Sept. 24-26, 2018 OPTIMISTIC? Only Three Sexual Assaults Reported During This Semester’S ‘Red Zone,’ but That Might Not Tell the Full Story

Vol. 119, No. 11 Sept. 24-26, 2018 OPTIMISTIC? Only three sexual assaults reported during this semester’s ‘Red Zone,’ but that might not tell the full story

By Elena Rose The Daily Collegian

Three. This is the number of reported sexual assaults Penn State Univer- sity Police has received since students re- turned for classes nearly six processes and weeks ago. procedures,” That time frame corre- McPherson said. sponds with the Red Zone, “[Something] you the first six weeks of classes expect when you’re when the majority of sexual doing prevention out- assaults occur on college reach is a lot of aware- campuses. ness around it. It’s the “If there’s just [three] re- time we’re in.” ported sexual assaults, I In the era of #MeToo — as can say with absolute cer- well as other social and polit- tainty that [those are] not ical movements that provide all the sexual assaults that voices to those who have are happening on this cam- been sexually assaulted — who pus or near this campus,” McPherson said it’s easy to seek said Jennifer Pencek, the imagine more people will re- help programming coordinator at port because others assume through Penn State’s Gender Equity they feel more comfortable the GEC, Center. or supported. Pencek According to Penn State’s Reports show that has not said, shows Timely Warnings, the past been the case — at least there have three years’ worth of report- since the #MeToo move- been far more ed sexual assaults at the uni- ment arose — in State Col- sexual assaults versity haven’t consistently lege. than those re- matched Red Zone indica- The first sexual assault of ported to police. tors. If anything, the number this semester was reported According to Pencek, who that statistic, 8.8 percent of of sexual assaults reported to University Police on Sept. has worked at the GEC for those are female and 2.2 per- to University Police and the 8. Two additional assaults the past five years, the center cent are male. were both reported on Sept. dates in which they occurred assists between 100 to 130 in- In total, this means rough- 21, with two females alleging dividuals who were sexually seem to stagger arbitrari- ly 6,000 Penn State students they were assaulted by the assaulted each year. It is also ly, with little are sexually assaulted every consistency same individ- predicted that many other school year. from Red Zone “We’re starting to ual. individuals do not report or to Red Zone. see some of those At the cur- seek help through resources Additionally, it is predicted In spring shifts in greater rent point in like the GEC. that 21 percent of transgen- 2015, four sex- society. We could this semester On average, only 27.5 sexual der, genderqueer and non- — as students assaults have been reported conforming students will ual assaults hope that the were reported enter the each year since spring 2015. experience sexual assault in during the Red numbers are go- sixth week At best, this means slightly college, according to RAINN. Zone, all with- ing down, [but] I of classes — over one-fourth of the sexual Further, RAINN concluded in a two-week really don’t know if an average assault cases handled at the that most sexual assaults on period. That that would be the of 4.3 sexual GEC are also reported to college campuses tend to oc- assaults are University Police. was the same cur in August, September, case.” typically re- Pencek noted individuals case the fol- October or November — a lowing fall. Sarah McPherson ported to Uni- often are not comfortable standard that continues to No sexual Director of Outreach and versity Police. enough to report sexual as- assaults were Education for CCWRC In the past saults to police for myriad fluctuate at Penn State. reported in six Red Zones reasons — most notably, due While McPherson and the spring 2016 at Penn State, to fearing disbelief from oth- Pencek hypothesized about Red Zone, with the fall 2016 just 28 sexual assaults have ers, blame and potential re- the low rate of reported sex- Red Zone containing five re- been reported. To McPher- percussions that reporting ual assaults, they admitted ported sexual assaults. son, it would be a relief to may bring in addition to their there is no easy explanation There were five reports of believe the number of sexual traumas. for why they dip and peak sexual assault in the spring assaults is decreasing. “Do we live in a time where throughout semesters. Uni- 2017 Red Zone. Like this year, She’s not quite sure if she survivors are always feel versity Police also did not does, though. only three were reported like they’re supported?” provide comment in time for last fall. However, this past “Things are shifting as Pencek asked. “There’s still publication. spring semester five sexual far as getting information so much victim blaming that assaults were reported in out there, training preven- happens — and I can’t speak In the meantime, though, the Red Zone. tion and awareness around for all victims or survivors, Pencek said it is important Sarah McPherson, direc- the #MeToo movement,” obviously — but I think for students do the best they tor of outreach and educa- McPherson said. “We’re some things, they could just can to support victims as tion for the Centre County starting to see some of those be very much afraid of what they handle the traumas that Women’s Resource Center, shifts in greater society. We might happen to them.” come with sexual assault. finds the seemingly arbitrary could hope that the numbers According to a study con- “The more that we can sup- fluctuation of sexual assault are going down, [but] I really ducted by Rape, Abuse & In- port these people, perhaps reports puzzling. don’t know if that would be cest National Network, 11.2 you would see more of them “You kind of expect [re- the case.” percent of all undergraduate feel comfortable to come for- porting] numbers to go up, To others like Pencek from and graduate students will ward,” Pencek said. because you’re getting that the Gender Equity Center, experience sexual assault information to more people that’s harder to believe. through physical force, vio- To email reporter: [email protected]. and hopefully improving The amount of students lence or incapacitation. Of Follow her on Twitter at @eljoro123. Page 2 | SePT. 24-26, 2018 local The Daily Collegian It’s poppIn’ THE F.L.Y. MovEMEnT Former track and field runner educates athletes on body image, social media

