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On Feb. 9, the Advi-sory Board for Leader-ship and Engagement, or ABLE as it is commonly called, hosted their Service Summit in order to raise awareness about service and to encourage students and community members alike to perform acts of service. Sarah Ragan, a mem-ber of ABLE organized the event. As she put it, the event’s purpose was to “raise awareness of the importance of ser-vice and why people should do service and be involved in campus and [their] community.” She believes, as many do, that students do not put enough work into ser-vice and that they do not understand or care about the reasons for their ser-vice. Because of this, the summit then is in place to energize people about service. Ragan said, “I hope people are more motivat-ed to be more involved after this and to see the purpose of why we’re here and what we’re do-ing is important to the community and impor-tant to themselves.” During the sum-mit, there were multiple speakers in attendance at

various parts throughout the day, talking to the audience about differ-ent issues in service and ways to get involved with organizations or by themselves in order to help others. Randall Storm fo-cused on local volun-teerism and how service within a local community can have a large effect, bigger than just the community in which the service was happening in. Christian Schill discussed topics relating to welfare and food stamps and many misconceptions and mischaracterizations about the programs. Tif-fany Brunch talked about the best ways to donate to food pantries and how some foods are better to donate than others. Saul Flores was the keynote speaker at the event. In his discourse he talked about his upbring-ing in New York to a Mexican mother and Salvadorian father. He also described how he was the first person in his family to attend to college and how after hearing public rhetoric on immigrants in this country, he decided to raise awareness on the struggles of immigrants trying to reach the United States. Over the summer of 2010, he journeyed 5,328 miles on foot, from Qui-

to, Ecuador to the United States in a project called Walk of the Immigrants. He traveled through ten countries and had a wider range of experiences. As he describes it, he wanted to show how immigrants “climb mountains, for not even opportunity, but a chance at opportunity” when they are journeying to the United States. Flores said, “I think it was a combination of really encouraging messages and then like really intense political messages.” He went on to describe how the experi-ence affected him inter-nally stating that “the biggest door that opened was internal. It put me in front of a lot of different types of audiences, and it gave me a platform to speak to different com-munities and bring dif-ferent stories from Latin America.” As far as service goes, ABLE is constantly having events on their calendar in order to make service and volunteerism an important part of stu-dents’ lives. They hope, as many do, that students become active in their communities, knowing that not only will that im-prove the general welfare of the community, but also the individual’s own world as well.

Aryn Beichner (left) was named one of the top ROTC nursing students in America.Contributed Photo / The Clarion Call

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Clarion University holds Service Summit hosted by ABLE, Saul Flores discusses impact of service

Clarion’s Beichner named one of top nursing students

Aryn Beichner, a Clarion nursing student, was named number one in the Army ROTC cadet corps in the Northeastern United States and number two in the country. Beichner was awarded the honor on Jan. 22 at the ROTC Fall Awards Banquet, according to the university website. Winning criteria for the honor were GPA, leadership, physical fitness, performance at various cadet trainings and more, according to the Courier Express.

Beichner comes from a family with a mili-tary background, as her grandfather and some family before him were involved in military service. Through high school and now, during her years at Clarion, she has excelled at all levels academically and in the ROTC. According to the Courier Express, Beich-ner found Clarion to be a perfect fit for her because the university offers good nursing and ROTC pro-grams and is 30 minutes away from her hometown of Reynoldsville. Along with that, she

plans to remain in the National Guard for years after completing ROTC with a goal of moving into nursing. Finally, Beichner wants to enroll in Clari-on’s Master of Science in Nursing program which will prepare her to be a nurse practitioner after graduation. According to the Cou-rier Express, she wants to focus on emergency medicine or build a prac-tice of her own. The dream of continu-ing a family legacy is one that a lot of people do not accomplish, and Beichner is working to complete her goals.

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The Relay for Life event kicked off to a fantastic start with a weeklong series of event in preparation for next month’s event. Clarion University’s 18th annual Relay for Life is scheduled for March 29-30 from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. in the Rec Center on campus. These events provide opportunities for teams to register, such as ath-letic teams, fraternities, sororities, service clubs and professional organi-zations.

Super Bowl Sunday marked the beginning of the series with a “Souper Bowl Dinner,” hosted by the Relay for Life organi-zation. The event was held at the First Presbyterian Church on Wood Street. Different businesses do-nated soups, desserts and utensils for the event. In honor of World Cancer Day on Feb. 4, Carri Pakozdi, a cochair of the organization, ar-ranged with Chartwells to serve purple colored food in Gemmell and Commons. On Feb. 5, a press conference was held in Gemmell where Profes-

sors Kenneth Staub, Pakozdi, Dr. Dale, Will Staub and Lynae Dela-cour spoke about the Relay. Professor Staub gave a history of the organiza-tion, its student involve-ment and where Clarion University ranks regard-ing relays. “In our region, we are the second larg-est college-based relay for life,” said Professor Staub. “The only Relay for Life bigger than us, or college-based program bigger than ours -- draws more people, draws more money -- is Penn State’s.” Pakozdi spoke about

this year’s event and Dr. Dale gave a few words in support. Will Staub and Delacour spoke about when the Relay for Life will be this year as well as various events and ac-tivities that are planned. Feb. 6 marked 50 days until the Relay and an event was held to give students the opportunity to register and to sign a banner with who they are relaying for. “We have been work-ing on Relay since September. This is where we really make our big push,” said Professor Staub. A paint party was hosted on Feb.7 to bring people together in sup-

port of the Relay. This was the first year for the event and received a good turnout, professor Staub said. A Lip Dub event was scheduled for Feb. 8, but had to be rescheduled. This year was the first time these events were held as a series. Before, each event stood by itself. This year’s Relay theme is “Fight to Put Cancer Back in the Past” with teams that represent a specific de-cade or era. Activities at the Relay may include vol-leyball or basketball tournaments, decorating

contests, basket raffles, a Miss Relay contest and a ceremony to honor survivors and those who have died from cancer. “The highlight though is always the ceremonies,” said Staub. “We have a number of different ceremonies devoted to cancer survi-vors and survivorship. That is sort of the main activity, and then, all these other activities go on throughout that 18-hour period.” This year’s goal is $40,000, which is $2,000 more than last year’s goal. As of now, the organization has raised over $11,000.

On Tuesday, Feb. 5, in Eagle Commons, an event took place in which students could eat pizza and talk to the Clarion University President, Dr. Dale-Elizabeth Pehrsson. The event, held by Eagle Ambassadors, had a high turnout with students almost filling the confer-ence room. Dr. Pehrsson was for-mally introduced by Chris-topher Enos, the president of the Eagle Ambassadors. The university president began her talk by asking for the students to tell her “what I need to know.” One student said, “People come to Clarion because of the history, and because of what is being offered, but some things need to be done better.” Dr. Pehrsson agreed and allowed the at-tendees to discuss amongst themselves about the topic

of improvement. Students presented their ideas, which included website pages where a full schedule of events can be seen, better com-munication about events, more social media interac-tion, an improvement on the food being served at Eagle Commons, sidewalk repairs, and other gen-eral campus updates. In response, the president ac-knowledged that students had told her about the issue of food before. One of the attending students said that the uni-versity should add more PhD/Masters programs, to which Dr. Pehrsson said that, with the new state-system chancellor, there are new opportuni-ties to work across the state system for such things. She added that, if the need arises, the uni-versity can partner with other schools and that this could give students more flexibility. The event

continued with a student saying that the layout of the MyClarion webpage needs to be redone to make searching for and scheduling for classes easier. Another student said that the university should make sure that the professors are regularly evaluated. Dr. Pehrsson said that the professors do get evaluated, but that it is also up to the students whenever the students give their evaluations; students can go to the department chair about a professor and things are taken seriously. A concern was raised with the opinion that students “shouldn’t have to go through hoops” to get the books for their classes. Dr. Pehrsson said that the professors are working on the prices of books as well as lowering the cost of on-campus housing; The newer buildings were built during a time when

the student population was higher, but then the population dropped back down to normal levels. She told the students that lowering costs of hous-ing “is going to take a while.” A student spoke about how there should be less parking tickets, specifically around Still Hall and the Carlson Library. Dr. Pehrsson said that they will work on it. Another student ad-dressed the issue of lim-ited lighting on campus, asking for the addition of more to make tripping hazards more visible and to generally make people feel safer. Dr. Pehrsson then asked the attendees what should be added to the campus, either physi-cally or as an activity, to make people want to come to the university. Suggestions included a bowling alley, a gazebo in the middle of campus and an entertainment center/game room. Dr.

