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The once vacant director of counseling services position has now been filled by former Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) Executive Director Kurt Kumler.

Since the resignation of Taffie Bucci last year, the position has remained unfilled. Kumler, previously the executive director of Counseling and Psychological services at CMU, is the new director of Point Park’s counseling services.

Bucci cited an understaffed counseling service as her reason for leaving Point Park and pursuing her private practice full time.

Kumler briefly commented on Bucci’s resignation.

“In regards to the problem of understaffing…”

Kumler said, “I don’t think so, but I have a lot to learn.”

Junior journalism major Victoria Bails sought out

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counseling during the 2017 fall semester. She noticed that counseling was busy, but she didn’t think they were understaffed.

“As someone who sees a counselor, I know that sometimes it can be difficult, but they have made time for me, any time that I’ve needed them,” Bails said.

On the other hand, Megan Ortego, a sophomore cinema major, did experience problems with counseling services last year due to a scheduling issue.

“I went towards the end of the first semester, [...] I remember sending the email [...] It took them a while to get back to me because my schedule didn’t fit with the counselors,” Ortego said.

Kumler explained that counseling services are, in part, performed by doctoral level trainees at Point Park.

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WE DIDN’T START THE FIRE

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Students return to Lawrence Hall following one of five fire alarms to go off between Friday afternoon and Monday morning. In an email sent on Monday afternoon to Lawrence Hall residents, Dean Michael Gieseke explained the cause of the frequent fire alarms was due to water pressure variations from the city lines causing two of the flow sensors to malfunction. This semester, Lawrence Hall residents have also experienced a record setting heat wave in a building with no air conditioning and several students have reported flooding in their dorm rooms.

USG approves budget for student organizations Playhouse tickets now one dollar Strong Women Strong Girls USG

By Amanda Andrews USG Beat Writer

The United Student Government (USG) approved budgets for nearly 30 student organizations for this current funding period on Monday.

A majority of the budget proposals were met with unanimous support from USG, with several abstentions and no votes against from the board of senators.

Once USG turned to concerns from the floor, however, they were met with stark resistance from a few student organizations, including Strong Women Strong Girls (SWSG), Phi Beta Lambda and Black Student Union (BSU). Representatives from each organization involved spoke against USG’s recent shift in policy on providing funds to student clubs and organizations.

was allotted $243, Phi Beta Lambda was given $82 and BSU received $482. All three of the student organizations requested a significantly larger amount for funding than awarded.

Black Student Union Vice President Prim Green expressed frustration, as many of this year’s events remain the same as last year’s, despite funding cuts.

“I think they just kind of gave the politically right answer, but never in full detail and never could really explain why we got [adequate funding] last year for the same [events] this year,” Green said.

Green expressed a desire to know why the lack of funding hit her organization so hard.

“It’s just important to me because...[of] black students here. A lot of them don’t really have voices, so it’s important

USG removes subsidy to pay for student tickets

By Mick Stinelli Co-News Editor

For years, the United Student Government (USG) has subsidized the one-dollar charge for student tickets at the Pittsburgh Playhouse.

Now, in order to meet growing financial demands of student clubs and organizations, President Kaylee Kearns has enacted an executive power to remove that subsidy. The Playhouse will now charge all students one dollar for tickets to student productions.

The decision came suddenly in a press release Wednesday afternoon that stated that the removal of the allowance would be “effective immediately.”

It was an action made after what USG senators and executive cabinet members described USG page 3 as brief and informal.

Kortney Lampel, a junior accounting major and USG treasurer, said there was no extensive discussion on the matter. “It was an idea that she [President Kearns] had and it didn’t go much further than that.”

Lampel said that, as treasurer, she is happy that more money is going into student organizations. She noted that taking money out of the bike program, as opposed to Playhouse ticket subsidies, was never considered in executive meetings.

Megan Ortego, sophomore cinema productions major and USG president pro-tempore, said that though she was in favor of supporting the clubs through Robert Berger I For The Globe removing the student ticket subPresident Pro-Tempore Megan Ortego listens to budget proposals sidy, the senators “should have during Monday’s USG meeting.

been informed ahead.”

Conservatory of Performing Arts (COPA) Senator Kristopher Chandler, a senior screenwriting major, said there was no prior discussion on how such a swift decision would impact the students.

President Kearns defended the decision, explaining that she made no effort to reach out to senators or students because she doesn’t need permission to revoke funds.

The executive order was met with swift backlash from the student body, prompting a written explanation from Dean Paylo.

“Where the confusion might be taking place is that students will now have to pay the $1 fee for tickets,” Paylo wrote in an email to all students. “This was the subsidy that USG was paying and will now be using these resources to benefit student organizations.”

Anthony Dennis, Director of Sales at the Pittsburgh Playhouse, said that students will be charged a dollar in cash, but students paying with card will have to pay a three dollar service fee, totalling four dollars for a ticket.

Dennis also pointed out that some classes even require students to see student productions.

“I feel bad it could cost students four dollars for a show and some students are forced to see shows,” he said.

The money initially came from USG’s internal fund, which also funds the bike program. The bike program allows students to check out up to 10 bikes from the

Student Center on a “first-comefirst-serve basis,” according to the Point Park website.

USG receives club funding money from the student activity fee, taking in 11% of the money.

President Kearns said discussions to cut the Playhouse subsidy began in February when USG “We are willing to reach out and help students find a resource for the ticket cost,” Kearns said.

The money, which still resides in USG’s internal budget, according to Lampel, will be discussed at next week’s USG meeting.

At last year’s internal budget meeting, then-President Bobby Bertha noted the growing size of the internal budget.

“It is a little bit larger than it has been in the past because of a few things that we were made aware of at the end of the fall semester such as the Playhouse tickets,” Bertha was quoted in the Globe. “As you know, we supply all the student Playhouse tickets each semester, and that comes out of the budget every semester.”

As of now, the executive order to end the Playhouse subsidies has not been officially delegated by any of the senators. It is still possible the senators could move to invalidate the executive order, as no such maneuver is currently within the president’s powers as stated in the USG Constitution.

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Director of Counseling introduces group therapy from COUNSELING page 1 He noted this is not a new development for counseling services, and counseling was conducted under Bucci in this manner.

“Trainees can do great work,” Kumler said.

He clarified that while a trainee would be speaking with students, the trainees would be under constant supervision of licensed professionals via possible videotaping of a session with the consent of the student, weekly meetings with a professional and group training sessions with other trainees.

This year, there are additional responsibilities for the director of counseling services position. Along with being an assistant professor, Kumler will provide oversight for counseling services, lead the direction of the counseling center, and make decisions about programming.

One of those decisions is the introduction of group therapy sessions, where students can gather together and help each other with their problems. Bails thought the new therapy method could be positive.

“I mean, I probably wouldn’t do it myself. [...] I think it could be helpful for some people who could use something like that,” Bails said.