Eric Firestine/Collegian Pop Up Ave was held on South Fraser Street between College and Beaver Avenues on Saturday, Sept. 22. Fourty-four vendors sold vintage clothing, art and food. ‘Code for Her’ is breaking gender barriers in STEM By Maddie Aiken lation or a society, then you get a [Code for Her workshop] felt The Daily Collegian lot of male-driven ideas and tech- very welcoming. It doesn’t feel nology. Other people might have competitive. It feels like we’re With no background experi- good ideas who aren’t even in the all here to learn together.” Courtesy of Megan Marshall ence in coding, Penn State librar- room.” As a French major and a biol- ian Carmen Cole might not seem She said the industry not only ogy minor, Belmonte said com- Megan Marshall (right), founder of the F.L.Y Movement, aims to teach like the most likely person to be- needs more gender diversity, but munication is key to expanding athletes about body image and social media. gin a coding workshop at Penn more racial diversity, as well. her own world. She sees coding State. Peña added if women learn as a new language that she is ex- By Caitlyn Frolo use in her solo workshops. However, Cole’s inexperience how to code, it will add to their cited to learn. The Daily Collegian After the first workshop, Mar- did not stop her last spring from critical-thinking abilities. Coding “I see coding as the future in shall said the movement had founding Code for Her, a program teaches participants how to prob- every language — something Megan Marshall, a business more opportunities in the State which seeks to teach female and lem solve, just as the humanities that’s universal,” she said. “Ev- core administrator for the Smeal College area. She holds work- gender-diverse students, faculty would, she said. eryone across the globe is learn- College of Business, knows first- shops in her free time, mostly and staff how to code. Participants might not go on ing how to code and learning hand how body image can influ- in the evening, adding that her Code for Her is unique in that, to pursue a career in coding, but how to communicate with our ence a decline in mental health. business administration job al- to Cole’s knowledge, it is the only Cole and Peña said they hope the technology.” Marshall was a runner for lows her the flexibility to go on collegiate-level program in the class benefits the participants by This semester, participants Penn State’s track and field retreats. country targeted at women and giving them knowledge they can can use the web development team from 2004 to 2008. She The workshops are catered gender-diverse individuals. use, and potentially continue to skills they learn to create web- found the new experience to be to each team or group’s needs, “By having these workshops, pursue, in the future. sites, games or portfolios. Peña vastly different from high school and Marshall said they revolve we are giving women the confi- While organizations like Girls said web development is an track. around body image, social media dence to say, ‘Yeah, I can do this,’” Who Code target girls under age important skill for beginners to Marshall referred to mental and comparison traps in social Cole, the information sciences 18, the organization is founded on learn because there is a high health in athletics as the “se- media. and business li- the principle that payoff rate, meaning there is im- cret side of athletics” that isn’t “Social media can be a good aison librarian, “By having these a woman at any mediately something to show for talked about. It’s what inspired thing, and it will be in our lives said. “It’s free, age can learn their actions. her to start The Fuel. Love. You. forever,” Marshall said. “Genera- it’s not credit- workshops, we are how to code. In “I think web development is Movement, or F.L.Y. for short. tions now are growing up with it, bearing, and it’s giving women the addition, it seeks cool and empowering,” Peña, “Coming from high school so how does that impact their an empowering to provide par- who majored in web develop- to college, I really had no idea body image?” environment.” confidence to say, ticipants with ment as an undergraduate stu- what to expect, and I was really Marshall said she focuses on It’s no secret ‘Yeah, I can do this.’ a face-to-face dent, said. “It makes people con- excited and just a really strong research around social media that computer community set- fident when they do something, person as far as feeling comfort- and body image, as well as tools programming It’s an empowering ting where they type it up, save it and see it. It able with myself, how I looked teams can use to combat nega- is a male-domi- environment.” can learn, ask can be interactive, too. It doesn’t and my abilities,” Marshall said. tive effects from social media. nated industry. questions, get to close people in or hinder peo- However, Marshall quickly Self-talk, therapeutic journ- According to Carmen Cole know one anoth- ple because there are so many learned the environment of her aling and learning how to get research by the Founder of Code for Her er and have fun things you can do on a website.” track and field team would force away from the distractions of cell nonprofit orga- together. Christina Cafaro is also en- her to question her confidence. phones are all tips Marshall rec- nization Girls “I know for rolled in this semester’s Code “The team culture and the ommends because she person- Who Code, only me personally, for Her program. Cafaro (soph- culture that the coach promoted ally used them in recovery. 