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‘Pen to the President’ political Cartoon exhibit coming to CMI

By Matt Petras Co-News Editor

There will be an opening party with cartooning workshops to accompany the first day of a gallery of political cartoons from the Toonseum at the Center for Media Innovation (CMI).

“It’s a neat display that the Toonseum has put together,” Andrew Conte, Director of the CMI, said.

The cartoons, on display from Oct. 20 through Nov. 18, will be provided by the Toonseum in Downtown Pittsburgh, and will be taken from the “Slinging Satire: Po-

Residence Life retreat to focus on leadership, team-building skills

By Kayla Snyder Copy Editor

The Residence Life staff at Point Park University created an annual leadership retreat called Pioneer Adventure Weekend (PAW) which will take place on Oct. 14-15 at Camp Outdoor Odyssey in Boswell, Pennsylvania.

PAW is an event where 60 upperclassmen residential students and their Resident Educators (REs) bond and build

leadership skills in an outdoor setting. The two day, overnight camping trip includes different activities such as low ropes courses, high ropes courses and other social events free of charge to residents.

Upperclassman Resident Director and Point Park alumna Maria Ochoa came up with the idea upon returning to Point Park in January.

It was something that interested the upperclassmen REs

litical Cartoons and the First Amendment” exhibit that was previously at the Toonseum last year. There will also be new cartoons unique to the CMI exhibit, according to Conte. The party will take place on the opening day

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Pittsburgh Symphony on strike after last, best offer declined

By Robert Berger

Executive Cabinet members of USG, Robert Bertha, Amedea Baldoni and Blaine King attend the presidential debate screening party at the Center for Media Innovation last Sunday.

Photography exhibit showcases aid programs in Uganda Laura Byko insists millennials didn’t create Trump Cross country teams compete at Carnegie Mellon Invitational

The future of the current Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO) is in question as musicians have been striking since Sept. 30 after not coming to terms on a new collective bargaining agreement with symphony management.

“This is something that will devastate this orchestra and the excellence that has stood in the city going on 121 years now. That’s why we are on strike today,” percussionist Jeremy Branson said.

In preparation of contract expirations on Sept. 5, members of the American Federation of Musicians, a federation that represents symphony musicians, began holding contract negotiation meetings in February with PSO management. On Sept.

4, musicians agreed to contract extensions that lasted until Sept. 18. At the last contract negotiation session Sept. 29, symphony management proposed their last, best and final offer in which PSO musicians declined.

According to a statement made by PSO management, the final proposal included a

base salary of $107,000 with 10 weeks paid vacation per year, 12 weeks sick time per year, paid sabbaticals, overtime pay and health insurance. The offer also includes staff cuts, loss of pension and a large pay cut compared to previous years, according to a statement released on behalf of musicians.

“When new leadership stepped in at the Pittsburgh Symphony, we undertook a diagnostic situation assessment that caused us to realize that we are facing an imminent financial crisis,” said Board Chair Devin McGranahan in a statement released

by PSO management. “That assessment showed that, due to a combination of forces, we would run out of cash and have to close the doors in May/June 2017.”

In the statement, PSO management claim they are facing a $20.4 million cumulative cash deficit over the next five years and state that they will lose a $400,000 subsidy from the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust.

On the other hand, the musicians of the PSO re-

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Men wear heels in Bloomfield to raise awareness of sexual violence

By Iain Oldman Co-News Editor

Morning rain didn’t deter activists from marching in Pittsburgh’s second annual city-wide Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event on Saturday, Oct. 9 in Bloomfield.

Men wearing high heels and women’s flats were joined by about 20 others in their walk down Liberty Avenue, carrying signs and

chanting slogans like “Men Need to Speak Out” in an effort to raise awareness about sexual violence.

“I want to see men in heels,” said Camille Goleb, chief organizer of Pittsburgh Walk a Mile. “Seeing someone take themselves so out of their comfort zone to support this cause really means a lot.”

Goleb said she began organizing the campaign after she moved to Pittsburgh and

noticed that there were no city-wide Walk a Mile in Her Shoes events.

“The part of it being focused on men is men can do the most to prevent sexual assault and rape,” Goleb said.

“It’s more helpful to start the conversation with men instead of telling women not to get raped.”

The marches are popular on college campuses, but this

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Three student government executive board members made headline news around the world following Sunday night’s presidential debate.

The New York Post, VTM Nieuws (a Belgian outlet) and local WTAE-TV featured United Student Government (USG) President Blaine King, Vice President Bobby Bertha and Treasurer

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Amedea Baldoni, King said at the meeting.

This comes after the second presidential debate viewing party in the Center for Media Innovation between nominees Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.

The outlets asked the members their opinions of this election. King echoed the interviews and told The Globe the importance to vote on Nov. 8.

“We can control where our country can go,” King said.

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Pittsburgh’s second annual “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” gathered men, women and children to raise awareness for sexual violence that women face from men. Men who attended the event walked a mile in heels to show support.

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Syndicated cartoonist Bish, slated to appear at opening reception at CMI, declined from start from CARTOONS page 1 from 4-7 p.m.

The only publicized information about the event’s guests contained misinformation.

A page on the university’s website detailing fall events at the CMI included Rob Rogers, the Toonseum board president and political cartoonist at the Post-Gazette, and Randy Bish, a syndicated political cartoonist retired from the Trib, as the two guests at the event. The two were slated to “take part in an afternoon workshop/ panel discussion.”

Bish declined the university’s offer when he was first asked in a private Facebook exchange with Chelsea Pompeani, the CMI’s media innovation specialist. Additionally, none of his work will be present at the exhibit, according to Pompeani.

On Saturday, Rogers said via phone interview that he was asked to attend the event through a peer at the Toonseum, but did not confirm whether or not he would attend.

Rogers confirmed to the Globe that he will attend the event after all.

“I will do a short PowerPoint on the exhibit and show some of my campaign cartoons as well as do a tour, whatever they need,” Rogers said in an email sent on Monday.

Conte said in an inter-

view that he wrote that Bish and Rogers were attending on the website. He did this, knowing he did not have confirmation from either of them, because he “hoped they would attend.”

