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September 7, 2017 Volume 97 Number 04 THE DUQUESNE DUKE www.duqsm.com PROUDLY SERVING OUR CAMPUS SINCE 1925 DU has Burrowing in the books SGA links sought to Harvey to block Duke story KAYE BURNET staff writer Duke defies SGA “If I was still there, I would defi- nitely have been flooded.” demand, group Duquesne senior psychology student and army veteran Nicole seeks first-ever Marshall lived in Houston for a total of 13 years, from the ages of Pub Board hearing nine to 17, then as an adult from 2010 to 2015. In that time, she AYMOND RKE lived in the Clear Lake, Pearland, R A Cyprus and Katy areas around news editor the city. During the flooding from Hurricane Harvey, all four of those neighborhoods were un- Last week, Duquesne Univer- derwater to some extent. sity Student Government Asso- Although Marshall stayed safe ciation (SGA) sought to prevent and dry here in Pittsburgh dur- The Duke from publishing part ing the storm, her friends and of its annual budget that doles family back in Houston all ex- out money to student programs perienced moderate to severe and clubs. flooding, with few exceptions. The Duke attended a Senate “Out of all the people I know meeting of the SGA, which was there, only two didn’t get flood- open to the Duquesne public, on ed,” Marshall said. “My next Aug. 27. At the meeting, the SGA door neighbor had five feet of budget for the school year was presented and approved by the KAILEY LOVE/PHOTO EDITOR SGA Senate. see HARVEY — page 3 Students study in the library on Wednesday night. As classes enter the third week, students face more assignments and work. Two members of the SGA Ex- ecutive Board confronted Duke staff members in person for sev- eral hours on Wednesday night, CCAC students can join McAnulty College asking for The Duke to not print the budgetary information. Af- ter Duke staff decided to run the JOSIAH MARTIN “The agreement provides a direct graphic, SGA Executive Board of- staff writer pathway for students who want to begin their education at CCAC and ficials, including several who ran A new agreement between the then complete their Bachelor’s de- on a platform of transparency, Community College of Allegheny gree at Duquesne’s College of Liberal filed a request for prior restraint County (CCAC) and Duquesne Uni- Arts. This will allow students to be- to the University Publication versity has made it easier for CCAC gin planning their Duquesne transfer Board just as The Duke was go- graduates to obtain a bachelor’s de- much earlier in the process,” said ing to print on Aug. 30. The Duke gree from the McAnulty College of Ptak. published a pie chart with bud- Liberal Arts. This is not the first of it’s kind at getary information on page A-3 The articulation agreement al- Duquesne, and it intends to make last week. lows students that have complet- similar agreements with other com- The letter, addressed to Pub- ed a two-year program at CCAC munity colleges in the future. lication Board Chair and pro- and meet Duquesne University’s “The School of Nursing also has an fessor of journalism, Margaret academic standards to transfer to articulation agreement with CCAC Patterson, asked for an “injunc- Duquesne as juniors with 60 credits and we are looking to expand to other tion against the Duquesne Duke, KAILEY LOVE/PHOTO EDITOR toward their degree. schools at Duquesne,” added Ptak. preventing them from publishing Old Main, pictured here, is the site of Duquesne’s administration offices. DU’s re- any information relating to the “The students will not have to Ken Gormley, president of cently reached a deal with CCAC allowing their students to articulate to Duquesne. worry about how many credits will Duquesne University, expressed his SGA budget.” transfer,” said Jeffrey Ptak, the as- hope to further improve the univer- formal relationship to provide a courage a greater number of trans- In the letter, SGA officials said sociate director of Undergraduate sity’s relationship with other schools seamless transition for students who fer students from CCAC. Gormley that the budget is too “sensitive” Admissions. in terms of transfer students. wish to transfer into our College of welcomes them, as he reiterated the to be publically released. That assurance is the major benefit “This new agreement with CCAC Liberal Arts,” said Gormley. of this agreement, according to Ptak. reflects our desire to establish a more The agreement would likely en- see CCAC — page 11 see BUDGET — page 2 opinions features sports a & e Follow us on... L’Oreal Zoo NFL ‘Before the Trouble Controversy Preview Storm’ Trans activist fired PGH zoo struck