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October 6, 2016 Volume 96 Number 8 THE DUQUESNE DUKE www.duqsm.com PROUDLY SERVING OUR CAMPUS SINCE 1925 Pharmacy school hosts community fair Elevator HALLIE LAUER problems staff writer When most people think of trouble October, they think of Hallow- een, Columbus Day and Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but campus it is also American Pharmacists Month. In celebration of that, RAYMOND ARKE the Mylan School of Pharmacy at Duquesne hosted their fourth asst. news editor Health and Wellness Fair. The fair, which was free and Elevators play a major role in open to the public, took place transporting students up and down Oct. 5 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Duquesne’s hilly campus. Getting in Downtown’s Market Square. stuck in one, however, could really Alongside people doing Zumba ruin your day — just ask Steven Yost’s and receiving free blood pres- family. sure screenings were 25 infor- Last week, on Sept. 26, the elevator mational booths educating pass- in the Forbes Garage got stuck on the ersby on health issues. fifth floor. Yost, a sophomore phar- “Part of our mission is to ed- macy major, was waiting to meet up ucate our students to improve with his parents to attend the Pirates health outcomes to help our pa- game. tients and communities,” said “They got on the elevator in the Assistant Dean for Student Ser- parking garage and ended up getting vices in the Pharmacy School, stuck inside for an hour and fifteen Dr. Janet Astle. minutes,” Yost said. Four years ago, the annual fair To make the stressful situation began at the Allegheny County worse, they missed the beginning of Courthouse and moved to Mar- the game. ket Square after the first year to “My father had box tickets for the increase community visibility, game, so you could imagine the anger that my family and I shared after the according to Astle. KAILEY LOVE/PHOTO EDITOR Pharmacy school intern Jordan Markowitz tests a woman’s blood pressure at the Health and Wellness fair on Oct. 5. unfortunate elevator event,” he said. see FAIR — page 3 Yost said a Duquesne Police offi- cer drove his family to the game once they were freed. Yost and his family were disap- DU alcohol violations down, new report says pointed that Duquesne’s mainte- nance employees on campus were CAROLYN CONTE “We believe that students are mak- unable to remedy the problem. staff writer ing better choices due to educational “[Maintenance staff] had to wait initiatives on the problems associated an hour for the elevator company Duquesne released the annual Fire with dangerous drinking behaviors,” [representative] to come with the and Safety report for 2015 on Sept. Hart said. “Duquesne does a good keys to the elevator,” he said. 26, which revealed a downward trend job, especially during the freshman Bill Zilcosky, director of building in student violations of liquor law. Orientation program, with providing services, said the elevators are main- The past three years have seen a drop nonalcoholic events to provide alter- tained by Schindler Elevator Service, in overall liquor violations, yet there natives to the party scene.” a professional company that special- was a rise in violations that led to ar- DU Cares Coordinator Daniel Git- izes in elevator and escalators. This rests and a rise in drug violations. tens said he speaks to classes, floor means Schindler was responsible for In 2013, the report shows there programs, Greek organizations, fixing the issue. The extended wait, were 15 liquor law arrests on campus. freshman groups and others to curb Zilcosky said was due to “the call While this number dropped to 10 in bad decisions like underage drinking. [coming] in after normal operating 2014 it rose to 11 in 2015. The second part of his solution is hours.” The overall number of liquor viola- educational programs for violators. Maintenance staff members stayed tions referred for disciplinary action, First, violators must attend DU Cares MAGGIE GATES/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER with the family throughout the pro- in contrast, has continued to fall. classes, which review how and why A Duquesne public safety vehicle sits outside the Student Union on Wednesday. cess. There were 654 liquor violations in alcohol affects behavior, and how to “Our maintenance group respond- 2013, they dropped to 462 in 2014, promote “safety and success,” accord- third or more violation,” Gittens said. while one was arrested in 2014 and ed and stayed in contact with the ele- and fell further this year to 358. ing to Gittens. For a second offense, “Less than one percent of the students two last year. vator [occupants] until the Schindler Duquesne Police Chief Tom Hart students attend a meeting with Git- would, which is maybe 35 