APRIL 4, 2014

CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

VOL. 35, NO. 7

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NEWS

OPINION

ENTERTAINMENT

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JOURNALIST VISITS CAL U

Tony Norman, accomplished journalist with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, pays a visit to Cal U’s campus

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TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING?

724 DINING TOUR

Sports editor Jose Negron has something to say about the Nation Hockey League’s expanded outdoor game schedule that occured during this year’s regular season.

Cal Times foodie Katie DelV-erne pays a visit to Brownsville, Pa. pizza place Little Joey’s.

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Cal U’s baseball team ends a long losing streak this week-end with a win against Pitt Johnstown.

CAL U BASEBALL ENDS SLUMP

2014-15 SAI Proposed Allocated Budget

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Cal U hosts regional robotics tournamentphoto: Matt Kaminski

_______________________BY DAN MADER

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As California University of Pennsylvania students walked around campus to their classes last Thursday through Saturday, more people were present on the campus than usual. What was unique about these other indi-viduals that were present dur-ing the weekend was that they were all a part of the Greater Pittsburgh Regional FIRST Ro-botics competition. FIRST – For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology – has been encouraging young people to explore science, technol-ogy, engineering and math in a sports-style competition with cooperation since 1989. This year, more than 1,000 students grades 9-12 in 48 teams came to the Cal U Convocation Center to compete in the “Aerial Assist” challenge.

‘Aerial Assist’ is played on a at 2 ’ x 4’ eld, that’s strad-

dled by a truss suspended about five ft. above the floor. Two “alliances” of three robots each face o and try to move as many

balls as possible into the high and low goals. Cooperative play earns additional points during the fast-paced 30-second (autonomous) and two-minute (remote control) matches.

Upon walking into the Con-vocation Center a comentator could be heard announcing very action that the robots were performing and every team was intently watching the match that was occurring. To the side of the arena were booths where every team entered in the com-petition showed off their ro-bots and techniques used for their machines. Each team had unique attire for this event and emphasized not only the team-based atmosphere but brought forth the personalities of every team. Among the interesting uniforms that were present at the FIRST Robotics competition were a Storm trooper, lemons, a man with a computer monitor as a head, aluminum foil look-ing pants, armor reminiscent of medieval times and a dog. Not only were the teams uniquely dressed, their personalities were just the same. While the Steel Dragons team, which hailed from Taylor Allderdice High

School, was not in a match, two of the members of that team were relaxing and performing card tricks.

Tye Ralasi, 17, said that get-ting onto a robotics team was to help his friends out who were on that team and he ended up joining it.

“I was just looking to help my friends out and I ended up join-ing the team,” Ralasi said.

Ralasi says that the allure of robotics for him is a mix of hands-on building, electronics, and of course the competition.

“To be able to create some-thing like a robot with your own hands alongside your friends and then compete with them is an awesome thing. The other great part is that you become friends with the other teams. Everyone is so friendly regard-less of how intense the competi-tion is.”

Ralasi’s fellow classmate and teammate, Maximillian Von Hammond-Schrock, 16, says that the love of the robotics for him is the programming along-side the competition.

“I love coding and program-ming and these robots give me a chance to do that on a com-

petitive level and I love it,” Hammond-Schrock said. “I already program extensively in my free time so this is just second nature to me.”

Thursday comprised of first practices and tune-ups, while Friday had quali cation matches throughout the day to set up the nal rounds Sat-urday afternoon. The three re-gional winners were Team 836 (The Boeing Company/The Patuxent Partnership/BAE Systems/SAIC/National In-struments/Naval Air Systems Command/Booz Allen Ham-ilton & Dr. James A. Forrest Career & Technology Center High School), Team 4 47 (2014 FRC Hardship Grant & West-mont Hilltop High School) and Team 3260 (Microsoft & Sarah Heinz House)

Three teams that were the regional winners in the Greater Pittsburgh Region in the Con-vocation Center are now go-ing to be a part of the FIRST Championship, held April 23 through April 26 in St. Louis, Mo.

Robots created by local students take part in the ‘aerial assist’ game at the FIRST robotics competition.

More photos on pg. 6

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Cal U Police Reports

On Wed. March 26, Student Cabinet convened for 10 hours and approved the proposed budget for the 2014/2015 fiscal year in the amount of $2,724,358.

Club budget packets were critically analyzed to ensure allocation awards were distrib-uted fairly and with an amount that will allow each club to continue its mission and func-tion on the campus at California University if Pennsylvania.

There were 123 clubs eligible to submit a budget packet for 2014/2015 funding. Each cabi-net member had approximately eight clubs to represent during the budget process. Going into the budget meeting, cabinet members were well aware that enrollment is lower than in the past and budgets had to be reduced.

Clubs also learned this year that raising their own money is a necessity if they want to do everything that is listed in their budget packet. Each club was discussed thoroughly and through negotiations and tough debates, cabinet members held their own ground and truly defended each club to the best of their ability. The allocation awards were made with the intent of distributing 100% of available funds so clubs can

plan now and know exactly how much they will have to operate come Fall 2014.

A few things that all students should know regarding the SAI funding request is that the amount of money SAI requests in student fee funding uctu-ates with enrollment, because SAI relies on commissions from contracts and housing pro ts to sustain its total budget.

