Point Park University Globe Spring 2017 Issue 2

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Students, staff members mark MLK day with events By Alexander Popichak Editor-in-Chief

While classes were cancelled for the Martin Luther King holiday Jan. 16, students and faculty honored the civil rights leader through a day’s worth of events. On-campus events began with a walking vigil and brunch for campus leaders and staff members. Assistant Coordinator of Student Involvement Kate Shipley coordinated the effort of the annual event, which was traditionally limited to a banquet for student leaders, to include the walking vigil. “We decided to do something a little more interactive,” Shipley said after the walk Monday. “I also really liked the idea of showing students ways

that they can get involved that are really not difficult. We’ve been hearing a lot about people thinking that their one voice doesn’t matter, so I wanted to have an active, participatory event in which students could see how they can make a difference.” In addition to the on-campus vigil and screening of Selma, the office of Student Activities, Involvement and Leadership (SAIL) and the Office of Student Life organized a trip for students to the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.. The student leader walking vigil and march began with a discussion of Dr. King’s use of nonviolent protests and a TED talk on the topic of how nonviolent protests can be effective.

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Cemonne Hanna, Master of Health Care Administration and Troy Patrick, junior musical theater major, lead a walking vigil on MLK Day through PPG Place, with smiles on their faces, against nonviolence and peaceful protest.

Students unaware of ‘Handshake’ SAIL club showdown returns for second year By Hunter Duwall For the Globe

Last year proved to be a productive and successful one for the career services software Handshake, Point Park’s primary career service software, which provides a wide variety of networking abilities for students and faculty alike. Students can go onto the app and look for internships, jobs and events not only in the Pittsburgh area, but all over the country. The app allows internal communications between students and employers, or students and faculty members. Résumé templates, mass emails, scheduling appointments and event planning are also possible on the app. Director of Career De-

velopment Angela Scaramucci says students should be signing up and creating a profile as soon as possible. “When you create a personalized profile in the app, it populates with the most relevant jobs and internships that you may be interested in,” Scaramucci said. For a year and a half, Handshake has been Point Park’s go-to software for getting students connected to potential employers all over the country. 50 to 80 new employer accounts are created on Handshake every day, as well as 100 new internship postings daily. As of 2016, Handshake saw 5,675 total employers, 2,425 new job and internships and 1,187 students and alumni logging on and

using the software. Most jobs come from the nonprofit sector accounting for a large portion of the total jobs on the website, followed by healthcare as the second largest and internet and software services being the third. Handshake thrives by getting as many people in the app as possible. If more students and faculty use the app, more opportunities will be posted and filled. This quickly growing community of employers and students is what inspired Point Park to implement the app into the university. However, spreading the word about this soft-

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NEW CAFE OPEN FOR BUSINESS

By Lauren Clouser For the Globe

The Student Activity Leadership and Involvement office (SAIL) will host its second annual club showdown on Jan. 22, where the university’s clubs will come together to compete in a week-long lineup of games and activities. The kickoff on Sunday night begins with club mural painting. The mural painting competition will take place on the second floor of the Student Center and will include music and Pittsburgh Popcorn. On Monday, Jan. 23, clubs will compete in the Family Feud Game Show, and on Tuesday, Jan. 24, there will be the LifeSized Game Night. On Wednes-

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Inclusivity of Women’s March put into question By Roxanne Singhisen

Richard Perez, junior international business major at left, rings customers up in the newly renovated café, which is now regularly open and running again. The café reopened following renovations over the winter break to both dining facilities. Additions include the ‘Point Market’ and a separate station for spinning salads.

day, Jan. 25, SAIL will have Cocoa in the Park, where clubs will pass out hot chocolate in Village Park. Finally, the showdown will conclude with a closing celebration on Thursday, Jan. 26. The closing celebration will be a party for club members and students to mingle. There will be a demonstration from the Martial Arts and Self-Defense Club and a performance by the IMPULSE dance group. “It’s really just kind of a hodgepodge of all the fun things that we think people might like to do,” Kate Shipley, assistant coordinator of student involvement, said. “We’ll have food, a DJ and a photo booth, and people can just come and hang out.”

White feminism is the issue at the top of the list for those concerned with the lack of inclusivity in the Women’s March on Washington. Since the march’s inception, attendees have been raising questions about inclusivity in the planning process and compensation for Women of Color (WOC) for the emotional effort it takes to educate others on their misgivings of white feminism. The planning committee has since been updated and a four-page intersectional policy platform was released. Pittsburgh’s march is being coordinated by Anna

Marie Petrarca Gire, owner of Women’s Independent Press, and roughly 15 others including WOC. The event’s Facebook page, originally operated by Jess Kimbell, quickly succumbed to feminist infighting. Comments were deleted, individuals were blocked and “troll” accounts were created. Tensions rose over discussions of white feminism, censorship, falsely listing other organizers as sponsors and partners, funding for WOC, the scheduling conflict with the long-standing Summit Against Racism and the lack of intersectionality until Kimbell, having previously stepped down as

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Weather Forecast Today: Showers H 46, L 48

Thursday: Cloudy, H 49, L 37 Friday: Showers, H 53, L 43 Saturday: Cloudy, H 57, L 44

Sunday: Rain, H 53, L 39 Monday: Rain, H 53, L 33 Tuesday: Rain and Snow, H 45, L 25

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