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Police Blotter: Sept. 12 – Sept. 19, 2012

Police Blotter: Sept. 12 – Sept. 19, 2012

September 23, 2012

9/12 - Medical Emergency - A student from Salem Hall called reporting extreme back pain. Valley Ambulance was dispatched and transported the student to Sewickley Valley Hospital for further treatment. (Closed) 9/13 - Accident - Officers responded to a report of a hit and run...

Currently, Robert Morris University has six fraternities and three sororities on campus.

Stay Fresh, Man!: What’s the rush? Sorority Recruitment 2012

Leah Fleischel, Copy Editor
September 23, 2012

There wasn't a whole lot going on at campus this past weekend in preparation for homecoming next weekend, except for sorority recruitment. This year’s group of girls hit record numbers, so the stakes were high, but it was to be a lot of fun for those involved. As it stands...

Life after Littlefield: Possibly the worst weekend of the season

Life after Littlefield: Possibly the worst weekend of the season

Jarrod Blumer, Contributor
September 23, 2012

I went home for the weekend and was away from my computer for a couple days, so I’m going to do my best to make sense of this atrocious weekend of Pirates baseball. After being swept by the Brewers and allowing them to creep back into the playoff race, the Pirates went to...

And It Feels Like I Am Just too Close to Love You: Week 3 NFL Picks

And It Feels Like I Am Just too Close to Love You: Week 3 NFL Picks

Daniel Kitchen, NFL Staff Writer
September 23, 2012

I have to start this post off with an apology. I have been pretty  really sick lately, and had the wondeful fortune of waking up sporadically throughout the night and sleeping poorly. So imagine my surprise when, instead of waking up with my alarm at the intended 9:30, I wake...

Robert Morris, Long Island play to 1-1 draw

Robert Morris, Long Island play to 1-1 draw

Nick Buzzelli and Nick Buzzelli
September 21, 2012

The Robert Morris University women’s soccer club was unable to secure its first victory of the 2012 campaign as the Colonials and Long Island University Blackbirds battled to a 1-1 tie Friday afternoon at the North Athletic Complex. The Colonials, who had 10 shots on Long...

Photo by Paul Wintruba

Celebration squared: Grand opening, naming of new SCIS building

Natalie DeBarto, Staff Writer
September 21, 2012

Last night Robert Morris University President Gregory Dell'Omo, students, faculty and alumni gathered for a double celebration at the new School of Communications and Information Systems building on RMU’s Moon campus. After a vote among SCIS faculty and staff, the new building’s...

Track and field takes home female student-athlete award

Jon Fisher and Jon Fisher
September 20, 2012

Coming off of her personal best in the five kilometer course, sophomore Marissa Polk earned herself the Robert Morris Student-Athlete of the Week award with her performance at the Buffalo Stampede last weekend in her 2012 debut. Her award now puts her reigning total to three...

Bryne-Houser earns male student-athlete of the week award

Justin Criado and Justin Criado
September 20, 2012

With a strong performance at last weekend’s Buffalo Stampede junior cross country runner Mac Byrne-Houser earned Male Student-Athlete of the Week honors. Byrne-Houser finished the eight-kilometer race in 25:29.2, which is No. 1 in program history. He credits his record breaking...

Life after Littlefield: That should close the book on all the playoffs talk

Life after Littlefield: That should close the book on all the playoffs talk

Jarrod Blumer, Contributor
September 20, 2012

It seems like every blog I post starts with something about the Pirates doing the exact opposite of what they should do if they want to get in to the playoffs.  Why should this one be any different?  Losing the first two games of this series to the Brewers pretty much knocks...

RMU Student Media convergence efforts flourish

Andrea Zanaglio, Editor-in-Chief
September 20, 2012

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 Sentry Media officially...