Kumler also aims to raise awareness for the interconnectivity of counseling services as well as other support services such as residential education, campus police, university health, and SAIL, so stu-

dents and faculty can live more connected to a community and live healthier as a result.

Bails, previously a pioneer ambassador, acknowledges the importance of alerting students of the services that are readily available to them.

“Part of [being a pioneer ambassador] was letting students know there is a counseling service and a center for that,” Bails said.

“We also told them that, you know, a lot of other colleges charge students after the first couple of sessions and we, as a school, do not do that. You can have as many sessions without getting charged and it’s always free for students.”

While Kumler anticipates what is in store for counseling services this year, some feel as though there is room for improvement. Ortego is one of those people.

“I just hope that they can figure out permanent solutions for some issues that they’re having because I think that it could have been a lot better last year,” Ortego said. “I hope that everything can get sorted out that it works out that everyone who requests help can get help whenever it’s convenient for them” Kumler highlighted the importance of advocating for needs of mental health services on college campuses.

“I feel like that’s why I’m here,” Kumler said.

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Point Park gone phishing IT sheds light on university-wide email scam

By Carley Bonk Editor-Elect

“Look before you click” is the golden rule when it comes to avoiding a phishing email attack from making a computer vulnerable to spammers.

The United States remains a top target for phishing attacks, accounting for 86% worldwide, according to a study by Phishlabs. Just this past summer, the city of Atlanta, Georgia lost over a third of its critical programs in a data breach that began with a phishing scheme.

Point Park University is no exception to that statistic.

Since the start of the semester, students and faculty alike have been tricked by yet another email phishing scam. It is easy to be duped by emails that appear to be from friends or colleagues, information technologies (IT) director Tim Wilson said.

“A phishing email is socially engineered,” Wilson said. “These people that are doing this are trying to find out as much as they can about the people who work in your organization.”

Spammers can infiltrate the firewall system using junk mail with links. Crafting the email to appear as if it’s a trusted source allows them to trick users into clicking on infected links that can embed ransomware into a system and share that same trick with contact lists, according to Wilson.

“It’s a challenge not just for our organization, but for all organizations,” Wilson said. “We have to create a mobile environment for you to move around in.”

Mobile networks are the most challenging to keep secure.

“At the end of the day, you try to strike that happy balance between creating an environment for our students that’s not like a prison,” Wilson said.

Francesca Dabecco, senior journalism major, said she clicked through a phish-

ing email on her phone from a professor at the start of the semester, causing a mass of messages to be sent from her outbox with a similar scheme.

“I clicked on it because I thought I needed to know something for my upcoming classes,” she said. “It took me to a page where I had to re-sign into my email. All of a sudden, my email was sending messages to people I was talking to last semester.”

It’s essential to look at emails with a critical eye, according to Albert Whale, cybersecurity expert and founder of IT Security.

“You’re going to have to really start looking at where these emails are from,” Whale said. “Pay attention to the English style you’re used to seeing. Spammers in other countries aren’t as familiar with the English styles we use.”

Phishing generally falls under two categories, according to David Thaw, a cybersecurity expert at the University of Pittsburgh.

“The first category is when the email actually does come from the other contact,” Thaw said. “The second category appears as a first and last name, but the address is different - like a string of numbers at yahoo. jp - the country domain for Japan.”

If an email looks suspicious, Thaw recommends reaching out to the friend or colleague in a new email, asking if they had been trying to contact them.

“It’s hard to teach people how to avoid this though, because it’s like trying to teach street smarts,” Thaw said.

“These really are hard problems that don’t have magical fixes - if they did, they’d already be in use.”

Exercising careful judgement is the best way to stay secure online, according to Wilson.

“If it sounds too good to be true, it’s probably not true,” Wilson said. “If someone is offering you five hundred dollars to click, it’s probably not going to hap-

pen. Just be smart.”

Dabecco went straight to IT when her email security was breached.

“Essentially, they changed my password and had me delete all of the emails,” Dabecco said.

Point Park’s IT department is working on implementing technologies to squash these issues before they take hold. Cyber analytics is one program the department is developing.

“We are currently working with a cyber analytic company to have some cyber analytic appliances on our network that are pretty advanced,” Wilson said. “It’s the same one used by the Department of Defense and the Department of Energy to protect the energy grids in this two-factor identification is another method of security IT on campus is looking into. This program uses a username and password along with another form of identification - like a text message code or security question.”

According to Wilson, the IT department is currently testing the two factor identification.

Repetitive notice about these issues may prove helpful for students and faculty as well, Dabecco suggests.

“Sending reminder emails may be what it takes,” Dabecco said. “We go through our emails so fast, we can forget. It would be helpful to be reminded, even somewhere else, like on Schoology.”

If more people in society kept cybersecurity on their minds, Wilson said these scams would be less effective overall.

“IT Security is everyone’s business,” Wilson said.

“We don’t have a designated security person, I make it part of everyone’s job description. As a community, if we were all a lot smarter about our online presence, we could put a big dent in this thing.”

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Newest allocations leave clubs confused from USG page 1 for us to come here and speak up because these events for the black students,” Green said.

“I get the rules and things, but there’s no explanation for why...I get a higher amount last year versus this year because it’s the same exact thing. And we have more people as well. The numbers are always there, we always meet well over the minimum, so I don’t get it.”

BSU’s complaints come in light of their annual Block Party event, one of their biggest events. The event, expected to draw over 350 people from black student unions all over the city, will take place this Saturday in Village Park.

BSU intends to work with the funds that were given to them, and to speak out to gain more funding at the next funding period.

“When you just think about it, it just didn’t make sense for us to supply thousands of dollars into fundraisers...usually it’s around $200 per club for fundraisers,” USG Treasurer Kortney Lampel said. “So we’re just really helping clubs explore things other than just a bake sale, because there are so many opportunities and so many options in the Pittsburgh community that don’t require any money. We still

really want them to fundraise, and they need to maintain their finances it’s just we want them to stop coming to us just for money. There are so many great opportunities for them.”

Immediately following the adjournment of the USG meeting, the “Nuts & Bolts” Training Sessions: Student Philanthropy Roundtable was held. The roundtable was hosted by Courtney Kingan, the Director of Annual Giving, and Lauren Steiner, the Assistant Director of Alumni Engagement.

The purpose of the roundtable, which was the first of its kind, was to discuss the very opportunities and options Lampel mentioned for student organizations to explore. A few student representatives - some belonging to organizations who had expressed dissatisfaction with USG’s approved budgets - were in attendance, namely those for Phi Beta Lambda and BSU. After the meeting, the office of development and the office of alumni relations recognized that student organizations require more funding, especially in the spring semesters. This inspired the idea of reaching out to the larger community, not solely USG.

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Student, faculty member among those who presented at TEDx Talk event at George Rowland White Performance Center

By Robert Berger Sports Photo Editor

Saturday morning at the George Rowland White Performance Center, Point Park hosted its first TedX Talks which featured topics ranging from mental health, prison system failures, online advertising and risk of energy consumption.

