Eclipse safety and viewing 101

By Shelby KaplanTHE DAILY COLLEGIAN

The common advice to chil-dren is do not stare into the sun.

Today the Penn State com-munity and millions of others around the country will be do-ing exactly that, viewing a rare anomaly: a solar eclipse.

Although State College will only be able to see approximate-ly 80 percent of the eclipse, that is still enough to see the beauty and rarity of the phenomenon.

The eclipse is to begin at ap-proximately 1:15 p.m., will be close to totality at 2:35 p.m. and will end around 4 p.m.

The Astronomy and Astro-physics department has been gearing up all week to prepare for the event, and will even go as far as hosting viewing parties on top of laboratories and handing out eclipse glasses around cam-pus.

Students may go to these locations on campus to safely watch the eclipse: Davey Labo-ratory rooftop observatory, The Arboretum at Penn State’s H.O. Smith Botanic Gardens, along with Mount Nittany Middle School at 656 Brandywine Dr. in State College.

At its peak, spectators will only be able to see a sliver or crescent part of the sun.

However, in order to look up at the eclipse, it is necessary to wear the specific protective glasses to ensure no damage to one’s eyes.

The United States has not witnessed a total solar eclipse since 1979, 38 years ago.

Astronomers everywhere have labeled today’s eclipse to be a “generational event.”

“Because the eclipse will only be visible if skies are clear, the Astronomy & Astrophys-ics department will cancel the viewing events if the weather wares on the cloudy or over-cast side,” the department said in a news release.

To email reporter: spk5313@psu.edu.

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Reminder: Preseason AP Poll doesn’t matter much

By Andrew RubinTHE DAILY COLLEGIAN

For the first time since 2011, when Penn State fans turn on their televisions to watch the team’s first game, the Nittany Lions will be ranked.

Penn State will more than likely have a single-digit num-ber next to its name when it takes on Akron in just under two weeks on Sept. 2. A few weeks ago when the coaches poll was released, Penn State came in at No. 6.

However, until the college football playoff committee starts releasing a poll later in the sea-son, fans use the AP Poll as the standard. The first full Saturday of the season comes just 12 days after the preseason poll is re-leased.

So, how accurate have the preseason notions been over the last couple of seasons?

Over the last five seasons, just 25 of 50 teams that started in the top-10 finished the season there, as well. middle-aged comedi-enne,

College football has always

been an extremely difficult sport to predict, and even the experts often miss the mark with their predictions.

There are several reasons people are wrong more often in college football than in the NFL. Players are in the early stages

of their career, and development

year-to-year can vary. A few key

injuries at the wrong time can

send a season crashing off the

tracks.

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Penn State football players run onto the field before the game against

Temple on Saturday Sept. 17, 2016. Penn State defeated Temple 34-27.

Freshmen welcomed by Penn State traditions

By Isabella LangstonTHE DAILY COLLEGIAN

As a sea of brand new fresh-men in blue and white t-shirts excitedly started filled the bleachers of Rec Hall, “Sweet Caroline” blared through the speakers to signal the beginning of ‘Be a Part From the Start’.

The yearly gathering is a wel-coming event put on for incom-ing freshman to get them ready to transition into the school year while also learning about what it means to be a Penn State.

The students get a chance to see some of the major sports on campus, meet the Mayor of State College and learn the uni-versity’s chants

As the Lion Ambassadors ran out into the middle of the court with Penn State t-shirts ready to be launched to a lucky student, it seemed like the party was only beginning. The event introduced many ways for freshman to get

involved on and off campus. Student representatives of

Penn State THON played a video of their success over the years and explained the difference THON has made for many chil-dren with cancer.

“Make an impact larger than imagined,” said Andrew Smith (senior-accounting), the THON executive director.

Guest speaker Mayor Eliza-beth Goreham discussed what it means to be a part of the local community and part of the Penn State family, which doesn’t seem to be a problem for the class of 2021.

Performances by RAM squad, feature twirler Rachel Reiss (junior-French and Francophone Studies and Corporate Innova-tion and Entrepreneurship), Lio-nettes, and the Statesmen were few of the many highlights of the night.

Penn State cheerleaders and Lion Ambassadors showed the freshmen many victory chants to

sing at any given time.The rally never faltered with

enthusiasm as Penn State sports teams made an appearance and got everyone riled up for the sports teams. Basketball coach Pat Chambers spoke positively about the upcoming season.

