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Vol. 117, No. 120 Friday, March 17, 2017

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Wide receiver Chris Godwin catches a pass during Penn State’s Pro Day at Holuba Hall on Thursday, March 16.

FROM SNOW DAY TO PRO DAY

Panel talks assault prevention methods

By Tina LocurtoTHE DAILY COLLEGIAN

Jasmin Enriquez was a fresh-man at Penn State when she was sexually assaulted in a fra-ternity house off campus.

“I never had conversations around sexual assault or rape,” she said. “I was frustrated and alone.”

UPUA Sexual Violence Awareness and Prevention Week started March 16 with a panel featuring four guest speakers to facilitate conversa-tions surrounding sexual as-sault and violence on college campuses.

Sponsored by the Blue & White Society, the “Sexual Violence Awareness and Prevention Pan-el” was held in the Hintz Family Alumni Center Thursday night.

The four speakers were: En-riquez, Penn State alumna and founder of Only With Consent; Ti-tle IX Coordinator Paul Apicella; Erin Farley, programming coor-dinator for Penn State’s Center for Women Students; and John Broderick, a representative from Men Against Violence.

Apicella said in a recent poll, 28 percent of undergraduate wom-en report that they have been

See PANEL, Page 2.

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Students gather during the sexual violence awareness and prevention panel in the Hintz Alumni Center on Thursday, March 16.

By Vincent LungaroTHE DAILY COLLEGIAN

After an impressive showing a week ago at the NFL Combine, former Penn State wide receiver Chris Godwin followed it up with another solid outing on Thursday at Penn State’s Pro Day.

A large group of NFL scouts, including representatives from the Arizona Cardinals, Kansas Chiefs, Indianapolis Colts, Phila-delphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steel-ers and Green Bay Packers were on hand to watch Godwin and 10 other Nittany Lions.

Also in attendance were Oakland Raiders General Manag-

er Reggie McKenzie and Houston Texans General Manager Rick Smith.

Godwin, who tested well at the combine, having posted a 4.42 40-yard dash in Indianapolis, only participated in position-specific drills in Holuba Hall.Running a variety of routes, Godwin was crisp once again, catching all but one pass thrown to him during the drills, as he likely solidified his projected place as an early round draft pick.

“I thought today went really well,” Godwin said. “Ran some pretty good routes. I just tried to go out there and show [the scouts] that I can be really well

rounded. Whether that’s short to intermediate routes or deep routes. Just trying to make me

See PRO DAY, Page 2.

Federal judges block Trump’s travel ban

Penn State advances

By Madeline MessaTHE DAILY COLLEGIAN

A judge blocked President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban just hours before it was set to go in effect on March 16. Trump signed the executive order March 6 to modify the controversial travel ban that singled out seven predominantly Muslim countries.

United States District Judge Derrick Watson, a federal judge in Hawaii, blocked the ban about four hours before it was to be instated.

He found the argument the ban was for national security was founded on “questionable evidence.”

Trump spoke at a rally on Wednesday, saying he would pursue the case to defend the re-worked ban. He called the federal block “unprecedented judicial overreach.”

The Bull Moose Party, a stu-dent organization that supports President Trump, is convinced the president was within his rights and the travel ban had no reason to be blocked again.

“The president has full legal authority to ban immigration from any country under 8 U.S. Code section 1182(f),” BMP Pres-ident Elliot Jersild said. “There is a long precedent of presidents ex-ercising this authority, including Presidents Carter and Obama. It is highly inappropriate for judg-es to overturn well-established precedent.”

Unlike the original ban, the new one was made known before it was to be instated. Other changes to the order would have included removing Iraq from the seven listed countries and exempting green card and visa holders from the ban. The issuance of visas to citizens of Sudan, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia and Yemen would have been suspended for 90 days

— the same amount of time ref-ugees from said countries were to be barred from the United States.

Refugees from all other coun-tries were to be barred for 120 days.

Penn State released a state-ment following the revised ban, in which it acknowledged the “positive change” and restated its alliance with international students and staff, as well as the Association of American Universities.

The initial order angered many students, and the univer-sity issued several statements while it was in effect, and stu-dents — as well as the State College community — orga-nized numerous protests and informational sessions.

In early February, politi-cal groups and students from across the world gathered in unity to share their fears of the original travel ban.

To read full story, visit collegian.psu.edu.

By Jill BeckmanTHE DAILY COLLEGIAN

For the third time in four years, Penn State is headed to the semifinal of the Big Ten tournament.

But more perhaps more im-portantly, the Nittany Lions in-creased their chances of receiv-ing an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament after taking down Michigan 4-1 Thursday night at Joe Louis Arena. The Nittany Lions now have at least a 72 per-cent chance of qualifying for the tournament, according to Jim Dahl of CollegeHockeyRanked.com.

During the first intermission, senior captain David Goodwin told the Big Ten Network his teammates “were pretty up-

set” coming into the tournament after being swept by Michigan last weekend.

It showed early and often.The blue and white came out

firing, but goalie Zach Nagel-voort, who was lights out against the Nittany Lions last weekend, made two huge saves early, as one puck flew to his side and the other almost slid underneath him.

Moments later, Michigan’s Jake Slaker got called for charg-ing, and Penn State headed to its first power play of the night.

After the first powerplay unit failed to get anything going, fresh-man forward Brandon Biro made a beautiful pass from behind the goal line to Liam Folkes, who put the puck past Nagelvoort.

Less than three minutes later,

Denis Smirnov made a cross-ice pass to Nate Sucese, who tipped the puck past Nagelvoort’s right side to put the Nittany Lions up 2-0.

Their luck then turned, as sophomore forward and leading

See HOCKEY, Page 2.

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Penn State celebrates a goal against Michigan at the Pegula Ice Arena on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016.

Chris Godwin builds upon success from NFL Combine

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Want more?Visit collegian.psu.edu to see our video of Chris Godwin, Garrett Sickels and other Penn State football players impress the NFL scouts at Pro Day.

