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Student gov’t opens BASEBALL 15-0 IN CONFERENCE funding investigation, adopting resolution USG

By Alexander Popichak USG Beat Writer

Point Park’s United Student Government (USG) opened an investigation during its Monday meeting into expanding its monetary footprint.

The resolution, adopted unanimously Monday, is the first step for the legislative body to work with university administrators in re-evaluating what funds USG is given to allocate. According to the resolution, an increase in USG-recognized clubs has sparked the conversation. “[The] United Student Government begins its investigation to later propose new and updated funding bylaws to better assist the recognized clubs under The United Student Government,” the resolution said in part.

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fies three “points of interest” the governing body seeks to investigate: evaluating the overall student activities fee distribution, widening the percentage USG is given and amending by-laws to the USG constitution governing how funding is given out.

According to the resolution and the USG constitution, the governing body is given 11 percent of the student activities fee. The rest is divided up among the other organizations Student Affairs supports, including the Campus Activities Board and the student media outlets.

The resolution does not define what “frivolous spending” USG hopes to see “cut,” but Parliamentarian Matt Bauman and Vice President Kaylee Kearns stressed Monday’s measure is an initial step in an investigative process.

“It’s also a response to

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CAB rehires executive director, first to serve consecutive terms

By Nick Kasisky For The Globe

For the first time in club history, the Campus Activities Board (CAB) named junior business major Kaitlyn Smith to serve a second year as executive director for the organization. The position is traditionally held by senior students. Smith, however, was given the position during her junior year.

Smith, a full-time student, said CAB has been a very important and influential part of her time at the university. As executive director, Smith directly over-

sees all 13 executive board members of the organization as well as each general board member.

As executive director, Smith frequently meets with the various club coordinators, one of which is Coordinator of Membership and junior sports, arts and entertainment management major, Kayla Damazo. Looking ahead to next year, the duo discussed possible tactics to increase CAB’s popularity and recruitment.

Smith said she’s drawn toward increasing recruitment because she feels that

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Senior Keenan Smith pitches in relief during Point Park’s home opening game 10-1 win. Last weekend, the team maintained a perfect conference record against Ohio Christian University.

By Robert Berger Co-News Editor

After 25 innings of baseball last weekend, the Pioneers posted 40 runs on the board to Ohio Christian University’s (OCU) nine to continue their perfect record in conference play.

“I felt like finally our offense produced to its capabilities this weekend,” head coach Loren Torres said. “We finally swung the bat consistently. Not that putting up 40

runs is expected, our engaged men, our planning at the plate and staying with it and putting pressure on the defense.”

As of Monday, the powerhouse lineup consisting of 13 seniors currently sits at 16th in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Top-25 Coaches’ Poll.

“With this many seniors, it helps us transition the newer guys because we don’t have to worry as much as coaches, and we can give our attention to other things,” Torres said. “They help bring

the group along from point A to point B.” After sweeping the Asbury Eagles last week at remote home locations due to inclimate weather, the Pioneers traveled to Xenia, Ohio over the weekend for a threegame series against the OCU Trailblazers.

In the closest conference game the team has played thus far, junior Nicholas Beardsley started for Point Park in the series opener against OCU.

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Annual Pioneer Community Day set to flood city with volunteers

By Mick Stinelli

Co-Arts and Entertainment Editor

Point Park organizations will gather on Saturday for the eighth annual Pioneer Community Day (PCD) to restore gardens and churches throughout Pittsburgh. The day of volunteering is headed

by Matt Bauman, United Student Government (USG) parliamentarian.

“Last year was, I think, a

very successful Pioneer Community Day,” Bauman said.

He was a volunteer for last year’s PCD, though he only just joined USG this year. “We are working with some different groups this year than last year to kind of diversify how we give back.”

This year, PCD is partnering with organizations like the Oakcliffe Community Organization, Light of Life Rescue Mission, Pittsburgh Down-

town Partnership and Giving Heart Church.

Kate Wadsworth, the public relations and aftercare manager at Light of Life, said that PCD volunteers will be helping the rescue mission prepare meals. Founded in 1952, Light of Life began as a soup kitchen, but has expanded its efforts to providing emergency shelter and

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Feminist Collective president resigns, new leadership established

By Nicole Pampena Co-News Editor

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Sophomore Ariel Squire conducts her first Feminist Collective meeting as president on Monday.

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The Feminist Collective shifted its club officer positions over the weekend after President Adam Rossi stepped down due to issues arising regarding his leadership as a male president.

Vice President Ariel Squire, a sophomore performances and practices major, will finish the spring semester serving as president after a club vote and continue her tenure into the 2018-19 school year. According to Rossi, a senior acting major, the

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decision came after seeing an alumni post on social media expressing disapproval of his role.

“The goal was never for me to have a position, it was that I felt I could enact positive change through this group,” Rossi said. “For the last couple days I’ve been hearing more and more things … whether any of that is true or not is irrelevant to me, the second my standing as a president was questioned, I lost all power to enact positive change.”

Rossi began serving as president in the fall 2016 se-

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mester after approaching Feminist Collective founder April Yanko earlier in May with the idea of him running.

He said Yanko thought “it was a great idea” and a good way to get young men interested in feminism.

Rossi first took interest in feminism through a women’s studies class at Penn State University before transferring to Point Park.

“Initially, my friend and I took it because we thought they were reading “Twilight”, which we thought would be a funny thing,” Rossi said.

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LOCAL This Friday in the Center for Media Innovation (CMI), Kidde Kokole and a planning committee will host ‘Counter(f)acts,’ a literary arts symposium. Kokole, a senior english literature major reached out to university students via email to propose the panel structure and find interested students. Students will take part in a roundtable discussion about their writing work, however it will be pre-recorded by student media and played for the audience and panelists. Panelists will also create short videos discussing their writing process. Kokole, feels this method will help students feel more comfortable as public speaking time is reduced.

Following the presentation, a Q&A session will be held on what each video addressed.

The event will run from noon to 4 p.m.

---Net Impact PPU, a branch of the global organization Net Impact, was recently recognized an official campus club for graduate students. According to an email from the university, Net Impact is a network of students around the world who look to create positive social and environmental impact to the community. The organization is now looking for interested students in the community engagement program. According to the email, Net Impact has over 60,000 members worldwide.

---The university is asking Point Park community members to nominate faculty and staff employees to be honored through the annual recognition program. Striving to achieve remarkable service (STARS), a program created by the human resources department in 2009, has been honoring a number of faculty each year. According to the human resources section of the university website, (STARS) aims to “Encourage, recognize and reward exemplary performance.” Submissions are due April 30 and require a simple explanation on why they are deserving.

The form can be found on OrgSync.

