Paul Wintruba, Assistant News Editor
• October 28, 2012
RMU students and faculty spent the last week celebrating Italian American heritage. Festivities began on Saturday, Oct. 20, with a friendly game of Tombola in Romo’s cafe. Tombola is played much like bingo, where tokens numbered one through 99 are...
Paul Wintruba, Assistant News Editor
• October 24, 2012
The “Yorktown Express” shuttle, the direct shuttle from RMU’s Yorktown Hall to campus and back, will now be running from 7:03 a.m. to 5:53 p.m. at night, instead of just running in the morning and early afternoon. The RMU “Flyer” will continue...
Paul Wintruba, Assistant News Editor
• October 22, 2012
This past Saturday, Oct. 20, 47 delegates from the One Young World summit, held annually in different parts of the world since 2009, visited RMU for two simultaneous break out sessions in John Jay.
Representing 26 countries from England to the Congo,...
No one will ever look at the Fort Pitt Tunnel the same way again.Stephen Chbosky’s film adaptation of his acclaimed coming-of-age novel, The Perks of Being a Wallflowerwill have adolescents looking hopefully into their futures and adults reflecting...
Paul Wintruba, Assistant News Editor
• September 26, 2012
This Monday’s Student Government Association meeting was a little different than usual. In addition to organizational budgets being due, SGA members met at the Sewall center for dinner and an open discussion with university President Gregory Dell’Omo.
Dell’Omo...
Over the course of the past two years, thanks in-part to former Communications Department Head Dr. Andrea Frantz and current Student Media Advisor Carrie Moniot, the idea of convergent media has become a reality for RMU Student Media.
This month RMU...
EDITOR'S UPDATE: RMU Sentry Media has learned that only three of the five residents in the Coraopolis apartment are RMU students.
Local news is reporting that this morning at approximately 4:20 a.m., five RMU students were awoken by the sounds of an...
Monday's Student Government Association meeting was called to order at 5:03 p.m. by SGA President Alan Buehler, who also spoke on his meeting with the board of trustees Student Life Committee, set for Sept. 21 and student organization officer training...
This Tuesday marks the eleventh anniversary of September 11, 2001, a grave day in U.S. history that saw plans crash into the World Trade Center, Pentagon and an open field in Shanksville, Pa. Many will remember this day throughout the country with various...
This past Friday, Sept. 7, RMU played host to the great mentalist Banachek. His 8 p.m. performance packed Massey Theater to capacity with students and faculty alike, all excited to see his world famous abilities.
Banachek wowed the audience by manipulating...
The Office of Residence Life, or ResLife for short, was running like a well-oiled machine this past Thursday morning, showing that all of the kinks have been worked out of the system after the computer issues that caused extensive backups during last...
Looking for a new option for cooling off this summer? Robert Morris University's "Broadway and the Gardens" may be the answer.
Dr. Ken Gargaro, coordinator of theater at RMU, announced in a press release from the university that both The Fantasticks,...
RMU students seeking student employment on-campus for the summer semester may be scratching their heads. The portal to apply for on-campus jobs has temporarily been disabled in order to automate the student employment process and make it part of ColonialTRAK.
Next,...
RMU student Marco Giovengo, senior, passed away this evening in his room in Lexington Hall, according to an email from RMU President Gregory Dell'Omo. Several of Giovengo's Phi Sigma Kappa brothers also confirmed that he had passed away.
An ambulance...
Yes, 21 Jump Street is the latest 80s television show to be reinvented as a film for the big screen. Yes, like many others, I am getting very tired of all these remakes and reboots. However, I have to admit that this film is laugh out loud funny and is...
In memory of 2005 Robert Morris University alumni Michael R. Haines, 31, who was killed during a robbery last week, RMU along with members of RMU's Phi Delta Theta chapter, which Haines was a member, has created a scholarship fund.
To contribute to...
Currently, 10 to 15 students attend the Hospitality and Tourism Management Association’s monthly meetings, a statistic that RMU’S HATMA chapter president, senior Pamela Isoldi, hopes to change this semester.
Double majoring in business...
Happy Valentine's Day! Looking for something to do this week with your sweetheart that isn't off campus? Then read on for this week's RoMo's Round-Up!
Tues, Feb. 14
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Open Mic Night - 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. - Nicholson Center...
Happy Monday! Time to start another week here at RMU!