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Flags are placed in the Hub lawn to raise awareness of sexual assault on Thursday, March 13, 2017.

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Pro DayFROM Page 1.

stand out from the rest of the groups of receiver.”

Godwin also said he had individual workouts with several NFL teams in between the combine and his pro day, with more upcoming, includ-ing one with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

“I’ve just been being myself out there,” Godwin said.

“I like to take pride in being a hard worker. I get up to work every day and just try and im-prove on any area I think needs improvement, no matter how small.”

New York Jets quarterback and former teammate, Chris-tian Hackenberg, was also in at-tendance on Thursday.

Hackenberg and Godwin con-nected for 1,439 yards and seven touchdowns across two seasons while playing with each other for the Nittany Lions.

Having gone through the same draft process himself a year ago, Hackenberg has been willing to provide feedback and advice to any of the players who want some.

“We’ve discussed a couple of different things,” Godwin said. “But mainly we talked about how the transition went for him and just a heads up about what to expect. He was telling me how the whole pro-cess is very different from college.”

Sickels reboundsWhile Godwin had a great

showing at the combine, defen-

sive end Garrett Sickels had a rough outing.

Thursday provided the Red Bank, New Jersey native the op-portunity for a rebound from a poor showing at the NFL com-bine.

Sickels looked much more as-sured of himself in a setting more familiar to him, with fellow defen-sive lineman Evan Schwan right there with him going through workouts and Nittany Lions de-fensive line coach Sean Spencer there to coach the duo.

“[The combine] didn’t go as well as I thought it would,” Sick-els admitted after completing his workout. “Coming here I just wanted to follow up and show what I’m actually capable of.”

Sickels weighed in at 6-foot-4 and 252 pounds, eight pounds lighter than the playing weight listed by Penn State Athletics. His testing numbers included a 33-inch vertical, five inches higher than his jump at the combine.

Sickels also improved on his 4.90 40-yard dash in Indianapolis with a 4.81 run on Thursday.

He’s currently projected as a 7th round pick by CBSSports.com, but Sickels said he hasn’t fo-cused any of his attention on how outside sources view where he’ll be selected come draft day.

“I’ve never paid attention to any of that stuff,” Sickels said. “Whether that’s National Cham-pionship projections while I was [at Penn State] or now, I’ve never paid attention to that. I’m just go-ing to control what I can control.”

Gaia willing to be versatile

In addition to Godwin, Sickels and Schwan, the other partici-

pants were linebackers Brandon Bell and Nyeem Wartman-White, safety Malik Golden, cornerback Jordan Smith, offensive linemen Brian Gaia and Wendy Laurent, running back Irvine Paye and long snapper Tyler Yazujian.

Gaia, who spent time at both center and guard during his time at Penn State, said he’s prepar-ing for the NFL as a center be-cause he isn’t tall enough to play guard.

Gaia also revealed that some teams have looked at him as a po-tential fullback.

“I’ll take whatever they want to give me,” Gaia said.

“It’s a team game. Even at the next level, people say it’s a busi-ness but if you’re not willing to change you’re not being a good teammate,” he added. “Whatever it takes to get on the field, I’m will-ing to do it.”

One of Gaia’s goals coming into the day was to showcase that he has the agility and strength to play in the NFL.

He took positive steps toward proving that by posting a 28-inch vertical and completing 32 reps on the bench press.

CBS Sports projects Gaia to go undrafted, but that hasn’t de-terred his confidence.

“I’ll ride this thing out as long as I can,” Gaia said. “Obviously you want to get to three years, because then you get the retire-ment plan. But, if it’s a week, I’ll be happy with that. If it’s 10 years, I’ll be happy with that as well.”

Stay tuned for our second re-cap from Penn State’s Pro Day next week.

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goal-scorer Andrew Sturtz went to the locker room after colliding with the Wolverines’ forward Alex Kile.

Penn State took advantage of the ensuing powerplay, as Good-win beat Nagelvoort clean to

score with 28 seconds left in the first period.

About a minute into the second frame, defenseman Vince Pedrie shot a rocket past Nagelvoort, putting Penn State up 4-0.

The goal marked Pedrie’s 16th career goal, passing former Nit-tany Lion Luke Juha for most goals scored by a defenseman. Pedrie, fresh off a selection to the

First Team All-Big Ten, also has the Penn State record for most points by a defenseman with 26 tallies.

The Wolverines may have felt some hope when Kile put the puck past goalie Peyton Jones, but after review, the refs called offsides, keeping the maize and blue off the board.

But Michigan got on the score-

board soon-after, as James San-chez deflected the puck in with his glove on a power play.

During the second intermis-sion, coach Guy Gadowsky told the Big Ten network that his team “needed that [goal against] to be woken up.”

Michigan’s season ends with the loss, as the future of legend-ary head coach Red Berenson

remains up in the air. Berenson, 77, has been behind the Wol-verines bench for the past 33 seasons. He’s led Michigan to two NCAA Championships, in 1996 and 1998, and is well-respected throughout the entire hockey community.

To email reporter: jqb5761@psu.edu.Follow her on Twitter at @_jillbeckman.

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sexually assaulted while at Penn State which roughly translates to about 7,000 women.

“This is really about the human issues that we need to do as an in-stitution to take care of the com-munity,” Apicella said.

Hostess Misha Demchuk, pres-ident of the Blue & White Society, asked the four guest speakers questions.

Demchuk (senior-science) asked the panelists their per-sonal tips for how to motivate stu-dents to facilitate c o n v e r s a t i o n s about sexual as-sault prevention.

Enriquez said one very impor-tant thing is for students to stand up to negative, sexist or homo-phobic language that encourages rape culture and have no tolera-tion for it.

“All people handle things differ-ently,” she said.

One point all four panelists mutually agreed on was the need for these conversations to start sooner, and education within high schools is necessary in prevent-ing sexual assault.

“There is still a lot of work to be done in preventing all forms of sexual violence,” Farley said. “We need to start these conversations younger.”

