MARCH 7, 2014

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THE ART OF HOCKEY

Cal U alumnus Jason Vogel (‘08) works in a unique position as the creative director for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pen-guins hockey team where he applies many artistic skills he learned as a student of graphic design.

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Vulcans Men’s Basketball junior Alonzo Murphy is in the spotlight as our “Athlete of the Week”. The six-foot-eight forward from Pittsburgh averaged ten points and six re-bounds per game this season.

CAL U ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Creator of “Because of Them, We Can” photo series brings message of hope to Cal U’s Black History Month

During California University of Pennsylvania’s celebration of Black History Month, the uni-versity, according to Assistant Professor Harrison Pinckney, made an e ort to both educate and inspire students. In order to achieve their goal, Cal U held events and welcomed speakers that that allowed students to be exposed to new ideas about things pertaining to both Afri-can American culture and pop culture as a whole.

Pinckney pursued one speak-er in particular, Eunique Jones, due to her initiatives within the black community.

Jones, who gave Black His-tory Month’s keynote address on Feb. 27 in the Vulcan The-atre, said she never would have envisioned herself becoming the source of inspiration when she rst thought about doing something to make a di erence.

Back in 2012, shortly after the death of Trayvon Martin, Jones, who was at the time a manager of online ads and social media for Microsoft, decided to use her love of art and photogra-phy as an avenue for change.

The result was the “I Am Trayvon Martin” awareness campaign, which used photos of everyday people dressed in a hoodie (the attire Martin was wearing when he was shot) to portray that anyone could have met the same fate as Martin.

The campaign, which ran through April 10, 2012, was a success and its exposure on so-cial media websites and online news publications gave Jones a following.

However, this endeavor was only the starting point for Jones.

A year later, right before Feb. 2013, Jones started thinking about the current state of Afri-can Americans in this country.

“I thought back to the I Am Trayvon Martin campaign in relation to how the black community is portrayed in the media,” Jones said. “Much like that campaign showed images that refuted what some kids saw on TV with the coverage of the Martin incident, I wanted to start a campaign for Black His-tory Month that refuted what kids see on TV about black America.”

As Jones stood in her kitchen, she found her inspiration from an unlikely source.

“I was watching my son Chase run around the kitchen table and I thought, “Hey, he kind of looks like [Muham-mad] Ali,” Jones said. “Then it dawned on me, because of those before him, Chase can feel free to be himself.”

That thought, Jones said, led to the creation of a Facebook page entitled ‘Because of Them, We Can.’

The page, which contained pictures of African American children channeling and por-traying in uential black leaders, athletes, and celebrities from both the past and present, was originally meant to have content posted on it during the month of February.

However, as Black History Month 2014 drew to a close, people who came across the page commented about their desire to see the page continue to post pictures year round.

Not long after that, people began requesting that Jones’s pictures be put on posters, calendars, and even in a book.

“It’s amazing how the page grew,” Jones said. “It really did happen organically.”

And, although the page al-lowed Jones to pursue her aforementioned dream of us-ing art as a means of social change, it also forced her to make a tough decision.

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Eunique Jones Gibson’s photo project features hundreds of young people posing as some of the most iconic and influ-ential African American figures from the past and present.

Photographer Eunique Jones Gibson, creator of the “Because of Them, We Can” project, signs posters for Cal U stu-dents Rashee Ferguson (center), sport management major and Danielle Burns (right), athletic training major, at the Vulcan Theater in the Natali Student Center Feb. 27.

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photo: Jeff Helsel

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Cal U Police ReportsCar DamageA student reported that her car had been struck by an-other vehicle while parked in lot 4 during the morning of Feb. 25. The case is still being investigated.

Missing Chairs in NataliOn Feb 26 at 7:30 a.m., it was reported to police that chairs had been stolen from the lobby of the Natali Student Center. The inci-dent, which staff believes occurred on Feb. 23, is still being investigated.

Unconscious Student on the BusOn Feb. 28 at 7:53 a.m., it

was reported that a female student aboard a bus at the Park and Ride at Vulcan Village was unconscious. The student refused treat-ment offered by the Fayette County EMS.

Disturbing PicturesOn Feb. 28 at 9:44 a.m., a student called police after receiving “disturbing” pictures via social media. The incident is still being investigated.

HarassmentOn March 3 at 3:07 p.m., a student was brought in by police after verbally threat-ening another student.

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“I had to choose between pursuing the dream this page created for me or my job,” Jones said. “Ultimately, I chose to re-sign from my job and make the campaign a business.”

During the summer of 2013 ‘Because of Them We Can’ gained national attention, with stories on the campaign appear-ing on the Huffington Post’s website and in the Washington Post. In early Feb. 2014, the U.S. government nationally recog-nized the campaign while Jones visited the White House.

Despite the recognition and the pro ts, Jones said her goal has never changed.

“Some people didn’t want to work with me when I made this a business because they thought my motives had changed,” Jones said. “But it was never about the money. This move-ment is bigger than that. This

movement is bigger than my personal successes and me. This movement has one goal; to impact and change lives.”

Over time, Jones said she hopes to see the movement’s goal become the goal of college students around the world.

“I always stress the fact people need to chase their dreams and use their voice

and their talents to make an impact,” Jones said. “But, for that to happen, we need to get rid of our complacency. Today. people think their voices don’t matter and their dreams can’t be achieved. But, to me, if your dreams match you actions, anything can happen. You can change the world.”

Courtesy: Eunique Jones Gibson

Photographer’s work features youngsters in portrayals of prominent African Americans

MARCH 7, 2014 PAGE 3FEATURE

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Position: Part-time accounting position with the Student Association, Inc. at California University of Penn-sylvania

Description of Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities: Assist with journal entries. Assist with reconciliation of various accounts. AR/AP banking and investment statements, management prepared operating reports.Assist with managing asset additions, disposals, depreciation and inventory.

Contingent upon the timing of the employment, the student employee will assist with the annual audit at the end of the scal year (June 30). Employee will have opportunity to assist full time sta with the preparation of annual audit work schedules and con rmations, review drafts of various nancial statements, and answer any questions the auditors have, within their scope of knowledge.

Student accountants will also receive consideration for internship opportunities. uali cations Must be a registered student of California University of Pennsylvania Must be business administration major with an accounting concentration

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When life gets rough, any help is welcomed______________________BY JOSH HERMANfor the Cal Times

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My worn and stained sweat-pants did little to shield me from the cold hard steps of The First Baptist Church in Morgantown, W. Va. Several more people walked by. “24..25..26,” I count-ed them in my head. None of the three acknowledged me, made eye contact or dropped any change in my old Folgers co ee can. The same could be said for the rst 23 that passed by.

The below-freezing tempera-ture was starting to get to me and I wondered if my panhan-dling expedition was a mistake. The sign I held read, “ANY HE P WE COMED,” but I felt anything but welcomed. Be-neath the main message of the sign I had added, “GOD BLESS” in smaller print, only because I had seen those words so often on signs of beggars I had en-countered in the past.

I saw No. 27 walking up High Street alone – a pretty, brown-skinned girl in jeans and a yellow WVU hoodie. She must have been in her late teens and I wondered if she would cross the street to avoid trudging past me. I wondered if I made her un-comfortable. She did not divert from her path and about a half a block before she reached me she stuck her hand in her left pocket. She did not make eye contact, nor did she actually stop, but her walk slowed as she silently bent down and dropped a dol-lar bill in my can. I watched her walk up the hill and disappear from my sight.

Earlier that day I had been in my room where I untied my Jor-dans and put them in the corner. I removed my Nautica jeans and my Nike sweatshirt and threw them in with my other laundry.

In place of my jeans I put on the stained sweat pants. I wore an old wrinkled WVU t-shirt that I had gotten out of a stor-age bin, and over that I slipped on a thick black tattered jacket I had bought at a Good Will a few days earlier. I gazed at my unshaven self in the mirror and knew I looked the part. It all may have been for nothing if it weren’t for No. 27.