24 percent of computer scientists I never thought that this was omore-marketing) initially be- was that you had to be thinner Marshall said she has done two were women in 2017 — a 13 per- something that I could pursue came interested in coding after to be faster and focusing just on workshops now with Club Cross cent decrease compared to 1995 or do because I didn’t know any reading “Lean In” by Sheryl your body instead of your men- Country and the Lionettes, Penn data. women who did it,” Cole said. “I Sandberg. tal health,” Marshall said. State’s dance team. Cole was inspired to create have the feeling that no matter Cafaro had tried to teach Marshall was injured and de- “Megan promised us that she Code for Her when she heard what age you are, you can learn herself with online courses but veloped anxiety and depression, could help our team become Reshma Saujani, the founder of these skills.” none of the websites she looked which lead to an undiagnosed more aware of how our team’s Girls Who Code, deliver the key- Code for Her officially launched at had a set curriculum. In ad- eating disorder for 10 years. She behaviors can positively or nega- note speech at the 2017 American last spring with informal work- dition, any college courses she would receive compliments af- tively affect individuals’ experi- Library Association Annual Con- shops. Over 60 students applied found that taught coding were ter losing weight. ences, so we were all for bringing ference. for the spring workshops and fac- computer science classes. “It was a negative environ- her in,” Raymond Friend, Club Despite founding the program, ulty and staff members reached When she learned about Code ment for me,” Marshall said. Cross Country co-president, said. Cole will sit in with participants out to Cole asking if they could for Her, she was excited to learn “At that time, I felt like sports Friend (senior-mathematics to learn about programming lan- also learn how to code. that Penn State was offering the in general, eating disorders and physics) said Marshall was guages like HTML, CSS and Ja- Cole decided to make Code for workshops. weren’t something that was able to break down barriers keep- vaScript. Joslenne Peña, a gradu- Her into a more formalized ini- “This evens the playing field,” talked about.” ing the teammates from being ate assistant, teaches the classes, tiative this semester. She hired Cafaro said. “There are engi- Marshall was afraid to speak totally open with each other and while Kathyleen O’Leary, the pro- Peña and O’Leary (junior-infor- neering and computer courses up about her disorder for years helped the team to establish per- gram’s intern, helps participants. mation services and technology) that are more directed toward and eventually began telling her sonal bonds. Code for Her has two sections to teach the workshop and make men. I think everyone should story to people who were pas- Marshall is currently nine — one for students and another more marketing and recruitment have the opportunity to learn sionate about speaking out for months pregnant and is taking a for faculty and staff. The two- efforts. how to build, create and make mental health. break from workshops until the hour-long classes, which take In total, over 200 students, fac- things.” “There is freedom to speaking spring, when she will speak at place on Tuesdays and Thurs- ulty and staff applied for the fall While O’Leary, the program’s out and every Stockton Uni- days, teach 25 students and 24 workshops. With so many appli- intern, was able to teach herself time it gets “It was a negative versity in New faculty or staff members. cants and limited space, Cole and how to code in high school, she easier to talk Jersey as a part Cole and Peña (graduate-infor- Peña had to choose who to accept said many don’t have the time to about,” Mar- environment for of its mental mation sciences and technology) into the workshops. They said the learn how to code on their own. shall said. “I me. At that time, health aware- said they believe greater female selection process was a mix of O’Leary was excited to apply got fed up with ness week. and gender-diverse representa- random sampling and choosing for Code for Her’s internship athletics and I felt like sports Marshall said tion is very important in STEM applicants who demonstrated a last semester because she felt the culture in general, eating her family and and tech-related fields. strong interest in the program. the program was an excellent of, ‘let’s talk friends give her Peña said there are many rea- Clare Belmonte is one of the 25 opportunity to empower women. about con- disorders weren’t the strength sons why women should learn to students enrolled in Code for Her “There are other resources, cussions and something that was to pursue this code, citing that it will increase this semester. While Belmonte but it can be intimidating going stress frac- movement and diversity in programming-related (senior-French) had some prior into a male-dominated space,” tures’ — the talked about.” speak about fields. coding knowledge, she did not O’Leary said. “Code for Her is a physical side her struggles. Megan Marshall “When you’re talking about have enough to take her to the welcoming and engaging space of things.” She grew up teamwork, collaboration, build- next level of programming. for women and gender-diverse