Pehrsson announced that an entertainment/ game room will be added to

the Gemmell Student Complex sometime in the future.

The National Survey of Student Engagement (abbreviated “NSSE” and colloquially pro-nounced as “nessie”) was made available to all first-year and senior students beginning Feb. 7. This is an important feedback mechanism for students to share their Clarion experience with faculty, staff and admin-istration. “This is our seventh consecutive year of par-ticipating in this nation-ally-used survey,” said Rob Gatesman, director of institutional research at Clarion. “We have an exten-sive data pool to analyze for trend reporting and that will help shape our students’ experience.” The NSSE survey, housed out of Indiana University – Bloom-ington, was piloted in 1999 and had its first

administra-tion in 2000. Since then, approximately 6 million students have participated. In 2018, nearly 300,000 stu-dents took part in the survey nationwide. The data collected is primarily used to measure two items. The first is a measure of how much effort and time students dedicate to their education academically. This in-cludes class attendance/participation, completing assignments and faculty interaction. The second item measures student par-ticipation in high-impact learning practices (HIPs). HIPs include

first-year seminar cours-es, internships, student teaching, clinicals, and community-based learning and capstone courses. Decades of research indicate that students who participate in

HIPs obtain a much higher level of academic achievement than those who forgo those oppor-tunities. In addition to the primary elements, the survey also collects data via a series of rotating

questions. For 2019, Clarion’s survey will contain questions related to student advising services as well as questions focused on how first-year and senior stu-dents view their expe-rience at the university at year one and near the end of their time at Clarion. Gates-

man also noted that the open-ended comments section is one of the most valuable pieces of the survey since it al-lows students to express their honest opinions concerning what the university is doing well

and what areas need attention.“The survey only takes about 15 minutes to complete and participants are entered into a drawing for some great prizes,” said Gates-man. “Based on last year’s response, the odds of winning a prize are 1 in 25. But the larger reward is providing us with in-formation to help Clar-ion make our students successful. I encourage all first-year and seniors to respond – we are ea-ger to hear from you.” Survey invitations are sent to all first-year and senior students via their Eagle email account. Students can also visit www.nssesurvey.org to obtain a survey login by entering their Eagle email. Only first-year and senior students who were enrolled last fall and have returned this spring are eligible to participate.

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Many people would argue that sexism no longer exists and, not to get stereotypical, but those same people often say things along the lines of “why is there such thing as a women’s march, but not a men’s march?” while telling their male friends they “throw like a girl” as an insult.

The truth is, sexism exists every day, even in the year 2019.

I’ll be the first to say that we have come a very long way since women were absent of the right to vote, the right to work or the right to play sports. However, we undoubtedly have a long way to go.

The gender wage gap, for example, is far from a feminist myth. Studies by the U.S. Cen-sus Bureau show that today, on average, women make 80.5 cents for every dollar a man earns, which may not seem like a lot until you see the bigger picture, which ends up being 19.5 percent less nationwide.

Feminists in 2019 are standing their ground, caus-ing businesses to take action. The Equal Pay Act of 1970 al-lowed for females and males who are performing the same work to be paid the same. However, legislation in 2018 called for companies to reveal their pay gaps, and the results

were nothing short of disap-pointing for women. Take the U.S. Women and Men’s soccer teams for example. Whereas

the women’s team has a higher victory rate, the men are still estimated to make a quarter more than the women. Does the men’s team bring in more revenue? Perhaps, but for what reason? People show less inter-est in women’s sports simply because they “aren’t as good,” which only proves the point of sexism once more. Since these issues have been recognized, many people are fighting for equal pay and many companies across the world are working to make changes.

Unfortunately, lesser wages aren’t the only form of sexism that women come across today.

Domestic violence and sex-ual harassment are issues that nearly every woman comes

across in their lifetime. Tony Porter, an author, educator and activist wrote in his edito-rial “A Call to Men” that there are three key aspects of male socialization that has created, maintained and normalized vi-olence against women, includ-ing men viewing women as less than, men treating women as property and men seeing wom-en as objects. Such issues have resulted in statistics that show 1 in 4 women experienced do-mestic violence and 81 percent of women have experienced sexual harassment. This isn’t to say that men don’t experience such issues as well, but to show the drastic number of these is-sues for women in particular. Again, the purpose of feminism is to put an end to these issues for every gender.

The rising issue in the modern day lies in the nega-tive perspective of feminism. Upon hearing “I’m a feminist,” people are often quick to think “yikes, not one of those.” As it was for women from the start of equal rights movements, people often view feminism as an angry response sparked by man-hatred. The intentions of feminists, though, are on the contrary. Rather than claiming one gender as superior, people should be equal in all aspects, regardless of their gender.

Vaccines are not dangerous. The fact of the matter is that according to the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health, less than one percent of infants and children have died directly from vaccines.

That percentage includes all persons vaccinated since 2006. The cause of death in most of these cases was anaphylaxis, or a deathly allergic reaction.

The allergy was most com-mon in infants that were too young to be tested for the al-lergy before the vaccine was administered.

That being said, in the four billion people who have been vaccinated since 2006, the percentage of people that have died is 0.0002 percent. That number may seem off because we see such high numbers on social media.

But the numbers we all see flashing around are NOT the number of actual deaths caused by vaccines. The numbers you see are the total deaths filed in the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), a system that has been around since the early 1990s. This sys-tem marks any death within the immune-response period of the vaccine. This means that if a child received a vaccine and a week later the exact number of days depends on the vaccine – some can be up to twenty-one days, the child was in a fatal ac-cident, VAERS could file that as a death related to vaccines.

Many people like to throw around the claim that “vaccines cause autism or an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).” This is simply not true. In 1998, a study was conducted by a British doctor named An-drew Wakefield. The study was published and told the world that childhood vaccines, such as the measles and chickenpox vaccine, cannot be trusted be-cause they cause autism.

Not only was his entire study discredited, but it was also discovered to be an elabo-rate fraud. Wakefield faked the

whole thing for unknown rea-sons, but many believe it was for fame or to offer his own version of the vaccines.

Many people still use this discredited information in their arguments as a valid reason not

to vaccinate their kids. Not only does this argument

have no scientific proof to back it up, but it also very offensive. Let’s say, for a minute, that vaccines do cause autism.

So, what— a parent would rather want a dead or deathly sick child instead of a child who has a cognitive disability, apparently?

Can people who are against vaccinations even imagine what kind of message they are sending to those with autism?

That they would prefer peo-ple with autism to be dead; that is the message they are sending with their ludicrous and invalid argument.