My determination was rein-forced after that rst donation and I continued to stew on the steps of the church and wait for the next act of kindness. That kindness came in peculiar fashion in the form of Sam. Sam was just shy of six feet tall and he stumbled on his way across the busy street. He stepped right in front of me and gave me the once over as if he was examin-ing under the hood of a car. He had thin stretches of grey hair that was accompanied by a grey beard. The teeth in his mouth were much easier to count than the teeth that were missing. I think I managed to spot four in total. His clothes were in rougher shape than mine and my nostrils absorbed a strange scent that radiated from my visitor.

After a few moments he looked up at me and spoke, but Sam’s words, like his smell was undistinguishable. I smiled and nodded out of instinct, my nerves on edge as I tried to de-termine what Sam’s next move would be. “The God Damn Sign brother,” he yelled as he pointed to my cardboard cry for help. I thought maybe he wanted mine or wanted me to make one for him.

Sam liked to talk more than he liked to listen, an ironic char-acteristic for someone who was near incomprehensible. Over his next ve minutes of rambling I picked up enough context clues to catch his drift. “Pigs..

sign..jail..overnight..trouble..pricks,” were some of the words I managed to pluck out of his warning and I understood. If the cops saw me on the street with this sign they would ar-rest me. Sam went on to tell me how messed up he was. He lit a cigarette that he retrieved from behind his ear and pumped up his chest. “Case of beer…six or seven bowls…everything,” he braggingly muttered as I tried to take in as much information as I could decipher.

I soon came to realize that Sam had no plans on leaving anytime soon. I think he tried to invite me somewhere, but I couldn’t tell for sure. I stood up. “I think I better get rid of this sign and get on my way,” I said to Sam. Sam began to warn me about the sign again as if our previous conversation had evaporated from his memory. I turned and walked away while he continued to talk, seemingly unbothered by his lack of audi-ence.

I replaced my sign with a smaller version that could be easily hidden within the con-

nes of my jacket. I walked a few blocks down from the house of worship where I had origi-

nally setup camp and groups of college kids passed me. I felt embarrassed and awkward as I made my way down the bus-tling main street of the campus. Sure, sitting on the steps with my co ee can and my sign came with feelings of unfamiliarity, but now it was like I wanted to crawl out of my skin and slither away from everything and ev-eryone. I needed to escape and then it hit me as to why I was overwhelmed with shame and unease. It was their eyes. They looked at me. I don’t mean a few people here and there; I mean they were all looking at me. I had gone from an unsightly ornament not worth a glance to a mobile spectacle that people were xated on. I quickly found a spot in front of a brick wall and tried to seamlessly drift back into an inconspicuous state.

Foot traffic was heavier in my new stomping ground (sit-ting ground rather) and people emerged from the building I leaned against carrying Styro-foam containers which led me to the conclusion that it was some type of restaurant. Several people threw money and I could hear the clang of change hitting my Folgers can. Business was

picking up, and I allowed my mind to wander. I wondered if people would give me food down this way or if the cops would bring a citation or worse. I wanted neither. I thought of number 27 and wanted to know her name. I wanted to go home.

I slipped into an alley to count the day’s earnings. $4.47 was the nal tally. I counted it twice to make sure. My pace was feverish as I walked back up High St. I kept my head down to avoid the piercing stares of judgment whether they were real or imagined. I was minutes from my car when I saw a man sitting on the ground with a shoebox in front of him. He was draped in a lthy brown afghan. I wondered if he would use his modest earnings to get drunk or high like Sam. Sam, despite his character aws thought it worth his time to help me avoid a run in with police with his warning and No. 27 helped me to not give up. I thought those gestures were both worth repay-ing. I nodded at the man sitting on the ground and emptied the $4.47 into his shoebox. “Take it easy,” I said with a smile to the man. He didn’t look up and I didn’t look back.

photo courtesy: wikipediaMore often than not, those in need on the streets are overlooked or considered an eyesore.

Cal U student experiences homelessness through real life experiment

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“Cutie and the Boxer” “Cutie and the Boxer” was one of this year’s Oscar nominees in

the documentary feature category. Even though it didn’t win it still proves it’s worthy of a nomination.

The lm is about Ushio Shinohara who has been a leading alternative artist in Japan and New York City. He creates his art by placing boxing gloves in paint and punching the canvas in an artful manner. Through his years his wife Noriko has stood by his side as a faithful wife.

Both are highlights in the lm as they follow Ushio trying to make it big without compromising his art and Noriko’s attempt at getting her on creative work in motion.

photo courtesy: MoviesInLA, flickr.com

United States Steel offers valuable work experience _______________________BY DEVEN BOURQUINfor the Cal Times

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College students face a bar-rage of advice on a daily basis about how to improve their mar-ketability. Eugene “Geno” Buc-celli, 20, a business nance ma-jor, takes his education beyond the four walls of the classroom.

Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, he wakes up at 4 a.m. to prepare for his day. He commutes from California Uni-versity of Pennsylvania to Pitts-burgh for his internship with United States Steel Corporation.

“It seems so much at rst,”

Buccelli said. “It’s just like with anything, like the rst day of classes for example,” he said relating to the adjustments he has had to make to his newly time-crunched life.

Buccelli works in their payroll office and deals with unions. According to Bucelli, there has been a lot of tax work lately, though it’s starting to die down. He also does rate adjustments for workers. A lot of data en-try duties and breaking them down is involved as well. He is learning the computer system more every day and the email-ing involved with the job is an important aspect.

“It’s one thing to email a

professor,” Buccelli said. “It’s another thing to email because of a job, where it really matters. I am no longer just representing myself. I am now representing a company.”

As for the pace of his days, he said, “There is always work to be done, so time is always mov-ing. It’s nice because I’m not just sitting at the desk all the time. There are meetings that I attend and they help break up the day.”

Buccelli said that he would like to work in nancial analyt-ics, but “it’s cool to see how everything really works.”

“I wish I would have known exactly how much time it takes,” Buccelli said. “I knew it would but I didn’t know how hard. Mentally and physically I am tired. It’s a stressful point of life. I am happy though.”

The best part about an intern-ship is that you are surrounded with likeminded individuals who have a job in the industry.

“The people I work with hands down make the intern-ship so much better,” Buccelli said.

Buccelli has a plethora of ad-vice for students on searching for internships.

“Put yourself out there, whether you think you want the experience or not. Prepare yourself well. You need the in-terviewing experience.”

He also has a tip for students once they step into their intern-ship.

“Once you’re on the job, just relax. Make sure you are your-self.”

photo: deven bourquin

_______________________BY JAMIE RIDERcontributing editor

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You could find yourself in a musical rut after months of listening to the same songs and artists over and over. When there are so many different bands and singers out there it is amazing that this phenomenon even occurs.

Some of the bands/artists list-ed here may not be new releases, but they are still worth giving a chance to. The great thing about music is it’s new no matter when you rst listen to it.

Hurrah! A Bolt of Light!Listen if you like: Arcade Fire,

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Imagine Dragons

Start o with the song “Devil

On My Shoulder” and go from

there. The gru , soulful voice of the lead singer draws lis-teners in immediately. Tightly wound, overlapping sounds make the songs interesting to the ear and there isn’t a moment where listeners feel like they expected it to go there. They are slated to release a new album at the beginning of April and just released a new song called “Sold My Soul.” The band has a Soundcloud, MySpace, Tumblr, Facebook and their 2011 album can be found on Spotify.

Jessica Hernandez and the Deltas

Listen to if you like: Amy Wine-house, Adele, Florence and the Machine

This band features powerful female vocals and evokes the feeling of sitting someplace warm and humid despite the ex-treme cold that may surround.

