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Issue 14
Wednesday, April 20, 2016
University announces Conte as the director of media center
STUDENTS RING IN SPRING
USG analysis recommends changes to senate action USG By Margaret Davis
By Iain Oldman
Staff Writer
Point Park University announced in a press release that adjunct professor Andrew Conte will be named the director for the new Center for Media Innovation. “The media industry continues to rapidly evolve in the digital age, and it’s critical the Center be led by someone who has lived professionally in that world,” said Paul Hennigan, president of Point Park, in the press release. The 4,000-square-foot Center for Media Innovation was announced last semester as a new facility on campus for students to interact with media professionals and new multimedia tools that they will encounter once they enter the industry. “The University brought in an audiovisual team to bring in all the newest tools for TV and radio produc-
An advisor to Point Park’s United Student Government (USG) presented an analysis of strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats during Monday’s meeting. Student Activities Involvement and Leadership (SAIL) intern Andre Roberts found in his analysis that USG’s greatest strengths were its enthusiasm and relationships with its constituents. Roberts found that USG’s most glaring weakness is the low number of members, which currently stands at 10 senators. It was recommended by Roberts that USG increases to 35 to 40 members. “I don’t think you do an effective job of communicating what you do, to the student body,” Roberts told USG at the meeting, reminding the delegates they all get a portion of the student activity fee. Additionally, he said he feels as though some members of the executive cabinet bear too many responsibilities,
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CAB members Megan Thorpe, freshman SAEM major, Jess Baker, graduating junior dance and business major, and sophomores Maggie Stasko, PR and Ad major, Olivia Barnett, SAEM major, took part in making CAB’s 2016 Spring Fling a success Friday afternoon in Village Park. Festivities included a taco bar, sand art and shuffleboard.
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Trump draws thousands, controversy to Downtown By Matt Petras Co-Sports Editor
Point Park students were present at a recent Donald Trump rally downtown to both support and protest the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination. The large crowds on both sides eventually led to confrontations and police involvement. “There is tremendous love in what we’re doing,” Trump said during his rally. The campaign announced Monday, April 11 that Trump would be giving a speech at this rally in the David L. Lawrence Convention Center at 7:00 p.m. Before the rally, at 5:30 p.m. Fox News’ Sean Hannity hosted a town hall roughly an hour long with Trump at Soldiers and Sailors in Oakland. Trump called the town hall a “big, beautiful show” in his speech. The previous week Hillary Clinton held a rally at Carnegie Mellon University and the week before that Bernie
Sanders held a rally in the same venue as Trump. This is the first time Trump has held visited Pittsburgh during his 2016 presidential bid. As for the speech at the rally, Trump acclimated much of his speech to the Pittsburgh audience, explaining that he went to school in this state. “Everyone really knows my relationship with Pennsylvania; it’s a special relationship and we’re going to keep it going,” Trump said. After promising to bring back the steel and coal industry, he offered less substantive proclamations. “This is the town of the Pittsburgh Steelers, which we love,” Trump said. “And you’re gonna have a good season coming up, we gotta keep Ben [Roethlisberger] healthy and you’re gonna have a good season.” Trump brought up Joe Paterno and Penn State, recalling the Penn
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Trump speaks to a reported crowd of 4,500 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center Wednesday, April 13, 2016.
City amends marijuana bill, university stays put By Kimberly Prokurat For The Globe
After Ezal Pavlichko was fined heavily and tossed out of his dormitory for breaking Point Park’s drug policies this year, he was shocked to find out that Pittsburgh City Council has recently voted to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana within city limits. Following the passing of the Marijuana Decriminalization Bill, if a person is found in Pittsburgh in possession of 30 grams of marijuana or less, they will receive a summary citation punishable by a fine of $25 . However, this does not affect Point Park’s existing drug policies on or off campus. Despite the liberalization of marijuana policy in the city, rules for marijuana possession at Point Park will not be modified, leaving individuals like Pavlichko wondering if he is being unfairly prosecuted. By living on campus, Point Park students consent to searches if administrators have reason to believe drug laws are being broken. If evidence is found or turned over, administrators charge students with violations and put them into the university’s judicial review process through the Office of Student and Resident Life. If found guilty of drug possession, students face a tiered reprimand system, with results ranging from fines to housing termination with the potential for suspension or expulsion. “When a student gets fined or caught with marijuana on campus, it does not go on any kind of police record, and the only thing that is kept on file is the number of offenses the student has so the police can track that,” said Point Park Narcotics Officer Jeremy Bogdanski.
Dean of Students and Associate Vice President of Student Affairs Keith Paylo said these policies will not be changed to fit the new city ordinance. “In the state of Pennsylvania, it is an illegal substance and I guess it all depends on where you sit on the fence of the impact that a drug like marijuana can have on someone’s life, body and welfare,” Paylo said. We have crafted and carry out policies that show that we do not subscribe to or allow illegal drugs on this campus.” Pittsburgh city councilman and sponsor of the Marijuana Decriminalization Bill Daniel Lavelle hopes places, such as Point Park, will reconsider such stances. “I think for so long our country has been led to believe certain things about marijuana, and now, as our populace becomes more educated, and people begin to dive deeper into the motives behind governmental ban of marijuana, the war on drugs and things of that nature, they’re beginning to see that the ban is not really due to health concerns, but that it’s because of social issues,” Lavelle said in a phone interview. His motivation behind this bill was to spread equality and fairness to people throughout the city who deserve better treatment. The councilman has been in support of this movement for a long time, and firmly believes that marijuana use should not be treated as a criminal offense. While he agrees that the university can set its own policies, he hopes it will reconsider them. “I can certainly understand the University saying that you cannot smoke within our dorm rooms and you cannot smoke within our build-
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Students attend rally as supporters, protesters from TRUMP page 1 State scandal concerning the sexual abuse of children in 2011 and 2012. At the center of the controversy was Jerry Sandusky and other Penn State staff, such as Paterno. “How is Joe Paterno? Are we gonna bring that back?” Trump said. “How about that whole [pause] how about that whole thing?” Paterno died in 2012. Ashley Killough of CNN spoke with a Trump spokesperson who attempted to provide some clarity. “He was talking about the Penn State bronze statue that they melted down,” the spokesperson said, according to Killough’s Twitter account. “It seemed like one of his policy advisors had mentioned the name ‘Paterno’ to him on the way out and he thought, ‘Oh yeah, I should mention that,’” Morrison said. Trump stuck to decrying policies and institutions that he has attacked throughout his whole campaign, such as pointing out his opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the Iraq war, the Affordable Care Act and the Iran deal. He was sure to call out the media as well, encouraging the crowd to look back at the press pool and boo. “Let me tell ya, by the way, folks,” Trump said. “These are the most dishonest people; these people are far worse than the politicians.” Trump also confronted a protester as he was being removed by
security; Trump told him he had a “weak voice” and told him to “go home to mommy.” Trump promised to build a wall between the United States and Mexico that the latter will pay for to tremendous applause and cheering. “Of course any statement that calls out any group of people in a negative way is always going to be controversial,” Jake Berlin, a Point Park student said in a phone interview Thursday. “I’ve never specifically held those beliefs myself and still do not, but if he’s using those beliefs to further his agenda which may be better for the country, I think that may be a justification for his viewpoints, although he needs to look at every side and evaluate whether those comments are deserving of all of the publicity.” He also promised aggressive action against ISIS and an influx of jobs under a Trump presidency. Ashley Glenz and other students came to protest Donald Trump’s Pittsburgh rally, and she ended up offering and giving hugs to some of Trump’s supporters. Berlin dressed up in red and white pants, a Trump 2016 t-shirt and a “Make America Great Again!” hat to support the billionaire businessman. Others like Sam Morrison were there just as curious observers. Morrison, a freshman broadcast reporting major, said he went into
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Pittsburgh Police push back protesters at the Trump Rally. The police formed a barrier between the protesters and supporters waiting to get into the rally.
