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
Dara Collins

Dara Collins, Editor-in-Chief

Dara Collins is a senior journalism major in her seventh semester at The Globe now at the helm as Editor-in-Chief. Dara previously served as co-sports editor and frequently wrote the volleyball beat for the sports section. 

All content by Dara Collins

Obituary – Tyler Robert White

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-in-Chief
April 17, 2020

CMI launches collaborative media partnership

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-in-Chief
April 8, 2020

Students utilize Pittsburgh virtual tip jar

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-in-Chief
April 1, 2020

A glimpse of Downtown during quarantine

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-in-Chief
April 1, 2020
An apology letter from the editor

An apology letter from the editor

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-in-Chief
March 25, 2020

Western Pa. students laid off after closures of non-essential businesses

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-in-Chief
March 25, 2020

Instruction moves online due to coronavirus concerns

Written By Dara Collins and Jordyn Hronec
March 18, 2020

University moves to online instruction

Written By Dara Collins and Jordyn Hronec
March 12, 2020

Offices of Admission, Student Life change housing selection process

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-in-Chief
March 11, 2020
Tony Urbanek tattoos a client, a Point Park alum, at the Pittsburgh Tattoo Expo on Sunday, March 8. Urbanek owns Inkadinkadoo Tattoo Studio in Pittsburgh's Lawrenceville neighborhood.

Bleed Black and Gold Tattoo Expo welcomes community, aims to expand reach for next year

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-in-Chief
March 11, 2020

Clerical workers reach contract agreement

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-in-Chief
February 19, 2020

University provost announces retirement

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-in-Chief
February 12, 2020
Kirschner already makes mark with Pioneers

Kirschner already makes mark with Pioneers

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-in-Chief
February 5, 2020
Dean of School of Communication to start in June 2020

Dean of School of Communication to start in June 2020

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-in-Chief
February 5, 2020

2020 Census urges involvement from ‘hard to count communities’

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-in-Chief
February 5, 2020

President details actions of university inclusion plan

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-in-Chief
January 29, 2020

Professor files 18-count lawsuit against university

Written By Dara Collins and Jordyn Hronec
January 22, 2020
Cheer and dance open season

Cheer and dance open season

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-in-chief
January 15, 2020
SAEM Club, CAB announce Spring Concert headliner

SAEM Club, CAB announce Spring Concert headliner

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-in-Chief
January 15, 2020
Letter from the editor - A year of growth

Letter from the editor – A year of growth

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-in-Chief
January 8, 2020
Esports team to become 18th varsity sport

Esports team to become 18th varsity sport

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-in-Chief
January 8, 2020

First Cavs Legion GC scholarship awarded

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-in-Chief
January 8, 2020
A screeshot from DeBiase’s “Live Like Fred” YouTube channel of his latest video with David Newell, also known as Mr. McFeely.

Student inspired by Mr. Rogers, finds those who ‘Live Like Fred’

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-in-Chief
December 4, 2019
Senior Brittney Bianco gets ready to set the ball in a set against Asbury in the student center gym on Friday.

Volleyball plagued by quarterfinals curse for 4th year, RSC hosted in Student Center Gym this past weekend

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-in-Chief
November 20, 2019

Tuition to increase 4.4% for 2020-2021 school year

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-in-Chief
November 13, 2019
Junior Jazlyn Rozier goes up for a kill against Ohio Christian University on Saturday. Saturday was also Point Park’s Senior Day.

Volleyball wins division, set to host RSC tournament

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-in-Chief
November 13, 2019
Freshman outside hitter Taylor Small goes up for a kill against Carlow in the student center gym last Tuesday.

Volleyball celebrates winning weekend at home

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-in-Chief
November 6, 2019
Senior setter Julia Menosky (left) sets up a kill for junior Jazlyn Rozier in a match against WVU Tech earlier this season.

Volleyball prepares for final RSC matchups

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-in-Chief
October 30, 2019
Senior Aislin Shannon visited the Cliffs of Moher while student teaching abroad in Ireland.

Education students spend 8 weeks student teaching abroad

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-in-Chief
October 23, 2019

Volleyball hands IU Kokomo first conference loss in 3 years

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-in-Chief
October 23, 2019
Senior Haley English returns a serve in a match held in the Student Center gym two weeks ago.

Volleyball splits RSC matches

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-in-Chief
October 16, 2019
Freshman Taylor Small (left) and junior Jazlyn Rozier (right) go up for a block against a West Virginia Tech attacker last week. The Pioneers went 1-3 and 0-2 in RSC play to finish up this past week.