Let’s talk about the actual death toll of NOT vaccinating children. The measles vaccine, known as MMR, was first ad-ministered in 1971, but it did not become popular until the late 1980s. During that time, 2.6 million people died from measles. In 1990, after the vac-cine had become more com-mon in use and distribution, 545,000 people died. In 2014, after the vaccine had become a globally distributed medicine, 73,000 people died from it.

This number spiked in 2016 when people began to argue the effectiveness of the vaccine and stopped using it in 2015. In 2016, 90,000 people died from measles. With the continuing

trend of parents not vaccinating their children the death rate has increased even more in recent years. In 2017, 110,000 people died and 2018 does not have published records yet.

These numbers reflect the global count not just the United States. If we were to focus in the United States alone, there have been eleven deaths from measles since 2001. This ex-cludes 2018 and 2019.

Currently in the state of Washington there is a measles outbreak. The Center for Dis-ease Control (CDC) says that a vaccination rate of at least 90 percent is enough to keep an outbreak from happening, which is good because there are people who have serious health conditions and compromised immune systems who cannot receive the vaccination. This is called herd immunity— when the majority of a population become immune to an illness to prevent the weak from dying of it. This premise has been work-ing for decades but has stopped recently due to the decline of vaccinated children.

There has not been a spike in serious childhood illnesses or a spike in children diagnosed with compromised immune systems. There should not be a spike in measles as long as everyone gets the vaccination. There is the issue. Parents are using incorrect information and spreading the incorrect in-formation to other parents, and they are using disproven facts as excuses not to vaccinate their children. In an interview, Dr. Alan Melnick, the direc-tor of public health for Clark County in Washington, said, “This problem was 100 percent preventable.” Clark County is believed to have had the first confirmed cases of measles.

This problem is preventable. People are dying for no real reason. Children’s lives are be-ing risked because people with no medical training think they know more than doctors.

This is something that needs to be fixed.

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Making the deci-sion to go to college is a big step for anyone who decides to take it. It is also a very beneficial step to help lead one down the career path that they hope to take one day. However, how do I make sure I am on the right path or doing everything to be success-ful in my field upon grad-uating? That, my friends, is when you should turn to the Center for Career and Professional Devel-opment to help guide you in all of your professional

endeavors. For those who have never heard of the Career and Professional Devel-opment, it is located on the fourth floor of Becht Hall. This office serves all Clarion University students and alumni by connecting them with resources and opportu-nities to help them de-velop skills necessary to achieve their career goals. This office has a dedi-cated staff that is ready to help you at any stage of the game - whether it’s career research, gaining experience, job fairs, and much more. Just bring

an attitude ready to focus and work and they can help you along in the process with ease. It is never too early to start preparing for life after college. The Career Services Office wants to help all students, and the sooner one visits, the more they can prepare for life after college. Not sure how to start? That’s fine— just set up a meeting with the Career Services staff and they will help ensure you have everything in line to be successful. Resumes and cover letters are a must - each

of us need to have one when going out in the professional field and the staff can help tailor yours to the needs of employ-ers and jobs that you are seeking to obtain. There are also several career events that take place throughout each semester to help students learn professional skills or attend job/internship fairs. These career events teach students everything from professional dress, interview skills, landing that first job, etc., and the best part is you hear it from professionals who were once in the same

situation as you as a stu-dent. It is also a great op-portunity to network with guest speakers, which can only help you in the professional world. A program that has been really beneficial to students is the CU Mentor Program, which links students to alumni, employers, and profes-sional partners to create a mentor-mentee relation-ship. The match is based on academic, geographic, personal and professional commonalities and can be informal (lasting 30 days) or formal, meaning the relationship lasts an

entire academic year. Sound like something you might be interested in? Check out the CU-Mentor page on Clarion’s website to learn more. If you aren’t sure where to start with anything career related, reach out to the Center for Career and Professional Devel-opment, and they will schedule an appointment with your career liaison and get you started down the path to success. The staff is here to help you succeed, so don’t be afraid to reach out and take that next step.

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Fatherless on Father’s Day, struggles facing students

Studies show that an estimated 19.7 million children grow up without their biological father in their lives. For those children, the absence of a father leads to four times a greater risk of poverty, two times the likeliness to drop out of school, a greater risk of behav-ioral problems and many more. Although that doesn’t mean a perfect life for children who do grow up with their father, it does typically mean a very different lifestyle. Mackenzie O’Brien, a 2017 Clarion graduate and current elementary school teacher, has spent over 23 years without her father in her life.She lived with only her mother and two siblings until she graduated high school and left for col-lege. Communication with her father was limited and she claimed that he would message her only on occasional holidays. O’Brien said, “It was difficult growing up with-out a father or someone to tell stories to. He made me feel like he didn’t love me and that I wasn’t good enough; he had his own family and I wasn’t a part of it.”The psychological effects caused by the absence of

a father were the most commonly reported struggles, followed by the environmental effects of having only one parent. Whereas some children grow up without their biological mother and father, those who do get that experience are unfa-miliar with that hardship. A Clarion University student, Kameryn Mc-Gee, grew up with both of her parents as well as her older sister. She described her parents’ re-lationship as “incredibly substantial” and said they remain as in love to this day as they were many years ago. For children that aren’t exposed to a healthy pa-rental relationship grow-ing up, they are much more likely to become emotionally dependent, have relationship prob-lems and develop behav-ioral issues.Arianna Brien, a 20-year-old Pitt student, was adopted by her father at a young age as a result of the absence of her bio-logical father. Her par-ents later divorced when she was in high school. Although the father figure role was filled, it didn’t rid her of the struggles a child experiences once their father leaves. Brien said, “Some-times I point the blame for my attachment issues and relationship troubles

on my biological father because I’m always won-dering why I’m not good enough and what I need to do to fill that gap.”Furthermore, fatherless children also deal with the financial effects of having only one parent. O’Brien said, “Living with my mother was dif-ficult in its own ways. We struggled financially with a single mother of three children and we also dealt with the troubles of my mother’s mental illness. However, myself and my siblings were very fortunate to have our grandparents to support us in many ways.” Children in homes of both parents may deal with financial troubles as well, but it’s less likely with the double income. Whereas some children had family dinners every night for their whole lives, others struggled to find groceries in the fridge. Despite the many negative effects of father absence, many children share that there can be many positive effects as well. As some children are raised to be depen-dent, those who depend on themselves as children typically grow older to be more mature and respon-sible.O’Brien said, “Although it was difficult, it made me more independent in

a lot of ways. I learned to handle things myself and my other family members became people I could rely on.” O’Brien described sim-ilar benefits by saying, “I truly feel as though it made me more versatile. Whereas many families have limited experiences, I had a whole different lifestyle and was open to so many new opportuni-ties. Many people think they only have certain options in life because of what their parents have done but because of my independence, I was able to create my own path.” On the contrary, as some might think, chil-dren with both parents aren’t guaranteed a perfect life. The com-mon misconception lies in the fact that there are many statistics that prove a more difficult path for children without a father, but that doesn’t take away from hardships that other children experience.“I would never deny that I have a great privilege that many others don’t in the modern day,” said McGee. “However, I wouldn’t say I was com-pletely relieved of any struggles whatsoever. A good relationship is never perfect, and we had some of our own hardships.” McGee continued, “As a matter of fact, I had a very hard time at some

point during my high school career, and I ended up being diagnosed with anxiety. I’ve taken medication since and I still have my hard days sometimes. The point is, having two parents definitely helped me in a lot of ways, but it doesn’t mean a free ticket to a perfect life.” From a child’s per-spective, they might won-der why other children around them have fathers at home; however, if they’ve only ever had one experience, it takes a long time to see the other side of things. For that reason, it often progressively gets harder to understand as they grow older. O’Brien described that she never felt jealous to-ward her friends that had fathers until she reached middle school. Even more than that, though, she felt curious as to what that lifestyle was like.As someone who did have both parents, Mc-Gee was unaware of how fortunate she was until high school when she truly realized how many of her friends’ parents were divorced or had never even been married before splitting.The biggest question of the matter lies in why the biological father tends to leave and how it causes these large issues. Frank Conroy, an