people.” As for drug law violations referred technician could return to campus, attributes the decrease in violations to tens and enroll in a reflective online According to the report, four peo- for disciplinary actions, the past three which is our normal protocol,” Zil- Duquesne’s education on alcohol and program. ple were arrested in 2013 for posses- years have seen steady numbers of cosky said. because of the DU Cares program. “We have very few people who get a sion or distribution of illegal drugs, see REPORT — page 2 see ELEVATOR — page 3 opinions features sports a & e Follow us on... Biking or Discovering Freshmen August bust Downtown Frenzy Wilson Pittsburgh to Doors Open PGH Hines and Acqui Pittsburgh playwright add new gives behind-the- find early collegiate hits the silver bike lanes ... scenes tours ... success ... screen ... @theduquesneduke PAGE 5 PAGE 6 PAGE 7 PAGE 9 2 THEDUQUESNEDUKE bluff briefs Duquesne police officers P-G reporter’s book covers local murder to grill for charity IZA ULICK the phone twice since his incar- The “Cops ‘n’ Chefs BBQ on L Z staff writer ceration. Ferrante told her he is the Bluff” fundraiser returns now working with organizations next Thursday October 13. The On April 17, 2013, Dr. Autumn while in prison to figure out how event helps raise money for the Klein collapsed on her kitchen his wife’s cyanide test could have campus’ United Way Fund. floor and was rushed to the hospi- produced what he maintains was The annual event features tal. After three days in the hospi- a “false positive.” Duquesne Police officers grilling tal, doctors declared her dead on Though Ward has written up lunches for the campus com- April 20. Later test results deter- many investigative pieces during munity. The lunches include ei- mined the cause of her death to be her time with the Post-Gazette, ther a burger or sweet sausage cyanide poisoning. she decided the murder of Au- paired with baked beans, jalap- Her husband, neuroscientist tumn Klein was book-worthy eno cornbread, a Smiley cookie Robert Ferrante, is serving a life because she felt a strong connec- and a bottle of water. sentence for the first degree mur- tion to Klein. Tickets are on sale now and der of his wife. “I struggle to balance that work can be purchased either at the Now, almost three years af- life scale everyday, and I saw in Department of Public Safety ter Dr. Klein’s death, a former Autumn a similar thing … treat- or from an individual public Duquesne professor with a con- ing her patients and getting home safety officer. The tickets cost nection to the case has published KAILEY LOVE/PHOTO EDITOR late in the night to kiss her daugh- $7 and are on sale through Oct. a book about the events leading Paula Reed Ward signs a book at an event in the law school on Oct. 4. Ward has ter goodnight,” Ward said. 12 — only cash is accepted. up to, including and following the taught investigative reporting classes at Pittsburgh universities including Duquesne. Pamela Walck, a multiplat- strange murder. form journalism professor at Healthcare ethics director Paula Reed Ward, a reporter for articles form the basis of her conducted many interviews with Duquesne, stressed the impor- receives $85k grant the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette who book, titled “Death by Cyanide.” Klein’s family. Ferrante also gave tance of investigative journalism Henk ten Have, director of taught an investigative journal- Ward used her presentation at her an interview and answered and the type of work Ward does. Duquesne’s Center for Health- ism class at Duquesne last year, Duquesne as an opportunity to personal questions about his life “At the heart of investigative care Ethics, is a recent recipient visited campus on Oct. 4 to pres- promote the book and talk about and family, but they shied away journalism is the idea that there of a $85,470 grant. ent her nonfiction book, “Death her investigative process. from talking about his trial. is an injustice … and the work that The grant was awarded by By Cyanide.” The publishing process for “I did not ask any tough ques- investigative journalists do to un- Novo Nordisk, a global phar- As a reporter for the Post- “Death by Cyanide” took less than tions because I already knew he cover those wrongs … that work maceutical company headquar- Gazette at the time of Klein’s a year, but Ward relied on years was pleading not guilty,” Ward is really critical in terms of help- tered in Denmark. The purpose murder, Ward wrote a series of worth of background information said. “That would only result in ing to hold people accountable for is to help ten Have complete articles about Klein’s death and that she had gathered. not getting any answers at all.” the trust that placed with them,” the second part of a three part Ferrante’s resulting trial.