the rally expecting to be around a lot of nasty people, but was pleasantly surprised. “I met some really nice people; they were friendly and outgoing,” Morrison said in a phone interview Friday. “I talked to one guy and mentioned that I’m not a registered Republican and I lean left in my political views, and he basically congratulated me and said, ‘Good for you for coming out.’” Unlike either of the two candidates who also came to Pittsburgh, Trump’s rally saw widespread protest. Dane Hager, a Point Park senior and cinema department apprentice and his partner Ren Finkel, a senior student, are both Sanders supporters who protested the rally. “The Trump campaign is a toxic platform for racism and hatred,” Hager said in a phone interview. “People who hold racist, homophobic, Islamophobic, ableit, hateful voices see this man on a podium running for president, and it validates their beliefs.” Hager and Finkel both arrived between 6 and 7 p.m. to protest, joining a march that ended at the convention center. Hager played a drum as the protesters marched and chanted to “keep everyone motivated and in time,” he said in a phone interview the following day. “When people started coming out, it was really interesting for me to see people who before were sort of scoffing at us and ambivalent toward us at the beginning now so heated and so aggressive when they came out,” Finkel said. Both were done around 9 p.m. Three people in the crowd were arrested for assaulting police officers, according to CBS Pittsburgh. Other physical altercations between those who went to the rally and protesters also occurred. Morrison, who is not in favor of Trump’s presidential campaign, says when he left the building, a protester threw a punch at him but missed. “I got about eight feet out the door before some guy, who I guess was around my age, took like a flying punch at me almost; he tried to attack me, and the police shoved him back,” Morrison said. “That is not going to
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the university’s new provost, John Pearson, instead of the head of the School of Communication. “The idea is that the center is supposed to be for far more for just the School of Communication,” Conte said. “We wanted to make sure that it involves the entire university.” The Center for Media Innovation, located at the corner of Wood Street and Third Avenue, was designed by GBBN Architects and will cost $2.5 million to complete, according to the press release. The Allegheny Foundation contributed a grant and Trib Total Media is a sponsor of the center. Baggerman said the facility is slated to be open for student use in August and a grand opening, daylong event for the center is planned for September. Although there is not much to see as the center is under construction right now, Conte said that the building will undergo radical change between now and the time students come back for the fall semester. “It should be a real transformation. It will be one of those things where students leave and there’s not much to see,” Conte said. “I’m looking forward to giving students that ‘Wow’ moment when they return in the fall.”
Iain Oldman can be reached at idoldma@pointpark.edu.
Matt Petras can be reached at mapetra@pointpark.edu.
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West Penn Lot Drug Violation: Arrest
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tions,” Conte said in a phone interview Monday. “We’re going have a state-ofthe art TV and radio studio in there, and a photo studio and multimedia rooms and professional space.” According to the university press release, the Center for Media Innovation’s TV studio will include “a green screen, industry-specific lighting, and state-of-the-art high-definition cameras.” The new radio studio will be connected to the television studio via a common control room, and the two workspaces “will be self-contained modules with high-visibility glass walls for a ‘fishbowl’ studio experience.” Other features detailed were a new photography studio and a presentation and gallery space. A “multimedia newsroom” will be a place where students can learn how to implement graphics, social media and more through a “high-tech smart classroom”. Multiple classes will be held inside the center, and Conte desires to see students take full advantage of the new building. “I really hope students take ownership of the space,” Conte said. “The space will be fully programmed for classes, and there will also be a space for the students to come in and hang out between classes and have meetings.” The Point Park News Service will be permanently housed in the new Center, though spaces and studios are going to be made available for the other media organizations on
campus, such as U-View, WPPJ and The Globe. Chair of the School of Communication Thom Baggerman expects that those student organizations will take full advantage of the new facility. “No student organizations have specific space reserved for them. However, they can all use all of the facilities, including the newsroom, laptops, video production studio, audio production studio, photo studio, etc,” Baggerman said in an email. “We very much hope that The Globe, U-View and WPPJ will seek and find opportunities for collaboration in the space.” Conte and the university will bring in media professionals to work in the Center alongside students, and a fellow will be hired to work from inside the new space. “Our other goal is to bring in top quality journalists to campus so students have the ability to interact with people who are doing innovative things in the media,” Conte said. Baggerman said the university is looking into hiring an environmental journalist as part of the grant from the Heinz Foundation. “We will be working on soliciting applications in May under the guidance of Chris Rolinson,” Baggerman said. Baggerman also said Rolinson is the faculty lead of the new environmental journalism program at Point Park University. As director of the Center for Media Innovation, Conte will report to
change anyone’s opinion. If I had been a Trump supporter and he had landed that punch, there is no way... I’d ever vote for Bernie.” Megan Guza, an alumna of Point Park and reporter for the Trib, was assaulted by police according to a video posted on her Twitter account. Mayor Bill Peduto responded to the video on his Twitter account, writing that the police chief has been shown the video. Guza declined to be interviewed in a Twitter exchange, writing the following: “I’m actually not doing interviews on the incident. Don’t want to make myself the story.” Berlin stood in the midst of the protesters holding up a Trump campaign sign. “Donald Trump’s in town,” Berlin said then. “Gotta get in on the action… I like the energy.” Berlin supports Trump because “he is getting money out of politics and fighting the establishment,” he said. Brianna Adams and Dan Strickland, freshman students who support Sanders for president, came just to see the protests after Trump’s speech. “It’s absolute madness,” Strickland said after the rally. “There’s a lot of hate. I don’t particularly like it.” Adams was particularly interested in seeing the response to Trump’s rally in comparison to that of Sanders and Clinton. “I think this one is a lot more hateful, powerful and in-your-face,” Adams said after the rally. To end his speech, Trump pledged to the crowd that under his presidency, America is going to “win” again. “We are gonna start winning so much that you’re gonna be calling me saying ‘Mr. President, I was at your rally in Pittsburgh, we don’t wanna win anymore, it’s too much and we can’t take it,’” Trump said. “You know what I’m gonna say? I don’t care, we’re gonna keep winning because we’re going to make our country so strong again.”
