A Tearful Goodbye, a Joyful Beginning Class of 2020 to Be Large, Diverse

August 18, 2016 Volume 96 Number 1 THE DUQUESNE DUKE www.duqsm.com PROUDLY SERVING OUR CAMPUS SINCE 1925 A tearful goodbye, a joyful beginning Class of 2020 to be large, diverse BRANDON ADDEO news editor The incoming Duquesne class of 2020 could potentially be the largest and most ethnically diverse in university history. Current estimates from Duquesne’s enrollment office say the class will have about 1,550 students, which would make it the largest class ever, surpassing the former leader — the class of 2017, which has 1,547 students. The next three biggest freshman classes include the classes of 2016, 2007 and 2012, with sizes of 1,526, 1,492 and 1,438 students, re- spectively. “We are pleased to welcome more than 1,550 freshmen to campus this week,” said Paul-James Cukanna, associate provost for enrollment management. “It’s such an exciting time for us to see our new freshmen KAYE BURNET/ EDITOR-IN-CHIEF and their parents and families, with Freshman Lauren Canciani hugs her family goodbye after the August 17 freshman matriculation ceremony in the A.J. Palumbo Center. More than 30 percent of Duquesne’s whom we’ve interacted over the past class of 2020 hails from outside Pennsylvania, and current estimates indicate that this will be the largest and most diverse freshman class in Duquesne history. year, becoming part of the Duquesne University community.” While the results will not be final until a university census is completed No more mold: Campus gets summer upgrade in late September, the class of 2020 will likely be the “first or second-larg- RAYMOND ARKE est,” according to Duquesne spokes- the duquesne duke woman Kelley Maloney. Maloney said part of the reason There was no summer break for Duquesne’s class sizes are getting Facilities Management this year, bigger in recent years is because as workers tackled numerous con- Duquesne is attracting more out of struction projects over the vacation state students. Thirty-one percent months including upgrades to the of the students in the class of 2020 campus Energy Center and Assump- hail from outside Pennsylvania, she tion Hall. said, compared to 28.4 percent in last Work crews labored from May 9th year’s freshman class. to June 10th, making improvements “You’re getting more students from to the university’s Energy Center, lo- out of state … when that happens, cated next to Gumberg Library. The you have people telling their friends center is the campus’s main source of about [Duquesne],” Maloney said. power. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE DU TIMES “Duquesne’s becoming more and The goal of the upgrade was to A new boiler sits ready to be installed in Duquesne’s Energy Center. This is just one of three boilers installed this summer. more popular.” replace the Energy Center’s boilers, Out of state students in the class of The boilers are used for the heat- adding additions onto your home gency, he added. 2020 come from 31 states, plus the which have been in operation since ing and cooling of campus, along with without [adding] any new furnaces,” The summer’s upgrades are only 1967, according to Mark Johnson, en- District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, providing hot water, he said. Johnson said. part of a bigger steam expansion according to Maloney. ergy and utilities manager. “The campus has grown and The renovations have increased project that is still ongoing, John- “They were out of date and we She said this year’s freshman class grown...It was like only having three campus steam capacity and allows for son said. The bigger project includes cited Duquesne’s urban location, size needed new ones with increased furnaces in your house, but you kept potential backup capacity in an emer- steam capacity,” Johnson said. see BUILDING — page 2 see FRESHMEN — page 2 opinions features sports a & e Follow us on... Little life 16 tasks Alvine’s back Upcoming savers for fall 2016 at it again Fall Flicks A Duquesne guide There’s a lot to do this term, Women’s soccer coach’s The movies you to surviving so “catch ‘em all” with our contract is renewed through need to see during freshman year ... game of “Pittsburgh Go” ... 