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CITY CELEBRATES KINDNESS DAY All-female team will

compete at state level of America250PA Hayley Keys Co-News Editor

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Royal Rodriguez of the Hosanna House sits in front of a mixed media portrait of Mr. Rogers during Cardigan Day at WQED as a part of World Kindness Day.

The past, future of the historic Oakland Pittsburgh Playhouse

Magee Women’s Research Institute and Foundation enter payment agreement Amanda Andrews Co-News Editor

The old Pittsburgh Playhouse location in Oakland has potentially found a tentative buyer. Magee Womens Research Institute and Foundation has entered into a payment agreement with the university to purchase the space as of Nov. 1.

Lou Cosaro, a managing director of University Marketing and Public Relations, spoke very positively of the deal in the official press release, “Statement on sale of old Pittsburgh Playhouse site”, released on Nov. 4.

“Point Park University entered into a Purchase Agreement with the Magee-Womens Institute and Foundation for the Oakland Pittsburgh Playhouse site,” Cosaro said. “Point Park is very pleased to be able to work with the Magee-Womens Institute and Foundation and local foundations to help the Magee-Womens Institute and Foundation advance its critically important mission.

The terms of the Purchase Agreement are confidential.”

While Magee Womens Research Institute and Foundation is a partner with UPMC Magee Womens Hospital, the hospital is not associated with the deal in any capacity, according to University President Paul Hennigan.

“We have signed a pur-

chase agreement,” Hennigan said. “They are in a 90-day due diligence period right now which is part of the purchase agreement, so the transaction has not closed.”

Essentially, Magee Womens Research and Foundation’s agreement with the university is not legally binding and they can withdraw from it at any time.

“If they get through their 90-day due diligence period, then they have the right to say, ‘we want to close on the transaction.’ And the terms of the purchase agreement are confidential, which is pretty typical,” Hennigan said.

Magee Womens Research Institute and Foundation is situated right next to the 25,000 square foot property currently undergoing demolition.

The old Playhouse, located at 222 Craft Avenue, was made up of three different buildings, and Point Park University purchased it in 1968. The decision to build the new Pittsburgh Playhouse, now located on Forbes Avenue, was made seven years ago.

The old Playhouse had a rich history. It started out in 1934 as the Pittsburgh Civic Playhouse, and the space was not exclusive to just Point Park University for some time. In fact, the old Tree of Life synagogue was located

there until moving to their Squirrel Hill location in 1952.

That building then became the Rockwell Theatre.

During the demolition process of the old Playhouse, a time capsule which was hidden in the cornerstone of a building was discovered. The capsule dated back to 1906 and contained documents, letters, newspapers and other belonging of the Tree of Life congregation, unveiling virtually a treasure trove of local Jewish history. The Oakland location was their second synagogue, their first synagogue having been located in downtown Pittsburgh on Fourth and Ross Streets.

Hennigan was present at the official retrieval of the capsule on Nov. 4.

“We were very pleased as I say to be able to work with them. We’ve been doing that now for a couple of years as we anticipated the deconstruction of this building,” Hennigan said. “And for them, I just think it’s a truly special day to share in their joy and their history.”

The new Playhouse has been open since the Fall 2018 semester.

Magee Womens Institute and Foundation officials did not respond to requests to comment.

Amanda Andrews

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Point Park is sending an all-girl team to compete at the state level of America250PA. The team of Brianna Farrand, Kayla Snyder, Divine Kennedy and Sabrina Tatalias worked together to create a marketing plan for the Direct Effect Innovation Challenge (DEIC).

The DEIC is a competition where college students work to design and launch an integrated marketing campaign strategy. Point Park’s team is competing with other colleges and universities from Pennsylvania to be part of a state-wide campaign to celebrate America’s 250th birthday in 2026.

The University created their team by bringing together students from both the School of Communication and the Rowland School of Business. Farrand, a senior multimedia major, designed the logo and the direct mail piece, Snyder, a senior public relations and advertising major, worked to research the team’s target audience and how to effectively communicate their message, Tatalias, a sophomore information technology major, created the tech pieces for the team including a fully functioning website and Kennedy, a sophomore marketing and sales major, helped the team understand how to present their idea and how to encourage participation through sales tactics.

Snyder said she felt the teamwork was exceptional, especially since they had no history working together.

“We have such an interesting dynamic because we all care so much about this project and it’s not a regular group project for school,” Snyder said. “We have a great dynamic and that really shines through.”

Farrand also said she enjoyed working with students

who had different backgrounds because it helped her be a better designer.

“It’s a really cool experience to work with people in different disciplines and trying to come up with a campaign that reaches so many people,” Farrand said.

Every team was required to create a potential direct mail piece that would be sent out to PA residents to bring awareness to the overall initiative.

Direct mail is a marketing effort that reaches a target audience through the postal service. It can be in the form of a traditional sale letter or even a brochure or newsletter. Snyder explained that the competition wanted to focus on this technique in order to educate students.

“They’re trying to push direct mail into college curriculum because it’s such an important piece that people are really hitting on because no one really knows about it,” Snyder said.

Point Park’s team created a campaign entitled, PArt of Us. Farrand said their goal was to showcase different parts of the state and encourage residents to participate in the initiative.

“We are trying to shed a positive light on Pennsylvania and really highlight what we love about it,” Farrand said. “We want all people to be able to be involved you know; their ideas and their stories are really a good representation of our values and all together help show that everyone is a part of us.”

The PArt of Us campaign features a direct mail piece that has a die cut pop up of the team’s logo, an interactive augmented reality element, QR barcodes and links to the team’s website.

The augmented reality will allow for recipients to drive an animated car along a road to learn about different

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The PArt of Us logo was designed for the competition by Brianna Farrand. Older verions featured the Liberty Bell and a cow.

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USG struggles to meet quorum for meeting

Name change referendum vote scheduled for Wednesday USG

By Hayley Keys Co-News Editor

The United Student Government (USG) started its weekly legislative body meeting 15 minutes late after failing to meet quorum at the start of the assembly.

