Kellen Stepler | features editor Dec. 2, 2021 It’s hard to find the words to adequately sum up my last semester here on the Bluff. As summer was wrapping up and I was getting ready to start my last semester at Duquesne, I knew it would be a little tough. I wanted to make sure I lived in the moment, cherished every little opportunity I … Continue reading The story continues for Duke’s Kellen Stepler
Kellen Stepler | Editor-in-Chief 11/12/2020 Documenting the experiences of his father, a Kindertransport Holocaust survivor, David Hanauer presented a lecture titled “Experiencing Kristallnacht: Addressing Racism through Poetic Ethnography” Monday night as part of Duquesne’s 10th annual Kristallnacht Commemorative ceremony. Hanauer’s father, John Hans Hanauer, witnessed the events of Kristallnacht on Nov. 9-10, 1938 as a 9-year-old child. Kristallnacht, translating to “night of the broken glass,” … Continue reading Duquesne commemorates Kristallnacht in 10th annual ceremony
Kellen Stepler | Editor-in-Chief 11/5/2020 A Hill District native, Sala Udin has decades of leadership and social justice activism throughout his career. A Freedom Rider, someone who has marched on Washington and a former city councilperson and current school board member, Udin has spent his life championing for equality. Recently, Udin spoke with Duke editor Kellen Stepler about the 1960s Hill District, the evolution of … Continue reading Civil rights activist Sala Udin talks MLK, 1960s Hill District
Kellen Stepler | editor-in-chief 10/15/2020 Duquesne’s University Writing Center is still working to improve students’ writing — this time, it’s just that the students are 15 years younger. In a new initiative, the University Writing Center has partnered with the Center for Community Engaged Teaching and Research (CETR) and the English department to offer writing instruction, tutoring and workshops with ACH Clear Pathways, an arts … Continue reading Duq Writing Center begins mentoring Hill District students
Kellen Stepler | editor-in-chief 10/15/2020 In a season of cancellations and postponements, Duquesne’s new College of Osteopathic Medicine remains on track to open in 2024 at 1323 Forbes Ave. Duquesne provost David Dausey, along with founding dean of the College of Medicine John M. Kauffman Jr., held an update of the college’s progress on Friday, Oct. 9. The college will be Duquesne’s first new college … Continue reading Update: Duq’s newest college
Kellen Stepler | Editor-in-Chief “I’m still here.” These were the words Dannielle Brown, mother of Marquis Jaylen “JB” Brown, who fell to his death from the window of Brottier Hall in 2018, said Tuesday afternoon in a protest outside the Duquesne arch on Forbes Avenue. “I’m here, and I’m not going nowhere,” Brown said. “I’m right here.” Tuesday, Sept. 22 was Day 81 of her … Continue reading Dannielle Brown speaks at another protest for son, “JB”
Kellen Stepler | Editor-in-Chief The attorney for Gary Shank, the Duquesne education professor who was suspended Friday, Sept. 11 for using racial slurs in a lecture, said that Shank has no intention to resign, and that the university’s move threatens academic freedom. Warner Mariani, Shank’s attorney, said that Duquesne set a 5 p.m. deadline Thursday, Sept. 17, for Shank to submit his resignation. Mariani said … Continue reading Professor who used racial slur in class demands reinstatement
Kellen Stepler | Features Editor Jan. 30, 2020 The Duquesne men’s basketball team gave it their best shot, but Dayton proved why they were the No. 7 ranked team in the nation in a 73-69 Flyers win on Wednesday night at PPG Paints Arena. The Flyers built an eight point lead at halftime, thanks to a buzzer-beating three-pointer by Jalen Crutcher. Crutcher would finish with … Continue reading MBB’s comeback comes up short against Dayton
Kellen Stepler | Staff Writer 09/12/2019 Art can do a lot of things. It can make our surroundings more beautiful, it can express and communicate emotions and it can move and impact a community. The Mac Miller memorial mural in East Liberty does all of those things. Miller, born Malcolm J. McCormick, grew up in Pittsburgh’s Point Breeze neighborhood and graduated from Taylor Allderdice High … Continue reading Mural created in East Liberty to honor Mac Miller
Kellen Stepler | Staff Writer 12/06/2018 Rivers and streams supply our drinking water, irrigate crops, provide recreational activities and house fish and other aquatic species. As a result, Duquesne students want to take care of their natural resources. So, the university’s stream field biology students researched streams and rivers in the area and presented their findings on these water projects taking place in the community. … Continue reading Stream field biology projects shared
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