ALMANAC April 3, 1975: The university holds a Soul Black Weekend Celebration, according to Point Park’s 1975 yearbook.

Spring 2007, Issue 12: On April 7, a man was chased on foot from Smithfield Street to Wood Street and was shot down in front of Conestoga Hall as he pulled out a gun. Students were not emailed until 2:16 p.m. the next afternoon to inform them of the incident.

Spring 2012, Issue 12: Campus Life confirmed via email that bedbugs were infesting two dorm rooms in the Boulevard Apartments.

The bugs were considered minor and students were assured the university was taking necessary actions to remedy the problem.

the number of clubs that are being recognized by USG as well, Bauman said. “It really does not matter how much is being requested, what does matter is that more and more clubs are being recognized, therefore there needs to be more funds to give out.”

For the last quarter of this school year, USG had $14,000 to divvy up among club requests totaling over $38,000.

In addition to discussing legislation, the legislative body heard from Liz Evans, director of the university library. Evans fielded questions from senators about library hours and the downstairs study spaces.

“We believe that you are customers,” Evans said Monday. “You are paying to be here and we are going to provide you with the best customer service possible.”

Part of that customer service, Evans said, is taking the feedback from the annual library survey seriously. Each year, the library distributes a usage survey to students, faculty and staff to integrate into its plan for the next academic year.

“This year has been a transition year for us because we lost space and we gained space in the basement, and I must say they did a fantastic job with a difficult footprint,”

Evans said.

The library’s additional downstairs space added 16 study areas and a presentation room into the library’s physical resources. Evans emphasized the importance of reserving the study spaces.

Evans said that patrons not going through the reservation process risk being kicked out of the space if another patron had properly reserved them.

Evans said the library offers a great deal of resources - from reference libraries to “the most amazing collection of Pop-Tarts.” As for what the library does not have, Evans said the library will do everything in its power to find those resources for students.

“We cannot get the scores of the libretti for the scores that you need because the publishers won’t let us,” Evans said, addressing a common question of the library.

“We don’t have what you need because the publishers won’t put it in…”

Addressing a common question about library hours, Evans points to usage data as the basis for how the library adjusts its hours.

“The numbers aren’t there [to stay open until midnight on weekdays],” Evans said. “I can’t go to administration and ask for more money to stay open until two, three, in the morning when we don’t have the numbers that were coming between 11

and midnight. I feel for the people that were there.”

The legislative body also discussed this Saturday’s Pioneer Community Day (PCD).

According to Bauman, who organized the event, final preparations are underway for the annual volunteer event. As of Monday, more than 60 people have signed up to volunteer for the four organizations USG has partnered with.

“It’s a tremendous thing to give back to the community.”

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USG Parliamentarian Students will work with Light of Life shelter, the Oakcliff Group, the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership and A Giving Heart.

“It’s a tremendous thing to give back to the community,” Bauman said after the meeting. “It will be a very rewarding experience, plus there is food and free t-shirts.”

During the meeting, Bauman mentioned a potential issue with T-Shirt orders, but said he would resolve it with

President Robert Bertha following the meeting.

Sign-ups for the event will be accepted as late as Saturday morning at bit.ly/ PCD2018.

Weather permitting, the after party gathering will be held in Village Park, complete with catering and an inflatable wrecking ball. The rain location is Lawrence 200, and Bauman said the PCD committee will notify participants if USG decides to go with the rain location.

President Pro-Tempore and USG presidential candidate Hayley Hoffman was absent from Monday’s meeting.

According to Senator Megan Ortego, Hoffman was absent because of a meeting for her crew. Generally speaking, the measures to excuse legislative body members pass unanimously. However, two out of the five present senators voted “no.” The legislative body consists of six voting senators, including President Pro-Tempore Hoffman.

President Bertha was also absent from the USG meeting due to a Faculty Assembly meeting.

The results of the USG election were not available as of Monday, and are expected to be released by the office of Student Affairs by the end of the week.

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Pioneers join Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership from PCD page 1 helping homeless men and women with education and employment resources. They also hand out toiletry kits and bagged lunches.

“Volunteers have been a very important part of us being able to do all that we do,” Wadsworth said. “There’s a really great sense of doing something helpful that I think students and volunteers benefit from.”

Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership has been working with Point Park on PCD for several years. The organization is known for organizing events like the Market Square Farmers Market, Light Up Night and the Picklesburgh festival.

Leigh White, the Vice President of Marketing and Communications at Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership, said that last year’s PCD found students sweeping gravel and debris from the 10th street bypass, cleaning graffiti and scrubbing alleyways.

“Generally, volunteer work revolves around making sure downtown stays clean and beautiful,” White said in a phone interview.

Bauman said that 40 students were on site to volunteer out of the 80 signed up for PCD last year. He said that he is hoping to get 100 volunteer signatures by Friday, April 6.

“We live in this community of the downtown Pittsburgh area,” Bauman said. “It helps Point Park a lot, being in the city with everything that the city has to offer.”

He urged that being able to give back to the city and to charitable organizations that “do so much for so many people” would be great for Point Park students.

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Nigel Parms (left) and Caleb Draper (right) prepare food as volunteers for the Light of Life Rescue Mission ahead of Pioneer Community Day on Saturday.

“You get the feeling of giving back, which is always a positive thing,” Bauman said, adding that it could also encourage students to do more volunteer work in the future.

The USG release for PCD says the day begins with a breakfast at 8 a.m. Students perform volunteer work from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Afterwards is a dinner with games and activities.

Bauman said work will be staggered throughout the morning and afternoon.

From 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. students will be assisting Light of Life. Giving Heart will have two separate shifts between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Work with the Downtown Pittsburgh Partnership will occur from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and students will work with Oakcliffe from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Mick Stinelli mfstine@pointpark.edu.

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CAB looks to increase Former president assists new recruitment for 2018 club officers in transition period from CAB page 1 CAB is designed to help people grow as leaders and get involved around campus.

“It’s amazing to see how welcomed people feel in our organization and at our events and it really changes the college experience,” Smith said.

Each month, the club is responsible for hosting on average 8-10 events. According to Smith, the most popular CAB event is often ‘Late Night Bingo’ held in Lawrence Hall 200. The club estimates on average 150 students attend each event.

Smith says the energy students express at each bingo tournament is something she hopes to see carry on to the new semester.

Vice President of Marketing for CAB, Megan Thorpe has spent the past year working with Smith and is looking forward to next year.

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termination are two of the biggest things about her,” Thorpe said.

According to Point Park women’s basketball head coach Tony Grenek, Smith’s dedication and determination also shows on the court as she has started for the school’s varsity team since her freshman year.

