Written By Carson Folio, Co-Opinions Editor
• November 29, 2023
If your first thought when reading the title of this piece was something like, “more donut shops in the city? Who wouldn’t want that? I’m already against your cause, opinions editor,” then you would be forgiven.
Flu season is just around the corner and university preparation is crucial to stop an outbreak. The university has plans and events during the fall to make sure everyone can stay as healthy as possible.
Covid’s...
Written By Erin Yudt, Editor-In-Chief
• September 13, 2023
In a settlement signed on June 30, the university is set to pay $1,250,000 to enrolled students in the spring semester of 2020 due to an “alleged breach of contract” when they transitioned to remote...
Written By Erin Yudt, Editor-Elect
• January 11, 2023
As students, staff and faculty return to campus after the winter break, a new COVID-19 variant has been spreading across the country.
COVID-19 cases in Pennsylvania and New Jersey increased after...
Written By August Stephens, Co-Opinions Editor
• February 2, 2022
The COVID-19 Omicron variant has raised concerns of how fast the virus is able to spread from person to person. Because of this, companies are changing their mandates for employees regarding testing, and...
Written By Caitlyn Scott, Co-News Editor
• January 26, 2022
As COVID-19 cases rise nationally, some students are raising concerns about how effectively higher education institutions are conducting their contact tracing investigations.
Written By Jake Dabkowski, Editor Elect
• January 19, 2022
Within the past few weeks, Allegheny County has experienced a record-setting number of new COVID-19 cases. As of Monday, Jan. 17, the current seven day average was 3,238 cases, down slightly from last...
Written By Caitlyn Scott, Co-News Editor
• January 19, 2022
Point Park and several local universities have continued to implement safety protocols due to the spread of the COVID-19 variant, Omicron, but some students have expressed concerns about the efficiency of guidelines in comparison to other campuses within the area.
On Monday, Jan. 10, students and staff returned to campus for the Spring 2022 semester amid record-breaking COVID-19 cases levels from the Omicron variant, with multiple alterations made to the university’s original January 3 announcement.
Coming back from Thanksgiving Break, it is crucial that we all as a collective student body acknowledge that COVID-19 is still a thing and that we need to be conscious about monitoring ourselves to make...
