer Ritter, executive director of One Northside, said other young organizers have come from movements such as Occupy Wall Street, which helped open their eyes to how the country’s slow recovery from the recession has dampened job opportunities. Most recently, Ritter said, young people have been fired up by the marches in Ferguson, Mo., after an unarmed black teenager was fatally shot by a white police officer.

Some organizers say the work has helped them develop a voice.

“Every single day I get to work toward my own values and vision for the world,” said Melissa Rubio, a soft-spoken 24-year-old.

“I believe that we can live in a country that values people that don’t have money. I believe that we could live in a country that takes care of our people better.”

Despite a degree in peace, justice and conflict resolution that has left her with $60,000 in student debt, Rubio said the only kind of job she could find upon graduation was waiting tables, work she

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Brianna Tong, a senior at the University of Chicago, talks with volunteers while leading a phone bank for candidates during a Martin Luther King event Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015, at The Grand Ballroom in the West Woodlawn neighborhood of Chicago.

did in high school.

As an organizer, she spends her week working for an Illinois lawmaker and a local political organization.

Rubio said one of her first assignments was soliciting neighborhood support for a bus route that was slated to be eliminated, depriving residents of their lifeline to jobs.

“My heart was beating, and I was so incredibly nervous,” Rubio said, recalling a visit to the home of an elderly woman.

Rubio explained why she was there and was stunned when the woman wrote a check for the campaign and pledged to speak with her alderman.

Rubio said she didn’t think women could be powerful, but she is now leading groups and organizing people twice

her age to help get people out to vote for progressive candidates.

Jeff Halm, president of the Chicago Young Republicans, said he started knocking on doors and making phone calls after he grew tired of people cracking jokes about how Illinois couldn’t pay its bills.

He started attending a monthly happy hour sponsored by the group, which has 800 members ages 18 to 41.

During November’s election, Halm, 27, was among volunteers calling potential voters to encourage them to back Bruce Rauner for governor. Halm said he was proud to see Rauner win in a state that’s often written off as blue.

Halm added, “I wanted to feel like I was doing something instead of being an armchair activist.”

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By chuck shepherd Spidey Sense Gets Real • Among the breakthroughs demonstrated by the computer chip company Intel’s RealSense system is a cocktail dress from Dutch designer Anouk Wipprecht that not only senses the wearer’s “mood,” but also acts to repel or encourage strangers who might approach the wearer. Sensors, including small LED monitors, measure respiration and 11 other profiles, and if the wearer is “stressed,” artistic spider-leg epaulets extend menacingly from the shoulder to suggest that “intruders” keep their distance (in which case the dress resembles something from the movie “Aliens”) – or, if the wearer feels relaxed, the legs wave invitingly. The experimental “spider dress” was showcased at January’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

Government in Action • Because Congress and presidents often change their minds, NASA recently continued to build on a $349 million rocket testing tower in Mississippi for a “moon” project that had been canceled back in 2010. The now-idle tower sits down the road from a second rocket testing tower being built for its “replace-

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ment” mission – an “asteroid” project.

Critics, according to a December Washington Post examination, blame senators who believe it smarter to keep contractors at work (even though useless) because, Congress and the president might change their minds yet again.

Said a high-profile critic, “We have to decide ... whether we want a jobs program or a space program.” NASA’s inspector general in 2013 identified six similar “mothballed” projects that taxpayers continue to maintain.

• Un-Government: About 240 of the 351 police departments in Massachusetts claim their SWAT and other specialty operations are not “government” services, but rather not-for-profit corporate activities and are thus entitled to avoid certain government obligations.

Even though their officers have the power to carry weapons, arrest people and break down doors during raids, these “law enforcement councils” refuse to comply with government open-records laws for civilian monitoring of SWAT activities. The latest refusal, by the 58 police agencies of the North Eastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council, was filed in state Superior Court in December.

• DIY Policing in Seattle: A Seattle

Times columnist suffered a “smashand-grab” break-in of his car in October, but was brushed off by the Seattle Police Department and told simply to go file an insurance claim. However, he and his energetic 14-year-old daughter located the perpetrators themselves by GPS and called for police help, only to be chastised by the dispatcher, warning that they could get hurt. Only when a local crime-fighting TV show adopted the case, along with the suburban Sammamish, Wash., police department, was the gang of thieves finally pursued and apprehended, resulting in charges for “hundreds” of smash-and-grab thefts.

