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2 | Erie Reader | ErieReader.com October 1, 2014 CONTENT October 1, 2014

Editors-in-Chief: Brian Graham & Adam Welsh News & Notes Feature Managing Editor: Ben Speggen Contributing Editor: 4 Street Corner Soapbox 11 Fight Club: The Cult Classic Turns 15 Rebecca Styn A Q&A with Author Chuck Palahniuk Editor -at-Large: Why Mainstream Media Turned Its Cory Vaillancourt Attention to Emma Watson and 4chan Contributors: Alex Bieler 5 The Way I See It Culture Mary Birdsong Jay Paterno Writes and Speaks about Pen Ealain 14 Calendar Father Joe Paterno’s Life and Death Rick Filippi Two-weeks worth of Erie Events Eric Kisner James R. LeCorchick 6 News of the Weird 23 Music Reviews John Lindvay By: Chuck Shepard Lili Morton 24 Street Fashionista Dan Schank 7 Just Toyin’ Witcha Jess Scutella Professional, polished, and dynamic: Tommy Shannon Welcome to the State Game Lands! Amanda Prischak Ryan Smith Jay Stevens 6 Considering The City 25 Geeked Out Rebecca Styn Bryan Toy Four Ways to Improve Erie Local Writer Pens New Noir Graphic Cory Vaillancourt Novel and Heads Off to NYC Comic Con Jim Wertz 8 Penn State Goes Green Publisher’s Assistant: The Behrend Campus teamed up with University Park 25 Tech Bits Jessica Courter to initiate a program to use reusable containers DHL to Begin Deliveries by Drone in Cover Design: throughout the PSU system Leah Yungwirth Germany Photographers: 26 ER Sports Ryan Smith Brad Triana Local sports with James R. LeCorchick Designer: Leah Yungwirth Design Intern FROM THE EDITORS Liz Venuto Writing Interns: Michael Iverson ith just nine days left after this and you’re invited to the first-ever Flavor Of you should get your tickets now. They’re Christopher Sexauer issue hits stands to vote on what Erie Party, where your tastebuds and ear- just $10 in advance, and only $15 at the door Wyou think is the Best Of Erie in drums get a full dose of Erie goodness. — that is, if they’re still available, because nearly two-hundred categories, the race is In our last issue, we also gave you some once they’re gone, they’re gone. 1001 State St. Suite 901 officially on. As we’ve watched the more details about that party we’re throwing at In other news, the official offices of the Erie Erie PA, 16501 than 150,000 votes come in to date, we’ve the Pilot House, located at 1 Holland St. on Reader have moved. You can now find us [email protected] seen the top vote-getters swap leads more Erie’s Bayfront, from 6 to 8 p.m. that eve- settled in on the ninth floor of the Renais-

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October 1, 2014 ErieReader.com | Erie Reader | 3 NEWS & OPINION

Street Corner Soapbox Why Mainstream Media Turned Its Attention to Emma Watson and 4chan

By: Jay Stevens

mma Watson na- Of all the things in all the ked photos to be world, mainstream media leaked!” screamed “E choose to become engulfed in a the headlines. No doubt you saw those nude selfie hoax. headlines. They were hard to miss, slathered as they were tween outrage! over! nude! photos! across newspapers, cable these events may have actually nev- news programs, and Internet er happened. news reports. The young En- The coverage of the climate change glish actress – her Hermione march actually dwarfed the news Granger the best thing about that the This American Life radio the Harry Potter movies – was show was running a segment on se- going to have her naked pic- cret recordings made between Fed- tures posted on 4chan.org in eral Reserve regulators and Gold- retribution for her comments man Sachs’ employees, recordings on feminism at the UN! journalist Michael Lewis (Moneyball, The news was gold, follow- Flash Boys) called the “Ray Rice vid- ing as it did on the release of eo for the financial sector.” In it, hap- other naked pictures of young less Fed regulators constantly defer starlets. It was an outrage! to the financial whiz kids, unwilling That these...hot...young... and unable to question or contain actresses had their personal Wall Street shenanigans. “You sort stash of sex selfies released of knew that regulators were more to the Web! For everyone to or less controlled by the banks,” see! And here’s exactly where wrote Lewis. “Now you know.”

you can go to see them! How BIARD GEORGES But naked Kate Upton! shocking! And now, Watson? You could call it a conspiracy. Intelligent? Self-contained? Putting celebrity news above real, She’s been pushing against Hollywood’s are as salacious as the anonymous posters meaningful news in order to distract us all sexualization of her and other actresses for of the celeb photos and those that consume from the things that matter, the things that, years, advocating for strong women charac- them. The media got played because it was if we knew enough about, we might actual- ters! Now there are naked pics of her? Hot obvious (to the pranksters, anyway) that ly go out and change. Or you could blame dog – er, shame! they’d go in a big way for a story about na- the public, the reader. Us. After all, we’re Only a funny thing happened. The media ked Emma Watson pics. Think about it. How more likely to click through to the stories got punk’d. Turns out there were no photos many of the Watson nude photo stories ac- about naked Hope Solo than we are to the to be leaked. It was a hoax. Actually, it was tually include remarks she made at the UN? news that October hog futures are up. Cer- a double hoax: the group that claimed re- “I realized that fighting for women’s rights tainly it has something to do with money sponsibility claimed it was a PR firm looking has too often become synonymous with – hell, for evidence of that you don’t have to to discredit 4chan...but then it was revealed man-hating,” Watson said in that speech. look much farther than ESPN’s three-week there was no PR firm. It was a joke pulled by “This has to stop. For the record, feminism suspension of its popular columnist and Internet pranksters posing as a PR firm pos- by definition is the belief that men and NBA on-air personality, Bill Simmons, for ing as a 4chan poster with nude photos. Got women should have equal rights and oppor- calling NFL commissioner Roger Goodell a it? No? Well, relax. It doesn’t matter. tunities. It is the theory of political, econom- “liar” on his podcast over the Ray Rice in- You almost feel sorry for 4chan as the mis- ic and social equality of the sexes.” cident. ESPN, of course, has a $16.5 billion taken target of this kerfuffle. Well, not real- Which is a bigger, more important idea contract with the NFL to air Monday Night ly. As a friend put it, 4chan is the “asshole than shots of a topless Jennifer Lawrence. Football. of the Internet.” He’s not wrong. It’s a mes- So is the rapid spread of Ebola in Africa, Hand it to 4chan. As low-down and pu- sage board where anything and everything where health care systems are shutting erile the content at the site, the nude-Em- is posted. It’s the message board where the down, and the economic viability of an al- ma-Watson-photos prank shows that the original naked celeb photos were posted, ready fragile region is at peril. But even Ebo- 4chan community understands the site is for example. Pranks. Gossip. Porn. Slan- la got short-shrifted by nude Kirsten Dunst. low-down and puerile and not worth much der. That’s the kind of material you find on And it’s almost a lock that you heard little, attention. 4chan is a place where you can go 4chan. if anything, about the recent protest in New take your potty mouth out for a stroll. It’s a Not that the mainstream media is equipped York City demanding that leaders take ac- place where you can act uncivil, view the in- to handle the darker corners of the Internet. tion to battle climate change. More than decent, and give your Id a smoke break from Hell, most analysts had no idea what a 4chan 400,000 took to the streets to protest. That’s its nagging Superego. It’s not a place to grab was. CNN’s “technology analyst,” Brett Lar- four Erie, Pennsylvanias. (“A climate-change your lead news feature from. son – expert on all things technology! – march that organizers claim was the largest thought 4chan was a person. “He may have on record,” wrote The New Yorker’s satirist, Jay Stevens can be contacted at Jay@ been a system administrator who knew his Andy Borowitz, “is nevertheless unlikely ErieReader.com, and you way around and how to hack things,” mulled to change the minds of idiots, a survey of can follow him on Twitter @ Larson. No wonder they got played. America’s idiots reveals.”) But judging by Snevets_Yaj. To follow this story The media also got played because naked the headlines and news blurbs about Ebola or comment, scan the QR code or pics sell clicks. Mainstream media outlets and the climate change protests jammed be- visithttp://erirdr.com/p0h73.