“We climb in 82 days,” Cham-bers said. “It’s going to be the best season.”

Nothing, although, was as en-ergetic as having the football team head into the center of the court into a team circle.

“We welcome you to Penn State. You only have to wait two weeks for us, we’re coming. We need the stadium rockin’ like it’s never rocked before,” said head coach James Franklin.

As is Penn State tradition, the night ending with a singing of the alma mater, led by the Blue Band and an a capella group.

To email reporter: ikl5035@psu.edu.

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Student expands self-help book By Bailey Jensen

THE DAILY COLLEGIAN

No matter how familiar, Penn State can feel like an intimidating university to an undergraduate student.

In the midst of working to es-tablish a career path, students are encouraged to get involved and make the most of their col-lege experience.

With approxi-mately 1,108 or-ganizations, a variety of tutor-ing facilities, net-working opportu-nities, counseling and psychologi-cal services, sup-port programs, more than 250 study abroad programs and other numerous opportunities, Penn State’s resources can often feel limitless.

It’s no wonder Brian Davis, senior editor for “Penn State Treasure”—a guide created to inform colored students of the op-portunities and resources avail-able to them — decided to create a second volume that included more information in order to en-sure that students are aware of

everything Penn State offers.

Davis released the second volume of “Penn State Treasure” on Sun-day during New Student Orienta-tion, co-sponsored by the Multicultur-al Resource Cen-ter and the Paul Robeson Cultural Center.

Despite feeling isolated and lost at Penn State as a fresh-man, Davis said he went on to earn 23 awards for his ethical leadership, give a TED Talk on

understanding police brutality through a basketball analogy and complete four study abroad pro-grams in Haiti, Cuba, Amsterdam and Australia.

“[Penn State Treasure] is a publication based on my first year experience here,” Da-vis (senior-African American Studies) said. “Coming into Penn State from Philadelphia, I had a really rough transition. Once I found out this was com-mon among students, I realized something had to be done about it.”

Davis explained that the pro-cess of getting the first volume published began when he met Vice Provost for Educational Equity Marcus Whitehurst, who liked the idea and felt it was a project Penn State needed.

The first volume, which Davis wrote when he was studying in Amsterdam, was published in Au-gust of last year.

It was a 24-page publication

composed of information regard-ing Counseling and Psychological Services, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Ally Stu-dent Resource Center, the Pas-querilla Spiritual Center, the Paul Robeson Cultural Center and the Multicultural Directors of each college.

“But then, I realized I was missing a lot,” Davis said. “This year, with Penn State Treasure volume two, I increased the publi-cation about 24 pages.”

He said the second volume includes more items on the “Treasure Checklist” at the back of the book.

The checklist outlines different ways a student can receive ad-vice, build his or her resume and essentially prepare his or herself for a successful college career.

“He took what I gave him and used his artistic skills,” Davis said.

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Sophomores to seniors impart their

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Hope of national championships

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With so many teams on the brink,

Vince Lungaro gives his take on

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Barkley’s work ethic, family

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Running back Saquon Barkely

sets the standard and remains

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Activist Brenda Tracy pays visit to Penn State football

By Jack HirshTHE DAILY COLLEGIAN

College football programs will often bring in speakers for either motivational or educational rea-sons.

Judging by the reactions over social media, Penn State players took a lot away when sexual as-sault survivor and activist Bren-da Tracy visited the team.

“I tell my story in very graphic detail in an effort to humanize the issue for them, make it very per-sonal to them,” Tracy said over the phone. “That’s a very uncom-fortable part of my discussion.”

Tracy, who spoke to the team Wednesday, was sexually assault-ed by two Oregon State football players, and two other non-play-ers, in 1998. The case was never adjudicated, according to a CBS report.

She didn’t come forward at the time, which led to charges against the four men being dropped. The two football players were given just single game suspensions by then-head coach Mike Riley.

When Tracy’s story became public in 2014, Riley, now the head coach of Nebraska, wanted to meet with her.

Tracy spoke to the entire Corn-husker team and has traveled the country ever since, visiting ap-proximately 40 schools over the past year and telling her story full-time.

After speaking to Penn State

earlier this week, Tracy said the detail of her story grabbed the attention of the players — she said they were shocked by the reality of the situation.

“I specifically say to every team, ‘I’m not here because I think you’re the problem. I’m here because you’re the solu-tion,’” Tracy said.