Checkout the events happening on campus this week and be sure to listen to our daily newscast "Sentry Live at Five" live on RMU Radio every weekday at 12:15 p.m. for the most up-to-date campus news!
Tuesday,...
“The Woman in Black” marks Daniel Radcliffe’s first feature role since bidding farewell to Harry Potter and the magical world of Hogwarts last summer. While Radcliffe completely embodies his character in “The Woman in Black,” the plot seems...
Happy Monday, everyone!
Starting this week some staff members of The Sentry will be hosting a five minute newscast daily to inform the RMU community of the latest and developing news. Every weekday the show will be broadcasted live on RMU Radio at...
Looking for something to do on campus this week? Checkout these events as well as some important deadlines for the week ahead!
Monday, Jan. 23
Spring 2012 student organization budget requests are due today in Student Life
Applications for graduation...
Following erroneous reports of his death last evening, former Penn State head coach Joe Paterno, nicknamed "Joe Pa," passed away earlier this morning. Paterno, 85, was battling lung cancer.
His death comes just months after his firing from Penn State...
Following reports earlier this evening that former Penn State head coach Joe Paterno, 85, was in serious condition, CBS Sports' Eye on College Football" blog and "Onward State," a student-run media organization run by Penn State students, reported around...
Having no classes on Monday, Jan. 16 is not the only way RMU will be celebrating the life of Martin Luther King, Jr.
From Jan. 16 to Jan. 21, RMU's Black Male Excellence Network (B-MEN), Black Student Union (BSU), MLK/Black History Month Committee, Office...
Time again for a new year, new semester, a fresh start! Let us know in our online poll and in the comment section what you are looking forward to most this semester.
The Sentry staff wishes everyone well this semester!
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Nearly 50 students filled the Salem Hall conference room Thursday evening to hear from Robert Morris University's President Gregory Dell'Omo. While Dell'Omo mainly focused upon the university's expansion, students also brought up other topics, such as...
Early this afternoon, major news stations reported that shots had been fired near the Virginia Tech University campus in Blacksburg. The campus was put on lockdown, and since then, two have been discovered dead, including a police officer.
This incident...
Since beginning a cap collection on campus for a local young boy who is on dialysis on Nov. 5 through RMU’s National Residence Hall Honor Society (NRH), junior business management major Tyler Montabon and junior nursing major Stephanie Brittner have...
You’re cordially invited to the wedding of the century! More like the year’s best unintentional comedy.
The “Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part I” revolves around the marriage of the dreamy, vegetarian vampire Edward Cullen and awkward, barley...
In May 2013, the class of 2013 will be the first RMU students to graduate with the Student Engagement Transcript (SET) as a requirement, prompting efforts to make students more aware of these requirements.
Starting with the freshmen class of 2009,...
Throughout this week, Randon Willard, a personal/crisis counselor at RMU’s Center for Student Success and coordinator of educational programs on campus for alcohol, drugs and sexual assault, in partnership with Pittsburgh Action Against Rape (PAAR)...
VIDEO: Executive Decision: 2011 - Behind the Scenes Update
This evening Thursday, Oct. 27 at 8 p.m. students in Robert Morris University's Media Management class will host "Executive Decision: 2011" in the Academic Media Center in the Patrick Henry...
With a football game under the new stadium lights of Joe Walton Stadium, a concert from Scott Blasey, the frontman of Pittsburgh-based band The Clarks, and a number ofreunions for alumni, Robert Morris University’s 2011 Homecoming will not be like years...
Located behind the Nicholson Center, the Jefferson Health and Fitness Center offers students the opportunity to stay fit throughout the semester through a variety of activities and workout equipment.
Campus Recreation Director Armand Buzzelli noted...
Today marks the 10th anniversary of 9/11, a day etched into the memory of every American.
Robert Morris University student, faculty and staff took a moment to recall where they were on that day just ten years ago.
Tell us in the comments section:...
This past Sunday marked the 10th anniversary of 9/11, a day etched into the memory of almost every American.
In honor of the thousands of innocent Americans killed in the terrorist attacks, Robert Morris University’s Chapter of College Republicans...
With over 50 volunteer projects planned thus far for the fall semester, Robert Morris University’s Office of Student Civic Engagement (OSCE) is looking forward to another packed semester of service.
Beginning her fifth year as the Director of Student...
