The Globe Issue 11

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Issue 11

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Clinton, Sanders open offices in USG tables Pittsburgh before state primary meeting By Iain Oldman

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Ahead of the March 28 deadline to register to vote in Pennsylvania’s closed primary, both Democratic candidates for the presidential nomination bid have opened offices in Pittsburgh. Hillary Clinton’s campaign opened an office at 216 N. Highland Ave in East Liberty on Thursday, March 24. Many local and state politicians attended the event and Pittsburgh City Paper reported an attendance of around 250. Pittsburgh mayor Bill Peduto was there at the christening of the new office, as well as U.S. Rep. Mike Doyle and state Rep. Ed Gainey. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders’ campaign officially opened their first office in Pittsburgh on Wednesday at 1317 E. Carson St. The Sanders campaign has plans to open two more offices - one in the North Shore and another one a mere two blocks away from Clinton’s office in East Liberty. The office in East Liberty is Clinton’s first in the state other than her campaign’s Pennsylvania headquarters in Philadelphia. Sanders opened an office in Scranton, the hometown of Clinton’s father, on March 22. East Liberty has been a destination for Democratic offices in Pittsburgh during the last few election cycles. Barack Obama opened his Pittsburgh offices there during the 2008 election and Gov. Tom Wolf chose the neighborhood to house his campaign office in the 2014 gubernatorial race. During the 2008 election, Clinton opened an office downtown on Smithfield Street. The East Liberty neighborhood, accessible to Point Park students by shuttle, is a prime location for foot traffic and vision according to Juan Pablo Mendoza, an organizer for ‘Burgers for Bernie,’ a Sanders volunteer advocacy group based out of Pittsburgh. “This area is pretty ideal because, first of all, there’s very high foot traffic and car traffic, so a lot of people are going to be seeing the office and seeing us around,” Mendoza said in

By Margaret Davis

Co-News Editor

For The Globe

photo by Iain Oldman

Volunteers for the Sanders campaign set up in one of the office locations, in East Liberty on Monday. These volunteers also helped recruit people to register to vote. the East Liberty office on Saturday. “It increases the visibility a lot, specifically in this area.” Clinton’s campaign chose the neighborhood because of its central location to many key voter blocs in Pittsburgh. “East Liberty is central to all sorts of demographics. You’re able to talk to people from all walks of life,” Mo Shatara said inside the Clinton office on Monday morning. Shatara is an organizer for Hillary for American and Hillary for Pennsylvania. “It’s really really close to multiple universities. It gives us a large access to the student body and residential parts of Pittsburgh.” Pennsylvania’s primary is shaping up to be a pivotal moment for either candidate in search of the nomination. With 210 delegates up for grabs, the Keystone state is second only to New

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Full-time faculty, university begin collective bargaining By Anthony Mendicino Co-News Editor

Representatives of both full-time faculty and the University met on Thursday, March 17 to begin the collective bargaining process aimed at a contract for full-time professors. After a decisive vote in June 2004, Point Park’s full-time faculty joined The Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh, making it the first Newspaper Guild local to represent faculty at a university. Michael A. Fuoco, president of the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh, said, “We presented the university with our proposal and we’re setting up meetings in the near future to really get into negotiations. It was a cordial meeting and we are confident that cordiality will continue and we’ll be able to work cooperatively to achieving a fair proposal for both sides.” The university shares that same optimism.

Point Park’s United Student Government (USG) was forced to cancel its weekly meeting on Monday, March 28 as the legislative body failed to make quorum. At least six of USG’s ten members must be present in order to bring issues to vote. Due to car troubles and looming due dates, meeting attendance did not reach the necessary six attendees. One member voiced that she would rather be taking a nap. Shortly after the 3 p.m. scheduled time, those in attendance, including the University’s Dean Keith Paylo, were sent home. Both the president and the vice president of the USG, Blaine King and Gabe Dubin, respectively, confirmed the agenda for Monday’s cancelled meeting, including reallocation of funding for the Feminist Collective, planning for Pioneer Community Day and the results of last weekend’s forum for student concerns. Dubin stated that

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Sports photography on display during panel By Cara McLaughlin For The Globe

Point Park University’s School of Communication brought Canon Explorers of Light photographer Simon Bruty to speak with a sports photography panel on March 23. The free event was held in the JVH auditorium from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. The event was hosted by Point Park’s School of Communication, National Press Photographers Association Point Park Chapter, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the American Society of Media Photographers. Bruty is a world renowned Sports Illustrated photographer, who has won numerous awards for his work and has photographed sports stars such as Michael Phelps and Lance Armstrong, according to his website

and Canon Explorers of Light profile. “The Explorers of Light is a program organized by Canon to showcase the photographers who they think are pretty good at what they do…and photographers who use Canon photographic gear,” Bruty said during a phone interview. “I don’t know how many Explorers of Light there are, but they all seem to be experts in all those fields, from sports to wedding photographers,” said Bruty. A panel discussion took place before Bruty spoke. Featured on this panel was Point Park photojournalism professor Chris Rolinson, Jasmine Goldband from the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Steve Mellon from the Post-Gazette and Jared Wicker-

Lou Corsaro, managing director of marketing and public relations at Point Park said in a statement, “The faculty presented an extensive set of initial proposals. The University is working diligently to provide an initial response prior to the next scheduled meeting on May 3.” “University leadership chooses to respect the collective bargaining process with full-time faculty and will confine negotiations to the bargaining table,” Corsaro said. “We are very confident we can see eye to eye because we both have what’s best for the students in mind,” Fuoco said. “We were pleased [University administration] were relatively quick to get an adjunct contract done, the first ever, and we’re hoping to carry that same spirit of cooperation to these negotiations.”

Anthony Mendicino can be reached at awmendi@pointpark.edu.

photo by Gracey Evans

Photojournalism professionals talk in a panel at the Canon Explorers of Light and Photojournalism event last Wednesday in the JVH Auditorium. Pictured left to right: Jared Wickerham, photographer for DK Sports; Jasmine Goldband, photojournalist for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review; Steve Mellon, photographer for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; and Chris Rolinson, professor at Point Park.

Weather Forecast Today: Mostly Sunny H 69, L 51

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Thursday: Thunderstorms, H 70, L 50 Friday: Partly Cloudy, H 63, L 38 Saturday: Partly Cloudy/Wind, H 55, L 34

Sunday: Partly Cloudy, H 46, L 29 Monday: Showers, H 56, L 35 Tuesday: Sunny, H 59, L 35w


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