by A look into the new Video game for comments death of elephant NFL season, including improves on on race ... ... some predictions ... original material ... @theduquesneduke PAGE 4 PAGE 6 PAGE 8 PAGE 10 2 THEDUQUESNEDUKE bluff briefs ‘Duke’ reporting faces backlash from SGA ‘Schubert on the Bluff’ returns for final season BUDGET — from page 1 The Vice President of Finance also The popular Duquesne-host- received $3,000 for service grants; ed classical music concert series, $1,300 for supplies, like the SGA of- Schubert on the Bluff, is reach- “All Proprietary Information is sen- fice copier and phone and $750 for ing the end of its three-year sitive due to the potential for certain the Student Resource Center located run. Schubert on the Bluff fea- information pertaining to individual in the Student Union. tured classical pieces by Franz organizations or line items and said The Vice President of Student Life, Schubert and French composer information could be used in ways Ciara Bartic, was given 5.8 percent Claude Debussy. that violate SGA rules regarding the of the budget, $2,500 of which will The third season of the se- disclosure and use of budgetary and go toward the Night of Lights event. ries kicks off with an octet on financial information,” the letter read. Other line items under Bartic in- September 26 at 7:30 p.m. in The SGA said that to publish the clude $1,000 for spirit initiatives and the PNC Recital Hall. Concerts information, The Duke would have Homecoming, $1,000 for the SGA continue until April 15, with to receive “the express consent of end of year banquet and $300 for one concert each in Novem- [the SGA] by a 3/5 majority proce- KAILEY LOVE/PHOTO EDITOR the Pittsburgh Student Government Pictured is the outside of the SGA office in 302 of the Union. Officals from the SGA ber, February and March. This dural vote of the Senate.” Council conference. sought to stop the Duke from printing budgetary information from an open meeting. season was set to coincide with In a response to the SGA de- Stephen O’Brion, vice president Schubert’s 220th birthday in mand, Patterson said in an email, of academic affairs, controls 5.4 per- 2017 and with the centennial of “The Publication Board does not press creditentials. President Olivia Erickson. Specific cent of the SGA budget. His section is Debussy’s death in 2018. have the authority to issue in- Devorak pushed back on the line items under the President’s spent accordingly on programs, with Tickets are available now junctions or order prior restraint idea that releasing the informa- control include $32,000 to the Loop $2,800 for the Study Break, $250 for for $15 online or by calling the with student-run publications.” tion could be damaging. Bus program, $2,200 for the Read- the Book Loan and $1,350 for faculty A.J. Palumbo Center box office. SGA President Olivia Erickson “It is nothing but budgetary infor- ership program, $2,105 for Execu- initiatives. Seating is reserved. did not respond to a request for mation, which should be made pub- tive Board contingency, $2,000 for The Vice President of Communica- comment. lic and readily available in the first the Senior Awards ceremony, $750 tions, Maria Miller, handles 3.6 per- Leah Devorak, editor-in-chief of The place,” she said. “I was simply doing for new initiatives and $700 for the cent of the budget. Marketing is given Duke, said that deciding to publish the my job, and there’s nothing wrong Spring into Finals program. $1,500, leadership initiatives consist POLICE briefs information was “very simple.” with that.” The Vice President of Finance, of $500, $700 is budgeted for Senate “Not only was it obtained in a The information at the center of Matthew Kajfez, received the second activities and $200 is for recruitment. Looks like some straight talk completely ethical manner during the controversy detailed that the highest amount of the budget, with The final section of the budget from Grandpa PB got yinz to a public meeting ... [it is] incredibly SGA received a budget of $81,484 34.9 percent. The largest amount of is titled Senate Contingency and calm down this week. I’m real newsworthy for students and faculty for the 2017-18 school year. The that, $23,100, is for the conference is 1.4 percent of the total. This proud of you. Maybe Gramps to know,” she said, and noted that largest amount of money, 48.8 per- appropriations which the SGA gives includes $1,159 for annual dis- will take ya out on a classic fish- the reporter was wearing visable cent, falls under the jurisdiction of to student organizations that apply. bursements. ing trip. But there are still some of you set on causing mayhem.