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Students may face fines, expulsion for drugs SAIL intern: He was absent from his dorm first offense, they can take an onfrom MARIJUANA page 1 room in Thayer Hall when the police line class that requires an individual feedback is ings, but at the same time I would came to search his room. In his room, to select the best answer for certain say we don’t want to expel the stu- they found Pavlichko’s roommate, drug related scenarios. key to action dent for that offense, and that there marijuana paraphernalia and alcohol. Dean Paylo is confident these are probably more productive ways, via fines or community work, to deal with that student, and I would hope the universities move more in that direction instead of stripping someone of their ability to get an education,” Lavelle said. Even though fines play a large role in punishment at Point Park, the drug and alcohol programs have been less creative in helping reduce drug use on campus. Currently, the programs available to students in need only include online classes. Lavelle believes that if the goal is education around the dangers of drug use, then the programs should be more substantial. He suggested that students could be put into a situation with hospitals throughout the city so that they can see and understand what the consequences of drug use can be. “Maybe they could be put in a place where they see individuals who unfortunately have begun to abuse the drugs, because my assumption is that the real goal is to ensure no addiction is taking place, and that it doesn’t become harmful to the student because I would hope the programs are made to better help the student understand that aspect of it,” Lavelle suggested. As a student at Point Park, whether one lives on campus or off, the student can still be processed and fined through the school’s police department, regardless of the new city laws. “If a student is not on campus, then I would hope that the colleges and universities follow the lead of the city,” Lavelle said. Pavlichko, a freshman civil engineering major at Point Park, has experienced this process firsthand.
The police confiscated the substances and charged him, although they could not prove the contraband was his. “[Point Park Police] told me it’s one man’s word against another,” Pavlichko said. Pavlichko was fined $550 for this single offense. Under the new city ordinance, he would have paid as little as $25. The second time he was caught, he lost his housing contract and was given two weeks to move his belongings and move into an apartment off of school grounds. He was also barred from entering any residential halls or any campus buildings after certain times for the rest of the year. “I wasn’t even on campus; I was down at the [Mon Wharf] around 3 o’clock in the morning shortly after winter break with a group of people, and then PPU police came through,” Pavlichko said. All told, he lost about $200 in flex food dollars and only received about $400 back from his housing contract. Pavlichko also had to pay for a whole new meal plan and fill out new paperwork because he was considered a commuter. “I was really upset by the thought of losing my scholarship, education, where I was going to live and on top of all of that worry, I had to focus on school while juggling what was going to come up next with this,” Pavlichko said. He claims to have asked about a drug program to help himself, and the officer who was dealing with his case told him that the school does not have any programs available. However, he found out that after a person’s
drug and alcohol programs are influential, educational and preventive. He also believes it is fair to keep harsher sanctions for the fact that Point Park is a private institution, which means they do have the freedom to implement many policies in the way they wish to. However, they still have to maintain a good relationship within state and federal laws. “Students can see all of those various things that we do in trying to educate them drug and alcohol wise; it is a deterrent in some way, shape or form if a student believes they will be fined, but it has to go beyond that… it has to go to educating the student to make them understand what the ramifications are of drug use, which are many,” Paylo said. The idea that marijuana laws could drastically change within the next few years is a possible reality that many educators will have to consider. “I will have to take it under serious advisement as to how or if the policies and procedures we have in place right now will have to be adjusted accordingly within the next few years,” Paylo said. “I will have to take everything with these new laws under advisement and how it impacts the university and how we do things here.”
from USG page 1 noting the group’s insufficient membership and an imbalance between the number of inexperienced delegates to experienced ones as causes. Lastly, Roberts lamented USG’s inability to take constructive criticism leads to the lack of involvement and a negative persona. “You have to be able to take, evaluate, and analyze feedback and take action based on that,” Roberts told USG. Roberts urged the executive cabinet to increase communication with the SAIL office and emphasized that USG members to develop professionally through conferences, seminars and webinars. Roberts cited the lack of evaluations and feedback as a struggle for Point Park’s clubs and organizations. He encouraged USG to conduct written evaluations to prove what courses of action are effective and what kind of activities and programs students like. “The only way this can work here is if you have more people in your delegation,” Roberts said, referencing the small number of senators in USG. Present at the meeting, Dean of Student Affairs Keith Paylo thinks USG had a successful year. “I think that they succeeded in their charge to relate to student organizations more and to know student organizations more,” Paylo said. “On purpose, they wanted to remain a small group that could make a difference.” For full coverage of USG, visit our website, pointparkglobe.com.
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Graduating photography students prepare senior thesis By Madison Krupp For The Globe
Thirteen students from the senior thesis photography course will display their final projects at The MINE Factory April 23-May 2 in an exhibition titled, “XIII.” The show will include a variety of art, including photography, installations, videos, sound, sculpture and collage work. Admission is free to all students and outside visitors. Food and beverages will also be provided. “A lot of times when students come in as freshman, they have a really narrow idea of the medium, and it’s so broad,” Assistant Professor of Photography April Friges said. “We can be commercial; we can be fine art; we can be documentary; we can be photojournalism; we can be artists that challenge what photography even means today because it’s shifting and changing so quickly.” Emily Faller, Kels Pennell and Hannah Harley are three examples of students who will graduate this spring with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in photography. Joining them in “XIII” are Ryan Maine, Michelle Montana, Neil Curran, Abby Wright, Liz Berie, Ren Finkel, Matt Nemeth, Monique Parham and Nicole Fritz. “It’s nice because it’s not just a degree in photography. It’s a degree in fine arts,” said senior photojournalism major Faller. “So you get more of a rounded education. You learn more of like the darkroom printing and different methods within it, and it’s not just taking pictures with a digital camera.” Faller will present a thesis based on her own anxiety. She hopes to showcase her own experience so others can relate in some way. One of her images, titled “Looming Thoughts,” portrays sleepless nights provoked by anxiety. “I am lying on a bed, and I have this black sheet floating over me,” Faller said. “It represents lying in bed, having so much on your mind and you can’t seem to get it out. You lie awake for hours, and the black sheet just represents those thoughts that stay over you.” All students are required to write a research paper to accompany their photographs. Faller has taken
