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FEBRUARY 19, 2016 VOL 43, NO.4

Prevention Awareness Recovery CenterBid Day 2K16

OPINION

Athletes and Press Conferences

Bill Brown Retiring

BLACKH STORY

MONTHCalifornia University honors

pioneers for c ivi l r ights in

the United States

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Bye-Bye, Ball?On February 3, a basketball was reported stolen from Herron Hall. The case is now closed.

So much for the food!On February 3 in Building E a fire alarm went off due to food being burnt. The case is now closed.

CALU police reports

Album Reviews ..........................................5Vulcan Theater ...........................................7Bid Day ......................................................8

Ted Cruz’s Dishonest Comments ...............10Athletes and Press Conferences.................11

Bill Brown retiring ......................................13Gabby Irving Feature .................................14Cal U Basketball.........................................15AOTW: Seairra Barrett ...............................16 Check out

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Albums o f t h e

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The Life of Pablo - Kanye WestThe outrageous, out spoken, one of a kind Kanye West has finally released his newest album. “The Life of Pablo,” was first mentioned over two years ago when it was originally going to be called “So Help Me God.” A release date was never fully stated, though if you kept up with West over the years, it seemed that there was always a chance for the release to be completely unannounced. Finally, after four title changes, West decided on the name and revealed that he would release it at a fashion show in the sold out Madison Square Garden.

What everyone thought to be a full run through of the album only ended up being half of it. West said the album would have ten tracks on it. When it was finally released, the track list showed a final number of 18 songs. Some of these songs had already been released over the last year, but most were brand new. This album features a wide variety of Kanye West sounds that you will be familiar with from throughout the years. From the beginning, the album does sound like the “gospel”

album that West said it was. From beginning to end, the album satisfies everything you would hope for in a Kanye album. The only negative feedback received was that Kanye did not have enough rap verses. Though not every song showed off Kanye’s rapping ability, his ability to produce a solid, catchy and high quality track was shown. West, who was listed as a producer on every song on the album, really put his best touches on each track and spent time to prove that he cared deeply for each song that he put on display. If you are comparing this album to any of his six previous works, it is very comparable to “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy,” which many proclaim to be his best work as an artist. From start to finish, you will hear some outlandish lyrics, as well as some really down to Earth lyricism that may not always be displayed by West. This may not be the album “of the life” as Kanye has initially stated, but it is some of his best work and provides an amazing sound to the somewhat originality depleted hip hop game. It truly is something you need to make an opinion for on your own.

Average Critic Rating: 84/100 My Rating: 92/100

Family Dinner Volume 2 - Snarky Puppy Snarky Puppy, a band that formed in 2004 has now released their

tenth studio album. Throughout the years, the band has seen as many as 40 members come and go. A majority of the band, both current and former, have come out of the University of North Texas. Though the band has used up to 40 different members over the last 12 years, the main touring group only consists of 13 core musicians. Snarky Puppy produces a jazz fusion music that is not only incredibly technical, but also very impressive and pleasing to the ear.

Over the years, Snarky Puppy has been under the radar when it comes to the music scene as a whole, but in the jazz world, they are beginning to get a large backing and really making a name for themselves. The first album from this collection, “Family Dinner Volume One,” was the first album that has featured

singing. Normally, this fully instrumental group spends their songs jamming out and showing off their composition of various instrumental pieces. They decided to make an album featuring some of the best jazz influenced singers they could find three years ago and eventually came out with their second installment last week. “Family Dinner Volume 2” provides close to 90 minutes of smooth listening. The shortest song on the album is just over three and a half minutes long while the longest is over ten minutes in length. You could put an average time of each song around seven minutes. The length can seem a little daunting for listeners who just want to put on an album, vibe out, and not think about what they are listening to. Luckily for Snarky Puppy fans, these songs all have their own individual sound that make getting through this album a pleasurable experience. For jazz fans and music appreciators everywhere, this is the perfect album to give a listen because it offers some of the best sides of jazz music, well developed lyrics and vocal arrangements and it was created with passion and care.

Average Critic Rating: 80/100 My Rating: 80/100

By Dan Carmichael

Cal Times Contributor

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The newest DJ to join WCAL John Bon Jolti is a stellar addition the station. John Boldt came to

CalU from Ambridge, Pennsylvania to major in Commercial Music Technology. He helps out with

various tasks around the station from doing the remotes seen around campus to blasting pop punk

across the airwaves. DJ John Bon Jolti plays everything from All Time Low to Neck Deep every-

thing Thursday on his show The Finer Thing as well as every Tuesday co-hosting Just Ed with Just

Pop Punk with fellow DJ Just Ed. Just Ed is how John got his start at the station, both CMT majors,

Eddie invited him to WCAL and the rest is history.

