By Tina LocurtoTHE DAILY COLLEGIAN

Language is power — tearing people down or building them up.

While the 21st century has provided the world with new, ca-sual language like “selfie” and “hashtag,” the controversy of inclusivity and gender-neutral terminology has shaped modern institutions and politics itself.

Recently, installing all-gender bathrooms in schools has be-come a debate on a national level. The Vashon Island School Dis-trict in Washington, for example, embraced this change, converting two male and female bathrooms to be accessible to everyone, according to a report from KTVZ.

Some schools are tak-ing this one step further, considering the language used when referring to students.

The distinction of “first-year” instead of “fresh-man,” while a relatively new topic, has already

taken motion in several influen-tial universities, including the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Cornell University and Yale University.

Around The Country Camille Lizarríbar, dean of

Student Affairs at Yale Univer-sity, said she sees this shift in lan-guage as a “natural evolution.”

With many terms that become deeply-rooted into the core of hu-man language, “freshman” will take time for immediate effects to set in, Lizarríbar told the Yale Daily News.

Despite this difficulty, many

colleges across the nation are determined the change will con-tinue to make their campuses a cohesive space for all students.

UNC Chapel Hill, another uni-versity that made this change in 2012, said in a statement to Cam-pus Reform that it is “committed to providing an inclusive and wel-coming environment for all mem-bers of our community.”

Nonetheless, Yale College Dean Marvin Chun made it clear the university administrators were “not trying to be language police.”

“It’s really for public, formal correspondence and for-mal publications…We’re not trying to tell people what language to use in their everyday casual con-versations,” Chun told the Yale Daily News.

At Penn State, Brian Patchcoski, the director of the LGBTQA Student Resource Center and for-mer director of the Cornell LGBT Center, said most universities have taken to this shift.

Even so, while Cornell has acknowledged the use of “first-year,” Patchcoski said there are still departments there who might use “freshman.”

“It’s a generational shift,” he said. “But, I think it’s one that most colleges and universities are trying to engage because of the student bodies they now rep-resent.”

It may seem like a small change, but to some students, showing effort to be more inclu-sive makes a big difference.

Leliana McDermott, a trans-gender student at SUNY Gen-eseo, said her school openly uses both terms when referring to students. However, she thinks more schools should start using “first-year” in place of a term that excludes women and non-binary individuals.

McDermott said for those look-ing to better understand inclusiv-ity and practice mindful language usage, an easy and quick way is to watch online educational videos about the topic.

“After gaining some founda-tional knowledge, students and

faculty can just go about their day normally and just change their language if someone points out a word that they don’t like being called,” she said.

Inclusivity at Penn State Penn State too has already

begun a slow transition, using “first-year” in day-to-day admin-istrative language. More notably, “first-year seminar” and “first-year experience” have become a part of customary vocabulary for students and faculty.

University spokesperson Lisa Powers said Undergraduate Edu-cation and Undergraduate Ad-missions almost exclusively use “first-year.”

“We still use the designations ‘sophomore,’ ‘junior’ and ‘senior’ in many instances — but also use ‘second-year,’” Powers said via email. “However, when referring to the first two years of a bacca-laureate degree, we often use the term ‘lower division,’ and for stu-dents in years three and four we do use ‘upper division.’”

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By Allison Moody THE DAILY COLLEGIAN

William Denton’s favorite say-ing reflects his outlook on life: “Remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”

Denton, of Raleigh, North Car-olina, was one to look out for his friends and always lend a helping hand, according to his obituary published in the Raleigh News & Observer.

The Penn State student was found dead in his Miller Hall dorm room last Monday evening after his parents called local police and requested a welfare check. Now, both Raleigh and State College communities are feeling the loss.

“One thing I was sure of is that Will will not be defined by his death, but the way he lived,” said LuAnn Charlton, an associate

pastor at Hayes Barton United Methodist Church in Denton’s hometown. “He was a bright light in the world.”

Denton was beginning the sec-ond semester of his sophomore year at Penn State, studying health care policy and admin-istration. According to Centre County Coroner Scott Sayers, he most likely died Sunday night — meaning Denton came back to campus, but died before he could attend a class in the spring se-mester.

“My sincere and deepest sym-pathy to Will’s entire family and to his friends,” Diane Spokus, a fac-ulty member in the department of Health Policy and Administra-tion, commented on Denton’s on-line obituary. “He was a wonder-ful young man who always acted professionally. He showed great

maturity, good work ethic and had a wonderful, caring attitude towards what he was passionate about.”

Denton was also a member of Alpha Tau Omega, participating in Penn State THON 2017 along-side the organization.

“The THON community is deeply saddened by the loss of William Denton, a dedicated stu-dent volunteer through the or-ganization Alpha Tau Omega,” Haley Staub, THON public rela-tions director, told The Daily Col-legian. “Our sympathies are with Will’s family and friends during this time.”

His fraternity brothers char-tered a bus and drove nearly 500 miles through the night to attend his memorial service in Raleigh on Saturday, Charlton said.

When the packed service end-ed, Charlton exited the sanctuary, followed by Denton’s fraternity brothers and his casket. Charlton said the gesture left no dry eyes in the room.

According to Denton’s obitu-ary, the service was a celebration of life, rather than a mourning of his death. A few of his closest confidants, a fraternity brother and his older brother, Tal, spoke about Denton and how he would be remembered.

