Point Park Globe Fall 2018 Issue 6

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By Amanda Andrews USG Beat Writer

The United Student Government (USG) is in the tentative process of creating a new committee. Senator Emily Harnett is pushing for a new USG committee that addresses accessibility issues within Point Park University for disabled students.

Harnett said her work with LGBTQ advocacy groups piqued her interest in accessibility for people with disabilities.

“I found a lot of awareness about different people’s needs,” Harnett said. “And how there’s a lot of people who have invisible disabilities too that you can’t even peg as like, ‘Oh, this person needs something like this or something like that,’ so I just became very aware of it, and I want to make Point Park’s campus the most accessibility-friendly as possible.”

Harnett’s primary goal is to examine all build-

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Actor and filmmaker Tom Hanks speaks at the “When We All Vote” rally in Oakland. The event took place Tuesday, Sept. 25 at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum. Hanks stressed the importance of voting in every election and among younger generations.

Mister Rogers movie filmed next to CMI Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks and a full film crew became Point Park’s neighbors Monday during filming for the movie “You Are My Friend.”

Filming took place inside the Mandarin Gourmet restaurant on the corner of 4th Avenue and Wood Street, adjacent to the Center for Media Innovation (CMI).

Directed by Marielle Heller, the film focuses on the relationship between public television legend Fred Rogers (Hanks) and reporter Tom Junod, played by Matthew Rhys.

In the movie, Junod, a cynical journalist, writes a profile on Mr. Rogers, and his perspective on life is changed after spending time with the childhood icon.

Production members for the Rogers-inspired film used the CMI studio to shoot a video press kit for the movie.

Extras and other production members gathered in the lobby of the YWCA during breaks and in between scenes.

The sidewalk running along entrances to Mandarin Gourmet, the YWCA and the CMI were blocked off from morning until the mid-afternoon by production in order to eliminate foot traffic.

Tucker Jackson, a personal assistant for the production, felt the filming process that day had presented challenges.

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“Setting up has been exhausting,” Jackson said. “We have to stop traffic a whole bunch…it’s sunny outside.

It’s kind of hot. There’s a lot of people walking by. It’s just a tough location to shoot at because of all the foot traffic.

You have to stop a bunch of people.”

Jackson remained in the lobby of the YWCA for extended periods of time, guiding extras and those who entered and exited the building during shooting.

Extras gathered in quiet clusters wearing era-appropriate attire while Jackson called cues as to when the set started rolling in the adjacent space.

Lisa Alexander, one of the extras, clad in a navy blue dress with pearls, explained that this was her first time as an extra in a movie.

“It’s been really an interesting experience,” Alexander said. “This is the first time I’ve done anything like this and probably the last time I’ll do anything like this.”

Alexander attended the open casting call with her 13 year-old son because he expressed interest in being in the film. However, Alexander was called to be in the movie while her son was not. While she said it saddened her to experience the set without her son, she enjoyed seeing behind the scenes of a movie and how

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Across campus, there is a visible inconsistency in the placement of security personnel at the front doors.

Academic Hall has security personnel posted around the clock to enforce mandatory ID check-ins at the front door entrance.

Lawrence Hall and the University Center Library only appear to have security posted from night until morning, whereas West Penn rarely ever has security personnel posted at the doors.

Assistant Vice President and Chief of Police Jeffrey Besong administrates Point Park Police and security across campus. Besong offered a straight-forward explanation for the different patterns of security personnel at Academic Hall.

“Academic Hall is the

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New cinema suites move to West Penn

By Sarah Gibson Co-News Editor

As the impending end of Point Park’s lease with the Patterson building draws closer, the cinema suites formerly housed on the fifth floor of Patterson - are currently being moved to the second floor of West Penn.

Point Park’s lease with the Patterson building officially ends on Dec. 31, 2018.

The university has chosen not to renew its lease since they were able to move every department previously in the Patterson building to other existing spaces on campus.

Chris Hill, vice president of operations at the physical plant, said the move was beneficial since Point Park wouldn’t have to pay the operational costs for the Patterson building anymore.

Though the lease concludes in December, the cinema department thought it better to move sooner rather than later. Cara Friez, chair of the cinema department, noted that the department took students into account when considering when to move.

“We thought about how we could do this the best way so it wouldn’t affect too many students,” Friez said. “To be honest, it’s better that it’s happening this semester than in the spring because the spring semester has even more productions happening.”

Point Park’s physical plant department is responsible for the initial design of the new suites, alongside an architectural firm. It also managed construction of the suites and the moving of materials from the Patterson building to West Penn.

Hill spoke of constant communication the physical plant had with the cinema department in order for the new suites to have everything they reasoned students needed.

“We collaborated every step of the way with cinema, so a lot of the input of what was needed was from cinema staff and faculty,” Hill said.

Despite cinema students currently working on their Production 3 (P3) films, none of the students were inconvenienced by the move.

Friez said the smooth move

was helped by production schedules.

“A lot of the P3 right now is going into production, so they are not in the [post-production] aspect of it,” Friez said. “A lot of the editors won’t start working on editing the projects until two weeks from now.”

Hill said the suites should become fully operational between Oct. 10 and Oct. 15.

Joey Tiberio, a junior P3 cinema student, got a look at the new production suites before they had officially became fully operational. His first impression of the new studio was a positive one.

“It’s really nice,” Tiberio said. “It’s not that the last place over in Patterson was bad by any means, but everything is so much cleaner; the rooms are pretty much

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The new cinema editing suites on the second floor of West Penn are largely soundproof from the rest of the floor. Some of the rooms are painted gray for color correcting purposes.

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ema floor. There’s animation majors, there’s cinema students, and it’s like we can all work together.”

Friez added that she thinks the added space and close proximity will allow for more opportunities in a classroom setting. Freiss has high hopes for the space.

“My hope is that more students will take advantage of it,” she said. “I feel like we can really grow within this space.”

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ings on campus and assess whether the physical structures present actually meet disabled students’ needs.

Harnett said this process will be technically-based, with measurement of different ramps, railings and ledges involved.

From there, Harnett plans to try and use work orders to fix the areas providing accessibility problems to students. She is still uncertain as to what additional course of action should be taken after the work orders are filled out. She is considering consulting another party who could help.

Harnett will have to be approved as a chair to this proposed committee by President Kaylee Kearns.

While this was the first time Harnett discussed this committee in a legislative body meeting, Harnett unofficially proposed the idea of a committee centered around accessibility and disabilities at USG’s retreat to Camp Crestfield in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania during the last weekend of September.

“This weekend when we were at retreat it was great,” Harnett said. “I brought it up just in kind of an informal way and so many people have responded being really excited and I can tell that this group of people is very supportive and welcoming group for this kind of stuff.”

Harnett was not the only senator at the retreat to bring up problems USG could address. Senator Matthew Johnson shared some of the discussions held by new senators at the retreat in Monday’s meeting.

