By Ashleigh Chicko / Staff writer

Ever wonder if art has any connections to the changes that have influenced our current state of being? A professor from Pitt-Oakland will be here to entertain the idea.

Tomorrow, Tuesday, Feb. 17 at 7 p.m. in the Campana Chapel, Terry Smith, Professor of Contemporary Art History and Theory at the University of Pittsburgh, will hold a seminar to explore contemporary art.

By Ashley Macik / Staff writer

“The Vagina Monologues” will bring its audience to laughs and tears this week.

Now in its third year at Pitt-Greensburg, the production, which is sponsored by the Gay/Straight Alliance, involves mixed emotions to fight violence against women and girls.

By Kristi Cummins / Editor in Chief

The residence life staff wants to make sure you’re KISSED.

KISSED stands for Keep It Sexually Safe Every Day. ResLife got the idea from something Nurse Patty LaMantia had done before, and decided to use it again. The programs will focus on sexual health as well as other information regarding sex.

Dave Newman will read from his most recent collection of poems in the coffeehouse this Thursday evening.By Kristi Cummins / Editor in Chief

It will be a double homecoming when Dave Newman kicks off the Written/Spoken reading series this Thursday.

Newman, a Pitt-Greensburg graduate who taught writing courses on campus, plans to read new poems from his most recent chapbook, “Allen Ginsberg Comes To Pittsburgh,” along with some other new pieces.

By Allison Checkeye/Staff writer

It can be tough to be green at Pitt-Greensburg.

With its funding controlled by Pitt-Oakland, our campus has little control over the energy efficiency in the administrative buildings. Yet Joe Olczak, director of plant maintenance at Pitt-Greensburg, says Pitt-Greensburg’s efforts to be green are growing.

By Ashley Macik / Staff writer

Rumors of change to the Academic Villages, mainly that the International Academic Village might close, aren’t true. Yet.

“The villages are a precious part of this school,” President Sharon Smith said. “There’s absolutely no indication that the IAV was being eliminated.”

By Kristi Cummins / Editor in Chief

On Tuesday, Feb. 3, the Career Services department will kick off Pitt-Greensburg’s first ever Career Month.

February will feature seminars and speakers to address topics surrounding careers and specified fields for different majors.

By Treg Campbell / Staff writer

The students and faculty of Pitt-Greensburg have the opportunity to participate in an introductory program that is all about love.

The All About Love series will be presented in Village Hall on Feb. 4, 11, and 18 from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

The series will alternate between film and discussion. It will be presented in three parts where the various facets of love will be explored by part-time instructor of English, Dr. Elaine Kelly.

By Ashleigh Chicko / Staff writer

Tonight at 7 p.m. in Village Hall, Michelle Dresbold will be holding a “Change Your Handwriting, Change Your Life” presentation.

Dresbold graduated from the United States Secret Service’s Advanced Document Examination Training Program, and has been featured on the CBS Early Show, the Today Show, the Fox Morning Show and others.

By Aaron Weitzman / Sports editor

This past December, maintenance was done to the main entrance of the school. It was decided in mid-November sometime before Thanksgiving break, when the Director of Plant Maintenance, Joe Olczak, was called and informed of the plans.

“We were lucky that we found an asphalt company that would do the work for us, because most come December,” Olczak said.