Point Park Globe

‘Rock the shot’ in Fishbowl

Written By Melissa Garlock, Staff Writer • October 16, 2024

The Point Park Student Health Center turned up the volume this past week during their “Rock the Shot” flu shot clinic. The clinic was held in partnership with WPPJ and Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD), providing flu vaccines and popular rock music at the same time. The clinic was available to all students and faculty.

WPPJ’s soundboard leaves two songs on loop

Written By Rachel Ross, Co-Features/Arts and Entertainment Editor • January 31, 2024

Students on campus the weekend of Jan. 20 might have noticed something unusual about the music playing on the sound systems: it was the same two songs looping over and over again. On January...

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The Globe and WPPJ establish new campus headquarters

Written By Emily Bennett, Editor-In-Chief • August 28, 2018

New changes accompany new semesters. The Globe and WPPJ, Point Park’s on-campus newspaper and radio station, respectively, have found contemporary homes for its offices and collaborative spaces. Originally...

New WPPJ radio show injects humor, music

Written By Dannys Marrero • October 3, 2017

A new WPPJ radio show was founded on a unique idea: it imagines what it would be like if WPPJ frantically gave time slots to random people they have no confidence in. The new show, “Radio Somewhere,”...

WPPJ continues winning legacy with one win, three finalists

Written By Michael Richter, Co-News Editor • March 7, 2017

WPPJ, Point Park’s student-run radio station, won one award and finished as finalists in three other categories at the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System (IBS) award ceremony in New York City at the...

WPPJ captures the voices of a nation divided

Written By Vincent Ferrainola and Sam Morrison • January 24, 2017

Watch: NPR’s Diane Rehm visits Point Park

Written By Alexander Popichak, Editor-Elect • November 15, 2016

The Point Park Globe's Editor-Elect Alexander Popichak had the chance to speak with NPR's Diane Rehm, host of The Diane Rehm Show from WAMU-FM in Washington, D.C.. Rehm visited Point Park University November...

WPPJ News Update Sept. 22

Written By Ty Polk, WPPJ News • September 22, 2016

Ty Polk delivers the WPPJ News Update for Sept. 22. For more, head to WPPJRadio.com

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NEWS

(Left to right) First-year student Amelia DiClaudio, senior Jayln Townson and sophomore Megan Lundstrom rehearse for a hip-hop performance.

School of Dance introduces new hip-hop concentration

Crystal Frazier heads new department

Written By Gavin Petrone, Co-News Editor • January 22, 2025

Point Park’s School of Dance expects to implement its new hip-hop concentration next semester, according to several sources familiar with the matter.

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FEATURES

A cup of coffee that costs $5.25 sits on a table at The Speckled Egg inside the Union building Downtown.

‘Burgh Bites: The Speckled Egg: A classy dining experience

Written By Cassandra Harris, Editor-in-Chief • January 22, 2025

On the first floor of the Union Trust building, four entrances create a cross, and the ground is lined with two blue carpets. Intersecting the rugs in the middle is a help desk, and diagonally adjacent to it is a podium attended by a host from The Speckled Egg.

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SPORTS

Sophomore Akeem Mustapha clears a jump during the high jump event at the YSU Invitational on Dec. 6.

Indoor track and field closes successful meet

Mustapha shatters his own school record in the long jump

Written By Edmee Idalis, Staff Writer • January 22, 2025

On Saturday, Point Park’s track and field teams came back successful, with students placing in the meet and joining the ranks of school record-holders. Both men and women participated in the Jud Logan Memorial Meet held in Kent, Ohio, at Kent State University.

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