American author, wrote “The child is completely dependent on the mother, so much so that it takes years to recognize her as an independent en-tity. The father, on the other hand, can be the first freely chosen loving friend, the first outsider, as it were, to receive the trust of the innocent child. The good father, then, is the man who can rise to that occasion, and stick with it.” The truth is that there is no scientific reasoning behind the heavy statis-tics of absent fathers; some fathers might leave before they meet their child and some might leave abruptly after sev-eral years. Everyone has a different story, but there is plenty of proof behind the importance of a father and the effects that it causes when they are ab-sent from their children’s lives. For the sake of better lives for children, au-thors of the article titled “Fatherlessness is harder on Father’s Day...” said, “a movement is growing toward shared parenting or at least collegial ‘co-parenting’ that recognizes the importance of having two parents in children's lives. And in states like Virginia and Kentucky, legislation was recently passed to encourage joint custody.”

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Clarion University’s Amber Smoyer has been accepted as one of 12 students chosen as interns for The Harrisburg In-ternship Semester (THIS) at the Legislative Policy and Research Office in Harrisburg. Smoyer is a senior from Bellefonte, Pennsylvania and is pursuing a bach-elor’s degree in political science at Clarion Uni-versity. She said she fell in love with the campus when she first visited and liked the people she met in the Political Science Department during her spring orientation. “Each PASSHE state university selects one stu-dent from their campus to participate in the THIS program,” said Smoyer. “THIS then places the students in a wide range

of internship sites at the state government level in Harrisburg for the semes-ter.” Smoyer works in the Legislative Policy and Research Office, House Minority in the Irvis Building of the Pennsyl-vania Capitol Complex.The internship is a great opportunity, Smoyer said, and is an informative and enjoyable experience in the month that she has been there. “I am excited to make the most of it while I am here,” Smoyer said. The Harrisburg Internship Semester gives students an opportunity to learn from Pennsylvania’s policymakers and leaders, enhance academic experi-ences and to prepare for life after they graduate. The internship focuses on sharpening and honing skills, such as report and speech writing, research

and program designs, and evaluation. One aspect of the internship is that while policymakers are bringing their years of experience and knowl-edge to the table, the interns bring fresh point of view. PASSHE has described this as an ideal partnership. There are opportunities for students provided by the internship within the state government structure, in both the legislative and executive branches, the Democratic and Republican Parties, and a variety of agencies that are directly associ-ated with Pennsylvania’s state government. The students participating in the internship will earn a full semester’s worth of credits through the program. “At my internship, I write constituent letters and re-

search memos for Demo-cratic House Members and their staff. By the end of my internship, I will be able to draft legisla-tion and amendment for the members as well,” said Smoyer. “It has been really good,” said Soyer. “They let me work on actual projects.” She said that it is gratify-ing to work on projects with members at the internship. The Legislative Policy and Research Office provides professional re-search, issue analysis and committee management services for the Legisla-tive Assembly. Smoyer is planning on obtaining a master’s in public policy or a related field when she graduates. She plans on attending a different university since Clarion University does not offer the programs

she wishes to pursue.After she graduates, Smoyer can see herself returning to Harrisburg as she considers it a great opportunity to gain work experience. Although

she hopes to end up back in Harrisburg, Smoyer hopes for the opportu-nity to pursue a career in Washington D.C. and work with the federal government.

Kristin SchrecengostSTAFF WRITER

Political Science student interns in Harrisburg, Pa.

Court’s Kitchen: Back to baking basics with breadsBaking— it is a time-

honored tradition. Imag-ine coming home after school and Mom is in the kitchen pulling out a fresh loaf of home-made bread. Bread bak-ing dates back to ap-proximately 600 B.C. in Ancient Greece. It is deemed to be one of the most consumed foods in the world.

While the main in-gredients to a simple white bread recipe are quite miniscule—flour water, sugar, salt, oil and yeast— it is incred-ibly easy to mess up the chemistry.

It is easy, and very common, for those with little to no baking expe-rience to assume that all ingredients can just be thrown and mixed to-

gether in a bowl. To start, water must

be heated to the correct temperature, which is normally anywhere be-tween 100-110 degrees. In a clean, dry bowl, pour sugar and yeast.

When making bread, sugar is one of the most vital ingredients; it gives the bread the wonderful-ly subtle sweetness.

When the water has reached the desired tem-perature, slowly add it to the sugar yeast com-bination.

In order to get every-thing combined, swish the mixture around with two fingers and then let it sit for ten minutes to allow the yeast to soak up all the sugar water and form an aromatic foam.

These next few steps are where the real magic happens. When the yeast

is ready, toss in the salt and oil. Once those are in, add the copious amount of flour one cup at a time. By the time

the third or fourth cup is added, it will become al-most impossible to mix the dough with a spoon. The best option, that is

if an electronic mixture is not available, is to roll the sleeves up and start mixing by hand.

After all the flour is incorporated, kneading is the next step, and it is the most crucial step.

This is how gluten is formed, it provides structure and strength to the dough.

It is imperative to knead the dough just enough, too little and the bread’s structure will be lax, and too much kneading and get rid of all the air bubbles and create a heavy dense bread.

Once the dough is kneaded, now it is time to let the dough rise, also known as proofing. This is a time-consum-ing process, and every-one is busy so a nice shortcut to keep in mind to decrease the proofing

time, put a cup of water in the microwave for ap-proximately two min-utes and then cover the dough in a damp paper towel and place it in the microwave, turned off, with the cup of water in-side. This cuts the regu-lar proofing time in half.

When the dough has doubled in size, punch the dough down and shape it, and then let it rise once more.

When the bread dough has risen some more, it is finally time to put it in the oven. Let the bread bake until the outside is golden brown and, to be sure it is fully cooked, tap the bottom of the bread with two fingers.

If it makes a hollow sound, it is already to be sliced up with some but-ter and served.

Clarion University campus celebrates Valentine’s Day

Love is in the air at Clar-ion University. It’s that time of year again – it’s Valentine’s Day! There are several events going on around campus this week that students can participate in. Anything from specials at Eagle Commons and Gemmell Student Center, to the events on individual days this week or week-long events at various places on campus.

There’s one that has an emphasis on celebrat-ing yourself by keeping in good health. “HEART HEALTH WEEK,” hosted by the Clarion Nursing Club, offered a blood pressure screening on Monday followed by a blood drive Thursday this week in the Gemmell MPR. CUPcakes, the new bakery, is hosting a Cup-cake Bar on Valentine’s Day. Here, you can deco-rate your own cupcake for you or a friend. This

takes place on Feb. 14 from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. The marketing man-ager, Kelly Dungan, said, “This is really just a way to say hey, come have fun with your food. Not really just to boost our business, but it’s really for the students to kinda have fun with it – say hey, we appreciate you, come do this – have fun, take a break from your classes, do something fun. So, it’s really just to say, hey, we appreciate you, thank you and things

like that.” An event that you, if you’re a dancing type, might not want to miss, is another night of “Heelog-raphy” with a special theme dedicated to the holiday of “Bring a Boo” in the Gemmell racquet-ball room from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday. This is sponsored by Queens.org. This past Wednesday, the Leadership Insti-tute and Women United sponsored “Let’s Talk about Sex” Battle of

The Sexes. The event is generally about education on healthy relationships, which is important this time of year. It included food, games and more. One last event to men-tion was the Department of Communications’ Val-entine’s Day Party that took place on Tuesday in Becker Hall. It was spon-sored by the Peer Mentor Program. Sophomore, Sarah Dudek, said, “We think it’s important to get our freshman involved, and

so we have the Peer Men-tor Program to do that so any upperclassmen can be one if they’re a comm major, and we pretty much like to get them involved, get them to meet other students, get them to meet professors and just get their foot in the door.” Thanks to the help of these organizations, Valentine’s Day Week at Clarion University was filled with events and activities for students to enjoy.