Quorum is the minimum number of members that are required to be at the meeting in order for the body to vote on legislation. For legislative

body meetings, quorum is half of the voting members, plus one.

Vice President Alexa Lake said she did not feel confident making decisions without the correct number of people at the meeting.

“We want to make sure that we have enough people present so that if we make a decision, enough representatives are there to voice their opinion,” Lake said. “We don’t want a minority of people making a decision that af-

fects the majority.”

A number of senators and President Jake Berlin were noticeably absent because they were required to be present at the faculty committee meetings.

According to Lake, the faculty committee assignments were done without her knowledge leading to the problem of not reaching quorum.

“The faculty have taken it upon themselves to assign senators and email them without consulting me, even

STUDENT GROUPS MIX MOCKTAILS

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Junior Public Relations and Advertising major Emily MacIntyre and other Pioneer Ambassadors pour mocktails at SAIL’s Mocktail Mixoff in Lawrence Hall Lobby on Wednesday, Nov. 13.

though it is written in my job description,” Lake said. “I will be speaking with them about that soon.”

Due to the low senator attendance and the failure to meet quorum, President Pro-Tempore Grace Tyler Frank-Rempel moved for Vice President Lake to make a “call for quorum.” This motion passed. Vice President Lake then sent out an email to all senators who were attending faculty committee meetings, ordering them to report to the legislative body meeting or else their absence would be considered unexcused.

Once quorum was met, Lake moved to adopt a resolution that would excuse conservatory students from any Legislative Body Meetings that conflicted with conservatory commitments. The main point of the resolution would be to save time at the meetings so that individual senators did not have to be excused every week, but the resolution was named incorrectly and required more members than a quorum to be present in order to pass.

“There was a resolution that was on the agenda as a standing rule, which is an almost permanent motion just to save us time,” Lake said. “The version that was submitted changes a by-law, which would require further notice than was given and require a higher majority than what we have present today.”

During the Student Concerns Committee report,

Senator Maleah Keller mentioned that she had talked to Chris Hill from Physical Plant about the potential mold problem on floor 10 of Lawrence Hall.

“I talked to Chris Hill and he said that after investigating their complaints he found 7 work orders of these issues since the start of the year,” Keller said. “All of the issues have been investigated and found to be mildew or missing caulk, not mold.”

Senator Jade Steele also mentioned that she was working with CulinArt to change the dining hall hours based on student schedules. She stated that after visiting the registrar’s office, she had obtained a master schedule of all classes being offered for next semester and each class’s enrollment. Vice President Lake offered her assistance in analyzing the data in order to present recommendations to CulinArt for dining facility hours for next semester. Senator Steele also mentioned that she was hoping to encourage Culinart to sell more vegan options.

The meeting agenda included a note about a referendum that will occur on Wednesday where the student body will vote via a form sent to their emails on the USG name change and adding graduate students to the organization.

The meeting wrapped up before 4 p.m.

Hayley Keys

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America250PA team to present to Gov. Tom Wolf from AMERICA page 1 places in PA and also enter for a chance to win a trip to different locations in the state.

Tatalias mentioned that her team also created a newsletter component, campaign posters, donation incentives, and a public service announcement video that would air on TV. She said she felt her team was unique compared to other schools because of their multiple components and their focus on the digital divide.

According to Tatalias, the team did face a setback when they were presented with a budget after the regional round of the competition.

“It was a few days ago, like right before we actually had to submit the project and they were like ‘you have a budget of $10,000’ and we were really worried about compromising the integrity of the project,” Tatalias said.

“In the end we were able to work out everything and have all the pieces we wanted and still be able to send it out all the parts of the digital divide. I don’t know it just made me really proud of the project, I can’t wait to present it.”

The state competition will take place Nov. 19th in Wilkes-Barre PA. Farrand said she was feeling nervous but

excited for the presentation.

“I’m pretty nervous knowing that there’s gonna be so many people there, but at the same time I feel very strongly in our concept,” Farrand said. “I think our team feels very connected to it and I think a lot of people are gonna benefit from it. Ultimately, I think we will hopefully be touching a lot of people and encouraging them to be involved and celebrate this.

I’m excited.”

School of Communication Lecturer Camille Downing, a faculty advisor for the team, said that she is proud of the team and hopeful for their success at the state level.

“I think their concept is very strong based on what I saw at the regionals, and I think they have it down. I think the graphics are very good, I think the website is very good,” Downing said.

“I have no doubt based on the personalities of these students and how hard they work that by the time they present to the 500 people and the governor, they’ll be completely prepared.”

Tatalias mentioned that her work on the project has helped her learn different skill sets, something she hopes will help her in the future with her career.

“Just being able to tie

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my experience in with the different elements is really important to me,” Tatalias said. “This is actually leading to me possibly getting an internship over the summer. I am just gaining so much experience that I can bring to the table when looking for jobs.”

Associate professor of Sales and Marketing, Dr. Dorene Ciletti another faculty advisor for the project, said this project is an example of the type of learning the university promotes.

“I think for Point Park, this is experiential learning at its best and this is what

we want our students to do,” Ciletti said. “It’s more than just learning these concepts and theories in a classroom, it’s about actually putting them into practice.”

Hayley Keys

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Emma Federkeil | PointPark.edu

From left to right: Divine Kennedy, Sabrina Tatalias, Kayla Snyder and Brianna Farrand. Their collaborative project “PArt of Us” advanced to the state level of the America250PA competition.

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COPA dance department showcases student talent

19 pieces of student choreography shown over two programs

By Rosalie Anthony Staff Writer

Walking into the theatre you were filled with suspense, as the program was filled with a variety of pieces offering an infinite amount of possibilities. The stage was dark and as people started to fill the seats, you could feel the energy exuding. With a show choreographed by young, aspiring artists, it is often difficult to predict what is in store.

This past weekend, Nov. 15 through 17, the dance department showcased 19 students’ original works in the George Rowland White Performance Studio. For some students, this piece was their first time choreographing a piece of this caliber for the stage. One program was presented Friday night, and the Saturday matinee included nine choreographer’s works, the Sunday matinee including 10 choreographers.