4 | Erie Reader | ErieReader.com October 1, 2014 NEWS & OPINION

The Way I See It Jay Paterno pens book exploring the life and death of Joe Paterno

By: Rebecca Styn

enn State University Football coach would tell him that day would temporarily Joe Paterno died on Jan. 22, 2012 from assuage him; however, he wrote that he be- Plung cancer. lieves that to this day had the roles been re- A man who spent 62 seasons on the Nit- versed, Joe Paterno would have left his name tany Lions football staff and became the up – lynch mob be damned. winningest Division-I coach in the history As for what Jay told Knight? “Dad would of the sport before NCAA-imposed sanc- have told you to take the name down.” tions, Paterno would leave this earth with a But strip away the illustrious and now tarnished legacy (in the eyes of many) amid tainted football career, and there’s the fam- the Jerry Sandusky scandal and allegations ily aspect about Joe that Jay felt he needed that his inaction to report Sandusky for sus- to capture in the book through some of his pected child abuse allowed for Sandusky to remain a predator in the Penn State system. Recently, Jay Paterno – the late coach’s son and former quarterbacks coach for Penn State – penned his take – titled Paterno Lega- “I had the cy: Enduring Lessons from the Life and Death of My Father – recounting his father’s life, not opportunity to see only to highlight his accomplishments and career but to attempt to restore his father’s him as a father, legacy – and moreover – his standing in the public eye. I was provided an opportunity to speak coach, mentor, with Jay during his recent brief visit to Erie, where he spoke to a full house of Penn State friend, husband, alumni and fans at the Fox and Hound about his new book – reading aloud some of his and grandfather.” favorite excerpts and addressing questions from the crowd. While I suspected his moti- vation for writing the story did result largely because of the scandal, I asked him about favorite memories of his father. his inspiration for the work and why it made The biggest takeaway from the book? “I felt sense to write it now. the need to tell his story, to go through those “It started with the events that unfolded last few years, and the last couple months in the last years of my father’s life. But as I of his life, and everything that happened in was writing, I began to realize that the book November of 2011. It was important to ad- didn’t just need to be about that,” Jay said. dress that head-on,” Jay said. “But equally “My literary agent nudged me one way and important is that I hope what people under- my family another. But ultimately, the sto- stand is that football coaching wasn’t the ry ended up speaking more to the life he thing that defined him; it was just what he lived and lessons he offered, not just to his chose to do and do well, but the masterpiece students and family but to all those he en- of his life was about the lessons he gave us countered.” all – more about the lives he impacted and Jay also had a unique perspective given less about winning games.” all of the various roles his father played And as for the way I see it, every story has throughout his life. “I grew up in his house, at least two sides, if not three. This book ex- I went to his college, I played for him – but plores the life and death of a man who spent then I left and came back and coached for the majority of his life being lauded and her- him,” he explained. “It truly came full circle alded but found denouncement and great after my children were born. I had the op- criticism at the end. This book – the account portunity to see him as father, coach, men- of a son making sense of the life of his fa- tor, friend, husband, and grandfather.” ther – deepens the story of Joe Paterno and is The book’s foreword is written by Phil worth your time, regardless of your feelings Knight, the co-founder of Nike Inc. and a Pa- on the situation. It may afford even more terno family friend. In the foreword, Knight questions than answers, but will definitely recalls the day he decided to take down Joe’s offer a differing perspective than what you name from the Nike child care center at its may already know to be. world headquarters in Oregon; although a long-time supporter and friend, Knight said Love? Hate? Agree? Disagree? I want he needed to do what was in the best inter- to hear from you. Email me at rStyn@ est of the company and the 38,000 employ- ErieReader.com, and follow ees he had dedicated his life to – although me on Twitter @rStyn. To he would struggle continuously with this follow this story or comment, decision, just weeks later visiting the Pater- scan the QR code or visit no household to meet the family. What Jay http://erirdr.com/r62qn.

October 1, 2014 ErieReader.com | Erie Reader | 5 NEWS & OPINION

News of the Weird

By: Chuck Shepard

Frontiers of Flight events like walking into a lamppost, or get- utch inventors Bart Jansen and Arjen ting sucked into a jet engine, or receiving DBeltman struck again recently when Pe- burns from on-fire water skis, or having con- peijn Bruins, 13, called on them to help him tact with a cow beyond being bitten or kicked grieve over his pet rat, Ratjetoe, who had (since those contacts have separate codes). to be put down because of cancer. Having Also notable was S10.87XA, “Other superfi- heard of the inventors’ work, Pepeijn asked cial bite of other specified part of neck, ini- if they could please have Ratjetoe stuffed and tial encounter,” which seems to describe a turned into a radio-controlled drone. Jansen “hickey.” [HealthcareDive.com, 7-15-2014] and Beltman, who had previously created an “ostrichcopter” and are now working on Recurring Themes a “turbo shark,” created Pepeijn’s rat-copter, ore Drivers Who Ran Over Themselves: but remain best noted for their epic taxider- MIn June, Robert Pullar, 30, Minot, North mied cat, “Orvillecopter,” created in 2012 Dakota, subsequently charged with DUI, (which readers can view at nydn.us/1r0Wm- fell out of his car and was run over by it. In mA). [BBC News, 9-10-2014; Daily Mail (Lon- July, Joseph Karl, 48, jumped out of his truck don), 9-11-2014] to confront another driver in a road rage incident in Gainesville, Florida, but as he Updates pounded on that driver’s window, his own ow to Confuse an Arizonan: In August, truck (negligently left in gear) crept up and Ha state appeals court overruled a lower ran him over. Pullar and Karl were not seri- court and decided that Thomas and Nancy ously injured, but in July, a 54-year-old St. Pe- Beatie could divorce, after all. The first judge tersburg, Florida, man was hurt badly when, had determined that their out-of-state mar- attempting to climb onto the street sweeper riage was not valid in Arizona because they that he operates for the city, he fell off, and were both women, but Thomas has had ex- the machine ran over his upper body. [KX- tensive surgery and hormone therapy and MC-TV (Minot), 6-23-2014] [Gainesville Sun, become a man — although he is also the 7-23-2014] [Bay News 9 (St. Petersburg), 7-22- spouse who bore the couple’s three children, 2014] since he made it a point to retain his repro- ductive organs. [Associated Press via KSAZ- or patients who are musicians, deep brain TV (Phoenix), 8-14-2014] Fstimulation (open-brain) surgery can provide entertainment for operating-room n August, for the 12th straight year, a group doctors as they correct neurological condi- Iof Japanese adult-film actresses has volun- tions such as hand tremors. In September, teered their breasts to raise money for an the concert violinist Naomi Elishuv, who AIDS-prevention charity event shown on an has performed with the Lithuanian Nation- X-rated cable TV channel from Tokyo. The al Symphony Orchestra, played for surgeons 12-hour-long “squeeze-a-thon” (“Boob Aid”) at the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center so sold individual fondles to men for donations they could locate the exact spot in the brain of at least (the equivalent of) $9, with do- for inserting the pacemaker to control the nors required first to spray on disinfectant. hand-trembling that had wrecked her ca- In all, 4,100 pairs of hands roamed the nine reer. (In fact, last week’s winner of the an- actresses. [Agence France-Presse, 8-31-2014] nual Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass, Eddie Adcock, 76, had egulatory filings revealed in August that finger-picked some tunes in the operating RAOL still has 2.3 million dial-up sub- room in 2007 for his own deep brain sur- scribers (down from 21 million 15 years ago) gery.) [Huffington Post, 9-11-2014] [New York paying, on average, about $20 monthly. In- Times, 9-16-2014] dustry analysts, far from rolling on the floor laughing at the company’s continued suc- uddhists continue to believe in the cess with 20th-century technology, estimate Bwholesale “mercy release” of living that AOL’s dial-up business constitutes a creatures, with smaller and less conse- hefty portion of its quarterly “operating prof- quential animals making even stron- it” of about $122 million. [Quartz, 8-6-2014] ger statements of reverence, according to a July New York Times dispatch from ommentators have had fun with the new Yushu, China, describing the freeing of Csystem of medical diagnostic codes (de- river shrimp the size of a fingernail clip- nominated in from four to 10 digits each) ping. These specks of life, an advocate scheduled to take effect in October 2015, and told the Times, “could very well be the the “Healthcare Dive” blog had its laughs in reincarnated souls of relatives” who per- a July post. The codes for “problems in rela- ished in the 2010 earthquake that demol- tionship with in-laws” and “bizarre personal ished the local area. “We” workers, said appearance” are quixotic enough, but the another, “have the same feelings as the most “absurd” codes are “subsequent en- fish,” alluding to his own occupation of counters” (that is, at least the second time “digging in the mud.” [New York Times, the same thing happened to a patient) for 7-25-2014]

