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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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Students view nonviolent activism as relevant subject from MLK DAY page 1 “I really liked the use of introducing the student leaders here and the staff in attendance here to various forms of nonviolent protest,” said Colten Gill, Executive Director of CAB Monday. “I know I personally was nervous going out for a one-mile walk and wasn‘t sure what to expect, but this really eased a lot of nervousness for me and taught me really what nonviolent protests can accomplish.”

The walking vigil began at Lawrence Hall and proceeded through the streets of downtown Pittsburgh, crossing through Market Square and down Smithfield Street. Staff participating in the march included members of the Residence Life staff and Alumni Relations. Student Leaders from the Campus Activities Board (CAB), United Student Government and student media were represented as well in the march.

“I’ve been a volunteer with Planned Parenthood, so I’ve been trying to get my foot in the door there. I’ve never actually participated in marches. I’ve always been supporting on the sidelines.”

Colten Gill

Executive Director CAB

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Some students and faculty walk along Fort Pitt Boulevard in a walking vigil around Point Park’s campus and surrounding areas on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

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Freshman Jakirah Morrison participates in a walking vigil around Point Park’s campus and surrounding areas such as Market Square and PPG Place on Monday with other students and faculty members. This was one of the few events going on to observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day. For most in attendance, this was their first foray into activist demonstration.

“I’ve been a volunteer with Planned Parenthood, so I’ve been trying to get my foot in the door there,” Gill said. “I’ve never actually participated in marches. I’ve always been supporting on the sidelines.”

The SAIL office provided signs with messages of peace to those participating in the march. While the walking vigil was not promoting any specific cause, the show of solidarity drew approval from passersby.

In all, the SAIL office reported that 38 students and staff members attended the brunch, and 35 students and staff members took part in the march itself.

“It was nice that for the first time in a very long time to give you all an opportunity to share in what Dr. Martin Luther King stood for,” said Keith Paylo, dean of students in his closing remarks.

“When I saw the title of the event, ‘The Quiet Power of Nonviolent Resistance,’ as a closing remark, I would encourage and really ask you to get involved in causes you feel passionate about and believe in.”

Shipley said she was pleased with the attendance of the event, despite taking place on a day when the university did not hold classes. The bus trip to D.C. was filled and had a waiting list according to student life staff members.

Using the holiday as a teaching moment on activism was not lost on students participating in the day’s events, and according to participants, talking honestly about nonviolent activism is topical.

“Expecially with everything going on with the election and with all the issues that are really stirred up right now, I think understanding and looking at nonviolent protest as a ways to communicate disagreements and those passions that people have is a really great way to communicate,” Gill said.

“I think this really opened up my eyes to what nonviolent protests can be.”

Alexander Popichak apopic@pointpark.edu.

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At the celebration, the winners of the showdown will receive their prizes. The club that has the most points overall will win the showdown, while other prizes will be awarded to the most involved club member, the most enthusiastic club member and to the club that posts the most on social media about the showdown. The prizes include gift baskets and donations from the United Student Government.

Shipley said the overall goal of the showdown is to advertise Point Park’s clubs and to bring these different organizations together.

“We started the program last year to really try and build up the club community on campus and to advertise what the clubs do,” Shipley said. “We learned last year that a lot of club members didn’t know what each other was doing on campus or what the purpose of the clubs were.”

Last year’s competition proved to be successful in that manner. The Pre-Medical Club, a club new to campus last year, snagged first place in last year’s showdown. Its victory came as a surprise to Megan Law, the founder and president of the club.

“I just was stunned and

couldn’t speak,” Law said, “I was very surprised.”

Because it was Pre-Medical Club’s first year on campus, Law believes that their win was especially beneficial, not just someone buried in the background.”

“I think it made everyone see that we’re not someone to be trifled with,” Law said. “That we are going to be significant on this campus.”

“I think it made everyone see that we’re not someone to be trifled with. That we are going to be significant on the campus, not just someone buried in the background.”

Megan Law

President Pre-Medical Club

This year, the showdown will be similar to last year’s, with a couple of adjustments. SAIL did away with last year’s Mark a Member event due to its unpopularity, which involved club members going around to gather signatures on a t-shirt from people who weren’t in their club.

SAIL has also added new events such as Family Feud Night and Life-Sized Game Night. Some of the favorite events of last year, such as Club Mural Painting and Cocoa in the Park are also returning in this year’s showdown.

According to SAIL Coordinator Brad Kovalcik, the event takes quite a bit of planning. The SAIL office began planning the showdown around mid-November.

“We wanted to find some ways to create a more tangible student organization community on campus, so we’ve been putting a lot of effort into it to really make it something that stands out for students,” Kovalcik explained.

The window for clubs to RSVP to the showdown is closed, but students are encouraged to stop by the events.

Lauren Clouser lclous@pointpark.edu.

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March organziers realize importance of improving inclusivity in effort

Doxxer reveals information to expose organizer’s flaws from MARCH page 1

organizer, was doxxed – which means the publishing of an individual’s private information, usually with malicious intent.

The doxxer, Sueño del Mar, a community organizer, published Kimbell’s name and address.

“It was put with the clarification that this is not a threat,” del Mar said.

