Point Park University's Student-Run Newspaper

Point Park Globe

Point Park University's Student-Run Newspaper

Point Park Globe

Point Park University's Student-Run Newspaper

Point Park Globe

Scheduling Stress: Course conflictions, website crashes, and overall confusion

Written By Erin Yudt, For The Globe November 10, 2021

It is that time of year again! Scheduling for the upcoming spring semester has officially begun. Veterans, athletes and honors students had the opportunity to schedule for courses on Thursday, October...

The Globe’s Point: Voting is Important

November 10, 2021

Last week, Pittsburgh went to the polls, or more accurately 33% of Pittsburgh went to the polls. There are more than 924,000 registered voters—almost one million—in Allegheny County, but only a little...

Globe’s Point: Scheduling issues lead to domino effect

November 3, 2021

It’s that time of year again. A time of mass frustration and mediocrity. A time that will heavily influence all of our futures as the result of a butterfly effect on a scale that we will probably never...

Major drop in attendance suggests students are suffering

Written By Chris Fischer, For The Globe November 3, 2021

Lately, I’ve heard a few things about attendance. At the beginning of the semester, classes were full. But now? The population is few and far between. From what I’ve heard, faculty is even holding...

Noodles the pug’s ‘Bones’ and ‘No Bones’ days influences approach to self care

Written By August Stephens, Staff Writer November 3, 2021

A pandemic, climate-change and subsequent natural disasters have caused the world to be bombarded by gloom. The fall season is among us which for some people means struggling with seasonal affective disorder....

Globe’s Point: Point Park Should Adopt A U-Pass Partnership With Port Authority

October 27, 2021

Recently, the University of Pittsburgh renewed their contract with the Port Authority of Allegheny County to continue offering a no-cost U-Pass to their students. This means that all University of Pittsburgh...

President Joe Biden must pass this infrastructure bill

Written By Jake Dabkowski, Editor Elect October 27, 2021

For the past few weeks, the Biden administration has caused a legislative gridlock because of two bills: his $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill and the Build Back Better Act, a wide-ranging social reform...

College students were already suffering before recent price mark-ups

Written By Erin Yudt, For The Globe October 27, 2021

On Friday, Oct. 22, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said that Americans should be prepared for the global supply chain to remain in crisis through 2022 and inflation pressures “are likely to last...

Seasonal depression is not limited to fall and winter

Written By Chandni Shah, Opinions Editor October 20, 2021

The leaves on the few and far between saplings planted around Downtown Pittsburgh are beginning to turn into pallets of mellow yellows, crisp reds and burnt oranges. The sun is setting during late afternoon...

Understanding factors of SAD and seasonal depression is important

Written By Lauren Hunter, Staff Writer October 20, 2021

The weather is getting colder, and the days are getting shorter. It is the time of turtlenecks and flannels, smoking American Spirits outside in the fog, and rereading those books that somehow perfectly...

Globe’s Point: Join a Club!

October 20, 2021

This year, there have been a lot more clubs popping up on campus, and that’s fantastic. We’ve written before about why it’s important to go to on campus events, but joining a club is an even better...

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Globe’s Point: Something needs to be done about cybersecurity

October 13, 2021

We don’t know if anyone has noticed, but Point Park has recently received a barrage of phishing emails. That’s a joke, because obviously everyone has been receiving them and is well aware. The sheer...

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