The students choreograph a piece as part of their Dance Composition 3 class.

Elements that go into making a dance piece include coming up with the concept, casting, costumes, lighting and music. Since there were 19 choreographers, their works were divided into two programs.

Both programs shared Tara Newhouse as the stage manager. Newhouse is a transfer, sophomore stage management major. Her job includes coordinating schedules, relaying information to make sure everyone knows

PIONEER PUBLIC Gina Foreman

By Hannah Walden Co-Features/A&E Editor

Inspiration can come in many forms, and for freshman Gina Foreman, her experiences in the classroom and her personal struggles inspired her to become a teacher.

“I became interested in preK-4 elementary because I love working with young children,” Foreman, 20, elementary K-4 and special education major said. “I took a class in high school that taught preschool kids and enjoyed it a lot. I also worked with kids at a daycare and I also enjoyed it as well.”

However, Foreman describes preschool kids as “a little too young” for her and would love to teach in an elementary setting.

Foreman is also interested in teaching special education.

Having a learning disability herself, Foreman believes she could relate to special education students.

what is going on, sitting in on rehearsals to learn each individual piece and calling cues during the show for lighting, sound and anything else that may need to be prompted to go onstage, like a prop.

“The best part of my job is that I get to be a part of this whole process, and actually a very important part of this process,” Newhouse said.

“It’s so cool to see how much effort, focus and time all the student choreographers have put into it. You can tell they’re all very passionate about what they do and that makes me more passionate about being able to help them through this process.”

The second piece in the first program entitled, “Sugar, Rum, Cherry,” was choreographed by Veronica Quezada who is a dance major and musical theatre minor. The piece mixed elements of ballet and jazz. The costumes were purple with different styles of skirts; dancers who represented the ballet wore pointe shoes and dancers who represented modern wore black LaDuca heels, which are a staple shoe brand for professional dancers.

“I’m very interested in ballet and jazz,” sophomore dance major Grace Rauton said. “It was a really great experience to work with [Quezada] especially knowing she is so versatile.”

Barbara Babcock, junior dance BFA major with a modern concentration, was one of the choreographers for the first program. Her piece,

entitled “Homo Sapiens,” included eight dancers. The lighting changed throughout the piece to highlight certain dancers, and they wore white tank tops with black shorts.

“I began by having them do some character development, because my piece is about the individual itself and I wanted to create a piece based on the people in it,” Babcock said of her process in producing her piece.

In the second program, the last piece before intermission and choreographed

by Hannah Martin was “Seven.” The genre of this piece was 1920’s jazz Chicago style; dancers wore black fishnet tights and black LaDuca heels. Martin cut more than seven pieces of music herself in preparation.

“Specifically, my piece is about the seven deadly sins,” Martin said. “So, I did a lot of research... I looked at dissertation journals, scientific evidence, mythology to get a feel for what I wanted to do.”

The second piece after intermission, entitled “Uncertainty,” choreographed

by Cierra Rogers, included a surprising element. The piece was a contemporary piece with six dancers. Dancers were blindfolded for almost the entirety of the piece to represent the uncertainty but excitement that the future holds after graduation.

“She wanted us to connect about what we are uncertain about in our own lives which is how we will connect with the piece,” sophomore

“They may feel like they’re different and don’t belong and I want to be the teacher to change that perspective,” Foreman said.

Foreman is passionate about helping children grow and follow their dreams, believing that they should have every opportunity to follow their dreams.

“Since they are so young and innocent, I want them to realize from a young age that they can be whoever and whatever they want to be and to just be happy to be who they are,” Foreman said. I also want to help kids learn and by starting from a young age they can learn so many things and grow with that learning capability.”

Outside of her studies, Foreman is a mentor with the Point Park chapter of Strong Women Strong Girls (SWSG).

“My friends encouraged me to join and they thought I would be a great mentor,” Foreman said. “I’ve always wanted to join, but I was so scared because of my anxiety to join something new or I worked during those times.”

Foreman believes that her classes not only teach her what future teachers should be educating their students about, but to also bond with students and to help them learn to trust you and be open. She found this technique helpful during SWSG in order to get her mentees to open up and express who they are.

Foreman is able to connect to the girls she mentors in another way through her anxiety diagnosis. When she was 18, she was diagnosed and it helped her to know she wasn’t alone in her feelings.

“For a while I thought I was the only one that thought of certain things, come up with concepts that are likely impossible to happen, have sleep paralysis, being paranoid all the time and overthinking constantly over and over again,” Foreman said.

She believes that by using her experience with anxiety it will help her mentees by knowing what they are going through and how they are feeling, and by using and suggesting techniques that help her to them.

“With anxiety, I sympathize with people a lot because as a person with anxiety, you want everyone to like you,” Foreman said. “If someone doesn’t like you, you will constantly think of what you did wrong. ‘Should I change myself so that they can like me?’ etc. Because I have anxiety, I am more understanding and I put myself in other peoples’ shoes because I would want them to do the same to me if I were struggling with the same thing.”

Out of all of the techniques Foreman has to deal with her anxiety, nothing calms her down and gets her out of that mindset than her dog, Buttons.

Photo courtesy of Mark Simpson Aloria Adams in “Facing Tomorrow Morning” choreographed by Theodore Alexander.

Photo courtesy of Mark Simpson Bailey Eland and Shalece Heugas in “The Paradigm of Us” choreographed by Sydney Jones.

dance major Eli Smutny, who was cast in Roger’s piece said.

With this semester’s show being so well received, it is anticipated that the department will continue producing the showcase for semesters to come.

“They’re all so different, then each one is so interesting and beautiful in its own way,” senior English major Lorie Simonian said.

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Foreman describes Buttons as a loyal friend who would never leave, betray or judge her and is someone who she can talk to when feeling alone. Buttons is also described as a good listener, a shoulder to cry on and is a friend like no other.

“She is an amazing support system and I know I could always count on her to be there for me whenever I need a friend and whenever I don’t feel like I have anyone to talk to,” Foreman said. “She loves me for who I truly am, I never feel like I have to be fake

around her. I tend to scratch whenever I’m nervous. She was taught in her puppy class to lift my hand up with her nose to stop me from scratching. She normally notices right away and she gets my mind away from other things that are bothering me.”