Courtney KellySTAFF WRITER

Maria ScaliseSTAFF WRITER

Amber Smoyer received a student internship in Harrisburg.

Courtney Kelly will continue to cook for the Clarion Call.

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THE CLARION CALL February 14, 20198 Arts & Entertainment

Steven Tyler opens “Janie’s House” for abused girls

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Bachelor Colton Underwood says goodbye to Sydney after she told him their connection was struggling.

Amanda BettsEditor-in-Chief

Shannon BradyStaff Writer

Bachelor Recap: Colton says goodbye to five women

Fans of “The Bachelor” franchise are no strangers to surprise twists, but this week’s episode left view-ers reeling. The feud be-tween Nicole and Onyeka came to an abrupt close when the two women were sent home during the episode’s first rose cer-emony. Bachelor Colton Underwood then had to say goodbye to Sydney, as she chose to leave fol-lowing the group date. Sydney felt that she and Colton were not connect-ing as well as they should be and that their relation-ship had not progressed at all, accusing him of pay-ing more attention to the “shiny objects” surround-ing him, referring to some of the other women left on the show.

Before her departure, Sydney and Tayshia sat together, discussing their worries about the loyal-ties of the other women, believing themselves to be among the more seri-ous contestants. While Colton has seemed to be

drawn to the more bubbly and goofy women, such as Hannah G. and Demi, Tayshia expressed worry that he has missed some-thing big: they may not be ready to start a life with him.

This episode featured two one-on-one dates, the first of these being Han-nah G. While the pair definitely shares a large amount of physical chem-istry, many of the other women are skeptical that their connection goes much deeper. Based on the conversation between Tayshia and Sydney, fans were led to believe that the other women in the house are beginning to get frustrated with Han-nah G., as she has been a constant point of attention for Colton. Hannah G. re-ceived a rose at the end of her date, marking herself safe for the next rose cer-emony.

The next one-one-one date featured Colton and Kirpa, a couple that audi-ences have not seen much of on screen. The two spent an evening together, ending with her receiving

a rose.While she did not re-

ceive a one-on-one date, Demi was determined to get her alone time with Colton. That night, she went to Colton’s room and asked if he would like to talk, telling him she was falling in love with him. But after Sydney’s departure and warning words about certain wom-en not being ready for a lifetime commitment, Colton made the decision to send Demi home.

“I don’t know if I can see myself with you at the end of this,” he admitted.

Following both of the surprise sendoffs, Colton and the women prepared for the rose ceremony. Five women were left competing for roses, and Katie was ultimately sent home. As she was leav-ing, she also made a com-ment about some of the remaining women not be-ing committed.

With Colton left feel-ing more confused than ever, fans will have to wait until next Monday, Feb. 18 to find out what happens next.

Lead singer of Aeros-mith, Steve Tyler, recent-ly celebrated the opening of Janie’s House, a facil-ity in Memphis, Tennes-see, for girls who have been abused or neglected. Janie’s House is located at Youth Villages in Bartlett, Tennessee. Youth Villages is an establishment creat-ed to provide support for families with behavioral, emotional and mental problems.

The house and its name were inspired by Aeros-mith’s 1989 hit, “Janie’s Got a Gun,” written by Tyler and bassist Tom Hamilton, about a young girl who is abused by her father. Tyler told the story of the song’s origin, ex-plaining how the music came to him before the lyrics. The fund’s name was born out of the fic-tional Janie from Tyler’s song. Unlike many of his songs or videos, Tyler

said, Janie’s song is lit-eral. It depicts to girls all around who have fallen victims to abuse.

The song itself became an anthem to these victims shortly after its release in 1989. Throughout the song process, he had to

deal with his own addic-tion problems. After 50 years of being in a band with guys, he decided to go to this treatment center for co-dependency. While in treatment, he noticed nearly all the women present had, at one point,

been abused, emotionally or physically.

About five years ago, Tyler’s management met with the heads of Youth Villages,

which operates facili-ties and programs for chil-dren across the country.

Tyler met with the company and explained to them why this project meant so much to him.

Janie’s Fund has two important goals: to bring much-needed awareness to the issue of abuse and neglect of children and to

generate financial support to ensure that girls receive the most effective servic-es available to help them overcome the trauma and pain of abuse. Contribu-tions to Janie’s Fund sup-port proven programs at Youth Villages that have demonstrated effective-ness in addressing the trauma of sexual abuse in children and expansion of these services to help even more girls. For more information anyone can visit www.JaniesFund.org.

Tyler donated $500,000 to fund the Tennessee homes renovation. The space will provide a safe living environment and therapy for an estimated 26-30 girls each year. The first Janie’s House opened in Atlanta in 2017. The home can hold about 14 girls at a time and features bright paint on the walls with inspirational quotes from Tyler, including the song lyrics from “Dream On.”

“This Is Us” comes back with an emotional episodeAmanda BettsEditor-in-Chief

After a two-week hia-tus, NBC’s “This Is Us” returned, immediately sending fans to the top of an emotional rollercoast-er. While Kevin (Justin Hartley), the oldest of the Pearson family “Big Three” struggled with how to help their previ-ously estranged uncle Nick (Griffin Dunne) find his way back to happi-ness.

At the beginning of this season, fans watched as beloved Pearson pa-triarch Jack (Milo Ven-timiglia) hid the fact that his brother was actually alive. Before that, the au-dience, as well as Jack’s family, had been led to believe that Nick had died in the Vietnam war. Once Kevin and his sib-

lings found out Nick was alive, they decided they had to meet him, wanting to connect to another part of their father.

Nick, however, suf-fers from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and alcoholism, mak-ing it difficult for him to communicate. As Kevin, along with Randall (Ster-ling K. Brown) and Kate (Chrissy Metz), tried to get to know their uncle, he would continue to push them away. Jack’s wife Rebecca (Man-dy Moore) then came to meet the man she’d thought was dead. “You have his eyes,” Rebecca told Nick, both of them looking like they had seen the ghost of Jack in each other.

While those left behind by Jack in his untimely death usually focus only

on the good, this situa-tion caused them to feel anger toward him. For Kevin in particular, be-ing cheated out of know-ing his uncle until he was well into adulthood made him feel angry and alone. “I’m mad too,” Rebecca admitted. “It’s hard to be mad at someone who’s not here anymore; there’s nothing you can do with those feelings,” she said.

The episode closed with a revealed secret: When Kevin, a recover-ing alcoholic, had gone into Nick’s trailer to clean up, he relapsed. On screen, Kevin is still dealing with this decision alone. Fans will have to wait until next week to find out about the pos-sible aftermath. To watch the episode, tune in to NBC on Tuesday, Feb. 19 at 9 p.m.