6 | Erie Reader | ErieReader.com October 1, 2014 NEWS & OPINION

National Scenic Byway on East and ers toss cigarette butts to the Considering the City West Sixth Streets should be on the ground. Some drivers throw fast- top of the list. food wrappers out their windows. Four Ways to Improve Erie Pedestrians frequently drop cups 2. Stop Front Yard and Sidewalk from convenience stores. Too many By: Civitas Members: Lisa Austin and Stephen Sonnenberg Parking pet lovers ignore City Ordinance 72911B, which states that “all dog nsightly problems are ru- any drivers illegally park on owners shall remove feces imme- ining the urban landscape Msidewalks and front lawns. diately and in a sanitary manner.” Ufor Erie residents, and they Unfortunately, our existing code But as one officer commented, “I are making a bad impression on allows front yard parking, if some wish that’s all we had to deal with.” visitors. We can improve the lives gravel is thrown over the grass. Our police are too busy to enforce of residents, and make a better im- Front yard parking is usually in- littering laws. We have to change pression on visitors by addressing appropriate and almost always ourselves. Perhaps our neighbor- four common problems of dead ugly; it is time to create a higher hood watch groups can create trees, front yard and sidewalk standard for ourselves. Front yard social-media anti-littering cam- parking, litter, and illegal or mis- and sidewalk parking endangers paigns. placed signage, as outlined below: children, pushes pedestrians into the street, and deters homebuyers. 4. Get Rid of Illegal Signs 1. Replace Dead Trees While city employees vigilantly issue tickets for vehicles parked on housands of notices advertis- hile it is well-known that PHOTO CONTRIBUTED wrong side of the street, few of the Ting “Cheap Mattresses” and Wtrees provide wildlife habi- cars or trucks parked on yards and “We Buy Houses” are stapled to tats, absorb storm-water, and filter sidewalks are challenged. Employ- telephone poles. Commercial ban- pollutants, the city’s Sustainability insurer. trees. Perhaps a forward-thinking ees who issue parking tickets are ner signs are installed on front Coordinator, Sarah Galloway, notes Tree trimming does not require philanthropist would help “trans- not authorized to issue citations lawns. We must encourage the that trees improve communities by a permit, however. Dave Mulvi- form” Erie by writing a check for for yard and sidewalk parking. city to enforce existing ordinances creating a “sense of place” and by hill, the city’s Assistant Director of tree removal, allowing new ones to Perhaps these employees should against illegal signs. fostering feelings of “happiness” Public Works, notes that property be planted. be trained to write parking cita- These four “visual pollution” is- and “safety.” Many studies, Gal- owners who wish to take down or Due to tight budgets and mini- tions. For now, yard and sidewalk sues don’t require new legislation loway reports, indicate that trees plant a tree must obtain a permit mal staffing, many city actions, parking complaints should be or millions of dollars. We can make actually help to reduce crime, im- from Galloway. Taking down a tree including tree-removal are “com- directed to Code Enforcement at a big difference in Erie’s appear- prove student grades, and increase can be expensive, and the city tries plaint-driven.” Contact Galloway 870-1470. ance by taking personal responsi- economic development. to alleviate some of the burden by to add trees to the teardown list – bility for our neighborhoods and Given the powerful positive im- maintaining a resident-generat- especially those near schools and 3. Don’t Litter working with watch groups to en- pact of trees, Erie should plant ed, first-call-first-served teardown on busy streets. (sgalloway@erie. courage the active enforcement of more of them. list. Galloway utilizes part of her pa.us 870.1255) or three weeks this summer, existing codes. When trees drop branches, pedes- $30,000 budget to remove a few Erie needs a tree-removal priori- Ftwo stained couches adorned trians are endangered. Cars can be trees each year. At the current rate tization plan. For instance, the tree the sidewalks facing Perry Square Civitas members can be reached damaged. Street trees (those be- of teardown, the existing list will on the Seaway Trail (West Sixth during CelebrateErie and the at their website www.civitaserie. tween the roadway and sidewalk) be completed in 2020. If Galloway Street) should be immediately re- 10,000-participant-strong “Color com, via Facebook at CivitasErie, by are owned by the city, but the re- had $100,000 to spend, she says placed due to its high-visibility lo- Run.” We should start “tidying-up” emailing [email protected], or by sponsibility for maintaining the she could transform the city. cation. The Seaway Trail starts in Erie before these big events. If a scheduling a Friday morning meeting trees falls to the adjacent property However, it is unlikely that Gallo- Pennsylvania and runs 518 miles TV or chair is in the roadway, call at the Civitas office in the Masonic owner. Repairs to tree-damaged way’s budget will increase. Though east along Lake Erie and Lake On- the Bureau of Streets at 870.1340. Building, 32 W. Eighth cars are almost never paid by the granting agencies are happy to tario to the Canadian Border. Af- If the item is on the sidewalk or in St. To follow this story city and rarely by the tree’s adja- fund the planting of trees, Gallo- ter dealing with safety issues, we the yard, call Code Enforcement at or to comment, scan the cent property owner. Repair bills way reports that almost no money should spend money where it is go- 870.1470. QR code or visit http:// are generally paid by the vehicle’s is available for the removal of dead ing to make the most impact – our Though it is illegal, many smok- erirdr.com/9mhgv.

JUST TOYIN’ WITCHA — By: B. Toy

October 1, 2014 ErieReader.com | Erie Reader | 7 NEWS & OPINION

Penn State Goes Green The Behrend Campus teamed up with University Park to initiate a program TV 54.1 • Radio 91.3FM • WQLN Education • Q-Media to use reusable containers throughout the PSU system Schedule Highlights By: Mary Birdsong Behrend student Isaiah Boswell ven if you’re only vaguely aware of en- is helping Penn State students vironmental issues, you may cringe as “reduce their carbon pawprint.” Eyou throw that white take-out contain- er into the trash after a to-go meal. You know it’s going to the landfill. But, hey, it’s just one, expecting too much; this exceeded our ex- right? pectations.” Multiply that one polystyrene container Now in its first full implementation at 11 by the approximately 98,000 students in Penn State campuses, program organizers the Penn State University system and things have a goal of 25 percent participation in start to add up. Fast. this first year. If each of those 98,000 students (not count- “We expect it to build every year,” Lind- ing faculty and staff) uses one container a ner says. “If you can get the students to week for the 30-week academic year, you participate from the beginning, they will end up with, potentially, 2,940,000 foam consider this the norm, rather than the al- containers going to the landfill. And that’s ternative.” just one academic year across the Penn State Since it’s early into the new semester, network of higher learning at merely one not enough data have been accumulated container per week. to measure success. But Lindner sees a lot At Penn State University, a few years back, of Green2Go containers around campus. Lisa Wandel, director of residential dining Karen Kreger, regional director of housing at University Park, wanted to do something and food services for Penn State’s western about that trash and spied more eco-friendly campuses, echos Lindner’s enthusiasm. “I containers at another university. She inves- think the Green2Go container is a great tigated but found that due to Pennsylvania option for our students. Participation this Department of Agriculture regulations con- fall has been fantastic; we are very pleased cerning sanitation and health, she would with the results so far.” have to seek a variance to utilize reusable But does it add to overhead? Not at all, ac- containers at Penn State. She persisted and cording to Lindner. got the variance. “The extra effort of processing them — The next step, however, was implementa- washing and inspecting — is offset by the tion. To test it, university officials chose the fewer polystyrene containers we have to

University Park and Behrend campuses for PHOTO CONTRIBUTED purchase. That’s why I am so excited about the trials because each had both resident this program. It demonstrates to the busi- and commuter cafeterias. Then, remarkably, How the program works is this: When first ness world that you can be sustainable and still they handed it off to a team of three Nitta- acquiring one, a person pays a five-dollar de- make decisions that are good for business.” ny Lion marketing students, Keirstan Kure posit, fills up the container and goes. When And it might also be attractive to students and Emily Newman from the University it is returned, a five-dollar refund is issued. in two, less obvious, ways. Boswell explains Park campus and Isaiah Boswell, from Penn If getting more to-go food, the person takes that the Green2Go containers snap shut State Behrend. In what would become an a new one and proceeds. The returned one more tightly, keeping the odors of leftovers exciting internship experience in the fall of is then washed and inspected for cuts or de- stowed in dorm room refrigerators from 2013 and spring of 2014 semesters, the three fects before it is returned to service. smelling up the space. “That can be import- students researched containers, conducted It is anticipated that the containers can get ant in the dorm,” he says with a laugh. The focus groups, created the Green2Go market- 30 to 40 uses before they have to be retired, second way may be close to a student’s heart. ing campaign, and implemented a pilot pro- which, of course means a trip to the recy- “It holds more food than a regular contain- gram at both campuses. cling bin and not the trash. er,” says Boswell. “I can get more salad in it. The very clever tagline? “Reduce your car- Boswell found some students – the ones That’s a good thing.” bon pawprint.” more eco-aware – took to them readily; oth- And for Boswell himself, Green2Go has “It was an amazing opportunity,” says Bo- ers had their doubts and didn’t like the fee been an amazing adventure. He says it gave swell, a senior this year. “We created signs, to use it. But most — even some early nay- him more responsibility than he ever had ‘Take me Out’ T-shirts, and met with sustain- sayers – came around. Boswell related that a before and made him work harder than he ability and environmental-based groups and friend – the president of another fraternity ever has. classes.” on campus – was dubious and told him “no “I am now more determined and confi- Boswell met with the group Greener Beh- one’s going to use it.” Surprisingly, after the dent,” he says. And while those are all great rend, sent emails to every student on cam- program did succeed, Boswell said the friend things for him, Boswell adds that the most pus, gave containers to every dormitory came back to him and said, “Dude, I’m sorry. important part of Green2Go was not what Resident Assistant, and handed out those I never thought it would get so big and go so he got out it. “I benefited myself, yes, but T-shirts to key groups. He also went on a per- far.” Green2Go benefits everyone else, too.” son-to-person marketing campaign, walk- And far it did go. During the pilot program ing around campus and talking to anyone in the spring of this year, approximately 10 Mary Birdsong can be contacted at who would listen. percent of students purchased and used [email protected], and The Green2Go container is a durable poly- Green2Go containers, a success, according you can follow her on Twitter @ propylene that is designed to close securely, to Mike Lindner, director of housing and Mary_Birdsong. To follow this story be reusable, microwavable, and able to with- food services at Behrend. “For a pilot pro- or comment, scan the QR code stand the heat of commercial dishwashers. gram, that is a huge success. We weren’t or visithttp://erirdr.com/ipyy6.