She reinforced that her en-gagements are not “presenta-tions,” but “talks” where her audience is actively engaged in conversation with her. Tracy includes a question and answer session where she asks ques-tions of the players and coaches and vice versa. She said this opens the room for dialogue.

Tracy said questions ranged from more about her story to how can the team help with the cause.

“Then they’ll give ideas about how they can make a differ-ence,” she said. “So things will come up about social media and thinking about locker room talk and how that affects how they treat women... I was really impressed with the young men [from Penn State].”

“You could tell by their tweets that they were really listening to everything I was saying and re-ally wanting to actively partici-pate in a conversation,” Tracy added.

To email reporter: Jrh467@psu.edu.

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Welcoming advice for the Class of 2021

By Katie JohnstonTHE DAILY COLLEGIAN

Many vibrant Convocation shirts have been spotted around campus as the Class of 2021 em-barks on its first days at Univer-sity Park.

And so these freshmen might need some friendly advice be-fore the semester really starts to heat up.

Twelve students, from sopho-mores to seniors, were asked what their number one piece of advice to incoming Penn State students would be. From main-taining a dynamic social life, to taking academics equally as seriously, they delivered on the best tips for our Class of 2021.

“Get involved with kids you wouldn’t think would be your best friends. Meet new people, meet weird people. Weird is rad.” -Charlie Fletcher

(sophomore—advertising)“Get involved as much as pos-

sible, take it one day at a time. Really enjoy yourself and do things that scare you.”

-Shannon Mueser (junior—re-hab and human services)

“Try to maximize your involve-ment without stretching yourself too thin, and always remember to balance fun and work”

-Richard Novak (sophomore—wildlife and fisheries science)

“Learn the different ways to get around campus other than the main roads. Short cuts to your classes, stuff like that. That’s definitely helpful.”

-John Massaro (sophomore—supply chain management)

“Connect with your profes-sors.”

-Sam Amir (sophomore-psy-chology and neuroscience)

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Riley Glancy (freshman - statistics) moves into East Halls on Aug. 20.

Ranking FROM Page 1.

Schedules and game loca-tion make a bigger difference in college football, where one game can dramatically change a team’s season.

Imagine the Nittany Lions’ season a year ago without the win over Ohio State. They don’t go to the Big Ten Champion-ship, and they may never get inside the top-10 with a hypo-thetical 9-3 record. Last season two teams that wwere ranked in the top-12 failed to even become bowl eligible — then-No. 10 Notre Dame went 4-8 and then-No. 12 Michigan State went 3-9.

Only six of the preseason top-10 were top-10 teams when the year was over. Of the teams that started ranked between 12 and 18, only one, Washington, even finished the season ranked.

In 2015, only four of the pre-season top-10 finished there. In 2014, there were six teams in the top-10 at the beginning and end of the season. In 2013, once again, just four of the pre-season top-10 remained after the season ended. However, it should be noted that in 2013, the preseason No.-11 team, Florida State, won the national cham-pionship. In 2012, the number of teams to start and finish the season in the top-10 was five.

So, while the poll can be a guide, by no means should it be interpreted as the law. Just look at the Nittany Lions last year. They were unranked until after their seventh game of the season — when they upset the Buckeyes — and then climbed all the way up to No. 5 after win-ning the Big Ten.

This year, Penn State won’t be sneaking up on anyone and every team will give the Nittany Lions their best effort. And their most hostile crowds.

Only time will tell if Penn State will be one of the 50 per-cent of teams that goes crash-ing out of the top-10 or if it re-mains there until bowl season.

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Top five vegetarian eateries in downtown State College

By Rebecca BaloughTHE DAILY COLLEGIAN

Going out to eat with friends and having meals at home, I al-ways leaned toward the dishes without meat.

Occasionally someone would look at my pasta bowl in the sea of burgers and steak and kindly ask if I was vegetarian.

I wasn’t. After two weeks at Penn State

though, I realized I’d only eaten meat once, so I decided to just leave out meat entirely and of-ficially say I was vegetarian.

Being vegetarian means you exclude meat or other animal products, so it didn’t seem too hard.

But after a while on campus, it felt like my meatless options seemed to disappear or became extremely hard to find.

At Redifer Dining Commons, I’d ask for a veggie burger and have to wait 15 minutes while they specially made it as other people flew by with their ham-burgers.

When friends asked if I want-ed to go out, my new response was immediately going to the restaurant’s online menu to see if they had anything I could eat.