In his spare time can catch John practicing his passion for music by mastering the guitar, piano,

trumpet, steel drums, ocarina, trombone, or clarinet. He finds himself spending most of his time in

station messing around with friends and listening to the music he loves. DJ John Bon Jolti’s deep

passion for pop punk, however, can be traced back to Warped Tour 2015 whenever he saw The Won-

der Years and hopped in his first mosh pit.

RIYL: State Champs, Paramore, All Time Low, Neck Deep, Mayday Parade

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Show: The Finer Things (Thurs. 4 - 6 p.m.) and Just Ed with Just Pop Punk (Tuesdays 4 - 6 p.m.)

Website: http://sai.calu.edu/wcal/ Iphone App: 91.9 WCAL Requests: 724-938-3000

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Greetings everyone,

The BSU thanks Pastor Darla Holmes for that wonderful sermon in church last Sunday! This Tuesday is the very first Black Arts Festival! Running all day on from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., there will be art, fashion and jewelry vendors from the Pittsburgh area, musical performances, and dance performances as well. Be sure to stop by in the Performance Center and immerse yourself in black culture! Our meetings are held every Thursday at 5 p.m. in Carter Hall’s Multipurpose Room. Everyone is welcome. Come through and be a part of the history that we continue to make on this campus.

BSU CORNERBy Jerron Corley

“I genuinely believe we have an opportunity to revolutionize how we educate our children.” - LeVar Burton

Black History Spotlight: LeVar Burton (1957-) LeVar Burton carries many titles. He is LeVar Burton the actor, presenter, director, producer and author. Born on February 16, the 59 year-old first appeared in the acting scene by portraying the young Kunta Kinte in the ABC television miniseries Roots, based on the award-winning novel by Alex Haley. Burton also portrayed Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next Generation, a show belonging to a franchise that he directed several episodes for. The longest stint in his career began when he became the host and executive producer for the award-winning children’s program Reading Rainbow, which aired on the Public Broadcasting Service from 1983 to 2006.

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Go Greek Life!

Sisterhood

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Sisterhood

B I D D AY 2 K 1 6Sororities welcome new members into their chapters and homes this Spring semester!

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“Dirty Tricks”

The first day of voting for the primary presidential

election, Ted Cruz came out the clear winner in

Iowa. This is mainly because of the large amount

of voters who are evangelicals and Cruz is a Chris-

tian candidate that consistently uses religion as a

means of appealing to voters. But, there is another

candidate who does this as well, Ben Carson. With

the exception of political experience, not much

separates Ted Cruz and Ben Carson. So, how did

Cruz end up with so much of evangelical’s votes?

Ted Cruz admitted that his campaign called and left

messages for supporters that Ben Carson would be

dropping out of the race. The Carson campaign was

able to release the audio of the message where it is

clear what is being said, “Hello, this is the Cruz cam-

paign with breaking news. Dr. Ben Carson will be

suspending campaigning following tonight’s suc-

cess.” Volunteers for the campaign instructed voters

to “not waste a vote for Ben Carson and vote for Ted

Cruz.” As evident today, Carson is still in the race.

In the most recent Republican debate, Cruz

claimed he got the information that Carson would

be dropping out of the race from CNN’s broadcast.

CNN responded saying, “What Senator Cruz said

tonight in the debate is categorically false.” So,

after Cruz was caught in yet another lie he came

out with an apology, sort of. Cruz stated that he

is not sorry for keeping voters updated but that

he should have clarified that Carson was “indeed

staying in the race when that came out. That was

a mistake from our end, and for that I apologize to

Dr. Carson.”

Cruz’s actions and statements have been deemed

“categorically false” and “knowingly misstated”

by CNN which can reasonably be translated to

a lie. While Ted Cruz touts his campaign slogan,

“TrusTed” his actions suggest otherwise. The ac-

tions by Cruz’s campaign that night were deceitful

and, as Iowa state Representative Rob Taylor put it,

“horsesh-t.”

Did Ted Cruz’s campaign aim to sway voters away from Carson on the first day of voting?