“A lot of people said they came in a very bad place and they left with a lot of hope,” Charlton said.

Melanie Sill, of Oak Island, North Carolina, also expressed her condolences on Denton’s on-

line obituary, speaking of the feel-ing in the room on that somber Saturday.

“The church was so full of love and support, and it felt to me as though much of that came from Will through you,” she said to his parents, Tali and Van. “Your abil-ity to smile and embrace the love during such a trial said so much about you both and about your family.”

Those who knew him — his pastor, friends and family — de-scribed Denton as a kind and thoughtful individual.

Charlton ended her sermon by imploring all in attendance to honor Denton’s memory by “be-ing the one to enter into other people’s pain” as Denton did dur-ing his life.

Instead of flowers, Denton’s family asked those who wanted to honor him to make a donation to Penn State THON. A candlelight vigil will be held at 5 p.m. Thurs-day on Old Main Lawn.

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By Laura ZaksTHE DAILY COLLEGIAN

The Corner Room slogan, “Meet me at the corner,” rings many bells for both State College residents and those who merely pass by the dimly lit, cozy restau-rant on West College Avenue.

Emma Gunsallus is no strang-er to the slogan.

She had been meeting custom-ers at the “corner” since 1955.

For 61 years, this woman has served the customers of Happy Valley, smiling and happy herself, missing only two years due to a brief move to Oklahoma.

Jan. 17, however, marked the last day of work for the 82-year-old. She spent her final day sit-ting at a table in the middle of the restaurant, with a vase of flowers, tray of strawberries and glass of

water sparkling in front of her. An icon of the Corner Room,

she welcomed guests to come in to say goodbye, present their cards and gifts and ultimately wish her well.

“I love the Corner Room be-cause of the people — the com-munity,” she said. “Each person’s stories [are] very special.”

Her shirt was as white as her hair and her words as bright as her smile.

“All the food here is so good, too,” she said, smiling.

John Cocolin, the co-owner of the Corner Room, nodded fondly as he sat beside Gunsallus.

“Her favorite dish is Matty’s Ham à la Corner — it’s been on the menu since 1926,” he said.

“That’s one of the best, John,” Gunsallus said, folding her hands.

Gunsallus was soon

approached by a woman in a light blue coat, who took a seat beside her and pulled out a photograph of her mother, Betty Vincent, who once worked alongside Gunsal-lus.

“Oh, my mother just adored her,” Gearhart said. “She loved her very much and they had al-ways shared laughs between shifts.”

The conversation soon turned to former football head coach Joe Paterno, who happened to be one of Gunsallus’ regular customers.

“Paterno would stop by all the time and give her a hug and a kiss; they were good friends,” Co-colin said. “One time, he came in and she asked him if he wanted to know what a Polish trailer is; she then proceeded to lead him around the restaurant until she pointed to him and said, ‘There! Now that’s a Polish trailer,’ as he was, [indeed], trailing after her.”

Gunsallus even waited on two presidents who stopped by the Corner Room when dining before campaign speeches.

The smiling woman with the white hair and white shirt, howev-er, cannot remember who those presidents were exactly.

“A lot of things have happened for her in this restaurant, but she cannot remember all of them, unfortunately,” Cocolin said, glancing warmly at her. “She has all these people that love her though; every alumni week-end she is flooded with customers who remember her and embrace her.”

The past two years, Gunsallus has been working as a greeter, but when she was a waitress, her tables were 15, 16, 17 and 18.

These tables were hers for all 61 years, between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m.

In that short time, she filled the restaurant with laughter, smiles and her own style of “sarcastic wit,” according to general man-ager, John Briggs.

“We shared so many jokes over

the years — we have always had a good rela-tionship,” Briggs said. “We never take any-thing too seriously.”

Sharon Lanager, an-other waitress at the Corner Room, admires Gunsallus and her abil-ity to spread love and warmth.

“She’s a State Col-lege icon. When you come back to State Col-lege, you can go to the Creamery, you can go the Lion Shrine, but you have to go to the Corner Room and see Emma,” she said.

Two hundred people, according to Cocolin, have come in the past two days alone to visit the waitress who will be dearly missed.

“It’s amazing to see somebody touch so many people’s lives,” Briggs said. “She’s very inviting — a living legend.”

Customers and visitors contin-ued to pile into the restaurant and each left with Gunsallus yelling out, “Love you,” after their backs turned.

“It’s her catchphrase of the day,” Briggs said.

Upon her retirement, Gunsal-lus has grand plans she is excited to begin. One of them includes cultivating a garden.

“I’m going to grow tomato plants. No peppers and definitely no onions,” Gunsallus said. “My son used to come out the back door and dig out the tomatoes, but this year we will dig out of our own.”

Briggs and Lanager chuckled. “You mean to say he was taking

them out of other people’s gar-dens?” Briggs asked.

Gunsallus had one response. “Those darn kids,” she said, a

smile spreading from ear to ear.Gunsallus’ mark on the Corner

Room will forever shine brightly,

illuminating the walls and per-haps Matty’s Ham à la Corner.

She even made headlines in a local newspaper when she was 48 years old.

It was at that age that Gunsul-lus was selected as the Corner Room’s Hero for the Centre Com-munities Chapter of the America Red Cross Heroes Campaign.

She had sold the most but-tons for Buck-a-Cup; each but-ton cost a dollar and the money she raised went towards the Armed Forces, emergency services, blood services and health and safety education.

