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Report: Pa.’s public VOLLEYBALL PUNCHES TICKET TO NATIONALS universities among most expensive

By Iain Oldman Co-News Editor

Pennsylvania’s state universities are inching closer to becoming the most expensive in the nation, according to a report released last week.

New data from the College Board, a private nonprofit organization created to increase access to higher education, shows that the costs of Pennsylvania’s public universities have risen in recent consecutive years. The cost of tuition for Pennsylvania residents attending Point Park University is consistent with those prices.

The data was collected for the College Board’s annual “Trends in College Pricing” report. The College Board found that the in-state tuition cost for Pennsylvania’s public universities was $13,884. The rate indicates

a 4 percent raise in one year, and a 15 percent raise over the past five years.

Only two states have higher average tuition costs – Vermont at $15,450 and New Hampshire at $15,650. The three states have been the costliest for in-state tuitions for several years, though Pennsylvania has traditionally trailed the two by well over $1,000. This past year, the gap between Pennsylvania and Vermont was shortened by $28.

Pennsylvania’s combined cost of in-state tuition and additional fees are 44 percent higher than the national average of $9,650.

Part of Pennsylvania’s high tuition costs lies in the lack of higher education funding from the state government itself. Pennsylvania

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USG senators resign, cite personal reasons USG

By Alex Grubbs USG Beat Writer

Three senators stepped down from their positions in Point Park’s student government, citing personal reasons for their resignations.

Senators Mario Avila, Sarah Campbell and Gracey Evans resigned from United Student Government (USG) as the second fall budget allocation remains a work in progress. Including the president pro-tempore position, this accounts for nearly 23 percent of the legislative body resigning.

According to a USG press release, “USG would like to extend a thank you for their time and wish them luck in their future endeavors at

Point Park.”

The resignations were not formally recognized during the meeting.

The governing body continued business as usual at Monday’s meeting with the fall semester’s second allocation, followed by some budget issues. It voted to send the Body Christian Fellowship’s budget back to its finance committee after a money dispute.

According to the budget sheet given to all senators, the organization initially requested $1,482 for their jubilee event. However, on the same sheet, it also said the organization requested $2,000 for the event.

Sen. Shayna Mendez moved to send the recom-

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photo courtesy of Sam Robinson, Point Park Athletics

Sophomore middle hitter, Ashley Taylor, and freshman setter, Julia Menosky, celebrate with the team after scoring against Sienna Heights Sept. 2. Point Park’s volleyball team recently secured an automatic bid to the NAIA National Tournament. For coverage, turn to page 8.

University hosts auction for work from homeless artists

By Robert Berger Staff Writer

Point Park hosted the Homeless Children’s Education Fund “We Live Here Too” art exhibit and silent auction in the Lawrence Hall Ballroom Oct. 28. Artists who have experienced homelessness were given a chance to display their artwork and make profit.

“Art is an educational tool. The kids get to learn something and express themselves at the same time,” said Susy Robison, manager of outreach and volunteer services for the Homeless Chil-

By Matt Petras Co-News Editor

This Thursday evening, the non-profit news outlet Public Source will put on a “Citizen’s Toolkit” at the Center for Media Innovation

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(CMI), an event the organization hopes will give attendees valuable tools for obtaining public data.

The event costs $25 for standard customers, $20 for Public Source subscribers and $5 for Point Park students. The event is scheduled from 6:30-7:30 p.m.

“What you’re taking away are skills that you’ll keep for a long time,” said Roman Benty, an intern with Public Source since May. Benty, a fiction writing and urban studies major at the University of Pittsburgh, took the lead on organizing the event.

The organizers are hoping attendees reach out to explain what information they would like to learn how to obtain. The Eventbrite page for the “Citizen’s Toolkit” already teases help finding information about houses

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by the Homeless Children’s Education Fund also played.

Clips of the artists making their work and sharing their thoughts on the show were also aired.

Chatham University senior Grace Enick was responsible for bringing the event together. Enick spent over two hundred hours of work ensuring the artists had all the supplies needed to create their artwork.

“They would just tell me what they needed to make and I would meet them wherever to hook them up with

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Public Source to host educational session about obtaining public data

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY SIGNS ADDED TO CROSSWALKS ON WOOD STREET Point Park Chief of Police Jeffrey Besong announced Thursday, Oct. 27, that the university’s police department received permission to install new crosswalk signs at the intersection of Wood Street and First Avenue.

dren’s Education Fund.

Artwork including sketches, paintings photographs and sculptures filled the ballroom Friday night as students and the general public were welcome to bid on the pieces. All proceeds from the auctions went directly to the artist.

A quartet of students from the Mount Lebanon High School orchestra performed for the first hour while the artwork was viewed.

As the quartet concluded, the artists took to the floor for a chance to express themselves through song and dance performances. A video made

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for sale, neighborhood safety, city official salaries and cleanliness reports on local restaurants.

“Do you want to eat at a restaurant that isn’t particularly clean?” said Eric Holmberg, a 29 year-old reporter who has been with Public Source for around two years.

Holmberg will be the one giving the presentation at the event, in which he will lecture and take questions from the audience.

“The point of the class is to inform people on Pittsburgh who want to be civically engaged,” Holmberg said. Thus, Public Source is looking to field a general audience, Holmberg said.

“We want to give you a good starting point to follow all year long,” Holmberg said.

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Art show displayed works of 40 artists from AUCTION page 1 supplies...last year was a success and the youth experiencing homelessness expressed interest in doing it again,” Enick said.

The Homeless Children’s Education Fund is a nonprofit organization that works to support educational needs of Allegheny County children experiencing homelessness.

Projects the nonprofit are involved in include holding after school programs, field trips and providing technology to homeless students.

The Education Fund works closely on its projects with the Wood Street 412 Youth Zone. After opening next door to Lawrence Hall last December, the Youth Zone is a central location for homeless youth to go to receive food, legal aid, education and other needs. A 2015 Allegheny Dept. of Human Services Report shows that there are around 250 18-24 year-old homeless people in Allegheny County.

The center also serves youth involved in foster programs.

This is the second “We Live Here” art show the Homeless Children’s Education Fund has held. Last October, the Education Fund auctioned off about 60 pieces of artwork at 21st Street Coffee and Tea in the Strip District. This year’s show featured a total of 40 different artists with nearly 200 differ-

ent pieces up for auction.

Many of the artists attended the show to support others and speak about their own work. Tomika Torres was one of the artists with work on display. Torres said she has personal experience related to the subject matter and uses art to express herself and maintain a positive outlook.

“I’ve had a lot of changes,” Torres said. “I experienced winter homelessness and now I’m a mother, so change in the beginnings is the concept in just about all of my paintings.”