After graduating from Penn State, Enriquez started the non-profit organization Only With Consent, based in San Diego. Only With Consent is dedicated to stopping sexual violence through consent and health education, by creating age-appropriate edu-cational curriculum that can be used in schools across the coun-

try, according to the organiza-tion website.

Each panelist discussed the ways they are staying active in the conversation, and the meth-ods they are taking to motivate students.

Farley said she reads many journal articles and connects with colleagues of different col-lege campuses to get different viewpoints on the topic.

Enriquez said the most impor-tant thing when going into the conversations with these people is to be understanding and make them feel safe.

“It helps me to help them find the resources they are looking for,” she said.

Apicella said one of the big-gest struggles was how to en-gage students.

“This is really about the hu-man issues that we need to do as an institution to take care of the

community,” he said.Farley said an individual does

not have to be personally affect-ed to be a part of the solution, and that bystander intervention has increased at college cam-puses.

After the panel, attendants were encouraged to take read-ing materials at a resource ta-ble, as well as teal ribbons and temporary tattoos that students can wear in support of Sexual Violence Awareness and Pre-vention Week.

The rest of the weekl will in-clude events bringing atten-tion to this issue, ending with a SVPA Gala Benefiting the Cen-tre County Women’s Resource Center on March 24.

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Defensive end Evan Schwan performs a drill during Penn State’s Pro Day at Holuba Hall on Thursday, March 16.

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Paul Apicella speaks during the sexual violence awareness and prevention panel in the Hintz Alumni Building on Thursday, March 16.

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By Kelly PowersTHE DAILY COLLEGIAN

Patrick Shorb and Matt Glaser, class of 2008, think they might have a shot at breaking into the State College bar scene.

“We frequented the bars just like anybody else,” Shorb said. “While I was there, I was never impressed with how a lot of the major brands were marketing their products to our demo-graphic. None of them seemed to relate to us.”

The pair moved back to their hometown of York after college, but those thoughts followed them too.

Shorb said it started out as just a hobby — researching the vodka industry, how to distill and how to create a product — while the friends also maintained their own full-time jobs.

After some time, though, Shorb said he found himself thinking that if the large brands can’t seem to connect to young people, they’ll do it.

“We jumped into it,” Shorb said. “We spent about a year in researching and spent about a year in design, and it was about a year in licensing and regulatory stuff.”

In December of 2016, the brand was approved to actually begin selling product, and the friends and business partners

quickly worked on increasing their brand’s presence.

The initial launch lied within their hometown, popping up in local bars and spots in York, as they attempted to push through-out Pennsylvania — now the duo has its eyes on their old college town.

“Our next stop was State College because it is a product built for that demographic, and that group understands what we’re all about,” Shorb said. “We’re a super-social vodka, sort of our theme.”

However, the vodka industry is an old, established one and not easy to break into.

“That’s where we’re kind of looking for student assistance, student support, to sort of make HOLLA the vodka choice in State College,” Shorb said.

To read full story, visit collegian.psu.edu

Omega Phi Alpha to can for Relay For Life

By Nicholas CapriFOR THE COLLEGIAN

Students in Penn State’s Omega Phi Alpha national service sorority are canning this weekend to raise money for Relay For Life.

Twenty-seven members of Omega Phi Alpha will be trav-elling to Howell, New Jeresy, Germantown, Maryland and Williamsport to collect donations in coffee cans on street corners.

The sorority is a team in Penn State Relay For Life’s Relay Weekend 2017, a 24-hour walk-a-thon that raises money for the American Cancer Society.

Melanie Kamil, an Omega Phi Alpha sister and PSU Relay For Life merchandise chair, said she relays for her mother, Stephanie Kamil, who passed away from cancer in February of 2015.

“She had the most passion of anyone I know, and I want to honor her forever. I want every-one to celebrate more birthdays,” Kamil said (junior - telecommu-nications).

Kamil canned alone last year, and this year she is organizing the canning trip for her sorority.

“We will be following all safe-ty precautions,” said Kamil, acknowledging the recent strug-gles Penn State THON had with canning following the death of Tally Sepot in September of 2015. THON plans to phase out canning after Fall 2017. The University itself has no policies

against student canning.“Relay For Life is an outside

third-party organization and sets its own fundraising rules, as well as other goals and parameters over which we have no influ-ence,” Lisa Powers, Penn State’s senior director of strategic communications, said via email.

Penn State Relay For Life has raised over $1 million for the American Cancer Society, and it hopes to add to that amount this year.

“I think it’s a great opportu-nity for people to raise money,” 2017 Executive Event Director Kirsten Borsos said.

This year’s Relay Weekend

is scheduled for April 6-7 on the HUB-Robeson Center Lawn, and almost one hundred teams are already signed up to walk the full 24 hours. Students who attend can expect to find live entertain-ment, food and guest speakers whose lives have been directly affected by cancer.

A highlight of the weekend is the Luminaria Ceremony, where candlelit bags illuminate the track.

Canning is not the only way students can support Relay For Life. The organization is hosting a 3-on-3 basketball tournament on Sunday. March 19 and a date auction on Wednesday, March 22.

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Students and families listen to Brady Lucas at the Relay For Life at the HUB-Robeson Center on Saturday, April 9, 2016.

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Comedian Jim Gaffigan won an Emmy, earned two Grammy nominations, wrote two New York Times Bestsellers, performed for the Pope, wrote and starred in his own self-titled TV show and cur-rently has five stand-up specials on Netflix.

On April 8, he gets to add one more item to his extensive resume: performing his new set at the Bryce Jordan Center.

The show is part of Gaffigan’s “Noble Ape” Tour, which contains two hours of new material from the popular comedian. The up-coming show will mark Gaffigan’s debut in State College, a place he said he has long looked forward to visiting.

“It’s one of those things where I’ve always kind of been mean-ing to get there and I feel like it’s finally lined up with my schedule,” Gaffigan said. “People I know, comedians, have always said what a great gig it is.”