When SAI requests less mon-ey from student fees, more is available to be allocated out to clubs, and vice versa.

Many students may not re-alize that when you live in the SAI-owned on-campus residence halls or Vulcan Village apartments, pro ts from those properties are put directly into the SAI budget to reduce the SAI student fee request.

Also, it is important that students understand that SAI works very hard to keep the rental rates as low as possible for university housing, and rates are set at the minimum amount needed to meet the debt cover-age ratio required by the bond holders.

The one major di erence be-tween SAI and the o -campus rentals in the borough is that all revenue from university hous-ing directly bene ts the students at Cal U. The same can be said

regarding purchasing items in the bookstore and out of the vending machines. You are giv-ing back to the students at Cal U when you purchase items on campus and live in university housing. University Housing is now leasing for Fall 2014, so if you have not secured housing for next semester, apply online through calu.edu or vulcanvil-lage.com.

On Monday, April 14, at 4:15 p.m. in the Performance Cen-ter, SAI will hold its annual Corporation Meeting. This is the final step in the budget process, and all members of the SAI Corporation (all full-time undergraduate SAI fee-paying students) get a vote to approve or reject the budget. Only members of the SAI Corporation are permitted at this meeting, as company business will be discussed. Nominations for the 2014/2015 SAI Board of Direc-tors will also take place at this meeting. I highly encourage every eligible student to come and vote, whether you are for or against the total budget. You will need your CalCard to verify eligibility prior to entering the meeting. I hope to see you there.

See page 3 for the full 2014-2015 SAI budget.

A message from the CFO of SAI, Leigh Ann Lincoln

Weapons on campusPolice are continuing to inves-

tigate a report led on March 21 claiming that a male student was bringing illegal objects onto campus

Vandalism on Third StreetA little after 10 a.m. March 25,

two separate acts of vandalism were reported to have occurred on Third Street. Near Building E. The cases are still being re-viewed by police.

Breaking PointOn March 26 at 9:4 p.m., a

female in the Steele Hall audi-torium requested that she be psychologically evaluated

Disorderly Conduct at Kwik Fill

On March 27 at 2:43 a.m., police were called to Kwik Fil after it was reported a male was causing a “disturbance.”

Public DrunkennessAt 11:30 p.m. on March 28,

police were called to Carter Hall to deal with a highly intoxicated male. Police charged the male with public drunkenness and disorderly conduct.

Damaged parking lot gateDuring their morning patrol

on March 30, police reported that the Lot 2 gate was dam-aged. The incident is reported to have occurred sometime the night before. Police are still in-vestigating.

Confrontation between stu-dents

On March 31 at 11:56 p.m., police were called to Carter Hall after it was reported two students were yelling at and arguing with each other.

Are you a student graduating in Spring/Summer/Fall 2014?

The Lambda Bridges LGBTQA Program Office is hosting Cal U’s first annual

The Lavender Graduation Ceremony will be held on April 22nd, 2014 from 11:00am to 1:00pm at the Convocation Center in the North Wing. The ceremony will include guest speakers, a luncheon, and an award ceremony to recognize the accomplishments of graduating lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, asexual (LGBTQA), and ally students at Cal U. Business causal

dress is recommended.

All LGBTQA students and their families, friends and mentors are encouraged to come celebrate with us!

To register, please visit: http://bit.ly/1jmpAeU and complete the form provided.

For more information, contact us lambdabridges@calu.edu or call at 724-938-5758

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13/14 14/15 14/15

Club/Organization NameAllocation

DistributionAllocation REQUEST

Allocation AWARD

ACTIVIST CLUB 800 2,575 600ANTHROPOLOGY CLUB 3,360 5,947 3,400ARCHERY CLUB 2,400 12,224 2,000ASSOCIATED ARTISTS 11,200 17,500 4,000ATHLETIC TRAINERS CLUB 4,800 12,297 4,500BALLROOM AND LATIN DANCE CLUB 960 2,900 400BASEBALL CLUB 880 7,145 4,000BEST BUDDIES 3,600 2,500 2,500BILLIARDS CLUB 2,160 5,296 1,000BIOLOGY CLUB 1,200 16,589 1,600BLACK STUDENT UNION 16,000 53,500 13,500BODY BUILDING AND FITNESS CLUB 3,200 8,948 3,300BOWLING CLUB 2,720 1,600 1,300C.C.O.E.-GERONTOLOGY CLUB 3,200 5,695 3,500CAL CAMPAIGN CONSULTANTS 3,200 15,425 2,900CAL ROCKS 7,200 16,500 6,000CALIFORNIA TIMES 20,000 47,859 18,000CEO CLUB 240 5,061 300CHEERLEADERS 11,200 77,700 12,000CHEMISTRY CLUB 1,200 5,954 1,300COLLEGES AGAINST CANCER 1,200 4,125 1,200COMMUTER COUNCIL 3,600 13,352 1,500COMPUTER CLUB 1,200 2,041 1,150