Del Mar also said it was necessary to “out” Kimbell due to Gire’s and the other organizer’s refusal to publicly denounce her for transgressions that included posting from a fake account.

“Values the feelings of one white woman over the damage that [Kimbell] caused to multiple women of color,” activist and organizer Murphy-Green said.

Soon after the doxx was published, the entire event page was deleted.

This prompted del Mar and others to coordinate a counter-event in the absence of the Women’s March on Pittsburgh.

The message of the alternative event, Our Feminism Must Be Intersectional Rally/March, is to promote the voices and leadership of WOC and acknowledge where their varying identities intersect. Intersections include gender, race, social class, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, religion, age, mental disability, physical disability, mental illness, physical illness, et al.

Del Mar, Murphy-Green and Caitlyn Christensen, writer, attended a March

“My goal is to make sure that we are inclusive of women of color and LGBTQIA. It’s really challenging to do that when you have such a short amount of time, but we still could do better.”

Anna Marie Petrarca Gire Pittsburgh Women’s March Coordinator

on Pittsburgh meeting Friday evening to discuss their grievances.

Having been denied administrative access to the Facebook event page and having shared responsibility for the event, they felt as though their standards were not met and therefore did not join forces.

Del Mar, Murphy-Green and a few others have refocused their efforts on planning the new march with fundraising for volunteers, speakers and inclusivity.

Christensen and other white volunteers are lead-

ing discussions on the event page on white feminism.

The page administrators have since employed their own methods of censorship by deleting, turning off the ability to comment and moderating posts.

The organizers of March on Pittsburgh have created a new Facebook event page where discussions can take place while admonishing that posts and comments they find problematic will be deleted. “[My goal is to] make sure that we are inclusive of women of color and LGBTQIA,” Gire said. “It’s really challenging to do that when you have such a short amount of time, but we could still do better.”

Gire sees the march as a “symbolic gesture” but considers the persistence in the fight for liberation the most important outcome.

Both events are taking place on Saturday, Jan. 21st from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

For those wishing to attend the Women’s March on Pittsburgh, visit womensmarch.com or the new Facebook event page.

Readers can find the Our Feminism Must Be Intersectional Rally/March event on Facebook. In addition, the 19th Annual Summit Against Racism is the same day from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. To register, visit summitagainstracism. wordpress.com.

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Software’s purpose unclear to some Career development to introduce the application in City-University classes from HANDSHAKE page 1 During orientation, an instructor is supposed to encourage students to sign up and explore the application. Although, it is apparent that not all students have been introduced to the app, which leaves some students wondering what it is.

Students such as Caleb Czuszak are confused or uninformed when it comes to the subject of Handshake.

“I’d love to use it to get more jobs on film crews, but I wasn’t even told about Handshake until you just told me about it,” Czuszak said.

As the new year unfolds, Point Park is hoping to expand the member base of Handshake by promoting it in and out of the classroom.

Career Development employees are introducing the app in city-university life classes, as well as at orientation and local events. Faculty is hoping

“I’d love to use it to get more jobs on film crews, but I wasn’t even told about Handshake until you just told me about it.”

Caleb Czuszak Student Point Park

to help as many students as possible by getting the app out to as many people as possible.

For more information on Handshake, students can go to the Career Development page on Point Park’s website, pointpark.edu.

Hunter Duwall hlduwall@pointpark.edu.

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Photography students featured in pop-up exhibit Senior Hannah Altman curates and contributes to Oakland gallery

By Gary Lenigan For the Globe

The work of Point Park University artists covered the walls of a home in Oakland last Saturday during a pop-up show appropriately titled “Fabric of Portraiture.” The exhibition displayed the interdisciplinary work of six photographers in the Point Park community.

Among those featured in the show was Hannah Altman, CEO and curator of “Pulp House,” an independent gallery space where local artists can exhibit new ideas and concepts.

“I think that [Altman] is a mad genius.

All of this was just in her head until two days ago.”

Corrine Jasmin

Artist featured in ‘Fabric of Portraiture’

“This is technically our first pop-up event,” said Altman, a senior photography major. “We thought, why don’t we just do all of

the people that live here? So this is essentially all of the people that live in the house, plus me.”

Altman’s installation expressed the idea of synesthesia, a combination of the senses, and was displayed in a narrative she described to be the “visualization of a verbal conversation.”

Altman’s work was met with admiration from peers and guests alike.

“I think that she is a mad genius,” said Corrine Jasmin, a senior artist student. “All of this was just in her head Gary Lenigan | The Globe until two days ago.” A house in Oakland was open to the public for the photography pop-up exhibit. The gallery featured the art of Jasmin was several Point Park students who covered subjects such as sexuality and conversation. also featured in the show through her “We have been bounc- to sensitive subjects,” Ea- ple way,” Eaton said. “It multi-generational pho- ing ideas off of each other, ton said. makes it appealing to peoto series conceptualizing so it was cool that I got to Eaton explores the idea ple who are interested in beauty within black wom- work with her in that re- of what it means to be a art and also makes it relaten. spect,” Caplin said. “So man in a society where able to people that maybe “Everything Hannah seeing those ideas come more men are embracing don’t know it as well.” does has a lot of meaning to fruition was really awe- gender fluidity in clothTo see more photos of to it,” Ryan McMahon, a some.” ing, a view presented in his the “Fabric or Portraiture” junior in attendance, said.

