Graduating CAB leader discusses organization’s past, present, future
Written By Dara Collins, Staff Writer
April 4, 2017
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Sports, arts and entertainment management senior Colten Gill describes the Campus Activities Board (CAB) as an always changing, never static organization. As a student who has switched majors, gained promotions within a student organization and his internship, and made a spontaneous decision to join...
Musical theatre program creates new partnership
Written By Kelsey Wolfe, Copy Editor
April 4, 2017
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Musical theatre students will have the opportunity to aid the development process of new musicals as part of a partnership with Pallas Theatre Collective: The New Musical Laboratory. Point Park University officially announced the new partnership on March 20. Over the past three years, Pallas has brought...
Gina Catanzarite: A Modern Village Storyteller
Written By Manon Riley
April 4, 2017
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Throughout the duration of Gina Catanzarite’s flourishing career, there are many stories she has transcribed into award-winning documentaries; one in particular made a lasting impression. She documented an organization called "Project Hope" when they welcomed 30 prospective Russian adoptees to the...
Point Park student set to launch late-night talk show
Written By Iain Oldman, Staff Writer
April 4, 2017
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Standing on the floor of a clunky, unappealing set produced by green screen graphics, Samiar Nefzi ekes out a smile as he reads news about Jessica Biel and Sarah Michelle Gellar. He looks stiff. The sophomore is reading from a script rolling on an off-screen teleprompter, running down a list of talking...
Freshman filmmakers pop into national film festival
Written By Matt Petras, Staff Writer
March 28, 2017
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When Daniel Kelly described how he did independent video advertisements for various clients, he was wearing a t-shirt he got from one of those clients – “Calypso.” Leo Pfeifer could look back all the way to 8th grade when remembering film festivals he had entrees in. The freshmen’s short...
The lost tale of Point Park’s Switzerland campus
Written By Josh Croup, Co-Sports Editor
March 28, 2017
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Darlene Natale was only a freshman at Point Park in 1973 when she went on the learning adventure of a lifetime. She took a chance at a new program at the college that moved her to Switzerland for the semester for the same cost to study in Pittsburgh. She even met her future husband on the satellite...
Transgender student IDs now allow preferred name, gender
Written By Francesca Dabecco
March 28, 2017
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Every student at Point Park has an issued student ID with their photo and name. It serves as a key to access campus buildings, a way to check out books in the library and a means of purchasing food through a meal plan, to name a few of its purposes. However, for some students, this simple indication...
Psychology grad program chronicles Pittsburgh’s homeless
Written By Nicole Pampena, Co-Features Editor
March 28, 2017
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Under the guidance of Assistant Professor of Psychology Robert McInerney, students are tasked with visiting the homeless throughout Pittsburgh and speaking with them about their experiences.
Read more »CAB gets corny for Spring Fling
Written By Chloe Jakiela, News Photo Editor
March 28, 2017
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CAB's Spring Fling will have a western theme this year and will be held April 21 from 11 a.m.- 4 p.m. in Village Park.
Read more »ABC producer shares his story with students
Written By Carley Bonk, Copy Writer
March 21, 2017
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The Center for Media Innovation (CMI) hosted 1988 alumnus David Perozzi last Wednesday afternoon for an open discussion about his career as a producer for shows including ABC News, Best in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time, Scam of the Century: Bernie Madoff’s Crime & Punishment and more. Andrew...
Real students represent the university in television ads
Written By Eddie Trizzino, Co-Features Editor
March 21, 2017
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In 2012, Joe Godley was on the Conservatory of Performing Arts (COPA) floor of Lawrence Hall when he was asked for a copy of his résumé and headshot, both of which he had on him at the time. He didn’t immediately realize he would soon be a new face for the corner of real and world. “When I gave...
Pittsburgh Playhouse to host nationally touring band
Written By Robert Berger, Co-Sports Editor
March 21, 2017
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On March 31, the Pittsburgh Playhouse will host its first rock concert with an artist outside of Point Park, featuring Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties and Drop the Act. Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties is the solo project of Dan “Soupy” Campbell, lead singer of Philadelphia pop punk band,...