“It didn’t work out,” Conte said. “I’m sorry that [Bish] is not going to be here.”

Conte pointed out that the event was always advertised as free.

“If we were selling tickets on the basis of Randy Bish being there, that would be one thing,” Conte said.

Conte also pointed out that all of the other guests for CMI events have showed up as promised.

Throughout the course of conducting interviews, the portion of the web page advertising Bish’s appearance has been removed.

Conte said he doesn’t know what to expect in terms of attendance for the event.

“You can invite people and put the word out there, but you never know how it’s going to go,” Conte said.

There was another exhibit of work on display at the CMI, the Inaugural Juried Exhibit, featuring photography from Point Park students and more focused on freedom of speech. No more than a few students at a time attended the Friday event, which featured no guests.

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Retreat takes Resident Educators outdoors from RETREAT page 1 when it was pitched to them in August.

“I wanted to revamp the program model and see what we could do with student engagement for upperclassmen students, because it is always a challenge to get them engaged in programs and activities on any level,” Ochoa said.

The planning started in four committees, which each had their own specific purpose. RE and junior broadcast production major Bobby Bertha was a part of the Activities and Engagement Committee, which planned different events for students.

“Outside of what the camp counselors are doing, the Activities Committee is more focused on the on the initial contact the students will have and how to get everyone comfortable with one another in the evening that we will be there,” Bertha said.

Some of the events that Residence Life Staff has planned include a traditional barbeque dinner, a bonfire in the camp’s amphitheater, having different camping treats like s’mores and moonpies, flag football and hiking.

“We wanted to make an event for upperclassmen resident students that allowed them to get off campus and do something fun, hopefully learn some leadership skills and we decided to do that with an annual event,” said Emily Yount, RE and senior multimedia major.

Upperclassmen REs are focusing the year around the Leadership, Embracing Diversity, Academic Support and Personal and Physical Wellness (LEAP) program.

“[LEAP] is supposed to make them more diverse and prepare them for leadership opportunities both on campus and in the real world after college,” Bertha said.

To follow the LEAP program guide for the year, the upperclassmen REs and Resident Directors decided to create the first PAW event in which the events are tailored to different leadership skills outside of the classroom.

“It’s easy to teach in a class how to specifically use these leadership skills in whatever career residential students are going to have in the future, but this kind of setting is more laid back and really teaches them how to communicate and be a leader within their peers which not everyone gets to do,” Yount said. “A lot of people aren’t going to be a leader on campus unless they really take the initiative to do that.”

The students will meet with two camp Outdoor Odyssey counselors on Saturday and begin working on skills to get students to work through different obstacles as a team which will help in the high ropes course which will take most of the afternoon.

While any activity focused on skill building would be beneficial, Ochoa believes that an overnight retreat gives an experience not all students would get going somewhere central to Pittsburgh.

“These are memories they’re going to keep talking about,” Ochoa said. “These are the memories that will get students involved from year to year.”

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events, which have been attended by over 1,500 people total, according to Conte.

Whenever Sarah Koenig attended, the event was filled to capacity after 250 people registered. This was one of two events that reached the registration limit, according to Conte.

Pahl Hluchan is described as co-host of the opening event, a title that surprised him.

“I’ve been involved with putting together the relationship between the Toonseum and Point Park for quite some time, and I have been

working on promoting the exhibition,” Hluchan said.

On display on the televisions at the CMI is a video advertisement animated Hluchan created, adding motion to some of the cartoons on display.

Hluchan and Pompeani both said that Jonathan Trueblood, a Point Park animation professor, will draw live at the event for students to observe. John Kelly, executive director of the Toonseum, will also be at the event, according to Pompeani.

There will be easels around the space for stu-

dents to draw, as well as the political cartoons displayed around the event.

“It’s going to be a casual event,” Pompeani said.

Rogers said he watched the second presidential debate with a notebook in hand and laughed while recalling his cartooning this election cycle.

“It’s funny,” Rogers said. “Because people come up to me every day now and say, ‘you must be having a great time.’”

Matt Petras mapetra@pointpark.edu.

Second annual event raises money for Pittsburgh Action Against Rape from MARCH page 1 is only the second year that a city-wide event has occurred.

Goleb claimed the march raised one thousand dollars last year, all of which went to Pittsburgh Action Against Rape (PAAR).

“PAAR offers comprehensive services for victims of rape and sexual assault,” Goleb said. People participating in the event were able to register for the march for $25, or teams of three could register for $60.

Goleb said that around 15 people had pre-registered for the event.

Pittsburgh Walk a Mile held a short rally before the march in the farmer’s market lot in Bloomfield including two musical acts and food trucks.

Three separate concerts were held at Bloomfield venues Howler’s and the Bloomfield Bridge Tavern, as well as an all ages party at Pittsburgh Heat Dance Company.

“This doesn’t have to be dark and dreary. We’re going to be partying all day,” Goleb said.

Curtis Botzer of Morningside played with his band,

Stone Cold Killers, at Howler’s on Saturday night as part of the event. Botzer also participated in the march in the afternoon, and he participated last year as well.

“Everyone knows someone affected by it,” Botzer said.

“Doing something like this lets people know they’re not alone and there’s support for them.”

The National Sexual Violence Resource Center reports that one in five women will be raped at some point in their lives, and 63 percent of sexual assaults are not reported to the police. On college campuses, more than 90 percent of sexual assault victims do not report the assault, and nearly onefourth of college-aged women experience rape or sexual assault, according to the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network.

The march itself began at the farmer’s market lot and continued onto the sidewalk of Liberty Avenue in Bloomfield. Members of the Steel City Roller Derby team led the walk, directing marchers across the street.

Marchers held brightly

colored signs with messages such as “My slutty dress does not mean yes” and “Men need to speak out”. One event organizer led the marchers in chants like “However we dress, wherever we go – yes means yes and no means no”.

One chant in particular alluded to the released tapes that contain Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump saying “You can do anything [to women]... Grab them by the p---y.”

Multiple marchers carried signs reading “Don’t grab my p---y,” and the crowd chanted a slogan referencing the tape multiple times.

