In 1975, when most of their friends were walking across the stage to receive their diplomas from Point Park University, Gene and JoAnn Pieszak were walking down the aisle.Nancy Davis-Kahrs remembered her days fighting for women’s rights in 1967—to not be ordered to wear skirts to class.For Paul O’Neill, melding into college life after serving in the military not only helped him make the transition into civilian life, but also formed a life of participation in a small school setting.These were just a few of the stories shared this weekend when many Point Park  alumni returned to campus as a part of the 2011 “Back to the ‘Burgh” Weekend.While they were eager to get their degrees, graduation day was anything but normal for the Pieszaks, as it happened to be the day they decided to tie the knot. “I said to him, ‘We can’t get married that Saturday, we’re graduating.’  He said, ‘That’s okay,'” JoAnn Pieszak said Friday at Academic Park during the open house, looking admiringly at her husband.Both JoAnn and Gene Pieszakattended Point Park from 1971-1975 and met as freshmen. “There was always a poker game that went on.  He was sitting in the poker game, and I was sitting in the poker game and that’s how we met,” JoAnn said.They dated for the entirety of their time at Point Park and after four years together, in 1975, they decided they were ready to get married.They were in the process of choosing which day to get married and randomly picked a day that seemed suitable. It just so happens that it was graduation day as well.”It was the seventies, it was just not that big a deal,” Gene said Friday of missing the graduation ceremony.The Pietszaks are not the only ones with a unique experience at Point Park.  Davis-Kahrs remembers Point Park a little differently then how it is now. “When we came to school in 1967, you had to go to class in skirts, could not wear slacks, had to have hose on … That’s one of the reasons a couple of us from the sorority got on the student government, to change that,” Davis-Kahrs said Friday at Academic Park during the open house.Her and her sorority sisters decided to join United Student Government (USG) and make a change.  They were some of the only girl representatives on USG in 1967.  But it did not take long before they accomplished what they set out to do.  In 1968, the rule was passed that girls were officially allowed to wear pants instead of only skirts on campus.Davis-Kahrs “loved every minute” of her time here at Point Park, but her favorite thing about the school, even then, was the camaraderie.”We knew all of our professors so well, I mean we would eat and drink with professors.,” Davis-Kahrs said. “They would take us into their homes, you just really felt like you knew everybody.”The strength of the Point Park community was something that O’Neill greatly appreciated during his experience here.  After serving in the Marine Corps, he came to Point Park as a freshman at age 21.  It did not take him long to get into the swing of things on campus. “It was a terrific school, even then, it was a lot of fun,” O’Neill said.O’Neill was a senator on United Student Government when he was a freshman in 1968.  When he was a sophomore he was vice-president and also an resident advisor.  During his junior and senior years he went on to be the President of USG.  Throughout all of his years here, he contributed to The Globe and also worked for WPPJ.”It was the early days of the school, so we were kind of setting the trend.”  O’Neill said at Academic Park Friday during the open house.O’Neill was a journalism major, and only spoke of his experience at Point Park positively. He loved the small campus and the ability to learn hands-on in all of his classes.  After graduating, he went on to write for the Wall Street Journal in New York.”I worked with guys that went to Maryland, Notre Dame, Michigan, what have you, and I would do circles around them,” O’Neill said. “Because I got all of the practical, hands-on experience here.”