Gaffigan, who has performed in pretty much every major city one can name within and out-side of the United States, enjoys the unique energy and pressure that comes with performing for college students.

“People aren’t just passively going out,” Gaffigan said. “Time is precious and money is pre-cious… you’ve gotta deliver.”

Indeed, Gaffigan’s comedy is popular among the college-aged as well as with others from

a diversity of backgrounds and personalities.

One might say Gaffigan has built his career on relatability, basing much of his humor on top-ics like food, family and laziness. This kind of common-denomina-tor comedy is something that has greatly influenced Gaffigan’s ma-terial as well as his newest tour.

“When I started in New York City there was this sensibility of comedians that you should be able to make everyone in the room laugh, not just a certain group of people,” Gaffigan said. “Even people who didn’t like you.”

Gaffigan believes his philoso-phy of humor detaches him from the current debate among some comedians about the alleged “po-litically-correct” nature of college campuses, which many comedi-ans say is not conducive to stand-up comedy, according to Gaffigan.

Often classified as a “clean” comic, Gaffigan said that jokes do not need to be at the expense of someone else.

“I don’t want my comedy to be ‘us and them’, I don’t want it to be constructed on bagging on some-one else,” Gaffigan said.

In fact, Gaffigan elects to pick

on himself when he feels a joke requires a victim. A recurring shtick in his shows has Gaffigan using a high pitched voice to imi-tate a fictitious judgmental audi-ence member, saying things like “he sure talks about food a lot.”

“I do feel like when I punch at myself… people are going to identify, hopefully, in what I’m ex-periencing,” Gaffigan said. “I’m a white guy, so I don’t want to punch down, and there’s really nowhere to punch up.”

Gaffigan admits that although comedy is often universal, its place in culture has changed

greatly with increased technol-ogy and streaming services.

“I think it’s made the audience more informed,” said Gaffigan. “[That] enhances the experience for the comedian, which enhanc-es the experience for the audi-ence.”

Gaffigan said that the comedy world and his perception of it has changed a lot since he was in college, which, he joked, was “over 150 years ago.”

Gaffigan, who himself majored in finance at Georgetown Univer-sity, already had a comedy career on his mind during this time and had his fair share of comedy idols.

“I really enjoyed David Letter-man and Bill Murray,” Gaffigan said. “I kind of wanted to be a co-median, but I didn’t know.”

A lot has changed in Gaffigan’s life since his college years. He has become a household name and celebrated personality. In addition to performing on his tour throughout most of 2017, he has several other projects in the works. To read full story, visit collegian.psu.edu.

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Jim Gaffigan attends the American Comedy Awards at the Hammerstein Ballroom on Saturday, April 23, 2014 in New York.

Jim GaffiganWhen: April 8Where: The Bryce Jordan Center Details: The show is part of Gaffigan’s “Noble Ape” Tour, and will feature two hours of new material from the comedian.

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By Donald CoxTHE DAILY COLLEGIAN

Penn State is now in uncharted territory after experiencing its first loss to fourth-ranked Colo-

rado, a game that dropped the Nit-tany Lions from No. 6 to No. 8.

Before the loss to the Buffaloes, Penn State was 7-0 .

Now, the team will look to add to its win column when it takes on Rutgers at 3 p.m. Saturday.

Penn State has consistently started out fast in the first half, doubling its opponents’ scores, 61-31, in the first half.

During the second halves of these matches, though, they’ve only outscored opponents by six with a 53-to-47 edge.

But, as the season progresses into the postseason and Penn State continues to play against top-tier teams, it could be harder for the Nittany Lions to keep up in the second half.

For Penn State to inch closer to a championship, the team will need to overcome this weakness.

Penn State will have the opportunity to right the ship against Rutgers.

To email reporter: dwc5290@psu.edu.Follow him on Twitter at @dc23150.

Women’s lacrosse in unknown territory

WOMEN’S LACROSSE

By Giana HanTHE DAILY COLLEGIAN

Despite not having any seniors, Penn State will lose two players ahead of next season.

On Thurs-day, coach Pat Chambers an-nounced that junior Ter-

rence Samuel and redshirt sophomore Isaiah Washington were granted releases from the program.

“We thank Isaiah and Ter-rence for their time at Penn State and wish them both well moving forward,” Chambers told GoPSUSports.com.

After transferring to Penn State from UConn — where he won the 2014 National Cham-pionship with the Huskies — Samuel was forced to sit out the 2015-16 due to transfer rules.

Samuel played in 28 games for the Nittany Lions this past sea-son, averaging 3.9 points and 1.8 assists per game.

Samuel was named a team captain before the team’s first game against Albany, in which he made his only start of the

year. He saw action in the first 20 games of the season, but played in only four of the final nine contests.

Ahead of the Feb. 28 matchup with Ohio State, Chambers said Samuel’s decrease in playing time was not due to disciplin-ary actions and he was avail-able in those games. Chambers added he tweaked rotations to give an increase in minutes to Davis Zemgulis and Washing-ton at the expense of Samuel’s minutes.

Now, after one year, Samuel will graduate from Penn State this summer with a degree in so-ciology. He still has one year left of eligibility.

Washington spent three sea-sons, red shirting one, with the Nittany Lions, in which he played in 45 games. This season he aver-aged 1.9 points and 1.2 rebounds per contest.

He will also graduate in the summer after studying health policy and administration and has two more years of eligibility.

Jack R. Hirsh contributed to this report.

To email reporter: gsh5089@psu.edu.Follow her on Twitter at @giana_jade.

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Headcoach Missy Doherty reacts to a scored goal during the game against Lehigh at Penn State Lacrosse Field on Saturday, Feb. 18. Penn State defeated Lehigh 18-9.

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Beating the “mid-semester crisis”MY VIEW | DOMINIQUE SERVATI

OPINIONFRIDAY, MARCH 17, 2017PAGE 6

Maggie ElinskyBusiness Manager

Caroline Crasnick Opinion Page Editor

Garrett RossEditor in Chief

Student responsibilities regarding sexual violenceWithin the past few years,

many Penn State students and members of the community have made it a mission to raise aware-ness and further the discussion regarding the epidemic of sexual violence on college campuses.