COUNCIL FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN 4,600 10,502 5,000CUTV 56,000 75,962 60,000DISC GOLF No Request No Request 0ECONOMICS CLUB 800 1,375 750EMS BOOK CLUB 320 No Request 0ENDV CENTER 11,200 22,290 8,500ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY CLUB 3,800 6,198 800EQUESTRIAN TEAM 14,400 21,151 16,000FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES New in 14/15 3,000 200FENCING CLUB 5,200 12,163 5,000FINANCE CLUB 684 1,350 450FISHING CLUB New in 14/15 No Request 0FOREIGN LANGUAGE 880 8,175 500FORENSIC SCIENCE CLUB 347 2,363 450FORENSICS DEBATE No Request No Request 0

STUDENT ASSOCIATION, INC.CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

Proposed Allocated Budget 2014-2015

FUTURE BUSINESS LEADERS 3,200 7,246 500FUTURE MATH TEACHERS 600 1,740 563GAMES CLUB 640 No Request 0GEOLOGY CLUB 5,600 7,765 4,500GIS PLANNING CLUB 4,800 8,978 3,500GRADUATE SOCIAL WORK ASSOC. 640 3,225 300GRADUATE STUDENT ASSOCIATION 2,800 15,500 1,500H.E.A.R.T. 8,800 15,885 5,000HABITAT FOR HUMANITY 6,000 10,896 1,200HISPANIC STUDENT ASSOC. 3,600 4,854 3,500HISTORY CLUB 3,600 2,780 2,270HOCKEY CLUB 148,000 341,960 180,000HOMECOMING 28,000 39,750 28,000HUMAN RESOURCE CLUB New in 14/15 No Request 0INLINE HOCKEY No Request No Request 0INTERNATIONAL CLUB 4,800 9,000 4,000INTER-RESIDENCE HALL COUNCIL 17,400 27,395 18,500JAPANESE ANIMATION CLUB 640 3,325 500LACROSSE CLUB- MEN 5,600 25,081 2,500LAW & JUSTICE SOCIETY 2,000 5,366 2,250LIONS CLUB 240 300 300MARTIAL ARTS CLUB 2,560 No Request 0MATHEMATICS ASSOC. OF AMERICA 2,000 3,710 1,900MEDICAL INTEREST CLUB 800 1,129 1,000MEDITATION CLUB New in 14/15 No Request 0MEN UNITED 800 No Request 0METEOROLOGY CLUB 20,800 46,800 18,500MIDIEVAL & RENAISSANCE CLUB 480 4,340 700

MON MOB New in 14/15 No Request 0MON VALLEY DANCE COUNCIL 4,800 30,473 6,500

NATIONAL ART EDUCATION ASSN (NAEA) New in 14/15 No Request 0NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP New in 14/15 3,816 200OFF-ROADING CLUB New in 14/15 No Request 0PARANORMAL SOCIETY New in 14/15 4,679 500PARKS & RECREATION 400 6,489 3,000PHILOSOPHY CLUB 2,000 No Request 0PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB 400 No Request 0PHYSICAL THERAPIST ASSISTANT CLUB 6,000 24,825 4,500POTTERY CLUB 1,200 8,455 1,000PROFESSIONAL GOLF MANAGEMENT 13,600 25,505 13,600PSEA 400 2,385 100PSYCHOLOGY CLUB 1,200 20,277 800PUBLIC RELATIONS SOCIETY(PRSSA) 8,800 26,483 8,000

QUIDDITCH CLUB No Request 1,251 400RAINBOW ALLIANCE 4,800 17,844 5,500ROTC 640 1,617 600RUGBY - MEN 22,400 122,551 22,400RUGBY - WOMEN 16,000 42,890 17,000SAI + *Athletics $550K 1,710,000 1,690,000 1,690,000 SCREEN PRINTING STUDENT ASSOC. 1,840 10,237 100SECULAR STUDENT SOCIETY New in 14/15 722 475SNOW CLUB 1,600 2,970 800SOCCER CLUB 540 10,816 1,500SOCIAL WORK ASSOCIATION 2,800 3,611 1,000SOCIETY OF PHYSICS STUDENTS 0 2,659 300SOCIETY OF PROF JOURNALISTS No Request 1,575 500SPEECH & HEARING 2,000 7,110 1,750SPORT SHOOTING ASSOCIATION New in 14/15 13,160 1,700SPORTS MANAGEMENT CLUB 1,600 8,288 1,000STAND 14,440 33,953 16,000STUDENT ACCOUNTING ASSOC 240 ineligible 0STUDENT ACTIVITIES BOARD 208,000 292,858 225,000STUDENT COUNSELING ASSOCIATION 2,800 10,495 2,400STUDENT GOVERNMENT 38,400 33,470 28,000STUDENT MARKETING ASSOCIATION 8,000 16,113 7,000STUDIO 224 6,400 19,382 7,600SWIM CLUB ineligible No Request 0T.E.A.C. 25,200 50,350 23,000TENNIS CLUB New in 14/15 1,955 750THE UNDERGROUND 14,400 45,627 16,000TRAVEL CLUB 3,680 5,600 2,500ULTIMATE FRISBEE 1,852 2,315 1,400UNIVERSITY BAND 41,600 81,500 45,000UNIVERSITY CHOIR 20,000 30,100 20,000UNIVERSITY PLAYERS 18,400 52,435 18,000VETERAN'S CLUB 5,200 12,496 5,100VULCAN DANCE TEAM 4,800 8,209 6,100WARGAMING CLUB 200 No Request 0WCAL 20,000 31,670 22,000WILDLIFE SOCIETY 9,600 19,624 11,500WOMEN IN SCIENCE 600 4,323 200WOMEN'S CENTER 11,200 29,396 11,200WRITERS CLUB New in 14/15 No Request 0YEARBOOK-MONOCAL 400 300 300YOUNG & GIFTED GOSPEL CHOIR 5,520 12,746 3,500

2,742,103 3,979,892 2,724,358

*Athletics falls under SAI as a line item in their budget request effective 2014/2015. The amount is the same as 2013/2014 with $550,000 awarded to Athletics.