Bonus: One alleged perpetrator was quoted as saying the thefts were undertaken “because we knew the police wouldn’t do anything.”

Wait, What?

• Ms. Connie Lay passed away in Aurora, Ind., in November, leaving a last will and testament that calls for her German shepherd, Bela, to be promptly buried with her – even though Bela is still alive and peppy. Ms. Lay preferred sending Bela to a certain shelter in Utah, but if that “is not possible” or involves “too much expense” (judgments to be decided by a close friend, not publicly named), Bela is to be euthanized.

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At press time, the friend still had not decided.

• Mother of All Surgeries: After 15 months of faulty diagnoses, Pam Pope, 65, finally got the (bad) news: a rare, slow-moving cancer of the appendix, “pseudomyxoma peritonei.” The malignancy was so advanced that her only hope was the removal of all organs that she could possibly do without. In a six-surgeon, 13-hour operation in May 2014 at Hampshire Clinic in Basingstoke, England, Pope parted with her appendix, large bowel, gall bladder, spleen, womb, ovaries, fallopian tubes, cervix and most of her small bowel. She has endured massive chemotherapy, is on a nightly drip for hydration, and still remains frail, according to a December report in London’s Daily Mail.

• When someone swiped the iPhone of Adam Wisneski, 31, on Jan. 2, he rode his bicycle to Chicago’s Shakespeare District police station to file a stolen-property report. He parked the bike inside the door, filled out the form, prepared to leave – and noticed the bike was missing. He told an amused officer he needed another form. Officers on duty said perhaps a homeless man who was in the station took it and are “making an effort,” said Wisneski, to find it.

What Researchers Do • The natural enemy of the “hawkmoth” for 65 million years is the bat, but thanks to a recent study by biologists at Boise State University and the University of Florida, we know the reason why so many hawkmoths are able to avoid their predator: They signal each other by rubbing their genitals on their abdomens, which somehow mimics bats’ own high-frequency sounds, thus jamming the bats’ aural ability to detect the hawkmoths’ locations. Professors Jesse Barber and Akito Kawahara, working in Malaysia, tethered a hawkmoth to a wire and then tracked a bat, using slowmotion cameras and high-definition microphones, painstakingly examining the results for a 2014 journal article.

• Bringing the Total Number of Cow Sounds to Three: A team from Britain’s University of Nottingham and Queen Mary University of London found (according to a December BBC News report) that cows make two “distinctly different” call sounds to their calves, depending on whether the calves are nearby (low-frequency mooing, with mouth closed) or separated (higher frequency).

The team said it spent 10 months digitally recording cow noises, then a year analyzing them by computer.

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The following editorial appeared in the Grand Forks Herald on Sunday, Jan. 25: Both President Barack Obama and Minnesota State Sen. LeRoy Stumpf, DFL-Plummer, have drafted ambitious plans to let young people attend community college tuition-free.

Unfortunately, both plans lack the key element that would boost not only the odds of passage, but also the odds of effectiveness, should the proposals become law: Republicans.

GOP leaders already have denounced both Obama’s nationwide and Stumpf ’s Minnesota-only plan.

And given the Republican control of both Congress and the Minnesota House, that gives those leaders the ability to stop the proposals flat.

How much better the odds would

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be if Republicans had been consulted from the start, and if the plans had been crafted with heavy GOP input.

Granted, the proposals that would have resulted probably wouldn’t have centered on free tuition.

But maybe that would have been a good thing.

After all, a big advantage of bipartisan proposals is that in order to reach agreement, both parties must acknowledge and address the other’s concerns.

In this case, that might have helped the authors anticipate the criticisms that would arise.

For example, here’s a history teacher at Normandale Community College in Normandale, Minn., on the Minnesota proposal: Thanks to Pell grants that more than cover tuition, “community college tuition has to rank near the bottom of any list of necessary reforms,” John Chalberg writes in the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

New York Times Columnist David Brooks agrees:

A not-so-photo finish Sporting events are meant to be a visceral experience.

It’s the smell of the hot dogs at PNC Park, the sound the bodies crushing against the glass at CONSOL Energy Center and the smell of the grass at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh that make these sporting events transform from expensive trips to the city into full-fledged memories that will last a lifetime.