However, vegetarians shouldn’t give up hope at Penn State.

As diverse as its students are, I have found that Penn State and State College offer a wide selection of food options — you just have to look a little harder for them.

Between grilled cheese and milkshakes at Baby’s Burg-ers & Shakes, pasta at Noodles & Company, breakfast at The Waffle Shop and make your own crepes at Underground Burgers and Crepes, there’s something for every student at Penn State.

Café Verve Possibly the most vegetarian

spot in State College, Café Verve is a completely vegan cafe.

With a wide range of coffee, smoothies, “morning fuel” and “afternoon fuel” served all day long, there are no shortage of options.

Menu items such as loaded nachos and create your own smoothie bowls give students the option to have something healthy or a little more of a guilty pleasure.

This cute café on Beaver Av-enue is a wonderful place where you don’t have to pick through the menu to find the vegetarian options.

As an added benefit, every order at Café Verve makes the

perfect photo for any student looking for their next Instagram post.

Tazzah FreshFor students looking to avoid

the stereotypical freshman 15, Tazzah Fresh offers healthy veg-etarian options.

Described as “pick-n-go” style salads, students can mix greens, vegetables, cheese and their choice of over 15 salad dress-ings.

With rice bowls, smoothies and a juice bar as well, this spot on Calder Way is a fast food al-ternative to Chipotle.

Cozy Thai BistroThis restaurant on South Al-

len Street lives up to its name. Booths line the walls as can-

dles hang from the ceiling creat-ing a modern, comfy space that serves lunch and dinner.

Ginger stir-fry, Panang Curry, Pad Thai and Drunken Noodles are just several of the items that make up the diverse menu.

After finishing the lunch or dinner entrees offered, Cozy Thai Bistro has a small dessert menu which includes items such as coconut ice cream and Thai custard with sweet sticky rice to perfectly end the meal.

Mamma Mia’sThe perfect place on College

Avenue to bring vegetarians and non-vegetarians alike is Mam-ma Mia’s.

Mamma Mia’s has pizzas, cal-zones, salads, hot and cold subs and pastas that are well divided with vegetarian and meat op-tions.

This relaxed space is a tradi-tional Italian restaurant and has Fettucini Alfredo, Eggplant Par-mesan with Spaghetti, Grilled Veggie Hot Subs and Veggie Cal-zones that make it great to go to with visiting family members, or just on a fun night with friends.

Irving’s BagelsRunning in between class, this

bagel shop on College Avenue is a quick spot to stop in at for smoothies, breakfast, sandwich-es and salads.

The cafe offers items like “re-ally good coffee,” orange cream-sicle shakes, the “very veggie” breakfast wrap, spicy thai noo-dle salad and of course, bagels.

A cute and fun space with a creative menu, Irving’s Bagels has a menu filled with options for any and all vegetarians at Penn State.

To email reporter: rgb29@psu.edu

Follow her on Twitter at @rebeccagbalough.

Barkley sets standard, thankful for family

By Jack R. HirshTHE DAILY COLLEGIAN

Despite being one of the lead-ing contenders for the Heisman Trophy this year, Saquon Bark-

ley isn’t thinking too much about college football’s most prestigious

award.“When that pops up to me, I re-

ally don’t get too much of a rush on it,” Barkley said.

Barkley is the reigning Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year, AP third-team All-American and Penn State’s team MVP. This year, he is a leading candidate to win the Heisman, but one would never know all of that just from talking to him.

“He’s like one of the humblest guys I have ever met in my life,” safety Marcus Allen said. “He’s so humble to the point where sometimes I say, ‘Hey man, you’re Saquon. Sometimes I don’t think you understand that.’ ”

“It’s like he’s unaware of it,” head coach James Franklin added.

Allen said he understands Bar-kley’s upbringing has something to do with why he never lets his accolades go to his head.

Barkley was born in the Bronx, in a neighborhood that was dete-riorating.

His father Alibay, who battled addiction at the time, told Bleach-er Report that “shootouts” were not uncommon.

“Life could have went the other way, but my mom was in his life,” Barkley told Bleacher Report.

“My mom told him, ‘I don’t want my kids to go through this. I don’t see a great future for them here.’ ”

The family moved into public housing in Bethlehem, Pennsyl-vania before again relocating to a rough suburb of Allentown. They eventually settled into the small town of Coplay. Since then, Alibay said he has been clean.