a non-traditional route. Her paper is written as a conversation between her and a psychologist. “My paper is about working through problems, working to go through different solutions and what I can do to help take baby steps to overcome certain anxieties,” Faller said. After graduation, Faller plans to continue with her photography business. Emily Faller Modern Photography, which she created in 2013, currently focuses on senior portraits and family photos. Faller’s dream job is to open her own studio within the Pittsburgh area. For now, she is focusing on increasing her clientele. “To be able to make art, you have to make money first,” Faller said. Senior photography and multimedia major Kels Pennell also chose to focus her thesis on the mind. Her photographs represent the relationship between memory and photography. Pennell purchased random photos from Pittsburgh Center for Creative Reuse and eBay. The random photographs represent fragments of memories. “We kind of picture our memories as a library where we have a memory. We record it, and that’s how it stays,” Pennell said. “But memories are actually really fragile, and every time you revisit a memory, you’re apt to change a detail of it.” Pennell will be displaying an installation, which is a three-dimensional work. Her four 6-foot-3 frames are filled with webbed string, and the photos are laced throughout. “The idea is the four frames make a little room, and you walk into the room so you’re surrounded by the photos,” Pennell said. The photos have been destroyed by different means, including burning, scratching and bleaching. “Each photo is damaged just to kind of mimic the idea of memory deteriorating and not being perfect,” Pennell said. Pennell is not the only student who chose to manipulate other people’s photographs. Senior photography major Hannh Harley is also taking photographs from outside sources to mold into a project of her own. “My work is about pornography,”
Harley said. “It’s analyzing the skin tones in pornography, specifically that race in pornography is fetishized and not considered normal.” Harley has conducted thorough research on this topic. After a breakup in August, she decided to try the dating app called Tinder. She quickly realized that men often viewed her as just a sexual object and began researching their thought process. She began collaging men’s Tinder photos with their online biographies. “The more strips I was looking at, I realized that the colors I was looking at were all one skin tone,” Harley said. Harley also referenced a free online dating site called OkCupid. The website allows users to filter by race. The website found that nearly 82 percent of non-black male users displayed bias against black women. “I went to Smithfield and bought a ton of variety packs,” Harley said. “There was one that was the Playboy Worlds, and even then there wasn’t a black woman in the entire thing.” She took her research and idea of collaging and turned it into her thesis project. Harley combined three canvas panels to create one large image. “I cut a bunch of squares of skin tones out from these pornographic magazines, and I did a gradient from lightest to darkest,” Harley said. “The darkest are actually just folds of skin, or where there is no light. It’s not actually a darker skin tone.” Harley hopes to start a dialogue about the types of pornography people are watching, and how this discrimination is being portrayed in mass media. After graduation, she will attend grad school at Parsons School of Design in Manhattan, New York City. All three students have been working on their thesis projects the entire year. Senior Thesis, a two-part required course, is taught by Professor Friges. Students present their own topic at the beginning of the year, and then continue working on their photographs and research paper until the end of the spring 2016 semester. Students are able to display as many images as they choose. They also must sign a contract, stating that they will complete all class requirements including an artist state-
ment, solo show, group show and a written thesis paper. The program guide has evolved since the class began in 2013. Students are now required to take English classes to enhance their writing and research skills. “I challenge them every year to expand their ideas and push their writing skills,” Friges said. “You can visually see that they’re establishing better materials.” Friges also covers topics in the class such as art marketing and a presentation on whether or not graduate school is right for students. She stresses the importance of thinking ahead, and if applicable, understanding the proper steps to applying to grad school. Students are kept busy over winter break. They are assigned a “back burner” project and a reading assignment on their thesis topic. Students applying to grad school are exempt from this. One thing Friges loves about this group is that they challenge each other. “This is one of the first groups of students that I’m seeing sort of grow,” Friges said. “Now I’m in my third year, so I’ve sort of been watching them since their sophomore year, so it’s really exciting to see where they’ve landed and how they developed, and even their plans for their future.” The purpose of Friges’ class is to create artists. “The worst artist is an artist who makes work and has no idea what the work is even about,” Friges said. Harley also emphasized the importance of the exhibition. “It’s not a photo show; it’s an art show,” Harley said. “It’s going to challenge you hopefully, and make you think about the world in a different way when you’re done.” The exhibition’s opening ceremony will be April 23 from 6-9 p.m. The show runs until May 2. Gallery hours are Sunday through Thursday from 12-7 p.m., and Friday and Saturday from 12-9 p.m. Two shuttles will be running every 30 minutes on April 23 only.
Madison Krupp can be reached at makrupp@pointpark.edu.
‘Art All Night’ prepares for pop up art event By Bailey Penrod For The Globe
Jeremy Murray and Donnie Toomer drill wood together to set up canvas boards for the live painters that will be painting at the Art All Night event on Sunday. Point Park University’s Coordinator of International Student Services and Center Amanda Avampato is thrilled to be spending her sixth consecutive year being part of the planning committee for Art All Night. Committee member Kathryn Heffernan walks around making sure everything from sweeping out the rooms to setting up the stages is being accomplished in the new building that will house the annual pop up event. The nineteenth annual 22-hour pop up art show will be held April 2324 in Lawrenceville. Art All Night will be in a new location this year, and will take place at the Arsenal Terminal. The event is free, with no censorship, and is not juried. People of all ages can submit art to the show. “If the artist considers it art, we consider it art,” committee member Wendy Coester said in an April 9th interview at the event location in Lawrenceville. Any art submitted will not be turned down for display, whether it be from an established artist, or a 7 year old that drew a picture on a napkin. “There’s just a ton of energy mixed with excitement because it is once a year, and it’s something that people begin to look forward to,” Heffernan said April 9th at the Arsenal Terminal. While getting more recognition, the event is becoming a “well-oiled machine” with improvements and expansions. This year, it is expected to bring
in approximately 1,200 art submissions. Also throughout the night the event will have comedians, marching bands and 50 to 60 live bands playing throughout the 22 hour event. To add to the collection of art submitted previously to the event, Art All Night brings in roughly 50 painters ranging from established artists to high school students. Each person is paired up to create a painting within four hours. “It’s the community aspect of introducing artists to each other that have a love for the same thing,” Murray said. The living painting auction will be held on Sunday at 12 p.m. Aside from viewing the art, people are able to engage in activities, such as creating postcards or dancing to the music of the bands. Snacks will be available and are provided by local businesses. After two hours, paintings are auctioned off and all the proceeds go directly back into Art All Night funds for the next year. “The public really loves to look over the artists shoulders and to see the creative process,” volunteer Owen Lampe said at the event venue in an April 9 interview. The event is unsponsored and is based solely on donations and volunteers from
local businesses, as well as the volunteers who collect supplies throughout the year. The live painting has grown every year, from the first year just having canvases hung on the wall, to slowly moving to stretch canvas with actual teams paired up. “Art All Night has grown in almost an unmeasurable way,” Kate Bechak, Art All Night volunteer, said April 9 at the venue. “It’s good to have the perspective of how things have evolved because we have basically been here since the ground up with the live art,” Toomer said. The volunteer members typically get into the building about three weeks before the show. Their work continues
in the building for six-to-eight days before the show opens. The artists drop off the art about six hours before the doors open. The volunteers encourage artists to register online before, but are willing to accept any art that shows up at the building on Apr. 23 at 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Heffernan said she hopes this new space will bring new energy and that people get a fresh look at Art All Night. “It is new but it’s still old, so people can enjoy like they have in past years,” volunteer Kayleigh Smith said in an April 9 interview at the event venue.
Bailey Penrod can be reached at bepenro@pointpark.edu.
