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Opioid overdose antidote Narcan now available to university police

By Robert Berger For The Globe

In an effort to stay ahead of the opioid epidemic in Pennsylvania, university police are now trained to administer the opioid antidote Narcan. The department will keep the antidote in centrally located campus buildings and inside patrol cars.

“It’s unfortunate how popular [heroin] is in Allegheny County due to its low cost,” Lt. Nicholas Black of Point Park Police said.

“We’re downtown so we assist the city with incidents as well,” Black said.

Narcan is the brand name for Naloxone Hydrochloride. The drug is used to treat overdoses of heroin and other opioids by competing with the opioid when binding to brain receptors. All officers attended a hands-on training

that included a PowerPoint presentation and practice administering on manikins.

In 2014, Gov. Tom Wolf signed David’s Law. This bill permits officers and firefighters to carry Narcan in their vehicles. One year later on Oct. 7, 2015, Wolf signed a statewide order permitting pharmacies to carry the antidote. Since these passings, some state and Allegheny County police departments have started carrying Narcan.

“It doesn’t mean that we believe we have a problem, because we don’t,” said Vice President of Student Affairs and Dean of Students Keith Paylo. “But it is my and Student Affairs’ philosophies that our students’ safety and health comes first.”

Pennsylvania ranks inside the top 20 states in America for overdose mortal-

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ity rates, according to a University of Pittsburgh study.

The Allegheny Health Department reported 422 overdose deaths in 2015, of which 246 were caused by opiates.

Heroin alone was responsible for 209 deaths last year.

“We have not had an overdose issue on campus, but our officers also are patrolling part of Downtown Pittsburgh,” said Jeffrey Besong, chief of police and vice president of Public Saftey at Point Park, in a press release.

“Equipping our officers with Narcan puts them in a position to save lives, as police often are first responders for incidents involving overdoses.”

The application of Narcan adds to the list of security advancements made by Point Park Police since the summer. Recent advancements include placing body cameras on officers and purchasing a new patrol car.

“I believe we are leading the charge in things like this,” Paylo said. “Along with other campuses... I really appreciate

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New event offers rare looks into historic buildings Laura Byko argues against separating sports from politics Volleyball remains undefeated in River State Conference

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photo by Gracey Evans United Student Government President and senior broadcast reporting major Blaine King waves to the crowd at PNC Park Wednesday, Sept. 28 prior to throwing the ceremonial first pitch on Point Park University night.

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Point Park professor earns ninth Emmy Award with documentary

By Kayla Snyder Copy Editor

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Pittsburgh Symphony musicians Irene Cheng, Lisa Gedris, and Charlie Powers make picketing signs while striking outside of Heinz Hall Sept. 30.

School of Communication adjunct professor Gina Catanzarite recently won her ninth Emmy Award for a documentary in the Health/Environment/Science Program/Special category titled “Bedtime Story: The Troubling Truth About Teens and Sleep.”

The documentary that aired on WQED was about adolescent sleep issues and the biological and social factors that contribute to poor sleep health among teens.

When The University of Pittsburgh went to WQED and said they were interested in funding the program, Catanzarite jumped on it because she had a personal con-

Local journalists share experiences from the campaign trail at CMI

By Alexander Popichak Editor-Elect

Three Pittsburgh-based political reporters shared stories from covering candidates on the campaign trail Tuesday, Sept. 27 in the Center for Media Innovation. The panel began a scheduled series of speakers leading up to the Nov. 8 general election.

The panel was structured as a question-and-answer session with Selena Zito, former columnist at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Chris Potter,

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a political reporter with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and Jon Delano, Money and Politics editor at KDKA-TV. The challenge that Potter and Delano pointed out was how to localize national issues in an effort to explain how complex things such as foreign policy impact voters.

“I feel a certain degree of responsibility because the truth is that most folks in Western Pennsylvania are not watching CNN. They never watch MSNBC, and they hardly ever watch FOX.

They’re not watching these cable news stations,” Delano said. “They’re getting their local political news; they’re getting their national political news, from what we’re putting on local television.

That’s really how they get their news.”

Zito echoed Delano’s sentiment and said she watched the first presidential debate in a Westmoreland County bar for coverage in the New York Post on rural Pennsylvania voters.

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nection to the issue: her two twin teenage sons.

“I knew how important it was and I saw it play out every day, but it wasn’t until I started to research that documentary that I saw how dangerous and detrimental to a young person’s physical, social and emotional health it was,” Catanzarite said. “I realized it was something more people needed to know about.”

Catanzarite entered six

submissions for the Mid-Atlantic Emmys this year. She received four nominations from those submissions, including two in the Health/ Environment/Science Program/Special category. Catanzarite’s other nomination, titled “Bundle of Nerves: Our Anxiety Epidemic,” was one she also felt close to.

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Michelle Obama talks up Clinton presidency

By Iain Oldman Co-News Editor

Just two weeks ahead of the Oct. 11 deadline to register to vote in the general election, First Lady Michelle Obama told the crowd at the University of Pittsburgh last Wednesday that the “stakes are too high” to stay at home this election.

“Elections aren’t just about who votes, but also who doesn’t vote,” Obama said to the crowd gathered at the university’s Fitzgerald Field House.

Speaking of the president’s re-election campaign in 2012, when he won Pennsylvania by close to 300,000 votes, Obama reminded the crowd that the figure worked out to a difference of approximately 17 votes per precinct.

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this opportunity,” Obama said to the crowd. “We can’t take anything for granted.”

Though the crowd at the University of Pittsburgh gym was diverse – groups of separate ethnicities and ages were represented at the event – the goal of college-aged outreach was clear. Voter turnout for people ages 18-24 declined from 48.5 percent in 2008 to 41.2 percent in 2012, according to the Pew Research Center.

The First Lady also repeated a theme from her speech at La Salle University in Philadelphia from earlier in the day, refusing to refer to Donald Trump by name.

Obama only referred to the Republican presidential nominee in passing, though it was abundantly clear who she was talking about.

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By Cindy Hindle For the Globe

Nearly one thousand Pennsylvanians have already taken advantage of a new program rolled out by Gov. Tom Wolf that allows voters in the state to register online with a simple text message.

Gov. Wolf introduced the new “2Vote” text messaging service on Sept. 7 in a move to make voter registration easier and more accessible.

“Accessing the online registration site and helpful tools for voters is now one short text away,” Gov. Wolf said in a press release.

“2Vote” will benefit unregistered voters who are used to doing business on a smartphone, supplementing the Department of State’s desire to register additional voters and to make them more engaged in the election process.

“The ‘2Vote’ platform provides potential voters with fast and easy access to the Department’s voter registration application,” Gov. Wolf said in a press release.

Additionally, Pennsylvania voters can access links for county offices and the Department of State.

Voters will also be given the opportunity to sign up for text alerts which will notify users of important deadlines and dates that they may want to be reminded of prior to the general election on Nov. 8.

According to Wanda Murren, the Press Secretary for the Pa. Department of State, the department recently received a report showing that there are approximately 503,000 eligible unregistered individuals between the ages of 17-24 in the state of Pennsylvania.