Volleyball drops three matches, two in RSC play

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-Elect
October 9, 2019

Part-time faculty reach tentative contract agreement

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-in-Chief
October 2, 2019
The Pioneers celebrate after scoring a point in a River States Conference matchup this past week. The Pioneers are currently undefeated in RSC play and are 12-2 overall.

Volleyball finishes three-for-three in last week’s matchups

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-in-Chief
October 2, 2019
Obituary: Dr. Kaye Cupples

Obituary: Dr. Kaye Cupples

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-in-Chief
September 25, 2019
Freshman Taylor Small (left) and junior Jazlyn Rozier (right) go up to block a ball against Salem University in their home opener.

CMU kills Pioneers’ streak at six after home opener

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-in-Chief
September 25, 2019
Former head coach of the cross country and track and field teams Kelly Parsley watches his team at a meet during his tenure at Point Park. Parsley was relieved of his employment at the university in February of this year and filed a lawsuit against Point Park last week. The complaint contends unlawful termination because of Parsley’s sex and sexual orientation.

Former coach files lawsuit against university

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-in-Chief
September 18, 2019
Now-junior middle hitter Jazlyn Rozier goes up for a kill in a game at Carlow last semester as a sophomore. Rozier has 35 kills in 17 sets this season.

Volleyball increases record to 8-1 after win against W&J

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-in-Chief
September 18, 2019
An example of one of the options uSafeUS provides for students who need to leave a potentially dangerous situation. “Angel Drink” allows someone to discreetly communicate with a bartender.

Title IX promotes interactive safety app

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-in-Chief
September 11, 2019
Ashley Castelli, now a sophomore, prepares to pass a ball in the breast cancer awareness match last season in the Student Center.

Volleyball adds to trophy case

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-in-Chief
September 4, 2019

‘It Chapter Two’ hits theaters on Friday

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-in-Chief
September 4, 2019
Letter from the Editor: I do know what I don’t know

Letter from the Editor: I do know what I don’t know

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-in-Chief
August 28, 2019

Women to discover new front runner, men to develop depth

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-in-Chief
August 28, 2019

Volleyball fills holes with talent in recruiting class

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-in-Chief
August 28, 2019

CMI announces O’Donnell Fellowship top six finalists

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-in-Chief
August 28, 2019
Point Park University is situatated in the middle of Downtown Pittsburgh, a hub for businesses, sports teams and more opportunities for students

Students, faculty offer their best advice to incoming freshmen, transfers this fall

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-in-Chief
August 21, 2019
Gateway Station sits just outside of Market Square and is one of the stops that does not require a paid fare if staying within the city. Gateway and Wood Street Station are within a short walking distance from campus.

[Photo] Downtown offers boatloads of options for transport

Written By Sarah Gibson, Opinion Editor
August 21, 2019
PPG Place highlights its dancing water feature in the summer months before the MassMutual Ice Rink takes over in November. The rink will open on Nov. 22, this year on Pittsburgh’s annual Light Up Night.

[Photo] Fall semester brings fun festivities near campus

Written By Allison Schubert, Co-Sports Editor
August 21, 2019
Photo courtesy of Point Park Police

Obituary: Officer Calvin Hall

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-in-Chief
July 23, 2019
Photo courtesy of Point Park University

Obituary: Jack Allison

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-in-Chief
June 27, 2019
Friendships have no terms, conditions

Friendships have no terms, conditions

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-Elect
April 16, 2019

Millennial Dictionary of the creative generation

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-Elect
April 16, 2019

In Brief – Ride Sharing Safety

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-Elect
April 9, 2019

Take the Invisalign out, put the headphones in

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-Elect
April 2, 2019
Members of the dance team compete at their first home meet that was held earlier this year at Gateway high school in Monroeville, Pa.

Dance places in 8th in NAIA

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-Elect
March 12, 2019
Junior criminal justice major Jared Ross attended the third annual Pittsburgh Bleed Black and Gold Tattoo Expo and received a Pittsburgh-themed bicep tattoo.

Pittsburgh tattoo expo returns for third year

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-Elect
March 12, 2019
Members of the Competitive Cheer team perform during a home basketball game earlier this season at the CCAC Allegheny Campus Gym.

Cheer ends at regional meet

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-Elect
March 5, 2019
Members of the Competitive Cheer and Dance team pose with the students and faculty who competed in the Hoopla basketball game. The students defeated the staff to a score of 58-45.