The horn featured in their mu-sic gives it a southern feel. It’s perfect if the winter blues have set in and the soul is aching for something heavy and rich in tone. The bands sound embod-ies everything from Motown to early surf, psych, carnival, and girl group pop. Their latest EP “Demons” was released in November of 2013 and is on Spotify.

Magic ManListen to if you like: Passion Pit,

M83, Shiny Toy Guns

Synth-Rock is the label this band fits under. Electro-pop melodies, guitar, bass, drums and vocals play around to create an energetic and fun sound that is easy to become invested in. Their EP is like a musical jour-ney with most of the song titles being named after places. Per-haps it will be the soundtrack

for a college road trip of self-discovery. They are going to be in Pittsburgh in April with well-known act Panic! at the Disco at Stage AE, so there is an opportunity to see them live if listeners enjoy them enough.

Modern BaseballListen to if you like: New Found

Glory, Say Anything, The Wonder Years

Brenden Lukens, who sup-plies the lead vocals in the band, has one of those voices that seem to talk through a song more than sing it. It works perfectly though with the pop-punk sound the band sports. They were recently features in Alternative Press magazine and have been gain-ing popularity with people who love the genre. Their lyrics are so straightforward it’s hard to listen and not feel a connection of some sort. They just released

their sophomore album, “You’re Gonna Miss It All,” and it’s streaming on Spotify.

Jake BuggListen to if you like: The Beatles,

Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan

You don’t hear this kind of voice often in the singers of our generation. It’s rough and full of twang. Jake Bugg is a 1 year-old British boy full of soul. His music blends rock, folk, and blues elements that all work together to make music that transports listeners to another time. It’s easy to imagine this singer is much older than he is. His music is the type of music you play on an old school re-cord player because it makes the sound even more alive than it already is. Both of his albums are on Spotify if listeners don’t own a record player.

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The 724 Dining Tour: First Stop, Speers Street Grill _______________________BY KATIE DELVERNEfor the Cal Times

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It is my pleasure to welcome you to the 724 Dining Tour. Living in the 724 my entire life, I have had the pleasure of dining at some of the most enjoyable and interesting res-taurants in the area. I have had a taste for delectable food since I was young and since going to a university so near to my home, I found that not a lot of college students know of the restaurants this area has to of-fer. Because of this I felt it was my personal duty to educate the people of California University of Pennsylvania about the hole-in-the-walls – the diners and exquisite restaurants the 724 has to o er its visitors and residents.

Our rst stop on the tour is the Speers Street Grill, a twelve-minute drive from Cal U.

Whenever I hear the word grill I automatically think steak. However, Speers Street Grill is much more than just steaks.

They have quite a few options to go along with your preferred steak, but the menu has a wide

array of items to pick from – it’s one of those “there’s something for everyone” places. Dishes range from pastas, seafood, Black Angus burgers, sand-wiches, and salads along with a wide variety of appetizers. The average price range for dishes is $10-$15, with a maximum of $20.

Now you may ask, ‘what sort of restaurant is this exactly? What should I expect when I walk through the door?’

It’s not a huge restaurant – a remodeled house with three rooms to dine in overlooking the Monongahela River. There is a bakery at the entrance that sells biscotti and freshly-made desserts from The Speers Street Grill’s catering business, 2 Fine Caters. The dress code is causal and it has a family appropri-ate atmosphere, but it’s also a great spot for a date or a special occasion.

On this particular visit, I went on a Saturday night around 6:30 p.m. with my family. When din-ing out with my parents, my dad will usually make reservations, and boy did I wish he would have this night. Arriving at the restaurant, there was little to no parking available. After nding

a spot, we walked into a very crowded Speers Street Grill.

Despite the wait the service was great and our waitress was extremely friendly and help-ful. I asked her about the crazy amount of business coming and going and she explained that was normal for a Saturday night, and weekends in general. She also said they do not take reservations on weekends, but will on weeknights for parties of 8-10 people, so heads up if you plan to dine on a weekend.

We decided to start our meal with an appetizer. Speers Street Grill is known for their Fried Zucchini ($7.50). According to their menu, they sell over 1,000 servings per month. After tast-ing them, you’ll understand why. They are thinly sliced pieces of zucchini with a light and crispy coating of breading served with ranch dressing that will melt in your mouth and you will soon forget if you are on your second or tenth piece. They also only come in one size – a large basket with enough to feed a third world country. Well, maybe not that many, but it was certainly too much for four people to nish.

For my entree I ordered

Stuffed Cod Supreme ($15), a new item on the menu. The dish was great – easily one of the best-cooked pieces of sh I’ve had. The entree was a cod loin stu ed with a mixture of crab, blended with seasoned herbs, breadcrumbs and Ro-mano cheese. On top of the cod was a delicious, creamy lobster Alfredo sauce and on the side it was a wild rice blend and asparagus.

I could not get enough of my entrée. My parents were laugh-ing at me as a scraped the dish that my sh was baked in clean. The crab and cheese blend that the sh was stu ed with was mouth watering – I could have ate a plate of just that, but the perfectly cooked sh made it all the more better.

My dad raved about the Homemade Gnocchi ($12). He said they tasted just like his mother’s. The Salmon Crunch ($15.99), a huge piece of salmon rubbed with honey mustard and topped with pecans for a crust-yum, is also a great choice, and last but not least is the Stu ed Mediterranean Chicken ($13.75). I wasn’t sure about this when I ordered it, but after eat-ing this chicken stu ed with a

mixture of artichoke hearts, red peppers, black olives and feta cheese topped with a roasted garlic Alfredo, I fell in love.

Though their desserts are homemade and look exceeding-ly tasty, I was too full to indulge. Next time I will have to try the Peanut Butter Melt-A-Way pie. It looked to die for!

All in all, Speers Street Grill is a de nite stop if you are in the area and looking for some savory, belly warming food.

Speers Street Grill121 Speer Street, Belle Vernon 724-483-1911

A ‘mad march’ for gamers_______________________BY DEVEN BOURQUINfor the Cal Times

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Here is a list of a number of releases that are occurring this month.

“Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeros” (PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One) – March 18.

Another game from a popular franchise, it should be noted that this game is not exactly the Metal Gear Solid release that you are hoping for. Instead, this is a prequel game to set up for “Metal Gear Solid V: The Phan-tom Pain.”

“Dark Souls 2” (PS3, Xbox 360) – March 11.

That’s right, the have-fun-

dying video game is back with more puzzles and classes and a new storyline. If you want a game that challenges you and gives you a sense of accomplish-ment for even making it five further steps, then this is a game you should buy.

“South Park: The Stick of Truth” (PS3, Xbox 360) – avail-able now.

The game based on the be-loved television show is nally coming out this month after months of anticipation. Join Eric Cartman and many others for what is sure to be a wacky adventure.

“The Witch and the Hundred Knight” (PS3) – March 25.

An action role-playing game, this game developed and pub-lished by Nippon Ichi Soft-

ware. The Hundred Knight is a powerful demon summoned by Metallia the witch to help her complete her goal. It’s a top down view akin to that of “Diablo II.”

“Atelier Escha and Logy: Alchemists of the Dark Sky” (PS3) – March 11.

The longstanding series from Gust that started in 1997 is back for more alchemical fun. Join Escha and Logy, two young alchemists, as they hone their craft. The game is a sequel of sorts to “Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk.”

“Final Fantasy X-X-2 HD Remastered” (PS3) – March 18.

For those of you who just can’t have enough of the classic PS2 hit, or for those of you who never had the chance to play it at all, “Final Fantasy X” and its sequel are back. This time the

track for “Final Fantasy X” has been remastered, along with the game’s cutscenes and graphics. It should be noted that both of the games are the interna-tional versions that were never released in the United States before.

“Titanfall” (Xbox 360, Xbox One, Windows) — March 11 (Xbox One, Windows), March 25 (Xbox 360).

Created by the co-creators of “Call of Duty,” “Titanfall” was announced at last year’s E3 event. It is an online shooter in which players control both soldiers and giant robots called Titans. Need more be said?