Murren has advised that there has been a very positive response to the program

since its launch.

Murren said that 723 users have texted “PA” to “2Vote,” of which 286 clicked the “Register to Vote” section. More than 300 have clicked “Check Your Registration Status” and more than 50 clicked “Find Your Polling Place.”

The idea to offer the service was brought to the Department of State for consideration by Deputy Secretary for Administration and Elections Marian K. Schneider after she learned about the program. The Department of State launched the online voter registration website just over a year ago, and the state expects to reach 500,000 users in a matter of days.

“We are targeting all eligible but unregistered voters regardless of age,” Murren said.

The nearly half-million users of the mobile-friendly site, which is available in both English and Spanish, include voters registering for the first time, as well as some who made changes to their current registration.

Additional changes can be done online include making changes to registered names, addresses or political affiliation.

“The governor has made it a priority to move to more digital transactions and communications,” Murren said.

“The program will continue at least through the end of November. Then we will look at how well-utilized the service has been,” Murren said.

Students can use the “2Vote” system by texting “PA” to “2Vote” (28683).

Cindy Hindle clhindl@pointpark.edu.

Move to equip Narcan preemptive, proactive from POLICE page 1 what our Police Department is doing here to be leaders on campus; other schools come to us and ask opinions on police force which is the highest compliment to receive.”

In the past five years Point Park has made numerous attempts to increase security. Efforts include creating the Sexual Harassment and Rape Program, increasing the number of officers on staff and developing the Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter and Evacuate (ALICE) training video on how students and faculty should handle an active shooter situation.

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jor Clarence Jones feels the department is successful at maintaining a safe environment on campus.

“With there being Pittsburgh police patrolling the areas off-campus and then to have police on campus; it’s like two armies fighting a war for our safety,” Clarence said.

In 2016, the National Campus Safety Summit ranked the department sixteenth out of 4,700 schools in the country. Point Park is also one of seven federally accredited university police departments in the state of Pennsylvania.

Robert Berger raberge@pointpark.edu.

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“We know that being president isn’t anything like reality TV,” Obama said.

Obama went after Trump on a variety of topics, which included an attack on the Republican for his role in starting the Birther movement by questioning if Barack Obama was born on American soil. Michelle Obama told the crowd in Philadelphia that the subject “cannot be swept under the rug by an insincere sentence at a press conference.”

Obama especially questioned the nominee’s emotional fitness for the presidency.

“The president cannot just pop off or lash out with aggression,” Obama said.

“If a candidate is erratic and threatening, if a candidate thinks not paying taxes makes you smart, if a candidate regularly and flippantly makes insulting comments about women, that’s who that candidate really is – a candidate who is not going to change once they take office.”

Benjamin Baklarz, a freshman sports, arts and entertainment management major, was at the rally after catching one of the buses from campus. “[Obama] was very emotional, and I liked that,” Baklarz said. “She was there to help, to get people to go out and vote and to volunteer.”

A number of other political figures from western Pennsylvania spoke before the first lady on Wednesday. Austin Davis, vice chair of Allegheny County Democratic Committee, led the Pledge of Allegiance before Obama’s speech.

The other speakers at the event included Pennsylvania Democratic Party Campus Organizer Betsy Good, Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald, Pittsburgh City Councilman Dan Gilman, Allegheny County Councilman DeWitt Walton and Erin McClelland, the Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania District 12 in the U.S. House

Fitzgerald spent his time on stage going after Trump, as well.

“What was Donald Trump most proud of? He was most proud of not paying his fair share,” Fitzgerald said. “We need to send a signal that Western Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania values everybody and is ready to move this country forward.”

Fitzgerald went on to remind the crowd that Donald Trump had once called climate change a “hoax.” This criticism came after the Allegheny County executive spoke at the Shale Insight Conference in Pittsburgh on Sept. 21, where Trump was the keynote speaker.

Obama also praised Clinton’s commitment to combat climate change and used the Sept. 26 presidential debate to draw a comparison between the Democrats and Trump’s preparedness.

Walton made an impression on Baklarz after reciting passages of Langston Hughes’ “A Dream Deferred.” Junior criminal justice major Elliot Bereit also commented that the speakers at Wednesday’s rally spoke with more vigor than speakers at other rallies he has attended in the past.

“The general intensity of all of them stuck out to me,” Bereit said. “I had gone to Bernie Sanders’ rally before the primaries, and while that was intense I

more ramped up.”

While Obama’s speech emphasized the importance of active voter participation, the first lady rallied for the Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.

“When I hear people say they don’t feel inspired in this election, I have to disagree,” Obama said. “Right now we have an opportunity to elect one of the most qualified people to ever run for office of President of the United States.”

The outgoing first lady recently appeared in a TV advertisement for the Clinton campaign, urging parents to vote for the Democratic nominee. Throughout her speech, Obama promised that Clinton would continue the policies of the outgoing president.

Obama and the prior speakers continuously urged everyone in attendance to register to vote before the Oct. 11 deadline, and to turn out on Election Day. Both Baklarz and Bereit said they were registered to vote before the event, though Bereit said that the event has inspired him to become more politically active.

“There’s a lot at stake,” Bereit said. “I’ve been emailing to get in touch to do stuff like canvassing and get more involved in the campaign.”

Iain Oldman idoldma@pointpark.edu.

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Michelle Obama speaks about the importance of voter turnout at the Fitzgerald Field House at the University of Pittsburgh, Wednesday October 28.

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Poll Average Pennsylvania: Presidential Candidates

43.8

Clinton

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Trump Johnson Stein

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Poll Average Pennsylvania Senate: Toomey vs. McGinty

McGinty

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2.5 Source: RealClear Politics

Former VP pick Paul Ryan to campaign for Toomey in Pa. The current speaker of the house, Paul Ryan, will campaign for Pennsylvania Senate incumbent Pat Toomey in Pennsylvania before the general election.

Ryan became a major player in American politics after serving as Mitt Romney’s vice president pick in the 2012 presidential election.

Ryan will also campaign for Republican Senate candidates Roy Blunt of Missouri and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin.

Source: Politico

Kaine scheduled to stump the Keystone State in coming week

Virginia senator and Hillary Clinton’s vice president pick Tim Kaine will make two stops in Pennsylvania to campaign for Clinton, one in Philadelphia on Wednesday and the other in Pittsburgh on Thursday. Kaine will speak at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.

The Tuesday before these appearances is the date of the vice presidential debate between Kaine and Donald Trump’s vice president pick Mike Pence.

Source: PoliticsPA

Pennsylvania state Senate candidate airs questionable ad

The state race in Pennsylvania’s 15th Senate district took an odd turn last week when Republican candidate John DiSanto aired an ad full of poop jokes and an overt reference to his penis size.

DiSanto accuses his challenger, incumbent Sen. Rob Teplitz, of “spreading a lot of horse[expletive]” in the ad, which ends with the claim that he has some “big equipment” to deal with all of the “manure” in Pennsylvania politics.

Source: PennLive

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“People in the bar said the same thing,” Zito said.