Mark Houser, director of news and information at Robert Morris University opened the conference with a talk on bridges and what they mean to the people who use them.

“Next time you cross a bridge, think about what’s it’s story,” Houser said. “Who decided to put a road in a place where a road shouldn’t be? If you think about it, it’s probably older than you and barring tragedy will probably outlast you too.”

Houser referenced Italian bridge builder Riccardo Morandi and the Morandi Bridge which collapsed this past summer and claimed 43 lives. Houser went on to explain that bridges are both a triumphant and tragic.

The triumphant stage being the initial building and the practical use. The tragic being the known risk that a bridge can pose.

Relating back to Pittsburgh, Houser detailed the building of The Monongahela Bridge built in 1845. While this bridge is no longer standing it proved to be innovative as this was the first bridge constructed by John Roebling-- the same man who constructed the Brooklyn Bridge.

With human connection on the mind of the audience, senior screenwriting major Kristopher Chandler carried a talk on building bridges through art.

Detailing the struggles of maintaining mental health in college, Chandler explained that he uses writing to pull through tough times.

Through the talk, Chandler referenced a friend of his named Darius. Darius is a college acting student with anxiety over

whether or not school is the correct choice for him, mainly because he feels college does not help students to thrive in the outside world. He, much like Chandler, uses art to cope with these feelings.

“Personally, I live under the impression that the arts can be one of the most comforting and engaging tools to help millennials cope as we step into the real world,” Chandler said.

While wrapping up, Chandler explained that Darius was simply a character he created as a way to express the emotions he has felt while in college.

With mental health still on topic, Lorenzo Lewis, a mental health advocate from Little Rock, Arkansas. lead a talk on how African-American men tend to deal with their mental health issues. According to Lewis, one out of 10 African-Americans will have spent time in jail by the time they are 30 years old.

Lewis was born in jail and has struggled with depression and anxiety throughout his teenage and early adult life. At the age of 17, he began associating himself with the wrong people and nearly became a juvenile delinquent. This is when depression hit him the hardest.

“I felt because of the color of my skin and because I’m a male I had to overcome this myself, I had no safe space,” Lewis said. “I felt trapped and trapped inside a cell at 17 years old.”

Lewis explained that in five southern states, 58 percent of African-Americans said they would seek mental health services if they were located inside a barbershop.

Lewis recalled from when he was young about spending time at his barbershop and explained this was where he went to indirectly receive mental health counseling and receive advice during tough times.

“I would talk to my barber about, ‘I’m having a hard time and I feel lonely’, but it cheered me up and gave me a sense of ‘It’s going to be okay,’” Lewis said.

While Lewis avoided incarceration through adulthood, concluding speaker Joseph Gonzales, a writer and former convict detailed the importance of human connection and what he learned on the topic while behind bars.

From the time he was young, Lewis dreamed of becoming a professional skateboarder but began running with the wrong crowd in his early adulthood. He was arrested and jailed for 15 years.

“I chose the road less traveled and so over the course of the next 13 years I spent taking advantage of all the educational and vocational opportunities that the state had offered,” Gonzalez said.

He obtained a degree in business management and culinary along with certifications in numerous vocational trades.

Most importantly, he studied the human interaction between workers and inmates. Gonzalez spent time speaking and taking notes on repeat offenders to uncover underlying problems of the jail system.

Gonzalez referenced a study done by the United States finding that violent offenders are least likely to become repeat offenders. However, these are the people who struggle to successfully survive outside of prison due to the social stigma behind convicts. Gonzalez took action to prove that upon release these former convicts can thrive.

“As crazy as it sounds, being locked away in a closed in environment behind the walls of a penitentiary allowed me to look at the world from the outside,” Gonzalez said.

Gonzalez went on to say that he has dedicated his life to eliminating the stigma behind former convicts to help them thrive as he has.

Freshman broadcast production major Colton DeBiase was in attendance and said Gonzalez was his favorite speaker from the morning.

“Consequences will always be worse if we go down it,”

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Senior Kristopher Chandler delivers a TEDx talk on maintaining mental health in college, and how art is an outlet for expression.

DeBiase said. “What I took out of it is bridges accept the path we go on in life and I feel like we should always look to go down the right bridge if when we are tempted by the wrong one.”

Astrophysicist, astrobiologist and professor Dr. Brendan Mullan spoke about the importance of exploring outer space and compared energy consumption and advancement to building bridges.

Mullan explained that energy use has increased as technology has advanced which deteriorates the ecosystem. While the earth can handle the excess heat and energy now, this will only harm us in the future as energy use continues to rise.

“Remember that bridge and where it leads,” Mullan said. “In just a few human lifetimes we’ll have to use 1000 times the energy that we use now, and that magnitude of energy use will have significant consequences. If we keep building this bridge as we have done… our energy use will render the planet uninhabitable by the 24th century if not sooner.”

Digital marketing entre-

preneur, Nicole Martin covered the bridges made on social media by discussing online advertising. Highlighting intrusive Facebook ads, Martin said that while consumers enjoy targeted ads for shopping, a majority of internet users are concerned by how heavily intrusive advertisements can be.

“Marketers are walking a very thin line between delivering individual experiences and not invading the privacy of users,” Martin said. “Users are wondering how much data and information is there about me and how is it being used.”

Martin concluded that it is more important now than ever to bridge the gap between marketers and users to create an experience to benefit all.

Point Park has been working to bring TEDx Talks to campus since last December and according to planner Heather Starr Fiedler, this will hopefully become an annual event.

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New Point Park Uno League, all they do is play Uno

Friendly tournaments turn into campus-wide club

By Kelsey Paulus Copy Editor

A new organization has come to the attention of the students at Point Park: the Point Park Uno League. And yes, all they do is play Uno. What started out as casual tournaments with friends for a few years soon turned into a club that has been decently accepted on campus. With around 130 members joining at the SAIL activities fair, this group has taken a simple game and turned it into something that is available for the entire student body.

Bryan Partika, senior, explained that they chose Uno for the games’ simplicity and accessibility to everyone.

“Anybody could play, no matter how skilled or unskilled you are,” Partika said.

Partika is hopeful for the next tournament to be scheduled within the next two weeks, with biweekly meetings following the first. As of now, there are plans for eight tournaments, which will be held on Monday nights. As club president, he has responsibilities pertaining to the behind the scenes work of the club. He has to make sure everything is in check with SAIL, and also his fellow officers.

“If we have a lot of people playing Uno during these tournaments, we’re going to need all of our officers on deck knowing what to do,” Partika said. “My main job right now is del-

egating responsibilities to everybody...We [the board] know what we have to do to make sure that people aren’t just having fun, but they’re also making friends.”

Junior Carlos Polanco, vice president, also has a say in planning and helping with tournaments and will oversee the president’s duties in his absence.