In this way, Gunsallus retiring could be seen as a bittersweet end of an era, but one that she spent making a difference in ev-ery way she could.

“She’s one-of-a-kind, a true gem,” Briggs said. “We wish her the best in her retirement, her new life chapter and whatever she wishes to do — tomatoes and all.”

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For as large as Penn State’s student body is, the number of students who do not fit the typi-cal “college student mold” consti-tutes a very small percentage.

Recent statistics from this year, for instance, show about 3,400 active duty and veteran students are enrolled through World Campus, according to Penn State News. These veter-ans, along with students who are either over the age of 24 or are more than four years out of high school, are classified as adult

learners at Penn State. Sonya Wilmoth, assistant di-

rector of the LGBTQA Student Resource Center, said due to the rise of individuals that are not the typical “18- to 22-year-old stu-dents,” replacing freshman with first-year would better represent the experience of more students.

“I think it only makes sense because our students are very different,” Wilmoth said. “When we look at our World Campus stu-dents, adult learners, veterans... our students aren’t necessarily the same type of students that we’ve had in the past.”

While Powers said Penn State has taken no “official stance” on

terminology that should be used, most departments have grown accustomed to using “first-year” as the main descriptor.

Similar to Lizarríbar, Powers mentioned, however, that “fresh-man” is still a term used exten-sively in higher education.

A Better EnvironmentFrom the very beginning when

a student fills out an application to attend Penn State, there is no way to indicate sexual orientation or gender identity, Wilmoth said.

The same goes for employees of the school, as well.

“We have no way of indicating, or being able to, totally talk about

our identities,” Wilmoth said. Though Penn State has proved

to be an all-inclusive environment — ranking No. 28 for LGBTQ friendly universities by College Choice in 2016 — Wilmoth said she still believes progress has to be made.

She cited policies, program-ming and other factors like stu-dent applications and forms, that all can be improved.

Patchcoski said it can be as simple as the roster in a class-room.

“Calling attendance can actu-ally bother someone because that name of record may not match that person’s persona or

presence in the world,” he said. Allowing students to self-iden-

tify, Patchcoski said, is one way of improving inclusivity. It should not be assumed that the roster accurately represents everyone, he added.

Patchcoski said a way of identi-fying one’s self is to simply fill out an index card.

“I think it’s allowing folks to self-identify, use pronouns and generalize our speech,” he said. “I think that does create a more inclusive environment — but it’s one step at a time.”

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By Maddie AikenTHE DAILY COLLEGIAN

It may come as a surprise to some, but anyone is allowed in Old Main, whether they are a student, faculty or Penn State President Eric Barron.

Once they’re inside, they might be even more surprised by the artwork that covers its walls.

The United States’ 16th presi-dent, Abraham Lincoln, is paint-ed on the center wall, greeting those who walk through Old Main’s doors.

Surrounding Lincoln are the 1,300 square foot Land-Grant Frescoes, a mu-ral that reflects Penn State’s land-grant his-tory and optimistically looks at Penn State’s future.

Jackie Esposito, a special projects li-brarian at Penn State, is familiar with the Land-Grant Frescoes’ history.

The Frescoes were completed in three phases in the 1930s and 40s, according to Esposito.

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Behind the goggles: Student rapper etches out his place at Penn State

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Khalil Dunham-Carson, also known as “Guccci Goggles,” poses in

Pollock Halls during his sophomore year.

By Cooper DeckTHE DAILY COLLEGIAN

On a Saturday night in the middle of Penn State’s fraternity row, through a door and down a staircase, met with blaring mu-sic and shining lights, is where Khalil Dunham-Carson, better known as Guccci Goggles, will be found in his prime, doing what he does best: being the life of the party.

“Thursday, Friday and Satur-day it’s like I put on my Batman cape and I’m Batman,” Dunham-Carson (junior-psychology) said. “But Monday, Tuesday, [Wednes-day and] Thursday, during the day, I just feel like a regular Joe going to classes.”

Guccci Goggles was born out of Dunham-Carson’s motivation to get into Penn State fraternity par-ties as a freshman, but eventually intersected with his passion for music down the road.

To create an identity for fra-ternities to remember him, Dun-ham-Carson originally wore a Ralph Lauren vest to parties with no shirt underneath.

By the time spring rolled

around, however, it became too hot to wear and he had to find a different trademark.

“I literally went on Gucci.com and bought my first pair of gog-gles,” he said. “Ever since then, I made a jersey that says ‘Guccci Goggles’ on the back.”

To go along with the jersey and $500 goggles, Dunham-Carson also wears a Gucci belt, which was his original motivation to buy the Gucci goggles in the first place.

“[The fraternities] would just know me as Gucci,” he said. “But what happened was instead of being just known as Guccci, they just called me Guccci Goggles. I don’t care what you call me, as long as you know me and I can get in, I’m fine.”

It was not solely the goggles that got him into these parties, it was also the person that Dun-ham-Carson is and the presence he has.

“He’s always got this vibrant personality,” Dennis Pietrandrea, one of Dunham-Carson’s close friends, said. “He always gains this energy when he’s around people in groups.”

The combination of Dunham-Carson’s personality he brings to parties, along with his recent-ly purchased goggles, gave way to what Penn State now knows as Guccci Goggles.

“If I was to be remembered for one thing [at Penn State], it would be as the kid who’s the lit-est person at the party, but sober,” he said.