“They’re saying, ‘I don’t care about anything they’re talking about.’ They watched the debate – they didn’t move from that debate – but as soon as the pundits started talking and telling them how they should think, they’re out.”

Delano said he was given only eight minutes for a recent interview with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former Senator Tim Kaine, and striking a balance between asking about Primanti sandwiches and foreign policy is a tough task to accomplish.

In a year where candidates and supporters shame the media, the panelists explained that both depend on each other to be successful.

“I try to look at candidates in a different lens,” Zito said. “I try to give the reader something else besides the same thing they’re going to hear on CNN or talk cable and give them something that maybe they can relate to and see a different side.”

Panelists discussed the rise of what they referred to as “populist” candidates like Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders, as well as how reporters treat the candidates and how campaigns treat reporters.

“If you look historically, [populism] wasn’t just opposed to government…it was also opposed to railroads and the power of corporations,” Potter said. “If you’re looking at this election as a purely anti-government thing, it’s not just about government but it’s about the connection between government and corporate power.”

The panelists emphasized that no matter how much analysis is done by pundits and how much history is expected to dictate the future, what matters in the end is how the sentiments of voters carries to the polls. What voters truly care and know about the candidates will inform their voting decision.

“This state is really up for grabs,” Delano said. “There’s so much unknown [about the election]. The candidates and their surrogates are going to be all over us, I believe for the next six weeks. Hopefully, from a media standpoint that we’ll be able to talk to them a number of times between now and Nov. 8. The bottom line is that all of us, as Pennsylvanians, are real deciders in this 2016 election.”

The next installation of the series will feature speakers from the campaigns and will take place Oct. 18 at the Center for Media Innovation.

Alexander Popichak apopic@pointpark.edu.

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A year after students explored European cities such as Bruges and Amsterdam, School of Communication students enrolled in the spring International Media course will have the opportunity to travel to Iceland and Ireland.

An informational meeting pertaining to prices, scholarships, course requirements and other topics of concern will take place on Oct. 19. The time and location of the meeting have yet to be announced.

“Before last fall I never really thought I would get the chance to travel Europe, but the informational meeting for the course showed me that it was a possibility,” said junior journalism student Jessica Federkeil.

For the past nine years, School of Communication professors Helen Fallon and Bob O’Gara, along with retired faculty members Jan Getz and alumna Emily Kolek, accompanied a small group of students across countries to learn about the different types of media and cultures around the world.

On average, students can be away on these shortterm study abroad courses from anywhere between 10 and 15 days. In the past nine years, the class has visited countries and cities such as London, Italy, Prague, Germany, Paris, Spain, Portugal and Amsterdam.

people, make international networking connections and experience the culture and history of these destinations.

According to Fallon and O’Gara, students will get the opportunity to go to major television, radio, social media, public relations and news outlets to ask professionals in those institutions questions about their careers. The trip also provides students an up-close look at the inner workings of the media in other countries.

Iceland was chosen this year because it represents the Scandinavian culture and lively media landscape of western Europe, according to Professor O’Gara.

The International Media class has never traveled to Iceland before, and professors Fallon and O’Gara think this will be an exciting, new experience for the whole group.

“The best experience is the really basic experience of getting out of their common element and into places and experiences and meeting new people.” O’Gara said.

The students will have several research projects due before they depart for Iceland.

While abroad, each student will make their own website and be required to blog about their experiences on a daily basis, so students can reflect on what they have learned and experienced throughout the trip.

lon said.

Chase Barron, a junior multimedia student, said the memories he made on the trip last year are some of the best he’s made since coming to Point Park. “[The trip] has been the highlight of my Point Park experience,” Barron said.

Federkiel remembers the trip as a valuable learning experience.

“You get the chance to explore different cultures, while also getting a look into the professional media outlets in different countries,” Federkiel said. “The professors do a fantastic job of making this trip a reality for students, through financial help, fantastic planning and a lot of work.”

According to Professor Fallon, students have opportunities to fundraise and can apply to the John Fallon Travel Fund Scholarship if they need help financially.

Students enrolled in the International Media class are eligible to attend, and while the trips are mostly geared towards students whose majors are within the School of Communication and in their junior or senior years, exceptions can be made in certain circumstances.

For more information, students can refer to the Point Park University website.

Nicole Matthews nlmatth@pointpark.edu.

State Senator visits USG, talks state school faculty strike USG

By Alex Grubbs USG Beat Writer

A Pennsylvania state senator warned at Point Park’s student government meeting that some schools might “go under” if the Association of Pennsylvania State College & University Faculties strikes.

“If they walk away, it may be disastrous for some folks,” said Wayne Fontana, Democratic senator of Pennsylvania’s 42nd senatorial district while guest speaking at Monday’s United Student Government (USG) meeting.

Association of Pennsylvania State College & University Faculties (APSCUF), a union comprised of professors, coaches and faculty

members from 14 state colleges and universities, have been working without a contract for over a year, according to its website.

APSCUF is currently negotiating for a new contract with the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, comprised of the 14 schools APSCUF members work at.

The union also threatens to strike in two weeks if a contract is not reached.

California University of Pennsylvania, Clarion University, Edinboro University, Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Slippery Rock University are some of the universities that will be affected if the strike goes through.

“We can only encourage both the union and the administration to try to find…a common ground,” Fontana

said of Pennsylvania state government’s involvement in stopping the strike.

Continuing the meeting, USG rejected the budget of Intramural Volleyball Club, minutes after officially recognizing the organization.

The budget window officially closed last week after leeway was given due to PointSync issues, two weeks after the original window close. Sen. KacieJo Brown abstained from the vote because she is the co-president of that organization.

The organization initially requested for $1,075 for membership, shuttle and advertising, but USG recommended $576 instead.

It also reinstated Soka Gakkai International, which is a Buddhist group on campus that promotes inner peace, af-

Professor’s documentary focuses on the sleeping disorders of adolescents from AWARD page 1 it to be that one…It was quite a surprise when I heard Bedtime Stories,” Catanzarite said.

This win is added to the list of nine Emmy wins, 26 Emmy nominations, a Matrix award, two Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters Awards, eight Telly Awards and various other professional honors for Catanzarite.

Although the documentary was produced by Catanzarite, she said that the whole process was a collaborative effort.

“It was my idea, and it was my plan on paper, but if it weren’t for all of the great input from other collaborators, it could never have risen to the point that it did,” Catanzarite said.

Michelle Wright, a WTAE anchor and School of Communication adjunct pro-

fessor, was the narrator for both of her documentaries.

“I think it’s well-deserved, and I’ve always respected her work,” Wright said. “I’m thrilled that it is recognized in such a way that everyone can see what a great job she does.”

The broadcasting department at Point Park houses many different professors, fulltime and adjuncts, who are currently working in their respective fields. School of Communication faculty chair Thom Baggerman said one of the hiring philosophies when hiring professors is to go out and get the best people they can that are currently working in the field.

“They bring cutting-edge knowledge of how the industry is right now, and they also bring their network of contacts that students can use when they go to get jobs,”

Baggerman said. “We’re excited that someone who is so well recognized in the professional community is teaching our students.”

