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A music review: Upcoming singles

Haley Sawyer, Contributor
August 27, 2012

Oh Love Green Day The first single from Green Day’s latest album, “¡Uno!,” is true to Green Day style, yet refreshing in its own way. It begins with a pleading Billy Joe Armstrong accompanied by a lone guitar.  As the song continues, it builds momentum and creates...

Freshman 101

Leah Moose, Lifestyles Editor
August 27, 2012

--An Inside View to All Things RMU-- Being a college freshman is arguably one of the scariest titles a person can have. Between the roommate situation, the foreign campus and the long-winded debate over when and where to buy textbooks, freshmen are bombarded with a large amount...

A Steady Hand for Kenya: Jenna’s Photo Gallery

Leah Moose, Lifestyles Editor
August 22, 2012

It is not about us. It is not about us, it is just not about us. These are the words that echoed through the minds and hearts of many who traveled to Kenya along with Robert Morris University sophomore, Jenna Hidinger. The members of Grace Community Church from Cranberry Township,...

Students experience teaching through Belize

Sabine Cherenfant, Contributing Writer
June 20, 2012

It has been three years since Daniel Shelley, professor of education, began taking elementary education students to Belize for an international experience. Belize, a commonwealth  of Great Britain, is the only English- speaking country in central America. "I visited Belize...

Updates on the Wayne Center construction

Mike Funyak, Staff Writer
May 2, 2012

Director of Planning and Design of Robert Morris University (RMU) Bill Joyce offers updates to those wondering about the construction site at the Wayne Center.   “As soon as RMU completed the agreement to sell the downtown building to Duquesne University, the university...

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...