For those who have experienced watching their favorite sport in person, this comes as a no-brainer. For others who have yet to make the trip to Madison Square Garden in New York City or Fenway Park in Boston, experiencing your favorite sporting event can come from what you can read from magazines, newspapers and the Internet after the season has concluded.

As a sports fan, it can be unsatisfying to miss the big moment from last night’s game and be reduced to reading about it on the daily walk to work.

Although a photograph can never truly replicate that visceral experience that comes from attending the big game or seeing your favorite athlete in person, a photo of the big goal can certainly help to ease the process.

Sports Illustrated, the nation’s largest sports magazine, according to the Huffington Post, helped to pioneer the field of sports photography and, in turn, has been aiding fans in experiencing their favorite teams’ best moments for decades.

Staff photographers at Sports Illustrated were praised for innovative photography techniques: putting the camera in the net at a hockey game or behind the glass at a basketball game. Fans were able to experience these moments without ever being at the game.

Sadly, it seems, this time has come to an end with the magazine’s recent decision to lay off all of its staff photographers as of this week.

The magazine that perfected the art of attention-getting sports photography will now rely solely on outside contributions that may or may not be up to their usual Sports Illustrated quality, which could result in a lesser fan experience.

“Our commitment to photography is as strong as ever, and we will continue to create the best original content possible,” Sports Illustrated Director of Photography Brad Smith said in a Friday interview with News Photographer magazine.

These cutbacks don’t seem to align with that statement from Smith, and, in the end, it will be the magazine that is saving the money, but it will be the fans’ experiences that will be suffering – an equal tradeoff?

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Tuition plans need ‘political rocket fuel’

By GRAND FORKS HERALD

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The problem is that getting students to enroll, as free tuition is meant to do, “is neither hard nor important,” Brooks writes.

“The important task is to help students graduate. Community college drop-out rates now hover somewhere between 66 percent and 80 percent.”

And as noted by Frank Bruni, also a Times columnist, free tuition won’t help the many students who are notoriously ill-prepared: “(T)here’s a significant difference in graduation rates between students who need remediation after they’ve enrolled and those who don’t,” Bruni writes.

“The failures of elementary, middle and secondary schools shadow them,” which flags K-12 education as an even more promising area of reform.

Good proposals need vetting, which bipartisan authorship can provide.

Stumpf and the president should consider incorporating Republicans’ critiques and giving the GOP lots of credit, thereby turning would-be opponents of the proposals into invaluable allies.

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Super Bowl commercials: Are they too emotional?

Marketers and businesses seem to be the new teams competing during the Super Bowl By mary romeo Staff Writer M.E.Romeo@iup.edu

With millions of Americans tuning in to the Super Bowl, American television’s most viewed event, businesses are stepping up their game by producing high-quality commercials for their consumers.

Super Bowl XLIV, played between the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks, was expected to bring in 184 million viewers, according to a U.S. News & World Report article titled “6 Numbers to Know for Super Bowl Sunday.”

Because the Super Bowl is routinely the most viewed television broadcast in America, companies paid nearly $4.5 million to run a 30-second advertisement, a $400,000 increase from last year, said Sean O’Donnell, bleacherreport.com.

However, that $4.5 million goes to NBC alone, the network hosting the game.

“NBC announced earlier this week that it had sold out all of its scheduled commercial time during the game,” reported U.S. News & World Report.

Companies paying big bucks to advertise their products need effective ways to reel in consumers. One way businesses successfully convince consumers to purchase their products is by connecting with viewers on a personal

and emotional level.

Many of the commercials seen this year, including those for Budweiser, Dove, Nissan, Nationwide and McDonald’s, pulled at heartstrings and had some viewers tearing up.

There was a clear theme in this year’s commercials about the importance of family. McDonald’s asked their customers to pay with “lovin’” by calling up their moms and telling the mothers they love them to receive a free meal, playing off the “I’m Lovin’ It” tagline.

Another approach advertisers used that differed from last year was the way men and fathers were portrayed.

Instead of stereotyping men as clue-

less, Nissan, Dove and Toyota took a different approach in showing the softer and more sensitive side of fathers.

Another tear-jerker was the Nationwide Insurance commercial, which told the story of a little boy who would never get to fulfill his life because it ended due to a home accident.