“She leads by example and is the hardest working kid in the gym, never takes a play off, never takes a practice off,” Grenek said.

Now with a year under her belt, Smith is looking forward to the future of CAB and is hopeful for a successful year.

“We are really going to start implementing monthly promotional tactics just to present what CAB is and how people can get involved,” Smith said.

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“Well, we didn’t and he dropped out and I ended up being the only guy in a classroom with 26 girls, and it’s still to this day one of my favorite classes I ever took.”

He also credits his passion for feminism toward growing up around his mother and two sisters while his father worked.

Conversely, Squire grew her passion in an opposite family structure.

“My dad was a stay at home dad and my mom went out and worked and my dad has long hair and sews and my mom loves cars,” Squire said.

“I’ve always been told that women are strong and I could do anything I wanted.”

According to Rossi, this is “not the first time that it has been brought up that it was kind of weird and awkward that a man was the president of the Feminist Collective.”

Within days of taking the position, two board members approached him with reports that some were uncomfortable.

“I said ‘Pause right now, if either of the two of you do not like this or feel that this is not a good idea, I will step down and be the biggest supporter [of the club],’” Rossi said, deciding to stay in the position at the time after encouragement from fellow board members.

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the club is to create a safe space for its members through an open, discussion-based environment. Squire hopes to continue that narrative next year alongside Emma Cumberledge, who was voted in as vice president, Sara Maner as secretary and Angela Rusnak as treasurer.

“I want to get everybody excited to join next year and make sure that we have some sort of base.”

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President, Feminist Collective “Feminism is something I’m really passionate about and I’ve always been interested in public office and I thought why not try it out,” Maner, a freshman performance and practices major, said of her new position on Monday after the Feminist Collective meeting.

Neither Squire nor Maner were approached personally by students saying they were

uncomfortable.

Working to finish out the semester, Squire strives toward serving the club’s core mission and expanding its outreach with organizations sharing their ideology.

“I want to get everybody excited to join next year and make sure that we have some sort of base,” Squire said. “We are planning on attending a couple of events with other clubs in the next couple weeks.”

The club is hosting a wage gap bake sale in Village Park today from 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., during which female-identifying students pay 75 cents while male-identifying students pay a dollar.

Later this month, the club will have a table at the PMStival hosted by Title IX. Squire and Maner said Rossi is helping with the bake sale and remains an active member of the club.

“He’s been helpful to me and Emma to try and help us make this sudden transition as soon as possible...it was gonna happen in a few weeks anyways,” Squire said, referring to Rossi’s upcoming graduation. “He’s always been a very productive member and I think he’s very caring about the club and always made sure everybody who was here felt comfortable.”

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Playhouse’s final curtain call

By Robert Berger Co-News Editor

MaryAnne Doggett | The Globe BSU members participate in art therapy during the pop-up paradise event.

BSU in paradise

By Kelsey Wolfe For The Globe

Relaxation was the goal at the Pop-Up Paradise hosted by the Black Student Union (BSU) on March 28. The organization turned the second floor of the Students Center into a college student paradise filled with painting, massages, yoga and, of course, free food.

“This event is really just here to just give people peace in the middle of just a stressful semester,” Anita Thomas, BSU president and senior acting major, said. “It’s our gift to the community and to the school in general. We just want to make sure that they know that we care.”

One of the events of the evening was an “art therapy” session provided by Jonesse Davis of MangosCoconuts. Students were given a small canvas and instructed in painting a sunset scene fit with palm trees in the foreground.

“After having all the stress of tests and everything, you got to find ways to calm yourself down and relax,” Davis said.

“Self-care is really important. It helps you get through life.”

While painting, students were able to grab food from the B.B. Curvey booth at the Pop-Up Paradise. B.B. Curvey, which is run by Brandi Law, makes natural home-cooked meals without processed food that is locally sourced in Pittsburgh. During the event, Law instructed students in healthy meal-prep options.

“Basically, I’m trying to give the college students the opportunity to get healthy food, so they don’t always have to eat processed,” Law said.

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ed with a yoga session led by Ashley Baptiste, co-founder of MangosCoconuts and Davis’s sister. The sisters created MangosCoconuts as an organization focused on holistic self-care, sharing their skills in yoga and art as well as selling products that fit their brand identity.

The organization anticipated turnout for the event to be around 20-30 people overall, but Thomas said that throughout the evening they had over 40 people come and go.

“We’re really surprised by the turnout, and were really happy with the turnout as well,” Thomas said. “We’re really glad that a lot of people came out so they can be impacted and changed and hopefully more peaceful and loving because of this.”

BSU‘s next event will take place April 12. The organization is inviting the rest of Point Park’s student body to join them at their soul food dinner.

Entrance into the dinner costs $3 per person.

“Sometimes it’s nice to go home and have that at-home feeling,” vice president of BSU and senior human resource management major Alannah Owens said. “So we just wanted to bring that to campus and have a soul food dinner.”

According to Owens, BSU has been working to be more active on campus recently and create a sense of unity at Point Park for everyone.

“BSU is here for a safe space for minorities, like African Americans,” Owens said.

“But in general we’re here for unity for everybody here.”

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When auditioning for the Conservatory of Performing Arts (COPA), Allison Beauregard selected one of her favorite monologues from “Uncle Vanya.” Three years later, she will star as a lead role in Point Park’s upcoming production of it.

“It’s one of my dream roles, and a show I always wanted to do,” Beauregard said. “I actually did a monologue from it to get in the school, so it really feels like a full circle moment to have this opportunity.”

“Uncle Vanya” opens at the Playhouse’s Rauh Theatre this Friday. It will run for 11 shows until the April 15 matinee performance. This will be the final run of performances done by the Conservatory Theatre Company at the Oakland Pittsburgh Playhouse before it closes its doors.

“It’s such an honor,” Beauregard said. “I’ve always loved old Hollywood stars like Gene Kelly and Shirley Jones, so knowing they performed on that stage along with so many other actors I’ve looked up to… makes just being able to share the history means so much to me.”

Written by Russian playwright Anton Chekhov in 1898, “Uncle Vanya” tells the story of main characters Professor Serebriakov and his wife Yelana as they move from urban life to a country mansion in Brescia due to the high cost of city living.

“Because everyone else that is living at the estate and how colorful the characters are, everything falls to pieces,” Beauregard said. “It’s based on humanity and reality... it’s really about trying to figure out the things these very real characters do.”

Directed by associate COPA professor Philip Winters, the cast auditioned in December along with the other shows done this semester. By the middle of January, the cast was selected.

“That was a nerve racking month of waiting, but it was definitely worth it in the end,” Beauregard said.