“To be honest, I think he was a great example to learn from,” Barkley said to Bleacher Report, of his father and his addiction. “He told me about it when I was a little kid. He wasn’t embarrassed about it. He had his demons. Ev-eryone has demons. I’m not em-barrassed about him.”

That’s some-thing his coach admires about Barkley’s family.

“There might be circumstances in their history, their past, that they might not be proud of,” Frank-lin told Bleacher Report. “One thing that’s so interesting about Saquon and his family . . . They own everything.”

Franklin said Barkley’s up-bringing contributes to his work ethic on and off the field. He has repeatedly stated that Barkley is not only one of his best players, but he also has one of the stron-gest characters on the team.

“They have never made foot-ball a thing that defines Saquon or defines their family,” Franklin said. “They’ve stayed very level-headed.”

And of course, Franklin would like more of that on his team.

“I’m actually trying to figure out if it’s legal, NCAA wise, I want to send Mom and Dad on a romantic vacation and try and convince them to have more children,” Franklin said.

Barkley realizes how impor-tant his family is to him.

“Coach Franklin always tells us to “have a ‘why’.” They’re my ‘why,’ my mother and my father and my brothers and sisters,” he said. “I love them to death. Without my mother and father, I wouldn’t be here on this earth, and without my family, I wouldn’t

be the person I am today. Everything I do, I try to credit them and God. I’m just so thank-ful.”

The discipline and leadership his family has passed down shines off the

field perhaps more than it does on the field. Workout videos of Barkley lifting record amounts of weight aside, Franklin said Barkley shows up to his classes and does “really well” academi-cally.

He also pushes other players to their maximum, especially the other running backs.

“We have a standard in this program, and we have a stan-dard in the running back room, and Saquon sets the standard.”

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Saquon Barkley (26) runs towards the endzone during the Kent State game Saturday, September 3, 2016.

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Irving’s, located in downtown State College, is a popular food stop for

the students and community.

By Matt Lingerman THE DAILY COLLEGIAN

After a first half during which Penn State’s methodical build-up offense failed to yield any real chances, a shift in tactics opened the door for its 3-0 victory over Hofstra.

During the first 45 minutes, Hofstra’s back four and deep-sit-ting central midfielders seemed to have figured out the Nittany Lions’ attacking strategy. Hofstra center-backs Madeline Anderson and Kelly Gerdes refused to allow any balls through the middle, and the Pride looked content with a scoreless draw.

But the Nittany Lions stuck to the gameplan as the first half wore on, enjoying the majority of possession and being patient in the build-up. The Pride’s back-line, however, kept Penn State away from the goal, and Hofstra goalkeeper Ashley Wilson was tested only once on eight Nittany Lion shot attempts in the first half.

But after the whistle blew to start the second half, Penn State came out looking like a complete-ly different team.

“We changed our tactics a little bit at halftime, and challenged the group a little bit, and they re-sponded,” coach Erica Dambach said.

Penn State accepted that chal-lenge almost immediately. The offensive tempo increased, and instead of trying to attack down the center, Penn State utilized its speed and skill on the outside to compromise Hofstra’s tight back-line.

Penn State tested Wilson on shots from crosses twice in the first two minutes of the second half. While neither converted, it was evident spaces were open-ing up in the final third of the field thanks to the added width and high press.

“We stepped up our pressure a little bit as the game went on and won the ball higher up on the field

so it created more opportunities,” Dambach said.

Leftback Ellie Jean was a cata-lyst, combining with winger and 2016 Penn State points leader Frannie Crouse to wreak havoc on the left side. Although Jean wasn’t on the final stat sheet, she played a critical part in spreading Hofstra’s defense.

“We went into halftime 0-0 and knew we had to step it up another level,” Jean said. “We came out [in the second half] wanting to score some goals and that’s what we did.”

Penn State went on to tally three times, exposing Hofstra’s backline with width and tempo.

Jean, along with five other Nittany Lions, missed all of last season while competing in in-ternational competitions. In just her second match back at Jeffrey Field, the redshirt sophomore

didn’t miss a beat.“It’s amazing to be back,”

Jean said. “Last year, I missed it so much. I had a great oppor-tunity to be somewhere else, but I am so glad to be back. It’s an honor to play with all my team-mates.”

Dambach knows that having a player like Jean will be crucial if the Nittany Lions want to have a shot at the national title. The hope is that Jean will lead by example and encourage her fel-low defenders to do more than thwart opponent strikers.