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FILM at the Erie Art Museum will screen Fight Club Oct. 15. Author Chuck Palahniuk will join via Skype for a Q&A following the film.

wanted – a two-word title, like Fight Club or Invisible Monsters, to be provocative, which wouldn’t give anything away. It’s also vaguely flattering. I’ve always loved the second-per- son [point of view] – writing in the “you.” BS: You once wrote that The Joy Luck Club, The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, and How to Make an American Quilt “presented a social model for women to be together” and that there was “no novel that presented a new social model for men to share their lives.” Fight Club presented an answer to that. And in a way, it seems like Beautiful You – being in- spired by that original working title, maybe – is again a response to what’s on bookshelves. Does this make Beautiful You the Fight Club for women? CP: Yeah, in so many ways, it does make

CHRIS CHAPMAN CHRIS Beautiful You the Fight Club for women. It’s about an ordinary person who comes into contact with an extraordinary person and then becomes the only person aware of a huge conspiracy. In the way that the narrator of Fight Club: The Cult Classic Turns 15 Fight Club tries to invade in the fight against Project Mayhem, we see Penny trying to in- A Q&A With Author Chuck Palahniuk vade the whole fight against the Beautiful You conspiracy. Structurally, it’s very, very much By: Ben Speggen like Fight Club. BS: I couldn’t put Beautiful You down. It felt huck Palahniuk isn’t afraid to mess with Give or take a year, you’ve managed to release they had rejected Invisible Monsters due to its so dirty and so good… people. When publishers first rejected a book nearly every year since 1999 when you disturbing content. When they agreed to pub- CP: [Laughs] It’s so dirty! But it’s so poorly Chis novel Invisible Monsters because of released Survivor and Invisible Monsters. Are lish Fight Club, for you, was that liberating? worded! its disturbing content, he wrote Fight Club as a you ever not writing? Do you hate downtime? Frustrating? BS: But it’s just amazing in that sense – I love means of showing them what truly disturbing Chuck Palahniuk: [Laughs] I spend a lot of CP: [Laughs] It was a huge triumph – a gi- what you’re doing with that. I don’t want to would look like. my time not writing, but when I’m not writ- gantic accomplishment. give too much away, but what sort of, umm, Except they loved it. And published it. ing, I’m usually putting together promotion BS: Do you feel like you’ve been challenging “research” did you do to get inside the head of Three years after the now-seminal cult clas- or doing research. When I’m not writing fic- yourself or daring publishers ever since then somebody like Penny to be able to write from sic hit stands in 1996 – the story of an ordi- tion, I’m writing introductions for other peo- with the nature of your content? Are you still that perspective? nary, nameless man who finds a friend who ple’s books and writing small things. fighting the battle of The Great Gatsby versus CP: You know, [Laughs] I read a lot of my fa- wants him to punch him as hard as he can Right now, most of what I’m writing are lec- the espresso machine and ESPN? ther’s pornography as a child, because I loved and not tell anyone about it and to help him tures about the craft of writing. So, it means CP: [Laughs] I know that my work still trou- those really pulpy, classic mechanical books, make soap and engage in a little mischief and looking at a lot of stories to find common de- bles my publisher – we still do have battles which were so upfront and so clumsy in how mayhem – director David Fincher secured the vices, identifying those, and then teaching about different parts of the books, and in next they depicted human intimacy. And I also rights to take the story to the big screen. He those to people, so it’s not totally alien from year’s book, different stories in the book, the read a lot of my mother’s pornography, which cast Edward Norton as the narrator and Brad fiction. publisher did not want to include them. I had was just as filled with sex, but it was all coded Pitt as Tyler Durden – one of the most nota- BS: I was just reading a piece on Esquire. to make a real case for them. in these politically-empowered euphemisms ble characters from late-twentieth-century com the other day about twenty daily rituals BS: What’s that sort of dialogue like for a from the 1970s. So I wanted to combine the fiction. of great thinkers. Victor Hugo would go to writer of your stature – to have to go back and graphic nature of my dad’s pornography with Chuck Palahniuk also isn’t afraid to break the barber every day and insisted on keeping forth with your publisher and just say: “Trust all of these off-focused comic words that were the rules. The first rule of Fight Club is that his clippings; John Cheever said he couldn’t me, this is a really good story and it needs to in my mom’s. you can’t talk about Fight Club. The second achieve his best work without having sex be in this collection”? Also in college, I took a lot of women’s stud- rule of Fight Club is that you can’t talk about at least two to three times a week. Any writ- CP: Sometimes I’m able to show them em- ies courses, and I just loved the language of Fight Club. ing rituals that you partake in depending on pirical data, show them – if the story’s pub- the empowerment and satisfaction and the But as the cinematic version of Palahniuk’s whether you’re writing fiction or non-fiction? lished in a magazine – the reaction on the self-esteem language that was being taught novel celebrates its fifteenth anniversary, we CP: For fiction, I need to have a non-verbal Internet of how many people really loved the in the 1980s. In so many of the women’s stud- broke the rules and talked at length about his environment – I can have music, but I don’t story. Other times, my publishers will come to ies courses, you talk about those archetypal new novel, Beautiful You, which comes out want words in my music, or I have to get up an event when I read the story and we’ll see scenes in fiction where the frustrated wom- later this month; his writing style and how he early in the morning before anyone in the hundreds of people have a really strong, won- an would be taught how to masturbate by still pushes his publishers; an alternative end- house decides to start talking. I just need to be derful reaction, and that will convince them. another woman. And that would be her first ing to Fight Club; and the highly-anticipated away from language so that my thoughts can BS: At the San Diego Comic Con this year, step to a self-fulfillment and a kind of en- Fight Club sequel coming out in graphic-novel be clear. I think that’s why so many writers you called Beautiful You a mash-up of popular lightenment. You see that scene in The Color form in 2015. were ‘walking writers,’ because walking puts chicklette novels, originally titled 50 Shades Purple where the narrator is taught how to Ben Speggen: Let’s start in the present: You you into a non-verbal environment. of the Twilight Cavebear Wears Prada. The pub- masturbate. And we see it again in Pleasant- have Beautiful You coming out this month BS: Let’s break the rules and talk about Fight lisher didn’t go for that title? Felt like you ville, where the daughter, Reese Witherspoon, and two releases – Make Something Up and Club a bit. So the story goes, you wrote Fight were giving too much away? teaches Joan Allen, her mother, how to mas- the Fight Club sequel – coming out next year. Club to disturb publishers even more because CP: [Laughs] Right! No, I really like – and turbate. It’s just such an odd aspect of feminist

October 1, 2014 ErieReader.com | Erie Reader | 11 FEATURE culture. And you probably won’t want to use ney instead? CP: To tell the truth, I am so enamored with being on the road really spurs new ways of any of that [Laughs] – you’ll get crucified. CP: I don’t think so. I think that Courtney Beautiful You. Before that, I loved Pygmy be- thinking. But as I grow older, I’m miserable a BS: [Laughs] No, we’re okay here talking might have been swamped by being with two cause it had that intentionally broken lan- lot of time [Laughs]. That’s kind of a lame an- about female masturbation in context of fine such good actors. Helena, I think, is one of guage. Beautiful You is just as broken, but it’s swer – I wish I could give you a better answer. literature. the few actresses that can really hold her own broken in a different way; it’s not writing to BS: John Waters had talked about that grind I’m sure there’ll be a lot of great commen- with Edward and Brad. be clear and to be beautiful and eloquent – it’s of being on the road touring, bouncing from tary on what your message with Beautiful You BS: The sequel to Fight Club comes out next writing really to get things wrong and there’s hotel room to hotel room. He had talked is, but if you want readers to take away the year. Why now – nearly twenty years after so much fun in that. about the grueling pace of it all and that he message in one word, what would it be? we’re all left looking forward to getting Tyler BS: It seems like you’re still having a lot of had gotten in the habit of going to bed early CP: One word – boy. Huh. Okay: Power. All Durden back? What made the timing right fun. One of the things I sense in your earli- and waking up early before anyone else was of my books are about people attaining a kind for 2015? er work is a blue-collar angst that seems to awake so that he could work on new material of power, and Penny, in the beginning of this CP: Three reasons. I was getting a lot of come from your background – these blue-col- before the rest of the world came knocking. book, is at that age after college when you’re pressure from friends to do a sequel and to do lar characters who struggle against the ordi- CP: Yeah. And I live in a house that’s up in not sure if your career is ever going to launch, it as a graphic novel. And this seemed like a nary world. How do you feel that’s changed the woods – mostly isolated – and I can live and by the end of the book, she is basically very attractive project that I could do with a as you find greater success and find your own for days without television, or music, or ra- ruling the entire world. She’s seduced by the group of people instead of working in isola- world so different now? dio, and those are the times that I can get power of that little device. tion. CP: Part of it all always goes back to a punk- the most work done. Just this past Sunday, I BS: I’ve read some critiques of your writ- think I worked sixteen hours straight work- ing where you get labeled as a nihilist. And ing on a seven-page addition to the Fight Club you’ve fought that in the past, arguing you’re graphic novel script that re-writes the end of more of a romanticist. Do you still see your- the book. It’s going to be published as [part of self as a romanticist? Free Comic Book Day]. CP: Do you think a nihilist would write a BS: An alternative ending to the original book a year? [Laughs] All with happy end- Fight Club? ings, with so many couples getting together CP: Right, exactly – something that Cam- and people achieving new, more powerful eron Stewart, the illustrator, could turn into senses of self? The only way they’re nihil- maybe a ten-page version that Dark Horse ist is that the characters – in a way – have to [Comics, who are releasing Fight Club 2] will destroy their previous self in order to obtain be giving away. their new self. BS: Really? One of my favorite debates is BS: Great segue to – or back to – Fight Club. over the ending in the novel versus Fincher’s You’re coming up on the fifteenth anniver- cinematic take. Any hints on the new end- sary of the cinematic interpretation of your ing? first published novel. When you were on CP: No – I’m not going to give anything away the panel with David Fincher at Comic Con, because I’d end up giving away too much. But he summed up Fight Club in one line: “[It’s] it will upset a lot of people – and that’s not about the most dangerous thing in the world something I dread. I’m looking forward to – ideas.” Do you agree? upsetting people and messing with their idea CP: Yeah. I guess so. of what they thought was taking place. BS: Do you and Fincher keep in contact? BS: I think perhaps you’re messing a bit Any potential of working with him in the fu- with people already by bringing back the sto- ture on another book? Something else? ry with the sequel and not only bringing it CP: He’s been pitching me on the idea of back but not picking up right where it left off. doing something for Netflix. He’s very much Instead, we’re ten years down the road in the in love with Netflix right now. And House Of plot from where we’re left wondering what Cards is winding down to some extent, so for took Tyler so damn long to come back as well David, I think that’s going to be his push. as just how much breaking up of civilization BS: Are you open to writing something for to make a better world has occurred at the Netflix? hands of Project Mayhem. ALLAN AMATO ALLAN CP: I would love to, but in the coming year CP: Yep. And that will all be covered in ten I’m not sure what my obligations will be yet, issues. promoting Fight Club 2. But I would love to The second reason, I just did not realize that The graphic novel Fight Club sequel work with David again. I was going to have to be talking about Fight is due out in 2015. For the extended version of Ben Speggen’s BS: James Franco – whose literary cine- Club for the rest of my life, so it just makes Q&A with Chuck Palahniuk – which includes matic ventures have been hit or miss lately – sense to continue the story so that I don’t get rock sensibility – that no matter what I’m how Chuck envisioned Fight Club characters snatched up the rights to take Rant to the big bored talking about Fight Club for the rest of trying to write, I’m trying to mess up the lan- based on people he knew, his favorite line he’s screen. Have you talked with him yet about my life. guage, chop it up and make it abrasive. And ever written, and the truth about the lobster it? The third reason was that Fight Club was so to tell the truth, my more recent books have scene in Survivor, visit ErieReader.com CP: No, no – not at all. We’re like two tweets critical of fathers that I wanted the chance to featured characters who are isolated, cut off, that just keep passing in the night. make the narrator a father and to show him because that’s how I’ve felt more and more in FILM at the Erie Art Museum will screen BS: When you worked with Fincher on Fight failing just as badly as a father as he had felt recent years. Damned had the character alone Fight Club Wednesday, Oct. 15 – fifteen years Club, was there a lot of back-and-forth be- his father had failed him. That seemed like a in lavish situations, Beautiful You definitely to the day from when it first screened. After the tween the two of you, or just a lot of trust in terrific thing to depict. has a character alone in that Parisian pent- film, Chuck Palahniuk will join the audience him with your story in his hands? BS: Anthony Burgess had commented once house quite a bit, and I guess that’s because I for a Skype Q&A led by Ben Speggen. CP: There was a lot of back-and-forth except in a forward to A Clockwork Orange that he find myself alone in these luxury hotel rooms in terms of casting. Fincher had been so set didn’t think that it was his best novel but a lot these days. Ben Speggen can be contacted at on Helena Bonham Carter [to play the role of that it’s the one everyone seemingly wanted BS: Do you find that it’s daunting to be on [email protected], and you Marla Singer], and I was fixated on the idea to talk about, and that as an author, you’re at the road so much? How does that affect you can follow him on Twitter @ of Courtney Love doing it. I’m glad David got the behest of your readers’ opinions of what as a working writer just looking to get back ERBenSpeggen. To follow his way. they think your best novel is, not what you to writing? this story or comment, BS: You don’t think [that role and character] think your best novel is. What do you think CP: Boy… [Long pause]. Sometimes, it’s scan the QR code or visit would’ve had the same effect if it was Court- your best novel to date has been? fantastic, and the lack of sleep and misery of http://erirdr.com/1t3lh.