The cast began rehearsals

at the end of February. After taking a weekend off for spring break, they began extensive rehearsals. From Tuesday through Friday of each week, nearly four hour rehearsals were held. This past Saturday, nearly 11 hours were spent working through the show.

“We definitely have been putting a good amount of time into the piece, but the rehearsals fly by,” Beauregard said.

“We are having so much fun because it’s so stimulating and challenging.”

According to Beauregard, the cast has grown very familiar with each other after all the time spent rehearsing.

“Everything has been a dream working on this show,” Beauregard said. “Phil Winters has been so great to work with and he really encourages us to think critically and expressively about the show.”

With Beauregard playing Yelana, junior acting major Daniel Murphy will take the role of title character Uncle Vanya. “[Murphy] and I are great friends,” Beauregard said. “We are in the same BFA acting class so it’s been great being able to play these roles together.”

Rounding out the cast in support will be senior acting major Bryan Gannon playing Dr. Mikhail Astrov, senior musical theatre major Peter Brannigan will play Professor Aleksandr Serebryakov and junior musical theatre major Kathleen Wilkinson portraying Sofia Serebryakova.

“They’re all such gifted people and it was so perfectly cast,” Beauregard said. “I give Phil a lot credit for assembling this group of actors.”

Through the years, the Playhouse has hosted a number of events such as concerts and guest speaker presentations. The most recent addition being the Point Park Talk Back Series in collaboration with Point Park Center for Media Innovation.

“We are taking the ‘talkback’ element of the engagements very seriously,” Conte said in a press release from the Playhouse. “All three of the speakers are interested in far

more than just lecturing from the stage.”

The Playhouse doors first opened in December of 1934.

After playing host to an inhouse theatre company for a number of years, the theatre began struggling with raising funds to operate.

In the 1970s, Point Park partnered with the Playhouse to help with the finances. Ever since, the building has welcomed Point Park’s Conservatory Theatre Company, Conservatory Dance Company and Playhouse Jr. company.

Professional theatre companies ‘The Rep” and Point Park’s resident professional theatre company also hold regularly performances at the venue as well.

According to the Point Park website, the new Pittsburgh Playhouse location will open in Downtown Pittsburgh at the start for the 2018 fall semester.

After 10 years of planning and efforts coming from nearly 30 different construction companies, the complete building will connect to the University Center. They also worked extensively at restoring facades of previous buildings previously on the property.

“We’re actually using [the facades] to create this environment, it’s not just like a painting on a wall,” university architect and planner said in a Globe article published earlier this semester. “We’re creating this atmospheric theater by putting the town square back together again.”

Inside, the three story 92,000-square foot building will include three performance theatres and a number of classrooms and practice spaces for students to utilize freely.

Before doors close for good in Oakland, the Playhouse will hold a ‘Lights Out Celebration’ on June 18. Alumni, faculty, staff and the public are welcome to share memories over cocktails and hor d’oeuvres in the Rockwell Theatre.

“Uncle Vanya” will premiere to the public Friday at 8:00 p.m. and is free for all Point Park students.

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SAEM hosts emerging trends seminar

Panelists discuss the #MeToo movement, analytics and eSports

By Dara Collins Co-Sports Editor

Sports, arts and entertainment management (SAEM) graduate assistant Jessica Martin and SAEM professor Robert Durda utilized network connections and knowledge of emerging trends to bring local talent and other panelists to Point Park University’s campus last Tuesday.

The duo brought representatives of Pittsburgh’s three major sports teams, TeamWork Online, the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Pittsburgh Knights and Visit Pittsburgh to the Lawrence Hall Ballroom to discuss the #MeToo movement, analytics in sports and eSports in the first Emerging Trends in the Sports Industry seminar.

Keynote speaker and founder of TeamWork Online, Buffy Filippell, kicked off the afternoon discussing how the #MeToo movement has impacted women in the workplace.

A number of students sat in on the discussion as Filippell explained past statistics and scenarios of women in the sports and entertainment industry as well as her knowledge of sexual harassment in the sports workforce.

Sophomore SAEM student Kyle Kuhns said one of the most shocking facts Filippell shared is there is only 27 female CEOs in the Fortune 500.

Following Filippel, the first group of panelists consisted of analytics professionals from the Pirates, Penguins

and Steelers.

Each panelist discussed their own focus at work. Jim Alexander of the Pirates discussed ticket sales and how to market tickets to various audiences based on location, age and income, among other determinants.

When asked from an audience member how much ticket sales are impacted when a player leaves, his answer was simple.

“Not much, unless it’s Cutch,” Alexander said.

As for the Penguins, Sam Ventura discussed the team side of analytics. Ventura displayed diagrams of shot locations from two different Penguins players, Sidney Crosby and Phil Kessel. He explained that the location of the shot, especially the goals, indicates the player.

While ticket sales and a team explanation of analytics were handled by the Pirates and Penguins, Melanie Harris discussed everything in between.

The Business Analytics Manager of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Harris explained her collection of data from ticketing, television and radio ratings, stadium merchandise and concessions sales and digital traffic.

As a one-woman office, Harris analyzes many aspects of the National Football League and the Steelers.

“I’m the person that can bring those departments together,” Harris said. “A lot of times you’ll see businesses work in silos, and they might be doing what they think is

Dara Collins | The Globe Founder of TeamWork Online Buffy Filippel appeared as the Keynote Speaker to discuss how the #MeToo movement affects women in sports.

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During his hour-long bus ride to work, Jonas Prida often thinks about his job.

“I probably have an hour on the bus every day, and a lot of that is just semi-listening to a podcast that I listen to, but trying to figure out how do we make people’s educational opportunities better,” Prida said. “It sounds stupid but it’s really exciting to me. Like if I was 18 right now, how would I want to experience this thing we call college?”

Prida has been an assistant provost at Point Park for a little over a year, and is in charge of accreditation and assessment. Additionally, Prida is the director of the Center for Inclusive Excellence (CIE).

Prida said he enjoyed being a part of the CIE because it was one of the most creative parts of his job.

“Not to talk too abstractly about it, but it’s the direction that every college and university needs to be moving in,” Prida said. “How do we allow more different kinds of people to have a slice of the higher Ed pie? And that’s exciting for me to think about how we’re going to be able to do that.”

Before coming to Point Park, Prida said he had never heard of the term ‘inclusive excellence.’

“It’s been within the last couple of years that the idea of inclusive excellence has really been pushed,” Prida said. “I had never even heard the term until I started working here and again my provost was just like ‘You should look into this idea of inclusive excellence.’”

Now Prida helps to head a committee that focuses on diversity and inclusion efforts within the university.