“Ellie Jean continues to be a huge force, a huge factor out there on the flank,” Dambach said. “We’re working with our other outside-backs to get them higher as well.”

To email reporter: mcl5374@psu.edu.

Follow him on Twitter at: @lingerdaddy.

By Thomas Schlarp THE DAILY COLLEGIAN

Blame the heat of the sun, classes starting tomorrow or perhaps Hofstra’s status as the only unranked foe that Penn State plays in its first seven games.

Despite failing to register a shot through the game’s first 26 minutes, Penn State defeated Hofstra, 3-0, on Sunday to earn its second straight victory to open the season.

After an opening half hour that failed to see either team take advantage of any opportu-nities or apply a single threat-ening opportunity, the Nittany Lions finally began to break through the Hofstra defense.

Despite increased pressure and added movement up the flank with multiple service at-tempts from Penn State defend-er Ellie Jean, both the Pride and Nittany Lions entered the half tied at zero.

With the new half came a com-pletely new Penn State team.

“At halftime we challenged the group a little bit, and they re-sponded,” coach Erica Dambach said. “All of these teams are going to present us with different chal-lenges. We have to make sure we can give information at half, and the team will respond accord-ingly.”

Play became much more direct and Elizabeth Ball headed the first shot on goal for the Nittany Lions just a minute into the half.

Seven minutes later, the Nitta-ny Lions finally converted on one of their nine corners in spectacu-lar fashion.

An Emily Ogle corner was headed by Ball to freshman Frankie Tagliaferri with her back to the goal.

Rather than take a touch to set-tle the ball and face the net, Ta-gliaferri flicked the ball over her shoulder, past Hofstra’s Ashley Wilson in net, to give the Nittany Lions the 1-0 edge and earn her first career goal.

“It was a lot of excitement.”To read the full story, visit

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“They have never

made football a

thing that defines

Saquon or defines

their family.”

James Franklin

Head Coach

Collegian file photo

Marissa Sheva (27) attempts to take a shot on goal with pressure from

Maddy Duncan (25) of Purdue at Jeffrey Field on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016.

Creativity earns women’s soccer weekend victory

FOOTBALL

Women’s soccer tops Hofstra

With the start of a new school year, Penn State has the opportunity to learn from this past year — let’s not waste it.

OUR VIEWWelcome to a new school year,

and welcome to a new Penn State.

As exciting and a tad bit nerve-wracking as a new school year can be, let’s please keep in mind a few things.

Let’s remember to keep an open mind and be respectful and conscientious of others and about what’s going on around campus, the nation and the world.

Not only has the rest of the world and our nation been through many atrocious and in-comprehensible incidents, Penn State has too had trying times.

There are many changes that will be implemented on campus this year, especially in greek life — and though it will change the way Penn State has been per-ceived in the past — that does not mean it has to be looked at in an unfavorable light.

Let us learn from our mistakes and the mistakes of others and let’s move forward together to rebuild what Penn State means to us and the rest of the world.

Though it may not seem like it, the problems that the Penn State community has undergone and is going through mirror many of the problems that the rest of the world is going through as well.

So let’s learn from them and come out stronger.

Whether you’re thinking of any of the Penn State riots from

last year, the Beta Theta Pi case, the Charlottesville attack or the Barcelona terror attack, let us keep all the violence, hatred and judgement out of this school year.

Though our nation may seem divided, we can all agree that the terrorist attacks that have hap-pened in Barcelona, London and the rest of the world are wrong and should be put to a stop.

Even last year when Penn State’s College Democrats and College Republicans shared

different views heading into the election, they were still able to agree in condemning the events at Charlottesville.

Though there is debate about whether all the sanctions being imposed on greek life are just, we can all agree that the tragedy that occurred in Beta Theta Pi should never happen again.

Now especially, the rest of the world will be looking at how us as a university will respond and adjust our culture after the death of Timothy Piazza.

Let’s come together with a positive outlook and be open to starting conversations with people who have different ideas and viewpoints than our own.

Let’s remember past events so we don’t repeat them, and let us embrace new changes.

For those who feel isolated and alone, remember you are not. Though it may seem intimidating at first, do not be afraid to step out of your comfort zone.

Penn State prides itself with its famous saying, “We Are Penn State,” so let us all be part of Penn State.

Treat others with respect and kindness — remember that we are all part of the same com-munity.

Let’s treat this new school year as a fresh start for Penn State to show everyone else that we can be great.