Sean Eaton, director style book “Pretty Boy.” event and the artists in“Everything she does she and chief financial officer He stressed the impor- volved, follow Pulp House puts 110 percent into.” of Pulp House and a Point tance of Altman’s ability to on Instagram. More of AlSophomore Tyler Ca- Park graduate, has worked appeal to people with sub- tman’s work can be found plin’s interactive photo with Altman over the last stantial knowledge of fine at her website www.hannaseries entitled “Big Head” few years and said he con- art, as well as those who haltmanphoto.com. was also on display in the siders her to be a brilliant appreciate it but do not pop-up show. Caplin em- artist who is ahead of her understand its intricacy at phasized the importance of time. times. working with other artists “She has a knack for “She is really good at Gary Lenigan like Altman to gain inspi- getting awareness, and taking a complex subject galenig@pointpark.edu ration. getting awareness quickly and presenting it in a sim-

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Students from Point Park, Duquesne and Pitt flood Pittsburgh Tattoo Company as they hold their annual Friday the 13th tattoo special. The special included $13 pre-drawn tattoos with a required $7 tip. Incoming customers was cut off around 4:30 p.m. by tattoo artist Susie Humphrey, who called it the “most successful special event they’ve had.”

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CAB holds skating event at PPG Ice Rink, despite rain Experience Pittsburgh Committee reschedules for second opportunity

By Carley Bonk Copy Editor

Students hit the ice Wednesday evening at the PPG Place seasonal outdoor rink for a free event hosted by the Campus Activity Board (CAB).

Because of inclement weather, the event was rescheduled to one week later, to be held Wednesday, Jan. 18.

Junior sports, arts and entertainment management (SAEM) major Kristi Chenarides planned the event as an opportunity for students to get outside despite winter weather.

Chenarides is part of CAB’s Experience Pittsburgh Committee that focuses on giving students the opportunity to take part in activities that expose the city they are living in.

“It really lets people see what the city may be like,” Chenarides said. “It gives them a chance to explore what’s around them.”

The Experience Pittsburgh Committee has planned similar events in the past including the Yinzer Party, Paint the City and the campus farmers market.

Chenarides said she joined CAB to see what her potential career may be like.

“It really lets people see what the city may be like. It gives them a chance to explore what’s around them.”

Kristi Chenarides

Experience Pittsburgh Campus Activities Board

“I’m really getting experience in planning events and getting feedback from attendees,” Chenarides said.

“It feels great to know that I am making a difference in someone’s college experience. We want to make students at other schools jealous they don’t go to Point Park.”

CAB funded 80 students to skate from 6-9:30 p.m. based on the number of students who attended the previous year.

Most students seemed to have known about the event through CAB’s regular “social scoop” emails.

Sophomore costume design major Nikole Kost | The Globe Jeremy Eiben said The weather didn’t cooperate with CAB’s ice skating event at PPG Ice Rink on Jan. 11, and was rescheduled he wishes there were for Jan. 18. The first 60 students with CAB stamps on their hands receive free admission. even more events. are doing things like Point Park narrowly avoiding injury.

“I see CAB’s plans “She hurt her back, but all the time through my Point After Dark with neon mini golf and badminton.

It’s trippy and was alright, but it ended up Park email and Facebook,” Eiben said. “I came because I used fun to look at. We want to do being pretty funny,” Yurchimore like that.” son said. to work here and it’s just fun.”

Due to rain, not many Free passes and skate Freshman Morgan Sealy were able to attend ice skatrentals will be available to the agreed.

“It’s my first semester here, ing. PPG is offering another first 60 students in Lawrence and I was surprised at how chance for CAB to host an ad- Hall lobby.

Chenarides encouragmany events were posted for ditional group of students on Jan. 18 from 6-9:30 p.m. es students to let CAB know just one week,” she said.

Sophomore multimedia their thoughts and suggesFreshman Zoe Baltimore major Emily Yurchison has en- tions for events they host. also saw the social scoop anjoyed skating since she was a “We are always asking nouncement and attended. kid, and said she would enjoy for feedback through social “I’ve skated here once beDue to popular demand, our fore when my floor planned an the opportunity for free skating. media on Twitter and FaceFriday the 13th designs “I have a 6-9 class Wednes- book,” Chenarides said. “An will be available event and it was a great time,” day, but if I had the time, I event is successful if just one she said. $ for a limited time only Senior SAEM major Louis would definitely consider go- person has fun.”

Spanos, vice president of pro- ing,” Yurchison said in a phone Additional reporting congramming, said that CAB is interview Jan. 16.

Yurchison, who has tributed by Eddie Trizzino. looking forward to more fun skated at PPG several times events this semester.

“In general, we want to before, recalled a particuimprove on the visual aspect of lar memory from the rink, Carley Bonk cmbonk@pointpark.edu. our events,” Spanos said. “We when a friend fell on the ice,

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With malice towards none; charity for all On April 30, 1789, the first Inauguration Day in American history, George Washington took the first oath of office.