Catanzarite’s win is not only a personal win but also a win for Point Park, according to Blaine King, a senior broadcast reporting major and United Student Government president.

“We have professionals in the field teaching our students,” King said. “It is a great thing because they’re in that field, they know what to do in the field to get that kind of accomplishment and they’re relaying that information to the students so that we one day could potentially win an Emmy.”

Kayla Snyder klsnyde2@pointpark.edu.

ter two years of inactivity.

USG released its internal budget, totaling $10,000.

Sen. Daniel Murphy questioned how this budget differentiates from previous internal budgets and how fluid it is in terms of money moving to other areas of the budget.

Parliamentarian Charles Murria said the budget was the same, but money within the breakdown was spread across differently. USG added a new position for a graphic design coordinator, which requires $150.

USG stipends require the most money at $3,900, divided amongst the president, vice president, executive cabinet members and the new graphic design coordinator.

This is followed by forum at $1,500, clubs cushion – an emergency fund for clubs if

USG deems use necessary – at $1,200 and spring semester’s Pioneer Community Day planning and USG supplies at $1,000 each. The rest of the budget goes toward USG training and office supplies.

Any money left over from this semester will roll over to spring semester’s internal budget, according to Vice President Bobby Bertha.

Treasurer Amedea Baldoni informed USG senators that they allocated $16,388 to clubs and organizations during the previous funding period, despite “some bumps in the road.”

USG also announced that its forum will take place on Friday, Nov. 4 in Lawrence Hall Ballroom.

Alex Grubbs aagrubb@pointpark.edu.

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Doors Open shows behind the scenes of historic buildings

By Cindy Hindle For The Globe

Pittsburgh native Bonnie Baxter left Pittsburgh for a short time and lived in Chicago. During that time, she and her husband had the chance to participate in the event Open House Chicago, which allowed visitors to get a behind the scenes view of some of the city’s historic buildings.

“We moved to Chicago in 2011 and in 2014 we stumbled upon this event,” Baxter said.

“They call their version Open House Chicago.”

While making the move from Chicago back to the Pittsburgh area, it occurred to Baxter that there were quite a few buildings downtown that she would love to get a closer look at and maybe others in the area would too.

“I enjoyed it so much, we both did,” she said. “So I really made a decision then and there, that was in October of 2014, to do this in Pittsburgh.”

On Oct. 1-2, Doors Open Pittsburgh gave some rare access to many buildings that Pittsburghers see from the outside every day, but really don’t get a chance to explore.

Over 35 different sites were open to the public, including the Mayor’s Office, Heinz Hall for the Performing Arts and the Omni William Penn Hotel.

Baxter was surprised and pleased with the cooperation she and her partners, the Pittsburgh Landmarks Foundation, AIA Pittsburgh, a chapter of the American Institute of Architects, Design Center, and Green Building Alliance; in cooperation with the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership and Pittsburgh Downtown Community Development Corporation, received from the different buildings downtown.

“The Museum Conservation at the Heinz History Center, they are actually bringing in a digital expert and a textile conservator,” Baxter said.

“The Fairmont Hotel is actually creating a self-guided

Bubble soccer comes back to PPU gymnasium

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The Omni William Penn Hotel Ballroom flaunted its typically-hidden chandeliers during Doors Open Pittsburgh. map so when visitors come in, people can guide themselves through the hotel. “ Baxter also was appreciative of the cooperation of Mayor Peduto’s office.

“The Mayor’s office is opening its doors, not only to the Mayor’s office, but also the Council Chambers,” Baxter said. “The Mayor’s assistant James Hill has been a tremendous resource. They’re very excited about this.”

Touring the city during the event, you could feel the curiosity and enjoyment of the others attending and could tell there was quite a bit of planning involved with this event.

“We trained about 200 volunteers over the past 14 days and the premise of the training was ‘I hope you are all prepared for some surprises,” Baxter said.

Jan and Gary Wine were two of those 200 volunteers, greeting visitors who came to take a look at The Benedum Center on Sunday.

“We love volunteering for one day events,” Jan Wire said. “And this one is great because when we are done here, we can take a walk around and enjoy the event ourselves.”

Jonathan Dutton was an participant of Doors Open Pittsburgh and visited the Alcoa building, the Oliver Building and his favorite, the

Omni William Penn Hotel.

“The most interesting part was definitely the speakeasy,” Dutton said. “In the basement [the Omni William Penn Hotel] had an original speakeasy from the 1920’s that they renovated and turned into a night bar. They had antique whiskey bottles down there and a bunch of prohibition memorabilia that they were kind of showcasing.”

While touring the Benedum Center for the Performing Arts, visitors got the chance to walk around the seating areas, both on the main floor and the balcony, enjoying the spectacular centerpiece, the chandelier which has been in place since 1928.

Baxter and her partners are hoping that Doors Open Pittsburgh will become an annual event, and have hopes of expanding to some of the suburban areas around the city.

“That’s sort of the model that the other cities hold to and I understand why,” she said. “It’s a lot of planning, there are several moving parts to this, so I think once a year, which seems to work elsewhere and holding the branch out to other neighborhoods next year.”

Cindy Hindle clhindl@pointpark.edu

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Campus Activities Board (CAB) is bringing back the popular Bubble Soccer game for its second annual event, encouraging students to step out of their comfort zones and into a bubble.

“It’s such a spectacle to see 50 students running at each other in bubbles, falling all over the place and just trying to work together in this really obnoxious setting.

There was just so much energy,” senior sports, arts and entertainment management major and Executive Director of CAB Colten Gill said.

The annual Bubble Soccer game will take place on Oct. 10 from 8-10 p.m. in the Student Center Gym. This event allows students to form teams and get into separate blow-up bubbles all while attempting to play soccer.

Gill said after every event each year, CAB members meet to discuss what worked, what didn’t work and ultimately, whether the event is worth continuing.

“We always review after an event takes place. If it’s something [that] had success on campus, it’s something that we definitely bring back,” Gill said. “The student body is always changing, but with that, there are still staples that tend to stick from year to year.”

Gill said due to the success Bubble Soccer had last year, he imagines the event will continue on an annual basis for quite some time.

CAB Vice President of Programming Nina Belcastro, a senior organizational leadership major, is involved with CAB for the first time this year, and said she came in with the vision of Bubble Soccer when attending her first meeting.

“When I was in Vegas over the summer, they had a huge Bubble Soccer tournament there and it was incredible. I thought, we have to bring this to Point Park,” Belcastro said.

Gill said Bubble Soccer provided an opportunity for students more into physical activity to get involved, as the majority of CAB events don’t cater specifically to that group of students.

“We try to bring a diverse range of events so that we can provide what we want to do with as many students as possible,” Gill said. “We don’t do that many athletic events, and we thought it would be a nice change of pace.”

Special Events Coordinator and sophomore business management major Kaitlyn Smith is heading up the event and has been doing her best to find ways to improve the already successful event from what it was last year.