“I’m one of two people that lead a steering committee that’s going to try to put things forward institutionally that

Dara Collins| The Globe Cleveland Caveliers Manager of Content and Marketing Halina Malik (left) and owners of the Pittsburgh Knights Rob Lee (middle) and James O’Connor (right) discuss eSports at the SAEM panel last Tuesday.

best for their department but not taking into consideration other departments. That just naturally happens because you’re just trying to make your metrics the best. Sometimes I think with me having everyone’s data, I can be a voice to say...how do we focus on the fan as a whole instead of just in pockets.”

Harris acknowledges varying thoughts and opinions shine through analytics.

“Analytics can be very eye opening...we thought this was performing well, but when we looked at it, actually there was an area for improvement,” Harris said. “Maybe we thought something wasn’t doing as well as it actually was.”

As Harris put it, “The

numbers are the numbers.”

To close the event, a panel of professionals in eSports took the stage. With all four members having ties to Pittsburgh, the hometown talent emphasized the impact of eSports on the city as well as the sports industry as a whole.

The university recognizes the rise of eSports, resulting in a Business of eSports course that will be offered to SAEM juniors in the upcoming fall semester.

Martin explained the course will be taught by Chuck Berry, the moderator of the eSports panel and part-time SAEM professor.

Students will learn business models and marketing tactics of eSports teams, players and

leagues as well as the streaming industries used by eSports organizations, such as Twitch.

After a great turnout, Martin hopes to continue the seminar for years to come.

“I think it was very well received, especially for it being our very first event like this that we’ve done,” Martin said.

“We’re hoping in the future to continue putting on an emerging trends seminar whether it be in sports, arts or entertainment for our program just to see how each year even the trends in our field change. I think that’s super beneficial

Dara Collins dmcolli2@pointpark.edu

Dara Collins | The Globe Sam Ventura, Director of Hockey Research for the Pittsburgh Penguins, discussed player and team analytics during the first panel discussion.

are about, like how do we get the faculty to look more like our student pool?” Prida said.

“What kind of ways can we make classes more culturally responsive?”

Before coming to Point Park, Prida worked at the College of St. Joseph’s, a small liberal arts college in Vermont. Prida taught there as an English professor, until the president of the university approached him and suggested that he try administration.

From there Prida went on to become the vice president for academic affairs until he heard about a job opening at Point Park.

“I was looking forward to moving back into the city. I’m an urban person, and so it was when they offered me the job I said yes,” Prida said.

Prida had only been to Pittsburgh once before, when he had visited the University of Pittsburgh. Prida did not originally have high expectations for the city, but said he was blown away by the view when first entering the city.

Prida said his favorite part of his job is the vari-

ety of people that he gets to interact with.

“The variety of people that I get to come in contact with every day is really fun because I am bored easily and it’s im-

portant to have variety in your life if you’re that kind of person,” Prida said.

Lauren Clouser lclous@pointpark.edu

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The importance of an accessible census

By Lauren Ortego Co-Opinions Editor

As our country has made great technological advances, we have grown lazier. I know, that’s a sentiment usuthe summer. A few of us here ally shared by old people who at The Globe are still waiting want you go to “play outside” in limbo while trying to get or “join a gang” like they did through the jumbled mess of when they were kids instead of assignments that were meant sitting around throwing tweets to be finished earlier in the se- at people on face-stagram. mester.

But it’s true.

We want to make this Not in an inherently evil clear - we aren’t asking our way - I don’t think technology professors to cut chunks out has been the downfall of this of the curriculum. We are fully country and I know millenaware that finals week will al- nials are hard workers when ways be a stressful time. If any- they need and want to be, but thing, we are just asking that if as more has become available classes are canceled, or we get to us at the click of a button behind schedule, please make or touch of a screen, we’ve adjustments instead of cram- become apathetic to anything ming an impossible amount that takes longer than a solid of assignments in at the end, 30 seconds. or use alternative methods of Vine, the popular video holding class. sharing app whose entire gimSchoology and Black- mick were six second long vidboard can allow for a great eos, thrived with young people, message board discussion and because our attention spans some of our professors have just aren’t what they used to already taken advantage of be. And there’s a plethora of these learning outlets, and we reasons that studies have givapplaud them for doing so. en for that.

More than anything, we The quick transitions in are asking for a pinch of sym- shows like Spongebob, (which pathy. Panic attacks and com- we all watched at detrimental plete apathy have been ram- times in our mental growth) pant on campus earlier than the growing advances in techusual, making it even more nology when we were kids, difficult to finish the semester (we used floppy disks in elestrongly - something we all mentary school and by midwant desperately to do. dle school thumb drives were The Point Park Globe everywhere) and many more globe@pointpark.edu have littered the reasoning for

Getting hit by a syllabus

The end of the semester is getting closer. This is easily recognizable by our professors scrambling to complete the syllabi they were overly ambitious in completing by the end of April.

We understand that Pittsburgh weather can be unpredictable, with snow falling on the first day of spring and a warm 60 degree week in February. However, when classes are canceled because of an unseen snow apocalypse and the syllabi is briefly tossed out the window, adjustments should be made.

This lack of adjustments causes a mad rush in the last four weeks of the semester.

When this happens across multiple classes, it can easily spell disaster for students.

Having several demanding final assignments to finish at once can make students feel like as though they are precariously balancing on a tightrope. One extra due date could send them tumbling through the air, grasping for a helping hand and finding none.

In addition to this cluster of assignments, the spring semester brings extra stress for students who are waiting to hear back from internships they’ve applied for through

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millennials’ notoriously short attention spans.

Let’s apply that to surveys.

Our very own university sends out surveys by the dozen at the end of the spring term. Your email is probably littered with them as we speak.

Have you done any of them?

I can safely assume that the answer is “no.” And that’s fine. I haven’t been hired by the university to yell at you or demand you take them.

But why haven’t you completed it? Arguably, it’s easily accessible versus the old paper and pen method. It’s right on your phone or laptop, something you most likely have on you at all times. They couldn’t have made it any easier to complete.

How much more likely are you to complete it if you knew it was the census, the survey that determines how many people are living in the U.S.?

The Trump administration, among other more xenophobic things, has suggested making the upcoming census electronic. There’s something demanding about a person with a clipboard showing up at your house and asking you seemingly intruding questions about you that an electronic version wouldn’t convey.

I know it’s shocking in the world of technology we live today, but there are still people with no access to a computer or phone who would not be able to take it. Poor people,

older people, people whose numbers in the census still matter.

Not only would an electronic census be bad for those without access, the Trump administration asked that the question of whether or not you’re a citizen be added.

Look, I know not a lot of people care about the census or even understand how it works, but these two suggestions Trump and his team have presented are both going to - not “might,” they’re going to - have a negative effect on who takes it and if they can even take it.