Sworn in at our nation’s first capital, New York City, Washington later said of his new role, “I walk on untrodden ground.” Our country’s first president experienced the rollercoaster of the first Inauguration Day himself. He might have been nervous. Maybe he was worried if his tie matched.

Believe it or not, President-Elect Donald Trump is soon to be in the same position George Washington once was.

President Barack Obama is about to pass the torch to his Republican successor. A lot of people are going to be very pleased and a lot of others are going to be very displeased.

Those planning to watch or protest Trump’s inauguration celebrations should arrive in D.C. prepared to maneuver through lots of security, including thousands of law enforcement personnel, National Guard forces, pop-up fences and cement-laden trucks.

NPR ballparked that anywhere from 700,000 to 900,000 spectators are set to attend the Inauguration ceremony. It’s estimated that 99 different groups are expected to rally in favor of or against our new president.

Point Park student media has been given the opportunity to experience firsthand the inauguration of the 45th presi-

dent of the United States. This is not an invitation we take for granted. We understand how vast this opportunity is; and as journalists, we understand the weight of this opportunity in its fullest effects.

WPPJ, U-View and the Globe are the student media trifecta set to head out to the capitol. Student reports, photographers and broadcasters have been prepping for weeks — formulating coverage plans for an all-day, two-fold journalistic endeavor — starting with the swearing-in ceremony and concluding with the parade.

This Friday, let us learn from what we see and hear, regardless of how we feel.

It feels easy to be disheartened as a journalist in 2017, especially with the seemingly endless pool of dangerous rhetoric surrounding media professions. What we must remember is that we are truth seekers first and reporting the facts should always come first.

Whether you plan to attend the Presidential Inauguration as a journalist, an activist or simply as a spectator, remember that you are a student first. It is significant to stress the importance of respecting everyone in attendance regardless of if their reason for being there aligns with your own.

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Thanks, Obama

Reflecting on the last eight years

By Beth Turnbull

Co-Opinions Editor

No president is perfect; we know this as Americans.

But the president is the face of our country, and we have been blessed to see President Barack Obama be the face of our country for the past eight years.

It seems like lifetimes have passed since President Obama was first elected. I was in fifth grade in 2008, and let’s just say I regret voting for Senator John McCain in my school’s mock election. Peer pressure can get to you in small, conservative towns.

Watching the president during his two terms in office has been a privilege. I have been able to grow up witnessing him fight for human rights and be celebrated (most of the time) for it. I have been inspired to speak out and fight for my own beliefs. These past eight years have inspired my political heart unlike anything else.

We have a lot to be thankful for. LGBT couples have won the right to marry. Millions of women have gained access to preventative care such as mammograms and contraception.

The Affordable Care Act allowed for 20 million Americans to have health insurance and enabled children to stay on their parents’ plans until they turn 26, a benefit I am grateful for.

The Obama family has led our great country with dignity and grace. We were lucky to see the first couple

show not only respect for each other, but also deep affection. They raised their children outside of the public eye and allowed them as much normalcy as possible.

First Lady Michelle Obama led important initiatives to combat childhood obesity, worked to provide education and employment to veterans and their families and fought for a girl’s right to education worldwide.

We also have a lot to be thankful for when it comes to our vice president, Joe Biden (or Uncle Joe, as I like to call him). Vice-President Biden is a vocal advocate against sexual assault on college campuses and the leader of several initiatives to build America’s workforce. His decades of service have reflected his love of country. President Obama even awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom last week.

His wife, Second Lady Dr. Jill Biden, is a full-time community college professor who has worked hard to bring attention to the sacrifices of military families.

She is a strong advocate for education, especially community colleges.

These families have left their mark on our nation policy-wise, but they have also left their mark through their humanity and personal strengths.

No one will be able to top President Obama’s hilarious and highly nuanced speeches at the White House Cor-

respondents’ Dinners. No other First Lady will be as funny on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” or an episode of James Corden’s “Carpool Karaoke” while promoting women’s education in a relatable and attainable way.

President Obama and Mrs. Obama have led this country and raised their two daughters under harsh criticism from Americans on both sides of the aisle, Republicans and Democrats alike. They weren’t perfect.

President Obama deported two million people between 2010 and 2014. The prison at Guantánamo Bay is still open. But, it is my firm opinion that our president’s legacy – the good he did – will not be easily swept aside.

It is a difficult time for the Democrats, myself included. We are facing a terrifying Republican president, a Republican House and Senate and an empty seat on the Supreme Court.

We the people must remain strong and united and raise our voices to protect the work of the last eight years. We will not step down; that is how we will show our thanks to the Obama family once and for all.

As the president said in his Farewell Address, “I am asking you to believe. Not in my ability to bring about change, but in yours.”

Yes, we can. Yes, we did.

Yes, we will.

Beth Turnbull erturnb@pointpark.edu.

Women’s march will prove love trumps hate

Over 180,000 people expected in D.C. after inauguration

By Angela Altieri For the Globe

On my way into campus every day during the election season, I drove past a sign that read “stop bigotry and hate speech.” As I began to move forward this past November, that sign engraved itself in my mind.

Soon we will swear into office our first president who openly mocks disabled individuals and believes that sexual assault is not a big deal if you are wealthy.

