Point Park Globe

Judging Java: IKEA

Written By Jake Dabkowski, Coffee Columnist • March 29, 2023

IKEA may stand for Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnayrd, but in my eyes, it stands for IKEA Keeps Everything Amazing. Every piece of furniture that I have bought and assembled from IKEA has been an amazing...

Coffee bar returns in the University Center library

Written By Cassandra Harris, News Editor • February 15, 2023

The library coffee bar reopened on Wednesday, February 8 as an amenity to university staff and students. The currently unnamed snack, tea and coffee bar is located in the lobby of the library behind the...

Judging Java: The Library

Written By Jake Dabkowski, Editor-in-Chief • February 15, 2023

There is no greater place on Point Park’s campus than the library. I love the library. It is a beautiful building that offers an atmosphere incredibly unique to both Point Park University and a typical...

Judging Java: Shops that “Proudly Serve Starbucks Coffee”

Written By Jake Dabkowski, Editor-in-Chief • February 1, 2023

Stop saying that you proudly serve Starbucks Coffee. You don’t. Almost anytime I get coffee from a coffee shop that “proudly” serves Starbucks coffee, it is just a worse version of Starbucks. This...

Judging Java: Round Table

Written By Jake Dabkowski, Editor-in-Chief • January 18, 2023

One thing that I find incredibly frustrating about many coffee shops is volume. Many coffee shops, especially coffee shops that double as eateries, are entirely too loud. A coffee shop should be chill,...

Judging Java: First Watch

Written By Jake Dabkowski, Coffee Columnist • November 10, 2022

Recently, I ate breakfast. I eat breakfast every day, but what I mean is that recently I ate breakfast. Typically my breakfasts consist of either an oatmeal, some eggs, or bowl of the greatest cereal of...

Judging Java: Yinz Coffee

Written By Jake Dabkowski, Coffee Columnist • October 12, 2022

Oxford Dictionary defines yinz as “(in western Pennsylvania) you (used to refer to more than one person).” It gives the example of “how yinz guys doing?” I identify as a Pittsburgher. I was...

Judging Java: Point Perk Revisited

Written By Jake Dabkowski, Coffee Columnist • September 28, 2022

Two years ago, I wrote that “Point Perk’s coffee is so awful that it wouldn’t surprise me if it emerged as a frontrunner in the 2024 Republican primaries.” At the time of reviewing Point Perk, our university’s coffee shop, my one star out of five review was one of the most scathing reviews I had ever written.

Judging Java: Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte

Written By Jake Dabkowski, Coffee Columnist • September 14, 2022

Few things are as inescapable as time. No matter how hard you fight it, no matter how hard you deny it, time is going to pass. People will grow older, presidents will be replaced, new blockbuster film franchises will overtake old ones. The leaves will always change with the seasons and then fall. The roaring cold of winter will always overtake the brisk autumn, only to be replaced by the breath of springtime and the radiance of summer.

Judging Java: Reflections on a Junior Year

Written By Jake Dabkowski, Coffee Columnist • April 20, 2022

As is tradition for this column at the end of a semester, I will be taking this space to offer reflections on the past semester as opposed to reviewing a coffee shop. I am, however, still writing this in a coffee shop (Delanie’s on Carson Street, for those curious), so it does still count.

Judging Java: Starbucks Baya Energy Drink

Written By Jake Dabkowski, Editor Elect • April 6, 2022

If you’ve been watching television lately, you’ve probably seen an advertisement for Starbucks’ new Baya Energy drink. The drink only comes in can form, it’s not something you can order in their stores but rather something at supermarkets and convenience stores.