This approach translated over into Dunham-Carson’s rap career, as his songs canvas top-ics from the college party scene to Penn State’s THON.

“I want to create music that creates an imagery,” Dunham-Carson said. “Don’t get me wrong, I can create the songs you hear out now, but I will cre-ate a mood with it.”

Ever since growing up in New Haven, Connecticut, he has al-ways had a passion for music, even before his Guccci Goggles persona was created.

It just so happens that the persona of Guccci Goggles at fraternity parties caught so much traction that he decided to make it his name as a rap artist.

“His passion for music has always been there,” his mother and manager, Nafeesah Hope said. “Ever since I was singing to him in my belly.”

Hope added that he would al-ways ask her about how certain words fit in songs that he wrote up, just to get her thoughts on his music.

What started out with Dun-ham-Carson casually rapping over instrumentals on YouTube as a freshman in high school catalyzed into Guccci Goggles’ performances as close as Col-lege Pizza in State College and at venues as far as New York City.

He has also performed at fraternities such as Phi Kappa Theta, Lambda Chi Alpha and at Sigma Chi’s week-long phi-lanthropy event titled “Derby Days” in conjunction with Pi Beta Phi sorority.

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Overwatch League, esports and how they affect traditional athleticsThe fine line between

esports and their traditional counterparts is changing, but it’s

unclear whether it’s fading or solidifying.

In November 2016, Blizzard Entertainment, the company be-hind franchises like World of War-craft, Starcraft and Diablo, an-

nounced its revolutionary ap-proach to professional esports, using Overwatch as its guinea pig.

Overwatch is a team-based, first-person shooter developed by Blizzard, which was released in May 2016. By October 2017, the player base had already reached 35 million.

Blizzard’s idea, known as the “Overwatch League,” was de-signed to follow the model of North American professional sports, which meant permanent city-based teams and regular seasons.

“If we structure a league the right way and put the right in-vestment behind it, we can actu-ally monetize it in a way that’s not too dissimilar from tradi-tional sports,” said Nate Nanzer, global director of Overwatch es-ports and the commissioner for

Overwatch League.Esports have commonly tak-

en the approach of promotion and relegation in the past.

That’s what makes the Over-watch League unique. Thanks to Blizzard’s strong financial foundation, it had the money to experiment with this format.

Throughout 2017, Blizzard worked out the kinks and an-nounced the teams that would be a part of the inaugural sea-son, which started at the begin-ning this year.

The 12 teams, spanning four countries, include teams from Philadelphia, New York, Bos-ton, London, Florida, Dallas, Houston, San Francisco, Seoul, Shanghai and two teams from Los Angeles.

The team ownership also sheds some light on the level to which Blizzard is taking this, and it could serve as a demon-stration to some people who may not take it as seriously.

Philadelphia’s team, for ex-ample, is owned by Comcast Spectacor, which also owns the Philadelphia Flyers.

While it may seem like this is an obvious shift toward mak-ing esports more like traditional sports, I actually see it as the op-posite.

The Overwatch League matches are not being broad-

cast on cable TV. In fact, Twitch.tv just recently signed off over $90 million for exclusive distri-bution rights for the league.

Twitch.tv has been solidified as the go-to place for any sort of video game-related live content since livestreamed esports be-came widely popular in 2013.

This past week, which was the first week of the league’s inau-gural season, amassed over 10 million viewers on Twitch.tv.

This means that, while the audience is still millions abroad, it’s staying within its already-established domain, instead of treading into territory like ESPN, despite ESPN’s recent interest in covering esports.

It’s inevitable that esports will eventually be as popular as some of the biggest traditional sports, as people who grew up around video games and com-puter-based entertainment re-place those who lived through cable television.

But I don’t think it will be a one-to-one replacement. Es-ports will not “become” tradi-tional sports. The Super Bowl will be American TV’s biggest event for years to come. But what will happen is more people will discover places like Twitch.tv and become interested in fol-lowing professional esports.

Blizzard is trying hard to mar-

ket Overwatch League well, and for the most part, it is doing a good job of getting the name out to the rest of the esports community. But it’s still mak-ing a few mistakes, and I think part of that might be because the marketing team could also be confused about what exactly Blizzard is trying to do.

Is it supposed to be on the same turf as traditional sports or is it taking on its own identity?

Blizzard just needs to play to the strengths of esports instead of focusing on what makes tradi-tional sports work.

Esports can become a main-stream staple of the coming generations of entertainment, but teetering on the awkward line between “sport” and “not a sport” is alienating its image and keeping it in the shadow of traditional sports.

Overwatch League is the first real attempt to break through the mold of a more privatized sponsor-based esport industry and it’s up to Blizzard to play its virtual cards right to determine how esports’ identity grows.

Brian Cunningham is a sophomore majoring in broadcast journalism and is a columnist for The Daily Collegian. Email him at brc5271@psu.edu and follow him on Twitter at @BrianC816.

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Washington State quarterback Tyler Hilinski was found dead in an apart-ment Tuesday with what appeared to be a self- inflicted gunshot to the head. Next to him were a suicide note and a rifle.

By all accounts currently available, Hilinksi, 21, had showed no signs indicating he was suicidal until Tues-day, when he didn’t go to the team’s practice earlier that day, which prompted a “well-ness check,” according to police. When they got there,

it was too late. A redshirt sophomore in

2017, he played in eight games and threw for seven touchdowns. He was on track to start for the

Cougars, a major contender in the PAC 12, next season with the departure of senior Luke Falk.