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“The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra” When a lmmaker sets out to make a lm it’s probably safe to assume

that they’re going to try to create the best lm possible, but sometimes the best intentions just don’t translate to a good product. “The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra” is an enjoyable homage to lovingly bad sci- movies of yes-teryear – if an Academy Award for ‘Best Worst Movie’ existed, “Cadavra” would win hands-down.

Dr. Paul Armstrong (played by Larry Blamire, who also directed the lm) and his wife Betty head to the mountains to search for a meteorite,

but they aren’t the only ones looking for the rare space rock – two aliens need the rare element to power their ship, while the titular lost skeleton is found in the also titular Cave of Cadavra and requires the meteorite for his resurrection.

A sequel, “The Lost Skeleton Returns Again,” was released in 2008, while a third lm is scheduled to begin shooting this year.

Genre: Sci-Fi & FantasyOrginal Release Date: September 2001

photo courtesy: wikipedia

_______________________BY JAMIE RIDERcontributing editor

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This year is the tenth anniver-sary of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s Spring Gallery Crawl.

Founded in 1984, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is a non-profit arts organization whose mission is the cultural and economic revitalization of a 14-block arts and entertain-ment/residential neighborhood called the Cultural District. The district is bordered by the Allegheny River on the north, Tenth Street on the east, Stanwix Street on the west, and Liberty Avenue on the south.

From music to art to theater, the Cultural District is the place to be for art lovers.

There are a plethora of events happening on April 25 from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. for anyone looking to celebrate the end of the semester with music, art, and entertainment. Along with the Gallery Crawl, a new highlight is the ‘Crawl After Dark’ events happening at spe-ci c locations after 9 p.m. This

is meant to promote numerous options for late night entertain-ment, from comedy, music, theater, clubs, dining and more.

Listed here are just a few of the many things going on and the art being showcased that day for those looking to get out and experience the city before moving back home for the summer. All of the events during the beginning of the evening are free and some of the after dark events have a cover.

Wood Street Galleries –

601 Wood Street Artists Edwin van der Heide

and Alexandre Burton pay hom-age to Nikola Tesla’s pioneering work in electricity, -rays and wireless communication. Their interactive installations are U.S. debuts.

Tito WayMemento Mori by Mary

MazziottiA set of billboards meant to re-

mind the visitor that life can be short and its end unpredictable.

“Cell Phone Disco” by Infor-

mationLabThis surface visualizes the

electromagnetic eld of an ac-tive mobile phone. Several thou-sand lights illuminate when you make or receive a phone call in the vicinity of the installation.

Harris Theater 809 Liberty AvenuePittsburgh Filmmakers pres-

ents regionally made short lms on a loop: “Arms and the Man” by John Jaquish, “Licht” Ex by Chris Mason and “Meeting the Parents” by Sean Darby.

Arcade Comedy Theater811 Liberty Avenue Open until 9:30 p.m.Pop in for some laughs, fea-

turing Pittsburgh’s best sketch, improvisational and alternative comedy year-round. Time to play

August Wilson Center – “Pittsburgh: Reclaim,

980 Liberty Avenue This modular agship exhi-

bition dedicated to honoring and preserving Black culture

in Southwestern Pennsylvania uses imagery, film and oral history narratives to explore communities, cultures, and in-novations.

Night Market VIIIPenn Avenue & Eighth StreetOpen until 11 p.m.Presented by the Pittsburgh

Downtown Partnership, this outdoor market features some of Pittsburgh’s most creative independent vendors of food, music, art, jewelry, clothing, crafts and more

Trust Arts Education Cen-

Peirce Studio805-807 Liberty AvenueOfficial After-Crawl Dance

Party with J. Malls10 p.m., $5, cash bar for 21

Cabaret at Theater SquareSalsa Fridays655 Penn Avenue10 p.m., free lesson 10:30 p.m.

to 1:30 a.m., dancing with DJ Paul Mitchell

No cover, cash bar

Wood Street Galleries –

601 Wood Street, second oorParty inside a live exhibi-

tion with interactive artworks. Featured artists include Gianna Paniagua, JMYJAM, Jay Grassel, Patrick T. Schmidt, John Geiger, Kyle Milne and LinShuttr. Des-serts by Bluebird Kitchen and music by DJ Pete Butta.

10 p.m., $5

Arcade Comedy Theater – “Electric Slidez: Power-

811 Liberty AvenueThe most ridiculous Power-

Point slideshows imaginable have been created and six comic performers will present them to the audience. It will be incred-ibly unsettling and hilarious. Presented by ActClassy.com.

