1970: Baseball team leads to an 11-0 perfect record.
1971: Budget proposed by the Student Senate, the predecessor to Student Government Association (SGA), still not agreed upon.
1976: Lawrence Hall elevators shut down due to vandalism, causing students in the dorm hall to all be fined individually.
1977: Kevin Paul, a Pioneer basketball player, is revealed to have turned down an offer with the NBA’s Nets to play with the school.
1978: SGA having trouble reaching quorum, a problem which seemingly never goes away for the student senate.
1980: Apartment fire in Oakland displaces at least six Point Park students living off-campus.
1981: Students living in dorms over Thanksgiving break were able to do so free of charge.
1982: A woman staying on the 19th floor of Lawrence Hal was injured by a window in the room falling shut on her.
1983: During a dispute on public drunkenness, a student punches a Resident Adviser (RA) in the face.
1985: The Globe releases special “silver edition” for Point Park’s 25th anniversary.
1986: Men’s basketball coach Mark Jackson wins coach of the year award from the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.
1987: Baseball team finishes season with a 9-1 record.
1988: Cassette deck stolen from WPPJ’s offices.
1989: Society for the Advancement of Management (SAM) hopes to give part-time students the same luxuries as full-time students.
1991: Point Park’s first LGBTQ+ club, the “Bi-GALA,” was introduced.
1992: Sigma Tau Gamma fraternity ordered to cease operations.
1993: SGA holds student forums, much like it currently is.
1994: Student Activities Board, what is now CAB, asks SGA for more funding to create more events.
1995: Los Angeles Times foreign and United Nations correspondent Stanley Meisler meets with Point Park students.
1996: SGA effectively “dies” because only one person submitted an application to run for office.
1997: Campus ministry introduced on campus.
1998: Problems with public transit detailed once again.
2000: A computer problem causes midterm grades to not be released for every student.
2003: National Labor Relations Board reviews petition from full-time faculty to form a labor union at the university.
2004: University Center estimated to open Dec. 20.
2005: Bookstore in Lawrence Hall celebrates its grand opening.
2006: SGA town hall, “Pizza and Politics,” is a failure.
2007: New strategic plan with hopes to make Point Park feel more like a “real college” announced.
2008: First crime scene reconstruction curated by the Criminal Justice program.
2009: Point Park and nine other universities threaten to sue the city over a proposed 1% tax on tuition.
2010: The idea of PointSYNC first floated around after partnership with OrgSync announced.
2011: Consistent use of Blackboard, a software like Canvas, not up to par according to university officials.
Throughout the years: Nov. 16-22
Photo by Nathan Bloss
Before the YWCA building held the former location of the Center for Media Innovation, it held a hot dog shop. Nathan’s Famous Hot Dogs was here until the mid-2010s.
About the Contributor
Carson Folio, Editor-in-Chief
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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