Now, she’s Founder of the F.L.Y. Movement as one of four girls and the ing a product, and anything with “In past workshops I’ve taken, students, faculty and staff.” able to teach web development or coding, it’s it’s been predominantly male,” others about tight bond she always nice to have a diverse per- Belmonte said. “For me person- To email reporter: [email protected]. body image or help student ath- had with her siblings gave her the resilience and strength to get spective,” Peña said. “If you only ally, I don’t think that’s affected Follow her on Twitter at @madsaiken. letes who had an experience have males designing for a popu- me that much, but sitting in the much like hers. through her college track and Marshall partnered with Jody field experience. Whipple, a registered dietician “I think a lot of the hardships in the Centre County area, who me and my family went through had worked for 15 years in the prepared me for my future,” Mar- field. shall said. “I also learned to use a “We thought about the idea of lot of resources in the community, doing workshops with teams to like counseling.” cultivate a safe space,” Marshall Marshall’s recovery led her said. “It wasn’t being offered at to her husband, who helped her Penn State so we started by to redefine who she was and re- offering a women’s running member what was fun and joyful retreat and did our first work- in her life before the eating disor- shop.” der. Their first workshop was held “I know I have been through re- in New Hampshire with Oiselle, lationships where I was trying to a women’s running company. get approval from somebody, and “We had a room full of women I think that’s almost how it was in of all ages, shapes and sizes,” college, getting approval from my Rebecca Trachsel, the Oiselle coaches,” Marshall said. Northeast Birdcamp director, To Marshall, learning to find said. “We all deal with body im- real relationships in life is para- age issues or know someone mount to combating body image who does. The message here is negativity in her own life and the powerful.” lives of others. Zack Gething/Collegian While Whipple no longer Joslenne Peña (graduate-information science technology) and Carmen Cole pose in the Business Building works on the movement, Mar- To email reporter: [email protected]. on Sept. 19. shall learned valuable tools to Follow her on Twitter at @caitlynfrolo. oPINIoNKelly Powers Kara Fesolovich Colsen Ackroyd SePT. 24-26, 2018 Editor in Chief Opinion Page Editor Business Manager Page 3 Gender ratios shouldn’t matter As time continues on, people have missed the institutions change and evolve message. in order to adapt to the public’s OUR VIEW Perhaps Homecoming needs needs. to completely rebrand its Penn State is no different. In honors in order to educate the April, the Penn State Homecoming’s Student Court is rest of the campus as to what Homecoming Executive Court their goals are. Still calling it and Royalty Committee the Student Court may lead to announced there would no gender-neutral — let’s treat it that way people remain thinking in a longer be a Homecoming king gendered way. and queen, and it would be of men and women. This makes emphasize this point, the two We cannot speak to the gen- There can still be a group of replaced with a gender-neutral the process more inclusive to top Student Court members, der ratio on the court, as we do students nominated to court. all students on campus. who previously would have not know the students’ gender represent Penn State who were There would still be 10 Theoretically, being more been king and queen, will be identities. chosen based off of their back- student representatives on a inclusive also means students recognized with the “Guide But, no matter, that shouldn’t ground and merits. It just Student Court, but there would chosen for the court will better State Forward Award.” be the point. wouldn’t be a “court” not have to be a certain quota represent our school. To This year will be the first Some have taken to anymore. Homecoming assuming the gender of the The Court is too closely implementing these members of the court and associated with the traditional changes. On Sept. 20, making the ratio of women to male and female roles of kings Penn State men the focal point of the and queens. While it would be a Homecoming announcement. little change, it may be the announced the However, the whole point of push people need to recognize gender-neutral court the change from king and this revamped Homecoming in a series of tweets. queen was to eliminate the process. The court consists gender aspect of the court. We shouldn’t need to have a of Noorein Ahmed, We should be focusing on the name change to stop looking at Elliot Bruce, accomplishments and the world as strictly male and Katierose Epstein, backgrounds of the chosen female. More people must be Bree Guy, Lulu members to see how they will educated about the focus on Hamm, Nick represent Penn State. achievements and the new Karafilis, Kylie Kuhns, It shouldn’t matter what gen- goals of this Homecoming Colleen McBride, der identity the students have selection process. Francesgladys Pulido since that has no impact as to Taking away the “king and and Olivia Rockwell. how they can serve our univer- queen” is a huge step in the Following the sity. right direction for Homecoming announcement, there The move to a gender-neu- becoming more inclusive. hasn’t been any tral court makes complete Unfortunately, there are still elaboration as to why sense. For competitions of going to be people stuck in a these students were merit like this, there is no rea- “king and queen” mindset as chosen or how they son to have an even ratio of we can see by the gender can “guide state men and women. comparisons that arose after forward.” But, it seems like some the court announcement.