By Mari Boyle, Cal Times Contributor

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Professional athletes have always had to deal with the media. That’s no secret in the sports world. However, it’s not just athletes “dealing” with the media; the media has to put up with a lot of ridi-cule from the players. The most recent case of the media having to deal with a certain player is from Super Bowl 50. After the big game, Cam Newton of the Carolina Pan-thers got up and walked out of his press confer-ence after only less than five minutes. Newton overheard Broncos cornerback Chris Harris loudly celebrating his victory behind Newton. Newton, who was visibly upset about the loss and over Harris’ actions, stood up and left. Former and current NFL players have responded by either sup-porting Newton for his actions or scolded him. This isn’t the first time a professional athlete has been annoyed to the point of leaving their press conference. However, it wasn’t the media’s fault, as they were just doing their jobs. Another instance

has been at plenty of post-game press conferences when coaches would get upset with the media for brining up poor performances. The coaches or players would get smart with the media and refuse to answer their questions. Chip Kelly is a perfect example. Kelly, who was the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles this past NFL season, would ignore the media’s questions and refuse to answer any questions due to being upset about the final of a game. In no way is that fair to the media. The media can get out of hand sometimes, I know, but for the most part they are just trying to do their jobs. Luck-ily, I’ve been fortunate to interview athletes at Cal U and not have them get up and walk out. I inter-viewed Nate Bellhy of the men’s basketball team about two weeks ago. I had to bring up the team’s disappointing loss to Indiana University of Penn-sylvania and the team’s upsetting record. However, Bellhy remained composed and answered all of

my questions. Now if Bellhy, who is simply just a college athlete, can do that, why can’t professional athletes and coaches? Nobody likes recalling a bad experience, espe-cially an athlete. I’ve been there and I’ve done that, but I would never walk out of an interview. New-ton’s case bothers me the most. Newton was just voted the MVP of the NFL. What does that really mean? It means he’s the face of the NFL right now and the face of the NFL should not abruptly walk out of their interview because they are angry about the way they played. Being an athlete is a privilege, and with that privilege comes plenty of responsibility. It might not seem like a major one, but being respectful towards the media when all they’re trying to do is do their job, is actually a vital responsibility of any athlete.

Relationship between athletes and media By Rachael McKriger, Cal Times Sports Editor

Photo: Google

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The all-time winningest coach in program history, California University of Pennsylvania head men’s basketball coach Bill Brown  has announced that he will retire following the end of the season. Brown currently holds a 365-207 record and a .638 winning percentage during his 20-year tenure with the Vulcans. He is the winningest active coach in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) and ranks fifth in league history in victories, while also being just one of six coaches with at least 350 wins in the PSAC. “I’ve been fortunate to see the transition of the university during my time and there have been lots of high marks,” said Brown. “I’ll miss the college atmosphere and it’s going to be tough, but its time.” Overall, Brown has served as a head coach for 30 years and boasts a 490-334 career record (.595) with previous stints at Sacramento State (1986-87) and Kenyon (Ohio) (1989-96). He enters the weekend No. 18 among active head coaches in NCAA Division II in career wins. Brown has led the Vulcans to six NCAA Tournament appearances, highlighted by an Elite Eight appearance during the 2007-08 season. The Vulcans also captured the PSAC Championship that year, the first time since the 1998-99 campaign, and recorded the third-winningest season in school history at 28-6 behind an 11-1 mark in league play. A native of Toledo, Ohio, Brown has helped guide Cal U to the PSAC Tournament 14 times over the last two decades and earned at least a share of first place in the PSAC West standings eight times before the league expanded by four schools starting in 2008. The Vulcans have totaled at least 23 wins eight times during his tenure and have finished below .500 only twice. “Coach Brown has been a pillar of the athletic department during my tenure at the university,” said Athletic Director Dr. Karen Hjerpe, who joined the department in 1993. “He has brought great leadership to our programs and has been instrumental in alumni involvement for the men’s basketball program.” Brown has mentored 40 All-PSAC West selections, including 22 first-team honorees, while at Cal U. He helped develop two-time National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-American Seth Martin, who ranks No. 10 all-time in in school history with 1,459 points and was inducted into the Cal U Athletic Hall of Fame in

2013. Recently, Brown coached Academic All-American Steve Swiech, who earned All-PSAC West honors in each of his years with the program. “My goal has always been to impact players, not just in the game of basketball, but in life skills and how to treat and communicate with people,” said Brown. “I’ve been here long enough to have former players bring their children back to campus and introduce me as their coach and that’s special.” Brown was awarded the prestigious NABC Guardians of the Game Pillar Award for Advocacy in the spring of 2012. He has been tabbed PSAC West Coach of the Year five times and received NABC Regional Coach of the Year twice during his tenure with the Vulcans. In 2011 and 2013, Brown served as head coach for a team that was assembled through Global Sports Academy and played several games across Europe. Prior to his time at Cal U, Brown served as head coach for eight seasons at Kenyon, an NCAA Division III program. The Lords qualified for the NCAA Tournament in back-to-back seasons after posting 20-plus wins in 1994 and 1995. In 1994, Kenyon won its conference tournament and earned the top seed in the NCAA Tournament before finishing the year with a 24-4 record. Brown recruited Shaka Smart to play for the Lords and after becoming the head coach at Cal U, Brown hired the recently-graduated Smart