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Bill McKibben: Meeting Power with Power resh from participating in the People’s Cli- Fmate March in New York City, Bill McKibben, author and environmentalist, is overwhelmed by the energy of the more than 300,000 people who showed up to voice their support for measures to contain climate change. “The ranks of people just kept coming…” he says. “It’s amazing to see, finally, people able to overcome their dread and take a stand.” He will bring that energy with him to Edinboro University Oct. 2, when he presents “Can We Still Fight Climate Change? Lessons from the Front Lines," as part of the University’s homecoming weekend activities. The presentation is free and open to the public. An author of 14 books about the environment, McKibben has been called by Time Magazine “the planet’s best green journalist,” and is considered by the Boston Globe to be “probably the country’s most important environmentalist.” His book, The End of Nature, which was published in 1989, is considered the first book on climate change for 977 HOTSHOT a general audience. He is founder of the plan- et-wide grassroots climate change movement, 350.org, the primary organizer of the Peo- ple’s Climate March. McKibben founded 350.org because he thinks that people working together every day in every corner of the globe is vital to making things happen in a meaningful way. Through this organization, he and his colleagues also wanted to prove that the stereotype of an en- vironmentalist as a rich, white person was false. Through 350.org, millions of people of all colors, faith, and socio-economic standing have organized and demonstrated. 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Mysteries of the Oct. 11 — 12:55 p.m. Haunted History Tours 14th Annual Northwest PA Nonprofit Day Conference Unseen World Mary D’Angelo Performing of Union Station ince it was founded in 2001, The Ongoing — Noon, 3 and 5 p.m. Arts Center, Mercyhurst Oct. 8 — 7:30 to 9 p.m. University, 501 E. 38th St. SNonprofit Partnership has worked to Tom Ridge Environmental miac.mercyhurst.edu. The Brewerie at Union Station, Center, 301 Peninsula 123 W. 14th St. brewerie.com. enhance the community in Northwest Drive. trecpi.org. Pennsylvania, and a big part of their on- The MOMologues: Pink going education is Nonprofit Day. The Ribbon Overdose For Women Only - An The Zero Theorem Expo for Today’s Woman annual event is the second-largest of its Oct. 10, 11, 12 — 7:30 p.m.; 2 p.m. Oct. 1 — 7 p.m. Oct. 10 — 4 to 9 p.m. kind in the Keystone State and will be Sunday FILM at the Erie Art Bayfront Convention Center, 1 held Tuesday, Oct. 14 at the Bayfront Con- Gardner Theatre, 910 Market Museum, 20 E. Fifth St. Sassafras St. Pier 790.5079. vention Center to help educate people in erieartmuseum.org. St., Meadville. 336.5051. the area about the ongoing shift in the Muscle Shoals St. Joe’s Annual nonprofit world and what can be done to Mercy Killers Oktoberfest Oct. 12 — 2 p.m. improve the region. Oct. 2 — 7:30 p.m. Oct. 10, 11, 12 — 5 to 11 p.m. Taylor Little Theater, Taylor Little Theatre, “With the changes in the economy, we’re

St. Joseph’s Bread of Life PHOTO CONTRIBUTED Mercyhurst University, 501 E. Mercyhurst University, 501 E. going to have to find new ways to provide 38th St. miac.mercyhurst.edu. RC Church, 147 W. 24th 38th St. miac.mercyhurst.edu. St. stjoesbol.org. the basic services – to feed the hungry, COMMUNITY house the homeless, educate our kids, and keep a clean environment,” says Michael Brand, Rob the Mob Bassmaster Basstrek the director of leadership and education at The Nonprofit Partnership. “We’re going to have Oct. 5 — 2 p.m. Mason Farms Challenge to unleash a lot more of the native talent, and Erie has a lot of native talent.” Taylor Little Theater, Oct. 11 — 7 a.m. According to Brand, the Conference is a way for participants to educate themselves about Mercyhurst University, 501 E. Pumpkintown U.S.A. 38th St. miac.mercyhurst.edu. Ongoing — 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Presque Isle State Park, West how business models continue to evolve along with the changing economy and other out- Pier Launch. bassmaster.com. Mason Farms Country side factors. With that in mind, The Nonprofit Partnership created a lineup of speakers to The Congress Market, 839 Peninsula 3rd Annual Zombie 5k present their cases and educate, including Lunchtime Keynote Speaker Brandon Chro- Oct. 8 — 7 p.m. Drive. 833.8933. stowski, the founder of the Edwins Leadership & Restaurant Institute, a nonprofit social Oct. 11 — 9 a.m. FILM at the Erie Art enterprise that takes formerly incarcerated adults and gives them a foundation in the hos- Presque Isle State Park, Museum, 20 E. Fifth St. Haunted Hayride and pitality industry. erieartmuseum.org. Walk of Darkness Runner’s Pavillion Beach 1. 454.2852 x3. “What caught my eye about [Brandon] was his passion and how he took that passion and Oct. 3, 4, 10, 11 — 7 to 10 p.m. turned it into a way to address a critical social issue,” Brand says. “Brandon’s skill is in the VISUAL ARTS Sparrow Pond Family Peek’n Peak Fall Fest Campground, 11103 Rt 19N, restaurant business, but he’s using that as a gateway to address a critical human need with Erie Art Museum Waterford. 796.6777. Oct. 11, 12 — 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. a group of people that not a lot of society wants to deal with. It’s an incredible story.” Focus Fiber Exhibit Peek’n Peak Resort and Spa, To hear Chrostowski’s keynote speech, as well as plenty of other presentations and work- Presque Isle Adopt- 1405 Olde Road Findley Lake shops, head to the Bayfront Convention Center for the 14th Annual Nonprofit Day to see Ongoing — All day [email protected] Erie Art Museum, A-Beach Clean-Up how nonprofits can continue to evolve and aid Northwest Pennsylvania. — Alex Bieler Oct. 4 — 9 a.m. Bacon Gallery, 20 E. Presque Isle Steelhead 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14 // 1 Sassafras Pier // thenonprofitpartnership.org Fifth St. 459.5477 Tom Ridge Environmental Fly Tying Center, 301 Peninsula Erie Art Museum Drive. trecpi.org. Oct. 11 — 1 to 2 p.m. Karen Erst Exhibit Tom Ridge Environmental Center, 301 Peninsula Welcome in Fall at Peek‘n Peak Ongoing — All day Presque Isle Waterfowl Drive. trecpi.org. aking place amid the fall foliage and nes- Erie Art Museum, Trolley Tour Holsetin Gallery, 20 Fifth Oct. 4 — 9 a.m. to noon Erie Otters vs. Ttled in the New York mountains, Fall Fest 5th St. 459.5477 Tom Ridge Environmental Kitchener Rangers – hosted by Peek‘n Peak Ski Resort – will once Center, 301 Peninsula Oct. 11 — 7 p.m. again welcome in all things autumnal. Every- Erie Art Museum Wilbur Drive. trecpi.org. thing from pumpkin carving to cornhole tour- Adams Exhibit Erie Insurance Arena, 809 French St. ottershockey.com. naments, from live music to pony rides, the Ongoing starting Oct. 4 — All day Public Day Sails Aboard the U.S. Brig Niagara festival – now in its 27th year, and packed into Erie Art Museum, Main Gallery, Fall Foliage Hike at Erie two fun-filled weekends – will offer a slew of 20 E. Fifth St. 459.5477 Oct. 4, 11 — 1 to 7 p.m. Bluffs State Park activities for guests of all ages to celebrate and Erie Maritime Museum, 150 Oct. 12 — 10 a.m. to noon E. Front St. 452.2744 x214. enjoy the mainstays of the autumn season be- THEATER Erie Bluff State Park, on Rt. 5 near Lake City. 833.7424. fore we start to see the snow fall and welcome Shrek the Musical Lake City Fall Fest in winter.

