The John P. Harris Society (JPH) is holding its second annual “Be the Filmmaker” festival, in which participants have 48 hours to create a short film.
Filmmakers have from 3 p.m. on Friday, Feb....
Point Park University’s Campus Activity Board will host a Groundhog Day event for students and staff as a way to celebrate the holiday with crafts, live music and regional food on Thursday, Feb. 2.
The...
Written By Alex Grubbs, USG Beat Writer
• January 31, 2017
The university’s student legislative body censured its treasurer after the executive board called her to trial in a 6-4 anonymous vote.
“I apologize for my actions for what has happened,” Treasurer...
Donald J. Trump became the 45th president of the United States upon taking the oath of office in Washington, D.C. at noon on Jan. 20, 2017.
Campaign button peddlers and volunteers outside the security...
Written By Alex Grubbs, USG Beat Writer
• January 24, 2017
In the midst of his reelection campaign, Pittsburgh’s mayor highlighted the city’s changing landscape while disconnecting it from politics in Washington, D.C. during his visit to the university.
“It...
Point Park students and faculty joined a group of 25,000 protestors in the Sister March for Pittsburgh, a larger-than-expected demonstration against the inauguration of Donald Trump. This march was yet...
Written By Josh Croup, Co-Sports Editor
• January 24, 2017
Students will pay more to attend classes next year at Point Park, as tuition is once again on the rise.
The Board of Trustees approved a 3.9 percent tuition increase for all traditional undergraduate...
Written By Matt Petras, Staff Writer
• January 24, 2017
A mental health awareness group on campus called Active Minds is still in its planning stages following its recognition as an official club at the first United Student Government (USG) meeting of this...
Written By Alex Grubbs, USG Beat Writer
• January 18, 2017
The United Student Government (USG) disengaged inactive clubs and approved budgets for the first budget period of the new semester in an emergency meeting Tuesday evening.
The emergency meeting was...
While classes were cancelled for the Martin Luther King holiday Jan. 16, students and faculty honored the civil rights leader through a day’s worth of events.
On-campus events began with a walking...
Written By Chloe Jakiela, News Photo Editor
• January 17, 2017
Richard Perez, junior international business major at left, rings customers up in the newly renovated café, which is now regularly open and running again.
White feminism is the issue at the top of the list for those concerned with the lack of inclusivity in the Women’s March on Washington.
Since the march’s inception, attendees have been raising questions...
