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CAB becomes more student friendly

Music, dance and artistic expression filled the George Rowland White (GRW) Theater as the Campus Activities Board (CAB) took another stride toward expanding the Point Park University community.            The expanding of club connections between CAB and other student organizations is a part of CAB’s semester-long goal of being perceived as more student-friendly and recognizable.            “We … feel that we should do as much as we can to bring the Point Park campus together,” CAB executive board member Chelsy Smalley said. “As one of the bigger organizations on campus we feel that our [goal] should be … to bring our community together.”            By the end of their second event on campus, Spirit Week, CAB had experienced one of the biggest successes in its existence.            Over 400 students attended CAB’s pep rally, one of the first held at Point Park in over 20 years. Attendance numbers shattered expectations and started CAB’s year on a great note.            At the beginning of the year, CAB members stressed the importance of reaching out through the University and drawing new clubs to their events.            The dance concert held in the GRW Theater on the first floor of Lawrence Hall featured 10 performances choreographed and performed by university students. Hip-hop dance group IMPULSE also performed to conclude the event.            Various gift baskets, including an entertainment basket with movie tickets and popcorn and a Point Park school spirit basket, were up for silent auction before the show and during intermission.            All concert proceeds went to Team Brother Bear, a Canadian organization dedicated to brain tumor research. Point Park alumnus Addison Brasil founded the organization after his younger brother, Austin Brasil, lost his life to a brain tumor.            Each performance had it’s own character to it.  One of the performances dedicated to the Brasil family, featured the independant hit “Dog Days Are Over,” by Florence and the Machine, a song that exemplified humanity’s free spirirt            Others captured feelings of happiness, freedom and soul for the packed audience of students, faculty and parents. Each performance painted a new picture for the audience with narrations ranging from ‘50s swing to gospel.            Students feel CAB’s efforts to continue growing the Point Park community is proving to be of good use for the university.            “It’s really cool that CAB is now using their new reputation on campus to not only benefit themselves, but to help out the lesser known,” said sophomore jazz dance major,  Dance Club and CAB member Brooke Wheeler.            During the year, CAB hopes to not only hold successful events of their own, but also bring in large attendance through co-sponsored events.            “We … want to be user-friendly, more so now than ever,” said CAB student director Josh Hedglin. “Our major goal all along has been to build up the Point Park community.”            CAB has more communal events planned, including a co-sponsorship with En Vogue Modeling Troupe for their upcoming Fashion Show.”If we are going to ever become more of a tight-knit campus, now is the time, Smlley said. “I feel [that] not only CAB, but all the clubs and organizations on campus, have to make an effort to bring Point Park a more campus-like feeling.”

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