“We wanted to have a club that’s fun outside of schoolwork,” Polanco said.

“It’s a crazy idea that’s coming into play and I think it’s a good way for students to find different friends.”

Polanco explained that if a consistent group of people continue to show up to meetings, they hope to hold an end-of-semester tournament with rankings each week,

planning to have the top 32 participate in playoffs.

“The general reaction is ‘What’s the catch?’” Partika said. “And to be honest there is no catch, people can choose to play in the tournament or just play with their friends in a casual setting.”

R.J. Lane, senior, has the title “Keeper of the Rules” on the club board.

“I am the guy that teaches all the new recruits how to play by our sets of rules, since everyone has their own set of rules, which are wrong, but I teach them the right way to play,” Lane joked.

He makes sure that no one is intentionally cheating, makes sure everyone understands the rules and that everyone is playing right.

“The traditional rules are being followed, but we are playing doubles, which you can put multiple cards down at once depending on the circumstances and what card is in the middle,” Lane said. “Uno can get really intense, but it’s still really fun to play.”

As for the future of the club, they hope to expand and continue the club through the underclassmen, keeping it as a steady club here at Point Park.

“There’s no commitment, there’s no event you have to go to, we’ll email you the time,” Lane said.

“We’ll be there playing Uno anyway.”

Kelsey Paulus kmpaulu@pointpark.edu

Honors Organization holds events to honor 9/11

Students attend author visit, movie screening, vigil

By Hattie Charney Co-Features Editor

Students came together last Tuesday to remember those who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001.

The Honors Student Organization (HSO) held three events on Sept. 11 to educate students on the events that occurred in Shanksville, PA, as well as to honor those who lost their lives. HSO has held different events regarding Sept. 11 for the past eight years.

Kristen Grom, the graduate assistant to the honors program, said that HSO almost cancelled the events for 9/11 this year due to weather conditions; however, Grom took charge and continued with the days’ planned events including a candlelit vigil.

“I personally have a great respect, as I think most people do, for the men and women who serve our country and the veterans,” Grom said. “I didn’t want rain to put a damper on things and I didn’t want the day to go without being

remembered.”

Tom McMillan, journalist and author, came to talk to students about his book “Flight 93: The Story, the Aftermath, and the Legacy of American Courage on 9/11.” McMillan spoke about how he talked with families who had family members on Flight 93 that crashed into farmland near Shanksville, PA. Students were also invited to attend a screening of the movie “United Flight 93” which tracks the events that occured on board Flight 93.

Jake Bartosh, freshman theatre arts performance and practices major, was inspired by McMillan’s talk and attended the movie screening.

“The movie hit me right in the heart,” Bartosh said.

“I really was shocked, and obviously it may not be completely accurate but still the interpretation of the event and portrayal of the terrorists I thought, was phenomenal. It made me stop and I knew what was going to happen, it was

like watching the Titanic, you know what’s going to happen but still every moment that came next you were shocked by it, you were moved by it.”

Bartosh said that in high school, a teacher of his always spoke about the events on Sept. 11, and hearing about it every year made Bartosh feel the need to attend the events held by HSO. “I heard about it every year and it just kind of stuck with me, so I felt it was important to go to an event here for it,”Bartosh said. “I got the same feeling of how it changed so many people’s lives and there hasn’t been an event like that in the past 17 years.”

Bartosh said he feels that his generation only knows and cares about the aftermath that came from the events of 9/11. He believes that knowing and understanding why the events happened is an important part of the American history.

Grom recalled the events of 9/11 and addressed the importance of the younger gen-

Katie Williams|For The Globe Author Tom McMillan speaks to students about his book, “Flight 93: The Story, The Aftermath, and the Legacy of American Courage on 9/11.”

eration participating in the different events offered by HSO. “We remember that day but it also gave the students, some of them were younger, they were only one year old whenever this happened so it gave them more of a positioning on the events and understanding what happened and put things into perspective,” Grom said. “It put the event into perspective.”

Bartosh sang the National Anthem at the vigil later that night. He was moved by not only the students who showed up to the vigil, but by the students who stood for the anthem that were not directly involved with the vigil.

Bartosh felt a sense of pride and remembrance when they stood.

“I really appreciate that they took the thought out of their conversation and were like ‘Wait a minute, we’re not involved with this thing but we’re here, we might as well show our respect,’” Bartosh said.

Grom mirrored Bar-

tosh’s admiration for the students and bystanders who took part in the vigil. She appreciates the involvement in the community and everyone that came out to participate.

“9/11 in itself is a day of remembrance and there’s a lot of things that mean something to people,” Grom said.

“But the fact that people who weren’t part of the vigil initially started to participate, I thought that was the shining moment of the day.”

Students took a trip on Sept. 15 to the Flight 93 Memorial in Shanksville, PA. Grom did not attend the event, but said that students who attended were moved by what they saw.

“I think you don’t always realize the impact something has until you’re standing there at a memorial or looking at it in a movie form and you know those things make you think, wow,” Grom said. “I know that’s just a funny way to say it but ‘Wow.’”

Hattie Charney hecharn@pointpark.edu

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Diverse student interests encourage new clubs New organizations range from Uno to K-Pop Dance

By Sara Flanders For The Globe

Whether students are into playing Uno and frisbee, dancing to K-Pop or performing in stand-up and sketch comedy- there’s a club for that.

Four new clubs were recognized by The United Student Government (USG) this past week, adding to the university’s other 50 student-run clubs.

Rachel Phillips, Assistant Coordinator of Student Involvement, says the school sees a lot of unique clubs.

“We started with 20 people and now have 107 last time I counted. It’s good to see.”

Chris Copen

President of Point Blank Comedy Collective “I think they are fun,” Phillips said. “We see a lot of special interests that I would never think of.”

There are certain criteria to become USG recognized and to be eligible for funding.

Alex Popichak, Parliamentarian of USG, says there are three requirements: the club must have 10 members, a written constitution and must pitch their case to the committee.

One new club that has caught a lot of attention is the Point Park Uno League, whose motto is simple: “All we do is play Uno.”

PIONEER PUBLIC Conor Mendelson

By Lauren Clouser Co-Features Editor

Senior accounting major Conor Mendelson visited Boston twice before he decided to intern there for three months this summer.

Mendelson landed the internship with the help of his sister, who works in Boston’s biotechnology industry. She sent out Mendelson’s resume and within an hour he received an offer from Genocea Biosciences, a research company whose focus is curing cancer.

Mendelson was excited to work in Genocea’s accounting department because it was a unique opportunity.

“Just being in an industry other than tax and public accounting was really cool,” Mendelson said. “I got to be a part of something, a team that was working on cancer research and trying to find a cure.”

The accounting department was small, so he had

Bryan Partika, senior journalism and political science major, is head of the club that already has nine executives and over 100 new members.

“We started this kind of two years ago in our dorm rooms,” Partika laughed.