“We split up into groups and talked about different ways to help the school, just different scenarios,” Johnson said. “And one thing my group talked about [is] if you’re a freshman or have eaten in the dining hall or the cafe a lot of times the tables are not that clean.

So we talked about a couple ways to get that fixed. We [have] a five step plan.”

Johnson proceeded to go into detail about the proposed solution, which involved contacting various employees of Culinart and setting up easier ways for the students themselves to clean up tables via Clorox wipes in a system similar to the one used for the fourth

floor gym in the Student Center.

14 people were in attendance at the USG retreat, which mostly consisted of new senators, Vice President Brittany Arp and President Kearns. Several veteran senators were not in attendance, despite the trip being billed as mandatory.

The retreat took place the weekend after veteran senators voted to censure President Kearns on two counts. The third count of censure was tabled last week and was tabled again this week as Kearns was attending a faculty meeting during Monday’s USG legislative body session.

Should Kearns be met with a third censure next week, the automatic process of an impeachment trial will begin the following week.

Despite this, Kearns considered the retreat to be a success overall.

“It was [...] a chance to sit down with [new senators for] more than just an hour or so, so they could get a better overview of what USG is and what we want this year to be,” Kearns said.

Over the last week, a new graphic coordinator was chosen by President Kearns, Vice President Arp, Communications Director Allison Schubert and Student Activities, Involvement and Leadership Coordinator Brad Kovalcik along with the USG Communications Committee after an informal interview process. Sophomore photography major Taylor Mahls was sworn in after the adjournment of the meeting due to Kearns’ absence during the legislative body meeting.

“She’ll be helping with social media ads, posters around campus pertaining to USG and then if USG wants to do hot cards or anything so it’s like advertisement,” Senator Shelby Fink said.

USG held their first table meeting for student concerns, as a part of the Student Concerns Committee, in front of Point Cafe shortly following the adjournment of the formal USG legislative body meeting at 4:30 p.m.

brand new and suited for each thing.” Tiberio said the move also helps make the suites feel closer to campus.

According to Tiberio, his P3 film will be going into editing in the coming weeks - just in time for the new cinema suites to be used. He said the move hasn’t inconvenienced him at all as a cinema student.

Documents provided by the physical plant show the West Penn cinema suites are set to have everything from the Patterson plus a dedicat-

ed color correction studio, a dedicated mixing room and a new computer classroom.

A majority of the new suites have also been fitted with brand new iMac computers.

The second floor of West Penn also holds cinema and animation classes, and will continue to do so alongside the new cinema additions. Tiberio said that it adds a sense of camaraderie to the setting.

“I think it’s just going to be really nice to have more of a cohesive space to work in,” Tiberio said. “Now it’s like the whole floor is like a cin-

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Michael DiPadova, director of building services for the YWCA, was in charge of maintaining the building and setting up the YWCA for the shoot. This involved preparing a floor for movie personnel to gather, setting up tables for those people and keeping facilities clean. DiPadova was outwardly very excited for the event.

“I think it’s exciting for the city,” DiPadova said. “I think it’s something that’s like a once-in-a-lifetime thing for

me to be a part of, so I enjoyed today.”

The film’s production begins after this summer’s release of the critically-acclaimed documentary, “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” The documentary followed Rogers’ life from an isolated child into a national star.

“Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” which made Rogers a household name, aired over 800 episodes across 33 years.

The show ended in 2001, just one year before Rogers died of stomach cancer.

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Trucks line Third Avenue adjacent to Thayer Hall. Production crews took over a block on Wood Street while working on production for “You Are My Friend,” starring Tom Hanks as Fred Rogers.

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Students call for more diversity in religious groups on campus

By Mitchell Drake For The Globe

Point Park University currently has two Christian student organizations, yet no student has created an organization for students of differing, non-Christian reliances.

S.A.I.L. hosts two existing Christian student organizations such as Coalition for Christian Outreach at Point Park and The U. This Fall 2018 semester opened with no organizations that catered to other religions.

Grace Tyler Frank-Rempel, a freshman studying intelligence and national security, identifies with Reform Judaism. Frank-Rempel was able to connect with others of the Jewish faith when she met other girls on her dormitory floor wearing faithbased jewelry, including her own ring that featured her Hebrew name.

Sara Buchdal, another Reform Jewish freshman studying theatre performance and practices, was “not expecting to meet so many” other Jewish students. Of the seven students

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“But Lawrence Hall is a different situation,” Besong said. “All dorms including Lawrence Hall have a desk attendant from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. to sign in guests of students into the dorms.”

Lawrence Hall houses a larger number of students than Thayer Hall – which is accessed by entering through Academic Hall – but only has one guard manning the front desk at night.

One of the security officers employed by Point Park, Tom Hardin, has served the campus for two years and is regularly posted at the nightshift desk at Lawrence Hall’s lobby. Hardin expressed he does not consider his job taxing but finds that some flaws may exist in the system.

The lobby of Lawrence is a room with many large windows, allowing people on the sidewalk to easily view inside. Hardin believes that if a delinquent saw a lone guard sleeping at the desk – as they may tend to do because of their twelve-hour shift – the

she knows, five were freshman. Buchdal discovered them when she mentioned her trip to Israel.

Jewish students across the U.S. sometimes meet in an accredited Judaism Club or Hillel: an international organization that forms Jewish communities on college campuses and facilitates the celebrations of Shabbat among other Jewish holidays. Point Park, as of Fall 2018, is not connected with a Hillel, according to Hillel International.

Buchdal’s family has had various ties to Jewish leadership organizations in schools. Her grandmother, Sheila Buchdal, became the first female president of the UC Berkeley Hillel, and Buchdal also led a Jewish student organization in high school.

Both students travel to the Hillel featured at the University of Pittsburgh in Oakland, which Buchdal said to be an inconvenience.

Buchdal also had to travel via public transportation alone, which she described to be a scary, unfavorable experience.

“I didn’t know many observants to travel with,” Buchdal said.

Buddhist students looking to worship could travel to Sgi-Usa in Crafton or the Zen Center of Pittsburgh in Sewickley. Muslim students can also travel to The First Muslim Mosque of Pittsburgh located in the Hill District or The Islamic Center of Pittsburgh in North Oakland.

Point Park University does feature an Inner-Faith Meditation Room located on the second-floor hallway of Lawrence Hall, but these two students have not yet used it. Frank-Rempel was never informed of the room but expressed that she wouldn’t go even if she had known about it. She realized that her faith was a minority and “not seen as normal” by other students, Frank-Rempel said.

“I think I, and a lot of other non-Christian students, want to keep our faith private,” Frank-Rempel said.

Buchdal said that the darkened window of the room confused her, thinking

outsider could have an open window to commit a crime or a possible break-in.

Hardin says this possible blind-spot was caused by a lack in security budgeting.

“I wish there was more guards, but it comes down to the budget,” Hardin said.

Hardin explained that he is employed by ISS Security Services and was hired out

by Point Park to act as the “first line of defense” before Point Park Police are notified to an incident.