For those that have paid memberships to Playstation Plus and Xbox Live Gold, the following are the free games being released for this month.

It should be noted that Xbox Live Gold games work a little di erently than the Playstation Plus free games. Microsoft splits up the way that the free games are released. From March 1 to March 15, the rst game will be released. From March 16 to the end of the month will be the second free released games.

Playstation Plus games: “Tomb Raider (2013 Version),” “Thomas Was Alone” and “Lone Survivor: Director’s Cut.”

Xbox Live Games With Gold: The rst free game this month is “Sid Meier’s Civilization Revo-lution,” while the second game is “Dungeon Defenders.”

photo: katie delverne

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FROM VULCANS TO PENGUINS

CONCERT FLYERS. THEY’RE A COMMON SIGHT IN SMALL TOWNS WITH VENUES THAT HAVEN’T BEEN SHUT DOWN YET, AND IN THE EARLY ‘00S CHARLEROI, PA. WAS ONE OF THOSE TOWNS. SINCE THE INTERNET WAS STILL GROWING INTO THE EVER-AVAIL-ABLE SOURCE OF INFORMATION WE KNOW IT AS TODAY, PRINTED MATERIALS AND WORD-OF-MOUTH WERE MORE IMPORTANT

TO A SHOW’S ADVERTISING. FLYERS WERE A QUICK AND SIMPLE WAY FOR PROMOTERS TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEIR CUS-TOMER BASE. THEY WERE ALSO A QUICK AND SIMPLE WAY FOR BUDDING GRAPHIC DESIGNERS TO GET THEIR FEET WET.JASON VOGEL WAS A STUDENT AT CHARLEROI AREA HIGH SCHOOL DURING THE EARLY ‘00S. WHEN HE BEGAN TO EX-

PLORE HIS INTEREST IN GRAPHIC DESIGN DURING HIS SOPHOMORE YEAR, HIS LOCAL MUSIC SCENE PROVIDED AMPLE OPPORTUNITY FOR PRACTICE.“I STARTED WORKING WITH MY BUDDY JOSH [BAKAITUS, LOCAL CONCERT PROMOTER] DOING BRIDGEPORT ENTERTAINMENT,” VOGEL SAID. “I STARTED CUT-TING MY TEETH GRAPHICALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME THERE.

THEN I JUST DID SOME PROJECTS ON MY OWN… GOT USED TO PHOTOSHOP AND ILLUSTRATOR.”VOGEL NEVER CONSIDERED HIMSELF A FINE ARTIST. HE HAD ALWAYS ENJOYED DRAWING, BUT HE FELT HIS SKILLS IN THE AREA LEFT SOMETHING TO BE DESIRED. HE DISCOVERED HIS LOVE FOR GRAPHIC DESIGN THROUGH HIS APPRECIATION FOR ADVERTISE-MENT AND PRODUCT PACKAGING,

PARTICULARLY VIDEO GAME PACKAGING. VOGEL DECIDED TO TURN THAT LOVE INTO A CAREER AND, AFTER GRADUATING FROM CHARLEROI IN 2003, HE BEGAN CLASSES AT THE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY IN PITTSBURGH.“I WENT THERE, MET A LOT OF PEOPLE [AND] GOT A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE [ABOUT] ALL THE INS AND OUTS OF THE BUSINESS. I TOOK A COUPLE INTERNSHIPS, LEARNED A LOT FROM MY PRO-FESSORS THERE, MET A COUPLE OF FRIENDS AND LIVED AT THEIR PLACE… BASICALLY WE DID DESIGN ALL THE TIME.”VOGEL MADE THE MOST OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT HIS SCHOOL AFFORDED HIM, BUT HE ALSO USED HIS ENVIRONMENT TO HIS ADVANTAGE.“I GAINED A LOT OF KNOWL-EDGE JUST BEING IN PITTS-BURGH… JUST BEING ON THE STREET. THAT WAS REALLY THE FIRST THING, JUST KIND OF POPPING UP IN AGENCIES AND LEARNING THE TRICKS OF THE TRADE. MY ONE FRIEND GOT A JOB AT BLATTNER BRUNNER [DESIGN FIRM] AND I KIND OF PEEKED IN ON WHAT HE WAS DOING AND HE HELPED ME WITH SOME FREELANCE WORK.” AFTER EARNING HIS ASSOCI-ATE’S FROM IADT IN 2005, VOGEL DECIDED THAT HE NEED-ED A BACHELOR’S DEGREE TO TAKE HIS NEXT STEP. HE MADE THE DECISION TO ATTEND A TRA-DITIONAL UNIVERSITY INSTEAD OF ANOTHER TECH SCHOOL AND ENROLLED AT CALIFORNIA UNI-VERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA.CAL U IS KEEN ON BUILDING CHARACTER AND CAREERS, BUT VOGEL CAME TO THE UNIVER-SITY WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF THE FORMER. THE LATTER, HOWEVER, IS AN AREA THAT VO-GEL WAS LOOKING TO CONTINUE CONSTRUCTION ON, SO HE TOOK A JOB AT THE UNIVERSITY’S MULTIMEDIA ACCESS CENTER, OR AS STUDENTS KNOW IT, THE MAC LAB.“IMMEDIATELY SINCE I HAD KNOWLEDGE OF DESIGN AND HAD A DECENT PORTFOLIO GOING I GOT A JOB AT THE MAC LAB, WHICH IS THE BEST THING THAT COULD HAVE EVER HAPPENED TO ME. I COULD BASICALLY DO DESIGN ALL DAY ALL THE TIME [AND] IT WAS FOR REAL CLIENTS.”VOGEL CONTINUED NETWORKING DURING HIS TIME AT CAL U BY KEEPING IN TOUCH WITH FRIENDS FROM HIS FORMER SCHOOL AND ATTENDING AS MANY EVENTS AS POSSIBLE. HIS NETWORKING PAID

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TOP: WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON PENGUINS CREATIVE DIRECTOR AND CAL U ALUMNUS JASON VOGEL. LEFT: A GRAPHIC DESIGNED BY VOGEL FOR THE 2013 AHL PLAYOFFS FEATURING CURRENT PITTSBURGH DEFENSEMAN OLLI MAATTA.

CHAIR AT A PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY TEAM. IT HAS ALSO PUT HIS WORK IN EA SPORTS’ YEARLY NHL VIDEO GAME.“IT’S REALLY FUNNY AND IT’S AWESOME TOO,” VOGEL SAID ABOUT SEEING A JERSEY HE HELPED DESIGN IN A VIDEO GAME SERIES HE’S BEEN PLAYING FOR YEARS. “I ACTUALLY LOOK FOR-WARD TO IT.”ALONG WITH COLLABORATING ON THE WBS PENGUINS’ NEW JERSEYS, VOGEL IS CALLED ON TO DO PATCHES FOR SPECIAL JERSEYS. MINOR LEAGUE TEAMS ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR CREATIVE BRANDING DURING SPECIAL OCCA-SIONS, AND THE WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON PENGUINS ARE NO EXCEPTION. VOGEL HAS DESIGNED CHRISTMAS JERSEYS, THE JERSEY WORN BY THE PENS DURING LAST SEASON’S OUTDOOR CLASSIC IN HERSHEY, PA. AND THE CLUB’S CURRENT ALTERNATE JERSEY, WHICH COMMEMORATES THEIR 15-YEAR ANNIVERSARY.WATCHING FUTURE NHL STARS COMPETE IN THE JERSEYS HE DE-SIGNED IS JUST ONE PART OF THE JOB FOR VOGEL – THIS IS A JOB, AFTER ALL. “ON A TYPICAL DAY I USUALLY GET THERE [AROUND] 8:30 A.M. [AND] KIND OF GO THROUGH MY PROJECTS. I SELF-MANAGE MYSELF, BUT I DO HAVE OTHER PEOPLE I HAVE TO ANSWER TO. BASICALLY EVERY DIFFERENT PART OF OUR ORGANIZATION, WHETHER IT’S SPONSORSHIPS, GROUP SALES, SEASON TICKETS OR MARKET-ING… I GO THROUGH AND I HAVE A SEPARATE MEETING WITH EACH PERSON AND I TAKE CARE OF ALL