“We do need to monitor the aggression, which we’ll be doing so nobody gets hurt. But from a fun standpoint there’s not really much we can do to make it better,” Smith said.

Gill also chimed in, stating that rounds would be speedier and teams would be formed in a more efficient way.

Gill and Delcastro agree that this event will encourage students to step out of their comfort zone and just have a good time.

“CAB’s purpose is to provide opportunities for fun, to grow as students,” Gill said.

“We want students to remember the good things when they graduate. They’re going to remember Bubble Soccer.”

The board hosts events regularly that draw in the student body such as talent shows, bingo nights, movie nights and other enjoyable evenings of a social nature.

Ian Brady imbrady@pointpark.edu

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Absurd tirades and uncomfortable laughter: A theater review

By Tyler Dague For The Globe

As the lights dim in the theater, choir music swells between car horns and subway brakes.

Suddenly, David Berryman, a Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway playwright, hurls epithets and insults in a blind rage against the state of the theater from his dated Upper West Side apartment. As her father rants about his rise to fame, Ella listens with growing insecurity that she’ll never win his approval and become a star.

In Halley Feiffer’s “I’m Gonna Pray for You So Hard,” presented by The REP, bitterness is the constant flavor.

For the first 30 minutes, David engages in a vicious and

frequently offensive rant, detailing his Russian father’s disapproval of a profession in the arts, his abandonment of his family, the tragedy surrounding his sister, his mentorship from a famous playwright and his present as a renowned dramatist. Meanwhile, Ella listens with mock enthusiasm and a bit of understandable dread as David lashes out on everyone from directors casting vapid ingénues to even Arthur Miller.

The tension becomes clear when David resolves to read the review of Ella’s debut show, for which she was given a supporting part while her rival Clementine received top billing. When Ella’s name only appears in parentheses, the vile wine-fueled reminiscence between father and daughter

grows into a complicated battle for pride and respect, vacillating from adoration to disgust to despair. The vices go from bad to worse as David’s twisted tutelage coalesces into one line: “Be anything but safe.”

After sitting through the often unhinged first act—90 minutes plumbing themes of addiction, mental illness, incest and artistic ascendancy at the cost of family suffering—too late does the payoff emerge in the second, a mere half hour, as the Berryman’s relationship is probed five years later.

In addition to the uneven structure, shifts in tone seemed glaring. David’s absurd tirades generated uncomfortable laughter, and then strains of dramat-

ic music during tense moments practically shouted to the audience, “You should be anxious now!”

Furthermore, tunes from “West Side Story,” sung throughout the play, distract from the plot. They seem included only to underscore David’s already obvious psychoses and milk easy emotion from the audience.

As David, Martin Giles believably navigates the shades between caustic venting, drug-addled advice and mental breakdown. In this role, Giles receives the lion’s share of the lines and exposition, giving him plenty of room to chew scenery to intense effect. Cathryn Dylan, as Ella, has to watch how often she chooses to fake laugh in the opening scenes.

However, Dylan makes the most of her moments to shine as her character grows from passive reactor to serious parallel of her father’s vanity. Both offer disturbing (yet effective) transformations later on in the show, further reinforcing the all-too-brief second act.

Like the title suggests, “I’m Gonna Pray” does have a spiritual side (the choir music notwithstanding). Feiffer cuts to the bone about a theatrical life and the consequences of ambition to bring even the most irredeemable characters to their knees. If only enduring such long, fraught discussions had led to a wholly satisfying resolution.

Tyler Dague rtdague@pointpark.edu

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The Fantasticks

Pittsburgh Public Theater

O’Reilly Theater

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I’m Gonna Pray for You So Hard

Rep Professional Company

Pittsburgh Playhouse

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Finding Neverland Giselle La Travita Toxic Avenger

Oct 6 Oct 13 Oct 21

Off the Record Basetrack Live Pedal Punk

Benedum Center Benedum Center Benedum Center Cabaret at Theater Square Byham Theater Byham Theater Byham Theater

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Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company

August Wilson Center

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Hauntingly Delicious

Cabaret at Theater Square

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Guitarist starts band, founds annual music festival everything, then thought it would be a lot cooler to play real guitar in high school.”

After making that deciFrom Led Zeppelin to the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Chase sion, Barron took a few guiBarron had mastered songs by tar lessons, but ended up just several famous bands by the teaching himself to play the end of middle school. By the way he wanted. He said at first time he entered high school, he wanted to ‘shred’ like some he decided it was time to ditch of his favorite guitarists but the Guitar Hero controller to realized that he didn’t have to write good songs. He has learn the real thing.

Since then, Barron, a ju- never had any vocal training nior multimedia major, hasn’t but said that singers such as regretted his decision. He has Jason Mraz and John Mayer honed his guitar skills and influence his singing style.

Barron said his parents started his own band, Chase and the Barons, who have always had good music taste, played shows around the Pitts- and although not musically burgh area and in his home- inclined themselves, first got him into music through piano town of Dubois, Pa. “In elementary school lessons at a young age.

“I love music. I brought I played so much Guitar Hero, like 100 percent on him up on old classic rock like every song.” Barron said. “I the Talking Heads, AC/DC, Forwas in the leaderboards and eigner and stuff like that,” Rich Barron, Chase’s dad, said about his upbringing.

The influence can be heard in the band’s original material which combines two guitars, a bass, a saxophone and drums for a twangy sound, with groovy rhythms and occasionally melancholy melodies.

Barron’s vocals alternate between a melodic ramble and a crooning swing that both help capture the essence of each song. Barron, who writes most of the photo by Cara McLaughln lyrics, said his Chase Baron, junior multimedia major and songs cover perlead of Chase and the Barons, rocked out in sonal themes and while Lawrence Hall on Thursday for SAEM Club’s troubles, Concert in the Park., which was moved from they also convey a Village Park due to inclement weather. message of social

By Eddie Trizzino Co-Features Editor

consciousness.

Barron utilized all of this during a solo show in Lawrence Hall’s multipurpose room, beginning several songs by knocking out a beat on his acoustic guitar, which he then played through a looper to keep a steady beat while his fingers danced on the neck.

“It’s a mixture between island funk and indie rock; his band is very funky with a lot of jazz influence and Chase has more of a jazz voice too,” Gabe Reed, junior musical theater major, local musician and friend of Barron, said about his music.

Barron said that although he likes to take any opportunity he can to play shows, he enjoys playing with his whole band more than playing alone.

“I was playing on a solo album, and I needed proficient members so it went from a solo effort to a whole band,” Barron said. “They ended up being phenomenal musicians and it’s a lot of fun to play and write for the group.”

The members include part-time student Jake Stretch on drums, Jake Rieger on bass, Tyler Handyside, a student from Duquesne majoring in saxophone and Mike Saunders on lead guitar. They all collaborate when writing songs and Barron said they practice together every weekend in Stretch’s basement, which they have converted into a recording studio.

“It’s rock and roll,” Stretch said. “We incorporate other elements but we don’t really deviate the base.”

“Everyone is just talented, the possibilities are just endless,” Rieger said. “It’s not every day that a classically trained saxophonist comes to play in your garage band.”