His company is separate from Point Park, meaning that Point Park must allocate a portion of its budget to employ services such as security personnel. Hardin expressed dismay at the imbalance of personnel.

“They need to get as much safety in here to prevent stuff from happening.

If they need to spend a few dollars, then do it. Children’s safety, that’s what our jobs are about,” Hardin said.

The University Center usually has no personnel posted at the door until night-time, approximately 10 p.m. Besong said that the current situation is functional.

“The outer door of the University Center is card access and there are staff members working the front desk,” Besong said.

Students that frequently use the library, such as freshman Behavioral Science major Andrea Christian, are concerned with the placement of only one guard at night. Christian frequently stays at the building as she works late at U-View, Point Park’s on-campus TV station. She believes that security should be equally distributed as much as possible through each of the buildings.

“During the day, I feel pretty safe. At night? Not really,” Christian said.

Christian also showed concern over the beige Metis Secure Emergency Warning System call boxes placed around various location around campus. These boxes allow direct, two-way communications between students and campus emergency services through a built-in speaker and receiver. Metis call boxes have been placed at critical places yet lack the eye-catching red color of most fire alarms or emergency phones. Along with a few friends, she never knew they existed until recently.

“We definitely need something noticeable and flashy; those boxes are not noticeable enough,” Christian said.

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that the room was private or just not in operation. She also said she would never use it, as she feels it would be uncomfortable.

Laurence Murphy, Professor Emeritus of Humanities, claims that this is typical of group psychology.

According to Murphy, Western Christianity is mainly focused on worship when done in churches, whereas Eastern religions tend to envelope believers in cultural ways of living such as dietary restrictions, headwear and garb. Focusing all worship into one room or structure has unfortunately had the effect of creating “to some degree a kind of schizophrenia between the organized religions and the spiritual beliefs of original Christianity,” Murphy said.

According to Murphy, the initial mission of the room would be beneficial, if the room were used enough to create bonds between students of different faiths.

“The more one understands the spiritual belief systems of these religions, the less different these faiths, beyond differing

cultural paradigms, tend to be,” Murphy said.

Murphy, Frank-Rempel and Buchdal are all in agreement that Point Park would benefit from opening accommodations or promoting the creation of student clubs for non-Christian students.

“As a liberal arts university, Point Park would do well in expanding its metaphysical horizons,” Murphy said.

Frank-Rempel said that she was a member of the National Federation for Temple Youth, an organization that promotes Reformed Jewish teens to understand their beliefs, and would love to see a similar program interact with Point Park.

Buchdal felt that as a religious minority, being able to conveniently worship with other Jews on campus would make her enthusiastic towards possibly leading a Judaism club in the future.

“There’s more diversity in religion here than this school realizes,” Buchdal said.

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concern with the non-manned hours of the library, noting that the card scanner posted before the metal detectors is not doing much since no trained security are usually posted to enforce its use.

“We wish we could be there at all times,” Hardin said.

Besong confirmed that the indoor card scanner will be removed, stating that the

front door’s card scanner will suffice for the time being.

Without security to enforce students to scan in, the card scanner has become redundant due to the front door’s scanner only feet away and will eventually be removed.

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The security desk in the Lawrence Hall Lobby stands empty during daylight hours. Security guards check IDs around the clock in Academic Hall, but not in any of the other buildings on-campus.

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Accounting students earn scholarships at Casino Night

By Hattie Charney Co-Features Editor

Students gathered last Monday night at the Sheraton in Station Square to spin some wheels and network with professionals.

Casino Night, hosted by the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA), is an event where students from the Pittsburgh region come together to accept scholarships, win prizes and further their careers.

“PICPA and the AICPA [American Institute of Certified Public Accountants] want to encourage young talent to go into the profession,” Professor of accounting Cheryl Clark said. “To facilitate that they create opportunities for students and one of them is the PICPA Casino Night.”

Clark said that Casino Night has been an event hosted to draw students into entering the field while having some incentives.

“It’s a fun night where they have games and door prizes and they have exhibitors come in and employers and universities and just anybody that’s interested in getting in front of these students and encouraging them,” Clark said.

Casino Night is an entire night dedicated to networking. Typically aimed at juniors and seniors to get jobs and internships, it can be beneficial to freshmen and sophomores to get their name out there and for employers to look at their resumes.

“Teachers are there to teach you the book stuff and they’re there to teach you what you need on the job and in the field.” Andre Bennett, senior accounting major, said.

Students get face-to-face time with employers and professionals in on the spot interviews.

Last year, Michael Williams got an internship which led to a job through Casino

Night. Jenna Herman, junior accounting major, realized how important these types of events are to go to because of stories like Williams.’

“It’s a really nice event because the employers there are more geared towards accounting. They’re all accounting firms, graduate school programs for accounting,” Herman said.

“Even if you don’t get a job, if you network, for example at Casino Night, if you went there you might not get a job from Casino Night but you might meet someone who can in the future refer you or they themselves can call you for an interview,” Bennett said.

Casino Night is used as an opportunity to network and encourage people to plan on becoming a CPA and getting involved in the profession.

“Most of the students in the Student Accounting Association (SAA) are student members of the PICPA and by going to these events and being club members, the PICPA gives them a free student membership. It has value because they have a lot of resources and it keeps them intune with the opportunities available to students,” Clark said.

PICPA has internships listed on its website and scholarship opportunities that two students, Bennett and Jenna Herman, applied for and won.

For the scholarship, both students had to submit an essay and recommendations by an April deadline. They found out about receiving the award in May. Scholarships are awarded during Casino Night in person.

PICPA is a network of professional accountants that offer students more than what they can get from just a college education.

“Any college student getting a scholarship is cool, and then also, if you want to be

an accountant, the PICPA is an entire network of accountants,” Bennett said. “They’re already there, they can tell you what you need to do and who you need to get in contact with.”

Bennett is the student liaison with PICPA in which he promotes PICPA events on campus.

Opportunities like Casino Night are spread throughout the student body primarily through the SAA. Herman joined SAA as a freshman and said that through the PICPA ambassador her freshman year, she found out that not only can Casino Night further your career, but the PICPA gives a free student membership to those who participate.

“I wanted to start from the get-go to try to find internships. At least getting that networking experience and the experience of talking to people and giving them your elevator pitch,” Herman said, “It was just a really good way to practice that and build my confidence when speaking to professionals.”

SAA is an on-campus club that wants to help majors within the School of Business further their careers. Recruiters and other professionals get to talk to students on different topics during their meetings.

“It’s helped me kind of hone in on what I really want to do because the professionals that come in and speak, they talk about the real world stuff, they talk about what they do day-today and they give you the honest story about what it is that they do, because yeah you learn debits and credits in class but I mean you don’t know what you’re actually going to be doing with it,” Herman said.

SAA is also a liaison between the faculty and the students when it comes to learning more about scholarships and internships.

