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

University offers intelligence and national security master’s degree completely online

University offers intelligence and national security master’s degree completely online

Written By Olivia Ruk June 29, 2016

  The intelligence and national security master’s program is now being offered as a fully online program starting in the spring. “It’s the same exact curriculum you would get...

Downtown considering fluctuating parking prices to improve efficiency after successful CMU pilot testing

Downtown considering fluctuating parking prices to improve efficiency after successful CMU pilot testing

Written By Haley Wisniewski June 29, 2016

  In Jan. 2013, two Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) professors found during a pilot study on the parking rates in the streets and lots on campus that if they used the law of supply and demand...

University’s veterans honored in Village Park

University’s veterans honored in Village Park

Written By Brandon Flournoy June 29, 2016

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Washington, D.C. trip creates opportunities

Washington, D.C. trip creates opportunities

Written By Aaron Myler June 29, 2016

  A Washington, D.C. trip offers students the chance to visit the Newseum, different media outlets, the National Zoo and the Holocaust Museum the weekend of Oct. 17 for $200.  The educational...

Title IX now covers sexual misconduct

Title IX now covers sexual misconduct

Written By Kristin Snapp June 29, 2016

Title IX used to be thought of as the law that allows men and women to have equal participation in athletics, specifically at the college level. While that is part of the law passed in 1972, it also...

Halfway house breakout near campus

Halfway house breakout near campus

Written By Nicholas Vercilla June 29, 2016

photo by Matt Nemeth Standing mere feet from Lawrence Hall and the Student Center, the halfway house at 339 Boulevard of the Allies was the site of a convicted felon breakout on Sept 25.  ...

Point Park recognized at Annual YWCA Racial Justice Awards

Point Park recognized at Annual YWCA Racial Justice Awards

Written By Edward Trizzino June 29, 2016

  Two Point Park officials will be given the YWCA’s Racial Justice Awards on Oct. 29 for their promotion of racial equality. The two awardees at the 23rd Annual Racial Justice Awards Luncheon...

Columbus Day protesters

Columbus Day protesters

Written By Matt Nemeth June 29, 2016

Demonstrators took to the streets of Downtown Pittsburgh on Monday morning to protest the celebration of Columbus Day and the lack of representation of indigenous people in America. Racism was another...

SSO club seeks formal designation

SSO club seeks formal designation

Written By Matthew A. Petras June 29, 2016

  Point Park students fueled by passion for economic and social justice are attempting to become recognized as an official club on campus, calling themselves the Student Solidarity Organization...

Point State Park wins recognition

Point State Park wins recognition

Written By Andrew W. Henderson June 29, 2016

  The American Planning Association has named Downtown’s Point State Park as one of ten great public spaces on its 2014 list of Great Places in America.   Not only does the park serve...

Security guards protest right to unionize

Security guards protest right to unionize

Written By Kristin Snapp June 29, 2016

    A crowd of 50-60 protestors gathered on Fourth Avenue between PPG Place and Market Square last Wednesday afternoon in support of security guards’ right to unionize.  “The...

USG allocates funding

USG allocates funding

Written By Kristin Snapp June 29, 2016

  The Finance Committee of Point Park’s student government cut over $15,700 from student organizations’ combined proposed budgets in order to allocate funds for the second period of...

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