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Neighbourhood brings ‘Middle of Somewhere’ to PGH

By Kylie Thomas For The Globe

What’s a better way to spend your Friday night than having singer Jesse Rutherford swing over your head on a mic hanging from the ceiling?

There definitely isn’t one.

The Neighbourhood brought their headlining tour, “Middle of Somewhere,” to Stage AE on Friday, Nov. 8.

The tour features opening acts Claud and Slow Hollows as the band tours the country. Needless to say, it definitely is a tour one won’t want to miss.

Claud and Slow Hollows both incorporated the indie feel that The Neighbourhood has into both their sets. They kept the crowd entertained and focused on them, which is hard for an opening band to do, especially when you’re playing before The Neighbourhood. Both bands even got a good reaction from the crowd as fans cheered after their songs and called out to them during silent spots. Considering most of the crowd had just stood out in the freezing cold for at least an hour, this was a pretty big deal for the crowd to be hyped up.

While the opening acts got the crowd warmed up, the reaction when The Neighbourhood came on stage was incredible. The second that Rutherford slipped out from behind the curtain, covered in tight silver clothing and covered from hair to toe in silver makeup, the crowd went insane with screams.

There is, of course, an ex-

The Neighbourhood lead singer Jesse Rutherford performing at Stage AE.

planation for this look. It’s a persona Rutherford made up called Chip Chrome. The persona has become the sort of theme for the tour as the merch featured shirts that said, “Who The F*** Is Chip Chrome,” and the band were suited up in reflective silver suits.

So there’s Rutherford, standing in front of a big curtain, covered in silver except for the red and blue on his eyes, with an acoustic guitar, as he starts to sing their song, “Middle of Somewhere.”

Eventually the music switches up to more upbeat as the live instruments come in and the curtain is pulled away to reveal the band as well as a hanging microphone from the ceiling in the middle of the stage.

After a while into the second song Rutherford disap-

pears. He later comes back in silver suit pants, an open silver reflective suit jacket with no shirt underneath, and all the silver makeup is gone. With this, the band dives into the rest of their show in the usual Neighbourhood fashion.

The setlist that the band chose involves a mix between their older hits and some of their newer and lesser known songs. It was the perfect mix for both new and old fans and superfans, though the older songs are what really got the crowd going. The second that Rutherford started the beginning lyrics to “Daddy Issues” the entire crowd went wild and started screaming the words along with him.

The energy between the band and the crowd were outstanding. You could feel the

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vibrations of the energy of everyone in your bones and the thump of the bass deep through your veins. There were two top energy points of the show. The first was whenever Rutherford started to lift himself up by the mic hanging from the ceiling. He proceeded to climb onto the drum platform, hold onto the mic and swing. Next thing the front row knew, Rutherford was swinging over top of them, even kicking over the mic stand at the front of the stage.

Everyone began to jump to the beat of the song and scream. It was truly a huge gust of energy for the show.

The second peak of energy was towards the end. If one knows anything about The Neighbourhood it’s going to be their song “Sweater Weath-

er.” The song became a big hit somewhere around 2013. The second, actually the very millisecond, that everyone heard the opening drum beat to the song, you would’ve that you were at a One Direction arena show with a bunch of pre-teen girls. For the main generation that flooded the venue to see The Neighbourhood, hearing “Sweater Weather” live was an absolute dream come true.

The show finished off with the song “Stuck With Me” which was unusual because it isn’t a super upbeat song nor did they have an encore. The audience sang along to the song as much as they could and cheer as loud as they could for the band once the song was over. Even though it was an odd way to end the show, it felt perfect once it was all over.

The show in itself was enthralling from beginning to end. The atmosphere of the indie crowd was way more hyped than imagined and led to a great environment. The band aspect of The Neighbourhood didn’t miss a beat and Rutherford kept the audience in the palm of his hand the whole time. The stage lights and stage show enhanced the entire experience as well. All the elements came together perfectly to form a night that every Neighbourhood fan will remember. It can definitely be said we all know who Chip Chrome is now.

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Often forgotten childhood stories teach life-long lessons

By Chandni Shah Staff Writer

When we put away childish things of the past, one of the things to go are our books. We grow too old for them and start to read more challenging and longer works suited for our age. They hit the curb or a local Goodwill along with our too-small clothes and shoes, dusty unused toys and stuffed animals that took up their fair share of the bed. What we don’t realize is that we never actually “outread” these books, we carry the seemingly simple lessons they teach about life with us forever.

One of my favorite reads

growing up was “The Phantom Tollbooth” by Norton Juster. A boy named Milo comes home from school one day and discovers that a mysterious tollbooth has appeared in his room, he drives through the tollbooth in an electric car only because he has nothing better to do. While driving through the peculiar lands of this new world ― the Doldrums, Dictionopolis, Digitopolis, the Valleys of Sound and Sight and the Mountains of Ignorance ― Milo realizes that life isn’t as dull as he once believed. Juster teaches us that when you stop to look at everything with careful sight, sound, touch

Photo courtesy of Creative Commons ”The Phantom Tollbooth” book cover.

and taste, living becomes a lot more interesting.

A book that almost everyone I know is familiar with is “Where the Wild Things Are” by Maurice Sendak, following the story of a mischievous boy named Max. After his mother sends him to bed without dinner, Max’s imagination takes over and his bedroom transforms into a forest with an ocean that he sails across until he finds the Wild Things. Here, Max lets his anger take over and he becomes the king of the Wild Things, but he soon comes to realize that there’s no place like home. Max sails back home even though his anger persists so that he can be where someone loves him the most, his mother.

Although Max is a young boy, everyone can relate to his anger and how sometimes we can let it get the best of us, but in the end all we want is to be loved.

“The Little Prince” by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, is another great read that

”The Little Prince” book cover.