Illegal citizens still live in this country, whether you want them to or not, and the census isn’t for “citizens” in America, but the peopl who live here.

They need to be counted for so that money for minority and poor areas can be allocated properly.

Trump has done many terrible things, from banning trans soldiers from the military to keeping the DACA children on their toes, so none of this is surprising.

But this? This is literally unconstitutional, the effects of which will be seen if any of it passes through. The census should be more accessible to everyone, not less.

Because we all live here, whether you want some of us to or not.

Lauren Ortego leorteg@pointpark.edu

Preventing school violence goes farther than guns

A critique of the March for Our Lives from a victim of school violence

By Gracey Evans

Sports Photo Editor

March for Our Lives, an international march dedicated to the advocation of gun control, was set up in less than a month. Despite this short notice, millions of people participated both in the country and around the world. Around 30,000 people came to the sibling march in Pittsburgh and hundreds of thousands more descended upon Washington D.C. for the main march.

I marched. I didn’t take a single photo, even though I had my camera strapped to my side. I wasn’t there as a member of the press - I was there as a citizen with concern for how this country has treated the student victims and the fear of growing mass murder attempts in schools.

I was a person marching for something I believe in. I was marching for something I had been through like the students at Parkland, Newtown and so many others over the past 20 years since Columbine. An act of mass violence in a school I thought I was safe in.

It was an amazing experience to have marched in an

event like this as opposed to covering it as a member of student media like I so often have.

The atmosphere was supportive and people of all ages came to march, from young school students to grandmothers. The sound of the chants ringing down Fifth Avenue made me happy and I myself started at least seven chants.

“I was a person marching for something I believe in. ” Gracey Evans

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Like many of my fellow marchers, I created a sign for the protest. One side read, “School safety failed me but I won’t let it fail you.” The other side said, “I march for all who have been victims of school violence like me,” with a panther paw in the bottom corner representing my high

school’s mascot, the panther.

Four years ago next Monday, a boy entered Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville, PA with two kitchen knives and stabbed 21 people including my best friend, who was standing right beside me. No one died, thankfully, but before it happened, I always thought to myself “something like that will never happen here.” Obviously, I was wrong.

People have unfortunately been using the fact that my life-threatening experience was with a knife and not a gun as means to separate me from the cause I have dedicated myself to - ending school violence.

When I got to the march, I knew what I was standing for and supporting. I had gotten into contact with the coordinators of the Pittsburgh march and found acceptance and gratitude with them. They loved that I had chosen to attend and told me they “hoped that we will find a way to ensure that students never have to go through what you went through ever again.”

When I got to the rally, I found that everything

was essentially about gun control.

Don’t get me wrong, the speeches did get me thinking - if my experience had been with a firearm, I wouldn’t be here right now. I wouldn’t be typing this.

I was there to support students who have been victims of school violence in general. I was upset the rally was solely based on gun control and not school safety, but understood that, after all, that is what sparked this mass reaction from people all over the country.

As someone who has been a victim of school violence that didn’t happen via a legal or illegal firearm, I found myself wanting to hear from people whose situations would not be changed or affected by gun control laws.

I was marching for students. To keep them safe in schools so nothing like this would ever happen again.

Was my experience not considered by the organizers of the march?

I can’t help but think that my story wasn’t relevant in the minds of the coordinators of the March for Our Lives. I hope that changes.

Robin Evans| Sumbitted Evans (pictured) attended the march with a handmade sign showing her support for ending school violence.

School safety needs to become a priority. Keeping us, as students, safe is essential for the future. Too many students have died and too many have been injured. I understand what brought us here was gun violence, but ensuring the safety of all students from any violence is a topic I’d like to be talked about just as much. Because every student deserves to feel safe in their school.

Gracey Evans glevans@pointpark.edu

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By Josh Croup

Sports Columnist

Pitching stays strong, but bats keep exploding Past the midpoint in the 2018 season, the Point Park baseball team’s dominance has been due in large part to consistent outings by its starting pitching staff.

The Pioneers enter the week 25-2 overall with a 15-0 River States Conference (RSC) record. Point Park pitchers have allowed two or fewer runs in 21 of its 27 games.

The arms haven’t needed a lot of run support in a vast majority of outings this year, but man have they gotten run support.

Point Park allowed a season-high seven runs Friday at Ohio Christian in the series opener and still won 9-7.

The Pioneers then scored a season-high 20 runs in a 20-1 win in game two, and took game three 11-1.

The Pioneers have scored double digits in 11 games this year, registering double figures in the hit column 14 times, including three performances with at least 20 hits.

While the pitching staff has posted an National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) best 1.67 ERA, the bats have produced a team average of .347, ranking sixth in the country.

The Pioneers have scored 8.33 runs per game, the 10thbest clip in the country.

Point Park also ranks in the top 25 in the NAIA in doubles per game (fourth), RBIs per game (eighth), hits per game (13th), triples per game (14th), slugging percentage (17th) and total triples (25th).

The lineup has produced from top to bottom, but the coaching staff is still experimenting with different configurations.

Cole Horew has slid into the leadoff spot nicely after taking the place of Stefan Mrkonja when he missed a few games due to a hamstring injury. Mrkonja hit in the second spot in the order each of the last two series.

The three and four spots have been held down consistently by Chris Hernandez and Eric Montero throughout the year.

After that, it’s been a tossup, depending on the series and the hot bats.

Seven different batters have spent time in the sixth spot in the order, while eight guys have seen time in the eighth spot. Nobody has played more than half of the games in the five, seven or nine spots.

Head coach Loren Torres has praised the depth on his 2018 squad and consistently relied on hot bats rather than giving priority to veterans or longtime starters.

The philosophy on the team is simple: they want to win. It doesn’t matter who is in the lineup. Every guy is fighting for team wins, regardless of their role.

That’s what you need from a championship caliber team. That’s what Point Park has this year.

Take Hernandez for example, who has caught nearly all of the starts for the dominating pitching staff and has hit .390 with 23 RBIs this year.

He had a career-high five RBIs last week against Asbury.

When asked about his performance, he literally had no idea he had that good of a game. He knew the team won and he contributed, but that’s all that mattered.

He gets it. The rest of the team gets it. Individual stats don’t matter, even though everyone is posting quality and consistent individual numbers.

The team is 25-2 for several reasons. The pitching staff has been lights out, the bats have been hot and the schedule hasn’t exactly been the toughest.

The biggest reason: The players are prepared for battle with every at-bat and every pitch. They’re playing for each other. It’s a sports cliche, but one that often is said without evidence or truth. That’s not the case with the Pioneers.

The role players understand their roles, and the starters realize someone else could take their spot if they don’t produce.