THEIR DESIGN NEEDS. I USU-ALLY GO IN, SEE WHAT’S GOING ON, GRAB A CUP OF COFFEE AND, KNOWING MY PROJECTS COM-ING IN, I WILL MEET WITH THOSE SPECIFIC DEPARTMENTS AND COM-PLETE PROJECTS FOR THEM.”A PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY TEAM IS NOT A NORMAL BUSINESS THOUGH, SO A JOB IN THE FRONT OFFICE OF A PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY TEAM IS GOING TO COME WITH ITS OWN PARTICULAR SET OF RESPONSIBILI-TIES. VOGEL HAS BEEN A HOCKEY FAN SINCE HE WAS SIX – THAT SORT OF FANDOM CAN TAKE A RESPONSIBILITY LIKE A GAME DAY AND TURN IT INTO A JOB PERK. “ON A GAME DAY ITS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. THE PROJECTS KIND OF TAKE A BACKSEAT TO GAME DAY BECAUSE PRETTY MUCH ONCE YOU GET IN UNTIL THE MOMENT THE GAME STARTS IT’S PREPARATION. I USED TO DO INTERVIEWS [AND] GIVE THEM TO OUR VIDEO EDITOR AND HE’D TAKE CARE OF THAT. AT ONE POINT I WAS LIVE TWEETING AND DID FACEBOOK UPDATES AS WELL AS TWITTER. ANY KIND OF GRAPHICAL STUFF… PHOTO EDIT-ING ON THE FLY DURING THE GAME TO GET [THE PHOTOS] TO ALL OUR MEDIA OUTLETS WHETHER IT’S NEWSPAPER, INTERNET BASED OR EVEN PITTSBURGH AT POINTS. SOMETIMES THEY WANT PHOTOS FROM GAMES BECAUSE THEY MAY BE DOING A SPECIAL ON US WITH DAN POTASH [JOURNALIST WHO COVERS THE PITTSBURGH PENGUINS FOR ROOT SPORTS], SO WE WOULD SEND THEM STUFF WHILE THE GAME IS FLOWING. THAT IS KIND OF A DAY-TO-DAY EXPERIENCE. IT’S A LOT, BUT IT’S

FUN.”BEING A PART OF THE PITTSBURGH PENGUINS ORGANIZATION HAS GIVEN VOGEL THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET SOME WELL-KNOWN NAMES AMONGST PENGUINS FANS, BUT HIS EXPERIENCE HAS AFFORD-ED HIM A RESERVED APPROACH TO HIS EXCITEMENT OVER RUBBING SHOULDERS WITH THE HOCKEY ELITE.“I’M NOT A BIG ‘I MET THIS GUY I MET THAT GUY.’ ONCE YOU GET THERE YOU SORT OF GET TO KNOW EVERYBODY SO ITS NOT LIKE, YOU KNOW, ‘STOP IN YOUR TRACKS JAW HITS THE FLOOR’ OR ANYTHING. I’VE NEVER BEEN LIKE THAT BECAUSE I USED TO WORK IN CONCERT PROMOTIONS SO I KIND OF LOST THAT A LONG TIME AGO, BUT IT’S REALLY NICE TO SEE BILLY GUERIN WALKING AROUND, JOHN HYNES OUR HEAD COACH IS GREAT, ALAIN NASREDDINE, FOR-MER PITTSBURGH PENGUIN AND NOW OUR ASSISTANT [COACH] IS REALLY COOL. YOU GET TO MEET EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY’S SUPER NICE AND YOU SEE HOW THE OR-GANIZATION WORKS AS A WHOLE. IT’S NOT JUST PITTSBURGH PENGUINS DOING EVERYTHING… BASICALLY ANY COACHES – DAN BYLSMA, FROM TOP THEY COME DOWN. THOSE GUYS TRAVEL AND I COME ACROSS THEM WHEN I’M SHOOTING VIDEO OR ANY SMALLER PROJECTS I’M WORKING WITH AND THEY’RE REALLY COOL AND RE-ALLY NICE.”DISTANCE ISN’T ALWAYS A PROPER UNIT OF MEASURE FOR HOW FAR YOU’VE COME. WILKES-BARRE, PA. IS A FOUR-AND-A-HALF HOUR DRIVE FROM CHARLEROI, PA., BUT

VOGEL’S GOAL LIES ONLY 45 MIN. FROM HIS HOMETOWN – A CALL-UP TO PLAY FOR WILKES-BARRE’S AFFILIATE IN PITTSBURGH.“I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IT TO THE NHL SOMEDAY. IT’S REALLY COOL BEING IN WILKES-BARRE. YOU BASICALLY GET YOUR HANDS DIRTY WITH PRETTY MUCH ANY-THING AND EVERYTHING. BEING A FAN OF THE GAME, IT’S REALLY EXCITING TO DO SOMETHING DIF-FERENT OTHER THAN THE ADVER-TISING AGENCY STUFF.”IT WOULDN’T BE A STRETCH TO SAY THAT JASON VOGEL UTILIZED THE RESOURCES AROUND HIM TO BETTER HIS BRAND AND MAKE HIMSELF MARKETABLE – THAT’S WHAT VOGEL WAS DOING DUR-ING THE YEARS HE WAS EARNING HIS DEGREES. VOGEL WOULDN’T EXACTLY PUT IT LIKE THAT, THOUGH. VOGEL WOULD SAY THAT HE WORKED HIS ASS OFF DOING WHAT HE LOVED TO DO SO HE COULD GET TO WHERE HE WANTED TO BE, AND THOSE OF US WITH EVEN THE SLIGHTEST AMOUNT OF KNOWLEDGE WHEN IT COMES TO THE VOCABULARY OF PERSONAL BRANDING CAN RELATE TO THAT. JASON VOGEL WAS DESIGNING POSTERS FOR CAL U CAMPUS EVENTS. NOW HIS MORNING ROU-TINE INVOLVES SMALL TALK WITH FUTURE NHL PLAYERS AND HIS WORK PERPETUATES THE PUBLIC IDENTITY OF A PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY FRANCHISE. IT’S RATHER EASY FOR VOGEL TO REMAIN HUMBLE DESPITE EVERYTHING HE HAS ACCOMPLISHED –THAT’S BECAUSE HE ISN’T FINISHED YET.

PAGE 8 MARCH 7, 2014OPINION

_______________________BY JAMIE RIDERcontributing editor

_______________________Most days I am optimistic

about the human race and how far we’ve come. I like to think that we’re progressing as a so-ciety and I’m living in a more accepting time period when it comes to gender, race and sexuality.

Then I heard about the bill that was the rst bill to make it to Arizona’s Gov. Jan Brewer’s desk this year. It broadly out-lined the terms that would al-low business owners the right to refuse service to anyone who is not a heterosexual because of

their religious beliefs. How did this bill make it to

the governor’s desk in the rst place? Was it really the most pressing matter that the state needed to look at? It makes you wonder if those who pushed the bill heavily were trying to start controversy right o the bat this year, or if they truly felt it was an issue of extreme importance.

Luckily this bill was vetoed last Friday for various reasons dealing with economics and human rights. The governor was quoted saying, “my biggest question is: why was it even drafted in the rst place?”

As a business owner you are entitled to have certain rights

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when it comes to who you choose to serve. If someone is being rude or is acting inap-propriately I feel you have the right to ask them to politely leave. The grounds for asking someone to leave should be based on common sense and the standards of how to act in public like a civilized human being.

If a man and woman holding hands in your business isn’t an o ensive action, then why would a man and a man holding hands be grounds for dismissal from the property?