Queen Brazil was another artist in attendance with work on display.

“I’ve sold five pieces and it’s just a wonderful feeling. I waked in and saw everything set up and I just wanted to cry,” Brazil said.

Niecey Hazzard, another artist in attendance with work on display, brainstormed the idea of having the art show last year.

“This was way better than last year, it really grew since last time with people and artwork. We will definitely do something like this again next year,” Hazzard said.

Robert Berger raberge@pointpark.edu.

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Tuition Costs Most expensive: New Hampshire $15,650 Vermont $15,450 Pennsylvania $13,880

Least expensive: Wyoming $5,060 Florida $6,360 Montana $6,410

National Average $9,650 Costliest average tuition at Pennsylvania public university: University of Pittsburgh $18,618 Point Park University

$13,890

Source: College Board “Trends in College Pricing”

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Point Park tuition cost consistent with state from TUITION page 1 funded public universities to the tune of $106.8 billion last year, but it was the fifth consecutive year where funding for higher education has decreased, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

The data in the College Board’s report this year includes figures from the University of Pittsburgh, Penn State University, Temple University and all of the 14 state-owned schools in Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education. Those schools include Slippery Rock University and Indiana University of Pennsylvania, among others.

The University of Pittsburgh’s average in-state tuition cost in 2016 was $18,618, according to CollegeData.

Penn State University Park’s in-state cost averaged out to $17,900. Both of those numbers do not include room and board costs or other student fees. Penn State University Park is the highest costing flagship public university in the United States, according

to the College Board report.

Point Park University’s cost of tuition for students for the 2015-16 school year was $13,890, with an additional $1,250 in “required fees”. Total room and board costs at the university were $10,840 in the same year. The costs of Point Park, a private institution, were not included in the College Board’s data set.

Pennsylvania fares better nationally for the total in-state cost of its two-year universities, though the figures are still the nation’s seventh most expensive in that category. More worrisome, the in-state cost of Pennsylvania’s two-year schools has experienced a 31 percent hike in costs in the past five years.

This all comes as Pennsylvania’s public universities are experiencing a decline in attendance by in-state residents. Last year, 77 percent of first time students at public four-year universities claimed residence in the state, down six percent since 2004.

Iain Oldman idoldma@pointpark.edu.

Tickets run from $5 to $25 for event from TOOLKIT page 1 Benty was looking for places to host the event and eventually landed on the CMI. One of the main reasons is that its position in Downtown Pittsburgh is a good central location, he said. There was also a meeting of minds when he reached out to Andrew Conte, director of the CMI. Conte said in an interview that the event is in line with what the CMI wants to do.

Most events at the CMI are free to attend. The only other event with an admission fee was sold out, according to Conte.

On Monday afternoon, the Eventbrite page for Public Source’s upcoming event listed nine people who have already purchased tickets.

Public Source has been around since late 2011 and focuses on Pennsylvania. As a nonprofit organization, they are funded by various grants and foundations, such as The Pittsburgh Foundation and The Fund for Investigative Reporting, according to their website.

One recent project from the organization was a series called “The Aftermath of Mur-

der.” This series covered the unsolved homicides in Pittsburgh, which disproportionally affected the black community.

This “class,” as Holmberg calls it, is part of a larger goal from Public Source to be more than just a home for reporting and news coverage, but also a personable aide to its readers as citizens.

“We’re people,” Benty said.

“We want to engage with you and we want you to engage with us.”

Matt Petras mapetra@pointpark.edu.

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Artist Tomika Torres explains the concept of change in her artwork at the “We Live Here Too” silent auction on Oct. 28.

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If you are registered to vote at your Point Park dorm, your polling station is located at the Epiphany Catholic Church. The church is located across from PPG Paints Arena

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JOSH SHAPIRO (D) VS JOHN RAFFERTY (R) Center for Media Innovation Wednesday, Nov. 2 Coverage by Josh Croup at ppuglobe.com

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McGinty, Toomey both pick up key endorsements

Clinton campaign invests heavily in last push Pa. efforts

Trump, Pence make campaign stops in Pa. electoral hot-spots

The two candidates battling it out for one of Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate seats both picked up big endorsements shortly before the Nov. 8 election.

The PennLive/Patriot News Editorial Board endorsed Incumbent Republican Sen. Pat Toomey Oct. 28.

The same editorial board endorsed Hillary Clinton for the presidential election.

Democratic challenger Katie McGinty gained an endorsement from the New York Times Editorial Board Oct. 21.

Sources: The New York Times, PennLive

Hillary Clinton is going to open up hundreds of new canvassing offices in the final week leading up to the general election, according to an internal memo acquired by POLITICO. The Democrat will open more than 350 get-out-thevote offices in the final days of the election, adding onto the campaign’s 56 field offices operating in the state.

Clinton will appear alongside pop star Katy Perry in Philadelphia Saturday, Nov. 5 for a campaign stop.

Source: POLITICO

The Republican ticket for the White House is making a few last minute stops in Pennsylvania before the general election.

Presidential candidate Donald Trump and his running mate, Mike Pence, both made an appearance in Valley Forge Tuesday, before Pence stopped by Westmoreland County Community College later in the day.

This marks the first time that Trump and Pence have appeared together at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.

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Body found in stairwell near university, cause of death not yet determined

By Iain Oldman Co-News Editor

at 10:30 a.m. Monday morning to inform students of the incident.

Besong’s email and the press release from the Department of Public Safety contained one inconsistency. In the email sent out to students, it was said that responding officers arrived at the scene at approximately 6:30 a.m., while the press release stated that Pittsburgh Police responded to a call at 7:24 a.m.

In an email to The Globe, Besong clarified that the original report came across city police channel at 6:30 a.m.

The deceased man had not yet been identified at the time of publication.

Iain Oldman idoldma@pointpark.edu.

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Pittsburgh Police found the deceased body of a 46-year-old unidentified man in the stairwell of a building near Point Park University on Monday morning.

According to a press release put out by Pittsburgh’s Department of Public Safety, the deceased man was a burglar who had entered an apartment on the seventh floor of 333 Blvd of the Allies. The building houses both residential apartments and businesses.

The resident of the apartment was home at the time of the break-in and confronted the man inside the residence.

Police say that a brief

struggle subsequently ensued and the burglar was chased out of the apartment.

No firearms were involved, according to the press release.

The man’s body was found at a stairwell landing on the fourth floor of the building by responding Pittsburgh Police officers.