However, some viewers found the commercial a bit morbid, according to multiple Twitter users, including director Judd Apatow.

“Exciting game but that Nationwide commercial haunts my dreams and my waking life,” Apatow tweeted.

Viewers did, however, receive a couple breaks from the emotional ads; many humorous celebrity-endorsed advertisements were also televised this year.

Liam Neeson, Chelsea Handler, Sarah Silverman and Bryan Cranston were just some of the many celebrity appearances seen Sunday.

Kim Kardashian, known for her glitz and ditz, and Lindsay Lohan, known for her recent partying and drug abuse scandals, used selfdeprecation as a form of humor to sell products for T-Mobile and Esurance, respectively.

While this year’s commercials seemed to have a constant theme of tugging at our heartstrings instead of making us laugh, they were effective, emotional and well done.

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By Renée Williamson Staff writer R.A. Williamson@iup.edu

Photo by Renée Williamson

Name: Nora Maser

Year at IUP: Sophomore

Place of tattoo on body: Right thigh

What the tattoo is: “An owl on a tree branch saying, ‘twit two’”

REASON FOR GETTING THIS TATTOO: “My niece says that an owl says ‘twit twoo’. I wanted something to connect to her.”

When IT WAS DONE: November 2013

Has it interfered with jobs or the workplace?

“No.”

Has anyone outright shown disapproval of your tattoo?

“Yes. Random people that walk by and ask me about my tattoo. My parents don’t really care.” Maser also said she sees a lot of criticism and disapproval on Instagram.

“People will say my ideas or placement is stupid or things like ‘you’ll never get a job.’”

Are there any funny stories linked with this tattoo?

“I got it during the winter, so I had to wear shorts all last winter. That was fun.”

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‘Sound Choices: Heroes and Martyrs from WWII’ By stephanie bachman

By ANDREW MILLIKEN Lead Wet Ink Writer A.P.Milliken@iup.edu

From the remains of post-punk band Women’s remains emerges Viet Cong, a bleak, noise-tinged outfit whose selftitled debut album dropped Jan. 20.

Similarly hailing from the Great White North, Viet Cong concocts music that is reminiscent of popular postpunk revival bands like The Strokes and Franz Ferdinand, as well as classic British acts like The Clash, The Smiths and even The Beatles.

These influences are heard on “Viet Cong” without feeling like plagiarism. The band blends these familiar – and in the wrong hands, cliche – elements with noise, dense arrangements and a touch of psychedelia to produce a sound unique enough to keep this album interesting over its trim, 36-minute runtime.

The album opens with dark, pounding drums that only could have come from some kind of sonic hell. The first lyrics only add to the pitch-black aesthetic: “Writhing violence/ essentially without distortion,” bassist and vocalist Matt Flegel sings on “Newspaper Spoons,” setting the tone for an album chock-full of conflict and bleak imagery.

As the track winds on, those incessant drums gradually melt away, eventually yielding to a heavenly guitar melody that repeats itself until the song ends.

Those moments of musical optimism are few and far between on “Viet Cong,” however, as the band is mostly content to simmer in its stew of fluid guitar riffs and dark lyricism.

“March of Progress,” the album’s third track, unfolds in three sections.

By far the strangest track on “Viet Cong,” the song begins with an electric static crackle before transitioning into a glitchy, racing beat not unlike the famous production on Radiohead’s “Idioteque.”

The track’s second section sounds like the band took a discarded track from “The White Album,” beat it senseless and force-fed it hallucinogens.

The lyrics ramble on about some

kind of lover’s quarrel during this swampy middle section.

Simply strange and extremely repetitious, the track eventually finishes by cranking up the tempo and crooning about the thin line between love and hate.

Long, sludge-y and somewhat boring, “March of Progress” is the only surefire clunker on “Viet Cong.”

“Bunker Buster,” the album’s midpoint, is a cryptic take on the bombing of Hiroshima.

“Go where, go where fluorescent primates teem and walk through/ the neon streets that stand over mutant lips on Japanese hips,” Flegel sings. His voice here resembles an echoed, powerful overlord ordering his subjects to a horrifying wasteland of radioactive rubble.

Nuclear destruction is a hefty topic to tackle, but Viet Cong’s instrumentals are sinister enough to do justice to the subject matter while maintaining a creativity not typically seen in the mid2000s post-punk revival.