In the day since news of Hilinski’s suicide broke, he

was described as “cheerful,” “outgoing” and a “special person.” The thought that someone who seemed so happy, put together and tal-ented would take his own life makes such a sudden death all the more shocking.

But that’s the reality of depression, especially in 21st century America. Our perception of a suicidal per-son hasn’t caught up with our ever-evolving interconnected society.

Most people who are sui-cidal don’t want to appear depressed, because they want to mask their despair either from others or from themselves.

A beaming smile and a contagious laugh are sure-fire ways to suppress any hint of suicidal thoughts.

The fastest, most effective way to convince the world we’re not suicidal is to snap a photo or video of us smiling or laughing and post it to social media. Moments later, our focus is on this artificial happiness instead of someone’s very real depression.

Following suicide, we’re left asking: How could some-one who appeared so happy want to end their life?

For athletes, specifically, this suicidal stigma is even more pronounced. In our minds, we’d give anything to play college sports, and because of their enviable status as high-profile athletes, we see them as invulnerable to depression.

But depression doesn’t play favorites. A gifted arm doesn’t make someone immune to desolation. A superhuman skill doesn’t make someone more human. The only real sign regarding suicide is the one that tells us there are no signs.

That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t help those who need it.

Rather, we shouldn’t assume one person needs more help than anyone else.

Therefore, we need to make it our routine to check in on someone, everyone, even if they don’t exhibit the stereotypical suicidal signs. All of us need to know we have people who care about us enough to listen. We need to know how to get help.

The National Suicide Pre-vention Lifeline is 1-800-273-8255 for anybody who would like to seek help. If you’re a Penn State student, you can call the university’s 24/7 cri-sis line at 1(877) 229-6400 or text “LIONS” to 741741.

There’s no shame in asking for help.

Tyler Hilinski’s death shows nobody is immune to suicide

The only real sign regarding suicide is the one that tells us there are no signs.

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Reliving Penn State’s historic streakBy Jake Aferiat

and Sara PerlowitzTHE DAILY COLLEGIAN

It’s been over 1,060 days since Penn State lost its last dual meet.

In that span, in which the Nittany Lions have won 38 dual meets, there have been over 80 pins recorded and roughly 250,000 spectators who have watched the Nittany Lions wrestle.

Here’s a look at that streak, from the start and by the num-bers.

Start of the Streak: Feb.

22, 2015

vs. RiderThe Nittany Lions

started what would be-come their 38-match win streak in their last dual of the 2014-2015 season. After losing the previous two matches to Iowa and Oklahoma State, Penn State took the win against the Rider Broncs on Feb. 22, 2015, which also hap-pened to be Senior Day. The final score was 30-3 and came at the end of a season, but it would be the starting point for a new era.

Best Attended: Feb. 5,

2016 vs. Ohio StateThere have long been stories

told to new wrestlers about what it’s like to wrestle in Rec Hall in front of roughly 6,500 Penn State fans screaming and chanting and the atmosphere that goes with it. As a result, Penn State has sold out Rec Hall 37 straight times en-tering Friday.

But the best attended match during Penn State’s streak came against Ohio State when an an-nounced crowd of 15,983 fans piled into the Bryce Jordan Cen-ter to watch the Nittany Lions take on the Buckeyes. In an early hole against Ohio State’s Myles Martin, Penn State’s Bo Nickal drew energy from the crowd to spur a comeback win.

“I was just kind of thinking, ‘Keep wrestling. This is fun,’” Nickal said then. “It was a pretty cool environment out there and it was cool to be out there wres-tling.”

Largest Margin of Victory:

Nov. 13, 2015 vs. Lock

Haven Penn State’s largest victory

within the current 38-match win streak was recorded in their season opener on

Nov. 13, 2015. The Nittany Lions shutout Lock Haven with a final score of 50-0 in front of a Rec Hall crowd of 6,356. The match con-tained pins from Nico Megaludis (125), Zain Retherford (149), Ja-son Nolf (157) and Matt McCutcheon (184).

Biggest Upset: Jason Nolf

pins No. 1 Isaiah Marti-

nezBefore Jason Nolf was ranked

No. 1 himself, he gave fans a sneak peek of his talent when he stepped on the mat as a redshirt freshman in Jan. 2016. Nolf had the challenge of facing No. 1 Isa-iah Martinez of Illinois at 157.

It turns out that it wasn’t as big of a challenge as everyone had expected. Nolf pinned Martinez in the second period, which gave the defending NCAA Champion his first career loss.

“I just got to keep scoring points,” Nolf told the Big Ten Net-work then. “My high school coach told me ‘believe in your training,’ so that’s what I do.”

First Undefeated Season

Since 1972: 2015-2016The Nittany Lions went 16-0 in

their 2015-2016 season to remain undefeated for the first time since 1972, when they concluded with a 12-0 record. Their perfect season also consisted of nine conference

wins, which is only the second Penn State team to have a spot-

less conference record.The final win of their

2015-2016 season came in a close dual against No. 2 Okla-

h o m a

State in the 2016 NWCA N a t i o n a l Dual Cham-pionship Se-ries. The Nit-tany Lions defeated the Cowboys in a 29-18 win in front of a sold-out Rec Hall crowd.