Officials stated that the cause and manner of the death is still under investigation. Detectives and employees from the Medical Examiner’s Office were investigating the scene for about three hours Monday morning, according to KDKA. Point Park Chief of Police Jeffrey Besong sent out an email to the student body

Pittsburgh Police discovered the body of an unidentified man in a stairwell of a multipurpose building near Point Park’s campus. do

resume building workshop, a movie night, an event and member induction. USG recommended less money for the organization’s marketing supplies and no money for its movie night.

Strong Women, Strong Girls also took a cut from its proposed budget. The organization initially requested $1,573 and received only $1,145. USG recommended a lesser amount for its marketing, events and “strong sisters” requests.

Parliamentarian Charles Murria said that any budget appeals from clubs and organizations should be sent

to Baldoni for review at next week’s meeting. The submission deadline for appeals is Sunday.

USG’s communication committee announced former USG press secretary Emily Yount as its graphic design coordinator after weeks of interviews.

Its forum will be held Friday, Nov. 4 from 5:308:30 p.m. in the Lawrence Hall Ballroom to reach out to students.

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mendation back to USG’s financial committee.

“I have no problem with [the amount],” Mendez said. “[But] I want to know the current amount being requested. It’s a large amount, and I don’t want to necessarily overfund.”

Due to the dispute, the legislative body voted unanimously to send the budget recommendation back to the finance committee for further review to verify the requested amount.

Treasurer Amedea Baldoni did not attend the meet-

ing and could not directly verify the discrepancy due to her absence.

Thirty-one clubs and organizations’ budgets were overseen and approved at the meeting. Of the $18,897 clubs and organizations requested, USG allotted only $14,962.

Phi Beta Lambda (PBL), a business leadership organization, took the largest budget slash from USG. The organization initially requested $2,539, and USG gave it $1,857, which is $682 less than the initial request.

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Women leaders speak to students about inequality

By Kimberly Prokurat For The Globe

After personally experiencing gender inequality in the workplace, Kate Shipley decided to shed light on the issue by creating a new leadership series on campus that focuses on women.

Mackenzie Link sees her involvement in this series as a small but necessary step towards change after battling with stereotypes in school.

The two have come together through Student Activity Involvement and Leadership (SAIL) to build the Point Women Leadership Series on campus in hopes to educate and help young people survive in a patriarchal society.

“We’ve been taught as females that it’s okay if we don’t speak up, it’s okay to hold ourselves back and it’s okay that some man is asking for something that we want and we’re not asking for it - and those things aren’t okay,” said Link, Junior business management major and SAIL office employee.

The series is a string of four sessions that build upon each other and present 19 members a chance to gain insight on the reality of stereotypes through a gendered lens.

The first two sessions have focused on perceptions and decision making

while the last two sessions include a discussion on social service and a TED talk-inspired panel of guest presentations. Local business women and Point Park alumni will be in the third session titled ‘Women Like You’ Nov. 4, to speak about succeeding in a male dominated workplace followed by a question and answer panel.

Shipley is currently the assistant coordinator of SAIL and the sole reason for the introduction of this series. She earned her Master of Fine Arts degree in creative writing from The Ohio State University (OSU) and worked as an instructor for an English Composition class, where they focused on themes like politics and athletics.

At OSU, she noticed male students treated women teachers differently than male teachers.

“I had one, great and usually respectful, student make a joke about how he bet I’d look good with a gun on my hip,” Shipley said.

Looking back on it now, she thinks of that moment as a learning opportunity and wishes that she took the chance to say something not just for him, but the whole class.

“There’s a difference between teaching women what you should do about it and then being in that situation and having to decide

for your person what to do,” Shipley said.

From interactions like those, Shipley has seen the reality of gender connotations and had been sharing her knowledge when the opportunities arise. The idea for the series itself sprouted from one of those opportunities in the spring.

Shipley realized that Point Park students needed this type of seminar. The amount of interest the program gained was proof of that.

“I thought it was something that we needed but I did not expect people to be coming up to me about it on the sidewalk or sending me emails about it,” Shipley said.

Preparing for the series has been a whirlwind of research and exposure to facts and opinions on this topic for Shipley. She used ideas from books to paint the picture of what the world is like from a female perspective.

Books such as ‘Knowing Your Value’ by Mika Brzezinski and ‘Lean In’ by Sheryl Sandberg which argue the differences between a male and female experience in the work place were used in the framework of the series.

The first meeting supplied a space for the participants to receive information and ground work from all of her research. The third session is set to bring leaders in the community using the

TED talk platform.

For Link, this issue has been something she’s seen affecting her performance in the classroom. She finds herself undermining her abilities due to the societal dynamics of today.

“Men don’t have these extra thoughts of ‘am I smart enough to make this comment’ because they don’t have to worry about these stereotypes, threats and ideas where women do,” Link said.

Shipley brought the idea to Link and became the assistant on the project. Link made sure the material was presented in a relatable way to college students.

Link also reached out to a pharmacist as well as a senior analyst at PNC Bank to speak. The two founded a dance company in Pittsburgh called Exhalations Dance Theatre.

“It’s beneficial for students to hear from young, inspirational women who have determination to do what they want and still have these extremely successful,” Link said.

Brad Kovalcik, the coordinator of SAIL, was responsible for approving the project and finding funding within his resources on campus. Kovalcik has been working in student affairs, generally a field dominated by women, so he has never personally experienced the inequality firsthand, how-

ever, he said his wife shares these experiences.

“My wife who works in engineering has gone through this, and she knows other women at the company that have had struggles with not being taken as seriously or not receiving the same amount of respect from older members of the company that they show to men in the same position,” Kovalcik said.

It is important for him that college students receive this information before they enter their fields and face this.

“Anything you can do to empower a person will eventually work its way down to others, and even though there may only be about 19 women in this program they all have friends that they’ll talk to about this and they can add to discussions in the classroom which helps to educate the community as a whole,” Kovalcik said.

The third session is scheduled at 7 p.m. Nov. 4 and the last session, titled “Social Justice & Service”, will take place at 5 p.m.

Nov. 11, both in Lawrence Hall 200. While they are currently closed off, there is a PointSync Portal where members will be posting recourses like research and books that anyone can join.

Kimberly Prokurat kkproku@pointpark.edu

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Student wins raffle for advanced screening of documentary

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When junior journalism major Hannah Lapiska entered to win a screening of Leonardo DiCaprio’s environmental documentary, “Before the Flood,” she had no idea that her submission would be chosen out of more than 5,000 others.

“I filled out an application, and I got an email saying, ‘out of 5,000’ participants, your response will take a while,’” Lapiska said.

“I got an email a week later, and it said that Point Park had been chosen.”

The environmental journalism program Lapiska wrote about in her entry is brand new at Point Park. So new, in fact, that the undergraduate program, which concentrates on both writing and science courses, currently has zero students.

