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Point Park Globe

Point Park University's Student-Run Newspaper

Point Park Globe

Point Park University's Student-Run Newspaper

Point Park Globe

FEATURES

PIMS program proves to be a worthy career

Written By Megan McKenzie, For The Globe April 2, 2019

15 years ago, Kevin Drobish, 47, found himself and his family faced with the daunting responsibility of making funeral preparations after the loss of his maternal grandfather. “We were offered very...

Pioneer Public - Kooper Sheeley

Pioneer Public – Kooper Sheeley

Written By Megan McKenzie, For The Globe March 26, 2019

Kooper Sheeley, 20, confessed that he was a “people person at heart” and he wasn’t joking. “My freshman year I would literally ride the elevators up and down every day just because I got bored...

Richey visited this abandoned cement plant in 2017, calling it an “industrial wasteland.” Some features on the plant’s massive property included 12 silos-- each 70 to 80 feet high.

Urbex attracts photographers to document past

Written By Nicole Pampena, Online Editor March 26, 2019

Rule No. 1 of urban exploration: leave nothing but footprints. Do no damage, move no object and vandalize no surface. Rule No. 2: Never share the location of your abandoned site visits. Sharing with other...

Pioneer Public - David Shirer

Pioneer Public – David Shirer

Written By Matthew Miramontes, For The Globe March 19, 2019

David Shirer is not just known around campus for his impressive and award-winning follicles on his upper lip, but also for his ability attitude that represents Point Park in the highest manner. “I’ve...

SAEM Club puts on multi-talented concert

SAEM Club puts on multi-talented concert

Written By Amanda Myers, Co-Features Editor March 19, 2019

The Sports Arts and Entertainment Management (SAEM) Club hosted a tiered concert in the Lawrence Hall Ballroom on March 14 featuring Pioneer Records star Allissa Logsdon, two-thirds of local group The...

Pioneer Public - Drew Praskovich

Pioneer Public – Drew Praskovich

Written By Nicole Pampena, Online Editor March 12, 2019

As a filmmaker, Drew Praskovich prefers telling stories about women, feeling more appreciation for the female perspective than the male perspective. But when the senior cinema production major finally...

Junior criminal justice major Jared Ross attended the third annual Pittsburgh Bleed Black and Gold Tattoo Expo and received a Pittsburgh-themed bicep tattoo.

Pittsburgh tattoo expo returns for third year

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-Elect March 12, 2019

Walking down an aisle of booths with tattoo artists from Pennsylvania to California, a woman laying on a table caught the attention of passers-by with her extended leg covered in bright blue ink from...

Pioneer Public - Jessica McCort, Ph.D.

Pioneer Public – Jessica McCort, Ph.D.

Written By Tiara Strong, For The Globe March 5, 2019

When it comes to what Dr. Jessica McCort can do, there are no limitations. McCort teaches literary arts and rhetoric. She is also a yoga instructor. In addition to earning her Doctorate from Washington...

Louis Spanos (left) and Colten Gill (right) walk down the “aisle” at the Carnegie Museum of Art.

Alumni wedding at Carnegie Museum

Written By Amanda Myers, Co-Features Editor March 5, 2019

At the Carnegie Museum of Art on Feb. 21, former Point Park students Colten Gill, 24, and Louis Spanos, 23, said their vows in front of family, friends and paying strangers.  The ceremony was held...