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“For me personally, since I have been a part of SAA they have exposed me to the ACFE [Association of Certified Fraud Examiners] scholarship, the NABA [National Association of Black Accountants] national and Pittsburgh chapter scholarship and the PICPA scholarship,” Bennett said.

Herman, President of SAA, mirrors Bennett’s beliefs that SAA is helping with furthering students careers.

“That’s information that you’re not going to get unless you’re in the accounting association and I’m sending that information to you,” Herman said. “I think it’s a really good way to supplement your education and to get all these extra things and benefits.”

Clark explained how accounting is a misunderstood degree and how there aren’t a lot of freshmen or sophomores involved in SAA. “This year we’re falling short on the new students coming,” Clark said.

SAA wants to keep building up their student base and get Point Park on the map for the accounting major. This all starts with students coming to SAA meetings.

“The people that come to

our meetings, we may have only 10 consistent but they are really involved and take advantage of everything and I think the things we have to offer are really beneficial especially if you come into accounting and not really knowing what it is that you want to do,” Herman said.

Through the SAA students like Herman and Bennett have been able to take internships and job offers from going to events like Casino Night. Both students have shared that being involved within the club has helped their careers and where they are today.

“I know if I wouldn’t have had this opportunity I would probably still be like kind of lost so I just think we’re just kind of there to really help and yeah we don’t have crazy events, but it’s more geared toward helping them with their career paths,” Herman said.

SAA meets bi-weekly from 5-6 p.m. in West Penn 704. To find out more information about SAA contact Jenna Herman jeherma@ pointpark.edu.

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‘When We All Vote’ rally held to influence young voters

Katie Williams|For The Globe Many rallied Tuesday, September 25 at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall in Oakland for a call to action for voters. With the midterm elections approaching, this rally was aimed towards young voters. Young voters traditionally have a very low voting turnout, and this movement seeks to change that. Signs with the phrase “When We All Vote” filled the audience.

Joie Knouse|For The Globe Pittsburgh locals hold up their “When We All Vote” signs and cheer as actor Tom Hanks leaves the stage after delivering an empowering speech. Hanks touched on the importance of participating in our democracy. Students from surrounding Pittsburgh universities came out to see Hanks speak about the importance of voting in the midterm elections, along with other speakers such as Steelers running back James Conner, team executive Jim Rooney and coach Mike Tomlins’ wife, Kiya Tomlin. The “When We All Vote” rally was organized through the University of Pittsburgh.

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Point Closet prepares for shop’s grand opening Campus clothing pantry renovating new location

By Lauren Clouser Co-Features Editor

When Point Closet held its first pop-up shop of the year last week, president Monae Findley said she wasn’t expecting many people to attend.

Findley originally anticipated about 200 people, a number which was based on attendance at last year’s pop-up. According to the sign up sheet, they had doubled that amount.

“It surpassed our expectations,” Findley said.

“It was over 400 students and 95 percent of the stuff that we had brought down there was gone. So we know that this is one of the most asked-for events that we have.”

The pop-up, which was held on Sep. 17 in the Lawrence Hall lobby, allowed students to pick out free clothing. It was the first event that the clothing pantry had this semester.

Prim Green, the organization’s vice president, said that the large turnout was likely due to the location.

“Kids were passing by from class and I think it was a great space,” Green said.

The Point Closet started last year and was founded by Findley in order to address student needs on campus.

“I’ve just personally seen and heard of stories where students didn’t have much,” Findlay said. “For me I used to live in a homeless shelter with my mom, so I know the experience and coming from that kind of background. I just wanted to make sure that no one else has to go through something like that.”

This semester, Point Closet now has a space in 207 Lawrence Hall, across from what used to be the WPPJ Radio station. The area was originally a stor-

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Senior global cultural studies major Dylan Kersten became interested in music around the age of four or five, when his two older brothers made him a mixtape.

“It was Bon Jovi, Lil’ Bow Wow, Cher, Backstreet Boys, Limp Bizkit, all these great things,” Kersten said.

“So that was my first piece of music that I would listen to a lot. And I would just listen to that all of the time...it explains a lot of why I like the music that I like.”

Music still has a strong hold on Kersten’s life. He is now in a band, a host of a WPPJ radio show and a DJ. Kersten became a part of the experimental folk band String Machine about three years ago after being recruited by the band’s lead singer.

Kersten plays synthesizer, and says the instrument is one of several that adds to the band’s unique sound.

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Currently, Findley said they are working to transfer their donations from the Student Center to the new room.

“Now we’re just transferring everything over trying to get the store looking ready and nice for the public,” Findley said.

According to Green, Point Closet planned to have its grand opening during the first week in October, but had to push the date back in order to make more renovations. Green said they are hoping to be open the week after.

Findley said their grand opening will allow students to visit the store to ask questions.

“Then we’ll just be allowing students to come up, see the place, have some fun, listen to music, answer any questions that they may have and just stuff like that,” Findley said.

Green said that one of the problems with the space was the flight of stairs leading up to the shop, which presents an accessibility issue.

“We don’t really like that because we want it to be accessible for all students,” Green said.

Findley said that the space was out of the way, and could make it difficult for students to find. She said she plans to continue monthly pop-up shops for that reason.

“We’re so hidden. We’re just trying to make sure that we’re open and everyone still has an opportunity to come and get everything that we have to give,” Findley said.

Once the space is finished, the shop will be open from Monday through Saturday. Findley said they were still working on finalizing the schedule.

“We’re still working on the hours because we still

Kelsee McHugh|The Globe Freshman dance major Anna Fairbank sifts through clothes at Point Closet’s first pop-up shop of the year.

“We’re not these geniuses that we have to plan a whole lot to make it sound different, because of the fact we have a trumpet, synthesizer and a cello we just already have that element of being a little different from most,” Kersten said.

Kersten said the band tours local venues, and largely plays in Oakland.

“There’s just a house music scene where we play basement shows a lot, and we’ve played a lot in Oakland,” Kersten said. “There’s a bunch of great bands that come out of Pitt; we play with those guys all the time.”

Kersten said his involvement with String Machine led him to discover local music, which he features in his weekly WPPJ radio show “Altar Crawl.”

His show combines two things that are of large importance to him: local music and his faith. For the first half of the show, Kersten plays music from local artists, and for the second half he plays indie worship music.

“Those are two things I’m very passionate about, knowing Jesus and the local music scene,” Kersten said. “I wanted to find a way to combine them.”

Kersten explained that the show name “Altar Crawl” was a play off of the phrase “altar call,” where churches encourage new followers to

come to the altar to pray.

“I have this idea that we’re all crawling towards an altar of sorts,” Kersten said.

“We’re all trying to find our identity, we’re all making it through this life crawling... we’re trying to find something real.”

Kersten also works part time as a DJ, which he has been doing since he was a junior in high school.

“A friend was just like, ‘Hey, I’m turning 16 and I’m having a birthday party. Are you a DJ?’ Because I was just known as the music kid generally,” Kersten said. “And I was like: ‘I’m not a DJ, but I just have to rent the stuff and if you just pay for the rental stuff I’ll do it for free.’”