Goleb said that Walk a Mile in Her Shoes carries no political affiliation, but will “continue to support anyone who can help women”.

Goleb emphasized the role that men play in eliminating sexual assault and rape in American society.

“It starts with [men],” Goleb said. “There’s something you can do.”

Iain Oldman idoldma@pointpark.edu

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McGinty, Toomey George W. Bush to Pa. Senate campaigns admonish Trump for fundraise for Toomey disclose third quarter sexist comments Former President George fundraising figures Both of Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate candidates released statements criticizing Donald Trump over leaked tapes, which contain the Republican presidential candidate making prurient comments about sexual assault.

Democrat Katie McGinty demanded that Trump fully apologize for his “lewd and lecherous” comments.

Toomey released a statement on Monday, calling the comments “indefensible and appalling.”

Sources: PennLive, Times Leader

W. Bush will headline a fundraising event for Republican Senator Pat Toomey in Philadelphia Friday. The Toomey campaign confirmed Bush will be in attendance at the fundraising event at the Union League in Center City, Pa. Tickets to the event cost $1,000.

Bush has largely stayed out of politics since he left office in 2009, though the former Texas governor has notably refused to endorse Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.

Source: Washington Examiner

The two parties involved in one of the most expensive Senate races in the country released their fundraising totals from the third fundraising quarter, revealing they are neck and neck in large fundraising efforts.

Democratic candidate Katie McGinty showed that she raised $6.3 million in the third quarter, which ran from July 1 to Sept. 30. Days later, Republican incumbent Sen. Pat Toomey followed suit, showing that he raised $6.1 million over the same time.

Source: PoliticsPA

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Symphony closed through October Food services brought To raise awareness of the into question at USG from STRIKE page 1 to terms with musicians settling on a three year strike, symphony musicians leased a statement on their Facebook page where they claim these figures are fabricated. According to the document, ticket sales have increased 12.5 percent, and endowment net assets increased 11.4 percent.

“I saw them in concert not long ago, and I think they have a right to demand a certain amount of pay... They are such talented musicians that provide a lot to Pittsburgh’s cultural identity,” sophomore musical theatre major Ian Kelso said.

Pittsburgh is not the only orchestra to strike this month. Musicians from the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, Allentown Symphony Orchestra and Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra in Indiana have all went on strike this month.

According to a statement released from Philadelphia Orchestra Musicians, management came

contract with a base pay of $137,800 per year. Had the PSO accepted the final offer from management the base pay would be $91,000, a 15 percent cut.

Due to the strike, management has cancelled all orchestra performances through Oct 27. The Point Park honors program was planning on attending last weekend’s performance of the Music of John Williams.

Senior sports, arts and entertainment major and president of the honors student organization, Nicki Jones, was caught off guard when the performances were canceled.

“I didn’t expect [the strike],” Jones said. “I didn’t know they were working on negotiations. We bought tickets for a group of about 30 people a week before the performance, but they didn’t inform us at the time that there might be a strike happening.”

have been picketing outside of Heinz Hall and around the city of Pittsburgh.

On Oct. 4, the musicians held a Day of Music where they spent the day performing for free across the city of Pittsburgh. Along with this the orchestra performed “Dvorak Symphony Number 9, New World” free of charge at Pittsburgh Creative and Performing arts School Sunday afternoon. This was the same performance they were scheduled to play at Heinz Hall throughout the weekend.

An agreement is still yet to be made, and symphony management is threatening to replace the entire orchestra with new and younger musicians. The musicians plan to keep picketing and raising awareness around Pittsburgh until a deal is made.

Robert Berger rberge@pointpark.edu.

Family weekend takes parents to Pittsburgh attractions, exhibits

By Robert Berger For The Globe

This past weekend, Point Park welcomed families for the annual family weekend, featuring a variety of events including a trip to the Pittsburgh Zoo, a performance by members of the Conservatory of Performing Arts (COPA), a trip to Phipps Conservatory and more.

Events kicked off Friday night as families were welcomed with a reception in the Lawrence Hall lobby.

Culinart catered the event with a variety of hors d’oeuvres and beverages. A gallery of photographs taken by School of Communication students was set up for families to view.

Following the gallery, COPA students performed “An Evening of Rising Stars,” a two-act performance showcasing the talents of theater and dance students. The first act featured the sophomore musical theatre class performing pieces from Broadway musicals, as well as a medley of “Pure Imagination” from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and John Lennon’s “Imagine.”

The show’s second act belonged to Point Park dance students, featuring four dif-

ferent dance routines.

“The performance was fabulous,” Suzanne Leader, parent of Point Park dance major Lauren Leader. “I’m a voice teacher, and I thought the musical theater part in the beginning was amazing.

They were just amazing.”

Friday and Saturday night featured screening of student films. For an hour inside the GRW Theater, student-produced films were screened for friends and families to see what they have been working on in the classroom.

The second day of family weekend began with the cross country team competing in the Carnegie Mellon University Cross Country Invitational at Schenley Park. The team honored seniors after the match as family and friends joined them for food and refreshments. In the end, both the men’s and women’s teams finished fifth in their respective standings.

Throughout the day, Point Park offered a variety of events that encouraged families to explore Pittsburgh.

Like past years, Point Park hosted a day at the Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium.

New to the docket this year was a trip to Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens. Phipps is a Victo-

rian Greenhouse in Oakland that has welcomed visitors to learn about and view a variety of plant life since 1893.

Point Park also added a visit to the National Aviary, located in the North Side of Pittsburgh, to the list of family weekend activities this year. The aviary gave families an up close and personal experience, including the chance to feed the birds.

“The aviary was awesome and a lot of fun,” freshman dance major Lauren Leader said. “We’ve never been there, so it was a really great experience.”

Wrapping up Saturday was Java and Jazz in Village Park. Pittsburgh jazz trio “Full Circle” performed as families relaxed in Village Park. Culinart provided a number of hot desserts including apple and berry cobbler, cookies and brownies. Hot chocolate, coffee and hot apple cider were also served.