10 p.m., $10 or $5 Student Rush, BYOB

For a full listing of everything going on visit crawl.trustarts.org

Spring 2014 Gallery Crawl in the Cultural Districtcourtesy: wikimedia commons

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The 724 Dining Tour: Little Joey’s_______________________BY KATIE DELVERNEfor the Cal Times

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It’s my pleasure to welcome you to the 724 Dining Tour. I’ll be your guide on this exciting and hopefully delicious tour. Living in the 724 area code my entire life, I’ve had the pleasure of dining at of some of the most enjoyable and interesting restau-rants in the area. Now and even when I was young, I’ve always had a taste for delectable food, and just where to nd it. Now, going to a university so near to my home, I found that not a lot of college students know of the countless restaurants this area has to o er. So, I felt it was my personal duty to educate the people of California University of Pennsylvania about the hole-in-the-walls – the diners and

exquisite restaurants the 724 has to o er its visitors and residents.We continue our tour, this week at Little Joey’s, a pizzeria about seven minutes from California University of Pennsylvania.

I’ve never met someone who didn’t enjoy a good slice of piz-za. The crispy crust, the warm melted cheese – what’s not to love about a hot piece of pizza!? Finding the perfect pizza shop to grab a slice at can be quite a challenge though.

When Little Joey’s opened in Brownsville, Pa., I had my doubts about it. It’s a small pizza shop between two houses on the side of a well-traveled road – nothing special or atten-tion grabbing. The building the pizza shop is located in has been home to a few failed businesses so I wasn’t sure how Little Joey’s would pan out. However, with my love for pizza, I decided to

give it a try – I ‘ve been hooked ever since.

The pizzeria serves what most pizza shops o er: pizza, Strom-boli’s, calzones, salads – the usu-al suspects. Pizzas range from $5.99 to $16.99 and their dough is made fresh daily. Other items like calzones and Stromboli’s are priced from $5.99 to $13.99.

Previously in the tour I have dined in for each experience, but for this one I decided to do takeout. Little Joey’s does have a small dining area, but it just seemed natural to get takeout pizza on a Friday night.

My order took around 20 minutes to prepare. The box my food was placed in was still hot when I arrived and I hoped it’d stay warm on my short drive back to Cal U.

I ordered a small 10” six-cut pizza ($5.99) with cheese and pepperoni since my roommate

and I were not feeling very ad-venturous. The pizza seemed to be cooked perfectly – there wasn’t evidence of any burn-ing. The pizza was still warm when I arrived back home. The crust was crispy but still chewy and the cheese was gooey and perfectly melted. The sauce was sweet but had a spicy tang to it. It was a delicious piece of pizza to say the very least.

Though this visit I only or-dered pizza, my family and myself order from Little Joey’s frequently when I am home on breaks. The Sicilian Stromboli ($5.99 for a small, $13.99 for a large), a Stromboli stu ed with steak, pepperoni, hot peppers, mushrooms and onions, is my favorite choice when ordering a sandwich. The Italian Calzone ($5.99 for a small, $13.99 for a large), a calzone stu ed with ham, salami, pepperoni, ricotta

and mozzarella, is also another one of my favorites.

Little Joey’s also o ers an ar-ray of gourmet pizzas ($8.99 for a small, $13.99 for a large, $15.99 for an extra large and $24.99 for a Big Joe). Gourmet pizzas include a bruschetta pizza with marinated tomatoes, garlic on-ions, basil and mozzarella, and a Hawaiian pizza with ham, pineapple and mozzarella.

Pizza shops are easy to come by around the 724, but Little Joey’s is a great spot for a deli-cious pizza at a good price. They deliver, do takeout and cater.

photo: liljoeys.net

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_______________________BY DEVEN L. BOURQUINfor the Cal Times

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Under free admission and sponsorship from the English Department of California Uni-versity of Pennsylvania, Tony Norman, columnist and book editor for Pittsburgh Post-Ga-zette, visited Cal U’s campus Thursday, March 27 at 7 p.m. He spoke in Eberly Hall Room 110.

As well as working for Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Norman is a professor of jour-nalism at Chatham University in Pittsburgh. He has worked with the Post-Gazette for over twenty years and at Chatham University since Fall 2001. He is an award-winning journalist,

having received awards from the American Association of Sunday and Feature Editors, the National Association of Black Journalists and the Clarion Award. He has also won rst place in the National Associa-tion of Newspaper Columnists as well as Gold Quills, Keystone Awards, the Matrix Award from the Association of Women in Communication and an award from the Pittsburgh Black Media Federation.

Norman imparted wis-dom to students about journalis-tic aspects that cannot be taught. “It has to be hardwired into you that you want the job. You can’t be taught to love the job.”

On the future of the Post-Gazette during this time of rapid change due to social me-dia and the ease of information exchange, he says, “We will go

wherever people are.” As far as his writing

goes, he says, “I want to chal-lenge reader’s assumptions.” He recalled when he rst started his column May 1996. He re-membered the column spark-ing both positive and negative feedback.

He believes that no one is ever done growing as a writer. “I’m trying to conquer social media, which is what a fully multi-dimensional journalist does now,” says Norman.

He encourages young people to follow their passion as writers.

“No one who committed themselves to being a writer, has never truly been disappointed as long as they wrote”, he says. “To be young, and to identify as a writers is a tremendous gift.”