Most recently, the University Park Undergraduate Association sent out an email to students announcing the beginning of Sexual Violence Awareness and Prevention Week, which began on Thursday and will continue until March 24.

“As a student body, it is criti-cal for all of us to play a role in watching out for each other because everyone deserves to be safe.

This week is dedicated to learning about the issues, know-ing the resources available to all students, and dedicating ourselves to creating a safe and

secure campus environment,” UPUA President Terry Ford stated in an email to the student body.

Each day of the week will include a different event re-volving around sexual violence

prevention, such as a bystander intervention training program, an alumni panel, guest speakers and a fundraising gala benefit-ing the Centre County Women’s Resource Center.

Raising awareness and en-

couraging prevention on issues of sexual violence is something that everyone can get behind — it’s easy to applaud the message of this week, but it’s another thing altogether to actually apply it as college students.

Overall, Penn State does an excellent job of engaging the student body in these important issues that affect many members of our community.

An unfortunate statistic: one in four college-aged women report a sexual assault or rape during their time at university.

At this university in particular, due to the multitude of events and available discussion spaces revolving around the topic, students can learn more about it very quickly and easily.

However, simply put, the re-sponsibilities of sexual violence prevention fall on the shoulders of the us, the students.

By attending these events and learning more about what can be done, everyone can have a part in ensuring the safety of others — namely, the fellow members of your Penn State family.

At this university in particular, due to the mul-titude of events and available discussion spaces revolving around the topic, students can learn

more about it very quickly and easily.

OUR VIEW

There is nothing quite like returning to State College after a relaxing spring break only to find that we will soon be hit with an outrageous snowstorm and bitter-cold temperatures.

Except, of course, returning to a snow-free, balmy State Col-lege (but much love to the snow day).

It seems as though it is right around this point in the semes-ter that life becomes a bit more challenging and everything that was once certain is wavering.

Suddenly there are exams, projects and papers and you’re questioning whether this is where you should be or what you should be doing.

I’ve coined this as the “mid-semester” crisis because, well, it hits right after that glorious, weeklong, mid-semester break that inadvertently forces you to reflect on the semester thus far and plan for the remainder of it.

Once the break is over, how-ever, you may feel as though all decisions with regards to the future must be made, ultimate-ly fulfilling the “crisis” part of the “mid-semester.”

Practically overnight, you’ve become concerned with events that haven’t even happened yet

and wondering how you can control and manipulate every-thing, so as to achieve the desired results.

This is totally normal, I assure you.

Don’t forget for one moment that what you, a college stu-dent, are doing is extremely dif-ficult.

Just because some may call it the “best four-years of your life,” doesn’t mean it will all be easy.

You’re not here because you were told that it was going to be easy, but rather because you have what it takes to persevere when it isn’t easy.

That’s not to say that you won’t reconsider it all when it seems as though you can’t carry on.

Again, this is so normal. However, it’s important to

remember that the end goal is worth more than a million all-nighters.

This is why you will continue; because the end goal is more important than the pain endured along the way. This is why you’re here.

While you do not have control over every little thing that is going to happen in the future, immediate or distant, you are

extremely well equipped for whatever it may bring.

Stressing, worrying and ago-nizing over the mystery that is the future will not do anything.

The only thing that it will do is distract you from the now and all of the beauty that sur-rounds.

There are too many amazing things that happen around you every single day that go unno-ticed.

These little moments may be exactly what you have been looking for but have been too busy with life to notice them.

These are the effects of the “mid-semester” crisis.

They may seem mundane, but nothing could replace those priceless, precious moments that were placed in your life for a reason.

Do not lose sight of how incredible life is, no matter how difficult it may seem right now.

There is nothing sweeter than success, which is exactly what you’re capable of.

Dominique Servati is a sophomore majoring in English and History and is a columnist for The Daily Collegian. Her email is dms6291@psu.edu or follow her on Twitter at @domstoppable.

“Practically overnight, you’ve be-come concerned with events that haven’t even happened yet and wondering how you can control and manipulate everything, so as to achieve the desired results.”

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SPORTSPAGE 7FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 2017

By Tyler KingTHE DAILY COLLEGIAN

After a disappointing showing at the Big Ten Championships just two weeks ago, Penn State

appears to be out for blood at the NCAA Champion-ships.

After the first day of the three-day tournament in St. Louis, the Nittany Lions lead the team score with 30.5 points.

It took a team effort, as seven of the eight Nittany Lion wrestlers went 2-0 on the day to advance to the quarterfinals of their respec-tive brackets.

Defending champion at 149 pounds, junior Zain Retherford, picked up two tech falls on the way to advancing to the quarterfi-nals. In his first match on Thurs-day afternoon, Retherford defeat-ed Arizona State’s Josh Maruca 18-2 in his first match, and domi-nated Princeton’s Jordan Laster in his second match, picking up the 16-0 tech fall.

Penn State’s other top-seed, Jason Nolf, came into the tour-nament with a reputation of

putting up bonus points to up-hold. He took a similar path as Retherford, picking up two tech falls as well. Nolf defeated NC State’s Thomas Bullard 22-7 in his first match, and put up even more points in his second match, topping Bucknell’s Victor Lopez, 24-9.

Vincenzo Joseph is one of three Nittany Lions making their first trip to the NCAA Championships this weekend.

Joseph came into the tourna-ment as the three seed at 165 and proved he deserved that seed on Thursday. He got a little revenge in his first match of the day, picking up a 5-1 decision over Stanford’s Keaton Subjeck, who handed Joseph his first loss of his career back in November.

In his second match of the day, Joseph had a more decisive victory. He picked up a bonus point for his team with a 12-4 major decision over Wyoming’s Brandon Asworth.

True freshman Mark Hall is the second of three Nittany Lions making his first appearance at the NCAA Championships.

