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The Importance of History

Sybil Cherenfant, Features Editor
May 2, 2012

About two hours away from Pittsburgh, is the city in which the biggest mine disaster took place. More than 361 workers died from this explosion, including 170 Italian immigrants. Dr. Joe D’Andrea, a retired professor of the Moon Township school district and an honorary...

Saying goodbye to Andrea Frantz

Dante Verme, Contributing Writer
May 2, 2012

This past fall, Dr. Andrea Frantz announced that she was stepping down as the department head and associate professor of Communication at Robert Morris University (RMU) to return to Buena Vista University (BVU) in Storm Lake, Iowa, where her journey started almost 23 years ago.  ...

Mental health first aid training for RA’s

Rachel Calhoun, Contributor
March 25, 2012

Depression and anxiety are two increasing issues college students are suffering with at American universities, which is causing more resident assistants (RA’s) to be trained in mental health first aid all across the nation. Robert Morris University is one of many schools that...

Dustin Zemel- Visiting Documentary Filmmaker

Heidi Hickle, contributing writer
March 23, 2012

Dustin Zemel, the visiting media arts scholar, has come to Robert Morris University from Portland, Oregon to show, teach, and demonstrate his artistic ways through the medium of video. In Portland, Zemel worked as a freelance videographer, editor, and fine artist for the past...

RMU’s own renaissance and Elizabeth Benigni

Chauncey Alexander, staff writer
March 23, 2012

The art world continues to take Robert Morris University (RMU) by storm.  It has brought a few new clubs on campus, such as the revamped Musicians Association, Intensity Slam Poetry Team, and the Photography Club. This has gotten a lot of student artists to talk about the...

Keeping RMU current through reaccreditation

Andrew Dickson, ASST. Features Editor
March 23, 2012

“Reaccreditation is important because it says Robert Morris University is based on a universal curriculum, so that our students are not lesser than any student from another university,” says Patricia Zusinas. Two years ago in 2009, all of Robert Morris University (RMU)...

Soul Food

February 29, 2012

   

From Lecture to Business Plan

Rachel Calhoun, Contributor
February 28, 2012

Dick Robert’s Advertising and Communications Strategies class at RMU has become an actual advertising agency, and their agency name is Colonial Communications Consultants (CCC). At this very moment, CCC is working on a campaign for America’s Natural Gas Alliance (ANGA). They...

Frank Vieira finds musical success

Brooke Smith, Sports Editor
February 19, 2012

Every musician has a unique story of how he or she started singing or playing an instrument.  For Robert Morris University senior, Frank Vieira, it all started when he took a guitar making class his senior year of high school year. “That was the major factor in me picking...

Defining the Global Village with Irakli Kakabadze

Andrew Dickson, ASST. Features Editor
February 16, 2012

For some people, being 21-years-old means carefree celebrations. For Irakli Kakabadze, 21 meant the age of taking action in a country being torn apart by systematic oppression. He joined Georgia’s National Liberation Committee. Through Allegro! Kakabadze was the first author...