Post-Gazette Columnist Tony Norman visits California University

photo: deven l. bourquin

Tony Norman talked to students about his life as a columnist.

Action from FIRST robotics competition

Teams were hard at work on their robots behind the action.the robots worked together in teams of three to score goals.

The Cal U Convocation Center in the middle of a match.photos: Matt Kaminski

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WCAL lock-in was held this weekend to raise money for the Children’s Hospital Foundation of Pittsburgh. Leading up to the event there was a table in the student center where Cal U students could purchase ra e tickets for various prizes.

Zach Fehl

PHOTOS: MATT KAMINSKI

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_______________________BY TAYLOR BROWN Contributing Editor

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Priorities changing

strories now, are not always hard hitting news depending on the publication.

My point is that as newspa-pers broaden their horizons their readers will as well and I think that readers are moving in the wrong direction.

By newspapers giving so many choices as to what is availble to readers we are allow-ing them the freedom to ignore things that should take priority over others.

For example, as a writer I have spent most of my time writing feature stories, pro le stories and other entertainment inspired pieces that resignate well with a college audience. Still, just because readers res-ignate well with a certain topic it does not mean that national/world news should slip under the radar and go unnoticed.

There are some people that have absoultely no idea what is happening in Russia right now. There are people who are more concerned with the Hays bald eagles than shootings of children that are happening in their own backyard. There are people who make it a point to disregard news simply because they do not trust the people who are reporting it.

The point of my Twitter ques-tion this week was to get an idea of which news is interesting to students on our campus.

While the responses that were featured this week were broad, they were the only responses that were generated at all. This tells me that not only are stu-dents not making their voices heard, but that they don’t have anything to say at all about what is going on in any aspect of news. Instead of picking and chosing which news to read, too many people are choosing to not read/watch the news at all.

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NHL goes overboard on outdoor hockey games _______________________BY JOSE NEGRONcontributing editor

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It’s been six years since the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Bu alo Sabres took the game of hockey outside at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Buffalo, N.Y. and introduced a rare and special event to fans of the National Hockey League. In 2008, these two teams played in the inau-gural NHL Winter Classic, an event that has happened annu-ally since then on New Years Day (except during last year’s lockout) and has gained popu-larity throughout the years. However, this idea has been taken to a whole new level with the 2014 Stadium Series.

Following last season’s brief NHL lockout that had hockey

fans around the world irate and disappointed, the league intro-duced a series of additional out-door hockey games in locations like Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago to accompany the annual Winter Classic and Her-tiage Classic events. The series was mainly thought of in order to bring fans back to the game, get more teams involved with the outdoor game events and see how fans felt about having these events happen more fre-quently throughout the course of a single season. This is the huge question surrounding the high number of outdoor games that have occurred this season and I believe that it’s becoming a little bit too much.

The main thing that I am concerned about when it comes to this new trend of outdoor game series’ is whether or not

these other games will over-shadow the signi cance of the Winter Classic game on New Year’s Day. This game started out having one host city per year and made the city proud that it had the opportunity to host such an incredible event. In 2011, my favorite team, the Pittsburgh Penguins, hosted the classic on New Years Day at Heinz Field. Though, the Pens lost and the Sidney Crosby con-cussion drama began (Thanks a lot David Steckel), fans were still ecstatic that the city was fortunate enough to have a good enough hockey city to be deemed worthy of hosting the special event. Now with these different outdoor games, it’s like an Oprah giveaway – you get an outdoor game, and you get an outdoor game, everyone gets an outdoor game!

Over the past couple of years the Winter Classic has been an event that has increased in popularity. For most people, it has turned into a New Year’s Day tradition to turn on NBC and watch the event with family and friends. These new games take away from this tradition and in a way takes away from the hype of the game. In this certain instance, it is fair that the National Hockey League wants more of its fans to see their fa-vorite teams involved with the event, while others weren’t even concerned with their favorite teams games due to the over-abundance of outdoor games.

After speaking to a number of my peers who are also hockey fans, I think that the test run got more of a negative reaction than a positive one. Yes, I un-derstand the Heritage Classic

has been happening for years in Canada, but it’s not an event that has as big of a following as the Winter Classic and hasn’t ex-actly taken the hype away from the game. The Stadium Series featured a lot more teams and even got the fans on the west coast involved in a game in the state of California, but I’m not quite sure the fans want to see a half-dozen outdoor games dur-ing the course of a year. These multiple games seem to be a little too much and I think that two outdoor games per season is plenty.

Though the Stadium Series may have brought new fans to the game of hockey and ex-panded the league’s horizons when it comes to location of games, it has taken away from the excitement that is associated with the NHL Winter Classic.

When Tony Norman made a visit to Cal U last Thurs-day, room 110 in Eberly lled with students and faculty from various departments, including myself. Norman, who is a col-umnist and book editor for The Post Gazette, asked the audience by a show of hands how many people actually picked up and read the newspaper every day. Less than ve of the roughly 40 people in the room raised their hand.

I think it’s safe to say that we all know that the media is evolving. News is now readily available almost immediately as it happens and the need for the print version of a newspaper is diminishing as various social media adapt to the needs of readers. But how news is written as well as how it’s read is not the only thing that is changing in the world of the mass media, the interests of readers are chang-ing as well.