Photo courtesy of Creative Commons “Where the Wild Things Are” book cover.

one can carry with them throughout a lifetime. The narrator meets the Little Prince after crashing his plane into the Sahara desert and the Prince tells him how he left his own little planet because his rose lied to him, so he travels throughout the universe. After various encounters with adults on his journey, the Prince realizes the absurdity of adults

and how they are consumed only by their work. Essentially, “The Little Prince” reminds us that the way we love someone makes them unique to us and that those who are superficial don’t really understand the important things in life.

All three of these books remind us in some way the important truths of human existence: dullness is caused by our own inability to experience the world, all of us in some way are a Wild Thing, and that we have our own unique rose that we live for.

Most importantly, we must all find our own way, and as Juster said in “The Phantom Tollbooth,” “whether or not you find your own way, you’re bound to find some way. If you happen to find my way, please return it, as it was lost years ago. I imagine by now it’s quite rusty.”

Photo courtesy of Creative Commons

Chandni Shah crshah@pointpark.edu

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Developments in our field This past week, the editorial team of Northwestern University’s student-run newspaper, The Daily Northwestern, faced harsh criticism. Jeff Sessions, the former United States Attorney General, was on campus to speak, and the event drew multiple student protestors. Two main protests took place, one peaceful and one that was more violent.

Writers and a photographer for The Daily Northwestern were on scene, taking photos and collecting information.

The photographer posted photos of the protest online, and writers and editors took to the university directory to get the contact information of protestors to reach out for interviews.

Normally, this would all be pretty standard practice for reporters. However, the editors and writers of The Daily Northwestern failed to take one thing into consideration, that being both their status and the protestors’ status as students.

The protestors involved were upset with the staff for posting their faces online and reporting their names, as the university could use the paper’s identification as a way to punish the protestors. The editorial staff wrote and published an apology to their fellow students.

That’s when professional reporters took to social media to criticize the board for apologizing. Reporters were angry that the students were coming across as “wishy-washy” and not confident or committed to the work that they had done.

But it’s really not that simple.

Professional reporters don’t have to worry about an entity, such as a university, stepping in to their work. They don’t have to worry about facing criticism from their classroom peers for the work that they do, thus potentially losing their audience. They don’t have to worry about pleasing both their classmates and the professional world.

The role of a student journalist is vastly different than the world of a working reporter. It’s also very different than the role of a regular student.

As student journalists, we are both journalists and students. We have a committed responsibility to reporting the news as accurately and as doggedly as possible. But we must also be empathetic to the needs and wants of the remainder of the student body whom we serve. This means that we can’t always use the same methods as the pros.

We at The Globe are calling on professional reporters to support the work that is being done by student journalists,

and to consider the more tightened parameters that we must work with. We ask that you remember your time in journalism school, however different it may have been compared to now. We ask for patience as we navigate the often-times confusing path towards a career in journalism. We also ask for the patience of our peers as we balance our dedication to serving you and our responsibilities as one of you.

And to our fellow journalism students working at The Daily Northwestern, we appreciate your acknowledgement of your mistakes. We also recognize that some of the criticism directed your way was unwarranted. And during this time, we also reflect on our own mistakes. We are not perfect, and as much as we strive for perfection, it will never be reached. But as long as we are committed to practicing good, ethical journalism, we will always find our way back on the straight and narrow path.

However, this isn’t the only development in the world of journalism that has caught our attention.

Locally, big moves are taking place, specifically between the owners of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Block Communications, and the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh, which represents the workers at the Post-Gazette as well as fulltime faculty here at Point Park.

The Guild released an official statement on Monday detailing their vote of “no confidence” in executive editor Keith Burris, as well as publisher John Block and owner Block Communications. The vote comes as a response to what The Guild describes as “hostility and intimidation” in the Post-Gazette newsroom.

Over the past six months, many journalists have left the paper. And this is after the paper won a Pullitzer Prize, the highest honor in journalism, this past year for their Tree of Life tragedy coverage.

It must also be noted that reporters at the Post-Gazette, have not had a raise in 14 years.

Starting on Wednesday, there will be a byline strike.

These developments are shocking and attention-grabbing, especially for young journalists such as ourselves. However, we stand with The Guild and their right to a fair wage and a healthy work environment.

We also stand by their right to be valued by their employer and by the Pittsburgh community.

The world of journalism is ever-changing. But we will do our best here at The Globe to be steadfast.

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Boomers vs. Millennials and Gen Z

By Luke Mongelli Staff Writer

In New Zealand, a 25 year old lawmaker by the name of Chlöe Swabrick, presented a climate speech in front of the UK parliament. During that speech, a fellow member of parliament began heckling her to which Swabrick responded with the quip, “Okay Boomer.”

Swabrick quickly caught flak for the statement, and it blew up on social media.

While it seems like a harmless comeback, it was not received as such. Many of the people associated with the baby boomer era were quick to call out Swabrick, regarding the statement as the “n-word of ageism.” But why does it have that much of a negative connotation?

“Okay Boomer” is a term that is mostly used

by Millennials and Generation Z and is directed towards Baby Boomers, or people born between 1946 and 1965. It is considered to be the opposite of what Baby Boomers and people of Generation X have been doing to Millennials over the past 20 years. Older people have been known to attack someone’s young age and inexperience if someone’s viewpoints do not align with their own, and all that “Okay Boomer” is, is the same idea with a different mask.

When someone says “Okay, Boomer,” what they

are trying to say is, your argument holds no merit due to your outdated belief system, and your ignorance of mistakes made in the past.

Much the same as if an older person was to call someone out mid-argument for being a millennial. It holds no stake in the argument, but they point it out to belittle their opponent.

The only difference is, millennials have been enduring the onslaught of comments and having their opinions cast to the side simply because of their age, with very little complaint.

But the minute the younger generations call out the older ones, it blows up in the media and all of the sudden it is a war between the generations. I think we all can agree, as petty as this is, it needs to stop.

This verbal war between the generations is nothing new. When the Baby Boomers were younger, they had a saying. “Don’t trust anyone over 30.” Then along came Generation X, and as time went on and technology advanced, so did viewpoints.