Barron said that the first

show he played with Chase and the Barons was on New Year’s Eve. Barron said that although he is the band’s namesake, he does not consider himself the most important member and actually dislikes the name.

“I was against Chase and the Barons,” Barron said. “I didn’t like the idea. It’s a cool name, but it’s just my name which is a little weird.”

Over the summer, the band recorded original songs in a cabin owned by Barron’s family, which they are currently mixing and are planning on how they want to release it.

“We have 16 songs that we’re happy with, but we don’t know how to release them yet, maybe four sets of four or four and twelve,” said Rieger. “We’re going to have the first one out around Christmas though.”

Barron said this was one of his favorite experiences with the band.

“We were there for a few days and we all really just clicked,” Barron said.

The band also created their own all-day music festival called Woodland Ruckus, which was booked in a barn near Barron’s hometown.

They hope to have it become a yearly event that could grow every year. Barron recalled one of his favorite memories from the festival.

“It was raining super hard, so at one point our drummer started jamming so the rest of us could go outside in the rain to get soaking wet, so for the next hour we just played soaking wet,” Barron said.

“It was so hot,” Reed said.

“I was playing with my shirt off, but the crowd was really into it and it was just a great time.”

The band has also played in venues around Pittsburgh, such as The

Smiling Moose, as well as bars, cafés, a nursing home and the golf course where Barron previously worked.

“The best thing is getting onstage and having people singing along and then asking to buy a CD, but then telling them we don’t have any yet,” Stretch said.

Barron, Rieger and Stretch all agree that they would eventually like to play in other cities or states for the opportunity to spread their music. They said that they would like to be a part of other music festivals as well.

Outside of music, Barron pursues other interests such as filmmaking, which he plans to pursue after graduation. Previously a cinema major, he switched to multimedia because he realized that a multimedia major’s portfolio would still be a good asset in finding a job in the film industry.

“It’s a very broad major and it’s a good portfolio to have,” Barron said.

Barron also enjoys longboarding and snowboarding, which he said he participates in several times of the year.

“Chase is very light hearted, non-judgemental and very humble, he’ll be the first guy to invite you somewhere even if you don’t know anyone,” Reed said.

Barron plans to continue pursuing his musical interests as long as he can. He said his parents have been supportive of his musical interests.

“He’s got a gift but he’s very humble about it, he doesn’t realize how good he is,” Rich Barron said.

Eddie Trizzino eatrizz@pointpark.edu

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Print media landscape changing Last week the news broke that the Tribune-Review’s Pittsburgh edition will cease its printing operation Dec. 1.

Despite that the Trib’s commercial printing arm prints the Globe, the Globe is not directly affected by this change.

The troubling part of this past week’s announcement is not the cessation of the medium – it has long been obvious that daily and weekly printed newspapers would become outdated. The troubling part of the announcement is the loss of 106 jobs and the reasoning for it.

Since the death of Richard Mellon Scaife, the Tribune-Review’s publisher who brought the paper to Pittsburgh as a conservative voice after the 1992 merger of the Post-Gazette and Pittsburgh Press, the paper has struggled with financial stability.

Jennifer Bertetto, president and CEO of Trib Total Media, told the Post-Gazette that the realignment, which

included 95 buyouts earlier last month, was not enough to create financial stability.

The troubling thing about the cessation of print operations is that it is the largest symptom in the effect of a crumbling local media. With fewer people covering local events, the people of Pittsburgh are less informed. For college students looking to work in the media, fewer internship opportunities exist.

The name Trib Total Media implies the company is involved in multimedia – all the media. If the death of the print product was to expand digital journalism, that’s one thing.

Slashing and burning, as appears to be the case, is another altogether.

At a panel at the CMI last week, KDKA Political Editor Jon Delano said local reporting is the only exposure some people have to national issues. Audiences pay attention to what’s happening in their own back yard.

We at the Globe believe in print journalism, obviously.

You’re reading this either in our weekly print edition or on our website. That said, we acknowledge that printed papers as a medium may be on their way out. We’re adapting to a changing market, however.

We are increasingly asking our journalists to be photographers as well as writers.

We’re expanding our online breaking stories and doing our best to take breaking stories to our Twitter and Facebook pages. Our efforts to better serve the Point Park community are how we’re diversifying our coverage.

The future of journalism lies with multimedia reporting.

At the Globe, at least, we’re embracing the future of journalism and future journalists in an effort to create a better product to get our students the news they need.

The Point Park Globe globe@pointpark.edu.

Sports cannot be separated from real, human problems

By Laura Byko

Co-Opinions Editor

Sports exist on a fine line between escapism and brutal, bodily reality. When something punctures that fantasy, and the human systems sports are entrenched in bleed through, it can be jarring. But sometimes it’s necessary.

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), of which Point Park is a member, announced Sept. 26 that it would not hold its cross country championships in Charlotte, N.C, as scheduled. The NAIA moved the event in response to North Carolina’s House Bill 2.

House Bill 2 (HB2), which was passed in March to reverse a Charlotte ordinance protecting transgender people who use bathrooms based on their gender identity rather than their sex assigned at birth, made it illegal for cities in North Carolina to expand on the state’s existing laws “regulating workplace discrimination, use of public accommodations...and other business issues,” according to a March 26 article in the Charlotte Observer.

The national headquarters of the ACLU described HB2 as the “most extreme anti-LGBT measure in the country.” North Carolina doesn’t protect LGBT people from discrimination, and cities there are now powerless to enact any anti-discrimination legislation of their own.

Two NAIA school presidents have publicly stated their disagreement with the organization’s decision to relocate the championships. College

of the Ozarks president Jerry Davis described it as “political correctness gone berserk,” and said athletes are being used as “political pawns.”

“How can we claim to be an organization that supports women if our leadership is so willing to deny female athletes the right to have their own bathrooms, showers, toilet and lavatory?” said Oklahoma Wesleyan president Everett Piper.

So Piper doesn’t believe trans women are women, maybe not even human beings, and Davis probably agrees, but instead chooses to couch his bigotry in the vague but threatening-sounding specter of “political correctness.”

This is a deeply silly argument. In 2016, it is not radical to suggest that people should not be fired because they are gay. It is slightly more radical to suggest that transgender people should be able to use whatever bathroom they choose, but that is the fault of 2016 and not of transgender people.

Before the NAIA announced its plans to move its cross country championships, the NCAA and NBA (as well as entertainers such as Bruce Springsteen) canceled events in North Carolina in protest of the law. Disgust at HB2 is comfortingly mainstream; it’s not fear or political correctness or anything else “gone berserk.”

Advocating as an organization that people who are queer should not have their government endorse fear of

and discrimination against them is not a concession to the PC Police, but rather an acknowledgment that people should not have their humanity stripped from them on the basis of their queerness.

The other aspect of Davis’s argument, that athletes are being used as “political pawns” is also silly, but it is more interesting. The obvious counterargument here that Davis fails to consider is that gay or trans athletes might feel like political pawns if they are forced to go to and patronize a state whose government is openly hostile to them.