MY VIEW | Tyler Olson neither Kavanaugh nor his accuser have strong evidence Editor’s Note: After this col- that was because she was wor- Kavanaugh does not have any sexual assault and sexual umn was written on Sept. 23, ried about Ford’s privacy. But other accusers or a pattern of harassment, especially in the another allegation from a dif- again, there were chances for harassing women or acting as a #MeToo era. Harvey Weinstein, ferent woman, her to ask about this in a confi- predator, he must be innocent. Roy Moore and more. But those which Kavana- dential setting and she did not. Or maybe he just made one particular cases and many oth- ugh disputes, The timing is suspicious and drunken mistake when he was ers had multiple accusers and Scan the QR code to download the was reported by clearly bad-faith political games- 17. corroborating evidence. That’s Spotlight app for iOS and Android the New Yorker. manship from the Democrats. Even if that is the case, and all seems to be missing in these smartphones. Results of the But the Democrats’ behavior he’s been a perfect example of accusations against Kavanaugh. allegation were does not necessarily reflect on an upstanding citizen since, it And we simply cannot ignore not clear by the the credibility of Ford herself. still does not disprove Ford’s the possible political motivations time of print. 4)The Washington Post report- accusations and it would still relating to Ford’s claims. Kava- We don’t know. ed that Ford will appear in an matter if Ford’s accusations are naugh’s nomination has been Olson That’s it. Right open hearing this Thursday, true. well-publicized from the begin- Collegian Inc. James Building, 123 S. Burrowes St. now, there’s Sept. 27 to testify to the Senate Conservative activist Ed ning, and a lot of people are State College, PA 16801-3882 ©2018 Collegian Inc. nothing else really to it. There Judiciary Committee. Ford will Whelan made – then deleted – a strongly opposed to it. But still, are a lot of people on both sides testify first, then Kavanaugh. Twitter thread that, using “evi- that possibility does not prove who want you to believe strongly The committee will not hear dence” from Zillow and Google that Ford’s lying. She’s put her- Board of Editors one way or the other, or who other witnesses in the hearing, Maps, speculated Ford may self and her family through a lot Editor in Chief claim they know the clear though it has reached out to have been assaulted by a class- of public difficulty in bringing Kelly Powers answer. other possible witnesses for mate of Kavanaugh’s who these accusations. But they don’t. They’re telling information in written state- looked like him. This is not how The fact is, even if Kavanaugh Managing Editor lies motivated by politics. ments. things like this are done and he is innocent, he will never be able Kara Duriez So what is it that we do know? 5)Ford’s team named three was rightly shamed into deleting to fully clear his reputation. And Digital Managing Editor 1)Christine Blasey Ford is a other witnesses who could pos- the thread. Ford will never be able to go Andrew Kalmowitz professor who alleges that when sibly corroborate her story. It’s good the Senate Judiciary back to living a normal life, no Opinions Editor she was 15 and Kavanaugh was Kavanaugh’s friend, Mark Committee is holding a hearing matter what the results say. Kara Fesolovich 17, he tried to sexually assault Judge, said he cannot remem- to get to the bottom of this — We can’t ram through a her at a party. She said he cor- ber the party or ever seeing but it probably shouldn’t be pub- Supreme Court nomination News Editor nered her in a room and tried to Kavanaugh behave as Ford lic. Not only does that put Ford while ignoring a woman’s claims Katie Johnston take her clothes off but could accuses. Patrick J. Smyth, under even more of a micro- of sexual assault. But we also Assistant News & Social Media Editor not because he was too drunk. another friend of Kavanaugh, scope, but we’ve seen the harm can’t let 30-plus-year-old claims Elena Rose She also alleges he covered her said essentially the same thing. that can be done to someone’s derail a man’s life and career Features & Investigation Editor mouth to prevent others from Ford also claims her lifelong reputation when they are without real, convincing evi- Alison Kuznitz hearing her cries for help, friend, Leland Ingham Keyser, allowed to be convicted of some- dence. It was too long ago, and according to the Washington was at the alleged party. Her thing like sexual assault in the neither the Judiciary Committee Arts & Lifestyle Editor Post. lawyer said, “Simply put, Ms. court of public opinion. nor the FBI will likely ever be Gabrielle Barone 2)Kavanaugh vehemently Keyser does not know Mr. Kava- Duke’s lacrosse team was able to prove beyond a reason- Sports Editor denies doing anything like what naugh and she has no recollec- accused of gang-raping a able doubt whether or not what Dylan Jacobs he is accused of to Ford or any- tion of ever being at a party or woman in 2006. It was shown to Ford claims happened, actually Assistant Sports Editor one else. gathering where he was pres- be false, but the men on the happened. It is up to each sena- Jake Aferiat 3)California Sen. Dianne Fein- ent, with, or without, Dr. Ford.” team were railroaded by the tor to decide Thursday whether stein knew about these allega- But again, this was over 30 prosecutor of the case, who was he or she thinks Kavanaugh is Sports Social Media Editor tions well before the Senate years ago. They could have sim- running for reelection at the probably innocent, or probably David Eckert Judiciary Committee hearings ply forgotten. time. The players dealt with guilty. It’ll be a judgement call Football Editor took place. Ford sent a letter to So we have the word of one death threats on a daily basis. and we will probably never be Tyler King Feinstein on July 30. But Fein- very successful, reputable pillar In 2014, Rolling Stone ran an sure whether that call was actu- Multimedia Editor stein never asked Kavanaugh of society against the word of article accusing members of a ally correct. It sucks, but those Jack R Hirsh about these allegations in any another very successful, reputa- University of Virginia fraternity are the facts we have. public or private hearing, in any ble pillar of society about an of a gang rape as well. It was We don’t know — and we may Photo Editor meeting or in the more than event that may or may not have retracted, and the magazine had never know for sure. Caitlin Lee 1000 written inquires he happened more than 30 years to pay out huge sums of money Assistant Photo Editor answered as part of the confir- ago. to everyone from the fraternity Tyler Olson is a junior majoring in politi- Aabha Vora mation process. 