They disagreed with the Boomers, then came along Millennials, and neither the Boomers or people in Gen x agreed with them. Then after the turn of the century came Gen Z. Millennials and Gen Z generally hold similar beliefs, as do Boomers and people in Gen X.

The reason we are pitted against one another is because as the world progresses, no one wants to go with it. No one wants to accept change in the world, they want to keep everything the way it is currently in their lives. So when a Baby Boomer or people in Gen X say something that might not align with newer generations viewpoints, there is grounds for an argument.

Millennials and Gen Z are also at fault. They are often times seen blaming older generations for misfortunes that we currently have in the world today, like climate change and high college tuition. More times than not, it is not the entire generations’ fault for these problems, but we as a newer generation do not really have anything else to blame.

Both parties are at fault here, and the cycle of petty name calling will just continue if we do not work together to better the world for ourselves, and the generations after us. And if any of this offends you, or you don’t want to change the way things are and continue to not get along, there is only one thing I have to say to you: “Okay, Boomer.”

Luke Mongelli lmonge@pointpark.edu

The ultimate survival guide to Thanksgiving as a vegetarian

By Amara Phillips Copy Editor

The struggle is almost ultimately real when you have food restrictions during the holidays. I am grateful that my family doesn’t cook a ton of meat products during Thanksgiving as the only meat my family serves during Thanksgiving dinner is turkey. But don’t get me wrong, it can still be difficult to eat dinner during the holidays because meat is usually the main dish.

Step number one for being vegetarian during Thanksgiving dinner is to fill up on carbs. Carbs include homemade mashed potatoes, obviously, and crescent rolls. Who doesn’t love a nice, warm, flaky, buttery crescent roll?

Step number two in the vegetarian holiday survival guide is to fill up on veggies. I personally go for the creamed corn and then the broccoli. If I have a sweet tooth during dinner, which I usually do since I am a sugar addict, I go for the yams. My mom is usually in charge of the yams and she covers them with brown sugar, butter and marshmallows and places them in the oven until the marshmallows melt

into the dish.

Step number three, go for the fruit. My family doesn’t serve much fruit during the holidays but we always have cranberry sauce which I love.

I usually pile a lot of cranberry sauce on my dinner plate. It’s surprising that I like cranberry sauce so much considering I hate cranberries.

Step number four, diets don’t exist around the holidays, so stop counting calories and eat some dessert. When I first became a vegetarian, I was extremely unhealthy and used to fill up on sweets and junk food. I know, how gross. As a result of living off of ice cream and potato chips I have built quite a sugar tolerance. If you are vegetarian and your family makes mostly meat during Thanksgiving dinner, then chances are, you will definitely have room for dessert. I usually go for the pumpkin pie and maybe a tiny slice of homemade apple pie if I am feeling adventurous.

On a serious note, if you happen to be vegetarian and your family does not serve food to accommodate your dietary needs, I am extremely sorry. I know what it is like to celebrate a holiday on an

almost empty stomach due to the food circumstances. It can be difficult to eat a holiday dinner when your family doesn’t understand your moral and ethical lifestyle choice and the main course is a meat dish. Every family creates their own special holiday food and I am thankful my mom is willing to cook certain dishes specifically for me so I don’t feel left out. I think holiday dinners are a way for families to come together, and eating with one another has become a bonding experience over the years.

If you are a vegetarian and this is your first Thanksgiving dinner, I just want you to know that you will discover some food tips and tricks along your journey. I also hope that there is some delicious meatless food that is available for your enjoyment, and that your family doesn’t give you a hard time for being vegetarian and if they do, please don’t become discouraged. Stick to your beliefs and have a happy holiday!

Amara Phillips adphill@pointpark.edu

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Volleyball plagued by quarterfinals curse for 4th year, RSC hosted in Student Center Gym this past weekend

Six Pioneers collect River States Conference honors at finale of season

By Dara Collins Editor-in-Chief

Point Park volleyball’s season ended last Friday in the quarterfinal round of the River States Conference Championship, notching the fourth season in a row that the Pioneers hit a roadblock in the opening round.

“Although our season ended earlier than we had wanted, we still have so much to be proud of,” senior Maria Ferragonio said.

“We played well as a team the entire season and enjoyed every minute of it.

These girls were so special and each and every person was so important to the success we made this season. This group of girls and this season will be hard to forget.”

However, the Pioneers, 22-9 (12-4 RSC), did not close out the season empty-handed.

No Pioneers were named to the All-RSC First Team, but five Pioneers found themselves on the Second Team.

Middle hitter Jazlyn Rozier, right-side hitter Taylor Small, outside hitter/setter Ferragonio, libero Ashley Castelli and outside hitter Haley English represented the green and gold on the All-RSC Second Team.

Setter Brittney Bianco represented Point Park on the RSC Champions of Character Team as she best embodied the NAIA’s five character values of respect, responsibility, integrity, servant leadership and sportsmanship.

“Day in and day out, Britt was one of the girls who brought passion, leadership and energy, whether it was practice or a game,” Rozier said. “She was always trying her hardest to make sure every set that the hitters got from her was exactly what they wanted. She wanted everyone to succeed

and give everyone the credit they deserve. She is a special player.”

“When I needed a friend, she was there for me,” Small said. “She never let me be down or sad. She is my sister, and I will miss her beyond everything.”

The awards came after Point Park was edged out of the RSC tournament during Friday morning’s matchup against Asbury University.

As the No. 1 seed in the RSC East, Point Park hosted the conference championships last weekend.

Despite the home court advantage, the Eagles topped the Pioneers in a hard-fought match by 2521, 16-25, 25-17 and 25-18.

Point Park previously won against Asbury earlier this month 3-1.

“I believe we knew that we had a target on our back, and almost everyone in that gym wanted to see us fail...

We looked slightly nervous and were trying to play picture perfect, but volleyball is a game of mistakes, and they happen frequently, but once we were down, we were not able to come back up,” Rozier said.

Rozier says the Pioneers’ mentality may have been the downfall of the match.

“We did not step onto that court with the energy we had against our big home match against IU East,” Rozier said. “We all had an ‘oh, shit’ moment and realized too little too late this could potentially be the end of our season.”