“The mums and lights look beautiful here, [in Village Park] and we were just saying to each other how the university did a great job with family weekend; it was just a lot of fun,” Suzanne Leader said.

from USG page 1 During the meeting, two representatives from Alumni Relations reached out to USG in efforts to reach out to over 27,000 past graduates and the eventual postgraduates.

Miranda Fagley, annual fund coordinator, asked USG for help with student engagement. Fagley is responsible for reaching out to postgraduates for university funding.

“As we are getting more involved with students, we want you to see our office as a way to get extra funding through your clubs,” Fagley said.

Fagley said that does not mean funding will be directly given to clubs but that help with fundraising is available.

This past February, the university’s Board of Trustees committed $23,000 of 200 gifts, or donations, given by postgraduates. She hopes this can happen again in February 2017 and wants organization to submit proposals for money not funded through USG. “I’ve got a team of faculty and staff who will be reading through organization’s proposals for fundraising,” Fagley said.

Guidelines for this school year’s February challenge will be sent to club and organization contacts with a proposal submission deadline in November.

Addressing student concerns, laundry and elevator usage became a big issue, according to Sen. Daniel Murphy.

Murphy said students told him of washing machine malfunctions and that one of the four Lawrence Hall

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Families check in at the registration table in the Lawrence Hall Lobby on Saturday as part of Point Park Family Weekend. Point Park organized a full weekend of activities for students and their families, including trips to Pittsburgh attractions and showings of films and performances created by the university’s students.

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elevators has also been out of service since early this semester.

“Is there a way for an individual student to contact [someone] about a university service by themselves?”

Murphy asked.

Recording Secretary Davion Heron suggested to the senators to tell constituents to put in multiple work orders to fix the issue, claiming that the more work orders, the more likely the problem will be fixed.

Dining hall and café hours also came up as the senators discussed student concerns.

Students have been posting their food service concerns to school-sponsored Facebook pages regarding the gap hours between lunch and dinner in the dining hall and the café’s hours, according to Sen. KacieJo Brown.

Saturday dining hall hours are from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for lunch and 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. for dinner. The dining hall also does not have breakfast on the weekends. The café is closed on Saturdays and closes early on Fridays.

Murphy attributed the problem to hours not being publicly documented as well as they could be.

Vice Pres. Bertha said the issue was “something to look into.”

Pres. King also appointed freshman Sarah Campbell as a senator to USG’s legislative body.

Treasurer Baldoni announced the next USG funding window will open on Monday, Oct. 31. All questions can be directed to her.

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Photo exhibit displays daily life in Uganda Pulitzer Prize winner brings new project to Pittsburgh

By Carley Bonk For The Globe

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is hosting a photography exhibit by Pulitzer Prize winner Martha Rial called “In Uganda, A School to Call Home” at the 937 Liberty Gallery.

The photographs feature the organizations Bright Kids Uganda and the Great Kings and Queens Children’s Center and their humanitarian founders, Victoria Nalongo Namusisi and Medi Bugembe.

The exhibit is located at 937 Liberty Ave in Pittsburgh from Friday, Sept. 23 through Sunday, Nov. 13.

The exhibit has already received a lot of recognition.

“The opening night Gallery Crawl was one of the best yet,” Cultural Trust Public Relations Director Shaunda Miles said.

Rial estimated over 700 people were in attendance at the gallery crawl.

Rial’s photographs contribute to the Cultural Trust’s desire to feature artists and their work in a global perspective.

“All of our programs have a global focus; even our performing arts have an international appeal,” Miles said. “We’ve featured internationally renowned artists

such as Chang Jinlee of Korea and Finnbogi Petursson of Iceland.”

A Pittsburgh non-profit, the ASA Social Fund for Hidden Peoples also sponsored a community forum on Thursday, Sept. 29, which proved to be a success according to Rial.

“The community forum went great. Over 130 people showed up from all walks of life,” Rial said. “Victoria and interns from Bright Kids Uganda were there.

People were interested in international development; they cared, they were engaged. It says a lot about our community.”

Pauline Greenlick and her husband, Louis Picard, have been financially funding Bright Kids Uganda since 2008 through their non-profit organization, ASA Social Fund for Hidden Peoples.

“ASA financially supports the many programs Victoria has started, including a school for the disabled, support for those who have been victims of gender-biased acid attacks and the distribution of micro-loans to encourage self-supporting small businesses in Ugandan villages,” Greenlick said.

They were inspired by Namusisi humanitarian ef-

forts to save her country from suffering.

“Victoria grew up in poverty, her father a fisherman,” Greenlick said. “He instilled in her the importance of education, which she now does for her children. She saw the devastation of the war in the north as a journalist and politician.”

The organization had small beginnings but has grown tremendously over the years.

“What started out as a scout program for 13 girls grew into a program that educates, shelters, feeds and clothes over 100 children from birth to 18,” Greenlick said.

Namusisi’s adopted son is also in the focus of Rial’s project.

“Medi Bugendi was an orphan Victoria had adopted as a child from the streets,” Greenlick said.

“Now, at 20, he runs his own orphanage that shelters over 400 children.”

Namusisi has also received a $50,000 sustainability grant in order for her organization to begin the process of becoming self-reliant. Through micro-loans, her villages will be able to rebuild themselves into centers of commerce and education.

Donations are still crucial

for the survival of this movement, according to Greenlick.

Rial said the struggles in her career have been worth it, looking back on her many journeys up to this point in her photography career.

“My career, like many, is a series of defining moments: being hired by my first newspaper, being hired by the Post-Gazette, them giving me the opportunity to pursue interesting subjects and winning the Pulitzer Prize,” she said.

Rial had some advice for students who are interested in the field of journalism.

“Don’t give up,” Rial said. “There are roadblocks everywhere. You have to do it for the right reasons.

You don’t get into this business for the money. You do it because you’re curious, because you want to always continue learning.”

Point Park photojournalism student Trevor Kirby was impressed by Rial’s project, and “definitely” will visit the exhibit this month.

“These photos show how countries that don’t have as much as we do are progressing,” Kirby said.

“Other people need our help.”

Kirby has done similar as-

signments as a photographer.