“Last year we decided, ‘Hey, let’s have a tournament!’”

Partika decided to make the club official after their last unrecognized tournament had a lot of outside interest.

Being recognized by USG can help them schedule events, find a consistent place to play, and buy a lot of Uno cards. Partika’s hope is that the club will continue to thrive after he graduates.

“There’s a lot of freshmen in executive positions, so I hope to see it carry on,” Partika said.

Brand new to the campus, Dennis McDermott, freshman secondary education major, already started a new club - the Point Park Ultimate Frisbee Club.

“I’ve always loved it and realized we didn’t have it but other schools do, so I thought, ‘Why not here?’”

McDermott said.

In addition to their original 10 members, 40 more have signed up. The club got more interest than expected, and McDermott hopes to see the enthusiasm continue.

Winter may put them on hold, but if the enthusiasm carries through to next year, they hope to get funding to rent an indoor space.

McDermott hopes recognition will get more students involved.

“It will look more like it’s for everyone,” McDermott said. “Not just for people who already play.” many different responsibilities and got to experience all aspects of the job.

“It was really cool because they had a very small accounting department, so I was the fifth member of it,” Mendelson said. “So I got exposed to everything that they do.”

To Mendelson, one of the biggest differences between Boston and Pittsburgh was the traffic.

“Living in Pittsburgh I always thought the traffic was kind of bad but [in] Boston there’s so many people,” Mendelson said. “I would drive like six miles to work every day and it would take like an hour. So it was a little rough but I loved the city at the end, it hurt to leave.”

Here on campus, Mendelson is entering his third year as a member of the rugby team. He hadn’t played rugby before he came to Point Park, but joined when his roommate suggested it.

“I had played football so I was like ‘Sure, why not?’” Mendelson said.

“And I came out and ended up being decent at it so I just kept with it.”

In the future, Mendelson hopes to stay in the Pittsburgh area, and is considering getting a master’s degree in human resources, saying another goal of his is to open a clothing store.

Kelsee McHugh|The Globe The executive board of the Point Park Uno League plays a game of Uno in campus coffee shop Point Perk.

Students can now also get involved with stand-up or sketch comedy thanks to the Point Blank Comedy Collective.

Sophomore cinema production major Chris Copen started the club for creatives to come together to work on comedy projects.

The club has quickly gained interest.

“We started with 20 people... and now have 107 last time I counted.” Copen said. “It’s good to see.”

Copen plans to host multiple stand-up and sketch comedy nights a month, and hopes being recognized will get funding for these events and advertising.

“We’re trying to set the club up for long-term success,” Copen said. “It would

be a lot of fun if even when I leave, I could come back, and it will still exist.”

The last club to get USG recognized was Point Park University K-Pop Dance Club. Short for Korean Pop music, the club started as just a group on Facebook.

Once enough interest populated online, it was decided that they’d try to get the group recognized on campus. Freshman theater performance and practices major Laina Stanek became a member after seeing the group on Facebook and a post inquiring about interest in a club.

“I saw the post and I said, ‘Hey, I might be interested.’” Stanek said. “I guess others probably did the same.”

Although no formal

“It’s my dream to open a small business shop in Pittsburgh or just wherever I am so I can show off some cool clothes,” Mendelson said.

Currently Mendelson works at Bonobos, a high end men’s retail store, and said the experience has helped him learn about the business.

“It’s cool to get that understanding, and I get to look at clothes all day which is awesome,” Mendelson said.

Mendelson became interested in fashion by watching a music video.

“The earliest memory I can think of being into clothes was [when] I was watching a music video for Lil Wayne or something and I saw the way they were wearing their clothes and I thought: ‘Oh, that’s pretty cool,’” Mendelson said. “So I started looking up a lot of stuff and I started buying stuff that was a little more out there and then from there it just kind of took off.”

Mendelson visits other clothing companies in order to get inspiration for his future store.

“I like to spend a lot of my time looking at different smaller companies that have clothing that, if I were to open a store, I could use those,” Mendelson said.

“So that’s what I do a lot I search a lot of Instagram, Pinterest and all that.”

Although Mendelson recognizes it may be difficult to get a clothing store off the ground, he hopes to enter the field because of his passion for the fashion industry.

“I just really enjoyed putting stuff together and

plans for the club have been set, Stanek says they plan on having an official meeting soon to decide on if they want to remain casual or to choreograph and put on performances.

“I think it will be fun.”

Stanek said. “I’m excited.”

Popichak says USG loves to see the influx of new clubs and the support they get from the campus.

They encourage anyone with an idea to come to them.

“There is no idea too big or too small.” Popichak said. “We’re here to help students find their own place on campus.”

Sara Flanders sfland@pointpark.edu

Lauren Clouser| The Globe

making myself look really presentable,” Mendelson said. “I think it says a lot about someone.”

Lauren Clouser lclous@pointpark.edu

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OPINIONS

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

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GL BE’S POINT

Be present in your obligations When we were in high school, our parents, teachers and mentors encouraged us to go beyond academics - by joining clubs, playing sports, aiming to take leadership roles and maybe working a parttime job on the weekends.

All of these commitments (while keeping up the GPA, of course) made us feel comfortable once college application season rolled around.

When we make mistakes in high school, and that early in our lives, the consequences may not be so daunting. This truly is the optimum time to learn from mistakes and push to do better for the next time. It’s practice for balancing more responsibilities as an adult.

On a college campus, you continue to refine that balancing act. By the time senior year hits, you’ve surely adjusted your high and low points to a wider spectrum. An assignment may have been submitted late because of a practice.

But you also may have won that tough game alongside your teammates, able to

revel in the achievement together.

You’ve reached the point where people depend on you in those clubs, sports and careers.

Being present in the commitments you make is an essential part of success.

It’s better to commit to less activities where you can give your all than to take on too many and fall short across the board.

College is a time to hone your focus. Employers might care less if your name is on ten rosters, but care if you’ve accomplished goals in those organizations. If you can take on a leadership role in one organization, but can only sit in on meetings for another - that’s okay.

No one is going to look down on you for only taking part in a few things you want to really put extra time into.

Or at least, they shouldn’t.

Making promises that can’t be kept is when problems arise.

Become an expert in a few projects of passion, not a jack of all trades.

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Burning your Nikes isn’t the answer Student establishes idea of meaning behind bitter Nike controversy

By Hannah Walden Co-Copy Desk Chief

At the beginning of this month, Nike launched its 30th anniversary campaign, starring the controversial former NFL quarterback and modern civil rights activist Colin Kaepernick.

We’ve all seen the memes based on his “Believe in something.

Even if it means sacrificing everything” ad.

Supporters of the new campaign shared it far and wide. Some even bought Nike apparel, boosting the company’s overall stock.

Meanwhile, protesters tore the Nike logo off their clothes and burned their shoes, thus proving they completely missed the point.

Burning or destroying something you bought and own, just because the company behind the product stands for something you don’t agree with, is ridiculous. It doesn’t help your cause.