Hall made a statement in sec-

ond match of the day, picking up a 16-0 tech fall victory over Navy’s Jadaen Bernstein in just 2:20. Hall also picked up an 8-2 deci-sion over South Dakota State’s David Kocer in his first match of the day.

Bo Nickal left the NCAA Cham-pionships last year with a sour taste in his mouth after falling to 11th seed Myles Martin in the finals. Nickal picked up key bo-nus points in both of his matches on Thursday. He put on a clinic against Northwestern’s Mitch Sli-ga with a 15-0 tech fall in the first match, and pinned Binghamton’s Steven Schneider in 5:33.

Junior Matt McCutcheon also had an impressive day for the Nittany Lions. Making his third trip to the NCAAs, McCutcheon entered as the five seed at 197 pounds and picked up a pin and a 6-3 decision in his two matches on Thursday.

The final member of the Nitta-ny Lions making his first appear-ance at the NCAAs, Nick Nevills, continued the dominance and ended the day on a positive note for Penn State.

Nevills defeated Lehigh’s

Doug Vollaro by a 4-2 decision in his first match, and picked up another decision, this one 6-2, over Edinboro’s William Miller to advance to the quar-terfinals.

Senior Jimmy Gulibon was the lone member on Penn State not to reach the quarterfinals.

Gulibon picked up a domi-nating 18-3 tech fall victory over Michigan State’s Javier Gasca III in his first match, but dropped a 6-3 decision to fourth-seed Matthew Kolodzik from Princeton in his sec-ond match, putting him in the consolation bracket at 141 pounds.

With teams like Ohio State and Oklahoma State losing key matchups during the second session, Penn State, going 15-1 on Thursday, is currently in the driver’s seat for another na-tional championship.

The championships will con-tinue Friday morning with the third session getting underway at 11 a.m. EST in St. Louis.

To email reporter: tbk5155@psu.edu.Follow him on Twitter at @t_king26

By Tyler OlsonTHE DAILY COLLEGIAN

Penn State’s three representa-tives at the 2017 NCAA Women’s Swimming and Diving Champi-

onships got off to a fast start in the 500-yard freestyle on Thursday.

But one of the three moved onto the 500 free finals, as there are just the swimmers the top 16 prelim times move on to the fi-nals for each event.

Ally McHugh, Katelyn Sowin-ski and Casey Francis all set per-sonal bests in the preliminary for the 500 free, the first individual event of the meet.

McHugh finished 20th with a time of 4:40.73, Francis swam a 4:42.56 to place 36th and Sowinski posted a 4:44.92 for a 47th place finish.

The 500 free was the only event the Nittany Lions were eligible to swim in on Thursday.

The eventual winner of the 500 free was Olympian Katie Ledecky of Stanford with a time of 4:24.06.

Other event winners on Thurs-day included Kathleen Baker of Cal in the 200-yard IM and Simone Manuel, also an Olym-pian from Stanford, in the 50-yard freestyle. Cal took the 200-yard freestyle relay while Stanford won the 400-yard medley relay.

McHugh will be back in the pool on Friday to swim in the 400-yard individual medley, her top event. She may also be accompanied by Francis. While Francis didn’t receive an invitation to the NCAA’s for the 400 IM, she is eligible to compete thanks to a B-cut she swam in the event earlier this season.

To email reporter: tso5043@psu.edu.Follow him on Twitter at @tylerolson1791.

Events to be swam on Friday400 IM100 Fly200 Free100 Breast100 Back200 Medley Relay

SWIMMING

Big 1st Day at NCAAsMax Petrosky/Collegian

Penn State’s Bo Nickal flips Illinois’ Emery Parker at 184 pounds during the match between Penn State and Illinois at Rec Hall on Friday, Feb. 10. The Nittany Lions defeated the Fighting Illini 34-7.

WRESTLING

By Andrew RubinTHE DAILY COLLEGIAN

Penn State is playing for history with a target on its back.

The Nittany Lions are in the top-3 in each of the three polls and are the top-ranked team in the Nike/USL Top

20 Poll. And after opening the sea-

son 7-0, the 2017 Nittany Lions have matched the 1992 team for the best start in program his-tory, and a win over Fairfield (2-4) puts this bunch of Nittany Lions into the record books. No Penn State men’s lacrosse squad has won eight games to open up a season.

Even as Penn State sits half-way through the season with an unblemished record, coach Jeff Tambroni has made it clear a per-fect record does not mean a team has been flawless.

With the Big Ten looking like the most competitive conference in college lacrosse with an overall record of 40-4 — and conference play only two games away — the Nittany Lions are looking to max-imize their potential before the conference grind starts.

“For a captain, I just kind of say now that we have earned this spot, not that we care about rank-ings that much. We can’t ever take a day or game off,” senior attackman Nick Aponte said. “I think our team is buying into that. They know we are the ones be-ing hunted, and it is an awesome feeling.”

A downside of being at the top of the polls for the Nittany Lions, is that they will see their oppo-nents play their best game in or-der to knock them off.

Aponte said the Nittany Lions have felt the pressure, but the captain said that has just moti-vated the group even more.

“Every single team we play is going to give everything they

have got to take us down, which is awesome,” Aponte said. “But we have to accept that responsibility which we are doing and putting effort in on the weight room and on the field.”

In the last few weeks, the Nit-tany Lions’ starting attacking trio has given the middies more offensive opportunities. The trio of Aponte, Grant Ament and Mac O’Keefe has been the most productive attacking trio in the nation, as it has led in points for much of the season. With de-

fenses focusing on the trio, the midfield has seen its offensive production receive a boost.

“Obviously with the attack getting off to the tremendous start that they did, it was a little easier for the middies to take a step back,” midfielder Matt Flor-ence said. “As the season has progressed, we have focused on doing what we can to take some of that pressure off of the attack.”

Fairfield has improved week-by-week throughout the season,

Tambroni said, and the Penn State offense is going to have to be patient in its shot selection as this could be the best goalie that they have faced so far in Tyler Behring. “I think their last game against Yale was the best game that they’ve played to date,” Tam-broni said. “I think mentally we have to prepare for Fairfield’s best game… Our ability to create high percentage shots is going to be a huge key.”