As the Pioneers enter April, expect the road to get tougher. Expect the team mentality to get stronger.

Josh Croup jdcroup@pointpark.edu

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Track and field teams land multiple wins, second NAIA qualifier

Robert Berger | Point Park Athletics Junior Bryan Partika (Middle) hurdles at an outdoor meet last season. Partika placed second in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 58.04 seconds this past weekend at the Bethany Invitational.

By Dara Collins Co-Sports Editor

The men and women of Point Park’s track and field teams raced and leaped their way to six first-place victories last Saturday at the Bethany Invitational in West Virginia. A number of Pioneers finished with personal, school and facility records.

“We have athletes all across the board that have just really been stepping up,” head coach Kelly Parsley said.

The women tallied three of Point Park’s six event victories of the day.

Junior Anna Shields finished the indoor season with three top times in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). After the second meet of the outdoor season, Shields now holds three more national bests.

The track star finished first in the 1,500 meters with a time of 4 minutes, 21 seconds, a school and facility record. Shields shattered the facility record by 22 seconds and finished about a second faster than the previous school record. The time qualified her for nationals by nearly 15 seconds.

Shields claimed the 2017 NAIA outdoor national championship in the event and looks to defend her title this year. Similarly, Shields qualified for the 800 meters this past weekend by nine seconds and looks to better her second-place national finish from 2017.

Recording her second national best of the day, Shields won the 800 meters with a time of 2 minutes, 9 seconds, just shy of her school record but a facility record nonetheless.

“It felt good to be able to run my main events,” Shields said. “I’m also planning on

doubling those events at nationals again, so it was good practice. There wasn’t that much break in between, so that’s kind of a confidence booster that I can come back for the [800 meters] without much rest because there will be more rest at nationals.”

Her other top NAIA time came at the Cal U Early Bird meet two weeks ago when she finished the 5,000 meters in 16 minutes, 28 seconds.

“I feel really good to have shown my range in the 5K,” Shields said. “I’m probably not going to run it again this season, but I’m happy to have laid down that PR early on.”

The 4x400 meter relay team registered the third win for the women. Before the season began, Shields expressed high hopes for the 4x400 relay team to excel this season.

“The qualifying time is hard, but I think we have the potential to hit it or at least break or school record once we get all of our A team running...The good thing is that we have depth [in the 400 meters] and the availability of alternates,” Shields said.

After a first-place finish at the Cal U Early Bird Invitational, Point Park tacked on another first-place victory in the event with a time of 4 minutes, 7 seconds, nearly three seconds less than the first meet of the season. The team consisted of Shields, Lindsey Archibeque, Erica Hanserd and Reba Bartram.

A chunk of the team recorded new personal records.

Bartram finished two places behind Shields in the 800 meters with a personal best of 2 minutes, 20 seconds. For the first time, junior Kara Rohlf broke 19 minutes in the 5K and finished at 18 minutes, 54 seconds, which earned her fourth place.

On the field, Ana Benitez finished third in the triple jump with a school record of 11.09 meters. Sophomore Mackenzie Mangum finished second with a javelin toss of 34.98 meters. The second outdoor meet of the season for Point Park was the first that included throwing events.

On the men’s side, the Pioneers claimed two victories in the field, one on the track and landed another national qualifier.

Senior jumper Jryi Davis earned a bid to his fifth NAIA national championship meet with a second-place,

14.31-meter finish in the triple jump. It is his second time qualifying for outdoor nationals.

“It’s a great accomplishment,” Davis said. “I definitely wanted to qualify. It’s my last year of track, so I want to make it to nationals as many times as possible.”

The success stretched to the rest of the jumps squad as junior Michael Morris placed first in the high jump after clearing a school-record height of 1.98 meters, while junior Andre Lowery set a school record at 6.80 meters to win the long jump. Sophomore Chance Callahan finished behind Davis with a distance of 13.47 meters.

“There’s many people that can qualify [for nationals], and I’m excited to see what’s going to happen this year,” Davis said.

Sophomore Xavier Stephens won the 800 meters by almost two seconds with a time of 1 minute, 56.86 seconds.

The men’s 4x400 and 4x100 relay teams recorded second place finishes. The 4x400 team of Stephens, Brady Corklin, Malcolm Harris and Aaron Barlow finished in 3 minutes, 28 seconds. The 4x100 crew of Barlow, Harris, Aramis Wright and Tyrone Robinson finished with a time of 43.76 seconds, just shy of the school record.

Junior Bryan Partika hurdled to a second-place finish in the 400 meter hurdles, sophomore Eric Torres placed highest of the distance runners at third in the 5K and Robinson finished third in the pole vault.

“I’m pretty excited about where we are considering the conditions, but we’re running out of time,” Parsley said.

“Outdoor season is pretty short...and unfortunately the weather really dictates how many kids can really qualify.”

Davis agreed the weather impacts the teams’ abilities to practice their events.

“There’s a lot of improvements that we know we have to do, but it’s just getting to the track,” Davis said. “We just need good days to get on the track.”

The Pioneers return to the track and field Saturday for the Dave Labor Invitational hosted by Slippery Rock University.

Dara Collins dmcolli2@pointpark.edu

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Bats explode for 40 runs in 3-game series sweep to improve to 15-0 RSC

Robert Berger | Point Park Athletics Pitcher Nicholas Beardsley improved to 6-1 last Friday against OCU. The junior has an ERA of 1.43 in 37.2 innings.

BASEBALL from 1 The Pioneers got on the board first after the walk of junior Erik Montero resulted in him scoring on a single to center from senior Edberg Dominguez.

The offense followed in the third inning as senior Ray Adames scored on a double down the right field line off the bat of Montero.

After a scoreless fourth inning, Point Park notched two more runs in the top of the fifth. Senior Billy Kidd led the inning off by reaching on an error charged to the shortstop.

Kidd crossed the plate first after a deep sacrifice fly to right from Montero. The next at-bat, Cole Horew scored by stealing home on a passed ball behind.

“We felt that we were leaving a lot of runners on,” Torres said. “Even though our stats showed we were hitting and were good on paper, we still made base running mistakes and I feel we cleaned that up this weekend.”

The biggest threat from OCU during the weekend came in the final three innings of game one. After allowing

the first three batters on base in the bottom of the seventh, Beardsley quickly gave up two runs. Torres didn’t worry.

“I don’t see us being out of any game, and our pitching is because of that,” Torres said. “Our pitching is the reason for that.”

With Beardsley only having three days of rest since his last start, junior Jake Forgrave entered to pitch in relief for the starter. He sat down the first three batters faced and got Point Park out of the jam.

“Our plan was to not let them [the starting pitchers] throw more than 80 pitches.