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Clarion University sophomore, Cassidy Matz, is named Artist of the Week as of Feb. 14, 2019. Matz is an early childhood educa-tion major with a mi-nor in music.

As the oldest of thirteen cousins in her family, she found a passion in working with children.

However, it was an experience as a young child that made her realize her destiny to sing.

“My first experience with singing was when ‘High School Musi-cal’ first came out, and I wouldn’t stop sing-ing the soundtrack,” said Matz. “In middle school, my parents de-

cided they were going to sign me up for sing-ing lessons.”

In the midst of re-ceiving lessons, Matz’s first perfor-mances were two solo concerts.

During her eighth-grade year, she played the role of Ursula in “The Little Mermaid.”

Once she reached high school, she joined regular concert choir and was selected to be in a small group home-room choir that trav-eled their hometown to perform.

Matz said, “My fa-vorite way to perform is in concert choirs or small groups because all of the different har-monies and melodies can give me chills.”

She is inspired by a range of musical art-

ists, including Idina Menzel and Adele.

“I like singing be-cause you can ex-press so much emotion through not only your song selection, but how you choose to per-form the piece. I also like to challenge my-self by taking lessons and practicing week after week to expand my vocal range, which is really cool.”

Here at Clarion, Cas-sidy Matz stays heav-ily involved in the mu-sic program and plans to continue to do so in her future.

More specifically, she hopes to become a teacher at an elemen-tary school and assist with the district’s mu-sic department.

Cassidy Matz finds passion for singing at young age

Cassidy Matz is an early childhood education major who is heavily involved in the music program at Clarion.

“Apex Legends” slides into the battle royale sceneFreddie Saladin

A&E Editor

The developer of the action-packed, first-per-son shooter game “Titan-fall” has released a new free-to-play battle royale game called “Apex Leg-ends.”

The battle royale genre has blown up drastically over the past couple of years, when “PlayerUnknown’s Bat-tlegrounds” paved the way for the genre, and Epic Game’s free-to-play “Fortnite Battle Royale” soon followed the trend. The developer, Respawn Entertainment, released “Apex Legends” on Feb. 5 for free on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC. With such a short time between the game’s an-nouncement and its re-lease, “Apex Legends” has already reeled in over 25 million players across

all platforms. Informa-tion about the game was released shortly before the lunch and some peo-ple were describing it as “Titanfall without the gi-ant robots.” Many peo-ple were not fond of this idea before the game was

released, but now that it is out, some people are describing it as “the best battle royale game to date.”

This game separates itself from others of its type by mixing in ele-ments similar to “Over-

watch.” Unlike other games in the genre, “Apex Legends” fea-tures an array of charac-ters to choose from, each with their own unique abilities.

For example, the as-sault character, Banga-

lore, has a tactical abil-ity that allows her to use a smoke launcher that shoots out smoke gre-nades, blinding her op-ponents. Her ultimate ability lets her call in an artillery strike that moves across the battle-

field. Another character, Gibraltar, has a tactical ability that allows him to throw down a dome-shield that can block incoming fire. His ul-timate ability lets him call a mortar strike on a marked position.

The game features a smaller map compared to other games in the genre, and instead of hav-ing 100 players in one match, the game only al-lows 60 players to com-pete in a match. Not only that, but moving around in the game is fluid, as players are able to slide around, quickly moving from cover to cover.

It is clear that “Apex Legends” stands out from other battle royale games. It will be inter-esting to see if “Apex Legends” can take the spotlight away from “Fortnite.”

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Clarion University’s men and women’s basket-ball teams both competed on Feb. 9 against PSAC rival University of Pitts-burgh at Johnstown (UPJ) in home matchups.

The women’s team played first at 1 p.m. and came in with an 8-14 re-cord with a 2-13 mark against conference oppo-nents.

Clarion stayed consis-tent each quarter in terms of scoring, but UPJ got off to a big lead early.

The first quarter con-cluded with a 27-11 lead for UPJ.

Clarion outscored its opponent by four in the second quarter but were still trailing 41-29 at half-time.

Second half play was better, but Clarion was not

able to outscore the other team.

Both quarters in the second half ended 11-11, meaning there was no

change in the lead in ei-ther direction.

The Golden Eagle’s women’s basketball team fell 63-51 to drop to a

2-14 PSAC mark this sea-son.

It is now 8-15 overall and will take on Slippery Rock at home in its next

game on Feb. 16.The men’s team, on the

other hand, entered 4-15 on the season and 2-13 against its conference

foes.First half performance

was close, as Clarion trailed by nine points.

With a 42-31 deficit, the Golden Eagles had to work hard to create a sec-ond half comeback in its home center.

Clarion came soaring in the second half, outscor-ing UPJ 39-25 to claim its fifth victory of the season.

The final score of 71-66 gave the Golden Eagles a 3-13 mark in the PSAC, and it improved in front of a home crowd.

The men’s team will also be playing Slippery Rock at home on Feb. 16.

The women play at 1 p.m. and the men’s team play at 3 p.m.

With only a few games left in the 2018-19 sea-son, both Clarion basket-ball teams look to end the campaign on a high note and improve for next year.

10 Sports THE CLARION CALL February 14, 2019

Gamblers bet on new football league despite no history

Browns give troubled running back Kareem Hunt second chance

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Al-most no one knows the players and there’s virtually no history to look back on.

But that’s not stopping gamblers from making — and bookmakers from taking — bets on America’s newest professional football league, the Alli-ance of American Football (AAF).

With one weekend of games under its belt, the league has already drawn interest from some bettors — not near-ly the action of a typical NFL game but enough to encourage sportsbooks that the fledgling league’s games are worth offering on a betting menu.

While no bookmaker would reveal precisely how much was bet on last weekend’s inaugural slate of games, many said they were encouraged.

“It was more than I expected,” said Joe Asher, CEO of William Hill US, which operates books in Nevada, New Jersey and several other states. “Tiny in comparison to the NFL, but not bad considering it’s a brand new league.”

Las Vegas sportsbooks also reported mild interest.

Jay Kornegay, vice president of race and sportsbook operations at the West-gate Las Vegas Superbook, said AAF games drew bets at about the same rate

as an average college basketball game.“It was light in football terms, but

understandably so,” he said. “Some books had pretty robust action, compa-rable to an NBA game, while at others, it trickled in.”

Jay Rood, vice president of race and sports for MGM Resorts International was pleased with what he described as “fairly light” wagering that nonethe-less was three times what the company expected to see.

He said the AAF’s weekend han-dle exceeded the level of betting on a typical WNBA game, approaching the level of betting on a lower-tier college football game.

One obvious challenge: How to set betting lines — or any expectations — from a league with no past results aside from an exhibition game. Many outlets limited bets on the infant league to $500 to $1,000.

“It’s a challenge, for both bookmak-ers and sports bettors, when there is no history on the teams and very little his-tory on most of the players involved,” said Mattias Stetz, chief operating of-ficer of Rush Street Interactive, which operates the sportsbooks at two Penn-sylvania casinos.

“The handle was relatively small to start, but we expect it to pick up as players get more familiar with the league,” Stetz said. “TV ratings were

surprisingly high for the AAF this weekend, and betting handle tends to follow public interest, so we are excit-ed to see where things go from here.”

Rood said the league invited sports-books to watch a preseason game and review training camp scrimmages to familiarize themselves with the teams. He said 60 percent to 70 percent of bets came from sophisticated gamblers, or “sharps” looking to profit from a situ-ation in which nobody knows much about the league.

William Hill’s lines on the initial AAF games were “not as tight, but our guys do their best,” Asher said.

League officials did not respond to a message seeking comment from The Associated Press.