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Experts offer methods of de-stressing during finals By Kristina Pacifico For The Globe
With finals approaching, getting advice on stress management from health experts could be very beneficial for students, especially during April, which is dedicated to stress awareness. “I’m not in my finals frenzy yet, [but] I’m in the pre-finals frenzy because my finals are presentations, papers and projects,” Silmari Munoz, junior education major, said April 12 in an interview in Lawrence Hall lobby. Others are feeling the pressure to leave no strings untied as the end of the semester approaches. Amber Dimitroff, freshman broadcast production and media management major, is taking on a new responsibility by renting her own place with roommates. “We have to pay our first month’s rent by April 16, but we get paid the fifteenth, all of our roommates and I, so the stressful part is just getting all the money together,” Dimitroff said April 12 in an interview in Lawrence Hall. Point Park students deal with stress in various but similar ways, including playing video games, watching television shows, listening to music, hanging out with friends and taking naps. “I’ll go have dinner with my friends, and we’ll just complain about everything that’s going on,” said Chris Salazar, freshman photography major, in an interview in Lawrence Hall on April 11. Bunny Karger, junior global cultural studies major, avoids stress by temporarily ignoring her responsibilities and watching Netflix. “Distractions are good, probably
not the healthiest coping mechanisms, but they work,” Karger said in an interview in Lawrence Hall lobby April 12. Despite students’ efforts to de-stress, many still feel guilty for wasting time. “I don’t know, I just can’t bring myself to not think about [schoolwork] because I’m like, ‘I should be working on it right now,’” said Skylar Klinger, sophomore animation and visual effects major April 11 in an interview in Thayer Hall. University counselor Taffie Bucci encourages students to practice self-care. “When you get in a situation where you feel like you have to accomplish everything, you don’t eat as much, you say, ‘I can’t sleep, I have to finish this,’ and you don’t take a break,” she said in an interview on April 11 in the Student Center. A few of her tips include setting an alarm to take breaks, taking a 15-minute walk down to the Point, relaxing in a hot bath and even disconnecting your electronics for a little while. “Sometimes, I try to do everything at once, and I feel like that’s too much. You need to pace yourself and need breaks,” said Megan Wieder, junior cinema production major, in an interview on April 13 in the Boulevard Apartments. Personal trainer Kimmy Addison suggests that any exercise in general is good for reducing stress. “Getting your mind off work and school while doing something good for your body is a great distraction from what is causing the stress,” she said in an email interview on April 12. Addison also suggests taking group fitness classes, such as yoga
and pilates, which focus on specific breathing techniques. These classes could help release pent-up aggression caused by stress and deadlines. She said students could also try taking boxing or kickboxing classes. Baylee Zimmerman, sophomore sports, arts and entertainment management major, felt that walks personally help her a lot. “I did take a walk down to the Point because the fountain is back on now, and it definitely works because last night, it helped me relax,” Zimmerman said in an interview in the Boulevard Apartments on April 13. Nutritionist Sue Cleveland advises that skipping meals is not the best idea. “For students, I definitely recommend eating every 3-4 hours max. Eat light. If you eat a big, heavy meal, and you’re not hungry for 5-6 hours, that was probably too big of a meal,” she said in an interview at the PNC YMCA on April 12. According to Cleveland, the best snacks to eat when in a time crunch are those that are rich in fiber, have carbohydrates and some sort of protein. For example, yogurt mixed with fresh fruits or nuts, peanut butter on whole grain crackers, string cheese, fruits and vegetables dipped in hummus. Cleveland mentions that people should include more deep green leafy vegetables and seafood in their diets. “Those snacks are definitely doable, and I always ask my mom to make me seafood meals because it’s so hard to eat seafood around here,” Carly Chovanec, senior mass communications major, said April 13 in an interview in Boulevard Apartments. The Campus Activities Board hopes to provide another fun event
for students to participate in during this stressful time. With the return of the Late Night Breakfast, this semester’s special addition to the breakfast food buffet, the event will have tarot card readings. If students feel overwhelmed and stressed, they should consider visiting the University’s counseling office located in the Student Center, room 714. Counselor Bucci assures that sessions are not intimidating. “It’s really just talking. I don’t tell people what to do,” Bucci said. “Sometimes, I offer suggestions or options or ask them what they think about something, so it’s really just a fresh pair of eyes on something that students are struggling with or want to talk about.”
Kristina Pacifico can be reached at kmpacif@pointpark.edu.
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Last week was the second annual PMStival, which the members of Her Campus put on to celebrate womanhood and the various aspects that come with it. “The PMStival is all about embracing comfort during ‘that time of the month’ and also celebrating being a woman,” Casey McGaw, future campus coordinator of Her Campus and sophomore sports, arts and entertainment management (SAEM) major, who planned this year’s PMStival, said at the event in the Lawrence Hall Ballroom. Pizza, ice cream and soda were all supplied by Her Campus to help comfort and welcome attendees of the festival. Activities included nail and jar painting, as well as a raffle, which students could enter by tweeting #HCPMStival on twitter. Some prizes in the raffle included makeup, skin care items, perfume and even Pirates tickets. McGaw said that these items were all chosen because of the comforting nature they advocated. “We wanted to have a signature event to showcase Her Campus ideals and we love all women--really everyone on campus, so this is meant to be fun and relaxing,” Lexie Mikula, Her
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Brendan Dazen, junior SAEM major and member of Her Campus, gives Cortnee Deyarmin, freshman SAEM major, tickets to win prizes that were available at the PMStival on Thursday night. Campus Point Park campus coordinator and senior mass communications major, said about the PMStival. The festival, which started at 7 p.m. in Lawrence Hall Ballroom, gained attendance of more than 80
Sophomore history majors Erica Thomas and Lauren Henry enjoy painting mason jars during the PMStival sponsored by Her Campus on Thursday night. This was one of the activities available to do that evening.
people, more than half of which were women, with several males also in attendance. Mikula said they wanted to push the limits of the taboo nature of the marketing of the event, without it being offensive or exclusive. “I’ve seen quite a few guys here. Of course men are welcome. It’s completely open to everyone,” Mikula said. Others believe the marketing appealed to them. “I heard there was nail painting, and I just want to be with a bunch of other girls and do arts and crafts together,” freshman Erica Alcorta said. Even the males at the fest recognized the message of comfort present in the atmosphere and activities. “Pizza and ice cream are definitely comforting, and wherever there is free stuff, I’ll go,” Noah Ondik, freshman animation major, said at the fest. The food side of the event was such a draw that the ice cream and pizza ran out in about 45 minutes. “We were not expecting this many people. It’s really exciting to
see,” Mikula said. However, many attendees still stuck around after the food was out to continue painting jars and nails while listening to the junior SAEM major Brendan Dazen’s pop-song playlist. The winner of the raffle was set to be announced at 9:30 p.m., a half hour before the event was scheduled to end. This was the second year the PMStival took place at Point Park, the first of which was last year. The idea first came from previous Her Campus Point Park Campus Coordinator Haleigh Kopinski. The first took place in the fall of 2014, and McGaw said that it was planned last-minute, while she and Mikula said this year’s event was in planning since last September. “We had a bigger budget for this year, and the idea was to make it bigger and better, so it would be a good time for everyone,” McGaw said.
Eddie Trizzino can be reached at eatrizz@pointpark.edu.