Oct. 1 through 5 — 7:30 p.m. Car/Truck Show ‘Some of Erie’s First PHOTO CONTRIBUTED Also amongst this year's festivities are a craft Erie Playhouse, 13 W. Oct. 4 — Noon to 3 p.m. Settlers’ Cemetery Walk show with more than 130 vendors; a farmers' 10th St. 454.2852. York-Seaway, 9843 Martin Oct. 12 — 11 a.m. market, featuring locally grown products; Ave, Lake City. 873.1511. Erie Cemetery, 2116 pumpkin carvings and pumpkin canons; and horse drawn rides. Erie Broadway Series Chestnut St. 868.4423. For those that love a good run – and test of endurance – Fall Fest goers can join in the sec- Presents ‘Jekyll & Hyde’ Rock Stars of our Galaxy ond annual Peak Mountain Challenge, a race starting at the Sugar Shack and ending at the Oct. 1 — 8 p.m. Oct. 4 — 5 and 7:30 p.m. Edinboro Potterfest top of Finsbury Field at the mountain’s peak, on Oct. 18. The first male and female partici- The Warner Theater, 811 Edinboro Planetarium, Ongoing from Oct. 13 — All day Edinboro University, pant to cross the finish line will win a full season ski pass. State St. 452.4857. Cole Auditorium, Edinboro 219 Meadville St., But if running up a mountain isn’t really your thing and family entertainment is, there will University, 219 Meadville Edinboro. 732.2493. Loot St. Edinboro. cfowler@ be a petting zoo and pony rides for the little ones, and fan favorite Magician Bruce Kikola Oct. 2 to 4, 9 to 12 — 8 p.m.; 2 edinboro.edu. will also be on [slight of] hand. p.m. Sunday Erie Otters vs. Sarnia Sting If you’re just looking to relax and listen to some local talent, the festival will feature live Oct. 4 — 7 p.m. Schuster Theatre, Gannon FUNDRAISERS music performed by Steve Strickland, Alice Kates, Bill Ward, and Derek Davis throughout University, 109 University Erie Insurance Area, 809 the weekends. French St. ottershockey.com. Square. gannon.edu. Life Run in Lake Erie And while there will hopefully be a few more months before you can hit the slopes, attend- Wine Country ees will have the opportunity to trade in their old ski equipment for some new gear at the Bill W. and Dr. Bob Theresa Caputo Live! Oct. 11 — 7:30 a.m. equipment swap. Oct. 3 through 19 — 7:30 p.m. The Experience Burch Farms, 9210 Sidehill The event is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day – and the best part is: Admission is All An Act Theater, 652 Oct 5 — 7 p.m. Road, North East 814.882.1333 W. 17th St. 450.8553. Erie Insurance Arena, 809 free, which means that you don’t have to spend a dime if you don’t want to. But with all the French St. 452.4857. activities and events, you’ll probably not walk away empty handed. – Rebecca Styn Macbeth by Verdi Oct. 11-12 and 18-19 // 1405 Olde Road, Clymer, N.Y. // 716.355.4141 or pknpk.com.

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Alt-J This Is All Yours Infectious

hile some bands may fear the dreaded sophomore slump, Alt-J have some legitimate con- Wcerns about the reception of newest album This Is All Yours. That’s what happens when the success of Alt-J’s debut An Awesome Wave earned the band both critical and commercial success, won the Mercury Prize, and, possibly most damning for the British band, garnered them comparisons as the “next Radiohead.” So, how did the trio from Leeds, England respond? They stripped things down, taking away a lot of the dark, twitchy grooves from songs like “Fitzplea- sure” and settled for a more reserved sound. Of course, that doesn’t mean Alt-J isn’t afraid to still get weird, as evidenced on the shifty “Every Other Freckle,” but the band also provides some lovely sonic tableaus, including “Bloodflood pt. II” and the band’s “Nara” trilogy. This Is All Yours doesn’t have as many memorable moments as An Awesome Wave, but it’s a commendable sophomore effort. – Alex Bieler

Sondre Lerche Womens Haircuts $35 and up Please Mona Mens Haircuts $20 and up

hile the majority of Please was written before his 2013 divorce, Sondre Lerche’s split from his Wthen-wife can’t help but hang over the Norwegian singer/songwriter’s seventh full-length studio album. The 32-year-old Lerche certainly has a knack for making breezy, jazz-tinged pop music that’s easy on the ears, but Please understandably adds some extra bite to his charming oeuvre. The normally affable musician takes some shots on the jaunty kick-off track “Lucifer,” panacheerie.com with Lerche dropping lines like “When you’re with me I don’t understand why on Earth we would 814.838.3333 ever speak again” and “All I want to do is strike a match, set fire to you.” In addition to demonical- 2501 West 12th St ly-themed numbers, Lerche sprinkles in some dance-worthy rock amid his usual charming pop with the twitchy, glitchy “Bad Law.” Even with the somber themes, Lerche oozes charisma on Yorktown Centre Please, and pop fans should be thankful. – Alex Bieler

Robert Plant lullaby and... THE CEASELESS ROAR Nonesuch Records

ep fans that pine for a reunion tour might as well stop wishing. It’s clear that Robert Plant is Zperfectly happy doing what he’s currently doing – which is performing with other extraordi- nary musicians as interested in creating new soundscapes as he is. The former rock god collabo- rates with a cadre of world instrumentalists to craft music as fresh as anything you will hear this year. The album opens with a mingling of African rhythms, psychedelic tumult, and banjo on a reimagining of the American folk song “Little Maggie.” The rest of the songs are all originals from Plant and the band, including the great concert shout-along “Turn It Up.” Of course none of this will receive any airplay on any commercial radio station, so if you want to be able to say you loved this record before it’s announced for its inevitable Grammy Award, buy it now. Then listen to it over and over and over again. – Bryan Toy

#Rosbox: Coming Out the Box Vol.1 Various Artists Roswell Enterprise

gain I repeat: Erie’s music scene is more vibrant than the scene in some cities thrice her size, Aand our hip-hop community is probably the most energetic portion thereof; for proof, one needs to look no further than this compilation album recorded, mixed, and mastered (mostly) by insanely talented local producer Doc Proto featuring local heavies C. Brown, Neiman, and Jonny Evans along with a dozen-odd others of varying consequence. But here’s the part where I cut a switch – “One Erie One Love” needs “One Erie Tough Love” sometimes… and, well, there’s some really terrible performances on this album. Terrible. But buy the album and decide for yourself, because the bad stuff doesn’t quite outweigh the good stuff here; however, I think some of the artists on this album still have some grindin’ to do before they’re allowed out the box again. – Cory Vaillancourt

