Point Park University's Student-Run Newspaper

Point Park Globe

Point Park University's Student-Run Newspaper

Point Park Globe

Point Park University's Student-Run Newspaper

Point Park Globe

Stacy Kranitz answers questions after her lecture about her project that took place in Appalachia.

Stacy Kranitz documents Appalachia through photography

Written By Josh Croup, Co-Sports Editor February 14, 2017

Last summer, three Point Park photography professors sat at a bonfire and brainstormed about artists they wanted to bring to the university. The consensus was to bring Stacy Kranitz, the TIME 2015 Instagram...

Neuroscience major Kerianne Chen is in her fifth year at Pitt as a result of financial instability.

Fighting student homelessness: the price of education

Written By Kimberly Prokurat February 14, 2017

This is the first installment of a three-part series on student homelessness. On the verge of homelessness, University of Pittsburgh student Kerianne Chen turned to a little-known food pantry on Pitt’s...

The basement of the Playhouse still stores much of the old restaurant’s decor. The drawing on the chalkboard is by New York caricature artist Al Hirschfeld, who died at the age of 99 in 2003, according to the Al Hirschfeld Foundation website.

Hidden history below the Point Park Playhouse

Written By Carley Bonk, Copy Editor February 7, 2017

The current Pittsburgh Playhouse in Oakland will no longer be a part of Point Park’s campus with the completion of the new Playhouse downtown in 2018, but students and staff alike will remember the unique...

A Korean War Veteran’s hat sits on the table at the Veteran’s Luncheon on January 31.

Korean War vets take spotlight

Written By Francesca Dabecco February 7, 2017

As the room rose for the singing of the national anthem, a group of veterans in their mid-80s stood proudly with their hands saluting the American flag, just as they did nearly six decades ago during the...

The subject of the first book club meeting was The Attention Merchants written by Columbia law professor Tim Wu. Students can submit book suggestions for next month’s meeting by emailing Ashley Murray.

History of communications subject of first book club meeting

Written By Eddie Trizzino, Co-Features Editor February 7, 2017

Brandon Szuminsky, an instructor of communications at Waynesburg University, drove almost an hour to Point Park, Kindle in hand, to discuss a book at the first meeting of the Center for Media Innovation...

Phi Beta Lambda club for business enthusiasts

Phi Beta Lambda club for business enthusiasts

Written By Kelsey Wolfe, Copy Editor February 7, 2017

As a high school student, Brandon Rodgers was involved in the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA), an organization that worked to bring education and business knowledge to students. When he graduated...

Campus Activities Board to host Condom Carnival

Campus Activities Board to host Condom Carnival

Written By Victoria Bails February 6, 2017

Campus Activities Board’s (CAB) Spirits and Traditions Committee will be providing students with a unique and comfortable way to talk and learn about topics like safe sex, domestic violence and sexual...

Bambi Deerest, a Point Park alum, performs to throwbacks from the ‘90s at the Drag Show in LH Ballroom, Jan. 24. The second annual drag show was held by the Campus Activities Board.

Annual drag show shines spotlight on acceptance

Written By Dara Collins, Staff Writer January 31, 2017

Students time traveled back to the 1990s as Pikachu and Avril Lavigne look-alikes took the stage. Point Park’s second drag show was held in the Lawrence Hall ballroom on Jan. 24. Point Park invited...

Alumnus makes comeback on Pittsburgh Public Theater stage

Alumnus makes comeback on Pittsburgh Public Theater stage

Written By Francesca Dabecco January 31, 2017

Just a few blocks away from where he began his college acting classes in 1998, Point Park alumnus Chad Bender is taking the O’Reilly Theater stage for Pittsburgh Public Theater’s production of “Twelfth...

Hand-in-Hand Alliance links students together

Hand-in-Hand Alliance links students together

Written By Kelsey Wolfe, Copy Editor January 31, 2017

What had originally begun as an internship for Hannah Hepler has turned into a full-fledged program that is working to provide a smooth transition into college for students with disabilities. The Hand-in-Hand...

Ann Talman, doubling as the playwright and lead role for “Woody’s Order!”, delivers a monologue from the show. The show runs Feb. 3-19 at the Pittsburgh Playhouse’s Studio Theatre.

Actress, writer tells life story with new one-woman show

Written By Victoria Lemon January 24, 2017

The Pittsburgh Playhouse REP Professional Company is starting 2017 off strong with a unique performance of a one-woman show about the struggles an all-American family faces when dealing with special needs....

Point Park facility names steeped in university history

Point Park facility names steeped in university history

Written By Dara Collins January 24, 2017

The names of Point Park’s facilities appear engraved in the concrete walls and printed across the flags along the buildings. Students walk through and past these buildings without thinking twice about...

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