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Rafanello “When you join a new program omore,” Rafanello said. “Through MEN’S was committed you want to work hard and know junior year [of high school] after to Drexel before your place and I think Jeremy has scoring 25 goals in the academy SOCCER changing his deci- done that while also being a very system I pretty much got the call sion and commit- important member on the field.” up to the Union, and after that ting to the Nittany Lions on Na- Rafanello’s smooth transition it totally boosted my confidence tional Signing Day of 2018. Fast to collegiate soccer is seemingly and getting called into the nation- forward to the present day and a product of the path he took to al team with everything.” Rafanello has started every game get here. His resume thus far in Rafanello went from domi- for Penn State as a freshman and his young career is extremely im- nating high school soccer as a has been arguably the most influ- pressive, as he has played at mul- sophomore to then playing in the ential player so far this season. tiple high level institutions before Philadelphia Union’s youth acad- Rafanello scored his first ca- starting his current chapter here emy where he first met his now- reer goal for the Nittany Lions at Penn State. coach Jeff Cook. just under 10 minutes into his “My two older brothers would “He was playing for one of our debut, and since then has tallied totally beat into me when I was affiliates, FC Continental, and we Zack Gething/Collegian another goal as well as an assist. five or six years old and now I get thought he was a real threat when “Coming on to this soccer them every time because I hate he played against the Philadel- Jeremy Rafanello (7) jumps into the student section after scoring at team, I’ve got to earn respect,” to lose,” Rafanello said. “I never phia Union youth teams,” Cook Jeffrey Field on Friday, Aug. 24. UCF defeated Penn State in 2OT, 2-1. Rafanello said. wanted to lose ever since then, said. “So he came in on trial and It was clear after just one game I just hate it, but they built that really impressed us with his de- sity and Cook accepted the job of competition. under coach Jeff Cook that he character in me.” termination, goal scoring ability, opening at Penn State to become It’s clear Cook plans for Ra- had earned that respect from his Rafanello’s competitive mind- and his work ethic and he just fit the next head coach, replacing fanello to be a key building block coach and teammates with his set carried him to being one of right in to how we wanted to do Bob Warming. It wasn’t until na- for this team during his first four ability to compete at such a high the best high school players in things.” tional signing day of 2018 that years with his new program. That was the beginning of a Rafanello decided to change Cook recognizes that Rafanello relationship between Cook and his commitment from Drexel to has a long way to go in his devel- Rafanello which would go on Penn State and reconnect with opment, but still has high praise longer than either of them his youth academy coach. for how the freshman has come initially believed. “He had a verbal commitment into this new setting. The Delran, New Jersey native to another institution and I re- “He’s still a young player and continued to impress under Cook spected that even though some he has a long road ahead,” Cook and the Union, helping the side to people might not feel that was said. “The trait that I look for is a 10-2-2 record in 2017-18 before case,” Cook said. “But I saw him that hunger to improve and I being called up to the U19 US multiple times after I was an- think that Jeremy has that in a National Team Youth Summit. nounced [as Penn State’s head humble nature. The biggest dan- While Rafanello was busy im- coach] and never said anything ger you can have as an emerging pressing Cook, his coach was about it. Obviously privately I player is to think that you’ve ar- busy leaving a mark on him also. would have loved to, but we re- rived, or that your development is “I pretty much never had a spected that and it was only a complete, and that’s never the coach like him,” Rafanello said. matter of days before the signing case. I’ve been fortunate to work “Just tactic-wise and learning period where he texted me and with players who are 32 years old his ways. Everything he does off said he wanted to talk, and once and are still hungry to improve, the field and on the field I totally he made his intentions known I and that’s the kind of attitude respect him as a coach and a was very interested.” that we want to drive here to help Zack Gething/Collegian person.” Since arriving in State College, us get where we want to go as a Austin Maloney (9) and Jeremy Rafanello (7) celebrate after a Penn After their time together at Rafanello has proven to his coach program.” Union, Rafanello committed to and teammates that he has what Visit collegian.psu.edu to read State goal at the men’s soccer game at Jeffrey Field on Friday, Aug. 24. play soccer at Drexel Univer- it takes to compete at this level the full story. Still searching for the ‘championship standard’ By Thomas Schlarp McSorley said. “As an offense The Daily Collegian we’re not to be stopped, and the defense won’t give up any Not even a full minute of Fri- points. That is a perfect game day night’s game at Illinois had by our standards. That is some- elapsed and quarterback Trace thing that we strive for.” McSorley already McSorley may not have throt- FOOTBALL sent his coaching tled the Fighting Illini with an staff into a cringe- aerial display, as he only had worthy panic. 162 yards passing, but the mo- After his tight end Jonathan bile quarterback did finish with Holland fumbled an 18-yard re- a career-high 92 yards rushing ception, it was McSorley who low- and continued his longest ac- ered his shoulders and delivered tive streak in the FBS with 32 arguably the hardest hit of the consecutive games throwing a night to bring down Illinois defen- touchdown. sive back Michael Marchese and McSorley may not have de- limit his return to just 11 yards. livered a performance worthy While most quarterbacks might enough of throwing his name just stand idly by and watch as back into the Heisman discus- they hope for their team to bring sion but he did for really the first down the defender, there is no time all year keep Juwan John- rest for McSorley, the former high son active for a whole game, a school safety. much needed confidence boost McSorley competes until the heading down the stretch as the whistle, never slowing as he at- wideout caught his second ca- tempts to orchestrate his Penn reer touchdown reception in the Caitlin