CAB holds Point Park After Dark Saturday evening

Written By Lauren Clouser, Co-Features Editor

October 16, 2018

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On Saturday night students put their wits to the test as they tried to figure their way out of a self-destructing spaceship and a cursed Egyptian tomb.  Groups of students were sent into two escape room tents at CAB’s Point Park After Dark Event on the fifth floor of the Student Center. The tea...

Pioneer Public – Mei Lu Barnum

Written By Lauren Clouser, Co-Features Editor

October 16, 2018

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Senior musical theater major Mei Lu Barnum first performed at seven years old when she landed a part in “A Christmas Carol” at a regional theatre in Boston. She was cast as Tiny Tim, and was dedicated enough to cut her hair for the role.  Before Barnum cut her hair, she confirmed with her mothe...

Rugby club holds second annual Pie-a-Rugger event

Written By Hattie Charney, Co-Features Editor

October 16, 2018

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From sneak attacks to being double-pied, the public and students alike gathered in Village Park to throw dessert in rugby players’ faces.  The second annual Pie-a-Rugger was held last Thursday by the Point Park University Rugby Football club.  President of the rugby team and senior economics and finance major, Steven Reed, said that he h...

Pioneer Public – Christina Wonnacott

Written By Lauren Clouser, Co-Features Editor

October 9, 2018

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Most view retirement as a time to slow down and relax. Christina Wonnacott saw it as an opportunity to go back to school.  “A lot of people retire and I guess play golf and stuff, and that wasn’t my bailiwick. I love going; I love doing,” Wonnacott said.  Wonnacott is currently in her f...

Students earn internships working for Disney World

Written By Shannon Hartnett, Copy Editor

October 9, 2018

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Some of Point Park’s very own will be living out their spring semesters in the place where all dreams come true.  A handful of Pioneers have been accepted into the Disney internship program and will be leaving for Florida in mid-January of 2019. Sports, arts and entertainment management (SAEM) m...

Active Minds Club becomes active once again

Written By Hattie Charney, Co-Features Editor

October 9, 2018

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The once deactivated Active Minds Club is reactivated and ready to help students discuss and handle mental health issues. Active Minds Club is a chapter of the national organization Active Minds. The club is an advocacy, awareness and education group that strives to erase stigmas surrounding mental...

Musical theater alum in ‘Pride and Prejudice’

Written By Daniel Strickland, For The Globe

October 9, 2018

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With a brand new creative director, The Pittsburgh Public Theater’s new season has added a recent Point Park alumni to one its productions. This season brings a promising diverse and collective group of shows to the Pittsburgh area. Among it is Pulitzer Prize-winning play, “Sweat,” Shakespeare’s...

Pioneer Public – Dylan Kersten

Written By Lauren Clouser, Co-Features Editor

October 2, 2018

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Senior global cultural studies major Dylan Kersten became interested in music around the age of four or five, when his two older brothers made him a mixtape. “It was Bon Jovi, Lil’ Bow Wow, Cher, Backstreet Boys, Limp Bizkit, all these great things,” Kersten said. “So that was my first piece o...

Point Closet prepares for shop’s grand opening

Written By Lauren Clouser, Co-Features Editor

October 2, 2018

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When Point Closet held its first pop-up shop of the year last week, president Monae Findley said she wasn’t expecting many people to attend. Findley originally anticipated about 200 people, a number which was based on attendance at last year’s pop-up. According to the sign up sheet, they had double...

‘When We All Vote’ rally held to influence young voters

Written By Joie Knouse, Staff Photographer

October 2, 2018

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Accounting students earn scholarships at Casino Night

Written By Hattie Charney, Co-Features Editor

October 2, 2018

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Students gathered last Monday night at the Sheraton in Station Square to spin some wheels and network with professionals. Casino Night, hosted by the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA), is an event where students from the Pittsburgh region come together to accept scholar...

Pioneer Public- Elise D’Haene

Written By Lauren Clouser, Co-Features Editor

September 25, 2018

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Elise D’Haene, a teaching artist in the cinema department, was a practicing psychologist when she decided she wanted to get into writing. “I had a practice, I was a therapist, I realized I really wanted to write,” D’Haene said. “So the first thing I did was write a novel called ‘Licking ou...