2020-2021 season... your fall semester ... @theduquesneduke PAGE 3 PAGE 4 PAGE 5 PAGE 6 2 THEDUQUESNEDUKE Karolyi’s successor has legacy to protect bluff briefs AP — Martha Karolyi doesn’t know Karolyi exits with the Ameri- who will replace her as national cans bursting at the seams in tal- Classics professor, students team coordinator for USA Gymnas- ent, even if Biles, Raisman and preseve ancient artifacts tics when she officially steps down Douglas never compete again. later this month. All three plan to take extended Assistant Classics Professor She does, however, have a mes- breaks before making any sort of Katherine Rask spent a month sage: Don’t get cute. firm decision. Hernandez, who of her summer leading a study- “The program is already built,” turned 16 in June, is primed to abroad trip to Greece with a Karolyi said. “I just really hope fill the void left by their absence, small group of undergraduate that they don’t try to fix a program with plenty of company to come students. which proved itself and right now along for the ride. Rask and the students spent really shows that it’s the highest USA Gymnastics is purchasing the trip digitally preserving level program in the world.” the training center at the Karolyi more than 60 ancient religious It’s hard to argue with the re- Ranch from Martha and husband items by way of 3D scanning, sults. The “Final Five” — a name AP PHOTO Bela next week. While president according to the DU Times. United States’ Simone Biles is congratulated by U.S. gymnastics team coordina- chosen by Simone Biles, Aly Ra- Steve Penny told The Associ- Some of the items were almost tor Martha Karolyi after she won the gold for vault at the 2016 Summer Olympics. isman, Gabby Douglas, Laurie ated Press before the games the 3,000 years old. Hernandez and Madison Kocian search for her replacement is “Our project theme was Aliya Mustafina, who finished third half that. to honor Karolyi as she heads to still in its early stages, the most material religion,” Rask told in the all-around behind Biles and “I think that it’s true to say that retirement — will return to the obvious choice would be Valeri the DU Times. “So we chose Aly Raisman. we could have fielded two teams U.S. following the Olympic clos- Liukin. A two-time Olympic gold artifacts such as ancient curse The gap appears to be widening. here and they would have gone first ing ceremony with nine medals, medalist for Russia and the fa- tablets, figurines from sanc- The U.S. has won every major in- and second,” Olympic coach Aimee including a second straight team ther of 2008 Olympic champion tuaries and various grave ternational competition since 2011, Boorman said. “Maybe first, sec- gold and a record-tying four for Nastia Liukin, he’s spent the last goods—items that could be a combination of the fruits of the ond, third or fourth if we threw in Biles. No other country earned four years as the elite program connected to a particular semi-centralized system Karolyi a third team.” half that total. The Americans development coordinator. Liukin shrine, a documented offering, perfected when she took over in It’s not hype. The three Olym- medaled in every event and is already familiar with the group a specific ritual or a divinity.” 2001 and inability of traditional pic alternates included MyKayla placed the maximum two com- powers like Russia and Romania Skinner and Ragan Smith — both pointing toward the 2020 Tokyo petitors in every final except for Games and well-versed in the Duquesne Expo to feature to consistently develop the talent of whom finished ahead of Doug- vault, which Biles captured with system Karolyi so carefully con- over 200 organizations necessary to keep pace. The Ro- las and Kocian at Olympic Trials. remarkable ease. manians failed to even make the Maggie Nichols, a member of the structed. At this point, even the U.S.’s clos- Mihai Brestyan, Raisman’s long- The annual Duquesne Expo games, a startling fall for a country 2015 world championship team, est competition is willing to admit time coach, has spent more than is an outdoor fair that gives stu- that had finished on the podium would have been in the mix if not that right now, there are the Ameri- four decades coaching with Karolyi dents, especially incoming fresh- in the team competition in every for a knee injury in the spring cans and there is everyone else. and has expressed interest in con- man, an opportunity to learn Olympics since 1972. that slowed her training. Ash- “When I competed I realized tinuing Karolyi’s legacy. about the more than 200 orga- The Russian were a staggering ton Locklear, the other alternate, I didn’t have chance to win gold “It looks like our way is the best nizations on campus that they 8 points behind the Americans in might be the best bars specialist medal or silver medal but it was so and this is the result,” Brestyan can be involved in. This year, the the team final. The gap between in the world not named Kocian or pleasant for me,” said Russian star said. expo will take place Aug. 31 and second and eighth-place Brazil was Mustafina.

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