January 23, 2020 Volume 102 Number 03 the DUQUESNE DUKE PROUDLY SERVING OUR CAMPUS SINCE 1925
January 23, 2020 Volume 102 Number 03 THE DUQUESNE DUKE www.duqsm.com PROUDLY SERVING OUR CAMPUS SINCE 1925 Chuckle up: Comedy Club holds first event DU hosts workshops to help future entrepre- neurs River Chapdelaine staff writer Duquesne’s Small Business De- velopment Center, more com- monly known as SBDC, started its 2020 business workshops in early January. They are being hosted at Rockwell Hall Room 108 for anyone who is interested in starting up their own business and is curious to see what's need- ed in becoming an entrepreneur. SBDC is a non-profit organiza- tion that is federally funded by the Small Business Administra- tion (SBA) and, at the state level, by the Pennsylvania Department Griffin Sendek / Photo Editor of Community and Economic Sam Espirtu (far right), a senior music therapy major, performed at the Duquesne Comedy Club's event in the NiteSpot. Troy Smajda (standing middle) is the president of the Duquesne Comedy Club. This is their first event of the semester, with plans to hold one every month. see SBDC — page 2 Duquesne student helps Puerto Rican relief efforts the population of Puerto Rican Jessica Lincoln citizens at Duquesne is grow- staff writer ing extensively, and I think it’s important not only for us, the Ericka Correa was at home for Puerto Rican community here Christmas break when, on Dec. at Duquesne, to give back to our 28, her mother called her at- community on the island, but I tention to a story that had just think it’s important to spread broken on the Spanish-language awareness of what’s happening," news channels: a magnitude 4.7 Correa said.
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