The league’s debut the weekend af-ter the Super Bowl gave some football fans something else to bet on with the NFL wrapped up. Ivan Mitef of Kan-sas City bet $200 on each of the AAF’s first four games, winning three of them by betting the under on the total points scored in each game.

But he said he was less sure than usual about these bets, placed with an offshore internet site.

“I wasn’t too comfy on some of the spreads just yet; I wanted to see them play a game,” he said. “I figured new league, some of the teams might not have jived yet, so I thought it was a

good idea to take all the unders.”Others remained wary of risking

cash on a brand-new league.“It’s too early to make a bet on

them,” said Jerry Brown, a sports bet-tor from Columbus, Ohio. “It’ll prob-ably have to be a few games in to see how teams play for me to feel comfort-able.”

The league’s regular season is sched-uled for 10 weeks, plus two weeks of playoffs including a title game on April 27.

Westgate has the Arizona Hotshots and the Orlando Apollos as the co-fa-vorites to win the AAF championship at 2-1; the San Antonio Commanders and the Birmingham Iron at 6-1; the Salt Lake Stallions at 8-1; the San Di-ego Fleet at 12-1, and the Memphis Express and the Atlanta Legends at 40-1.

MGM also has Arizona and Orlando as its top favorites to win the title.

Rood predicts the league will be popular among football fans and bet-tors in part because of games being televised on NFL Network or CBS Sports Network.

“People want to bet on what they can watch,” he said. “I don’t really think it’s going to threaten college football or the NFL anytime soon, but for a new spring league, it’s got some legs under it.”

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Women’s hoopers fall to UPJ, men bring home win

The Golden Eagles men’s hoopers pounced the Mountain Cats 71-66.

BEREA, Ohio (AP) — The Cleveland Browns believe there’s remorse in Kareem Hunt’s heart. The NFL hasn’t gotten that far.

Following their own investigation, the Browns signed Hunt to a one-year contract Monday, giving the former star Chiefs running back a second chance after a video showed him pushing and kicking a woman.

“I think we’re all ap-palled by it,” general manager John Dorsey said at the team’s head-quarters, hours after the Browns announced the controversial signing. “It is an egregious act. We all understand that. But after doing our research, ex-tensive research, analyz-ing the situation, we came to the conclusion that I am willing to help a man from a second chance moving forward to be a better person, and that’s all you can ask for in soci-ety, and that’s all I’m try-ing to do.”

Soon after the disturb-ing video surfaced in December, Kansas City released the 23-year-old Hunt, who was seen in a physical altercation with the woman last February during an argument in the lobby of a Cleveland hotel where he stayed.

While Kansas City’s actions drew public sup-port, the move put Hunt’s career in peril and placed him on the commission-er’s exempt list. He was in his second season with the Chiefs and one of their best players after leading the league in rushing as a rookie.

Now, the Browns feel comfortable giving the Cleveland native an op-portunity to make amends. Hunt, who sought treat-ment and counseling, could still be suspended by the league under its personal conduct policy for the incident and two others that surfaced after he was released by the Chiefs.

The league’s investiga-tion is ongoing, and until it’s completed the Browns

won’t know if or when he’ll be able to play. Hunt has not been charged with a crime.

Dorsey drafted Hunt in 2017 and feels the former Toledo back’s contrition is genuine.

“I’ve known him since 2016 and I’ve found him to be a neat, young guy,” Dorsey said. “Now let’s reiterate, the egregious act that he did commit ... there is no room for those types of things. We all know that moving for-ward. But as you go along and you start to see that this individual is truly re-morseful, he understands the instances that took place there and he’s trying to make himself a better person now moving for-ward, and that’s all you can ask for.

Dorsey said he spoke to “numerous individuals” during the team’s investi-gation, adding he did not reach out to the victim, who has not spoken pub-licly about the incident.

In a statement released by the team, Hunt said:

“First off, I would like

to once again apologize for my actions last year. What I did was wrong and inexcusable. That is not the man I was raised to be, and I’ve learned a great deal from that experience and certainly should have been more truthful about it after the fact. I’m ex-tremely grateful that John Dorsey, Dee and Jimmy Haslam and the Cleveland Browns organization are granting me the opportu-nity to earn their trust and represent their organiza-tion in the best way pos-sible on and off the field.

“I am committed to following the necessary steps to learn and to be a better and healthier person from this situa-tion. I also understand the expectations that the Browns have clearly laid out and that I have to earn my way back to the NFL. I’m a work in progress as a person, but I’m commit-ted to taking advantage of the support systems that I have in place to become the best and healthier ver-sion of myself.”

Hunt’s incident is one

of the more high-profile assault cases to plague the league in recent years.

In 2014, Baltimore running back Ray Rice was captured on video punching and knocking out his then-fiancee in an elevator. He was released by the team and never re-turned to the NFL.

The Browns, coming off a tumultuous 7-8-1 season that followed an 0-16 record in 2017, are creating headlines by giv-ing Hunt a second chance even as the NFL has not yet decided on his status. Dorsey expects the league to wrap up its investi-gation “within a couple weeks.”

Dorsey expects back-lash for the decision to sign Hunt, but feels he knows Hunt well enough to believe he’s changed.

“I truly, in my heart of hearts, believe there is a humble soul within that person, I really do,” Dorsey said. “He owns up to it. ... he’s remorseful and I think he understands the magnitude of it, and right now he wants to be

a better person and prove to people that, you know what, that was an isolated mistake that I made and that will never happen again.

“He’s got to earn that trust from today moving forward.”

Hunt, of course, could wind up with a suspen-sion for a portion of the 2019 season. A player who is placed on the com-missioner’s exempt list may not practice or attend games, but with the team’s permission he may be present at its facility on “a reasonable basis for meet-ings, individual workouts, therapy and rehabilitation, and other permitted non-football activities.”

If and when he is able to play, Hunt could have a major role with the Browns. Nick Chubb ran for 996 yards as a rookie last season and the team has Duke Johnson, a ver-satile back who also is one of the team’s best re-ceivers.

Johnson signed a three-year, $15.6 million con-tract in June.

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No. 2 Duke rallies from 23 down, beats

No. 16 Louisville

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Looking tired and beaten while trail-ing Louisville by 23 points, Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski told his play-ers they would win the game.

Whether he believed it or not didn’t matter. The Blue Devils bought in and found their energy in the final 10 minutes to mount one of their big-gest comebacks ever.

Cam Reddish made a tying 3-pointer with 1:28 left and the go-ahead free throws with 14 seconds remaining, helping the No. 2 Blue Devils over-come a second-half deficit to beat the No. 16 Cardinals 71-69 on Tues-day night.

“I think our mental-ity changed,” Reddish said. “We didn’t want to go home with a loss. We had to fight for Duke, just give it our all for the name on our chest.”

After making 2 of 17 shots to open the second half, Duke (22-2, 10-1 Atlantic Coast Confer-ence) got hot to make 9 of 13 and shut down the Cardinals over the final 9:54. Zion Williamson (27 points, 12 rebounds) ignored foul trouble and instead drew whistles in his favor, making 8 of 9 from the line before Red-dish added a couple of 3s in between free throws — the last two of which followed an official review of a play under Duke’s basket.

Christen Cunning-ham tried to tie it for Louisville (17-8, 8-4),

but his jumper in the lane bounced off the rim and into Williamson’s hands as the final sec-onds ticked off. The Blue Devils celebrated loudly as they left the court after completing the second-biggest second-half comeback in program history.

“It just took us playing hard,” Williamson told ESPN after the game. “They were playing harder than us. Louis-ville’s a very great team, but we just had to play harder than them.”