“We had an assignment to photograph our city. Everyone went out and photographed buildings,” Kirby said. “I photographed homeless people and interviewed them with a thermos full of soup. It’s really hard stuff, but it’s moving.

It hits home. I’d love to do something like it again by working for National Geographic or joining the Peace Corps.”

Point Park School of Communication professor Helen Fallon will be taking her honors students to the gallery on Tuesday, Oct. 11 at 1 p.m. to listen to Namusisi and Rial speak.

“I encourage all students to attend,” Rial said.

As for her next endeavor, Rial is turning her focus to the Pittsburgh community.

“Public art is the project I’m working on now,” Rial said. “I want to feature the unsung heroes and strong women in our community. I have a poster on display on Penn Avenue of the last valedictorian of Wilkinsburg High School before it closed down. I call it. ‘Beyond the Feeling.’”

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Therapy dogs benefit stressed out students Hug-a-Hound session returns after being canceled on Sept. 14

By Kelsey Wolfe Staff Writer

For dog handlers and owners like Katie Rodella and Marsha Robbins, volunteering with Hug-a-Hound is serviceable for students.

The two of them remember what it was like to be a college student, and they truly believe it is beneficial for the dogs and those attending.

“Students get to meet dogs while also meeting new friends. It’s a way for people to get out of their dorms and relax,” Rodella said during the event.

The pups arrived on campus on Oct. 8 starting at 9:30 a.m. and stayed for an hour in the Lawrence Hall lobby.

While Hug-A-Hound is an event that took place in previous semesters, the program has been adjusted with some minor changes to best fit the needs of students.

In an attempt to reach the maximum amount of students, the dogs visit twice every month. The times will also vary between morning and afternoon.

Taffie Bucci, Point Park’s University Counselor and the coordinator of HugA-Hound, also said that the

event is a valuable experience for students on campus. It implements a change in the daily routine, while allowing students to unwind and enjoy the company of an animal.

“One of the reasons dogs are often therapy animals or support animals is that being around a pet provides a person with unconditional love and acceptance,” Bucci said.

“Pets don’t make judgments about them. They provide a consistent temperament.”

Bucci also noted that Hug-A-Hound events are purposely being scheduled around the time of finals week, as it can be a stressful time for students.

“It reduces some anxiety. Interacting with pets is a way to come back to the moment,” Bucci said. “So if you’re having a lot of anxiety, and you start to engage with a pup and spend time petting them, you find the anxiety decreases.”

Point Park students were all smiles during Thursday’s Hug-A-Hound event. Groups laughed together while petting the dogs and swapping stories about the animals they have at home. Those in atten-

dance agreed that Hug-AHound events help to deal with missing home and their own pets.

“The dogs are so loving. It’s a different kind of personal connection,” said freshman journalism major Anntonietta Borzacchiello. “College isn’t just about learning. It’s about experiences like this. It’s about companionship and creating connections.”

Hug-A-Hound had previously been scheduled twice for the month of September, but due to the closing of the Liberty Bridge, it was hard for volunteers to get into the city. One of the events had to be canceled.

The next Hug-A-Hound event is scheduled for the afternoon of Oct. 19. It will take place in Lawrence Hall lobby from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.

For updates on future Hug-A-Hound events, students are encouraged to check out Point Park University Student Counseling Center on Facebook. Email reminders are also sent

by Bucci days prior to the event.

Kelsey Wolfe kjwolfe@pointpark.edu

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Freshman dance major Alanna O’Brien, pets therapy dog named Mauli on Thursday during the Human Society Hug a Hound event that was held in the Lawrence Hall lobby.

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Pinnacle Performance King Moonracer

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Tanner Knapp, Freshman, an animation and visual effects major, prepares for bubble soccer on Monday night. The event was organized by the Campus Activities Board (CAB).

Bubble soccer is an annual event put on by CAB that pits teams of students against each other for a game of soccer.

Also upcoming from CAB this month is the Halloween dance, where students dress up for a night of dancing and music, and also vote on which costume they think is the best and most creative.

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OPINIONS

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Blame Boomers for a possible Trump victory, not millennials

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Millennials, collectively, are serial killers.

A Sept. 28 Buzzfeed article rounded up some highlights of headlines about all the things those born from 1981-97 murdered in cold blood: the napkin industry, vacations, soap and sitcoms, among others.

And now they’re also being accused of killing the election. A driving narrative in this election cycle has been the idea that it will be young people’s fault if Donald Trump wins. Their protest votes and dissatisfaction with Hillary Clinton will hand the election to an orange and fascist version of Grimace, the thinking goes.

This idea is best summed up by a Sept. 15 tweet from Clara Jeffery, editor-in-chief of Mother Jones. In response to an article from the New York Times stating that third-party candidates poll best with young voters, she said, “I have never hated millennials more.”

The Democratic establishment has been unhappy with young people’s failure to get in line with Clinton since the start of the election cycle.

Bernie Sanders won millennials in the primary by 43 points, prompting a lot of people to tsk over his progressive policies.

He was raising their expectations too much, they said. Now when the general election came around,

his young, rabid supporters would be to blame if anything went wrong.

That’s reductive and wrongheaded.

Scolding a demographic that already feels neglected by a candidate is not a good political strategy.

Donald Trump is a sexist, racist, ignorant, authoritarian xenophobe who does not deserve to make eye contact with either of President Obama’s dogs, let alone occupy the White House. Obviously.

And while Clinton is certainly a flawed candidate, her flaws are mostly an extension of the status quo, as opposed to Trump’s catastrophic hatefulness and idiocy. Saying that the two are equally bad is laughable.

But the problem here isn’t disaffected third-party voters. It’s Trump voters.

And Trump voters are not 18-35 years old, mostly.

According to Washington Post statistics updated through Sept. 25, Clinton has a 12-point lead in 1839 year-olds. Trump, on the other hand, has a 1-point lead among those 40-64 and a 10-point lead with those 65 and older.

Maligning millennials for not being enthusiastic enough about Clinton doesn’t make sense when they’re the only age demographic she’s winning. It also doesn’t make sense to chide them for being disappointed Clinton isn’t as progressive as we’d hoped.