They already have your money, and they aren’t going to change their minds because of your actions.

If anything, I think protesters should donate their Nike apparel if they don’t want it anymore. They would look much more mature while doing that, instead of burning t-shirts and shoes out of anger - in spite of Kaepernick.

However, the mindset of some of these protesters is what really upsets me, as they are part of groups like #AllLivesMatter and #BlueLivesMatter - groups that I cannot stand behind.

Everyone’s life matters, no matter your race, gender, sexuality, sexual preference or career choice. The two groups listed above cast hate and disdain towards #BlackLivesMatter and divert from the group’s message, which is a reminder to people that their lives matter and that they will not sit idly by as injustice happens.

“Why do Black Lives Matter need to remind people that their lives matter?” Because there are too many young, unarmed and innocent black lives being taken at the hands of the police.

This issue especially hits close to home when talking about Antwon Rose Jr. and his death. While there are more elements to this story, in the end Rose didn’t deserve death, his parents didn’t deserve to bury their young son and his community didn’t deserve to be shook with his death at the hands of police.

More recently, the death of Botham Shem Jean, a Dallas man relaxing in his apartment after work, who was killed when an off-duty police officer entered his home, mis-

taking it as hers and thinking he was an intruder.

These two examples alone are why the Black Lives Matter movement started, and why Kaepernick started kneeling and why we should too.

Kaepernick simply used his platform to raise awareness and to support Black Lives Matter by kneeling during the national anthem. Previously, he sat out for a few games and after speaking to veterans, he started to kneel to show that he still supported the military.

The facts seem pretty clear, but there are still people burning Nike shoes and hating on Kaepernick like there is no tomorrow, instead of working together to build a community we can all live in.

The point is that there is a problem with policing in America and something has to change. The number of unjust police killings should be the biggest red flag that our officers need more training and more resources.

This is the point of the Black Lives Matter movement and Kaepernick’s participation in the movement. If the NFL doesn’t want to or won’t be a part of that message, then I’m proud that Nike is.

Hannah Walden hwald@pointpark.edu

A fair question - “Why were people so excited for this game?”

Despite a historic rivalry, Penn State and Pitt Football play for different reasons

By John Karavis For the Globe

I was sitting in a sports bar, eating fish tacos, as I watched Pitt sophomore quarterback Kenny Pickett dance and squirm in desperate attempts to avoid the onslaught of incoming Penn State defenders.

A group of loudmouthed frat boys, decked out in Panthers attire, sat behind me ogling the girls at the neighboring table and howling sarcastic cries of “Kenny Heisman.”

The raucous chanting endured throughout the first half as the Nittany Lions’ continuous mistakes allowed a clearly overmatched Pitt team to stay in the game.

The boys remained boisterous until the early third quarter, when Penn State’s superior coaching and onfield talent overcame the miserable, rain-soaked conditions Pitt’s one-dimensional play calling to thoroughly throttle the Panthers and send the young, testosterone-laden boys home unhappy.

“Penn State is such a better team,” my girlfriend - whose football knowledge begins and ends with casual

viewing of the Philadelphia Eagles - mused to me. “Why were people so excited for this game?”

It’s a fair question.

Many in Pittsburgh have bemoaned the Penn State brass for deciding to no longer schedule games with the Panthers, ending - at least for the foreseeable future - a series which dates back over 100 years.

In recent seasons, Pitt has put out competitive teams capable of flirting with the bottom end of the Associated Press Top-25 polls.

But Penn State is a football institution.

Put aside Pitt’s subservience to the Steelers, Penguins and Pirates in the sporting heart of its namesake city; as a standalone sports program, it can’t come close to touching the widespread admiration and fandom of Penn State football and its importance not only to Pennsylvanians, but NCAA fans nationwide.

Despite the revelation of despicable acts and morally reprehensible cover-ups over decades by Penn State administrators, the brand has endured.

People love the Nittany Lions, and there’s nothing

Kenny Pickett, a flock of random, boozed-up college kids, Jerry Sandusky or anyone else can do to change it.

Less than a decade after heavy sanctions and a lengthy bowl game ban leveled the program, the school is once again a football powerhouse.

The real reason Penn State chose not to continue the supposed rivalry with the Panthers is simple: it’s not good business.

To answer my girlfriend’s question, many Pittsburghers cared so much about this game because it was their Super Bowl.

The 51-6 laugher of a Penn State beating at Heinz Field, however, didn’t prove much for either team.

For the Nittany Lions, it was an expected victory and a nice recovery from a near fatal miscue opening weekend, where a scrappy Appalachian State team pushed them to the precipice of defeat, nearly ending Penn State’s hopes of a College Football Playoff birth in the process.

For the Panthers, it was a game reminiscent of a little brother challenging his older counterpart to a wrestling match, only

to be thumped on the forehead and left crying in the backyard.

Despite what journalists, commentators or even Penn State coach James Franklin will admit in public, this was just another game for the Nittany Lions.

Unfortunately for The University of Pittsburgh and rowdy pub inhabitants throughout the city, Penn State just doesn’t need the Panthers anymore.

“Less than a decade after heavy sanctions...

[Penn State] is once again a football powerhouse.”

bar, order some fish tacos, have a few beers and (respectfully) admire the females in attendance.

Cheer for your team to win, but don’t get your hopes up. And be mindful of what you’re watching.

One team’s Super Bowl is another team’s early season tune-up.

John Karavis jwkarav@pointpark.edu

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Women’s soccer to open All in With RSC play on winning streak Allison

By Allison Schubert Sports Columnist

Early success fueled by foreign powers The men’s soccer team

tal goals.

has had a lot of success so

Point Park boasts a roster

far this season, with Riv-

of 26 players on their varsity

er States Conference (RSC)

team, but only seven of them

play just ahead.

are from the United States.

They opened their sea-

Out of the 18 goals scored so

son in Greenville to take

far, only two have been from

on Thiel College and had a

those U.S.-born players.

dominating start to the year with a 5-1 win.

The Pioneers include talent from 13 different coun-

The Pioneers then hosted

tries other than the U.S., in-

Penn State Beaver for their

cluding England, Germany,

home opener, again boasting

Japan, Puerto Rico, Saudi

their talent with a 4-0 win.

Arabia, Jamaica, Uzbekistan,

Their first loss of the sea-

Spain, Colombia, Tanzania,

son came in the form of a 3-1

Venezuela, Greece and head

defeat to Huntington Uni-

coach Jeroen Walstra’s home

versity as their first game of

country of the Netherlands.

the Lawrence Tech University (LTU) Blue Devil Classic.

They went on to win their second game of the tournament 2-1 against the Calumet College of St. Joseph and ultimately placed third overall.

The Pioneers then suffered a close loss to the University of Pikeville 2-1 before returning to Highmark Stadium, but this time as the away team. They rebounded from their most recent loss to flaunt their depth, and shutout Penn State Greater Allegheny 5-0.