Soon we will bring into office someone who called their opponent a “nasty woman” because she did not agree with him.

Soon women will march on Washington D.C. to show that, no, we will not stand by and allow ourselves to be victims for the next four years. We will stand together collectively to fight for our rights, not just as women, but people of all genders,

sexualities, religions and incomes.

This march embodies an intersectional decree that we will be heard, even if a Republican held Congress and newly elected president will not willingly listen to us.

We will make enough noise that they will have to take notice.

This event, which begins Jan. 21 at 10 a.m. at the intersection of Independence Avenue and Third Street SW in downtown Washington, D.C., will serve to show the ability of thousands to come together for the greater good of the people and nation.

As of Jan. 12, on the march’s official Facebook page, over 180,000 people have stated they are definitely participating in the event, myself included.

This march will showcase what is best about the United States and what is being threatened by the conservative regime: our diversity.

Led by women of differing backgrounds, what will transpire on Jan. 21 is the brainchild of differing lifestyles that many people try to separate, and that is beautiful and powerful.

To quote Abraham Lincoln, “a house divided against itself cannot stand,” and so we will stand together in solidarity.

While the event is called the Women’s March on Washington, no requirement states participants must be women. It is completely intersectional because while this event is about feminism, it is more than that.

Women’s issues are, at the heart of it, human issues.

My 15-year-old cousin will be accompanying me to D.C., and while I am excited for her to witness and be a part of history, I am also frightened.

There are hundreds of thousands of helpful, amaz-

ing and inspiring people accompanying us on this path to history. However, I am sure that there will be many a naysayer who will throw hateful comments and possibly more at us while we fight to bring attention to what, for us, seems to be completely sane ideas such as equality for all.

“Women’s issues are, at the heart of it, human issues.”

Angela Altieri For the Globe

It will be scary and awe-inspiring at the same time, and to think about being a true part of history is amazing.

As I prepare for my trip to Washington, I am thinking not of myself and how cool or trendy I will be for having gone, but rather about the gravity of such an enormous undertaking.

This march will go down in history just as its namesake, the march on Washington led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., did. This march will ensure that women’s issues are human issues and that love will really trump hate if we stand together and love with all that we have.

For anyone not able to get into the D.C. area, a sister march is being held in Pittsburgh also on Jan. 21, commencing at 11 a.m. with a starting point at the City-County Building on Grant Street.

Angela Altieri araltie@pointpark.edu.

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Adapting without a Forse

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Senior forward Carly Forse looks to pass the ball against Alderson Broaddus on Dec. 6. Forse is out for the season with a shoulder injury. The Pioneers are now 2-5 in games without her this season.

(WPIAL) and Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association titles in 2013 and cliqued together on the court in college.

She became the 13th player in the Point Park women’s basketball program’s 39-year history to notch 1,000 career points on Nov. 29, padding her Point Park resume. Forse never missed a game in her threeplus seasons as a Pioneer, starting every game.

She caught the eye of Pittsburgh’s Trib Total Media, which published a story noting her durability and the team’s ability to overcome injury.

The article was published days before that Dec. 12 contest against Carlow – the day the Pioneers’ fortunes turned.

It seemed like it was only a matter of time. When everything was going right for Point Park, when it looked like the Pioneers finally were going to have a deep roster heading down the stretch of the season, life decided to throw another wrench in the Pioneers’ plans.

Forse went down hard in the first quarter and grabbed her shoulder in visible pain.

She walked off the court with trainer Kristin Baker and got her shoulder wrapped on the training table behind the Point Park bench.

She may not have known it at the time, but that was the last game Forse would play on the 2016-17 season.

Her return is dependent on the NAIA’s decision to grant her another year of eligibility next year, but that’s if she returns to Point Park. She may have played her final game in a Point Park uniform.

Point Park did hold on to defeat Carlow that night

67-53, but the road ahead was by no means going to be easy.

In fact, it’s probably been the toughest road bump the Pioneers have had to overcome in my three years at the university.

Point Park improved to 13-1 and 3-0 in River States Conference (RSC) play after the Carlow victory. Since then, Point Park has gone 2-5 with a 2-3 record in RSC competition.

The Pioneers did manage to receive votes in the NAIA Top-25 Coaches Poll in that time, but will most likely fall out of the rankings this week.

Point Park dropped both games last weekend on the road with a pair of RSC road games on tap for this weekend.

The absence of Forse has been hard to ignore. In the 14 games that Forse started, Point Park averaged 74.4 points per game and allowed 51.9 points per game.

In the seven games since, Point Park has averaged just 69.7 points per game and has allowed 71.3 points per game, nearly a 20-point increase.

The Pioneers have lost five of their last seven games and have a tough stretch of RSC games ahead of them.

Point Park is 8-1 at home this year, where it will play four of its remaining nine games.

Those nine games won’t be easy, but the Pioneers have to do what they always have done when faced with adversity: adapt and advance.

Josh Croup jdcroup@pointpark.edu.