Sanders did succeed in

pushing some of her policies - particularly education and the minimum wage - left, which is a welcome concession. But it doesn’t feel like a win when she is focusing on winning over moderate Republicans.

According to a Sept. 2 article in Salon, almost immediately after the Democratic convention ended, the Clinton campaign began reaching out to GOP donors and operatives, trying to convince them to abandon the demagogue their party nominated.

It’s been a mostly ineffective strategy.

Republicans overwhelmingly support Trump because he is saying outright what most Republican lawmakers have only been strongly implying (for example, that women should be punished for having abortions).

They’re not going to shift in large numbers because their candidate says what establishment Republicans dance around.

If the campaign instead tried to reach out to young people, then maybe fewer of them would vote for a third-party candidate.

I’m a young progressive who plans on voting for Clinton because Pennsylvania is a battleground state, and Trump might start a nuclear war.

But I wish she wouldn’t take me, and my demographic, for granted.

to renounce an endorsement from the KKK. This is a man who has attacked people of color, women and the disabled while campaigning.

This is a man that believes because he is a “star” he can “do anything” to a woman, whether that is kissing her suddenly or “grabbing her by the p---y.”

He is openly appealing to the worst of America.

But that’s not what scares me. What scares me is people I thought I knew, who I thought were good people, also find him appealing. I can expect racists to clamor behind a racist. I did not expect reasonable Americans to view him as their candidate as well.

Donald Trump is not a successful businessman. We know that. We know he was given several million dollars from his father to start his career; he is not a self-made man. We know more often than not those businesses failed; he cannot ride successes he does not have to the White House. Trump cannot claim that his business acumen will make him

a great president when it didn’t make him a great casino owner or even an okay steak salesman. I cannot believe that majority of Trump voters are basing their decision to vote for him on his ability to build buildings.

What I can believe is Americans are scared. They’ve let themselves believe that we need to be at war with the world. They’ve let themselves believe that radical Islam is the enemy, not the radicalization of young people in countries we’ve been militarizing for decades. They’ve let themselves believe that queer people and black people and Muslim people are trying to “take over” the country, or take it away from them.

They’re not. We’re not.

I’m not.

I don’t think Trump is the solution many Trump voters are looking for. And I’m sorry you don’t think Hillary is either. I’m sorry we live in a country where third parties can’t be taken seriously and especially sorry that third parties in this country choose laugh-

ably unrealistic candidates.

But we can’t afford for be scared or sorry right now. We have to think to the next generations of Americans living in the world we’re creating. I don’t want a future born out of a fear, exploited by a man trying to get elected seemingly for kicks and giggles.

It is uncomfortable to confront people in your life, but if this election is important to you, and it should be, talk to your fathers, brothers, uncles, friends and neighbors. If the men in your life don’t care that the candidate they support freely and openly sexually assaults women, and then brags about it, make them care.

When my neighbors cast their ballot this November, I hope they don’t go because they’re scared or use their vote to make a “statement,” but that they give their decision the respect and weight the future of America deserves.

By Laura Byko

Co-Opinions Editor

End of election, semester near This election cycle, which has spiraled into a vortex of darkness and upsetting personal attacks, seems like it has been going on for approximately 10 million years.

This semester, which is exploding in a mass of papers, projects and exams, feels like it started three minutes ago.

Yet the election cycle has only been going on for 19 months, which is significantly shorter than 10 million years. And the semester started seven weeks ago, which is significantly more than three minutes.

So time is weird and everything feels terrible.

But it’s important to remember that this election and this semester have clear endings designated, and completing them both will ultimately be worth it.

In the case of the election, we’ll get to finally be rid of the almost-daily arguments with friends and family who do not support our candidates of choice.

Also, the Supreme Court seat left open by Antonin Scalia’s death will finally be filled. We will be able to get back to ordinary levels of political venom, and the work of governing will get more attention than the bitter process of electing politicians.

The day that we can fo-

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cus on policy again instead of the personal failings of each candidate will be a relief after this tortuous slog.

But it’s almost over. Maybe the most comforting part of this election almost being over is that it will be four years before the next one.

We will survive this.

Similarly, we will survive this semester. It’s midterms week, which means that professors are realizing how far behind their syllabi they are, and we’re realizing how far behind on our assignments we are.

The halfway point can feel like the point where it’s most tempting to leave all our responsibilities behind, get a new name and take to the seas.

But it’s worth it to finish out the second half of the semester. We need to make our investment in our education worth it. We need to not skip class, even as the cold weather makes our beds all the more welcoming. We need to grind through and do well with the knowledge that it will pay off in the end. We are here because we are working for our future.

The end is in sight, for both the election and the semester. Let’s finish both strong.

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Trump inherently unfit for the presidency

By Jane McAnallen Copy Editor

I recently returned to my rural hometown and was unsettled by the number of Trump/Pence signs and stickers littering the front yards and car windows.

Actually, I was scared and shocked. One sign supporting Donald Trump to be our next president is unsettling, but handfuls?

I’m from a small town and know my neighbors; their conservatism wasn’t what shocked me. However, I also know them to be generally good, intelligent people, which is why their loyalty to party and not country was shocking.

Hillary Clinton isn’t perfect by any means. I’m sure there are plenty of people that can do the job as well as, if not better than her. The problem is that Trump is under no circumstances one of those people, but he is dangerously close to being our president.

Presidential elections are a nightmare. Very few

people love either candidate, but that isn’t what choosing one is about. Our president should be someone who is best equipped for the job, someone capable of making rational decisions and someone who can lead a nation of incredibly diverse views.

Going to Point Park and living in the city, it’s easy to forget just how many people, good ones even, are throwing their full support at Trump.

This is especially true in Pennsylvania, with two urban centers and a sea of countryfolk in between.

Trump is not a candidate good people should vote for. He’s refused to elaborate on his platform, or even offer rationale for his ideas.

He has not sought the advice of experts, he has not tried to learn how to be president and he hasn’t even learned how to be in a presidential debate. Trump bullied his way through the Republican primaries and spent his campaign catering to racists and wooing white nationalists.

