November 17, 2016 Volume 96 Number 14 THE DUQUESNE DUKE www.duqsm.com PROUDLY SERVING OUR CAMPUS SINCE 1925 DU OKs Sharing the love at Duquesne Pgh. Light changes Up Night to double back with majors changes EVAN PENROD AND LIZA ZULICK SALENA MORAN staff writer the duquesne duke Duquesne students majoring in Pittsburgh’s 56th Annual a non-liberal arts major will now Light Up Night will be decking be able to complete a double major the halls with new additions, in- in the McAnulty School of Liberal cluding a larger event area, new Arts, without having to complete the music performances and a spon- McAnulty school’s core curriculum. sored name on Friday, Nov. 18th. Starting immediately, any There will even be a cameo from Duquesne student “obtaining a de- some Duquesne students. gree in a school other than the Col- New musical performances feature lege of Liberal Arts will be recog- Daya, an emerging pop star and na- nized on their transcript as having tive Pittsburgher and the rock band earned a secondary major in the O.A.R. Other local artists will per- College of Liberal Arts,” according form, including Duquesne’s own Jazz to Magali Michael, associate dean of Ensemble, featuring student vocalist the McAnulty College and Graduate Natalie Tomaro, a junior music edu- School of Liberal Arts. cation major, at the EQT Jazzmasters To earn the secondary liberal arts venue on Liberty Avenue. major, Michael said students must Tomaro said she and the jazz complete the University Core (UCOR) ensemble will perform “all kinds curriculum, the core curriculum of of Christmas classics,” includ- their primary major and the curricu- KAILEY LOVE/PHOTO EDITOR ing “Santa Claus is Coming to Town,” “What Child Is This” and Two Duquesne students embrace at the Office of Multicultural Affairs “A Call to Unity” stand-in protest on Nov. 14 on A-Walk. see MAJORS — page 2 “Let It Snow.” “I’m so ready to be singing Christ- mas music,” Tomaro said. “I know it’s a little early for Christmas still, but I A chat with a 100-year-old former Duke editor love celebrating the holidays.” Additionally, Tamaro said she will BRANDON ADDEO sports section in as a freshman in said, with a laugh. be singing “Baby It’s Cold Outside” news editor 1934 and then became co-editor Plunkett said his favorite with renowned Pittsburgh jazz vocal- of the sports section with fellow Duquesne football players from ist Dane Vannatter. In the mid-1930s, Duquesne student Ray Fagan. Back then, his time at the university were “I’ve had the pleasure of hearing sports were very different than they The Duke’s office was in St. Mar- Chet Airhart, Boyd Brumbaugh him sing for many years now, and are now. The football team compet- tin’s Hall. and Mike Basrak, the team’s cap- I’ll be humbled to be singing beside ed in — and won — a national bowl Plunkett and Fagan co-wrote a tain and Duquesne’s first-ever All- him at Light Up Night,” Tomaro said. game, and the basketball team en- weekly sports opinion column in American. “I just know he’s going to make that joyed a string of prolific seasons. The Duke called “Thru the Field That year, the football team, performance very fun and cheeky.” In the middle of it all, reporting for Glasses.” Plunkett also occasion- known at the time as the “Bluffites” Light Up Night has been held in The Duke, was Leo Plunkett, who ally wrote a “Sports Oddities” and the “Hilltoppers” for their lo- several local hotspots such as Market served as co-sports editor from column. cation atop the Bluff, capped off the Square, PPG Place and the Cultural 1936 to 1937. It was a memorable era for season with its biggest win in his- District and is expanding into new Plunkett, who is 100 years old, Duquesne athletics, Plunkett said. tory — a 13-12 win in the famed Or- space this year. visited Duquesne’s Veteran’s BRANDON ADDEO/NEWS EDITOR “The big thing was that [the foot- ange Bowl in Miami, Florida, over Leigh White, vice president of mar- Breakfast on Nov. 11. A native Leo Plunkett, 100, of Penn Hills, visited ball team] beat Pitt one time,” he Mississippi State. The team ended keting and communications for the Pittsburgher who currently lives Duquesne’s Veterans’ Breakfast Nov. 11. said with a laugh. that season ranked no. 14 in the As- event’s host, the Pittsburgh Down- in Penn Hills, Plunkett was draft- The Dukes shut out the Pitt Pan- sociated Press polls, with a record upset win. town Partnership (PDP), said the ed in World War II and served thers 7-0 on Oct. 17, 1936, at Pitt of eight wins and two losses. “The Diocese of Pittsburgh had main focus of this