INSIDE THE STATS: WITH AND WITHOUT FORSE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

WITH FORSE

OVERALL RECORD

13-1

RSC RECORD

3-0

POINTS SCORED (AVG)

74.4

POINTS ALLOWED (AVG)

51.9

REBOUNDS FOR (AVG)

39.8

REBOUNDS ALLOWED (AVG)

39.2

This weekend, the Pioneer Cheer and Dance Teams will compete in their first competitions in school history.

“It’s exciting now that we’re competing,” dance team captain Amber Mole said. “It’s great to see the organization grow and also be part of it, especially now that it’s officially a sport.”

Cheer and dance at Point Park are two separate teams that make up one program under head coach Bettina Herold.

The teams will open their invitational season at Missouri Baptist University Jan 20. in the Spartan Showcase. They also compete the following day at the Lindenwood University Classic, also in Missouri.

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) is the only athletic association to hold a Cheer and Dance National Championship, which will take place March 11-12 at St. Ambrose University.

Cheer and dance has been offered at Point Park as a club for the past five years.

In 2016, the NAIA recognized competitive cheerleading as an official sport. A total of 63 schools currently compete in the NAIA. “The NAIA made it an emerging sport and enough schools across the country decided to sponsor it, so now it’s being offered at competitive level,” Athletic Director Dan Swalga said.

In competition, the Pioneers are given between 1 minute and 45 seconds to 2 minutes to perform their cheer routine. Three officials score the run in 10 different categories. These include partner and group stunts, pyramids, jumps, standing tumbling, running tumbling and pyramids. Teams only have one judged run throughout the day. They are also given warm up time to run through the performance a few times before judgment.

The NAIA rulebook states that teams must compete with at least six members and can have up to 16 performing at a time. The Pioneers generally perform with 10-15 members depending on personal schedules.

Dance teams have the same time frame to perform, but are required to include three different styles of jazz, hip-hop and pom. Dance is scored in 12 categories including jazz, pom, hip-hop technique, uniformity, choreography, routine execution, staging and transitions.

“We have a lot going on in the routine from tosses to a front heel stretch comedown,” team captain Darian Leighty said. “My favorite stunt is probably the basket toss.”

While the team is young, it is confident headed into the weekend. No matter the outcome, the athletes are excited to see results.

“You perform once and you’re done,” Leighty said.

“There are other competitions this year, so if something goes wrong, we can practice and take the judges’ feedback and be better the next time.”

For some of the team, this weekend will be their first time competing in cheer and dance. Dance captain Deanna Harris has danced competitively in the past, but will compete in cheer for the first time Saturday.

“I’m a little nervous to see how everything will go, but I’m confident because we’ve worked really hard,” Harris said. “Even if we don’t win, I’m proud of whatever we accomplish because we’re a new team.”

The team will have a week to prepare for the Halo Classic at Siena Heights University in Michigan Jan. 29. The following weekend, the Pioneers will be back in Michigan at the Saints Showdown. Their final regular season invitational will be the NAIA qualifier at Siena Heights Feb. 25.

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Junior dance team captain Amber Mole cheers at a Dec. 12 basketball game at CCAC South.

WEEKLY SCOREBOARD JAN. 10 - JAN. 16 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL (15-6) (5-3 RSC) POINT PARK 81, No. 21 INDIANA UNIVERSITY EAST 95*................. Jan. 13 POINT PARK 64, OHIO CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY 68* (2OT)........... Jan. 14

MEN’S BASKETBALL (6-1) (4-4 RSC) POINT PARK 79, No. 10 INDIANA UNIVERSITY EAST 102*.............. Jan. 13 POINT PARK 72, OHIO CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY 128*..................... Jan. 14 Next: Jan. 20 at Brescia (Ky.)*, Jan. 21 at No. 18 Indiana University Southeast*

MEN’S AND WOMEN’S INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD Next: Jan. 20, @ Youngstown St. University College Invitational Jan. 21, @ Indiana Wesleyan Midwest Classic

WITHOUT FORSE

2-5

2-3

69.7

71.3

34.9

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Cheer and dance to make history Friday

CROUP’S CORNER

The story of the Point Park women’s basketball team in recent years has been its ability to overcome injuries.

Each of the past three seasons, the Pioneers have had a star player or two suffer season-ending injuries. They can never catch a break, but they always seem to at least battle through the injuries to pull out some tough victories.

The beginning of the 2016-17 season was no different.

This roster had so much potential. It had a mix of star veterans combined with new recruits that made for an impressive and deep bench.

Sam Weir was an all-conference player her freshman year in 2013-14 and helped the Pioneers to a Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (KIAC) Tournament championship and an appearance at the national tournament.

Weir played only five games the next season, suffering a season-ending knee injury. She transferred out of the program, but returned to Point Park for the 2016-17 season.

She picked up where she left off to start the 2016 campaign, averaging almost 15 points per game with five rebounds per game.

But Weir played only five games this year, breaking her foot in the fifth game of the season, sidelining her for the rest of the year once again.

The Pioneers did what they had in the past years when they lost Weir and other star players: adapt and advance.

Senior Carly Forse emerged from a successful junior season that resulted in an All-KIAC First Team nod. She stepped up after the Weir injury to help lead the team to a 12-1 record to start the season and led the Pioneers’ offense with 11.1 points per game.