To email reporter: abr5312@psu.edu.Follow him on Twitter at @andrewrubin24.

Penn State vs. FairfieldWhen: Friday @ 4 p.m.Where: Penn State Lacrosse FieldHow to watch: ESPNUPlayers to watch: Nick Aponte (PSU), Colin Burke (Fairfield).

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Penn State men’s lacrosse players celebrate a goal during the game against Furman at the Penn State Lacrosse Field on Tuesday, March 7. No. 3 Penn State defeated Furman 12-10.

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By Stephanie PannyTHE DAILY COLLEGIAN

The last time Penn State took part in the Women’s National Invitation Tournament was 2010.

And despite then-senior Tyra Grant’s 23 points, Hofstra defeated the Lady Lions 76-68 in

the first round, snapping their 11-game postseason win streak, which dated back to 1995. Twelve years earlier, Penn State had taken the tournament’s inaugural title with a 59-56 win over Baylor in Waco, Texas.

“It’s really exciting,” coach Coquese Washington said, referring to the Lady Lions return to the WNIT. “You know, you work hard during the regular season to be in a position to continue the season, con-tinue to practice [and] continue to work on growing, building on the foundation. Good buzz in the gym.”

If it hadn’t been for a strong 19-9 regu-lar season, which gave Penn State its .655 win percentage that was needed to be se-lected at-large for the WNIT, the Lady Li-ons’ season would have been over after it fell to Minnesota 70-64 in the first round of the Big Ten tournament just before spring break.

Now, the Lady Lions will take on the University of Ohio in the first round of the WNIT on Friday at the Bryce Jordan Cen-ter.

“One of the things about our confer-ence tournament in the Big Ten is it’s re-ally good basketball,” Washington said. “It’s really competitive. You’ve got to play well to win games. A team like Minnesota, they’ve got really good players and a really good coach, and you can get beat.”

Washington said the Big Ten’s competi-tiveness and different style of play will give Penn State an edge in the postseason tour-nament.

Two of the Lady Lions’ three seniors, Peyton Whitted and Kaliyah Mitchell, were freshmen in 2013 when Penn State was the No. 3 seed in the NCAA tournament.

Sierra Moore, the other senior on the

squad, was on Duke at the time.“I think it’ll be a really good experi-

ence for [the seniors],” Washington said. “Something for them to draw on. I know they had a different perspective as fresh-men, as wide-eyed freshmen, and they were in some ways along for the ride. Now, it’s their turn.”

Washington said she will look to those three to “lead the charge,” since all three have proven themselves as leaders this season and have done a “fantastic job” of leading the young team back to postseason play.

“I think they’re up to the challenge,” Washington said.

The Lady Lions were a dominant 14-1 at home during the regular season and Whit-ted is relishing another opportunity to play at home.

“Now that we get to play past the Big Ten Tournament, that’s exciting,” Whit-ted said. “I’m just excited to keep playing. I want to play as long as I can while I’m here.”

While the team hadn’t discussed their opponent yet, Whitted said on Wednesday, she’ll be focusing on rebounding. This sea-son, the Bobcats are hovering around 35.1 rebounds per game, while the Lady Lions average almost 40.

“That’s something that us as posts can do very well every game,” Whitted said, “making sure we’re on the floor and just [being] big.”

While Penn State finished seventh in the Big Ten, the Bobcats finished No. 2 in the Mid-American east conference — right behind Kent State. However, both Whit-ted and Washington are confident in the Lady Lions’ growth since the start of the season.

“What I’ve seen with our team, as far as coming together, is defense,” Whitted said. “I think that we’re more committed to getting stops and just preventing people from scoring as much as their average. With that commitment, we could win a lot of games in the WNIT.”

To email reporter: svp5508@psu.edu.Follow her on Twitter at @StephaniePanny.

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Peyton Whitted (25) shoots during the women’s basketball game against Michigan at the Bryce Jordan Center on Sunday, Feb. 26. The Lady Lions defeated the wolverines 76-75.

By Matt MartellTHE DAILY COLLEGIAN

Starting pitching was supposed to be Penn State’s stronghold heading into the season with all three of its weekend start-

ers returning from 2016.So it was expected early

on the Nittany Lions would lean heavily on their expe-

rienced rotation while their young offense adjusted to the new campaign.

However, a month into the new season, the offense has provided stability to a Penn State team still trying to work out the kinks in its rotation.

It was announced Wednesday that Cole Bartels will make his second collegiate start in Sunday’s final game against Del-aware, as coach Rob Cooper is “experi-menting” with Taylor Lehman, the usual No. 3, in the bullpen.

“We want to try to get [Lehman] going so that whenever he does touch the base-ball that he’s pitching at a high level,” Coo-per said. “He’s a guy I think needs to touch the ball more than once a week.”

But while the third spot in the rotation appears to be up for grabs, the offense has been more consistent. Each of the Nittany Lions’ five leading hitters has a batting av-erage above .290. What makes this all the more impressive, and rather surprising, is that all five of these players are under-classmen.

Jordan Bowersox has been the Nittany Lions’ most consistent hitter through their first 14 games. Heading into this week-end’s series at Delaware, Bowersox leads the team with a .393 average, a .433 on-base percentage and 30 total bases.

The sophomore credits his hot start to his improved pitch selection, jumping on fastballs as often as he can.

“I’ve been really attacking the first-pitch fastball,” Bowersox said. “Or at least when I get a ball or two balls, I know a fastball is usually coming.”

Freshman center fielder Mason Nadeau ranks second on the team with a .364 aver-age and a .429 OBP.

Nadeau’s simple offensive approach and calm demeanor at the plate has impressed Bowersox, who last year was in the same boat Nadeau is now. Bowersox was the Nittany Lions’ starting center fielder in 2016 during his freshman campaign.

“It’s kind of weird because usually fresh-men, like last year with me, it takes a while for them to get used to things,” Bowersox said.