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buy them at AJ's in the Colony Plaza. ​Street Fasionista LM: You work in a more professional envi- ronment, correct? It's easy to get into a rou- Professional, polished, and dynamic: Amanda Prischak tine - black pants and top one day, wrap dress the next, same black pants with a different By: Lili Morton top the third. How do you keep your work wardrobe fresh and fun? s Sunday comes to an end and Mon- AP: I have a file of magazine clips and a Pin- day rears its ugly head, we are faced terest board devoted to looks I want to try. I Awith a familiar question: What will I often turn to them for inspiration. One small wear to work today? tweak, like tying a scarf a new way, can add a You can bet this issue’s Street Fashionista whole new look to something you've worn a has the answer. million times. After living in New York City for six years, LM: Outside of the office, you are very in- Amanda Prischak has mastered the art of volved with Erie County Historical Society, creating a business-casual look that is pro- a friend of the Erie Community Foundation, fessional, yet polished and dynamic. For and have helped Orphan Angels Cat Sanctu- many, work wear can become routine, which ary with their fundraising efforts. I’ve also leads down that slippery slope to dull and seen you at events supporting the Erie Art ordinary. But not for Amanda, who works as Museum. When you have an event after a Senior Content Development Specialist at work, what are some tips/tricks you can share Erie Insurance. on taking your look from the desk to dinner? If you’re tired of wearing the same old black AP: Honestly, I will probably wear what I slacks and a blouse to work, read on to learn wore to work. A fresh coat of red lipstick is what Amanda does to keep her look fresh about all I do to jazz it up for an evening ac- and fun. tivity. Lili Morton: When would you say you first LM: Least favorite trend? started to take an interest in style and devel- AP: I find culottes to be a really weird look. oping your own? LM: Favorite online retailers? Amanda Prischak: My mother claims I AP: Kate Spade Saturday, Rue La La, Boden

was obsessed with clothes and hair accesso- PHOTO CONTRIBUTED USA, Vineyard Vines, Banana Republic. ries as a toddler, so it goes way back! For me, LM: Prints or solids? I remember being drawn toward dresses as a AP: Tough question! I like them both, but if preschooler. I loved pairing them with tights, local! way too small for me, but there's a lot of sen- I had to pick one, I'd go with solids. They are my Mary Janes, whatever. That affinity con- LM: Less or more? timental value to them. classic and give you more of an opportunity tinues today; I much prefer dresses and skirts AP: Definitely less. I look for clothes that LM: If you could hire any fashion designer to accessorize. to pants. have an interesting cut or elegant draping or to create a wardrobe just for you, who would LM: Current go-to look? LM: You lived in New York City for six that are made of beautiful material like cash- it be? AP: A figure-flattering jersey dress. So years. Has your style changed since moving mere rather than loud pieces. AP: Oscar de la Renta, hands down. Every- comfortable and you never, ever need to iron back home to Erie? LM: What are three items in your closet you thing he does is beautiful, unique, and time- it either! AP: In my 20s, I bought all kinds of clothes could never, ever get rid of? less. LM: Finish the statement: “I'm inspired from places like H&M and churned through AP: No. 1: A fur stole from J.C. Kramer, a LM: What is one trend (or two) you wish by…” them fast since they were pretty inexpensive. fur maker in Erie that's no longer around. would go away? AP: Old-school screen sirens like Grace These days, I invest in timeless, higher-qual- (Another piece from my boyfriend – what AP: If we're talking about Erie, pajama Kelly, Rita Hayworth and Jane Russell. Their ity pieces. I would also say my look is more can I say, he has great taste!). No. 2: A big pants in public. Definitely pajama pants in look was beautiful, feminine and provocative conservative now that I work for an insur- coat made with fur trim that was made by public. in a very subtle way. Everything was so ele- ance company – and I no longer live in any- Eskimos. I found it in front of someone's LM: What will you be investing in this fall gant back then. thing-goes NYC. brownstone in Brooklyn during a crazy sum- (if anything)? LM: Favorite accessory? mer heat wave. It was there for the taking, so AP: I am in the market for some new cor- Lili Morton can be contacted at LMorton@ AP: Right now, it would be two necklaces that's what I did. I get so many compliments duroy pieces, because nothing says fall like ErieReader.com, and you can follow my boyfriend bought me: a pearl pendant on it and it seriously saved me during the corduroy. I am also hoping to buy some more her on Twitter @SatinAndScotch. from Ralph Miller Jewelers and a rose gold Polar Vortex. No. 3: I have some clothes my Lisette pants; they are a favorite of Oprah To follow this story or comment, necklace with three diamonds in a curved grandma wore when she was a secretary for because they literally make you look a size scan the QR code or visit underside from Lighthouse Jewelers – buy Erie Insurance founder H.O. Hirt. They are smaller while being very, very comfortable. I http://erirdr.com/ugdov.

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Geeked Out Tech Bits Local Writer Pens New Noir Graphic Novel and Heads Off to NYC Comic Con DHL to Begin Deliveries by Drone in Germany

By: John Lindvay By: Mark Scott

oros: A Hard Boiled Hero is a rough and tumble anti-hero Mgraphic novel created by lo- cal student and aspiring writer Josh- ua Lucas. Dripping in noir trappings, the first volume of Moros is available now, and with this work, Lucas is looking to take on character arche- types like Batman and Rorschach but give them a more grisly twist. The book opens, “In the town of Bay UNTEN44 City, like much of America, there is little in the way of hope.” Loosely n the world of drones, Europe is out to show that whatever inspired by Erie, Lucas begins to re- the United States can do, it can do better. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO CONTRIBUTED veal the world of Moros to us. Bay I That’s the plan for Friday, when a small pilotless aircraft, or City is being overrun with a new The first volume of Moros: A drone, owned by the German logistics company DHL is expect- drug: Juice. When a user is “Juiced his chaotic city. Hard Boiled Hero is out now. ed to take off and ferry medicine to Juist, a sparsely populated up,” they are elevated to a hyper, Lucas explains that he wants Mo- island off the northwestern coast of Germany. adrenaline-induced state, feeling no ros to go where more traditional The flight — expected to take as long as 30 minutes, depending pain and able to push their muscles anti-heroes, like Dredd and Batman, an argument that what they did was on weather conditions — would be the first time a drone with- beyond their limits. Juice is turning don’t dare. He wants him to be able good.” out the aid of even a land-based pilot has been authorized for low-level thugs into mini ‘roided-out to embrace the devil, to have the Lucas, like many writers before regular use in Europe, the company said. hulks with a stranglehold around ends justify the means. him, wants to wrestle with this It also follows in the footsteps of similar drone delivery plans the cities throat. This is something, Lucas admits, theme of redemption and self-righ- by American technology giants. that to “anyone who is going to fight teous martyrdom, leaving readers to Like Amazon, which is running tests in Canada, and Google, crime, is insane. They aren’t well.” wonder: Can Moros, who is already which is conducting tests in Australia, DHL is hoping its month- Perhaps people After reading the first volume, I first filthy from the sins of his past, find long trial will prove that the technology — dubbed parcelcop- questioned just why Ed hates his redemption by embracing the beast? ter — can replace some of the traditional ways of delivering par- who are broken, or boss. Sure, what anti-hero archetype I would be remiss if I didn’t mention cels to remote locations. does like his boss and the oppressive- the fantastic drawing by Tamal Saha. Yet while Google and Amazon have outlined plans to poten- wrong, bad, evil — ly numbing authority – and perhaps Lucas says he had been searching for tially roll out their drone services across large areas, DHL said the chief is a little smug – but where the right artist for a long time; he that it probably would not expand the trial across its global de- whatever you want exactly is Ed’s rage coming from? found Tamal online through social livery network. Can this ex-military PTSD-inflicted media, and they now work together Instead, the German logistics company said the drone technol- to call it — can still vigilante be trusted? What will we remotely since Tamal lives in India. ogy could be used in special situations — in remote locations, for do good. soon come to know about him – and Tamal had the right style and under- example — where it is more cost-effective to use an unmanned his new identity: Moros? standing of what Lucas wanted to aircraft than to send a delivery van or a bike messenger. “You should be questioning Ed’s achieve in Moros, Lucas explains. That’s the case for DHL’s delivery service from Norden, near the Enter our anti-hero: Edward logic and the way he sees the world,” It is exciting to see local writers northwestern city of Bremen, to Juist, a German island with a Knight, an ex-military-type turned Lucas says. And this is the part of the producing content. Lucas is current- population of fewer than 2,000 people. As part of the trial, DHL police detective. Like most noir de- narrative Lucas seems most interest- ly prepping for the upcoming New is expected to send medications twice a day, weather permit- tectives, Ed hates his boss, red-tape, ed in exploring. He argues that the York City Comic Con, which runs ting. The deliveries will take place when alternatives, like the and criminal scum all the same. I prevailing theme of morality in the Oct. 9 to 12, where he will be showing local ferry or aircraft services, are not available. would classify Ed as “chaotic lawful,” graphic novel is that nobody’s per- his comic to fans, as well as courting When DHL’s drone, which weighs just under three pounds, for all you archetype buffs out there. fect. And perhaps people who are publishers and industry people to lands on the island, one of the company’s couriers will then de- He is the law the same way Judge broken, or wrong, bad, evil—what- help gain traction for his book, as liver the packages to local residents, a spokeswoman said. Dredd or Batman are the law: They ever you want to call it—can still do touring with one’s work is an essen- One of the major stumbling blocks for companies like Ama- also know what is righteous, yet good. tial part of working in industries like zon and Google has been a lack of regulatory approval for drone the actions they often commit will “People have said to me that the sto- comics and video games. Now Erie flights. Earlier this year, for example, the Federal Aviation Ad- have the reader wondering if these ry is devoid of morality,” Lucas says. has a creative ambassador heading ministration banned a proposed aerial delivery service in Min- protagonists and narrators are truly “And I strongly disagree with that.” to show some of the cool things we nesota that would have ferried beer from a brewery to nearby trustworthy. It is interesting to ponder, however, have cooking from our home town. ice fishers. In Ed’s case, he’s tired of being when does the morality show up in To avoid similar problems, DHL said that it had worked with blocked by corruption and bureau- this story? In the first volume of the A digital copy of the first volume the German air traffic agency and the country’s Ministry of cratic red tape, so he decides to go book, Ed is fighting against his boss, of Moros: A Hard Boiled Hero Transport and Digital Infrastructure to create a restricted flight rogue and become a vigilante. Don- criminals, and his own skeletons. can be found online at: Facebook. zone for the company’s drone project. The aircraft will hover ning a mask and choosing to fight Lucas explains with an historic ex- com/MorosAHardBoiledHero. 100 feet off the ground and reach speeds of up to 40 miles per fire with fire, Ed hits up one of his ample: hour during the seven-mile journey from the mainland to Juist. informants for a package of Juice. “Rockefeller, and a lot of the Amer- John Lindvay can be contacted at While the technology for DHL’s drone project, which began The only way to fight the beast, Ed ican titans of industry, stepped on [email protected], and you last year, has been well tested, a major stumbling block for the reasons, is to become the beast, as we the backs of people, and so to speak, can follow him on Twitter trial may be something the logistics company cannot control: soon see Ed juice up and raids a drug ruined a lot of people’s lives. But if @FightStrife. To follow the weather. High winds forecast off the German coast for Fri- deal, as he embarks on his path as you look at what they manifest and this story or comment, day could delay the initial flight. the title character and goes beyond how many people were helped by scan the QR code or visit © The New York Times 2014 // Sponsored by Epic WebStudios the law to attempt to restore order to industry, you could make a utilitari- http://erirdr.com/m7uzj.

