Students need resources. This is an undeniable fact. Without them, we may not be able to do the work that is required for our studies. The question we at The Globe are raising is: does Point Park provide us with all the resources
necessary?

The answer is a yes, but with some nuances.

We have computer labs, but the printers are very much an entirely different story. Too often we find ourselves struggling with a rogue printer that has decided to put that really important essay you spent hours on last night that’s due today in a queue when you’re already five minutes late to class.

Just today, The Globe printer stopped working due to a lack of ink (that’s admittedly our fault), but when trying to use the second-floor Thayer computer lab, we ran into a problem that only the experienced lab user could solve.

When printing to the black and white printer, instead of printing it directly, you must first send the document to the color printer, which also doesn’t often work, and then click ‘Yes’ when it asks if you’d rather just send it to the black and white printer.

Let’s not even talk about the two days that the web print option was
down. R.I.P.

One shouldn’t need to act out their own Nicolas Cage-inspired adventure of clue finding to print a document.

The library introduced study rooms in their newly renovated basement, and while the idea has been wonderful, and students certainly appear to be using the rooms to their advantage, the walls have proved to be incredibly thin.

When studying for a test or working on an eight-page paper you may find yourself suddenly surrounded by the screams and laughter of a group not working on their project next to you.

Don’t get us wrong, Point Park has done an excellent job at making sure students have access to the tools needed to complete homework, but with every solution built, another problem is uncovered.