From there, he and a friend created Lost Boys DJ Services. They work at weddings, birthdays and school dances. Last semester Kersten performed as DJ at COPA prom.

Over the summer, Kersten worked as a camp counselor with a group of sixth grade boys for Urban Impact, a local, Christian-based non-profit organization.

“It’s a really cool gospel-centered organization that is just trying to have this idea of holistic ministry of meeting people’s physical needs,” Kersten said. “And it’s more than just sharing the gospel with them... it’s about giving people opportunities.”

have new members who are coming in, people who are trained to volunteer, so we’re still working on the schedule and making sure that we are open in the mornings until the evenings,” Findley said.

Findley explained that the shop is open to anyone, including faculty and staff.

Once the shop is up and running, those interested can go up and pick out what they would like, free of charge.

“They can come upstairs and they can look through whatever we have and everything is for free,” Findley said.

The shop will have casual clothing and business attire as well. The Point Closet has partnered with the Career Development Center in order to find professional outfits for interviews and internships.

Angela Scaramucci, the director for the Career Development Center, said that she was talking to Findley about the Point Closet, and the two decided it was important for students to have access to business clothes.

“Since we organize the internship and job fairs and are involved with that we noticed that maybe sometimes student didn’t have access or couldn’t afford professional clothing for those events,” Scaramucci said.

Scaramucci plans to ask employers at future job and internship fairs whether they would have any dress clothes to bring with them to donate.

“So the employers who are registered... we can let them know about Point Closet,” Scaramucci said. “If they have clothing to bring they can bring donations the day that they’re on campus anyways for

their fair.”

Anyone can donate to Point Closet by placing their clothes in designated containers around campus. Findley said they only accept donations of new or gently used clothing.

“We’re trying to give the best,” Findley said. “So whatever is given we always go through it and make sure that it’s in good condition for the students. And everything we deem as not good enough we’ll also donate it to Goodwill.”

Green said the organization’s main goal this year is to get people comfortable with the shop.

“I think I feel like students should have a safe place,” Green said. “If they need things: food, clothing, we can have it out for them.”

Lauren Clouser lclous@pointpark.edu

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Although Kersten has no set plans for the future, he said his career will be centered around his faith and helping others.

“I want to be glorifying God in what I’m doing and bringing the message of truth and hope that I find in Jesus... that will have to be incorporated in whatever I do as a career,” Kersten said. “I want to just be helping people. I like work that’s relational. So social work, nonprofit work something like that.”

Kersten is also passionate about bringing about positive change now, and not just waiting until he graduates.

“I want to combine these two passions of following Christ and seeing justice in the world,” Kersten said, “I hope that I can start doing that now so it’s not just this thing in the future.”

Lauren Clouser lclous@pointpark.edu

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GL BE’S POINT

Experiential or intellectual learning?

Point Park doesn’t pretend to hide its passion for experiential learning. From COPA to communications, students are taught by professionals that are still thriving in their fields. We are given the opportunity to network and build a resume with internships and experiences that matter, relatively early on in our college experience.

But what about a more “academic” perspective? Not necessarily a traditional perspective, but one that challenges our thought process more. Our lives are not simply defined by a career, but also in our ability to become critical thinkers.

Don’t get us wrong, career preparation is why we’re paying a hefty tuition cost.

But to be frank, students don’t have an incredible amount of avenues here that challenge our philosophical views or critical thought processes. The fundamentals of academia - to explore humanity through history, prose, science - to challenge our ways of thinking through lecture, experience and otherwise, aren’t exactly present here at the corner of real and world, despite our “liberal

arts” labeled education.

Present American thought can often see purely intellectual pursuits in a classroom setting with a suspicious eye. Engaged learning (the real world experience Point Park is known for) is looked at more favorably as the price of education rises, competition in the job-market intensifies and students want more opportunity for the money they are spending.

We can’t reject the value of critical thought and classroom learning in pursuit of more “active” endeavors at every turn. A balanced education provides greater benefits. What happens when you find yourself reaching the end of your college career, sans foundational learning?

If we’ve focused extensively on foundational learning, when we do pursue those “real-world experiences,” we will be able to complete tasks with a deeper understanding and challenge ourselves, our co-workers and our superiors to accomplish higher goals.

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America’s educators are struggling

By Shannon Hartnett Copy Editor

Have you ever accidentally called your teacher mom? Oh, the humanity! In your horror, have you ever asked yourself, why in the world did I just do that?

I would guarantee that most of us have been there.

And if you haven’t, then surely you’ve seen a classmate commit the embarrassing act. We can’t help it; we spend almost half of our childhood in school and become accustomed to teachers just always being there for us, kind of like how our mom is.

Teachers are entrusted with the important task of educating the upcoming generations. Beginning in preschool, kids learn the basics of coloring, sharing and spelling all thanks to teachers.

They provide their students with the skills they need for college and even for life itself. Most students going through their educational career have been impacted by a teacher in more ways than just academics.

Recently, Time Magazine published an article concerning the low salaries of teachers.

Based on the stats presented in the article, these amazing teachers are not receiving enough to cover their monthly living wages. These people that give their lives for their cause - that of teaching the fu-

ture of our country - are forced to find other alternatives to make ends meet.

Some resort to donating blood, picking up spare jobs or selling clothes, but when does it end? When will we start paying our educators for the work they do? It’s true some teachers are well off, but what about the ones that are not?

“Teachers are entrusted with the important task of teaching the upcoming generations. ” Shannon Hartnett Copy Editor, The Globe

What about the teachers that live in neighborhoods that cannot spare the increase tax rates for teachers? Do we sit back and watch the community spiral further down? How can we even begin to help this situation? Could it start with finding a way to pay our educators more?

Everyone wants their children to have the best education

possible. I know that someday, I will as well. But with the lack of funds given to our teachers, people may soon start to realize that jobs that only pay you for half your work are undesirable.

The general atmosphere of education could change, because we may no longer have those bright and shining beacons of education guiding the youth of America towards the future.

Don’t be fooled. This is not because the teachers are fed up; it is simply because they can’t live without a steady income. Teachers are constantly going to work and investing endless amounts of their own time for a passion, only to come up short handed in their finances.

This is no way to treat all of the amazing men and women that have helped get us where we are today. I call for paying our teachers what they deserve.

We need to reverse this problem for our educators so that they can use their brilliant skills to help mold the future.

Not just for the well-being of the educators themselves, but also for the students who will one day lead our nation, and for the well-being of our great country.

Shannon Hartnett snhatn@pointpark.edu

Comedy does not justify someone’s condemning acts C.K. Louis accused of sexual misconduct, returns to the stage year later

By John Karavis For The Globe

Louis C.K. is a funny guy. But he’s also a flawed guy. I first discovered his comedy in high school and was immediately hooked.