Back in the day when yellow journalism was a popular style of reporting, where writers told poorly researched newstories and instead of focusing on content, focused on catching headlines and illistrations to draw in the attention of readers.

In many ways the same holds true today. Headlines are still what draw readers into a story, but it is now the content that makes then continue to read.

That being said, it’s also true that newspapers today are more broad than ever before. They have evolved from just covering the basics. Sections that never existed before are becoming pri-mary components of online and print news sources. Front page

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_______________________BY JOSE NEGRONsports editor

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Over the course of a season in any sport, teams experience struggles along the way. These struggles, however, are usually what helps a team grow and lead to bigger success. The Cali-fornia University of Pennsylva-nia baseball team have found themselves in a little slump that began last weekend against Slippery Rock University and continued on Tuesday against the University of Pittsburgh – Johnstown.

The Vulcans began the week-end with a home double header against Slippery Rock – a chance to extend their three game win-ning streak. Cal U got the lead early in game one, as senior Ben Carson was able to score to make it 1-0 in the opening frame. Unfortunately for the Vulcans, that is the only run they would get the entire game, as a duo of Slippery Rock pitchers took control. Junior Garret Pe-terson and senior John Kovalik combined to allow only two hits and one run over seven innings of work. After Slippery Rock was able to tie the game in the third, they would take the lead in the seventh inning and get an insurance run in the top of the seventh en route to a 3-1 victory.

In game two, the table turned

as Slippery Rock was able to take the commanding lead early. After scoring two runs in the rst, one in the second, and three in the fourth, Slippery Rock took a huge 6-0 lead into the bottom of the fth. This is where the Vulcans would an-swer back. After loading the bases, senior Chuck Gasti was hit by a pitch to bring in Cal U’s opening run. After senior Chad Crockett shot an RBI single right back to the pitcher, Mick Fennell singled to center

eld to bring in another Vulcan run. After a wild pitch brought in Gasti, the Vulcans ended the bottom of the fth trailing by only two runs and thus making it a ball game once again. Cal U would also score two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to tie up the game after once trailing in the game by six runs. The game would go into extra innings and though the Vulcans gave it a valiant effort to get back in the game, Slippery Rock would score a run in the top of the eighth and would go on to sweep the double header with an 8-7 win.

A day later the Vulcans were scheduled to play at Slippery Rock but the double header was postponed to Monday due to inclement weather. In game one on Monday, the Vulcans looked to get back on track and stop the losing skid to Slippery Rock at two games. Cal U got the open-

ing run of the game on an RBI double to right eld o the bat of sophomore David Marcus, but the Rock would respond with two runs of their own in the rst inning and another two in the second to open up a 4-1 lead. In the third inning, it was Marcus again who would come up clutch for his team, hitting an RBI single to center eld to cut the de cit to two runs. Slippery Rock picked up an insurance run in the fth inning and Cal U answered with a run in the sixth, but the Vulcans weren’t able to muster up a late comeback and would fall again to Slippery Rock, 5-3.

In game two, it was once again a close game between the two teams. Cal U picked up two runs in the rst inning on a sacri ce

y by Marcus and a wild pitch that brought in senior Derrik Zeroski. An inning later, Gasti would hit another sacri ce y that would score another run to give the Vulcans a 3-0 lead. This was until the Slippery Rock bats came alive in the second inning, as they would put six runs on the board to take a 6-3 lead. Senior Matt Peters helped the Vulcans get back in the game as he took advantage of his op-portunities at the dish with men in scoring position. He hit a sacri ce y in the third to cut the de cit to two runs and would single to center eld in the fth inning to put Cal U within one

run. Slippery Rock got an insur-ance run in their half of the fth inning, but Cal U would once again respond. With two men on base in the top half of the sixth inning, junior Will Kaufman blasted a two RBI single to right

eld, scoring Gasti and Fennell to tie the game at seven. Despite being able to once again rally to tie the game late, Slippery Rock would score one in the bottom half of the sixth inning and would go on to win for a fourth straight game, 8-7.

The Vulcans returned to Con-sol Energy Park on Tuesday to play another double header, this time against Pitt-Johnstown. Early on it was a pitching duel between Cal U sophomore pitcher Cory Craig and Slip-pery Rock pitcher Ryan Bills. The Vulcans would be the rst to strike as Peters would once again come up clutch, singling to center eld to give Cal U a 1-0 lead. Pitt-Johnstown wouldn’t wait very long to respond as they would pick up two runs on a single by freshman Ernesto Rizzitano in the top of the fth inning to take a 2-1 lead. The Vulcans could not figure out Bills and the Mountain Cats would go on to win 2-1.

In game two, the Vulcans looked determined to end the losing streak and not let it get to six games. Despite allowing a run to the Mountain Cats in the opening inning, the Vulcan

bats came alive and had a huge inning. With two men on base, junior Justin Taylor belted his first home run of the season over the left eld wall to give the Vulcans a 3-1 lead. After Fennell and Peters reached base, Gasti singled through the left side, scoring the two base runners and extending the lead. Fresh-man Joe Yourgal would then single to center eld, bringing in Gasti and giving the Vulcans a 6-1 lead early in the game. The Mountain Cats would answer with three runs of their own in the top of the second inning to cut the de cit to two runs. With Gasti on base in the bottom of the third inning, Yourgal would once again come up clutch with his rst home run of his collegiate career, extending the lead to four runs. After allowing another Mountain Cat run in the top of the fth inning, the Vulcans struck for eight more insurance runs in the bottom of the inning to take a huge lead. Pitt-Johnstown had no answers o ensively the rest of the game and the Vulcans picked up the 16-5 win, ending their losing streak at ve games.