The Bishop Canevin graduate helped the Point Park defense with a teamhigh 32 steals and contributed five rebounds per game entering the Dec. 12 contest against Carlow.

Everything was going right for Forse. She and teammate Celina DiPietro both led their high school to Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletics League

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47.9

COMPETITIVE CHEER AND DANCE Next: Jan. 20, Spartan Showcase @ Missouri Baptist University Jan. 21, Lindenwood Classic @ Lindenwood University *River States Conference game

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Freshman proving he can go the distance

Women lose big, drop 2OT RSC battle

By Casey Hoolahan

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By Mike Turk For the Globe

After starting 4-0 in conference play, the women’s basketball team has dropped three of its last four conference matchups, all of which took place in the past eight days.

Two of those conference games came last weekend, with one ending in double overtime.

“The chemistry is still there,” senior forward Ja’Nia McPhatter said. “We just have to work a little harder.”

It was not going to be an easy weekend, as the Pioneers had to travel to Indiana University (IU) East Friday for the first of two games. IU East was the No. 21 ranked team in the National Athletic Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) entering the contest, sitting atop the River States Conference (RSC) standings.

Point Park struggled with the same issues against IU East that it had the week before against Midway University. The Pioneers were outrebounded 52-29 on the night.

“We have to put a body on someone,” junior point guard Maryssa Agurs said.

“We can’t just stand and think the ball is going to come to us. We have to want it more.”

Despite Point Park having a cold start to the game, the Pioneers held its own in the first half against, arguably, the best team in the conference. Heading into halftime, they were only staring at an 11 point deficit, 47-36.

IU East would remain hot to start the second half.

The Red Wolves shot 53 percent from the field for the entire game. On the other end, Point Park only shot 37 percent from the field, making 29 of 78 shots.

Point Park tried to keep pace with IU East after halftime. Its defense forced 21 turnovers and McPhatter had 15 of her 17 points in the second half, but Point Park came

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Junior center Baylee Buleca prepares to shoot a free throw at CCAC South. Buleca scored nine points and contributed a team-high five rebounds in Point Park’s 68-64 2OT loss at Ohio Christian Saturday. She fouled out with three minutes left in the first overtime. up short in the end with 95-81.

“They’re much better than their ranking,” head coach Tony Grenek said of IU East. “We definitely competed, and it was a battle.”

Four Pioneers finished the game in double figures.

Agurs led all Point Park scorers with 19. Senior Celina DiPietro had ten in the first half and would finish the game with 15, while freshman, Tyra James, had 11 off the bench.

There was no time to rest, as Point Park had to get ready for an afternoon game the following day at Ohio Christian University (OCU).

The Pioneers drew first blood one minute and 25 seconds into the game on a DiPietro three point field goal.

They would hold onto that lead all the way until halftime where the team led the Trailblazers 34-28.

The game remained tight out of halftime. Point Park held onto the lead despite ending being outrebounded and not taking care of the basketball.

It wouldn’t be until there was 3:25 remaining in the fourth quarter that the OCU Trailblazers would get its first lead of the game.

After contributing nine points and seven rebounds, Agurs fouled out late in the fourth quarter.

With 16 seconds left and Point Park up 57-56, sophomore guard Kaitlyn Smith went to the charity stripe for two shots. She was able to make one of two shots, and Point Park led 58-56.

There was time for one last possession for the Trailblazers. They could tie it up or even possibly end it.

Erinn Bailey, a senior forward from Ohio Christian, finished the game with 19 points. But 17 of those were not as important as the two she had to push the game into overtime with four seconds left in regulation.

After the Pioneers led for the majority of the contest, they were headed to overtime with the Trailblazers.

One overtime was not enough to settle this duel.

After both teams only settled for three points in the extra minutes, it was going to take a second overtime to decide the winner.

Junior forward Baylee Buleca was then the culprit of her fifth personal foul, and Point Park was without its leading rebounder heading into a double overtime.

Point Park ended up on the wrong end of this one when it reached its conclusion, 68-64.

“We couldn’t hit shots whenever time was running,” DiPietro said. “We need to have better effort during the games.”

Point Park has now gone 2-5 in its last seven games and with the two losses this weekend the Pioneers now have a 5-3 conference record. All three of those losses have come in the past eight days.

“We’re all sticking together and no one’s pointing fingers,” Agurs said. “We need to find the little things we’re doing wrong and I think we’ll end up on top.”

Point Park travels to Brescia and IU Southeast this weekend for two more RSC matchups.

Mike Turk mjturk@pointpark.edu.

Dannys Marrero started running cross-country to get out of doing chores for his mom.

He could have picked any sport, but found a home on the race course.

“I realized that this sport is different because you determine how good you are,” Marrero said. “Whatever I put in is what I’m going to get out of it.”

The freshman political science major was born in Puerto Rico where his mom worked as a police officer.

When Marrero entered third grade, his mother joined the army in order to better support Marrero and his older brother Bories.

Growing up on military bases, Marrero has lived in Texas, Pennsylvania, California, New Jersey, Long Island and New York City.

During his senior year of high school, Marrero lived in Florida and ran cross-country. He went to states with his team, competing in the 5k in addition to qualifying at regionals in the 1600.