as an assistant coach with the Vulcans. Smart later led VCU to the Final Four in 2011 and is currently in his first season as head coach at Texas. Brown started his career as a head coach at Sacramento State and coached the Hornets for two seasons during the program’s transition to NCAA Division I. He followed his time at Sacramento State with a season as an assistant coach at Tennessee. Brown started his coaching career at Ohio after a successful playing career for the Bobcats. As a player, he was a three-year starter and two-time, all-conference selection for the Bobcats. After four seasons at Ohio as a coach, Brown served a one-year stint as an assistant at Kent State before accepting the top assistant position at Arkansas with Eddie Sutton, who is one of only 13 coaches in all NCAA divisions with 800-plus career wins. In each of Brown’s five years with the program, the Razorbacks made NCAA Tournament appearances, won two Southwest Conference Championships and remained in the Top 20 rankings. Brown and his wife Christy reside in California and have two grown children, Aaron and Kerra, and nine grandchildren, including a pair of twins born last spring. His son Aaron played for the Vulcans from 2000-02 and helped the Vulcans post a pair of 23-win seasons.

Brown to retire at the end of the seasonBy Matthew Kifer, Sports Information

Photo: Don Wright/Sports Information

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Gabby Irving has been running since she was in third grade. However, all the years of running never prepared her for the moment when she crossed the finish line at Youngstown State University National Invitational. At YSU’s meet, Irving broke Cal U’s school record in the 200-meter dash. Irving didn’t win the race, as she placed second, but she broke Monique Sims record by five-hundredths of a second. Irving crossed the line with 25.28 seconds, breaking Sims 2012 record. “The moment I crossed the finish line and looked at the clock, it was like a burst of joy came over my body. I remember running over to my teammates Corey [Allen] and Montre [Tates] and pushing them and screaming because I was so excited. I was the happiest girl in the facility. I couldn't believe that I just put my name in the Cal U record books,” Irving said. Irving, who is majoring in business with a minor in communications, is mainly a short sprinter who runs the 60-meter, 100-meter, and 200-meter

races. She also participates in the 4x100-meter and 4x400-meter relay races. Before her college career she earned a varsity letter in her freshman year of high school at Garnet Valley High School. However, high school wasn’t where Irving really started to run. “Running was a part of my life since I was a baby. I was always the fastest in gym class. I was even beating out the boys, so my parents finally started me in AAU track,” she said. Irving said she initially made the decision to come to Cal U based on the track program, but then visited the campus where she said it was “beautiful and I enjoyed my surroundings.” Irving called running track in college a “huge blessing” and remembered placing at both the indoor and outdoor conference meets in her freshman year. “That was the most exciting part,” the sophomore said. Irving credits a lot of her success, not just in track, but also in life to her coaches Daniel Caulfield, Tyler Throener, Sandy Estep, and Jackie (Pacentrilli) Caulfield. “Aside from anything track related, I’ve

learned how to live. They taught me how to live my life the proper way. They taught me how to grow and develop for my future,” Irving said. She also said that for the older members of the track team, but only they explain it to her in a friend-to-friend way. Irving might have broken a school record, but she’s excited to see how the rest of the season will play out. She expressed her excitement in running in the upcoming PSAC Championships, which will take place at Edinboro University on February 27 and 28. “I cannot wait to run at our conference championships. Coach Sandy tells us after every race, ‘there’s only one race that matters’ and of course that’s PSACs. I can’t wait for the team to put all of our hard work to the test,” she said. However, that’s not for another few weeks. Up next for the track team is the Kent State Tune Up meet on February 20. For Irving, at the Kent State meet or any other meet, she will continue to enjoy the adrenaline and pray. “I pray all the time,” Irving said.