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ER Sports WEST MIDDLESEX PIGSKIN PICKS 42 Youngsville 12 It’s time for midterm grades and the Erie Reader Super Seven GREENVILLE 28 Reynolds 12 WEEK 6 COLLEGES SLIPPERY ROCK 21 SLIPPERY ROCK General McLane 20 By James R. LeCorchick HIGH SCHOOLS 31 Gannon 28 SHARON 27 Northwestern 24 West Middlesex IUP 24 Edinboro 21 Central Tech 38 Local Football Update — High School For the seasons, the Falcons get an A grade, 27 MERCER 14 MERCYHURST 21 Clarion 20 KARNS CITY 20 and the only reason they didn’t get an T’S HARD TO believe the high football SHARPSVILLE 21 California (PA) 38 ST. MARY’S 36 East 14 A-plus is I don’t give that out – although I Lakeview 20 season is already half done, gridiron fans SETON HILL 20 BEST GAMES: enjoying the action so far – especially the was semi-tempted here. WILMINGTON 26 Stanford 20 NOTRE DAME 17 I Reynolds 20 1. Seneca at Iroquois – Two surprising Central Tech Falcons. However, Meanwhile, Cathedral Prep continued OREGON 38 Arizona 24 MAPLEWOOD 32 evenly-matched squads it’s not that shocking to the Erie Reader fans, roll, as the Ramblers were also undefeated Saegertown 14 Louisville 27 SYRACUSE 24 that are fun to watch. as they were clued in ahead of time as CT against a tough schedule by stopping Cleve- CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS MISSISSIPPI STATE 2. Cambridge Springs at was featured prominently in this publica- land Glenville, Strong Vincent, McDowell, 22 Cochranton 21 28 Texas A&M 27 Girard – Two programs tion before the season even began. DuBois, and Rochester Aquinas. IROQUOIS 49 Youngsville 18 LSU 24 AUBURN 21 headed in right direction. USC 27 Arizona State 26 3. General McLane at With Coach entering his fourth Once again, Rambler coach Eisenhower 28 Rob Matz Mike Mis- UNION CITY 12 VIRGINIA 21 Pitt 20 Slippery Rock – Could season as boss of the Falcons, it appeared continues to add to his glossy coach- go either way. chler TITUSVILLE 26 Corry 20 his program was taking hold, and that cer- ing mark. PROS HICKORY 22 Greenville 21 COLLEGES tainly turned out to be true as the Falcons I’m giving CP a B grade, as expectations are Browns 24 TITANS 20 Slippery Rock 28 WARREN 12 GANNON 28 Mercyhurst 20 roared to a 5-0 mark without even being always high at the West 10th Street school, Sharon 27 GROVE CITY 24 LIONS 27 Bills 21 tested. And CT did it the old-fashioned Steelers 31 JAGUARS 17 Edinboro 20 CLARION 17 the lack of a solid passing attack keeping Girard 20 FAIRVIEW 16 IUP 32 Seton Hill 14 way, running the single-wing offense while Prep from an A. However, with a strong de- NORTH EAST 17 Seneca 14 PACKERS 34 Vikings 21 everyone else was turning to pro sets and GIANTS 27 Falcons 24 CALIFORNIA (PA) 31 fense and potential for a very good passing FORT LeBOEUF 28 Slippery Rock 28 49ERS 27 Chiefs 20 spread formations. game, an A is a distinct possibility. Mercyhurst Prep 14 STANFORD 27 Matz has done wonders, and the future is NORTHWESTERN 26 PATRIOTS 31 Bengals 28 Washington State 20 Another school acing the first half is Gi- Harbor Creek 20 bright with solid freshman and junior var- CHARGERS 21 Jets 20 Flordia State 38 rard, the Yellow Jackets of Coach Jim Funk DUBOIS 35 Oil City 34 sity programs. SYRACUSE 20 showing great balance with a potent offense Meadville 22 CONNEAUT 20 WEEK 7 Oregon 38 UCLA 27 Relying heavily on the running game, the and a strong defense. The “O” is led by ju- Bradford 26 FRANKLIN 24 HIGH SCHOOLS ALABAMA 31 ARKANSAS 21 Falcons have been nearly unstoppable as nior RB Kel Barnes, one of the more explo- McDOWELL 31 General MISSISSIPPI STAE they have pounded Warren, General Mc- sive runners in the area. McLane 28 Dubois 45 BRADFORD 20 24 Auburn 20 Lane, Strong Vincent, Meadville, and Brad- Again, the jackets get a solid A so far. CATHEDRAL PREP 27 Fairview 35 FRANKLIN 18 TEXAS A&M 30 Ole Miss 28 ford. As a matter of fact, the 64-28 blasting Central Tech 24 CATHEDRAL PREP 27 Michigan State 38 Purdue 14 of Bradford showed the depth that is also Erie Reader Super Seven so far: Strong Vincent 34 East 20 BUFFALO ST. FRANCIS 19 NOTRE DAME 31 being developed when was 1. Cathedral Prep MAPLEWOOD 30 North Carolina 27 Eddie Leggett BEST GAMES: Mercyhurst Prep 20 2. Central Tech Penn State 42 Michigan 20 needed to step in at running back because 1. Central Tech at Cathedral NORTH EAST 20 of injuries and did a “fair” job. 3. Girard Prep – Falcons looking to Strong Vincent 12 PROS 4. McDowell All the junior speedster did was rush 21 shock the world. And could! Fort LeBoeuf 24 CORRY 13 5. Slippery Rock BILLS 27 Patriots 24 times for 329 yards and six touchdowns, 2. General McLane at OIL CITY 28 Titusville 20 6. General McLane, McDowell – Lancers Steelers 31 BROWNS 21 ending with 40 points for the evening when CONNEAUT 20 Mercer 16 7. Cambridge Springs starting to hit their stride Packers 27 DOLPHINS 20 he added a pair of two-point conversions. in playoff preview. GIRARD 27 Cambridge FALCONS 31 Bears 28 Springs 21 Local Football 3. Greenville at Hickory SEAHAWKS 21 Cowboys 20 HICKORY 14 Wilmington 14 Update — College – Either one of these EAGLES 28 Giants 7 two teams could be D-10 Lakeview 42 Gannon Universi- Class AA champions SAEGERTOWN 14 A look back at weeks four and five: ty was expected to be Seneca 20 IROQUOIS 14 UPSET SPECIALS: Week 4 – High Schools: good in the pre-season, HARBOR CREEK 48 Central Tech – CP hasn’t Union City 12 16-3; Colleges: 4-1; Pros 1-2 but the Golden Knights seen an offense like SHARPSVILLE 28 Total for week: 21-6 have exceeded expec- this in a long time. Eisenhower 8 Week 5 – High Schools tations, dispensing of General McLane gets MEADVILLE 35 Warren 16 15-6; Colleges 4-2; Pros 1-1 better every week, and Southern Connecticut FARRELL 34 Grove City 22 Total for week: 20-9 State, Cheyney, Kutz- the Trojans are struggling with new system. CLEVELAND ST. IGNATIUS SEASON RECORD: 68-26 town, and Clarion to 34 McDowell 18 open the season. The Golden Knights are an extremely physical est of them all was a last-second loss to the group on both sides of tests down the stretch. However, the Lakers Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Bucs winless at the ball. and Fighting Scots must be given a D grade. the time and regarded as the worst team in GU has an extremely Local Football Update — Professional the NFL. rough schedule the re- The Bills and Browns receive a grade of After a month of the NFL season, each the CONTRIBUTED PHOTO CONTRIBUTED mainder of the way, but C-plus, because expectations weren’t very Bills, Steelers, and Browns have had ups and the Knights will make high to begin with, and the Steelers check downs. it tough for any of their in with a C-minus, as people tend to expect Dollinger Field is serene looking in opponents to grab a win. The ups for Buffalo includes a 2-0 start, the more out of the Black and Gold. this photo, but it will be a different There’s no doubt GU deserves an A, so far. ups for the Browns a win over the Saints and couple of heart-breaking losses to the James R. LeCorchick can be contacted at look when thousands of fans Meanwhile, both Mercyhurst and Edin- Steelers and Ravens, while the Steelers’ up [email protected], converge on the site for a meeting boro are still looking to pull it together, as is an impressive win over Carolina and the and you can follow him on Twitter between undefeated Central Tech and the two schools have yet to post a victory. To downs – and they are ugly downs – are the @JRLSports. To follow this story their defense, both programs opened with undefeated Cathedral Prep. second half of the Browns’ game and an or comment, scan the QR code murderous schedules and will face tough ugly loss to the Ravens. However, the ugli- or visit http://erirdr.com/uhsla.

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