October 5, 2017 Volume 97 Number 08 THE DUQUESNE DUKE www.duqsm.com PROUDLY SERVING OUR CAMPUS SINCE 1925 DU plans Happy 139th birthday to DU Career for an Closet important opens on review campus SAIRAH ASLAM staff writer GABRIELLA DIPIETRO staff writer Duquesne is preparing for an im- portant event: its reaccreditation. College students have a lot on In the United States, accreditation their plate, whether it’s home- — the ability of higher education in- work, student organizations, stitutions to distribute degrees — is athletics, you name it. Many determined not by the government students may be stressed over but by independent commissions. All upcoming job interviews, along higher education institutions in each with the added stress of find- region of the United States are over- ing something appropriate and seen by that region’s own organiza- professional to wear. Duquesne tion. Duquesne University is overseen is helping alleviate some of this by the Middle States Commission on anxiety with its new Career Clos- Higher Education (MSCHE). et initiative. The commission is required, ac- The Career Closet can be found cording to Provost and Vice President in the Spiritan Campus Ministry for Academic Affairs Timothy Austin, Center in Towers Living Learning “to visit every school [in its jurisdic- Center. Students can meet with tion], at minimum, every eight years. a campus consultant to discuss They check everything: our buildings, needed items and pick out pro- classes, faculty, students … Then they fessional outfits. Appointments determine whether the university is can be made by email at career- still qualified [to offer degrees].” OLIVIA HIGGINS/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER [email protected]. The initiative will provide stu- see STATES — page 2 Duquesne celebrated its birthday on October 10 with a variety of outdoor activities and games. Food was also available. dents, faculty and alumni with free formal wear for interviews and other professional activities. Jeff Mallory is the director of the DU grad student joins 100 mile veteran march Duquesne’s Office of Diversity RAYMOND ARKE ra, a resident of McCandless, and Inclusion. He is in charge of news editor Pennsylvania, and a Vietnam donations and is proud to be a War veteran, where he served as part of this initiative. The drive from Pittsburgh to Erie a helicopter repairman. Madera “The closet is moderately is a long one, but imagine walk- was inspired to start the event stocked at this point. We have a ing it. For a small group of veter- after his daughter was diagnosed nice number of shoes and dress ans, including one Duquesne stu- with diabetes at age five. shirts in particular, and we are dent, this is what they plan to do “I thought we got to get some still receiving a lot of donations,” next weekend. Anthony Powell, money in here if we’re going to Mallory said. “The crowdfunding a veteran and graduate student find a cure,” he said. campaign has generated close to at Duquesne, will be participat- Since he participated in the $1,000 in financial support to ing in the 40th Annual March March for Dimes charity walks, date. For donations of clothes, we for Diabetes which stretches 100 Madera thought about doing are responding to emails daily.” miles from Erie to Pittsburgh something bigger. Mallory explained that the ini- and raises money and awareness “I wondered if we could put a tiative fits with Duquesne’s mis- for diabetes research. long walk together,” he said, fi- sion and all that it stands for, as Powell retired from the Army nally deciding a route from Erie well as tying in nicely with being after 22 years and is pursuing a to Pittsburgh because he remem- diverse and inclusive. Master’s degree in teaching Eng- bered how long of a ride that felt “Regardless of your standing lish as a second language. He has COURTESY OF ANTHONY POWELL as a child growing up. in the community, everyone has participated in the march for the Last year’s group of walkers pose with a VFW honor guard at the march’s finish line. Madera explained that usually the ability to participate in this past few years and had originally six or seven veterans do the walk drive. We feel it’s a choice of par- heard about the walk second hand. I possibly can,” he said. would sacrifice themselves to do each year. The number is small, ticipating at this point,” Mallory “I heard some people talking Powell said the veterans that something like [the walk]. You so as to keep the cost of hotel included. “As a university com- about it at a local VFW, and I got participate in the event are really get to know them the three rooms and food along the route munity, our job is to prepare our interested in the challenge and “good people.” days,” Powell said. low. It is also a long way to walk, students for future success - this interested in helping and sup- “You’re with a really good group The organizer of the four-de- porting the veterans as much as of guys, a really select group who cade-long tradition is Bob Made- see MARCH— page 3 see CLOSET — page 3 opinions features sports a & e Follow us on... 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It burgh and throughout campus pick- Science and the People’s Climate was recognized in the article Guide ing up litter in order to better the March. to 375 Green Colleges. Duquesne state of living in the area. He actually attended the Pitts- was commended for its policies on The University attributes its burgh-based marches. campus, environmental goals and goals toward environmental career options in environmental sustainability to the faith-based science, environmental manage- community. The Sustainability ment and ecology. section of Duquesne’s website POLICE briefs According to The Princeton Re- describes the university’s dedica- view’s website, the rankings are tion to being eco-friendly. Another week, another full Police based on whether students have “Achieving the goals of sustain- Briefs column. quality living on campus that is ability ... is one of the principal ways On Sept. 13, a suspicious male healthy, how the school prepares that we have been able to transform was found in the St. Martin’s park- students to work in a green econ- respect for the integrity of creation ing lot. He was issued a Defiant omy, and how environmentally- into action, and honor our Catholic Trespass warning and was found to friendly the policies at the school founding in the Spiritan tradition.” be related to the theft of a delivery are. Duquesne received a score of The webstite notes that- truck at the Towers loading dock. 82 out of 99 possible points. Duquesne takes on environmental Also on Sept. 13, as reported on- “We strongly recommend sustainability as a responsibil- KATIA FAROUN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER line, a female student in Brottier Duquesne University and the ity for protecting the earth and reported that she had been sexu- other fine colleges in this guide A butterfly lands on one of campus’ many flowers. Duquesne was recently recog- all creation in order to subdue ally assaulted by known males. The nized as being one of the top green colleges in the nation by The Princeton Review. to the many environmentally The guide scored Duquesne an 82 out of 99 for its environmentally friendly policies. environmental issues and climate Pittsburgh Police Sexual Assault minded students who seek to live change. It is a part of Duquesne’s Unit is investigating. at green colleges” Robert Franek, commitment to the environment throughout Pittsburgh, according to Spiritan heritage to care for the Last Wednesday, Sept. 13, was senior vice president-publisher at would influence their decision to ap- their page on the Duquesne Univer- environment through lessening certainly a busy day for the coppers. The Princeton Review said to the ply to or attend the college,” he said. sity website. The club is commend- consumption of natural resources A St. Ann student was found with Duquesne Times. Duquesne students display their ed for its activities with Facilities and promoting sustainability, ac- suspected marijuana parapherna- “Among more than 10,000 teens care for environmental sustainabil- Management to encourage those on cording to the site. lia. The person was sent to the Of- and parents who participated in ity through many organizations. For campus to recycle, and they educate “Being included on the Princeton fice of Student Conduct. our 2017 College Hopes and Wor- instance, the student club Evergreen people on the sustainable additions Review’s Guide to Green Colleges Duquesne doesn’t have a boxing ries Survey, 64 percent told us that promotes environmental sustain- to campus life. team for a reason. On Sept.