The bill was apparently so broadly-worded that it could’ve been used to discriminate against groups of people with-

out the basis of religion being used to defend the discrimi-nation. The fact that religious freedoms need protecting seems a little strange as well. Nobody is asking anyone to change their views, just to have enough de-cency to accept people from all walks of life.

The sexuality of customers ultimately doesn’t a ect a busi-ness, but the attitude of business owners a ects the customers. Denying service to an entire demographic and their sup-porters doesn’t seem like a good business plan if you’re trying to make money. It also doesn’t seem like the best way to go if your faith outlines acceptance

and love. The passing of this bill would

have been a major setback for human rights, and I worry about the emergence of legislation like this popping up in other states. We should be moving into an era of acceptance and under-standing.

This means holding steady to your beliefs without alienating and ostracizing those who are di erent or don’t t into your personal diagram of how life should be.

We are all equal. We are all di erent. We all have to stick together to make this world a better place to live in.

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When I was in fourth grade, my mom and dad gave me my

rst cellphone. It was a black Nokia Tracphone that was the size of my palm and I have to admit, it made me feel pretty cool.

I was the rst one out of my small group of friends to have one, but It wasn’t something I asked to have so I could text or talk to my friends – it was just so I could call my parents when I needed them to pick me up from a friend’s house because I was afraid to stay the night or when I was done with cheerleading practice.

But still, I thought I was cool because of a Tracphone. Now, if someone walked into their classroom showing off their new Tracphone, their class-mates would tweet and Face-book about how “lame” that person was. They would be a laughing stock.

Before that little Nokia Trac-phone, I spent my days after school with my friends and guess what – we actually talked to each other. We didn’t spend afternoons nose deep in Twit-ter, Facebook or Instagram. We rode our bikes down the same street over and over again, we told each other mom jokes and the only time we took a picture it was one a disposable camera that we didn’t’ have the money to get developed or at some-one’s birthday party.

When I was a kid, the only time I spent on the Internet I was playing that pinball game on the computer and I really only did that because I wanted to make up songs along to the beat of the dial-up Internet. I don’t think I will ever forget that sound.

When I was a kid, I had every phone number for every one of my friends memorized, but you didn’t call and talk to them, you called to ask if they wanted to

come outside and play. Ten-hour “Call of Duty” binges without seeing the light of day were non-existent.

I am part of the generation that has experienced the evo-lution and integration of tech-nology rst-hand. I remember learning how to use Microsoft Word and taking typing classes. I remember creating my first MySpace page in eighth grade and taking awkward pictures in the mirror and ghting with my friends over who was the top friend on my page.

I still remember the days of Yahoo Messenger and AIM away messages that have now been taken over by text mes-sages and Facebook statuses. This evolution is not something that we can control.

I frequently see children who are maybe three or four years old walking around with an iPad and using it better than their parents. I see fourth grad-ers with iPhones and Macbooks texting while they are out to dinner with their parents. I see children snap chatting, taking inappropriate sel es just to get an adequate number of Face-book likes. Children are trying to grow up too fast and I would feel con dent saying technology and media exploitation are a large reason for that.

Television shows are not the same as they were when I was young. I learned most of my life lessons from “Boy Meets World” and today they are learning from “Family Guy.” I’m not faulting parents; and I’m not faulting the media. It’s just the way that things are now.

I’m an avid user of technol-ogy. I have a Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat. I have an iPhone, iPad and Macbook Pro. I take sel es and pictures of my food when it looks really good. I like the lifestyle that I have, but’m glad that I grew up when and how I did – with my little black Tracphone and kickball.

PAGE 9MARCH 7, 2014 ORGANIZATIONS

CORNERBS

U BY MICHELLE COOPER

Our annual BSU formal will be March 29, 2014, at the Willow Room in Belle Vernon, Pa. Transporta-tion will be provided from in front of the library. Ticket prices are $10 per person, $15 a couple and $70 for a table that seats 8 people. We will have a table in the union every Friday during the month of March. E-board members have tickets as well. Our talent show will be April 24. We will have sign-ups and auditions in the coming weeks. More informa-

tion will be given at our meetings. Keep in mind that we meet every Thursday in Carter Hall Multipurpose Room.

March is Women’s History Month, so each week I would like to acknowledge a woman in history. – this month its Alice Marie Coachman. Coachman became the rst black woman to win an Olympic gold medal in 1948 at the age of 25. She grew up deal-ing with the problems of segregation. She wasn’t allowed to enter public training facilities so she used whatever she could in order to train. Not allowing anything to hold her back, she practiced run-ning and jumping barefoot on dirt roads and playgrounds. On top of segregation, her parents were unsure about her being an athlete. However, Cora Bailey, her fth grade teacher, and Carrie Spry, her aunt, encouraged and supported her dream. In school, Coachman joined the track team and was granted a scholarship to Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. She broke the record for high school and col-legiate high jump barefoot. She won national championships in the 50 meter, 100 meter, and high jump competitions and ran on the national championship relay team. Alice Coachman was the only African American to be named to the ve All-American teams.

Attention, students! Now is the perfect time to be looking for and applying to internships for the summer. Internships provide you with experience beyond the classroom and can allow you a further look into your desired career eld while improving your marketability. Following are some descriptions of internships from Internlink. California University of Penn-sylvania’s internship database.

Minority Administrative/Professional Development In-ternship: This internship is at Duquesne University and is a paid internship for summer 2014. It is designed to provide opportunities for accelerated development to unemployed / underemployed minorities. This development program is for those interested in develop-ing basic managerial skills in an extremely hands-on manner. The selected incumbent will be assigned a mentor throughout the program. The mentor will provide mentorship that will enable the intern to develop ongoing knowledge and skills towards success as an entry-level leader.

Website and Online Market-ing Development: Handyman Matters is looking for an intern to assist with online website development and enhancement, Google ad word campaigns, cre-ation of landing pages, updating content on current website, in-cluding photos, monitoring and analyzing Google analytics’ and updating of keywords, as well as training for CSR and phone answering.

Field Intern: This internship is with Mountain Watershed Association. They are currently seeking a summer eld intern

The Internship CornerBY DEVEN L. BOURQUIN

The California Volunteer Fire Department will again hold its annual Fish Fry starting Ash Wednesday, March 5 and continu-ing every Friday of the Lenten Season from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

The ever popular sh sandwiches, shrimp and clams will be on the menu. The healthy option of baked sh dinner will be available again after making a strong debut last year. Eat-in and take-out service is available.

The volunteer members of the California Volunteer Fire Department would like to thank all members of the community for their continued support of their local re service.

for May through August 2014. Duties include water sampling in the Indian Creek and Yough River watersheds, operations and maintenance of our passive mine drainage treatment sys-tems and community outreach, among others. Interns will con-duct biological and chemical water quality monitoring and conduct routine maintenance activities at abandoned mine drainage treatments systems.

Counselor Internship: This internship is located in Florida with Center for Children and Families. It is a paid internship for summer 2014. Counselors will work with children with ADHD, conduct disorders, learning problems, and other behavior problems. During the program, children and counsel-ors are assigned to groups that remain constant for the duration of the program. Counselors implement an extensive behav-ior modi cation treatment pro-gram during age-appropriate activities. The program includes feedback and associated conse-quences for positive and nega-tive behaviors, daily and weekly rewards for appropriate behav-ior, social praise, and attention, appropriate commands, and age-appropriate removal from positive reinforcement.

To view these and all of our internship opportunities, create a pro le in InternLink at www.myinterfase.com/cup/student. For more information: Please visit the Internship Center web-page at www.calu.edu/intern-ships or stop by the Internship Center, Eberly 230. For ques-tions or comments, please call 724-938-1578, or e-mail Tracie Beck at beck_t@calu.edu.