After the first verse is sung, the track transitions into a grating, droning bridge of guitar feedback and drums. Suddenly, the opening lyrics return with almost completely different instrumentals backing them up, crafting perhaps the most satisfying moment on “Viet Cong.”

The band follows the weirdness of “March of Progress” and “Bunker Buster” by serving up two refreshing, straightforward and satisfying rock tunes.

“Silhouettes” and “Continental Shelf ” are the album’s two most radiofriendly songs, incorporating memorable synth hooks and catchy choruses into the band’s ever-pessimistic lyrics.

The album closes with “Death,” an 11-minute behemoth of a song that pulls out all the stops musically and lyrically in an attempt to convey the journey from this life into the next.

While Viet Cong can sometimes become musically mired down in its own bogs of despair, the band has crafted a solid, compact collection of creatively arranged songs that will satisfy fans of post-punk while pushing the boundaries of the genre.

Staff Writer S.L.Bachman2@iup.edu

The music department at Indiana University of Pennsylvania performed music of the World War II era as part of a dedication concert using the newly acquired Pogorzelski-Yankee Memorial pipe organ Sunday in Cogswell Hall.

“Heroes and Martyrs from WWII” was a commemorative recital put on in remembrance of the 70th anniversary of the end of the war.

It was dedicated to everything that German pastor, theologian and martyr, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Swedish diplomat and humanitarian, Raoul Wallenberg, did to help the Jewish population of Europe that was being persecuted by Hitler.

Dr. Christine Clewell teaches organ and piano for the department of music. She was both the principal author of the proposal to bring the PYMO to IUP and the lead performer in Sunday’s concert.

She also addressed the audience on the memorial aspect of the concert.

“This music is played in memory of all the Jewish composers whose music was banned during this time in world history,” Clewell said.

Last spring, IUP acquired the PYMO from the American Guild of Organists, and installation of the organ began.

The organ is on a renewable lease at

IUP from AGO, and it is being used both to teach students in the music department and for performances such as the “Heroes and Martyrs” concert.

However, it was not a solo recital.

Clewell was joined by other faculty from the department and a student.

Clewell was assisted by Dr. Christian Dickinson on trombone, Dr. Kevin Eisensmith on trumpet, Dr. Linda Jennings on cello, Dr. Mary Logan-Hastings who sang as a soprano and percussionist Taylor Gephart (sophomore, music).

The music for the performance was carefully selected both as a memoriam of everything that happened during the war and to keep a hopeful eye on the future. In order to aptly honor and remember Jewish people who lost their lives during the Holocaust, several pieces by Jewish composers were selected.

One such piece was “Wiegala,” which translates to “lullaby,” and was written by Isle Weber, who died in Auschwitz.

This was one of the pieces that was accompanied by lyrics Logan-Hasting sang in Hebrew.

Logan-Hastings’ performance in this song and the other ones in which she accompanied Clewell were some of the more moving pieces of the evening. All of the music was carefully selected and truly moving, but the lyrical pieces added an extra element to the concert that

(Photos by Alex Robinson/ The Penn) Above: Dr. Christine Clewell (faculty, music) performs adagio and andante on the organ at the ‘Sound Choices’ recital Sunday in Cogwell Hall.

Right: Taylor Gephart (sophomore, percussion) played the crotales during the song Sim Shalom at ‘Heroes and Martyrs’ Sunday.

captivated the audience.

Imani Motley (senior, psychology) described her thoughts on the singing and the evening as a whole.

“I like the organ,” Motley said. “It’s a very hard instrument to play, and the trumpet, cello and other instruments help improve the experience.

“The singing especially adds to the performance, and I really like it because she is singing in Hebrew.”

Motley also said she was glad she came.

“I came to broaden my musical horizons and experience a great cultural performance,” Motley said. “As for those who didn’t come, they missed out on a wonderful cultural performance.”

Gephart was the only student musician in the concert, and this was her first time being a part of faculty recital or anything like this concert before.

She reflected on this new experience.

“It was honestly a blast,” Gephart said. “It was great getting to know and perform with the teachers outside of class.”

The night provided a solemn reflection of a tragic part of human history, but it was also inspirational because, as Dr. Clewell paraphrased General George Patton, the night’s purpose was to honor the lives of those who died in the line of service rather than to mourn their loss.