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Here we are, at the beginning of a new semester in Happy Val-ley. To the class of 2021, welcome

to the greatest place on Earth, and to everyone else, welcome back.

Classes start this year as our nation’s political culture is in as

dark a place as it’s been in a long time. We have a president some believe is a Russian asset, while others see him as our coun-try’s best hope to become great again. Racists and anti-Semites are clashing in the streets with masked and violent members of leftist “anti-fascist” group Antifa, which recently resulted in the death of a woman in Charlottes-ville during a car attack by a man with a history of white suprema-cism and Nazi sympathy. Radical Islamic terrorism is a fear we experience daily, exemplified by the attacks in Ohio State, London and Barcelona.

And all that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

Colleges have always been hotbeds for political speech and activism. When you put thou-sands of smart young people with diverse interests and talents all within a couple miles of each other, how could they not be?

But as the tenor of political debate deteriorates in cities nationwide and on or near col-lege campuses like UC Berkeley and University of Virginia, it’s important that Penn Staters keep in mind some rules to ensure our

campus political debate doesn’t devolve how it has elsewhere.

1. Don’t hate: Hate speech is legal and protect-ed by the First Amendment. That being said, if you plan to engage in it, kindly leave this university. No productive discussion can be had when one side comes to the table believing one person is inferior to the other.

2. Don’t be violent: Martin Luther King Jr. led an entire movement on nonviolence under incredible oppression. “Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon,” Dr. King said in his 1964 Nobel lecture. “Indeed, it is a weapon unique in history, which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it.” When you engage in any type of violence, you undermine your own cause and further our already wide political divisions. Also, it’s illegal. It doesn’t matter if you’re protesting systematic extermination of adorable pup-pies in Greenland, violence is never justified and you should be arrested if you resort to it.

3. Don’t wish harm:If the assassination attempt of Republican Congressman Steve Scalise or the recent bombing of a mosque in Minnesota make one thing clear, it’s that there are plenty of deranged people who will follow through on violent political rhetoric. Do not make a threat or wish harm or death on someone unless you are willing to take responsibility when

someone takes your rhetoric seriously.

4. Be truthful: Fake news and “alternative facts” are creating an environ-ment where many will simply dismiss your claims because they refuse to acknowledge the information you’re using to back up your opinions as factual. Both sides are guilty, and so are many of our country’s top news outlets like Fox News, The New York Times and The Washington Post. Before making any claim, be sure you can back up your argument with facts and that those facts are not framed in a misleading context. There is no faster way to erode your credibility than being caught in a lie.

5. Try not to yell: The issues we’re dealing with today – from government spend-ing to civil rights – are all very complex. Nothing shuts down rational thinking and discussion more than when someone cannot keep their emotions in check. It is possible to have strong opin-ions and sharp disagreements while also using your inside voice, and you’ll find it will get you a lot farther than mindlessly screaming at someone about how they’re “what’s wrong with our country.”

6. See the other side: College is a chance to challenge yourself and expand your view of the world. Read publications that you disagree with and try

to understand why they think the way they do. When you’re debating with someone, it’s perfectly okay to concede a point or admit they’re right on something. Nuance in your opinions is a good thing, because it means you aren’t just accepting the dogma of one side or the other.

There are students from 44 states and 68 countries in the class of 2021. Not one single person will have the same ex-act opinions as you, and that’s OK. Feel free to discuss those differences, debate, argue and tell people they’re wrong. But do it in a constructive way. Nobody wins when anger, lies or violence take over.

At the end of the day, we need to remember we’re all just doing our best to make sense of a chaotic world, and we are all Penn Staters too. No matter what you think about some-one’s political predilections, they eat at the same dining halls, take the same classes, go to the same bars and walk the same streets as you.

Perhaps most importantly, come September 2nd, we’ll all line the student section of Beaver Stadium to watch our Nittany Lions take on Akron, Akron, Akron, Akron, Akron, Akron, Akron, Akron…

Tyler Olson is a sophomore major-ing in broadcast journalism and political science and is a columnist for The Daily Collegian. Email him at tso5043@psu.edu and follow him on Twitter at @TylerOlson1791.

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Penn State football isn’t the only Nittany Lion squad to have aspirations of a national cham-

pionship this fall.

With a large quantity of tal-ent returning for another run this season, women’s soccer, women’s volleyball and

men’s hockey all have high hopes of winning the last game of their individual seasons and hoisting a championship trophy into the air.