All of these games thus far have resulted in a 4-2 record, with RSC play opening on Thursday at Brescia University. The Pioneers currently sit fourth among the RSC standings, a comfortable place to be before conference play actually starts.

Over the course of the six games played so far, the Pioneers have tallied 18 to-

One name that stands out among these foreign players is Netherlands native Geert Bijl. While most players will score a goal here or there, Bijl already has five goals to his name in six games, over double of anyone else on the roster.

Three more Dutch players grace Point Park’s roster, including freshman forward Abel van Beest and sophomore midfielder Kay In’t Ven, who have each tallied two goals apiece; and junior midfielder Wessel Rietveld, who suffered a season-ending injury against Thiel in the season opener.

The foreign powers of the men’s soccer team have led them to early success thus far, and I am excited to see where it will take them when RSC play starts on Thursday.

Allison Schubert alschub@pointpark.edu

By Rachael McKriger For The Globe

Having only one match last week couldn’t come at a better time for the Point Park women’s soccer team.

One match meant having more practice time.

The Pioneers used the opportunity to its advantage, with head coach Maggie Kuhn implementing a new midfield formation. Junior captain Gabby Widman called it a diamond formation, similar to the one the U.S. Men’s National Team used during the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Despite only having two training sessions with the new formation, the Pioneers used it against Shawnee State University on Saturday. The move paid off, with Point Park grabbing a 2-0 victory in Portsmouth, Ohio.

Freshmen forward Tia Horew scored in the closing seconds of the first half.

Meanwhile, senior midfielder Tatum Fabian continued the trend, scoring the final goal with one second left in the second half.

Widman explained the team chemistry is coming together well.

“We’re getting more comfortable on the field,” Widman said. “Our intensity going into training is more aggressive. Players are now getting comfortable with their set spots and separating themselves. We want to field our best 11 to get the win.”

Senior defenseman Abby Magliocca said that the two late goals in each respective half were due to the team settling down against Shawnee.

“I thought we played really well,” Magliocca said.

“We didn’t know what to expect from Shawnee. We

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Robert Berger | Point Park Athletics Freshman Midfielder Britney Adrian on a breakaway during a home game against Lourdes. The women’s team beat Shawnee State 2-0 Saturday.

started off seeing what the other team was capable of and seeing what their weaknesses were. In the first half, we had a lot of opportunities and couldn’t seem to get them in.”

Point Park took a total of 20 shots with 13 registering on goal, keeping Shawnee goalkeeper Michaela Garner busy. Meanwhile, on the other end, Ashtyn Webb made four saves.

Kuhn called the victory another great team effort.

“We have a great week of practice going into that game,” Kuhn said. “We focused on changing out midfield orientation. Everything we worked on the girls were able to apply to the game.”

Kuhn said the reason for the midfield formation change was due to personnel and viewing a film from previous matches this pre-season.

“I think that once we become more confident and comfortable in this formation and the more we play with it, the chemistry will build,” Kuhn said. “I’m still kind of missing a few players that can really help us, who have been hurt and are injured… However, the team we have right now is

Rachael McKriger rakrige@pointpark.edu

Men’s soccer shuts out PSU-Greater Allegheny 5-0

By Nick Kasisky For The Globe

Robert Berger| Point Park Athletics Junior Joey Walz shoots a ball out of the bunker during day one of the Carnegie Mellon Fall Shootout at the Links at Spring Church. The women’s team finished 5th out of 10 teams competing both days and Walz led the women shooting a 76 on day one. The men’s team also competed in the tournament and finished 11th out of 14 day one and 10th on day two. Junior Justin Guzik led the men both days shooting a 72 on day one. Both teams will compete at the Westminster Invitational on Saturday and the River States Conference preview Monday and Tuesday.

strong and I’m looking for them to build their chemistry with each other.”

The players that Kuhn is still missing and hoping to get back within the next couple of weeks include Horew and sophomore Courtney Clark. Horew’s participation in the match against Shawnee was her first action of the season.

The Pioneers begin River States Conference (RSC) play this Thursday against Brescia University, traveling down south to Owensboro, Kentucky. Point Park will have another road match against Cincinnati Christian University on Saturday before returning back to Highmark Stadium for five straight home matches.

Kuhn said that hopefully the Pioneers can give home fans a “better show than we did for the first part of the season.”

“Anytime we can go out and get a win, whether it’s on the road or at home, it’s important to our team confidence,” Kuhn said. “It’s always nice to play in front of our home crowd.”

Men’s soccer rallied up the defense and tallied up the goals this week, winning against Penn State - Greater Allegheny (PSUGA).

Point Park scored four goals in the first half and one in the second, while PSUGA failed to make the ball meet the net.

The Pioneers’ first goal was driven by junior defenseman Yuki Takeda with no assists; the second goal was also unassisted, scored by freshman forward Abel van Beest.

Later in the half, the Pioneers picked up another goal when freshman midfielder Lorenzo Diaz scored from an

assist by freshman midfielder Ndayisenga Emmanuel.

In the 41st minute, a fourth goal was scored by sophomore midfielder Geert Bijl.

PSUGA didn’t have much luck in the second half either, with Point Park’s Jonathan Roos scoring off an assist from freshman midfielder Maximilian Grunis, making the score five to zero.

The Pioneers played a game of dominance, out-shooting Penn State 31-5, with 17 of those shots being on goal.

Point Park plays next on Thursday, opening up River States Conference play at Brescia.

Nick Kasisky nkasis@pointpark.edu

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Volleyball looks to improve competitive edge

By Dara Collins Co-Sports Editor

The volleyball team knew the error they wanted to fix heading into last week: be competitive the whole match.

“We’re trying to get in this mindset of when we face a team, we’re going in, we’re going to win, we’re going to compete and then we’re done,” senior Morgan Dangelo said.

The Pioneers listened to Dangelo’s advice last Tuesday to complete two sweeps at a tri-match hosted by Salem International (W. Va.) University.

Point Park topped Notre Dame (Ohio) College 25-21, 25-15 and 27-25 before shutting down Salem International in three sets as well.

The scores of the sets were 25-10, 25-15 and 25-23.

The Pioneers registered 45 kills to the Falcons’ 24.

Point Park also racked up 24 errors, 10 more than Notre Dame. Despite the mistakes, the Pioneers finished on top.

Senior outside hitter Erica Gumz highlighted the offense with 14 kills followed by seniors Jordan Dixon and Ashley Taylor with 11 and

Katie Williams | For The Globe Senior outside hitter Erica Gumz and sophomore outside hitter Jada Jones block a ball during a loss to IU East Friday in the student center gym. The team is now is now 6-6 and are winless in conference play.

six, respectively. Setter Ju-

sophomore Jazlyn Rozier

The first set proved to

lia Menosky returned from

put down eight from the

be an even match before the

her two-match hiatus to

middle. Menosky directed

Red Wolves gained three

split the assists with junior

her hitters with 22 assists,

points over the Pioneers, ul-

Brittney Bianco. Dangelo

and Bianco added 15. The

timately taking the first set

directed the defense with 19

Pioneers collected ten aces

25-19. IU East controlled

digs, and Dixon completed

across the board, four of

set two from the start with a

her double-double with 14

which came from Gumz.