Davis failed to consider that because, for a surprising number of people, once an athlete is an athlete, they are nothing else. An athlete is not gay, or trans, or black, or female; an athlete is a body. A body does not have thoughts and certainly does not express dissatisfaction at the state of the world. A body exists solidly in the larger-than-life world of sports, where the real, painful world cannot encroach. A body who deals in ideas and protests is disruptive, and should be punished and hated.

There is an exception to this, of course, and that is the body who exists in The Past.

Muhammad Ali, for instance, died earlier this year after a lifetime of using his prominence as an athlete to champion civil rights and antiwar movements. Ali’s actions were not vilified when he died because his protests took place in The Past, that nebulous time when things were worse,

before we fixed everything.

Now we live in The Present, and everything is fine, and anyone who doesn’t think so is ungrateful to everyone in The Past who worked so hard to make everything fine. Protests are obsolete and petulant, because everything is so fine now that there should be no more complaining.

The Present is not fine, not even close, not for everyone.

In 2014, while “overall violence against LGBT people went down by 32 percent, crimes against transgender people rose by 13 percent,” according to the Human Rights Campaign. So the NAIA and other organizations refuse to give their business to a state whose laws amplify the kind of fear that incites violence against trans people.

“Of all of the unarmed people shot and killed by police in 2015, 40 percent of them were black men, even though black men make up just 6 percent of the nation’s population,” according to a July 11 Washington Post article. So Colin Kaepernick takes a knee during the national anthem to protest state-sanctioned extrajudicial killings rooted in racism.

So every player on the WNBA’s Indiana Fever takes a knee. So US Women’s National Soccer Team player Megan Rapinoe also takes a knee, saying that as a gay woman, she too has felt that she “hasn’t had [her] liberties protected.”

Sports and politics, which some people seem to prefer kept separate, keep colliding into each other. It’s almost as if

it is impossible to isolate anything with such precision that the world at large will never intrude on it, because even existing in a world with injustices is an inevitably political act.

It’s almost as if sports cannot be divorced from politics because sports are comprised of human beings - human beings with identities and lived experiences, and also a platform. Athletes have the power to start conversations, and they shouldn’t be reprimanded for using that power for causes they think are worth fighting for.

It might be uncomfortable to be jolted out of escapist entertainment because an athlete wants to get a point across, but a protest that’s comfortable for everyone is also by definition ineffective.

Athletes don’t exist in a vacuum. They exist in the same world as the rest of us, one that’s flawed and broken and deeply human. When we accept that athletes are humans, we accept they have ideas and identities just as valuable as their bodies.

When we acknowledge there is work to be done to make the world - the entirety of it, which includes sports better, we allow ourselves the opportunity to do the work.

That’s why athletes like Colin Kaepernick deserve nothing but respect. That’s why the NAIA, in acknowledging its athletes are first and foremost human beings, made the right choice.

Laura Byko lobyko@pointpark.edu.

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A STUNNING RUNNING RESUME

By Josh Croup Sports Columnist

Living in the hall of fame Hundreds of athletes and dozens of coaches have suited up in Point Park uniforms over the years, but only a select few have their legacies permanently enshrined at the university.

Point Park added two more athletes to its Pioneer Athletic Hall of Fame Saturday as part of the Athletic Department’s Alumni Weekend.

Rob Dinwoodie, a star baseball player from 199700, and Lindsey Baranski, a four-time all-conference softball player from 200811, became the 55th and 56th members of the Hall of Fame.

Dinwoodie is still a prevalent name in the Point Park baseball record books long after his graduation. The Ontario native played a major role on the 1998 Point Park team that made a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) World Series appearance.

Baranski was the first recruit that current softball head coach Michelle Coultas signed and made an immediate impact as a Pioneer. She was a team captain for the duration of her Point Park career and helped the program establish itself as an annual contender in the conference.

The Pioneer Athletic Hall of Fame inducted its first class in 1973 and was reinstated in 2000. Since its inaugural year, the 56 individuals and one team inducted have set the bar high for potential inductees.

There are athletes and coaches on campus now building their Pioneer Athletic Hall of Fame resume, and a handful stand out among the rest as potential future Hall of Fame members.

Eligible nominees must wait five years after the conclusion of their Point Park careers, and head coaches must have a minimum of three years of Point Park coaching experience.

Men’s basketball coach Bob Rager has gone far and above the minimum three-year requirement for head coaches.

Rager enters his 28th

year as the head coach of the men’s basketball program in 2016-17, and last year topped the leaderboards for wins among head basketball coaches in the city of Pittsburgh.

He is the all-time wins leader at Point Park, a title he earned during the 201011 season when he passed Jerry Conboy, a 2000 Hall of Fame inductee. He has led Point Park to three NAIA Tournament appearances, including a trip to the Final Four in 1996-97.

Rager continues to come back year after year to lead the Point Park basketball program, something he has done since 1989.

If anybody at this university is a lock for a Hall of Fame nod, it’s Rager.

Somebody who has been on track for a while now to be a Hall of Fame lock is Athletic Director Dan Swalga.

Swalga began at Point Park in 2006 and has revolutionized the Point Park Athletic Department.

Under Swalga’s tenure as Athletic Director, the department has grown to include 17 varsity sports, transitioned to the growing Rivers States Conference and improved in both academic and athletic performance.

He also has helped secure top-level facilities for Point Park’s teams. Before the days when Point Park called Highmark Stadium home, the soccer teams just hoped they would find a regulation-sized field to play on that wouldn’t cause too many injuries.

Not only does Point Park play soccer on a professional turf, it also has quality facilities in volleyball, baseball, basketball and softball.

Point Park athletics continue to improve every year, and the department owes much of that success to Swalga’s leadership.

Out of all the athletes at Point Park, Katie Guarnaccia may as well book her ticket to her Hall of Fame

LAST WEEK’S SCOREBOARD SEPT. 27 - OCT. 3

induction ceremony.

The junior cinema production major has rewritten the Point Park women’s track and field and cross country record books since her freshman year.

Heck, she had enough on her resume to order a Hall of Fame plaque after her sophomore year.

Guarnaccia qualified for the NAIA Cross Country National Championship each of the past two years.

She was the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (KIAC) Cross Country Newcomer of the Year her freshman and the KIAC Runner of the Year last year.

Her 2015 cross country campaign helped lead the Pioneers to a KIAC Championship and NAIA Championship appearance in Charlotte, N.C. This is all just cross country, folks. Guarnaccia also placed 11th in the nation last year in the 10,000 meter race at the NAIA Outdoor Track and Field championships, just missing NAIA All-American honors. She also competed at the NAIA indoor national championships in the 5,000 meter race.

That’s four appearances in NAIA nationals in two years. She still has two years left here, then a mere five years before her Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

Sure there are others at Point Park that could and should receive nominations.

I could write much more on everyone that’s deserving of a Hall of Fame nod.