Penn State’s most experienced position player, senior Nick Riotto, has seen limited playing time to start the season after he collided with the outfield wall in the team’s first game.

In his absence, freshman Braxton Gia-vedoni has stepped up and had his share of success at the dish. He is one of three Nittany Lions with a slugging percentage over .500.

Sophomores Willie Burger and Conlin Hughes have supplied much of the power in the middle of the order. Burger leads the team with three home runs and a .543 slug-ging percentage, while Hughes has two home runs and a .473 slugging percentage and ranks second on the team with 26 total bases.

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WATCH THE THRONEBy Matt GuerryTHE DAILY COLLEGIAN

In every home, school, office building and res-taurant is a meditative space we often take for granted. We’re talking, of course, about the bath-room.

It can be a place to reflect, read or scroll through our phones. While we all do it, it’s something most people don’t like to discuss with each other.

And it’s exactly what Ophelia Castellitto want-ed to capture in paint.

“I noticed all these paintings of people in their tubs,” Castellitto (junior–interdisciplinary digital studio) said. “I was thinking about the bathroom and how much time you spend there, and there are really no paintings of people on the toilet.”

It was a thought Cast-ellitto began to explore in oil paints last fall just before she found out her application to Penn State’s Bachelor of Fine Art’s program had been accepted. Art, and oil painting in particular, is something Castellitto said she has been drawn to since she was in high school.

Over a dozen smaller portraits and several larger ones comprise the series, dubbed “Private Showing.”

But it wasn’t what she initially sought out to pur-sue in college. When she first came to Penn State, she intended break into design by way of a major in computer sciences.

“I’ve always wanted to go into video games and animation,” Castellitto said. “That’s still basical-ly my plan, and to be an artist on the side.”

Roleplaying video games in particular are Castellitto’s favorite. As a game developer, she said she hopes to design fan-tastical worlds like the ones she played through in “Fallout 4” and “Final Fantasy X.”

Her fondness for video

games and animation, she said, has only grown since learning how to use modeling programs like Maya and Cinema 4D.

“Currently I’m ob-sessed with Moana. I think it’s one of the great-est animated films I’ve ever seen,” Castellitto said of the recent Disney picture. “Now that I’m learning the software, the appreciation for animation in general has skyrocketed for me.”

Although she still en-joys programming, Cast-ellitto said that computer science just wasn’t the major for her. Switching to interdisciplinary digi-tal studio was a move of which she and her par-ents, both University of Pennsylvania faculty members, approved.

“They breathed a sigh of relief when I switched, because I was really not doing well freshman year,” she said.

Her parents, she said, had always encouraged her to express her cre-ative side. Castellitto’s own father, in fact, is de-picted in one of the larger paintings in her recent series as a man on a toi-let with a newspaper in front of his face.

“He doesn’t want peo-ple to know it’s him,” she said.

Many of the other indi-viduals in the series — classmates and friends of Castellitto’s — are de-picted reading as well, albeit on their smart-phones. They posed, she said, on the toilet with their trousers up.

The rest she filled in with her imagina-tion. When putting her thoughts on canvas, Cas-tellitto said she some-times starts by painting smaller versions of them.

For larger pieces, she said she first makes an outline of the pieces; ei-ther by sketching it, or by creating an underpaint-ing. When it comes to painting her final prod-uct, Castellitto said she likes to get in close with a fine brush.

“I’ve been yelled at

multiple times for paint-ing with a small brush,” she said.

When Castellitto first asked her friend Navia Prezeau to model for one of these larger paintings, she didn’t hesitate to say yes.

“I think that art should really have no boundar-ies. And I think if you can capture a moment and recreate it in some-thing that is eye catching and thought provoking…then I fully support it,” Prezeau ( junior–film and video) said. “I didn’t think it would be too much for me to sign myself up for.”

When “Private Show-ing” was exhibited in the Patterson Gallery at Penn State several weeks ago, Prezeau said Castellitto insisted that she attend the opening night.

Ann Shostrom, as-sistant professor of art at Penn State and sponsor of the exhibition, said that improvements in Cas-tellitto’s craft were evi-dent in each subsequent painting of hers.

“The expressions of the people, the detail of the clothing, the details of the tilework…in ac-complishing that, she became a much better painter,” Shostrom said. “The details kind of tell the story.”

Castellitto said it took her almost half a se-mester to complete the first large portrait in the series, but by the time her exhibi-tion drew near, whole paintings took only about a day. As nerve wrack-ing as Castellitto said it was to have her art on display, the experience was ultimately a proud one.

But for now, she has moved on to a new se-ries. Pairs of students of the Bachelor of Fine Arts program at Penn State share studios with each other, and Cast-ellitto has returned to hers to begin work on a series.

But striking out anew isn’t always easy. Castel-litto said she had hoped to make politically in-spired collages using

newspaper clippings when she first went back to her studio, but grew frustrated.

“It was my first attempt at a painting of some sort after my show,” she said. “It was this moment of ‘what am I doing?”

Fond as she was of the idea, she ultimately let it go.

“It’s the same for any-body in anything,” she said. “You have to step back, take a deep breath, and push through. Or in my case, move onto something else that’s dif-ferent.”

That something else she has moved onto is a series she said was in-spired by #BlackGirl-Magic. Literal sorcery isn’t exactly what the hashtag expresses, but is what Castellitto intends to depict.

“It’s about empowering black women,” Castel-litto said of the hashtag. “I’m half black, and real-ly in college have come to accept that and be proud of that.”

To email reporter: mcg5300@psu.edu.Follow him on Twitter at @MattGuerry.

Through “Private Showing” series, a Penn State artist depicts her classmates at their most private.

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Castellitto (junior- fine arts, interdisciplinary digital studio) poses in her studio space in the Visual Arts building

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Castellitto works on a piece in her studio space in the Visual Arts building.

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Ophelia Castellitto (junior- fine arts, interdisciplinary digital studio) presents some of her favorite pieces of art in the Visual Arts building on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017.