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Man arrested after entering West Penn, charged with trespassing

Written By Gavin Petrone and Carson Folio • November 20, 2024

A man was arrested after entering the West Penn building under the influence on Wednesday, Nov. 13, according to Public Safety.

Emmy winning Alexis Johnson shares movie in the CMI

Written By Robert Fornataro, Features/A&E Editor • November 20, 2024

Students got the opportunity this past Wednesday, November 13, to engage with Emmy-award-winning correspondent Alexis Johnson as she screened her new documentary, “When Black Women Go Missing,” here at the Center for Media Innovation.

Director of Center for Media Innovation, Andrew Conte releases new novel about local newspaper closure

Written By Cassandra Harris, Staff Writer • November 10, 2022

Released in October, Andrew Conte published his book “Death of the Daily News” through The University of Pittsburgh Press. He explained that the purpose for writing the book was to move the conversation...

Gov. Wolf’s new Redistricting Advisory Council comes to the CMI for panel on Pennsylvania

Written By Caitlyn Scott, Co-News Editor • October 27, 2021

On Oct. 22, 2021, the Pennsylvania Redistricting Advisory Council hosted an in-person session at the Center of Media Innovation (CMI) to take public comments about increasing concerns over unfair and biased redistricting of maps in Pennsylvania for the upcoming 2022 election.

Four journalists discuss coverage of 9/11 at the CMI

Written By Aidan Ringiewicz, For The Globe • September 15, 2021

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NEWS

A Peoples Gas truck sits on Wood Street in front of West Penn with workers going in and out of the vehicle.

Gas leak shuts down West Penn

Written By Cassandra Harris, Editor-in-Chief • December 4, 2024

On the day back from Thanksgiving break, students, faculty and staff received an email and phone call through Point Alert announcing that the West Penn building was closed and classes were canceled due to maintenance.

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FEATURES

Eric Joseph, front, plays guitar and sings with his bandmates in The StreetSide Saints.

Photo courtesy of The StreetSide Saints

Pioneer Public: Animation professor Eric Joseph

Written By Carson Folio, Editor-Elect • December 4, 2024

In the classrooms on the second floor of West Penn Hall, part-time animation professor Eric Joseph teaches sound design and production for animation students. With experience in the advertising industry, video editing and web development, being a musician outside of the classroom may be the last thing you’d expect his favorite pastime to be.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Behind the scenes photo of "More Than You Can Chew" shows members of the production.

Courtesy of Michaelene Palermo

Production 4: ‘More Than You Can Chew’

A jewelry shop and some blood...

Written By Michael Klug, Co-Opinions/Website Editor • December 4, 2024

This semester, there are six Production 4 (P4) films being created. One of these films, “More Than You Can Chew” is an upcoming P4 Horror short film directed by senior Michaelene Palermo.

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OPINIONS

Globe’s Point: Be proud of your accomplishments

Written By The Globe Editorial Staff • December 4, 2024

Happy finals week everyone. With this being our last issue until the next semester, we wanted to end on a positive note and reflect on everything that we as a university – and as a paper – have accomplished throughout the semester.

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