Most Impressive Feat:

“Pin Party” on Feb. 12,

2017 vs. Maryland The Nittany Lions have a squad

that are no strangers to pinning their opponents, but only once have they been able to score five consecutive pins. The “pin party” against Maryland in Feb. 2017, started off with No. 1 Zain Reth-erford (149) who got the fall at 3:17. Next came No. 1 Jason Nolf (157) who pinned his opponent at the 1:27 mark. No. 4 Vincenzo Jo-seph (165) got the fall at 3:58 and No. 7 Mark Hall (174) pinned his opponent at 1:14. To conclude the “pin party” came No. 2 Bo Nickal (184) who pinned his opponent at the 2:08 mark.

“Bonus points are always a big part of winning dual meets, so we need to our guys looking points,” Sanderson said after the match. “They feed off of each other in those situations and that’s what we need going forward.”

Five-straight pins helped the Nittany Lions win against Mary-land with a score of 45-6 and led them to win their fourth Big Ten Dual Championship Title.

Coach Cael Sanderson

Records 100th

Victory at Penn

State: Nov. 13,

2016 vs. StanfordHaving already made

a name for himself as a col-lege wrestler and coach at Iowa State, Cael Sanderson cemented his place in history at Penn State when he picked up his 100th vic-tory at the helm of the Nittany Li-ons on Nov. 13, 2016.

Of the five Penn State coach-es to reach the 100 win plateau, Sanderson became the quickest to reach the mark, needing just over eight seasons to get there.

Penn State beat the Cardinal and registered four pins in the process, while Sanderson said getting 100 wins was never a goal of his.

“I’m not too worried about that stuff,” he said. “It’s nice for the staff, but we didn’t come to [Penn State] to get 100 wins.”

Fastest Pin: Bo Nickal in

25 Seconds Over Army’s

Samson Imonode Bo Nickal, the reigning

NCAA Champion at 184, is known for his flashy style as well as his suc-cess on the mat.

As for where Nick-al gets the inspira-tion for his unique

moves, he gave an interesting answer.

“YouTube,” Nickal said in an interview last January. “I watch a lot of wrestling videos on You-Tube.”

During Penn State’s current win streak, Nickal has registered 15 pins, five of which came in un-der a minute and 12 of which have come in the first period.

Nickal’s, and the Nittany Li-ons’, quickest pin came against Army’s Samson Imonode when Nickal pinned Imonode in just 25 seconds on Nov. 11, 2016.

Penn State won that dual 45-0 and recorded bonus points in eight of ten bouts.

Closest Dual: Dec. 3,

2017 at LehighPenn State doesn’t usually find

itself behind for very long in dual meets. The Nittany Lions will lose a bout, maybe two, and then rebound.

But, the Nittany Lions dropped four of the first six bouts against the Mountain Hawks inside the PPL Center in Allentown, Penn-sylvania and yielded bonus points in three of those four losses to go down 19-11 entering the 174 pound bout.

Hall and Nickal both won close decisions, putting Penn State back within striking distance and only down 19-17 before Anthony

Cassar’s decision gave Penn State its first lead of the night at 20-19 while a de-

cision by

heavyweight Nick Nevills won Penn State the dual, 23-19.

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By Vincent Lungaro THE DAILY COLLEGIAN

Mike Watkins’ play is certainly generating buzz. Back in Decem-ber, he was dubbed the “second-

best NBA pros-pect in the Big Ten” behind Miles Bridges by ESPN col-

lege basketball analyst Dan Da-kich.

With other stars solidifying their statuses around the Big Ten, that label might now be a bit of a stretch, but there’s no doubt the growth the sophomore for-ward has shown on the court this season has garnered high praise from everywhere.

“He just eats up a lot of space on both ends. He’s a finisher. He’s a shot blocker. He’s a force,” Fair-leigh Dickinson coach Greg Her-enda said.

“He makes all those guys around him that much better and those guys around him are pretty good. Carr is really good. Garner is good. But when you have a big man…it just makes things easier. He’s an exciting player.”

Rough beginnings Watkins’ sophomore campaign

didn’t get off to the brightest of starts.

He was left home from Penn State’s preseason tour of the Ba-hamas back in August for disci-plinary reasons.

“It is important that our play-ers understand that representing our program and this university is a privilege and they must meet the standards we have estab-lished for Penn State basketball,” coach Pat Chambers said in a statement via Penn State Athlet-ics back in August.

He also sat out the first game of the regular season for the Nittany Lions against Campbell.

Even as Penn State handled the Fighting Camels, they lacked the spark inside that Watkins pro-vides. The three big men splitting most of his minutes — Satchel Pierce, Julian Moore and John Harrar — combined for just 12 points.

Watkins made his season debut

a game later against Fairleigh Dickinson, and since then, Cham-bers has praised Watkins for showing a greater maturity away from the court.

“I think he’s learned valuable lessons,” Chambers said. “He’s adjusted well off the court, obvi-ously, but on the court, he’s done some really good things. In the weight room, he’s done some re-ally good things.

“He’s had a great beginning to the [fall] semester, really clear-headed. Just doing every little thing we’re asking him to do and that’s what it’s about. Learning from your mistakes.”

On-court success Watkins’ growth hasn’t just

been felt away from the court. He’s steadily become one of

Penn State’s main scoring op-

tions this season, forming a three-headed offensive monster with Tony Carr and Lamar Stevens. He sits third on the team with 13.6 points per game, and leads the Nittany Lions in blocked shots.