“The program’s pretty new, obviously,” Lapiska said. “So it was really big.

They basically chose us because of our environmental journalism program.”

Lapiska, a Penn Hills resident and commuter student, found out about DiCaprio’s film project while scrolling through Facebook.

She started following Leonardo DiCaprio on social me-

dia after he delivered his famously powerful speech on climate change and the harsh effects of global warning at the Oscars.

“Leonardo DiCaprio is a huge supporter of addressing climate change…like huge,” Lapiska said. “Nobody even knew it until he went up onstage to accept his Oscar, and so nobody knew until he went up and talked for ten minutes about this. So I started following him, because I’ve always been a huge advocate for climate change.”

The brand new film, set to screen Nov. 11 from 6:309:30 p.m. in the Center for Media Innovation (CMI), follows the renowned actor as he travels the world and addresses the effects of climate change.

Upon receiving the news that Point Park won the rights to have the screening, Lapiska wasted no time emailing School of Communication higher-ups to make the event as visible and effective for students as possible.

This included working and emailing with Director of the CMI Andy Conte, associate professor of photography and photojournalism and faculty representative for the environmental jour-

nalism program Chris Rolinson and Hannah Lessner, graduate assistant to the environmental journalism program.

“They all emailed me in this group email, and from there, it was determined that screening the film in the CMI would be beneficial -- not only to the journalism program in general, but to anyone who wanted to view the film and become more acquainted with the concept of climate change,” Lapiska said.

The new environmental journalism major, made possible financially by the Heinz Endowments, is in a phase of preparation this year. This groundwork for this major is partly rooted in creating events for students like the “Before the Flood” screening, a social media presence and high school recruitment.

The major is set to function monetarily for only two years, but has a chance to renew for another three years. By then, according to Rolinson, the program should be self-sustaining.

“Heinz has a commitment to educating the next generation of environmental reporters,” Rolinson said.

“And I personally like providing as many opportunities for

students as possible. My goal is to hope that they’re interested enough to participate and take part in it.”

The program is unique in the sense that it has a strong journalism focus alongside a considerable scientific emphasis. Rebecca Lessner, who is developing digital signage for the film screening, said environmental journalism is a significant field that paves the way for students to become professional, data-centric journalists.

“It’s important because it’s a focus in the environment,” Lessner said. “So through this program, you’re not just taking journalism classes; you’re taking biology classes and things of that nature for your electives. I’m getting an education in science as well as journalism, so you can load your stories up with facts and understand them.”

Although the film addresses issues that might initially pique the interests of students interested in the environmental journalism program, Lapiska said the subject matter of the film transcends all majors, and emphasized that she wants Point Park to use their identity as young, innovative college

students to kick-start a process to curb the dangers of entities like pollution and global warming.

“People totally overlook climate change, and I think in order for things to change, starting at universities is a great beginning,” Lapiska said. “Starting at Point Park University is a great place because of our location and our students.

We’re the Steel City. These streets used to literally be covered in soot, so this is a great place to start.”

Emily Bennett elbenne@pointpark.edu

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Not on My Campus raises awareness of consent “Costume is Not Consent” promotes safety, empowerment

By Carley Bonk For The Globe

Syrah Sherwood, Point Park’s Not On My Campus founder and president, stressed how easily lines can be blurred in sexual encounters at Halloween gatherings where costumes can be misinterpreted.

“Costumes can often be small, but consent is consent.

Little clothing doesn’t mean ‘yes,’” Sherwood said.

Point Park University’s chapter of Not On My Campus has launched a new photo campaign, “Costume is Not Consent” to raise awareness of the issue. Sherwood said the importance was to remind students of the use of consent during Halloween weekend at their event in Village Park on Oct. 26.

“We are trying to promote consent, especially with how large and intense these parties can be,” Sherwood said.

Jill Bradshaw, a club member, said the overall goal of the campaign is safety and education on how to handle these situations.

“We are really just trying to make sure everyone is safe this Halloween,” Bradshaw said.

“We are encouraging the use of consent, not force. We are

really hoping to educate people on the use of consent and what sexual assault is.”

Bradshaw also said a person, despite what they are wearing, always has a right to consent.

“If someone is wearing a costume, that doesn’t give you the right to depict that person in a sexual way,” Bradshaw said. “They still need to say they agree.”

Wesley Ehle, vice president of Not On My Campus, said it’s the duty of those witnessing sexual assault to not ignore it.

“People need to feel safe and empowered in these situations,” Ehle said. “Don’t be a bystander if someone is being forced.”

Not On My Campus currently has 170 pledges in their first year affiliated to Point Park’s Campus. Their group primarily communicates through its pages on Facebook and Instagram. The group is encouraging more students to raise their voices against sexual assault.

“The more people that become involved, the better. Our goal is to create a campus-wide system of support for victims,” Sherwood said. “We hold meetings spontaneously, but usually a week before any planned

event. They are always posted on our Facebook page and Instagram.”

Sherwood was inspired to start the program by a friend at another campus and decided it was time for Point Park to raise awareness as well.

“Everyone has experience in some way with sexual assault, whether it’s a friend, themselves or a classmate whose been affected,” Sherwood said.

Overall, Sherwood did not have any photo by Karisa Sosnoski complaints on the way Mel Holley, junior musical theater major, pledges to prevent sexual assault that Point Park han- on campus during Not On My Campus’s event “A Costume is Not Consent,” held in Village Park this past Wednesday. dles sexual assault.

“We do a great job here at handling sexual assault,” Sherwood posted on Facebook and In- not only on campus, but in outsaid. “It’s important that we lis- stagram. Pizza, popcorn and side communities as well. ten to the victims,” Sherwood drinks will be provided.

“Next year we are looking said. “We are lucky that we “We are encouraging peo- forward to a coaster campaign, don’t have a lot of victim sham- ple to come and check it out,” where we can raise awareness ing here. We focus on making Sherwood said. “The docu- about sexual assault at many of sure they are comfortable and mentary follows the lives of the local bars and restaurants not their attacker.” women who were the victims in Pittsburgh,” Ehle said.

Not On My Campus’ next of sexual assault and how it has event will be a screening of affected them.”

“Hunting Ground” in the UniPoint Park’s Not On My Carley Bonk versity Center. The date is still Campus has a few more events cmbonk@pointpark.edu to be determined, but will be in the works to raise awareness

WPPJ’s Rock-a-Thon returns for its 36th year

By Alexander Popichak Editor-Elect

Vincent Ferrainola sits at his desk, surrounded by mountains of paper and stacks of demo CDs furiously sending off emails reminding people about show times and adding sticky notes with sponsors’ names on a cluttered monitor.