Not even Coach K could grasp that rally.

“I did think we could play better,” he said. “I was positive, but I don’t know, belief. ... At that point, I may have been telling them a lie.”

The ploy worked because the Blue Dev-ils also clamped down defensively with a com-bination of press and 2-2-1 zone that forced 13 second-half turnovers and left the Cardinals forcing passes and shots.

“Give Duke great credit. Their kids never quit,” Louisville coach Chris Mack said. “They battled, they turned us over what seemed like a thousand times in the last four or five minutes. I’m stunned.”

Reddish scored 16 of his 22 points after halftime and RJ Bar-rett added 13 for Duke, which won its eighth in a row despite shooting a season-low 37 percent from the field.

Jordan Nwora had

23 points and Dwayne Sutton 15 for Louisville, which dropped its second straight. The Cardinals shot 42 percent, but just 9 of 24 in the second half.

POLL IMPLICATIONSDuke continued its

pursuit of the No. 1 spot with a gutsy rally. Louisville has work to do against Clemson if it wants to stay in the AP Top 25.

BIG PICTUREDuke: The Blue Dev-

ils looked flat for 30 minutes and seemingly couldn’t make anything from the field. But they regrouped and came away with a strong, if ragged, follow-up to their win over Virginia. They were outrebounded 41-39 but came up with needed boards in the clutch.

Louisville: Instead of bouncing back from a mistake-prone overtime loss at Florida State, the Cardinals are left won-dering as they let one slip away.

Seemingly in control for the first 10 minutes of the second half, they became tentative. They missed shots in the pro-cess and lost a chance to earn a signature win that could’ve strengthened their conference title hopes.

UP NEXTDuke hosts North

Carolina State on Satur-day in the lone meeting between the Tobacco Road schools.

Louisville hosts Clem-son on Saturday.

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Duke guard Jordan Goldwire, left, and forward Cam Reddish celebrate follow-ing the team’s 71-69 victory over Louisville in an NCAA college basketball game

in Louisville, KY., Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019.

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The Clarion Golden Eagles trav-eled to Cleveland, Ohio to pick up another win, defeating Cleveland State 25-9 on Friday.

Unfortunately, the team was un-able to obtain another win when they fell against Lock Haven 35-6 on Sunday afternoon.

Facing against the Cleveland State Vikings, the Golden Eagles were at a disadvantage after Cleveland State won the first three of the four bouts. In the second bout, 133-pound

Freshman Seth Koleno earned a 13-3 major decision, putting Clarion in the lead by one point with a score of 4-3.

While Cleveland State earned points from the next two matches, Clarion managed to come back strong, winning the rest of the bouts that night.

Mike Bartolo began the comeback for the team, defeating his opponent via 5-4 decision.

Evan Delong followed up with an-other decision win, bringing Clarion back into the lead by one point with a score of 10-9.

Sophomore Max Wohlabaugh controlled his opponent in the 165-pound bout, winning via 20-5 technical fall.

285-pound sophomore Toby Ca-hill ended the night positively with a 10-2 major decision.

The Golden Eagles walked out with a 25-9 victory.

Moving on from the win against the Cleveland State Vikings, the Clarion Golden Eagles made their way to Lock Haven to face off against the Lock Haven Bald Eagles.

The first three bouts of the af-ternoon were all in Lock Haven’s favor, putting them in the lead with a score of 12-0.

In the fourth bout, 149-pound Av-ery Shay defeated his opponent with a 3-2 decision victory, earning three points for Clarion.

Later on in the afternoon, 197-pound Redshirt sophomore

Greg Bulsak, who was named the Eastern Wrestling League’s (EWL) Wrestler of the Week on Monday, was the second and last member of the Golden Eagles to receive points for the team that night, earning a 5-0 decision victory.

The event ended with Lock Haven defeating Clarion 35-6.

The Clarion Golden Eagles hope to pick things back up, as they will be traveling to Edinboro to face off against the Fighting Scotts next Friday.

The Golden Eagles baseball squad began its 2019 campaign with mixed results last weekend after travelling to a much warmer climate at Chowan University in North Carolina.

The Hawks hosted Clarion for a three-game series, with the first two contests tak-ing place in a double-header on Saturday.

The Golden Eagles managed to split the first two games but later fell 12-9 during an extra-inning slug-fest in Sunday’s fi-nale.

Entering the series, the Chowan squad al-ready had four games under its belt, having hosted Coker College of South Carolina the previous weekend.

For Clarion, though, it was the team’s opening series of the year, and although the Golden Eagles ulti-mately walked away with two losses, there were indeed some positives taken away as the team moves forward.

Saturday’s first game was an old-fash-ioned pitcher’s duel until the Clarion bull-pen unraveled in the

final inning of play, ultimately resulting in a 3-1 defeat.

Sophomore lefty Kyler Mellott was brilliant in his full five innings of work, striking out six Hawk batters and surrender-ing just one earned run on five hits and two walks.

Mellott gave way to sophomore righty Josh Kirwin, who eventually registered the loss after allowing two runs on two hits and two free passes.

Offensively, the Golden Eagles were paced by sopho-more infielder Brian Casper, who went 2-for-3 with two singles as the desig-nated hitter. Sopho-more outfielder Matt Privette scored the lone Clarion run.

Senior first base-man Nick Rose led the way for the Hawks, going 1-for-3 with a double and two RBI.

In the second-leg of the doubleheader, there was a little more offense to report, as the Golden Eagles prevailed 5-4 in extra innings to notch their first win of the sea-son.

Senior infielder Dillon Wolbert turned out to be the hero for Clarion after his dou-ble to left field in the

bottom of the eighth inning plated junior center fielder Chan-dler Palyas, resulting in the game-winning run.

Sophomore right-hander Kyle Thomp-son began the night on the hill for the Golden Eagles but was relieved by the trio of Bailey Duro-cher, Bryce Grenet and Dereck Pritchard, which delivered four full impressive in-nings of three-hit ball.

Sophomore out-fielder Nick Fugh added a run and an RBI for Clarion af-ter going 2-for-4 at the plate, and sopho-more catcher Thomas Lavin contributed a single and an RBI of his own.

Pritchard registered the victory.

Sunday’s finale saw Chowan outslug the Golden Eagles 14 hits to 11.

Senior outfielder Marquise Lanier and

freshman first base-man Brock Cross car-ried the Hawk offense on their shoulders in the 12-9 victory.

Lanier went 2-for-4 with a double, a home run, two runs scored and three RBI, while Cross added a single, a long ball and three additional RBI.

Junior righty Jer-emy Frazier started the game on the bump for the Golden Eagles but lasted just 2-1/3 frames after surren-

dering nine earned runs.

Sophomore first baseman Bryce Jack-son ended up going 3-for-4 at the dish for Clarion with a dou-ble, an RBI and a run scored.

Looking ahead, Clarion is idle un-til Feb. 22, when the team faces Lock Hav-en for two games and Millersville for two contests at the River-side Spring Classic in Williamston, NC.

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Clarion wrestling defeats Cleveland State, drops bout at Lock Haven

Photo Credit: Bri NellisThe Golden Eagle baseball team will take on Lock Haven and Millersville in North Carolina on Feb. 22.

Clarion baseball splits weekend doubleheader at Chowan

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Clarion wrestling will look to make a comeback against the Edinboro Fighting Scots next Friday in Edinboro.

UPCOMING MATCHES:@ Edinboro Friday, Feb. 22

@ Univ. of Michigan Sunday Feb. 24EWL Championships @ Fairfax, VA

Saturday, March 9