Globe’s Point: Why are there only six pages this week?

Written By The Globe Editorial Staff • October 23, 2024

This week, two of our editors, including the editor-in-chief, left for Pioneer Adventure Weekend. After experiencing two blissful days of no Wi-Fi, reality set in.

SGA meets over emergency funding

Written By Peyton Martin, SGA Beat Writer • October 23, 2024

The Student Government Association (SGA) meeting on Monday, Oct. 21, had guest speakers from the Coalition of Christian Outreach (CCO) present to discuss emergency funding from the club.  

FIRE ON LIBERTY AVENUE

Written By Cassandra Harris, Editor-in-Chief • October 23, 2024

Pittsburgh Fire Rescue responded to reports of an apartment fire at the Midtown Towers on Liberty Ave. According to the fire chief, the blaze started in the kitchen of  a 13th floor apartment. This is...

Seventh annual ‘Pioneer Adventure Weekend’ returns

Written By Michael Klug, Co-Photo Editor • October 23, 2024

When someone thinks of college, they would normally not think of the word “camping” to go along with it. However, this weekend, the office of Student Life services hosted its seventh annual Pioneer Adventure Weekend (PAW), which was organized by Maria Ochoa, director of resident life. 

Shots fired in Market Square

Written By Carson Folio, Editor-Elect • October 23, 2024

Pittsburgh Police responded to reports of shots fired on Boulevard of the Allies early Monday morning and found a car outside Genoa Pizza and Bar at 109 Market St. with multiple bullet holes.

Everyone should vote blue Nov. 5

Written By August Stephens, Opinions Editor • October 23, 2024

Here it is. The anxiety-inducing, tense, “oh-please-let-this-election-cycle-close” article. 

Adele Morelli, owner of Boutique La Passerelle, dies

Written By Michelangelo Pellis, Co-News Editor • October 16, 2024

Adele Morelli, owner of Boutique La Passerelle (BLP) on Wood Street, passed away from “complications of an unexpected illness while on a buying trip in Portugal on Sept. 21, 2024, the day before her 56 birthday,” according to her obituary.   

BSU hosts ‘Turn it Pink’ event for Breast Cancer Awareness

Written By Peyton Martin, SGA Beat Writer • October 16, 2024

The month of October is recognized internationally as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, so the Black Student Union (BSU) held an event on Wednesday, Oct. 9, spreading awareness about breast cancer.

CAB HOSTS PUMPKIN CARVING AND PAINTING EVENT

Written By Robert Fornataro, Features/A&E Co-Editor • October 16, 2024

The Campus Activities Board hosted their first-ever pumpkin carving and painting event. Held on the second floor of the Student Center, there were 30 free pumpkins given to the first recipients to arrive....

KAMALA HARRIS CAMPAIGNS IN ERIE

Written By Caleb McCartney, Co-Photo Editor • October 16, 2024

At the Erie Insurance Arena, Kamala Harris rallied to an indoor crowd. Before she went on Senator John Fetterman and Karen Calada, a retired civil servant, spoke on Harris’s behalf. “We need a president...

Parking in the Mon Wharf isn’t as scary as it seems

Written By Cassandra Harris, Editor-in-Chief • October 16, 2024

In my three years at Point Park, I’ve heard numerous rumors about the Mon Wharf. Students will say that unhoused people stay down there, people overdose and do drugs down there, people vandalize the parking lot and will beat you up if you see them, people use the bathroom in the Wharf, and the best of every allegation, you may be robbed or assaulted in the wharf.

Obama rallies for Harris in Pittsburgh

Written By Cassandra Harris, Editor-in-Chief • October 16, 2024

Barack Obama spoke at the Fitzgerald Field House, a University of Pittsburgh building, at a private event on Thursday, 26 days before the election