Ferrainola, a senior broadcast production and media management major, is preparing for the campus station WPPJ’s 36th annual Rock-a-Thon, slated to take place Nov. 1-4, 2016. Rocka-Thon is an annual event featuring live performances and events. The station moves its on-air operation outside of its second floor studio and into the hallway by the Point Café. Rock-athon is WPPJ’s largest annual event and serves is a fundraiser for the Early Learning Institute (TELI).

“Rock-a-Thon is a three day, live 67-hour broadcast done right outside our studio in Lawrence where we play all kinds of music,” Ferrainola said. “We let anyone who is already part of WPPJ and other students that are interested go on air and try and raise money. We don’t limit you to talk about or play

any certain kind of music; really the entire event is based around raising money for the Early Learning Institute.”

Ferrainola serves as the station’s general manager and this is his second Rocka-Thon. The key to success in his eyes is seeking creative, innovative ways to raise money for TELI while getting WPPJ members involved.

“All the shows that you normally can hear on WPPJ when you tune in, you will be able to hear live in Lawrence Hall as well as over the air,” Ferrainola said.

Ferrainola said the added visual element provides a face to what otherwise is an anonymous medium and is a major way to raise awareness of the station.

To prepare for the event, Miranda Van Bramer, designing and printing off flyers, repeatedly references a

table of chicken-scratched names.

Van Bramer is only in her third week on the job as assistant general manager but is in her second year at WPPJ having hosted a show last year. Van Bramer is working to deliver the tradition of 67 uninterrupted hours of broadcasting by managing the schedule of DJs. While WPPJ never goes ‘off air,’ the station is only manned for about 60 hours a week and otherwise maintains a rotating automated playlist. For Rock-a-Thon, there will be DJs manning the station outside of the Point Café round the clock for the entire four-day stretch.

In order to secure a spot on the live rotation, students must donate $10 per hour of airtime, with all proceeds benefiting TELI. TELI is a Pittsburgh-based charity

“It’s based around raising money for the Early Learning Institute. That’s the entire aim of Rock-a-Thon” Vincent Ferrainola General Manager, WPPJ

which specializes in healthcare and education of children aged 0-to-3 years with developmental delays. WPPJ has partnered with TELI for the entirety of Rock-aThon’s 36-year run.

“It’s based around raising money for the Early Learning Institute. That’s the entire aim of Rock-aThon,” Ferrainola said. “We have events and games and we just want people to come out and have fun.”

Rock-a-Thon will roar to life Nov. 1 at 3 p.m. with an opening ceremony, which, according to Ferrainola and Van Bramer, will feature the Mars High School marching band and an appearance by the University of Pittsburgh’s drumline.

Scheduled events include corn hole tournaments, a ‘Pie the President’ event featuring United Student Government President Blaine King, and a last-DJstanding competition between the Morning Show and WPPJ Tonight, two of the station’s flagship daily shows.

Sam Morrison is a sophomore broadcast production and media management major and is one of the hosts of WPPJ’s Tonight Show.

“Rock-a-Thon this year is going to be a little different from the usual formu-

la, but in a very good way,” Morrison said. “This year, it’s all about raising money for TELI, while keeping the fun of previous years.”

Morrison’s team will compete against the Morning Show in an effort to raise money. Whichever team raises the most money for TELI wins.

Van Bramer and Ferrainola both emphasized that this year will be larger in scale than in years past because of the number of DJs participating and the amount of money the station hopes to raise for TELI. “We’re trying to attract more people to participate in the event,” Van Bramer said. “This year is actually the 36th annual Rock-aThon so we’ve been at it for almost four decades which is the longest running event of any organizations or clubs on campus.”

Van Bramer said the schedule of what shows will appear on the lineup will be posted outside the station during Rock-a-Thon and will be accessible online. For more information on WPPJ, visit the station’s website at wppjradio.com.

Alexander Popichak apopic@pointpark.edu

GSSA HALLOWEEN PARTY Marshmallow monster pops were hand made by members of Gender Sexuality Spectrum Alliance for their Halloween party on Monday in the Lawrence Hall Ballroom. Members of GSSA gather for their Halloween party in the Lawrence Hall Ballroom on Monday.

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Corner of real and world can be an uncomfortable place to live

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By Laura Byko

Co-Opinions Editor

Election 2016 almost over There’s one thing, in these wildly partisan times, that people of all political persuasions can agree on: This election has been an unceasing horror show, a hair-raising look into our country’s darkest and basest impulses.

But there is a light at the end of the tunnel. There is less than a week until the election. Tuesday, Nov. 8 marks the end of this specific national nightmare.

As painful as this process has been, we need to see it to the end. This is the last Globe’s Point that will be published in time for us to encourage you to vote. So this is us encouraging you, one last time, to vote.

This is a historic election. It is historically unpleasant, and if Hillary Clinton wins, she will be the first woman to become President of the United States. No matter your feelings about Clinton, she is in a position to possibly break an important barrier.

Pennsylvania is a swing state. The electoral college is a strange and undemocratic system, but it’s also one that disproportionately weighs your vote.

As a young person in Pennsylvania, your vote is one of the most important in the country.

Don’t waste this opportunity. By this point, you

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probably feel a little physically ill every time someone mentions the election. But you need to power through the fatigue and remember what’s at stake on Tuesday: Supreme Court nominations, foreign policy, women’s issues, the environment, immigration policy and LGBT issues.

And it’s not just the presidential election. Pennsylvania is embroiled in a close senatorial race, and state and local representatives determine much of the policy that affects us every day.

It’s tempting to disengage and ignore the toxic dialogue that’s been the defining factor of this election. But we have to exercise our civic duty to determine the direction of the country, at least until Tuesday. After that, you can bask in the sweet relief of no more political ads and a severe down-tick in political Facebook statuses.

The signs and bumper stickers can come down, and we can try to remember how to see each other as people again, instead of political pawns.

We’ll get to have significantly fewer arguments with our relatives.

At least until Thanksgiving, but that’s a thought for another day.

The Point Park Globe globe@pointpark.edu.

If you ask a random student why they went to Point Park, chances are they’ll talk about the depth of practical experience in your intended career you can get here.

While it’s fun to gently mock the phrase “corner of real and world,” it is accurate for our university: it emphasizes skills necessary to find employment after graduation.

I’m now nearing the end of my time at Point Park, and that means I’m starting to look at things through the prism of them having happened, as opposed to just trying to survive them. And what I can’t help thinking is that while the corner of real and world is a useful and valuable place at which to spend time, it’s also strangely limiting.

I don’t feel as if my degree has stretched my brain or critical thinking in the way I see my friends at more traditionally academically-focused universities being stretched. Sometimes I’m jealous of them and the choice they made to go to colleges less focused on career preparation.

