A Peoples Gas truck sits on Wood Street in front of West Penn with workers going in and out of the vehicle.

Written By Cassandra Harris, Editor-in-Chief • December 4, 2024

On the day back from Thanksgiving break, students, faculty and staff received an email and phone call through Point Alert announcing that the West Penn building was closed and classes were canceled due to maintenance.

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FEATURES

Eric Joseph, front, plays guitar and sings with his bandmates in The StreetSide Saints.

Photo courtesy of The StreetSide Saints

Pioneer Public: Animation professor Eric Joseph

Written By Carson Folio, Editor-Elect • December 4, 2024

In the classrooms on the second floor of West Penn Hall, part-time animation professor Eric Joseph teaches sound design and production for animation students. With experience in the advertising industry, video editing and web development, being a musician outside of the classroom may be the last thing you’d expect his favorite pastime to be.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Behind the scenes photo of "More Than You Can Chew" shows members of the production.

Courtesy of Michaelene Palermo

Production 4: ‘More Than You Can Chew’

A jewelry shop and some blood...

Written By Michael Klug, Co-Opinions/Website Editor • December 4, 2024

This semester, there are six Production 4 (P4) films being created. One of these films, “More Than You Can Chew” is an upcoming P4 Horror short film directed by senior Michaelene Palermo.

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OPINIONS

Globe’s Point: Be proud of your accomplishments

Written By The Globe Editorial Staff • December 4, 2024

Happy finals week everyone. With this being our last issue until the next semester, we wanted to end on a positive note and reflect on everything that we as a university – and as a paper – have accomplished throughout the semester.

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Protests gather outside United Steelworkers headquarters during Biden’s visit to Pittsburgh

Written By The Globe Editorial Staff

April 17, 2024

In a speech at the Pittsburgh headquarters of the United Steelworkers, President Joe Biden pledged on Wednesday to keep U.S. Steel U.S. owned.

Biden’s visit came after months of discussion about Japan-based Nippon buying out U.S. Steel.

Several protests ensued outside of the building ahead and after Biden’s arrival.

Pro-Palestine groups chanted phrases such as “Gaza must food and water,” “Genocide Joe has got to go,” “14 billion h*ll no, Joe Biden has got to go,” and “Say it loud, shake the ground, end the siege on Gaza now.”

As of 8 April 2024, over 34,000 people (33,091 Palestinian and 1,410 Israeli) have been reported as killed in the Israel–Hamas war, including 95 journalists (90 Palestinian, 2 Israeli and 3 Lebanese) and over 224 humanitarian aid workers, including 179 employees of UNRWA, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.

Other protesters included people against Biden’s current economic policies and former president Donald Trump supporters.

Tuesday, April 23, 2024 is Primary Presidential Election Day for Allegheny County. Polling places are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voters in line as of 8 p.m. on Election Day will be allowed to vote. Mail-in and absentee ballots must be received by 8 p.m. on Election Day in order to be counted.

Photos by Evan Levine and Erin Yudt