Point Park may have outgunned Asbury, but Asbury maintained the better hitting percentage. Eight Pioneers collected kills during the match with Ferragonio leading the offense with 11. Rozier followed in suit with 10, English with nine and junior Kristy Lippert with eight.

Sophomore Madison Sima chipped in seven kills

as well as three blocks, and Small put down six kills.

Setter Menosky and Bianco split the match as usual with 21 and 23 assists, respectively, and collected a total of 11 digs.

Leading the Pioneer defense was Ferragonio with 19 digs and second came Castelli with 10 followed by English with nine.

The Pioneers picked up seven aces total with Menosky and junior Micaela Shevell racking up two apiece.

This loss marked the last game in the Student Center Gym for seniors Bianco, English, Ferragonio and Menosky.

“This has hands down been my favorite season out of the four years I’ve been here,” Menosky said.

“I’ve cherished every moment, and these girls will forever be a sister to me.

It breaks my heart that the season and the past 11 years of my life playing have come to an end, but as this chapter ends, another one begins.”

The returners anticipate success - and revenge - next season.

“Next season im looking for revenge,” Rozier said. “I know how good we are and can be. It’s my last go around, and I want to win and host conference again, and this time win the tournament and get a bid to nationals.”

With an individual mission, Rozier eagerly awaits next season.

“Personally, I am ready to leave everything I have on that court every single practice and game,” Rozier said. “I want to make First Team All Conference and show everyone in the RSC that the Pioneers are still the team to beat.”

Mallory Neil | Point Park Athletics ABOVE: Freshman Taylor Small goes up for a kill against two Asbury defenders in the quarterfinal round of RSC playoffs Friday.

BELOW: Senior Brittney Bianco gets ready to set the ball in a set against Asbury in the student center gym on Friday.

Dara Collins dmcolli2@pointpark.edu

River States Conference Championship Quarterfinals

Nov. 15-16, 2019

Point Park Asbury

Semifinals

Brescia Rio Grande

Asbury IU Kokomo

IU Kokomo IU East

Brescia WVU Tech

WVU Tech IU Southest

Finals RSC Champion IU Kokomo WVU Tech

IU Kokomo

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All In with Allison

By Allison Schubert Sports Columnist

Bittersweet Defeat So remember last week, when I was talking about how all of our teams were in contention for a championship?

Well, it turns out the women’s cross country team is running solo on this one.

Things did not quite work out for the teams we talked about last week.

Let’s start with the men’s soccer team again.

Last week, I mentioned the fact that they were awaiting the finale of the River States Conference (RSC) tournament to see if they would receive an atlarge bid to nationals.

Now that the tournament has come to an end, we know that they missed out on that at-large bid by just one loss. One. Loss.

That is probably the saddest storyline of this semester: a historically amazing team missing the postseason because of a mishap the year before, then missing nationals by a single loss.

The women’s soccer team’s season was slightly more successful, in terms of the postseason.

It did not result in a championship unfortunately, but they did make it all the way to semifinals.

As for the volleyball team, they were not able to break their quarterfinals

curse.

I was on the call with Taylor Spirito for the match, and it was an amazing one to say the least. It really came down to technicalities, and Asbury took the win in four sets.

Despite things not going in favor of Point Park, the Pioneers have nothing to hang their heads about.

A historic season is historic no matter the outcome of the postseason. This season will still go in the books for the men’s soccer team.

A semifinal run is nothing to overlook either, and the women kept things tight until that final game, even after a coaching change, which is never easy an easy transition for a team.

Being the East Division Champions is also nothing to put your nose up to, and quarterfinals curse or not, they still took the division title.

Overall, it has been quite the final fall semester for me and the rest of the seniors that adorn the Point Park athletic department, and despite the postseason not exactly ending how the Pioneers wanted, it was one all of us will remember.

Allison Schubert alschub@pointpark.edu

Mallory Neil | Point Park Athletics Senior Olajua Pedemonte kicks a corner kick toward the goal in a game earlier this season against Bresica University at the Montour Junction Sports Complex. Six seniors were honored that day for Senior Day. The women’s season ended in the semifinal round of RSC playoffs last Thursday.

Women’s soccer ends season in RSC Semifinal to Asbury

By Austin Alkire Co-Sports Editor

Every underdog story has a pattern. The underdog in sports has a pattern that the women’s soccer team find themselves familiar with.

“We were the underdogs of this tournament which was a positive for us because other teams didn’t expect us to come out as tough as we did,” senior Gabby Widman said.

The Pioneers started the year 2-8-1, with a four game losing streak to start off the season. However, Point Park put together four wins in their final seven games of the season, clinching the fifth seed in the River States Conference (RSC) playoffs.

The underdog story continued after the team beat WVU Tech 2-0 in the quarterfinals. The next step in the story was to upset No. 1 Asbury. Easier said than done.

“Early on we had some trouble, but in the second half we had more success,” head coach Bethanie Moreschi said.

Going into the game, the focus was on breaking apart the Eagles’ defense.

“We were looking to find the gaps in their defense. especially on the outsides,”

Moreschi said. “They do really well possessing the ball and making the field bigger, we were hoping to counter that by shrinking the field.”

The first half was a tight contest defensively. The only exception was an Asbury goal courtesy of Paige Miller in the 27th minute.

“I think we came out to play and played our game, but the way we were playing wasn’t working with the formation they were playing,” sophomore Taylor Goldstrohm said. “Going into the second half, we adjusted how we were going to attack and we were able to score some goals by doing that.”

Asbury was the first to go on a goal scoring spree in the second half. In the 50th minute, Susannah Terrazas put the Eagles up 2-0.

Despite Goldstrohm cutting their lead to one in the 57th minute, Asbury potted two goals in the following 20 minutes to put the home team up 4-1.

However, a comeback started to brew.

“They went on their heels and we had opportunities,” Moreschi said. “We finished the chances we had. I was proud of their perseverance.”

The comeback started

in the 72nd minute when Goldstrohm sent her second goal of the game into the back of the net, with Nikki Polens chipping in with an assist on the goal.

