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A string of small skeletons hangs from a door on the 16th floor of Lawrence Hall.

Halloween decorations haunt the university

Written By Briana Walton October 24, 2017

Student Production Services (SPS) has a skeleton, wall clings and a dancing mummy along with hand-made drawings throughout the office. A resident hallway in Lawrence Hall even has decorations on the doors...

Pioneer Public – The Shuffler

Written By Matt Petras, Co-Features Editor October 24, 2017

The Lawrence Hall Shuffler is a spooky ghost that exists. “I do exist, that’s true,” he said in a phone interview. The polarizing figure is said to shuffle through halls, turn lights on and off...

Clare Villanueva

International forensics student interns at hospital

Written By Kayla Snyder, Co-Copy Desk Chief October 24, 2017

From a young age, Clare Rachel Villanueva always knew her future job had something to do with dead bodies. When she was deciding what to study, a teacher suggested forensics because of her love for science...

Students gathered to make candied apples with a variety of toppings on Monday.

Apple of our eye

Written By Allison Hritz October 17, 2017
Students gathered to make candied apples with a variety of toppings on Monday.
Fritz Kiersch speaks with students about his experience directing “Children of the Corn” at a showing hosted by the Honors Program last Thursday.

Honors Program screens “Children of the Corn”

Written By Madison Kelkis October 17, 2017

During a screening of “Children of the Corn” on campus, some students whipped out their phones, waiting for university local Fritz Kiersch’s name to appear on screen. When he did, they began recording....

Students swipe right on worthwhile partners

Students swipe right on worthwhile partners

Written By Nikole Kost, Online Photo Editor October 17, 2017

When Leah Lake learned that her Tinder match was engaged, she messaged her match’s fiancee on Facebook. Kayla Damazo signed up for Tinder to mock her ex; however, she ended up finding an unexpected...

(Back to front: Left to right:) Nick Koehler, Daniel Kelly, Sydney Patton, and Annie Brewer are all part of the Point Park social media team under Felicia McKinney.

University’s social media enlists student team

Written By Kayla Snyder, Co-Copy Desk Chief October 17, 2017

Nick Koehler and Daniel Kelly posted creative, high quality photographs of Point Park and Downtown Pittsburgh on Instagram. They tagged Point Park University, which allowed Felicia McKinney, the university...

Pioneer Public – Edward Strimlan

Written By Matt Petras, Co-Features Editor October 17, 2017

Before Edward Strimlan was a professor on campus, he was the chief forensics investigator for the Allegheny County Office of the Medical Examiner. “I’ve seen a lot of death,” Strimlan said in a...

Dancers on stage performing in the Student Choreography Project at the Playhouse.

Student Choreography Projects headline weekend

Written By Dannys Marrero, Staff Writer October 17, 2017

Every year, certain Point Park University dancers cast and choreograph pieces by themselves, and this year was no exception. “[The Student Choreography Project] has happened every fall semester since...

Pioneer Public – Gina Baker

Written By Matt Petras, Co-Features Editor October 10, 2017

It was after a grim event in freshman student Gina Baker’s life that she decided she wanted to study mortuary science. “I wasn’t really keen on anything for a long time there, and then my seventh...

Center for Student Success celebrates tutors

Center for Student Success celebrates tutors

Written By Aidan Segal October 10, 2017

The first room exiting the elevator on West Penn’s fifth floor has a bookshelf compacted with many of the required textbooks. Littered with equations, the whiteboard reveals the extensive work of both...

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