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Stoner, Crimson Hawks roll to fifth straight win IUP tops Seton Hill, 71-56, and now has sights set on rematch with rival California (Pa.)

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

Easy games are almost a rarity, especially in college basketball.

The Indiana University of Pennsylvania women’s basketball team has been the best team in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference this season, and the Crimson Hawks are demonstrating why they are the No. 5-ranked team in the country with each game.

Saturday night, IUP faced Seton Hill University in the second and final contest between the two teams in the 2014-15 season. The game proved to be a challenge for IUP, but the team battled to a 71-56 victory over the Griffins.

Given the Crimson Hawks’ sparkling 17-1 record coming to Saturday’s game against Seton Hill, it was IUP’s job to focus on the game at hand and not the records.

“We just want to come out every game and not worry about records or any outside circumstances and just play the basketball we know how to play,” Amy Fairman (senior, sports administration) said.

Seton Hill employed a stingy zone defense, which gave the Crimson Hawks very little room to operate and saw the team shoot 31 percent from the field when the first half came to a close.

The Griffins also held IUP to 12 percent shooting from the three-point line, a 2-16 mark, although the Crimson Hawks also forced Seton Hill into taking its fair share of questionable shots.

Head coach Tom McConnell said his team held two great practices in preparation for the game, but things were not in the right rhythm.

“I thought we were out of sync in that first half,” McConnell said. “Seton Hill was very active ... and when you

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aren’t shooting well, kids start pressing a little bit. We needed to loosen up.”

Aiming for a turnaround, McConnell told his team to take open shots and relax.

The turnaround was accelerated by the play of Ashley Stoner (senior, English) and Lindsay Stamp (senior, criminology), who both grabbed rebounds and scored valuable points in a game where points were at a premium.

Stoner, fresh off a milestone game at Clarion, has been the rock in the paint for McConnell’s team. And that is something McConnell said IUP needed to excel at in the second half.

“We just needed to string together some stops and do a good job on the glass,” McConnell said. “We were active on the glass in the second half and were able to get some stops. Stoner really gave us some energy, and those offensive rebounds she got in the second half picked us up.”

But the Crimson Hawks still struggled against the Griffins’ zone defense.

Until Stoner and Stamp took over, that is.

Stamp completed the first half 1-8 shooting and with five boards but drained two threes in the middle of the second half, sparking IUP’s turnaround.

“When [Stamp] isn’t shooting well,” McConnell said, “she can still impact the game in so many ways just with her rebounding.”

IUP forced numerous turnovers in the second half from Seton Hill, and Stoner grabbed 11 boards in the final stanza to secure a victory – the team’s fifth straight.

The No. 5 Crimson Hawks held Griffins’ leading scorer, Meghan Mastroianni, to 12 points and one rebound.

Moreover, IUP out-rebounded Seton Hill 56-38.

Up next for IUP is a rivalry game against California University of Pennsylvania, the team that represents the lone blemish on IUP’s record.

The home game is scheduled for Wednesday at 5:30 p.m.

Ashley Stoner (senior, English) takes the court for the No. 5-ranked Crimson Hawks.

Lindsay Stamp (senior, criminology), left, prepares to pass the ball in IUP’s win.

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Balanced attack helps IUP cruise past Seton Hill Seven Crimson Hawks score at least five points in third straight win, an 18-point rout of Griffins By cody benjamin and vaughn dalzell The Penn Staff the-penn@iup.edu

Second-half production hasn’t been hard to come by for the Crimson Hawks as of late.

After cruising past Clarion University Jan. 24, Indiana University of Pennsylvania put together another half of efficient basketball Saturday night, outscoring Seton Hill University in the game’s final 20 minutes to capture a 7254 victory.

Early on against the Griffins, IUP struggled in its efforts to limit Seton Hill guards David Windsor and Kameron Taylor, who combined for 15 of their team’s 24 first-half points.

The duo finished with 27 of Seton Hill’s 54 points, but IUP’s defense came alive in the second half. Not a single other player scored more than seven points for Seton Hill, as Windsor and Taylor were the only ones to put an early dent in the Crimson Hawks “D.” To end the first half and swing the game’s momentum in IUP’s favor, Devante Chance (senior, communications media) grabbed a rebound and threw a left-handed half-court bounce pass to a streaking Cornell “Manny” Yarde II (redshirt sophomore, computer science), who made a buzzer-beating layup to extend the Crimson Hawks’ halftime lead to 29-24.