This is a man who refused

Jane McAnallen jhmcana@pointpark.edu.

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SPORTS CROUP’S CORNER

By Josh Croup Sports Columnist

Family weekend on the course We all have our own definition of family.

For some, the word family doesn’t extend beyond blood relatives.

They’re the ones that raised us, nurtured us and taught us everything we know.

They’ve been there through all of our ups and downs and supported us during all of our struggles.

Ask anyone who has played a sport at some point during their life and they will give you another definition of family: their teammates.

Point Park hosted Family Weekend this past weekend, the annual excuse for parents and relatives to visit campus and replenish our snack stash.

Both the men’s and women’s cross country teams competed at the Carnegie Mellon Invitational Saturday as part of family weekend. It was a muddy and sloppy race that was the second-to-last of the regular season before both teams try and defend their conference championships on Nov. 5.

Cross country is very much a team sport, even though it’s largely based on the individual. Running is just as tough on the mind as it is on the body. A little support from teammates, who double as the athletes’ second family members, only helps in the end.

“Out there on the course, we’re just helping each other along through different parts of the course,” Chris Hunt said after Saturday’s race. “Sean [Hilverding] is really good at going up the hills and I’m really good at going down the hills, so we will inspire each other like that. We’re becoming real close as a team and it’s a lot of fun.”

Hilverding led the team with his 25th place overall finish Saturday out of 86 runners. Hunt was second for Point Park in 30th place. The Point Park men also had finishers in 33rd, 36th and 38th place, with six more runners finishing within eight spots of each other from 46th-53rd place.

Look at any photo from the CMU meet, or any meet for that matter, and you’re likely to find the athletes clumped together running as a team, which Hilverding says was the goal Saturday.

“Everybody’s having fun and enjoying what we’re doing,” Hilverding said. “Today we just kind of wanted to run as a team and enjoy the course and just go out there and just have some fun.”

Cross country is more than just an individual sport. These runners spend so much time with each other on and off the course and form that important team bond that is essential to success in any sport.

Just as a supportive family is vital to our successes, supportive teammates are crucial to the success of athletes.

Head Coach Kelly Parsley said remaining focused together as a team is the most important factor moving forward so both teams can defend their titles.

“We are the defending conference champs,” Parsley said. “Taking pride of that and making sure that we keep that as our common goal and keep working hard together as a team. It’s going to be a team effort if we’re going to have a chance of repeating as conference champs.”

Katie Guarnaccia has been a staple of the women’s team since her freshman year. She notched a fifth place overall finish Saturday to unsurprisingly lead the women. She hasn’t raced much this season due to class commitments.

She always jumps out to a fast start and did just the same Saturday, leading the pack down the first stretch of the course.

She didn’t run the best race of her career. She finished the 5K race in 19:19.1 after finishing the 2015 CMU Invitational 20 seconds faster. Still, having Guarnaccia on the course is a major win for Point Park any day of the week.

“It’s great to have Katie back,” Parsley said. “I know she wasn’t happy with her time. I definitely think the mud slowed the course down a little bit. She’s been training with us every day, so she’s in great shape. It’s just great having her back.

We’re looking forward to bigger things.”

Guarnaccia talked about the team as a whole and, as a leader, how she has enjoyed

watching the improvements of her teammates throughout the season.

“The team as a whole is so exciting,” Guarnaccia said. “At this point, we have so many of our girls finishing near each other, which is really great. It shows that each of us are advancing our athletic ability. It’s just so exciting to see everyone finishing around the same times.”

McKenzie Wilson finished 31st overall out of the 111 runners and third for the Pioneers. When asked how the race went, she briefly discussed the muddy course before turning straight to how the team competed.

“It was a really good race for the conditions,” Wilson said. “I think everyone did really good, everyone stayed really strong. We have a really good team dynamic, which I’m proud of. So I think we’re really going to come together for conferences.”

That River States Conference Championship meet is Nov. 3 in Beckley W.Va. Point Park’s performances at the meet last year earned its teams conference championships and tickets to the NAIA National Championship meet.

It wasn’t easy last year and it won’t be easy again this year. The squads can only do so much as individuals, and they have to lean on each other as teammates to support each other through their struggles in the coming weeks.

Kind of like a family, eh?

Hunt said Point Park isn’t the favorite, despite its title as defending conference champions. Repeating as conference champions comes down to fate and, you guessed it, teamwork.

“To be honest, this is Rio Grande’s year,” Hunt said.

“They have several seniors.

I will say they’re probably favored, but you know anything can happen.”

“When it comes to race day, anything can happen.

We have a lot of depth. If we can stick together and we can put some guys in front of their fifth guy, then it could become real close. It’ll all come down to race day.”

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Volleyball goes 2-1 on road trip

By Dara Collins For The Globe

Point Park added two more wins to its record and suffered their first conference loss after a series of River States Conference (RSC) matchups.

The Pioneers traveled to Circleville, Ohio on Oct. 4 and secured their eighth straight win against Ohio Christian University (OCU).

The Trailblazers could not compete with the Pioneers. Point Park’s variety of hitters and solid defense swept OCU 25-16, 25-18 and 25-19.

“It was great to win the long rallies, which are really important when it comes to momentum,” outside hitter Shiloh Simonson said via phone interview.

However, the hitters and defensive specialists were not the only contributors to a winning score.

“There was aggressive serving from the end line,” Simonson said.

Four servers recorded a total of eight aces for the Pioneers. Simonson racked up a team-high of three, Morgan Dangelo and Julia Menosky contributed two each and Nikki Inquartano added one of her own.

In addition, Emily Meng scored 24 assists, 12 digs and five kills. Simonson achieved the highest amount of digs at 13, Dangelo recorded 10 digs and Kirsten Burkes performed the lone solo block. Inquartano crushed a game-high of eight balls, followed by Ashley Taylor and Madeline Poirier, who each had six.

The Pioneers had no time for rest as they prepared for their tri-match against WVU Tech and Rio Grande.

“We’re watching film to hopefully exploit their weaknesses and come out with a win,” Simonson said.