12-3 lead. Point Park fought

The Pioneers hosted In-

its way to a six-point deficit

As for the latter match,

diana University East (IU

but failed to complete the

Point Park boasted its sea-

East) in its home opener to

comeback. The Red Wolves

son-best attack percentage

begin River States Confer-

took set two 25-17.

of .370 with 44 kills and only

ence (RSC) play last Friday.

The Pioneers refused to

ten attack errors.

The student center gym filled

give up set three without a

Taylor starred in the ac-

with friends, family and fel-

fight. The set tied in the mid-

tion at the net with 15 kills,

low Pioneer athletes to sup-

dle at 14-14 before the Red

Gumz chipped in ten and

port the green and gold.

Wolves broke away to lead

of her own.

LAST WEEK’S SCOREBOARD SEPT. 11 - SEPT. 17 MEN’S SOCCER (4-2) (0-0)

POINT PARK 5, PSU-GREATER ALLEGHENY 0...........................Sept. 12 Next: Sept. 20 @ Brescia*, Sept 22 @ Cincinnati Christian*

WOMEN’S SOCCER (2-4) (0-0)

POINT PARK 2, SHAWNEE STATE 0..............................................Sept. 15 Next: Sept. 20 @ Brescia*, Sept 22 @ Cincinnati Christian*

VOLLEYBALL (6-6) (0-1)

POINT PARK 3, NOTRE DAME COLLEGE 0..................................Sept. 11 POINT PARK 3, SALEM INTERNATIONAL 0.................................Sept. 11 IU EAST 3, POINT PARK 0...............................................................Sept. 14 Next: Sept. 25 vs. Washington and Jefferson, Sept. 28 @ Midway*

MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY

Next: Sept. 22 @ Lock Haven University Invitational

WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY

Next: Sept. 22 @ Lock Haven University Invitational

MEN’S GOLF

CARNEGIE MELLON SHOOTOUT............................................ Sept. 15-16 Day 1: 11th of 14 Day 2: 10th of 14

Next: Sept. 24-25 @ RSC Fall Preview

WOMEN’S GOLF

GROVE CITY INVITATIONAL.........................................................Sept. 13 1st of 6

CARNEGIE MELLON FALL SHOOTOUT.................................. Sept. 15-16 Day 1: 5th of 10 Day 2: 5th of 10

Next: Sept. 22 @ Westminster Invitational

*River States Conference

22-17. Point Park then earned five consecutive points to tie the match once again.

IU East claimed the first set point at 24-22 before Taylor and Rozier collected two key digs to tie the set for a third time. The Pioneers then held the set point at 25-24 and again at 26-25, but the Red Wolves left the gym victorious finishing set three 28-26.

Despite Point Park’s efforts, IU East’s defense proved stronger with 68 digs compared to the Pioneers’ 49. The Red Wolves also posted three more blocks than Point Park.

Taylor finished the match with a team-high 13 kills, and Dixon, Gumz and Rozier put down five apiece.

Menosky dished out 18 assists, and Bianco recorded 11. Dangleo amassed 12 digs from the back row.

The Pioneers evened their record to 6-6 overall, 0-1 RSC. Point Park will return to the court on Sept. 25, with a non-conference home match against Washington and Jefferson College.

Dara Collins dmcolli2@pointpark.edu

Rugby falls to Cal U by 50-point deficit

By Jordan Slobodinsky Opinions Editor

Coming into a game against a bigger team is nothing new for the Point Park rugby squad. In fact, in the first ten minutes of the opening half against California University of Pennsylvania (Cal U), the Bison looked like they would use their shifty small size to outpace the Vulcans.

Despite their grit, a deeper bench and bigger size was too much, as the Vulcans defeated the Bison 62-12 Saturday at Adamson Stadium.

From opening kickoff, Cal U was on its heels. Several turnovers by the Vulcans allowed for the Bison to remain in control of the ball on the first drive. However, the defense remained strong with two goal line stops for Cal U. The Bison were able to

Emilee Fails| For The Globe Junior outside center Aaron Jackson (left) and senior fly-half Conor Mendelson (right) on an offensive drive during the team’s match last Saturday. The Pioneers lost 62-12 and are in action Saturday at Fairmont State.

power through on a third attempt, thanks to senior Zack Thrasher on a ten yard run.

“It was all Scottie [Kepple], he gave me a chance to score on that play,” Trasher said. “He set me up really nice.”

Senior Connor Mendalson failed to convert the extra point, as the Pioneers took a 5-0 lead. The Bison again took to the offensive after another strong push from the kickoff. The drive resulted in a scrum that the Bison again took possession of, not leaving much room for the Vulcan offense. That was, until a fumble by the Bison led to a huge breakaway for Cal U. A few well-timed passes by the Vulcans, and moments later they were at the Bison goal line.

The Bison were able to regain possession at the two yard line and Aaron Jackson made a booming kick all the way to midfield to clear the defensive zone. This was possibly the turning point of the game for the Vulcans, as they returned the kick easily to the 11 yard line.

The following play resulted in a Vulcan score, tying the game at five apiece after they failed on the kick.

Halfway through the first half, being tied seemed like a good start for the Bison.

The Vulcans took control of the game from that point on.

Cal U scored four consecutive times after its initial score in the first half. At halftime, a commanding 29-5 lead for the Vulcans had the Bison struggling to come up with a defensive solution.

“We have got to wrap up,” senior Scott Kepple

said during halftime. “We don’t have to make the highlight play.”

The Bison also struggled without one of its key players, senior Noah Korey, as he was taken out of commission in the first half after an elbow injury. Korey was key for the Bison defense, and while senior Nate Smith replaced him and had a strong outing, it was not enough to fill the void left by Korey.

The second half was more of the same for the Vulcans, as they scored just four minutes in to take a 34-5 lead. From then on, the Vulcans would score three more times to increase its lead to 50-12. The Bison defense was unable to stop the offensive powerhouse, and missed several key tackles in open field, as Cal U seemed to break through midfield with ease.

The one highlight for the Bison offense, which had less than ten minutes of possession in the second half, was Jackson scoring on a 40 yard breakaway, making the score 50-12 after a Mendelson kick.

The Vulcans would go on to score two more times in the final ten minutes to take the 62-12 victory.

Despite the blowout, the Bison found some positives.

“I think [Kepple] played a great game, he’s got my vote for man of the match,” senior Sam Allman said when he addressed the team after the game.

The Bison head out on the road to take on Fairmont State this Saturday.

Jordan Slobodinsky jeslobo@pointpark.edu