When he was accepted to Point Park, Marrero saw a new opportunity in Pittsburgh - he hadn’t lived there before.

“I picked this school without even coming here for a visit,” Marrero admitted.

“The first day I was here was move-in day.”

It was on that day that Marrero met Alexis Sherman, a junior political science major, who helped him move in to his dorm.

Dannys Marrero competes at the Lock Haven Invitational on Sept. 24.

Offensive drought hurts men on road Pioneers outscored 230-151 in weekend conference games

By Derek Malush For the Globe

The men’s basketball team continued River State Conference (RSC) play over the weekend as it clashed with Indiana University (IU) East on the night of Friday the 13th.

The Pioneers were still without star guard Sa’iid Allen last weekend due to academic concerns and were further plagued by team misconduct.

Junior guard T.J. Bates, who was averaging 7.2 points per game, did not play in either contest last weekend due to a technical foul he picked up last Saturday against IU Kokomo.

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) deemed his actions as fighting, and Bates served a two game suspension.

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of the gate slowly to begin the road weekend against IU East, the NAIA’s no. 10 ranked team, as they managed to only tally 30 points in the first half. Half of those points came from the hot hand of senior guard Art Christian.

The Pioneers shot 27 percent from the field in the first half, trailed 49-30 going into the locker room and were out-rebounded by IU East 31-21.

Defense was absent from start to finish as the Pioneers let up 15 3-pointers on 28 attempts, as IU East finished shooting 50 percent from the field.

As the Pioneers scrounged up six points in the final four minutes of regulation, they finished shooting 32 percent from the field and committed 19 turnovers as they were routed 102-79, dropping their last three out of four RSC

games and falling to 6-10 on the season.

The team was led by Christian, who finished with a game-high 21 points in 21 minutes, with other contributions from forward Fousseini Konate and guard Gavin Rajahpillay, who both showered in 17 points and were responsible for seven of the team’s 16 assists.

The Pioneers sought some road heroics Saturday, without a road win since November 2016, when they took on Ohio Christian (OCU) in their fifth straight RSC game.

Without Bates and Allen, the first half looked familiar to the night before.

The Pioneers fared only 22 points and trailed by 43 at halftime, 65-22.

Point Park finished with only 72 points. The Pioneers lost to OCU, 128-72. Point Park trailed by 77 points at one point in the second half.

The Pioneers finished with only 29 rebounds and totaled nine assists for the game, as they were outrebounded by OCU, 52-29.

OCU also let the three ball fly as the Trailblazers buried 23 3-pointers, shooting 50 percent from behind the arc.

The team was led by sophomore guard Asim Pleas, who scored a teamhigh 15 points and grabbed four boards. Senior forward Lassana Konate put up 14 points and added a teamhigh of six rebounds.

The Pioneers have lost seven of their last ten games. The team will travel to Brescia (Ky.) and IU Southeast this weekend for a pair of conference games.

Point Park returns home Jan. 25 to face Villa Maria.

Derek Malush dwmalus@pointpark.edu.

“I didn’t know that there were any more of us [political science majors], especially on the team,” Sherman said. “He and I just clicked, and I think we stood outside just talking for two hours.”

Although Marerro’s focus is on cross country, during the indoor season he runs distance events ranging from the 400 meters to the 5k race.

“During indoor track I specialize in the mile and run any other event coach decides to put me in,” Marrero said.

Training for this sport requires a lot of individual work, but Marrero was also quick to admit the importance of his team members in his success.

“Obviously, you can improve by yourself,” Marrero said. “But there’s going to be a limit that you are going to hit by yourself, and you need other people to get beyond that.”

One fond memory Sherman has with Marrero is going with him to get his first tattoo -- a list of the coordinates for all the places in the country in which he has lived.

Unique experiences like these that make the team so close.

“Our cross country team is strangely close,” Sherman said. “It’s all a big team environment.”

Each member brings something to the team, but it is Marrero’s diverse interests and big personality that make him stand out.

“The things that he has interests in are not something that you would think of in a runner,” Sherman said.

Marrero produced his own television show with the student-run station U-View last semester. His politics-themed show was aptly titled “On Point With Politics.”

Marrero will continue producing the show this semester.

“Not only am I learning how politics work, but also I’m informing other people,” Marrero said. “I really want to be a political analyst.”

Although only a freshman, Marrero was named “River State Conference Runner of the Week” by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) twice last semester. He was also named “Newcomer of the Year” by men and women’s head track and field coach Kelly Parsley.

“He exceeded mine and his own expectations,” Parsley said.

Parsley watched Marrero shine on the course early last semester when Western Pennsylvania weather made conditions less than ideal. The Pioneers competed on a muddy course at the Penn State-Beherend Invitational in the second meet of the season.

“It was a nightmare,” Parsley said. “He emerged as our number one runner that week.

It was probably the worst conditions in all my years of coaching in terms of running a cross country meet, and he finished top five overall.”

Marrero hopes to translate his success on the cross country course to track and field during indoor season, while he continues producing his television show. His goal is to make it to nationals with the team.

“I have 11 more seasons in front of me,” Marrero said.

“As cliché as it is, I look forward to getting better with them [the team].”

Casey Hoolahan cahoola@pointpark.edu.