We have a societally romanticized view of college in this country. It’s an institution of higher learning, we think, a marbled place that churns out academically enriched scholars. It’s easy to wax poetic about colleges as places where you go to expand your horizons to become a critical thinker and citizen of the world.

It’s much harder to live in reality, where tuition costs are skyrocketing even as a degree becomes increasingly necessary to get a job that pays a livable wage. According to the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, “the list-price tuition at U.S. colleges and universities has risen by roughly 7 percent per year since the early 1980s. The inflation rate has

“While the corner of real and world is a... valuable place at which to spend time, it’s also strangely limiting.”

Laura Byko

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averaged just 3.2 percent.”

And according to a May 27, 2014 New York Times article, “Americans with fouryear college degrees made 98 percent more an hour on average in 2013 than people without a degree. That’s up from 89 percent five years earlier, 85 percent a decade earlier and 64 percent in the early 1980s.”

So, paradoxically, a college education is more prohibitively expensive than ever

before, as well as more vital for a financially comfortable life than ever before. This is also as the minimum wage has failed to keep up with inflation for decades, meaning that college students trying to pay their way through school by working service jobs either have to take out more loans or work more hours than any of their predecessors did.

The problem, then, isn’t with Point Park’s philosophy; it’s rather with how necessary that philosophy is in today’s job market and economy. It’s difficult to actually survive in the world armed only with a solid academic background and no career-oriented skills unless you’re already wealthy.

So the hyper-focus on employability and practical skills makes sense for Point Park, and it’s doing its students a valuable service by so thoroughly preparing them for their future careers.

I’m grateful for the practical experience I’ve gained here. But I also can’t help but wish that it wasn’t quite so necessary to immediately begin the college journey with maximizing my employability, that instead I could have spent some time in the realm of the academic and theoretical and learn just for the sake of learning.

Until higher education prices become more reasonable, though, the corner of real and world is where it makes the most sense to spend your time and money.

Laura Byko lobyko@pointpark.edu.

The two main candidates are the same: Vote Stein

By Matt Petras Co-News Editor

Whenever the democratic primary election was stolen by the neo-liberal shill known as Hillary Clinton, I just couldn’t bow my head to the man and vote for her.

Yes, as a die-hard Bernard Sanders fan, I can’t bring myself to vote for Clinton. She’s the worst. Because I believe in principled progressivism, I have no choice but to cast my ballot for Jill Stein and the other man running with her, because I’m consistent and morally wholesome. I will never vote for someone who does not reflect my values.

The main push-back I have to deal with is from establishment losers who are obsessed with this idea that Donald Trump is so much worse than Clinton that it’s essential to vote for her to defeat him. This notion is incredibly frustrating because she is at least as bad as Trump, if not worse. Hear me out.

Clinton has nothing to excite progressives. She

wants to bomb every Middle Eastern country ever. I hear she is even considering a nuclear strike on Canada from this YouTube channel I watch. She also wants to pass 17 million Trans-Pacific Partnership deals, rather than the single one Obama is pushing (TPP). So on trade she would be about 17 million times worse.

Perhaps you think it’s relevant that she said the war in Iraq was a mistake and that she has changed her stance on TPP, but that’s because the establishment has brainwashed you. She actually dreams about a world where she can bomb pretty much every country and despises working people; she just says otherwise because of money.

Believe me, Clinton is pretty much the epitome of pure evil.

Trump is also quite evil, but at least he is anti-establishment. The powers that be can’t stand Trump, and that is something I can really appreciate about the guy.

Let me give you an example

of why I hate the establishment. The other day, my dad didn’t let me use his car, and it really upset me because, like, what right does he have? Just because he is a parent he thinks he can treat me like a slave? I am a free, beautiful human being, and nobody owns me.

I can’t just be anti-establishment in my politics, I have to be consistent and do it in my daily life too. So, I took my dad’s car anyway and snuck out. I got some McDonald’s and went to Walmart to get some headphones for my iPhone. It was such a rush, because I know that really upset the established order. Take that, Dad! Now, I know that Sanders has endorsed Clinton, but that doesn’t matter. Sanders is a true hero, but he was basically backed into a corner and threatened. Probably at gunpoint if I know anything about the establishment. I can forgive him.

If Clinton is in office, none of the cool stuff Sanders would want will pass because she hates good things

and will not be held accountable by anyone. She worked with Sanders to come up with a college tuition plan that makes public universities’ tuition free for families making under $125,000 a year, which is 80 percent of the public, but nothing will happen with this plan at all.

Nobody, not even Sanders, will hold her to push that legislation. This highly-detailed plan might as well be a fart in the wind.

It’s such a shame that Stein isn’t getting more support, because she really is amazing. John Oliver put out a segment defaming her good name, which really showed his true colors. He is a shill for the establishment and for Clinton. Whenever he said in that same video that Clinton was “a hawkish, Wall Street-friendly embodiment of everything some people can’t stand about politics,” he was just lying. It’s lip service, along with his segments on income inequality, net neutrality, climate change, mass incarceration, drones, student debt, voting

rights and government surveillance. All of them! He did all of those segments just to make it seem like he is a comedian taking real, challenging, principled stances on important issues.

Whenever he criticized Stein, he revealed his sick, corrosive nature; he is in fact just another tentacle of the establishment.

The truth is that Stein would be an excellent president. She is even more progressive and principled than Sanders on issues like the drone program, which means I feel even better about supporting her than I did Sanders.

I suppose this does beg the question: if Stein is the more principled choice, why did I even support Sanders in the first place? Isn’t my primary basis for supporting Stein disingenuous?

Aren’t I just letting my emotions talk instead of reasoning things out?

Of course not.

Matt Petras mapetra@pointpark.edu.

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By Josh Croup Sports Columnist

Clinching The fall semester got off to a rough start for the volleyball and soccer teams.

It was rough.

When you exit the Fort Pitt Tunnel and look right into Station Square, you see Highmark Stadium, the home of the Point Park soccer teams.

When you drove through the tunnel in September with Point Park sports on your mind, you really questioned if there was a light at the end.

Slowly but surely that light turned on. Now, it’s vibrant and almost blinding.

The volleyball team blinded us the most.

VOLLEYBALL

The team started last year 0-9 before resurrecting its season in conference play.

Point Park finished 9-3, was the runner-up in the conference tournament and earned a bid to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Tournament.

The Pioneers retained much of the core roster that carried them to last year’s national tournament.

This year saw a familiar beginning, but now it’s time to rewrite the ending.

After winning its first match of the season, Point Park lost its next 10 contests en route to a 1-10 start.

Since then, Point Park is 18-3 and 15-1 in River States Conference (RSC) play.

