Point Park Globe Fall 2017 Issue 12

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PRESIDENTS’ CUP OF TEA Student government swears in new vice president, senators-at-large USG By Hannah Walden USG Beat Writer

Gracey Evans | The Globe United Student Government President Bobby Bertha performs “I’m a Little Teapot” as part of the “President-Off” competition between Bertha and University President Paul Hennigan. The competition was part of Radio Somewhere’s Live WPPJ recording Monday in the JVH auditorium.

United Student Government (USG) President Bobby Bertha appointed Senator Kaylee Kearns as vice president. According to a USG press release announcing her nomination Friday, Kearns is a sophomore sports, arts and entertainment management major representing the Rowland School of Business. She has been an “avid member” since her freshman year and has been a part of the finance, rules and student concerns committees. “It is an honor to be nominated and recognized for the work and dedication that I have been putting forward,” Kearns said in the press release. “I know it is a big jump from Senator to Vice President, but I am ready to take on that challenge.” Library Director Liz Evans was scheduled to speak

at the start of the meeting this week, as mentioned in the USG agenda and in the most recent press release. However, she did not attend and the meeting moved forward without any mention of her absence or when or if it would be rescheduled. The meeting continued with the treasurer’s report and committee reports. “We are encouraged by the events that we are seeing going on campus, that are funded by USG,” Treasurer Josh Croup said during the treasurer’s report. “I encourage all senators to go and attend these events to put your face out there and talk to your constituents about how we can better serve them.” NextGen Rising sent in a revised mission statement within their constitution to USG rules committee. The revised mission statement read: “The purpose of this organization shall be to improve our local communities, as well as the country as a whole socially and ethically by promoting campus votership among

students and engaging them on the issues that are of greatest concern to them. This effort ranges from meeting for pizza dinners to discuss personal political concerns, to providing shuttles to our local place of voting, to organizing students to take part in activist efforts in the larger Pittsburgh community.” After conducting a roll call vote, the motion to accept the revised mission statement passes.

sion later in the event when the audience could play an active role in the presentation and “talk back.” Students could submit a question by writing one on a card and handing it to an usher or by tweeting one with the hashtag #MediaPioneers. Everyone in attendance was given two blank cards and a pen for this purpose. Much of the second half involved Ruddy’s experiences with Trump, a friend he’s “known for 20 years and known very well for ten.” He recalled meeting Trump due to the geographic location of Newsmax in West Palm Beach, Fl., where the two are known to play golf.

According to Ruddy, Newsmax is not “ideologically driven” despite having an “ideological perspective,” this being “center-right.” The digital media site is a source for news, politics, health and finance that primarily reaches a baby boomer audience, Ruddy said in the presentation. “My mantra as a journalist is that journalism is a very basic bulwark of a democracy,” Ruddy said. The first portion of the event addressed the current state of journalism. Ruddy discussed a saturated digital media environment, media monopolies and fake news.

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Criminal Justice Club shows appreciation to local law enforcement Christopher Ruddy discusses state of bers and future leaders of the journalism, Trump administration club to repeat,” said Justin

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By Kayla Snyder

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Last year, members of the Criminal Justice Club started an initiative to deliver cakes to different police zones around Pittsburgh to show their appreciation for law enforcement officials. This year, the newfound tradition scales more than just the Pittsburgh police zones, adding Point Park’s police department as well. The Criminal Justice Club presented a cake to the Point Park Police this year but intends to do a much larger event in the spring, according to club advisor Sean Elliot Martin. “We did have a conversation asking how we could extend the event to Point Park because we felt it was something we should also do,” Carlin Diachun, a senior criminal justice studies major and president of the club, said. “It’s important that the city guys get recognition, but it’s important that we carry that over to the guys closest to us.” The main focus of the Criminal Justice Club stems from three tiers: career development, networking and public service. Recently, the public service tier has morphed into focusing on police appreciation. To show their appreciation, the criminal justice club hand-delivers cakes designed specifically for the six police zones. “We wanted it to be something simple so that it wasn’t too grandiose for future mem-

Stocklas, a junior criminal justice studies major and vice president of the club. “We wanted it to be something [the police] actually enjoyed, and everyone likes cake.” Since the start of the event last year, the Criminal Justice Club has delivered six cakes to the respective police zones around campus and one to the Point Park Police Department. “A cake is celebratory,” Martin said. “It’s associated with birthdays, special occasions, congratulations and thanks. They can be decorated and we settled on the American flag with the blue line across it, representing police officers.” Diachun recalls Martin saying, “It’s easy to say you appreciate the police, but it’s not so easy to show something or you doing something to appreciate them. You can easily say you support them, but what have you done?” According to Diachun, Martin was the driving force to actually purchase the cakes and deliver them. The club only services the Pittsburgh Police Department and the Point Park Police Department because of logistical reasons, according to Diachun. “For our purpose, as a starting point for this tradition, we said let’s start with the patrol guys, because they’re first in line,” Diachun said. This event was not created because of any recent polit-

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By Nicole Pampena Co-News Editor

Christopher Ruddy, founder and CEO of Newsmax Media Inc., discussed his career in the media and friendship with President Donald Trump during his appearance that was met with a silent protest at the Pittsburgh Playhouse last Wednesday. The second installment of the Center for Media Innovation’s (CMI) TalkBack Series was designed to feature Ruddy not only as a figure that fits the description “media pioneer,” but also as someone who is close to the president. Director of the CMI Andy Conte moderated the Q&A ses-

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Gracey Evans | The Globe

Chris Ruddy, also known as the “Trump Whisperer,” talks in a Q&A session with Andrew Conte, Director of the CMI, at the Pittsburgh Playhouse Wednesday as part of Point Park’s Talk Back Series.

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