Watkins has recorded five-straight double-doubles, giving him nine on the season and 17 for his career.

The Phelps School grad is cur-rently second in the Big Ten in rebounding behind Minnesota’s Jordan Muprhy, averaging 10 boards a game for a total of 190 in his 19 games played this season. His .704 field goal percentage is also top within the conference.

Watkins’ ability to slam home alley-oop looks on a feed from a teammate certainly doesn’t hurt that high field goal percentage.

Several times this season, Watkins has drawn a roar from the home crowd with his power-ful dunks. This skill that Watkins possesses makes the job of being the team’s facilitator that much easier for Carr.

“It’s great,” Carr said with a smile. “You can throw it up any-where, and he’ll go get it. Once he sets those solid screens, it’s kind of like pick your poison on what you’re going to do. If you throw it up anywhere, he’ll go get it.”

Part of this increase in pro-ductivity can be attributed to the fact that Watkins has managed to stay on the floor more this sea-son.

In 2016-17, he struggled with foul trouble, denying Chambers the option to keep him on the court for extended periods of time. While he did not foul out, he played seven games in which he had four fouls and 10 in which he had at least three.

That hasn’t been the case very much this season. Watkins has been on the floor late in games, giving Penn State a lift in crunch time situations.

“I call it mental condition-ing,” Chambers said of Watkins’ newfound capacity to stay out of foul trouble. “What he is doing in practice, like wearing a weighted vest and trying to win our attitude club every day.

“He clearly has a mission that every time he steps on the court he thinks ‘this is what I am go-

ing to do for the team and this is how I can be successful because it is going to make the team really good too.’”

Better against the best Watkins’ “breakout” perfor-

mance this season came the same night Dakich tabbed him as one of the Big Ten’s better NBA prospects.

Facing off against the Wis-consin Badgers on Dec. 4 at the Bryce Jordan Center, Watkins was tasked with guarding and at-tacking Ethan Happ.

Happ, regarded as one of the premier forwards in college bas-ketball, was a unanimous All-Big Ten selection last season and was given the same honor for the conference’s preseason awards.

Watkins appeared to take his task personally, outperforming Happ as the latter sat most of the night in foul trouble. Watkins recorded a double-double with 22 points and eight rebounds, while Happ finished with nine points and 10 rebounds.

“I could tell from the beginning of the game, from the very start, that he was going to be big for us and we need that Mike every night,” Garner said.

Calling him the second best prospect in the Big Ten might be unwarranted, but there’s no denying that when Watkins plays like he did against the Badgers, he matches up with just about anyone in college basketball.

The key for him now is to start playing at that level every night, not just when he faces someone the caliber of Happ. Amid a string of consecutive double-doubles, that consistency looks as though it’s starting to.

And for the overall trajectory of this Penn State roster, that’s im-portant.

“He was active [against Wis-consin], Garner said. “He was giving the ball in the right spots. On defense, he had a lot of energy. That’s what Mike does. When he brings that to the game, we are hard to beat.”

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Mike Watkins (24) dunks the ball during the game against Minnesota at

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The case for Sturtz’s Hobey Baker campaignIt’s very possible that no play-

er in the country is more valu-able to his team than Penn

State’s Andrew Sturtz.

Through 23 games, Sturtz leads the Nittany

Lions with 11 goals, 19 assists, 30 points, eight power-play points and three shorthanded goals.

Sturtz’s three shorthanded goals lead the entire country, while he’s been on the ice for more even-strength goals than all but two other forwards and possesses a point-total tied for sixth in the NCAA.

“He’s just a goal scorer, man,” Penn State coach Guy Gadowsky said of his highlight-producing, hard-nosed junior forward. “The guy just scores from every-where. I can’t figure it out. He’s a special player, a special mind, a special guy.”

Yet, if fan voting for the Hobey Baker Memorial Award — the most prestigious individual honor that a college hockey player can earn — ended Thursday, Sturtz would be eliminated.

The current list of 67 nomi-nees will be cut down to 10 on March 14, and then down to

three on March 29. The 37th all-time winner will be determined at the Frozen Four in St. Paul, Minnesota on April 6.

Through this point in the sea-son, Sturtz has proven that he deserves to not only be part of the group of 10 nominees that move onto the next round of vot-ing, but also at the very top of the list of contenders with Northeastern’s Adam Gaudette and Harvard’s Ryan Donato.

In most years, there’s a player that makes it easy on the voters and runs away with the award. Jack Eichel’s 70-point outbreak in 2014-15 and Paul Kariya’s 100-point explosion in 1992-93 both come to mind.

The award’s Facebook page asks viewers to vote for candi-dates who: “exhibit strength and character, both on and off the ice; contribute to the integrity of the team; display outstanding

skills in all phases of the game; show scholastic achievement and sportsmanship.”

In a year where there are 11 players owning a point-total somewhere between 30 and 35, a player’s contributions to his team’s integrity should be val-ued even more. No one positive-ly impacts his team’s identity quite like Sturtz does.

Gadowsky said something ear-lier this season that may have seemed a bit odd at first, but perfectly encapsulates Sturtz’s value to the Nittany Lions.

“Sturtz is an infectious play-er,” Gadowsky said. “When he’s Sturtzy, the team seems to gain 20 pounds.”