Go out and find the future Hall of Famers for yourself. Go support the coaches and athletes competing here now. Then, at least five years after they’ve completed their Point Park career, you could come back and support them at their own Pioneer Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

Josh Croup jdcroup@pointpark.edu.

photo by Ty Smith

Junior Katie Guarnaccia has already built an impressive resume that sports columnist Josh Croup argues should earn her a Pioneer Athletic Hall of Fame nod in the future. Above, Guarnaccia races to a win in the 5,000 meters at the Cal U Invitational during her freshman year at the first outdoor track and field meet in Point Park history.

MEN’S SOCCER 1-1 IN RSC PLAY

photo by Sami Exler

Senior defender Paul Carr battles Asbury forward Sam Henderson, during their conference game on Sept. 29. Point Park lost in overtime 3-2.

photo by Sami Exler

Forward Alan Ramos celebrates his seventh goal of the season against Asbury. He scored again in Point Park’s 2-1 win against Cincinnati Christian Saturday, bringing the team’s River States Conference (RSC) record to 1-1, and his goal total to eight.

RUGBY CLUB DROPS MUDDY ROAD MATCH

MEN’S SOCCER (4-4-1) (1-1)

ASBURY 3, POINT PARK 2 (OT)*..............................Sept. 29

Goals: Van Der Walt (1), Ramos (7)

CINCINNATI CHRISTIAN 1, POINT PARK 2*.......... Oct. 1

Goals: Carr (3), Ramos (8) Next: Oct. 6 @ Midway*, Oct. 8 @ Brescia*, Oct. 11 @ Rochester

WOMEN’S SOCCER (2-6-2) (1-1)

ASBURY 0, POINT PARK 1*.......................................Sept. 29

Goal: Gilmartin (2)

CINCINNATI CHRISTIAN 2, POINT PARK 0*.......... Oct. 1

Next: Oct. 6 @ Midway*, Oct. 8 @ Brescia*

VOLLEYBALL (10-12) (6-0)

RIO GRANDE 1, POINT PARK 3*...............................Sept. 27 POINT PARK 3, ASBURY 1*........................................Oct. 1 POINT PARK 3, MIDWAY 0*.....................................Oct. 1

Next: Oct. 4 @ Ohio Christian*, Oct. 8 @ WVU Tech, Rio Grande

MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY

GREATER LOUISVILLE CLASSIC....................................Oct. 1 Top 8K finishers: Hilverding (27:29) Hunt (27:44) Next: Oct. 8 @ Carnegie Mellon Invitational

WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY

GREATER LOUISVILLE CLASSIC....................................Oct. 1 Top 5K finishers: Shields (19:39), Wilson (20:13) Next: Oct. 8 @ Carnegie Mellon Invitational

photo by Gracey Evans

Senior 8-man, Brady Winner, breaks a tackle against Franciscan University on Oct. 1. The Pioneers lost 32-12. The club’s next home game is Saturday at 7 p.m., and fan vans are available to take students to the game at Cupples Field.

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Volleyball improves conference record to 6-0 during road trip

By Dara Collins For The Globe

The Pioneers remain undefeated in the Rivers State Conference after a weekend of victorious conference matchups.

The Pioneers took on the Rio Grande RedStorm in the Student Center gym on Sept. 27, a rematch of their Sept. 3 competition at the Battle of the Boulevard tournament, where Rio Grande defeated Point Park in four sets.

Although Point Park lost the first set, the team did not lose momentum. Another four-set game ensued, and the RedStorm took the first set 25-21. The opposite sides of the scoreboard mirrored one another all too often as the teams hustled to maintain or gain a lead. However, the Pioneers battled back to win the next three sets 2521, 25-16 and 25-19.

Freshman Julia Menosky made an impressive dig at the beginning of set three, and Rio Grande celebrated slightly early. Setter Emily Meng took advantage of their lack of attention, and she pushed a powerful tip to add a point to the Pioneers’ score.

“After a big play happens, you’ll see us get really excited,” sophomore Morgan Dangelo said.

Middle hitter Nikki Inquartano wore a radiating smile when her team huddled after a big kill.

“Once one person gets excited, it just feeds off of

everyone, and we’re so close to each other we just want to celebrate each other’s accomplishments,” Inquartano said.

Highlights of the game include Meng’s team-high of 26 assists along with 16 digs and seven kills. Shiloh Simonson added nine kills and seven digs, Ashley Taylor recorded the only two solo blocks of the night, Inquartano produced three kills, three aces and four block assists, Madeline Poirier contributed seven kills and four block assists and Kirsten Burkes killed two balls and assisted five blocks. Menosky totaled 13 digs and Juliana Ross added four of her own to contribute to the Pioneers’ defense.

Dangelo remained along the sidelines while Menosky played libero again.

“It sucks not being on the court,” Dangelo said.

“But I’m really proud of the team and how they played today. [I am proud of] the fight in our team. We started out a little rough, but towards the end of the last two matches we played, we really pulled it together.”

When asked about the tri-match approaching, the team confidently predicted the outcome.

“We’re going to come out with a win,” Inquartano said. “I can tell.”

Inquartano’s crystal ball vision became true as the matches unfolded.

The Pioneers traveled to Wilmore, Kentucky, on Oct. 1 to play Asbury and Midway.

photo by Liz Hunter

Sophomore middle hitter Ashley Taylor goes up for a block against Rio Grande on Sept. 27. Point Park is now 6-0 in conference play.

“This weekend was awesome,” Taylor said. “We just played so well as a team even for how early in the morning we were awake and for us being on the road for the first time in so long.”

Point Park came out swinging to take the first set 25-16, but the Eagles tied the game up to take set two 25-23. Asbury could not compete with the Pioneers’ energy in the following two sets as Point Park won 2522 and 25-17.

“They did not expect us to come out and play as well as we did,” Taylor said.

“We didn’t take any mercy.

The second and third set we were battling the whole time to keep or get the lead over Asbury. There was a point when they were up 14-9 and we got a run and ended up tying it up.”

Assistant coach Bridget Bielich praised the girls on their performance.

“They played terrific,” Bielich said. “They serve received really well. They were in system about 90% of the game.”

Inquartano crushed a game-high of 11 kills and accomplished two solo blocks while Burkes added one herself. The duo also

achieved three block assists each. Meng dished out an incredible 37 assists, and Dangelo contributed 18 digs in her first game back.

Dangelo’s days of sitting out with an injury ended, and she returned to the court for the tri-match.

“Morgan [Dangelo] played libero,” Taylor said.

“She did great.”

The Pioneers swept their second opponent 3-0.

Point Park dominated Midway to win 25-8 and 25-9 in the first two sets and remained in control to reach a 25-22 victory in set three.

Burkes repeated another solo block, and fellow middle hitter Inquartano assisted four blocks. Simonson executed nine kills, Meng contributed 21 assists and Poirier held the gamehigh of digs.

“We played clean volleyball,” Bielich said. “They did a good job of staying up and not playing down to their level.”

The slow start to the Pioneers’ season has been long forgotten.

“We were able to create our own energy and presence on the court and impose our will to show the other teams who we are,” Taylor said.

The Pioneers’ overall record stands at 10-12 and their River States Conference record remains unblemished at 6-0.

Dara Collins dmcolli@pointpark.edu.

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