Lee/Collegian State team to play to its maxi- fourth quarter. Running back Miles Sanders (24) runs the ball during the game against Illinois at Memorial Stadium on mum potential for a full 60 min- He even threw an interception utes, a complete game. and had a trick-play touchdown Friday, Sept. 21. Sanders tallied 200 rushing yards in Penn State’s 63-24 victory over Illinois. “That’s the mark of a great pro- reception undone due to penalty, gram, and that’s something we but he built upon the blossom- are striving to be,” McSorley said. ing connection he has with K.J. “The standard is the standard. Hamler as the pair hooked up There’s a championship stan- for its third touchdown in four Running for Miles dard that we uphold ourselves to. games. By Tyler King “I’m getting better at being on the field. I just feel way more It doesn’t matter who’s in, who’s “There’s definitely room for The Daily Collegian calling plays.” improvement,” McSorley said. vocal,” Sanders said after the comfortable.” Leading up to Illinois, the Nit- “On offense we need to execute game. “I like leading by example, Sanders finished the game At halftime on Friday, Miles tany Lions were yet to play a a little bit more. We’re not going but I was just being more vocal with one of the more impressive Sanders’ teammates saw a dif- complete game. A near cata- to be perfect, but we’d like to be. with the whole team just know- performances by a Penn State strophic fourth quarter against There were some little detailed ferent person in the locker room. ing we had to step it up. I told the running back in recent years, in- Appalachian State, followed by a errors here and there that we Sanders was al- defense to tighten up and I told cluding Barkley’s countless per- nonexistent first-half run defense can always clean up.” FOOTBALL ready on his way the offense to stop making mis- formances. against Pitt and a hoe-hum sec- But just like his booming first- to a career night takes that’s beating ourselves.” He had 200 yards even and ond quarter at home versus Kent quarter tackle, or his ability to through 30 min- The big reason Sanders was three touchdowns. State left Penn State in need of scramble about the pocket look- utes of football. more vocal on Friday? He felt his His performance was the first proof that it was capable of playing for every yard possible until On just 14 carries, he was just team could run the ball even bet- 200-yard rushing game by a run- ing four quarters before a clash the final second, McSorley is still five yards shy of his career high ter. ning back since Barkley’s 211- with one of the best teams in the in pursuit of that complete effort and he had already found the “[Miles] was hyping up the of- yard outing at Iowa last season. country this Saturday. from himself and his team. end zone twice on the ground. fensive line,” McSorley said. “He “Personally, it feels good, but As Illinois zipped down the Five, fourth quarter touch- But the rest of his team wasn’t came into the locker room and the W feels better. I’ve been wait- field, covering 74 yards in just downs is great but not some- matching his performance and said that our line was getting ing for this for two years,” Sand- over 90 seconds to even the score thing that should be needed if they held a slim, 21-17 lead at movement and that we can run ers said. at seven in the first quarter, Penn State was equally effective the break. the ball on these dudes.” “I just appreciate the O-line, I McSorley pleaded for more from from the jump. He had seen enough and al- Sanders was right. like to love those guys up. They the defensive leaders, knowing The bottom line is that while though he prefers to lead by ex- The Nittany Lions continued do a great job every game and I something must change to meet Penn State has been able to ample, Sanders made sure his to run the ball all over the Il- think this game was even better, the “championship standard” the climb itself out of holes against opinion was heard. lini, picking up 181 yards on the not just for me but for everybody.” team upholds. inferior opponents, it can’t af- “At halftime, [Miles] definitely ground in the final two quarters, This performance was exactly Trailing in the third quarter to ford to squander opportunities took a little bit more of a voice pacing the way for the 35-point what Sanders had envisioned a winless Illinois team, McSorley when the Nittany Lions are no than he usually does,” quarter- fourth quarter. when he committed to Penn and Miles Sanders clicked into longer the most talented team back Trace McSorley said. “He After the game, Sanders’ confi- State, even if he had to wait two another gear, pacing the offense on the field. just said that we need to start dence was evident. years to show everyone what he to 42 unanswered points and 452 Every play counts, every executing better. We needed He was no longer the shy play- could do. of Penn State’s 591 total yards as quarter matters. to play cleaner. He did a really er who was still timid while talk- “I came from being a top re- the Nittany Lions waved goodbye “We’ve got to take every lit- good job.” ing to the media. cruit to sitting behind another to yet another flirtation with di- tle opportunity that we have,” McSorley is usually the one When asked if his success on great back,” Sanders said. “I saster in the young season. Hamler said, “and we’ve got to doing the talking to his team- the field has helped his confi- came here for a reason, they re- “Not to say that you’re go- do something with it.” mates, but this time it was the dence, his answer was simple. cruited me for a reason.” ing to go out and score on every kid from Pittsburgh, who is still “Honestly, yes,” Sanders said. drive, but that’s the mentality you To email reporter: [email protected]. getting used to not sitting qui- “I just have more confidence To email reporter: [email protected]. want to have every single game,” Follow him on Twitter at @TSchlarp. etly behind Saquon Barkley. now being more comfortable Follow him on Twitter at @King_TylerB. The Daily Collegian local SePT. 24-26, 2018 | Page 5 Renting online, from homes to apartments its service to 36 states. By Alexandra Ramos Because the website aims to of- The Daily Collegian fer a multitude of housing options to students, RentCollegePads. 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Caitlin Lee/Collegian Wide receiver Juwan Johnson (84) hushes the Illinois student section after scoring a touchdown during the game against Illinois at Memorial Stadium on Friday, Sept. 21. Penn State defeated Illinois 63-24. Caitlin Lee/Collegian Defensive tackle Robert Windsor (54) sacks Illinois quarterback dur- poppIn’ champaIGn ing the game against Illinois at Memorial Stadium on Friday, Sept. 21.

