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Pittsburgh receives perfect score for equality

Gage Goulding, Assistant News Manager
October 9, 2018

For the second year in a row, the city of Pittsburgh received a perfect score for equality.The Human Rights Commission Municipal Equality Index Scorecard (MEI) measures each city on different metrics and ranks them on LGBTQ equality. Cities are ranked on clear criteria, non-discrimination...

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Moon Twp. Police searching for armed and dangerous man

Gage Goulding, Assistant News Manager
October 9, 2018

Police in Moon Township are searching for a man that is considered armed and dangerous.In a Facebook post, police say that Michael Holiday is wanted for aggravated assault and on warrants from other agencies. Officials were searching the neighborhoods in the area of Moon Clinton...

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Pittsburgh Learn and Earn program pays youth $1.5 million in 2018

Gage Goulding, Assistant News Manager
October 8, 2018

Over 2,300 youth workers in Allegheny County earned over $1.5 million in wages during the 2018 Learn and Earn summer program. The fourth year of the partnership between Allegheny County, the City of Pittsburgh and Partner4Work gave youth ages 14-21 the chance to work in real-world...

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Duquesne football player dead after jumping from building

Gage Goulding, Assistant News Manager
October 6, 2018
A Duquesne University football is dead after falling from a 16-story window.
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RMU senior named foreign affairs campus coordinator by US Department of State

Samuel Anthony
October 6, 2018

In a statement released on Oct 4 by the U.S. Department of State, Robert Morris University senior Dillan Gaydos was named one of the 46 foreign affairs coordinators that will be located across 34 different campuses in the United States.The statement reads, "The mission of the...

Police Blotter 9/25/18-10/01/18

Police Blotter 9/25/18-10/01/18

October 5, 2018

9/25/18- Fire Alarm- Moon dispatch reported a fire alarm activated in Salem Hall.  The cause for the alarm was steam from the shower. Maintenance reset the alarm system. (closed) 9/25/18- Smell of Marijuana- Residence Life reported an odor of marijuana in Washington Hall....

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RMU senior donates small library to Yorktown

Michael Delehanty
October 5, 2018
Senior Carrie Barnhart, along with help from others, was able to start a small library of donated books in Yorktown Hall.
RHA plans for Haunted Washington and more

RHA plans for “Haunted Washington” and more

Paige Hilderbrand
October 4, 2018

Many activities and events were discussed at the Residence Hall Association meeting on Sept 26.RHA has everything in place for a laser tag event on Oct. 12.They are preparing for “Haunted Washington” on Oct. 26. This year’s attraction will include an Alcatraz...

RMU announces Commencement will be held in the UPMC Events Center

RMU announces Commencement will be held in the UPMC Events Center

Malyk Johnson, News Manager
October 2, 2018

Robert Morris University announced that the UPMC Events Center will be finished in time for the 2018-2019 commencement ceremony in an email. The graduate ceremony will be held on Friday, May 10 at 4 p.m., and the undergraduate ceremony will be held the day afterwards at 10...

The Smithsonian’s Destination Moon: The Apollo 11 Mission exhibition at the History Center will explore Apollo 11 mission, the birth of the American space program, the space race, and its Western Pennsylvania connections beginning on Sept. 29. Pictured: Astronaut Buzz Aldrin walks on the surface of the Moon near the leg of the lunar module Eagle during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity (EVA). (Photo courtesy of NASA)

Smithsonian’s ‘Destination Moon’ exhibit coming to Heinz History Center

Gage Goulding, News Assistant Manager
September 28, 2018

The Senator John Heinz History Center will be one of four museums to play host to a Smithsonian Institution exhibit commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission. The Pittsburgh museum announced on Thursday that the "Destination Moon: Apollo 11 Mission" exhibit...