His wide vocabulary and enlightening observations about the irreverent intricacies of social interaction worked magic on my young ears, and I immediately adopted him - along with George Carlin, Dave Chappelle and Stephen Colbert into my Mount Rushmore of comedic figures.

So, last year, when C.K. faced allegations of sexual misconduct and widespread public backlash, I began to question my fandom for a variety of reasons.

The first, and most obvious, was whether it’s possible to distinguish a person’s behavior from their art.

When looking at public figures, mainly comedians, many see fictitious portrayals of characters or alter egos as true representations of the entertainer’s morals.

This, however, can be dangerous. Pigeonholing an actor - and that’s what a comedian is, an actor, no different than a film or theatre star

- based off the roles he or she plays, holds the performer to a completely unrealistic set of ethical standards, especially in the reactionary, social media-driven world we now live in.

“The decision on whether real-life actions impact a consumer’s enjoyment of a product must be left to the individual viewer.”

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Seth Rogen isn’t a dimwitted, pot-reeking moron. He just plays one on television.

To most, the truly shocking part of the entire Bill Cosby saga was the stark difference between Cosby

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the sexual predator and Cliff Huxtable, his pudgy, lovable on-screen personality.

The decision on whether real-life actions impact a consumer’s enjoyment of a product must be left to the individual viewer.

Personally, as someone who grew up a fan of “The Cosby Show,” I find it nearly impossible to watch the reruns which still often air on cable networks without mental images of irredeemable violence by the man behind the titular character.

With C.K., though, it’s more complicated. I am in no way attempting to defend C.K.’s actions or vindicate the harm he caused, but I do think it’s important to make distinctions between C.K.’s behavior and that of others like Cosby, Kevin Spacey or Harvey Weinstein.

Once again, C.K. deserved all the backlash he received when these allegations surfaced, and the women who came forward should be commended for their courage and bravery. Even with this in mind, it’s irresponsible to ignore the differences between misconduct and assault.

This is why it disappointed me when so many con-

demned his recent return to the stand-up stage.

Louis did some disgusting things to several women, but unlike many public figures, he didn’t bombard the media with ham-fisted denials and hapless excuses.

He owned up to his mistakes and apologized. Does that justify his actions? Of course not. There isn’t, nor will there ever be, an acceptable excuse for such conduct.

But in a country where a man who repeatedly dismisses issues like the wage gap and has bragged about his sexually offensive antics in public is then elected president, it seems hypocritical to bemoan a comedian for returning to work nearly a year after these reports emerged.

There are many ways to handle C.K.’s return to comedy, but shipping him into exile seems to be the least helpful.

As a fan, I’d much rather see C.K. use his wide platform to educate and urge others towards a safer, more tolerant environment.

Despite the onslaught of varying opinions there is no clear, correct way to handle situations like this. Some will

curse C.K. the rest of his career while others will accept him back, oblivious to his past transgressions.

For me, much like Cosby, it’s difficult to see C.K. in the same light, although to a different degree.

“The Cosby Show” is forever stained in my eyes, and I doubt I’ll ever intentionally watch another episode.

Regarding C.K.’s work, my willingness to invest in him is dependent on his future actions, rather than past. So, yes, Louis C.K. is a funny guy. But he’s also a flawed guy.

And it’s up to his audience to decide whether the flaws outweigh the funny.

John Karavis jwkarav@pointpark.edu

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Baseball, basketball stars inducted into Pioneer Athletic Hall of Fame Saturday

By Dara Collins Co-sports Editor

Point Park University announced two alumni would be enshrined in the Pioneer Athletic Hall of Fame midway through September. The Class of 2018 includes baseball’s George Schroeder and women’s basketball’s April Austin.

The pair was officially celebrated last Saturday at the induction ceremony as a part of the university’s eighth annual Point Park Athletics Alumni Weekend.

Schroeder played first base for the Pioneers from 1993-94 and again from 1997-98. He accumulated numerous accolades throughout his career including two National Association for Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Honorable-Mention All-American honors, Northwest Region Player of the Year and Keystone-Empire Collegiate Conference Player of the Year.

The first baseman helped pave the Pioneers’ return to the NAIA World Series in 1998 with a record of 46-62. As a senior, Schroeder hit .371, recorded a career-high 50 RBIs and scored 67 runs.

“It was a very talented team, himself and a lot of other talented players, but by all accounts, he was a guy that was a team leader that really pushed them to that success, and you need that,” Assistant Athletic Director Kevin Taylor said.

In 1997, as a junior Schroeder batted .378 with 14 doubles, six triples, two homers and 46 RBIs. Schroeder was not concerned with his statistics and the numbers of his career. He emphasized relationships, specifically those with friends, family and his teammates.

“That’s what I think about, and that’s what I’m most proud of as I leave this stage tonight,” Schroeder said.

The Pittsburgh native remains close to home teaching social studies at Pittsburgh Carmalt.

Austin, a 2013 graduate, completes the Hall of Fame Class of 2018. The basketball star originally played for NCAA Division I University of Dayton before transferring to Point Park.

“She left there after a semester and came to us, and that was our gain,” Taylor said.

Robert Berger | Point Park Athletics Dean of Students Keith Paylo welcomes attendees to the Point Park Athletic hall of fame induction ceremony Saturday.

April Austin of the women’s basketball program and George Schroeder from the baseball program were both inducted.

In three and a half seasons, Austin remains one of the best players to suit up for women’s basketball.

“She’s a high-caliber player, very fast and athletic,” Taylor said. “She could shoot the three, she could drive, she could do it all.”

Austin led the Pioneers to their very first conference title and NAIA national tournament appearance in 2011-12 and completed the same feat the following year.

She earned NAIA Honor-

able-Mention All-American as well as two all-conference player honors.

The North Catholic High School all-state player ranks eighth all-time with 1,252 points, second with 398 assists and fourth with 272 steals. In her last two years, Austin was nationally ranked in assists and steals.

Austin leads the green and gold in 3-pointers with 191.

A humble Austin never realized her impact on the Pioneers.

“You truly don’t understand what you’ve done until someone else tells you what you’ve done,” Austin said in her speech The point guard returned to the court following graduation but not to play.

Austin served as an assistant coach until her latest engineering assignment sent her to St. Louis, Mo.

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Women’s soccer extends win streak to seven

By Rachael McKriger For The Globe

“Crazy” is how Maggie Kuhn elected to describe last week.

That is not an understatement for the Point Park women’s soccer team.

Three games in the span of six days were slapped onto Point Park’s schedule.

Tuesday’s match against Geneva University, located about 40 minutes away in Beaver County, was a non-conference game, while matches against Rio Grande University and West Virginia University Tech. (WVU Tech.) were conference games.

Against Geneva, Point Park earned a 4-1 victory. In the two conference games, the Pioneers earned two shutout victories at Highmark Stadium.

The victories were a pleasant sight for a team

that started the year with losses at home. Now, the Pioneers are riding a seven-game winning streak -and there’s still five more games, consecutively, at home.

