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Phone battery charges in minutes, lasts for weeks

Phone battery charges in minutes, lasts for weeks

Dylan McKenna, Staff Writer
October 24, 2014

What if you could charge your electric car in the same amount of time it takes to fill a normal car up with gas, and drive for hundreds of miles? What if you could throw your iPhone on charge for 5 minutes, and the battery would last for weeks? What if your laptop battery lasted...

Media, religion focal point of Khroul’s lecture

Media, religion focal point of Khroul’s lecture

Nick Buzzelli, Editor-in-Chief
October 23, 2014

Throughout its history, Russia has been a deeply religious society composed primarily of individuals of the Eastern Orthodox faith. However when the Communist Party of the Soviet Union seized power in 1917, the distinct freedoms of religion granted to citizens were ultimately...

Haunt of Not 2: Hundred Acres Manor

Haunt of Not 2: Hundred Acres Manor

Eddie Sheehy, Lifestyles Editor
October 23, 2014

Another week, another haunted house. This time around, we’ve got another award-winning haunted house on our plate, Hundred Acres Manor, recently named one of the best haunted attractions in the country by Travel Channel. Made up of six separate parts in the main haunt and...

Police Blotter 10/14/14-10/20/14

Police Blotter 10/14/14-10/20/14

October 22, 2014

10/14/14 – Medical Emergency - Officers responded to Ross Hall for a student with problems breathing.  The complainant was transported by Valley Ambulance to Sewickley Valley Hospital. (Closed) 10/14/14 – Medical Emergency - Officers responded to the John Jay Center for...

Russ Yurk of USA Football answers student questions during the Sport Management Conference on October 17.

Sport Management Conference preps students for careers after college

Nick Buzzelli, Editor-in-Chief
October 22, 2014

When Danny Bonaventura returned to Robert Morris for the annual Sport Management Student Conference, the 2013 graduate was able to reconnect with his peers. Though, he not only caught up with former classmates, but also shared career insights with them as well. “It’s...

Fire on ice

Fire on ice

Haley Sawyer and Haley Sawyer
October 22, 2014

It’s not how you start, but how you finish. The RMU men’s hockey team is dead set to prove that cliché wrong.  So far, the Colonials have won every game on their schedule.  The defense has allowed only four goals. “Any time you can get a strong start, go in and...

Unlikely heroes emerge to lift Robert Morris over CCSU

Unlikely heroes emerge to lift Robert Morris over CCSU

Chris Mueller and Chris Mueller
October 20, 2014

Before all of the thrill and excitement took place in the fourth quarter at Joe Walton Stadium on Saturday, Robert Morris’ matchup against CCSU was setting up to be the same old story. Down big midway through the second half and on the brink of an 0-7 record, the Colonials...

Offensive struggles continue as RMU ties St. Francis Brooklyn

Offensive struggles continue as RMU ties St. Francis Brooklyn

Nick Milliron and Nick Milliron
October 19, 2014

In the second home game of Northeast Conference play, the Robert Morris men’s soccer team (5-8-2, NEC 0-3-1) tied 1-1 in Sunday afternoon's match against St. Francis Brooklyn (6-5-3, NEC 1-1-1) at the North Athletic Complex. It was a hard fought game, but the look on the...

Colonials hang tough, knock off CCSU for first win of Banaszak era

Colonials hang tough, knock off CCSU for first win of Banaszak era

Chris Mueller and Chris Mueller
October 18, 2014

Who would’ve thought it’d take almost eight weeks for John Banaszak to be celebrating win number one as head coach of Robert Morris? After the Colonials erased an 18-point deficit to defeat Central Connecticut State (2-5, 0-2) 27-24 at home on Saturday, the timing of Banaszak’s...

Colonials blank LIU, earn first NEC win

Colonials blank LIU, earn first NEC win

Nick Milliron and Nick Milliron
October 17, 2014

On a breezy fall day at the North Athletic Complex, the Robert Morris Colonials (3-10-2) picked up their first Northeast Conference win this season against LIU 1-0 on Friday afternoon. From the first minute, both teams immediately came out aggressive and started strong. The...