California Volunteer Fire Dept. Annual Lenten Fish Fry

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Cal U Baseball team splits weekend series with No. 17 ShippensburgBY JOSE NEGRONsports editor

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After going 1-2 against Mount Olive University in their open-ing series of the 2014 season two weeks ago, the California University of Pennsylvania baseball team split a weekend doubleheader with No. 17 Ship-pensburg University last week-end after their Sunday game, the third game of a three game set, was cancelled due to inclement weather.

In game one of the double header on Saturday, the Vulcans didn’t waste any time getting on the board. After senior Ben Car-son reached on a elder’s error and junior Matt Peters singled to third base, sophomore David Marcus doubled to left center

eld to give the Vulcans a 2-0 lead. Shippensburg was shut out by junior pitcher Justin Taylor through four innings before being able to muster up a run on an error in the fth inning. They were able to tie the game up an inning later on a sacri ce

y. In the bottom of the seventh inning, Cal U regained the lead. Senior Giovanni Morales led o the inning with a single to right center and proceeded to take second base on a wild pitch. After advancing to third base on a ground out, Morales would later score the go ahead run on an RBI single to center

eld from Carson, making it 3-2 Cal U. That is all the scoring the Vulcans needed, as Taylor took care of business on the mound, throwing his first complete game of the season and giving up only two runs and striking

out four over nine innings of work, something that he takes pride in, especially coming against a tough team like Ship-pensburg.

“It feels great,” said Taylor. “To go out there and help the team beat a top 15 team in the nation is awesome. Ship made a run to the World Series last year and to be able to throw a complete game and beat them was a great feeling.”

Despite throwing nine com-plete games the past two sea-sons, Taylor says that he talked to his coaches about the amount of innings he was going to throw and nine was a number that went unexpected.

“I’ve thrown a lot of seven inning games, but never a nine like that so weren’t expecting that,” he said. “I told them I wanted this game and wanted

to nish it. I was glad they had con dence in me to go out and get the W and help the team win.”

In the second game of the double header, the Vulcans were not able to shut down the Ship-pensburg bats and weren’t able to muster up as much o ense as they did in the rst game. After holding Shippensburg score-less in the rst two innings, the Raiders were able to strike for three runs o of Vulcans junior starting pitcher GJ Senchak. The Vulcans were eventually only able to muster up one run in the sixth inning o of an RBI single o the bat of Marcus, and would eventually fall 3-1.

Despite picking up seven hits o of him, the Vulcans were un-able to gure it out against Ship-pensburg sophomore pitcher Marcus Shipley who pitched six

quality innings, giving up one run and striking out two batters.

A third game was scheduled to determine the series winner on Sunday, however, inclement weather caused for a cancella-tion of the deciding game.

The Vulcans look to get back on track this weekend with a recently added non-divisional double header. Due to inclem-ent weather in this weekend’s forecast and snow and ice on the

eld at Point Stadium in John-stown, the scheduled double-header between Cal U and West Chester has been cancelled. Due to this cancellation, Cal U has added a double header this Sunday against Clarion Univer-sity at CONSOL Energy Park in Washington, Pa.

Four Vulcans receive all-region laurels_______________________BY MATT KIFER sports information

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Freshman Summer Hill (Hon-esdale, Pa./Honesdale), junior Alex Zanella (Everett, Pa./Everett) and the California University of Pennsylvania women’s track eld distance medley relay earned U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTF-CCCA) indoor all-region honors on Wednesday.

The top-five individuals in each event from each region

PSAC Championships_______________________BY MATT KIFER sports information

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Freshman Summer Hill (Hon-esdale, Pa./Honesdale) was named the Most Outstanding Track Athlete of the Pennsyl-vania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Championships, as the California University of Penn-sylvania women’s track & eld program tied its best-ever nish at the event.

The Vulcans totaled 51 points to place fth in the team stand-ings after nishing 12th at last year’s indoor league champion-ships. Slippery Rock moved into

rst place on Sunday to claim its rst conference title in ve years

with 108 points. East Strouds-burg ranked second in the team standings with 86.5 points, while four-time, defending-league champion Shippensburg

nished third with 85.5 points.Hill became the first wom-

en’s student-athlete in indoor program history to garner the award at the championship event. She claimed a pair of league titles – distance medley relay and 1-mile run – and re-ceived All-PSAC status in three events over the weekend. Hill broke her own school record and won the 1 mile on Sunday after crossing the nish line in 4 minutes, 57.73 seconds. The 5-foot-5 freshman improved her provisional-qualifying time for the NCAA Championships by

over 5.5 seconds and currently ranks among the top-15 fastest times in NCAA Division II this season. In addition to her vic-tory, Hill also earned All-PSAC laurels on Sunday by nishing third in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:19.78.

Cal U featured the top-two finishers in the 1 mile at the league championships, as ju-nior Alex Zanella (Everett, Pa./Everett) reached the NCAA provisional standard and placed second with a career-best time of 5:02.57. Freshman Julie Friend (Markleysburg, Pa./Union-town) also scored in the event, finishing sixth overall after rounding the track in 5:09.68.

Junior Allison Hall (Jackson, Pa./Blue Ridge) recorded a season-best performance in the 800 meters and placed fth in the event with a time of 2:20.57. Classmate Danae Burgwin (Pittsburgh, Pa./West Mi in) also established a season-best time on Sunday, placing sixth in the nals of the 200-meter dash with a time of 25.81 seconds.

Senior Monique Sims (Pitts-burgh, Pa./Schenley) posted a time of 7.959 seconds in the

nals of the 60-meter dash to nish seventh overall.The NCAA Championships

are scheduled for March 14-15 in Winston Salem, N.C. The Vulcans are scheduled to open the outdoor campaign on March 22 when they host the Early Bird Invitational at Roadman Park.

earned the all-region distinction, in addition to each of the mem-bers of the regions’ top-three relay teams. The regions used for this award match those used during the cross country season.

The distance medley relay of Zanella, junior Danae Burgwin (Pittsburgh, Pa./West Mi in), freshman Julie Friend (Mark-leysburg, Pa./Uniontown) and Hill earned all-region accolades for their performance two weeks ago at the Ohio State Buckeye Tune-Up. The relay set the school record and posted the fastest time in the Pennsylva-nia State Athletic Conference (PSAC) this year by crossing the

nish line in 11 minutes, 56.86 seconds, which ranks among the top-20 times in NCAA Division II this season.

Hill and Zanella also received all-region laurels from the orga-nization in the 1-mile run. Hill claimed the league title in the event last weekend at the PSAC Championships and broke her own school record with a time of 4:57.73, which ranks No. 13 in the country this year. Zanella placed second in the 1 mile at the league championships and set a personal record with a time of 5:02.57, which was the second-best mark in the confer-ence this winter.

the Year_______________________BY MATT KIFERsports editor

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California University of Penn-sylvania guard Miki Glenn (Bridgeport, W.Va./Bridgeport) was selected the Pennsylva-nia State Athletic Conference (PSAC) West Freshman of the Year on Wednesday afternoon, announced the league o ce.

Glenn became the rst Cal U freshman to receive the award since forward Kayla Smith in 2009, and the fourth overall since 2002. She ranks third on the team in scoring at 10.0 points per game while shooting 41.9

percent (72-of-172) from the oor and 83.0 percent (112-135)

from the free-throw line. Glenn has tallied ve 20-point games as a true freshman this year, including a 28-point effort at Shippensburg on Jan. 3.

A 5-foot-7 guard, Glenn leads the team with 2.6 assists per game and is tied for third on the team with 1.6 steals per game. She has collected at least

ve assists in six games with a season high of eight assists at IUP on Jan. 18.

Glenn was selected PSAC West Freshman of the Week four times this season after the pro-gram went two years without an honoree. She was one of four rookies from across the league

(two West, two East) to receive Freshman of the Week laurels four times during the 2013-14 campaign.

