President Kearns given “highest form of reprimand”
Written By Mick Stinelli, Co-News Editor
September 25, 2018
Filed under Latest Stories, NEWS
United Student Government (USG) President Kaylee Kearns narrowly avoided an impeachment trial at this week’s USG meeting following censures submitted by an anonymous senator. The censures - the most serious form of reprimand for a USG member - concerned a number of unreported meetings that occurr...
USG swears in new senators amid censure
Written By Amanda Andrews, USG Beat Writer
September 25, 2018
Filed under NEWS
The United Student Government (USG) legislative meeting was in session on Monday for an unusually long duration, lasting around two and a half hours. Many items of timely importance were part of the legislative body agenda, including the induction of the newly elected senators, the USG internal budget, debat...
Distrikt Hotel houses students until Keystone Flats is complete
Written By Nardos Haile, For The Globe
September 25, 2018
Filed under NEWS
An unfinished Third Avenue student housing project has forced about 100 Point Park University students to live in hotel rooms for the past three weeks. Since the beginning of August, students have been staying in the Distrikt Hotel, located a few blocks from Point Park University’s campus, since...
NPR’s “1A” comes to Pittsburgh
Written By Carley Bonk, Editor Elect
September 25, 2018
Filed under NEWS
NPR’s “1A” host, Joshua Johnson, visited Pittsburgh to host a live show at the August Wilson Center for African American Culture Downtown last Thursday evening. Johnson spent last week working alongside journalists at the local public radio station, 90.5 WESA, whose staff helped organize the event...
USG approves budget for student organizations
Written By Amanda Andrews, USG Beat Writer
September 18, 2018
Filed under NEWS
The United Student Government (USG) approved budgets for nearly 30 student organizations for this current funding period on Monday. A majority of the budget proposals were met with unanimous support from USG, with several abstentions and no votes against from the board of senators. Once USG ...
Point Park gone phishing
Written By Carley Bonk, Editor-Elect
September 18, 2018
Filed under NEWS
“Look before you click” is the golden rule when it comes to avoiding a phishing email attack from making a computer vulnerable to spammers. The United States remains a top target for phishing attacks, accounting for 86% worldwide, according to a study by Phishlabs. Just this past summer, the city...
Student, faculty member among those who presented at TEDx Talk event at George Rowland White Performance Center
Written By Robert Berger, Sports Photo Editor
September 18, 2018
Filed under NEWS
Saturday morning at the George Rowland White Performance Center, Point Park hosted its first TedX Talks which featured topics ranging from mental health, prison system failures, online advertising and risk of energy consumption. Mark Houser, director of news and information at Robert Morris Univ...
Playhouse tickets now one dollar
Written By Mick Stinelli, Co-News Editor
September 18, 2018
Filed under NEWS
For years, the United Student Government (USG) has subsidized the one-dollar charge for student tickets at the Pittsburgh Playhouse. Now, in order to meet growing financial demands of student clubs and organizations, President Kaylee Kearns has enacted an executive power to remove that subsidy. The...
Counseling services names new director
Written By Sarah Gibson, Co-News Editor
September 18, 2018
Filed under NEWS
The once vacant director of counseling services position has now been filled by former Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) Executive Director Kurt Kumler. Since the resignation of Taffie Bucci last year, the position has remained unfilled. Kumler, previously the executive director of Counseling and P...
Warm Weather While It Lasts
Written By Haley Faust, For The Globe
September 18, 2018
Filed under Multimedia, NEWS, PHOTOS
We Didn’t Start The Fire
Written By Katie Williams, For The Globe
September 18, 2018
Filed under Latest Stories, Multimedia, NEWS, PHOTOS
Phi Beta Lambda to become Delta Sigma Mu
Written By Sarah Gibson, Co-News Editor
September 11, 2018
Filed under NEWS
“It’s different this year,” Zac Seymour, President of Point Park’s sole fraternity said in an interview last Friday. “It’s not the same as what they’ve seen in previous years. We’re really focused on you this year. We’re not focused on bringing more people into the organization, we’re...