Irving looks forward to 2016 track seasonBy Rachael McKriger, Cal Times Sports Editor

Hill, Zanella reach NCAA marks in New YorkBy Matthew Kifer, Sports Information

Redshirt sophomore Summer Hill  (Honesdale, Pa./Honesdale) and senior Alex Zanella  (Everett, Pa./Everett) each reached NCAA provisional marks on Friday at the Fastrack National Qualifier. Hill provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 800-meter run while competing in a field of virtually all NCAA Division I runners. She posted a time of 2 minutes, 15.31 seconds while in the Empire State, which ranks as the fastest time in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) this season by over one full second. Zanella reached the NCAA provisional mark in the 1-mile run on Friday and also registered the top time in the league this season. She crossed the finish line in 4:57.84 while running in an event filled with NCAA Division I programs. Zanella also improved her PSAC-qualifying time in the 800 meters, posting a time of 2:20.24 while competing in the same field as Hill. Additionally, freshman Jaclyn

Reinbold  (Macungie, Pa./Emmaus) posted a season-best time of 2:23.97 in the 800 meters while running in a different flight of the event. Junior Emilia Ricciuti  (Pittsburgh, Pa./Mount Lebanon) improved her league-qualifying mark in the 400-meter run by one-tenth of a second after crossing the finish line in 1:00.57. Sophomore Kailah Holmes  (Hatfield, Pa./North Penn) set a personal record and finished in second place in the long jump with a distance of 5.31 meters (17-5.25 feet). She also placed 10th overall in the triple jump with a mark of 11.30 meters (37-1.00 feet). The Vulcans return to action on Saturday, Feb. 20, when they compete at the Kent State Tune Up.

Photo: David Bracetty Photography

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Imagine possessing a seven game win streak, coming into the final three games of the regular season. After winning the national title, just a year ago, this is the situation that the California University of Pennsylvania women’s basketball team is faced with. In the past seven games of their schedule, where they had the advantage of being at home, and the daunting task of being away, they found a will to succeed. Each and every game of their impressive season, one can see the team unity being amped up in all aspects. Not many people win back to back titles, but if there is any team that could step up to the plate it’s this one. The Vulcans season started out in a tournament, hosted by the West Liberty Hilltoppers, a tournament in which did not go the Vulcans way. The loss to the West Liberty women’s team, however, stirred up a drive to succeed, much like the drive the Vulcans had last season en-route to a national title. The numbers in that game, compared to the numbers that this team is putting up now, don’t even come close. In a game against Davis & Elkins on February 6 the same Vulcans team produced 101 points, compared to the 65 points they put up against West Liberty. People could construe this victory in any way they want, however, this game proved that every single girl out on that court is valuable to this team’s success. In many games throughout the season, stars arose in ways that they haven’t before. Names such as Miki Glenn, Shatara Parsons, Precious Martin, Paige Wright and Seairra Barrett always step up, whether it’s through rebounds, points or even assists. Miki Glenn has averaged 19 points on

the season, while Seairra Barrett leads the team in rebounds with 10.4 a game. This team doesn’t stop with the statistics either, even stepping up against the better teams in their conference. In the game against IUP, in front of a nationally televised crowd on ESPN3, three of the Vulcans had points in the double digits along with 36 team rebounds. What is most impressive about this team is their young talent off the bench. Emily Suckling had 22 points, along with the title of PSAC West Freshman of the Week due to her performance against a Davis & Elkins team at home. Abbey Sporio, a transfer from

By Danny Beeck, Staff Writer

Women’s basketball and their run for the playoffs

Pitt-Johnstown also had to make her mark with the Vulcans, and in only eight games this season, she tallied 13 steals. Players who still have yet to make their mark are new to this team as well. Look for the younger players to adopt the traits of the senior players on this team and make a splash in the PSAC.All in all, this team is strong, passionate, and will not back down to anyone. Once this team has a goal in mind, they cannot be stopped. The Vulcans will not settle for anything less than another national title, and that’s what is in the back of their minds every time they take the court.

Quick statistics on the Vulcans:Rank in the PSAC West,

1. California University2. Indiana University3. Gannon University4. Edinboro University

All have clinched playoff spots

Statistical leaders

Points: Miki Glenn (437)Rebounds per game: Seairra Barrett (10.4)Blocks: Shatara Parsons (32)Assists: Miki Glenn (139)

The Freshman effect

Emily Suckling: 98 points in 18 games Sammie Weiss: 21 points in 14 games Abbey Sporio: 19 points in 8 games Natalia Casals: 10 points in 12 games

Photo: Don Wright/Sports Information

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Seairra Barrett, a regular starter and sophomore, has been a big part in the Cal U women’s basketball team’s seven straight wins. Since Cal U’s victory over Clarion University on January 30, Barrett has had double-didgit games. She put up 14 points against Clarion, 19 points against Pitt-Johnstown and Davis & Elkins, and 20 points against Slippery Rock and Seton Hill. Aside from being a member of the Cal U women’s basketball team, Barrett is also a key contributor as an outside hitter for the Cal U Volleyball team.

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