As a result of their loss yester-day in the quarter nals of the PSAC Tournament, the Vulcans now have to wait for the NCAA Division II Selection Show to see if their season will continue. The entire 2014 NCAA Division II Tournament eld will be re-leased on Sunday, March 9, with a live webcast of the selections on NCAA.com at 10 p.m.

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Junior Tynell Fortune dribbles the ball down court in a game earlier this season against Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Fortune averaged over 11 points per game this season for the Vulcans and scored 17 points in the Vulcan’s PSAC playoff loss to Mercyhurst.

Men’s basketball team ousted in

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Playoff losses are always a tough pill to swallow. After having a lead by as much as nine points in the second half, the California University of Pennsylvania Vulcans men’s basketball team saw their season come to an end last Saturday in Erie as they lost to the Mercy-hurst Lakers 54-50. Even though the Vulcans once again su ered a rst round playo defeat, the

fact that the Vulcans made the playo s after all the adversity from this season is nothing short of remarkable.

Three days before the match-up with the Lakers, Cal U had to go on the road up to Greens-burg and win against an already playo bound Seton Hill team to save their season. The matchup against the Gri ns began ex-tremely sloppy as both teams could not put any points on the board until Gri n senior Oliver McGlade hit a three pointer at the 17:12 mark in the rst half. The Vulcans struggled to get anything going against a fero-

cious Gri ns defense early on as they shot just 18 percent from the eld and fell behind by as much as 21 points as halftime approached. Senior Chris Wil-liams hit a jumper with three seconds left in the rst half to make it a 19 point lead which seemed to be the last chance the Vulcans had to score in the

rst half. Then a funny thing happened.

Seton Hill immediately threw away the inbounds pass giving the Vulcans another life with 1.7 seconds left. Cal U made the most of it as junior Tynell For-tune hit an o -balanced three

pointer to make it a 16 point lead for the Gri ns going into the locker rooms. Little did anyone realize that mishap by Seton Hill would change the entire game. The Vulcans stormed out of the locker rooms on a 7-0 run fu-eled by one of the best one half performances turned in by any Vulcan this season by junior Ar-man Marks. As the lead began to dwindle for Seton Hill, players began losing their cool as Grif-

n point guard David Windsor was charged with a technical foul after mouthing o to one of the o cials after receiving a personal foul. Minutes later Gri n senior Nate Perry nearly incited a brawl after drilling freshman Drew Cook twice with the ball trying to force the ball out of bounds.

With the Gri ns out of sorts, the Vulcans took their rst lead at 48-46 with 8:22 remaining in the contest. Seton Hill charged back in front with a 7-0 run of their own that was quickly

erased by back to back three pointers by Marks and Fortune. Both teams traded the leads as the minutes wore down but it was the Vulcans that staked a 61-58 lead after clutch jumpers by Marks and sophomore Jake Jacubec. In the nal minute, Se-ton Hill had two chances to tie it with 3 pointers but failed on both and junior Alonzo Murphy hauled in the nal rebound and hit one free throw to complete one of the best comebacks in recent memory and sent the Vulcans to the PSAC playo s.

Arman Marks was the star of the show, scoring 17 of his game-high 19 points in the sec-ond half with Jacubec adding 14 points and Fortune posting 12. In Erie, the game as expected was a defensive war. Both teams struggled shooting the ball but it was the Vulcans who found their way on top at halftime with a 20-19 lead after Fortune hit a pair of three pointers in the

nal minutes. Both teams went back and forth trading the lead to start the second half until Ja-cubec, who was shut out in the

rst half, sparked a 13-4 lead to give the Vulcans their largest lead of the game at 40-31 with 11:10 lead left in the game. The Lakers began to chip away at the lead as former Vulcan Anthony Lytle began to heat up as the Lakers pulled within one point with 5:06 remaining. After Chris Williams hit a pair of free throws to make it a three point lead for Cal U, the Lakers stormed ahead for the final time using a 7-0 run to end the Vulcans season and move on to face IUP in the second round of PSAC playo s.

Tynell Fortune nished with a team-high 17 points and Mur-phy hauled in 11 rebounds. The 2013-2014 edition of the Vulcans men’s basketball team ends their season with a 11-16 record with a 6-10 record in conference play. The Vulcans lose only one senior and look to make a run at the PSAC title next season with an exciting group of young players.

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After nishing their regular season with a three point loss to Seton Hill that snapped their six-game winning streak, the California University of Penn-sylvania women’s basketball team got revenge against the Gri ns in the rst round of the PSAC Tournament. However, the Vulcans were ousted in the

nal minutes of a second round matchup against the second seeded Gannon Knights.

The Vulcans began the PSAC Tournament on a high note, playing an aggressive game collecting 13 steals and 21 turn-overs as a team and playing solid on o ense.

Though the outcome was in favor of Cal U, the start of the game wasn’t the one the Vulcans had hoped for. After allowing the Gri ns to score the open-ing basket of the contest, Cal U went on a 13-5 run over a four minute time period to take a 13-7 lead. The Gri ns would then go on a run of their own to take a 20-15 lead with under

ve minutes left in the half. Each team would then have long runs of their own, with Cal U holding the advantage at the half, 43-36.

After Cal U scored the rst four points of the half, the Grif-fins pulled back within three points with over ten minutes to go in the game. After that run for Seton Hill, they were unable to muster much o ense the rest of the half. The Vulcans pulled out to a big lead, playing solid o ense and stingy defense en

route to a 74-59 victory. Junior Emma Mahady led

the Vulcans with 19 points and seven rebounds, while junior Irina Kukolj posted 14 points and freshman Miki Glenn and junior Kaitlynn Fratz scored 12 points each.

After winning in the first round of the PSAC Tourna-ment, the Vulcans turned their attention to their second round game against the second seeded Gannon Golden Knights.

The Vulcans opened up the game sinking their rst three shots before going on a slump over the next four minutes of play. However, the Golden Knights also seemed to struggle shooting from the eld, missing six of their shots in that same time period. With both teams slumping, Cal U was able to go on a 7-0 run to take what would

be their largest lead of the game, 17-9 with over ten minutes to go in the half. With less than seven minutes to go in the rst half, the Golden Knights were able to go on a run of their own, eventually sending the game into a 24-24 tie into halftime.

After an opening three pointer by Kukolj, the Golden Knights went on a dominating 14-0 run to take an 11-point lead with over 16 minutes to go in regulation time. After a back and forth battle throughout the half, which saw both teams go on long runs, it came to the last minute and a half to nd a win-ner. With the Vulcans trailing 55-54, Mahady converted on a three-point play to give the Vul-cans back the edge, 57-55. The Golden Knights were able to tie the game up with a little over a minute left and would eventu-

ally take the lead on a free throw with 40 seconds remaining. On the next possession, the Vulcans wouldn’t be able to muster up another basket and the Golden Knights would go on to sink the necessary free throws to seal the victory.

Mahady once again led the Vulcans with a 22-point e ort, while Kukolj added 12 points in the loss. Both Mahady and senior Ashley Hines also paced the Vulcans with nine rebounds each.

The 2014 NCAA Division II Tournament Selection show will decide whether or not the Vulcans’ season continues by receiving one of six at-large NCAA Tournament bids or ends with the loss to Gannon. The Se-lection eld will be announced on Sunday, March 9 at 10 p.m.

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Athlete Spotlight: Alonzo MurphyClass Rank: JuniorAge: 21

Major: Justice Studies

Hometown: PittsburghHigh School: Schenley High

School / Imani Christian Academy

Before attending California University of Pennsylvania, Alonzo Murphy played his high school ball at Schenley High School where he was a member of a team that won a City League Championship. Murphy graduated from Imani

cord for most rebounds. While there, he also was a member of the team that captured the National Tournament and was named to the

season of college basketball at Panola College

Community College of Beaver County during

title. As a junior this season, Murphy has averaged a little over 10 points per game and six rebounds per game. He has posted 14 total

Shepherd University. The six foot eight forward also posted three double doubles this season in games against Kutztown University, Gannon

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