Caitlin Lee/Collegian Caitlin Lee/Collegian Caitlin Lee/Collegian Defensive end Yetur Gross-Matos (99) makes a tackle Tight end Pat Freiermuth (87) celebrates with offensive lineman Ryan Bates Running back Miles Sanders (24) runs 48 yards for a touchdown dur- during the game against Illinois on Friday, Sept. 21. (52) during the game against Illinois at Memorial Stadium on Friday, Sept. 21. ing the game against Illinois at Memorial Stadium on Friday Sept. 21.

MY VIEW | TYLER KING Lions Wrap: Penn State’s elite rushing attack is the identity of the offense Penn State got everything it wanted and more run- ished with 97 yards on 10 carries, including his 61-yard nois team early in the third quarter when they took the ning the football on Friday night against Illinois. touchdown in the second half. lead on the No. 10 team in the country, but that was the Led by Miles Sanders’ 200-yard performance, the I’ve long felt that the combination of Sanders and end of the positivity. Nittany Lions put up 387 yards on Slade was the best combination to replace Barkley’s After that, the Nittany Lions outscored the Illini 42-0 the ground and got multiple players production from the last two seasons. over 25:36 of the game. Up to that point, the Illini had involved, despite Mark Allen not making carved up the Penn State defense on the ground like the trip to Illinois. Day to remember Pitt was able to in the first half of that game. But once This more balanced attack, head- The obvious choice would be Sanders because of his again, the Nittany Lion defense tightened up when it lined by Sanders and Trace McSorley’s 200-yard, three-touchdown performance, but I’m actu- needed to and left Illinois with a 39-point loss. scrambling ability, could be one of the ally going to go with redshirt freshman linebacker Ellis best this school has seen in long time, Brooks. Extra Point even better than the rushing attack that With all of the rotating taking place on the defense, Sean Clifford continues to be statistically the best featured Saquon Barkley the last three seasons. Sand- especially with the linebackers, it’s been difficult for quarterback in program history. The redshirt freshman ers is of course the star of the backfield, and for good individual players to stand out. But Brooks made the quarterback has yet to throw an incompletion this sea- reason. He’s been electric in every facet of the game so most of his reps on Friday night. son and is now 5-for-5 for 195 yards and two touchdowns far this season. He’s shown breakaway speed in space, Brooks came up with his first career interception after his 44-yard completion to Mac Hippenhammer. he’s taken what’s given to him and he’s proven to be a during the Nittany Lions’ 35-point fourth quarter good pass-catching back as well. performance. Fellow middle linebacker Jan Johnson Quotable Against the Illini, Sanders was running all over the complimented Brooks on the play after the game, as “Our offense is based off of what we can do. If we’re field the way Smash Williams did for Coach Eric Taylor Brooks read the quarterback’s eyes and jumped the running the ball, we’re going to run the ball until it’s and the Dillon Panthers (shout out to all of you who route beautifully. broken and today it just wasn’t broken.” gets the Friday Night Lights reference). He also got in on the team’s lone sack of the game Juwan Johnson perfectly described the Penn State But running backs coach Ja’Juan Seider has utilized and finished tied for the team in tackles with five. offense after the game. Here’s looking at you, Miles a balanced rotation so far this season with Mark Allen, Sanders Ricky Slade and now Journey Brown getting involved. Day to forget Slade, the true freshman, flashed his potential once Lovie Smith. To email reporter: [email protected]. again on Friday night. The former 5-star recruit fin- Things were going really well for Smith and his Illi- Follow him on Twitter at @King_TylerB.

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