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2016
Some advice for surviving finals week: Take a walk
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By Laura Byko
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Productive pain
Well, Point Park, we’re almost there. After 14 ½ weeks of procrastination, tears and laughter, we’re in the home stretch, barreling toward finals week. And that will probably be rough. There will be group projects to somehow coordinate with your slacker group members, presentations to rehearse, papers to grind through and professors to email, begging for some clarification on rubrics more obtuse than the Rosetta Stone (before it was decoded). Inevitably, there will be moments when it all seems like too much, when giving up on this whole college thing will seem like the easiest and best option. In moments like this, it’s important to remember why we’re here. We’re not getting ourselves into decades of debt for no reason. We’re getting ourselves into decades of debt because we sincerely believe the education we’re receiving at Point Park will benefit us in our careers. Even beyond a career, a college education is an investment in the future. By paying to attend a university, we are betting on ourselves. We are betting that we can pass our classes and be productive students and get degrees. The pain that we’re feeling now is productive pain. The phrase “pain is weakness leaving the body” is overused and false. The pain that you would feel from a piano falling on you is not weakness leaving the body; rather, it is severe pain because something terrible has happened to you and you are most likely critically in-
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jured. “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” is another cliché that’s insulting to people who have been through trauma and come out worse, physically or mentally, for it. But finals pain, the near-death that finals bring on, is an instance in which the pain will ultimately be beneficial. Pain here directly correlates to specific goals, and getting through the pain will bring us closer to everything we’ve been working for in college. Finishing finals will have brought us, as students, one step closer to employment and graduation. For seniors, they’re the last hurdle to leap over before they abandon Point Park forever (with the exception of anyone returning to attend grad school, but we’ll set those people aside for a moment). While we’re on the subject of seniors, congrats to that particular demographic for never having to take a final again. That idea incites some resentment among those of us who have to take finals for at least one more semester, but they’ve put in their time and deserve to have finals-free, career-driven lives now. We hope that all the finals they’ve taken and academic pain they’ve felt over the course of their college careers was ultimately worth it, making them stronger and more employable people. Otherwise, the rest of us are doing this all for nothing. Good luck on finals, everybody, and have an excellent summer.
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As the semester wraps up like Christmas gifts poorly and frantically wrapped at 11:58 p.m. on Christmas Eve, Point Park students’ social media has become flooded with sobbing Kim Kardashian memes and wishes to be hit by a car. But being hit by a car is just one of many possible ways to avoid your problems. Another way: walk down the street without a destination in mind. Find yourself at the Point, enjoying the gentle spray of mist in your face. Close your eyes for a moment. Feel soothed. Approach the fountain. Absentmindedly run your hand through the water. Find a protrusion in the stone. Press it, curious what purpose it could serve. Jump back as you hear a rumble seem to come from under the fountain. Look around wildly for any other people at the Point, anyone to confirm that this is actually happening and not a figment of your over-caffeinated imagination. See no one. Turn back and see that a pieshaped gap in the fountain has formed, revealing a marble set of stairs. Be reminded of the Chamber of Secrets. Think, “Well, everything worked out for Harry and his friends, so this will definitely go fine.” Descend the stairs. See an engraving along the wall, scrawled in emerald green cursive: “PITTSBURGH’S FOURTH RIVER. EST. THE MOMENT YOU OPENED YOUR EYES. FOUNDED BY THE CREATURE WHO LIVES IN YOUR PERIPHERY.” Consider turning around. Continue forward, propelled by curiosity but also something more, a feeling of making explicable every inexplicable time the hair on the back of your neck stood up. Reach the bottom of the stairs. Find a river. Almost vomit upon see-
ing the river is red. Think, “Whose blood? Whose blood? Whose blood?” over and over, unsure if the roaring in your ears is the sound of the river or a psychological response to unspeakable horror. Watch the river change from red to black, then to yellow, then to blue and feel your horror recede and be replaced by a confusion that feels like happiness in comparison. Walk along the bank, which is made of black sand. Look up to the arched marble ceiling. See a glow in the distance. Promise yourself you’ll make it to the glow and then go back to your home and Point Park and everything you’ve ever known. Reach the glow. Realize that the glow is in fact a spectacularly pale woman. Realize that the spectacularly pale woman is in fact a ghost. Feel, somehow, that this ghost is the spirit of Pittsburgh, even though that sounds like a terribly named boat. Wait for her to speak. Realize that she is waiting for you to speak. Speak. Ask, “How ‘bout them Stillers?” Hate yourself as soon as the words leave your mouth. Frantically think of something else to say so you can both move on from this mortifying moment. Ask, “How can I best serve this city and its diverse range of problems?” Listen as she says, “Stop procrastinating by going on mythological journeys. This has been wholly unproductive for you. I have no ancient wisdom to offer you. Go home and do your homework. Get a degree. Cultivate healthy relationships. Be well.” Go home. Do your homework. Get a degree. Cultivate healthy friendships. Be well.
Laura Byko can be reached at lobyko@pointpark.edu.
I woke up today... a letter from the editor I like to wake up early on the weekends. After a long week, sometimes I’ll reward myself by sleeping in until 9 or 10 a.m. Sleep is refreshing, but excessive amounts are just wasted time. Sure, my friends poke fun at me sometimes for it, but I love the mornings. Even during the week I’ll wake up earlier than I have to just so I can start the day off right. Two weekends ago, I decided to take a break from my normal routine and walk to a coffee shop on Smithfield Street for breakfast. The line was long, and the customers in front of me were impatient with the small staff that morning. One of those staff members in particular gave me a reason to smile that morning. While dealing with groggy and impatient businessmen, the woman hustled back and forth taking care of customers while smiling from ear to ear and greeting everyone as they walked through the doors. She greeted the customer ahead of me and took his order. Once he paid with his debit card, she asked how he was doing, as she did with each customer before him. He replied with the standard, “Good, how are you?” As she hustled to pour his coffee and grab his donut, she continued to smile as she answered his courtesy question. “Well I woke up today, so I have a