The more you watch Sturtz score on wristers from the slot off of ridiculous toe-drags, deliv-er crushing hits to opposing players, race down the ice on shorthanded opportunities or stand up for one of his team-mates, the more the quote makes sense.

Sturtz is just 5-foot-8 and 185 pounds, but constantly puts his body on the line to set a physical precedent for his team. It’s no wonder Gadowsky has likened him to a pitbull on multiple occasions.

“When he’s going out there

and sacrificing his body, flying over people, no one has an excuse to take it easy,” Gadowsky said.

Nittany Lions’ defenseman Trevor Hamilton, who has been on the ice for more even-strength goals than any other player in the country, echoed Gadowsky’s praise.

“There are guys that I’ve played with that play hard, but I think he takes it up to the next level,” Hamilton said.

Given that both players are carrying their teams much like Sturtz is, it wouldn’t be unrea-sonable to make cases for both Gaudette and Donato.

Gaudette has brought back a Northeastern program once fighting irrelevance to a top-10 ranking and is producing at a torrid pace of 1.59 points per game. Donato, a Bruins’ pros-pect, has played five less games than Gaudette and six less than Sturtz, but is averaging a goal every game.

With an average of 1.30 points per games played and 0.83 goals per game, Sturtz might not be able to keep up with Gaudette or Donato down the stretch.

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Forward Andrew Sturtz (16) makes a move around Mercyhurst defense-

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When Penn State (13-7) travels to Rosemont, Illinois for its Big Ten matinee game with North-

western (11-8), it will ultimately be a matchup between two grossly under-

achieving teams.The Wildcats were featured as

No. 19 in the AP preseason poll and were coming off a season in which they qualified for the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history. Northwestern’s two best players, Scottie Lindsey and Bryant McIntosh, were both back for the purple and black this season and experts figured the Wildcats to be a contender in the Big Ten.

The Nittany Lions had similar

aspirations. With the most talent-laden squad in the Pat Cham-bers era, led by a potential NBA first round draft pick, Penn State seemed poised to finally return to meaningful March basketball.

But as the calendar inches to-ward March, both teams instead find themselves below .500 in the Big Ten, just clinging to hope that they may be fortunate enough to sneak into the postseason.

When the conference foes clash on Saturday, it will be a matter of which team shows up for both in-consistent squads.

Will it be the Penn State that dominated Northwestern by 15 points earlier this month with a 30-point outing from Lamar Stevens or will it be the Nittany Lions that dropped a December contest to Rider, ranked 104th in the RPI?

Will the Northwestern team that beat Minnesota by 20, the

same Gophers that Penn State just lost to, arrive to defend its arena or will the wobbly Wildcats that were outscored by 20 at the hands of Indiana appear?

One thing is certain for Penn State: It will need a much greater team effort than the performance it gave Monday night in the over-time loss to Minnesota.

Tony Carr tied his career-high of 33 points, but in doing so, his 30 shots accounted for 41 percent of the entire team’s offense. Both Carr and Mike Watkins combined to take 17 of the Nittany Lions’ last 18 shots, while four players including starter Jamari Wheeler combined to take just two shots the entire game.

“I felt like a couple of guys weren’t quite as engaged as they were in the first half or against Nebraska,” Chambers said. “We have to keep attacking and we have to do simply better.”

For the Wildcats, Scottie Lind-sey leads the team in scoring with 14.0 points per game and is sixth

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Tony Carr (10) takes a shot during the men’s basketball game against Minnesota on Monday, Jan 15, 2018. The Golden Gophers de-feated the Nittany Lions 95-84.

By Ben FerreeTHE DAILY COLLEGIAN

Yost Ice Arena has not been kind to Penn State.

The Nittany Lions are 2-6 all time in Ann Arbor, M i c h i g a n and have been out-

scored 39-15 while on the ice in Yost.

“In my opinion, it’s the hardest rink to play at in this conference and I have not had a good time with their crowd in the two years I’ve played there and I know some other guys feel the same way,” Andrew Sturtz said. “Hopefully we can go in there and steal a couple games this year that would be nice for once.”

The last time Penn State left Yost Ice Arena with a victory was all the way back on Nov. 21, 2014.

Michigan and Penn State

have formed a rivalry sim-ply based on the physical nature of the matchups between these two teams, even escalating into a brawl on the ice last season in Pe-gula.

“I grew up watching Michigan. We had season tickets and so I was a big Michigan fan and now not so much anymore,” Michi-gan native Trevor Hamil-ton said. “I’ve always loved playing there and obviously playing in Yost, which is such a historic building and winning a game there, would be a dream come true.”

This weekend No. 12 Penn State (13-8-3) will once again make the trip to Ann Arbor as the Nittany Lions will look to defy history as they face-off against No. 20 Michigan (10-10-2).

The Nittany Lions are coming off of a series split with No. 6 Ohio State.

Penn State extended

its unbeaten streak to 11 games on Friday only to see it snapped on Satur-day.

“We’ve been really hot in our last 11 games and we dropped that last one against a really good team,” Sturtz said. “We don’t really look back to the Ohio State weekend we look more so to get back to what we were do-ing Friday night so that way we come out strong in Yost.”

This was the first loss for Penn State since Nov. 11, when the Nittany Lions were defeated by Notre Dame. According to Penn State coach Guy Gad-owsky, this weekend could mark the return of Kevin Kerr, who has only played in six games this season.

Peyton Jones will likely start in between the pipes for Penn State.

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