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Senior players honored during university basketball games

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USG Senator resigns By Josh Croup Editor-in-Chief

A United Student Government (USG) senator has resigned after violating the Code of Ethics outlined in the USG constitution. Freshman sports, arts and entertainment management (SAEM) major Brennen Burke submitted his resignation to USG last week after sources say he was taken by ambulance to a local hospital from a Feb. 6 party in Oakland. “I honestly cannot tell anyone why I did that,” Burke said in a phone interview Sunday. “I don’t remember anything from that night whatsoever. I remember walking into the house, lying down in a chair, watching some people play beer pong, and that’s it. Then I woke up at the hospital at like four in the morning.” Members of USG, including freshman senator representing the School of Arts and Sciences Amedea Baldoni, were made aware of Burke’s actions the next day. Baldoni said she received complaints from students about Burke’s conduct at the party and notified USG President Blaine King. USG called an emergency meet-

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SAEM students manage high school artists for WYEP ‘Reimagination’ compilation CD By Alexander Popichak Co-News Editor

Point Park’s sports, arts and entertainment management program (SAEM) has teamed up with WYEPFM’s youth media project Reimagine Media to assist in the creation and

promotion of its “Reimagination” CD. The CD is a compilation album comprising of 10 tracks from teenage musicians in the Pittsburgh area. Previously, the CD was created directly by public radio station WYEP, but Reimagine Media program directors hope that Point Park’s

involvement will add a missing piece to the program – providing artists with marketing support once their songs have been recorded. “Point Park has their sports, arts and entertainment management

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School of Communication’s Drone Remains Grounded Amidst Evolving Federal Regulations By: Matt Nemeth For The Globe

When Point Park’s School of Communication purchased a drone aircraft in 2014, the head of the photography program believed it was a pioneering move that would push his students’ education to the forefront of media industry innovation. Two years later, the drone remains grounded after a ruling that decided its use would be for commercial purposes, despite Point Park University’s status as a non-profit organization under federal law and its intent as strictly an educational tool. Point Park’s Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Amy McCall, declined to be interviewed about the matter, but did confirm in an email on Feb. 4 that, “at this time, any use of a drone by the university

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photo by Matt Nemeth

Purchased by the School of Communication in 2014, the DJI Phantom drone has since been kept grounded amid evolving federal requirements. Associate Professor of Photography and Photojournalism, Chris Rolinson, plans to meet these requirements in the near future so that students may eventually be able to benefit from its advanced technology.

Job fair brings more than 60 employers to campus Documentary highlights By Iain Oldman Staff Writer

Last Tuesday, over 200 students from six universities filed into the Point Park Student Center gym to meet with potential employers. The Spring Internship and Job Fair, hosted by the sports, arts and entertainment management (SAEM) department, the Office of Alumni Relations and the Career Development Center, took place on the fifth floor of the Student Center and ran for over three hours. Four separate panels were hosted over the course of the fair. The topics of the panels covered social media, sports, diversity in the workplace and a live entertainment and venue panel. Speakers from the event included executives from the Pittsburgh Pirates and Steelers organizations, the Direc-

tor of Booking for CONSOL Energy Center, the Social Media Manager at WPXI-TV and the Senior Director of Advocacy for Race and Gender Equality at YWCA Greater Pittsburgh. Over 200 students pre-registered for the event, though many attended the event as walk-ins. Elsie Boucek, Career Counselor for the School of Communication, said students from surrounding universities attended. Students from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, University of Pittsburgh, Seton Hill University, Penn State Greater Allegheny and Thiel College were invited to attend the event. In addition, 67 employers registered for the event on Handshake, a career networking and recruiting site centered for students. Notable companies at the event included the

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Mike Cerchario, Education Professor Manager at the Pittsburgh CLO, talks to Robert Berger, freshman multimedia major, about upcoming internship opportunities. Over sixty employers attended the job and internships last Tuesday, Feb. 9 in the Student Center Gym.

Afghanistan photographers By: Autumn Barszczowski For The Globe

The reality of the plight and opportunity photojournalists face covering the lives of citizens in Afghanistan was featured Feb. 9 in the JVH Auditorium. The event, hosted by the School of Communication and the Honors Program, invited students as well as professionals to watch and discuss the significance of the documentary “Frame By Frame.” “I think it will inspire young photojournalists and photographers to go out into their own neighborhood, and any boundaries and barriers that you might think are there are nothing compared to this film,” said Jasmine Goldband, a Point Park alumna and photographer at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. The film featured a few Afghanistan photojournalists and their everyday lives. Students were able to learn about what each of those photojournalists focus on from conflict to the lives of Afghanistan women, and the importance of having this focus in the photojournalists’ careers. Goldband hoped that the film would inspire them to learn about life outside of the United States after witnessing day-to-day life in Afghanistan. Chris Rolinson introduced Goldband to an audience filled with not only students, but professional photographers as well as photojournalists and she shared her thoughts on her pre-screening of the film with Honors Student Organization (HSO) Director Helen Fallon and another co-worker. The documentary gave those

in attendance a chance to witness day-to-day life in Afghanistan for photojournalists and the difficulties that these people had to overcome, including the hoops photojournalist Farzana Wahidy had to jump through in order to get her story on the women burn victims found in her country. Without other media sources to report, these photojournalists are the ones who have to document what is happening in their country, including the conflict coverage of a bombing that won Massoud Hossaini a Pulitzer Prize. Photojournalist Renee Rosensteel discussed afterward her own experience in Afghanistan and the struggles of being a foreigner, including how obvious it was that she was an outsider in the country. She told a story of how she tried to fit in by wearing a scarf on her head, but she wrapped it so terribly that even male Afghanistan natives were walking up to her to fix it. Fallon had been the one to discover this documentary among emails about journalism, and she was immediately fascinated with the trailer. After she read about it, she had intended to show it to her Journalism 101 class in the fall, but believed that the film should be viewed by more than just a small crowd. In order to bring the screening to Point Park, she helped to pay the $250 licensing fee for the movie along with the honors program because she believed that students should be learning outside of the classroom and that the fee for the movie was worth the learning experience.

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