In the second half alone, IUP shot 55.2 percent from the floor and 40 percent from beyond the arc, outscoring Seton Hill 43-30 in dominating fashion.

Once IUP implemented the fullcourt press, the line between the team’s offensive and defensive dominance was blurred, as the Crimson Hawks appeared virtually unstoppable despite a

6-0 run by Seton Hill to open the second half.

The Griffins took a 30-29 lead as a result of their initial second-half run.

But for four consecutive possessions afterward, IUP forced a steal and scored a resulting basket, propelling the Crimson Hawks to a 15-2 run over the course of the next five minutes and, ultimately, an 18-point victory.

The team’s scoring was the most evenly distributed of the season with seven of the Crimson Hawks’ 11 players to enter the game scoring five or more points.

Leading the charge for IUP’s offense was Brandon Norfleet (junior, communications media), who overcame an ingame injury to score 15 points for the second consecutive game. Norfleet has combined for 33 points over his last two outings.

Daddy Ugbede (junior, communications media) and Shawn Dyer (graduate, criminology) also made notable contributions. Ugbede finished with 12 points and six rebounds, while Dyer had seven points and eight rebounds.

Tevin Hanner (junior, sociology) emerged as a key contributor for IUP as well, scoring 14 points and igniting the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex crowd with an alley-oop connection from Chance that kicked off IUP’s 15-2 run.

Chance, who’s averaged a teamleading 14.9 points per game this year, wasn’t atop IUP’s scoring box score but played 38.5 minutes and rounded out the Crimson Hawks with eight points, seven assists and four rebounds.

Devon Cottrell (redshirt junior, communications media), registered two points and a block in six minutes of action for IUP. Cottrell was sidelined for the Crimson Hawks’ win over Clarion because of a hamstring injury.

No. 21-ranked IUP (18-3, 12-3) will return to the KCAC Wednesday for a 7:30 p.m. showdown with rival California University of Pennsylvania (12-9, 8-8).

Brandon Norfleet (junior, communications media) fights for the ball in IUP’s win vs. Seton Hill.

(Nick Dampman/ The Penn)

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Furnished apartment for 1,2,3,or 4 people. Utilities included. 724-388-4033.

1 and 2 bedroom furnished utilities included, parking 1 block from campus on Wayne Ave. $2975 per student semester Fall 2015/Spring 2016 814-743-5272.

Fall 15 Spring 16 3,4, or 5 students $1500-$1700 per semester. Parking, W/D and garbage included . Call after 5pm 724-840-3370.

1 bedroom, $2000/per semester. 2 bedroom, $1800/ per semester. Parking included. Fall ‘15/Spring ‘16.

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2015/16 Wedgefield Apartments. 2 Bedroom $2225/ person/semester. 3 Bedroom $2325/person/semester.

Tenants pay electric, cable, internet. iupapartments. com, 724-388-5481.

Summer 2015. General Grant. 1 and 2 bedroom apartments. $950. Tenant pays electric, cable, internet.

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2015-2016. Uptown furnished 2, 3, & 4 bedroom apartments. Most utilities included starting at $1695 per semester. 724-840-5661.

3 Bedroom Apartment ALL utilities included. Free Wi-Fi. New kitchen. Facebook: BGBrothersRentals Only $2300 per semester. 724-953-9477 call/text.

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5 bedroom for rent Fall ‘15/ Spring ‘16. off-street parking and utilities included. large living room and basement access 724-388-0382.

For rent. Student rental, spring/summer/fall. Large furnished bedroom. Block from IUP. All utilities included. Call 724-349-7437.

1 Bedroom Apartment. Available Fall 2015/Spring 2016.

Furnished. All Utilities and Parking Included. www. iupoffcampusapartments.com 724-454-9860.

3 Bedroom Furnished Apartment. 2015-2016 Furnished 3 bedroom apt. Most utilities included $1695.00 per semester. Summer available if needed. 724-840-7190 or visit us at www.iuprental.com

For Spring 2015. Single Studio rooms. 2 available. All Utillities included. $2395. Call 724-3492007.