Excluding the 3-2 loss against Rio Grande, Point Park has completely dominated RSC competition this season. In their 15 conference wins, the Pioneers only dropped seven total sets and never dropped more than one set in a match.

That’s a 45-7 combined score in Point Park’s victories.

Point Park turned around its season for the second year in a row, but this time did it in incredible fashion. The Pioneers snuck into last year’s national tournament, but glide into the big dance this year.

The team’s RSC-best regular season record guarantees a return trip to nationals. It’s all part of rewriting last year’s ending. Unlike last year, the Pioneers won’t have to fight for their spot in the RSC Tournament.

It’s already theirs.

Whoever they draw for that NAIA Opening Round match on Nov. 19 is going to be a top-tier program in the country. We already know that without watching the selection show. The best ending to this story will come if the Pioneers can win that game.

Getting to the big dance is one thing. Point Park has accomplished the feat now four times in the last six years, but doesn’t have a win in the tournament to show for it. This could be the year that all changes.

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Now the women’s soccer team had a rough start to 2016 as well, beginning the year 0-5-1 and dropping its first three home contests. The Pioneers battled through injuries and a tough non-conference road schedule to do exactly what the volleyball team did: turn their season around.

Point Park finished the regular season on a four game winning streak and is 6-2 in RSC competition, good for second place in the conference.

Its 2-1 victory on senior day Saturday over Carlow clinched that second seed in the RSC tournament and an automatic first round bye in the tournament.

The Pioneers will get at least the RSC semifinal game at Highmark Stadium, the same turf where they won the conference championship last season. Point Park has a great chance to repeat this season.

The Pioneers defense has shined as of late, allowing just three combined shots last week in matches against Washington Adventist and Carlow. They have six shutout victories this year. Point Park’s offense has outscored RSC opponents 17-7 this season.

They’ve healed up and found ways to integrate their young talent with the veterans on the roster and look like a team has a great chance to repeat as conference champions.

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The defending men’s soccer conference champions just happen to also be the de-

fending national champions.

The runner-up last season in the RSC also happens to be just as good.

Rio Grande defeated West Virginia Tech in the RSC Championship last season before the RedStorm went on to win the NAIA National Championship.

The Golden Bears of West Virginia are hungry for redemption this year and, like Rio Grande, have rolled over almost every team that has tried to get in their way, including Point Park.

The Pioneers finished the season 9-8-1 with a 3-5 RSC record. Their senior day Saturday was a do-or-die situation against Carlow University, competing in its first year of RSC competition.

The Celtics entered the game 1-6 in RSC play as the last place team in the RSC. It was a must win and an almost guaranteed win for Point Park. Taking care of business at Highmark Stadium was the easy part.

The Pioneers needed the stars to align to secure a playoff berth, but the biggest star they needed was a West Virginia Tech victory over Cincinnati Christian.

Well, unsurprisingly, the Golden Bears rolled over Cincinnati Christian 9-2 and gave the Eagles a 3-5 RSC record.

Three other teams, including Point Park, also finished with 3-5 records.

After all the tiebreakers were sorted out, Point Park walked away with that sixthand-final playoff spot. The Pioneers will travel to Midway (Ky.) Nov. 5 for a rematch of their regular season 1-0 overtime loss in the opening round of the tournament.

If Point Park wins that game, it would have to travel to West Virginia Tech for the RSC Semifinal match.

So, there you have it.

The regular season of conference play for these three fall teams is over. It took a while for that light to appear at the end of the tunnel, but it finally turned on. We just had to be patient.

Let’s go win some hardware, shall we?

Josh Croup jdcroup@pointpark.edu.

VoLlEyBaLl’S RsC DoMiNaTiOn W 3-1 - IU East W 3-1 - IU Kokomo W 3-0 - Carlow W 3-1 - Rio Grande W 3-1 - Asbury W 3-0 - Midway W 3-0 - Ohio Christian W 3-0 - WVU Tech

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NHL on NBC broadcaster to speak at Point Park

By Robert Berger Staff Writer

The Pittsburgh Center for Sports Media and Marketing will welcome NBC’s Mike “Doc” Emrick to the JVH auditorium Nov. 3 to speak to students about his sports broadcasting career.

“Doc really likes Point Park…Tom McMillan has a good connection with him through the Penguins and he said for the past couple of years he’d love to come and speak to students,” said Kelsey Veydt, graduate assistant for the Pittsburgh Center for Sports Media and Marketing.

Emrick began his broadcasting career 43 years ago in 1973 where he called International Hockey League games for the Port Huron Flags. He eventually went on to work for the NHL’s New Jersey Devils for 18 years.

In 2011, he took his current position at NBC and NBC Sports as the lead hockey play-by-play announcer.

Emrick holds a number of accolades in sports broadcasting. In 2011 he was awarded his first Emmy, and has since won three more. His most recent award came this past May for Outstanding Sports Personality in play-by-play. Emrick also became the first sports broadcaster to be inducted in the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 2011. Along with calling hockey, he is known for his coverage with NBC of both the summer and winter Olympics.

This will be Emrick’s second time visiting Point Park. In March of 2012, Emrick spoke to students about broadcasting in the Student Center.

“I think it’s great Point Park brings people like Emrick to campus,” said sophomore broadcast management and production major Nick Kasisky. “As a hockey fan, it will be cool to see someone I’ve watched for years come talk to students.”

Emrick is known to be a fan of the city and the Pitts-

burgh Pirates. In 2012, he participated in the Pirates fantasy camp in Bradenton, Fla. This past March, he joined Pittsburgh broadcasters Greg Brown and John Wehner in the booth during a Pirates spring training game.

This time around, Emrick has a full day scheduled at the university. He will speak to a SAEM class and an on-camera class in the morning. The event in the JVH will then be held at 1 p.m. for all students to attend. Following the discussion, Emrick will be shown around the Center for Media Innovation (CMI) and will be interviewed by broadcast students.

Sophomore broadcast reporting major Taylor Celich is excited to hear Emrick speak.

“He’s an icon in the broadcast field, it’s awesome to have people like him come and I’ll definitely learn something from listening to him,” Celich said.

The Pittsburgh Center for Sports Media and Marketing was co-founded six years ago

by Point Park alumni Tom McMillan and Mike Fetchko.

McMillan is the current VP of communications for the Pittsburgh Penguins while Fetchko is President and Co-founder of International Sports Management (ISMUSA). Their goal for the center is to bring real-life professionals to Point Park to speak to students about working in their profession. The Center also gives students opportunities such as touring the ROOT Sports building and sending students to the Baseball Winter Meetings.

