Hennigan addresses housing and tuition
Written By Mitchell Drake, USG Beat Writer
January 15, 2019
Filed under NEWS
University President Paul Hennigan visited the second United Student Government (USG) meeting of the Spring 2019 semester to discuss how Point Park will adjust its tuition pricing structure. Hennigan detailed how the faculty have been studying ways to form comprehensible and fair tuition pricing struc...
Former student among cast members of ‘Hamilton’ hold discussion with students
Written By Nick Tommarello, For The Globe
January 15, 2019
Filed under Latest Stories, NEWS
From the man who will kill your family to remind you of his love, to the man who’s not throwing away his shot, Peter Matthew Smith plays King George III and Edred Utomi plays Alexander Hamilton in the national tour of “Hamilton: an American Musical.” The actors paid a visit to the Pittsburgh Pla...
Obituary: Joshua Koch
Written By Carley Bonk, Editor-in-Chief
January 8, 2019
Filed under NEWS
Joshua Koch, 31, of Pittsburgh, passed on Sunday, Dec. 9, 2018, according to a bereavement notice sent by Dean Keith Paylo on Dec. 13. “It is with great sadness that I inform you of the passing of one of our students, Joshua Koch,” the email read. “Josh was a junior at Point Park University s...
Pro-gun enthusiasts exercise First Amendment rights
Written By The Globe Staff
January 8, 2019
Filed under Latest Stories, NEWS
Hundreds of gun enthusiasts from across Pennsylvania came to Pittsburgh on Monday afternoon to rally for gun rights in the city. In mid-December, Mayor Bill Peduto and members of City Council proposed a package of local-level gun control measures inspired by the mass shooting that occurred at the...
Professor reinstated following closed Title IX investigation
Written By Sarah Gibson, Copy Desk Chief
January 8, 2019
Filed under NEWS
Following a Title IX investigation held last October over controversial classroom comments, Dr. Channa Newman has been fully reinstated as both a faculty member and chair of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences. “She’s always been very controversial in class,” a student source that would ...
USG holds first meeting
Written By Andrew Brinker, Co-News Editor
January 8, 2019
Filed under NEWS
United Student Government (USG) introduced Point Park’s new Director of Title IX, Vanessa Love, in the first legislative body meeting of the new year on Monday. The new hire comes after the University’s former coordinator, Elizabeth Rosemeyer, announced that she would head up the Title IX offic...
Student loan debt: A never ending cycle
Written By Dara Collins, Editor Elect
January 8, 2019
Filed under NEWS
Graduate student Dani McSweeney does not pay a dime as she attends Point Park University to receive her master’s degree. However, a mound of student loan debt still awaits her from the loans she used while working toward her undergraduate degree. Alum Lauren Ortego’s parents told her to not worry about th...
Rugby fundraiser participants sign contract to keep it “PG”
Written By Mick Stinelli, Co-News Editor
December 4, 2018
Filed under Latest Stories, Multimedia, NEWS, PHOTOS
Last Wednesday, one of Point Park’s most popular fundraisers brought hundreds into the Lawrence Hall Ballroom for the eighth year in a row: Rent-A-Rugger, where members of the rugby club offer themselves - and a date itinerary - up for auction to the highest bidder. After the money is counted, it’s time to f...
Scooping ice cream for cash
Written By Gracey Evans, For The Globe
December 4, 2018
Filed under Multimedia, NEWS, PHOTOS
New semester carries new courses
Written By Mitchell Drake, Staff Writer
December 4, 2018
Filed under NEWS
The incoming spring of 2019 brings another semester for Point Park students, but also brings new courses available that allow for even more enrollment opportunities. The majority of the following classes were drafted and began to take shape in Fall 2018, but some will debut in Spring 2019, accordin...
Security concerns return following mass shooting
Written By Andrew Brinker, For The Globe
December 4, 2018
Filed under NEWS
325 is the number of mass shootings in the United States in 2018 alone as of Dec. 3, according to the Gun Violence Archive. Since Columbine, more the 219,000 students have experienced gun violence at school, according to the Washington Post. Mass shooting is defined by the FBI as four or more people sh...
Rifts return in USG with one week left
Written By Amanda Andrews, USG Beat Writer
December 4, 2018
Filed under NEWS
United Student Government (USG) passed four new resolutions at this week’s legislative body meeting to reform its constitution as part of the effort the organization is taking to revise the document. One resolution, however, raised some controversy. The resolution updated the dress code of USG,...