[Photo] Baseball, softball begin seasons in Florida games

Written By Robert Berger, Co-Sports Editor
March 5, 2019
Ask me for my help, not my homework

Ask me for my help, not my homework

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-Elect
February 19, 2019
The competitive dance team competes at the inaugural Pioneer Showcase at Gateway High School last month. This past weekend, the Pioneer Cheer and Dance Teams competed in Sienna Heights. Both teams walked away victorious and the cheer team scored a season high 79.33 while dueling Siena Heights.

Dancing into golden weekend

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-Elect
February 12, 2019

Streaming Rom-coms getting steamy this Valentine’s Day

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-Elect
February 12, 2019

Student team places second at first GfK NextGen Data Science Hackathon contest

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-Elect
February 12, 2019
The competitive dance team competes at Gateway High school as part of the Pioneer Preview last month. The team placed second last weekend while competing at Aquinas College.

Show up at Saints Showdown

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-Elect
February 5, 2019
The competitive dance team competes against Aquinas at their first home meet earlier this month. Last weekend, the team ended the day with a score of 85.96 and placed first out of six teams.

Cheer and dance end hiatus

Written By Dara Collins, Editor-Elect
January 29, 2019
Sophomore SAEM student Bryana Appley sings a song to her roommate in her dorm room. Appley is an aspiring musician.

Women turn hatred for music into passion

Written By Dara Collins, Editor Elect
January 22, 2019
Sophomore SAEM student Bryana Appley sings a song to her roommate in her dorm room. Appley is an aspiring musician.

[Photo] Favorite author surprises student for act of kindness

January 22, 2019
The Point Park competitive dance team competes in their first home meet Sunday at Gateway High School. The team fell to Aquinas college 70-68 in the first round and 75-73 in round two.

Dance team competes in first-ever home meet

Written By Dara Collins, Editor Elect
January 15, 2019

Cheer, dance open third year

Written By Dara Collins, Editor Elect
January 8, 2019
Pay It Forward’s Treasurer Nicole Lakovic (left) and President Jillian Svonavec (right) run a table at the Spring 2018 Condom Carnival. Pay It Forward is one of a number of charitable campus clubs.

[Photo] Philanthropy on the rise within campus clubs

Written By Zoe Esperseth, For The Globe
January 8, 2019
Student loan debt: A never ending cycle

Student loan debt: A never ending cycle

Written By Dara Collins, Editor Elect
January 8, 2019

Shields, Rohlf qualify for NAIA national meets ahead of track seasons

Written By Dara Collins, Co
December 4, 2018

Women’s volleyball fails to snap quarterfinals curse

Written By Dara Collins, Co-Sports Editor
November 13, 2018
Freshman Ashley Castelli attempts a serve in a match up earlier this year. The Pioneers celebrated senior day Saturday honoring six seniors. The team is currently ranked 2nd in the RSC standings.

Volleyball closes out RSC play on winning wave

Written By Dara Collins, Co-sports Editor
November 6, 2018
Senior libero Morgan Dangelo makes a serve during the team’s Dig Pink game two weeks ago. The volleyball team will take on West Virginia University Tech and Rio Grande University this weekend in the Student Center Gym.

Two chances left for volleyball to end RSC play with wins

Written By Dara Collins, Co-Sports Editor
October 30, 2018
Senior outside hitter Jordan Dixon performs a spike during the team's Dig Pink game Friday night against Indiana University Kokomo. The women lost Friday, but bounced back Saturday night with a win against Cincinnati Christian.

Volleyball struggles mentally, ends weekend with win

Written By Dara Collins, Co-Sports Editor
October 23, 2018
Freshman Christopher Ciucanu (left) celebrates his overtime goal with sophomore Mitchell Roell (right) Saturday at Highmark Stadium. The men's soccer team defeated Asbury 1-0 on their senior day.

Men battle for playoff spot with late, last-minute goals

Written By Dara Collins, Co-Sports Editor
October 23, 2018
Senior middle Destiny Tucker makes a serve in last year's road matchup against Carlow University. Last weekend, the team took two conference wins against Ohio Christian University and Indiana University East. The team will look to extend their new win streak the weekend with three home games in the Student Center Gym.

Volleyball claims first place in RSC East, starts new win streak

Written By Dara Collins, Co-Sports Editor
October 16, 2018
Sophomore midfielder Kay In’t Ven carries the ball during Thursday’s win against Ohio Christan University. The men’s team is now 2-2-1 in conference play and face Carlow Thursday night at Highmark Stadium. 