Following the brief losing streak, the Vulcans look to build a winning streak of their own as they return to the eld today to take on their rivals from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in a double header at CONSOL Energy Park.

Softball team completes double-

_______________________BY MATT HAGYsta riter ____________________________

Mother Nature has not been too kind to the California University of Pennsylvania softball team this season. The Vulcans have had four series postponed already this season with the most recent coming last weekend when a Friday home doubleheader with the Clarion Golden Eagles was postponed until Sunday due to rainy conditions. Luck was not on the Vulcans side again Sunday as a small snowfall and frigid conditions prevented the Vulcans and Golden Eagles from squaring o in the afternoon at Lilley Field. The Vulcans were treated to gorgeous conditions the next day on Monday when they took on the Seton Hill Grif-

ns in a doubleheader that was supposed to be played on March 21 at Lilley Field.

Cal U made quick work of the Gri ns in both games, throt-tling Seton Hill 8-0 in game one before completing the double-header sweep with a 4-2 vic-

tory. In game one the Vulcans slammed three home runs en route to earning a run-rule vic-tory in just six innings. Things started fast for Cal U in the rst inning as sophomore rst base-man Lindsey Reicoff cranked a three-run homer to give the Vulcans a lead they would never surrender. The Vulcans went on cruise control from there as freshman Megan Jahoda and ju-nior Shelby Heyd each hit home runs in the forth inning with Heyd’s being a two-run shot. For good measure, the Vulcans hit a pair of two out RBI doubles in the sixth inning to push the game into a run-rule situation to end the game. Heyd paced the Vulcans o ense going 2-for-3 with 3 RBIs along with the home run. Along with the air show the Vulcans put on o ensively in the

rst game, sophomore Alex Sagl turned in another outstanding pitching performance with a complete game ve hit shutout of the Gri ns to earn her sixth win of the season. In game two, the Vulcans got things started early again as they scored four runs in the rst three innings to take a 4-0 lead, a lead once again they would never relin-

quish. Freshman Kaity Finley kickstarted the first with an in eld single and came around to score on a RBI elder’s choice. The Vulcans got their rest of the runs on a pair of two out RBI singles with the rst com-ing from senior catcher Natalie Wideman in the second inning, and the second coming from sophomore Erica Vallecorsa in the third inning. The Griffins made it interesting in the sixth inning when Carlee Wickstrom belted a two-run home run to slice the de cit in half at 4-2, but could not muster anything more as the Vulcans completed the doubleheader sweep. Fresh-man Kaity Davis got the win in her home debut, tossing a com-plete game while only allowing six hits – including the two-run homer – and walking none. The Vulcans travel to Erie today to take on the Mercyhurst Lakers in an afternoon doubleheader and will conclude the weekend with a doubleheader in Slippery Rock tomorrow.

Upcoming Baseball/Softball games:

4/4/14: Baseball v.s IUP 1:00 PM, 3:00 PMSoftball @Mercyhurst 2:30 PM, 4:30 PM

4/5/14: Baseball v.s IUP 1:00 PM, 3:00 PMSoftball @ Slippery Rock 1:00 PM, 3:00 PM

4/7/14: Softball v.s Clarion 2:30 PM, 4:30 PM

4/8/14: Softball v.s IUP 2:30 PM, 4:30 PM

4/9/14: Baseball v.s Penn State Greater Allegheny 12:00 PM Softball @ West Liberty 3:00 PM, 5:00PM

4/11/14: Baseball @ Mercyhurst 1:00 PM, 3:00 PMSoftball @ Seton Hill 2:30 PM, 4:30 PM

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Athlete Spotlight: Kelsey DenardoClass Rank: SophomoreAge: 20Major: PreK-4 and Special Education

Hometown: Moon TownshipHigh School: Bishop Canevin High School

Before beginning what has so far been an illustrious collegiate hockey career at California University of Pennsylvania, sophomore Kelsey Denardo was also a star on the ice during her high school years. Denardo, a former varsity letterman for the Bishop Canevin hockey team, was the captain of the Steel Selects U-19 AAA ice hockey team and was the leading scorer each of the three years that she played for them. This team, a premiere tier 2 girls ice hockey program in Pittsburgh, PA, also made an appearance at the National Tournament during Denardo’s time as captain. In total, Denardo has been playing the game of hockey for 13 years and has been playing AAA hockey for six years. Denardo has led the Cal U team in points these last two seasons. As a freshman last season, Denardo scored 21 goals and had seven assists for 28 points in 19 games. This season, she was once again the Vulcans leading scorer, doubling her total from last season. In 30 games this year, she scored a team high 31 goals and 18 assists

most game winning goals in a season with ten. Denardo, an assistant captain for the women’s team, was

for a National Championship, making it all the way to the Semi Finals in which Denardo scored the only goal in a 2-1 loss to Penn State.

photo: kelsey denardo