Kuhn, the team’s head coach, said she saw character in the three matches. She also applauded her team for keeping the intensity against Geneva, despite the match not counting for the NAIA Conference.

“Every win helps with our confidence and moving forward,” Kuhn said. “We showed a lot of character in that no matter what the result is or how we’re playing, we’re never out of any of the games that we’re playing.”

Confidence is soaring for the team, but Kuhn still makes sure to keep her players in check. She reminds them that they haven’t won the conference or a national championship.

LAST WEEK’S SCOREBOARD SEPT. 25 - OCT. 1 MEN’S SOCCER (5-4-1) (1-2-1)

RIO GRANDE 1, POINT PARK 0*....................................................Sept. 27 WVU TECH 1, POINT PARK 1*.........................................................Sept. 29 Next: Oct. 4 vs. Ohio Christian*, Oct. 11 vs. Carlow*

WOMEN’S SOCCER (7-4) (4-0)

GENEVA COLLEGE 1, POINT PARK 4.............................................Sept. 25 RIO GRANDE 0, POINT PARK 1*....................................................Sept. 27 WVU TECH 0, POINT PARK 2*........................................................Sept. 29 Next: Oct. 4 vs. Ohio Christian*, Oct. 11 vs. Carlow*

VOLLEYBALL (9-6) (2-1)

WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON 0, POINT PARK 3..........................Sept. 25 POINT PARK 3, MIDWAY 1*............................................................Sept. 28 POINT PARK 3, ASBURY 0*.............................................................Sept. 29 Next: Oct. 2 vs. Ohio Christian*, Oct. 3 @ PSU - Fayette

MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY

LOUISVILLE CLASSIC......................................................................Sept. 29 40th of 45 Next: Oct. 6 @ CMU Invitational

WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY

LOUISVILLE CLASSIC......................................................................Sept. 29 7th of 43 Next: Oct. 6 @ CMU Invitational

WOMEN’S GOLF

Next: Oct. 8-9 @ RSC Fall Preview, Oct. 12 @ Pioneer Classic

*River States Conference

Keeping a level head has helped Point Park, despite the team having a “bull’seye” on their back, as Kuhn explained.

“How we’ve been preparing is helpful,” Kuhn said. “We also realize that we are now top of the league and that people are going to be coming out harder against us.”

In addition to teams stepping up the ante against Point Park, Kuhn said that there is pressure to do well at home. In the beginning of the year, the team fell in its first three home matches. Now, with five-straight home matches, and then one more to close out the season, the Pioneers are on track to make sure that doesn’t happen again.

“There’s a little more pressure at home,” Kuhn said. “I’ve been happy to see how the girls have responded to that pressure in these big games. They’ve shown a lot of character.”

Kuhn highlighted two players in particular during the hectic week: junior goalkeeper Ashtyn Webb and junior midfielder Gabby Widman. The seven-year head coach noted that Webb recorded a “really great” save against Rio Grande to keep the clean sheet.

“That could have been a huge momentum gain for them,” Kuhn said. “Against WVU Tech, she was good in coming off her line and not giving them a chance to capitalize. I think overall we defended patiently and efficiently, which has helped us in the attack as well.”

Abby Magliocca, a senior defender, said it’s nice to get recognition from the head coach on defensive play. Magliocca said that one of the main points to a busy week was keeping de-

Robert Berger | Point Park Athletics Senior defender Asia Pennock-Franke heads the ball during a match up against Lourdes University earlier this year. The team is now on a seven game win streak after defeating conference opponents Ohio Christian University and Rio Grande University this past week.

fensive intensity high.

“We have a different formation, so it requires work from everyone on the field -- the midfield in particular, as they drive the ball,” Magliocca said. “The defensive intensity is good from the team and it’s nice that our coach recognizes the work we’re putting in.”

As for Widman, who scored against Rio Grande and assisted Tia Horew’s goal against WVU Tech, she’s just taking the season in stride. She was called the team’s “quarterback” by Kuhn.

“All of these games are going to be close games,” Widman said. “Finding a way to battle through what we’re going through, it’s huge. These games are going to come down to one or two goals. Stepping up and being able to find a way to win as an individual and as a team sets us up for success.”

Widman said that she’s excited about having a short week, saying it’s good to focus the attention on one team.

“It’s definitely good to

have time to recover,” Widman said. “It’s nice to focus on one team instead of three like we did last week.

With it being Ohio Christian, it’s definitely going to be a battle. We’re going to scout them out and see what we need to do. It gives us a chance to see what we need to fix as a team and do moving forward.”

Despite having the easier week, Magliocca said the intensity will remain the same. Last year, Ohio Christian University defeated Point Park in the quarterfinals of conference playoff action. This year, the team is looking to extract a little revenge.

“With all the wins we’ve been acquiring over the last week or two, we know we can beat these harder teams,” Magliocca said.

“We have to keep pushing, but we have to stay humble, remembering the loss.

We know we’re capable of beating them and we want to match their level of competition.”

Rachael McKriger rakrige@pointpark.edu

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Volleyball now 2-1 in RSC

By Dara Collins Co-sports Editor

The women’s volleyball team sacrificed one set out of their last seven and now boast a modest winning streak ahead of another River States Conference (RSC) road weekend.

The team began the week with a non-conference matchup against Washington and Jefferson College last Tuesday. The Pioneers swept the Presidents at home finishing 25-17, 25-16 and 25-14.

Point Park improved its season-best hitting percentage to .375 with 46 kills to Washington and Jefferson’s 20. Senior right-side hitter Ashley Taylor dominated the net with 19 kills and also chipped in five digs, two blocks and two service aces.

The Pioneers collected 11 aces total.

“Even though we missed a few serves, I think our serving was very aggressive,” freshman defensive specialist Ashley Castelli said. “We got [Washington and Jefferson] out of system almost every time, so it was harder for them to get a good kill on us.”

Senior outside hitter Erica Gumz added nine kills, senior outside hitter Jordan Dixon put down eight and picked up 11 digs. Senior libero Morgan Dangelo and junior setter Julia Menosky recorded seven digs apiece.

The Pioneers packed the buses for a conference road weekend with matches slated against Midway University and Asbury University.

Midway handed the Pioneers their only loss of the weekend last Friday.

Point Park dropped the first set of the match 17-25.

The team failed to put down many kills and finished the set with 11 hitting errors.

The slow start snapped in the second set with a 13-1 run by the Pioneers, and they never let up.

The green and gold finished the final three sets 2510, 25-18 and 25-20.

The stat sheet boasted a number of double-doubles including Dixon with 13 kills and 16 digs, Taylor with 13 kills and 12 digs and Menosky with 36 assists and 19 digs.

Sophomore middle hitter Jada Jones racked up seven blocks against the Eagles.

The Pioneers finished

the weekend with a sweep against Asbury last Saturday, shutting down the Eagles’ seven-match winning streak to continue their own.