Other guests brought to Point Park this semester include David Flora of the PGA, Fred McLeod of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Chris Eames of ESPN. This is the third and final event hosted by the Pittsburgh Center for Sports Media and Marketing this semester.

Robert Berger raberge@pointpark.edu.

LAST WEEK’S SCOREBOARD OCT. 25 - OCT. 31 MEN’S SOCCER (9-8-1) (3-5)

WASHINGTON ADVENTIST 0, POINT PARK 3 ................................ Oct. 26 Goals: Carr (4), Ramos (13, 14) POINT PARK 6, CARLOW 0*................................................................ Oct. 29 Goals: Lebrun (1), Ramos (15, 16), Whitley (6), Williams (2) Next: RSC Tournament Quarterfinals: Nov. 5 @ Midway

WOMEN’S SOCCER (8-7-2) (6-2)

WASHINGTON ADVENTIST 0, POINT PARK 1 ................................ Oct. 26 Goal: Widman (2) POINT PARK 2, CARLOW 1*................................................................. Oct. 29 Goals: Melhuish (2), Fabian (2) Next: RSC Tournament Semifinals: Nov. 9 vs. TBD

VOLLEYBALL (19-13) (15-1)

POINT PARK 3, WVU TECH 1............................................................... Oct. 25 POINT PARK 3, IU EAST 1*................................................................... Oct. 29 POINT PARK 3, OHIO CHRISTIAN 0*................................................ Oct. 29 Next: Nov. 8 vs. West Virginia Wesleyan, Nov. 11-12 @ RSC Tournament

MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY LOCK HAVEN GO-FAST RIVER RUN................................................. Oct. 29 Top 8K finishers: Marrero (27:38) Next: Nov. 5 @ River States Conference Meet

L 2-3 - Rio Grande W 3-0 - Cincinatti Christian W 3-0 - Carlow W 3-0 - Brescia W 3-1 - IU Southeast W 3-1 - WVU Tech W 3-1 - IU East W 3-0 - Ohio Christian

WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY LOCK HAVEN GO-FAST RIVER RUN................................................. Oct. 29 Top 6K finishers: Guarnaccia (21:57), Shields (23:02) Wilson (24:11) Next: Nov. 5 @ River States Conference Meet

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL (1-0) (0-0)

POINT PARK 67, WASHINGTON ADVENTIST 27............................. Oct. 31 Forse: 14 PTS, 5 AST, 3 STL Next: Nov. 5 @ Bluefield (Va.), Nov. 11 @ Robert Morris (Pa.)

MEN’S BASKETBALL (0-0) (0-0)

Next: Nov. 8 @ Washington Adventist, Nov. 11-12 @ Pikeville (Ky.) Classic

*River States Conference game

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Volleyball secures national tournament bid

By Dara Collins Staff Writer

The old cliché states “the third time’s the charm,” and Point Park has a chance to prove this statement true.

For the third year in a row, the Pioneers are national tournament bound.

They finished the regular season as the No. 1 seed in the River States Conference after a weekend of victorious matchups.

The Pioneers traveled to WVU Tech on Oct. 25 to face off against the Golden Bears.

Point Park took set one 25-17, but WVU Tech battled back to take set two 25-23. The Gold Bears’ resistance did not last long, as the Pioneers won sets three and four 27-25 and 25-20.

“We went in and out of focus a lot just because it was the first time in a while we played a conference match on their home court, but I’m proud of how we got our focus back to get the win,” middle hitter Nikki Inquartano said.

This focus becomes extremely important as games extend to extra points, as four of the Pioneers’ last five games included sets with scores over 25.

“We really take a second to look at each other and take a breath to calm down when we go into extra points,” Inquartano said.

Shiloh Simonson led the Pioneer defense with 19 digs followed by Ashley Taylor, Emily Meng and Morgan Dangelo with 14 each. Taylor held the teamhigh of 17 kills and Madeline Poirier chipped in 14 of her own. Meng recorded 51 assists. Eight service aces contributed to the team’s victory.

As the Pioneers inched one game closer to the national tournament bid and regular-season title, they prepared for their upcoming tri-match against Indiana University (IU) East and Ohio Christian University on Oct. 29.

“We’ll just be preparing like we always do in practice

focusing on our weaknesses and try to stay as calm as possible, yet completely focused,” Inquartano said.

“Everyone is getting really excited, but I think it’s important to focus on each game one at a time.”

The Pioneers began their day with a match against IU East.

Point Park won the first set 25-15. IU East got the upper hand in set two, winning 27-25. After the Pioneers regained focus, the 25-23 and 25-21 victories of sets three and four earned the team their automatic bid to the national tournament.

“We played pretty well during the IU East game,” defensive specialist Juliana Ross said. “After we had won, it was a great feeling through our bodies. The demanding preseason and practices we went through were worth the feeling we had when we got the last point for the match.”

“All of us were so worn out from all of the stuff we have been doing to prepare

for these last few games, but the moment we won, it was a great feeling,” Taylor said.

Meng’s 37 assists spread the attacks across the net.

Simonson on the outside and Taylor on the right side led the offense with 13 kills each. Simonson also picked up 13 digs, and Dangelo followed with nine.

After obtaining the bid, the Pioneers remained focused on the main goal since the beginning of the season: win.

“We knew going into the Ohio Christian game that we had accomplished only part of our goal,” Ross said.

“Our goal was to go in and completely win out for the weekend.”

The short-term goal became reality as the Pioneers swept the Trailblazers 2521, 25-21 and 25-20.

The Pioneers’ middle hitters proved effective as Inquartano recorded 10 kills and Kirsten Burkes trailed with nine. Meng dished out 28 assists to go along with 10 digs. Dangelo

and Simonson chipped in 11 digs each.

The Pioneers clinched the automatic bid to the national tournament with a 15-1 final RSC record and 19-13 overall record.

“Having the best record in our conference is the best feeling ever,” Ross said. “It shows our opponents that even though we didn’t have a great start, we were still a team in the conference that was willing to grind out every point of every set of every game during regular season.”

Point Park concludes the regular season with a home match against non-conference West Virginia Wesleyan on Nov. 8 in the Student Center gym at 7 p.m.

“We’re still here,” Ross said. “We’re still working.

We’re still going to grind out every point of every set of every match that will take us to Iowa.”

Dara Collins dmcolli2@pointpark.edu.

PLAYOFF BOUND FOR FIRST TIME IN CLUB HISTORY

page 8 photos by Mary Anne Doggett

Sophomore flanker Elliott Carr advances the ball against Grove City College. Point Park won Saturday 65-10 and is advancing to the playoffs for the first time in the organization’s history.

Freshman wing Ethan Leisie advances the ball against Grove City College on Saturday.