Point Park Globe

Fisher ties conference record

Written By Brynn Rees, Sports Editor • December 4, 2024

Senior Nazareth Fisher made history on Tuesday, Nov. 26, when he tied the Mountain East Conference single-game rebound record. His 14-point, 25-rebound performance awarded him MEC Men’s Basketball Co-Player of the Week honors.

Men’s basketball dominates non-conference game

Written By Edmee Idalis, Staff Writer • November 20, 2024

Point Park men’s basketball surpassed the 100-point mark for the first time this season on Nov. 16, at the CCAC-Allegheny gym. The Pioneers played against Penn State-New Kensington in a game that ended with Point Park coming out the winner with a score of 108-77.

Men’s basketball opens season 1-1

Written By Brynn Rees, Sports Editor • November 13, 2024

Point Park men’s basketball kicked off its regular season on Oct. 9 and 10 at the Ron Wilson Classic in Millersville. The team ended the weekend 1-1 after games against Division II opponents Mansfield and host Millersville.

Men’s basketball kicks off year with game versus Pitt

Written By Brynn Rees, Sports Editor • October 23, 2024

The Point Park men’s basketball team opened their season on Tuesday, October 22 with an exhibition game versus the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) at the Petersen Events Center. The matchup did not affect either team’s record.

Men’s basketball wins first ever RSC title

Written By Jake Loveisky, Staff Writer • March 13, 2024

Tuesday, March 5 will be a date remembered forever for the Point Park men's basketball team. All the early morning practices, summer workouts and sacrifices throughout the year led to a championship game...

Men’s Basketball advance to RSC championship

Written By Jake Loveisky, Staff Writer • March 6, 2024

Men’s basketball opened up the River States Conference (RSC) playoffs as the number one seed, as they finished with a 28-2 overall record and 15-2 conference record. There has been a high amount of anticipation...

Men’s and Women’s Basketball split final away game

Written By Brynn Rees, Co-Sports Editor • February 21, 2024

Men’s and Women’s Basketball traveled to Kentucky last Saturday to take on River State Conference (RSC) opponents Alice Lloyd. The teams head home for their final regular season games this week. The...

Pittsburgh men’s basketball goes dancing

Written By Kayla Sterner, Co-Sports Editor • March 22, 2023

Despite a 96-69 loss to Duke University in the Atlantic Coast Conference’s men’s basketball tournament, the University of Pittsburgh’s men’s basketball team earned a spot as a play-in team in the...

Men’s basketball eliminated in River States Conference semifinals to end 2022-2023 season

Written By Mason Strawn, Co-Sports Editor • March 8, 2023

The men’s basketball team’s (23-7, 13-4 RSC) season came to an end on February 25, when the Pioneers fell to the Indiana University-Kokomo Cougars on the road, 76-66, in the River States Conference...

Men’s basketball beats Ohio Christian, host River States Conference quarterfinal playoff match next week

Written By Mason Strawn, Co-Sports Editor • February 22, 2023

The men’s basketball team (22-6, 13-4 RSC) came away with a win in their final regular season game on February 18 after they defeated the Ohio Christian University Trailblazers (11-15, 7-10 RSC) 91-74....

Men’s Basketball celebrates senior day with finalization of second seed in east division

Written By Mason Strawn, Co-Sports Editor • February 15, 2023

The men’s basketball team (21-6, 12-4 RSC) came away with a split decision between their two games after they fell to the University of Rio Grande (21-5, 14-1 RSC) before they defeated cross-city rival...

Men’s Basketball win massive RSC match ups with three games remaining on regular season

Written By Mason Strawn, Co-Sports Editor • February 8, 2023

The men’s basketball team (20-5, 11-3 RSC) built on their win streak in their return home and defeated RSC rival WVU Tech (12-12, 7-7 RSC) and Alice Lloyd College (12-12, 6-8 RSC). Thanks to the back-to-back...

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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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