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Fully furnished, free parking, washer and dryer, dishwasher, close location and newly remodeled. PET FRIENDLY 724-422-6757. www.facebook.com/tntrentals 4-bedroom house. 1228 Oakland Ave. 2015/ 2016. $1600. Includes parking, some utilities. 703-307-7288.

Five Bedroom, Two Bath. $1900 plus utilities. 461 Philadelphia Street. Parking included. 724-422-4852.

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ROOMMATES Roommate needed for 3 bedroom apartment. $1800. Fall ‘15/Spring ‘16. 2 semester lease. 724-840-7190. iuprental.com

February 3, 2015

Sports

15

Brandon Hopkins (senior, kinesiology health & sport science) swam in the 500-meter freestyle for the IUP men’s team, competing against Gannon and Bloomsburg.

(Cal Cary/ The Penn)

IUP tops Gannon, Bloomsburg in Tri-Meet Invite Crimson Hawks swimmers improve to 5-0 in advance of conference championships

By JED JOHNSON Contributing Writer J.N.Johnson3@iup.edu

The men’s and women’s teams of the Indiana University of Pennsylvania Crimson Hawks faced off in the Crimson Hawk Tri-Meet Invite against Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference rivals Bloomsburg University and Gannon University Friday and Saturday.

Both IUP’s men’s and women’s programs swept their matches against the opposing squad.

Gannon was disSWIMMING carded rather easily by both the Crimson Hawks and Huskies; however, the Bloomsburg matches proved to be rather close.

IUP’s women defeated Bloomsburg by a final score of 187-145 and walloped Gannon by a final score of 226102. Bloomsburg made quick work of Gannon, too, coasting ahead to a 216113 finish.

Leading the charge throughout this affair was Paige Spradling (sophomore, biology) with three individual wins.

Bloomsburg’s Caroline Hodgins, IUP’s Taylor Snyder (senior, human development and environmental studies) also put out solid performances with two event wins apiece.

Aniella Janosky (sophomore, accounting), a 2015 PSAC Women’s Swimmer of the Week honoree, was one of four women’s swimmers to help IUP place first in the 200 yard medley relay, too.

The men’s program was also running on all cylinders, defeating Bloomsburg by a narrow eight points, 170-162, and thrashing Gannon 255-68.

The men’s portion of the meet had five different swimmers combine for two wins apiece.

Brandon Hopkins (senior, kinesiology health & sport science), Yuri Fernandes (junior, computer science) and Ben Adams (redshirt junior, Criminology) represented the Crimson Hawks.

Jake Harner and Alex Otero competed for Bloomsburg.

Neither Gannon’s men’s nor women’s programs won a single event in the individual bracket.

In the relay realm, however, Gannon and Bloomsburg’s women’s programs managed two wins apiece to IUP’s one.

Yet, Gannon was shut out in the men’s races, and Bloomsburg outscored IUP three wins to two.

The IUP women’s team ended the regular season with a 3-0 record, not counting the three invitationals they participated in, giving the team confidence with the home stretch of the season approaching.

IUP’s men’s program also ended their regular season with a perfect 3-0 mark, so things are on the up-and-up for the future of this program as well.

Gannon, however, has both of their teams sitting at 2-6, competing in fewer invitationals.

There is plenty of work that needs to be done in order for Gannon to compete in the PSAC in years to come.

Bloomsburg’s men’s and women’s swimming program participated in only one invitational, thus more of their meets counted toward their overall record.

The Huskies women’s team finished with a strong 8-1 record, and the men’s team’s final record of 6-2.

The PSAC Championships, a fourday event at the Graham Aquatic Center, located in York, is slated to begin Feb. 19.

11.1

vs. Shippensburg

12.18

vs. Wheeling Jesuit

1.23

vs. Clarion

1.30

vs. Bloomsburg

1.31

vs. Gannon

MEN

WOMEN

W 135 - 66

W 121 - 79

W 129 - 66

W 125.5 - 74.5

W 120 - 116

W 153 - 80

W 170 - 162

W 226 - 102

W 255 - 68

W 187 - 145

STUDENT RENTALS 2015-2016 Semester OR 9-12 month leases

2-5 Bedrooms Some utilities included

Furnished/Unfurnished/Parking

724-349-1924 X399 www.klrealestate.com