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news & viewsIntegratingIntelligenceSpecial Agent William J. Crowley, directorof media relations for the Federal Bureauof Investigation’s Pittsburgh office,spoke at Point Park on Nov. 1 as part ofthe University’s Integrated MarketingCommunications Luncheon series. Theevent was co-sponsored by the IntegratedMarketing Communications Program andthe Department of Criminal Justice andIntelligence Studies. Crowley spoke withstudents about his work in media relationsand how the FBI actively communicates withother organizations.Oh, Say Can You See?Caroline Nicolian, senior musical theatermajor in the Conservatory of Performing Arts,performed the national anthem at a rallyA Pointed LectureNicolas Petrov, professor of dance in theConservatory of Performing Arts, presentedA Point View on Dance as part of theUniversity’s 2008 Leonard Finkelhor FacultyLecture on Oct. 22 in the Lawrence Hallballroom. Nicolas Petrov studied dance inhis native Yugoslavia. He started as corpsde ballet with Ballet de France, working hisway into the ranks of soloist with many otherTalking Backand Juliet. The Finkelhor Faculty Lecture wasestablished in honor of the late LeonardFinkelhor, husband of Dr. Dorothy Finkelhor,and founders of the University.PhotographicPreservationPoint Park presented an exhibition featuringthe work of Slovak photographer RastislavBroadway legend Elaine Stritch visited Point Park’s Pittsburgh Playhouse for atalk back session on her one-woman performance of “Elaine Stritch at Liberty”which was performed as a benefit for the Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theater inOctober 2008. Stritch, 83, has a long career on stage that has included workingwith such Broadway notables as Ethel Merman, Noel Coward, George Abbott andStephen Sondheim. Faculty, staff and students filled the Rockwell Theatre forStritch’s candid discussion about her life as a performer.Misik Oct. 17– Nov. 30 in the secondfloor gallery of Thayer Hall. The exhibition,“Banska Stiavnica,” features the sites ofBanska Stiavnica, a fully preserved medievalcity in central Slovakia that is listed as aUnited Nations World Heritage Site. Duringhis visit to campus, Misik presented hiswork and stories to photography andsociology classes in addition to conductinga photography portfolio review. Misik’svisit was organized by the School ofCommunication and the Department ofHumanities and Human Sciences within theSchool of Arts and Sciences.Elaine Stritch at Pittsburgh Playhouse.for the presidency of Barack Obama on Oct.27 in the Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh. The17,000-seat venue was filled to capacity.companies. He was pricipal dancer withBalleto Eurpeo. He founded Ballet Petrov,Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre and the AmericanDance Ensemble and has choreographeda number of ballets including the firstAmerican production of Prokofiev’s RomeoEliminating ViolencePoint Park hosted the YWCA of GreaterPittsburgh’s “Week Without Violence”program on Oct. 24 in the JVH Auditoriumin Thayer Hall. Writer Elizabeth Kirschnerpresented “Confronting Violence AgainstWomen,” which included readings fromher book of poems, My Life As A Doll. Theannual Week Without Violence, sponsored6 www.pointpark.edu24 www.pointpark.edu