Men notch RSC victory at home

Written By Dara Collins, Co-Sports Editor
October 9, 2018
Senior middle hitter Destiney Tucker attempts a spike in a 2017 matchup against Washington and Jefferson. The team won 3 conference matchups last week and are now 5-1 in conference play. 

Volleyball inches closer to top spot in RSC East

Written By Dara Collins, Co-Sports Editor
October 9, 2018
Sophomore middle hitter Jazlyn Rozier watches on from the bench during the teams matchup against Washington and Jefferson earlier this year. The team is coming off an undefeated conference play weekend in which they faced Midway University and Asbury University.

Volleyball now 2-1 in RSC

Written By Dara Collins, Co-Sports Editor
October 2, 2018

Baseball, basketball stars inducted into Pioneer Athletic Hall of Fame Saturday

Written By Dara Collins, Co-Sports Editor
October 2, 2018

Men’s soccer splits opening RSC matches

Written By Dara Collins, Co-Sports Editor
September 25, 2018
Junior setter Julia Menosky sets the ball to sophomore outside hitter Jada Jones during a home loss against Indiana University East. The team lost in three sets during the conference play opener and will face Midway University in Midway, Ky. Saturday.

Volleyball looks to improve competitive edge

Written By Dara Collins, Co-Sports Editor
September 18, 2018
Senior Ashley Taylor spikes the ball in a 2017 game against Carlow. Taylor was named this week’s River States Conference attacker of the week after putting up 61 kills during the Emileigh Cooper Memorial tournament.

Volleyball hitter earns RSC Attacker of the Week, teams falls to Mercyhurst

Written By Dara Collins, Co-Sports Editor
September 11, 2018
Junior Yuki Takeda defends in a 2017 matchup. The men’s team dropped 2 out of 3 games last weekend and now have a 3-2 record.

Men’s soccer team finishes 1-2 after weekend road matchups

Written By Dara Collins, Co-Sports Editor
September 11, 2018
Senior Anna Shields leads the final stretch during the 2017 Walsh University invite. Last weekend Shields took first overall at the Akron invitational while competing against a number of D-1 athletes. Shields was named River States Conference runner of the week.

Shields shines at Akron meet, teams place sixth

Written By Dara Collins, Co-Sports Editor
September 11, 2018
Sophomore Jazlyn Rozier attempts a spike against Carlow in a 2017 road game. The Volleyball team went 3-1 at the Emileigh Cooper Memorial Tournament last weekend and now have a 4-4 record.

Volleyball evens record after three-straight wins

Written By Dara Collins, Co-Sports Editor
September 4, 2018
Point Park’s new Director of Athletics, John Ashaolu, pictured during his coaching days. Ashaolu brings both coaching and administrative experience.

University announces new Director of Athletics

Written By Dara Collins, Co-Sports Editor
September 4, 2018
Senior Katie Guarnaccia leads the pack during the 2016 Carnegie Mellon University Invitational. Guarnaccia returns to the cross country and track and field teams after taking the 2017-2018 school year off.

Coach optimistic in defending women’s cross country title, hopeful for men’s

Written By Dara Collins, Co-Sports Editor
August 28, 2018
Junior Wessel Rietveld steals the ball from West Virginia Tech during a 2017 matchup. Rietveld suffered a shoulder injury in the season opener.

Men’s soccer victorious in season, home opener

Written By Dara Collins, Co-Sports Editor
August 28, 2018
Senior Ashley Taylor sets the ball during a 2017 contest in the Student Center Gym. The Volleyball team holds a 1-3 record and will compete in the Emileigh Cooper Memorial Tournament this weekend in Rio Grande, Oh.

Volleyball team welcomes fresh, familiar faces

Written By Dara Collins, Co-Sports Editor
August 28, 2018

Track and field teams make final preparations ahead of conferences

Written By Dara Collins, Co-Sports Editor
April 17, 2018

Quintet shares passion in art

Written By Dara Collins, Co-Sports Editor
April 17, 2018
Junior Michael Morris jumps at a meet last season. Morris surpassed his high jump school record with a height measuring 1.99 meters last Saturday.

Jumpers land top spots, exceed records

Written By Dara Collins, Co-Sports Editor
April 10, 2018
Founder of the TeamWork Online Buffy Flippel appeared as the Keynote Speaker to discuss how the #MeToo movement affects women in sports.

SAEM hosts emerging trends seminar

Written By Dara Collins, Co-Sports Editor
April 3, 2018
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