expansion will be in the South Pacific theater. He Stadium. The game’s sole score In the 1930s, the Duquesne a men’s gathering at Pitt Sta- on Fort Duquesne Boulevard. There earned the Bronze Star medal for was a 71-yard touchdown run by football team did not play games dium [before] Duquesne played will be two large stages on each side his service. Duquesne’s George Matsik. on campus. While they practiced Pitt. And they said that all those of the boulevard, along with various Plunkett, an English major, Plunkett said the city had come on a field near Old Main, they Catholics blessed the stadium, started writing for The Duke up with a theory about Duquesne’s so that’s how Duquesne won,” he see LEO — page 3 see NIGHT — page 3 opinions features sports a & e Follow us on... Dinner Dazzling Swimming Show hosts debates decorations stands tall react A guide to Duquesne Duquesne swimming Responses to surviving your prepares for the has 7-1 record with Donald Trump’s family ... holiday season win over Toledo victory ... @theduquesneduke PAGE 5 PAGE 6 PAGE 7 PAGE 9 2 THEDUQUESNEDUKE bluff briefs Student government hard at work this fall Duquense model EU to RAYMOND ARKE that tuition would have to rise to fund host fourth Italian film asst. news editor bus passes. As someone that lives Duquesne’s Model European off-campus, he did say he would not As the first semester of the school Union Club is partnering with the mind having a bus pass. year begins to reach its home Honorary Consulate of Italy in “I would love it, but for the average stretch, the Student Government Pittsburgh, for the fourth movie in student we deemed they just wouldn’t Association (SGA) has been rather the ongoing Italian Film Festival. get their money’s worth,” Daher said. busy. The SGA, led by its presi- The movie is called Habemus Participation in the student gov- dent, James Daher, has sponsored Papam (We Have a Pope) and is a ernment is up this year, Daher was events and launched fundraising 2011 subtitled comedy detailing a “proud” to report. Last year, The projects, including Duquesne’s Cardinal who is elected Pope. The Duke reported on a lack of students birthday celebrations and an event movie will be shown on Nov. 17 at involved as senators in the SGA. Da- with the Red and Blue Crew. 6:00 p.m. in 608 Union. The event her credits the article for inspiring The SGA partnered with other is free, but donations are accepted involvement. campus organizations for two major to help benefit the Italian Red Cross “Since then we’ve had a really good events this semester. James Daher, MAGGIE GATES/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER and their earthquake relief efforts. push,” he said. who is a junior economics major, said Duquesne Student Government is working towards completing several new projects. There will also be a raffle for Their numbers have went up the SGA, with the help of Duquesne’s local restaurant gift cards, pro- from eight senators last spring to 28 Office of Mission and Identity, semester on collaborating with other scholarships,” he said. ceeds of which also go to the senators now. brought the Farmer’s Market and campus clubs and organizations. Other tasks by the SGA have been Italian Red Cross. “All the senator spots from the Sustainability Fair to campus for the “We’re trying not to take on proj- more routine, such as approving Business and Liberal Arts schools Nuclear physicist visits University’s birthday celebration in ects by ourselves,” Daher said. “We funding for conferences and continu- have been filled,” Daher said. Duquesne Bayer school September. want to partner. You’ll get more peo- ing the Loop Bus. Additionally, the SGA has their first Daher was pleased with the student ple to the events.” The Loop Bus has long been an Douglas Higinbotham, a sci- senator from the Law school in quite response to the fair. The SGA, in conjunction with Fa- interesting subject for the SGA. entist at Thomas Jefferson Na- some time. “Students really liked it … hope- ther Hogan’s scholarship office, has Calls for the Loop Bus to be re- tional Accelerator Facility, will “[The law school senator] helps us fully next year it will be bigger and launched a major fundraising project moved and Duquesne to switch to be the first visiting scholar to be out with student organization paper- better,” he said. in hopes of bringing a new mural to Port Authority passes “come up ev- hosted by the Bayer School this work and constitutions,” Daher said. Another event the SGA organized the third floor of the Student Union. ery year,” Daher said.