Women’s soccer returns goal-keeper Rose Chandler, midfield-er Emily Ogle and defenders Ellie Jean, Maddie Elliston and Kaleigh Riehl, all of whom red-shirted last season in order to play with the United States U20 Women’s National Team.

The Nittany Lions also bring back members of last season’s squad that captured the pro-grams 19th Big Ten title and 23rd-consecutive NCAA Tourna-ment appearances. Among the returnees are stalwart defend-ers Elizabeth Ball and Brittany Basinger, goalkeeper Amanda Dennis and the standout for-ward duo of Megan Schafer and Frannie Crouse.

Not to mention, they have one of the great coaches in all of college soccer, Erica Dambach, back to patrol the touchline for an 11th-straight season.

Dambach has a great collec-tion of talent, blending youth and experience, and this roster is arguably more talented than the 2015 team that won the pro-gram’s first national champion-ship.

Women’s volleyball will be national title contenders once again, as has become the expec-tation under coach Russ Rose.

The Nittany Lions had an up-and-down 2016-17 campaign, which saw them lose in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament to Nebraska in five sets, but return a wealth of experience, led by the senior

trio of Ali Frantti, Haleigh Wash-ington and Simone Lee.

If Penn State can overcome the inconsistency that plagued them the past two seasons, it’s a safe bet to say the Nittany Lions can claim their seventh national championship.

Men’s hockey, fresh off their first NCAA Tournament appear-ance in program history, looks as though it’s ready to take another step further in its devel-opment and qualify for the Fro-zen Four.

Guy Gadowsky keeps attract-ing talent to Hockey Valley and the payoff probably came sooner than most expected. A season ago, the Nittany Lions were a win away from making the Fro-zen Four, a week after capturing their first Big Ten Tournament title in double overtime against Wisconsin.

Godowsky’s team is going to score goals at a high rate, mask-ing the defensive problems the team may encounter.

Led by 22 and 19 goals

respectively, from Andrew Sturtz and Denis Smirnov, the Nittany Lions scored 160 goals a season ago (4.1 goals/game). Also back are Nate Sucese (17 goals), Chase Berger (13 goals) and Nikita Pavylchev (6 goals), while incoming freshman for-ward Evan Barratt was drafted in the third round of the 2017 NHL Draft by the Chicago Blackhawks.

Barratt gives Gadowsky yet another weapon at forward, after he registered 56 points in 63 games for the United States U18 National Team.

Penn State might not have an elite defense, but the Nittany Lions’ offensive firepower puts them in position to win the pro-grams first national champion-ship.

Speaking of offensive firepow-er, that brings me to Penn State football.

Just a few seasons after the program was levied with NCAA sanctions in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse

case — sanctions that were sub-sequently lifted during the 2014 season — James Franklin has helped put the program in a great position to win its first championship crown since the 1986 season.

The Nittany Lions’ first sea-son under the guidance of offen-sive coordinator Joe Moorhead was a resounding success, as Penn State averaged 37.6 points per game, running back Saquon Barkley was named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year and quarterback Trace McSorley had a stellar first season under center.

The pair now enters the 2017-18 season as legitimate Heis-man favorites.

The rest of the offense isn’t a liability either. Despite the loss of Chris Godwin to the NFL, McSorley has a stable of players to throw to, including tight end Mike Gesicki and receiver Dae-Sean Hamilton. The offensive line is its strongest since the first season under then-head

coach Bill O’Brien. The defense has to find reli-

able edge rushers with the loss of Garrett Sickels and Evan Schwan, but will be solid enough to get the job done with the potency of the offense.

If the unit can hold opposing offenses to somewhere around the 25 points per game of last year, that will be enough to make a run at another Big Ten title and a College Football Play-off berth.

The schedule is more difficult than a year ago — away trips to Northwestern, Iowa and Ohio State are particularly tricky — but with the vast amount of returning talent that gained experience from the Rose Bowl run last season, Penn State can complete its comeback story by lifting the national champion-ship trophy in Atlanta.

Vincent Lungaro is a senior majoring in print and digital journalism and is The Daily Collegian’s Sports Editor. His email is vzl5050@psu.edu.

High hopes for Fall sports

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Penn State head coach James Franklin hoists the Stagg Championship Trophy after winning the Big Ten Football Championship Game between Penn

State and Wisconsin at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Ind., on Saturday, Dec. 3. The Nittany Lions defeated the Badgers 38-31

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