Senior middle hitter Destiny Tucker returned for the court after an injury kept her on the sidelines for a few matches. Tucker tied for the team-high in kills at eight and also tallied five blocks.

Menosky finished with her second double-double of the weekend with 31 assists and 11 digs and Dangelo led the defense with 15 digs.

“We realized that if we can sweep Asbury in three and play that way all the time, then there’s no reason why we shouldn’t win the rest of the conference,” Taylor said.

The Pioneers ended the road weekend second in the RSC East Division, and their record stands at 9-6 overall, 2-1 RSC. Point Park returns to the road this weekend to play University of Rio Grande on Friday and West Virginia University Tech on Saturday.

Dara Collins dmcolli2@pointpark.edu

Cross country boasts top times

By Robert Berger

Sports Photo Editor

The Pioneer women’s cross country team took seventh place in Louisville, Kentucky Saturday. Freshman Alyssa Campbell highlighted the weekend by finishing first in her race.

“It’s definitely the biggest race I have ever been in, but I was just overwhelmed when I crossed the finish line,” Campbell said. “I really didn’t think I was going to win and I’m just really grateful.”

With 346 runners competing on a muddy course, Campbell completed the 5k in 18 minutes, 38 seconds. The race remained tight for the first two kilometers and Campbell was in fourth place after seven minutes, 50 seconds.

By the fourth kilometer, Campbell was in third, just 5 seconds behind then leader senior Madison Paquette of Cleary University.

In the final leg of the race, Campbell managed to pull ahead of Paquette and Emily Wagner of Indiana University. Paquette placed second, seven seconds after Campbell crossed the finish line.

“It was maybe 1,000 meters left that I heard coach yelling to me… that’s when I just kicked it into high gear and I knew I could take the pain for that much longer”, Campbell said.

The freshman from New Brighton, Pa. has consistently placed in the top 15 0f her events this season. Campbell finished second to senior Anna Shields in the team’s opening invitational, and followed up with an 11th and 12th place finish in the following weeks.

“My team is just amazing and that’s what helped the transition from going from high school to here. I also have a lot of competition that pushes me on the team so that has really helped me too”, Campbell said.

Senior Kara Rohlf also finished in the top 25 Saturday after running a time of 19 minutes, 53 seconds placing her 25th overall.

“I really didn’t think I was going to do that because I wasn’t having the best race Saturday, so it was a nice surprise,” Rholf said.

Rohlf has also proved to be a dominant force thus far after placing fourth overall in the opening meet and consistently placing in the top three of Pioneer athletes each meet.

“I’ve always been a middle of the pack runner on the team and I’ve been happy with finishing in the 3 or 4 spot,” Rholf said. “I just focus on bringing my times down each week.”

The third Pioneer to cross the finish line in the silver race was senior Katie Guarnaccia with a finish in 20 minutes, nine seconds. Overall, the team averaged a 20, minute 34 second finish.

Competing separate from the rest of the team this weekend was Shields, who ran in the gold race Saturday.

Competing against mainly NCAA Division 1 athletes, Shields completed the 5k in 17 minutes, three seconds and placed ninth.

Shields was in 11th place at the second kilometer marker and rose to seventh by the fourth.

Sophomore Camille Davre of Michigan University managed to pull ahead of

Shields and six others in the final stretch for a seventh place finish just one second ahead of Shields.

For Shields, competing in the gold race gives her the opportunity to face opponents that will prepare for her future in the sport.

The men’s team competed in the blue race Saturday which featured a higher division of competition to prepare the team for the remainder of the season. Junior Xavier Stephens led the team and finished the course in 26 minutes, 44 seconds.

Freshman Doug Kostelansky finished shortly after with a time of 26 minutes, 56 seconds. Freshman Camden Seybert was next posting a time of 27 minutes, 53 seconds. On the day, the men’s team earned an average time of 27 minutes, 32 seconds.

“The freshman have been bringing a lot”, Stephens said.

“Doug was only 10 or 12 seconds behind me and I think all of the freshman are doing really well this year and helping the team out.”

The team will race at Schenley Park Saturday morning as part of the Carnegie Mellon Invitational.

Robert Berger raberge@pointpark.edu

Robert Berger| Point Park Athletics Senior Kara Rohlf competing in last year’s Walsh Invitational. She finished second for the Pioneers and placed 25th overall Saturday in Louisville, KY.

All in With Allison

By Allison Schubert Sports Columnist

Malle’s Memory in Future Pioneers This week, Point Park mourns the death of yet another member of the Pioneer community.

Philip Malle was a defender on the men’s soccer team from 2009 to 2012, and was a part of the resurgence that the team had during those years.

After his four years at Point Park, Malle graduated Magna Cum Laude with an accounting degree and according to his family, had a smile that could light up an entire room.

Earlier this year, Malle tragically passed away, but alums and his former teammates came together at this weekend’s doubleheader at Highmark Stadium to endow a scholarship in his name.

Alumni were at the

front gate during the games in an attempt to reach the $10,000 goal required to endow a scholarship at the university.

After a moment of silence and an announcement over the public address system before the game, fans of both Point Park and West Virginia University Tech were back at the gates to donate to the scholarship fund.

It was announced later in the game that they had, indeed, reached that goal.

The Phil Malle Scholarship Fund is now a reality, and Malle will forever be remembered by giving back to future Pioneers.

Allison Schubert alschub@pointpark.edu

Robert Berger| Point Park Athletics Freshman midfielder Ndayisenga Emmanuel carries the ball during last week’s 1-0 conference loss to Rio Grande. They tied with West Virginia Tech Saturday and will resume conference play Thursday facing Ohio Christian.

Close calls end in disappointment

By Allison Schubert Co-Sports Editor

The story for the men’s soccer team this week was close games that did not end in their favor.

They arrived at Highmark Stadium Thursday to host the No. 7 team in the country, Rio Grande.

Point Park held off the RedStorm’s offense until a strike by Rio in the 27th minute. That would be the only goal scored of the entire 90 minutes.

Rio Grande showed why their defense is ranked the top in the country, delivering their seventh shutout in eight games and remaining undefeated.

The men came back on Saturday for an evening game against West Virginia University Tech (WVU Tech.), who is receiving votes in the National Association for Intercollegiate Athletics Top 25 poll.

The Golden Bears struck first in the 11th minute, but play was fairly dis-

tributed on both ends.

The Pioneers had only seven shots compared to WVU Tech’s 27, and only tallied one shot on goal, a goal by junior defenseman Marc Bentley in the 80th minute.

Bentley’s tying shot late in the game would be the second and final goal scored in the game.

As regulation came to an end, both teams prepared for the first of two ten-minute overtime periods and fans in the stands echoed throughout Highmark Stadium.

With no goals scored, the game continued into another ten minutes. After 110 minutes of play, the game ended in a 1-1 tie.

The Pioneers play their next four games at home, with their next one coming on Thursday against River States Conference opponent Ohio Christian University.

Allison Schubert alschub@pointpark.edu