With four minutes left, the sophomore connection linked up for a final time this season when Goldstrohm assisted on Tia Horew’s goal that trimmed the score down to 4-3.

“The bench was cheering us on every step of the way from the warm up to every minute of the game,” Widman said. “That support pushed us to keep fighting till the final whistle.”

Unfortunately for Moreschi and her team, the underdog story was never meant to be completed.

The Pioneers finished the season 4-5-1 in the RSC. While Point Park’s women’s soccer team has not won a championship since 2017, the team showed resilience and an overall promise for next season.

Moreschi could not be any more proud of her team.

“They played with heart and passion for the game and respect and love for one another,” Moreschi said.

Austin Alkire apalkir@pointpark.edu

Mallory Neil | Point Park Athletics Senior Chloe Bowser passes the ball to a teammate on Senior Day at Montour Junction Sports Complex.

Bowser is one of six seniors who ended their season last Thursday with their loss in the semifinals.

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Men win back-to-back blowouts, improve to 4-2

By Mason Strawn Staff Writer

The men’s basketball team came back with a vengeance this weekend, blowing out Penn State-New Kensington and Bryant & Stratton-Buffalo back to back.

After last weekend’s trip to Miami, where the Pioneers went 1-2, the team came back with a mindset of domination at hand.

In Friday’s game at Penn State-New Kensington, Point Park had total control, blowing out the Nittany Lions 99-63.

Penn State only led one time during the entire game, scoring the opening bucket before the Pioneers grew their lead quickly into the double digits.

Point Park scored 45 points in the first half and 54 in the second, with five different players putting up double digits in the game.

Simultaneously, the Pioneers held the Nittany Lions to only 24 points in the first

half, and held down their shooting to under 40 percent from the field throughout the game.

The men also dominated the boards, more than doubling Penn State’s rebounding 47-to-21.

On Saturday, the men came back home and once again dominated, defeating Bryant & Stratton-Buffalo 102-86 in another high scoring affair.

The game was close when it entered the 10-minute mark of the second half, but Point Park was able to pull away as the game came to a close.

The Pioneers shot 59 percent from the field, and hit more than 45-percent from the 3-point line.

Sophomore guard Sherron Schifino led both games in scoring, dropping 19 and 29 points between the two games, and only missed two shots in the game against Bryant & Stratton.

“My mindset was just to play my game and make my

Mallory Neil | Point Park Athletics Junior forward R.J. Fairrow goes up for the jump ball to kick off the home game versus Bryant & Stratton College on Saturday.

shots when my teammates created them for me,” Sherron said. “My coaches just put me into the right state of mind before the games and I just played my game.”

Between both games, Point Park was able to keep opponents to just 37 percent from the field, while shooting well over 50 percent in both games.

“During the time off, Coach [Lewandowski] wanted us to focus on two things,” junior forward RJ Fairrow said. “One was getting as many shots as possible, and the other being tightening up our defense.”

After back-to-back games during their road trip in Miami of shooting less than 40-percent, the team bounced back. The team now averages 49 percent from the field and a little over 80 points per game, ranking 26th out of 140 teams in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).

The Pioneers are also now fourth in the River States Conference (RSC).

“We do a bunch of shooting and defensive drills in practice,” sophomore forward Kameron Shockley said. “Coach [Lewandowski] makes sure we are always in the right spots on defense no matter what.”

The team has yet another long break to look forward to, as they won’t have another game until Nov. 23 and then yet another break until Nov. 30. Both games will be away, with the first game at Salem University in West Virginia, and the second being at Malone University in Ohio.

Mallory Neil | Point Park Athletics ABOVE: Sophomore Jesse Calloway brings the ball up to set up a play in the offensive zone.

BELOW: Junior Kyle Carrington gets ready to shoot a free throw.

Mason Strawn mtstraw@pointpark.edu

Women follow blowout win with heartbreak loss Burns, Kirschner lead Pioneers to second victory of season, 2-4 overall

By Allison Schubert Co-Sports Editor

The women’s basketball team found themselves on both sides of the spectrum this past week, winning one of its two games in blowout fashion before losing a heartbreaker in the home opener.

The women first traveled to McKeesport for a night game against Penn State - Greater Allegheny (PSUGA).

The Pioneers had five different players score double digits and the team as a whole scored over 100 points for the first time since Nov. 10, 2015.

Junior guard Michelle Burns and freshman guard Lexi Petit shared the team high scoring title with 12 points apiece. Senior guard Tyra James and freshman guard Sierra Seneta tallied ten apiece, and both had points contributed in the form of 3-pointers. Rounding out the double-digit scorers was junior guard Sierra Dawson, who also contributed ten.

Overall, Point Park shot 54-percent from the field and 47-percent from beyond the arc. The Pioneers’ bench contributed 72 points.

Point Park’s defense limited PSUGA to just 24-percent shooting overall and forced 24 turnovers.

The Pioneers’ dominant

rounded play resulted in a 105-59 win over PSUGA. After playing its first five games on the road, the women’s team finally played its home opener, hosting Bryant & Stratton on Saturday night.

The undefeated Bobcats led in scoring for the first three quarters before Point Park’s freshman guard Taylor Kirschner lit it up in the fourth quarter.

Kirschner had just three points in the first 30 minutes, but she scored 14 points in the final ten that led to the late push by the Pioneers.

Freshman guard Taylor Rinn contributed 16 points and finished her double-double with a team-high 11 rebounds.

Petit added 15 points and James also tallied eight points.

Despite the offensive effort, Point Park fell to Bryant & Stratton 76-75.

The Pioneers are back on the road for their next four games against Washington Adventist, Penn State - York, Bryant & Stratton - Rochester, and conference opponent Carlow before coming back to the CCAC - Allegheny gym for their second home game against Washington Adventist.

Allison Schubert alschub@pointpark.edu

Mallory Neil | Point Park Athletics ABOVE: Junior guard Michelle Burns faces a defender from Bryant & Stratton on Saturday night. The Pioneers lost 76-75.

BELOW: Senior Tyra James dribbles the ball up the court to set up a play.