lot to be thankful for,” she responded. She has a point. Her simple reply stuck with me. I’ve borrowed her response a few times since on days that don’t seem like they’re going my way. We don’t have the promise of tomorrow. All of our simple and petty struggles don’t really matter in the grand scheme of things. Just waking up in the morning is a reason to be thankful. Every time I set foot on the seventh floor of Lawrence Hall and make my way to the Globe offices, I remind myself how lucky I am. This small college newspaper that prints 1,000 copies once every week for 14 weeks during a semester means so much to me. I honestly considered transferring during the spring semester of my freshman year. I was involved on campus, but not to the extent where I was satisfied. It’s a long story. I went back to my Thayer Hall dorm one Thursday night last year after a frustrating day and filled out a transfer application to Kent State. I researched its broadcasting program, the cost and the whole nine yards. I almost gave up on Point Park. I decided to sleep on it and didn’t hit send. I was encouraged not long after that to join the Globe’s editorial staff as the sports editor in the fall. One thing led to another and the next thing
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I knew, I was the sports editor and then the editor-elect a few weeks later. I didn’t know what I was getting myself into, but I can say how thankful I am for this entire experience. Say what you want about Point Park, but I absolutely love the people here and the city it’s at the heart of. We’re just getting started here at the Globe. I’m halfway through my term as editor-in-chief and will return in the fall for another semester. When you come back to Point Park in the fall, you’ll notice some subtle changes to the Globe that I’m really excited to premiere. The fall semester includes some major events, including the opening of the Center for Media Innovation and the 2016 presidential election. Who knows what other stories will pop up during the fall semester? I do know that I will remind myself every morning when I wake up earlier than I should how lucky I am. I have a lot to be thankful for. We all do. The Globe staff is dedicated, supportive and entertaining. I don’t tell them how much they actually mean to me as much as I should. I struggle to even find the words to describe my appreciation for everyone and anyone that has contributed to the Globe in some capacity this semester. We tried to do real journalism this semester. That was the biggest promJosh Croup, Editor-in-Chief Alexander Popichak, Editor-Elect Anthony Mendicino, Co-News Editor Iain Oldman, Co-News Editor Karly Rivera, Co-Features Editor Eddie Trizzino, Co-Features Editor Johanna Wharran, Co-Opinions Editor Laura Byko, Co-Opinions Editor Michael Richter, Co-Sports Editor Matt Petras, Co-Sports Editor Dominique Hildebrand, News Photo Editor Chloe Jakiela, Features Photo Editor Liz Berie, Sports Photo Editor Julianne Griffith, Layout Editor Alex Grubbs, Co-Copy Desk Chief Emily Bennett, Co-Copy Desk Chief Kayla Novak, Copy Editor Hannah O’Toole, Copy Editor Carrie Reale, Copy Editor Beth Turnbull, Copy Editor Quinn Baumeister, Copy Editor Isabelle Opsitos, Copy Editor Dana Bohince, Online Editor
ise that was made to me before I came to this school, and it sold me on Point Park more than anything else besides the ability to get involved right away. Did we miss things? Sure. Did we cover everything I wanted? No. Did we make mistakes? Every week. As a perfectionist at heart, there’s no worse feeling than opening my email and seeing a complaint or correction request. With every mistake comes a new lesson. Isn’t that the point of college? Am I satisfied with everything we did this semester? No, of course not. Am I thankful for everyone that was a part of this small college newspaper and proud of what we were able to accomplish over the last 14 weeks? Absolutely. We tried to write stories that mattered to our readers and that mattered to us. I hope to continue that next semester as we continue to serve the Point Park community. I don’t know what the future holds. I do know that I will never forget that early morning walk down Smithfield Street. I do know that I woke up today and have a lot to be thankful for. Because, why not?
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SPORTS CROUP’S CORNER By Josh Croup Sports Columnist
The few, the proud, and the emotional Sports trigger so many emotions. One minute, a call goes against your team, and you find yourself trailing at the end of the game. The next, you’re celebrating a walk-off victory after multiple mental errors from the other team. The Point Park baseball team celebrated two walk-off wins over the weekend. There was also a lot of anger and frustration at Point Park Field at Green Tree Park during the two-day series. Losing 9-2 and 12-1 to start both days warrants frustration. Rio Grande racked up five runs in the first inning of the first game of the important Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (KIAC) series against Point Park senior pitcher Jason Kim. The RedStorm totaled 15 hits and nine runs during the 9-2 victory in game one. In game two of the series, a fourrun third inning that included a tworun home run from Demetrius Moorer helped Point Park stay with Rio Grande, until a walk-off sacrifice fly in the seventh inning by Andy Chacon allowed the Pioneers to salvage a split on day one of play. Day two wasn’t pretty to start, either. At least Rio Grande waited until the fourth inning to break out the bats Saturday, unlike Friday’s five-run burst in the first inning. The Red Storm scored seven runs in the fourth inning to jump out to an 8-1 advantage. They went on to win 12-1 after holding the Point Park bats to just four hits in the game. Imagine the emotions after that one. Emotions like frustration, anger, annoyance and irritation. There was no smiling in the dugout after the 12-1 beating. Point Park pitchers kept falling behind in counts and Rio Grande batters continuously put the ball in play. The Pioneers couldn’t keep up. Imagine standing in the outfield while your pitcher is giving up hit after hit after hit, feeling helpless on the mound and feeling worse than anyone else in Green Tree at the moment, and not being able to do anything to help him. It’s not fun. Imagine watching and listening to your coaches and teammates yell at each other in frustration as others try to keep spirits high, when really they all just want the game to end in order to move on to the next one. It’s not fun.
Imagine standing beside your pitcher, who just gave up five runs to your rival, as he throws his glove against the side of his dugout in frustration. It’s not fun. Losing isn’t fun, especially when it’s against one of your rivals who you are battling for playoff positioning. It’s even worse when you can see them celebrating and taunting you from the opposing dugout. Point Park did bounce back. The 12-1 loss did eventually end and they were able to move on. The Pioneers were tied at five going into the sixth inning of game two, when Rio Grande’s Kameron Herring slid past Point Park catcher Daniel Sanchez to take the lead -- except replay showed Herring was tagged out three feet in front of home plate. The call did not go in favor of the Pioneers. It didn’t seem like anything was going their way Saturday. Moorer walked to lead off the bottom half of the sixth, and scored on a Chris Hernandez RBI single up the middle. With two outs in the seventh and Logan Linder on first, Filimon Perez stepped up to the plate and hit a ground ball to third. Instead of throwing to first, third baseman Daryin Lewis threw to second base to try and get Linder, but instead threw the ball into right field. Right fielder Kirk Yates then threw to third in an attempt to get Linder, but missed his target, allowing the winning run to score. Perez was chased down by his teammates after the game-winning fielder’s choice play gone terribly wrong as they celebrated by throwing water and dog piling on the third baseman. How many emotions do you think were on the field at that moment? Sports are cruel and can bring one a mixed bundle of joy and anger within a short period of time. That’s the beauty of sports. The inconsistencies shown by the Pioneers over the weekend can’t continue if they want to have more positive emotions moving forward. The best positive emotion they can earn is the feeling of winning a conference championship. After all, winning is the best emotion.
Josh Croup can be reached at jdcroup@pointpark.edu.