Point Park returned to the road Saturday, Oct. 8 and traveled to Rio Grande, Ohio.

Point Park’s winning streak remained unbroken at the start of the tri-match.

The Pioneers had won nine consecutive games after a 25-23, 25-16, 25-10 sweep against WVU Tech.

“We came out strong and stayed consistent,” junior defensive specialist Julianna Ross said.

The coaches commended the team on its performance against WVU Tech.

“We played a solid match against WVU Tech,” head coach Mike Bruno said via phone interview.

“The girls played really well,” assistant coach

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Bridget Bielich said. ”They played nice, clean, efficient volleyball.”

Meng recorded eight kills, 29 assists and 12 digs for the Pioneers. Simonson also had eight kills as well as 14 digs. Libero Morgan Dangelo held the teamhigh for digs at 16 and aced WVU Tech six times. The Pioneers offense came from different faces as Taylor contributed with nine kills, Inquartano with six, and Burkes with five.

But Point Park’s winning streak ended with a loss to Rio Grande.

“It was disheartening,” Bruno said. “We let an 1810 lead in the fourth set slip from us.”

“Rio Grande is always good competition,” Bielich said. “It was a tough match.

I think it’s a lot that we can learn from for the future.”

This was the third meeting between the two teams.

Rio Grande took the first win at the Battle of the Boulevard tournament on Sept.

3, and Point Park countered with a win of its own on Sept. 27, during conference play. The RedStorm claimed victory once again in an arduous five-set match, 18-25, 25-22, 23-25, 25-23, 15-6.

The statistics for this match prove the Pioneers did not let the match slip without a fight. Point Park recorded 165 total attacks, and Simonson, Taylor and Madeline Poirier had 12 kills each. Meng dished out 45 assists. Each Pioneer got their hands on the ball to total 74 digs.

The Pioneers’ overall record now stands at 12-13, yet they continue to sit atop the RSC East Division with a record of 8-1.

RSC foe Cincinnati Christian is the next up on the Pioneers’ schedule on Oct. 15.

“They’re an athletic team,” Bruno said. “I think we will match up well.”

The team looks forward to another conference matchup. A new game constitutes a clean slate.

“I know I’m going to play all out for our seniors because it’s senior day,” Taylor said. “The outcome we will see, but the only team that can beat us in this conference is us.”

“We want to come out as hard as we can,” Ross said.

“We will not be taking another loss. We’re going in with strong, clear minds with an important task ahead that we will accomplish.”

Dara Collins dmcolli@pointpark.edu.

LAST WEEK’S SCOREBOARD OCT. 4 - OCT. 10 MEN’S SOCCER (4-6-1) (1-3) POINT PARK 0, MIDWAY 1 (OT)*.............................................Oct. 6 POINT PARK 1, BRESCIA 2 (OT)*..............................................Oct. 8 Goal: Ramos (9) Next: Oct. 15 vs. Ohio Christian*, Oct. 17 vs. PSU Beaver

WOMEN’S SOCCER (4-6-2) (3-1)

POINT PARK 3, MIDWAY 0*......................................................Oct. 6 Goal: Polens (1), Keibler (1), Hunter (3) POINT PARK 5, BRESCIA 0 (OT)*..............................................Oct. 8 Goal: Polens (2), Melhuish (1), Gradwell (1), Wilson (1) Next: Oct. 15 vs. Ohio Christian*, Oct. 20 @ WVU Tech*

VOLLEYBALL (12-13) (8-1)

POINT PARK 3, OHIO CHRISTIAN 0*......................................Oct. 4 POINT PARK 3, WVU TECH 0*..................................................Oct. 8 POINT PARK 3, RIO GRANDE 2*...............................................Oct. 8 Next: Oct. 15 vs. Ohio Christian*, Oct. 18 @ Carlow*

MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY CARNEGIE MELLON INVITATIONAL......................................Oct. 8 Top 8K finishers: Hilverding (28:35) Hunt (28:52), Stephens (29:08) Next: Oct. 21 @ Lebanon Valley Last Chance Run

Photo courtesy of Robert Berger, Point Park Athletics

Junior Katie Guarnaccia leads the pack at the start of the Carnegie Mellon University Invitational on Oct. 8 at Schenley Park. Guarnaccia finished the 5K race in 19 minutes, 19.1 seconds to finish fifth overall out of 111 runners.

WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY CARNEGIE MELLON INVITATIONAL......................................Oct. 8 Top 5K finishers: Guarnaccia (19:19), Murtha (20:18) Wilson (20:26) Next: Oct. 21 @ Lebanon Valley Last Chance Run

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WOMEN’S SOCCER SHUTS OUT TWO CONFERENCE FOES ON THE ROAD

Soccer photos by Sami Exler

Freshman midfielder Chloe Hampy sets up to kick the ball prior to scoring the second goal of the game against Geneva on Sept. 21. The Pioneers have 3-1 River States Conference (RSC) record after shutting out both Midway University and Brescia University last weekend 3-0 and 5-0 respectively. Point Park hosts Ohio Christian this Saturday at 2:30 p.m. for its last regular season conference match at Highmark Stadium. Point Park then travels to West Virginia Tech Oct. 15 and Rio Grande Oct. 23 for more RSC action. The Pioneers are tied for first in the RSC with Carlow.

Junior midfielder Izzy Hunter heads the ball to pass to her teammate against Geneva on Sept. 21.

XC TEAMS PLACE FIFTH AT CMU

MEN’S SOCCER LOSES TWO STRAIGHT IN OT

photo courtesy of Robert Berger, Point Park Athletics Freshman forward/midfielder Roberto Whitley tries to gain possession of the ball against Saint Vincent College on Sept. 15. The Pioneers lost two straight games to River States Conference foes Sophomore Chris Hunt runs while covered in mud at the Carnegie on the road in overtime last week, dropping its overall record to 4-6-1 and conference record to Mellon Invitational. The men’s and women’s cross country teams placed fifth at the Carnegie Mellon Invitational.

1-3. Point Park lost 1-0 at Midway Thursday and 2-1 at Brescia Saturday.