1971: Bobby Cremins named assistant basketball coach.
1972: Maria Ley-Piscator lectures at the Pittsburgh Playhouse.
1974: Inaugural edition of poetry magazine “Silent Pleasure” published for the first time.
1976: Lawrence Hall lounge renovated for second time in less than a year.
1977: Point Park plans “third age college” meant to recruit senior citizens as potential students.
1978: Pioneer baseball team ends season with a 12-1 record.
1979: Master keys for Thayer Hall stolen; dorms locked with chain locks as a safety measure in response.
1980: Approximately 43% of bachelor degree-granting colleges paid faculty more than Point Park at the time.
1981: Average SAT scores within first-year students rises.
1984: False fire alarms “plague” Lawrence Hall.
Throughout the years: Oct 18-23
Photo by Dave Steinberg
While the security desk hasn’t moved buildings, it looked quite different in 1981.
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Carson Folio began working for The Globe during the fall 2022 semester as a staff writer contributing features and opinion articles. Folio, a Senior, became co-opinion editor during the fall 2023 semester, worked as editor-elect in the fall of 2024, Co-Editor-in-Chief in spring 2025 and is now the current Editor-in-Chief. He can be contacted at [email protected].
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