It worked out very well and we were fortunate to score a lot of runs,” Torres said. “They all threw maybe 60 or 70 pitches and we pulled them early.”

The Pioneers respond with a pair of RBIs in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings for a total of nine runs.

OCU came to bat in the bottom of the ninth facing a 9-5 deficit.

The first three batters reached base safely. One eventually scored on a wild pitch. Junior Addison Domingo was handed the base-

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ball and closed the game out for Point Park. Only allowing one man score who was previously on base, Domingo earned the save and secured the 9-7 victory.

Facing 40 degree temperatures at first pitch, the Pioneers made quick work in the seven innings of game two.

After leading off with a strikeout, the Pioneers man-

ASBURY 4, POINT PARK 14*...................................................................March 27 POINT PARK, CHATHAM - Postponed..................................................March 27 POINT PARK 9, OHIO CHRISTIAN 7*...................................................March 30 POINT PARK 20, OHIO CHRISTIAN 1*.................................................March 30 POINT PARK 11, OHIO CHRISTIAN 1*..................................................March 31 Next: April 4 @ PSU Greater Allegheny, April 6 vs. Rio Grande*

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POINT PARK, GANNON - Postponed.....................................................March 27 WAYNESBURG, POINT PARK - Postponed ..........................................March 28 CARLOW, POINT PARK - Postponed.....................................................March 30 CARLOW 2, POINT PARK 1.....................................................................March 31 CARLOW 4, POINT PARK 6 ....................................................................March 31 Next: April 3 @ Cincinnati Christian*, April 4 @ Ohio Christian*

WOMEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD

BETHANY INVITATIONAL.....................................................................March 31 Shields: 1st, 1,500 m (4:21); 1st, 800 m (2:09) Shields, L. Archibeque, Hanserd, Bartram: 1st, 4x400 m relay (4:07) Next: April 7, Slippery Rock Dave Labor Invitational

MEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD

BETHANY INVITATIONAL.....................................................................March 31 Morris: 1st, high jump (1.98 m) Lowery: 1st, long jump (6.80 m) Stephens: 1st, 800 m (1:56.86) Next: April 7, Slippery Rock Dave Labor Invitational

MEN’S AND WOMEN’S GOLF

CARNEGIE MELLON SPRING INVITATIONAL 2...............................March 29 Men: 1st of 4 Women: No Team Score Next: April 7-8, Carnegie Mellon Spring Shootout

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pick up his fourth win of the campaign.

Like the first two games, Point Park was the first on the board after putting up six runs in the top half of the third.

More insurance runs were picked up in the fifth, eighth and ninth innings.

Bucci lasted five innings while giving up four hits and earned three strikeouts.

After non-conference games against Seaton Hill and Penn State Greater Allegheny, the team will continue conference play at home this weekend against Rio Grande University.

One threat coach Torres believes Rio will pose is strong off-speed pitching.

“They threw only three or four fastballs to us through a four game series last year. It was 90% off speed and that’s what we need to be ready for,” Torres said.

With a bleak forecast, Torres expects the next few games to be played at an alternate home field.

“We will probably have to move them,” Torres said. “I just don’t know where or how and I’m working on it, so it will probably be moved.”

Robert Berger raberge@pointpark.edu

Robert Berger | Point Park Athletics Senior infielder Lily Pruneda dives for the ball during the first game against Carlow on Saturday. Pruneda appeared at bat four times during the double header and registered two sacrifice hits. Point Park is 1-1 in RSC play.

Softball splits home opener

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aged to notch seven runs before the second out of the game.

Senior Ben Herstine lead the charge that inning after hitting a grand slam to center field on the first pitch he saw.

The Pioneers totaled nine runs on nine hits that inning.

Runs came again in the next four innings for the Pioneers as they tallied one in the second inning, three in the third inning, six in the fourth inning and one more in the fifth inning. By the seventh inning, the difference was 20 runs.

Felix Castillo started on the hill. The pitching staff held OCU hitless until the seventh inning as a result of the combined efforts of Castillo, Christian Negron, Anthony Savarino and Robelin Bautista.

The perfect game ended with the first two batters of the inning. Bautista hit the leadoff batter and followed up by giving up a single to center.

Giving up one more hit, and a run, Bautista was able to finish off the game and the Pioneers came out on top 20-1.

The team finished with 24 hits on the game.

The teams returned to action the following day for the final nine-inning contest.

Junior Nick Bucci had the nod on the mound hoping to

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More than two weeks after its last game, the Point Park softball team split its home season opener series against Carlow University last Saturday.

The game came 15 days after the Pioneers’ last competition at a tournament in Kentucky. With the weather finally clearing up, Point Park fell just short of winning the first contest against its crosstown rival.

Point Park was unable to muster much of an offensive push in the first game.

Carlow pitcher Abby Stroud went the distance, pitching seven full innings and only allowing five hits and one earned run. The game was scoreless until the fifth inning when the Celtics got two runs off a two-run homerun.

Point Park battled back in the bottom of the seventh inning, loading the bases.

Sophomore third baseman Amber Cook hit a oneout single, which was quickly followed by another single

by junior infielder Brittany Zeigler. The Pioneers got another runner on base with a walk and were able to score after senior center fielder Alyssa McMurtrie hit a sacrifice fly. However, the Celtics then turned the next ground ball into a double play, ending the game at 2-1.

Junior pitcher Tiffany Edwards pitched the entire game for the Pioneers. Edwards only gave up four hits including the home run, and struck out three.

In the second contest, the Pioneers did something it hasn’t done much of this season; start the game slow.

The story of the Pioneers’ season thus far has been coming out hot and struggling to finish games, but this game was the opposite.

Carlow jumped out to a 4-0 lead after two and a half innings. However, the Pioneers turned the game around in the bottom of the fourth inning. Zeigler started out with a hit that turned into a two-base hit after a Carlow outfielder bobbled the ball. McMurtrie drew a

walk that was followed by a double from sophomore second basemen Courtney Blocher. The hit brought Zeigler to home plate.

Edwards then came in to pinch hit for the Pioneers, and hit a ground ball, allowing McMurtrie to make her way across home plate. With the score at 4-2 in Carlow’s favor, the Pioneers drew two consecutive walks that scored another run.

The inning continued with a two-out double from Cook that scored three runs, and bought the Pioneers in front 6-4. That was all that sophomore pitcher Katie Tarr needed to finish the game. Tarr came in to relieve junior Ashley Iagnemma in the top of the fifth inning.

She struck out eight of the nine batters she faced and earned a save.

The Pioneers are home again this weekend on Friday against Brescia University and Saturday against Indiana University Southeast.

Jordan Slobodinsky jeslobo@pointpark.edu