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Baseball senior hopes to play beyond college error in 105 chances, according to the Point Park 2015 statistics sheet. He credits a lot of his success to head For many senior athletes, it coach Loren Torres. is difficult to reflect on how fast “He was straightforward with me time passes over the span of a since the day I arrived here,” Moorer college career. said. “I really respect him as a coach For Point Park baseball outfield- and the mentality that he gave us. We er and senior Demetrius Moorer, his all bought in to what he had to say.” mission is to keep playing. For that Torres, now in his sixth year with reason, he vows that this will not be the team, had nothing but praise for the end of his career. Moorer after the award was given out. Baseball has been a part of “He sees pitches really well, Moorer for almost his entire life. is able to work counts and he alThe Homewood, Fla. native grew ways elevates his game out in the up with a natural talent and fo- field,” Torres said. “He really decus to someday play for a major served that gold glove, and I’m league organization. happy for him.” “I was 2 Point Park years old when I junior outfieldfirst picked up a er Shane Conley baseball bat and described what when I turned it meant to have 8, I knew this Moorer as a teamwas my passion, mate and if he saw to one day get a future in basedrafted,” Moorball for the senior. er said. “The team Demetrius Moorer Moorer, a Outfielder knew what they transfer student Baseball, Point Park University were getting when from Eastern we found out he Kentucky Uniwas coming from a versity, said the decision to come to big program like that,” Conley said. Point Park was an easy one. After “He really knows his place, and he is playing the first two years of his base- a very humble, approachable guy.” ball collegiate career with the NCAA When asked if he thought MoorDivision I Colonels, Moorer said er had the tools to have a shot in that he wanted to come play with his professional baseball, Conley said close friend Jordan Marchitello, who that the skill was there, but the right told him about the baseball program. people have to find him. “I liked that Point Park’s pro“He’s such a speedy guy and can gram was very successful, and Jor- work counts and earned his spot in dan told me how great the coach was the lineup to hit leadoff for us,” Con[at Point Park],” Moorer said. “We ley said. “I know we had scouts from used to play summer ball in Miami, the Dodgers, Padres and Phillies at so we are pretty close. It was an easy some of our games, but I think redecision for me.” gardless if he gets drafted or not, he Moorer loves pressure and will still have the option to play indeprides himself on competition. pendent league ball, kind of like the “I think it brings out the best in semi-pros. I know that he is going to us,” Moorer said. “I didn’t think it continue playing baseball. It’s a matwas a big transition for me honestly. ter of where he will end up.” I show up and come ready to play The head coach said that there my game.” were more than just a few scouts who His numbers back up his claim. visited some of the games. There was Moorer is hitting .327 this season with even one from the Pittsburgh Pirates. the Pioneers along with three home “We had people from the Pirates, runs, which is good for second on the Royals, Mets, Dodgers, Padres and team. He is also second in hits (37), Phillies,” Torres said. “They were there stolen bases (12) and slugging (0.513). watching at our games against Warner However, the moment he will (Fla.) and West Virginia Tech.” never forget came during the 2015 Torres believes Moorer’s allseason when he was awarded a gold around skill set will be enough to catch glove for his play in the outfield. a lot of attention. He said that Moorer Moorer said he became very is a complete player and is very comemotional about receiving the news mitted to a healthy diet. from Assistant Athletic Director and “I hope he gets drafted,” Torres Director of Athletic Communica- said. “One of the reasons why he is our tions, Kevin Taylor. team captain is because he excels in all “To be one of nine players even aspects of the game. He eats right and considered nationally was incred- keeps himself in shape. He has become ible, but Kevin [Taylor] had called a very big asset to our team.” me, and I was so struck at how much of a great accomplishment this was James Kail for myself,” Moorer said. can be reached at That season in center field, Moorjdkail@pointpark.edu. er was excellent, not committing one By James Kail For The Globe
“I was 2 years old when I first picked up a baseball bat...”
SOFTBALL SENIORS SAY FAREWELL
photo courtesy of Liz Berie, Point Park Athletics Senior pitchers Michaela Lewis-Lambert and Hannah Harley, senior center fielder Taylor Geary and senior second base and designated hitter Haley Wisniewski pose for a photo at Lind Field at Fairhaven Park right after a double-header win over Marygrove on Friday, April 15.
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Jason Kim hopes to coach after college
Senior pitcher brings his religious faith to the mound By Matt Petras Co-Sports Editor
Jason Kim has less than a month left in a Point Park baseball uniform. “After every game, there is this feeling that there is one less to play for the rest of my life,” Kim said. However, the end of Kim’s baseball career as a pitcher for Point Park won’t be pulling him away from the sport entirely. This senior wants to pursue a coaching career after graduation. Sports consumed Kim’s life growing up in La Crascenta, Calif. He played baseball ever since he was seven years old, and has swam competitively since the age of ten. “I’d say I was better at swimming, but I loved baseball more,” Kim said. Because of the difficulty of juggling two sports, Kim decided to focus on what he enjoyed. Baseball became his passion in life, and when he played, he pitched. “I grew up loving to throw a baseball,” Kim said. “I never could really hit, so I just figured I’d do something I was kind of good at.” After he graduated high school, Kim began attending Biola University, an evangelical Christian school in Southern California. He attended the school and played baseball there from 2012-14. Additionally, Kim also played baseball over the summer in 2014 and 2015 for Southern California FCA Baseball, another Christian-oriented program. “Being with Division I players who see life the same way I do, with the religious aspect of it, was really nice,” Kim said. Kim has a strong devotion to his
religion, something that he said has helped him through rough patches in his life. In 2009, Kim’s grandfather passed away. “After that I was just lost, and that was when I found God,” Kim said. “Being able to incorporate that and baseball was huge for me.” After talking with Jordan Crowell, a fellow teammate from the summer program who transferred to Point Park, Kim realized coming to Point Park would offer him better opportunities for baseball, and it’s different for him. “Here, it is a lot harder,” Kim said. “They have a higher standard for everything we do.” While Point Park does not incorporate religion into its curriculum or mission statement, Kim has not left that aspect of his personality when he transitioned to Point Park. “Right before every inning, and after I’m done with my warm-up pitches, I look at stuff written in my hat about my grandpa with some little bible verses,” Kim said. “I just kind of kiss it and look up and just say thank you for the opportunities I get every day.” Despite now playing baseball and learning at a secular school, Kim hasn’t had any trouble making friends. “I’ve made some of my greatest friendships here,” Kim said. “I don’t know what it is about this school, maybe because it’s so small, but the minute I got here all of the players have been talking about the familial aspect of being a team. That’s what’s going to win games.” The team is indeed winning games; the team’s record for the sea-
son is currently 20-19 and Kim is 3-3 with a 3.77 ERA. “[Kim]’s a great pitcher; he has great control of pretty much all of his pitches,” Chris Hernandez, a fellow teammate and friend, said via phone interview April 12. “He always has confidence in himself as a pitcher.” “He’s very competitive,” head baseball coach Loren Torres said via phone interview Monday. Kim and his teammates had a rough patch during the first of two games against Rio Grande on Friday, April 15. Kim pitched five innings, gave up nine runs and 15 hits. During the first inning alone, Rio Grande racked up seven hits and five runs. Point Park lost 9-2. “[That game] was pretty tough on my part; I didn’t really do enough to keep my team in the ball game, pitching-wise,” Kim said.
Point Park won the second game 5-4. “We definitely stepped up the second game and really took care of business, especially in terms of putting that first game behind us,” Kim said. Kim remains dedicated to moving forward. “For me, I’m going to keep my routine the same and keep trying to improve on the things I didn’t do so well on this weekend,” Kim said. It’s Kim’s devotion to the game that fuels his studies as a sports, arts and entertainment management (SAEM) major. “What I like about the major is that it is very experience-based,” Kim said. “The professors, like Steve Tanzilli, teach very good classes. It’s not like reading out of a textbook; it’s more like their insight about little things that could help you.” Coaching is what he would particularly like to do. “I want to stay around the game of baseball any way I can,” Kim said. Torres thinks Kim has what it takes to be a coach and is considering possibly bringing him into the fold at the university once he graduates. “He has the right mentality to be a coach,” Torres said. When Torres was asked if Kim has room to improve as a player, he gave a curt no. “He is at his best right now,” he said.
photo by Gracey Evans Senior left-handed pitcher Jason Kim pitches during last Friday’s first game of a doubleheader at Point Park Field at Green Tree Park against WVU Tech.
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